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Chapter 17

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"Damn him.." She growled, "How dare he use my other half..." she stomped towards a large bolder and smashed it to bits.

Sesshomaru watched her from where he sat, 'No wonder she has a different personality, she has two souls… one half-breed soul and one of a pure-breed…" he thought, and watched her as she stomped her way towards him, "I wonder what you really are…" he said to himself then closed his eyes.

"What did you say?" She asked as she stood directly in front of him, then sighed and plopped onto the ground, "Actually, never mind."

After Sesshomaru had teleported them away from Naraku, Kakiya had been angry with herself for letting Naraku take her soul away from her, so easily too and thought up of many ways to kill him. Now, she wanted nothing less than to march back to Naraku and pummel him until he wishes he were dead.

"Did you see what that despicable man did to my other half? He stuck her in a clay body and tainted it with a jewel shard! What is even worse, now that she is gone, a part of my power has also gone with her and with tomorrow's dawn grows nearer, I too grow weaker." She bitterly spat and punched the ground in a fit of anger.

She glanced up at Sesshomaru to find that his eyes were closed. She quietly crawled towards him and grinned. Kakiya held out her hand and a dagger formed in it and pulled back to stab him.

'We'll see how good he really is.' She thought, amused.

As soon as she swung forward to stab him, Sesshomaru flicked the hilt of his sword and the blade clashed with Kakiya's dagger shattering her blade.

Sesshomaru opened his eyes, "What do you think you are doing?"

She sighed and dropped into his lap before rolling off onto the ground, curling up next to him on the forest floor, "I don't even know anymore." On the ground beside him, she looked at him again.

"What is it now?"

"Who was that other silver haired man that was with you?"

"What are you talking about? There was no other per-" Then he realized who she was talking about, "Are you talking about InuYasha?"

'That name again… the humans before talked about him..' she thought, "That's his name?"

Sesshomaru stared at her with disbelief, "Are you saying that you do not know who he is?"

"I have never met him until today, so how could I know?"

"Hmm, do you know who Jaken is?" he said after a bit of thinking.

"No."

"Do you know where my castle is?"

"No"

"Yet you know who I am."

"Clearly."

He looked away, 'She does not remember anything from her half-breed life.' He concluded.

"Do you have any other questions you wanna ask?" becoming irritated off with all these random questions, and kicked a stone into a nearby tree.

"None." He simple replied.

Kakiya stared at him through narrow eyes, "You still have not answered my question."

Sesshomaru sighed for not the first time that evening, "InuYasha is my younger half brother." He bitterly told her.

"Your … brother?" she said, surprised, "No wonder you kind of look alike!" She looked down and poked a log near her foot, "But your attitudes are so different from each other, he's more… I guess you can say that you are far calmer than he is judging by his actions in our little brawl with Naraku."

A small growl escaped from him, "Do not ever compare me with that half-breed."

"I'm guessing you are not very fond of your younger brother." She stated.

Sesshomaru then realized something, "Why did you ask me who he was, have you not lived with him for the majority of your childhood?"

She sighed, "I was not fully developed at that time, my demon powers were just started to grow, so I was not really 'alive' as you may call it, yet. Not only that but my other self had kept my demonic powers locked up, so it furthered delayed my development." She paused, and then quietly added, "Besides, when I did finally come out, your father told me to stay in the castle basement. His castle servants, the ones who hated me and feared your father decided to chain me up against the wall and lock the doors so I couldn't escape and leave me there for days until your father would finally come back from his trip."

"Why would father tell you to stay in the basement?" he looked at her, "I doubt father was cruel to anyone especially after meeting that human Izayoi."

She stared at him "He obviously wanted to protect the humans that stayed at this castle, I would have killed the humans who dared to bind me too, but since it was my very first time coming out, I was weak, my mind clouded and I did not know how to look into the memories of my other self yet. All I knew was the instinct to kill, but I couldn't even get free from the chains." She laughed, "I was a pathetic demon back then."

"But now, your powers have fully matured."

"If they were not, I would be dead right now and I wouldn't have stood a chance against my other half. Now, I am stronger than her." She said proudly.

They sat together in silence; Kakiya was watching the roll by slowly across the vast blue sky while Sesshomaru, once again, closed his eyes and listened to the gentle rustle of leaves.

"How long can you last without your other self?"

"I've been wondering the same thing actually, I have never experience this trickery before, so I don't really know." Sitting up, she found a more comfortable spot, "My guess is that if she does return by sun rise tomorrow, I will become dormant once again until the next full moon comes and this body will just hibernate and wait for either myself to awaken once more or for my other half to return."

"So your body will become utterly useless to you, and if it somehow dies while you are dormant, you die along with it."

"That is the basic idea. However, I have no intentions whatsoever to let Naraku do what he pleases with my other soul; I will get it back by tomorrow." She stood up and looked around, "Do you think that you can hide our presences and trace Naraku to wherever he is?"

Sesshomaru looked up at the sky, "Looks like we do not have to go through all that trouble."

"What do you mean?" She followed his gaze and saw a few bugs flying circling above them, "What are those?"

"Saimyosho."

"What are they for?" Kakiya's nails glowed red as they grew longer, "Can I kill them?"

"No, they are Naraku's pathetic demons he used to find us. He will come here himself."

Her hand returned to its normal state, "How boring." She jumped up and caught one of the Saimyosho, "Lookie here demon, you had better hurry and tell your master that he better not keep me waiter for long." She lightly injured on of its wings and let it go to rejoin the rest.

She watched as they flew off together; back to their master to deliver her message.

Kakiya sat on the stairs, outside of the castle, watching the clouds slowly drift by, wondering what her other half was doing. She tensed up as she heard the door slide open behind her, which was flowed by a few footsteps, then the sound of the door closing again.

'Please don't let it be Naraku…' she desperately thought and slowly turned around only to be sadly disappointed.

Naraku watched as she slowly turn her head to see who it was. He smirked as fear crept up into her eyes when she saw who it was. He quickly shortened the distance between them and sat down beside her. He saw her shift over away from him, and frowned. He grabbed her arm and pulled her tense body close to him.

"Where do you think you're going?" he whispered in her ear.

She wriggled around, trying to lose his gasp and free herself, "Away from you." She bitterly replied.

Kakiya formed a small ball of energy around her fist and punched Naraku, making him let go of her and allowing her time to jump free.

"Why you…" he growled.

She cut him off, "Listen, Naraku, you have no right to be controlling me."

"It seems you are a bit confused," he smirked as he shot a short painful shock through her heart; the one he created, "I have every right to control you, I am your master after all."

"I will not be controlled by this again." She told him in-between breaths. Kakiya cupped her hand and covered it with a red energy, 'This heart has to leave this body, and then it will break.' She thought. Kakiya stabbed herself in the chest and fell to one knee. She cried out in pain and bit her lip trying to muffle anymore groans from coming out. Kakiya reached deep inside her chest and found her heart and slowly pulled it out until she was holding it out in front of her. She looked at the beating heart in her bloodied hands. She breathed deeply, "How disgusting, your blood runs through my veins and your heart beats in my chest." She looked up at Naraku, "Aren't you started to regret that you tried to mess with me? You will never control me, Naraku."

Naraku started to laugh, "Kakiya, my dear, did you think I was foolish enough to not think that you might do this earlier?"

"What?"

Tentacles sprouted from his back and raced towards her. Kakiya tried to desperately rip her heart from her body before it reached her, but she was too late. The alien arms reclaimed the heart from her hand and securely bonded them behind her back. They dragged her back towards Naraku and sat her down in his lap, still binding her. Naraku gently took the heart and held it in his hand.

"Kakiya, you should really take good care of the things I give you."

"I don't care for anything you give me."

From the hole in her chest grew tentacles that came out and wrapped around the heart in Naraku's hand, tugging at it to bring it back to the body. Naraku smirked and he reached into his pocket and pulled out another jewel shard. He once again tainted it with his blood and infused in with the heart.

"What are you doing, stop!" the shard went into the heart and a blast of pain shook her body. His tentacles released their hold on her and she fell limp into his lap.

He let go of the heart and the tentacles slowly brought it back to the body and sealed it up. "Kakiya, do you understand now that you are mine?" he lifted her chin up to make her face him. He saw the passive look on her face and slapped it, he grabbed her wrist and pointed it towards a tree, "I tell you what to do Kakiya, and don't think that I will let you do what you want. You see that tree there?" a ball of fire formed in her hand.

That awakened Kakiya as she felt her own strength drain as he forced her body to gather fire magic to her hand, "but how…?" she whispered.

"If I tell you to destroy that tree…" the ball grew larger and Naraku grin grew as he watched her struggle under his grip, "You will do it." The ball flew from her and hit the tree setting it ablaze.

Kakiya watched in horror as she saw what he made her do against her own will. One of Naraku's many demons flew towards them and dropped a small baby demon bear in front of them.

Its wails can be heard throughout the forest and it rang in her ears, "No…" she tried her take her hand away from this evil being, "Naraku, please, it's still a baby! Stop, let go of me, I will not permit this."

"Do it." He simply commanded.

An energy ball once again formed and blazed in her hands as she felt that familiar drain of energy. The ball flew towards the bear, hitting it in the chest, turning it to ashes instantly.

"Should I get a human this time?" he laughed wickedly.

Fear filled her eyes, "You wouldn't…"

"Yes, Kakiya, I would…" he whispered in her ear, "Perhaps I should go after the one who calls you 'mommy?'"

"Leave Rin alone you bastard!" she yelled and tried to get free.

"But Kakiya… it would be simple, I would just have to bring her here and then you finish her off…"

Tears formed in her eyes, "No! Naraku, don't you dare, you'll regret it!"

"Oh but it would be so much fun, dear Kakiya… Besides, it's not like you can tell me what to do. However, I can make you do whatever I wish…" he pulled her chin closer; his lips hovering above hers, "I could even make you do something simple like kissing…" he whispered.

He pulled away, "If you fail to do what I ask next time, I will make you kill Rin." He let go of her, letting her fall into a sitting position on the ground, and went back inside the castle. She sat there in silence as she watched Naraku as he left, into the castle, leaving the doors open. A moment later, wasp-like demons came and also entered the castle. She got up and moved back to her spot on the stairs and once again watched the clouds.

"I want to return to my old body." She sighed.

She looked back to see if Naraku was actually in the castle or not and found that he was. As she stood up, more wasps flew past her and entered the castle. Kakiya heard another wasp, following the others, but was left behind and saw that it was injured. Holding out her hands, she hoped that the wasp would land on it, and to her surprise, it did. A green glow enveloped both the wasp and her hands as she healed the broken wing. The little bug tested its wings and quickly flew off into the castle.

Sighing, she started to walk away from the castle, 'I wonder how far I'll get before he notices I'm gone.'

Suddenly, a strong arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her into the air, "And where do you think you're going? Certainly not somewhere without me." A voice whispered into her ear.

"Naraku," she growled, "Let go of me!"

"What do you think I am going to say, Kakiya?"

Irritated, she glared at him, "I can fly you know, why don't you let me fly? By myself, away from you; alone." She waited for a reply but received no such pleasure, "At the very least, could you tell me where you are taking me?"

"Dear Kakiya, I'd thought you know by now," he ran his fingers through her jet-black hair, "We are going to see your other half and your dear Lord Sesshomaru."

"Really?" she gasped out in surprise, "You are letting me go back to my body?"

"Kakiya…" he looked at her, "Do you really hate me that much? Am I really that bad to you?" he questioned in a sickening sweet voice.

She turned away, "What do you think I am going to say, Naraku?" she said in a taunting voice, imitating what he had said to her earlier.

Naraku reached over to the far side of her face, slightly running his fingers through her hair, but then pulling on it making her face him, "You should be grateful that I am letting you move and talk right now out of your own free will." He let go of her hair, "and that I haven't done anything to you… yet anyways." He mumbled, "Remember. You are mine now." He growled tightening his hold around her waist.

Flying through the evening sky, Kakiya eventually relaxed her body and even becoming tired as they travelled along in his barrier-sealed ball. He noticed that she had finally released her tension and then let go of her, using that hand to put her head on his shoulder.

He kept his hand rested on her head, 'I will make her want me so much that she will no longer wish to return to that dog.' He growled at this, 'Those two brothers always seem to take away my possessions(1). No matter, getting them back is an easy task, I do not even care for Kikyou anymore,' he thought for a moment, 'InuYasha can have that dead witch.' He clenched his hand that was still on her head, "You're mine now." He whispered to himself, reassuring himself.

Kakiya felt his hand tense up and heard what he had said, 'You keep thinking that to yourself, Naraku. I am no one's possession.' She looked up at him, 'I need to find a way to kill him before he stops me again.' She then remembered how she battled Kikyou and how her body broke, 'I need to break this container that holds me, that way, I shall be free!'

Feeling her head shift he looked down and his eyes met a pair of determined eyes, 'She is thinking of a way to escape again…' he studied her facial features, 'I could easily…' he leaned down towards her, but then stopped and turned away, 'What am I doing?' he glanced back and saw the questioning look in her face, 'What is she doing to me?' he mentally yelled in his head. He slowly moved towards the forest floor and concluded that if they walk the rest of the way, he wouldn't have to put up with this any longer. He let go of her as soon as his feet met the earth, "We are going to travel on foot now," he quickly turned around and looked down at her, "Don't you dare think of escaping, because I am telling you now, you won't be able to."

"Fine."

Naraku turned back and started walking with Kakiya following a few metres behind. She looked up at the sky and noticed that the sun was starting to set and that soon, dusk will be upon them. They walked on for a long while, Kakiya appreciating the silence that was shared between them.

"I can sense my other half…" she whispered.

He whipped around and looked at her, "Where?"

Kakiya looked at him, "Up in front," she said hesitantly.

When they walked into a clearing they saw Kakiya and Sesshomaru waiting there, Sesshomaru sitting behind on a stump and Kakiya standing beside him.

Naraku looked at Kakiya, "So, we meet again. I must ask you though, before we begin, are you going to run away like you did last time?"

A dark sword formed in her right hand, energy swirling around the blade, "Naraku… I want you to give me back my soul."

"I'm afraid I am unable to fulfill that request."

Kakiya smirked, "I am sure, by the end of this night, you will grant me my wish and I will have my soul back."

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(1) Kakiya, Kikyou, and the Shikon jewel. He is also currently entranced by Kakiya's beauty and abnormal powers but is angry that she stays with Sesshomaru. Onigumo inside him hungers for Kikyou, but she fell for InuYasha. He wants the Shikon jewel to become a more powerful and full-fledged demon, but InuYasha and co. always try to take it from him.

Want to know a fun game? Sudoku.