Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha

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"No..." she said. "Get in the car Sota! Now!" She looked at Inuyasha and he could see something was terribly wrong. "I...I hafta go," she said quickly.

"Wait!" Inuyasha said. There was definitely something she hadn't told him. "I'll come with you. You might need help." He added.

Relief and gratitude softened her features slightly as she said, "Thanks, Hurry!"

The two hopped in the front seat of Kagome's BMW. With the doors securely locked and Sota cowering in the backseat, Kagome speed out of the parking lot.

"Oh no, oh no! How did he find us so quickly!?" Kagome muttered to herself as they zoomed towards the shrine. She had to make sure her mother and grandfather were safe.

"Kagome, what's going on?" Inuyasha asked.

The girl glanced at him as if deciding whether he was trustworthy or not. Deciding he was, she said simply, "There's a youkai chasing us."

"What!?"

Kagome sighed, "My family is a family of mikos. We protect something that is wanted by many demons. There happens to be a youkai who is very powerful and intent on stealing this object from us."

"What do you have that he wants so badly?" Inuyasha inquired curiously.

She quickly looked at him again, but turned her face back to the road as she said, "I can't reveal that, I probably shouldn't have told you all of this anyway, but for some reason I trust you," she smiled faintly at him. "We don't even know how this youkai discovered we had it, but we can't defeat him yet nor, does it seem, can we hide."

Sota whimpered a little from the backseat.

Slowing the speeding car down, Kagome stopped in front of her house.

"Oh no," she said as the blood drained from her face.

Looking up, the three saw the great demon aura in the sky above the shrine.

"Damn, that thing is huge!" Inuyasha stated. "You weren't kidding when you said this demon was powerful."

"I have to help Mom and Grandpa!" Kagome exclaimed, jumping out of the car. Running around to the trunk, Kagome pulled out a bow and arrows, and began running up the steps towards the house and shrine.

"Here kid," Inuyasha said throwing Sota a dagger. "This should help if something comes this way. Stay here till we come back." With that the hanyou followed Kagome up the stairs.

Inuyasha always kept his weapons with him. His father had told him specifically to never leave without the Tetsaiga. Inuyasha always carried it with him along with the dagger he had just given Sota. If worse came to worse, he always had his claws.

He caught up with Kagome at the top of the steps. That's when he caught an all to familiar scent.

"Naraku," Inuyasha growled.

Kagome started, 'how does he know Naraku?' she wondered. 'No time to think about that now!' she decided, and saved the information for later.

"Come on. It's way to quite here. We need to find Mom and Grandpa." She said to her hanyou friend.

They cautiously walked towards the house. Kagome pushed the door open to see her Mother tied to a chair, and her Grandfather unconscious on the floor.

"Kagome! It's a trap!" her mother yelled to the young miko. "Run!"

Kagome heard a soft growl behind her. "He's here," Inuyasha whispered to her.

"Kagome, GO!" her mother yelled again, "I'll be fine!"

The miko and Inuyasha ran back out through the door, but neither had the intention of leaving. Their plan worked, Naraku met them outside where they had more room to maneuver.

"Not so fast," the demon said to the two friends. "It seems that you have something I need, Higurashi Kagome."

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uh oh! what's going to happen now? please R&R to give advice or encouragement. thanks!