AN: Yes regular updates and the story will be done soon, sort of sad to see it end but also sort of relieved, anywho R&R!

"Are you sure about this little brother?" Sesshoumaru asked his younger sibling for a second time.

"Yes Sessh, for the last time I'm sure," he growled trying to keep his frustration tampered.

"Alright," Sesshoumaru responded deciding if his brother was sure about his plan then he should have faith in him. Sesshoumaru had watched his brother with the young Higurashi girl and had liked the change she seemed to have. He never had anything against Kikyou, she just didn't have the vibrancy that her cousin did. The two brother silently an through the dark halls, following the slowly strengthening scent of Kagome. With each step Inuyasha felt his heart beat faster, not from fatigue, but from fear, questions ran through his mind, what if he didn't get to her in time, what was Naraku doing to her at this very moment. More than once he had to tell his own brain to shut up and remind himself that Kagome was a lot stronger then he gave her credit for. When he was a mess about Kikyou, she was the strong one, he had only ever comforted her a few rare times while he couldn't count the number of times she had pulled him out of a guilt ridden streak. He also felt guilt for leaving his friends behind, he knew they wanted to help, but knew they would be more in the way, except for Ayame and Kouga, humans against a hanyou yakuza lord were not a good mix. Inuyasha was very surprised when his brother released his mate into the care of the wolf demon to help recue Kagome. It was in that moment that his respect for his brother grew tenfold and he knew that no matter what happened to him Sesshoumaru would make sure Kagome got out of there if either of them still had breath in them. Kagome's scent was getting stronger and he was starting to be able to smell some emotion in it, a lot of fear but he also smelled her courage and he couldn't help the small proud smile that crept over his face. Inuyasha put on an extra burst of speed wanting to get Kagome out of there as fast as he could, not expecting the sight that would befall him.

Zuki sat on the sidewalk her back facing the giant house the currently held two of her good friends and her brothers friend captive. She had started out pacing and watching the house, but when that started to rail on her nerves she just sat down and stared off into space trying to keep her mind from making up the horrible images of her friends being killed. Bankotsu didn't know what to do for her, so he just sat next to her and kept a hopefully comforting arm around her shoulders. Rin had woken up shortly after they had made it outside and was not happy about the situation. Ayame had to hold her down to keep her from running right back into the house to give her husband of piece of her mind. After a few minutes they got her to calm down and explain how she had been abducted. Apparently Naraku had sent a few of his goons to catch Rin as she got home from work. Zuki had been proud to find out that it took four men to get her down, for her small stature she was strong and stubborn. From what she remembered at least one of the men had been unconscious before she had lost consciousness herself. At the moment Rin was glaring at the house most likely thinking of all the things Sesshoumaru was going to have to do to make up for leaving her behind while he went and rescued the one girl she had felt like a sister towards for the last few months. Sango and Miroku stood silently holding hands glancing at each other conversing with their eyes. Kouga was the one showing the most anxiety, he didn't like being left behind, he wanted to be part of the action but he also knew he couldn't leave his friends unprotected, or his girlfriend, though he doubted any of Naraku's goons would stand a chance against Ayame. Zuki felt her anxiety start to build up again, where were the police? She was sure she had heard sirens earlier but so far the street was still disserted. The silence was what was getting to her, she couldn't handle knowing that something was going on while it seemed like nothing was happening.

"What is going on in there?" Kouga suddenly burst out throwing a punch to the outer wall. Zuki jumped when he shouted and felt very angry towards the wolf demon.

"How the hell are we supposed to know?" She said back sardonically. Kouga shot a glare to the back of her head but didn't respond, for one because she knew she was just as upset as he, and two his girlfriend would surely kill him if he was mean to any of her friends at that particular moment.

"Can either of you tell where the police are?" Mroku asked looking hopefully between the two wolf demons. Ayame and Kouga cocked their head to try and get a better listen to the city before slumping slightly in defeat.

"There are sirens but none coming this way, although why that is I can't even begin to figure out," Ayame said sharing an apologetic look with Zuki.

"Well, maybe I should call me dad," Sango said softly looking at her feet. Zuki shot to her own feet and ran up to her friend.

"Sango you are a genius, why didn't we think of that before?" She said giving Sango a back breaking hug. Miroku quickly pulled out his cell and handed it to Sango. After a few rings thought her fathers answering machine picked up.

"Dad, it's me, look I can't really explain but call me as soon as you get this, we really need the help of the fighters, call me." With a dejected sigh she handed the phone back to Miroku.

"We should call the police and report something to them," Kikyou said from her position slightly outside of the ring of friends. Miroku gave her a curt nod before dialing the police station and putting it on speaker.

"Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, please state your emergency." A cool woman's voice sounded over the phone.

"Our friend was kidnapped by a demon, please send-"

"I'm sorry sir, but TMPD do not deal with demon cases, if you would be so kind as to call-." This time Kikyou was the one who blew a fuse.

"Look lady, my cousin is being held prisoner by some psychotic yakuza demon lord, you need to get some people down here now, I don't care if you don't deal with demon cases you are going to deal with this one!" Kikyou had grabbed the phone away from Miroku and looked like she was going to crush it, if she had any demon strength she would have.

"Ma'am, if you would please calm down, I would be happy to connect you too-."

"I don't fucking care who you connect me to just let me talk to someone who can fucking help!"

"Right away Ma'am." Some crappy elevator music started to play and Miroku discreetly pried the cell phone from Kikyou's firm grip and took over the call. It seemed to take hours before they were told that they were going to be sending a team to the area to 'investigate,' then it was back to waiting, only this time Zuki felt like there was hope.

There she was, sitting alone with blank eyes in the middle of a damp room, seemingly nothing surrounding her. Inuyasha's first instinct was to grab Kagome and get the hell out of there but something wasn't right, her eyes were blank, empty.

"Kagome?" he asked from his position in the door. His brother stood close behind him examining the room. Naraku was nearby, but he just couldn't place where. Inuyasha slowly started to walk into the room and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw what Kagome was holding, she had a gun.

"Kagome, why do you have a gun?" He asked taking another small step towards her. There was definitely something wrong, her scent was off, she smelled like Kagome but there wasn't any emotion, no anger, not even fear, just blank.

"Inuyasha, I would not stray to close to Higurashi at this time, I believe Naraku has her under some form of enchantment," Sesshoumaru said finally stepping into the room.

"You think I don't fucking know that?" Inuyasha shot back over his shoulder never taking his eyes of the woman he was so relieved and scared to see.

"Inuyasha." It was so quiet he wasn't sure he had heard it, but she had said it, she said his name. He saw her lips move which is probably one of the only reasons he knew it was from her, it didn't sound like her voice, it was strained like she was fighting to get a word in. He took another few steps foreword only to jump back slightly when Kagome suddenly stood and held the gun to his heart.

"Kagome what are you doing?" He asked the desperation in his voice evident.

"Inu…yasha…" That same strained voice again, only this time it was louder. The room resounded with a click letting the three occupants know that the gun was now cocked.

"Kagome, put the gun down," Inuyasha said taking a small step towards her. He only had a quarter of a second warning when she pulled the trigger, thankfully he got enough out of the way that it only grazed his shoulder. Sesshoumaru moved quickly towards the girl but not quick enough, with another three loud cracks three more bullet holes were now in the walls. Sesshoumaru had dodged all the bullets, but not by much. He knew Kagome had never held a gun, someone was controlling her like a puppet and he was going to find the puppet master.

"Inuyasha, she does not have control of her body, do not think that just because this is the girl that loves you she will not kill you if given the chance," Sesshoumaru said glancing towards his brother. Inuyasha only growled in response keeping his eyes on the gun currently pointed back at his chest. Wherever he moved the gun would follow keeping pointed at his heart. He didn't know what to do, if he tried to go to her she would shoot him, Sesshoumaru was too busy sniffing around the room to pay attention to his brothers inner turmoil.

"Hard isn't it?" A phantom voice rang throughout the room.

"Naraku!" Inuyasha shouted spinning around trying to find the owner of the voice.

"How will you ever save this poor girl when she keeps trying to kill you?" The voice laughed cruelly which elicited a deep growl from the hanyou.

"Show yourself you coward!"

"Hah! I think I'll have some fun." Inuyasha only had a second to react when he heard the gun cock again then fire.

She didn't know where she was, it was dark and cold, she couldn't hear anything. What was her name again? Kagome? Yes her name was Kagome, now where was she. It was dark but there was a musty smell surrounding her. She felt something in her hand, it was heavy and seemed sort of familiar. Kagome looked down and was only mildly surprised to see her small hand clutched around a handgun. She wasn't sure why it didn't surprise her but she didn't think too long about it. Someone was talking to her, she recognized the voice. Who was he, silver hair, dog ears, why couldn't she remember.

Inuyasha

The voice was in her head, it was foreign to her but her own. Inuyasha was there, she remembered everything. Kikyou, Naraku, being kidnapped, he had come to save her. Kagome felt her heart burst with happiness at just the sight of him but she couldn't move, what was holding her.

Shoot him

That voice wasn't her own, it was cold.

Shoot Inuyasha

She refused, she couldn't say anything but whatever force was trying to control her body was having a hard time getting her to do what it wanted.

"Inu…yasha…" she wasn't sure how she got the strength to speak but she did, and it cost her dearly. She heard the click of the gun being cocked and then he said something and the gun went off. She was screaming inside, she couldn't have shot him, he had to be okay.

Stupid girl

Hope swept through her veins, if the voice wasn't happy then Inuyasha wasn't dead. She heard the other three shots and was too confused to know what was going on, all she knew was that she had to get control of her body back.

Stop fighting me and I will give him a quick death

No!

You cannot fight forever Kagome, you do not have the strength

She didn't even humor him with a response, her vision was clearing and she was able to see what was going on. He was right there in front of her with the gun in her hand pointed at his chest. She could sense Sesshoumaru somewhere behind her sniffing, but she didn't care, all she cared about was getting control of her body back. She vaguely remembered hearing Naraku say something to Inuyasha, and in that moment she saw him. He was right there and he didn't even know she could see him. With all the strength she had she fought for control and fired the gun.

He didn't think he was dead, at least he didn't feel dead. He was on the ground but had no idea how he got there. He remembered a gunshot and a lot of pain in his head, but was that because he was shot?

"Inuyasha?" That was his brother, his brother didn't sound worried, so he should be okay right? Why did his head hurt so goddamned much? Inuyasha groaned and sat up his vision spotty.

"What happened?" He asked his voice coming out rougher then normal.

"It seems that Higurashi got control of her body back and shot Naraku, sadly for there was enough spiritual power in that bullet to purify myself and it grazed your head," his brother said quietly. As soon a Inuyasha registered what his brother said his eyes shot open to see Kagome lying on the ground the gun still in her hand.

"Kagome!" He had her In his arms in an instant. She was alive, breathing, and unhurt, he would have wept if he were in any sense of mind. A small groan from her stilled his movements as he silently watched her crack open her beautiful blue grey eyes.

"Did I get him?" She asked softly. Inuyasha didn't know what to say, he didn't care what was going on, Kagome was safe in his arms, all he wanted to do was kiss her.

"Yes, you hit Naraku but he is not dead, he has just fled from the compound, but I suspect that the authorities currently outside will have him in custody in a few hours. His departure didn't go as unnoticed as he hoped," Sesshoumaru said watching from his standing position by the door. "Brother, I am sure Higurashi-San is tired and would like to leave this place." Inuyasha glanced at his brother before giving him a cut nod. With little regard to his own pounding head, Inuyasha swept up Kagome bridal style and ran after his brother to get out of the hell hole that had nearly taken everything from him.

The gunshots were what really set Kikyou off. The first one she wasn't sure was an actual gun, but the three that followed and she was starting to go into hysterics. Zuki and Sango had quickly moved to keep her from running into the grounds, Ayame and Kouga were having a hard enough time keeping Rin from doing exactly what Kikyou wanted to do. Miroku just sat back and watched not sure what to make of the situation, he almost yelled with joy when he saw the police arrive. With the authorities there Kikyou and Rin calmed down enough to speak to the person in charge of the 'raid.' Zuki hugged herself and kept a silent prayer to all the Kami that her friends were alright and that the gunshots hadn't hit anyone she cared about. A giant explosion of power that knocked everyone in the vicinity flat on their backs, and left a few demons singed however followed the next gunshot.

"What the hell was that?" One of the uniforms shouted pushing himself to his feet.

"That was a really strong bit of spiritual energy," Kikyou said a small smile creeping across her face. "And I believe that it just made all your jobs much easier." Kikyou pointed to a deformed blog stumbling from the ruins of the house. It was moving fast but clumsily, and was obviously injured.

"What is that?" Zuki asked taking a step back.

"That's Naraku! Team Y, take positions and follow him!" In a flurry of activity a group of about five youkai officers were off running after Naraku.

'Will they be able to catch him?" Sango asked.

"Maybe not right away, but he's injured, they'll get him eventually," One of the human officers responded. The teens nodded silently before turning back to the house.

'Where are they?" Kouga asked gently touching the tip of one of his slightly purified ears. The answer to that question suddenly appeared before them. Rin was on her husband like white on rice, somewhere between hitting him and kissing him she was also yelling at him for leaving her behind. He kept his stoic expression for a moment before pulling her into a fierce kiss that had Zuki blushing. It took a moment for the rest of the group to recover from Sesshoumaru's lack of social decency, but Kikyou was the first to rush to her cousin's side.

"Kagome! Oh thanks the kami you're okay!" She had her arms wrapped around her younger cousins neck in an awkward hug before Inuyasha refused to let her go. Zuki, Sango, Ayame, and Rin were close behind her, not getting as close to hug her but close enough to grab her hands or arms to make sure she was okay.

"Oi! Back off!" Inuyasha suddenly growled not liking the fact that Kagome was being bombarded with attention right after she had shot a guy.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome hit him lightly on the chest and laughed at his dumfounded expression.

"Oh put me down," she said squirming a bit tog et her point across. With a grumble he complied and she was soon enveloped in a group hug from all of her friends. The next few hours happened so fast Zuki even had a hard time keeping up with everything. The paramedics had taken Kagome to the hospital to make sure everything was fine, what surprised everyone was when Kikyou insisted Inuyasha go with her. It seemed like she was giving them her blessing when Inuyasha and Kikyou hadn't even broken up yet. No one had much time to ponder because they were all son piling into cars to get to the hospital, Sesshoumaru had sent word to Mrs. Higurashi and they were going to meet there. Inuyasha was the worst in the waiting room, they had taken Kagome to run some tests and he nearly toe up the hospital trying to get back to her. Kikyou was the one who calmed him down, and from the looks of things, they were no longer a couple. Zuki didn't know when it had happened but it seemed like Kikyou and Kagome had suddenly switched roles. She didn't really care how it happened, she was just glad that it had finally happened, also silently deciding to get the story out of Kikyou at a later time. They ran tests on Kagome for two hours before letting her go with a clean bill of health, just a couple stitches on her head from some injury she didn't remember getting. Yasu showed up at the hospital soon after and almost screamed Zuki deaf for worrying him. In the end he ended up just hugging her and dragging her back home, Bankotsu also got a ride from Yasu wanting to speak to Zuki before the night was over. Zuki sat on the futon with her brother, their parents had been awake the entire time Zuki was gone and after yelling at Zuki and then hugging her to death they went to bed. Yasu had a protective arm around Zuki as she told him her side of the story, Bank sat on a cushion on the floor listening intently. After what seemed like hours, Yasu finally gave his sister a quick kiss on the crown of her head and went to bed, leaving the two teens alone. Now that Bankotsu finally had Zuki alone, he was starting to loose his nerve.

"Bank, what did you want to talk to me about?" Zuki asked from her curled up position on the couch. He wasn't sure what gave him the courage but in an instant he was at her side and pulling her into a fierce hug.

"Tonight we almost died, and the only thing I kept thinking about was that I've never kissed you," he said his voice muffled by her hair. Zuki couldn't help the gasp that escaped from her mouth, was he confessing that he liked her. She felt him pull back a bit so he could look into her hazel eyes with his blue green ones. She didn't know who leaned in first but in an instant their mouth were upon each other in a passionate kiss. Bank moved his hand to her neck so he could tilt her head to kiss her more deeply. Zuki found one of her hand grasping the front of his shirt while the other tangled it's way into his brown braid. Zuki was the one to end the kiss much to Bankotsu annoyance.

"My parents and brother are asleep a few feet away," she said with a laugh.

"I know, but I should be able to kiss my girlfriend when I want too," he said with an arrogant smirk.

"Who said anything about being your girlfriend?" she retorted back. Zuki didn't' expect his face to fall into fear and sadness before he pulled back a little.

"I was kidding," she said quickly. Bank's eyes light up and his mouth was upon hers a second time. This kiss was just as passionate but didn't last as long, both teens were worn out from the long day and soon found themselves curled up together on the futon dreaming in each others arms.

Zuki wanted to kill whatever it was that had taken her from dreamland. There was a loud buzzing in her ear, she tried to move her arm to brush it away but something held her arm down. It took a few moment for her head to clear but when it did she found herself facing Bankotsu's chest, his arms wrapped tightly around her smaller form. The loud buzzing was her cell phone. With as much care as possible Zuki pried herself out of her new boyfriends arms and moved to answer her phone totally baffled at the ID.

"Inuyasha? Yeah I'm awake now thanks to you…Why are you calling me?...They did? Oh Thank the kami!" Bankotsu jolted awake when Zuki shouted into the phone. With a groggy questioning look at his girlfriend he pushed himself into a seated position. Zuki mouthed 'they got Naraku' and he understood her happiness.

"Wait, slow down what was that? You want my help? With what? She did, I'm sorry…Oh well in that case…what do you want me to do? Alright, alright we'll be there in a few minutes. Bankotsu and me…shut it dog boy." Zuki flipped her phone closed and glared at it a moment before realizing that Bankotsu was staring at her.

"Inuyasha and Kikyou broke up and he wants me to help him with something, you want to tag along to the shrine with me?" She asked with a warm smile.

"Wouldn't miss it," he responded with an equally happy grin.

AN: and another chapter up! Only one more to go, and I'll try to make it long but there isn't a whole lot left of the story, what on earth could Inuyasha want Zuki's help for anyways? The next chapter will be up next Sunday unless otherwise posted. R&R!