Wow, it's been a while...sorry! I am now in college and man it has kept me busy. Good news is the next few chapters after this are already half-written, so I should be able to get them out this summer(keeping in mind I have summer classes as well...ugh). I do love this fanfiction and hope to be able to put that complete status on it one day.

Inuyasha was getting closer, he could smell it. He could smell Naraku. His smell was followed by the smell of that wind sorceress who had taken Kameko away on a feather and then the very faint smell of Kameko herself.

Why was her smell so much fainter than the other two? He wondered. No matter. Naraku had probably attempted to mask her smell. But it didn't make a difference, for as long as Inuyasha could smell that monster Naraku he knew was going to kill him. And then he would get Kameko back.

There was a sudden gust of wind and Inuyasha felt himself knocked off his feet and spun high into the air. It was the wind sorceress, the woman with the blood red eyes and dancer's kimono. As his body was flung into the air he could see her using a fan to control the winds. Her delighted smirk only angered him. He jumped out of the funnel of wind and landed before her on the ground, flexing his claws in preparation for battle.

"My, it's the little half demon. I've been waiting for a chance to fight with you ever since our last meeting.. You remember me don't you?" she asked and smiled. "I was the one who took your girlfriend away."

Inuyasha emitted a low growl from the back of his throat. He pulled out his tetsusaiga and held it at her in warning.

"Tell me where Kameko is!" he shouted.

She merely chuckled. "Now, now, let's not get too hasty here. We haven't even introduced ourselves yet," she let her fan open a couple folds behind her back. "My name is Kagura. I'm the wind sorceress."

And with her greeting she whipped out her fan.

"Dance of the Dragon!"

Inuyasha gasped as five tornadoes formed from her fan and came at him. Who was this woman? And why was she so powerful?

Kagura was definitely formidable. There was no denying it as Inuyasha struggled to keep himself from being tossed around like a ragdoll in her mighty winds. He didn't have time for this! Where was Naraku? Why was this woman fighting for him? That coward needed to come out and fight Inuyasha himself.

"Dance of Blades!"

Knowing what was coming, Inuyasha jumped out of the way as the giant spinning wind blades flew out in all directions. She unleashed another Dance of Blades the second his feet touched the ground, forcing him to jam the Tetsusaiga blade-first into the dirt and use it as a shield.

This was getting old fast. Where was that jerk of a demon Naraku? Inuyasha needed to stop dodging the wing sorceress' attacks and end it now. He could smell Naraku and Kameko.

"I must admit I'm a bit disappointed," said Kagura in a mock disappointed tone. "I was expecting more of a fight from the famous half demon."

Growling, Inuyasha pulled his fanged sword out of the ground and raised it high above his head for his most powerful technique.

"Wind scar!" he shouted at the top of his lungs as he swung his sword at Kagura and a yellow light lit up the battlefield.

Through the bright light the hanyou could hear the pained scream of the wind sorceress as she took on the full brunt of his wind scar. When the light faded the woman stood—barely—with her eyes shooting daggers at him. Her dancer kimono was full of large rips and tears from the wind scar,

It was over. He had won.

"Naraku! Show yourself you cowardly demon!"

"There is no need to shout Inuyasha. I am right here," said Naraku as he stepped out from behind Kagura.

The wind sorceress's red eyes glared at Naraku. "You could have warned me about the wind scar."

He didn't even bother to look at her. "I needed to test out his powers before finishing him off. You did what I sent you for."

Kagura huffed and looked away, knowing better than to say what she was thinking. Naraku pretended not to notice and focused back on Inuyasha.

"Tell me where Kameko is!" Inuyasha demanded.

To no surprise, Naraku just smirked, enjoying the moment. If he had known that taking away Kameko would devastate the annoying half demon so much he would have done so a lot sooner. Just looking at Inuyasha the effect was obvious. In his eyes he held the guilt he felt from her capture and the infinite desperation to get her back like an open scroll. How weak he actually turned out to be, Naraku thought, This girl has caused him to give in to his human half too much and now he has let himself become so pathetic.

This weakness, of course, he saw as the opposite as what he had done with his feelings for Kikyo. He had thrown away as much of his human form as he could for the powers of thousands of demons.

The two mere half demons both desired to use the shikon jewel to become a full-fledged demon, and yet the paths they had taken couldn't be more different.

That evening assignments came for Kohaku and I. Two poisonous wasps flew down from the quickly darkening skies and buzzed before our faces. The two of us knew what this meant, as this happened often. The wasps world be our guide to an area rumored to have a jewel shard and it was then our job to bring it back to the evil overlord himself(aka Naraku).

"Oh come on! I'm tired. First Naraku makes us walk through a forest to a still unknown destination all day, and now he wants me to follow the bumble bee to get jewel shards? Falafel! Can't we get a good night's sleep first?" I suggested hopefully.

Unfortunately, the wasps felt no sympathy and simply started flying ahead, expecting to be followed. I groaned, then stopped short as I realized they were going in different directions. Opposite directions to be exact. I didn't like that, being in the dark forest at night never did sit well with me.

"Can't we go get both jewel shards together? One after the other?"

But the buzzing poisonous insects showed no indication of having heard me and continued on their way. I turned to Kohaku for an indication of what to do.

"They're right, if we separate the job will get done faster."

I should have known that the ever loyal puppet boy would take their side. I gave Kohaku a quick hug before running after my wasp guide. Once I had caught up and slowed to a walk I let myself glance over my shoulder and watch as Kohaku's back melted into the dark foliage. Was this really a good idea?

It was at least another two hours of walking before I first started to feel the presence of the jewel shard. My feet had gone from aching to numb half an hour ago and at some point I had started trudging, letting my feet drag in the dirt. Upon sensing the shard I picked up the pace and walked ahead of the wasp. I no longer needed a guide, but it stayed with me just the same. Naraku always had to have something supervising me. It made me feel like a prisoner, which I guess I kind of was. Was that ok if it was to repay a debt?

Suddenly, about an extra half hour of walking later, my sense of the shikon shard rapidly increased. That proved that a demon had gotten ahold of it. Yay, more work for me. Wait a second, it wasn't just one jewel, it was two! Why had Naraku sent me alone to fetch two? And these shards were approaching faster and faster. What kind of demon could move so quickly? Maybe it could fly.

I tilted my head up at the black skies strewn with stars. Would I be able to take an attack from above? With the full moon as my only light source I wasn't so sure.

I started to run towards the direction of the two shards, looking up every so often to check the skies. If the demon was racing to me then I had to face it head on. Whichever one of us saw the other first would automatically get the advantage, and I needed that advantage.

It was time. I could sense the shards right ahead of me. Closer…closer…now! All of a sudden the buzzing noise that had been by my side for the past few hours ended. I found the poisonous wasp dead on the ground, its body cut in half. Frantically, I whipped my head around in search of my opponent as the image of my body cut in half flashed through my mind. Nothing. No one. Just darkness. My hand gripped the hilt of my sword. My eyes skimmed the surrounding trees.

Just when I looked to the skies the sound of rushing wind came from behind the trees. Had Kagura been sent to help me? Man I hoped so.

A miniature tornado almost twice as tall as me finally emerged from the darkness. And it was coming for me at full speed! I pulled out my sword for defense but the twister knocked it out of my hands and stopped in front of me. The harsh winds faded instantly and left before me a wolf demon clutching my hands in his.

"Kameko, my love. Our time spent apart has been too long."

Wait…WHAT?

"Not to worry my dear Kameko, I killed off that pesky wasp for you. Now don't deny it, once you felt the jewel shards and realized I was coming you couldn't wait to see me so you ran to me as fast as you could. Well now I'm here for you my love."

Kameko's right eye twitched. She was majorly confused over the recent turn of events. A fight to the death with a demon was what she expected, not a proclamation of love.

"Liking the new look by the way, you come across some ninja village or something?"

First thing first, she pulled her hands out of his and took a step back. There was still the slight possibility of a trap. She couldn't let her guard down.

But Koga paid no notice to her actions, as he was used to it from previous visits. Still, there was something different this time. The absence of a certain silver haired mutt boy.

"So where's your mutt Kameko?" he asked as he did a quick search of the surrounding area with his super speed. "Usually he'd be furious with jealousy by now and throwing empty threats at me."

"Who?"

Koga froze. Had he really just heard that? That one word sounded like a fantasy.

"Uh no one, nevermind. Forget I said anything about anyone."

He needed a moment to figure this out. It had been bothering him before, but now he finally took full notice of it. The wolf demon snatched up her wrist and sniffed it, then walked around her and sniffed her hair. It was common knowledge to any wolf demon that the hair always held the most smells for the longest time. Most accurate way to know where someone has been recently and what they ate for dinner last night. Wait a second, why did she smell so strongly of Naraku?

Kameko punched him in the shoulder and picked up her sword.

"Explain yourself demon."

The sword was knocked out of her grip and landed blade in the ground twenty feet away. It was then she realized that he had the strength to kill her off anytime he wanted. So why hadn't he yet?

"What has Naraku done to you?" he asked, slightly worried.

"Why do you care?"

Koga looked confused now.

"Do you not remember who I am?"

"I don't remember anything!" she shouted into his face. Koga took a step back to give her space.

This was not good. Koga could deduce from the situation that Naraku had somehow succeeded in capturing Kameko and completely wiping her mind of all memories. She couldn't remember anything. Not him. Not even Inuayasha.

Wait...

She couldn't even remember Inuyasha.

Koga smiled and stepped back up to her.

"Well don't you worry anymore dollface!"

"Dollface?"

"I can help you get your memory back. You see, we knew each other before Naraku captured you."

Kameko raised an eyebrow. "I think I'd remember someone so abnoxious."

Koga dismissed the insult and continued. In fact, he grab her hand and kissed the top of it ever so gently. She pulled it away immediately of course, wiping the back of her hand on her pants.

"I understand that you may not remember my dear, but you are my bride."

Koga looked deep into her eyes and gave a her a smile. The moon shined upon them and some random birds sang a swwet tune.

This moment of almost romance lasted no longer than second.

"Yeah, there is just no way," Kameko spun around an headed for the trees.

"Wait!" The wolf demon begged and grabbed her arm. "Do you really not remember me at all?"

Kameko was forced to look at him again, if only to tell him to let go.

"Do you remember anything?"

"Yes, as a matter of fact I do. I just remembered today that I have a little brother back home, wherever home may be."

"Is that it? Anything else?"

"Well...there's this man in red who I met earlier. And when I say 'met' I mean he tried to kidnap me. I can't seem to get his face out of my head though."

"I see."

Kameko saw a mixture of frustration and sadness pass over his face.

"Kameko, my dear. Let just me try something." Koga bent forward.

"Wha-?"

Before Kameko could finish her question he kissed her. When he pulled back she just stood there, redfaced and speechless.

"Did you feel anything? Remember anything?"

Kameko met his eyes for a brief second before looking away guiltily.

"No. I'm sorry, but I feel nothing for you right now. It might be because of the memory loss."

Koga quickly covered the pained look on his faced with a fake smile. He knew memory loss wasn't the reason. She would always choose Inuyasha over him.

"No worries my dear Kameko! I will help you get your memories back and out get out of that Naraku's clutches. But first," Koga turned around and pretended to look for his friends. "I'm afraid I left my two companions behind the mountain over there. I'll go retrieve them and be back by tomorrow morning. Good bye my love, try not to miss me too much. And stay away from Naraku!"

With that he was gone, off in a tornado just as quickly as he had come. In all reality he could have taken Kameko with him, but he didn't want her to see him like this. Never before had his heart felt so torn apart. He was willing to do anything for her, but even when she couldn't remember Inuyasha she stilled loved that mutt more that she would ever love him.

Wanted to let Koga have a moment, poor guy. I always felt a bit sorry for him on the show.

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