InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heart Blood and Soul ❯ The rebirth ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer: This is completely pointless since you KNOW I don't own the guy with the cutest ears in the world but I DO NOT own Inuyasha. I do though own Tama, Kaida, Ookami, Ryu and when he comes up Inu-Kana as well.

*=Kaida's actually thoughts inside her mind
Chapter 8 -The rebirth-
Naraku had sensed the castle a few miles ahead. Night had fallen changing his mate into a black haired, blue eyed human girl. He looked down and saw his mate squirm in his arm, restless from having to sit there for so long. He couldn't understand how she could maintain some control over her actions while he controlled her, though it was minimal, she still was a sibling first. He resigned and allowed her to stand, growling so she knew she couldn't run.

Kaida groaned, she was conscience in her mind, holding on to the thread of comfort her brother's presence gave her. She wasn't pleased at how Naraku had been holding her, and as much as she wanted to beat the crap out of him she knew his control ran much too deep for that kind of behavior, besides as a human she couldn't do much.

"Mate, we will be arriving at our new home shortly," Naraku said as they started walking.

Kaida rolled her eyes in her mind, *no crap. Or else you wouldn't have put me down,* as much as she wished to say those thoughts she couldn't. After spending some time under his control she realized how it worked. He took control of the part of her mind that was alright with the mating. The primal part that wanted it so she could survive.

It was small, and never really out in the front of her mind but Naraku brought it to the front and made her appreciate her mating to him. She mentally shivered and tried to pull herself closer to the link of her brother. How she wanted him as a mate she'd never know, even if it was in the smallest reaches of her mind.

Naraku looked back at Kaida and wondered if it was wise to sit her down. She smiled at him and his male ego swelled at the fact she seemed to be under his complete and utter control. He kept a cold expression on his face as he turned to his two servants, "Sango, Rin please keep my mate here. I will return shortly but not in this body."

"Hai," Sango and Rin said together, sitting on both sides of Kaida so she would know not to try anything funny.

*Still don't trust me do you love?* Kaida sneered, *good thing you're leaving, now I can figure this connection to Ryu.* Her body was stiff from sitting in Narakus' arms for so long and since his control stopped her control over even one muscle, she was forced to put up with it. She sighed and pulled herself closer to Ryu's warmth, *nii-chan, nii-chan? Are you coming for me? Can you find me? Do you know where to start looking? It's hard to admit, demo I'm slightly afraid,* she breathed out of her imaginative mouth and wished she was back in her den at the moment, *can you even feel me? Why aren't you responding?*

Somewhere else, a canine youkai and human slept next to each other with a kitsune leaning by the door. The human stirred and a shiver ran through his spine before he shot up clutching his head, whispering her name. Ookami moved in his sleep before raising up as well, looking at his best friend, "Ryu, you all right?"

The black haired boy shook his head, "Ookami, it's Kaida, I sensed her. She's afraid."

At Kaida's name Ookami was all ears, "do you know where she is? Can you remember anything else?"

Ryu sighed and concentrated on the fear that mended in the back of his mind. Being human had it's set back, it weakened the youkai sibling bound so now the only thing that allowed him to be connected to her was the small dash of miko energy both Kaida and him were giving by Kagome. He felt the general direction it was coming from and nodded slowly, "the north. Naraku is looking for something, though I can't figure out what. We're both human so our bound isn't as strong."

Ookami stood up, "well what are we waiting for, let's go," he was about to run out when he tripped over Shippo's foot, who had conveniently left it in front of the door, "hey what'd you do that for?"

"Ookami, we all need our sleep. We'll tell Inu-papa and Kag-mama in the morning about this alright? For now can we please go back to sleep?"

"How can you think about sleep when your own sister isn't here?" Ookami growled.

"Simple, I know Naraku. He won't kill her yet. She's a bargaining tool, something he has against us, like Inu-papa said last night. Get to sleep and the morning will come much faster," the kitsune before closing his eyes and falling into another light sleep.

Ookami growled, before relenting, as did Ryu, who was trying to focus on the fading bound between his sister and himself. A light darkness <oxymoron!> overcame his body and he grudgingly gave into it.
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*Nii-chan, don't leave me, no,* Kaida pleaded in her mind as her connection that had been flickering in and out slipped out of her grip, "NII-CHAN!" Kaida shot up from the futon, never realizing what she had said out loud, on her accord. Looking around she finally realized she must have strained herself trying to call out for Ryu and fainted. She was in the new manor.

A cold chuckle escaped from the corner and she turned, squinting her eyes as it wasn't morning yet. A man sat in the corner with black hair that was pulled back in a small pony tail, making her think he was a monk for a second; his dark, cold eyes told her otherwise. "So I see that your bond with that pathetic brother of yours is stronger than I thought. He helped you break my control or have you yet to realize it, my love."

"Naraku! You bastard! Where the hell am I?" she asked though her mind told her the answer, she had control over her mouth around him for once and she was going to relish in it.

"Kaida, koishii, you know exactly where you are. If breaking my control damaged your mind so much I'm rather happy, though if you forgot your little grudge against me it would have been better," he said tracing her jaw line making her shudder out of fear, "you can't fight me. You're human."

She shut her eyes, "just wait until morning," ignoring his touch or the fact that he moved so quickly, "you're human. You have no youkai."

"Wrong my dear, I have more youkai than before. You forget where we are," he muttered pulling her head back and giving her a chaste kiss, "is it wonderful to have control back?"

She spat and wiped her mouth, "not when I have to deal with that every second I turn my head."

Naraku's eyes turned cold and then hardened, "I can take this freedom as easy as I give it Kaida. To keep this freedom you must do something for me. Either go and get the jewel and bring it back to me or you will lose the freedom, I'll still get the jewel and your family will die."

Kaida whimpered as he twisted her hair but she shook her head, "no Naraku, I don't want this so called freedom if I have to pay for it with that."

He smirked, "such a pity," he crushed his lips to hers slowly letting his mind seep back into her's knowing he had full control as she slowly melted into him, slacking her jaw to accept his assault.

They were interrupted by Rin walking in casually, before eeping but not backing down, "what do you want?" Naraku growled, pulling Kaida's shell of a body to him.

"Sango and I want to do something," was all she said leaning her body against the door frame.

Naraku resisted every urge to roll his eyes as he pulled a vial from his kimono, "this is a potion that I found in our time. It will extract a part of someone's soul. I believe Sango knows how it works. Give this to her while you go into the village that Kaida resided in and gather the dirt and ash from the grave of the miko Kikyo. It should be at the shrine. Only a monk lives there, but he does have holy powers along with the training of a taijiya. You best be careful."

"Anything else Naraku?" Rin asked taking the vial.

"Yes tell Sango to come here for which part of the soul she must extract. And make sure that it doesn't look like you have defiled the grave. I don't want Inuyasha after me for not only his daughter but for Kikyo as well."

"Of course Naraku. And when I get back with the ash and dirt should I come here for further instruction?"

"Obviously Rin, now leave! I expect you back before sunset," he said before turing his attention back to his mate who had closed her eyes as the transformation back to hanyou took place. He smirked, 'I'll need to give her some of that potion but for now I will enjoy the control I have over her.'

Rin entered the chamber furthest away from Naraku where her and Sango chose to reside. She decided not to throw the vial, no need for Naraku to get mad while ripping into, I mean reaping in the benefits of his controlled mate. She instead handed it to Sango when she turned, "Naraku said you knew how this worked."

She smirked, "hai, did Naraku give who and which part he wanted?"

"He wants you to go to him and get that information. He is with Kaida at the moment so you better not let him wait for too long."

Sango shook her head and walked out the door heading back to Naraku's chamber. She stopped at the closed door and knocked, knowing what he might be doing. The gruff voice didn't surprise her, she was expecting him to be in a comparable position, "it's me Naraku. I just need to know who's soul and which part."

She heard a sigh and then Naraku's voice carried through the door, "that hanyou, Kagome. The part I need is the part that despises her family and everyone around her. The second part I need is Kikyo's memories. Before you argue I know that both exist in her. Somewhere in everyone's soul is the power to both hate and love someone. I want the part that hates. As for her memories, even Kagome doesn't know about that part of her. You know how it works now leave and don't come until your job is complete."

Sango sighed and departed with a run. As a human she did not have much power but she could still run and the boast from adrenaline sparked through her making her speed pick up. She had slight powers, 'kindly' given to her by Naraku so she could sense where the group was.

She turned her attention to the vial, the soul extractor as it was properly named. Why Naraku needed that part of the hanyou bitch who had caused her a lot of trouble she wouldn't know until Naraku had either succeeded or failed. Back with the senses that finally locked onto the group she noticed they were traveling relatively fast, probably departing from the village after the transformation back to hanyou had occurred, and it would be about another hundred or so miles before they stopped to rest. Just as well, Naraku hid everything from everyone and they had nothing to go on.

She was a fair distance ahead of the direction they were traveling and knowing women's obsession with being clean they would keep in this direction until finding a hot spring. Stopping in front of the chosen spot she placed a few in the water and whispered to the water what part of Kagome's soul she wanted. She then stood and waited. If they didn't stop she would just make them stop with an attack.
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Rin landed on the shrine steps and walked to the grave site. It didn't have a barrier around out and she was slightly thankful for that, killing a monk was not on her list of things to do today. She'd kill him when asked but not until then.

She took the urn and placed it in the satchel she had grabbed from her room. Sighing she took out another vial and took some of the dirt from the miko's grave. She patted the dirt, the grave looking untouched except for the missing urn but that wasn't a problem. Naraku would be done with what he wanted by the time it was noticed that her ashes were missing.
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Kagome and Tama entered the clearing where the hot spring was while their mates and pups fixed camp and caught dinner. They had traveled a fair distance, around 100 miles, with both Tama and Kagome riding on their mates' back. Kagome couldn't sense the jewel so all they had to go on was Ryu's connection to Kaida and even that was wavering.

The jewel that hung from Kagome's neck glowed as Kagome slid into the water, "Tama-chan, it was nice that you and Kouga-kun decided to help us," she paused feeling something pull from deep within her as she submerged in the water but the feeling disappeared so she pushed it out of her mind.

Tama had noticed the change in her friend but she too pushed it out of her mind as they cleaned themselves. The feeling didn't come back until Kagome stepped out of the water, drying herself. She felt tired and couldn't figure out why. She had got sleep last night, and hadn't been running, just sitting on Inuyasha's back having a semi-light conversation with Tama trying to forget why they were running. Even in the short fight with Sango that had occurred she hadn't fought.

She turned back to where Tama had stopped and saw something she wished she would never see again, a soul. Her skin turned white, which was amazing because she was flushed just a minute ago from the heat of the water, "Inu... Inuyasha!" she screamed, making Tama cover her ears in pain.

Inuyasha crashed through the woods and looked around, skipping over the fact that Tama had submerged herself in the water when Kagome had cried out for him, "what is it Kagome?" He looked at where she pointed with a shaking finger and blinked, "is that, it's a soul. Who's?"

"I, don't, know," she said trying to see if the smell of death was in the air, "Kikyo is dead. She's back in hell. Right?"

Inuyasha nodded watching the soul float away until he had to catch Kagome who had fainted from fatigue. He sighed picking up his mate and sniffed, noting that Sango was here awhile ago. This was not good. It was not good at all.
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Naraku rose from the futon where Kaida laid looking content for what activities they had just performed. He sensed when Rin had returned and now Sango had entered the manor as well. He pulled on a kimono and walked out to get everything in order.

He had already started to bake the ash and dirt, making the whole place reek of such things. He walked into the room where it was baking and noted it was starting to harden. Pulling out another vial, one that would mask the scent of the body except to a very trained nose, such as Inuyasha or Sesshomaru, he poured it in.

Sango came and handed him the pouch that held the soul of Kagome, the parts he wanted that is. He nodded, "thank you Sango, you have done well. Now give Kaida a bath and extract the part of her soul that I control, her mating instinct. Then knock her unconscious, I don't need her awake yet. After that is done bring me her and her soul.

Sango nodded, she actually like Kaida, she turned Naraku's nerves and hated him about as much as Rin and her. That and she gave her a run for her money in a fight. She would hate to have to kill her. It was all falling into place as she woke the controlled hanyou up, "come on, you must want a bath."

She led Kaida to the washroom and added the few drops of potion to the water, whispering which part of her soul was needed by Naraku. Kaida's mind reeled as she tried to stop her controlled body from entering the poisoned water.

*RYU! Damnit Ryu do something! Please! You have to help me! I don't have any control on my body! Please listen, hear me!* In her mind she was tearing, hysterical as she smelt the death that hung through the manor, the potion in the water. Naraku wanted something from her but what. Her body was just smiling at Sango, stepping into the water that poisoned her mind. She tried once more as she felt something in her weaken, *RYU!!!" the last part coming out as a scream before hiraikotsu caught the side of her head.

Sango sighed before picking up the hanyou girl. Something in her connected her to this hanyou. She had her soul now in the pouch and Kaida over her shoulder. Placing Kaida on the futon she saw Naraku place the clay body that he had created on the other futon. Both were unconscious. He took Kaida's soul and thanked Sango before shooing her away.

Naraku placed the two souls next to each other, mother and daughter not paying attention to one another because they played two different roles. Naraku smirked and with a blast of energy the two souls were merged together, into the perfect soul; Kikyo's memories, Kagome's hate for everyone and Kaida's mating instinct that had his mark.

He turned to the bodies, the two of his loves bodies. Yes he did grow attached to Kaida, she had a fire he wanted. Kikyo, though Onigumo wanted her and he was not him anymore, he grew to lust the miko. He had the soul, he had the body now he needed to do the last part, the soul exchange.