Sota let out a groan as he hit the dirty floor. As he laid there he heard the door slam shut and lock. He laid there completely still he started gaining control over his own mind once again. Sometimes it too no time at all and sometimes it took up to an hour. As the fog lifted from his mind he thought about what had happened the past two months. He always went over it every couple days so he didn't forget anything. He didn't want to take the easy way out and simply forget everything that happened. That isn't what Kagome would do and he planned on staying strong for the sake of his sister. Everything started with hearing his sister's anguished sobs coming from the wellhouse. He remembered all too clearly the look of absolute horror as the bastard demon shoved the jewel shard that now controlled him into his chest. It currently resided right below his right shoulder. Outwardly he hadn't shown anything at the time, but he had been terrified when he had the piece of wood to his own throat. He had been absolutely terrified for his sister, his very pregnant sister, as Naraku sent her flying across the shrine. He had been terrified as he tried to fight his own body as he allowed his sister's enemy to fly off with him. While under Naraku's control he could see and recognize everything, he just couldn't stop himself no matter how hard he fought. The corruption of the jewel shard was too powerful for him to fight.

They had flown for a while, and if it hadn't been such a terrible situation it probably would have been amazing. He had always wanted to fly. Naraku had taken in everything around him with a maniac glee. Terror filled Sota's mind once again, he had no idea what Naraku had planned for the future. Sota answered any questions the man asked, no matter how much he didn't want to. Naraku had been very interested in the fact that there was more to conquer than just Japan. Surprisingly Naraku had had a set destination in mind. Within an hour they got to a set of small mountains. Sota watched with wide eyes as they passed through what had to be a barrier. As one moment there were just mountains and the next there was an old castle. Sota figured he must have put the base under a protective barrier before he started his assault on his sister's group.

He was led to a room on the top floor and promptly shoved into it. His mind had come back to him in an instant and he immediately threw up. He had just watched his mother and grandpa get murdered in front of him. He knew that his sister was alive, but he didn't know how hurt she was. Before he could do anything, he had heard a small cry before someone collided into him. He had looked to see who was going to be stuck in here with him. It was a small kid, he couldn't have been more than eight. He had fiery orange hair tied back with a green ribbon. His clothes were really old fashioned, but of nice quality. There was a small bleeding gash on his forehead. As he saw the fox tail twitch into view he immediately who it was. He vaguely realized that the boy's feet were fox paws. This boy was his sister's adopted son, his nephew. Sota's protectiveness kicked in and he immediately put himself between his nephew and Naraku, even if it would do little good.

Naraku chuckled, "A nice sentiment, but unneeded I assure you. You both will be great ways to break the Miko's will. Your deaths would not benefit me, not as of yet anyhow. I will be back for you at a later date pawn. There is much to learn about this time." As Naraku had left he locked the door behind him.

Shippo looked at the boy who had jumped between him and Naraku. He smelled like his mother slightly. Naraku had made him watch the deaths of his family. After he went through the well after his mother he hadn't been able to see anything anymore. With a start of realization, he realized that the boy must be his mother's younger brother. She talked about him constantly and he had always wanted to meet him. Was he finally being able to meet his uncle? "Who are you?" he asked just to confirm his suspicions.

Sota gave the kid a sad smile as he wiped his mouth, "My name is Sota Higurashi. If you are who I think you are I'm your uncle. You are Shippo right?"

Shippo gave a small nod and smiled slightly, though sadness was very evident on his face, "Yeah, it's nice to finally meet you. Mama talks about you all the time, how she's always really proud of you. I wish it was under better circumstances though."

Sota gave a sad sigh, "Shippo do you know what happened? Kagome came back sobbing. I had never seen her so despondent before."

Shippo nodded as he sniffed quietly, "Yeah." He said sadly as the memories of what had happened came back to him. Shippo explained what all happened and Sota's heart broke for his sister. He was really worried about her. his sister was a beam of light. She loved with everything she ad. What would become of his sister after she lost most of the people she loved?

The next two months passed in a sort of rhythm. Naraku would come in the morning and take control of him and force him to learn how to fight. If he wasn't learning to be used against his sister he would have enjoyed learning how to fight. He had always tried to convince Kagome to teach him how to fight, but she had never stayed long enough to help. He couldn't wait until he broke from Naraku's grasp and use everything he had learned against him. He couldn't wait to destroy Naraku.

When he was locked up in the room with Shippo they would talk and get to know each other. He now knew why Kagome fell in love with the kid so quickly; he was an optimistic, funny, and charming boy. Sota was doing his best to teach Shippo about the future. With lack of better things to do at times Sota was teaching him how to speak English. It was slow going but he was starting to remember certain words. When Sota was being trained Shippo worked on his magic as much as he could. He was getting really good at transforming himself. He couldn't' make his fox tail disappear yet, but he was learning how to hid it in different ways. Like a long coat or something similar.

Sota hadn't been sent out on any missions yet. He had a feeling it wouldn't be too long before he was assigned to do something. It was hard to tell but Naraku was very irritated about something. He had overheard Naraku ranting to Kanna about how they had lost track of Kagome. He had had one of his spy bugs watching her. She had apparently been at a mental hospital for quite a while, but she had somehow escaped and snuck passed the giant bee. Sota mentally cheered, Go Kagome!

Sota finally felt in full control of his body again and rolled over to see Shippo's worried face, "You alright?"

"I'm fine Ship, just all my muscles hurt. So, no different than usual. They were a lot harder than usual today though. Something is going to happen soon, I can tell. We need to think of a plan. If I get sent out there is a chance I can get a message out for help. I saw Naraku gathering intel on the Avengers. I don't know if he's going to go after them or if he's just researching possible threats. If anyone could help us though, it would be them." Shippo nodded, but otherwise stayed quiet. Sota frowned, he wasn't usually this quiet, "Is everything alright Ship?"

Shippo's lip quivered as he said, "I miss Mama."

Sota fell silent for a moment before saying, "Yeah, I miss Kagome too." Don't get him wrong he missed his mom too, but he knew very well that his mom was dead now. Kagome was literally all he had left and he honestly loved his sister. Kagome had helped raised him. Whenever he needed help or friendship it was usually Kagome he went to. Thinking back, he went to Kagome much more than his mom, she was just so easy to approach and so eager to help.

Sota mentally shook himself and tried to lighten the mood, "Hey should we work on your foxfire today?"

A grin came over his face, "Yeah!"

Hakudoshi was very annoyed as he sat upon Entei. He had been searching for his master's mate for close to a whole moon cycle in this odd world. He didn't like this place. He had been shocked when he had escaped out of the cave he had been sealed within to see what had transpired. Demons were in hiding with humans in abundance everywhere. Most of the trees had been destroyed and replaced with tall building and many roads. The air was disgusting to breath.

He had found the Miko's home without much trouble, making sure he could remember how to get back to the cave from there. Her home was in the same spot as the well from the past, though for some reason it didn't seem to exist anymore. He kept out of sight of the humans as much as she could after the first interaction he had with him. They had fawned all over him for is appearance. It had taken everything ounce of his control to not to gut the humans as it would bring attention to him. He reminded himself this was for his Master's sake and held himself back. He stuck to shadows and rooftops after that. From listening to the human's conversations, he learned that the Miko had been taken by people called the police. He had to reveal himself once again and forced himself to act like a human child. He found the location of these police people. The directions didn't mean much to him but upon further investigation they were names of the streets and was able to make it to his destination.

He had retreated back to the demolished shrine to wait until nightfall, there were less humans out at night. He rested upon the roof as night fell, he was highly disappointed that he was unable to stargaze at night here. Stargazing had been one thing he actually enjoyed in his short life. He would sometimes bring Kanna along with him and they would sit companionly under the night sky while Kagura distracted Naraku so he wouldn't notice their absence.

He had traversed over the rooftops, following the street names the humans had given him. He had noticed a human leaving the building and followed him over the rooftops. Once the man walked to an area there were no others nearby Hakudoshi intercepted him.

The police officer rounded the corner on his way home and nearly ran into the child standing in the middle of the alley way. He was a very odd-looking child. He had long thick pure white hair. His eyes were cold purple and practically glowing. He was wearing a pure white hakama that was very old fashioned, it had blue and yellow buttons as decoration.

"Hello there son, what are you doing out so late?" the officer said friendly.

"You shall tell me the fate of one Kagome Higurashi. I have information stating you people are knowledgeable of her whereabouts." Hakudoshi said in a calm tone.

The officer narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why do you want to know?" While it was an ongoing investigation it wasn't classified or anything. From what he knew she was able to get visitors where she was.

"That is none of your business human, just tell me her location and I shall spare your life." Hakudoshi threatened.

"Now listen here kid, that is not how you talk to people. I know you're young but you could get in serious trouble for threatening a cop like that." The cop lectured seriously.

Hakudoshi tilted his head slightly and a dangerous smirk spread across his face, "Oh that was no threat, that was simply a statement. I can threaten you if you would like."

The cop got mad at that point, "Now listen here kid!" he started.

Hakudoshi pulled his Naginata from the barrier hiding it and, in an instant, had it at the man's throat. The man stopped talking immediately and his eyes darted to the weapon he could feel touching his throat. He had no idea where it came from, or how the kid was wielding it so well as it was much longer than him. Hakudoshi scowled at the man, "Now this is a threat. You will tell me where Kagome Higurashi is, or I will simply read your mind before decapitating you. Make your choice human."

The cop couldn't completely understand what was happening. He was being threatened by a child and he could tell that the child was completely serious, "She got transferred to Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital a month ago."

With a disgusted look on his face Hakudoshi reached forward and touched the man. The location of the hospital appeared in his head and he let go of him. He hated touching humans, they were all beneath him. Well except for his master's mate, she was tolerable. He wiped his hand on his pants before teleporting a short distance away. He made his way to the location and staked it out slightly. With a frown he recognized a Saimyosho buzzing around the place. He killed it with little trouble before turning his attention to the actual building. If a Saimyosho was lingering around then there was a very good chance that the Miko was here. He placed a barrier around himself before teleporting inside. He made sure to not make contact with anyone as he would stay invisible and searched the entire interior of the building. To his building annoyance she was nowhere. He could smell her slightly from a single room, but it was a few days old. He had missed her damnit. He was leaving the building when the police man he had threatened entered the building. He decided to stay and listen.

"Excuse me ma'am could I talk to the nurse in charge of Kagome Higurashi please." The man said.

The lady looked startled for a moment before responding, "Ah, you could Sir but… she was discharged about a week ago."

The man suddenly got an angry and confused look on his face, "On who's authority?"

The nurse's face turned red, "By the Avengers Sir. I overheard them saying they were taking her back to New York with them."

"Why were we not informed? There was a hostile party looking for her just an hour ago." He asked.

"I don't know Sir. I thought you would have been informed. Would you like me to page her nurse yet?"

"Yes, this needs to be discussed."

Hakudoshi quickly left, he had heard enough here. A frown appeared on his face, in the past few days he had done some research about the new world he was in. He had learned that he had been trapped within the barrier for 500 years and that there were many other lands than just Japan. He was going to have to make his way to America, and he had no idea how he was going to make it there. He couldn't teleport that far and he couldn't use any human means. There were things needed to use human means of transportation, not to mention money which he had none. A determined look came over his face, it was time to find Entei. It would probably take him a while, but it was the only way he would be able to cross the ocean. How annoying.