1I know I've said this so many times before, but I am so sorry! My summer has been hectic as hell! But I've been thinking about this chapter and I think I know where I'm taking this. And I think it might be only a couple more chapters until the end, so lets get this chapter going.

Chapter 26: The Chase Begins

Kagome opened her eyes to a blinding whiteness. She sat up slowly to see that she was not in pain. She looked around and gave a sigh. She was back in the white place with that strange girl. But the girl was no where in sight. But that didn't mean much. Kana was just as white as the place, so she was rather hard to see.

Kagome got to her feet and began to walk. As she took a step, it echoed endlessly. With another step, another endless echo. She walked in silence, with only the sound of her footsteps. But soon she came to a stop and just stood there. Where was she planning on going? By the looks of things, it was just never ending.

Sango sat on the couch, eating the last bite of her soft taco from Taco Bell. Her late night craving satisfied, she sat and watched the last of You've Got Mail. But as time passed, her mind started to drift back to Kagome. Had she ditched her for Inuyasha? She giggled at the thought. They needed to be together. They were cute together.

She was snapped out of her thoughts by the sound of knocking on the door. Why didn't Kagome use her key? Shrugging her shoulders, Sango got up and answered the door, surprised at who was standing there.

"Kouga?" Kouga only stood there at her question. "What are you doing here?" She asked, leaning on the door. "I need to speak with Kagome." He told her, rudely pushing by her. Sango glared at his back and answered," Well, I'm afraid she has gone to see Inuyasha."

Kouga turned and glared right back at her. "She went to see that mutt?" He growled, pulling his hands into tight fists. "Yes." She said simply. "And your not going to bother them." Sango then closed the door and locked it. "I can just tear that door down. "Unless you want to pay the manager 500 in damages, I suggest you not."

Kouga's glare intensified, but she simply motioned for him to sit on the couch, which he did reluctantly. As they sat there watching the movie, which Kouga saw no point in why they didn't just meet and get it over with, ayame walked in and sat next to Kouga.

The comfort in the room suddenly lessened and Kouga tried to scoot away from Ayame's touch. "K-Kouga?" She asked quietly. Kouga didn't acknowledge that she had spoke, but with a jab from Sango, he turned and faced her. "What?"

"Do you still not remember about our engagement?" She asked, looking deep into his eyes. "Yeah." he said, turning back to the movie he didn't really want to watch. But as he watched the annoying blonde look around an empty shop that use to be her bookstore, he heard crying. To his surprise, both Sango and Ayame were crying. "What the hell is wrong with you two!"

"This is the saddest part!" Ayame cried, grabbing his arm and a Kleenex. "What? It's a store!" He yelled. "You have to look deeper Kouga! It was once her mom's and her mom is dead now, and that store was a major part of her life!" Sago told him. Kouga let out a low growl as Ayame continued to cry on his arm.

Kagome had been walking for a while now. Nothing had changed in her eyes. It was still white, still lonely, and still annoying. Never had she wished more than to see Kana and her expressionless face. But as she walked along, she saw a tiny black dot in the distance. Hoping it was were Kana was, she quickened her pace.

The dot slowly increased, but was still a great distance away. How can Kana tell which way is what? She thought with annoyance. Kagome then busted into a full out run. As she drew closer, she saw that it was a dark black castle. It looked jagged and was rather dark looking for such a pure place. She came to a stop at the doors and tried to steady her breathing.

As she went to push the doors open, they opened on her own. As she walked inside, she saw a still dark hall. It had blood red carpet, and on the walls hung pictures of devastation. Of wars that had turned very bloody. Kagome walked the hall in silence, staring at the pictures of gruesome death as she moved.

But as she stopped to look at a rather graphic picture of a man having his head cut off, she heard voice traveling through the castle. One was the monotone of Kana. Hoping that she would be getting out of this weird place, Kagome quickly followed it.

Sango was picking up the Kleenex that they had cried on the sad parts, while Ayame picked up all the dishes. Kouga merely sat there, cursing movies like the one he had just been forced to watch. Between Ayame trying to hit on him constantly, and Sango's bony elbows jabbing into him to remind him to be nice, he was going crazy. "I'm out of here."

As he got up from the couch, Ayame clung to him like a leech. "Please don't leave Kouga! I want you to stay!" She pleaded, giving him her best puppy dog eyes. Kouga merely laughed at her request and dragged her towards the door.

"Don't you dare go to see Kagome Kouga!" Sango warned. As Kouga peeled Ayame off him and let her fall to the floor in tears, he gave her a smile. "Who is going to stop me?" With that, He threw open the door and ran out.

"Kirara!" Sango yelled. A small cat demon came out from behind the couch and mewed at her . "Let's go!" The cat gave a roar and turned into a large fire cat demon. Sango grabbed her boomerang from out of the closet and climbed onto the demon. With another roar, the cat ran towards the balcony and flew off into the night air, following the sent of a rather cocky wolf demon.

Kagome walked along the rather cold halls, until she saw a pair of rather large pair of wooden doors. When she got closer, she heard the voices coming from inside. Giving a sigh of relief, she pushed the doors open to what looked like a rather large throne room.

As she walked in, she saw Kana and another woman fighting in the middle of the room. The woman yelling at Kana was dark. Her short black hair was pulled into a rather small ponytail. Her eyes were a ruby red, and she had a permanent scowl on her face. She was wearing a detailed white and pick striped Kimono, and had in her had a large fan.

Both Kana and the woman looked at her as she approached. "Who are you?" The woman asked, a sting in her voice that made Kagome flinch. "Her name is Kagome." Kana answered, showing no emotion as usual. "What is she doing here?" The woman asked.

"She is going to get you out of this situation you have put yourself in." Kana told her. "I haven't lost a soul in 200 years, and your blaming me for this one slip?" the woman barked at her. "Relax Kagura, Kagome is going to help us regain Yurokia's soul."

Sango saw Kouga running along the streets at fast demon speed, but she could easily keep up thanks to Kirara. She motioned for Kirara to go down to his level. As the Demon ran along, he saw Sango flying along side him. "Don't make me have to hurt you Kouga!" Sango warned. "You can't do shit to me!" He yelled, speeding up. Sango glared at him and quickly through her boomerang at him, which he dodge.

Sango quickly caught the returning boomerang and motioned for Kirara to get next to Kouga again. "Kouga! Stop stalking Kagome! She doesn't like you that way! But ayame does! Why not go out with her?" Sango argued. "In her dreams!" Kouga laughed, speeding up even more. Damn that cocky son of a bitch! Sango cussed, trying to catch up with him.

Kagome stared at them in shock. "What are you talking about?"

"As you know Kagome, Yurokia soul has been placed into the body of a little girl. Since this has happened, We have been having trouble keeping the souls form trying to escape. When one gets out, they all think they should get out, do you understand?" Kana explained. Kagura only laughed at her. "I have no trouble with the souls in hell!" She told her. "Is that so? Then how did Naraku escape your grasp?" Kana shot, still no emotion on her face.

Kagura only growled at her as she continued, "We need you to seriously hurt the body, so that she is weak enough for us to suck back her soul." Kana told her. "I can't do that." Kagome told them. "Why not!" Kagura yelled at her. "Because the soul for that body is in Kikyou and I cannot kill the body and let her soul have no place to go." Kagome told them.

They both remained silent. "Then how about this. You destroy Kikyou and I take the soul. Then, when you weaken the body enough to get the soul from it, I'll exchange them?" Kana offered. Kagome thought about this, and decided it was the best deal she was going to get. She then shook Kana's offered hand in agreement.

"Very well, now you must return and help us regain proper order over this place." Kana told her, pointing at a door. Kagome bowed in thanks and walked over to the door, opening it. When she did, a bright light came from inside. As she walked through she had to shield her eyes. She made there way through until she couldn't see anything and had to stop. That is when she began to feel light headed and lost track of what was happening.

Kouga had made his way to Inuyasha and the two were now racing to get to his front door. Sango had gotten there first and had managed to block the door from Kouga. "Move!" He growled. "No! I wont let you ruin it for them!" She shot back. "I said move!" He yelled, trying to push her out of the way. "No!" She yelled, fighting to keep her place.

Kagome had become aware of a very sharp pain. She slowly opened her eyes to see the ceiling of a dark room. Her shirt was wet and she was laying in a puddle of something. She tried to sit up, but the deep gash in her stomach protested to any movement. As her vision cleared, she saw that she was covered in blood and that the cut across her middle was very bad. She slowly tried to make her way to the front door, but crawling on her back to a lot of strength that she didn't have.

As she lay there, she heard voices yelling. One sounded just like Sango, and to Kagome's disbelief, the other sounded like Kouga. Taking a deep breath Kagome yelled, "Sango! I need help!"

Sango and Kouga stopped fighting as the sound of Kagome's voice yelled for help. Ignoring the fight they just had, Sango threw the door open and ran in. To Sango's horror, she found Kagome laying in a pool of her own blood with a deep cut across her stomach. "Kagome! What happened!" Sango cried running to her.

"Inuyasha has been brainwashed or something by Kikyou...he doesn't recognized me or anything," Kagome told her, taking deep breaths. "We need to get you to a hospital." Sango told her, trying to help her up. "No!...I just need some bandages and I'll be fine...but we have to go after Kikyou." Kagome told her.

Sango could only stare at her in shock. "You need to go to the hospital!" She urged. "I said No!...but we are going to need help." Kagome yelled. "Who?" Sango asked. "...It pains me to say it...but we need Sesshomaru.":