Kagome decided to go back to her castle to have a little chat with Naraku. She was not happy that Naraku was giving orders instead of her father. 'He may be father's most trusted advisor, but he is not the King. He shouldn't be giving orders that my father may not know about.' Kagome thought to herself with an angered expression.

Kagome marched through Naraku's room to see him in a chair working on some papers.

"Naraku!" Kagome slammed her hands on his desk to get his attention. Naraku looked up at Kagome with the most innocent smile on his face.

"Why Princess Kagome, it's a pleasure to see you here." Naraku stated. Kagome crossed her arms with a glare.

"Some guards just took a hanyou from the village. Have anything to say about that Na-ra-ku!?" Kagome emphasized his name as she roughly pointed at his chest. Naraku's eyes where wide for just a moment, but then a sly smirk played across his face.

"Why he was a troublemaker my dear Kagome. The boy was practically criminal." Naraku stated. Kagome huffed.

"And what was his crime!?" She placed her hands on her hips. Naraku gave her a worried look as he stood up. He went around and placed his hands on her shoulders with the same worried look.

"Why kidnapping the Princess of course." He told her. Kagome shrugged Naraku's hands off of her shoulders.

"I wasn't kidnapped! I ran away!" Kagome admitted to Naraku. Naraku gasped as he walked past her.

"Oh dear. I wish I could've known that sooner." Naraku said as he placed a hand to his chin. Kagome began to worry about what Naraku's meant.

"Wh-What do you mean?" Kagome stuttered a little.

"I already ordered for his sentence to take place tomorrow morning as the sun begins to rise." Naraku said as he looked at her. Kagome gasped in shock.

"Death by beheading." Naraku said darkly. Kagome placed her hands around her throat with a shocked expression. Her heart was beating against her chest, she felt like she couldn't breathe.

"No..." Kagome whispered as she leaned against the wall. Naraku placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm terribly sorry Princess Kagome." Naraku said with a sad expression. Kagome pushed him away with tears in her eyes.

"How could you!?" She said before she ran off to her courtyard. Naraku watched her go as his little pet demon landed on his desk.

"So? How did it go?" The little demon asked with a grin. Naraku chuckled darkly.

"I believe our little Princess took it rather well." Naraku said with an evil grin.

Kagome was by her fountain with tears in her eyes. She was beginning to feel for the hanyou, and yet, here he was waiting in the dungeon for his death. Her demon cat Kirara came up close to her and hopped up onto her lap. Kirara mewed out of concern. Kagome looked down at Kirara and picked her up, giving her a small hug.

"Oh Kirara. It's all my fault... I didn't even know his name." Kagome told Kirara. Kirara gave Kagome's cheek a few small licks, letting her know that she was there for her. Kagome wiped her tears and gave a small sad smile.

"Thank you Kirara. What would I do without you?" Kagome said as she began to pet Kirara.

Meanwhile our little hanyou friend was locked in the dungeon. Only problem is, he is a human thanks to that talisman that guard had used on him. Inuyasha was furious that he allowed himself to be caught.

"I can't believe that those guards had a talisman to take away my demon powers." Inuyasha growled. Inuyasha thought more.

"I shouldn't have allowed myself to get distracted by that girl. I can't believe that she was the Princess that whole time." Inuyasha looked down.

"I must've sounded like a fool to her." He sadly said.

"Hey! Inuyasha!" A familiar voice called out silently. Inuyasha looked up to see Shippo and smiled.

"Shippo! Down here!" Inuyasha called out silently. Shippo turned into a lizard and slide through the iron bars. Once he changed back, Shippo hopped down from one ledge to the next.

"Help me get out of here." Inuyasha said to Shippo. Shippo nodded and began to use his claws.

"So.. what about the girl?" Shippo asked as he was picking the lock with his claw. Inuyasha sighed.

"She's a Princess Shippo. What would she want with a half-breed like me?" Inuyasha stated. Shippo rolled his eyes.

"You know you're better than what you give yourself credit for Inuyasha." Shippo said as the lock released, freeing Inuyasha. Inuyasha rubbed her wrists as he looked at Shippo.

"You really think that I'm good for her?" He asked. Shippo knocked Inuyasha on the head.

"Ow! Shippo what the heck was that for!?" Inuyasha yelled as he rubbed his head. Shippo crossed his arms.

"Are you blind Inuyasha!? I'm pretty sure that you and the Princess are meant to be. Especially since you two almost had a moment back in the cabin." Shippo smirked. Inuyasha's face turned red.

"Geez, I'm just a kid and I'm able to understand what's going on. Apparently you're just a blind dog." Shippo mouthed off. Inuyasha growled holding up his fist.

"What was that you little brat!?" Inuyasha said between clenched teeth.

When Inuyasha was about to clobber Shippo, a dark laugh was heard in the darkness.

"Who's there!?" Inuyasha called out.

"I can help you out if you wish to be with Princess my boy." A man's voice said as he came from the shadows.

"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked.

"Call me Muso. I was imprisoned here myself for thieving. People like us need to stick together." Muso told Inuyasha. Inuyasha sat down crossed legged.

"Before I got thrown in here, I was able to grab this for you." Muso tossed the talisman that took Inuyasha's demon powers. Inuyasha took the talisman in his hand and felt his demon powers coming back. His hair went from jet black to silver with two triangular dog ears on top of his head. His brown eyes turned an amber gold, his fingernails turned into claws, and his teeth turned into fangs.

"Thanks, but how did you know?" Inuyasha asked. Muso chuckled.

"Well anybody who is anybody knows about you and what happened. I just happen to watch the scene while keeping myself hidden. I thought 'Maybe if I can help this hanyou get his demonic powers back, He can help me in return.'" Muso said to the hanyou in front of him. Inuyasha glared at the man in front of him.

"And why should I help you just because you got me back my powers? How should I know that I can trust you?" Inuyasha asked.

"I need some help getting a certain jewel from the Crystal Cave of Midoriko. The rest of the treasure can be yours if you succeed." Muso stated as he showed a few rubies and emeralds.

"Wow!" Shippo said with excitement. Muso took back the jewels with a smile.

"So how about it?" Muso asked. Inuyasha thought for a bit.

"You can bring all the treasure you want to impress the Princess." Muso told him with a more inviting tone. Inuyasha sighed.

"But I thought you had to be a Prince to marry the Princess." Inuyasha said to Muso. Muso wagged his finger.

"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Ever heard of the Golden Rule my boy? Whoever has the gold makes the rules." Muso said with a smirk.

"Why ask me to get this treasure of yours?" Inuyasha asked as he stood up.

"As you can see, I'm not as young as I used to be. So I need a little bit of help from a smart young hanyou." Muso stated with a smile.

"Well how are we going to get to the cave? We are still trapped in this dungeon." Inuyasha stated. Muso chuckled as he headed to a wall.

"Things aren't always what they seem." Muso said as he pushed on a section, revealing a secret passageway.

"Do we have a deal?" Muso asked as he held out his hand. Inuyasha and Shippo looked at each other and decided to follow through with it.