Kagome and the others were on their way to another shard. After a while, Sesshomaru regained his night vision. "We must follow them" he declared. With that, they were on the trail of the car. At Naraku's castle, Naraku was displeased at Sesshomaru for his failure. "Kagura" he called. Kagura came to him with "yes, Naraku?" "I need you to go to Sesshomaru at once. Tell him I'm displeased with him" Naraku replied. Kagura said "I will do as you wish, Naraku." Naraku said "you must lure him with a disguise if need be." Kagura then got into a disguise. She looked exactly like InuYasha. "This disguise should do" she said. With that, she was off.
In the car, Shippo was looking out the back window with utmost concern. "Kagome, I think that Sesshomaru is following us since we're leaving tire tracks." Kagome replied "don't worry. I think I see some rocky terrain up ahead." Sure enough, the car went onto the rocky ground and was no longer leaving tire tracks. Soon after, it was gone. Up above, a purple feather was carrying someone who looked like InuYasha. Kagura was in her disguise, and she spotted Sesshomaru. "Right on time" she thought. With that, she landed and put her feather away. Soon after, Sesshomaru emerged from the woods. "The tracks have stopped, me lord" Jaken said. Sesshomaru said "it won't matter because there he is." Approaching whom he thought was InuYasha, he said "Brother, hand over your sword and your jewel shard." Kagura said "unfortunately, I have no shards and only a wooden pole." Sesshomaru staggered back in shock as the disguise was removed. "Kagura" he said, "what are you do--?" Kagura had grasped his neck and was squeezing tight, lifting him up in the process. "Naraku is ticked" she said, "you failed in your mission to get InuYasha." Tightening her grip on Sesshomaru's neck, Jaken cried out "me lord!" "Back down, Jaken" Sesshomaru gagged, "distract Kagura so I can free myself." "At once, me lord" Jaken replied. Sesshomaru turned back to Kagura and gagged "it wasn't my fault. I will take down my brother. Tell Naraku that I eventually will take him down!" Rin yelled "my lord!" "Get back, Rin" Sesshomaru gagged. Then, Kagura said "okay." She immediately released Sesshomaru, letting him drop to the ground.
"You wench, how dare you treat Lord Sesshomaru like that!" Jaken yelled. "Oh, pipe down, you little wart" Kagura barked, pelting him with a rock in the process. Turning back to Sesshomaru, she said "I'll give you one more chance." "Don't ever talk to my servant like that" Sesshomaru said. "Yeah, it's my turn" Rin said. "Real funny, Rin!" Sesshomaru yelled. "One more chance" Kagura said. Sesshomaru drew a sword and slashed Kagura with it. "What a feeble attack, drawing a blue line on me" she taunted. She was instantly off on her feather. "I hate when I draw the wrong sword" he said. Rin darted for Sesshomaru yelling "are you all right?" "That's a stupid question to ask, Rin!" Jaken remarked, only to be pelted with a rock afterwards. "What was that for, me lord?" Jaken asked. "I didn't blame Rin for asking that question. That wasn't a stupid question!" Turning to Rin, Sesshomaru said "yes, I am fine. Now that we've lost them, I'll have to track them by scent." Jaken asked "like your brother does?" Sesshomaru unloaded some sarcasm with "no, like my aunt and my wife's uncle Louie! YES, LIKE MY BROTHER!"
Sniffing the ground, Sesshomaru said "I'm getting the whiff of some unknown substance. This scent is like a cross between shit and…beans." The scent, being gasoline, truly was unknown to them. Jaken sniffed and said "this is truly beneath you, me lord. You are the son of the great dog demon, yet, you're on the ground sniffing like your brother." "Whom is also the son of a great dog demon" Sesshomaru replied, "although I also think he's the son of a--." "Sit!" Rin shouted. After plowing down, he groaned "my apologies, Rin." Rin gave Sesshomaru a very nasty look. "I…uhh…see your point, me lord" Jaken said. Sesshomaru said "yes. Since we lost the wheel tracks, I have to find another way of tracking them. Now, if you don't mind…" and he resumed his sniffing. He took a big whiff and said "I don't know what this scent is, but I'm getting dizzy for some reason." As the gasoline fumes overwhelmed him, he flopped back and went swirled-eyed. "Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin yelled as she cradled her temporarily fallen master, followed swiftly by Jaken. At Naraku's castle, Naraku asked "you did what?" Kagura replied "I gave him another chance. He said 'I will bring down my brother, I won't fail you'." "Kagura…" Naraku said. Kagura said "What is it?" "That imitation was pathetic" Naraku replied. "Well, I'm not a comedian" Kagura said.
Back in the speeding car, Kagome said "we're closing in on a village." Sango yelled "over there! The village is under attack!" They looked and saw a massive tiger demon slaughtering villagers left and right. "Kagome, drop the roof" Sango said. "I'm on it" Kagome said. She stopped the car and retracted the roof. "We'll go ahead of you guys to slow down this demon" Sango said. As Kirara transformed and leapt out of the vehicle, Sango got her Hiraikotsu and jumped on with Miroku (in borrowed handcuffs). "Come on, Sango…" Miroku complained. "I'll let you out when we get to the demon" she said. Kagome, meanwhile, re-extended the roof and floored the gas pedal. A villager saw the car and said "another demon! All is lost!" Sango yelled "that thing's with us, it's not a demon and means no harm." Another villager said "all already was lost with that tiger, you idiot!" The first villager said "my mistake."
The car charged down on the tiger only to stop. "InuYasha, take the wheel" Kagome said. InuYasha said "what? I've never maneuvered this thing before! What makes you think I know how to do this?" Kagome said "okay, get in the seat, I'll give you a quick walk-through." InuYasha got in the seat, fastened the seat belt and said "okay, what do I do?" "These pedals down here…use only your right foot. This vertical one is the gas pedal, this makes the car move; its horizontal brother, called the brake pedal, applies a stopping force. The wheel in front of you turns the car." She turned the wheel to full left and then to full right to show the limits of travel. Pointing out the shifter, she said "this controls how the car moves. Now, it's next to the 'P' to hold it in place without holding your foot on the brake pedal. Move it to the 'D' to go forward and next to 'R' to go backwards." Kagome then retracted the roof and stood up in the passenger seat. "Okay, foot on brake, shift to 'D' position" she said. InuYasha complied and Kagome said "let's go!" InuYasha floored the gas, catching Shippo off guard.
Sango, meanwhile, looked and saw something she had never expected. "Miroku, look" she said. Miroku looked down and saw InuYasha driving the car. Sango said "he never told us he knew how to drive that thing." Miroku said "well, we're coming up on our target." Sango said "right." Leaping up, she flung her weapon and yelled "Hiraikotsu!"
TO BE CONTINUED...