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Chapter Seven: Time to Seek Vengeance

"So, this Inuyasha is the one who annihilated Naraku is that right?" The man asked to no one in particular. He was unaccompanied in a dining chamber of a great castle that he had so easily made his own in a matter of moments. He looked into a floating mirror, the face of Inuyasha came into view and he narrowed his eyes. "How could a meager hanyou like that possibly destroy Naraku?"

He studied Inuyasha's face for a moment, "He's the one that I have spoken to. Yes, that's right. I even had the pleasure of meeting one of his runts near the forest just the other day." He said as he recalled the memory of giving a ball back to the young girl Rikku.

"Hmm, I wonder if he beat him alone, with his friends' help, or just by pure luck... We'll see just how strong that filthy dog really is." He muttered and stood up. He brought up his fist and opened it, palm facing up. Inside his hand was a glowing red little round ball, smaller than the size of his palm. He stepped outside of the room and onto a balcony. There, he saw the village where Inuyasha was located miles away. The mysterious man tossed the glowing ball, into the sky and watched it travel to the village.

"Finally, I will soon accomplish what Naraku could not. Let the name Taisuke be known to all."

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Kagome didn't know what to do. Her heart told her to go after Inuyasha, but she couldn't just leave her children unaided here. "No, what do I do?" She ran back inside.

The kids watched in silence and confusion. Not only did they not know where their father ran off to now, but their mother was scared of something. Rikku went up to Kagome and tugged on her kimono. Kagome looked down and came down on her knees to see what the little girl wanted. "Mommy, where'd Daddy go?" She asked with tears in her eyes. Kagome gave her a hug, she sighed "He's-"

"Kagome?" A voice asked from right outside.

Kagome gasped, "Shippo?" She went to the door and went out to find him there. "Oh Shippo! Thank goodness you're here. Listen, I need you to look after the kids real quick ok?" Kagome asked as she brought him inside.

"Ok sure, but why Kagome?" Shippo asked.

Kagome went to her room to find her bow and arrows. She talked loudly enough for Shippo to hear, "There's a demon in the village and Inuyasha's there right now fighting it off. I'm going to go help him." She called out to him.

Shippo jumped in surprise, "No Kagome, let me get Miroku and Kilala, they'll-"

"I think they know now and are on their way there but I need to be there too, and besides, I need you to stay here." She said as she exited her room. "I have a bad feeling Shippo. And I'm sure we all know by now that when I have a bad feeling, I'm usually right about it." Kagome said with a sad smile towards Shippo. He nodded and sighed, knowing Inuyasha would be most angry with him for letting her go, "Good luck Kagome, don't get hurt."

"I won't." She assured him and ran out of the hut and in the direction of where Inuyasha went. 'I just hope I'm not too late.'

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Inuyasha ran to the village in hopes that not many people were hurt. 'Damn, whatever is doing this is gonna be dead.' He gripped the hilt of Tetsusaiga.

When the hanyou reached his destination, the he halted to a stop at what he saw. It was a massive spider demon. It was a deep black color and spat venom in all places, instantaneously melting anything it touches. It immediately reminded Inuyasha of when he and Kagome fought the spider head demons at that shrine they went to. He was human at the time and was first discovering his unknown feelings for Kagome.

Inuyasha scoffed. "No problem." He ran towards the demon and shouted at other villagers to depart from the village. Not having to be told twice, they all did just that.

As they cleared the area, Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga. "Alright, time to die!" He shouted as he ran towards the outsized spider demon. Inuyasha smirked and jumped to the side just in time to evade one of the spider's giant legs, then got in proper position to set free Tetsusaiga's wind scar. He took one deep breath and raised his sword above his head.

"Wind scar!" Iuyasha shouted and unleashed one of Tetsusaiga's mighty attacks.

All of a sudden, the demon formed a barrier around itself to deflect the wind scar. The barrier was strong enough to ward it off, but not strong enough to hold, for it broke in that instant.

The spider demon looked down at Inuyasha and shot venom just before him. Inuyasha avoided it with ease and landed on his feet, readying Tetsusaiga for another attack. "Well, you're stronger than I thought, you overgrown parasite." Inuyasha muttered.

The spider demon opened its mouth once more, expected to release the deadly venom, but it did something different.

About ten spiders flew out of its mouth and stormed in all directions. They were about six feet tall and wide as well.

Inuyasha dodged and darted out of the way from the large demon and also his smaller demon friends. Inuyasha landed on his feet with an annoyed grunt, 'When the hell is a demon actually going to come up with a new damn trick already?' He wondered and growled in frustration. This trick was also done by that wolf demon Royokon when he was under the control of Naraku with help from a shard of the Shikon jewel.

Inuyasha brought up his sword another time, aiming for the large spider, and was about to attack when one of the smaller spiders snaeked behind him and spat out a great amount of venom towards the hanyou.

"Sit!"

Inuyasha let out a surprised yelp and went hurdling into the ground. 'W-What the hell? ...Kagome?' Before long after the spell wore off, he turned his head in the direction of the voice he knew all too well, and saw Kagome standing tall with her weapon ready. When he saw the look of determination in her eyes, he knew that she was ready for and would take on anything that would dare face up to her.

He looked at the venom on the ground a few feet away from him. Little did he know that the venom missed his head by a mere inch before Kagome had said the 'magic'.

Looking back at Kagome, he watched her shoot one of her arrows at the spider demon that would have harmed him had she come any later. The demon was killed right on the spot and Kagome smirked with approval.

She lowered her bow and hurriedly jogged to Inuyasha who was standing up and walking to her. "Kagome... thank you." Was all he could say. He wanted to yell at her for coming into danger like this after he told her not to. But she had saved him and he once again realized how strong of a person she really is when she wants to be, and that made him so proud of her.

Kagome looked down and rubbed her arm with a hand, "Inuyasha, I'm sorry for not listening to you but I just had this bad feeling and-"

Inuyasha interrupted her when he picked her up and jumped out of the way from the spider's giant leg that was about to crush them. It landed on the ground of where they were at before with a loud thud.

Inuyasha looked at her now, "I know that now Kagome. But what about the kids, are they ok?" He asked and put her down but still kept her close to him with a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes, I left them in Shippo's care." She answered and he nodded.

Unexpectedly, a staff came flying out of nowhere and hit one of the smaller spiders in the head, knocking it out for the time being.

"Miroku." Inuyasha said and the monk came into view, riding on Kilala, soon landing in front of them.

"Greetings." The monk said with a half smile.

"Keh, greetings my ass! What the hell took you so long?!" Inuyahsa shouted in aggravation. Apparently Miroku has been up to 'other things' before he came to help.

Miroku wasn't fazed by Inuyasha's actions, "Relax Inuyasha, I'm here now, am I not?" He asked and Inuyasha just glared at him. Kagome was about to say something but then moved from Inuyasha's firm hold on her shoulder so she could fire another arrow at a spider demon that was coming their way.

Miroku paid full attention to the situation now and quickly retrieved his staff, after fully killing the spider demon of course, "Alright, where did these spider demons come from?" He asked.

"They're part of that large one; he just threw up little versions of his stupid self is all." Inuyasha stated and got into battle stance with his sword, as did the other two. Kilala was handling three spider demons on her own as Inuyasha, Kagome, and Miroku fought against the large one.

"Stand back you guys!" Inuyasha shouted and raised his sword. Once he saw that Miroku and Kagome were a safe distance from him, he brought Tetsusaiga down with much force, "Wind scar!"

An enormous energy wave shook the earth and traveled to the large spider demon with great speed. Miroku and Kagome hid behind Kilala and out of the dangerous energy storm.

Moments later, the large spider demon was gone. Miroku sighed in relief and Kilala changed back to her small form again. Inuyasha sheathed Tetsusaiga with a smirk and walked to the others. He saw the worried look upon Kagome's face and furrowed his eyebrows in concern, "Kagome, what's the matter?"

Kagome shakily looked at him, "Where...Where are the other spider demons?" She asked and looked around. "What?" Miroku asked in confusion.

"The big spider demon, h-he released about ten smaller demons, we only killed five. Where'd the other five go?" She asked and spun around to look in all directions.

Inuyasha sniffed the air and followed the spider demons' scent about ten feet on one path heading for...

The hanyou paled, 'No, they can't be there. Why...?'

Inuyasha instantly bent his legs to lower his body toward the ground, "Get on Kagome." He said and she climbed on his back as instructed. As he took off with a head start, Miroku was still confused and so had to ride on Kilala again, when she changed back into her larger form, they followed them.

Once the monk caught up with them he asked, "Where do you two suppose the other five demons are?"

Inuyasha never ceased his gaze from the path ahead of him and replied, "Our home, they're going to our home where the kids are."

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Inuyasha ran faster and faster.

He felt his leg muscles burn by the time he reached his home. He and the others saw Taikan fighting one of the spider demons as the other four were already laying down dead.

"Iron reaver soul stealer!" Taikan shouted and clawed at the spider. It was gashed and so hit him with one of its legs, knocking the little hanyou out.

Inuyasha set Kagome down and ran toward the spider demon and killed it himself without needing his sword this time. He went to Taikan and sat him up, "Taikan, are you ok?" He asked worriedly and shook him gently. He awoke with tears in his eyes, "Father, I'm sorry. I couldn't protect my sisters well." He cried and fell back into unconciousness.

Inuyasha gasped and took him to Miroku, "Look after him." Miroku agreed and tried to heal Taikan.

Kagome on the other hand, was looking around the torn up hut for the girls, calling their names. She cried and entered through the front, running into everyroom that was big enough to get through, fallen boards and debris everywhere. Inuyasha came in now to help her, "Kagome wait! Let me look for them, this place could collapse and-" He couldn't finish. Kagome ran in the hallway and toward the girls' room.

"They're here!" She cried and went to them. The girls were laying down, scratched up and unconcious. Kagome cried and smiled once she knew they were alive, "You're ok, thank goodness." She kept whispering just when Inuyasha came in.

"Kagome , let's get them out, quick." He told her and held two while Kagome held one. The hut didn 't collpase as Inyasha had thought when they got out, but it looked like it would and so they stayed out of it.

Miroku looked at them, "Let's take you all to my home, We'll heal the children there." He said as he laid Taiakn and Sanae on Kilala while Inuyasha held Kaden and Kagome held Rikku.

While explaining to Sango and Shippo what had ahppened, they set up a room for the chidren and called for Kaede to come immedietally. Kaede came and healed the kids as best she could. Telling Inuaysha and Kagome that they only needed rest.

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Inuyasha and Kagome slept in a spare room inside of Miroku's hut. Neither couls sleep and were wide awake.

Kagome was on the verge of tears, but hadn't shed them yet. She breathed evenly and slowly to try and not let Inuyasha know she was about to cry. Kagome just didn't feel like talking right now, all she could think about was her children.

Inuyasha must have been thinking about them too because he in fact hadn't noticed that Kagome's tears. He was miserable himself and didn't notice anything else.

Kagome closed her eyes, "What if we hadn't made it in time? What would we have done then?...' She let stray tears grace her face and she couldn't have looked more tragically beautiful at the moment. She instantly sucked in a sob and rolled over to hug Inuyasha. He must have known she'd do this because while she did this he pulled her on top of him and held her to his chest.

"I know Kagome." He whispered and swallowed, breathing shaky breaths into her hair while he closed his eyes. The thought of any of his pups dying brought tears to his eyes, which was a rare sight to see.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes and he didn't notice when his own tear slid across his cheek, 'This was no accident. Someone sent those spider demons after us. But who?... Could it have been that man I saw who almost hurt Rikku?..." Inuyasha looked down at Kagome's tears stained face. He looked back out the window as if to try and find this person who'd kill his children,'Whoever it is, they'll die by my hands in cold blood.'