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Chapter 9

Her head was pounding, her feet weren't touching the ground and her arms felt like they were going to fall off. Blood dripped down from her mouth and cuts and scrapes all over her body.

'I'll live through this Naraku, and I'll come for you. Bastard.' She thought. Her golden eyes dull in the moon light that was falling through the small window.

"Awe, is the little hanyou getting sleepy? Losing hope? Losing blood?" A incarnation came out from the shadows, his newest pet, Hakudoushi.

"Why would you give a shit, you little bug." She spat back, her voice sounding dry to her own ears.

A slap echoed through the prison.

"Now, now you should know better by now. I hold all the cards."

"To what? We ain't playing poker there kid."

Another slap.

"Kagura!" Hakudoushi yelled.

"What?"

"Make her suffer some more."

"No matter what you do to me twerp, I'll never ever do as he asks." Iria's golden eyes shone defiance.

"Why you little bitch." Hakudoushi replied.

"Truth be told, I'm only half."

"Kagura shut her up."

"Dance of blades."

The attack hit her dead on, Kagura only being a few feet away. Blood poured from the wounds, although the attack hit her bounds.

"Nice… thanks for the help Kagura." Iria smiled, wiping the blood that was falling from a gash on the side of her face.

"What!" She shrieked as flames engulfed her.

"Where did the flame come from?" someone asked in the dungeon as Hakudoushi came out of the room.

"I bet all of these people would love a chance to get back at you, yah little child. Wouldn't you agree, Hakudoushi was it?"

"They are minor insects. I could squash them in a matter of seconds." He spat back at her.

"Your ignorance is amusing child." Her eyes were flickering from red to gold and back again as she walked towards him.

"I mean, I've already lost a lot of blood and all. Although, I find it amusing to the fact you're backing away from me. Tell me Hakudoushi, do you even have any powers beyond your manipulation of people? If so, then why not demonstrate, on me, a mere half demon."

Hakudoushi smirked before raising his hands and producing 4 small fire balls, as they started coming for her they grew in size. Iria smiled.

They collided with her, came around her licking at her until they were gone, completely and utterly, gone. Iria looked at Hakudoushi, the smile still in place as the younger child gaped at her.

"That's… that's impossible! You're a witch!"

"She, is an elementalist, Hakudoushi… born of flames, water, wind, and earth."

"Lord Naraku, I am sorry, she escaped… Kagura is dead." Hakudoushi looked at Naraku with barely decent respect bowing his head slightly.

"Thank you, Iria, you did you're first job wonderfully."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Her golden eyes looked him over fiercely, before her eyes widened and she smiled genuinely. "I've been playing around, a little game for you to watch this whole time."

"My, well aren't we the sharpest tool in the shed, took you long enough didn't it?" Hakudoushi retorted, sitting on a small chest near a cold, dreary cell prisoners were peering out of.

"Shut up."

"I'll do whatever you want me too, on one condition…"

"Name your terms my dear."

-.- Other part of Feudal Japan… -.-

"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru? Where are we going Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken squealed running around the young Lord before being sent into a tree not far away.

"Silence." His voice echoed.

"My Lord?" Rin's small voice asked from behind him.

He ignored her. Focusing in on what he heard. First the sounds of running, fighting, demons overhead, not that far from them. There was to. Much. Noise.

"My Lord. Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin shook him out of his thoughts as he looked down at her. She was growing up.

"What is it Rin?" His eyes had softened. Damn him for being nice to the insolent child.

"You do not look well milord, are you alright?" Her voice was laced with concern.

"I am fine Rin."

"Good." She smiled, all her teeth were in place again, adult ones taking the place of her other ones. Nodding, she went over towards Jaken, telling him to hurry or he was going to be left behind.

-.- 1 mile outside of Kaede's village -.-

"Kagome, why are we going after Iria so soon!" Inuyasha asked the young woman on his back.

"Because I have a bad feeling, okay?" She replied, she wouldn't tell him about the dream, not yet anyways… and she wouldn't tell him what had happened at the doctor.

"I guess we know now to trust those feelings." Miroku said nodding his head further up the trail.

2 young men, one with silver hair and dark golden and black streaks, the other with long silver hair and faint, but there, black highlights, were blocking they're path.

"Kenji! Do you know where Iria is?" Kagome asked hopefully as they stopped up ahead.

Kenji didn't respond, he just glared at them.

"Kenji?" Miroku inquired.

"We have a message from our lord." The other young man said, his blackish golden eyes turned to Inuyasha

"Lord?" Shippo's question was the one they all had going through their heads.

"Our lord and Master, Naraku." Kenji explained.

"NARAKU! Where's Iria?" Inuyasha demanded, drawing Tetsusagia from his waist and pointing it in between the two brothers.

"Master Naraku has her. He said if your group doesn't hurry." Kenji started.

"She isn't going to be as innocent as she was when you first met her." The other finished.

"Then, you're her other brother, that she was going to see, that was sick? Kenji, Kitaru, she's your sister."

"She was never our sister!" Kenji snapped.

"Mother took pity on her and brought her in after finding her near a well when we were all young, she only knew of her name." Kitaru finished.

"You two raised her and now, now you're going to let her be… be…" Kagome couldn't finish the sentence at the thought.

"Let her be, raped." Kenji started.

"That should be fun to watch." Kitaru ended.

Inuyasha almost dropped the sword in his hand. Regaining his composure, he sliced from side to side, hard. With a thump two headless half demons lay at their feet.

'I'm sorry, Iria. I'll be even sorrier if we don't get there in time.' He thought.

"Miroku, say a prayer for them, Iria would've wanted you too." Inuyasha said.

"Kagome!" Shippo started. "What did they mean by Iria not being as innocent as she was before?"

"Oh Shippo." Kagome collapsed beside the kit, gathering him in her arms and hugging him close, crying.

"Kagome." Inuyasha's saddened eyes fell onto her. "We'll get to her, Iria, she will be fine. She will be fine." He repeated, the group didn't know weather or not he was repeating it to himself or to Kagome, it didn't really matter.

"We need to keep moving." Sango said, "Before anything does happen…"

Inuyasha held a hand out for Kagome, to help her up, she smiled thoughtfully at him before taking it and getting on his back, Shippo still held in her arms.

-.- With Iria. -.-

"So, that's all you want?" Naraku said, his grin widening more.

"Yes, that is all." Iria replied. Her smile was one evil.

"They are coming milord, fast."

"Send them to this room, as soon as they enter the castle." He ordered.

The small status demon hurried off, Naraku motioned her over. She obliged.

"Tell me Iria, how old are you?"

"15."

"In demon years, Iria."

"1500. What is the importance of the question?"

"To know more about you my dear." (omg that's so fucking sick, having someone like Naraku, call you dear… throws up.) Naraku said, running a hand down her face. Iria's eyes widened slightly, her ears flickering.

"Oh. That would make sense." ( so I don't know whether it's sense or since. Stupid words that sound the same, don't have the same meaning, and are spelt differently… damn them all to hell!) Iria smiled. Her eyes going back to their normal size as his hands moved lower. She swallowed a scream.

"Are you, purely innocent my dear?" he whispered near her ears.

"Depends on what you'd call purely innocent." She whispered back.

He reached down to grab her leg. She jumped back.

Her face was red, from anger and embarrassment.

"I'm sorry." She stuttered, not looking him in the eyes. She was aware he was standing now, looming over her.

"Oh but my dear, I always get what I want, and your what I want." Naraku whispered the last part, bringing a hand up to her hair and moving it back over her shoulder, revealing fearful eyes.

There was a big slam, yelling, sword hitting flesh, more yelling, slam and then, the door crashed open just as Naraku brought his hands down and cut open her shirt, leaving the small teen on the floor with what was left of the shirt, he turned.

"What the fuck did you do to her! You bastard!" Inuyasha hollered.

"Inuyasha!" Iria cried. Tears were falling down her face, her eyes held fear and happiness at seeing the small group.

Naraku turned to her and grinned slightly before reaching down and sending a jolt of power through her. She screamed, trying to squirm out of his grip. Then, she felt it… the earth was moving and the wind was blowing hard, water was coming in all around them and heat was moving up and down her arms and legs, eating its way out, and she screamed louder.

"Iria!" Kagome yelled, throwing all caution to the wind and throwing her bow and arrow down as she ran towards the two of them.

"Kagome! Stay away from me!" Iria cried, there was an aura coming off of her and radiating around her, it was strong and it was growing.

"But!" Kagome replied, she jumped at the ear splitting scream that echoed through the walls. Naraku dropped her arm.

Demons came from every where's, Kanna and Hakudoushi came from a room to stand between Iria and Naraku and Kagome and the others. Then, the demon started fighting and the battle between them all…

Began.

A/N.

Alrighty, this chapter, just to let you know, even though it was awful and sad… the chapter is dedicated to Camthalion23, Happy First Year Wedding Anniversary! I really hope that your wedding turns out awesome oh and thank you for the awesome compliment.

Reviewers.

ShadowDragon (Terra34) Man, I don't know what to say to you, lol, I've said a lot of things to you and now, I don't know what to say, because I've used all my ideas… you gotta start leaving me questions… lol :P, just kidding… it's a good name btw… now I have my anonymous review thingy so you can put that your name there, which is an awesome name by the way… I sort of have a fetish for dragons… lol, instead of having to sign in. Oh yeah, one thing I could probably say is 'Thanks for the review dude.' Which is why I'm going to say, Thanks for the review dude. ;o

Yasha's Wifey Kyome – You're a new reviewer! Yay! Lol, haha, you left me 4 reviews, which is like really awesome, but I don't know whether to put 4 different thank you's or just combined it into the one thanks… the second one sounds better to me… not that I'm not grateful x4 or anything, its just… easier… ;o… especially at 10 to 4 in the morning…

Okay, to the first review you gave me… I was having an obsession with Sesshomaru at the time, I even helped a friend of mine write a story on Sesshy… I don't know why the hell I did that. smacks head on desk repeatedly. But, like… boy, I'm surprised that you're the first person that asked me that, every time I re-read the story, I'm like… wth did I do to my poor reviewers… I'm going to get a flame for that one… thank you for being nice about it though I appreciate it. But like, hopefully that answers your question.

To the third fourth and chapter 8 reviews, third: yah I kinda did that purposely, cause just before that, my father was having trouble with his health… and I'm like really, really close to him… I tend to put feeling into the story I'm writing, hopefully with all the blood and death and stuff, you don't think I have problems… four: haha, the reason I did that, was because it had been almost 6 months since I'd updated, and I wanted to make the chapter extra long… lmao… Eight: Just out of curiosity, how'd you almost miss the update, I'm not saying you didn't, but like, I'm kinda… okay, really fucking stupid, lmao… although, someone almost missing like an update or something would be really funny. O.o and thanks for the compliment, I love Iria's personality too, don't worry, there are many, many more twists to this story. laughs evily in the background.

Camthalion23 – Just incase you didn't get the Author note things at the top, like you missed it or something, I left you a little note up there, laughs evily again… anyways, thank you again, compliments like that make me feel better because… don't tell anyone, I get B's and C's on writing pieces at school lmao. My teacher don't like moi. :(… meh, I wouldn't like me either… oh and Best Wishes from Me towards your anniversary and later on in your marriage. smiles… I would say 'god bless' if I believed in god.

MeiunTenshi – lmao, thank you so much for the review, I loved it, I'm glad you like twists cause there's a major one in this chapter… Here's you're update!

My Author notes.

Alrighty, so I think that this story is drawling to a close here soon… I'm thinking about a sequel but… I'll let you guys decide… oh and I'm going to do a Resident Evil story too… I think… dark dreary days make me think an 'cute little puppy dog' is going to jump out of the bushes and eat me… lmao… tell me what you think! Review!

Updated: August 13th, 2006

Expect Update Around: August 18th, 2006…

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