InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 17 ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17

 

They traveled back towards Kagome's home in a group. They could've traveled faster if they had separated but Inuyasha chose to keep everyone in a group, that way there was strength in numbers if they were attacked.

 

Kagome had protested loudly that she wanted to run back under her own power to get some exercise. She didn't want to depend on him for protection. She had always taken care of herself in the past and wanted to continue to do so.

 

Inuyasha quickly nixed that idea by saying that they were traveling by the tree tops high above the ground to keep from getting attacked.

 

When Kagome had seen the dizzying heights that they were jumping and seemly flying through the air she shivered and buried her face in his back. She held on tight and just settled for the ride back home.

 

Inuyasha smiled inwardly as he felt his mate getting closer to him and took comfort in her body heat. They could've traveled on the ground, but then he wouldn't have her this close to him, if he did.

 

They traveled for a good portion of the day and came upon a clearing within the forbidden lands. They were close to the protected lands, where Kagome lived, so they decided to stop and rest before they continued on.

 

Inuyasha lowered himself down as he let Kagome get off his back.

 

Kagome stood as she stretched her back and looked around the area. They were alone for the moment, because she didn't detect any demons or humans in the area.

 

The guards that were with them spread out as two of them took off into the forest to hunt for their lunch. They came back while later with two deer's as they set about to make camp and cook their meal.

 

Kagome watched with interest as she saw her escorts clean the deer and then put the meat on the fire as they started to cook it. She got up and walked around in the forest looking for some herbs, when she found what she was looking for she went over to the fire and put some of the herbs on the meat as it was cooking.

 

The smell of the food changed immediately after she had put the herbs on it and it smelled wonderful. She smiled as she turned and went to sit down by a tree. She leaned her back against the trees trunk and rested from the days travel.

 

Inuyasha was curious about what she had put on the meat so he went over to talk to his mate, “Kagome, what did you put on the meat that made it smell so good?”

 

Kagome opened her eyes and said, “I found some cilantro, parsley, and mint. When you mix them all together they give the food a whole new flavor.”

 

Inuyasha smiled as he shook his head and headed back towards the fire to finish cooking the meat. When it was done they all sat down and had lunch. They all noticed the wonderful taste that the meat had. They still couldn't believe that a couple of herbs would change the taste of the food that much.

 

After lunch they all rested for a while before taking off towards Kagome's home.

 

Kagome was resting her head on Inuyasha's shoulder. He had threatened to put her to sleep if she didn't get some rest. But Kagome was too excited to sleep, she wanted to get home so she could prepare for the graduation ceremony, it meant everything to her.

 

So she faked being asleep to pacify her mate as he fell asleep next to her.

 

Kagome was keeping her senses open for any approaching threat. She didn't want to get caught by surprise. Then she sensed something in the forest. There were demons and humans nearby.

 

She slowly opened her eyes as she looked around at her companions. They were all asleep as she opened her eyes the rest of the way.

 

She lifted her head gently off her mates shoulder, being careful not to wake him. `No sense in waking him if there is no real danger nearby.' She thought as she slowly moved away from him.

 

She wanted to go and investigate who the humans were and what they were doing in the forbidden lands.

 

She sat up and tried to determine where the humans were located. Inuyasha shifted in his sleep but he never woke up. She silently stood and left the group to seek out what she had sensed in the forest.

 

She walked deeper into the forest as she continued to head towards the humans that she sensed. As she approached she heard them talking and thought it best to change into the priestess disguise incase she had to fight and use her miko powers.

 

She still didn't want anyone to know that she was the priestess who protected this land.

 

She moved closer so she could hear what was going on in the clearing up ahead, she peeked her head around a tree trunk as she listened.

 

The slavers had caught four demons and had them all subdued with the necklaces around their necks. They were forcing them into the wagon as the demons tried to fight to get away.

 

They had caught one kitsune, two-inu youkai, and a neko youkai. They were using whips to make them submit as they pushed them into the wagons so they could take them back to the processing facility.

 

They wanted to get away from this area before the soldiers came and found them. They risked everything to go into the forbidden lands, but they were willing to take it in order to capture more demons for the money they would receive for them.

 

“Hurry men! We need to get away from here before we're discovered. The soldiers should be making their way back here by now. The disturbance we caused a few miles back will not keep them there for long, so we have to move.” Said the slaver who seemed to be in charge of the group.

 

Kagome heard everything that the man was saying as she opened up all of her senses. She felt the presence of a big group of humans heading their way. She figured it was the soldiers making their way back towards their location.

 

She took her bow off her shoulder and pulled an arrow out of her quiver as she walked out of the forest and took aim. “I suggest that you let them go right now unless you want to die.”

 

The slavers froze when they heard a woman's voice. They turned in the direction in which the voice came from. Their eyes opened wide to see the priestess that protected this land standing right in front of them, with an arrow locked.

 

The leaders face paled as he saw who had spoken and he said in a low voice, “We're in deep shit!”

 

The priestess eyed the intruders as she held her bow to them and said, “I said to release them or do you feel like dieing today.”

 

The leader stepped forward, trying to gather up some strength in order to defy her orders as he said, “No, we're not going to release them. We're allowed to hunt for demons and we have caught them after a long day of hunting, so we're taking them back to the processing facility to get our money.”

 

The priestess raised an eyebrow at them and said, “What makes you think that I will allow you to take them to the processing facility? So they can be treated cruelly, I don't think so.

 

You have captured them in the forbidden lands, it is strictly forbidden to take demons from this area. King Higurashi protects this land and I know that his soldiers take their jobs very seriously if they find any intruders here.”

 

The priestess senses started to go off telling her that danger was near. She opened up her aura to find that they were trying to take her from behind. She smiled, raising her barrier as the slavers that had sneaked in behind her charged and ran right into it. The barrier threw them across the clearing were they landed in a heap unconscious.

 

“Fools! I won't be so easily captured by the likes of you! We will do this the hard way.” The priestess then released her arrow as it impacted on one of the wagons and exploded.

 

The slavers stood there dumb founded as they saw their wagons get destroyed. They now had no way of getting the demons back to the processing facility. They had no choice, now they were going to fight.

 

They moved to surround the priestess as they made ready their attack. The priestess seeing what they were going to do was ready as well. They attacked and she put up a barrier, then she heard a familiar voice come out of the forest.

 

~oOo~

 

Inuyasha had been asleep when he felt that the warm body that was next to him was no longer there. He opened his eyes to see that Kagome was gone from his side. He quickly sat up as he growled menacingly. He had woken up the rest of the members from his group.

 

He slowly stood up, and then he said in a threatening voice, “Where's Kagome? Where's my MATE!!!!!”

 

His guards stood in fear they had failed to see that the girl had left the area. The guard's coward in front of Inuyasha begging him for forgiveness, for failing in their duty to protect.

 

Inuyasha was so enraged that not even the sword that he wore on his side was able to keep his demon side in check. His eyes turned blood red as his fangs and claws grew longer and two purple stripes appeared on each side of his cheek. He raised his nose into the air as he caught her scent and went after his mate.

 

They all ran behind him as they were trying to keep up with his pace. When Inuyasha was enraged he was hard to keep up with.

 

Inuyasha continued running through the forest following Kagome scent. He skidded to a stop when he lost her scent. He put his nose into the air as he sniffed around the area. He caught a new scent that was mixed with his mates. He recognized it but it was different from his mates as he followed it towards the humans he was detecting.

 

He came upon a clearing and heard a blast as he rushed in to see that the slavers were surrounding the priestess.

 

Inuyasha knew her but he didn't know how or where he had met the priestess before, but he felt something deep down inside that he had to protect her.

 

When he saw the slavers attack the priestess he jumped into the air and yelled, “IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!” as the blades came out of his claws and landed around the slavers pushing them back away from the girl.

 

He landed in front of them as he flexed his claws and said, “I don't think you want to hurt her or the next time I won't miss.”

 

Inuyasha slowly turned around and looked at the priestess as he tried to determine who she was, something inside of him was telling him that he knew her and that he shouldn't hurt her.

 

Kagome had been shocked to see that Inuyasha had come to her aid. She knew that she could handle the slavers as her temper started to flair. When she saw Inuyasha's eyes she was in shock. He had his father's sword with him but his eyes were blood red. He was barring his fangs at her as she took a step back in fear.

 

`Oh no, Inuyasha must've been really mad to turn full youkai even with his fathers sword hanging by his side. I have to try and calm him down.' Thought Kagome as she eyed her mate.

 

She saw as the slavers were about to attack Inuyasha, she closed her eyes and put her hands together as she concentrated on her spell.

 

Inuyasha sensing that the slavers were about to attack him quickly turned his attention back to them and flexed his claw as he attacked.

 

The priestess barrier was strong enough to encase all of the slavers and protect them, as Inuyasha hit her barrier and was thrown back into the forest.

 

Miroku, Sango and the other guards had made it to the clearing. They saw a priestess in the clearing putting a barrier around the slavers saving them from Inuyasha's attack, as her barrier sent him into the forest after he had hit it.

 

The guards turned to attack the priestess for hurting Inuyasha as she said, “If you want your prince to return to normal then I suggest that you listen to what I have to say before he comes back.”

 

The guards stopped in their tracks as Mike stepped forward and said, “Alright we will listen but if you hurt him we will come after you.”

 

The priestess inclined her head towards them in agreement and said, “The soldiers that protect this land for the king are on their way here as we speak. Tell them that I have caught these slavers catching demons on their lands and that they are to deal with them.

 

When you approach the barrier,” she pointed at Mike, “and touch it, it will release the slavers to the soldiers. I will take your prince into the forest to find his mate and return him to normal. If I don't then he will attack anyone who comes here.”

 

As if on cue Inuyasha returned with his fangs and claws bared as Mike moved out of the way. Then Mike said over his shoulder, “We will do as you ask as long as you can return him to normal before we lose him.”

 

The priestess inclined her head to him in agreement as she stared at the hanyou and said, “Hanyou! If you want to find your mate then follow me.” She then turned and ran into the forest with Inuyasha hot on her trail.

 

Miroku and Sango stood their looking at each other not knowing what to do. They saw the demons that were captured and they all went over to try and help them. They were getting the last of the chains off when the soldiers from king army showed up with weapons drawn.

 

Miroku stepped forward and told them what had happened and that the priestess that protects this land had left a present for them to deal with.

 

The soldiers smiled as Mike stepped forward and touched the barrier that fell, to allow the soldiers to take the slavers away to be dealt with.

 

When all of the humans were gone, the captured demons offered their thanks for releasing them, and then they took off toward the Western Lands were they could be left alone.

 

Miroku saw them leave and then he said, “Mike, can you follow Inuyasha scent? We need to find him as soon as possible along with Kagome. If that priestess keeps her word then she should be able to return Inuyasha back to normal.”

 

Mike raised his nose into the air and picked up the scent, as they all headed in the direction that Inuyasha had chased the priestess into the forest.

 

~oOo~

 

Kagome continued running through the forest as fast as she could. She was running faster than she ever thought possible. Inuyasha was gaining on her even at her speed. She needed to get him away from all of the people or he would wind up hurting them. It was her fault that he had turned full youkai so she was responsible for his actions.

 

Kagome could feel him getting closer to her but she couldn't run any faster. She didn't want him to catch her just yet. So she tried to think of a way that she could out run him.

 

Inuyasha was running after the wench that told him that she would show him were his mate was. He was getting angrier by the minute at not finding his mate as the priestess continued to run away from him.

 

Inuyasha decided that enough was enough and he wanted his mate, so he jumped in the air and landed right in front of her as she skidded to a stop.

 

Kagome's eyes grew big when she saw that Inuyasha had landed right in front of her. She turned to leave when he grabbed her from behind and pinned her to the ground with his hand around her neck.

 

“Were is my mate!” growled the demon Inuyasha as his face came closer to hers trying to instill fear in her.

 

Kagome had no choice as she let her spell collapsed and revealed herself to him.

 

Inuyasha eyes grew big as he saw his mate in his grasp. He thought that it was a trick as he growled and bared his fangs at the girl. He caught a scent that only his mate could have as he tore the shirt she was wearing to expose her shoulder.

 

Inuyasha lowered his nose to her shoulder and breathed in deeply. It was his scent that he smelled on the girl and only his mate could have that scent.

 

He licked the mating mark and instantly knew that she was his mate as he laid on top of her and released her neck. He continued to clean her neck by licking the sweat and dirt she had on it, as he savored her sweet juices.

 

Kagome was having a hard time breathing as Inuyasha held her by her neck. She didn't think he was ever going to let her go as she felt him tear her shirt to expose her shoulder. He had leaned down and sniffed, as a purr started to come out of his chest, he finally released her neck as he laid on top of her.

 

Kagome sighed in relief as she felt Inuyasha giving attention to her neck as she took her hands and started to rub his ears. Inuyasha laid his head down on her chest as she continued to rub his ear to calm him down.

 

Inuyasha opened his eyes to find that he was lying on something soft and someone was rubbing his ears. When he looked up he saw Kagome under him and he saw her torn shirt. He quickly got off her as he sat on the ground and started to think about what happened.

 

Kagome sat up as she looked at her mate with concern and asked, “Inuyasha, are you all right?”

 

Inuyasha looked up at her, first with shock in his eyes then with anger. He started to remember what made him go full youkai as he growled, “Why did you leave my side when we were traveling here? Why would you put yourself in danger?”

 

Kagome saw the anger in his eyes and she lowered her head. She knew she was in big trouble as he remembered what happened.

 

She swallowed hard and then she said in a low voice, “I'm sorry Inuyasha, I didn't mean to go off like that. I wanted to see why there were humans in the forbidden forest so I went to check it out. I didn't think that I was going to get in a fight with them.”

 

“You didn't think!? I know you didn't think because you went out on your own and you could've gotten yourself killed!” Inuyasha lowered his head as he shook with rage, his nose picked up the scent of her tears as he looked up and saw that his mate was crying.

 

“I'm sorry! I'm sorry, Inuyasha! I know that this is my entire fault. I didn't want you to turn full youkai and hurt anyone.” Kagome was shaking as she cried she knew she had hurt her mate deeply.

 

Inuyasha tried to calm down. Him being mad at his mate wasn't helping the situation as she continued to cry uncontrollably. He reached for her and placed her in his lap as he rocked her back and forth to calm her down.

 

Kagome wrapped her arms around his chest as she held him, glad to be receiving comfort from her mate and that he wouldn't turn her away.

 

Inuyasha continued to rock his mate in his lap as he said, “Kagome, you can never do that again. I became enraged when I smelled the humans in the forest and your scent going towards them.

 

When you changed into the priestess and changed your scent, I could've killed you because my demon side would've thought you hurt my mate.

 

Kagome, I don't want to lose you. Please promise me that you will never leave my side like that again.” His voice was pleading with her.

 

Kagome held on tighter as she promised never to leave his side.

 

Inuyasha looked up and noticed that they had almost made it back to her house. He stood up with Kagome in his arms as he walked the rest of the way to her house.

 

He made it to her house in about 10 minutes as he opened the front door and went straight to her room and laid her down in her bed.

 

Kagome had opened her eyes when she felt that she was lying on something soft and tried to get up. A firm but gentle hand pushed her down as Inuyasha held her in his embrace and started to purr.

 

Kagome heard his purr and welcomed the sleep he was putting her in. She was tired and with everything that had happened today she was more than willing to be put to sleep by him.

 

Inuyasha felt as Kagome relaxed and fell asleep in his arms as he laid her back down. He went outside to wait for his guards to reach him along with Miroku and Sango.

 

It had taken Miroku and the rest of them another hour before they finally made it back to Kagome's house. When they got there they were out of breath, they had been running at full speed to get there, after they had all left chasing the demon Inuyasha.

 

When they saw Inuyasha sitting outside of the house waiting for them they were relieved to see that he was back to normal.

 

Inuyasha stood as he saw his friends approaching him. When Miroku was close enough, that he could hear him without yelling, he asked, “Are you alright? Is Kagome safe?”

 

Inuyasha sighed as he said, “Yes, I'm fine and Kagome is asleep inside the house.” Everyone was relieved that he had his mate with him.

 

Sango stepped forward and said, “Inuyasha, do you think that I can borrow Kagome's car to go home tonight? I'm sure she wouldn't mind.”

 

Inuyasha shrugged his shoulder and said, “Sure, do you know where she keeps the keys for it?” Sango nodded her head yes as she went inside the house to get the keys.

 

She returned a few minutes later with them in her hands as she said, “Tell Kagome that I will call her in the morning with the time for the graduation practice tomorrow.”

 

Inuyasha inclined his head to her in understanding as he watched his friends leave in his mate's car.

 

Once they were gone he turned his attention to the five guards kneeling before him. They had failed miserably in their duty to protect his mate. He could've done a better job just being by himself.

 

He growled as he flared his nostrils and said in a menacing voice, “You failed in the only duty you had to perform today. You came along with me to help me protect my mate. I awake to find her gone and in danger. What do you have to say for yourselves?”

 

Mike being the leader of the group spoke with worry in his voice, “My lord, we are truly sorry that we have failed to protect your mate. I assure you that it will not happen again.”

 

The guards were trembling in front of him. They knew that their lives were in his hands. He could kill them for failing in their duty to protect. It was their soul purpose for going with him. All of the guards were inu youkai, so this incident disgraced the honor of the guards that his father has under him.

 

Inuyasha sighed he smelled the fear that was coming from the guards. “You're a disgraced to the honor guards that are in my fathers service. You will have to prove yourselves from now on. I will give you all another chance. Fail again and you better make sure that the enemy kills you because if they don't then I will.” Inuyasha said with a growl as he went back into the house to be with his mate. It had been a long day and he wanted to rest.

 

The guards waited until Inuyasha was in the house before they all breathed a sigh of relief. They all released a breath that they didn't know they were holding as they all stood and looked at each other.

 

Mike looked at his friends and said, “We now know that the girl can take off without us even noticing. We will have to take shifts to make sure she doesn't try that again, because the next time we won't be so lucky. Inuyasha will keep his threat to kill us if we fail again.” All of the guards nodded their head in understanding.

 

Mike picked his nose up into the air as he caught the scent of an intruder in the forest. His ears picked up the sound of the intruder leaving the area as he told one of his men to follow to see where he was going. The guard bowed his head as he took off into the night after the intruder.

 

The rest of the guards took up there positions around the house as they took turns staying awake for the rest of the night.

 

~oOo~

 

Shawn and the rest of the group, that were following Inuyasha, traveled a good deal behind them to make sure they weren't detected. They knew that they were jumping from tree branch to tree branch because they had seen them high above them.

 

They ran along the ground to keep out of sight as one of his men traveled up high to see if they took a different route.

 

Shawn knew the way to Kagome's house, having been there once before. They kept running until the group decided to stop for a midday break. He and his men decided to take a break too as they went hunting for their lunch. They ate in silence, waiting for the scout that he had sent to go find out what Inuyasha's group was doing.

 

When the scout returned he informed the group that they were going to rest for at least a couple of hours before heading out. `Good, this means we can rest for a few hours also.' Thought Shawn as he gave his men his orders.

 

Shawn was in a light sleep when he caught the scent of demons and humans nearby, he opened his eyes and got a bearing in which direction the scent was coming from. He woke his friends as they took off into the forest to see what was going on.

 

They traveled in the safety of the trees tops incase someone approached in the same direction as they were traveling. When they arrived at the clearing they saw that the slavers had captured four demons. They were whipping them, trying to get them into the wagons so they could leave the area.

 

He was trying to put a plan together to see if he could help them when a priestess came out of the forest with her bow drawn and aimed at the slavers. They watched as the confrontation between them heated up and she released her arrow.

 

The priestess was very powerful when her arrow impacted against the wagon it had blown it to pieces. He saw as the slavers surrounded the priestess getting ready to attack her, he was about to give his men the order to attack when Inuyasha showed up in his demon form to protect her.

 

Shawn was shocked to see this because Inuyasha's sword was said to hold his demon blood in check, but it seemed that it couldn't do that. He saw as Inuyasha went out of control and was about to attack the slavers. A powerful barrier was placed around them to protect them. When Inuyasha hit it, it sent him into the forest from the blast he received.

 

He saw as Mike and the others entered the clearing ready to attack the priestess for hurting Inutaisho son but the priestess was proving to be smart.

 

She got them to listen to her as she said that she would return the hanyou to normal if they would give the slavers to the soldiers who were approaching.

 

Shawn picked up his nose and sniffed the air, the king soldiers were coming towards them in a big hurry. When Inuyasha came back into the clearing he was ready to fight. The priestess told him to follow her if he wanted his mate, as they took off at a dead run into the forest.

 

Mike got his men together as they followed the hanyou and the priestess into the forest. They were fast and by the time they had gotten to the place were Inuyasha was, he had already been turned back to normal and he was holding his crying mate in his arms.

 

They couldn't figure out why his mate was crying but it was good that she was because that probably got him back to normal.

 

They followed the hanyou back to Kagome's house as they saw him enter the house. He came out about 20 minutes later and sat outside waiting for the rest of his group to arrive.

 

Mike decided to move his group away from the area incase the wind shifted and the hanyou noticed that there were more guards than his father had sent. He kept watch as he saw the rest of the group show up at the house.

 

He saw Miroku leave with his mate as the remaining guards were on their knees facing Inuyasha with their heads down. He couldn't hear what was being said but he knew that it was bad if they were down on their knees.

 

The hanyou finally left to go inside, as Shawn made his way over to Mike.

 

Mike noticed that Shawn was coming his way as he went to meet his friend and fill him in on what was happening. Mike explained about the girl leaving the camp and how mad Inuyasha had been to find his mate was gone. He had turned full youkai in the process but when they had found him he was back to normal the way the priestess said she would make him.

 

Mike also informed him that there was an intruder in the area and that he had sent one of his men after him to see where he was going. Shawn nodded his head that he understood before heading deep into the forest to keep watch.

 

He knew that to guard these two would be difficult but it was proving to be almost nearly impossible. They were attracting a lot of unwanted attention and they would have to be on their toes.

 

They all settled in for the night as they waited for the guard to return to see where the intruder had gone.

 

~oOo~

 

The man that had been sent to watch over the girl's house saw when they had returned. He stayed a little while longer to see who the demon had been waiting for when he came out and sat in front of the house.

 

He saw when another group of demons come out of the forest and made their way towards him. He listened for a little while until he saw two of them leave in the girl's care. Then he thought it best to leave the area while he had the chance.

 

He quietly got out of the tree, he had been sitting in for the past week, as he made his way thru the forest back to his car. He needed to get back to the processing facility so he could tell Naraku and Kusco that they have returned to this area.

 

As the human was leaving the area the demon that had been sent to follow him saw the vehicle he had gotten into and followed. It was difficult but he kept his eye on the car as he drove away from the girl's house.

 

He followed the human to a big building that had the smell of demons all around it. If he had to guess what this building was then it would be a processing facility, judging by all of the scents he was picking up from the outside.

 

The man got out of his car as he made his way towards the building. The guard seeing enough, and knowing that he couldn't follow him inside the facility, decided to return to his companions and tell them what he had found out.

 

He took off at a fast pace back towards his lords new home to tell them what he had seen. He hoped that it was not as bad as he was thinking, but then again when it involved the slavers then anything could happen.

 

~oOo~

 

The man had made his way into the facility to the second floor of the building. He was heading straight for Naraku office as he stopped in front of his door and gently knocked. He waited until he heard, “Come In.” as he opened the door and then stepped inside.

 

Naraku and Kusco had been sitting in his office trying to figure out a way to get to the hanyou and the girl. They were about to call it a night when they heard a soft knock on the door and Naraku said, “Come In.”

 

The door opened and in stepped the person that they had sent to keep an eye on the girl's house. They knew that he had good news for them because he wouldn't have left the girl's house if they haven't returned.

 

The man stepped in front of his desk and said, “Naraku the girl and the hanyou are back at her house. They arrived earlier this evening and they have a group of demons that are protecting them.”

 

Naraku leaned back in his chair and thought, `this is good news. Now that they're back all I have to do is capture them.'

 

Naraku nodded his head towards the man in understanding and then told him that in his next paycheck he will have something special in it for all of his troubles.

 

The man smiled as he turned to leave then he remembered something that might be of importance to him. He stopped and turned towards Naraku and said, “Oh, one more thing sir, one of them had said that they will call the girl in the morning with the practice time for the graduation ceremony. I thought that you should know.”

 

The man then turned and left the office at a quick pace. Wanting to get away from Naraku before he gave him something else to do.

 

Naraku smiled as he saw the man leave. Kusco seeing her employer with a smile on his face asked, “What are you smiling about Naraku?”

 

Naraku turned his attention to Kusco and said, “Well, I just figured out where we can get our hands on the girl and the hanyou.”

 

Kusco raised her eyebrow at him as she said, “and where would that be? They're being guarded out at the girls house and if we attack there they could make it into the safety of the forest before we could give chase.”

 

Naraku shook his head as he tried to explain his idea. “We will not be attacking them at the girls house. They are too well protected there. We need to attack them somewhere were they are more vulnerable, somewhere where their guards won't be so close to them, somewhere were there will be a lot of people.”

 

Kusco was starting to get the idea as she said, “Oh, you mean like the graduation ceremony that the girl is going to be attending.”

 

Naraku smiled as his colleague finally caught on to what he was saying. “Yes, that's exactly the place I was thinking about. The guards won't be anywhere near them and it would be the perfect opportunity to attack and capture them. We could have our men there with sleeping powder to subdue both of them and then we can bring them back here.”

 

Kusco liked this idea as she smiled and said, “Well, I will find out when this graduation ceremony is suppose to be. Then I will start getting everything ready for when our special guest arrive here. We know that it is going to be difficult to subdue him, but as long as we can show him that we have his mate, he should obey everything we tell him to do.”

 

Naraku nodded his head in agreement as he saw Kusco leave his office to set his plan in motion. Once he had them in the processing facility it should be easy to get what they all wanted from the king. The king will not risk having his daughter hurt so he would give into his demands.

 

Naraku sat back in his chair as he slowly started to rock it back and forth. He had an evil thought, he was thinking about all the money he was going to get for the two of them once he brought them back here to the processing facility. He knew of some people that would pay handsomely for a beauty like the princess, as for the hanyou, well he could give him to Kusco and she will be happy for the time being until she gets tired of him and kills him.

 

Naraku started to laugh as he continued to rock in his chair.

 

~oOo~

 

Well the end to another chapter. As you can see Naraku is not going to give up on capturing Kagome and Inuyasha. Will he succeed in his plan to capture them or will they escape and head back toward the Western Lands? You have to wait to find out.

 

Chapter 16 was the last lemon for this story. I'm sorry but I didn't write anymore, unless you all want another. Let me know what you think in your review and I will think about adding another.

 

I wanted to answer some questions that all of you had.

 

Will the Shikon No Tama be in the story? Well yes and no. There is a jewel but it's not the Shikon No Tama. I named it something else and what it does, well you have to wait to find out.

 

Will Sesshomaru be in the story? Yes, your favorite youkai will be in the story but not until much later. So for all of you that are waiting to read about him, well you are going to have to wait a little more.

 

What kind of demon is Miroku? You will find out in the next chapter. Its where he reveals his true demon form.

 

Someone asked me what Koi and Koishii meant. It means beloved.

 

Will Inuyasha and Kagome have pups? Hmmm, hard question to answer but you have to wait and see what I do in the story.

 

I think I have gotten all of the pressing questions out of the way. If I missed any I will try to answer them in the next chapter.

 

Remember to leave me a review and let me know what you think. I enjoy hearing from all of you.

 

Until the next time!

 

Ja ne!