Chapter 3

Night fell quickly as the gang were starting to eat.

"Kagome, I have never seen anything like it before." Kaede sipped a cup of tea. InuYasha and Shippo were fight over food, near the back of the room.

"But I must admit that it is a beautiful necklace." Kaede responded while Kagome moved around trying to get comfortable and eat her rice.

"But it still puzzles me as why the boy had it in the first place. Also what village is so near to this one that we have not seen before?" Miroku pondered with the group.

"Well, he ran off in a hurry when he gave Kagome that necklace so I don't trust him." InuYasha growled while he gobbled down what was left of his food.

"InuYasha, you are such a pig." Shippo smartly remarked causing InuYasha to glare angrily and smack him on the head.

"Ouch! What you do that for?!" he rubbed his head and shrieked. He crossed hi arms and smirked, "No reason!"

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It was in the darkness of the night and only the moon gave light.

"Let's just see what the girl has going on in her head.

The pendant on Kagome's chest started to glow as she laid against the ground tossing and turning. Images of her family and friends went threw her mind then the people from the feudal era. She remembered when she first met everybody especially InuYasha then more specific memories came back to her. Pictures of InuYasha transforming in Princess Kaguya's castle appeared then her running to him. She blushed when she kissed him and he kissed her back then hugged her saying he would stay a half-demon for her. Kagome's head began spinning and her memories became bad ones. Although InuYasha did come up many times, Kikyo suddenly appeared making her feel angry and jealous. Finally one of the worst moments she had seen emerged into her head. Kikyo walked up to InuYasha and kissed him but he soon kissed her back. Kagome's heart ached and she almost cried as she reminisced that moment.

"Perfect." The voice announced to their self, "Just what I needed."

Kagome yelped a little still trying to get the distressing images out of her head but woke up to feel somebody's embrace. She started to worry until a familiar voice quietly called out her name and tried to sooth her.

"Kagome, it's alright. You were just having a bad dream, I'm here now. I won't let anything happen to you." Hearing InuYasha's voice made her calm down as she soon put her arms around him and leaned onto his shoulder as he held her in his lap. When they both pulled back, Kagome noticed that something was caught on to her necklace. Looking down she saw a glare of light reflect off what seemed like a locket.

"InuYasha."

"Yeah."

"You still have that locket I gave you." He looked at her surprisingly then said, "So, you gave it to me remember?" She started to untangle the locket from her pendant as she simply replied, "I know I did. It's just that…" she paused for a moment.

"What?! Spit it out!" she felt annoyed then finally answered, "It's just that I didn't expect to see you still wearing it. I thought you said you wouldn't be caught dead with a thing like this." He put her back on her blankets then before leaving her he whispered, "I changed my mind, that's all." InuYasha got up and finally walked back outside to the tree he had been resting at.

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The figure in the cave laughed before they stopped glimpsing into Kagome's thoughts.

"This girl, Kagome, has so many emotions. She's in love with a mere half-demon who just also happens to still love the dead priestess that she was reincarnated from. I could use this to my advantage but I can't send Fusuri out for the other woman because from Kagome's perspective, she is coldhearted and feels no emotions towards others. She probably wouldn't react to Fusuri and he probably couldn't get her to wear a pendant. I just might have to get her myself but I am too weak right now. I'll need Kagome to help but it's too early now, I have to wait." The figure paced back and forth.

"But…" he smirked, "If I'm going to do this right, I should start preparing." Throwing their hands in the air, the minerals in the cave started to form somewhat of the tavern so that it looked less like it had before.

"Damn! I still haven't harnessed enough power and I'm going to need both of the priestesses sooner than I thought." He sat down and started to rest.

'There's no use in wasting my powers. Obliviously I should retrieve the reincarnation since she's under my control and if I want the stronger one, I'm going to need her to help me confine her.'

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The sun rose and everybody was getting up to go as Kagome started to put all her stuff back in her backpack. Remembering she still had the pendant that Fusuri gave her, she decided to take it off incase it broke in a fight. Pulling the string upward, she couldn't get it over her head.

'What?! Why isn't this coming off?' Kagome struggled with it until Sango came in to check on her. Watching her struggle, the demon slayer questioned, "Kagome? Are you having trouble with something?"

"Yes, I can't seem to take this necklace off." Sango walked over to Kagome and tried to pull the string over her head but it wouldn't do.

"That's strange, the string is bigger than your head but it won't seem to come off." Taking Kagome outside, she called the monk and the half-demon.

"What's the hold up, you women take too long." InuYasha huffed while both Kagome and Sango gave him an irritated stare.

"This necklace won't come off of Kagome's neck. It's just like InuYasha's prayer beads." Sango ignored InuYasha and showed Miroku as she tried to pull the necklace over Kagome's head.

"Your right Sango, it is just like InuYasha's prayer beads." InuYasha smirked and replied, "Ha! You're stuck with the same fate as me, with a stupid necklace around your neck. I knew you would get what you deserved sooner or later." Kagome smiled widely and it was with that smile that scared him. She calmly stated back, "At least mind doesn't do this…SIT BOY!" InuYasha was pulled to the ground face first, by his prayer beads again.

"You, wench!" he fumed at her as she crossed her arms and looked down on him.

"Don't make me say 'it' again."

"Keh." He stood up with the look of defeat then concentrated on the pendant. Shippo jumped upon InuYasha's shoulder to stare at the string.

"Want me to try my fox fire on the string?" Kagome had a look of panic but rested when Miroku told him there was no need.

"Besides runt, you don't have good enough aim." InuYasha grumbled.

"Well, I don't see you doing anything about it, InuYasha!"

"What's the point? Sango take out one of your knives and cut the friggin' thing off her neck." Nodding, she tried to remove the blade that she secretly hid under her right arm. Surprised on how quickly she had followed the half-demons's demands Miroku held out his arms.

"Sango, come into my arms!" her face turned red as she uttered, "Lecher" at him before turning back to Kagome. With a hard slice, the string still didn't cut or tear.

"What?!" Sango and Kagome stared at the string. Not a single stitch was cut or damaged.

"This is enough, damn pendant." InuYasha graveled as he pulled Kagome towards a tree stump. Pushing her down to her knees, he placed the pendant plate on to the middle of the stump.

"Don't move!" he commanded as he took out his tetsuiga. Lifting it over his head, he sent the transformed tetsuiga crashing down on to the necklace but it didn't shatter. Pulling it up once again he swung his arms to put all his force into it until the adamants on the pendant started to glow.

"What the …" as the fang came crashing down, sparks and shots of demonic energy sent InuYasha flying.

"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed but her voice went silent as the pendant began to possess her. Her eyes became over glazed with red and a demonic aura surrounded her.

"That's the demonic aura, I was sensing but how can that be?" Miroku gasped as he stood back.

"Sango, Miroku, get out of the way!" InuYasha screamed as he sheathed his tetsuiga then jumped towards Kagome. She already had two of her sacred arrows out and had them loaded into her bow. Just as InuYasha got close enough to her she shot both arrows pinning him to a nearby tree. Rising her hand over her head, her nails began to flow as she twirled her wrist. Dust and wind with combination of purple energy whirled around her.

"KAGOME!" InuYasha shouted as he tried to break the arrows holding him back to the tree. Within a matter of seconds, Kagome disappeared under the whirl wind of purple. The arrows shattered still leaving holes in InuYasha's kimono.

"Where do you think she went?" Sango asked standing in the place where Kagome had been.

"I'm not sure but I don't think that's the real problem." Miroku grabbed his staff then looked towards the forest.

"What we need to find out is who is behind this and how we will get Kagome back." InuYasha stood quietly growling under his breath. He thought to himself, 'No. Not again. This has happened too many times in the past. Kagome is always being used against me but some how this seems different.' He looked up to sniff the air, then walked around trying to find a scent or some kind of sign.

'I just hope that we're not too late to save you.'

A/N: Okay that's the end of that chapter. I kind of notice that the character speak with really good grammar well except for InuYasha who speaks with some slang but I'm trying to make my characters do that too but I don't have very good grammar so correct me if I'm wrong. Also I'm not really sure if that blade is on Sango's right arm but I tried to remember it from two of those episodes so I have to do some research. Okay, please review!