Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

Note: I had a hard time coming up with words for the swearing part, as I'm not allowed to use words as F-ck and such in a Teens rated story.

The ghostly sound of Koimizu's flute spread through the Ancient Forest calling out for something.

'He's calling for youkai?' thought Naraku as his heart clenched painfully within his chest. 'Why would he…?'

He didn't finish his thought as the crystal-clear water of the river that flowed across the forest became dark and muddled signalling for trouble. Within seconds a thousand of youkai surfaced from the filthy water calling out for blood.

No.

'It's not them. It's the flute…'

The flute was calling out for blood. And his victim was Naraku.

The youkai attacked by hundreds. They spit fire and acid. They clawed and bit. They were deadly. They were out to kill Naraku and they showed him no mercy.

Naraku tried to fend off the youkai that were all weaker than him. But with their quantities their weakness did not matter, because Naraku had still not fully healed yet from Sesshoumaru's blow, which placed him in a disadvantage.

'Why…? Why did you do this? I thought you…?'

A hard blow landed on Naraku's stomach making him crash onto the ground. As he got up he struggled to escape from the claws and teeth. Rough pants escaped his lips. Another attacked and he dodged again. He let his tentacles come out and slashed at the attackers.

One by one the youkai went down, not even a hundred were left.

'Koimizu, how could you…'

A scream tore from his lips, when an arrow seared through the sky and bore through his right shoulder, along the way eliminating the rest of the youkai. The arrow fixed him onto a tree. Several others followed piercing his arms and feet effectively pinning him down. A stream of blood trickled from his burning wounds.

"Hanyou." From the shadows Koimizu emerged, laughing cruelly at him. "Something bothering you?" he sneered at him. Naraku let out a snarl, but that merely seemed to amuse the miko. "You would be wise to keep your mouth shut, Hanyou."

"Do not call me hanyou," Naraku growled. This could not be the Koimizu he knew. The hatred he felt coming off of him in waves, they had not been there before.

"And why wouldn't I?" said Koimizu and he grinned. "You are one, aren't you?" he added slyly.

Naraku seethed. This could not be Koimizu! How could he not have sensed this hatred in him before? He didn't understand. He should have felt it, but he hadn't. He had felt nothing at all. His senses had always been right. How could the boy have fooled him like this?

Koimizu reached inside his kimono and retrieved three pink shards. "You know what these are Naraku," Koimizu said as he showed him the Shikon shards in his hand.

'He has the last Shikon shards?' Naraku stared at the boy in shocked silence, disbelieve showing widely in his ruby eyes. This could not be true.

A smirk formed on Koimizu's lips. "You know, Naraku. I was planning on giving these to you as a proof of my love…" He paused for a moment and looked Naraku square in the eye. "But then I thought that a hanyou such as yourself truly doesn't deserve such treasures as these, which is why I am keeping them."

Slowly Koimizu moved forwards, crossing the distance between Naraku and himself, until Naraku was within his reach. His hand slipped underneath Naraku's clothing, touching his skin. It had been warm last night, this hand that had touched his everything – but the warmth seemed to have disappeared into thin air, replaced by the coldness that was malice.

When Koimizu withdrew his hand, he took Naraku's Shikon ball with him. "I will have this," said Koimizu as he took a few steps back. He then joined his two hands together and a dim aura of light surrounded him for a moment until it faded again. When he unfolded his hands the complete jewel became visible in his right hand.

He held it up and showed it mockingly to Naraku. "Thanks for the Shikon no Tama," he said and he turned and started walking back to his village, letting the shadows of the forest claim him. "Do not worry I shall purify and destroy it for sure."

Naraku watched the retrieving back of Koimizu. He felt burning hatred and anger. 'Why…? How…?'

"Curse you!!" Naraku cried out. "Koimizu, how dare you deceive me!!"

KOIMIZU'S VILLAGE:

"Sesshoumaru!?"

Sesshoumaru turned around to greet his little brother. "InuYasha," he said. "It seems she has called you here as well." The hanyou was here with his whole pack plus the Wolf Prins.

"To hell with you, Sesshoumaru! What do you want?" InuYasha snarled and he quickly placed his hand on the hilt of Tessaiga ready for a fight.

"I am here to witness Naraku's death," Sesshoumaru merely replied monotonously, before disregarding his half-brother and turning his gaze on the village before him again.

InuYasha growled. "What's the meaning of this, you two!!" he yelled as he turned to face the shikigami.

But they were already gone.

With a scowl on his face InuYasha marched forward towards the village.

Only to be repelled by a barrier. "What the…!?"

"There is no need to go InuYasha," Sesshoumaru stated. "She will kill him without our help."

InuYasha growled but remained silent. They watched and waited .

SOMEWHERE IN THE ANCIENT FOREST:

Naraku panted as he kept on walking towards Koimizu's village. The wounds of the holes in his hands, feet and right shoulder singed through his entire body, tearing him down little by little with each step that he took.

'Almost there… Just a little longer…' he thought. 'Damn you Koimizu, I will never forgive you!!'

Finally, he reached the village, but he didn't know how much longer he would be conscious. He continued forward into the open field when he sensed an aura.

"Kikyou…"

Laughing evilly the clay miko emerged from the shadows of the surrounding forest. "Naraku, I believe you know what this is?" And she raised her hand to reveal the Shikon no Tama she was holding.

"You plotted this to get the Shikon no Tama…" sneered Naraku.

Kikyou grinned. "No."

"Do not lie –"

His words were cut of by a scream filled with rage, pain and hatred. In an instant Naraku whipped his head into the direction of the sound.

"NARAKU!!" Koimizu cried out. The white top of his kimono was drenched in blood as Koimizu held his bow with the last of the strength he had, pointing an arrow towards Naraku.

"Why Naraku!!? Why did you betray me!!?!"

Time seemed to stop for Naraku.

He knew this scene…

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