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Yo peeps! it's me Yoshiko Furu again! back with another chap! i see that may of you are utterly shocked at the fact that Kaguya/ Kag's fake mom was the master mind behind the hole thing. i though it would be a good twist! now you see why Kagz was having the feeling he mom was dead... and wanted to stop the sirch for her... poor thing, i'm so mean to hear... keep them reviews going!

Norther Stare:I like it! Inuyasha's right Koga is slacking. Kaguya huh, that inventive. Didn't know Homo would turn out to be a demon though. Update soon!

Yoshiko: Yup! but there's a reason behind his slacking as well! and Kaguya is from the second Inu movie... just in cases anybody out there forgot or didn't get to see the movie... that was my fav out of the four... sigh... why can't they kiss in the series! waaaaaaa! and the whole Hojo demon was just something i wanted to do so he would be ugly...er thanks for reviewing!

Recap:

"What's going on?" he commanded, his violet eyes lighting up with furry. InuYasha was feeling awful; not only physically but emotionally as well. It hurt him to see Kagome like this, chained up to the wall. He had let his Kagome down.

Obviously that woman and demon staring up at them were the reason behind them being strapped down to metal planks in some unknown place. And where the hell was that Koga guy? He was supposed to be looking out for them!

The one time he needed his rival and the wolf was slacking off on the job…

Broken Wings

Chapter 27

Forever Rivals

"Answer me! What's going on!" InuYasha demanded. This woman's scent seemed very familiar but he still couldn't place who she was.

"InuYasha, tsk, tsk. Don't you remember me?" she inquired in a bitterly sweet tone.

"Like hell I would!" he shot back. She just smirked at the human boy and then looked passed him, seeing something lurking in the shadows. While distracted, InuYasha took this time to see if she had done anything to Kagome.

Kagome seemed even paler than usual but unharmed for the most part. A slight sliver of a wound rested on her white cheek. She looked horribly tired, sickened by this woman's presence in front of her. His focus returned to Kaguya, whose attention was still diverted.

From the shadows a smaller figure emerged from the dark; at least it appeared small, compared to the pumped-up-demon-Hojo lurking about. Once in the light of the torches, InuYasha gasped when he realized what he saw, though Kagome didn't bother to even look. She was still too disappointed and saddened in her hopeless life that she didn't want to further the pain any longer.

"Come here Koga, I have a favor to ask of you," Kaguya said in a sugared tone as she extended her arms out to him. He came to her, walking robotically as his features remained plain and void of emotions.

InuYasha had first believed him to be a traitor for working with this witch. After seeing the glaze in the demon's eyes, it was obvious that Koga was being controlled.

'Figures the buffoon would get caught…idiot,' InuYasha thought sourly.

The wolf stood still and stiffly outstretched his arms. Kaguya wrapper her own around his forearms as she leaned into his ear. With a deadly whisper, she demanded:

"Kill InuYasha."

Though it was a hushed whisper InuYasha could easily pick up what was said and it infuriated him beyond belief.

"What'd I ever do to you, wench?" he yelled out, anger and panic boiling in his stomach.

He didn't doubt Koga for a second that he would indeed try to kill him. The wolf had already despised the hanyou enough as it and being given an order to attack…well, the prospect of living through this didn't seem good. With him being tied up and still human, there would be no way for InuYasha to live through this.

InuYasha swallowed hard, failing to subdue his growing fear as his brow was getting heavy with nervous sweat. Koga approached him; the fact that he would be taking a life didn't seem to faze him in the least. Kagome watched in horror as Koga came ever closer to her InuYasha. Though she hadn't heard what Kaguya told him to do, it was plain enough as Koga rounded on InuYasha.

"Koga, don't do it!" she yelled. She believed and hoped with all her heart that Koga's blind-love for her would be enough to break the evil trance he was in. Kagome's plan wasn't working out too well…

Demon-Hojo and Kaguya chuckled wickedly, very pleased by the performance they would soon be enjoying.

"Koga! Koga!" she attempted again, though he was too far gone to even pay her any notice. The wolf-demon pulled back his fist and swiftly struck the defenseless InuYasha straight in his gut.

Though InuYasha had been scared he was too proud to show his weakness. This powerful punch from the wolf dealt him a heavy amount of pain. Not only was the wind completely taken away from him but it had forced the human Inu to cough out blood. Ignoring the pain and lack of air, InuYasha growled out at his possessed rival.

"See?" he coughed out. "Y-you can't even beat me…w-while I'm chained up, ya dumb wolf cub," InuYasha hacked and taunted, smirking weakly. His own blood pooling into his mouth was horrible tasting. This time the wolf displayed some emotion—pure anger at the hanyou's remark.

Another quick blow was sent into InuYasha's side.

"Stop it!" Kagome cried out, this time reprimanding both of the boys.

Kaguya was staring to get irritated, not only with the two's constant bickering, but also at the impudence of the girl. She walked over to the bound youth and placed her razor-like fingernail to the poor girl's already bloodied cheek.

She drug her talon across the small sliver on Kagome's face, opening it up. Kagome winced loudly as the pain gnawed away at her exposed skin.

"You should be quiet girl. You know mommy doesn't like it when you bother her and her minions," Kaguya goaded with impatience etched into her features.

The entranced-Koga glanced his head towards the cackling witch, ignoring InuYasha for the moment. Seeing Kagome in pain like this brought up a deep loathing from inside him at his controller.

'How dare she do something like that to my Kagome…' Koga thought bitterly. With new determination he began to feel his voice return. His body seemed hesitant to obey him but it seemed to be coming around.

"L-leave my woman a-alone…" Koga struggled to speak out as he turned his body with great difficulty to face Kaguya.

She smirked evilly at him.

"Are you getting a rebellious streak, Koga?" she asked while snickering at his pitiful attempts to break free of her spell.

Koga thrusted his body forward, hoping to destroy Kaguya before his body failed to obey him again. With great speed Kaguya retrieved a beautifully crafted mirror from her robe which hovered within the air. She chanted to herself silently, raising her index and middle finger to her lips.

A bright light burst out from the reflective glass and attacked Koga causing him to fall to the floor. It was a powerful strike and it caused the wolf-demon to become unconscious on the marble floor. Kagome looked in terror from the fallen wolf to Kaguya.

Putting the mirror back into her robe, she turned and walked away with Hojo following close behind. The bulky demon's body changed into that of his human form again. Kagome was completely confused by this turn of events.

'Wasn't she going to finish us off?' she mentally questioned.

"What the hell woman!" InuYasha yelled out to Kaguya.

"I will be back when the stars rise," she said bitterly. Both InuYasha and Kagome looked at the windows to see that light was seeping through the planks of wood. Kagome saw with glee that InuYasha's darkened hair was quickly returning to its normal silver again. He was back! But now they needed to find a way out of this mess…

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