Chapter 4

Haunted

-Evanescence

*Seriously messed up shit. Violent, graphic sexual content plus swearing or whatever. Really gross and will make you feel yucky.

Kagome had been living with Inuyasha for a couple of years since returning to feudal Japan. There hasn't been any threat to them or their village since destroying the jewel and Naraku. Inuyasha's reputation has kept any bad intentioned demons away. There wasn't any reason to go pillaging the area anyway. So the last few years have been quiet.

Still, when the new moon comes Kagome always feels a far away sense of dread. She guesses its reminiscent from their days of traveling and fighting demons, when the new moon really was a vulnerable time.

Inuyasha has similar feelings.

"Inuyasha! There you are! You promised to help me mend Kiade's hut days ago." Miroku finds Inuyasha perched on a fence, watching Kagome tend to her herbs.

"Keh. Not today."

"It figures, all that strength you gained while fighting Naraku was bound to fade, given your domestic lifestyle."

"WHAT?! Monk I'm plenty strong enough to fix a hags hut!"

"There is no shame in it Inuyasha. We are both getting older-"

"I'm not some old man! Shut up. Lets go."

Miroku smirked. Inuyasha was as easy as ever to manipulate.

To Miroku's surprise, Inuyasha turned back to Kagome "Hey Kagome!...Do you think Kiade could use help in her herb garden? She is old and…uh…" Inuyasha floundered for an excuse to keep Kagome near him.

Kagome could sense the subtle urgency in his voice.

"All right. I'll go with you."

'What an odd exchange…' Miroku thought.

Inuyasha felt uneasy about leaving Kagome alone today. Though he knew he had no logical reason.

Throughout the day Kagome's abstract anxiety has turned to terror. It's happened so slowly throughout the day she didn't notice it changing.

'What is wrong with me? I need to relax. Miroku, Shippo and Kiade don't seem to sense anything's amiss. Inuyasha though…'

Kagome had been tending the garden with Kiade for hours as Inuyasha absent mindedly rebuilt Kiade's hut. Miroku had snuck away to the shade unnoticed shortly after the pair had begun work.

"Kagome! Hi there!" Songo was just now walking over with her gang of offspring.

"Hiya Songo! It seems like so long since I've seen you." Kagome smiled.

"Well the little ones keep me busy. But seeing as Miroku isn't doing anything…." She glared at her nearby husband.

"Here!" She walked over and handed the youngest one over to Miroku "Kagome and I need to take a bath."

"Oh but Kiade still needs my help." Kagome shot a panicked look to Inuyasha who had also perked up at Songo's suggestion to take Kagome away.

'Don't go Kagome!' Inuyasha had no tangible reason, but he was overcome by fear for Kagome's safety.

"And Miroku has to help me rebuild this hut. He doesn't have time to babysit. You aint sticking me with all of the work!"

"Inuyasha. I think he already has. He's just been sleeping in the shade. Don't tell me you haven't even noticed?" Songo argued.

Actually he hadn't. 'Damn'

"Ey child, the garden is done. I don't see a single weed." Kiade offered.

With a sigh Miroku resigned himself to babysitting.

As Songo happily pulled her friend away, Kagome looked back and locked eyes with a disturbed looking Inuyasha.

He acted like he was continuing the job but really he was concentrating on listening to the girls until they were out of his range. At which point he snuck away.

Normally Kagome loves nothing more than catching up with Songo at the hot spring. Today she could hardly listen to her friend; she was too busy trying to stay vigilant of their surroundings. She couldn't shake the feeling that something malevolent was watching them.

There was a rustling in the bushes nearby.

"What was that?!" She cut Songo off.

"What was what, Kagome?"

It began again and this time it sounded like it was coming right for them!

"AH! Inuyasha!" Kagome cried.

He heroically leapt out from the canopy with tetsiga drawn, landing protectively in front of the two women.

"Show yourself or you're done for!"

"BAHHH"

Kagome shrieked and Inuyasha unleashed the wind scar, successfully destroying half the hot spring and a large chunk of vegetation.

"Stop it you two! Look!"

Inuyasha and Kagome spotted the attacker. It was a goat. Calmly chewing on a shrub.

'Not only was it just a goat but I didn't even hit the damn thing.' Inuyasha blushed.

"Uh…ok well…I'll catch up with you later Kagome" Songo had pulled on her kimono before Inuyasha had even turned around. She tried to stifle a giggle but judging by the identical blushes on her friends' faces she wasn't doing a great job.

Inuyasha and Kagome just stared at each other until Songo was out of earshot.

"He he guess it escaped from one of the village herders. I'm sorry Inuyasha. I feel so stupid."

"Keh." Inuyasha blushes and averts his eyes when Kagome stands. He reaches for her kimono and wraps it around her himself.

'Idiot. We've been mated for over a year and he still blushes when he sees me naked.'

Just as she's turning away he gently grabs her to him, kissing her. One of his hands finds its way under her kimono to the small of her back and gently pushes her against him. Her kimono is still only draped over her shoulders her bare front is clad against him. She whimpers softly as his claws graze her back and Inuyasha takes the opportunity to deepen the kiss. Inuyasha pulls away as the sun is setting.

"What was that for?" Kagome sighs leaning deeper into his chest.

'I just had to. I've been so worried about you today…still am. I needed you ground me. To assure myself that you are safe and you are here with me…' he thinks to himself as he guides her chin so she can see his face.

He just smirks at her. "Lets get back before the sun sets."

"Right."

She ties her kimono and gets on his back. They are back home in no time.

Once inside, Inuyasha pulls her down to the sleeping mat for a chaste kiss.

"You're so quiet. I'm sorry about tonight. I know my weakness makes you vulnerable…and that worries you. It worries me too." Inuyasha averts his eyes from her. Even though there hasn't been any danger for the past few years, he can't stand not being able to protect her.

"Oh don't be ridiculous! He he! I'm not worried. Why do you think I'm worried?" Kagome lies.

Inuyasha just pulls her close to him and kisses her again. The couple lay there as close as possible, just listening to each other's synchronized breath in silence. Neither are able to sleep for some time.

'This is stupid! I've never felt so in danger while with Inuyasha before. Not ever! And I use to have real reasons to be afraid. Nothing is after me. Nothing bad is ever going to happen to me while Inuyasha is around, human or not…Why does it feel like something awful is watching me…hunting me.' Kagome thinks to herself as Shippo enters the hut and curls up at the foot of the couples sleeping mat without a sound.

Eventually she falls into an uneasy sleep. And Inuyasha soon follows.

"She's in trouble and I can't get to her!" Inuyasha thinks to himself. He's stuck in his hut, alone. He knows Kagome's in trouble but the hut has no door. He's frantically pounding on the walls, digging at the floor, kicking the beams. His finger tips are bleeding from trying to scratch his way out.

In his dream he's in his half-demon form but he doesn't even have enough strength to get through a weak wooden wall. Tetsiga is no where to be found.

"INUYASHA PLEASE HELP ME!"

The second he hears her call he transforms into a full demon.

She sounds so desperate. Tears of frustration begin to roll down his face and he scratched punches and kicks at a spot on the wall.

He has to get to her!

"KAGOMEEEE!"

"LET ME OUT OF HERE! IF YOU HURT HER ILL SKIN YOU ALIVE! ILL RIP YOUR TEETH OUT!"

He continues to mindlessly shout out threats and call for Kagome as he assaults the wall. She's in danger and he can't protect her.

Her cries of desperation and utter despair fill the hut and his head.

Kagome is walking in the woods alone at night. She can barely see anything. The moon is missing.

"Where am I? Where is he?...wait…Who is he?" Kagome is in a fog. She can't remember how she got here but she knows she isn't safe. She has to escape from him. Who is "him"?

She's in her old uniform but doesn't even question it.

"Oh…Inuyasha where are you?" She half moans to herself.

She feels him before she sees him. Something evil is coming after her. A branch snaps somewhere near and she darts in a random direction.

"Its him! Its him! He's back." She panics. Her thoughts are incoherent but she's not at all confused anymore. She has to get away form him or she will be damned.

She hears something to her left and stumbles as she bolts in the other direction. There's a soft laughter from behind her. He's just playing with her. Kagome's lungs are burning, her sides' cramped up, and her face is bleeding from low hanging branches in her way. She continues to run as fast as she can. It's her only option.

"Don't make this harder on yourself than it has to be."

All of a sudden she's face down on the ground. A pressure on her back pinning her there.

She gasps and tries to yell for Inuyasha, for help, for anyone but no sound comes out. Her attacker has stolen her voice.

It happens so fast. He rips her underwear off and in less than a second he's sunk all the way into her. Tears roll down Kagomes face onto the ground.

He's as hard and cold as stone. And he is LARGE. As he's thrusting he's laughing and grunting. It seems to go on for hours.

As Kagome gets used to the pain she becomes aware of the rough feel of his legs on hers. This thing is a demon, with the hands of a man and the legs of a horse…or a goat. Kagome's eyes are still squeezed shut with pain. She dare not open them and risk glimpsing her attacker. Somehow she knows that will make her go insane.

The creature begins to cum inside of her. It's unnatural. She can feel his cum shoot out of him and penetrate even deeper inside of her. It just keeps going. He continues to thrust as she is filled with his disgust and it overflows out of her. It's thick and sticky like sap, but is providing at least some lubrication.

It starts to feel good.

This is even worse. Kagome sobs at her helplessness and feebly tries to push herself off the ground. The creature just laughs harder and increases it's pace. He can feel her enjoying it and is amused.

A hatred fills Kagome. A familiar hatred…She hates the creature, she hates her father (for reasons she doesn't care to understand at the moment), she hates Inuyasha for not rescuing her, she hates herself for being so helpless…for liking it.

She always enjoys it with Inuyasha but this is different. Each thrust is better than the last as she is built up to a level so intense she didn't think it possible. She felt as though a dam were about to burst inside of her.

"I will stop now if you tell me to." The creature chuckles, slowing down.

'Yes, I need him to stop. I hate him. I hate this.'

"Keep going." She whispers

She was too desperate for release.

The creature stopped completely.

"No…Please!" She begged.

He began again. Hard, deep thrusts. Getting faster and faster…and laughing the whole time.

As she orgasms she sobs in disgust at herself. The creature is still laughing. She dare not look at it as it gets up and just walks away.

Kagome can actually feel her soul breaking. She curls into a ball and goes into hysterics. She's filled with a great hatred, as her soul breaks and blackens.

"Kagome wake up! Please wake up! You're dreaming."

Kagome opens her eyes to an extremely concerned human Inuyasha cradling her in his arms.

"I couldn't wake you up. You were having a nightmare. What happened?"

Kagome blinked at him in confusion a few times and then looked around the hut. The embers in the fire provided dim lighting and she saw Shippo on the opposite wall looking concerned and scared.

She looked back at Inuyasha and felt a wave of relief overcome her. She sobbed into his chest. Shippo carefully crossed the room and curled up into the sobbing girls lap. Inuyasha just held her and kissed her head. She cried herself to sleep in Inuyasha arms.

In the morning she awoke in the same position shortly after Inuyasha transformed back. He had patiently waited all night to hear what had caused her such pain but Kagome couldn't remember. She felt a diminishing dread and a vague guilt…but couldn't remember any of the events from her dream. Inuyasha just laid with her for the majority of the morning. Inuyasha had been up most of the night and Kagome's sleep had been anything but restful.