Betrayed

Chapter 9

Unlikely Alliance .

The group finally left the village. Along with Kouga and Kikyou. There was a separation within the group, the tension was strong, and everyone was quiet, even Shippo who is the most talkative. Kagome and Kouga walked in front with Sango, Shippo, and Kirara. Inuyasha was picking up the rear end, with Kikyou and Miroku. They were quite a distance behind.

"I can't believe that Miroku went along with Inuyasha, you know Kagome…" Sango looked over at her best friend. "Kagome are you ok?" suddenly worried because she stopped and tilted her head.

"Shhhhhh. Someone is approaching, with jewel shards at an alarming speed. It's Naraku!" she shouted.

Kouga looked at her. "Naraku? You're sure Kagome?"

"Yes, of course I'm sure. Sango do you which to come or wait to tell the others?" she asked, jumping on Kouga's back.

"Yes I'll wait for the others, you go on ahead Kagome." Dust flew all around her as Kouga sped off, in the direction of Naraku. "Kirara. Lets go get the rest of them." Kirara transformed, Sango jumped on, grabbing Shippo with her, she reced back towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha! Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha suddenly looking worried yelled. "Where is Kagome?"

"She went off with Kouga, she went after Naraku." As soon as these words left her lips, they heard a blood curling scream. They all yelled, "Kagome!" all except one, Kikyou, who was inwardly smiling at these magical turn of events. With Kagome dead Inuyasha will finally be mine.

Inuyasha was the first to reach Kagome, but what he saw was totally unexpected, that he froze. Naraku was pinned to a tree, by at least five ofKagome's arrows, sneering at her. "You alone shall never defeat me girl, you know you can't do a thing without Inuyasha at you're pitiful side." He laughed.

"That's what you think Naraku. I don't need Inuyasha anymore than he needs me. But I can kill you, with just one more shot and you know it, so keep you're tricks to yourself." She smiled. Kagome pulled out an arrow; suddenly it turned golden, and aimed at Naraku. "This is it Naraku. GO GOLDEN ARROW, DEVOUR THIS DEMON!"

When the others finally approached, all they saw was Naraku's face, along with a gut wrenching scream. "Noooooooo!" then he was no more.

There was a pain in Miroku's cursed hand, he looked.

"He's gone. My wind tunnel has disappeared." Sango smiled and flew herself into his arms. "Now we can finally be together, my dear Sango."

Somewhere in the distance came a cry. "Big sister!"

Sango turned, "Kohaku, is that you. Kohaku!" she raced off towards the voice.

"Wait, Sango. I'll come with you." Miroku said, following her.

All the while Inuyasha never took his eyes off Kagome, and she never glanced back at him, she was stooping down next to a wounded Kouga, whose legs were bleeding profusely. So Naraku actually got the last jewel shards, only to die right after.

"Kouga, you're going to be alright. I promise." She said softly.

Kouga scoffed at her. "Of course I am Kagome. I'll never miss a chance to be with you."

Kagome stretched out her hand towards the tree that Naraku died on. "My jewel" was all she said, the sacred jewel came into her hand. She closed her palm over it and brought it to her chest. There was a light, and then it was gone. "Relax Kouga" she put her hands palm down, above Kouga's injured legs, closed her eyes, and his wound was healed.

Miroku and Sango came running into the clearing; Miroku had Kohaku in his arms.

"Kagome, please, you must save my brother. Please?"

"Need you ask Sango? I'll do anything for you guys, you're my friends. Lay him down to lie on his stomach; the jewel was placed in his back." Miroku laid Kohaku down, and again, Kagom stretched her hand over him. Kohaku suddenly awoke, as if in a daze.

"Sister?" he mumbled.

"Kohaku!" Sango cried and hugged herself to him, so tightly that Miroku had to intervene.

"Sango, my love, be careful or you'll knock him out again, this time because of loss of oxygen"

Kagome sighed; she was feeling a bit dizzy, so she took a deep breath and let it out. "It's over. Kouga could you get me back to the village pleas….." her sentence never finished, Kagome fainted. Inuyasha caught her before Kouga could reach near, when he laid her in the curve of his arms; she looked into those golden orbs. "Inuyasha, you still saving me?" she smiled, then her eyes went blank, she fell unconscious.

Miroku was at his side, he felt her pulse. "We have to get her back as soon as possible Inuyasha. Kagome could die any minute."

As Inuyasha got up he heard Kouga approaching him. "Give her to me. I could get there faster than you."

He sneered, "No I'll carry her myself, I don't want you're paws on my woman!" He didn't hear Kikyou's indrawn breath.

Kouga laughed. "Ha, you're woman. You can't even admit to her that you love her, but she's you're woman. We'll see about that." Inuyasha said nothing but began to race towards the village, leaving the others behind, along with Kikyou.


By the time they reached Kaede's hut, Kagome was shivering, her face deathly pale. Kouga upon seeing this rushed to her side.

"Kagome, I know you can hear me. You have to shake this off ok, fight Kagome. Remember, you promised to come with me when this is all over, and it is. Naraku is dead, Inuyasha has chosen Kikyou….."

"What the hell are you telling her?" Inuyasha yelled. "Who said anything about me choosing Kikyou, uummmm or even Kagome? I don't know the answer to that question. So just stay away from her Kouga."

"Shut up you idiot. You treat Kagome like crap and you know it" Kouga sneered. "She tells you that she loves you, and all you say is that "you know I'm not good with emotions Kagome", what kind of nonsense is that huh? You know what I'll do to even have Kagome say that to me? But no she said it to you, and just like the dog you are, you bit her in the ass…."

"Kouga" came a strangled cry. "Leave him be Kouga. Please."

"Kagome I'm sorry" Kouga said sincerely."But he does not deserve you Kagome."

Lady Kaede chose that time to reenter. "Do ye children know that Kagome needs her rest? She used to much power, so leave, and let her sleep. Come outside with me, for there is much we have to discuss, all of ye." They all followed Lady Kaede out the hut.

"Kagome has exerted herself, if she doesn't get the medicine that is required to revive her she may die." Kaede said solemnly.

They all yelled instantaneously. "Die!"

Sango began wriggling her hands. "What kind of medicine does she need?"

"She needs souls" Kaede mumbled.

"Souls?" Inuyasha asks. "You mean like how Kikyou needs souls to live, so does Kagome?"

"Yes" she replied. "Let me explain. When that demon brought Kikyou back to life, she took pieces of Kagome's soul. Kagome is now the Golden One; she needs her whole soul, if she is to stay alive. I know that Kikyou will never return her soul to its rightful place with Kagome, and neither will Kagome take her soul back from Kikyou. The Golden One has the power to revive or take life, if she wanted Kikyou dead, she would have killed her on her return to our era."

"So what you're saying is that, without part of her soul Kagome will die right. And because she loves Inuyasha she won't take it away from Kikyou." Sango said.

Miroku shook his head. "No, even if Inuyasha didn't love Kikyou anymore, Kagome will not harm her. Kagome has a kind and forgiving heart Sango"

"To bloody forgiving if you ask me" Sango mumbled.

Now Kouga asked, "So what's the problem?"

Lady Kaede sighed and shook her head. "She won't call upon her soul collectors. Taking life worries that child to much. One, or all ofye will have to talk to her, she has forbidden me to speak to her about it."

"She has forbidden you? Isn't that overreacting a bit Kaede" Inuyasha said.

"As I said, Kagome is the Golden One. All priestesses have to obey to her will. If she wishes, this village and everything around it can be hers. But Kagome is not so, nor will she call upon her soul collectors." Lady Kaede said in a grave voice.

"I'll speak to her."

They all turned and looked at Kikyou.

"I'm the only one who knows the importance of actually relying on the soul collectors to keep me alive." Kikyou said.

"I'm not letting you near my friend." Sango sneered.

Miroku touched her shoulder. "She has a point to that…."looking directly at Inuyasha "only Kikyou knows the importance of the soul collectors, to a priestesses' life. I doubt any harm will come to her Inuyasha." Not sure if Inuyasha wanted Kikyou or Kagme, so the 'she' was necessary.

Inuyasha sighed. "Fine, but I'm coming with you. I'm not leaving Kagome and Kikyou together."

Kikyou shook her head. "No it's best that I do this on my own Inuyasha. I'm quite sure Kagome is too interested in Kouga to mind." Inuyasha was about to interrupt when Kikyou silenced him with a kiss, by the time he came out of his daze, Kikyou was in the hut talking to Kagome. Miroku and Sango were looking at him with bewilderment. Shippo looked as if he was his next kill, but Kouga had a smirk on his face, that looked annoyingly that he was saying 'You fucked up reaaalllll bad. Now I'll have Kagome, no problems at all.'

"WHAT!" he didn't wait for an answer. Jumped unto the roof of the hut and waited.


As Kikyou entered she glanced at her reincarnation and sneered. "Why did it choose you to be the Golden One? I'll never understand. You're my bloody reincarnation. It should have chosen me. Now all that power would waste on a soon to be dead girl"

Kagome smiled slightly. "I hope that the dead girl that you're talking about is not me Kikyou. Because if it is, then we have a serious problem on our hands, don't we?"

Kikyou's face began to relax, and a smile broke out. Well at least they picked someone with spunk to be my reincarnation. "I came to talk you into taking the soul collectors, but I don't think I'll bother with that anymore. Maybe I should just let you die."

"There is no need to try and persuade me. And I'm not going to die; I'm calling my soul collectors to me at this very moment. I wish to stay alive, to see how this all ends. It's a thrilling love story don't you agree Kikyou?" asked Kagome.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Looking away fromthose golden, piercing eyes.

Kagome almost laughed. "Yes you do. You know exactly what I'm talking about. You don't love Inuyasha anymore do you? All you care about is the fact that you don't want anyone else getting him. Once you had him, you should be the only one that he'll love, you and no other." Kikyou began to look uncomfortable. "It's true, but I do have one question for you, did you fall in love with him before or after he turned into one of the most dangerous demons alive?"

"Before." Kikyou said, sounding defeated. "I loved him before he turned, and after Inuyasha came into my life." She couldn't help it, just being in Kagome's presence, feeling that power. Even though I despise her, she's the only one who actually understands. I hate her for that; I hate her for being able to comprehend me so easily. But I respect her too, she is my equal, the person I could be if only I let go of Inuyasha. Should I?

Kagome smiled and reached for her hand. "I understand, but you have to let go, or else you'll lose the one you truly want to be with forever. Now could you leave please, I would prefer privacy with my first souls."

Kikyou got up to leave. "There're not that bad, once you get used to it." As she reached the entrance, she turned back. "Thank you. I know that I've been, well, unfair towards you, but I liked our little chat, and I'll try. But let me give you some advice, stop trailing that wolf boy along, thing could get real bad."

"I know, thank you. But it won't hurt to give him some competition now would it."

Kikyou laughed. "Yes I guess so. Inuyasha has gotten everything so easily; he should fight for this one. Just not till the death."

Kagome laughed along with her. "It won't happen like that, not if I have something to do with it."

Kikyou said thanks one last time before leaving.

Inuyasha saw them first, and his heart sank with relief. So she has decided to call the after all, thank you Kikyou.

They feel so cold. I could hear their voices inside my head. i don't know how Kikyou does this, oh yeah, she's made of clay Kagome laughed silently to herself. Stop, it's not funny. She laughed out loud, and harder still.


Some where, in the depths of this hidden castle, he thought of her, Kikyou. Why do I persist in thinking of her? I don't love her, I DON'T LOVE HER!.