Ch18

The next morning Hakudoshi took a bath and put his clothes back on he walked into the kitchen to see Hina and Hiroshi finishing breakfast. "Good morning." Hakudoshi says to them.

"Oh good morning Hakudoshi, I hope you slept well." Hina says to him.

"Yes I did, thank you, but I have to get going I am sure my father isn't pleased with me right now." he says to her.

"I understand." Hiroshi says to him as places the plates on the table, along with t he chopsticks. Kain came into the kitchen. "Morning!" he says.

"Morning Kain." his mom and dad say to him.

"Hi Hakudoshi you ready to eat and then we can play?" Kain asks him.

"I can't, maybe another time, I better get going, nice meeting all of you." Hakudoshi tells them and walks out the kitchen and out the house. Kain ran out his house after him. "Hakudoshi wait!" Kain yelled.

Hakudoshi turned around to look at him. "What is it Kain?" he asked.

"Will you come back?" Kain asked him.

"I'll try." Hakudoshi tells him.

Kain ran over to him and hugged him, and then gave him a necklace. "Here keep this." he tell Hakudoshi.

Since Hakudoshi was getting use to these new feelings. "I'll see you Kain.' Hakudoshi tells him and runs out the village when he was far enough he formed his barrier and headed back toward the castle to face Naraku..

Naraku was sitting outside enjoying the fresh air when Kagura came back from spying on Inuyasha. "It seems that Kikyo is still filling their heads with hate fro Kagome." Kagura tells him.

"Hmm well it will be fun watching Kagome kill, Kikyo right before Inuyasha's eyes." he says.

"Hmm, I see Hakudoshi has yet to return." she says.

Naraku growled low in his throat and took out Kagura's heart and squeezed it, Kagura fell to her knees in agony.

Hakudoshi arrived back at the castle he heard Kagura screaming, that meant, Naraku wasn't in a good mood. He pushed open the gates and walked back to the garden where he saw Kagura's heart disappear.

"Finally back." Naraku said to him without looking in his direction.

"Yes I didn't find out anything about Inuyasha so I kept going." the young boy says to him.

"Is that so?" Naraku asked him as he stood up and walked down the steps to stand in front of Hakudoshi.

Hakudoshi lifted his head up and looked at Naraku. "Why didn't you come back when you saw there was nothing going on?" Naraku asked him.

Hakudoshi bit his bottom lip, "I decided to see what else I could find."he tells Naraku.

"Oh, so what did you find and don't lie to me." Naraku demands of him.

Hakudoshi turned his back on Naraku. "Do you think I won't strike you down you're not Akago." Naraku reminds him

"Yes I know,I am not him I am better than him, I am able to leave your side and see the world!" Hakudoshi yells at Naraku.

Naraku smiled and gabbed Hakudoshi by the back of his collar. "You're nothing but a detachment." he tells him.

For the first time Hakudoshi's feelings were hurt, he held back the tears as Naraku held him by his collar. Kagura stood up seeing what Naraku was doing to the boy.

Kagura went inside the castle and found Kagome in the kitchen with Cho. "Kagome can I speak to you for a second?" she asked her.

Kagome wiped her hands and walked over to Kagura."What is it?" Kagome asked her.

"Kagome I was wondering if you could look out for Hakudoshi, Naraku is extremely angry with him." she tells her.

"Why is he angry with him?" Kagome asked.

"He didn't return home until now, and Naraku is most likely going to beat him half to death." Kagura tells her.

Kagome's eyes widened and she walked passed Kagura and headed outside she skidded to a halt when she saw Naraku, getting ready to strike down Hakudoshi."Naraku!" she yelled out and ran over to the two.

Naraku looked over his shoulder to see Kagome. "Kagome what is wrong?" he asked her.

"What are you doing with Hakudoshi?" she asked him.

"I am teaching him a lesson for not returning home." Naraku tells her.

"Can't you just yell at him, and not hit him?" she asked.

Hakudoshi looked from Kagome and back to Naraku to see what he would do.

"He doesn't learn if I just yell at him."Naraku tells her.

"But he's a child, can't you let him off with a warning just this once?" Kagome asked him.

Naraku looked at Hakudoshi and let him go. "You're saved this time, next time you will be punished."

Hakudoshi walked over to Kagome"Thank you." he tells her and runs inside the castle.

"Maybe you should spend more time with him and he won't be this way." Kagome suggest to him.

Naraku scoffed at that idea, he didn't have the patience to spend time with Hakudoshi. "Kagome don't tel it bother you, he and I will never be but so nice to each other." Naraku tells her.

"Well come on, breakfast is ready." Kagome tells him and takes his hand in hers and leads him back inside the palace. Kohaku, Souta, and Shippo were now sitting at the table as Cho brought the food over, Kanna and Kagura walked in as well. Hakudoshi smelt the food and walked into the kitchen just as Naraku and Kagome came back in and sat down.

"After everyone is done eating, Kagome you're to continue your training, Hakudoshi you will stay inside and the rest of you're free until I say otherwise." Naraku tells them.

"Yeah I better get to it, soon be time to face Kikyo in and one on one battle."Kagome says as she looks at her plate.

"Kagome I will be by your side, you won't battle alone." Naraku assures her.

"I know, I just wish it was over soon, so everyone can go back to having a normal life." she says and begins eating her rice.

"Sis you'll do great, I believe in you." Souta tells her

"Thanks Souta." She says and continues to eat.

Hakudoshi kept quiet as he thought about the fun he had with Kain as he ate his breakfast. "My dear son where did you go the whole night?" Naraku asked him and took a sip of his tea.

"I told you before I just went out, I didn't want to come home."Hakudoshi tells him as he picks with his food.

"I know you're lying to me and you can be assured that I will find out, and when I d o you will be sorry."Naraku tells him.

"Naraku come on, he's turning int a teen of course he's not going to want to tell you everything."Kagome tells him.

Naraku finished his breakfast and wiped his mouth with the napkin. "I guess you're right my dear." he says as he keeps looking at Hakudoshi, he knew he wasn't going to get anywhere with Hakudoshi as long as Kagome was around.

Kagome finished her breakfast and wiped her mouth as well and stood up. "Okay I am going to train and I'll see you boys later."Kagome tells them and gets up from her seat and places the bowl in the sink before going out to practice her archery.

Naraku stood up and looked at Hakudoshi. "Come with me now." he says to him and walks out the room.

Hakudoshi sighed and stood up and followed Naraku out the room and down to his study. Hakudoshi walked in the room he stood still as he heard Naraku close the door.

"Now that Kagome isn't here to help you, you're not leaving this room until you tell me the truth." Naraku says to him and walks over to his desk and takes a seat.

"Why are you still asking me this, I told you I just didn't want t come home last night." he tells him.

"You have one more time to lie to me and you're going to find yourself in a world of pain." Naraku warns him.

"Fine, I went to a village and I met a boy and we became friends."Hakudoshi tells him.

Naraku smirked."See that wasn't so hard, now tell me all about him." Naraku says to him.

"No, you'll hurt him." Hakudoshi says to him..

"What makes you think that, my goal is to kill Kikyo." Naraku tells him

"Please just leave him alone." Hakudoshi says to him as he walks over to the desk with his head down.

"You finally have someone you care for." he says to Hakudoshi.

"Yes."Hakudoshi says to Naraku.

"Tell you what, if you do what I tell you to do, I won't bother Kain."Naraku says to him with a glimmer in his red eyes.

Hakudoshi gasped. "That's right I can read your thoughts or have you forgotten that?" Naraku asks him.

"I haven't forgotten, I'll do what you want." He tells Naraku.

"Good, now why don't you go and keep, Kohaku and Souta company."Naraku says to him.

Hakudoshi nodded his head and walked out the room closing the door behind him.

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