We continued to fly for awhile heading back toward the castle. My arm just pouring out blood. I could tell that I was on my own as Kagura didn't even lift a finger to help me. I removed my shirt and wrapped it around my arm in order to soak up some of the blood. I didn't even care that Naraku was about to see me half naked. It was either that or die and right now, being seen in my bra didn't sound so bad. We didn't even make it to the castle before we came across Naraku. It seemed as if he was waiting for us. Kagura descended to the earth and we both got off of the feather. He approached us with a questioning look on his face.

"What are you doing here Naraku?" Kagura coldly asked him. He gave her an icy glare before turning his eyes on me.

"I came to see how my newest servant was doing," he said. I turned my head from his gaze and looked at the ground. Hmmm...did I really want to tell him what happened? I think not.

"This girl is useless," Kagura snapped, "she didn't even once strike Inuyasha. Or anyone as a matter of fact. The only thing she could do was hit and transform the Tessaiga. She'll never be of any use to us. She'll never be as good as Kikyo." Naraku didn't say anything as he switched his glare from me to Kagura back to me again.

"Kagura, head back to the castle. I need to talk to Tayo here in private." She rolled her eyes as she once again took the feather out of her hair, transformed it, and left. He didn't say anything for a while as he continued to look at me, like he was expecting me to explain myself. Heh! I wasn't even about to tell him how I screwed up, not after all of that game I was talking. After a few moments he walked pass me. "Come," he said.

We continued walking beside each other, until we had stopped at a river bank. He was very quiet. He didn't even say one word to me the whole time. What was he thinking? Was he really that pissed? I began to get tired of the silent treatment. "Okay, okay, I screwed up! I admit it!" I cried, flaring my arms out at my side, "I'm sorry, but would you please stop that eerie silence?" He stopped walking and turned around to look at me.

"Who says that you screwed up?" he said, cocking an eyebrow. I looked at him confused.

"Wasn't I supposed to kill Inuyahsa?" I asked.

"Yes, you were, but you was still able to make the Tessaiga transform. I guess that will sufice for now," he calmly said.

"Yeah, but Kagura said..."

"Kagura wasn't even able to kill Inuyasha either, and she's had ample time to do so. I've about had it with her." I looked at the ground, starting to feel a little better.

"So you mean that I did okay for my first time?"

"You didn't die did you?" I let out a light laugh. Nah, I guess I didn't. I began to feel my confidence grow back.

"So I am really a kick ass chick hunh?"

"Don't get cocky. You're still a novice. You still have some time before you reach the skill level of Kikyo." Uggggh! There that name was again! Kikyo! I had about had it with him all the time comparing me to her. I hadn't even met the girl yet and I was already beginning to dislike her.

"Well if she's so great why don't you get her to teach me! You know, since you can't stop talking about her!" I snapped at him. He narrowed those red eyes at me.

"Excuse me," he said, approaching me.

"You know, Kikyo! Kikyo can do this! Kikyo can do that! Well guess what?! I ain't Kikyo now am I?! I'm Tayo!" I was mad as hell. Okay, so maybe I was overreacting a bit, but all of this comparison really had to stop. I noticed now that he was curling his right fist up into a ball.

"You dare talk to your master like that?" he asked me, "Hmph. The audacity. You know what?...I think you need to cool off a little bit." And before I knew it, Naraku had pushed me off the bank and into the river. I gasped as I felt the icy cold water threaten to engulf me. As quickly as I could I swam to shore. Naraku walked over to me and began to laugh. I was so pissed now. I was drenched from head to toe and freezing cold. It also didn't help that I was half naked. I forgot all about my injured arm as I lept from the ground and tackled him. He hit the ground hard as I began to whail on him.

"You jerk! You son of a bitch!" I yelled every offensive name you could possibly think of at him. I didn't get in many hits as he grabbed my arms in mid swing, flipped me over, and pinned me to the ground.

"Calm down girl it was a joke!" he snapped at me, trying to stop me from struggling.

"Well it wasn't funny!"

"Too bad cause it was to me! Now stop acting like this before you mess your arm up even more!" I looked at my right arm and saw that it was bleeding again. I sighed and obeyed him and stopped. He took a big sigh as he tried to control his laughter. I still didn't see what was so damn funny, but it was nice to see a real smile on his face for a change. Seeing him this way, made me smile. "What is it?" he asked when he noticed me smiling at him.

"Its nothing, I've just never seen you smile like that before. You look kinda nice," I said. He looked deep into my eyes and raised an eyebrow.

"Don't get used to it," he said. I rolled my eyes.

"I wouldn't dream of it Naraku," I sarcastically said. He smiled again. He got off of me and offered a hand to help me up. I took it and he pulled me to my feet. I winced and grabbed my bloody arm as I started to feel the pain again.

"Come, we'll take care of that," he said as he picked me up in his arms. He left the ground and started to fly to the castle.