Chapter 15

Bunza's screams could be heard a long ways,

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Inuyasha stomped into the house, following his mate's scent. As the pups attempted to protect her, he threw each of them out of the way. Shane had brought the Tessaiga to his mother, and Kagome came forward to protect her pups. She rushed up to Inuyasha, confused as to why the spell was not protecting him anymore. As she attempted to give him the Tessaiga he grabbed her by the throat, lifting her into the air, crushing her windpipe. As she blacked out, the last thing she heard was a male voice yelling,

"SURU KOTO O YAMERU"

Kagome woke up after what seemed like days to her pups, but was only a few hours.

"What happened?". she asked, dazed, and then as her memory returned, she exclaimed, "Where's your father?"

Phillip filled her in, as Izayoi placed a cool rag on her forehead,

"Otou-san fled, Okaa-san. We don't know where he went.", Phillip said.

"Fled?", she asked.

"Yes,", said Ian, "And if it hadn't been for Mashai, you'd be dead by now."

"Mashai?"

"Yes, Okaa-san,", started Izayoi, "Mashai came rushing in and when he saw you in father's death grip he ordered a spell on Otou-san to drop you. He did and then he ran."

Kagome sat up and her eyes fell on Mashai, "Thank you, Mashai, for your help. I didn't know you knew magic."

"You're quite welcome, Lady Leilani."

"You know my sorceress name? Did Izayoi tell you?"

"No ma'am. When I first saw you, I knew you were Lady Leilani. My mother is the witch Adimara."

"Adimara? No ... she can't be."

"You know her, Okaa-san?"

"Yes. She is the witch I had to fight on my lone journey. I defeated her and earned my final jewel."

"Yes, Lady Leilani. But what you didn't know is that my mother was Naraku's mate and when she realized who you were, after you defeated her, she informed my father, whom she had already resurrected. But, I didn't know he had been resurrected. See, I was living in the city of Kusamura ..."

She interrupted him, "You are THAT Mashai? The lost child who lived in the temple and was cared for by Lady Nona?"

"Yes. My mother had left me there for reasons never told to me."

Kagome got up and hugged the young man and then asked, "Do you know what is going on?"

"I think I have discovered some things. Naraku is who you have come to know as Jones and my mother, Adimara, calls herself the White Witch of the West. They have been planning the right moment to kill you, Sesshoumaru, Kouga and Inuyasha. My mother was furious when I refused to kill Inuyasha last night and that was why she made the attempt. She summoned foreign demons to attempt to carry out her plans. That's what happened to Sesshoumaru. One of the demons messed with his car and he crashed it."

Kagome just stood and listened to the story. Naraku was alive and he and Adimara had to be destroyed.

"That's not our only problem,", came a voice from the back, that had been silent until now. Kagome turned and looked and was shocked at the appearance of her son Bunza,

"W-W-What happened to you?", she asked, shakingly.

"This? Heh, this is nothing. I just got attacked by our full demon father, that's all. If that's all he's got, I can take him down. But anyway, the neighbors saw Otou-san in all his raging glory and called the cops and the park rangers. They are out looking for him. They believe a monster is on the loose. My story of Bigfoot didn't seem to satisfy them, for some reason."

"Speaking of which,", mused Kagome again, "What happened to your father? Why didn't the Tessaiga transform him back?"

"I think I know the answer to that one, too.", said Mashai, "Kanna."

"Kanna is here?", asked Kagome.

"Who's Kanna?". asked Bunza and Phillip together.

The pups listened as Kagome explained about Kanna and her mirror.

"If Kanna sucked out Inuyasha's human soul, then the mirror must be hit with a purifying arrow to release his soul and allow it to return to him.", finished Kagome.

"Yea, well what about Dad being out there, hunted like a wild animal by the authorities?", asked a worried Shane.

"Don't worry about your father, Shane,", Kagome assured him, "He's been avoiding people longer than these people have been tracking people. He knows what to do to avoid them. Full demon or not.", turning to Bunza, "We need a plan. Call some of your brothers, especially Yasha. We need to get together an idea."

Kagome turned and went out to the patio and looked over the ocean. She knew she was in a fight for her life. And her pups lives. And, most of all,

'Inuyasha', she thought, sadly.