Chapter 5: The strength of the fallen one

Inuyasha kept moving in his seat, he couldn't help but wonder why the hell Naraku wanted Hanon. He had first kidnapped Kikyo, his first love and the person he can't seem to get rid of. He closed his eyes, fighting the erg to lose his cool. Dame that cocky bastard Hakudoshi! He told himself. The fact that he had let them take Hanon was already unbearable, now Hanon was going to think that he had abandoned her.

"It's not true Hanon don't believe him, whatever he says" he spoke to the night.

"Inuyasha, are you alright?" asked Sango, Inuyasha opened his mouth to speak but the little brat Rini interrupted.

"He shouldn't be, he should be ashamed that he let them take Hanon, and know he is just sitting here pouting like the coward he is" she said, Inuyasha glared at her, he stood.

"I would have expected something like that from Shippo, but not from you, who I don't even know!" he yelled, "So lets get something straight, I didn't let them take Hanon, they turned Hanon against me, I didn't want to hurt her, it isn't my fault she got captured, it was a trap by Naraku!" Rini stared at him; her eyes were clouded with anger at the mention of Naraku's name.

"Naraku kidnapped her?" she asked, rising one eyebrow. Inuyasha gave her a angry nod, Rini continued to stare at him, it was then when Inuyasha noticed the tears in her eyes.

"Are you crying?" he began, then getting angry, "Hey no crying!" he yelled. Rini stared back up at him.

"Oh and what should I do, laugh?" she remarked angrily. Then began to sob harder, Sango went up by her side holding her.

"Inuyasha, do you need to be so rough, she's just a little girl, she is no older than my brother Kohaku" Sango said, Inuyasha caught the sadness in Sango's eyes at the mention Kohaku's name. Inuyasha felt terrible, he didn't mean to hurt Sango as well. He watched as Sango rocked her and mumbled soothing words to her.

"Alright, why don't you tell me why you are crying" she started, and waited for Miroku sit on the other side of Rini, with Shippo on his lap.

"Naraku" she whispered with fear, her eyes had widened and she started to shake furiously, like she was remembering something horrible. Sango held her tightly,

"What about Naraku?" asked Miroku, Inuyasha watched carefully,

"He is a terrible demon, when I was born; I was thrown out of my village. I was left in the river to die, but a young woman found me, she was a priestess. She took care of me until I was able to eat and survive on my own, then she found out that I was a half-demon. I thought she was going to kill me, being a very powerful priestess and all, but she didn't, instead she took me into the care of another priestess named Kikyo." she said, Inuyasha's eyes widen, Kikyo I didn't know about this girl, how she could she know Kikyo? Inuyasha asked himself. "Kikyo took care of me, and she said she considered me to be her daughter, because I had no family I agreed to it, I began the daughter of the Lady Kikyo, she became my mother. Then one day she was killed, I had lost her that day, she had asked her sister, I think her name was Keade, but she asked her burn the scared jewel that she protected with her body so that it would never fall into the wrong hands again. I didn't know what she meant, I was always hidden from the outside world, and she didn't want people to know I existed until the time was right. But that was when I just a little girl, now I'm older, I'm thirteen years old, and I was walking down the stream with my pegiugas Usagi. That was when I stumbled upon Naraku, I saw him talking to someone, he was tall, long white hair, very young, and he wore what looked like a cloak of fur on his right shoulder, anyways I saw Naraku hand him a hive, I knew what they were but I was afraid to go out and stop the guy. Any way after that guy left, Naraku laughed and faced me; he spoke as if he knew I was there. I walked out and spoke to him, as if he were any person. Talking to him was the biggest mistake of my life, because he abducted me and-"she stopped, her face turned red as if she were embarrassed to say what he did to her. She didn't to say it; Inuyasha already knew what he had done.

"Did he rape you?" he asked, Rini nodded through tears and buried her face in Sango's arms.

"The bastard!" Inuyasha yelled. He stopped when Rini lifted her head to say more.

"But that wasn't it, he somehow controlled me and made me kill innocent humans, he kept drenched in their blood" she said, this time she didn't continue. They had heard all they needed to hear.

Inuyasha waited by the tree for Sango and Miroku to join him, they had finally gotten Rini to calm down and sleep, but her story had still been fresh in his mind. Sango and Miroku sat down and they all knew it was time for their discussion to begin.

"The poor thing, she was only a small child, and Naraku used her for such terrible things" Sango said, trying to sound calm.

"Yes, Naraku must be dwelt with, Inuyasha did you know about Kikyo having her as a daughter?" asked Miroku, Inuyasha looked up at him. His looked red, like he had been crying.

"No, I never knew, she said she had been with Kikyo before she died, so maybe Keade might be able to tell us a little bit more about Rini" he replied.

"What he did to Rini is horrid, so now we must focus on finding Hanon or what happen to Rini might happen to H-" Inuyasha cut Miroku off. He stood to his feet,

"THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER SO DON'T YOU DARE EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!" he yelled, then added softly. "I won't let anything happen to her" without another word he got up and walked away. He needed time to think, Kikyo had never mentioned anything about Rini, she had a daughter, why wouldn't she tell him? He shook his head.

"Dimmit stay focused" he told himself, he needed to find Hanon. That was his main goal, Hanon needed to be found, he was sure he could catch her scent. Naraku couldn't possibly hide it, after all she wasn't human, and she wasn't a demon either. Her scent would be easy to find, he began to sniff the ground, searching for any kind of clue to where Hanon might be, Inuyasha spat in anger as he drew in an awful stench. Kouga he thought, he was about to stand to his feet but something piled him back down into the ground.

"Hey mutt, what ya doin on the ground?" asked Kouga, the new leader of the wolf demon tribe.

"Why you… I'm gonna kill you!" Inuyasha yelled as he balled his fists and began to swing at Kouga. Kouga had two jewel shards jammed into his legs, which makes him so fast, so fast that Inuyasha looks slow-mo in comparison. It had also been Kouga's fault that he had said such cruel things to Hanon the night she left him for Sesshomaru.

"Ha-ha… to slow" Kouga laughed, kicking Inuyasha in the face.

"Why you mangy wolf" said Inuyasha, clenching his jaw. Kouga only laughed more, but stopped when he realized that Hanon's wasn't there.

"Where's Hanon?" he asked, his expression serious, when they had first met Kouga, his wolfs slaughtered a whole village. Then he meant to kidnap Kagome with her ability to see the shards but kidnapped Hanon by accident. When she was with him, Kouga developed feelings for her, Inuyasha of course got jealous when Kouga admitted his love for Hanon, and he vowed that he would kill Inuyasha and be there for Hanon whenever she needed him. Hanon of course was caught by the sweet words and vows, but she knew that Kouga wasn't her type. Inuyasha shook his head, they both fought over Hanon ever since.

"She was kidnapped by Hakudoshi and Kagome last night" said Miroku who appeared out of no where.

"What, Kagome and Hakudoshi kidnapped Hanon?" he asked Miroku, the names Kagome and Hakudoshi were said with great disgust.

"Yes, and as you can see we are trying our best to find her" said Miroku, Kouga stared at him, then at Inuyasha.

"Your supposed to be taking care of her, not letting her get kidnapped!" he yelled.

"So what it's my fault, they came unexpected and Hakudoshi used something to control Hanon's mind and she attacked me, so this isn't my fault!" Inuyasha defended himself. It wasn't his fault, it wasn't. Kouga said nothing, instead he gave an angry look and spoke to Miroku.

"Where was the place they kidnapped her at?" he asked Miroku, Miroku looked puzzled.

"I'll show you, he wasn't there when it happened" said Inuyasha; he could the sadness in his own eyes. The hurt that everyone was feeling and it was his entire fault. He lead down a dirt path until they reach a large bare circle surrounded by many trees.

"This is where they took her" he said, noticing the blood stain that still marked the green grass.

"I'm picking up a strong demonic aura, Inuyasha, Kouga do you both sense it?" asked Miroku, They both nodded.

"I know the first one, but the second is unfamiliar" said Inuyasha,

"Inuyasha, could it be who I think it is?" asked Miroku, Inuyasha nodded.

"Yep, Sesshomaru"