Chapter 7

"Why do you want her?" Inuyasha said with his sword pointed to Naraku now.

"Why do you want to make things so difficult all the time? You said you wanted to get rid of her, so I came to get her. No tricks this time," he explained. He looked at all the people looking at him with fierce expressions. "I'll take her by force if I must."

"You can't have her," Miroku said grabbing his beads. Naraku sighed and put up a barrier around Chiyo and Sango, because Sango was still holding her, and smiled.

"You can't take her into the sun light you know," Inuyasha said hoping that the information would stop him from taking them.

"This barrier can protect the girls against attacks and the light. Surly you don't think I would be that stupid as to take her out in the sunlight unprotected do you?" Inuyasha growled and everyone followed Naraku out of the hut. Soon, Miroku and Inuyasha realized that they couldn't attack Naraku with all these people around. Naraku just smiled and floated off with the barrier at his side.

"Let us go!" Sango shouted, but she knew that he couldn't hear her. Chiyo groaned and opened her eyes slightly.

"Sango? Where are we? Who are you shouting at?" Chiyo asked. She looked around, but her vision was blurry so she couldn't really see anything.

"Nothing, go back to sleep," Sango said soothingly.

"Not until you answer my questions," Chiyo replied. Sango knew that she couldn't argue with Chiyo, so she thought up a new method. She started to stroke Chiyo's hair and hum a little tune softly. "You're cheating," Chiyo said. In a matter of moments, Chiyo closed her eyes and fell asleep.

"How touching. Tell me, does she remind you of someone?" Naraku asked with enjoyment in his voice. Sango glared at him, but didn't say anything for she feared she would wake Chiyo again. "Don't worry, you'll be with him soon enough." They floated in silence until they came to a castle. "Ah, home sweet home." Naraku landed on the ground and started to walk into the castle with the barrier holding the girls close behind. He led them to a room that looked fairly comfortable, not something to hold hostages in. "You two will stay here until the girl gets her strength back," Naraku explained. He lifted the barrier and walked out.

"What does he plan to do?" Sango asked herself. She looked at the sleeping girl in her arms and sighed. Carefully, she took Chiyo to the bed and laid her gently on it. Sango sighed again and then crawled into the bed next to the one Chiyo was on. Maybe she could sleep until Inuyasha and the others came to save her.

"We have to go after them," Miroku said.

"What about Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. She was still asleep and her burns weren't getting better very fast. "We can't just leave her behind."

"Shippo and Keade can take care of her, we need to go save Sango and Chiyo," Miroku argued. Inuyasha could see that he wasn't going to win this one, but he's too damn stubborn not to try. So on and on, Inuyasha and Miroku argued about what to do as Keade and Shippo watched.

"Master Jaken, where are we going?" Rin asked.

"Quiet child! Lord Sesshoumaru knows where he's going and that's all that matters," Jaken replied. Rin scowled at Jaken. He never gives her a straight answer.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, where are we going?" Rin asked trying to get an answer out of him instead.

"Don't bother Lord Sesshoumaru with such stupid questions you silly girl!" Jaken said. Rin looked at Jaken and stuck her tongue out at him. For a while now she has been asking herself how Lord Sesshoumaru put up with Jaken all this time.

"Be quiet Jaken," Sesshoumaru said getting annoyed. Rin and Jaken were always having the same argument and Sesshoumaru was getting tired of it. "We are headed to a castle that someone said doesn't exist, but has been seen. All who go die," Sesshoumaru explained. Rin was confused. How would Lord Sesshoumaru know this? He doesn't talk to anyone. Jaken was trying to figure out that same question.

"Fine, we can go," Inuyasha said finally giving up. "But if Kagome gets hurt, you will be the one to pay." Miroku simply nodded, but deep down, he was proud of himself. He actually changed Inuyasha's mind about something. The walked out of the hut as the sun was setting. They continued to walk in silence mostly because Inuyasha was mad at Mrioku for winning the argument.

"Inuyasha, this is no time to give me the cold shoulder," Miroku said breaking the silence. "If we want to save Chiyo and Sango, we have to work together."

"Feh. Who said I wanted to help that monster in the first place. I just came to help Sango," Inuyasha said. Miroku was starting to get angry again, but he controlled it. This was not the time to be mad at him. There will be other times for that. "Hey Miroku," Inuyasha said. Miroku just looked at him. "Why do you care so much about Chiyo?" Miroku was surprised at the question.

"I don't really think she deserves all the shit you give her," Miroku replied. "She's just a child."

"She's at least 500 years old, she told me so herself," Inuyasha said.

"That may be true, but she was alone for those 500 years. No one would even look at her much less talk to her. She wouldn't have the maturity at that age to totally accept it," Miroku explained. Unfortunately, Inuyasha agreed. They walked in silence some more until they came to the cross road, where Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were face to face.

A/N: I'm sorry, but I just had to post this chapter. I know you all must be so depressed. Oh, and on the last chapter's A/N, I don't know if you misinterpreted it, but I wasn't planning on stopping it forever, just until I got the rest of my stories up to date. If you notice, my story A Long Lost Cousin is lacking chapters. R&R!