Eternal Rage

Chapter One Begining Of The End

By Inuyashas Youkai

Heavily steaming mists billowed into the air ,mingling within the groupings of trees encircling the hot spring,where muffled voices rose above the gentle current of the babbling brook,that overflowed into it. Sango and Kagome settling within the soothing waves luring them the temptation to the relief from their foul scented taunt forms.

After their last run in with another demon seeking possesion of the power ,from the Shikon Jewel. Only to endure that of another confrontation from their hanyou companion that folllowed,and the only reason his argument lost was due to the effects of the horrid smell to his sensitive nose. It had been true that everyone had been on edge ,and that didn't exclude Inuyasha's overprotectiveness run full force lately with the uprise of demons out for the jewel.

Secondly with whatever his senses had picked up afterwords had soon appeared on his face through a particular look on his face .The look that always come upon his features ,for a brief moment before disappearing into a blank,and emotionless mask. This hid the original emotions to the unexpected presence of another,from the others in the visit from Kikyo ,his past ,lost lost love. The one when she came always brought the look of devastation,being torn, and lost from within his eyes. It also brought the almost abrupt,strange, disappearance of said hanyou,and the knowing heartache from the woman left behind ,that always followed.

This said woman never showed the feelings that resulted from the hanyou's departure to go to Kikyo,not anymore. Kagome masked them well behind the facod wall that she placed around herself ,but only Sango knew better. Kagome was like her sister,her best friend,and she knew of the hurt Kagome felt even past those blank chocolate eyes. The blank expression Kagome wore for the shortest of time before returning to her normal happy self. Over the past few months ,Unbeknownst to said hanyou or the perverted monk ,Kagome had accepted Kouga's intent to become Kouga's mate.

Only Sango knew, although she knew why, Kagome was taking those actions,she just didn't know why she was hiding them. Maybe deep down she mused that if they others knew it would only make things worse when their hanyou friend got whiff of it,tried to talk her out of the road she was taking , and in the end not be able to go through with it . Due to reasons of their own ,for Kagome's sake something had to change or else she would'nt be able to help anyone ,or anything.

A couple weeks ago, Kagome and Sango had came upon Kagura and that evil foreseeing baby that had taken her captive previously to darken her soul,and to corupt the jewel. Granted this time they only had Kagome briefly before they even allowed Sango to interfere. How they gave in so easily when they could've taken her ,thankfully it wasn't the case,but it was strange. However , not after the very voice spoken the harsh words of truth that up to this point remained unspoken.

"Seems like the girl's soul has become darker without our help. Soon she will be well on our side to taint the jewel with the darkness looming within her she means to or not. "

Ever since then Kagome changed,and even went as far in making Sango swear that nobody else would know of these events . In turn Kagome would make it so that none of which was said by the incarnations of Naraku would never take place even if it killed her. After returning from the springs for their nightly talks, joking around, and fine tuning the plan that they both put in place,they both both took their spots near the warmth of the burning embers ,inviting them.

While Miroku,Sango , and Kagome were enjoying each others company was the time that Kikyo had chosen to return ,not to speak with the hanyou ,but to her, Kagome. Miroku and Sango,regardless of Kikyo's words promising not to harm her ,or Kagome's assurances that she could in fact protect herself,followed. Within a short period of time the trio was informed that what they spoke of wouldn't be interupted because Kikyo had sent Inuyasha on a errand for during at this point ,Sango and Miroku learned their was no was they could stop what was already started,and with her soul collectors now firmly wrapped around Kagome,they were trapped.

This is when they knew what Kagome had planned was stretched far beyond what the girls had already discussed ,and it kinda confused Sango. From the look within Kikyo's face ,her eyes ,Kagome knew what the image in front of her wanted ,she always did. Therefore before Kikyo had a chance to speak ,Kagome answered the questions unspoken.

"Kikyo , I do know my place so you will no longer have me to try and stop you,cause I won't. What you and Inuyasha chose to do isn't my business any longer, it is yours,and as long as he's happy.I will let him go .All I truely want anymore is the friendship that I began with,after its all said and done,that is all I am leaving with . I will leave to stand where I belong ,to stand with Kouga ,and where I am wanted. I cannot afford the consequences if I choose otherwise. I only wish the both of you well."

"Kagome!"Sango gasped in surprise in how much she was telling ,and to whom

"Huh?"Miroku confusedly asked.

" I am surprised ,so my words to you have finally took in that small brain of yours .Although I am discusted that you would even give yourself to that of a demon but as long as I won't have you stepping in to taking what's mine,it don't matter. We will see each other very soon" Kikyo mocked then left

The next thing Kagome knew was the intense rush that usually came before the carrier of two jewel shards breezed in with a trail of dust folllowing behind him,to stand in front of Kagome growling.

"Kouga?"

"I sensed your anger, and fear, then I smelt that dead woman nearby .So I felt my presence was needed to protect my woman ! Are you okay Kagome?" Kouga cockily asked.

I am Fi..." Kagome started before she found to be interupted once again by a irate hanyou.

"What do ya think doing ya mangy mutt?" Inuyasha seethed

"Shit!" Kagome tiredly dragged out shit

" Dammit!" Sango sighed

"Oh no ,Crap!"Miroku followed

Before anyone said anymore , without sitting the rather confused ,pissed hanyou, like she wanted to ,instead by the ear Kagome dragged off that of her secret mate Kouga,and left three confused ,gaping at the mouth bystanders. The way it was done further shocked them ,it was a way a mate would repremand another,following with a whining yelp .Although the situation left the hanyou unsat , and the wolf he detested got punished instead ,Inuyasha found himself feeling amused and frightened to its meaning ,all at once.

The trio remained quiet while listening to the sounds from the recently departed argument beyond the trees .Alot of it was muffled except for the loud crashes and banging ,with the yips that followed. As soon as the soft footfalls were returning to where they were the three rushed back to where they were before she left,so they weren't next to recieve her wrath.

When Kagome came back to find Sango, and Miroku laughing softly ,and a confused half demon scowling scrutinately at her. The young miko walked slowly past the three ,only to stop a few steps after..

"Inuyasha ,will you walk with me? " Kagome asked tensely

"Um sure, let's go." Inuyuasha cheerfully accepted uncertaintly while following his secret infactuation into the trees.

Once the wondered out of earshot ,Kagome paused,took a deep breath ,and released it before turning towards him again. Something in the way she looked at him irked him in a way,to the realization that whatever she had to say, would be something that he wouldn't like. From the taunt shoulders leading to the tight fists at her sides ,that kept clenching and unclenching,as she continued to relax herself. Then Inuyasha came to look deeply into her eyes,sheen with unspilled tears ,reflecting the love, the hurt ,that she obviously not speaking of for him.

With slow fluid-like motion, Kagome walked forward to close the gap between hands fell at the sides of his handsome face lightly as the hanyou closed his eyes. After they were closed , one hand rose to his ears to rub them softly, and earning her a soft rumbling purr. While the other fell to the subjugation necklace .Closing her eyes,joining him in his silent peace,while chanting the words , releasing him from the holding spell,and severing the only remaining object that solified their bond to one another. After she finished ,Kagome opened her eyes to find his still closed, and finding only him mumbling something that sounded like a muffled whine.

Placing that thought aside, Kagome wrapped her fingers that were laying across the weathered beads ,gripping them tightly,then began to left them from his head. Before Kagome made them lift off of his chest her path was blocked by the clawed hand that firmly held hers in a weakened and broken voice, that differed from that of his own ,Inuyasha spoke with a shake of his head.

"Please Don't" Inuyasha croaked with tears in his pleading amber eyes

"Inuyasha before it's too late .I have too. I don't want to be the one in the way ,holding you captive from the very thing that makes you happy. It's cruel for me to do ..So I am letting you go ,setting you free to do no longer have to be afraid of being sat anymore. My heart isn't in it anymore .I can no longer pretend"

"Bullshit Kagome!No please, Don't do this !Your not in the way of anything ..Please don't leave me ! You promised that you'd stay by my side"

"Inuyasha the only thing that's changed is that I no longer have the power to subdue that you'll have the freedom to leave mine."

With that said ,Kagome ,while the hanyou was in a stupified daze and frozen with the fear of loosing Kagome ,the said woman lifted and reached her hand, with the necklace ,before giving him a hug,then continued to head back to those waiting for 's words within her embrace echoed into his mind for a moment.

"Goodbye Inuyasha ,you are now free find whatever makes you happy ,without any interference from me .Kikyo was right and I am sorry for that ,I kept it from you for so long . I will step down to assume ,what is my place,and where I belong,here in the Feudal Era. I will remain by your side until this is finally over ,and then I will resume my place as Kouga's mate. "

It was at that puny wolf's name that something inside him broke and with that a feral growl resounded from within his chest ,at the retreatig form of Kagome.

"Wench ! Get back here I am not done tallking to you !Kagome! Dammit! The hell you will over my dead cold body will I standby and give you away to a mangy wolf!" Inuyasha screamed violently to get back the attention of his secret intended, before Sango tried and blocked his path.

Move out of my way Sango or else I can't promise you what I would do to you in this state ,when you are seen as a threat!" Inuyasha huskily threatened with his bloodied red glare aimed back at her ,with her claws flexed ready to attack.

"Just hear me out Inuyasha there are many things at work here that you don't understand,things that we haven't told you."

"What? THINGS! Sango?"

"I know that things aren't to your liking .I was a little hesitant myself until I knew everything,but in the end she's doing this for you as well as herself."

"Sango,what are you not telling me?" Inuyasha spoke within tones telling Sango of his loosing battle within himself to his more instinctual demonic side.

Although before Sango had a chance to answer ,a scent nearby pushed the hanyou passed the point of no return ,where his human side was lost to his demon's fury. Before Sango knew what was happening she found that the raging demon had made his move. Sango found herself being knocked to the side ,and thrown unconscious against a nearby tree. Quickly arriving before the two causing such vile smell combination,and merging together past his nose,the hanyou turned demon rushed into the alcove where Kouga was consoling a distraught as ,soon Inuyasha in his new form visciously knocked Kouga away from his sought mate with a maddening growl.

The wolf pushed Kagome out of harms way before rushing back to attack his claws against Inuyasha .Like rambid animals they tore at each other within the fast motions creating a blur of red, silver, and brown. Kagome stood as time began to stand still when she became fearfully entranced ,with her close following of her more distinctive to detail ,to her eye sight. Without a second thought to end the raging demons fight to destroy each other ,Kagome ran forth between the the blur of colors to attempt to stop them,knowing that nothing else would stop them ,both were to far gone.

Kagome opened her her tauntly closed eyes, that were closed when entering the debris of the boys making ,when she suddely felt escrutiating pain. Their fighting had ceased when they caught the scent of Kagome's blood. Looking between them laid a nearly conscious Kagome,laying in her own blood ,with her claws surrounded by her flesh and caught within their mid-swipe. Slowly removing themselves from her wounds made across her now bloodied body. Knowing that her time was short ,Kagome raised her red coated hands slightly to grasp both of their hands into one of hers.

"Fuck ,Kagome why?" Kouga whispered

"Ka Ka Gome? Please hold on ! Let me help you?" Inuyasha whined , while carefully picking up Kagome's broken body into a loving embrace,to move so he could find her help before he lost her.

"No time, please stop and listen both of you .." Kagome spoke between coughs pushing blood from her fatal injuries ,rushing past her lips.

A faint glow of pink surrounded Kouga ,Inuyasha ,and Kagome,and the rough shaking of her body within his tightened embrace, only proved what was to come,while Inuyasha openly Kagome's movement stilled her tired eyes found devastated amber.

"Don't cry Inuyasha aren't you the one that always telling me not to cry"Kagome rasped then holding out within her freed hand from Kouga ,the completed Shikon Jewel .

"Shuddup Wench !" Inuyasha whispered from the crook of her neck.

"Is that what I think it is?" Kouga asked shocked

"The Shikon Jewel .Yes .I sacrificed what I had left to call it back to its guardian and I think I just about have enough left to take it away from this world ,to purify it before I go .

" I need you Kagome Don't you see Please don't go Don't leave me" Inuyasha begged frantically nuzzling within her hair.

" Kagome , even though it hurts me to loose you .I know there's nothing I or anyone else can do to stop it but let me say that it was a pleasure knowing you in this life .I hope things are different the next time we meet in the next so I can finish what we started and complete my claim. "Kouga spoke in a hushed voice in attempt to calm the sorrow burrowed deeply within his intended.

Kouga then kissed her hand before pecking her in a sweet kiss on her lips while she was still in Inuyasha's lap ,and ensueing a knowing growl from Inuyasha .

"Don't Fight not now save it for Naraku as I will take the jewel .The only thing that I ask in return is to kill Naraku and to be happy after I am gone..Kouga may I have a moment ?" Kagome said before lowering the barrier to allow the wolf to step away abit but staying close.

"You know Inuyasha I don't mind if you want to go to her.?"

"Hmm?"

"Kikyo, over there by the others"

"No! Kagome ,Fuck that, I won't leave you ,not this time. I won't let you go alone .Not when it's ..Fuck ! I can't even say it!"

"When It's goodbye ?" Kagome whispered while bringing her bloodied hands against her cheek

"No! " Inuyasha wretched while sobbing with a quick nod in the affirmative

"Not you ! Anybody else but you ! Please Kami! Why are you doing this?"

"Oh Inuyasha ,it'll be okay I promise you " Kagome replied taking her other hand to rub his ears

"No I assure you it won't ...Your the only one who's taking a liking to my ears ..I wish their was something I could give you in return for what you been giving to me ." Inuyasha sobbed while pulling her tighter in his embrace.

"Just by being you Inuyasha, is enough for me..I love you Inuyasha "Kagome breathed her last words before she fell limp in Inuyasha's arms

"Kagome?Kagome! Noo! Kagome please ! Don't go ! Not yet please! " Inuyasha begged before crushing his lips upon her bloody ones,not caring bout anything else.

The light from the jewel overcame the area for a moment before disappearing ,leaving a pale purified pink dust,from the Shikon Jewel ,scattering in the wind,from her exposed hand. The hanyou frantically grabbed her hand and placed kisses on her open palm , begining with whining yips for her to wake,but they went unheard. Slowly rising to stand while ignoring Kikyo's complaints, and the other sobbing companions of Miroku, Sango,and Kouga. Inuyasha blanked them out ,and only concentrating on the woman within his hold.

"Inu ..Yasha?" Sango's voice quivered through his ears and caused said hanyou to pause and to raise towards her to stop.

Inuyasha then made a swift shake of his head in the negative ,then began walking a few steps before the knowledge of the truth within his living nightmare,crush him,encouraging him with a unknown force to fall on his knees with Kagome's body atill lightly cradled in his hanyou's body shook with violent sobs as the voice inside him ,confirmed it's horrible truth spoken from his demon counterpart.

"Mate Gone.."

Sango and Miroku walked to either side to lay a comforting hand on his shoulder . The dazed hanyou in a swift move ,so nobody would stop him, leaned in into the groove of her neck and bit down ,sinking his fangs deeply into her flesh. Once he allowed the demon within take control over his body ,clamping down on the supple bloody flesh ,marking her as his. After some time had passed Inuyasha released her neck ,only to seal the wound with a whisk of his tongue.

"Inuyasha !What? Do you know what you have done?" Sango gasped

TBC...