Reiki: Hey, it's probably fair to warn you guys that Hikari and I wrote this chapter at our favorite time in the morning! It was three or something, I was too tired to look at the clock… Warning done, writing continued! Read&Enjoy!!

Hikari: "We're on that demon hunt still, f.y.i."

Reiki: "Oh, right, I had almost forgotten about that!"

Hikari: -sighs- "Just keep on reading, and you, type!"

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The Pieces Come Together

"Yep!" Hikari shouted, mounting a rock victoriously. "No mistaking it! Cutie-pie Naraku's here!" She was plainly stating the obvious, however, since the village was freshly demolished and the hillside had a note painted in blood for them. The bonfire houses made it easier to read the message through the night.

"I told you, I don't wanna be here!" Inu-Yasha bellowed at Reiki, who was prodding him forward with a pointy stick.

(Two hours ago)

"Hah! You want me to what?" Inu-Yasha demanded, once they found him.

"To continue hunting down Naraku with us!" they informed delightfully. This was about thirty minutes after the last chapter.

"Not a chance!" he scoffed, turning his back on them. They shared a look, gave him a serious one, and lifted the duct tape. His eyes widened slightly. Why was his hair standing on end?

His face was abruptly slammed against the ground, all concepts of him already being severely injured neglected, and with their miracle hands they had him hog-tied in no time flat. This, however, left him unable to move, so he found himself staggering on half-tied and shackled at the ankles.

(Both: "He can use his own damn legs.")

(Back to the present)

Lowering her stick, Reiki read aloud: "If you ever bring those bitches within one mile of myself or my domain, I, Naraku, master of all, will be forced to absorb the weak Sesshomaru, kill Kohaku, enlarge the monk's wind tunnel, rape Kagome, drop Kikyo's clay body into a pond…" She never finished though because Hikari was gone cursing her head off, shoving Reiki out of her way in order to proceed.

"THAT SON OF A BITCH, I'M GUNNA FUCKING KILL HIM!!! HOW DARE HE INSULT MY FIANCﾉ LIKE THAT!!!" With that, and a flaming timber from one of the houses, she disappeared (and will return within roughly twenty-seven seconds).

"This will be amusing…" Reiki giggled.

"But she'll get Kohaku killed!" Sango shrieked, momentarily overpowering the background noises as she banged in Reiki's head as though to knock some sense into it. "Why didn't you stop her!"

Reiki grabbed, nearly strangled, Sango's neck and whispered hoarsely "listen…"

In the newfound silence you could hear the lasting shrieks of Naraku's surprise (yes, he was screaming like a little girl). Shortly after, you could hear Hikari's voice, surprisingly clear at the distance of about ten miles.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FIANCﾉ, LORD SESSHOMARU! I WILL SMITE THEE FOR THYN SINS" Proceeding this beautiful commentary, loud booms, bangs, and clonks could be heard coming ever closer at astonishingly fast speeds. If they lowered their heads ever so slightly, they could see a very distinct trail parting through the gigantic trees below (as it is they are still on the hill side). It was making a very interesting maze through the forest, Hikari's 'torch' identifying her trail. It reminded Reiki of that 'Pipes' screen saver, as they sometimes were in the air and then burrowing under ground… Very 3-D.

It was during this acute observation that the trail-making stopped and a forty-five foot pine was abruptly launched right towards them. When it hit the ground, they could see a shaken Naraku clutching to the scraggly sun-burnt top, eyes wide, and legs and arms shaking with the effort of climbing, running and even digging as fast as he had. He also looked to have been beaten upon a few times with the burning timber Hikari had brought along…

Reiki walked over with a smile on her face and made the giggling comment: "You're so damn lucky Hikari can't climb trees worth shit! At least she decided to chuck it instead of burn it down with you in it!"

(Reiki: -sniff- "He was a great half-demon once…"

Hikari: "Keep typing! I want to read about my beating the living shit out of him!"

Reiki: "Dear lord, no wonder you don't have a boyfr…"

CLOBBER!)

As everyone slowly recovered from the slight shock of having Naraku delivered straight to their feet, Hikari came stomping out of the forest, shoving trees aside without difficulty, her eyes never leaving her intended prey. Taking a closer look, Reiki noticed that her eyes were actually bleeding in anger! Or… did Naraku make a desperate attempt to blind her?

"YOU WORTHLESS BASTARD!!!! YOU WON'T EVEN STAND UP FOR YOURSELF TO FIGHT A HUMAN?!?!?!?"

"She's still a human?" the still-black-haired Inu-Yasha whispered shakily to Kagome, who just continued to gap, momentarily forgetting her intense rage with him. Miroku and Sango each took a step back, Kirara transformed into her giant flaming self, and Shippo took cover in Kagome's arms as Inu-Yasha found it wise to be hiding behind anything that could purify something (that being Kagome, who now found herself in front of her original party like a sacrifice). Reiki just kept smiling, about two steps ahead of Kagome and four from Naraku.

Speaking of him, upon hearing her voice he shrieked like the scared child he had become and ran towards Inu-Yasha (despite his having black hair and being tied up and still injured). "For the love of all the Shikon shards," Naraku begged, "Get that hormonal THING way from me!"

Inu-Yasha looked surprisingly sympathetic as he said, "Sorry, but you're on your own."

It was at this time that Naraku broke down into undignified sobs.

"You poor thing," Reiki cooed, walking up to him and patting his head. "If you're that desperate, I could help you!"

Naraku turned toward the girl with pleading eyes. "Would you be so kind as to do that?" he asked in disbelief, eyes redder than usual for his shed tears.

"Of course!" Reiki giggled. Holding out a palm she continued with, "I just want compensation in advance."

Without further ado, Naraku reached into his yukata and revealed a darkened Shikon shard. Hikari was roughly five feet away, foaming at the mouth in her rage.

"Pretty!" Reiki commented in a slight daze while handing it over to Kagome.

"He still has one behind his ear," Kagome stated. Naraku and Sango sobbed in unison; that shard was suppose to belong to Kohaku…

"You have the shards so save me!" Naraku begged while hiding behind Reiki. Without a second thought he tossed the last shard at Kagome, who – not so surprisingly – fumbled and dropped it.

Reiki cleared her throat as Hikari slowly and zombie-like advanced towards her and the petrified Naraku. "Hi-ka-ri!" Reiki called cheerfully, "think of your dream! Remember why we're hunting in the first place!"

(Hikari: "Wait, what dream?!"

Reiki: "You know! … It starts with an 'H'…"

Hikari thinks: "Oh! GYHEHEHEHEHEHEHE!! That's even BETTER punishment! Keep writing, KEEP WRITING!")

Hikari stopped and with conflicting desires began to claw at her face. "But… he insulted my Sexy-Sessy-kun!" she wailed in her other victim's defense.

"Don't worry, I'm sure he'll forgive you when he discovers how you plan to extract your revenge," Reiki said all too happily. Naraku shivered uncontrollably.

Sobbing blood, Hikari nodded her head. "Under one condition," she finally said. Naraku fainted from fright on the spot.

"What?"

"Please slip this on him, before he wakes up," Hikari said while handing over a stunningly dark blue collar. Just where the hell did that one come from? "I'm afraid that if he smells my scent on either him or this he might try to kill himself."

"No problem!" Reiki said, taking the necklace and slipping it over his head. It was during this time that Naraku awoke and noticed a female with brown hair leaning over his face. Screeching, he scurried out from underneath her and clutched at the nearest person with a desperate: "Please, kill me!"

"With pleasure," Miroku obliged, glowering towards his leg at the pathetic half-breed. Before he could touch his cursed hand – and with Naraku staring eagerly into his eyes no less – Hikari shouted 'come!' and Naraku was denied his preferred fate. Shrieking as if waking from a dream with singing bunnies and flowers, Naraku made his way to Hikari with a willing body.

When he finally touched the smiling girl, she wrapped her arms around his quaking body in a tight and welcoming embrace. "Good boy!" she giggled, kissing him on the nose.

With that simple action, Naraku blanched and fainted in the happy girl's arms. "Poor guy," Hikari said sympathetically while patting his head. "So tired… I hope he lasts the night!!"

(Reiki: "You see how strong Sesshomaru really is to be able to put up with this shit?"

Hikari: "Yes, that's why I love him!" -Stares at him with heart eyes and an evil grin-

SESSH: "LEAVE ME ALONE!")

(at camp)

"I can't believe it!" Inu-Yasha cursed, looking at the sky that reflected peach orange his deep blue eyes. "A night of no sleep, it's almost sunrise, and she's still at it!"

"Don't remind us," Kagome said while re-inserting her handy-dandy ear plugs.

"Here!" Reiki smiled, handing the black-haired Inu-Yasha a glass of something.

"What is it?" he questioned, brows furrowing. "Ack! It smells horrible!"

"It'll make the sounds go away, trust me," Reiki reassured, and within a second he plugged his nose and downed it.

"Damn it!" he cursed with a cough. It tasted worse than it smelled. "AAGH! I can still hear-!"

"Inu-Yasha?" Kagome looked over her shoulder as he passed out.

"Aw, he so cute!" Reiki baby-talked, petting him as the sun rose and his hair turned back to silver. "Now, where's that duct tape…?"

"What did you do?" Sango asked as Shippo stretched out Inu-Yasha's cheeks, testing his level of consciousness; which was none. His demon teeth were coming in as well.

"Drugged him," Reiki replied simply, smiling as the tape glimmered in the rising sun. "Don't worry, the fun is just beginning!"

"You're not going to rape him, are you?" Shippo asked innocently.

"Shippo, where did you learn that word!" Kagome demanded.

"From you. You never told me what it meant though…"

(Silence)

"No," Reiki laughed in response, taping off both Shippo's and Inu-Yasha's mouths first. "At least not yet. We just need him and Tetsusaiga for something!"

(End of chapter!)

Reiki: "Hey, did you guys know that duct tape is demon proof?"

Hikari: "REALLY! Great! Bondage has a new definition now!"

Hikari goes and tries to find Sessy, her arms loaded with rolls of duct tape.)