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Chapter Seven – Life and Death
Voldemort stared murderously into Harry's determined green eyes. "Why won't you die, Potter?" he hissed.
"The bit of your soul that was in me…you destroyed it," Harry replied, as sure as ever. No wonder he's a Gryffindor, he's got stubbornness and courage all wrapped up inside that skinny, wiry body of his.
"My…soul? No, you couldn't have been a Horcrux," Voldemort said, narrowing his red eyes at Harry in a death glare.
Crack! Two people appeared instantly in thin air. "Harry!" the redhead choked, stumbling towards him.
"Ron!" Harry said. He looked at the still body that Ron had with him. He went rigid and pale. "Ron, is Hermione…?"
"Yes!" the second youngest Weasley howled in misery, collapsing on to the carpet of the Malfoy Manor.
No…it can't be…Harry thought, staring incredulously at the prone form of Hermione Granger lying on the floor, her eyes wide and blank. Hermione can't be dead…
Kagome sighed. "Humans are really such odd creatures," she said. "I'll be back, Tom. Do not dispose of the girl's body." And she vanished without a sound or noise into nothingness, leaving an empty space where she once stood.
Harry looked at Voldemort angrily. "Where is she going? Why did my friend have to die?" he said thickly. Memories of the times he had spent with her rushed through his thoughts.
"I myself do not know," Voldemort answered. "And your friend was of no use at all to me, but as she traveled with you, my Death Eaters made sure she stayed out of our business once and for all."
"What does that have to do with anything?!" Harry shouted, fiery red sparks shooting out of his wand out of anger.
"Oh, it has to do with everything. We just have to wait for her to come back…" Voldemort said quietly, waving his wand to levitate Hermione's body. Ron shrieked like a girl when her body floated up.
"Put her down! Stop it! What are you doing to her?!" he yelled, charging at Voldemort in a weak attempt to wrestle the wand out of his hand and put Hermione down. Voldemort pushed him away without saying anything and Ron keeled over, unconscious.
"What…" Harry said, eyes flashing dangerously, "…did you do to him?"
"I knocked him out. My ears would've busted from those loud, noisy sobs," said Voldemort irritably. "Do you understand anything at all, Harry Potter? Sit down, and wait!" A yellowish-green light hit him and forced him into a chair. Hermione's body had been dropped to lay on another sofa.
Voldemort used one finger to close her eyes. "She'll rest here until Kagome comes back. But really, Harry, why would you choose a Mudblood to be your friend?" he asked.
"She may be Muggle-born," Harry said defensively, "but she's the smartest witch of my year that I know! I'm glad she's my friend!"
Voldemort's lips twitched. "Friend," he sneered. "Who needs friends?"
Harry bit back a sharp gasp. "Are you saying you're using her?!" he yelled. "You're using a woman who loves you for your own sick desires?! How incredibly twisted or you?!"
"Love…I scoff at love. Kagome is special. She's mine," Voldemort said.
The wheels were whirring in Harry's head. Voldemort doesn't love her? Does she know that? Does she love him? What's going on? I thought Voldemort changed. He did, didn't he? But how can I kill him if magic doesn't work on him? Oh, I nearly forgot. The sword of Godric Gryffindor isn't magic. I can kill him with that, I think. Harry's thoughts occurred approximately in ten seconds.
Then many sharp cracks split the tense silence. Death Eaters Apparated in, carrying their injured. One Death Eater approached Voldemort and took his mask off. Harry didn't gasp; instead he narrowed his eyes.
It was Lucius Malfoy who approached Lord Voldemort.
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Kagome jumped out of the well and sought Sesshomaru with her sharp nose. The wind brushed her tender feature and immediately she picked him up. She sped off that way and very soon came to him again.
Sesshomaru sniffed the area and smelled Kagome coming. This time she was without the other demon. Kagome emerged from the dense foliage and looked into his golden eyes.
"I have a request, Sesshomaru," she said.
"What kind of request?" he asked, halting calmly and letting his aloof self forward.
"Well, I need your Tenseiga, but I am probably not capable of wielding it, thus, I need you to come with me," she said.
Sesshomaru looked at the healing sword on his hip. "This? What purpose do you need with it?" he questioned, holding her gaze once again.
"Someone has apparently lost someone very dear to him and because he won't stop his pathetic crying, I decided maybe I can shut him up by restoring her to life. Would you be willing to do that? Of course, it is a human we're talking about," Kagome answered readily.
"Not interested," Sesshomaru said, turning away.
"Come on, you stubborn dog," Kagome said, a bit frustrated.
"No," he said.
"Then just give me the Tenseiga and I'll run off and return it some time later!" she growled.
"Are you sure you can even use the Tenseiga?" Sesshomaru inquired.
"Let me try," Kagome said. She came forward, grabbed the Tenseiga out of his sash, and walked a few feet away. A hawk demon flew overhead and she jumped up and slashed at it with the Tenseiga.
The hawk demon flew away. "I think I can use it. I'll be back to return this later," she said, walking off with the Tenseiga in one hand.
I don't care about my father's fang, thought Sesshomaru, turning back to the trail.
Kagome appeared at the well and was about to jump in when a gruff voice said harshly, "Stop right there, wench."
She stiffened at the voice and her angry violet hues sought out the half-demon. "What do you want?" she spat, facing him and taking her foot off of the well.
"I want you and your ugly friend to stay away from this well! And my group! If I see you set one foot in the old woman's village, I'll slaughter you. You got that?" Inuyasha threatened.
"You wish, dickhead," Kagome snorted, plummeting into the well.
"Wait! I wasn't done with you!" he snarled, jumping in with her. When they arrived at the modern era, home to Kagome and the wizards and witches, Inuyasha held her down by her arm.
"What do you want?" she screamed.
"Did you understand me?!" he demanded.
"Yes, God damn it, let me go!" With all her strength she pushed him off of her and leaped out of the well. Inuyasha cursed and followed her, only to see her turn on the spot.
He grabbed her ankle just as she vanished, taking him along with her. They arrived back at the Malfoy Manor, Kagome shaking Inuyasha off her foot.
She noticed that they were surrounded by Death Eaters with Voldemort and Harry in the middle. Inuyasha dusted himself off and yelled, "Where did you get us to, you stupid bitch!"
"I am NOT a stupid bitch, you half-witted asshole!" Kagome screamed, balling her hands into fists.
"Yes, you are! Compared to the beautiful Kikyo–" Inuyasha began to yell back.
"Kikyo is made of clay and dirt and she is DEAD!!!!!!!" she interrupted.
"I love her still! You're in love with the copy of Naraku!" Inuyasha said accusingly, pointing at her.
"I don't give a rat's ass of how he looks like, I like him, Inuyasha!" Kagome snarled.
"I don't give a rat's shit about your love life!" he yelled back.
"SIT, BOY! SIT, SIT, SIT!" she shrieked, not taking anymore of Inuyasha's insults.
"YOU IDIOT!" he yelled from the ground.
"YOU'RE THE IDIOT!" Kagome shouted back.
They had taken to screaming now. Everybody's ears hurt, so Voldemort waved his wand at Inuyasha and hissed, "Silencio!!!"
Inuyasha was about to retort when he found he couldn't speak. He glared at Voldemort with a glare that would've made Sesshomaru proud and his mouth opened and closed like he was saying something, but nothing came out.
Kagome lowered her voice. "Tom, where is the girl?" she asked.
Voldemort wordlessly pointed to the pale, cold body of Hermione Granger on the sofa. A Death Eater shrieked, "A Mudblood!!!! On my beautiful sofa!"
"Be quiet, Bella, it can be easily cleaned," Voldemort told his best lieutenant. She was quiet.
Kagome felt Tenseiga pulse gently in her hands. She unsheathed the sword and approached Hermione's body. Ron was still out cold on the floor. Harry saw what she was doing and shouted as he scrambled to protect her body, "I won't let you slice her to pieces!"
"I am not going to slice her to pieces, you silly boy," Kagome said, her voice dangerously thin. "Now move."
Harry stubbornly refused. Kagome growled and sliced him in half with the Tenseiga. She kicked him away. The Death Eaters would've cheered if a blue light glowed and Harry got back up in a daze.
"The sword…it doesn't kill," he breathed.
"No, it doesn't. Do you see now?" Kagome said coldly. She turned her attention back to Hermione and raised the Tenseiga. The messengers from the Underworld had almost taken off, but she swiped through them, restoring the life to Hermione Granger's body.
Kagome sheathed Tenseiga and walked off. Harry was puzzled. He crawled on his knees up to her body and was surprised to find a heartbeat. The sword doesn't kill…it gives life! He thought, feeling the pulsing beat under his fingers.
Ron stirred. He let out a groan. His head pounded and he desperately wanted to see Hermione one more time before he died. "Her…my…uh…nee…" he choked out, forcing his body to move from its position.
Inuyasha was busy glaring daggers at Kagome. She knew it was about Tenseiga. "Tom, give him his voice back. You can silence him again if things get out of hand," she said, turning to Voldemort.
The Dark Lord flicked his wand and immediately Inuyasha's voice came back. "Where did you get the Tenseiga?" was the first question out of his mouth.
Kagome rolled her eyes at his obvious stupidity. "Sesshomaru, what else?" she replied.
"He willingly gave it to you? That doesn't sound like Sesshomaru. Besides, you wouldn't be able to wield it even if he–" Inuyasha began.
"Idiot, I took it from him and demonstrated my use of it," Kagome huffed.
"Who's calling who an idiot?" Inuyasha said, crossing his arms in front of him.
A Death Eater moved threateningly towards Ron and Harry, brandishing his wand. "You better move away and let me kill the Mudblood," he said, a torturous crazy grin twisted on his cracked lips.
"No. I won't let you kill Hermione again," Harry said firmly.
"Saving a Mudblood? How Gryffindorkish of you, Potter boy," snickered the Death Eater. "Now move it! The Dark Lord has to kill you, but I'll kill your Muggle-born friend…"
"Will not!" A bright white light hit the Death eater squarely in the chest. He let out a yelp of surprise. Harry took the liberty to rip the mask from his face. It was Macnair, Buckbeak's would-be executioner.
Everyone looked to where the white light had come from and were surprised to find Kagome pointing a single finger at them. "Don't touch her," she growled.
"Kagome, why are you saving the Mudblood?" Voldemort asked.
"No innocent person deserves to die," she said. "Plus, that would've been a waste bringing Sesshomaru's Tenseiga here."
Ron, by now, had completely woken up from whatever spell Voldemort had cast at him. He looked with sad eyes at Hermione's body, mumbling," Harry…I'm sorry, I couldn't protect Hermione…and she got hit," he choked, close to breaking down again.
"She's not dead anymore, Ron," Harry said. He held up Hermione's wrist and put Ron's fingers on her pulse. His eyes widened in surprise.
"But…but how - ?"
"Voldemort's girlfriend," Harry said grimly. "Weird sword."
Ron whirled around to look at the demoness. "The one who kidnapped you?" he inquired blankly. "She revived Hermione?"
"Maybe it's just girly instincts," Harry said, shrugging. "But Hermione's alive."
"Alive, yes, but why did she–" Ron began and was interrupted.
"Well, I am standing right here, it's not like I'm invisible!" Kagome said, one eyebrow twitching. "And if you dare to touch one curly hair on that girl's head, you'll be paying dearly."
"Now, now, you don't have to torture my loyal minions," Voldemort said. "All you have to do is Apparate her to some place else and release her and make sure my loyal followers don't capture her again."
"Yes, well, I have to return this to Sesshomaru anyway," Kagome said. "I'll be back."
All this time, Inuyasha was staring dumbfounded at them all. "What the fuck is going on here?" he finally managed to ask.
"What the fuck is you, and I think I'll take you back where you belong and make sure you don't follow me," said Kagome. She grabbed him by the arm, despite his protests, and vanished on the spot.
Voldemort stared at the spot where she disappeared. At least she doesn't suspect me. I may have feelings for her, but that doesn't change anything. Love…ha, what a joke! I'll kill her in the end, in thanks for this demon body I now possess.
Voldemort wore a very smug look as he schemed out Kagome's death. (do not worry, they will still be together)
Kagome and Inuyasha ended up back at the Higurashi Shrine. Inuyasha roughly forced her to let go of him as he trudged back to the well. "You can survive fine on your own!" he snarled, jumping into the well.
Kagome shrugged at his usual bad temper and went down the well after him. She hopped out of the well a moment later, smirking when she heard the angry footsteps storm away from the clearing. She looked around at the green foliage around the well and sighed.
In the future, all this will be gone. It'll just be a city, she thought sadly. The fresh air here was much better. She decided to not to think about it and disappeared, heading straight for Sesshomaru.
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"Why would you need to kill Kagome in order to kill Naraku?" he asked, staring at Midoriko.
"Taking what has been happening in your thoughts, I think you don't really love Kagome after all," Midoriko said sadly.
"What are you talking about, of course I love her!" he said, eyes flashing dangerously.
"No, I can see into your thoughts," she said. "You want to kill her after you've finished using her."
"Lies!" he roared, glaring at her.
"I cannot guarantee that I can trust you anymore. You bastard, no wonder they're all after you and our life," she said. "I'll tell Kagome myself. She'll learn the truth about you and your deadly ways."
"Don't you dare!" he shouted.
But too late, Midoriko had vanished, leaving the darkness to obscure him once more.
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Voldemort blinked his eyes open. He had fallen into a light nap in the armchair. The Death Eaters had left, leaving Harry, Ron, and the unconscious Hermione with him.
Harry watched him suspiciously with wary eyes, as if he were about to flicker his wand and kill them all. He stayed close to Hermione. Ron clutched her hand and whispered continually every five minutes or so, "Hermione…please stay with me…"
Voldemort stared back, sneering at the determined look on Harry's face. "You think you can beat me? I, a demon…"
"I can and I will," Harry said calmly.
"I'd like to see you try, Potter," taunted Voldemort, whipping out his wand and pointing it at him. "Crucio!"
Harry tensed up and stood protectively in front of Ron. The spell hit him and he flinched, but bit his lip to keep himself from screaming out loud. That was what Voldemort wanted, didn't he?
"Protego!" he yelled.
Voldemort's next curse bounced harmlessly off the Shield Charm Harry had created. "Smart, are you, Harry?" the Dark Lord hissed softly.
"I'll be damned if you touch my friends with filthy hands like yours," Harry said, narrowing his eyes.
Voldemort laughed humorlessly and sneered, "As Gryffindorish as ever, I see."
"Better Gryffindor than Slytherin, where all you big, bad shitheads go," Harry said, pointing his wand at Voldemort. "Mortisempra!" (Okay, I made this spell up; it's to transform any animal or creature that's not human into a human.)
Voldemort felt something in him diminishing. He looked down and found that he was going back to being human. His hair receded and his eyes became slits again. The flat, snake-like face showed just how old Voldemort was. Harry yelled, "Expelliarmus!"
Voldemort's wand flew out of his grasp and Harry caught it with the unerring skill of a natural born Seeker. He pointed Voldemort's own wand at the tip of its Disarmed master's flat nose. "It's time we got rid of you for good," Harry said. "With all the people you killed…with all the pain you caused us…it's time you should just give it up. You can't win, Tom Marvolo Riddle."
"I will not back down," Voldemort said, reaching up a bony hand to grasp his wand. He yanked it suddenly out of Harry's hands and roared, "IMPEDIMENTA!"
Harry was blasted off his feet and crashed into the wall behind him. Ron stared fearfully as Voldemort laughed a very lunatic-like laugh. "I think You-Know-Who's gone crazy," he said.
"Say my name, blood traitor!" Voldemort hissed, waving his wand to levitate Ron in the air.
Harry struggled to his feet and whipped out his wand, yelled, "Levicorpus!"
"Avada Kedavra!"
There was a flash of green light as Voldemort got suspended by his ankles, but he got down fairly quickly. Harry dodged the Killing Curse.
"You think you'll live, Potter?" Voldemort whispered, his red eyes glittering with malice.
"Yes," Harry said firmly.
"Truly?"
"Yes," repeated Harry.
"Then let's see what happens if I kill you! Crucio!"
The jet of red light shot towards Harry and he didn't have time to protect himself…
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Okay, peoples, it's a…CLIFFY! Mwahahahahahahaha, I'm soooo evil, leaving you like that. But like I say every time, you got to end the chapter some time…so I like to leave it on cliffies! Hahahahahahaha!
MangaFreak: I want more reviews!
Inuyasha: Why the hell was I dragged off with Kagome?
Kagome: That's really mean, Inuyasha.
Inuyasha: What?!
Kagome: Sesshomaru, here's your Tenseiga back.
Sesshomaru: I don't want it.
Kagome: But since it's yours, you should be obliged to take it.
MangaFreak: Talk about arrogant.
Sesshomaru: What did you say?
Voldemort: Kagome, I must say something.
Kagome: Not now, I have to run!
Inuyasha: Arrrrgh, damn wench!
Kagome: Shut up and do not call me a damn wench.
Inuyasha: But you are a damn wench.
Koga: Stuff it, dog breath.
Kagome: When did you come by?
MangaFreak: Hey, if you guys aren't included in the story, then I suggest you flee now.
Kagome: Hey, I have to go.
MangaFreak: Bye! See ya next time on fanfiction for the next chapter of Voldemort and the Time Traveling Miko!
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