Kagome had curled up in back of the room and I handed her my button up to wrap around her shoulders. I prowled around the edges of the cage, occasionally brushing a finger against the wall in an attempt to find a gap. Each shock against my finger told me I wasn't going to get out that way.
Kagome stirred and I padded to her side. "Damn." She said. I was shocked…Kagome never used bad language. "I was hoping this had been a dream." She said straightening.
"No such luck." I said sitting beside her. "Any ideas?"
Kagome started to shake her head then looked at me. "Can you communicate with Inuyasha or Mamoru?"
"Commun…telepathically!" I hit my head. "Of course…damn give me a second." I heard a sound on the other side of the door of the antechamber and moved so I sat in front of Kagome. "If anyone comes in…stay behind me." I said to her and closed my eyes. If they enter, I will guard Kagome with my life…
Mamoru's Point of View
I darted out after Inuyasha. He grabbed my arm and leapt through the well after the dark cloud that had taken our women. We hopped out the other side of the well but the cloud was nowhere to be seen. We started sniffing trying to find the direction and we got two distinct smells, one made us both pause in shock: Naraku and…Kikyo. I looked at Inuyasha and his eyes flashed red as he growled. He took off running with me close on his heels. I trusted the demon in him, Inuyasha the half-demon might not know it, but the demon Inuyasha had claimed Kagome as his mate and it would know exactly were they needed to go. Suddenly Inuyasha stopped in his tracks. I stopped beside him. "What is it?" I asked looking over at him.
Inuyasha pointed at his head then touched my shoulder. All of a sudden I should hear it too: Dawn's voice. Mate…
"We are in trouble."
Inuyasha spoke aloud hoping Dawn would hear him. "Where are you?"
My heart clenched at Dawn's voice. Please…be safe. "We are in a prison. Kikyo put sacred sutra's up so I couldn't break out and spelled them so Kagome can't pull them off."
"What happened?" I asked. Inuyasha and I began jogging the same way. We could hear her so we knew we were getting close. He kept his hand on my shoulder so we'd both be able to hear her.
"Kikyo met Naraku's new incarnation and helped him put that miasma through the well."
"Why?" Inuyasha growled.
"She wanted to…stop Kagome's…interference." Dawn said hesitantly.
I glanced at Inuyasha, his eyes were flashing red and he had begun to growl deep in his throat. "We'll be there soon." I said.
I heard her bite back a yell then her voice disappeared and Inuyasha and I took off as fast as we could.
Dawn's Point of View
I came back to myself as a sharp object embedded itself in my chest. I slid back a foot into Kagome's knees. She gripped my shoulders to keep me from toppling over and I looked up through the bars of the prison as my head went to the metal star that stuck from my chest.
Naraku's incarnation stood on the other side of the bar. He held another throwing star in his hand. "I told you I'd kill you first."
I pulled the star from my flesh and broke it in my hand. "I don't die easily."
He tilted his head and gazed at me. "I have put miasma on these weapons. It is spreading through your blood now."
Kagome's hands tightened painfully on my shoulder. "You'll need more than a little miasma to kill me!" I growled and stood up.
The man fluttered his tattered wings then turned and walked out. "I'll let the poison set."
Kagome grabbed my arm to support me. I smiled at her. "It's okay I don't feel it yet. But we need to find a way out of here."
Kagome moved to one wall and touched a sutra. It didn't spark at her but it didn't slip off either. "I think I could blast my way through but I have no bow or arrows."
Arrows…I thought and jumped. "Arrows!" Kagome looked at me as I spun to the far back corner. I found the arrow Kikyo had shot at me and pressed the broken shaft into her hand. "See of you can do something with this."
Kagome stared at the shining metal tip and began to smile. "I think I can."
Mamoru's Point of View
Inuyasha and I flew over the ground, heading towards where we knew the girls were. All of a sudden we hit a wall and were thrown back a yard or two. I struggled to my feet. "What was that?"
Inuyasha jumped to his feet. He pulled out the Tetsusaiga and its blade matched the red of his eyes. Wait a minute…I thought. Doesn't the Tetsusaiga fight off his demon blood?
Inuyasha swung his sword and the barrier dropped. Almost instantly a large castle came into view. I could smell Kagome and Dawn, but worse…I could smell Dawn's blood and the scent of it was getting thicker.
A man came out from the door followed by Kikyo. "Kikyo!" Inuyasha snarled. "Why?"
The man started strolling forward. I could smell miasma all around him and his wings. If he beat his wings, miasma would fill the courtyard. Kikyo stepped forward, drawing her arrow back. "She interferes. She is keeping you from following me to hell."
Inuyasha snarled. "I will never go to hell with you! But if you hurt Kagome I'll send you there!"
Kikyo narrowed her eyes on him and started to aim when a section of the castle behind her blew up. The man with the wings frowned and turned towards the house.
DAWN! I thought and started to run. The bat-man turned back around and smiled at me. "I don't think so."