Inuyasha cleared his way through trees and brush, making his way to a partly concealed cave.
"That couldn't have been there the whole time could it?" he asked himself, dashing for the entrance, "I've never seen it before."
And just as he reached the mouth of the cavern, the pair of glowing red eyes made him come to a halt.
Stepping out from the shadows, the wolf demon slinked its way ever closer, growling low in its throat. Inuyasha could smell the stink of its breath fill his nose. But another putrid stench lingered in the air. The smell of pools of blood and rotting bodies made Inuyasha want to choke. How could Kagome take this?
"Aaaaawwwwwooooooo!" cried out the youkai baring its teeth.
"I don't have time for this." Inuyasha grumbled, raising his Tessaiga.
"Wind Scar!"
Golden light flashed from out of his katana, ripping the demon limb from limb, blood splattering the ground.
"Easier than we thought." Sango called from above, sending Kirara down in a dive.
"Who cares?" Inuyasha grumbled in response, rushing into the entrance, the others following close behind.
Naraku listened to the shouts approaching them.
"Damn it. Inuyasha." He growled looking toward the direction of the entrance.
Kagome's heart leapt. Inuyasha! He was here to save her!
"Naraku!" cried out a deeply enraged voice. "What have you done with Kagome?"
Emerging from the shadows into the still fading light of the lantern, was the face of an infuriated half-demon, and by his side a demon slayer and her cat, a monk, and a fox demon.
Naraku grinned at their worry-stricken faces and the angry passion burning in their eyes.
"Inuyasha. Just in time. I want you to meet someone."
And stepping from behind him with soft sweeping steps was a fair skinned woman with silver blue hair and dead amber eyes. Those eyes were so lifeless, that they made Shippo squeeze onto Sango's leg.
"Who the hell are you?" demanded Inuyasha, not willing to play Naraku's mind games.
"Inuyasha. She looks like you." Stated the lecherous monk, trying to keep his cool.
The resemblance was quite uncanny. They both had amber eyes, dog-ears, and red robes. In fact, the woman looked like a girl version of Inuyasha.
"She won't look anything like me after I get a hold of her!"
Inuyasha began to lash out at them when Naraku began to chortle deeply.
"Why Inuyasha, is that anyway to treat your half-sister Emi?"
Inuyasha's body shot down and a look of untouchable horror crossed his face. No way could this be his sister.
"I don't have a sister." He retorted and Emi smirked at him slightly.
"Than who am I to you?" her voice tinkled out slowly as she stepped closer to Inuyasha and his friends.
"Dead!" he cried raising his Tessaiga, "Wind Scar!"
The bright golden light filled the cave, illuminating all the bodies, and shredding them apart.
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Kagome watched the emotions flare on Inuyasha's face. How would he handle the fact that this woman was his half-sister?
All of them stood there, staring at the body of Emi, mouths open slightly, faces growing pale. No one had expected this. What would Inuyasha do?
And then in a blink of the eye, Inuyasha became so furious from confusion and worry, he raised his katana, and attacked with a powerful wind scar.
And images flashed throughout Kagome's mind that she had barely breathed before they finished.
She had suddenly realized why this place was so familiar. The nightmare. This was her nightmare. She was trapped in the body of Emi, staring through her eyes, as Inuyasha attacked, not her, but Emi. But it wouldn't matter, because she would die as well.
"Inuyasha!" she cried.
The, Kagome lurched across the room, being slung into a dark corner, taken aback by the sudden movement.
Inuyasha watched as Naraku leapt out, knocking Emi to the ground, away from the blast. Miroku, Sango, and Shippo stood motionless. No one spoke.
"Inuyasha." Naraku finally muttered, "I can't imagine you would not only kill Emi, but your precious Kagome as well."
Inuyasha dropped Tessaiga and stared into Naraku's cold red eyes.
"What the hell are you talking about? That wench isn't Kagome."
A small smirk spread across Naraku's face. The hanyou became even more irritated. He was toying with him, and he didn't have the time for it.
"Inuyasha. Trapped inside of Emi, is the soul of Kagome."
Sango gasped and Miroku's face twisted in a snarl.
"Kagome!" Shippo cried, looking into the comatose eyes of Emi, "Kagome are you okay?"
Kagome went up to the only option she had to see outside, and banged helplessly on them.
"Help!" she screamed, banging incessantly, "Save me! Inuyasha!"
Emi crippled over in Naraku's eyes.
"Ah!" she yelped out, grasping her head, "This impudent keeps screaming in my head."
Sango grabbed her Hirakotsu and slung it at them.
"Watch what you call my friend!" she screamed out, jumping on Kirara's back.
Miroku grabbed her hand.
"We can't kill her, or we kill Kagome. There must be another way!"
Naraku and Emi ducked to the ground and Hirakotsu returned to Sango.
"It seems that they're getting rather angry, Emi. I think we're unwelcome here."
"Damn right you're not welcomed here." Growled Inuyasha, eyes blazing with rage, "Now give us back Kagome!"
Naraku snorted and looked at Inuyasha.
"You didn't think it would be that easy did you? I think I'll hold onto her a little longer."
And quick as a flash, the lantern went out completely and Naraku's laugh soon faded away.
"Fox fire!" Shippo piped, and the room lit with the flickering blue flames.
"Damn it. He got away." Inuyasha snarled, looking around the cave. "And he took Kagome with him."
"Inuyasha. Let us rest and plan our attack. We will not find Naraku now."
Inuyasha placed his katana back in its sheath. "You rest. I'm going to get Kagome back."
And as Inuyasha tried to rush out of the catacombs, Kirara stepped out in front of him.
"Move you mangy cat!" he sneered, trying to get by her.
"Inuyasha, be reasonable. You can't take on Naraku by yourself." Miroku pleaded, "we have to think about how're we're going to get Kagome back.
Inuyasha roared loudly and glowered over at Miroku. "Fine. But if he lays one slimy finger on Kagome, everyone's going to regret it."
The group didn't attempt to speak after that, and went off to set up camp, none sleeping too well.
Okay, who you liked. I'm not the best at describing things, but I hope you enjoyed it all the same. I'm not sure when I'll update, in fact, I'm busily debating my next approach to this fic. But I promise it'll be up after a week or so, since I'm going away for a while. So, I'll just leave you off saying these words of wisdom. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Thank you all my reviewers, including FireFoxDemon, ultimateromantic, and shangxiang10. I hope some day I'll reach ten on this darn thing. LOL. Anyway, arigatou!