Disclaimer: I don't own them. But I DO own the orbs of the 10 dragons, and the 10 dragons themselves! And the curse…yeah…I also own Naraku's new incarnation!

Summary: While battling Naraku, Inuyasha gets cursed and turns into a………WHAT!? Can Kagome get him back to normal? Or will fate say no to love?

Pairings: Inu/Kag Mir/San Sess/Rin

A/N: I sure hope no one hates me to what I do to Inuyasha in this chapter, but I SWEAR that it will all turn out good in the end!!!

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Chapter 4

Naraku reached into his kimono thingy and pulled out a pink shard-like object that Inuyasha had never seen before. What was he planning?

"Tell, me, Inuyasha. Do you wish to have your parents back?" Naraku asked.

"Wha-huh?" Inuyasha managed to stutter out.

"These shards of the Shikon Jewel have great powers. A couple shards and you could bring your parents back. All I ask is that you go and get them for me." Naraku replied.

"How do I know I can trust you?" asked Inuyasha, finally regaining his voice.

"You don't." he replied simply.

"Also, it depends on what I need to do."

"It's quite simple. You just need to steal the shards that Kagome and the others have." Naraku explained.

"No way! I won't steal from Kagome! They're my friends!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Then you leave me no choice." Naraku said in a more menacing voice that sent chills up Inuyasha's spine. Naraku then…

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"INUYASHA!" called Kagome. Her voice echoing throughout the forest, sending birds flying in all directions.

The group had searched for a good hour and a half, but found no Inuyasha.

"Where could he be?" wondered Kagome. "I hope he comes backs soon."

"We all do. But for the meantime, let's set up camp and have something to eat." Miroku suggested, setting up a fire pit.

"Alright." Kagome said. It was no use arguing, she was totally outnumbered. So she began to dig out her supplies.

Suddenly, a huge gust appeared, and Kouga stepped out of it.

"Hey, Kagome. I came to see how you've been doing, and……hey, wait a minute. Where'd mutt-face go?" Kouga asked.

Kagome looked up at Kouga, tears forming again, and continued getting out supplies.

Sango shot Kouga a death glare, which made Kouga have a freaked-out expression.

Miroku sighed. "He's missing," he simply said.

"He's….missing?" Kouga repeated.

"Yes! He's missing! Happy now?" Miroku wondered, getting impatient.

"Okay, okay! Sheesh! Don't get all pushy with me, now!" Kouga said before helping Kagome set things up. "You don't mind if I stay here, do ya? I mean, you will need someone for protection seeing as Inuyasha isn't here."

"Fine. Just don't upset Kagome anymore than you already have." Sango warned, pointing towards her boomerang and moving her pointer finger across her throat in a threatening way. Kouga gulped and continued helping Kagome.

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Sesshomaru had been traveling for a while, now. Inuyasha's scent had been fairly close a while ago, now it seemed faint and distant.

"Hmmm…I wonder what happened…" Sesshomaru wondered, sitting against a tree for a short rest. The wind blew, and another scent caught his attention. "Now I'm starting to smell a wolf. And…Naraku? Hm…could he have taken Inuyasha? But if my nose is correct, Inuyasha is a child, now. So what use would he be to Naraku? I need to hurry to find out what's been going on lately." Sesshomaru muttered to himself before walking on. 'After all, Father did instruct me to watch over him. So I shall.' Sesshomaru thought.

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Naraku them threw a tainted jewel shard into Inuyasha's forehead. Inuyasha put his hands to his head and wailed in pain.

"It's a waste of time to try and struggle. It will be less painful if you give in and become my slave." Naraku said while laughing. Then he summoned Kagura and Koto.

"Yeah, what?" Kagura wondered.

"Go and keep Inuyasha's friends busy. But only attack when dawn hits, understood?" Kagura and Koto nodded. Naraku then dismissed them. He then turned towards Inuyasha, savoring every pained scream that was emitted from his mouth.

(A/N: NO! That was really hard to write! T.T I don't like hurting my Inu! But still, it adds drama to it all…and it WILL be happy later! I SWEAR!!!)

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It had been at least an hour after Naraku embedded the jewel shard in, yet Inuyasha continued to fight it. Naraku did enjoy his pained screams, but this was just getting annoying.

"Just give in!" Naraku yelled as he embedded another tainted shard into Inuyasha's forehead, causing a more painful yell from Inuyasha.

After a few minutes, he fell unconscious. The tainted shards glinted in the dark. Naraku smiled, then left the hanyou lying there as he walked over to the next room where Kanna was. He needed to make sure that Koto and Kagura were doing their jobs.

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Everyone in camp was sleeping soundly and peacefully. Until…

BANG!!!

Everyone woke up to a large explosion of rocks around them. They looked up to see Kagura and Koto standing not too far away from them.

"Kagura," Miroku muttered.

"And Koto, too," Sango added.

"Who?" Kouga wondered.

"Naraku's new incarnation," Miroku explained.

"Oh…" Kouga muttered. "I knew that…"

"What do you want?" Kagome shouted, picking up her bow and arrows.

"What else would we be after? We need your precious jewel fragments." Kagura lied. "Dance Of Blades!" she called, sending the sharp blades of wind at the group. They all leaped out of the way, barely missing the assault.

"I see Kanna's not with you today, which means I can unleash my wind tunnel!" Miroku exclaimed, about to tear off the prayer beads that were wrapped around his hand. But he was stopped by Sango.

"Wait! Naraku probably sent his wasps here, too! We can't risk losing you!" Sango said, revealing a little too much care in what she said.

"Oh, Sango! You were worried about my safety!" Miroku said cheerfully, letting go of the beads and grabbing his staff. Sango blushed a bit and bonked him over the head for his stupidity.

"Take this!" Kagome said, launching her arrow and purifying Kagura's second wind assault.

"Try dodging this!" Koto said, sending a huge wave of water towards the gang.

"Look out!" Shippo shouted, trying to run away. But the wave washed over everyone of them, carrying them off a ways.

They all landed a good couple yards away from their camp, all unconscious.

"Hmph. Well that was no fun." Koto complained. "How come all of Naraku's enemies seem to be so weak?"

"Don't know. But let's leave. Their presence makes me sick." Kagura said, launching up onto her giant feather thingy.

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Meanwhile, Naraku had been watching the entire thing through Kanna's mirror.

"Hmmm…it appears that without Inuyasha with them, they are almost powerless to stop even my incarnations. Huh. They won't stand a chance against me, now." Naraku muttered to himself as he stood. He then began to walk across the room, and sat on the windowsill (A/N: like he ALWAYS does…--;;).

After a few minutes, Kagura and Koto entered.

"We did as you requested, Master Naraku." Koto informed.

'Tch. How pathetic. Who would ever call Naraku a Master?' Kagura thought, thoroughly disgusted with Koto.

"I will be on an errand. You know what to do if Inuyasha wakes up." Naraku said before leaving.

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Inuyasha slowly awoke. He sat up as he watched two women enter the room. It was indeed Kagura and Koto.

"Come on, twerp! We don't have all day!" Kagura commanded, jerking Inuyasha on his feet and practically dragging him into a different room. It looked sorta like a dojo room, but the walls were lined with more than just swords. They had all sorts of weapons. Daggers, kodachis, scythes, all sorts of blades, and other assorted weapons.

"If you think you've felt pain, better think again.." Kagura muttered.

"This'll be fun," Koto exclaimed. She was gonna enjoy this…

TO BE CONTINUED……