"If you can't fix it, you got to stand it." –Ennis Del Mar, Brokeback Mountain, by Annie Proulx

"Stupid demon…" Yori whispered. "It's the second time he hits me like that… I don't love him, no body could love a stupid demon like that. I'm going back home to help out my family." She looked around. "I'll show you Naraku!"

And she sure did show him, because Yori found her way back home.

"Mom! Violet! Anyone home?" Yori asked, walking to their house. Or more like hut.

"Yori?" a small voice asked. Then the purple eyes of her sister Violet were in sight. "Yori!" the little girl ran up to her and jumped in her arms.

"Violet, hi! Where is mom?" she asked, holding her little sister. Violet pointed a figure by the right.

"Mommy with Takashi." She answered smiling.

"Takashi?" Yori asked confused. Who is this Takashi guy?

Yori walked up closer to the right then spotted the familiar hair of her mom's and then someone else she never seen before. He seemed to be the same age of her mother's, but with brown hair and a beard.

"Yori! You are back!" her mother exclaimed looking in her daughter's eyes. Not even walking up to hug her, she immediately introduced "Takashi" to her.

"Yori, I want you to meet my… friend Takashi. Takashi this is my older daughter Yori."

Takishi smiled and his blue eyes sparkled. "Ah, yes, you are the young maiden that was captured by that evil demon. So I see you escaped."

Thought rushed in Yori's mind.

What? Mom told HIM about me? She told him about Naraku… Wait a minute, since when is he here? Are they really just "friends"?

"Yeah… I escaped." Yori answered to the stranger. Then her mom and Takashi just turned back and started talking and laughing.

Oh no, I would recognize that kind of laugh anywhere! It's just like when dad was still alive. They are definitely more than friends. I don't like him.

"So Violet…" she started. But her sister was already back where Takashi was.

So, now Naraku doesn't want me, and neither does my family? For one thing, I am not going back in that stupid Mount Hakurei. I hope Inuyasha finds his sword and destroys Naraku.

Back at Mount Hakurei

"Come and fight like a man Bankotsu!" Inuyasha yelled at him.

"Here I come you bastard!" He yelled back.

Naraku looked thru Kanna's mirror. The fight with Bankotsu against Inuyasha was going on well. He dared not look what Yori was doing. He was just glad he had hit her like that. She had deserved it.

Getting up, he smiled. "It is now the time…" He appeared outside, where his other woman awaited him. A woman he had hated with all his guts, but with a heart that loved her.

And now that heart is gone…

"Kikyo…" he mumbled.

Smiling now, Kikyo was not far away. He walked up to her and grinned.

This is the end of you… After that it is Yori there is left. Not that I will actually kill her… We'll see…

Back at Yori's house

It's been two days… okay, more like two hours, but it feels like two days. Nobody cares that I am here. It's all about Takashi. Takashi this, Takashi that… Oh I hate him! He will NEVER replace dad…

Yori was sitting on the grass, not noticing that Takashi had just seated himself beside her.

"Hello there." He said in a kind- jolly voice.

Yori jumped. "Hi." She just spat out.

"I know this must be sudden for you, but your mother really needs the help." He tried to explain.

In the feudal era, there was no such thing as a divorce or new marriage. Therefore he would probably just pretend he was helping her, while he jus really wanted to be there with her.

"Yeah, sure, help her with what?" she asked trying to make him tell her why he was really here.

"Yori." Her mother interrupted. "Takashi is trying to be nice to you. Show some respect."

Yori got up and looked at them, tears in her eyes. "You know what? Maybe I just should have stayed as a hostage with Naraku! At least he liked me!" She yelled out and stormed away.

Author's note

Hello everybody. It's been a while since I updated. I'm sure some people will not like this chapter, but for those who lived a divorce, you will understand. I just don't like Naraku as much as I used too… (Sorry to hardcore Naraku fans out there…) I am thinking of starting a Brokeback Mountain fic, so I will see how it goes, thank you, NGJ