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Now on with the story...

They had passed several roads and villages when Inu-yasha finally stopped. He motioned for Kagome and Riku to get off his back. The silver haired boy looked slightly queasy and stumbled when his feet touched the ground. Sora hopped off Simba's back and bid the lion goodbye as he vanished in a flash of light then went to help Riku out. Slightly green-looking he mumbled,

"That guy moves too fast to be real." Inu-yasha was apparently not listening and announced,

"Naraku's scent is very close by."

"But why can you pick up his scent now when he usually goes through so much trouble to hide himself?" Miroku asked uneasily. Turning to look at Sora and the others Kagome said,

"You know, it's not too late to back out. Things could get ugly." Puffing up his chest indignantly, Donald said,

"I live to fight - there's no one who can defeat me!" Even though Sora and Goofy knew the danger that they were headed for, they couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Donald's swelled appearance - even Riku chuckled slightly.

"You think I'm kidding?!" Donald asked furiously while everyone laughed even harder. Without warning, a fireball shot off the end of Donald's staff and flew straight into a nearby tree.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Sora exclaimed as he used blizzara to extinguish the flames. Suddenly Inu-yasha leapt up and slashed something out of the air. A giant insect fell to the ground with a sickening thud.

"A Saimyosho!" Miroku exclaimed. Distracted, Sora asked,

"What in the world is that?"

"It's one of Naraku's poisonous insects - that must mean he knows we're here!" Sango replied as she clenched her fists. No sooner had she said it, Inu-yasha yelled,

"Look out!" And a horde of demons attacked from overhead.

"Looks like we've got a fight on our hands." Riku said from beside Sora as he pulled out his weapon, the Souleater. The two of them ferociously slashed away at the demons that were quickly surrounding them. Sora covered Riku's back and Riku covered Sora's back.

"This kinda reminds me of when we used to spar on the island all the time." Sora said in between breaths.

"Yeah, except then I was beating you and not demons." Riku replied as he sliced a demon in half.

"Good point - hey, wait! You didn't always beat me!" Sora pouted as Riku chuckled.

A flash of white caught Sora's attention as he spotted Donald through the bodies of the demons.

"Donald," Sora called over the demonic roars, "let's use gravira!" Donald nodded as Sora yelled to the others, "Get out of the way!"

Sora raised the Keyblade as Donald raised his staff and they both shouted simultaneously,

"Gravira!"

The spell took its toll on the demons as they came crashing down to the ground, immobilized by gravity's force. As the spell wore off, Sora looked around to check that no one was hurt. Walking towards Riku, he asked, "Are you okay?"

Riku responded with a question of his own, "When did you learn to do that?"

"Ahh, it's just something I picked up." Sora replied modestly.

"Hmm." Was Riku's only response.

There was an unreadable emotion in his azure eyes. Puzzled, Sora tried to figure out what it was. However, his thoughts were interrupted by a scream. Startled, Sora and Riku turned to see what was going on when chains suddenly wrapped themselves around Sora.

They bound his arms to his sides rendering them immobile and the cold metal's grip on him was so tight that it squeezed the air right out of his lungs. With a jerk the chains yanked him off the ground. He tried to wrestle himself out of their grip, but the effort was futile - the chains proved themselves unyielding.

In a daze he heard shouts of "Sora!" and, "Kagome!"

Sora tried to turn around to look at his captors but the cold air stung his eyes. By squinting, he finally managed to look up and saw a woman looking straight ahead and a boy who had a blank expression on his face holding the chains who appeared to be even younger than himself. Both were sitting atop giant flying feather.

Something else was near him and turning to look realized that Kagome was also dangling, caught in the snare of the chains. All at once, the fatigue he had been keeping at bay overpowered him and he slowly fell into unconsciousness.

There was an air of confusion at what had just happened. One minute they had been relieved that the demons were defeated, the next, Kagome and Sora had been kidnapped. Riku was still in shock.

"I was standing right next to him, so why didn't I help him?!."

He registered dimly that Inu-yasha was fuming while Donald and Goofy appeared uncharacteristically worried.

Riku couldn't help but think that this wouldn't have happened if Sora and his friends had heeded Kagome's advice and minded their own business. Inu-yasha walked up to Riku and commanded, "Hurry up and get on!"

Oooh! Cliffie!

Gee, I wonder who captured them? I mean how many people have giant flying feathers?

And in case you couldn't already tell, I stink at writing fighting scenes. It's sad but true.

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