01-15-10: Lol after a day of arguing with myself on whether or not I should skip this chapter, I've finally finished it. I've decided it was too important to skip, so all it took was to throw the lazy me into a box and ta da!! We're finished.

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I Don't Own Inuyasha

"Talking"

48. Hole of Evil

"The corpses of youkai rained down from the sky?"

"Yes.."

We were in a village, a very small and secluded one. Far from anything but a giant mountain. I sat on the wooden steps leading up to a door as the others stood and listened to the villager's tale. I couldn't sit still. I was fidgeting. We couldn't go off saving people today. Not now. Tonight was it. The full moon. I could feel the oppressive weight of a human's weakness bearing down on me already, and it was only noon.

"By the way how has everyone been feeling?" Miroku asked.

"Horrible." I muttered. I noticed Inuyasha glimpse my way but I avoided his gaze.

"Well.. the old, the children.. and the weak have been keeling over." A certainly well fed man answered. He must have been the chief of the village, no one else could have gotten that pudgy with a common villager's work load.

"Not surprising." Miroku's dark navy eyes were intense as he folded his arms into his sleeves. "It must have originated from some strong evil around here."

"So, we're saving people again. If we have time to do this.." Inuyasha uttered as we now wandered through the dense forest. I found myself unable to keep up with him at the head of the group and kicked myself for not mentioning my transformation. Something was keeping me from saying so. Maybe I expected someone to remember, but no one did.

"Do you have something to do?" I challenged him. Really, it wasn't his night, so what should he have to worry about?

"Look for Naraku!" He snapped.

Miroku sighed. "Naraku probably won't recover for a while. At any rate, because of Kaori-sama he probably wont be doing anything for a while. Besides.." He drew a gold charm bracelet from his kimono and ambled up to me, catching my hand in his own. "In thanks, I would like you to take this. For saving me."

I gazed at it. The small jingling and shimmering gold stealing my attention. "Wow.."

Inuyasha snatched it away and snarled. "You took it, didn't you!"

"Inuyasha can't I give little Kaori-sama a gift without you getting jealous?" Miroku inquired, taking my shoulders and giving them a squeeze.

"Don't touch her!!!"

Sango sighed as I quickly drew away from Miroku. "Sango?"

"Apart from Naraku.." She said turning to look over her shoulder. "I was wondering.. if there are other youkai which radiate such strong evil."

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"You foolish, blockhead, MORONIC girl!"

"Hey! Don't call me a moron! I did nothing wrong here!"

"Oh no nothing except NOT mention that tonight was the full moon!"

I huffed and folded my arms over my chest. We were on the mountain side, extremely close to the source of the evil. Silver light from the moon shone down from above, exposing the copper returning to my hair. I stared as my claws decreased down to just ordinary nails, along with my long tail as it completely disappeared. I felt my ears turn to human ones and frowned as my vision dimmed to a regular humans. Ugh, how irritating.

"Well what do we do?" Sango wondered, her eyes never leaving my face. I knew what she thought. I was now the spitting image of the girl in the painting. No matter what she had thought before, there was now no doubt who I was.

"We can't go back.." Shippo observed from my shoulder.

"But Kaori can't be seen." Miroku finished.

An irritated growl rumbled from inside Inuyasha's chest and his fire rat kimono fell over my head. "Wear it."

I quickly shoved my hands through the sleeves and pulled my hair out of the high ponytail. It wasn't very likely that we'd run into anyone we knew where them knowing my night could be a danger to me.. the only one we had to worry about now was Naraku really. But.. it was just better to be safe, and I let my hair fall over my face.

Inuyasha grabbed my shoulder and pulled me so close and held me there, I might as well have been glued to him. "Alright lets go."

We reached a minor's tunnel moments later. A low loud rumbling emitted from the darkness and a shiver ran down my spine. It was from here..

"Kaori stay here." Inuyasha instructed.

"WHY!?" I shouted, as my foot stamped itself onto the ground.

"Because you're a untrained human without her youkai strength to protect her anymore."

"Oh yeah.."

"I see." Miroku came up beside me, snaking a arm around my waist. "In which case I'll stay back and guard Kaori-sama."

"What?"

Inuyasha's face twisted into an expression of controlled fury. "You. Are. Coming. With. Me."

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Sango pulled her knees to her chest and burred her face into them.

"Sango are you okay?" I asked, crawling up beside her. "The evil's getting to you isn't it?"

She breathed into her gas mask. "What about you, Kaori? You seem perfectly okay."

I shrugged. "For the moment."

"I feel fine as well." Shippo added, popping up beside me. "Though the evil inside would probably be worse."

I looked toward the entrance to the miner's cave. I wondered if Inuyasha and Miroku were alright..

"Kaori!"

My head snapped up. No.. It couldn't be.. I watched as a giant whirlwind of dust was kicked up into the air, and waited for my head to pound as the feeling of shikon shards came up fast. No headache. A second later, my 'fiancé' was silhouetted against the moon and then landed inches from me, his icy blue eyes glowing in the dark.

He stopped and looked at me, blinking in confusion. He leaned close to me and sniffed. "You're human! AND YOU REAK OF THAT STUPID DOG!!"

I felt the heat rush to my face. Oh god.. Now what? Koga was here. He's seen me human! Inuyasha was definitely going to be upset about this. "Ye.. yes.." I replied, shakily. "Hanyous.. such as myself.. heh.. change from.. hanyou to human once a month.. Inuyasha let me wear his kimono tonight since I'm vulnerable.."

"You're with that stupid mutt again!? AND he left you alone!?"

"No!" I ran toward Shippo and Sango bringing the wolf's attention to them. "My friends, Shippo and Sango are here. Sango is a trained youkai exterminator I have full confidence in her capabilities. Also I still have my spiritual powers.. I'm not completely vulnerable.."

Koga glanced towards them, instant recondition shining in his eyes at the sight of the kitsune. But Sango and him glared at each other both wary of each other. I frowned and jumped between them.

"Okay so, Koga this is Sango, Sango this is Koga. Koga is a wolf youkai who we met up with almost three months ago." I explained.

"Also her fiancé" He added grabbing my hand.

I bit my lip and looked at the Taijiya pleadingly. "Yeah.. I almost forgot that part. Erm.. Koga Kaede did explain about me being a hanyou to you right?"

He nodded, looking around. "Something about this miko woman's soul suppressing your own keeping you in the form of a human?"

"Yeah. But I still have all my miko and shard seeing skills.. now along with a few more demonic ones.. I'm actually pretty amazing."

A strange look entered his eyes as I smiled cheerfully. I know this was stupid. This arrogant man had taken me as his 'mate' without any thought of my opinion.. But.. He spent almost three months searching for me. There was something about that.. I just couldn't hate him. I felt two pairs of eyes staring into my back and turned to look at the others. They were both staring at me, with faces that were shouting not to remember the silver haired hanyou in the tunnel behind us.

I pressed my lips together. Of course I couldn't forget about him. But was it wrong to be nice for someone who showed so much commitment? "Anyways, Koga, why are you here?"

"I came looking for you since that day, Inuyasha had told me that you'd ran off. I've been tracking your scent all over this damn country."

"Erm.." I rubbed the back of my neck. "About that.. uh.. I never ran off after that one time. Inuyasha lied.. to get rid of you.."

"WHAT!?" I flinched away from him, a signal in my blood telling me there was danger. Sango leaped between us, and Koga growled.

I looked over his shoulder as I heard the sound of sandals against rock.. and my breath caught in my throat. "Kik.. Kikyou!?"

I leaped out from behind Sango and Koga, half running towards her.

"I see. So Inuyasha has gone inside then."

I froze and all the cruel words she ever spoke to me that night came flooding back. Why was she here? What was she doing?

She stared at me blankly.. and then her brown eyes quickly sweaped over the others. "You shouldn't confide yourself in so many people about your secrets, Kaori." She said gliding past me, her voice even and unemotional. "You may end up dead because of it."

I turned on my heel as she disappeared into the cave and a rush of words came out in that instant. "WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW!? YOUR NOT EVEN ALIVE YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

I felt a small electric shock run through my body from my chest and fell to my knees. My breathing came out in short laboured breaths and I cursed. I made her mad.

"Kaori-chan!" Sango gasped running up to me. "Are you alright?"

"Who the hell was that miko!?" Koga growled, watching the space where she'd disappeared.

"Yeah I'm alright. She is my older.. well foster sister. A long time ago.. and.. well even now I guess.. Inuyasha was in love with her. I just made her mad with what I said that's all." I stumbled to my feet and grabbed my backpack, throwing it on my back. "I'm going after her."

"Wait! Kaori-chan!"

"Shippo, Koga stay with her!"

"No." Koga growled, throwing me onto his back. "I'm going with you."

As he ran with me further and further into the blackness a familiar pain grew in my temples and I hissed. Not now! Why? This stupid migraine will be the death of me! I shut my eyes and hid my face. Why was Kikyou here? Was she here to see Inuyasha? To try once more to bring him to hell? My heart beat in my chest and a strong fury fulled me.. much like the one on that night, throwing my migraine almost into non-exsistancy. Jealousy? No it couldn't be.. this feeling felt different than when it had been about Sango.. but.. maybe because I knew it was just nothing feelings and it was just because of my own thoughts.. Kikyou was.. real..

A light shone a head and Koga tensed, and quickly slowed to a stop. I hopped off his back and he trailed behind me. His tail I noticed was almost curled between his legs. I wondered if the evilness in here was getting to him, although it shouldn't.. or.. did he sense a danger I no longer could?

I noticed a small bundle of dark blue huddled to the side and quickened my pace. "Miroku!"

The bundle flinched and rolled over, and a pair of shocked tired blue eyes met my own. "Kaori-sam- is that Koga?"

"Yes it is.. He finally found me." I knelt down beside him, resting my hands on his arm and shoulder. He was sweating and looked painfully weak. "Are you alright?"

"Yes. It's just the evilness is all. You seem quite well."

"Mmm." I looked out into the light as Koga knelt down almost in front of me, blocking me from any immediate danger. I was surprised on how little he'd been speaking.. but.. I didn't pay too much attention to that. We were sitting on the edge of a cliff but the cliff didn't lead out, it lead into a giant bowl.

Inside the giant stone bowl Inuyasha and a giant youkai-oni thing, fought against each other in a littler of youkai corpses and a pool of blood. Off to the side directly beneath us.. Kikyou lay unconscious on the rocks.

The oni chucked. "This woman isn't human.." He reached out a giant clawed hand. "I'll make her part of my own flesh and blood.."

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH KIKYOU!" Inuyasha hollered. A sharp pain stabbed my chest, as he sliced through the arm that had been reaching for my sister. The arm fell into the pool with a loud splash and Inuyasha whipped around leaping toward the miko. "Kikyou!"

A dark smile appeared on the oni's face and his shoulder started to bubble. Suddenly a centipede youkai's body shot out from it and knocked back the silver haired boy.

"YOU BASTARD!"

"Don't get heated up Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled, leaning far over the cliff. "If you go and defeat that guy, because of Kodoku, your body will.."

"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha snarled, snapping his head up to look at the monk. His face fell as he noticed me and then infuriated once more as he caught sight of Koga. The wolf youkai shifted and the rock beneath me rumbled like thunder. I withheld a gasp but my hands grasped onto the fur covering Koga's shoulders. I noticed Inuyasha look away going back to fight the oni monster, his face.. seemed almost hurt.

"Miroku.." I whispered. "Kodoku..?"

"If he continues to fight in this place.." Miroku explained, keeping his eyes on the red figure below. "Whether he wins or loses, because of the kodoku it means his body will be fused with the youkai's."

"Good then" Koga scoffed. "The faster that bastard is taken out of this world the better."

I growled, pulling the collar of Inuyasha's kimono over my head like a hood and shoved past him. "Shut up, Koga."

"Kaori-sama!" Miroku gasped.

Koga grabbed my arm as I leaped down the cliff, preventing me from falling. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?"

I growled and my headache returned. "For safety reasons, my name is now Nazuna. And I'm going to get my sister's body so Inuyasha wont have to fight anymore!" I yanked my hand out of his gasp and landed on my knees a few feet below. Inuyasha.. would never just watch her die.. and even though.. there's been some hostile feelings between us too.. I couldn't either.

I heard Koga curse and suddenly he was in the fight too. I blocked out any exchange the two boys might have shared and ran toward my sister.

"Onee-san!" I called as I knelt down beside her. She struggled to open her eyes. "You're awake, good. Can you stand?"

A loud crack of shattering rock pierced my ears and I looked to the battle as Kikyou pulled herself up. A giant tail snapped towards us and I flinched, tackling Kikyou's body onto a lower platform. I exhaled sharply as the air was forced from my lungs and slowly thrust myself upright.

"You.. You're such a fool.."

I blinked and gazed toward Kikyou. She was on all fours staring at the ground, her shiny black hair falling over her shoulders into her eyes. "You being down here means that.. Inuyasha will completely lose you.."

I swallowed nervously and whipped away the sweat from my forehead. As my skin made contact with each other a giant pain burst through my temples and I cried out in agony. Why.. why did this hurt more each time...

"Kaori!" Koga and Inuyasha gasped.

"MY NAME IS NAZUNA YOU FREAKS!" I shouted, my eyes blind from the dark spots flickering before them.

"Nazuna..?" Kikyou questioned, casually. I suddenly felt at ease. I heard no malice in her voice. Just.. the same Kikyou I had known from my childhood.

"This girl.. who we met. She hated youkai, because her parents were orphaned by them.. Long story.." I gasped. I was only using this name.. for one reason.. If my suspicions were correct.. and as I had thought back.. my headache was only caused from jewel shards.. that in some way was connected to Naraku.. With Sesshoumaru my head hurt and that arm and shikon shard were given to him by Naraku if I remembered correctly. Kohaku's jewel shard.. from Naraku.. and this giant evil stew. Sango's words had been a huge hint. She wondered if there were any other youkai who could produce as much evil as Naraku. This.. probably some how had to do with him.

"You scum!!" I heard Inuyasha shout.

"Damnit! What where you're swinging that thing, dog turd!"

I heard a giant blast and a bright yellow light burst through my black spots. I blinked as the golden light shone brighter and brighter like lighting through the air.. but then suddenly a light pink shooting star struck the lightning and it was gone. The shooting star flew up and out the top of the bowl into the sky and Kikyou stood in front of me, holding an empty bow. She'd.. cancelled out.. Inuyasha's attack?

But just was that attack..? It looked.. so familiar.. "Let me show you, little brother..." Sesshoumaru hissed. "The destructive power of the Tetsusaiga." Tetsusaiga's true power. Inuyasha had finally did it! But then why did Kikyou..? Another throb pierced my skull and all my thoughts were destroyed.

Inuyasha and Koga stood in the centre of the bowl back to back staring up into the sky. Inuyasha was holding a rusty old sword but seemed unharmed. Koga on the other hand.. seemed pretty beat up. A giant rustled around me and then suddenly a strong vacume started sucking everything out..

The youkai corpses and the rocks beneath me flew up into the air and we were all caught in a tangle of mess. Tears were drawn from my eyes as my stomach did flip-flops and as my head now pounded harder.. the mountain bowl rumbled like thunder and the air rushing past scorched my face with it's freezing burns.

"Kaori!!" Inuyasha's voice rang in my ears and a giant warm thing gripped itself around my body. "Are you okay!?"

"My name.. is Nazuna..!" I opened my eyes and found a pair of crimson ones staring back at me. Suddenly sound was gone.. everything was gone.. all I could hear was my heart thundering inside my chest and my frantic thoughts.. hoping.. wishing.. that Naraku had not hear Inuyasha call me Kaori.

His face looked angry but not surprised.. uninterested. I hoped that meant he'd been deaf to Inuyasha's stupidity.

"So it was you!" The undead, injured oni youkai growled as we came closer and closer to the full bodied man.. I didn't understand. Shouldn't he have been blown apart from my arrow? "I'LL RIP YOU APART!"

The youkai swung a giant hand, slashing through the clothes that covered Naraku's body. There'd been nothing under there.. just the head and top half of the torso that had remained from the other day.

I felt Inuyasha's arms grasp tighter around my waist and he leaped away from the tangle of youkai. It flew and then crashed right into Naraku in an explosion of light and then suddenly disappeared.. leaving behind a naked human body.. attached to Naraku's head.

As my feet touched the ground I pulled Inuyasha's kimono further down my face and sensed Koga's presence. I felt a wave of relief wash over me. At least he hadn't turned into Naraku..

"Naraku!" I heard my own voice shout and I glanced over my shoulder. There was me... Miroku and Sango flying toward us on Kirara's back. I panicked when I noticed no Shippo but then.. took a closer look at the hanyou me wearing the same black jeans and bright pink t-shirt as I. Instead of a black tail she had a pale orange one.. but it was carefully hid behind him. I sighed in relief. Shippo was just a god.

Sango tossed the boomerang over her head toward the naked man before us, but a bright red bubble flashed out of invisiblity for a split second and deflected the bone instrument to the ground.

"Heh.. you bastards.." Naraku chuckled. Inuyasha and Koga moved in front of me so close that I wondered if it were even possible to see me.. Shippo ran to my side still transformed into me but trembling slightly and crouched into a more aggressive stance. I blinked.. Wow.. just for the sake of my safety.. Inuyasha didn't attack, Koga stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and Shippo was pretending to be me.. little agressive me, although I could feel how extremely terrified he was on the front lines.

I looked to the sky and a hope filled my system.. the sun.. was almost up..

"It seems you were affected by the evil in the mountain and got mixed up with my seal in the hole."

I noticed Inuyasha glance away then suddenly gasp. "Kikyou!" I noticed he made a move to run, but suddenly my own hand shot out and I grabbed the back of his white shirt preventing him from moving.

"So, this woman broke the seal from inside." Naraku mumbled, his voice sounded extremely amused.

The wind blew and I watched as a bright blue strand of hair floated into my line of sight.

"Meaning that it's thanks to this woman, that I, Naraku, can safely get my hands on a new body."

Shippo and I traded spots so quickly nobody noticed. He was suddenly a brunette girl hiding under Inuyasha's kimono and I was suddenly the one ready to attack. I pulled out of the crouch and pushed past the others, a wave of irritation fuelling my every movement. It was his fault my head pounded. "Idiot! If Onee-san didn't do it for you!" I shouted ignoring the black spots reappearing in my vision. "If she hadn't Inuyasha would have died!"

Naraku's eyes narrowed and from the corner of my own I noticed human me, running to Miroku and Sango, hiding her face carefully with the red fabric. I was relieved when Naraku paid no attention to this as I had. "It seems this woman really is.. the Kikyou who died following Inuyasha fifty years ago.." He mumbled tugging on my sister's hair."

"YOU BASTARD!" Inuyasha burst running past me, his claws flexed. "DON'T TOUCH KIKYOU WITH YOUR FILTHY HANDS!"

I yelped and my arms reached out around his neck. A cloud of miasma burst from Naraku's body and I yanked him back. He wasn't going to get himself killed.. just because of this..

Naraku disappeared into the sky, his voice still echoing around us. "Kukuku, what a same.. you couldn't get Kikyou's powers for yourself."

"KIKYOU!!"

Inuyasha ran ahead, pushing me back onto my bottom. I slid scraping my hands and lower back against the ground and bit my lip as Koga ran to me, throwing his arm over my shoulder. I felt like crying..

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~ I'm disappointed in myself on how little a role Koga plays.. I made him totally out of character.. but I needed to bring him back, I couldn't wait anymore, like jeez, he was gone for 3 months. I'll think of an excuse for why he's so.. quiet :l OR, OR YOU CAN GIVE ME SUGGESTIONS 8D Yay for reader and reviewer interaction!!