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Soft. Whatever he was laying on was really soft and warm…

Inuyasha unconsciously snuggled into the soft and warm thing that he was laying on. Was he on asleep Kagome's bed again? No, if that was the case, then she would've already kicked him out by now, like last time. Inuyasha calmly thought as he breathe in deeply, causing a familiar scent to flood his senses.

'Naraku!' Inuyasha immediately thought, reality crashing down on him as he snapped his eyes open, 'Where is that bastard?' Instantly looking around for the spider demon.

Wait…Where was he?

Sitting up in the soft and warm futon that had been laying on, Inuyasha looked around the unfamiliar room that he was in, and couldn't help but wonder where he was. 'How did I even get here, to begin with?'

The last thing he remembered was him lying on the ground, awaiting death as the spider demon approached him with the intention to kill him. 'If that's so, then why am I still alive?' Inuyasha thought, as he examined himself, only to then notice the chain around his one of his wrist. 'What the…'

As Inuyasha tried to remove the chain off of his wrist, he quickly noticed another chain around one of his ankles. 'What the hell?!', he thought, as he tried to break free from the chains, only to realize that they were attached to the ground. 'What the hell is going on here?'

"Well, well, well." Came a familiar taunting voice that he recognized right away. "Look who finally decided to wake up?"

Snapping his head towards the direction where the voice came from, Inuyasha growled, "Kagura!"

There at the entrance of the unfamiliar room that he was in, the wind sorceress stood, casually leaning against the door, smirking at him. "Have a nice nap, halfbreed?"

"What the hell is going on here, Kagura?" Inuyasha demanded, glaring at the wind sorceress, "Where the hell am I?"

"Well, since you haven't figured it out yet…" Kagura began, casually opening her fan and closing it. "You're here at Naraku's castle. And before you ask why…" She said, watching the half demon close his mouth as she continued. "I don't know why. All I know is that Naraku came back with you in his arms, and told us to tend to your wounds."

"Naraku did?" Inuyasha repeated, checking if he heard right. For surely the wind sorceress must be pulling his leg, by saying that Naraku actually saved him. The same Naraku who was his enemy and was even trying to kill him in the first place. And what the wind sorceress meant by us? "Are you sure that Naraku saved me? And what do you mean by us? Who is us?"

"Ask one question at a time, half breed. And if Naraku didn't save you, would you be here if he didn't?" Kagura answered, as she now paused in her movements. "As for the rest, he asked Kanna and I to tend to your wounds. Well, Kanna did while I on the other hand just watched." Letting the information sink into the half demon for a bit, she continued. "Although I don't know what Naraku has in store for you, all I can say is that he does plan to use you for something. I mean, that's the only reason that I can think of that explains why you're still alive."

Inuyasha nodded at this as he began to ponder on what he just heard. 'What could Naraku have in store for me that suddenly made him decide to keep me alive instead of killing me? Even though he had the chance to.'

"Now that I've answered your questions, it's time for you to answer a few of mine." The wind sorceress said, catching the attention the half demon's attention once again. Kagura closed her fan as she continued, "Rumor has it that you knocked up Kikyo with your child, is that true?"

"Who told you that?" Inuyasha demanded, irritated at how fast the news of the mess was spreading. Now he wondered if there was even a person who didn't know about it. "How in the hell did you find out about that?"

Kagura simply replied, "Doesn't matter. So is it true or not?"

Growling in annoyance, Inuyasha huffed, "Keh, I don't have to explain myself to you. You figure it out."

"So it must be true then." Kagura said in amusement, as she smirked. "I must say, I didn't know you had it in you. After all, you seemed like a virgin to me." Casually opening and closing her fan once again.

Angrily embarrassed, Inuyasha opened his mouth to retort but closed it as he sensed another presence coming. An evil presence that could only belong to one person.

"Now that's enough Kagura." Naraku said, as he entered the room, passing the wind sorceress in the process. "Don't you have something else better to do, then discussing nonsense with my prisoner?"

Closing her fan shut, Kagura glared at her master from the corner of her eyes with annoyance. "Whatever, I was just leaving anyway." She said, fixing her posture as she stood up straight, giving the dog demon one more glance before doing what she was told.

Watching the wind sorceress leave, through the corner of his eye, Naraku turned his attention towards the dog demon, who observed him with suspicion clear on his face.

"I see that you have finally woken up, Inuyasha." Naraku said, as he approached his prisoner. "How are you feeling?"

"Save it, Naraku!" Inuyasha snarled, glaring at the spider demon with hateful eyes. "I know that you don't really care about me. All you care about is what you're gonna use me for. Isn't that why you kept me alive and chained my hand and foot to the ground?"

"It seems that I have been found out." Naraku smirked in amusement, halting in his movement as he stood a certain distance from Inuyasha. "But have you figured out just what it is that I plan to do with you?"

Growling in annoyance, Inuyasha said, "Even though I haven't figured it out yet, I can just tell you that whatever it is, it ain't gonna work! I'll make sure of it."

"Oh?" Naraku said, intrigued. "But it isn't something that you can control once it happens. And even if you manage to, I'll just simply stop you."

"Then what the hell is it, Naraku?" Inuyasha demanded, having enough of the spider demon's games. "What are you planning?"

"All in due time, Inuyasha." Naraku said, enjoying the dog demon's reaction as soon as he said that. "In the meanwhile, you still haven't answered my question. How are you feeling?"

Looking at the spider demon in with suspicion, Inuyasha just narrowed his eyes at him, "I'm alright..." He said, even though he still felt pain in some places of his body, especially in his abdominal area. He had to admit, his bastard of a brother and the fleabag really know how to land some punches.

Narrowing his eyes at the dog demon as he observed him, Naraku silently came closer to him, before going down on one knee, facing the his prisoner.

Inuyasha blinked in surprise at how close Naraku was until he felt the spider demon's cool hand suddenly grab his chin. "H-Hey what are you-AHH!", Inuyasha cried out in pain as Naraku turned his head to the side. "S-Stop that it hurts!"

"Oh it does, does it?" Naraku said, still holding on to the dog demon's chin, as he kept his eyes on it. "Although your jaw looks better than it did before, I'm not surprised that you would still feel pain there. I suspect the rest of your body is also the same?"

Inuyasha reluctantly nodded his head, as he couldn't help but feel the chill of uneasiness that ran through his body. Right now Naraku could easily kill him if he wanted to, and there was nothing Inuyasha could do about it. He was as helpless as a lamb in the hands of his enemy. Nonetheless, there was no way that Inuyasha going to let the spider demon know that, so instead, he gave him a spiteful glare.

Naraku seeing the sudden glare on the dog demon's face, just smirked in amusement, as if he read the other's mind. "Your body should be healed enough by tomorrow." Releasing his hold on the dog demon's chin.

"Healed enough for what?" Inuyasha asked, watching the spider demon stand up. "What do you have planned for me tomorrow, Naraku?"

"Oh, you'll see." Naraku said, turning to leave. "After all, tomorrow is only just a few more hours away. "

"Damn you…" Inuyasha cursed, watching as the spider demon made his way to the door. "You won't get away with this, you know. One way or the other, I'll get out of here and stop you!"

"Be that as it may Inuyasha, however..." Naraku said, as he halted in his movements and glanced at the dog demon. "In this situation, I'm the one with the upper hand here, while you're the helpless one. So just sit down and enjoy the ride, after all, you will be a tool in it anyway. Until then, Inuyasha" He finished, as he reached the door and went his way.

Snarling at where the spider demon stood just a few seconds ago, Inuyasha turned his attention back on the chains that were around his wrist and ankle. 'Once I break these off, then I'll make my escape out of here. I refuse to be part of that bastard's evil scheme in any way shape or form.' Inuyasha thought as he began to pull on the chains with his free hand, trying to break them off. 'Huh?'

Inuyasha thought, still pulling on the chain as hard as he could. 'How come these things won't budge?'

After a few times of pulling on the chains, he tried to rip them off from the ground. 'Why won't these chains come off already?! What are these damn things made of?!' Inuyasha growled in frustration, 'Forget it, I'll just use my Tessaiga to bust this thing open.'

Reaching for where he usually kept his sword, Inuyasha grabbed air. 'Huh? It's not here. The Tessaiga is not here.' He thought, as patted around his side for it. 'That's strange. I've always kept it here, where could it ha-' He stopped as the realization hit him.

'Naraku must have taken it!' Inuyasha thought, cursing the spider demon, as he balled up his fist in anger. 'Of course, he did, that's why he was so cocky about his damn plan.'

'Dammit!' Inuyasha thought, as he slammed his fist on the ground. 'Now what the hell am I supposed to do?'

As Inuyasha was too busy focusing on the problem before him, he didn't notice when a mirror shined off in the distance, as it watched his every move, reflecting him in another mirror held by a pale little girl with white hair and blank eyes.

"Poor Inuyasha," Naraku taunted, as he watched the dog demon through his incarnation's mirror. "It's a shame that you have no one to help you. No one to come to your rescue now that you're trapped in my hands. It's too bad that I plan to keep it that way."

"Master, tomorrow I am to appear before Inuyasha, is that correct?' Kanna asked, still holding on to the mirror that reflected the half demon.

"Correct Kanna." Naraku answered. "Tomorrow, your power will be needed so do not disappoint me." Watching the pale incarnation nod at him in obedience, Naraku smirked. "Good."

"What of the monk, Master Naraku?" Kanna asked, in her emotionless tone. "What shall be become of him?"

"Release him. I no longer have any use of him, now that he has done his part." Naraku said, with a solemn expression. "However, if he tries anything, do not hesitate to kill him."

"Understood." Kanna said, as she nodded her head in obedience once again.

Naraku glanced at her for a moment, before stretching his hand out in the midst of the dark room. Suddenly, a small light blue bag came floating out of the darkness towards him, and gently landed in his awaiting hand.

Chuckling as he looked at the occupied small bag that sat in the palm of his hand, Naraku smirked, "After all, we can't afford to mistakes, now can we?"

Until the next chapter! :-)