:Empty Soul : Part II :

Living Pain

A Mile down the River. . .

Kagome's body washed up to the side of the riverbed. A dark shadow appeared over Kagome's body. A man with long hair and gold eyes pulled Kagome out of the water and turned her onto her back.

A Year Later...

They had all agreed that it would be best if Kikyou began to travel with them so they could, hopefully, find Naraku faster. Everyone but Kikyou was out of it for a week or so after losing two dear friends on the same day. All of them still held some hope that one day they would find Kagome but they all knew, deep down, that it would never happen. Inuyasha had to go break the bad news to her family but never spoke about that day. After a week of mopping around Inuyasha used anger to try and cope. While Sango and Miroku became more close to comfort one another. Miroku's wind tunnel also grew larger over the year, which scared them all, mostly Sango. She feared she would loss another person she cares so deeply about. Kikyou had tried to move past Inuyasha and what they once had for his own good and let him be with her reincarnation. Once Kagome died Kikyou couldn't help but try to comfort his angered soul and ease his sower. Inuyasha was grateful for Kikyou's help threw the hard times and his love for her still held strong. They had very little encounters with Naraku himself since Shippou and Kagome's death but kept running into more incarnations and demons that worked for him. In tell the day Kagura and Naraku appeared in their path...

"Naraku!" Inuyasha shouted as he drew his sword.

Naraku laughed historically and asked "Do you truly beilive that will work? After all your other failed attempts?"

"Have you really gained the courage to come face to face with us?" Sango asked as she got ready to attack.

"Or is this another puppet?" Miroku inquired.

"I haven't been sending you puppets because I fear your weak powers. It's quiet the contrary, I do not wish to waste my time on you weak pathetic excuse for enemies." Naraku said with a smug look on his face.

Kagura rolled her eyes "let's get this over with." Kagura said raising her fan up.

"Aren't you dead?" Inuyasha asked.

"She was, and still is, my incarnation. If I want her to become one with me then... I can... and if I want her to separate from me, I can do that as well." Naraku stated.

"Fine, we'll just kill you both!" Inuyasha shouted as he ran at Naraku. Naraku jumped out of the way and an arrow almost hit him in the shoulder but he moved in time for it to miss.

"Curse that damn wench that brought you back from the dead." Naraku growled at Kikyou.

"Be silent and die." Kikyou ordered. She loaded another arrow and released it. This time a blur appeared in front of the arrow and the arrow, along with the blur, disappeared.

"What happened?" Sango asked. Naraku turned his head so he could look up in the trees to his left.

"Reizo." he said. A dull look upon his face as he said the name. Inuyasha and the others looked at the tree that Naraku was looking at and saw a man standing there. The man had short black hair and he was smiling down upon them as he spun Kikyou's arrow in his hand.

"Naraku, my master wants to talk with you." the man Reizo said.

"I am in the mites of something." he growled.

"My master knows that." Reizo replied.

"Then why is he bothering me now!" Naraku shouted.

"He has a... interesting offer for you." Reizo answered.

"It can wait!" Naraku declared.

"Can't this?" Reizo asked. "After all, why do you want to kill them noooooow? Why can't these weaklings wait?"

"Don't Ignore us!" Sango shouted and threw Hiraikotsu at Naraku. Kagura swung her fan around and her wind blades hit Hiraikotsu making it fly into the tree Reizo stood in. Knocking it down then Reizo disappeared from the tree, reappearing in front of Naraku.

"It has to do with that girl you are so interested in." Reizo stated.

Naraku thought for a moment before answering "Alright, I'll be with him shortly."

"Good." Reizo smiled and then disappeared.

"As fun as this has been I must be one my way now. Kagura take care of them." Naraku ordered then flew away on a cloud of Miasma.

"Get back here!" Inuyasha shouted as he began to run after Naraku but Kagura used her wind blades, Inuyasha dodged them easily. The blades then hit a flock of bugs that Naraku had also left behind.

"You may have been gone a year but I still remember your tricks." Inuyasha said as the others walked up to him. Kagura stared at the spot in the sky were the bugs had once been and once she was sure their was none there she turned to Inuyasha.

"Ha! It's pathetic you haven't been able to kill Naraku yet." Kagura laughed. Miroku was about to release the wind tunnel on Kagura. "Wait!" Kagura yelled.

"Why should I?" Miroku asked.

"What if I could help you get ride of Naraku?" she asked.

"Now... Why would you want to do that?" Kikyou asked.

"I have my reasons." Kagura answered. "I also have information that could help you."

"Could?" Sango asked dully.

"Why did Naraku attack us now?" Kikyou asked.

"He has all the jewel but the shards you hold. He wanted to just finish it to day. At least, that's what he told me." Kagura answered.

"That makes some sense." Miroku stated. "Who was that man... the one called Reizo?"

"I can't answer that." Kagura replied. "But I can tell you his master will not tolerate your existence if you get in his way."

"Who's his master?" Inuyasha asked.

"I won't give you all the details but he's a new slave of Naraku's and he has those followers of him everywhere. His followers are willing to do anything for him too." Kagura answered.

"Why would he follow Naraku then?" Kikyou asked.

"I have no idea." Kagura answered.

"How the hell will this shit help us kill Naraku!" Inuyasha shouted.

"You'll have to figure that out." Kagura said and ripped her kimono slightly then cut her arm.

"What are you-" Kagura cut of Sango.

"There's one other thing that you'll love to know." she said. "The man Reizo calls "Master" has a favorite out of his... hmmm... you could say clan? Perhaps? Well, anyway, his favorite seems to be that girl... What was her name?"

"Who the hell are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked.

"The one that wore the funny clothes... Ka... Kag something" Kagura said.

"Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Ah! Yes! Kagome. His favorite is that girl." Kagura said.

"Didn't Naraku kill her?" Kikyou said. Inuyasha clinched his fists tightly.

"Don't give us this bull shit!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "Kagome! Kagome... died! Naraku killed her a year ago!"

"Hm? Oh? But even Naraku himself calls her Kagome, well, as long as she's not around." Kagura started to fly away on her feather. "Believe my words or don't! It's up to you!" Kagura shouted as she flew away.

"Could it be!" Sango asked. "Could she really be alive!"

"This is a trick." Miroku declared.

"It does seem like something Naraku would do." Kikyou added.

"Inuyasha, what do you think?" Sango asked. Inuyasha didn't answer for a while as he stared at the dirt path.

"It... It can't be her." Inuyasha answered.

A Year Ago...

The man with the golden eyes and long hair, who pulled Kagome's body out of the water, felt for her pulse but she held none. The man pulled out a dagger from his black kimono top. The dagger had a blood red blade that was very ridged, with a black handle, black wings came out from the part where the blade and the handle meet, and in the middle of the winds was a blood red jewel shard. The man held the dagger above Kagome's heart. He pulled it up high then stabbed it right in to her heart. Her, still opened, dead eyes opened wider and she breathed in a little as a dark purple light bursted out of the dagger and into her dead body. He checked for a pulse again, this time he was able to find a light one. He lowered his head near her's and kissed her on the lips and her eyes slowly closed. He looked her over one last time before lifting her upper torso off the ground. He moved her wet hair off her pale neck. The man then sunk his fangs deep into her neck. Blood began to drip from the spots his fangs were inserted. After getting his fill of blood he pulled back and titled her head to face him. "She'll do." he said to himself and sat her back down onto the ground.

A Year Later at Naraku's Castle...

Kagome's eyes slowly opened and for a moment fickered between opened and closed. She was laying in a very nice room in a triditional japanses bed with her arms above her head and the covers covered her body, except for her bare legs. She was laying in an unusal position in the bed, with her head off the mate and her body diagnally across it. After laying still for around five minutes she rose up holding the covers up to her nacked chest. She slowly looked around the room like she was looking for something or someone but once she fialed at finding it she laid back down and closed her eyes again. 'Not here...' she thought as the door swung opened. Kagome looked to her left, were the door was, and saw a girl. The girl had long purple hair, she wore a short dark green kimono with purple star desgins on the bottom half of her kimono.

"Get up." she snarred. Kagome did not move. "I said! Get up!" she yelled outraged. Kagome looked back up at the ceiling and closed her eyes. "Gr! Master wants you! Now!" she shouted slamming the door shut. Kagome sat up as quickly as she could and grapped her night gown N/A by night gown I mean a japanses one. They are just simple white Kimonos you've probably seen someone in anime wearing one before.. She got up lossly tighing it around her as she ran out of the room she was in.

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