InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Second Chance At Love ❯ A Plot Revealed. Pt. 1 ( Chapter 20 )

A/N: Sorry for the delay, everyone.... My computer sucks!! Really!

Disclaimer: Even with the huge time I took between this chapter and the last... nothing here has changed....

NOTE: I'm posting this now because I know everyone has been patiently waiting for it, but I must warn you, it has not been edited!! Read at your own risk!!^_^ Oh, and I'm still looking for a beta reader, if anyone is interested…

Previously....

"Hmm," said Mirouku from a little distance away as he looked at Kanna. "I do not imagine she can tell us anything?"

"I," Kagome sighed as she rubbed her temples, "really don't have any idea how she works. I would not put much hope in her though."

"Yes, but it will not hurt to try," he replied then walked closer to the little girl. "Kanna."

She slowly turned her head in his direction.

Well, she knows her name at least, he thought to himself as he stared at her vacant white orbs.

"What happened here?" he asked her.

No answer came from her for a while before she spoke.

"He wished to see Kagura."

"HE?" yelled Inuyasha from a few paces directly in front of her. He'd moved to stand near Kagome. "WHO THE HELL IS HE??!!!"

Kanna turned to look at the hanyou then slowly lifted her mirror in front of her. Inuyasha watched as his own reflection stared back at him.

"He," replied Kanna.

They all watched as the mirror began to glow.

And now....

Chapter 20: A Plot Revealed. Pt. 1

The surface of the mirror seemed to grow larger as the bright light within grew more intense. They all stared in awe as they waited to see what was happening.

Sesshoumaru stood away from the rest of the group since he hadn't moved from his spot by the door. He saw Mirouku move further away from the little girl from the corner of his eye, though he was mainly keeping his attention on the mirror.

He could feel a change in the air as something dark and large began to move out of the mirror's light.

"What is that!?"

Sesshoumaru quickly placed his hand on the hilt of Tokijin when he heard Kagome's whispered exclamation. He had no idea what was going on, but he didn't think it was anything good. Whatever had done that to the wind witch couldn't be a good thing It was strange, he couldn't remember Kagura ever sticking around for someone to ever get the best of her to the instant of causing her to lose consciousness. And she only seemed to truly fear Naraku and him… well, and Kagome. Which still didn't make sense since one was dead, the other wouldn't hurt a fly unless provoked and as for himself; he had no cause with the wind demoness.

And it was in her best interest to make sure it stayed that way. But he did have to have a word with her for taking Kagome without his knowledge.

But, one problem at a time and first he had to deal with the mirror and whatever it was spitting out.

Sesshoumaru watched as the black shadowed object grew larger and the light around it grew smaller. It was almost as if the darkness was sucking up all the light and the light was fueling it with something causing it to grow larger.

He starred fixedly at the object trying to figure it out. Something wasn't right. He could feel the darkness in the air and sense the power coming from the unknown entity. He could also sense hatred and something like… 'joy?' coming off of it. That was odd. He could tell with a quick glance at the rest of the group that he wasn't the only one feeling a bit confused. Though his feelings didn't show on his face like it did on the rest of there's, he was feeling the same unease as they were.

He turned his attention back to the object in question just in time to lock gazes with a pair of familiar red eyes.

Sesshoumaru hid his shock as he stared at what looked like the eyes of a dead hanyou. Yet, the hanyou did not smell and feel as he remembered. Something was missing.

He wondered how the hanyou had survived the battle and if his surviving had anything to do with whatever was missing from him.

'So Kagura spoke the truth,' he thought to himself. He watched as the shadow slowly took form; revealing a very familiar shape.

"That looks like…" Sango breathed; trailing off in shocked silence.

"Naraku," whispered Inuyasha in darkly quiet voice.

The sound of his voice seemed to draw the attention of the shadowy object, because it immediately turned its attention to Inuyasha. The eyes seemed to glow an even brighter red as the dark form seemed to focus on him.

Then in a move to quick and sudden for anyone to counter and be prepared for, the shadow shot forward and with a loud pop it ran smack into Inuyasha causing the inu-hanyou to cry out in shock or pain. They couldn't tell which.

Kagome stared in shock as Inuyasha began to clutch at his head and scream. This time she was sure it was a scream of pain. She watched as a dark glow began to form around Inuyasha . Kagome, in a panic and not liking the look of the dark glow, instinctively reached out a hand to Inuyasha to help him.

"Don't."

She immediarely stopped to look at the Taiyoukai in question. Didn't he see his brother needed help? Why was he stopping her?

"You do not know what will occur if you touch it," replied Sesshoumaru to the unasked question in her eye's though he did not take his own gaze off his brother.

"What's it doing to him?" asked Sango with a look of pure horror on her face. Her right hand was resting lightly on the hilt of hew sword that was hung securely at her waist.

"He's taking him."

They all turned to look in the direction of the soft feminine voice.

Mirouku stared at the demon child who didn't seem like any child he'd ever known; demon or human.

"Taking him? Taking him where?"

The white eyed child gave no reply. She just stared straight ahead with the same vacant look plastered to her face as usual.

Mirouku wrinkled his brow at the little girl as he tilted his head in thought. He wondered what Kanna had meant by the cryptic statement and why did she bother to even speak at all if she wasn't going to finish it.

Did she think they should have been able to figure it out just from those words?

"He's inside him… or trying to be."

Mirouku, Sango, and Sesshoumaru all turned to look at Kagome. Her hand was reached straight out; holding on to Inuyasha's arm. The strong pink glow of her power was surrounding her hand and clashing with the dark glow that was slowly beginning to bleed red around the hanyou.

"What do you mean Kagome?" asked Sango in puzzlement.

"I'm not sure," she replied. Her face contorted into a thoughtful look as she tilted her head to the side. "Its as if he's… trying to ... take over or something. It's odd. I've never seen anything like it"

"Taking him...?" whispered Mirouku as he thought hard. His eyes widened in sudden realization. "He's taking him over."

"But… that's not even possible," said Sango in dawning realization and shock. "Is it?"

"With help, yes. Dark magic has been used to switch souls in bodies, but…"

"But, what Mirouku?" asked Kagome when' he didn't finish talking. She didn't like what the look on his face was saying to her.

"Two souls cannot reside in one body. The mind cannot take the strain of such a feat. One must go."

They all watched as Inuyasha slowly feel to his knees groaning in agony. He'd finally stopped screaming as his throat had become hoarse from the strain.

"You said dark magic right?" Kagome looked at Mirouku as her eyes began to glow a fierce pink and the glow around her hands changed to match her eyes. At the monk's nod she turned her head back to Inuyasha who was now on his knees beside her. She held her hands out to him and watched as his body began to rise slowly in the air.

They all watched in awe as the hanyou rose to hang suspended in mid air. Sango sucked in her breath when the color of Kagome's eyes changed to a bright and fierce white.

"Alright Naraku, if that's how you wanna play," she breathed quietly. "Lets play. One final game, hmm. But, this time we play by the miko's rules."

One hand was raised high in the air, palm facing outwards toward Inuyasha, as the rest of her began to glow with the same fiercely bright light as her eyes. Her head fell backwards as she tilted her head to the sky. The dark tresses of her hair waved around her; swimming on an unseen breeze.

Sesshoumaru watched her quietly. He couldn't help thinking she looked like an avenging angel out to destroy the monster that had had the misfortune to deal her a dirty pass. He could feel her power in the air around them and couldn't help being amazed by it. No matter how many times he saw the evidence of it, he always felt a sense of pride and not a little awe that such a powerful being as her- and she was very powerful- had it within her to do what she does. To use that power only to help; he'd never known someone with such strength could care so much for others. It was weakness that he did not think she could a forward.

He frowned slightly to himself as he watched her. He idly wondered what she had in plan for the idiot hanyou, for he had heard the words she'd whispered as he still considered the effects a large heart like hers could have on someone with her power.

And to think… she hadn't even touched the peak of her power, of what she was capable of.

Carefully, so as not to shock Inuyasha with anymore intrusions, Kagome slowly moved her mind into his. She was worried about the effects of having another presence inside him would cause, understanding full well the mind and body was only strong enough to support one, she knew she had to move quickly if she was going to save him.

Kagome looked around at the dark scenery around her. The air around her crackled with unleashed power and she could sense an anger in it that made her shudder with fear. She had a feeling that she was in the part of Inuyasha's mind where his full youkai sense resided and had to wonder why it was the first place she encountered.

'Shouldn't this be further back in his mind?' she asked herself as she continued on slowly. A scary thought was forming in her mind and she tried to move faster. She had to get to where Inuyasha and Naraku were before it was too late.

Kagome had a sick feeling that if Naraku was to win this fight he wouldn't have the mental strength hold back Inuyasha's full youkai side nor the goodness of heart to hold and wield the Tetsusaiga… and she'd lose her best friend forever.

**~**~**

What is the miko doing? She holds more power then I imagined… perhaps she will do well for me after all. I wonder if she is strong enough to do it though or will she die trying?

The hanyou was stupid. What makes him think he could get out? He will die for his stupidity and it will serve him right, but will he take the inu-hanyou with him?

So, she has gone inside to save him has she? Well, no matter I shall continue to watch and make sure the hanyou does not interfere with my plans.

Not that it matters much for him. He does not have a lot of time left. I do not care what he does with the pup, but he will not keep the miko.

I see they did not take long in getting here. Idiot spirits, they will have to find another body to steal. She is not available.

In the end it will be her or the jewel.

**~**~**

Kagome wiped her eyes as the environment around her changed from the images of Inuyasha's past to a place of all white. She couldn't get the images out of her mind of baby Inuyasha with his mother, and little Inuyasha playing and having fun with other kids, but it was the other images that had poked at her heart. The images of his mother's death, of Kikyo's betrayal and even the memories of when they met were what had done that, but what had brought the tears to her eyes were the memories that were off in a corner to one side all by themselves; as if someone had forgotten them. These memories were colorful and full of a child's laughter, but what made them stand out, besides being set off to the side away from all of the others, was that they all had one common factor in them. Sesshoumaru.

To be precise they seemed to be all the memories Inuyasha held of his brother. It was Sesshoumaru who had found and protected him when he was lost in the forest, it was Sesshoumaru who had stood up for him when the kids in the village didn't want to play with him because he was different… it was Sesshoumaru who did play with him when the kids in the village wouldn't. And it was also Sesshoumaru who taught him to fight, how to wield a sword, how to use his senses and-surprise, surprise- who comforted him when he'd been hurt.

And it was his want and need to be like his brother Sesshoumaru that sent him off to look for the priestess Kikyo and the Jewel of Four Souls in her care.

Now that she'd had a glimpse at what had once been between the two inu-brothers Kagome was even more curious now to learn what had come between them and why did it seem to be something they could not get past. Kagome sighed as she slowly looked around her and wondered if she would ever learn the answer to that question

She blinked twice in confusion as she moved on; if she didn't know better she'd have thought she'd just stepped into the pearly Gates of Heaven. The white was kind of a muted color. It looked almost like a heavy cloud was all around her. Kagome felt a light twinge move through her and knew she had to hurry.

The twinge was Inuyasha. He was beginning to lose the battle with Naraku.

**~**~**

He'd heard Kagome's whispered words too.

Mirouku watched curiously as Kagome stood frozen with her head tilted back. He tilted his head in thought as he studied his friend. Something wasn't right. Though he could see her standing there just fine, he couldn't sense her aura at all. It was as if she wasn't there. He turned his gaze to the hanyou who was still floating in mid air and then looked back at Kagome once more.

'Could she have …?'

He looked once more between his two friends as he unconsciously took a step closer, then another step, and another step.

"Kagome?"

When he received no answer he called out to her again and when he didn't get any sign from the miko again he put up a hand to nudge her, but froze a moment later when he was a hairs breath away from making contact with her shoulder when he heard the growl coming from the doorway.

Mirouku turned his head to look at the Taiyoukai. He slowly lowered his hand when he caught the warning in the youkai's molten gaze.

"Sesshoumaru," he swallowed nervously as he met the Lord's eyes. "I was… just… " he sighed quietly to himself as he decided that any excuse he had wasn't really going to matter to the youkai and just decided to relay his worry instead. "Something is wrong."

For a moment he just stared at the youkai; waiting for some sign of whether he should continue towards Kagome or explain. But the Taiyoukai just stared back at him and remained as still as a statue.

Mirouku wasn't fooled though, no matter how calm and relaxed the inu-youkai looked he knew Sesshoumaru would take no time in crossing the distance between and making good on the warning his eyes had given Mirouku not five seconds ago.

"She has gone after the hanyou, houshi."

Mirouku jumped slightly at the unexpected words then looked at Sango. He saw that she in turn was staring at Inuyasha and he could see the worry and fear on her face. He guessed she'd heard and understood what Sesshoumaru had meant. He looked back to the Taiyoukai for a moment and for a second he thought he saw a look of concern on the youkai's handsome features before it was immediately hidden by the mask he was use to seeing.

"That's what I suspected," he sighed as he turned to look at Inuyasha now. There was no use bothering with Kagome; she wasn't there. "I hope she knows what she's doing. There are many dangers in dealing with the body and soul."

His words were met with a grave silence

No one noticed the female youkai lying on the ground was beginning to wake up.

**~**~**

'Where are you Inuyasha?'

Kagome frowned as she tried to move faster, but it wasn't easy to run when your body was incorporeal.

She knew that she only had a limited amount of time there. She had to get back in her own body before the shield she'd placed around it began to weaken, but she couldn't leave without helping Inuyasha.

She would not let Naraku have him.

Kagome was beginning to get worried that she wasn't going to find wherever Naraku was hiding with Inuyasha when she heard it.

A growl.

Kagome froze when she heard the unmistakable sound again. 'Inuyasha?' She closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on which way the sounds were coming from.

"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME, NARAKU!"

Kagome's eyes flew open and then she took off in the direction the yell had come from.

'INUYASHA!'

She slowed as she quickly came up on something red that was hovering near the ground. As she moved closer she was able to see that the object was actually a tied up Inuyasha kneeling on the floor. The ropes that were wrapped around him were crackling with an energy and power that puzzled her. In front of Inuyasha stood Naraku; in all his princely glory; with a smirk on his face.

Except, he was more see through then both her and Inuyasha.

Kagome tilted her head as she moved closer. Something wasn't right.

"Hello miko," Naraku smiled at her over Inuyasha's head. "How good of you to join us."

"Well, thank you for the invitation, but as you weren't invited I think its time you left."

"Leave?" he inquired with a look of mock shock on his face. "But, I just got here. I can't leave. I've planned to have a nice long visit."

"Over my dead body," she said almost sweetly except for her eyes; they held a hardness that was not seen often or by many.

"Ah, well, as it happens that did happen to be at the top of my list of things to do after this, so it can be arranged."

Her eyes began to glow with a fierce pink as her incorporeal body began to hum with the same pink light.

"Good. We agree."

She gave the hanyou a beautiful smile as she slowly lifted her hand and pointer her index finger right at him.

"You have one choice Naraku. You can leave on your own or I will help you." Her hair began to blow lightly around her as she stared at him. Kagome could feel the time ticking by and she knew she had to hurry. "Choose quickly, because I won't ask a second time."

Naraku stared back at the miko. He knew that while he was in the state he was in he was no match for the young priestess, but he did not want to back down. He'd waited too long for this moment and he was not going to lose it now that he was so close to having what he wanted. Its not like he wanted to keep the hanyou forever, he just wanted him until he could find someone better. He figured that wouldn't be too hard.

Of course it was unfortunate that the hanyou's soul would not survive outside of his body or any body for that matter, he smirked to himself.

"There are only two of us that will be leaving miko, and I am not one of them."

"Your choice Naraku," she responded as he lifted both his hands towards her. She watched his eyes glow red as she'd seen them do so many times before, but for the first time they did not invoke any fear in her. "

Kagome could sense no power radiating from him and even though she was sure he held some still; after all Inuyasha was tied up; she did not imagine he had enough. Not this time.

She placed one hand on Inuyasha's shoulder as he was on the ground in front of her and silently willed the ropes off him. She could feel the pain he was in and knew exactly when the ropes had released him, without having to look down, because the atmosphere around them had lightened considerably. There had been a heavy sort of weight in the air that was no longer there.

Inuyasha was no longer in pain.

"You can't have him. None of him." The light in her eyes grew bigger as did the light around her being. "Die."

A sharp pink beam of energy shot out from the tip of her finger straight at the hanyou spirit.

**~**~**

Kagura slowly sat up and took two deep breaths. She slowly looked around her as she wondered where the bright light was coming from. She took in the many spirits floating around not too far from them and wondered why they were there. Her eyes opened wide when they landed on the miko. She'd found where the light was coming from.

She quickly took in the scene before her: The inu-hanyou, Inuyasha, was suspended in mid air and as she watched the dark red glow that surrounded him where he knelt in the white light, that she figured was the miko's doing, slowly went out. She silently noted to herself that the rest of their group, including the Taiyoukai, were all standing around staring at the hanyou floating in the air.

Then she saw it.

Her eyes rested on the quiet little girl standing off to one side alone, but her mind was focused on what the child demon was holding.

'The mirror…'

True, the child was always holding her mirror, but this time was different. This time the mirror's face was broke.

One long crack going through it from top to bottom.

Kagura's heart began to beat fast as she darted around wildly in panick.

"In can't be," she whispered as she spun around in search of him. "He couldn't have… Could he?"

But no one was paying her any attention.

Kagura focused her attention on the others then. Slowly she moved over towards them. She had to know. She had to be sure.

"Whats going on?" she asked to no one in particular. "What is the miko doing?"

Sesshoumaru didn't even bother to acknowledge her presence in anyway. Neither did Sango.

"She is fighting for his soul," replied Mirouku after a while with a quick glance in her direction. "Are you alright?"

She gave the monk a look before she answered. "Yes."

"What happened?"

"Naraku happened," she replied. She turned her head to gaze at Inuyasha then. "I would have thought that was obvious by now."

After a moment of silence she spoke again

"Is he in there?" she glanced at the monk and caught his nod. 'Its finally over.' Then what the monk had said began to dawn on her. She turned to him with wide eyes. "Is the miko in there too?"

Something in her voice caused them all to look in her direction.

"Yes," said Sango quietly.

"Why would she do that?" asked Kagura in shocked horror. "The little fool! I thought the miko was smarter then this."

"She is," replied Mirouku with a look of disgust. "But, Kagome would never let someone suffer if she had it in her power to help them. And definitely not someone she cares about."

"Knowing Naraku as I do I'm sure he put the stupid pup through some pain," she shrugged carelessly. "But it is all he could have done to him. The hanyou has with stood much worse."

"What?"

"It would have been over soon enough without her going in there," she explained with another shrug. And as the prospects of what was happening really began to sink in Kagura began to giggle.

Her giggle gradually changed into a full fledge hysterical laugh as she brought up a fan from nowhere to cover her face. Leaving nothing of her face, but her glowing red eyes, in view for all to see.

Then in the blink of an eye the female demon was sputtering and choking on her own laugh as a clawed hand wrapped tightly and suddenly around her neck.

She'd never seen him move.

Kagura's eyes connected with the glow of amber orbs as she was lifted completely off her feet. She tasted real fear now. She had no doubt that the Taiyoukai would make good on the promise she could read in his eyes.

"Explain."

Sesshoumaru had already been waiting to have a word with the female wind demon once he'd learned she'd taken Kagome without his knowledge, but when he'd heard what she'd said and then she'd had the nerve to laugh at his miko he'd immediately saw red.

No one would disrespect his future mate for that was disrespecting him. He would kill her for her audacity, but first he wanted answers.

"Look around you Lord Sesshoumaru. There are spirits just waiting for that shield your miko has placed around her body to lose some of its power and then they are going to do all they can to take it before she returns. And if that happens your miko is lost for they will keep her. While the bulk of her power lies within her soul, her being a miko, her heart and body holds a great deal of its own. Whoever gets in will not leave willingly."

Sesshoumaru noted that there was, indeed, many spirits floating quite close to them and he wondered briefly how he could have been so distracted as not to sense them sooner. And as he noted and understood the added danger to Kagome, that was not what he was asking the wind witch about.

He narrowed his eyes at her and brought her face closer to his. "Naraku."

Kagura swallowed hard then as she stared into his sun kissed eyes.

"He… he can't live outside of the mirror. I do not completely understand it, but he has gone too long without a body and has stayed too long within the mirror. It has done something to him. Taken something of value away, " she croaked. "Outside of the mirror he will die. And now that the mirror is broken he can't go back in and because of it he can't take a new form either."

"How is he inside Inuyasha then?" asked Mirouku in wonder.

"Because while he holds what little power he had left, it will appear as though he can still do things that he once could. It will not last long. How long has he been out of the mirror?"

"Close to fifteen minutes," he replied.

"Then it should be over soon." She gave the Taiyoukai holding her a thoughtful look before she spoke quietly to him. "Pray your miko figures this out and does not stay in there too much longer. Her barrier is beginning to weaken without her to hold it."

Sesshoumaru darted his eyes to Kagome's body and though to look at her you could not tell anything, not yet, but he could sense that what Kagura had said was true. The power around Kagome's body was not as strong as it was moments ago.

He released the demon and let her fall unceremoniously to the ground.

"If she does not, you will die."

He still felt Kagome would not be in this situation if it wasn't for the wind demon and was not going to let her get away with it. Not this time.

Kagura stared at him for a moment. She had no illusions that he didn't mean what he said; he would kill her if the miko didn't survive.

And that pissed her off royally.

It wasn't her fault that the miko seemed to like to go to drastic measures over the hanyou idiot! She couldn't believe that she was this close to being free… free of it all and then have the large possibility of losing her life before she could even enjoy it!! Kagura wasn't stupid, she knew she couldn't beat the Taiyoukai even on a good day and she knew if he was going to be fighting over the death of the miko it would not be a good day for her.

Of course, none of that meant she wasn't going to fight back. She would. It wasn't in her nature to just sit back and let someone kill her. Kagura sighed to herself inwardly as she connected eyes with the Taiyoukai. Her eyes glowed with a bright red fire as she swiftly flicked out her fan to cover the lower half of her face once more.

She gave Sesshoumaru her trademark coy look and let her voice hint at a laugh.

"We shall see, my lord."

Sesshoumaru didn't even bother to play her game. He just gave her one last look then turned his back to her in a silent dismissal.

Kagura's temper flared at his actions. 'How dare he…!' For a moment she forgot just whom it was she was dealing with and felt a sudden urge to strike out. With great difficulty she held on to her temper as her brain kicked in to remind her of the danger of such an action.

He may have looked like he'd taken his guard down by turning his back to her, as if to say she wasn't even a small threat to him, but she knew better. The Taiyoukai was always on his guard.

"Sesshoumaru."

Sesshoumaru turned and lifted one finely arched brow at the monk.

"I think," Mirouku began with a small gesture in the direction behind him, "we may have a problem."

Sesshoumaru sighed quietly to himself. He already knew. He had felt them getting restless and also could tell there were even more there then there was five minutes ago.

The Spirits were getting ready to move in.

He looked over at Kagome's body and now he could see with his eyes that the barrier was breaking. He could feel a headache beginning to form behind his eyes and had to suppress the urge to rub at it. How was she able to do that? She wasn't even in her own body and she was causing trouble.

He wondered briefly if this was how it would always be with her.

**~**~**

Naraku's eyes widened at the power he could see within her and quickly erected a shield before the beam of light made contact. And though he was braced for the hit he did not expect it to have such a force behind it and so was unprepared for it. He flew backwards through the air when the beam hit his shield and landed on his back almost ten feet from where he had been standing.

He breathed heavily from the hit as he eyed the glowing figure way in front of him. Her hair was flying as if caught in a strong breeze as she glowed entirely with the strength of her power. He slowly stood up, taking care not to lose his shield in the process, and faced her.

Naraku slowly licked his lips as he watched her. He knew he should have gone after her instead of that other miko, Kikyo. And he would have too, if he didn't have a certain thief's heart to deal with at the time.

Kagome took in the look of him again and had to wonder once more at his appearance. Why was he so much more… lighter then them? She didn't understand it. If he was only a little lighter then Inuyasha she wouldn't have thought twice about it; Inuyasha was the one who belonged there, but Naraku was lighter then her as well.

Why? What was wrong with him? And why couldn't she sense an aura from him? It didn't make sense.

"Not bad priestess. You've been practicing," he grinned nastily at her. "Must be the Taiyoukai's influence."

Kagome frowned inwardly at the look on his face, before she moved to stand in front of Inuyasha. She could feel her time growing short and she did not want to get Inuyasha hurt in the process.

Kagome was starting to worry. She had to get out of there, but she couldn't leave with Naraku still trying to get at her friend.

"Yes, I have," she lifted up her other hand, palm facing up, a ball of energy appeared in the center of her palm and then quickly morphed into the form of an arrow. A bow made of pure energy formed the index finger of her other hand. "Here's something else I learned. Hope you like it."

Naraku's eyes widened as she connected the power arrow to the bow. The pink light they formed grew even more intense as she pulled back on the string of the bow. He could feel the high level of energy coming from her and took a nervous step backwards.

For the first time, Naraku was beginning to think that perhaps his plan wasn't the best of plans.

He stiffened as he felt a burst of energy heading in his direction.

Kagome had released her arrow.