Hey, guys! Please R&R this time for me! I didn't get many reviews yet for my prologue. makes frown face and sticks out tongue no, just kidding! . But please, if you don't mind, review this if you're going read it. I always read the stories of my reviewers…it's only fair. No flames again!

Chapter 1: Kohaku!

"Did you not hear me?" Naraku whispered. "I told you both that I want all of your jewel shards right now. Give them to me this instant or I will kill you quickly."

"Shut up, Naraku!" Sango cried, throwing her boomerang towards the villain. "There's no chance of us surrendering to the likes of you! Hiraikotsu!" The boomerang flew towards Naraku at a rapid speed, giving Naraku only a little time to dodge it. However, the demon did step out of the way just in time, only letting the Hiraikotsu slice his left arm.

At this, Miroku stepped in on the action. "We will defeat you sometime, Naraku! You're going to die!" He swung his staff towards the demon, tearing at him. Thus, the fighting commenced.

Suddenly, Miroku threw his staff towards Sango, yelling her name as he did. She entwined the staff with her Boomerang Bone and threw it at Naraku with all her might. The half-demon yelped and stuttered a, "Wh-What?" just before the staff and the Hiraikotsu pierced his chest. Severely injured, Naraku fell to the ground.

A young boy entered the palace room and stepped in front of Naraku. "Don't worry, Master!" He shouted, waving his unruly black hair away from his face. "I'm here to protect you now!" He threw his chain sickle at Miroku angrily. "How dare you harm the great Naraku?"

Sango recognized the young boy as her dear little brother. "Kohaku!" She cried. "Don't hurt us! Naraku's the enemy; you're still under his spell! Please, Kohaku, please hear my voice and remember your life before Naraku!"

Miroku dodged the chain sickle easily, rushing over to Sango. "It's no use. He's not going to wake up from Naraku's influence that easily. After all, he's still got the Shikon shard that Naraku uses to possess him." As he said the last word, Kohaku threw the chain sickle again. This time, it pierced Miroku in the side, making him fall to the ground in pain."

"Miroku!" Sango cried, kneeling down to help him and ease his pain. Seeing that he'd passed out, but was easily still alive, Sango stood up to face her little brother. "Kohaku…" Tears began to fill her eyes, though she desperately tried to control herself and her emotions. "Why did this have to happen to you?" She began thinking of a way to win Kohaku back. "I must kill Naraku right here, and right now in order to take Kohaku away from him. And then…and then we can live happily with everyone for a long time." Thoughts such as these raced through her head as she held her boomerang, jumped up to see Naraku and yelled, "Naraku, prepare to die!".

But Naraku had already recovered from his temporary state of emergency. He dodged the boomerang easily and struck Sango before she was able to get her main weapon back. Sango fell into the ground, crying in all the pain she felt. She stole a glance out the window and saw the sun beginning to rise. "Inuyasha and Kagome will be here soon," she realized with relief. "I must hold out against him until then."

Still, Naraku struck Sango again and again. She held her own as best as she could, but grew weaker and weaker as time dragged on. Finally, she fell to the ground in agony. "Kohaku, won't you help me!" She screamed in distress. "Your own sister is going to die alone!" But Kohaku remained motionless in a corner.

The next time Sango was struck however, Kohaku saw a full glimpse of her face. Blood covered her, but more so, tears ran down her cheeks and fell onto the floor. She looked so utterly alone and in pain. After all, Inuyasha and Kagome were waiting until it was safe for both to enter into the palace once again, and Miroku had fainted. Sango was waging a lonely fight that only meant death! A single tear ran down Kohaku's face and joined Sango's on the floor.

Sango had reached a point of certain death. "Naraku…" She breathed heavily. "Just finish the job. Kill me now. My time on Earth is finished."

Naraku smiled and raised his arm to make the killing blow. But before he could strike Sango's heart, a chain sickle interfered and cut off a piece of Naraku's left arm. Startled, Naraku turned around and saw Kohaku standing with his weapon, ready to fight. "You! How did you overcome the spell I set on you with the jewel shard?"

Kohaku cried out to Naraku with all his heart. "Shut up, you monster! You've kept me under your curse for far too long, and now my sister is almost dead! I'm going to kill you in an instant!" He threw the chain sickle but missed widely. Naraku never even had to dodge it.

However, the boy proved to draw Naraku's attention off of Sango for a couple minutes. Sango was able to sit up and witness Kohaku's attack on Naraku. "I'm…so…h-happy!" She cried out. Tears streamed down her face, and she smiled widely at Kohaku. "You've done it, Kohaku! You've overcome Naraku's evil!"

Naraku grinned under his mask at the boy. "It is true, Kohaku, that you've somehow managed to find a way out of my grasp. But now I no longer have any need for you. Die!" He struck Kohaku with his sword, and, in a single second, forced out the Shikon shard that kept Kohaku alive.

"No!" Sango cried. As her brother began to fall into the ground, Sango stood up hastily and ran over, catching Kohaku just before he hit the hard floor. "Kohaku, don't you dare give up on me right now! You've just beaten Naraku! You can't die! Kohaku!" She buried her head in Kohaku's shirt and sobbed.

At that second, Miroku began to stir. He finally opened his eyes and sat up, rubbing at his wound. "W-What's happened here? Sango! Kohaku!" He cried out.

Just then, Inuyasha burst into the room with Kagome on his back. His silver hair and bright, amber eyes were back. Inuyasha had become a half-demon once again. Both Inuyasha and Kagome looked at Miroku, Sango, Naraku, and Kohaku, realizing what had happened just as the same realization dawned on Miroku. Inuyasha stepped forward, drawing his famous sword, the Tetsusaiga. "Naraku…you monster…you'd better hope that Kohaku doesn't die. If he does, I'll kill you in an instant!"

Kagome shot an arrow at the antagonist. She sliced his leg open, causing a giant mass of blood to pour onto the floor. "For what you just did, Naraku, it's over!" She, Inuyasha and Miroku stepped in front of the weeping Sango and her gravely injured little brother.

Inuyasha steadied the Tetsusaiga in his hands, then brought it over his head and flung it back down in a rush, yelling, "Wind Scar!" The attack struck Naraku and, in the instant it pierced him, something rolled out from underneath the villain's suit.

Kagome recognized it at once. "Th-that's a huge shard of the Shikon Jewel!" She cried. She rushed out to grab it immediately, and threw her hand over it, clutching it in her grasp.

"No!" Naraku screamed. "That's mine!" He plunged his sword towards Kagome, who cried nervously for help. Inuyasha reached her just in time, catching her and pulling her body into his.

"You okay, Kagome?" He asked of the powerful priestess. At her nod, he let her go and turned his attention back onto Naraku. Thoroughly pissed off, Inuyasha drew his blade and performed the Wind Scar once again. This time, Naraku angrily formed a barrier around himself and retreated without either his Shikon shard or Kohaku.

As he was retreating from the palace, Naraku whispered in one last breath towards the group of friends. "I will come back for my Shikon shard, and when it is regained, I will kill all of you easily." Then he was gone.

Kagome was the first to turn around and kneel with Sango and Kohaku. "I-Is he…?" She asked uncomfortably, with tears shining in her eyes for Sango and her little brother.

Sango looked up at her friend and managed to give a small smile. "Somehow, he's survived…but he's unconscious and is breathing quickly. I'm afraid he'll die if we don't find him some medical aid soon."

Miroku watched the unconscious child carefully. "Kagome, you should go get your bandages from your kit. They should possess the power to keep Kohaku alive." Kagome went to get her First Aid Kit and hastily began bandaging Kohaku's wounds with Sango's help. Inuyasha and Miroku stood above them, observing the whole procedure.

Finally, Sango reached out a shaky hand in Kagome's direction. "Here, Kagome. You can purify this shard from Kohaku, can't you?" She dropped a bloody, dark shard of the Shikon Jewel into Kagome's hands.

The priestess smiled. "You bet I can, Sango. And…I'm…I'm sorry about what happened to Kohaku just now. I should've been here sooner, and he would've been okay."

Tears fell down Sango's cheeks more than ever. "I'm…just so happy that he's alive, and that he's not under Naraku's spell anymore!" She grabbed Kagome and the two girls hugged, crying.

"Feh! Women are so stupid with their emotions!" Inuyasha stuttered. "It's not like anyone's dead or anything!" At this remark, Miroku beat Inuyasha in the head with his staff a couple times, and Kagome turned around and made Inuyasha "sit".

Inuyasha got up again, angrily yelling at Kagome. "Geez, Kagome, why do you have to do that? Can't you just be nice to me like a normal girl or something!"

Kagome frowned again, and started screaming random things at Inuyasha. "When are you gonna grow up and be sensitive? I thought I could count on you to do that when Sango's in so much pain! SIT!" Inuyasha screamed in pain as he fell to the ground again.

Shippo sighed. "Inuyasha, are you ever going to grow up?" Miroku and Sango just nodded along with him, sighing at Inuyasha's misbehavior as well.

Finally, when the fight between Kagome and Inuyasha had ended, Sango lifted Kohaku onto Kilala, her two-tailed demon cat. "Inuyasha…Kagome…I'd like to go back to my own village for a while. I want to have some private time with Kohaku, and I need to perfect my weapons again after using them in battle so much. They're all scratched and worn out." She turned to Miroku. "But I would like it if you came with me, Miroku. I want you to say a prayer for all our villagers again."

Inuyasha nodded. "Take as long as you like. Kagome and I will go back to Kaede's village and stay there until you come back. I'm sorry, too…Sango…about Kohaku, I mean."

Sango stared at Inuyasha for a minute, then smiled. For a half-demon, Inuyasha had learned to sympathize with humans and their problems pretty well. Then Miroku turned to her and said, "I will come with you and pray for everyone in your village, as you've asked me to." He reached around her side, but before he could, Sango put a hand up and slapped his cheek. "Well, it was worth a try." He said, grinning at his friend while the whole group glared at him. With that, he mounted Kilala, sitting behind Sango. "We'll see you in a few days!" He shouted, in unison with Sango. Kilala took off, and then they were gone as well, leaving behind a disgruntled Inuyasha, a smiling Kagome, and a curious Shippo.

"What are you smiling about, Kagome?" Shippo asked his friend.

"Can't you two see Miroku and Sango clearly at all?" Kagome asked them, waving her arms around excitedly. Inuyasha grumbled, and Shippo just continued staring at her. "This is the perfect chance for them to confess their love for each other!" She continued happily. "By the time they come back, they'll probably be holding hands and…maybe even kissing!"

"Kagome, would you cut the romantic junk out of all this?" Inuyasha yelled. "The most important thing of all this is that now we've got a ton of shards, with Naraku's huge one and Kohaku's addition. If we collect a few more shards, we'll have the complete Shikon jewel! That was the most important thing that happened today!"

And for the third time that day, Inuyasha was thrust into the ground with Kagome's "Sit!".

Okay, done with the first chapter. What did you think? Please read and review, but don't use flames! Another chapter will be up pretty soon, hopefully!