Four chapters in two days! Totally got way too much time on my hands! Got a nice long chapter for you guys. Things are heating up and answers to all questions start coming in the next chapter! this one just sets the stage for everything. thanks for reading!
"Ok," Inuyasha growled," three, two, one, MOVE!" At his mark, all of them bolted out from behind the car, bullets bouncing off the shield and flying every which way. "Kagome, come on!" Sango called," we need to get out of here!" "I'm trying," she answered in a tired, exhausted voice. "Feh," Inuyasha growled, in one swift movement he swung her up into his arms and used his demon speed to get everyone the hell out of there.
"Damn, Kagome you had me worried there for a second," Sango said when they finally got a safe enough distance away from the shooting. "Next time don't try and over step your power, wench," Inuyasha hissed. He didn't want to admit it, but he had been scared to death that he would loose the girl. She did something to him that he just couldn't explain. but he did know that on this girl there was one thing that both his human and demon blood agreed to. they would protect her to the very last breath.
"I'm fine now," Kagome said," just a little tired. i really need to get to work, though." "After what just happened back there?" Miroku asked, surprised," all you can think about is the fact that you need to get to work?" "We got out of it alive," she replied," that's all i needed to worry about then. now i have to worry about getting to work. And i'm late." "I'll get you there," Inuyasha said," just are you sure you're alright?" "I'll be fine," she said," promise."
As she was walking home that night, Kagome felt a little shiver go down her spine. Her mind wandered to what had happened that afternoon. It wasn't the first time something like that had happened to her. far from it in fact. This was probably, what the 7th time this had happened? The only difference between now and then was the fact that this attack wasn't aimed at her. it had been aimed at Inuyasha Tashio and most likely Sango and Miroku.
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she never heard the person come up behind her. Before she could react, they had a knife to her throat. "Make a sound and i'll make sure that you're found tomorrow with this knife in your back," came the gruff voice in her ear. Her eyes went wide in fear and shock as she felt herself go limp and submit to the man. He dragged her into a back street.
"What are you going to do with me," Kagome asked in a fearful voice, she gulped," Koga." He smirked at her as she shook and tried to break out of his grasp. "I was serious about that threat," he hissed into her ear," stop and i'll make sure you live." She stilled. "Boys," Koga called as he finally pulled her to an ally where four more guys waited for him," look at what i caught." They laughed and called lewd remarks about what they were going to do with her. "Koga why," she whimpered. "Because i'm not letting you get away that easy," he replied," and i'm not letting that mutt have you."
Kagome closed her eyes and just let herself go. trying to think of anything else other than the faces of the men that were coming at her. the grins on their faces. "Please," she pleaded," please just stop this. i'll go with you Koga. You don't need to do this." "Not likely," he growled," he's not ever going to get you. i'll make sure of it." That was the last thing she heard, before her entire world went black.
Inuyasha was cursing himself. He had woken up late and he had that meeting to get to. 'It's your own fault,' he told himself,' you knew Sesshomeru wasn't going to wake you up and you let yourself get to sleep anyways.' He was about to put on a burst of speed so he'd be able to get there at most 10 minutes late when a scent hit his nose that made him stop dead in his tracks. 'Damn it,' the thought as he took off at a dead run. He knew that scent almost as well as he knew his own name now. 'Damn it Kagome,' He thought fiercely,' you'd better not be dead. So help me god if you die i will loose it.'
He found her in a back ally getting the life beat out of her. He growled at her attackers as his eyes went blood red, even with his sword at his side. Koga turned and grinned when he say who it was. "Come to save your pretty little girlfriend then," he called at the raging half demon," you can have her when we're done with her. if there's anything left."
The roar that tore through the street was deafening, as if a wild animal from the jungle were fighting. In a way one was. Inuyasha, uncontrollable at the moment, was fighting each of the five in turn. He killed without thought to what he was doing. the only thing that pulsed through him was the need to save someone he cared about.
The fight was over, all but one were dead, their blood covering him. The last one had run as soon as he could. (A/N: I'll let you guys guess who that is.) He dropped his sword and rushed to her side. "Kagome wake up," he called," please don't die, come on wake up!" She was a bloody mess. they had gone after her with whatever they'd had. Knives, fists, chains, it hadn't mattered to them. they had gone after her and showed no mercy.
"Inu...yasha," Kagome mumbled in her sleep," don't ... leave me. Please... don't leave...me." "I'm not going to leave you Kagome," Inuyasha told her. At that moment his phone rang. "Where the hell are you," a very pissed off Sesshomeru was heard," you're half an hour late. even for you this is beyond ridiculous." "Something came up," Inuyasha growled," i'm on my way now. Tell our healers to get their things ready. I'm bringing a friend who's badly hurt." With that he hung up on his brother and gathered Kagome up in his arms. 'Don't die Kagome,' He thought fiercely,' i'm getting you help, just please don't die on me.'
Sango gasped in shock when she saw Inuyasha com in carrying a badly wounded Kagome. "Who did this," Miroku demanded. He tried to keep a hold on his emotion as well as hold his girlfriend back from going to beat up every person in sight. "Koga," Inuyasha spat," the rest are dead. He got away. I was too worried about her to go after him."
He laid Kagome down gently in a bed in another room while healers and people who were good with wounds got to work treating her. "As much as i want to know what happened," Sesshomeru said," there is a bit more pressing business that we need to." "Right," said Inuyasha," Battle plans right?" "Yea," said Sango," we've word that the Black Dragon has its eyes set on our turf and plans to start an all out war." "Our job is to stop that from happening," said Rin as she came in from checking on Kaogme," and if it can't be avoided, at least meeting them at the pass and then crushing them."
They had all talked for a long time before everyone started needing to get home. It hadn't been just Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Sesshomeru and Rin at the meeting. It had been many more people, all in their early to late teens and already very battle smart. "Make sure you all wear our symbol," Miroku called out after them," it will mark you as friend to us. no harm will come to you from our side." Everyone nodded, they knew what could happen in the heat of battle. You couldn't tell friend from foe and you definitely wouldn't be able to stop your blade in time to save someone.
"She's stable enough to be moved," announced Sango, coming out from the room Kagome was currently laying unconscious in," but i'm staying with her at the apartment tonight." She glared at the other two, daring them to contradict her. "If you're staying i'm staying, said Miroku. In the months he had known the girl he had grown very protective of her, like a little sister of sorts. "I'm staying too," Inuyasha growled," i want to make sure she lives." He glared at his brother and Miroku and Sango, telling them silently that if any of them tried to push the mater, they'd end up with a black eye or worse.
Sango let the four of them in with her copy of the key to her friend's place. "Just lay her down in the bedroom," Sango told Inuyasha," I'll be in there in a moment." Inuyasha carried her to her bedroom as carefully as if he carried a newborn and laid her on the bed. "Here," Sango said, coming into the room with two more blankets," we'll cover her up with these." "Why don't we just turn the heat up," Inuyasha asked. "Because she's got a seal on the thermostat that won't let me touch it," Sango hissed," she's been having money problems lately and she can't afford her heating bill."
"Now you go help Miroku set up the pull out bed in the living room," she said, pushing the half demon out of the room," we'll watch her in shifts. Me first then Miroku and you around dawn. Now get some sleep, we're going to be in for a long night." She shut the door as Inuyasha left and got her friend out of the bloodstained clothes that she was in. then she settled down for a fitful night's watch.
Inuyasha woke up to Miroku gruffly shaking him awake. "She's sleeping," Miroku reported," but it's fitful and she got a fever that's going through the roof. Keep her covered and wake us up if anything happens." With that he fell asleep next to his girlfriend on the pullout.
Inuyasha walked into Kagome's room to be hit with an overwhelming sense of fear and sadness and hurt. 'What the hell could have happened that you'd be feeling this all the time?' Inuyasha thought as he went to take the seat by the bed,' it's seeped into the room's atmosphere so much that anyone who walks in gets overwhelmed by it.'
Inuyasha took a seat on the chair beside her bed and began to read a book he had brought with him. Soon he noticed that she was tossing and turning in her sleep. "Kagome," he whispered softly," Kagome, it's ok you're safe." he reached out his hand to quiet the sleeping girl and found that she reached out and held onto it, almost like someone would huga stuffed animal as they slept. "Fluffy," Kagome murrmered in her sleep before she settled down again. Inuyasha smile,' silly wench,' he thought as he went back to his reading and let her keep the hand she held.
"How is she," Sango asked as she came into the room a few hours later. She stopped in surprise as she found Kagome holding onto Inuyasha's hand in her sleep. "She started tossing and turning in her sleep," he explained," i was trying to get her to quiet down and she grabbed my hand and wouldn't let go." Sango smiled. "Alright," she said," i've called Kagome's work and told them that she's sick and won't be in today. i've sent Miroku out to get breakfast for all of us and i plan on waking her up to eat something if she doesn't wake herself up by noon."
The first thing that Kagome registered in her mind was pain. Everywhere hurt. she could smell blood and a shiver went down her spine as she realised that the blood was her own. She started to wake herself up, the last thing she remembered was the five men.
Inuyasha's ears perked up as he sensed Kagome waking. "Sango," he called," she waking up." "It's about time," sango said coming into the room. She stopped short when she noticed Inuyasha staring at her friend in fear. a glance told Sango something was very wrong. Kagome's aura was going black as the darkest night of the new moon, her aura almost like that of a demon. When she opened her eyes, both Sango and Inuyasha saw that they too had gone a pure, deep shade of black. "Kagome," she called rushing to her friend's side," what's wrong? Snap out of it!"
Before anything could be done, Sango was thrown against the wall of the bedroom by her friend's miko powers. "Kagome get yourself together," Sango called. "Have you ever seen her like this," Inuyasha asked as he dodged a blast of energy. "Never," sango called," we need to calm her down."
It took a little while but finally Inuyasha was able to get close to the girl. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. 'Why does this feel so right?' he asked himself as he cradled her. "Oh thank god she's calming down," said Sango. To prove her point, Kagome's aura changed back to how it used to be and her eyes went back to their normal shade of caramel brown.
Kagome calmed down as she felt a loving and caring presence surround her, telling her that everything was and would be safe. She shivered and shook as she tried to calm herself down.
Inuyasha took the now shaking girl out to the living room of the apartment and sat down with her on the couch. "What just happened?" Sango asked as she sat down next to her friends. "I think her aura recognized that she was no longer in danger," said Inuyasha," and that she could stop protecting herself."
He looked down as Kagome began to wake up for real this time. "Where am i?" she asked weakly," what happened?" Sango, unable to hold her emotions back, wrapped her friend in a huge hug. "Kagome you have no idea how worried you made us," she said," are you ok?" "I'll be just fine," Kagome said weakly," i'll heal myself. Inuyasha, is that you?" "You had us all worried there for a while wench," he said in her ear. "Last thing i remember is being knocked out," Kagome said," then i felt your presence and i knew everything would be alright."
Inuyasha looked shocked as Kagome began to glow a light pink. "It's alright," she said tiredly," i'm just healing myself." "Stop it," Inuyasha growled," you don't have the strength to be up and moving around let alone healing yourself." "I'll be fine," she said," i'll need to sleep for a while but when i wake up..." she didn't finish her sentence as she fell asleep again.
"Stupid wench," said Inuyasha," doesn't know when to quit." "That's Kagome for you," said Sango shaking her head," stubborn as a mule. Just put her back in her room, i need to get food ready for when she wakes up again."
Inuyasha nodded as he took Kagome and left her in her room. that done he looked around trying to find another blanket to put over her. instead his eyes caught sight of a picture. As he picked it up he saw the unmistakeable face of Kagome at about 9 years old. She was smiling happily like she hadn't a care in the world. 'Those days are gone now,' he thought sadly,' i wonder if there's a way to give them back to her.'
There were two other people in the photo with her. One was a boy about 5 years old and the other was a girl about a year or so older than Kagome. "Hey Sango, what's this," Inuyasha called as he walked out into the kitchen. Miroku had just returned and Sango filled him in on all that had happened while he was out. Both looked at the picture with shocked faces. "I've never seen this before," said Sango," the girl in the middle is definitely Kagome but I've never seen the other two." "They look like they could be siblings," Miroku commented. "Found it on her nightstand while i was laying her down," inuyasha explained," it's a picture of her from before isn't it?"
Everyone looked up as there came a knock at the front door to the apartment. "It's open," Sango called. "How is the girl," they heard sesshomeru growl as he and Rin walked in. "Resting," replied Miroku," she woke up a while ago and then used her miko powers to heal herself even more." "Stupid wench tired herself out," Inuyasha growled. "I'll go check on her," Rin said, she was one of their most powerful healers. "I told mom and dad you were caring for an injured friend," sesshomeru told his brother," they want you home tonight."
"I'll be home as soon as i can," Inuyasha growled. "She's well enough to be alone tonight," Rin announced as she came out of Kagome's room," just make sure she's kept quiet at school tomorrow." "Done," said Sango quickly. As Sesshomeru and Rin walked out Inuyasha growled in a tone that he knew only his brother would hear. "Can you have another necklace made?" Sesshomeru gave his brother a look that calmly met Inuyasha's own. "I am going to make sure that what happened last night won't ever happen again," Inuyasha growled.
An hour and a half after they left, Kagome finally woke up. "Afternoon sleeping beauty," Sango said, going over to hug her friend," feeling better?" "Yup all healed," Kagome said. "Great," said Sango," everyone ready for dinner?" "I slept that much?" Kagome said, taking a seat at the counter. "You slept all day," Inuyasha said taking a seat next to her," of course you had to go and heal yourself." "It's better than grumbling and groaning all through class tomorrow," Kagome retorted," You guys went shopping." "Yes we did," said Sango," and there's nothing you can do about it." "Humph," said Kagome as she started to dig into the food.
The next day in school, Inuyasha waited for Kagome. In his pocket was a necklace with a sword pendant on it. There was a spell on it that would tell Inuyasha when Kagome was in trouble. "You do realize that once you give that to her you'll have to tell her what you are," Sesshomeru said as he came up behind his brother. "I know," he said softly," i just hope she'll be able to forgive me."
"Kagome, can i walk you home," Inuyasha asked her at the end of the day," i want to make sure you get there alright." "Sure," Kagome agreed easily. Sango and Miroku smiled as they watched their friends disappear. When she had met Inuyasha, Kagome didn't even want to be in the same room with him, now she was happily letting him walk her home. "I have a feeling that those two have a crush on each other," said Miroku. "So are we going to try and get them together?" said Sango with a mischievous smile. "You read my mind," Miroku said as he pulled his girlfriend in for a kiss.
"Are you sure you're ok?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as he walked her home. "I'm ok," Kagome assured him," i promise." Inuyasha took a deep breath as he pulled the necklace out of his pocket. "I was wondering," he said slowly as he held the necklace up for her to see," would you accept this if i gave it to you?"
Kagome's eyes went wide as she caught sight of the pendant on the necklace. The silver sword glittered in the sunlight as Inuyasha held it up for her to see. "Where did you get this," Kagome asked," only people who belong..." 'No, no no,' her mind screamed out,' i promised myself i would never do this again. I promised myself.' "My brother and i are the sons of the leaders of the Silver Sword gang," Inuyasha said," We run the branch that deals with the teenagers in the gang."
He watched as Kagome opened and closed her mouth a few times, trying to make a sound come out. Hoping that he had done the right thing, he let Kagome think for a moment. "Can i please have some time to think?" she asked," I don't know what to say." "Go ahead," Inuyasha said," but keep the necklace. don't put it on until your ready to accept it. ok?" "Thanks inuyasha," Kagome whispered," i promise i'll let you know."
He watched her dash away towards her apartment hoping against hope that she'd accept him. Meanwhile Kagome ran into her bedroom and fell into her bed. "No, no, no," she whispered to the silence of her room," this can't be happening. i can't go through that again. i can't." She let her emotions take over as she cried to herself.
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