Okay! I finally got the computer in my possession! That's right kiddies, I get to update again! Sorry for all the long wait, but I'm warning you, this chapter is going to get kind of confusing! Anybody but me think that the exclamation point is a weird looking symbol………….. Well, enough of that! Lets get on with Chapter 5.

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Chapter 5

The sun was rising, illuminating everything in the forest with a burning fire. The waters were glowing an angry red; then flashing to various colors as the sun rose slowly to kiss the sky. Strangely, nothing in the forest could be heard, save for the quiet foot steps of a half-demon and the air colliding against Kirara's body.

"Inuyasha!" Sango shouted, " I can no longer sense Naraku's aura. It's as though he's toying with us!"

Miroku closed his eyes for a moment and then let out a sigh. "I can no longer sense it either. Inuyasha?"

"If you two can't sense him what makes you think I can!"

"It looks as though you need my help after all! See, I was right!" Kagome's voice rang out from above them. The three warriors (four if you count Kirara) looked skyward to see Kagome jump from Shippo's back. She walked over to Inuyasha.

"Kagome! Get back to Kaede's village! I don't want you getting hurt! Stupid!" Inuyasha shouted as she was at his side.

Kagome frowned, "I'm not about to let my brother go down without me. Besides . . . I can sense his castle is east . . . and well . . . you're heading south."

Inuyasha's eyes flicked toward the direction her hand was pointing. He muttered a few incomprehensible words and then glared at her a moment before giving her a grunt. He shrugged and lifted Kagome onto his back. He glared at Shippo for bringing his "little sister" into danger again. Slowly he headed east, with the group following in suit.

"Master Naraku, they are coming." Kagura slowly bowed, unwillingly.

Naraku's gaze went to Kagura, "What are you sitting here for? Prepare yourself. I've decided not to keep him alive, no matter how important Kikyo is, he is getting too strong. I'm holding you in charge of disposing of him since, after all, you let Kikyo escape." (A/N: LIAR!) Naraku smirked, "Or perhaps . . . I should only send Kanna."

Kagura's body stiffened slightly. First off, she didn't want her sister fighting, period. Second, Kanna could only reflect attacks and steal souls. She didn't really have any attacks, if she were to lose her concentration . . . "No, I will do it Naraku."

Naraku chuckled, bringing her that same feeling that she was growing tired of. Hatred. That's the only emotion she could feel . . . except . . . with . . . him? She blinked in surprise, him? Inuyasha . . . she could . . . feel . . . something strange in her. It was different than cold . . . the complete opposite . . .she couldn't stand it! She frowned, there was a piece missing to this feeling. What was it?

"Kagura. I don't expect my minions to faze out on me. You are always to listen to your master." Naraku said as he squeezed her heart. He smiled in satisfaction when she fell hard on her knees and clutched her chest. "I want Inuyasha dead."

Kagura glared at his retreating form as he exited the room. Well, at least she knew what the emotion was missing. She wanted to cry, even though she could not. She was missing her heart.

Her sister entered the room, clutching her mirror tighter than usual. "Kagura . . . you're dying . . . without . . . your heart." Kanna said tears welling up in her dull eyes.

Kagura nodded, Kanna was getting smarter. "Kanna, leave this place."

"Kagura."

Kagura slowly turned her head toward Kanna, "If I live, I will come and find you. I have to fight him. He will either set me free . . . or will use his hatred to kill me."

Kanna's grip on her mirror tightened considerably as she turned to obey her sister's wishes.

"Kanna?"

Kanna slowly turned toward her sister, possibly the last time she will get to see Kagura.

"Even though I cannot feel it . . . I love you."

"Kagura . . . I love-"

"Don't say more. Just go. I cannot allow you to stay here any longer." Kagura bowed down her head and listened to the vanishing footsteps of her sister. "Inuyasha . . . please set me free . . . I can't go yet."

3

Kirara landed gently on the ground as Sango and Miroku leapt off of her. Inuyasha set Kagome down gently as he surveyed the surroundings.

Naraku's castle was there, but the grounds were different. The ground was unstable and felt as though if he tried he could swim in it. The smell of death was driving him crazy, but there were no bodies to be seen.

"Hirashokstu!" (A/N: WWWHHHZZZZZZZZZZZ)

Inuyasha's head shot up as Sango's weapon headed for a shadowed figure he couldn't see . . . but it smelled like Naraku. The figure jumped, dodging the boomerang, and gracefully landing on the roof, still shadowed. He could make out the outline of a woman.

"Who are you?" Sango shouted, the whole group was poised for battle.

The figure stepped forward, it was, of course, Kagura, but she looked different. She was dressed differently. She still wore her kimono, but it was torn above her knees, and her shoulder sleeves were torn off as well. She was extremely pale, as though there were no life to her. His gaze met hers, and in her cold eyes he could see much pain.

She lifted her fan up to her chin, tapping it. "I thought that only you would be here Inuyasha, not the humans as well."

Kagome pointed her arrow at Kagura, "What's wrong with being human?"

Kagura smirked and raised her fan. "Do you want to dance, little girl?" Blood slowly came out of her mouth and slid down her chin as she said this.

Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, and Kagome were stunned for a moment, realizing that Kagura was going to fight them while she was injured.

Kagura grinned, "Well, let the soul's dance." She waved her fan in the air and immediately dead creatures emerged from the ground. "Oh, Monk. Don't even think about using kazanna."

"Why not!" Miroku shouted, but soon realized why. Each Zombie had a poisonous insect attached to it.

It didn't take very long for the fighting to begin. Kagome was shooting arrows at the dead, Sango and Inuyasha with their swords, and Miroku with his staff.

Inuyasha forgot the promise he made to himself about helping Kagura, to set her free. All he knew is that the scent was driving him crazy, the scent of the dead. His eyes raised to Kagura, who was perched upon the roof. Without hesitation, he swung at her.

Kagura didn't have the strength to dodge, and she knew it. She was too weakened. Then she felt it, a strange movement moving at a steady rhythm in her chest. Her eyes widened, Naraku had given her back her heart . . . it would be so much easier for her to die this way. He had planned her to die in this battle. This wasn't to kill Inuyasha or avenge Kikyo, it was his way of getting rid of a woman he had given birth to.

She stared at the impending attack with wide eyes, her time had come. She had her heart, and she was to die. Kagura closed her eyes and shouted , "I'M SORRY KANNA!" The attack hit her and she flung to the ground, as still as the dead.

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WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! RR to find out!