Chapter 25

'What is this light?' Naraku thought as he stood there he looked around. She was engulfed in this. Aura of red and gold it encased her being. 'is this why he wanted the girl? Is this the power that he spoke of? No this… this is something different.' Naraku thought. Out of the shadows he heard a chuckle it made the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. Why…. Why had he showed up here.

"Good job Naraku you finally got her for me." The man said walking into the light. Naraku took a step back so that he was out of the way. Everyone became rigid as the man walked forward.

'This is the boss the man that everyone is afraid of?' Jakotsu thought. 'He's nothing more than a human.' he added. Looking over at the man he notice that the the boss was an older man with dark black hair that had some grey running through it. He was about six foot two in height. He had brown eyes. He walked around. The place like he owned it. Walking around a crate that was on the floor he got closer to Kagome.

"My,my how you've grown ." He said looking at her.

Naraku stood there a moment looking at him then at the girl. How could he have missed it why didn't he notice all of this sooner.

"She's your daughter. But why?" he asked the other man. The other man chuckled then it was an eerie sound that made The hair on the back of his neck stand up.

"Why you ask." He said eyeing the girl before faceing Naraku.

"It simple power my friend. Such power that was stolen from me years ago." he said with a sneer towards the girl.

Walking over to her he looked closer at her he was looking for the source of the light. There it was as clear as day hanging around her neck. He let out a sound of irritation.

"Stupid bitch how dare you associate with those dogs he said lunging toward her neck. He had the chain in his hand trying to yank it off her neck. He felt it pulse then again the colors started to change from a bright red to a pinkish purple then back to red.

'No,you don't!' He yelled in his head. As he pulled he was engulfed in a dark purple that almost looked black. He pulled with everything he had and they all heard a small snap as the chain gave away.

'Such power I see why Naraku fears him' Jakotsu thought to himself. He looked around the room and everyone was looking at the older man in shock the only one that wasn't was Hojo.

The look he had was one of pure hatred, you could see how much he hated the man. The kid knew him somehow.

Looking at Kagome the older man smiled the shield was down the red aura that surrounded Kagome had disappeared. He felt overjoyed the time had finally came he was going to be back to full strength again and there was nothing go to stop him. He was going to get his revenge on the dog demons for what they had done to him so many years ago. How dare them to treat him the way they did. He was no different from them wanting power to become stronger.

He leaned down to the floor where she was an grabbed her by the head had he not already known who she was he wouldn't recognize her.

'That boy sure did do a number on you, yet i can't place where i have seen him at.' he thought to himself. He grabbed kagome and picked her up looking down at her she did look like her mother but that hair color he knew she got from him. He didn't let that stop him from finishing what he had started. Out of the shadows a female came into view his men walked up to him guns raised and ready to shoot if needed.

"Put your weapons away he ordered there is no danger here!" He commanded the others put their weapons down and backed as the woman came into view. She was a older lady with long grey hair and she wore a traditional kimono that was a light purple.

"Urasue it is nice to see you again, thank you for joining me. Where shall i put the child so that we can began.' He said to the older lady. She smiled and when she did her face wrinkled up like old leather that had been sat in the sun for to long. Surly this woman had to be almost a hundred.

"Charming as always, lay the girl flat and we will get started." The woman told him.

He laid Kagome flat and looked back at the women. She nodded her head he placed a hand on each side of her head, where her temple was and took a deep breath.

"Senji this is what you have to do clear your mind and focus on what we are doing this incantation will only work if you are totally focused." Urasue told him. He did as he was told but part of him started to have doubt when he thought back to the events that had taken place. He knew that the red and gold aura was from the pendent that she was wearing; it was that flash of pale pink that had started to bother him what if she was starting to get her powers and was it due to the one that gave her that necklace.

Although his plans got side tracked when he met his ex-wife he was young thought he was in love and wound up having children with her, he realized then that he had to find a way to get away so that he could fulfill his plan of getting power to defeat the demon that caused him so much problems in the past and the only way that he knew how to do that was to fake his death and go into hiding so to speak until he was able to build his power up. That all came to an end when he realized that when the children was born one of them had half his power thanks to what the demons had done to him. So far he was able to keep his identity a secret this girl shouldn't be able to remember him thanks to the age that she was when he left the woman.

When he was a young man he made a foolish deal with a demon, he wanted what most wanted money and then power. He got both at a price so to speak he was a reki user and he was to do the bidding of the demon. Around that time he meet her, she was a lovely lady with short brown hair and a beautiful smile that melted his heart. He thought he was in love. To be honest he was but love made men weak and he had no desire to be weak. He went out with her on multiple dates and took her places. He soon decided that he liked having someone he could share his life with. Even if it wasn't the same as she thought that it was. The demon got word that he was involved with someone after he declined to do his bidding any further.

He had to protect her didn't he he felt that he needed to so he went out searching for help. He came across a powerful dog demon he begged him to protect them that he would do anything if he could just keep her safe. The inu demon sympathized with the man, he too had a woman that he loved and would do anything to protect her. He thought it over for a day and then got back with him and told him that he would under one condition. He was to love and honor this woman and do everything he could to keep her happy. If he didn't he would have to face the consequences. Well he didn't listen to the demon he figured that he would never find out what his plan was. Word reach the diyouki and he was outraged how dare this human use him for protection then betray him. He had a older miko to take his powers that he had acquired over the years and bind them in such a way that it would be impossible to get them back. The poor fool never thought that the demon would retaliate in such a way and never realized what had happened until it was to late and the children was born he was pretty well stuck. He had friends in odd places and went to a woman who he had ran into years back who was able to tell him what had happened. He was fuming mad now how could that mongrel do this to him after all he had made the vow to protect them and now he was weak. That put them at a very big disadvantage if anything was to happen. He panicked and was able to find out a way to regain his powers back. It was a cruel fate he supposed they were children after all but he had no attachment to them. He used akitokis as a way out. He loaned them a large amount of money and then shortly after made it look as if it was a fraud charged which got old man Akitoki arrested and then he made his disappearance.

He let the children grow and let the power within grow he had a time limit before the age of the child would start to develop them to a point he could take them if and when they realized they had them. Lucky he was able to get the boy first and the damned woman got in the way so he had her taken care of as well but the boy didn't have what he needed just a waste he thought to himself. So the girl was the one after all he would have never thought that he felt women were inferior to men and so the thought of her having them was never there. She was an adult now and he had hoped it wasn't to late she hadn't realized her powers yet but that damn dog demon reproduced and it seems that this woman before him had gotten the interest of one and they started protecting her as if she was his. The necklace took almost all his strength to pull it off it was strange for him to see that on her normally they give it to the person they intend to mate with. That bond is so strong that the demon that gave it to them will not be able to love another and would rather die than live if something happened to the other. He then realized he let his mind wander to much and that it was time to get back to business. He grabbed kagome and picked her up looking down at her she did look like her mother but that hair color he knew she got from him. He didn't let that stop him from finishing what he had started. Out of the shadows a female came into view his men walked up to him guns raised and ready to shoot if needed.

"Put those away before you hurt yourself." he told his men. They took a step back and watched the old woman walk forward. He bowed his head in greeting to her.

"Thank you for coming on such short notice." He thanked her. She bowed in return

"It's a pleasure i'm glad to see that you have finally got the girl. Time is running out we must get started or you will lose you chance." she told him.

"What do you mean fading we have two days."he started she interrupted him before he could finish his statement.

"How can you not feel the reki coming off the girl its scratching at the surface and is ready to explode. What this woman has been through has kept it at bay. Something is changing in her to make it appear. The beating that she has suffered could be part of it as well.

He stood there speechless for a moment then put his hands on either side of the girls head. The old woman started chanting his hands started to turn a light purple. He smiled then he could feel the power coming from the girl. His smile faltered when it stopped. She started to stir under his hands.

Kagome

Everything felt so heavy, her head burned and felt like it was on fire.

' Did Hojo really hurt me that bad' she thought to herself.

She felt strange heavy but yet light as air. Her body hurt she tried to move her legs and couldn't get them to move. Her arms were the same way, she couldn't get anything to work. She felt herself get picked up. Did inuyasha make it to her. She tried to call out to him and could get her voice to work. She could have swore she heard his voice moments ago. Right before her neck started hurting she heard him calling her name. It was as if he was standing right infront of her. She could feel his nearness it was strange though even though he felt close to her he seemed so far away. In that moment she felt warm as if she was standing out in the middle of an open meadow with the sun beating down on her. Then moments later it was replace with a cold gust and the connection she felt with Inuyasha was gone. It was as if some one placed her in a cold tub of ice water.

'Inuyasha!' she screamed in her head. That's when she started to hear the voices. She felt hands rest on either side of her head. The feeling she started getting was a warm tingling sensation then it when to pain. With a searing feeling running on the side of her head she tried with all her straight to get away from it. It felt like someone took a torch to her she was burning and it wouldn't go away. She felt the probing of her mind then felt like all her energy was being drained out of her body.

"Enough!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. A purple light shot out of her and knocked back the people around her. She staggered to her feet. Holding her sides she took a step back away from the ones that was hurting her.

She blinked a few times to get her vision back she could hardly see out of one eye she remembered being hit.

She saw movement from a few of the people. She prepared herself to try and run, she knew that she wouldn't be able to outrun anyone there due to her injuries. First in sight was a old woman she had never seen before, the woman had long white hair and large eyes and leather like skin if she didn't know better she would have thought the lady was dead and this was what was left of her. She heard the voice before she seen the man and it still made her cringe. The voice of her nightmares now had a face and that disturbed her even more. Her wasn't a bad looking man but he looked as evil as his voice. He had long dark hair and wore a scowl. She noticed then that he had a bit of blood running down his forehead that made her smirk and that scowl turned into something worse.

"You bitch how dare you smirk at me!" he scream he ran for her and was knocked back. This man came out of nowhere and she didn't know who he was. The man she knew as Naraku the one that took her family from her looked scared of this man. That made her feel uncomfortable that even this evil man has someone he is afraid of and why was this man here. The man turned around and she felt like her world had shattered again and was falling right on her she couldn't breathe. He smiled at her,

"Hello Kagome." he told her. She shook her head there was no way that this could be him. She was young when he had disappeared. But she knew his face she was old enough to know and remember what he looked like. She was trembling now looking at the man,

"Father….. Why?" was all she said she fell to her knees then by the side of her leg she notice the charm that she had wore for all these years it had been ripped off her neck she remembered that now but at the time she didn't know why her neck hurt. She put her hand on it and she could feel her body warming up and a slight red glow started illuminating from her hand.