I'll force myself to end this fic with some sort of appropriate ending which has SOME finality in it, but I don't know if it'll be very good... We'll just have to wait and see.

Chapter 13 abduction

"Do you know your target? The woman I speak of?"

"Yes... Master Naraku..."

"Go now."

"Yay! I win again!"

Squealed Shippo, jumping up and down, laughing.

"Damn it, to hell with this stupid game!"

Yelled the grumpy hanyou.

"What a stupid waste of time!"

"Only because you keep losing Inuyasha!"

Shippo said as he giggled.

"What was this game called anyways? 'po-uker'?"

"I think it was more like 'pokeker.'"

Shippo replied.

"Feh, whatever. This is getting so boring..."

While Shippo and Inuyasha were joking around with their deck of cards that Kagome left them, Miroku and Sango was having an overly serious game. Miroku suddenly smirked, and put down his hand, getting ready to pick up the bag of money they were betting.

"Straight flush."

"Hm..."

Sango said, smirking, and put her hand down as well.

"Royal flush, you lose."

Sango snatched the bag of money as Miroku sighed loudly, and counted it.

"What the hell are you trying to play at? This is less than half what you betted!"

Sango said angrily.

"Fine... Here..."

Miroku relied, sighing, and grabbed a handful of coins, and threw them at Sango, as they fell to the ground. He stood up, and walked off before Sango could react. Shaking her head, she picked up the coins, and put them in the bag, putting it in her pack. Standing up, she followed Miroku back to where Inuyasha, Kirara and Shippo. They all sat around the fire, the sun sinking in the sky quickly.

"When's Kagome coming back? I miss her..."

Shippo said sadly, and sighed. The rest of the group did the same. It had been almost a week, and no sign of her return was present, and they were getting extremely bored; especially Inuyasha.

"Damn it, I wish she'd hurry up. I'm sick and tired of sitting and waiting near this damn well!"

"Well, I don't think she'll be coming tonight, it's already getting late. Let's just go to sleep."

Sango suggested, and the rest agreed, snuggling back into their sleeping bags.

"Do you think she'll be coming back?"

Sango asked as she pulled the blanket up to her neck.

"Yeah, I know she'll be back. I guess she just needs some time at home. Let's just rest and prepare ourselves, because as soon as she returns, we're going right back to hunting for shards and Naraku."

Inuyasha replied, and Sango nodded. He slumped down under a tree stump, leaning on it as he sat.

"Good night Sango."

"Good night."

She said, and closed her eyes, drifting off to sleep. Shippo curled up beside Miroku, as Kirara went over to Sango and slept beside her. They all eventually fell asleep, and all was silent.

Sango tossed and turned in her sleep; she had been having disturbing dreams all week; about her brother Kohaku. It always started off the same; she was with Inuyasha and the others, resting peacefully on a field. Sango would be lying down under the breeze, and suddenly, there were cries of pain from her friends, and Sango shot up, opening her eyes, and they would all be on the ground, motionless. In the distance, she saw a shadowy figure of a person she knew to be her brother. She always noticed that she didn't have her equipment with her for some reason, and she was defenceless against Kohaku charging at her at an extremely fast pace. Every time she had the dream, she would be killed a different way; and this time, she felt the chain of the sickle strangle her as the blade tore into her back. She woke up, panting and sweating. Frantically, she looked around to see if all her friends were still there, and sighed in relief to see that they all were, but she was still out of breath. She looked down at the ground, trying to get her bearings. She'd been having the same dream the whole week, but she got scared every single time. She put her hand to her chest, feeling her heart beating rapidly, and got up from her sleeping bag, starting to walk away from camp. She soon came across a river, and she kneeled down beside it, splashing her face with the ice-cold water. She finally caught her breath, and sighed, looking into the reflection of herself in the water.

'Damn it... Why am I having these dreams?'

She thought to herself, and nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a hand on her shoulder. When she saw who it was, she sighed loudly in relief, and fell into his arms.

"Inuyasha, you scared me..."

Inuyasha held her in his arms, and said gently,

"What's bothering you Sango? You've been like this all week."

He patted her back in a comforting manner as she leaned on him for support.

"It's really stupid, but I've been having nightmares..."

"Nightmares? It must be serious if it scared you this much... What was it about?"

Inuyasha asked, as Sango broke from the embrace, and she wiped the water from her face with a piece of cloth.

"It was about-"

She was cut short when she heard a stabbing sound, and Inuyasha's growl. He felt a sharp blade in his back, and grunted as it ripped out of his flesh.

"What... The hell?"

Inuyasha spun around to see Kohaku in the small clearing, holding up the blade of a bloody sickle. Sango gasped as she saw this.

"Kohaku?"

Seeing that Sango didn't bring any of her weapons, Inuyasha stood in front of Sango, and said,

"He's not here alone."

Kohaku suddenly reached into one of the pouches, and took out a small, round object, and threw it at the ground under Inuyasha, exploding into gas on impact. Sango knew at once what it was, and knew Inuyasha's sensitive nose wouldn't last long in the gas.

"Inuyasha! Don't breathe that gas!"

She yelled, but it was too late, as she saw Inuyasha getting dizzy, and fall to the ground with a thud. Sango put the piece of cloth to her face, but she as well was getting dizzy. Desperately, she started dragging Inuyasha out of the deadly gas, out into the clear. She sighed in relief when they were both safely out, but soon found a chain around her neck. Her eyes widened, as she tried to get free, but Kohaku put a cloth wet with some type of fluid to her face, and she instantly fell asleep, collapsing to the ground. Kohaku stared for a while, and finally said,

"Take the woman. Leave the other..."

The demons from the sky swooped down, picking Sango and Kohaku up, and flew off, leaving Inuyasha on the ground.

Pretty short chapter... Review anyways!