I DO NOT own Inuyasha or any of the characters! This awesome world was created by Rumiko Takahashi! I love it! This takes place after episode 47 where Kagome spots Inuyasha and Kikyo and she goes home and plans to never return and Inuyasha says that Kikyo is it for him and because of that he can't ask Kagome to come back to him because that would be wrong of him to ask her that. This kind of takes place after the beginning of episode 48 when she is lying in bed. Now enjoy!
Threatened Into His Arms
Chapter One
|Kagome|
Tears were threatening to gush from my eyes as I thought back to what had just happened. Inuyasha went and saw Kikyo.
He will always choose Kikyo. I can't compete. She gave him her life while I'm still living, I thought to myself.
Pools of wetness irritated my face as they soaked my silky pink pillow. My arms were wrapped around it as if it was my lifeline.
But it's not my lifeline. Inuyasha is—was. I mentally corrected myself. I can't go back to him, not after he chose Kikyo and stared at me like he was going to reject me right there like what we had was nothing…But our relationship really isn't it anything compared to Kikyo's shadow.
A purple sparkle caught the corner of my eye and my stomach sunk as I came to the realization that it was three little Jewel Shards in the little glass jar on my desk. They were practically mocking me.
There was a soft knock on my door before Souta abruptly came in. "Hey Sis, there's some guy at the door looking for you."
Frowning I pushed myself up from weeping position and looked to my brother. Souta was clearly shocked by the trace of tears on my skin.
"What happened, Sis? Are you hurt?"
"It's not Hojo?" I asked knowing that if it was, Souta would have said so.
He shook his head. "No, I didn't ask what his name was. He looked a little older than someone you would know, but he asked for Kagome," He shrugged.
Momentarily forgetting about Inuyasha and the Jewel shards I rushed down with Souta behind me to see who this mystery person was.
As we got closer to the front door and kitchen area Mom's voice became stronger. "Well, I hope you will be joining us for dinner Naraku." I stopped in my track and my hand automatically pressed my brother to stop as well. "Kagome certainly hasn't mentioned you," Her mother finished with her sweet motherly charm.
"How?" I whispered aloud.
"Sis, what is it?" Sota said in a not so quiet manner.
How is he here? Has he lived long enough to make it to my time?
My hand flew over his mouth and I pulled him to me, pressing myself against the wall to keep from being seen. "Souta, you go straight to my room and climb out my window and go to the well. Don't stop for anything—if Gramps is out there tell him to go with you, don't let him argue-"
"But Kagome-"
"I wasn't finished Souta," I told him sharply. "Go and yell as loud as you can to Inuyasha. Tell him Naraku somehow made it to this side." I suddenly realized that if Inuyasha was still with Kikyo he wouldn't be near. "If he doesn't answer yell and if someone comes and answers tell them to go the village and get Sango and Miroku. Tell them that Naraku is here."
"Wait as in the demon Naraku?!" Souta suddenly became alarmed.
I ignored my brother as I knew this was not the time to panic. I couldn't. "Once they answer you take Gramps and you get as far away from here as you can. Don't come back till the morning."
"But Sis-"
A purr from the fat cat weaving between our legs stopped him. I picked the cat up and handed him to Souta.
"Go now." I commanded coldly giving him a push. He did so without complaint this time and closed my door behind him.
Now to get my mom.
Sucking my a breath I told myself to be brave and to get Naraku to the Bone Eaters well—then my family will be safe.
Stepping into the kitchen I realized there was no way I could have ever prepared myself for what I was about to see but still seeing Naraku dressed in a suit similar to the dark blue kimono he normally wore, standing and laughing in my kitchen shook my world. My mom cooked at the stove string something while looking back at Naraku for conversation.
Mom must have heard me step in because she turned to me and smiled. "Ahh Kagome, how nice of you to join us! You never told me about your friend here, he said-"
I cut my mom off, "Mom, don't listen to anything this man says. He's a half-demon! The one we've been chasin-"
"Why Kagome, that's no way to speak to this gentleman!" My mother chided.
A dark chuckled came from Naraku as his eyes flashed red. "Well Kagome, seems like you had this all figured out before you walked in here. Imagine my surprise when after a fight with me a part of me stuck to your shoe and managed to follow you back here to your time. It was only then when I realized the full potential of this. I can hurt everyone you love under one roof-" Before he said anymore a tentacle formed and shot out from his suit and aimed towards my mom.
She gasped while I yelled, "Look out!" Before even thinking I found myself flying forward and knocking her onto the ground. When knocking her out of the way the tentacle scratched my arm and immediately blood started to seep from the wound.
The tentacle got caught in the flame of the gas stove and lit on fire at one delicate lick of the fire. He let out a howling scream and ripped his arm leaving the melted part stuck to the oven to burn.
'He didn't regenerate...Is he weak because he's in my era too far from Naraku?'
Using the distracting opportunity I grabbed my moms arm and pulled her to my room upstairs. Slamming the door closed behind me I faintly heard Naraku descending up the stairs.
"Kagome I had no idea-"
"Mom get out through the window, we can talk later."
I grabbed up the jewel shards and searched for anything similar to a weapon.
"What about Souta-"
"I already sent him and Buyo to the shrine and to grab Gramps on the way."
"Sweetheart-"
I grabbed her and pulled her to the window. "Mom we need to go now!"
Helping her climb out the window first I followed after. Just as I crawled over the ledge my bedroom door burst of the hedges and into the wall adjacent to it. My fingers lose their grip and I crumbled into the bushes beneath the window scratching up my legs.
Mom grabbed my hand we started running towards the shrine. Naraku's chuckle followed us through the courtyard all the way to shrine.
Inside, my eyes fell on Souta but there was no Gramps.
"Souta—"
He stopped me before I could finished asking my question. "I couldn't find him! I just ran here. Nobody has answered! I've been yelling ever since you told me but just-"
"Hello!" A familiar old mans voice yelled. "Where is everybody? I was told dinner was in the making!? I spend all my day making sure we are safe from those demons and this is how I'm repaid?"
Mom ran up the shrine stairs but I quickly grabbed her before she ran out for her father.
"Mom, stay here and watch over Souta. I'll be right back."
Before I could listen to either of them argue I slide the wooden door open and quickly closed it. My eyes were already searching for the old man and the demon from 500 years into the past.
"Gramps!" I rasped, trying not to yell but get Gramps attention.
He turned around in the center of the courtyard with his broom in hand. "Where is everyone Kagome!? I've been looking all over—"
Wrapping my fingers around his forearm I continued to scan the area for Naraku.
"Not right now Gramps come on!"
I pulled him back to the shrine and closed the door behind us. Peeking through a creaves between wood panels I saw that he was nowhere in sight.
"I don't know where he is so right no-"
"Kagome!" Gramps gasped pulling on my arm. He pointed towards the well.
My eyes swung from him, to his pointed finger, to Naraku holding my mother to his form with an arm around her neck. "Well Kagome how is this going to playout? I know you never take your precious bow home with you and I also know for a fact that Inuyasha is elsewhere with Kikyo."
A sharp breath escaped me as I felt true fear consume me.
I'm alone to face a weak form of Naraku, unarmed, with my family to be the possible victims. I have nothing for levera—wait I do.
"I have the Jewel Shards with me. Imagine if you kill my mother you will never get them, Naraku, and you will never get to make your wish because you killed one woman."
His eyes widened slightly.
With one bound from me I was from the entrance and beside the Bone Eaters well.
"I think you and I both know that you aren't going to live very long in this world, I bet by sunrise you will be nothing."
"You stupid wench! I may have been made from a minuscule piece of flesh but it comes from my master, one of the most powerful beings to have ever lived!" He spat.
"Lived." I emphasised. "You died 500 years ago, Naraku, in the Feudal Era. Now let go of my mother and I'll let you have the jewel shards. Then you go away with a small victory but a victory never the less."
My bargaining seemed to have got to him as he stood in silence. The silence made me sweat.
"I want one more thing," He said.
I raised an eyebrow in question.
He threw Mom to the side and before I could speak his arms clamped around me and sent us tumbling down into the well.
On the other side I fell into all of the deserted bones at the bottom of the well.
'No Naraku,' I thought.
My first instinct was to turn around and go back to make sure he wasn't left with my family, but then I touched around my neck and saw the jewels were missing.
Not good.
Pushing myself up I climbed up and out of the well.
It was night and nothing looked out of place in the dark. The evil aura told me otherwise.
A huge force pushed me into the ground bruising and scratching what hadn't already. A scream involuntarily left my throat and erupted the nightly silence. In the ground beside my head a purplely red tentacle buried itself in the dirt.
Naraku stepped out of the shadows and hovered towards me with a woman whom had bloody lips and eyes along side him. "You wench! You will give me the Jewel Shards then you will give me your life!"
Pushing myself up I took off running mercilessly and aimlessly.
I just need to get to Kaede's village and tell the group that Naraku's here!
I felt that the shadows all around me were moving—following. Behind me Naraku and the women were nowhere in sight.
A dim hue of light came in sight and I could see some of the villagers moving around. Seeing the familiar old women with a white top and red pants I cried out in relief.
"Kaede!" I yelled swinging my arm above my head.
I could faintly tell that she looked up from her basket of herbs but it was confirmed when she called back, "Kagome!"
Reaching the edge of the tree line I picked up speed towards my salvation. Then a loud ERRCK drew my attention from the village to a thick old tree falling in my path. A small scream escaped me and I dropped to the ground to keep from getting caught under the thousand pound tree. Dirt burned under my legs and my skirt flew up from skidding across the ground.
Quickly sparing a glance behind me I saw something I hadn't expected.
A fire.
It leapt from branch to branch and shriveled up leaves.
Hurry! I panicked.
Turning back to my destination I saw more people flooding out of their huts. One person caught my eye. Dressed in full red and had silver hair I knew I was saved.
My hand shoot out and I prepared to hike over the log but then I was blinded my bright orange and shinning red and pain struck at my fingers. Just as the sound of wind and fire rushed past me and the tree caught on fire, I yelled out "Inuya-sha!"
Then I realized I wasn't safe. I was trapped in the forest and the forest was on fire.