Chapter Seven
One second Kagome was hanging on to him as he jumped and the next thing he knew, he was hearing Sango scream bloody murder.
"Kagome! Stay with me!" He looked down from the top of a rock before jumping back to them to see that Kagome bleeding out profusely from her side and from the back of her head. He saw for a moment Miroku and Sango trying their best to stop the bleeding. But after a while, Kagome went motionless. She wasn't even breathing. Sango screamed at her to wake up but Miroku came over to grab her, console her and then let her cry in to his chest. Inuyasha had no words to say except that she was gone. Her hand was closed like as if it were holding on to something. He hoped that perhaps if he took the jewel now, he could revive her. But as he searched for the jewel, nothing came up. He was perplexed but as the minutes went on and he carried her lifeless body, he could smell something happening to Kagome. A smell coming from her that was not natural. He looked at her and watched as her face which was white and pale became full again with color and he watched as stripes on her arms developed and her ears became pointed. Her body changed and he was stunned to believe what was going on.
"What the . . . ? Kagome?" He asked as he starred at her. Something about her seemed unnatural yet she was becoming alive. He could feel her become warm again and she stirred for a moment.
"Kagome? Are you there?" Sango said as everyone came up to her. Inuyasha still held her in his arms.
"Kagome." He whispered to her and watched as her eyes opened. Blood red with small black pupils starring at the ceiling before looking back at him. Her mouth opened and formed a defensive snarling look. He dropped her and watched as her eyes fixated on him.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" He asked unsure like.
"You, Inuyasha!" She said and suddenly lunged at him. He dodged and the group was forced to stay put. It was obvious Inuyasha was the target and not anyone else.
"You killed me!" She said as trying to swipe at him. She managed to cut up some of the fabric on his shirt but as she recklessly tried to hit him. He dodged once more before she got to cut up some of his pants and his tetsuiga ripped off of his hip.
"Kagome what's the matter with you? I didn't kill you. It was an accident." He said as he could only get out of her attack's way. She bared her teeth again at him and screamed at him. He told the group to leave as he took care of her, and seeing as Sango and Miroku were already hurt from their previous fight with Naraku, they listened and gathered Kilala and Shippo to escape. Inuyasha ran with Kagome at his heels and felt her presence next to him. She swiped at him and he punched her across the face. Coming to a clearing, he stopped to face her and saw her come at him still. His punch did little to stop her.
"Knock it off Kagome! I'm not the enemy." He said as he watched her stop in front of him.
"Inuyasha, you let me fall! You didn't catch me and it killed me." She said as tears fell from her eyes. He didn't mean to let her fall. He just blacked out a little when he got a hold of the jewel.
"No I didn't. It was an accident." He said and she grabbed her head. His brows came together and watched as she held her head together.
"What's wrong? Are you okay?" He asked as he became deeply concerned. The edge in her voice seemed to be gone as he came up to her to help her up.
"My head feels like it's going to split apart! It hurts so bad." She screamed at him. He saw her eyes were slowly reverting back to their white but this time gold and black were the coloring instead of chocolate brown and he felt safe to approach her.
"It's okay, we'll find Kaede and see if she can help." He said and carried her back towards where Sango and Miroku were. As he did, he came across Kikyo. Stopping as soon as they spotted each other, Kikyo was surprised to see him. He stopped at her and she remained silent when she saw Kagome was sleeping. Kikyo took a look at Kagome, studying her up and down after hearing the story from Inuyasha about what happened leading up to now.
"Inuyasha, be careful of her. She is extremely dangerous. She might try to kill you." He heard her say. Kagome couldn't be. She got close to but she stopped. He figured it was alright now. Kagome's eyes opened and she saw Kikyo standing with them.
"Kikyo." She said and clutched her head some more.
"Inuyasha, if you have any love or care for me, you will heed my warning and you will get rid of her." Kikyo said as Kagome was too busy to clutching her head to really listen.
"Kikyo that's not necessary." He said and sat Kagome down at the base of a tree and talked to Kikyo.
"But we do need help for her. Can you offer anything to help us?" He asked as Kikyo began walking away.
"No." Kikyo said as Inuyasha felt his heart hurt at her words. But as he was left in the silence of his own presence, he didn't hear Kagome come up behind him.
"She won't help us?" He was startled to see her but when he did, her bangs covered her eyes and she felt ominous.
"No, we'll have to go to Kaede. Let me ask her if she can at least keep an eye out for how we can help you." He said and she growled slightly to herself.
"We don't need her anyways."
"Yes we do Kagome. We have no idea what's going with you and the more help we get the better." Inuyasha said defensively. He could tell Kagome was getting frustrated and angry a lot quicker than usual. It had to be because of the jewel.
"No Inuyasha, she has already told us she wants nothing to do with us."
"Kagome stop it. You're acting childish. Let me talk to her and see if I can at least get her to help us out." He said as he began walking towards Kikyo's direction. He walked away maybe a total of 20 or so paces before he stopped and watched the wind around him become present. It started off in a light circle and then strong. He looked back to see it circling Kagome. Her presence seemed much darker suddenly and he watched as she came at him again.
"I have been with you through more than she has. Why her? She's nothing but a walking corpse!" Kagome said as she bolted at Inuyasha and before he could move properly, he felt a piercing pain shot through his chest. Kagome's arm was through his chest all the way to her elbow. Tears swelled in his eyes as he starred at her.
"Kagome, no." He said as she laid a hand on his shoulder to pull her arm out. But she didn't seem to care for there was so much anger that she struck him again. Another hole to his stomach, he would've been amazed at her strength if it were not for the fact that she was piercing his body with her hand. His rage began to build up as she pulled her arm out, ready for another shot at him.
"I don't want to hear it from you! You stole the jewel from me and that's why you're acting like this. You don't know how to use it! If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have it! That jewel should've been mine!" He yelled and screamed at her. She tried to take another shot at him but he punched her in the face and watched as she flew back. He could feel his own inner beast coming up and as she was lost to the demon rage, he didn't hold back. He was stunned for words, he and he couldn't contain his own anger at her.
"Kagome! You bitch!" Kagome seemed to react when he said the curse word. She was still for a second and as he became enriched with anger, Kagome slowed down. She stopped for a moment but he didn't care. He wanted to unleash his rage against her once he realized she was like this because she took the jewel from him.
"You over reacting, untrusting, despicable wench." He said as he came at her and tried to punch her again. When he landed a few on her and watched her fly in to trees and in the grass, she looked at him and began to run at him again. He managed to dodge her a little bit before getting hit in the side and he lost his tessaiga. He felt his anger build and his own inner demon was coming out. He felt the blackness of it start to come out but the second his wounds acted up, he felt the anger building up die down. He looked for Kagome and saw she was making a run for it.
"Bitch." He cursed to himself and felt himself calm down enough. He was alone now, no one here but him. For a few minutes he rested and allowed his wounds to heal up a little, but it did little to stop the tears that came to him. Angry tears burned down his cheeks and he felt his heart rip a little as he realized what had just happened.
"I tried to warn you." It was Kikyo behind him. He didn't turn around yet but he stood up and quickly wiped the tears away. He nodded and felt her hand grab on to his. It was cold but he felt comfort from her. It had been a long time since she had held his hand like this.
"I'm sorry. I just didn't really think she would." He said as Kikyo came up to him and examined his wounds. Deep gashes that were bleeding profusely. Kikyo walked him over to a small group of trees to heal him up. He had been so angry that they didn't bother him so much but now he could really use some time to rest up. That night he began to rest, Kagome's damage to him took him a whole two days to heal. Kikyo stayed with him and helped him get better.
He remembered that day so clearly and now that he watched as she slept, the struggles she was enduring made him feel less upset and some satisfaction. He breathed in and out and walked outside to the edge of the cave.
"Stay focused." He thought to himself and left his doubtful thoughts alone.
It had been a long and miserable day for the Lord of the Western Lands. He found out earlier in the week that one of his head generals was a spy for the North and had to keep the secret to himself as he searched them out. Finding out who it was, he recognized that this man was one of the generals who came to his house and stood before him with Northern money in his pocket. He had him swiftly punished before being killing him. With one extra threat out of the way, he was able to focus on the war. At the moment, he ached in pain as he sat down. He hadn't had to be this active in a long time. His head hurt the most and he massaged his temples as he did.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, someone is here to speak with you." A young soldier said as he was the traitor general's replacement. Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head.
"Tell them I will see them later." He massaged his head and went back to relieving his stress. Kagome was really good at talking to him about these things. She had been a very good person for him to confide in and talk to. Her presence alone made him at of it now, he wished to be home with her. He found himself getting busy to pass the time when he heard a shrill scream call out his name.
"Lord Sesshoumaru! Something's happened!" It was Jaken. Despite his distaste for the Imp, when Jaken sounded like this, it was of great importance. He set everything down to listen.
"What?"
"The house is gone, Kagome is gone. Orcs attacked them and Rin was almost attacked by Kagome!" Jaken said as Sesshoumaru couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Yes Rin just barely managed to make it here. She's not hurt but she doesn't have Kagome here." He said as Sesshoumaru stood up. What the hell happened?
"Jaken, take me to Rin." He said as Jaken lead him in to the infirmary. There Rin smelled like smoke and blood. She was laying down in a straw bed, being given water from a nurse. Sesshoumaru got on his knees and sat her up.
"Rin, what happened?" Her eyes opened, her eyes were a little red from the smoke he figured and listened to her story. Kagome had been walking outside when Rin went to bed. She woke up to find Orcs attacking the house and one pulled her out of bed with the intention of using them all as hostages to make Sesshoumaru give up the war. Telling him what happened after they did and how Rin caught a glance of Kagome being beaten by one of the Orcs before she transformed, made his blood boil with rage. The war would have to wait for now.
"Jaken, I'm going to the house. Stay here and make sure everything stays in order." Jaken was more than up to the task and Sesshoumaru left immediately. He knew it had to take at least a full day and night to get to his home with out rest. He was proud of Rin for making it, but now what to make of where Kagome went was his biggest concern.
Nearly a whole day later, he found the burned remains of his home of nearly 200 years, gone and ruined. He saw the carnage Kagome incurred with the Orcs. Definitely Northerners from the looks of their armor and clothes. He found the one that was most torn up and smashed. Maybe 10 feet away from the corpse were pieces of clothing shredded. He picked them up and held it to his nose. It was Kagome and she reeked of fear and tears. It hurt to smell this but he could figure out what happened. His inner beast roared to be let out but he had to keep his composure. Kagome had proved to be a harmful critic to herself, he would have to prove to her that she wasn't in the wrong. Even if she tried to hurt Rin. Knowing Rin, if Kagome apologized, Rin would be able to move past this with her. He saw claw marks in the ground heading south. He quickly followed after her. He hoped that he wasn't too far behind on her trail.
"Kagome please be safe." He whispered to himself as he sped as hard as he could.
