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Chapter 3: A Plot Revealed.

A fork abruptly clattered onto the young hanyou's plate. A sense of loss and dread entered her soul. "I've got to go grandma! I'm sorry!" She stood up quickly grabbing her bag and slipping on her shoes. "I'm needed at home!"

Mrs.Higurashi half rose with her granddaughter but sat back down, a concerned expression on her face. "Are you sure Kiyo?" She questioned softly.

Kiyo turned to face her grandmother; pain and worry were shadowed in her eyes. Her entire body was tense, as if some inner pain affected her. "I'm positive." She slid open the front door and ran around to the back of the shrine.

The ancient well house stood before her, but she burst through the door not caring if she broke it. She ran down the steps and immediately jumped into the well. A soft blue glow surrounded her transporting her back to the Feudal Era.

Northern Lands

The silver haired hanyou was returning from a trip to see his major Lord and Lady guardians of his land. Miroku and Sango were doing great as usual. Their little brats were growing up and turning out just like them. As he neared the village that surrounded his castle the metallic scent of blood reached his nose. Another faint scent mingled with the blood reached his nose. The scent of vanilla, soap and herbs…Kagome's scent.

Damnit! What happened? The inu hanyou sped up his pace reaching the village at about the same time as his daughter.

"Kiyo? What are you doing here?" He questioned the young girl.

Kiyo just shook her head, horror written all over her face. "Mom, what…what have I done? I knew something bad was coming I just, I couldn't come I'm sorry." Tears began to stream down the young inu hanyou's face.

"Kiyo…what are…nothings your fault I..." Inuyasha trailed off unable to think of anything to say in order to comfort his daughter. He surveyed the chaos around him. Villagers lay everywhere, scattered and lying in pools of their own blood. In the center of the village a scent Inuyasha dreaded met his nose. That's…the scent of Kagome's blood.

Kiyo stood looking down at the pool of blood tears still streaming down her face. "She's gone, I didn't come back in time. I could've stopped this…but I didn't, I didn't come in time." Inuyasha approached his daughter slowly the shock of losing his mate beginning to take its toll.

Damnit! Who could have done this! Kagome knows how to fight now, and her sword should have… The silver haired hanyou glanced around frantically. If the swords gone I know she's still okay...but…no…shit! There it is. He spotted the sword a short distance from himself and his daughter.

"Kiyo, you have to go pick up your mothers sword. It won't let me touch it." The sword contained sacred powers; only a miko could handle it without being burned. As the scent of blood settled in his mind Inuyasha faintly picked up another familiar scent. Poison, miasma and death…but that's…Naraku's scent! Damnit! Kagome was right Naraku is back! His hands clenched unconsciously at his side, the scent enraging him. Damn you Naraku!

The young girl looked up as her father addressed her. She nodded slowly. She knew the sword had sacred powers, and because of that it wouldn't let any demon near it. The only exception so far was her mother, and that was probably because she had been born a miko. "I don't know if it will let me pick up…" She whispered softly. Her silver inu ears twitched as she heard her father growl under his breath. "Dad? What's the matter? I'll try to pick it up! See look!" She approached the sword with caution well aware of its barrier. The girl reached down with hesitating hands, she grasped the hilt of the sword and gasped.

A faint blue aura surrounded it and her hand, the sword fairly purred as she grasped it tighter. A shocked looked entered the girls amber eye's. The sword had chosen her to be its new barer.

Inuyasha looked over at his daughter, although he couldn't see the aura he knew that the sword had picked his daughter to be it's new barer. His silver inu ears drooped; there was no denying it now… Kagome really was dead…but then where was her body? Had Naraku taken with him for his own twisted amusement? Or…the possibility of his other child still being alive blossomed in Inuyasha. Or did he have someone who could bring the dead to life?

Naraku's Castle

Kanayae's nose twitched as he breathed in the scent of the unconscious woman before him. He had brought her back to life just a few moments ago, but it would take awhile for the soul to truly return to the body. But her scent bothered him, in a way it was like his own…but that was impossible! There was no way this woman could have the same scent as him…that would mean that this woman, was in fact his mother!

"Kanayae!" A woman's scream rent the air. "Inuyasha come quick! Kanayae's been taken!" Another infants wailing crying rose onto the wind, she was crying for the loss of her brother, her twin, her other half. The young half demon struggled in the vice of the snake demon. "Do not sssstruggle!" It hissed to the young boy. "Kana hassss usssessss for you yet." The demon plunged back into the grass taking the young inu hanyou with him. "Mama!" He cried out, but to no avail they were far beyond hearing.

Kagome stirred a little her eye's fluttering open. The sense of being dead still clung to her, but she knew she was alive…but how? Her memories were fuzzy, out of focus, she couldn't remember anything. Who had she been in life? Why was she here? A trembling hand was lifted to her head, as pain blossomed when she tried to remember.

Abruptly Kanayae snapped out of his vision, he'd never had a dream while he was awake. Slowly the few memories he still possessed were returning to him. He didn't belong here, he was brought here by Kana, to…to do what? The face of the woman in the dream kept returning to him, his mother. The miko-hanyou had woken, and it appeared as if her memories had been left behind, just as Naraku had intended. As a look of pain crossed her face the hanyou nearly jumped in surprise. That face…this woman…she was his mother! The revelation hit him suddenly and hard.

"Kanayae…" Naraku's voice echoed through the castle once more. "Has the miko awakened yet?"

The silver haired hanyou looked around him and sighed. "Yes Master Naraku, she has just woken."

The woman looked around her as well when the voice resounded in the room. Who had said that? A name…a familiar name….Naraku I know that name… She struggled through the blurry pictures in her head and then it came to her…all her memories came bounding back with that simple mention of a name.

"Damn you Naraku!" She yelled into the air. "What have you done! Why am I here?"

A frustrated snarl was heard. "What is the meaning of this Kanayae? Why does she have her memories still?"

"I don't know master Naraku…I thought she had left them behind, and she didn't appear to remember anything before. Something must have triggered the memory retrieval and name a face a person."

"But she is still mine to control? She'll do anything I tell her to?" The voice was now sinister and menacing, all his plans would fail if this didn't work.

"Yes," Was the simple reply. "Her will is bound to yours, no matter how she may hate it she must do as you bid." Kanayae looked at the woman, pitty in his eyes. He remembered her, his mother, she had loved him and he had been torn away.

There was nothing he could do now, her fate was bound to his just as surely as her will was bound to Naraku. The miko's eyes widened.

"What are you talking about? What do you mean? Damn you Naraku show your face and let me kill you again!" A deep echoing laughter was heard.

"Be quiet Kagome, your uses will become apparent to you soon, but for now…stay put and be a good little girl until I'm ready for you."

The womans mouth snapped shut as Naraku made his will known, she couldn't say or do anything until her told her otherwise. A fire burned behind her amber eye's, he would pay for this…Inuyasha would come and…Kiyo! What about her daughter?