Captured

Pain. A whole lot of pain. Unsure as to what actually hurt more. His head aching to split open or his throat threatening to colapse with each labored breath. 'What the hell hap...' Images of the battle scenes rushed by so fast he barely managed to role over before throwing up.

Several minutes later and he was finally dry heaving in disgust at what had came out of his stomach. A big pile of oozing purple goo. And to make matters even more disturbing it was moving. Not very fast and not very far, but it was moving none the less. He was pretty sure of where its destination would end but he was more sure he was in no condition to follow just yet.

He shifted into a sitting position after his breathing leveled out and managed to look around the clearing to see that he was alone. His head continued to throb but his stomach ceased to hurt the moment his body had expelled the remaining miasma. Though he still felt weak and sore he was able to recall his memories without the dizzy, nausiating sensation as before.

They had just made camp and Inuyasha had 'gone to hunt'. Though he knew Kagome had felt Kikyos aura just as well as he had, she kept silent and let the Hanyou go without argument. Kirara just watched as he kept himself busy with building a fire as the girls went off to a nearby hot spring with Shippo. Only a few minutes had passed before they all came running back into the clearing. Kagome had sensed several jewel shards headed straight for them, and moving fast.

As they got battle ready Kagome convinced Shippo to take to the air and hunt down the Baka Inuyasha. Sango had quickly changed into her slayer outfit and Kirara was transformed and growling towards the North. The first Demon was shot with a purification arrow as soon as his head cleared the treeline. Then several more emerged right behind him and the battle had begun.

Sango released Hiraikotsu and managed to take out four of them before it returned. Kirara pounced on one of the bigger ones and started to tear it apart before another Demon jumped on her back. Kagomes arrow pierced its side, purifing its body before it could do any real harm to the Neko.

Several smaller Demons stayed out of range of Sangos weapon and ran towards him. He back tracked, leading them away from the girls before releasing his windtunnel and sucking them in with almost no effort. Before he could bind the sacred beads around his wrists even more of the lesser Demons ran at him. They forced him to the treeline directly across from where they had emerged before he managed to suck them into his windtunnel just as easily.

As soon as he looked to see his comrades progress he realized he had fallen into a trap. The Demons were only meant to lure him away and it had worked perfectly. Naraku now stood arrogantly across the clearing with a thick cloud of dark miasma surrounding his figure. He ran at the vile abomination with the promise of death drawing closer with every step.

His body slid into a dead stop a mere three feet from the Hanyou. His arm frozen in midmotion from releasing his cursed hand against its maker. There, just behind Naraku, Sango laid next to her weapon while Kagome was wrapped protectivly around the untransformed fire Neko. Dead or unconscious he couldnt be to sure of which.

"Just take the jewel shards and leave. You have no further business here Naraku!" Miroku felt so helpless. His only real weapon remained useless with his friends lying in its path. How could this of happened in just a matter of minutes? Why hadnt Sango used her mask? How could they have fallen so easily? It couldnt just be his miasma, it had never effected any of them like this before. Though his body was begining to sway just from the little bit of fumes he was inhaling.

"Acctually my business IS with the Onnas so I would advise you to retreat while you can. Unless you think you have a chance Monk." He laughed at Mirokus heated look. A few tenticles emerged from his back and slithered across the ground to wrap around Sangos limp body. He brought her to his side so Miroku could see his apendage grope the Slayer between her thighs.

Fueled by rage at Naraku daring to touch her in such a perverted way he attacked, only managing to hit the Hanyou with the end of his staff before more tenticles slammed his body into the ground. They wrapped tightly around his struggling form and raised him to face the Spider.

Naraku wiped the blood off his cheek and licked it from his finger before smirking at the Monk. "Ku..Ku..ku..that was the wrong thing to do Monk. Know that SHE will be the one to pay for it."

Miroku tried to retort only to be cut off when a tenticle forced its way into his mouth. His teeth did nothing to stop its downward path as it slithered into his stomach. Naraku cut his tenticle at Mirokus mouth and the end of it dissapeared down his throat as well.

Amused with the punishment, he released the ningen and turned away from the satisfaction of the strangled screams. After securing the two unconcious Onnas with his tenticles he then made his way back towards his castle. Completely confident that phase three of his plan would be just as easy and much more satisfying than phase two had been. As he continued on his long path he kept his mind busy with erotic positions he would maneuver the Slayer into. Of course he wanted the Miko, but his devious scheme wouldnt allow him the pleasure of her body just yet. To much was at stake even if he were just to taste her...So the Slayer would be used for a distraction while his pets tended to the Miko.

It was so painful...so revolting...so...it was just downright horrid to have something so grotesque wiggling around freely inside his belly. Only able to suck at air inbetween gags of disgust as the flesh fought fervently to stay down. It moved rebeliously against his hands on his abdomain as he tried to help push it up. Then it flexed and constricted, sending a monsterous amount of pain through his body. That had been the last moment he could recall before falling unconcious.

He looked at the slow crawling goo once more, deciding to praise the Kamis for creating him with stomach acid. He could think of nothing else that would have disintegrated Narakus tenticle to this level. Or he was just lucky and the body part started dying with its Master no longer in range.

Before he could decide what his next steps should be an angry Hanyou was dropped directly in front of him. Kirara landed next to him with Shippo jumping off her back and bombarding him with questions.

"Miroku! Are you okay? Wheres Mama? Wheres Sango? What happened after I left?..What...What is that smell?" The Kitsun waited impatiently for his answers, incapable of holding still while he held his nose.

Miroku began to explain everything he could recall while he glared at Inuyasha who was sitting where he had been dropped. Seeing Shippo run off to investigate the goo he finished with, "We would of had a better chance if you hadnt run off with Kikyo. And where exactly did you go? You should have sensed those Demons and come running back to help!"

His ears flatened in shame at the accusatory tone but his voice answered defensively, almost angry. "She asked me to take her somewhere so we could talk."

"What was so important that you had to leave so far away from this area?" He had a bad feeling about the undead Miko luring him away just moments before they were attaked. Except he wouldnt say anything to the Hanyou until he had more evidence.

"She wanted to go somewhere familiar. Where we had memories." Miroku stayed silent, letting his eyes tell Inuyasha to explain further. After a pregnant pause he finally continued. "It was a cave we had shared a lifetime ago...She had taken shelter there during a rainstorm and I had followed ready to kill her and take the Shikon Jewel. Instead, I ended up spending the entire night with her...just talking. .." His eyes became distant and emotional from the memory. "When she woke at dawn I was already outside hiding up in a tree. When she left to go back to the village...I realized I wanted to follow her...but not just because of the jewel anymore."

A long pause ensued before Miroku finally spoke. "So she wanted you at the cave to remember you loved her?" At the nod from the Hanyou he asked, "So you plan to finally tell Kagome you chose Kikyo after we rescue them?"

"No.." The rest of what he might have said was cut off as Miroku stood and yelled at him. "You need to quit pulling her around! She doesnt deserve to be treated like some love struck annoyance that never had a chance! "

"You dont understand I-" Inuyasha stood only to be poked in the chest by a very angry priest.

"No you dont understand! She is like a sister to me and you need to-"

"I love her.."

"Its past time to tell Kagome that! She deserves to know so she will stop waiting around hoping-"

"I love Kag...Kagome..." his ears were flatened once more but out of embarrassment as he intentionally avoided eye contact. "I told Kikyo that I chose Kagome...That I was sorry we couldnt be anything but friends anymore...that I wasnt going to follow her to Hell..."

He was utterly shocked at Inuyashas confession. After all those nights he had ran off to go to Kikyo. After everything he had put Kagome through...but he had finally made a choice...and a damn good one at that.

"I would have been here sooner but she started crying..."

"That tends to happen when ones heart has been broken."

"Your saying I should have stayed there and mated with her?" He was angry at Mirokus statement, he thought he had made the right choice.

"What I am saying is you must bear the consequences of your actions." Inuyasha remained silent at his words, wondering if Kikyos crying would be the worst of it

Deciding to handle the more pressing matter, Miroku slapped him hard on the back in a congratulatory gesture saying, "What do you say we go rescue our lovely ladies and tell them of our undying love?"

At that thought and the knowledge of a comming battle his stature changed into something more optimistic. "Definatly! Do you know which way he left?"

"Well I thought I might have seen him leave that way." He pointed to the west. "But the rest of his tenticle is headed that way." He pointed more Northwest, towards the treeline where Shippo and Kirara had tracted it down. The Neko was steadily growling at it in her smaller Demon form while Shippo kept poking it with a stick.

"Keh...it will take forever to follow that nasty thing around. Im going to run scout ahead and see if I can pick up any scents." Without another word he was gone and Miroku decided to join the other two praying to the Kamis the girls were alright. He wondered if they should hunt down Sesshoumaru since their path was leading them dangerously close to his territory.

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