Chapter 50

Wendell entered the room that housed their caged dog. Inuyasha was starting to wake up from the second poisoned dart. Holding his head as if trying to get the world to stop spinning, he tried to focus his eyes on his captor. Wendell had someone else with him.

"I brought you a gift, dog. A new mate. This is my slave that I captured in a small country called Egypt. Her name is Isis. She will do whatever your heart desires. Ahhhh, she is a Nubian beauty, isn't she?", Wendell cooed to her as she nuzzled her master. He ordered his slave to strip as his men shut down the electricity to the cage. Opening up the door, the woman was pushed into the cage with Inuyasha. Looking at her new master, the young woman trembled as Inuyasha growled at Wendell.

"I have only one mate, you bastard. Clothe her. I have no desire for her."

"Ahhhh, but really, dogs don't care. All they want is to mate. Your mating will be part of the show. How does a dog-boy mate?"

Inuyasha growled again, as loud as he could. He wished he wasn't feeling as woozy from the drug. When they pushed the slave girl in, it would have been a perfect time to break free.

Wendell left the two alone, assuming that Isis would be able to win over her new master. Inuyasha sat against the wall with no bars and ignored the young girl. She came over and wrapped her arms around her new master, trying to show him her submission. All Inuyasha did was growl his disapproval. Realizing she didn't understand Japanese, he barked at her, trying to scare her off, which he succeed. The girl quickly crawled to the other side of the cage and curled up.

Feeling sorry for the girl, Inuyasha removed his hitoe and then his yukata. Isis, thinking this was a sign of compliance, started to come closer to Inuyasha. Again, Inuyasha growled and barked at her, ordering her away from him. But, then, he threw his yukata to her, hoping she would take the hint and use it to clothe herself. He pulled his hitoe back on. He definitely didn't want to be without his fire rat cloth. He was satisfied when she did pull the yukata onto her naked body.

Later that day, they drugged Inuyasha again with a dart. Wendell decided that the dog would need to remain tranquilized. The next time he would awaken they would be back in England.

In the Forest

Sesshoumaru searched the lands for the small castle Kagome had described. All humans smelled similar to him and he couldn't seem to track Inuyasha's scent. About four days after Kagome had left him, he found a rundown old village. It wasn't Inuyasha's scent that he had tracked. It was someone else's.

"Naraku!", Sesshoumaru growled to himself. How can this be, Naraku was dead. Inuyasha had even fought Naraku's spirit in the spirit realm. Did Inuyasha not succeed again?

'Damn you, Inuyasha. Can't you do anything right?', Sesshoumaru thought to himself. Following the Naraku's scent, Sesshoumaru headed west, to the Japanese coast.

Back at the Village

Kaori and Kagome rejoiced at being reunited, but Inuyasha remained missing. Miroku formed a rescue party with himself, Yasha, Kagome and Kaori. Leaving on Kirara and Ah-Un, they followed Kaori's directions. After they were away from Sango, Kaori told them about the lord of the castle and what he had said to her. And the jewel. This confused Kagome.

"Why couldn't I sense the jewel inside of Kaori?", Kagome wondered out loud.

"I'm more concerned about this fake Kohaku. It sounds as if Naraku is still controlling Kohaku.", Miroku said.

"But we buried Kohaku.", Yasha added, "How could he get the body."

"Naraku is very clever and a nasty mastermind. He has to be the one behind all this.", Miroku explained to Yasha.

Arriving at the castle, the group searched, but came up empty. The castle was deserted.

"The scents go west if we want to follow them.", Kaori told everyone.

"Uncle's scent is here too. And it also goes west.", Yasha added.

"I suggest we stay here and see if Sesshoumaru returns and what he has to say.", Miroku suggested.

"I agree.", Kagome said.

As the group sat around, Kagome still questioned how she could sense the jewel inside her daughter.

"Maybe Naraku did something to you or your mind that made you not realize the jewel was present.", Yasha suggested.

"Or maybe the jewel didn't want you to know of it's presence.", Miroku suggested.

After a while, a pinkish ball circled the area and Sesshoumaru materialized. Kagome anxiously asked him what had occurred. Sesshoumaru quietly explained that Naraku was involved and that he had traced their scent to the coast, but the scent stopped there. They had obviously boarded a boat.

"Bound for England, no doubt.", Kagome said sadly.

"Where?", Miroku asked.

"England. A country far to the west of here.", Kagome said, then brightened up, "Maybe Yasha and I can follow the ship on Kirara or Ah-Un. I know the general direction it would be sailing in and Yasha could smell for Inuyasha and ..."

"I couldn't even pick up Inuyasha's scent. I doubt he would be able to.", Sesshoumaru said, looking at his nephew.

"Does this mean we've lost Oto-san again, mother?", Yasha asked sadly.

Kagome looked at her son and daughter's sad eyes. She refused to give up this time. She refused to live without Inuyasha. She would find a way to get him back.