Author's Note: Genre's still not clearly determined, but I suppose that it's going to stay. Hello, and yes, here's the finish of my third chappie...I would like to just say thank you to all of my reviewers! Neoblaze, Dread Dragon, Shadow Fox, and- Atropa13! I feel very flattered that you have taken the time to read it, and review! I'm just one of those fans...LOL. Very inspiring work, and definitely creative as well! You can just imagine my shock when I went through a user look up! Such a big fan of Just for the Night, by they way...

Oh, and I am warning you now, it gets kinda rough from here on out, I'm trying to make it as realistic as possible...Or I'm trying not to make them as OOC. ;

Disclaimer: I, Candide Avedo do not own anything that has to do with Inuyasha.

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Chapter 2

Obstinate Entity

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'Ha, they don't stand a chance. Stupid humans, they need to understand that some things are just not worth dying for.'

Kagura smiled as she watched the battle wear on. She had to admit, the hanyou and his companions were good. In fact, they weren't even breaking too much of a sweat on the demons that Naraku had sent. So why was the battle going on for this long? It was because of sheer number that was overwhelming them.

Wave after wave of exhilaration soared through her body as she watched them. It shouldn't be long.

Kagome's cry echoed through the forest, bringing a halt to some of the fight. Then followed the cries of those who had become distracted.

She may not be free yet, but it didn't mean that she couldn't enjoy what freedom she had been given. Besides, if she manages to get rid of the bothersome group once and for all, then Naraku might see fit of her release.

"Finish them off" she cried, as she watched Inuyasha hurry to Kagome's aid. "But leave the hanyou to me" Yes, she would save the hanyou for herself. Her plan was to take his head, and present it to her master, hoping for some praise, or even better-a reward.

The demons obeyed her commands, and charged after them.

'Kagura.'

Kagura gave a start, upon hearing her name in her head, taking seconds until realization struck her.

"Everything is going along according to plan." Kagura couldn't wait. Victory was so close. The demons were almost upon them, and this time, it was Inuyasha and his gang running away, instead of her.

'Kagura, I want you to cease, and retreat, you have done what I wanted you to do.'

"Wh-what" protested Kagura, hoping that he wasn't being truthful. "We are so close, I can feel victory"

'Not now, now is not the time.'

Kagura hesitated. What was Naraku going on about now?

'Kagura. That is an order.'

"Yes, master."

"Stop and retreat" Kagura yelled, angrily taking out her feather, her plans for fun spoiled. She saw five figures staring up at her, some in confusion, others-Inuyasha, mostly- were looking at her in contempt. "IT'S NOT OVER YET" she called, rising up regally into the air, like a feather blown into the wind.

With wisps of hair flailing about her face, she watched as the demons below her left, disappearing into the dark depths of the forest. She was about to speed up on her feather, until a certain demon caught her eye.

It looked busy, distracted, as though it had better business than just going back to where it came from. Why, it looked as though it was preparing a meal for it'self. Neglecting her orders. That's just not going to cut it.

Kagura descended back to the ground in a huff, wondering what was so appealing to the great stupid lump of flesh a bones. Looking much closer, she could see that it's meal was still putting up it's pathetic fight. Kagura tried again.

"Demon, stop it at once"

The demon turned to her, bearing it's fangs, sending flecks of blood on the ground.

"I said stop, demon, are you deaf" She took out her fan, turning back to look see that she was ignored. Again. Exasperated, Kagura then raised her fan, and gave it a wave, destroying the demon in one easy flick of her wrist, careful not to send some of it's demon guts into her way.

"Stubborn creature." Kagura tucked her fan back into her kimono, and scanned the area where the demon once was. At first all she could see was the dark colour of demon guts, until she spotted a figure, just covered in the dirty matter, motionless, as though trying to blend into the surroundings.

"Well, well, well, looks like the exterminator's been exterminated."

Sango could barely breathe, and she was too distracted to even find out what was going on. Was Kagome even okay? It took a lot of effort to try and not get ravaged by the damn thing and also keep from completely passing out, but without any strength left in her body, she was in a very vulnerable position. Hopelessness almost dawned on her when the demon above her was ripped apart, by some strong sharp gust of wind. At first Sango was in relief that it was Inuyasha, weilding his Tessaiga (1) to help her.

Her throat ran dry when she saw Kagura some distance away, scanning the area, and spotting her. No other choice but to try and make herself look dead, or, in other cases, invisible. It shouldn't be too hard to pull, she was covered in so much blood, she could just pray and pretend that she was some of the demons' mangled organs.

The wind user didn't buy into her game, and she found herself glaring into the face of her enemy.

"So, exterminator, any last requests before I pry you from your misery" Kagura smiled sweetly. If she couldn't bring Inuyasha's head, well, the exterminator should be just as good, or satisfactory.

"Never. I will never die in your hands, Kagura." Sango tried once again to get to her knees, placing as much of her energy as possible. Then, took her hiraikotsu which laid on the ground beside her, and used it to help herself to her feet.

Kagura couldn't help but be surprised by the slayer's efforts. Despite exhaustion, the deep gash on her left leg, and on both her arms, she could still see fit to stand up. A smirk creeped up on Kagura's face.

"It's over, you would die anyway-ARGH" Kagura shouted in surprise, as Sango lunged at her, and landing roughly in a crouch position on the other side.

Panting heavily, Sango knew that her speed was not going to be an advantage. She positioned herself defensively, as Kagura got over her initial shock at the huntresses' attack, which began to quickly turn into annoyance. What keeps this woman's strength going, anyway?

"I don't have any time for this, exterminator. You may not want to die in my hands, but I know who can do it for me." Kagura took out her fan once more, taking slow steps towards her prey.

Sango could feel the pain increasing, her body was starting to feel numb all over...No. Out of the question. She can't stop now. It's just Kagura. The others are counting on her, and so it Kohaku. Kohaku...

"AGH-agh-AGH" Something was choking her. Squeezing the air out of her lungs, like a balloon pressed between two boards. Sango looked wildly around as her arms were pressed tightly against her, but there was no one to see, but the air. Kagura had her in a full body bind. She dropped hiraikotsu to the ground. The wind-user then roughly pushed her onto the feather, still keeping Sango in the body bind.

"Wh-wher" she choked out.

"I'm taking you to the one who can do all the killing for me, now shut up, or I'll make it tighter."

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"MIROKU"

"Calm down, Inuyasha, I'm trying my best, okay"

Miroku fished deeper into Kagomes' pack, taking out the first-aid kit that they've seen her use so many time before. He opened the chest, and took out random bottles, opening, and sniffing at each of them in turn. Inuyasha continued on with his current activity, pacing restlessly and occasionally sending in nervous glances in Kagomes' direction.

The priestess was clenching her teeth in agony, as her tight throbbed, right where a deep cut was located, almost to her waist, all the way down, up until just above her knees.

Shippo and Kirara could only watch, Kagome was going to be okay, but what if she can't help them with going against Naraku anymore?

"I can't believe that I forgot to look after Kagome." growled Inuyasha angrily, furiously kicking a stone, and watching it soar into the air. Shippo was thankful that Inuyasha hadn't decided to throw his anger out on him yet.

"It's not, your, fault, Inu-ya-sha." Kagome forced a smile, wincing as Miroku applied some temporary bandages.

"IT IS TOO" shouted Inuyasha, throwing his hands into the air, and avoided her stare. "I should've taken better care of you, everybody knows that."

"Well, it's no use trying to bury yourself into the dirt about it." sighed Miroku, as he finished his work. "What's done is done, now all we have to do, is hope that Kagura is not planning on coming back anytime soon."

"What beats me is that why did she call off those demons." said Shippo.

"Don't ask me, I wouldn't know either." muttered Inuyasha. "I mean, we could have been done for, but she just stopped-ARGH, it's so confusing"

"We can just regroup and come back, okay" said Miroku, helping Kagome to sit up. "As long as we survived."

"Yeah. I'm glad that we're all here in one piece." added Shippo, and Kagome nodded in agreement. Kirara, however, looked at Shippo, then, Miroku, Kagome, Inuyasha, and then back to Shippo. The cat's eyes widened considerably, and suddenly let out an panicked roar.

All four turned to the cat demon, who continued to look distressed.

"Kirara, what's the matter" asked Inuyasha, who stopped his pacing to question her.

"Kirara, it's okay, we know that Kagome's hurt, but she's going to be fine, Miroku will help her, right, Miroku" said Shippo, looking to the monk for some reassurance.

Miroku, however, just stared at the tiny form of Kirara, when the realization hit him.

"SANGO! SANGO'S GONE"

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It was cold. The light hairs on her skin stood up, and she shivered uncontrollably. Her body felt heavy, she was still in her body bind, but she was so tired, she wouldn't have known the difference whether she was laying down on a bed of cotton, or nails.

"Wake up, we're almost there." Kaguras' voice intruded her ears, waking her up.

Sango forced her eyes to open, and the blurry vision of Narakus' castle from the flying feather made her weak with dread. Her body felt some sort of presence go through her as they flew through Naraku's barrier.

"Just kill me now, there is no way I'm going to set foot in that castle of his." Sango snarled, struggling against her bindings.

"Too bad." said Kagura carelessly, as they began to descend to the courtyard, just in front of the castle's main entrance. She then got off, and dumped Sango unceremoniously to the ground, and tucked her feather back in her hair.

"Hey" said Sango, falling heavily on her back.

"Come on." snapped Kagura, giving Sango a disgusted look, before walking away, heading straight for the entrance.

"I can't even move." muttered Sango angrily, but not long before those words came out of her mouth, she felt herself being dragged on the ground, still bound together. The ground was rough, and she could feel some small stones painfully pierce her skin, where her armour was not covering her.

Kagura waited patiently outside Naraku's room, with a dirty, bloody Sango right behind her. So far it has been a couple of minutes now, and Kagura was starting to think that he wouldn't have any interest on what she brought for him. She was tired, having travelled for a quite a while to get from their last location to his castle made her bored.

"Kagura, what is it"

Kagura peeled open the screen, entering carefully.

"I came back with a present, I hope you're pleased."

"Show it to me."

"Alright then." Kagura replied, and a few moments later, Sango found herself sliding into the room, at Kaguras' feet.

Darkness covered the whole room, dimly lit with a lamp that was hanging in the centre of the room. The window was covered, and a number of kugutsus on the ground, along with a tray of incense, making the room smell heavily of some familiar, yet strange smell.

"So you've managed to capture the exterminator."

Sango felt chills run up her spine, feeling worse by the moment. His voice was somewhere in the room, but he wasn't to be seen. He hid himself in the shadows again no doubt, but of what good was that deduction? Here she was, with the chance to kill the man who's destroyed their family, and she wasn't in the condition to fight, let alone stand. She felt pathetic.

"You haven't captured me, Naraku, you can't." said Sango, trying her best to sound threatening.

Kagura laughed.

"What do you mean, he hasn't? You're in the room, too weak to fight, presented to him like food on a decorative platter. What kind of capture did you want"

"Stop, Kagura, that's enough. Take off the binds, and let her see sense." Naraku lifted himself from the shadows, staring down at Sangos' weak form.

With relief, Sango felt her chest loosen, and sprawled herself heavily on the ground, facing Naraku with as much contempt as she could muster. Two of the people that she hated were in the same room, but it was no competition as to who it was she hated the most.

"So, Sango, do you still think you have the strength to carry on and challenge me" drawled Naraku, raising an eyebrow. "Or will you comply, and save yourself from further pain and agony"

"I've said it to Kagura, and the same goes to you. I am not going to give into your little schemes like you've done before."

"Fine then, have it your way, but before you try and have a go, don't you want to see who our spectator is for today"

Sango felt her heart skip. What was he talking about?

Then, somewhere in the shadows behind Naraku, someone was moving, coming closer.

"Kohaku." she breathed, looking into the emotionless eyes of her brother. How could she help him now"You sick bastard." Sango stood up, swaying dangerously, remembering that she had dropped hiraikotsu somewhere in the forest a long while back, so she didn't have much but her own two fists.

Anyone would have agreed that what she did wasn't smart, but she had to do something. She might as well have gone down with a challenge.

Summoning up all her strength that was left within her, she half-stumbled and ran up to him, aiming a kick at his head. Naraku hadn't bothered to moved, and just chuckled to himself, glowing purple for a brief moment, and as Sangos' foot almost connected with him, she found herself flying through the air, landing in a heavy pile on the other side of the room. She coughed, choking on her own breath.

"I'm-going-to-kill-you." panted Sango, bringing herself back to her feet, and began to slowly advance for another attack.

"You know, I think you should stop. Do you really want your brother to see you die right in front of him because of your foolishness" Naraku asked, gesturing to the boy, who still looked emotionless.

"He wouldn't know, now, would he" said Sango, ignoring her brother. "He can't feel anything anymore, the only thing I can do for him is to kill the man who did this to him."

"Let me at her, I assure you, she won't live past my first attack." Kagura offered, taking out her fan.

"Leave her, Kagura, she needs to know that all is hopeless." Naraku walked over to Sango, and placed a hand to her neck.

Sango punched at his hand, but he then gripped her neck, forcing her too look up at him, to meet his pitiless eyes. She gasped, as her breath was once again constricted.

"What do you think, Sango? Do you think you can still take me on" he asked, as he felt her claw at his hands, eager for release.

"I-I-urk-urk"

"Yes, okay, so you still want to" Naraku smiled lightly, tightening his hand, and Sango thought her head was going to pop. She felt dizzy, the lack of air was making her act like a fish out of the water, gulping at the air, frantically thrashing in his grasp.

'Please kill me now.' thought Sango, slightly mad at herself for thinking in such a way. But it was so hard to breathe, she couldn't think of anything else.

"Tell me, if I let you live, what are you going to do after that" Naraku asked, watching Sangos' face turn slightly pale.

Kagura waited. When was this girl going to give it up? Half of her wanted to yell at her for being so stupid and telling her to give up, and the other half wanted Naraku to just get on with it and end her life.

"Well, I'll tell you what you're going to do." Naraku brought her to her feet, still connecting her eyes with his. "You are going to be staying here for a while, until I can find some good use for you, do you understand" he loosened his grasp, and Sango coughed, finding herself nod in the process.

Sango didn't like it, but she lost, and they outnumbered her. Plus, what if Naraku made her fight Kohaku again? She doubted that she could do it again. The group and their fights made enough distraction for her to not even remember about him. So the only solution for now is to hope that Inuyasha and the others were okay, and that they would somehow find a way through Narakus' barrier.

"Good." Naraku nodded to Kohaku, and the boy disappeared within the shadows again.

"K-Kohaku" shouted Sango, stretching out her arm for him.

The boy stopped.

Naraku stared.

But Kohaku only stopped for a few seconds, before moving on.

Sango dropped her hand in defeat, her head drooping sadly.

"Kagura, I want you to prepare the 'room' for our 'guest'." said Naraku, and Kagura nodded, leaving the room in silence.

Then, after sending her an appraising stare, dropped her at last.

Sango panted heavily, feeling the need once more to pass out.

Naraku turned his back to the figure on the floor, his mind beginning to make up some sort of plan to make Inuyasha and his gang pay for what he did in the past. Then, finally, he can accomplish what he had been craving in such a long time. That exterminator...Sango...She intrigued him. The woman had this fire, this drive, an unexplainable force that urged her to fight, fight until she could go no more. People like that he wanted to break. Attack their emotions until they could be nothing but a hollow shell.

Yes, break her he shall.

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C.A.:Sorry once again for the lateness, I don't know if I can even keep on apologising like this. Yes, and I still haven't given up on my earlier plans, it's just going to take me a while. ( I'm already planning the first chapter of the sequel ) Sorriez everyone, but I'm breaking my neck here. ( Just flunked Chemistry-First flunk of grades, EVER ) I'm just wholly worried that you won't read it anymore when I do get the time to make my sequel, and update on this...

(1)Tessaiga- Um, I just wanted to see if I got the sp. right...

If you feel the need to criticize, please criticize constructively, thank you. ( I need the constructive criticism! )Also, um if there's going to be any useful info about the characters, it would definitely be welcome! ; I'm going to try my best, although it won't be a walk through the park for Sango, well, it just might get kinda rough, dat's all.