Chapter Eight: Naraku and the past remembered

Kagome and Inuyasha were still looking at the scroll when Kikyo walked over to them. She normally wouldn't be concerned about her mate but he was really late and it wasn't like Tyzen to be late for anything.

"Hey Kagome have you seen Tyzen?" asked Kikyo.

"No which is weird. I called Nalika and she said he was on his way." said Kagome

"And the Mountain where had and the other Sacred Beast clans live isn't that far from here." said Inuyasha just as Miroku and Sango walked up to their friends.

"Hey where's Tyzen?" asked Miroku "Usually he's here before us."

"That's what we want to know." said Kikyo. Just then they heard a low growl coming from the foot of the shrine and when Kagome walked over to the stairs she saw a white wolf standing there not coming any farther. She knew that it was because her grandfather had put out demon repelling charms to keep the shrine safe but half the time they didn't work which was why Inuyasha was always there.

"Hey that's Ayame." said Inuyasha from behind Kagome it was then that it hit Kagome. Something had to have happen. Something bad and it was something to do with Tyzen.

Running down the stairs Kagome called to Ayame and the wolf demon changed her form to that of a human. Kikyo knew then that it was bad but what she didn't know. Then she sensed the miasma of a demon from her past that Kagome didn't know anything about. In fact even Kikyo wasn't supposed to know but when she mated with Tyzen memories of her past came back to her like a flood. She didn't care about Inuyasha in that way anymore, so it didn't bug her about Kagome and Inuyasha being together. What did make her made was that Naraku was there causing pain and suffering in their lives again.

"Ayame where is he?" asked Kikyo. "Where's Tyzen?"

"At the village but he has a lot of miasma in him. Koga said that only your power would be enough Kagome."

"Let's go." said Kagome and she let Inuyasha pick her up on his back like they used to do when they were kids.

Koga was at the entrance to the village when Ayame returned with Kagome and the others. When Kagome saw Koga she knew it must have been bad. However she didn't realized just how bad it was until she saw the other four leaders of the Sacred Beast clans standing with him.

"Kagome he's in my den." said Koga. Kagome nodded and got down from Inuyasha. Kagome followed Koga into the village along with Kikyo. She wasn't about to stay away and to Kagome's surprise none of the other Wolf demons looked at her with hate like they normally would an outsider. "Kikyo isn't an outsider to our world." Koga told Kagome as she walked into the den with Koga. "She knows all about the demons and everything else that's why my people are fine with her here. It's Talen's people she needs to watch."

"Careful wolf. I heard that." said Talen's voice from outside.

"Calm down Talen you're only here because Koga is allowing us to be around Tyzen since he is one of us." said Kyrian. "So control yourself for once."

Kagome barely paid attention to the Phoenix and the Blizzard Wolf as she looked at Tyzen's wound. As soon as she saw it she knew that it was poisoned with Miasma. Healing the miasma wouldn't be a problem but it was going to take a while and she was worried about the feeling she had coming up the mountain. "Kikyo will you go get Inuyasha and the others please?" asked Kagome

Kikyo didn't want to leave Tyzen's side however she knew the look in Kagome's eyes. Her sister was starting to put the pieces together and she knew Inuyasha had to know. "Okay."

"That's not like you Kagome." said Koga

"I know but this enemy is an old enemy. If it's who I think it is Inuyasha and the others aren't going to be happy.

"Happy about what?" asked Inuyasha walking into the den with the others.

"I know why we've been having those dreams." said Kagome

"What dreams?" asked Koga.

"Kagome and I have been having the same dream for a while now." said Inuyasha then he turned to Kagome. "What's going on Kagome?"

"Their visions from our past. That has to be it." said Kagome.

"But what do you mean?" asked Sango, who confessed that she and Miroku had been having similar dreams as their friends.

"I'm not sure about it all but I'm sure that those dreams are our past lives. That and the fact that the miasma in Tyzen's chest was the same as a demon known as Naraku."

"Wait did you say Naraku?" asked Koga shocked.

"Yeah. Koga do you know him?" asked Kagome

"No it's just that the name sounds familiar." said Koga

"Talen you and the others go back to the mountain and fill Nalika in." said Kyrian. Then he turned to leave.

"Where are you going Ky?" asked Inuyasha

"I might have better luck than the wolves." said Kyrian. "I'm going back to the area where Tyzen was attacked."

"Ayame take him and show him where we found Tyzen." said Koga. Naraku's name disturbed him and he didn't know why. He did know that Kagome could heal Tyzen since she had gotten there before the poison had spread but he was worried about the attack.

"Okay." said Ayame and the two left the den while the other three leaders went back to their village.

"Kagome can you purify him?" asked Inuyasha

"Yeah." said Kagome and she started to purify the wounds that were created by the miasma. Suddenly there were images that flashed through Kagome's mind. The time that she met Inuyasha for the first time in the past. Then when she met Miroku and Sango. When Kikyo was brought back and meeting Koga for the first time.

Then she remembered the battles with the very same demon that killed Kikyo and caused her and Inuyasha to hate one another. Kagome remembered the time she met Sesshomaru for the first time and then the final battle with Naraku inside his spider form. She remembered being drawn inside the Shikon Jewel and being saved by Inuyasha. But the one thing she didn't know was why they were all there and why they had forgotten about everything.

"Kagome?" asked Inuyasha worried

"I'm fine Inuyasha." said Kagome as she finished purifying Tyzen's wounds. Then she turned to the medical supplies that Kyrian had brought to them earlier. "Kikyo you should be the one to bandage his wounds."

"Thank you Kagome." said Kikyo and she took the supplies while Kagome got up and walked over to Inuyasha.

"We need to talk." she said and the way she said it made Inuyasha think that he was in trouble over something.

"What?"

"Just come out side. Miroku Sango you guys too." said Kagome and the five of them walked out of the den and over to a secluded area.

"Kagome what is it?" asked Inuyasha and Kagome sighed. How was she going to explain all of what she saw in her visions? That she didn't know but she had to somehow. She turned to Inuyasha and he saw the look that would always tell him when trouble was coming.

Nalika sat at the head of the council when she sensed three of the leaders outside her chambers. Sighing she got up to admit her three friends and to hear what they had to say. She hoped that they were bringing news of Tyzen. Like him she didn't want to admit his sister to the council of the Sacred Leaders but if Tyzen didn't recover from the attack then Nalika would have no choice.

"Talen tell me you have good news." said Nalika

"Maybe. Does the name Naraku mean anything to you?" asked the white wolf

"Naraku? Yes he was the one that started the war that ravaged our people." said Nalika

"But why go after Tyzen?" asked Reiden

"To get to Kikyo." said Nalika.

"What?"

"Six hundred years ago, Kikyo and Inuyasha were once good friends and would have been more if not for the half demon called Naraku."

"So Inuyasha and the others have been reborn?" asked Maxen

"Yes. It was done in order to save Inuyasha and the others from a demon that wanted Kagome's powers which were once Kikyo's." said Nalika

"But why is Naraku here? If Inuyasha and the other defeated him then how?"

"I don't know Talen. But I do know this it is more than likely Naraku knows of his past and his connection to Inuyasha and his friends." said Nalika. Then she looked at the three leaders and nodded. "I want all of you to be ready. If something happens Tyzen may need our help. Gather you clan and be ready to move if the time calls for it."

"Yes." said the three and they left. Nalika waited until they were well away from her chambers then she turned to her black Phoenix. "Drazna take your human form. Now."

"My, my, what's the matter with you sister?" asked the younger black phoenix.

"Don't play games with me. Why didn't you tell me you brought Naraku back as well as the others?" asked Nalika

"Because I didn't." said Drazna. "I don't know how that demon was reborn but when I brought everyone here I just brought the ones closest to Inuyasha and Kagome."

"And Tyzen?"

"That was a request. His grandfather wanted to return the honor of his clan and I knew only Tyzen could do. Though I didn't expect Naraku to return."

"And you're supposed to know all things about destruction and rebirth." said Nalika. "Go tell the other Phoenix demons to be ready when Kyrian returns. I'm stepping out for a bit."

"Of course."

"So those dreams were visions." said Inuyasha.

"Yeah when I was purifying Tyzen's wounds I remembered everything." said Kagome

"But why did we forget?" asked Sango.

"I don't know." said Kagome. "But I have a feeling we're going to find out sooner that we want."