Chapter 18

Kagome shivered as the female voice rang out. Why did Adimara have to resurrect her of all people?

"So you've come. How nice.", the woman said, as she appeared from around a corner.

"Tsubaki! You evil witch. Why are you here?", Kagome said, through gritted teeth as she attempted to hold her composure.

"HmHm ... blame that Naraku and his witch mate Adimara. They felt that I had enough evil still resounding in my soul to bring about your deaths.", Tsubaki smiled an evil smile, "and they are correct."

"So all you want is our deaths?", asked Mashai.

"Who are you, half-demon? You are not Inuyasha."

"Don't worry who I am. Where is Kanna and Kagura?"

"I'm here.", said Kagura, as she appeared from behind a door.

"Kagura.", Kagome said, "What is going on?"

"You know Naraku doesn't sully his own hands. So he brought us back.", Kagura said.

"Enough with this small talk. I plan to dispense with you here and now!", Tsubaki yelled, as she sent a magic wave towards the two.

Kagome stood in front of Mashai and easily dispersed it,

"CHIRASU!"

"Why you wench! What the hell is this magic? You are a priestess, are you not? I know of no priestess magic of that sort."

"Tsubaki, you no longer no me. I am Lady Leilani, Sorceress of the Mystics!", Kagome announced.

"Sorceress?", Tsubaki asked, shocked.

"So you are now a sorceress, are you? I thought your aura was different when you came into the room.", Kagura said, with a smirk.

"Damn that Naraku. He sets me up against you and he didn't tell me you had different powers than that of a priestess. Even a high ranking priestess such as Kikyou did not possess such power.", Tsubaki muttered.

"Stay out of the way, or I'll destroy you both!", Kagome told them.

"HMPH! I have no desire to be destroyed again!", said Kagura, as she turned to leave.

"Wait! Kagura! Where is Kanna?", asked Mashai.

"I have no idea. Since she hold's the hanyou's human soul, she is probably being protected by Naraku and Adimara. They wanted his soul so that he would go on a killing spree and destroy this town and others that he holds some sort of stock in. I know nothing more.", Kagura said, as she disapeared.

"I will not be so easy to get ride of!", said Tsubaki, as she rushed Kagome and Mashai and screamed out,

"HAKAI SURU!"

"HMPH! You think a weak curse like that will do me in?", asked Kagome, cockily, "Try this on for size, Tsubaki! GO BACK TO HELL!"

"TSUBUSU BUNKAI SURU!"

Kagome's curse spell hit the wave of Tsubaki's curse spell and sent it flying at her, shattering the witch into thousands of pieces. Mashai cringed at the power of the spell and after it was over he looked at Kagome in awe,

"I'm sure glad I'm on your side!"

"Yea, well, we need to find Kanna. Where would your mother be?"

"Possibly near the rock in the ocean."

"What?"

"There are tunnels under the sand and water that leads to various directions. That's how she gets out to the rock. And how she travels. It's an underground labyrinth."

"Wow. Well, obviously, they plan on using Inuyasha to destroy the local towns and set them up for financial ruin, just as he's done in the past. By using Inuyasha to murder people, they'll try to cash in on life insurance policies and "Jones" will disappear again. We need to stop him before he does any more damage."

Kagome took out her cell phone and began dialing.

"Who you calling?"

"Yasha. If Naraku had Tsubaki planned for us, what does he have planned for my pups? I need to warn them. Damn, no answer."

Dialing again, this time someone picked up,

"Bunza, where's Yasha?", Kagome asked.

"Yasha, Shaoran and Shirrow went to hunt for Otou-san with the tranquilizer gun. Trying to bring him back."

"Listen, be on your guard, Naraku is trying to kill all of us."

"Kouga too.", Bunza replied, "Lily just called a bit ago. Some sniper tried to take out Kouga. And she's staying put in Kobe. Someone has been stalking her."

"Damn that Naraku. He's after all the pups. Where are you now?"

"At the Bridgemont. We are getting ready to eat. The chef cooked us a fabulous meal. I'm jealous of men that can cook."

Kagome stopped. 'WHAT?', her brain screamed. "Bunza ... did you say the chef is a man?"

"Yea, a young guy."

"Bunza, all the chefs at the Bridgemont are women! I know, I hired them all!"

There was dead silence on the end of the cell phone and then,

"Mama, I'll make sure we don't eat any of this and I'll gather everybody. I'll take them to our secret area and then I'll return. I'll put Yukio in charge", Bunza said, quietly and determined.

"Good idea!", Kagome said, as she hung up, "Well, I think I know where else Naraku was planning to strike...", she said to Mashai.

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Yasha, Shaoran and Shirrow drove down to the neighborhood where the carnage had occured. Seeing the area still crawling with officials and reporters. Yasha parked a little ways away from the scene. He and his brothers sniffed the ground, hunting for their father's scent.

"I've got it!", said Shirrow, as he headed into the deep forest. Following their father's scent, Yasha and his brothers hurried.

"If Bunza's right, we only have another 20 minutes minimum to get him re-tranquilized and get him outta here.", Yasha said, urgency in his voice.

Shaoran stopped and sniffed and said, "I ... think Bunza was a bit wrong in his calculations."

"Why", asked the other two, as they turned to face him.

Shaoran was staring straight up into the trees with a paled look on his face as red drops fell onto his cheek. Pointing up, he said, "That's why!"