DISCLAIMER: DON'T OWN INUYASHA
RE-WRITTEN
Summary: Kagome gets mad at InuYasha and runs off, but what is to happen to Kagome? where will she go? Who can she turn to? The fight with Naraku is drawing closer; none of his children remain, except one. And could a new threat be rising? One that could really harm Kagome?
Chapter 9;Truth
It was warm.
She had woken up, but didn't open her eyes, as she was overwhelmed with déjà vu.
She tried listening for any sounds but only hear the smallest sound of someone stirring something liquidly in a kettle.
Next she could taste and smell the delicious aroma of something appetizing.
"You might as well open your eyes, and sit up, I know you're awake," she went frigid as the voice was masculine and slightly alarming.
"Come on, I won't hurt you…j-just d-don't scream alright?" He said in stuttering a bit as he whispered, but she was able to pick it up.
"Why would I scream?" She questioned as she slowly sat up, and kept her eyes closed.
"Because, I-I'm not human," She could hear in his voice that he was a bit sullen about it, but not in the slightest was he joking.
"It's alright, I'm not afraid I'm sure if you were going to kill me you would have of by now," and slowly she opened her eyes to see the man in front of her; he had long hair like InuYasha's only it was goldenly, and he had ears atop his head, so she knew right away either he was a demon or half demon, but not knowing of what kind of demon he was. Also the most alluring thing about this mad was he was about her age, had a pretty nice build, but his eyes were the originals' thing she had ever seen before they were of silvery gray.
"It's rude to stare you know, and if it weren't for me you would have of died out there in that forest, stupid human girl…," he grumbled and made to pour the contents in the kettle into a bowel.
"I-I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to-I mean I-."
"Well go on spit it out already," He turned his attention to her eyeing her with skepticism.
"Thank you," She bit out trying to keep her temper and not go off on him, as she had her attention on him, refusing to look away, as he stared at her.
Soon his piercing gaze on her became too much so averted her gaze to outside of the small window, noticing it was dark out.
"So, I haven't been asleep long since you found me?" She asked as he out a bowel in her expecting hands, catching a glimpse of his hand; it was scarred and bruised, she couldn't look anywhere else, on his body because it was well covered and his face only had a small scar on his right cheek barely visible, deciding not yet to comment on it she grimaced at what she saw in the bowel.
"No, you haven't, only two hours at the most, drink up its soup, it'll help ease whatever pain or worry you have to help you sleep," He demanded, as he went to sit on the other side of the hut, across from her, noticing as she started to move the bowel away.
"It looks disgusting," She made a face at the said soup.
"Yes, well beggars can't be choosers now can they, so I suggest you just drink it, and fall asleep so you can be gone tomorrow when the sun rises," He said as he laid down on his back looking up at the ceiling not paying Kagome any mind.
Deciding she had nothing to lose she put the bowel in her hands she brought it up to her face, and then closed her eyes just as the substance started to go into her mouth, once she finished she pushed the bowel aside, and laid back down on the blankets she was given.
"How come you're helping me?"
"Because," He stated simply like that was the answer she was looking for.
"No, why did you bring me here and then assume I am going to stay here till morning, maybe I could leave right now or-,"
"Fine, leave then, have fun getting yourself killed," he lifted one arm into the air and waved her off as he said this nonchalantly.
She looked toward the door, but could only catch a glimpse of the outside as there was a blanket covering, but would move as the wind blew into the hut.
Outside was nothing but burnt grass and wood of huts all over were down, it was a disaster out and she was surprised as to why this hut was still up.
"What happened out there?"
"Demon," He replied curtly.
She looked back over to him and saw that his eyes were shut and had his arms crossed behind his head.
"So are you one or half?"
"Half."
"Oh," She looked down into her folded hands that were in her lap.
She didn't say anything else as the seconds flew by into minutes and possibly hours trying to think of something else to ask this strange man that was protecting her.
Anything so as I won't fall asleep…
"My names Kagome, do-well what's yours?"
"Makoto."
"What happened? Why are you talking to me in one word answers?"
"Go. To . Bed." He ground out through clenched teeth.
"Hmph," She fell back looking up at the ceiling.
Maybe she wouldn't have any nightmares since she was with someone, and they hadn't recently come, oh how she wished.
But Kagome knew you can't always have what you wish for.
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She opened her eyes once again met with the forest she loathed.
She heard as he came out and was on her right side, she turned to look as he started walking towards her; his cloak draped over his face, and he was limping as if his leg has been hurt.
"What do you want now?" She spat at him trying to sound stronger than she felt; her hands were clenched together in fists as she tried to quite their shaking.
"I simply want to help you," he whispered to her walking around her in a circle, she using her eyes to follow his every move.
She snorted in an unfeminine way. "I-I can manage on my own thank you very much," And she crossed her arms across her chest and raised her head up high in a strong manner, but she didn't feel very strong on the inside.
He started cackling.
"I just want to be left alone."
"I can manage that, just ask me too."
"No."
"C'mon my precious little miko why not…don't you trust me?" He came to stand in front of her and caressed her cheek.
It was making her sick to her stomach.
"I don't need you to do anything for me so just-," She stopped what could she say that would make him leave her alone without it to actually leave and be in the real world?
"C'mon then, let's hear it what have you got to say?"
"Nothing, you sick thing!"
He laughed, "Oh what a marvelous little idiotic Miko we've got here!"
"Oh, because insulting me will help your case that much more," She replied sarcastically while letting out a humorous snort, feeling a bit more relaxed and less frightened.
And then he had his hands around her neck. Squeezing. Not too hard to suffocate her, but enough to get her to avert back to frightened.
He was pissed off now.
"Look at what your dog did to my leg! I can't heal it because he took all of my food away, how am I supposed to get more? Hmmm answer me MIKO!" He started to shake her as she closed her eyes and scratched at his hands on her neck.
"I-I-I don't know!"
"I want to be in the outside world…for good, but I can't unless you do as I have asked of you before," he released her, and watched as she collapsed to the ground, and he squatted down in front of her, gripping her chin in his one hand to have her look at him.
"I will be free miko…," he said sternly staring into her frightened eyes.
"You're a monster, the foulest demon I have ever seen, and you think I would ever let you come into the world, whatever that means! It's all just a dream!"
"Tut, tut, you are still in denial, I can't have that now can I?" he smirked at her and then with swift hands he tore off the sleeve of her Kimono.
"See this scar here miko? I gave that to you in a previous so called 'dream' but it's real isn't it, it started to bleed when you woke up, so there forth this may be a 'dream' but it's not one that will go away and never come back, I will always be here and choose to see you here when I see fit, you got lucky that one day when that other miko came to you,
"Thankfully I was able to get rid of her before you could tell her anything special, no matter what miko you will always fall asleep, there may be days where you don't sleep but eventually you will, and the only way to get rid of me is to let me do what you desire," his hand came up to rub her left cheek.
"Oh? And what is it I desire?"
"To be loved by the one who can only love another, I can fix that, just tell me to do so."
"And what is it exactly you would be doing?"
"To take care of that silly dog of yours."
"You mean to kill him?"
"Possibly," she didn't look at him but could feel him making a devilish smile.
"Never," She spat at his feet.
"You Bitch!" he slapped her across her face, his index finger nail scrapping her, causing a small cut to appear.
She lifted up one hand to her left cheek to touch the wound while the other stabilized her as she looked off to her right.
"This will only get worse miko, do as I say and I will leave you for good."
She couldn't look up at him only stared at the ground as tears started to form in her eyes as the realization hit her.
He would forever be here. To inflict pain on her whenever he saw fit, he would never go away unless she made the request for him to kill the one she loved that didn't feel the same about her.
What hurt the most was that if she didn't say his request he would be here with her every time she would fall asleep, and she wouldn't be able to take him, she was inexplicably alone.
The demon had hoisted her up to her feet and looked at her tear stricken face.
"Will you let me give you what you desire?" he asked, but she remained quite avoiding eye contact.
Getting annoyed with her he threw her body to the ground and turned around his back to her, as she lifted herself a bit off the ground a thought occurring to her.
"What happened to you?" He made a dry laugh and then turned around to face her.
"I use to be around long ago, but a monk had tried to exterminate me with some type of casting spell but it didn't work, you see, instead my demon body as an enormous snake was left behind to be buried by the stupid villagers of that village I wanted to destroy, assuming I was dead to them but my soul in human form still lived on, and soon I found I was able to inhabit into the humans 'dreams' I could make them do whatever I wanted! I could tell them I was a god come to give them advice,
"And they would believe it, I had something here, and soon enough I found their weakness the one thing all humans have, whether it be wanting revenge. By finding what one person wanted to do to another I could go into the others mind and slowly torture them, and then soon did I find out that what I did to them in the dream came out to be real in their lives," He stopped to look at her horrified expression.
"Why would someone be so cruel." She whispered to herself, not really a question directed toward him.
"I'm a demon, don't be so surprised it's what we want, it's in our nature to kill, you think when your doggy InuYasha is going to be some well-behaved demon when he uses the jewel to turn himself. No, I know what he wants I heard what his brain was screaming for…,"
He slowly walked toward her and knelt down to her level.
"Blood," he whispered to her, as the word floated in what little space was between them and it rang in her ears and pounded in her brain, over and over she could only think about that one word.
"No- I know he gets that way when he turns sometimes, but he isn't like that I know he'll be different I know it!" She screamed at him.
"No, he won't be."
"Yes," She whispered softly.
He shrugged his shoulders and then got up.
"Haven't you seen the look in your doggies face as he turns full demon."
"I- I've changed him, helped him on numerous occasions not to follow that instinct and to avert back."
"Yes, and just think of what would happen if he didn't…just ask your new found friend on what really happened to his village…."
She was silent for a moment not understanding what to think about his words but finally she asked;
"How are you able to come to the world as your demon self" She asked as she looked up at his towering figure.
"Funny, actually I made a deal with some man named-Naraku-," At his words her eyes widen and she couldn't hide the surprise on her face, he caught it and smirked.
"Yes, he made me a deal, said I can come back to the world using a-oh what's it called- ah jewel shard he had given me and it would help, but wasn't a permanent thing I could only come back into a smaller weaker form of my original one, to make me as big and stronger as I once was I had to eat humans, but he told me if I wanted to return fully to my body once more I had to get inside your little head Kagome and in return I had to- well I've said enough for now, besides I'm sure your eager to get back and fix those wounds of yours."
She looked at him in puzzlement sure her cheek hurt from the scratch of his nail and it would probably be bleeding, and her throat had gotten a bit better just maybe the marks would be redder, also her cheek was stingy from his slap but there was no wounds that were fatal.
"Your doggy cost me my leg, now I shall do to his precious miko unto what he did to me." He said as he started walking towards her…slowly.
"Don't forget me Miko, I will always be here until you make your little wish," He started to get in a stance that was ready to attack her.
"The names, Ryusei, by the way," And then he gave her a unnerving smile.
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"AHHHHHHH!" She screamed as she bolted upright and tore off the sheets revealing a long gash from the bottom of her knee all the way down to her ankle; it had broken her skin and was slowly seeping out blood.
"What happened?" Came Makoto's voice as he neared her with supplies in his hands and started to crush up some herbs to help stop the blood flow.
"I-I-I don't know I just felt this pain and woke up and-and-,"
"Calm down or else you'll go into shock now just lie back down and I'll stop this," He assured her as he set to smearing the herbs up and down her leg, then made to getting a bandage long enough to cover it all up.
"Ok," she breathed out and then taking another breathe in, she would be fine.
It was weird how she had stumbled upon this caring half demon, he had a special soup to help her and he knew how to bandage up wounds.
"There, you should be fine, just might be a bit hard to walk around…but you should manage should you want to leave now.
She give Makoto a curious stare and then looked outside of the window the sun was shining bright and warm…well at least she got some rest.
"Thank you," She whispered and made to stand up using the wall for support, Makoto just moved back to the other side of the hut with his back towards her, stirring something inside of a bowel.
"Um- I would leave except I don't really have anywhere to be going and well can I-,"
"Fine," he said not paying her any mind as she started limping towards him, and just as she was about to touch his shoulder, he moved away.
"Why are you here all alone? Isn't your family looking for you?"
"It's none of your business, but seeing as how you seem the type to ask and ask until you get an answer…their both dead."
"Oh, I'm sorry," She averted her eyes to what he was mixing.
"What's that?" She questioned as she made a face at now catching a whiff of the nasty smell.
"It's to help with what pain you might feel," he said as he passed the bowel over to her and made to go outside.
"Thanks, but I'm not really feeling any and-,"
"You will soon enough." He said and left the flap of the door covering swinging in his wake.
True to her word she hadn't felt any pain at all, but not wanting to make him mad and seeing as how the first brew he made didn't kill her she decided what's the harm and drank all of the contents.
She waited for him to come back but it seemed like hours when it was only minutes but her impatience was taking over her, so she tried inch by inch making her way to the door, on her hands and knees, once she made it she used the frame to help herself up and just as she was pulling the flap back her face made contact with his chest.
"Um- I'm sorry I was just going to find you," She replied trying to take a step back with her bad leg and was about to trip when he snaked an arm around her waist and caught her.
"I just had to go out to my field to pick new herbs," he replied and helped her back inside the hut to lie against the wall while he went to the pot in the middle of the room.
"So, may I ask how come you live here? It must be lonesome and what happened to the other villagers?"
"There dead, A demon came and killed them," He was sitting across the room once more and had his elbows on his knees, while his head was lowered avoiding her eye contact.
"Oh-did- did you at least help them or were you not around?"
He snorted and lifted his head to look at her with an intense gaze.
"How about you get some rest."
She searched his face and knew everything he had said about the attack was true but there was something else that he wasn't telling her.
"Did-were you the one-,"
"-I said get some rest now!"
With that he stood up and fled from the room going outside, she didn't follow him just did as he requested. That's all she could do, since she had gotten her answer it was written all over his face.
The shame.
The guilt.
The sadness.
He had done it.
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"YOU WHAT!"
"I just said something and she just took off she blew what I said way out of proportion and well Kouga and me have searched everywhere for her but it's hard on me since I'm with a pup and well- InuYasha!" Screamed Ayame as she watched him take off into the forest not bothering to wait up for Sango, Shippou and Miroku who were left behind with Ayame and Kouga.
I've had enough of this I'm going to find you one way or another Kagome…before the night ends I swear to it.
He said as he was zooming past all the trees, he could faintly smell the three trying to catch up with him, but it didn't matter he was fed up with this game of hide and seek he wanted his miko back.
But he was running so fast that the rain was messing with his nose and his feet started to bleed and slowly he wasn't running as fast anymore because it too much so with a little persuasion the three had convinced InuYasha to sleep and they would get an early start tomorrow in finding their miko.
A/N; Just wanted to thank all of those who have reviewed or alerted or favorited this story! Yay Also, special thanks goes to Alechaos Ogigio for reading and reviewing each chapter yayyyyy! So thank you and I don't know if anybody is confused still if so then just write it in a review or PM me and I will explain.
And I think this is the longest chapter so far that I have written! 8 Pages !
