Yay! Now on to Chapter 8 of this spine tingling adventure. All thanks goes to MyRini13 for helping to actually do the formatting, so now I can update a lot faster and I have a new laptop! Look people I enjoy getting your e-mails and comments but if anyone ever flames to insult me again I will go to the authorities of the website, thank you and enjoy the story - Now Ryokou Disclaimer please!

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Alls Fair in Love and Wars

He stared at the huge beast; its iridescent scales glowed in the morning sun that filtered in through a window while aqua lizard like eyes of furry stared into golden pools of equal anger. Its huge talon now blocked his way to the obsession that was his object of desire and Inu Yasha be damned if the thing would stop him. Moving ever so slightly he raised Tetsusaiga pointing the tip at Kikyou, entertained when the woman with soul stealers floating in the air got a apprehensive look in her eyes as the chocolate brown color wavered flaring with emotions as they flickered across them quickly the most predominant emotion was that of fear. He could smell his lovers delicious scent masked with the over powering fear as it seemed to streak her whole body from head to toe, then reality sunk back in as the dragon beast creature stood in front of his way again this time to protect its mistress from harm, his grin became cocky enough to shame Ysuskes smirk of triumph. Anger grew to that of waves in the wind gradually getting bigger as he took a few steps back fang still pointed at Kikyou but now at the beast that stood in front of her, raising the sword high over his head he finally attacked the thing. The sword began its steady descent to a stoned carved floor as torrents of yellow beams came from within the fang invisible winds picked up as the attack swept by the Tentai in a rush slicing off a part of the dragon to his disgruntled grunt of displeasure but as he looked on a lizard like hand fell to the floor with a resounding thud. The limb on the floor wiggled like a fish until it finally stopped and started to melt into a metallic blue puddle of liquid, the flesh was no longer a solid object but one of liquid as he watched curiously the puddle moved slowly at first crawling upon the stone floor with a burst of speed he thought liquids didn't have it was crawling up the dragon beasts body again reattaching itself. Once the shiny stuff made its way there it began to mold itself back into the limb that was cut off, first a thumb, index finger, for finger, etch grew along with those sharp glinting talons that had stopped him from going anywhere moments ago. This angered him to the limitations of the way his own emotions played, snorting with a frown on his face he raised the sword again only to be stopped by a powerful blast. The blast it self was powerful enough to rival his blades of blood so he took it to the side, when all was said and done the blast made a small burn mark that being it he turned to see the human with slicked hair and green suit was holding up a hand, the last three fingers were curled while the index pointed straight at him and the thumb knelt against the side of the index finger like he just shot something. He knew of guns when that one time Kagome told him about the robbers, and murders that occurred in her time but that wasn't a real gun it was the humans fingers, she had told him those things were made of a hard substance called metal. Albeit he wanted to kill the boy but right now his focus should still be on the dragon beast, turning back to the enormous animal he took a few steps forward being scrupulously careful not to injur himself again by those prats watching though after that kind of show of youkai toughness perhaps they wouldn't fight him for fear they would pee there human pants and run away screaming.

"What will you do now Inu Yasha? You can't kill it with the Wind Scar…" Kikyou stated the obvious in her cold crackling fear voice as she floated protectively behind the large thing she had made, he only grinned the widest grin, if he hadn't of done that then there would have been a spur of evil laughter, but now that he was reanimated he actually had a brain to think the woman must think him a brainless idiot for doing only the Wind Scar. The sword hilt in his hands slipped slightly from sweaty palms holding fast to the tattered end, the hilt itself looking worse for ware as if it would fall apart at any moment. With lucid liquid movements of grace he kissed the air by jumping up just a few meters to come face to chest with metallic like scales, he saw the underbelly though had no scales that was a weak spot but then it would only regenerate the hole to be gone it was a tricky mystery as to how to kill this thing when it clicked in his brain. It had been almost right in front of him how the first cut limb was made a puddle, the liquid jelly like substance was the key to its regeneration and healing any where on the body. Landing in front of the beast he stared it down with a gaze of unwilling fear, hell he died and was now back beyond the grave, who could ask for more? Jumping once more he went over to the nearest wall taking a torch down while sheathing the fang for the moment, Kikyou curiosity peeked from behind a scaled shoulder to look at what he was doing. He took the torch calmly walking back over to where the dragon stood and took out the fang, in one hand he raised the sword high above his head as it descended to earth in a sideways streaking motion while throwing the torch in the attack as the winds picked up and carried a flare of fire within itself to create a huge flaming wind that surrounded the dragon like a tornado eating at its skin, when it tried to regenerate it couldn't. Before the beast went up in flame he saw Kikyou move off to a safer place, clapping his hands at her he smirked.

"Bravo my lovely woman but you forgot to tell him not to play with fire, because it burns chemically jelled or liquefied substances." Biting back another round of evil laughs he strolled forward haughtily as he felt the stare of the boy in green, he snorted seeing as he didn't run away but oh well another obstacle in his way wouldn't hurt. This time he thought he didn't have to use his sword so he put it in the black sheath coming to a stop in front of the small rag tag group of three, two ningen and the other a youkai. Paying no attention to the orange haired boy next to the gelled hair boy he took a stab literally at him slicing the green coat off with seconds to spare to see anger quelling in dark brown eyes. The teen just discarded the garment throwing it to the side while getting in a strange stance he had never seen before a smirk lightly touched the others lips he as well was ready for another fight. Though at this particular time Kikyou wasn't to be seen for she had fled after he talked with her, mentally shrugging he didn't need another woman here anyway there was only Kagome. Getting into his own stance he charged the young man who stood his ground, a fist landed itself to his own stomach as he doubled over in obvious pain, taking a peek from behind silver bangs he looked at the hand that hit him. The balled up fist was glowing a strange bluish color, he could feel strength radiating from that he snorted getting his act together for another attack. He was injured a day ago but today he was healed by one of Naraku's incarnates Shidma was his name, the man came out differently then the others this one actually obeyed the every command of the lord Naraku. What ever he asked of the young man he would receive, and yes all the incarnates are fighters this healer used a strange weapon it was called a Bone yard Scythe. The thing was made of bones with a metal blade, when it got broken the bony hands that are the base would grow to a large enough size to wrap around it as a strange glow of black surrounded the closed metal, once released the scythe would be just like new as if it had never broken. The dark lord had instructed him to go get the priestess and bring her back to him so he could take the jewel from her and most likely take over that era. But there was one thing that the healer couldn't get, that's the partial reason for him being here the other is to have Kagome killed and brought back to life to live with him forever as eternal lovers. He is the most trusted over Shidma, Kagura, and even the small albino child Kanna this made him snigger in delightfulness as a hand almost connected to smash his face in and interrupt his thoughts. He growled his blood boiling to give the sign for transforming but he held that back for the time being to see what this kid has. Strikes from the fists came into contact of his arms making an X over his chest or face as the blows kept coming on strong, they stayed like this for about a millisecond before both jumped apart to see the damage inflicted. Inu Yasha had had enough of this; his arms had scraps all the way from the elbow down to the wrist. No matter it only made the next move easier for him to do, lining up the left wrist with the rights index fingernail he cut the flesh up the arm to stop at the elbow as life's blood dripped from his body. Yes he was dead but unlike Kikyou who was resurrected from ashes he was brought back to life in his own body that didn't need to be remade. He died meeting Kikyou one fortnight to have the usual sex they did while Kagome and the others slept, when they were done they both fell into a peaceful slumber or so he thought she did as a purified knife was plunged into his heart killing instantly upon contact. Another reverie relived and past he dipped his fingernails into the thick substance he didn't need to have the wound closed for already being dead but he had to have souls to live. Raising his hand halfway it came down with the usual battle cry.

"Blades of Blood!" the four red lines arched upwards and then fell to the earth heading in the direction of the boy who had made him feel pain, he dipped his fingernails in his own blood again doing the attack a second time like he did with Kagome when she fell into the well. Both attacks were head on as the first missed his head by an inch but the other struck home on one of the arms digging into the humans skin and making him bleed rapidly. Dark brown eyes narrowed even more as the hand gun gesture was brought out again, this time he saw confidence in those eyes that showed fear he shrugged it off as adrenalin in humans and took out the old battered and beaten sword to have it once again transform into his fathers trusty fang. The sword that could kill a thousand demons in one foul swoop, this blade was lethal but it only seemed to let him or humans hold it other demons hands would burn off or be fried to a crisp trying to just hold it. Both squared off again waiting for one another to give it a go, as the young man was the first to make a move by stepping up to the plate and giving strangled cry of

"Shotgun!" as the hand made a fist and came at Inu Yasha with a will to win but all hopes were dashed from the young man by his dodging each shotgun shot, swerving around the lights that illuminated his face in the most dark way making it seem alluring but at the same time dangerous. So that was the attack used last time on him as the boy took a step back he got in his face, both of their breathes ragged from this fight but it wasn't over yet not by a long shot. Inu Yasha's sword was now pointed so close at Ysuskes neck it actually grazed the milky white skin a tear shaped red liquid soon rolled down the sword making it more evil but that also made the owner malicious a killer for the thirst for blood and that's how he liked it as fear tingled its way to his nostrils for that affected his mental state of mind and preferred to kill the boy without his other self showing through. It was a miracle at least with the smell of blood that his true self hadn't come out yet that only meant he would have more toys to play with even if the other was a human. Most fun would be the youkai he would be last to fall and probably more fun to fight, he had to end this quickly or this stupid fight would draw out even longer, impatience was settling in his brain when a fist to the cheek told him he really needed to finish now. Taking the sword from the boys neck he took a few steps back reading himself for the strongest attack he had next to the barrier breaker, it was strange he never really thought he could do this as the swords point was once again pointed at said young man. Something yellow akin to the wind scar started to come out of the sword, the color wrapping around the glinting evil metal as another light came about this time red wrapping around the sword as its brethren of light had done as well. The lights seemed to dance a pattern around the now glowing sword; the white light was now so bright the teen had to cover his eyes or risk going blind. When it faded the sword still glowed but with one color that of the purest white that was reserved for those who were actually pure. White in the world represents purity as black represent evil thus the world is split into chaos by someone stepping in-between the colors to make one of their own, gray spilled into the color scheme it seemed as Inu Yasha held the fang out at arms length tip in the air for just a moment before it began to tip pointing over the boys head at the ceiling and when he looked up his face got so white one would mistake him for the dead. All he had to do now was attack the ceiling and all this would be over so he could get on and get through the others. As he was about to kill the boy a snapping noise much like watered down leather slashed the side with which the burn wound hadn't healed yet, with a sigh he knew then that all had to die the same way nor he would never get this task done and over. With a reluctant sigh he found the orange haired boy had already moved to the side of his pale-faced comrade in honorable humbleness grabbing the air as if there was something their thus creating an orange static sword made of light. The one with the whip flicked back his long locks of red in an irritable manner but seemed confidant that his two human comrades might be able to succeed in killing him. With another grunt of displeasure he tipped the sword then halfway and brought it out in front to have both humans look at it. It was raised in the air all the way above his head, the white energy crackled collecting any energy that was suspended in the room, all energy even the tentai's spirit energy entered that thing to power it up for a final swooping attack like a eagle on its prey of huddling scared and fearful mice. The first to feel the effects of this was the orange haired boy who fell unconscious his body making a large thudding sound that resonated through the hallway bringing an unknown person out of his slumber. The other one swayed just a bit but held fast to stand awaiting him for the attack. Dust that collected in the stone hall seemed to settle as all went a deathly quite the only sounds were the labored breathing of the boy standing, the breathy in takes from the unconscious one, and a whip being dragged back for a quick slash. The snapping leather noise was heard again but its intended target caught the tip pulling and tugging till the hand on the other end was raw but this youkai wouldn't give up, with time ticking by every second Inu Yasha pulled the whip to its breaking point when it snapped he lowered the sword to kiss the earth as a rumble went through the building, the walls and piece of hall behind him and them were incased in a white light that looked like cell bars in a prison, this wasn't the attack but it would keep them in here until he was finished with them. Then it came the two mixed lights from the tip of the sword leaked out again this time swirling around each other making a light mist break into the cage. The boy was getting ready spreading his legs apart to balance himself for this and Inu Yasha let it go the power that surged in the room made even the red head gasp in shock and fear itself was evident. The two lights swirled at the tip first conjoining with pieces of white light that lapsed into it from some of the cell like bars; it made the glowing even brighter. The ball of light disappeared then as a confused human looked on with a strange looking contorted face, the energy wasn't in fact gone but the fang had absorbed the energy thus making a new attack, the two colors represent the two attacks from the sword itself the barrier breaker and the wind scar when combined with his own energy that consisted of white it made the sword stronger. Letting the swords tip drop to the floor he dragged it oh so lightly to show it cut even when it touched something lightly, bringing it back up he slashed once, twice, thrice and nothing seemed to come out but the boy had no time to dodge as three colored arc's of light smashed into his body, first the yellow light connected with the stomach, the second light red connected to his chest, and last the white light connected to his skull as dark brown eyes went blank and static electricity itself wound about the falling body to inflict more damage then already done. Now that the two humans were out of his way he turned to the fox hanyou as he presumed him to be. Eyes now glowing with the white power of the cell like walls he spoke in a cold calculating voice.

"Shall I kill you as well or will you let me through?"

Hiei was cuddling against a creamy white shoulder, he didn't mind using her as a pillow seeing as she was actually the one cuddling him. Some time after their matting when she fell asleep her arms wrapped around him a bit to tightly and pulled him up chest level to have a snuggle fest. If this were any other woman he would of killed her but this is his mate and he would let her be until she awakens later. Then that's the time he should talk to her about the snuggling strangle problem, a loud boom woke him though from the light slumber he was having and it was odd Genkai wasn't teaching anyone a lesson today at this time nor was Ysuske training it was defiantly odd when he smelt the blood of the detective whom was usually the one to draw blood first from his nemesis. Another scent wafted to his nose he didn't like it was the smell of rotting flesh, bones, and dirt he shook his head in a vain attempt to try and get that nasty smell out of his nose when his mate came to sniffing the air with a worried face. He grabbed her chin gently forcing her to look at him in his eyes and he saw hers for the time with real fear, the painfully anguished look of a defeated woman was not a pretty sight. Her eyes seemed only to get larger as the scent moved down the hall; tears gems began to make there way down her soft rosy cheeks only to be wiped away, a few of those prized jewels made there way to the ground with a soft tinkle or a soft plop into the water.

"No more tears, why is it you cry?" it wasn't a statement but a command in a loving voice as her tears dried up.

"I know that scent from anywhere but its impossible for them to get here, that would mean some how getting through the well to my time! Oh gods of the seven hells how did Naraku find a way through there without any of the Shikon Shards!" she shook her head in disbelief but the truth was the scent that marched down the hall faster now closing in on the indoor hot spring. Her eyes got even wider by a fraction as he slipped his arm about her waist and pulled her closer to look her in the eyes.

"Who is coming?" it wasn't a question or a statement this time but a demand for an answer, she shook in his arms and held fast to his shoulder trying to calm down. He had her calmed down finally when the door to the place they were in splintered open, as the figure walked closer the mist that enshrouded it came apart as if for a person of high stature. Hiei grabbed his blade as the woman in his arms started to cry again but she whispered a name that seemed to send chills down both their spines.

"Inu Yasha…" it was a strangled answer as he took up his black cape to drape over his necked lover who obliged in taking it an wrapping herself in it like a miniature toga. He stood in front of her in a protecting manner his thoughts even told him that he should protect his mate, another figure staggered into the spring after the first who turned around to face it. Arcs of red light were seen as his mate whimpered behind him, he wouldn't let this person get her he would rather die first as a shout of pain was heard from the second figure who he gathered was Youko. It hurt to hear his friend in pain but he had to stay by his mate's side as the other figure turned back around as a sword tip parted the swirling ominous mists the thing looked like it was glowing an ethereal white or perhaps that was just his mind playing tricks on him? None the less a tall well muscled body followed suit, as a face was seen with glowing white eyes, he took a step back to balance his body and feet but being small always had its advantages. Without a warning the huge sword was swung at him in a half arc yellow, red, and white light crackled towards him in a fanning out fashion getting him only in the stomach as he dodged the other two arcs that went sailing into the wall behind him making the stone structure crumble. It was then he noticed the way the man with long silvery hair looked behind him at his mate with lustful intentions, the look in those eyes was one to make him go bananas and kill the beast for looking at his Kagome that way. Quickly he unsheathed his short stout sword in a fluid motion the metal making a soft shing sound to accompany the ting when the blade itself was pulled out fully. Dropping the black sheath he held the weapon with both hands protectively in front of the one he loved, the tall man charged him full ramming speed with the large sword pointed at an angle to were he was free to run about without it getting stuck into anything. Both jumped fearlessly at each other like grappling dogs in a dog fight both bared there teeth with grunting and growling as swords clashed the metals tingling against each other, weapons groaning their protests as one shot forth the other parried. If either made one mistake it would mean there lives at the futile cost of a fatal blow, but they continued there dance of dominance for who would win the woman who sat in a small black cape. The larger sword came at Hiei from the right cutting his arm; the cut itself was deep enough to draw blood but not enough to stop him from fighting. He gritted his teeth as he held out his hand to call forth the strongest attack he could muster, the faster he killed the bastard the faster he could help Youko and calm down his woman but alas this would do no good as his nemesis prepared another onslaught of that strange attack one after the other. Repeatedly he jumped out of the way but getting grazed many a time as one attack caught him in the chest making another wound on him and his pride of being the fastest one in the Tentai group. This wound drew blood as well as his eyes began to seep red, his skin changed color drastically from a human peach to a sickening green color with purple eyes every where. Where the cuts were located those eyes stayed close but the rest were open, he looked at the thing that dared cut him and make him bleed. In a menacing way he held up his newly acquired clawed hands the talons glinting at the dog demon as a grin of delightfully relishing blood lust coursed through his veins. His body seemed to move of its own accord as his legs brought him closer to the dog demon whose eyes where trained on him since the fight had fist started, with a burst of speed he thrust his sword through the mans abdomen blood trickled down the sword in a small rivulet landing on his hand as it dripped all the way down. Taking the sword out of the body in front of him he took his sword back and put the hand up to his face to lick off the fresh blood in an attempt to say he wasn't scared and would wipe the floor with this demon. That only earned a slight psychopathic grin of evilness from the man in red as he took a step forward and Hiei took one back with a determined expression on his face. Both parties had congealed blood covering them at this time, though they didn't care at the moment as the one in red discarded his top to reveal a white shirt underneath and strange looking necklace with black beads and white teeth of some sort. They both stared at each other for a second time each lost in his own thought, one thinking he had to get the girl and the other thinking he had to protect his mate. Finally the one with the largest sword sent out the same attack used on Ysuske the three colored arcs this time combined in midair to make a more bigger arc that disappeared only for a minute as Hiei got confused and slashed about the chest a second time at an angle to make the wound on his chest an sloppy X. He fell to the earth of stone body systems shutting down one after the other, as his body hit the floor the last images was of his mate crawling over to him and cuddling his face in her arms tear gems tinkling to the ground in a futile attempt to wake him up as a smile graced his lips the irises disappeared completely to become white and electricity convulsed through his body to make her let go as a small yelp came from her.

Kagome watched the horrifying sight of her mate being defeated and now here she was crying over him when she should be running. After the electricity shocked her hand away from the small mans body a person loomed before her as a clawed hand took her wrist to hard and pulled her up. Another clawed hand ripped the black toga cape off of her so she was totally necked, she screamed at him saying sit but this time it didn't work and his mouth was right next to her ear.

"Naraku made sure you couldn't do that again my dear…" he rumbled in his throat as the same hand that ripped Hiei's black cape off wrapped around her waist to settle her there as he took off through the huge hole in the wall made when he fought the small man.

She was beyond scared or even fearful she was terrified and didn't know what was planned for her once they got to where they were going so she tried to make it difficult for him to get anywhere by struggling in grasp. Kicking, squirming, clawing at his already bleeding arm and dare I say it she bite him a few times. Though once she calmed down she couldn't find a solution to her problem just yet as the well house loomed at them from a sunset, that's when cool air penetrated her necked skin and she shivered. A piece of white clothing was draped over her in a loving manner; she clung to that source of warmth for night was fast approaching. Up the Temple steps of her home for the sacred well, the oak door sung open with a clatter strong enough to break it, pitch blackness meet her eyes at first before she could get her eyes to adjust to the sudden change in light to dark, the well itself looked creepy beyond all reason but she held strong to her courage even in this situation.

"The only reason I didn't take you then and there is because Naraku wants you for something, then we shall mate and become eternal lovers…" his voice was thick with a psychopathic kind of love that made her insides crawl with disgust and her body itself shiver with a most un welcoming feeling. Jolting slightly she knew he jumped over the rim of the well as she watched the wood pass by, the regular light that would shine was a peaceful serine blue but it glowed a murky brownish black color. She gulped watching the scenery change instantly to that of woods around the other well entrance as he hopped out with her at his waist side. That's when he dropped her on the ground to take a good look at her, lust played in his eyes as she knelt on the grassy covered ground. He walked around her a few time sniffing with a calculating stare of disbelief; a strange emotion crossed his face the remnants of anger bubbled up back into him it seemed as he took a step back and growled pointing an accusing clawed finger at her with disdain written basically everywhere on his face.

"You took a mate! You were supposed to be mine and only mine for all of eternity! No matter the bite on you will expire in a day or two since your lover's dead. Your mine now don't ever forget that!" He came up to her pulling the long ebony hair back to take a look at the small bite mark were the shoulder conjoins to the neck and snorted; though he ran his fingers through her soft silky hair in a gesture of love. She seemed to sink into the to large white shirt that was given to her and she wished at that moment she could shrink as she began to sob those priceless tear gems fell out of her eyes in waves. Soon the grass had a small pile of gems glinting by the old wooden well. Watching ough splayed fingers as Inu Yasha took up one of the jewels turning it over as recollection smacked him in the face. Her once again turned to her with a question in those dead golden depths that so resembled two burning suns.

"Your mate had one of these around his neck, why?" it was a command to her to tell him the truth, he would know if she lied and thus she had to tell the truth.

"I had cried for him and those of my race that cry for another of the opposite gender are to be given those to say that I chose him as my mate." Her voice was a little worse for ware but she said it in a small squeaky voice at first before it returned to normal. They sat in silence for what seemed eternity before he took up one of the stones and pocketed it thus then taking her wrist in his hand and standing her up. He was helping her to put the white shirt on correctly when a huge weapon was cast at him as he looked over to where it had come from.

"So there still alive aye?" was all he said as she looked back at the clearing wondering what he was talking about as the weapon in question flew back at him. Watching the huge boomerang hope swelled in Kagomes chest then knowing her friends were not killed but how? Tears were making there way down her cheeks again the tinkling sound was made a third time as Inu Yasha noticed she had cried some kinds of gems. Taking out a leather satchel bag he scooped them up and dumped them in, another attack with the boomerang came at them as a woman in a demon exterminator suit ran about the field with a monk in purple robs and a small kitsune child on his shoulder. Smiling for the first time knowing her friend were okay she wretched herself out of Inu Yasha's grasp only to have herself pulled back into his arms, it seemed he wouldn't have her go any where but to Naraku. Kami didn't seem to love her at the moment but at least she knew her friends were okay and not dead. She was very tempted to call out to them but knew Inu Yasha might silence her, so thus she kept quite while they came closer to him. He set her down on her rump roughly to try and hide her form from them but a shout from the woman in exterminator outfit was heard.

"Kagome!" Sango's eyes narrowed at the sight in front of her own eyes, her best friend was sitting behind the dog demon with his white shirt on clutching onto it with fear laced throughout her whole being. It was enough to send her into a rage, as she got ready to throw Hiraikotsu when a hand landed on her shoulder squeezing it lovingly.

"I wouldn't do that Lady Sango." She knew Miroku was right but she wanted to help even the small kitsune voiced his opinion to save her.

"No I want to save Kagome!" the small child's voice held much worry for his mother figures safety. The monk sighed taking the child into his arms and setting him down on the ground looking into emerald green eyes that spoke the truth of him loving Kagome as a mother; just as he loved her as a friend but it was a painful choice to leave her to her doom with Inu Yasha so thus he conjured up a plan. But first he had to diswaid Sango from doing anymore harm by throwing that weapon at Inu Yasha.

"Sango I have a plan but we must get away from here first." He grabbed her hand as a blush crept up into her cheeks, the blush heating up her face as the monk pulled her far away from Kagome. She pulled her hand back, taking aim at his face as he turned around and slapped him seriously hard tears made there way down her face as the kitsune child made his way over.

"Miroku that was our only chance to get Kagome back and we just left her!" she tried to glare at him from under her bangs and tears but the salty water wouldn't stop flowing over her cheeks to splash to the ground as she gave a strangled anguished cry; not one of defeat but one of much sadness. The monk after he recovered from the bashing crawled over to the woman wrapping his arms about her waist and back bringing her closer to him and cradling her in a warm embrace, the hand that was about her waist moved to the silky dark brown tresses pulling his fingers through her hair in a calming manner and rocking back and forth with her in his arms. Soon his kimono like rob was wet with salty tears, soon the sobs died down with only her shoulders shaking and her body trembling. He sighed holding her tightly.

"I know that was a hard thing to do but I do have a plan to get her back, but first you must sleep this was a long day." He sighed moving them both over to a tree while picking up his staff and sitting it against the tree as well. With a straight back he settles it against the soft but rough bark pulling Sango's still shaking figure into his lap, she laid her head on his shoulder and he laid his head on her hair still petting the tresses. While this scene played itself out Shippou sighed and curled up into a little fluff ball at the side of Miroku's lap, but he couldn't get to sleep seeing his mother in such distress and the thing that broke his little heart even more so was the look of happiness that they would save her. As they left h had looked over his shoulder to see her eyes go blank, the love that was there before had disappeared to be replaced with sadness, anger, loneliness. He put a small paw over his erratic beating heart, once he thought he would never have anyone to care for himself. Before meeting Kagome he was just a little kitsune who stole and did things to get Shikon shards to beat the Thunder Brothers for killing his parents. It seemed Kagome came at the right time, when he needed her the most. With all three of them he realized Kagome had come at the most crucial parts of their lives to help them out of the darkness to speak and into the light. To help them see they could live without loved ones ands go on through friends, but it was so much more to him she was just as his mother an innocent woman who shared her love and joy with him, his father and their friends. Tears began to spill from his eyes as they did Sango's but his crying was silent as it had been that night when he found his parents dead in their den, a great pinch like hurt began to swell in his chest as he closed his eyes for sleep all he could see was her face and the over zealous joy it reflected then the sadness as they had walked away from her, he cried in his sleep as his furry red tail wrapped itself about him.

Inu Yasha chuckled helping Kagome to stand while fastening the white shirt about her in the fashion he always wore it. His smoldering eyes looked into her sad and hurt ones, his lips found there way back to her ear as he nipped at her earlobe she shivered within his arms as they wrapped about her in a hungry embrace.

"Your friends have left you to your fate, they know they cannot defeat me. Yes they are alive but cowards." At that he saw a small flicker in the girls eyes as her hand whipped back and about to smack him across the cheek, from there it was all slow motion his face twisted about to one side and her eyes got big. He growled at her slapping her across the face harder then she did to him, narrowing his eyes down to slits he hissed at her.

"I will have Naraku brainwash you to obey my commands!" with that he lifted her up in his arms bridal style when she glared at him.

"They might have run away but I know for a fact…" she was cut off by him laughing at her halfhearted attempt to say her friends were brave for he was go to Naraku's castle to deliver her and perhaps he would be able to keep her. The girl was being defiant again glaring at him as he smirked holding her and caressing her bum, she squeaked as a blush stained her cheeks as her eyes smoldered with a vengeance to get him back. He loved that look he wished she would look at him like that as she had with the small man. Jumping into a near by tree he flitted from branch to branch the tree itself never knowing he was there at all from the fact that he had pads on the bottom of those feet. From a distance chocolate brown eyes narrowed in anger a shadowed figure stood next to the old dry well, a snake like creature glided along in the sky as it swooped down with what looked like an energy ball but was in fact a blue orb of a maidens soul.

"You shall pay Inu Yasha and so will my reincarnation…" with this said the shadows arm shot up to have the snake like dragon thing land on her arm and she stroked it as the blue soul was absorbed into her body. She sighed slumping against the old wooden well as other snake dragon creatures flew about the sky hustling a crowd of blue maiden souls to their keeper.

First to awaken from the horrible battle was non-other then Kuwabara he only fainted as the other sustained injuries far greater then him. He looked about seeing that the white bars were gone off the stonewalls, a groan alerted him to his comrade on the floor, he stooped over Ysuske to take a look. He assessed that the boy had fought to the every end but it looked like nothing he did could stop that raging malicious man with long silver hair to go away. Without even thinking it over he touched the boy only to get electrocuted his hand was now a raw red; burnt flesh was the slight smell that accumulated the air he watched the steam wisp about his hand before he yelled out in pain, a chuckle to his left had him glaring at the silver fox in white clothing.

"Will you stop laughing that hurt like a bitch!" he snapped at Youko who flipped back silver tresses and his tail swooshed about in a mannerism of that like a dogs. He only smiled at the boy walking over to knell beside his fallen comrade racking his hands through silken tresses pulling out a seed. He set it beside the boy and feed it his own energy as is sprouted growing into a small bush, roses began to bloom becoming white as the middle of the peddles became red and then black was the color it stayed. Kuwabara seemed to take this the wrong way as he grabbed the Youko by his white shirt.

"Urimeshi isn't dead!" he pointed a finger at the boy's chest raising and falling rapidly, the male's shirt he grabbed only smiled taking his hand from his clothing. Rising he looked down on the orange haired one in a manner that said listen.

"I didn't grow those to grieve Kuwabara but to help Ysuske recover." He knelt beside the bush plucking off a black rose its peddles looking alive as a vine had wrapped itself about the boys foot, the youkai growled at the bush as the vine snapped back into itself hiding within the small branches. He blinked wanting to ask the question as a black rose was plucked from the bush it gave a shrill cry of anger lashing out at the wall and anything that moved missing him by an inch or so as he fell to his knees in slight shock.

"What is that?" he asked in a strangled voice gone hoarse, another chuckle issued from the Youko changing back into Kurama. The red head look at him with a smile on his face.

"It's called Black Dragon Rose, it works well against electrical and energy forced spirit energy. In this case both were used in the attacks that were inflicted on Ysuske and Hiei." That brought a frown to his lips. His next question was answered from a groan right behind him with a bleary looking Hiei with black pants and sword clutched in hand, he turned all the way around to face the other corner as rustling clothing meet his ears. He turned back around to see the small man putting black shoes on, then tying the black-sheathed sword to the white obi about his waist and wrapping up both his hands in bandages. The look on the chibi's face was enough to melt his head as he turned back to see Kurama crushing the black peddles into a fine dust and proceeding to scatter it about his comrades body. Once the crushed peddles fell to his body the electricity seemed to be pulled to the dust as it was absorbed making the dust crisp up and slowly degenerate. After that it only took a few moments before another moan of pain called from him as he sat up from the stone floor rubbing his head a relieved Kurama helped him to his feet.

"So you used that stuff on Hiei?" was another stupid question asked but the red head nodded to him. It was then he also noticed the peeved expression on the smaller mans face. He seemed to be itching to get into a fight, his hand hovering over the small sword and a slightly blank expression oin his face.

"Shall we go then?" Kurama finally voiced to them all, Hiei nodded while walking up beside the red head while Ysuske looked really confused at the moment.

"Oh what the hell I'm game!" said the teen pointing a thumb to his puffed out chest a smirk growing on his face, thus that's when he noticed something.

"Hiei where' Kagome." He looked about the hall not noticing she hadn't trailed after her lover, said chibi had pieces of bangs covering his eyes both hands fisted at the sides as something clinked to the floor. Suddenly he scooped it up into his hands not wanting them to see but the red head did coming over and tapping him on the shoulder. Whispering in his ear Kurama gently took what had clinked to the floor out of his hand and pocketed it as if saving it for later.

"That's the point of our mission, to save Kagome." With that said each person fell into their own thoughts as silence swallowed the group as they walked out of the temple.

"So where did he take her?" was the reply from the orange haired one, Hiei spun on his heel and glared at him but told them.

"To her house were the old dry well is, that's the portal through which the dog demon had to go through." He growled this out with much hatred then was gone in the blink of an eye a black inky spot in the distance. He looked to Ysuske a d Kurama who looked back him with a shrug of their shoulders they ran to try and catch up with the speed demon. Pun intended by the way o-o All three had come to a complete stop seeing as Hiei was standing in the middle of the forest sniffing about with a frown on his face, he saw the dust cloud settle and looked on at them.

"I can't smell his or Kagomes scent anymore…" this worried the wee one as the frown increased its own path to make an angry scowl.

"He probably masked it with a spell or some kind of object." Kurama came up next to his friend with an equally upset face, that's when they heard a low growl. All heads wiped about to look in the direction of the sound as a huge cream-colored cat with black markings came about. It was huge with two protruding canine teeth that rested in-between its gums and the bottom of the mouth in a menacing manner, while the heels of each paw had flame licking up the creamy fur. It trotted to them with the air of confidence, Kuwabara was foolish enough to yell kitty and almost have his hand bitten off by but that's another story. It strolled past Ysuske and Kuwabara, as well as Kurama to stop in front of the tiniest in their rag tag group, he stood his ground watching the thing sniffing him while going around in a few circles. It snuffed his hair last then without warning a puff of smoke engulfed the huge beast as a small squeak was heard. The small animal rubbed its face onto his pants leg and started to walk off, but stopped seeing as they wouldn't follow. All of the guys looked at each other before one voiced his opinion.

"I think it wants us to follow it…" the rest of the guys gave Kuwabara the I think we know that face before following the strange creator. That's when Hiei know what that thing was; it was with Kagome when she was at the temple so he decided to try something.

"Kirara…" was the soft call as the cat now identified turned around to look at the small one, it squeaked at him nodding its head ands continued to walk until they were out of the forest and came to a busy intersection.

A dark castle loomed in front of Kagome who clung to Inu Yasha for dear life, they had encountered many demons along the way but each was defeated with the slash of his Blade of Blood or he would drop her on her rump and use the Wind Scar to kill it. At one time she thought she saw another set of illuminated golden eyes watching her captors every move perhaps it was only in her mind? Thunder crashed and recoiled against it self in the sky making the castle look even creepier as tiny rain droplets began their descent to earth. Oh great I'm going to die like in a movie if I knew this would happen I'd of brought my friends and Hojou along to be executed with me! She made a humphing sound in the demon dogs arms the thought actually sounded really funny but that soon vanished as Inu Yasha came to a skidding halt in front of two double metal doors big enough to rival a medieval castles draw bridge as dust settled around them the huge doors made a clanging noise as they opened for them to enter. The inside was fairly dark the gray limestone deposited walls were covered with ripped tapestries or a broken picture frame or even the picture ruined it self by something that looked to of slashed it. No furnishings were in the hall, not even a damned rug and look at her she was halfway necked for Kami's sake! They probably didn't even have an outfit for her to ware cause they got rid of human things; sure some other youkai might not mind parading their bodies about but she didn't like it not at all. They had walked through many hallways to get were Inu Yasha needed to be, another set of metal doors seemed to set itself in front of them and they opened on there own just as outside. There was a shoji screen door with a pretty blue jay sitting on a pink sakura blossom with a piece of the branch painted on the creamy paper, she thought it was gorgeous, but when it moved aside all thoughts crept back into her mind that she was in Naraku's castle now and that's who popped out at the last second. His crimson gaze was unlike Hiei's who's was a thoughtful gaze but this ones was menacing, cruel, and nauseating to look at. He looked up at Inu Yasha who froze and set her down on her rump non-to politely ands bowed lowly to the man.

"Thank you Inu Yasha you may stay here while we converse but after words you may take her to the west room with the other in it." His cool voice with so much ice, vinegar, and malice made her heart freeze, at one point she forgot how to breathe before his eyes roved over to her and he chuckled. Snapping his finger Kagura came in with her fan in hand as always and dressed to kill or escape.

"Go find a suitable garment for her to ware." With that the wind sorceress was gone going to get what was requested. He folded his hands in his lap and stared at her a few minutes before talking.

"I need what you have mainly the Shikon and you." He said this with no remorse, nor recreated it watching her to see if she would say anything but did not and continued.

"I will use the Shikon to take over this era and use your life-force to make me a pure blooded demon. I was going to discard your body to the demons outside my fortress but Inu Yasha wants you to be like him so you will live as mates. Thus if I do this you will be under my control like he had been." She had heard it all not one ounce of emotion showing, though a smirk came out to twin about her lips and mock him as she started to laugh.

"You think you can use my life-force! You don't know what you're getting into with it, plus the fact that I'm a miko still thus you would die! Next I'm not dyeing not for you, not for Inu Yasha, for no one! Also you can't have the Shikon, it is my duty to protect it from the likes of you and all who want to make it corrupt and take over the world or era or what ever!" she stood to tower over him some of her hair resided on one shoulder as it covered one of her eyes making her look menacing herself, she pointed a finger at him getting all her courage back.

"You will take nothing from me, that includes Shikon, life, and…" that's when Inu Yasha stepped up to the plate to slap her down literally as her body fell to the bamboo laden floor that had stone under it. Naraku chuckled seeing that fire in her eyes wouldn't stop burning even after that had happened.

"What you wont even give up your love?" he asked with a sly smirk his tongue tip dragged across his bottom lip to make him look hungry, lustfully hungry and that made her slightly scared.

"Inu Yasha!" said person came to rapt attention as his name was said from those evil lips.

"Take her to the room now, I've had a trying day." With the dismissal of her the shoji door closed and the candles in the room blew out. She shivered as Inu Yasha picked her up and stood her in the halls that's when Kagura finally arrived with clothes, which she handed over to the girl and went her own separate way doing things.

He dragged her now about the wrist going into more hallways taking left and right turns and sometimes about facing because he didn't know where the hell he was half the time. Finally they came to a set of double doors again, this time they were not metal or iron but oak, it was a pretty door she always loved the natural grains, he opened the door and thrust her in, with his face just inches from hers he smiled.

"I will come back for my shirt tomorrow morning." With that he stole a lick of her cheek and bounded off to Kami knows where. She was at least glad he didn't stay in here with her, turning around she saw the room was big enough to fit a whole heard of elephants in it, but hat was the most interesting part was that someone else was in the room with blankets wrapped around their form. She dropped the clothes strolling over to see who was in the bed, once there she turned the person about face, and then pulled the covers back as she gasped.

Woe longer chappie then I usually do, to my loyal reviewers I'm so sorry about not updating as soon as I possibly could but now you don't have to worry cause of the New Laptop!

Someones went missing! Kouga is still looking for Kagome he still loves her but what happens when he meets her mate? Sesshoumaru gets thrown into the mix, while Kagome contemplates why Naraku has a certain other person their. Hope arises when the Calvary comes will Sango, Miroku, and Shippou save her or die trying again! Tune in next time for the next chapter My Lover Rescue Me!