Hi everybody. I'm sorry for the long wait but I've finally updated. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and that it was worth the wait.

9. Times of Trouble and Woe

Everyone was shocked by what Inuyasha had said, they were sure that they had protected the girl.

"Are you sure Inuyasha?" Miroku asked not believing him.

"Of course I'm sure, would I say so if I wasn't?" Inuyasha said annoyed with the present situation.

Noticing his pain Kagome said, "Don't worry Inuyasha we'll get her back."

"Yeah sure, we don't even know where she is," he said still upset.

"Of course we do, it's obvious where she is Inuyasha," Miroku said figuring out a conclusion from the events that had happened that night.

"Oh yeah, you're probably right Miroku," Kagome said catching on to his idea.

Sango added, "Yes I agree, there's no other explanation."

"Would you all just stop it and tell me where my sister is," Inuyasha yelled, having enough of his friends' games.

Miroku explained, "Well Inuyasha, Kagura comes challenging you, we all get distracted by the host of demons, and when the demons disperse your sister is missing. So you tell me where she is."

"That damn bastard, I'm gonna kill Naraku," Inuyasha said getting it at last and getting pissed off from Naraku kidnapping Inunessan.

"I'd like to know what he'd want with an innocent little girl though." Kagome wondered thinking that Inunessan was not what Naraku wanted.

"Who knows what he'd want with her but he did take my brother so there's no knowing what he's capable of," Sango answered with hatred in her voice from the thought of what Naraku had done to her brother.

"Calm down Sango Naraku's not going to hurt your brother," Miroku reassured her.

"Alright Miroku I can't help but worry about him though," Sango answered.

"I know," he said.

"Can we focus on my sister here the more time we waste the more time Naraku has to torture her," Inuyasha said impatiently.

"Don't worry Inuyasha, we'll find a way to get her back," Kagome said trying to calm down the half demon.

"Sure and how do you suppose we're going to do that? We've been searching for him for ages and we still have no clue where he is," Inuyasha said as his temper rose.

Miroku answered after a bit of thinking, "Well Inuyasha maybe we won't have to. What if he came to us?"

"Yeah and how the hell do we get him to do that?" Inuyasha asked thinking that Miroku was crazy for suggesting the idea.

"He will if we say that we'll offer our jewel shards in return for Inunessan. We won't really give them to him we'll just let him think that we will," Miroku explained.

"I like it, it sounds like a good plan," Kagome said cheerfully.

"I agree it is the best plan we have," Sango added, finally able to talk after thinking about her brother.

"Ok we'll give it a try but Naraku ain't gettin his filthy hands on any of my jewel shards," Inuyasha said.

He secretly hoped that this plan would work and that he would be able to get his sister back safe and sound.

Meanwhile in Naraku's castle the despicable, bamboo cloaked demon watched the half demon girl, who was chained to the wall of a dark, dank cell.

I wonder how long it will take those pathetic mortals to realize that she's missing. It doesn't really matter though because her and her powers are going to get me the remaining shards of the Shikon Jewel, Naraku thought with an evil laugh.

As the demon watched the girl began to stir, she was slowly beginning to revive and after a while, she opened her amber eyes. It was Inuyasha's sister, Inunessan who had been brought to Naraku's castle and as she awoke, she realized that she could not move.

Not knowing where she was she asked bitterly, "What the hell is going on and where am I?"

"Why my dear girl you are in my castle I found you unconscious so I brought you here," Naraku lied and removed his cloak.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Naraku, your brother knows me quite well," Naraku responded.

"Yeah as a demon that made him try and kill the woman he loved," Inunessan spat.

"So what if that's true, you can't do anything about it, you're my prisoner. So I'd watch what I'd say if I were you that is if you ever want to see your brother again," he said mocking her.

That's right I guess I better be careful I don't want to die here, Inunessan thought not wanting to be given to demons for lunch quite yet.

"So Naraku would you be able to let me down now?" She asked in a fake, sweet voice.

"Not until you behave yourself, I know what you're capable of young lady, "Naraku replied.

"But I'll be ever so good please let me down sir," she answered still using that girlish tone of voice.

"Very well but any trouble and you'll be worse off than you were on that wall," the demon answered and released her from her bonds.

"Kohaku, come here and keep an eye on this wench," he ordered and a young boy with black hair and strange looking eyes came into the cell.

"Yes master Naraku," he said in a dazed kind of voice.

"Take this wench and keep an eye on her, report back to me if she misbehaves."

Once giving Kohaku that final instruction the demon left the room to think and plan his twisted schemes.

"Follow me," the boy said still using the same strange tone of voice.

"Excuse me uh… Kohaku but I can't see this room is too dark," she said making up a quick excuse not wanting the boy or his master to find out her secret.

Inunessan had done quite well on her own for years using her keen ears and nose so she believed that she would be just fine so long as her eyesight was not found out. The boy Kohaku took her by the arm and led to a new room where she could be watched and judged by the horrific demons in this castle. Inunessan was worried and a little scared about what would happen to her but she knew somehow, someway that she had to survive.

Ok I know that it wasn't too long with all the talking and that but I needed to write something. Hopefully my next chapter will be better. As for what's going to happen to Inunessan well you'll just have to keep reading and reviewing to find out. Please review and thanks again for being so patient with me.