Hello again. So the plot thickens. Naraku's back and Kai is kidnapped. Thank you whose who reviewed. I still am amazing at the sucess of my story. Although few review I know people are reading it. So I guess I will have to live with that. Although the story isn't near the end, people have been asking if I intended to make a sequel. At this point I am open to the idea, but it will depend of how I end this story.

So if you want a sequel, let me know between now and the end of story. But I won't waste more of your time...

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha...if I did I would...ummm...I would...ok fine I'm running out of things to put here, so sue me!

Chapter Seven: Naraku's Plan

Kai woke to find herself in an iron cage much like the ones used to hold birds in modern day. She groaned put a hand of her throbbing forehead. Dizzly she surveyed her postion. She felt her stomach drop as she realized that her cage was dangling from the ceiling of a gloomly unkept lair. Peering through the bars to see the ground Kai saw that she wasn't too far up. "Still," she thought. "I can' t fall from here and still not be hurt."

The chain that handed the cage was rusted. Kai began calculate her escape. She absent-mindly moved her hand to her right hip. She surprised to feel an empty scabbard. Dread completely filled her heart. She was in a cage swinging in the air, alone, without a weapon, and judging by the moonlight coming in through the bars of a skylight in the gloomy place, one more night until the real troubles start.

Kai, like Inuyasha and every other half-demon, had a period where her demonic powers leave her. Her father's was during the new moon and hers was the full moon. Kai cursed her fate. Naraku was going to find out her deepest secret and there was nothing she could do. She was a trapped rat, and as much as she hated to think about it, helpless.

"Please Dad," She said aloud. "Please hurry..."

"Inuyasha," Sango said trying to reason with the enraged father. "We can't just ran after Naraku." Inuyasha stared at her in disbelief. How can she say that? Did she care about Kai?

"Sango's right," Miroku butted in. "We need a plan" He stared Inuyasha down before the half-demon looked away. "We also need a babysitter, but that's beside the point..." Sango nodded. There was no way they could take their children with them, or leave them behind alone.

"Do you have a plan then monk?" Inuyasha said hoarsely. A wave of sypathy washed over Miroku and Sanog seeing their friend so distraught over his kin. Kagome was leaning against her mate. She hadn't said anything, and stare into the distance no doubt worrying about Kai.

"Naraku obviously wants to lure us to him," the monk continued. "But on the other hand we know that he wouldn't heistate to..." He stopped as both Inuyasha and Kagome flinched. He swallowed and couldn't continue. "Inuyasha, do you still have Naraku's scent?"

He nodded. "I can still trace his scent, but we must hurry before it disappears."

"But our children..." Sango started. "...Will be taken care of be me. All ye must worry about is Naraku," Kaede butted in. Nobody noticed the old woman arriving. They all looked at her. News of Naraku had caused her a heart attack, but she managed to recover. She still was in no shape to babysit the little devils, but there wasn't time to find someone else.

"We have to find her before tommorrow night," Kagome said quietly. Everyone turned to the young priestess. Worry was etched in every line of her face, making her appear decades older. Inuyasha had an arm around her to assure her, but it had no effect.

"Tommorrow night?" Kaede asked. They looked at her warily, and then she understood. "Of course..." She added. Kai was going to be human.

"This doesn't help either," Inuyasha said holding out the Akahoshii. "We found it where she was." Everyone gasped. Kai was without her sword. Altough they knew she could defend herself it didn't help them soothe their fears.

"We are coming with you," Kohaku said arriving with Shippo. Both were ready for battle.

"No," Sango said. "Kohaku you are not going!" Miroku looked at her in surprise and realized that Sango was remembering how she had lost her brother and did not intend to lose her son as well.

"But I have to help Kai," Kohaku agrued. "Besides I can fight very well, you said so your self." Sango felt tears sting her eyes as she knew her son wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Ok," she caved in. "You can come."

Kai's worries were growing as the sun began to rise. She thought numbly, tonight is a the cursed night. She had to be free before night falls. The conquences was too ghastly for her to think about. If she did than she would only sink deeper into depression. A figure in corner caught her attention.

"What the hell do you want, bastard?" She snapped.

Naraku laughed evilly. The hair stood up on the back of Kai's neck. "You have quite a mouth on you. Just like your damned father."

"Leave my father out of this!"

"He will come," Naraku said, ignoring her last comment. "He will come the rest of his group and they will fall into my trap. And then my reveange with be complete."

Then he stopped as if considering on whether he should share a secret.

Naraku reached his hand into his cloak. Kai felt a weird sensation and concretated on his hidden pocket. Suddenly, she saw a pink light glowed through the fabric. Kai began to wonder could to be...

Naraku pulled out a pink stone. And Kai gasped. "T-the Shikon Jewel!" Her mind was racing as she remember every story her parents had told her about the jewel. She felt dizzy recalling all the deaths he caused over the jewel and he had it again! But how, she thought, Mom said she sealed it away.

"Your mortal mother wished upon the jewel to seal it away from everything. She wasn't able to destroy the jewel completely, and was naive enough to believe I would never find it." He bragged. Kai was still too shocked. This was bad. "Unfornately for me I can't use it. Unless she unlocks it. I think that her daughter's life is the right price to remove the seal on the jewel, how about you?"

"DAMN YOU!" She screamed.

"Of course if she can't," He continued, ignoring her again. "Maybe you can."

Kai's eyes widened as the veangeful demon's plot was unveiled. What her mother really unseal the jewel to save Kai or would she ensure Naraku could never get his power back?

Short chapter I know. But I am a little fried right now. The next chapter may take awhile to be updated because I gonna be away from my computer :gasp:

Oh about this chapter. To clarify some things, Kai can see the jewel like Kagome can. You finally find out what they did with the jewel, because I didn't mention it in the beginning.

If you have anymore questions, don't hesitate to ask...please review.