Due to so much attention my last update got, I decided I'm going to hurry up and finish this story so I don't have to worry about it anymore. So here you, chapter 9!
Love Risk
Chapter 9
"Hello Kagome, how are you?" Kagome looked up at the person and gasped.
"Kikyo… what are you doing here?" Kagome asked she looked Kikyo up and down. Kikyo's face was stone cold and expressionless, but her eyes were filled with fury and hatred that Kagome shivered when she looked into them. "Oh wait, Kikyo please help me! Koga's hurt and I can't do much right now and-"
"Of course you can't, you can't do much of anything in my opinion. You are only a reincarnation after all. And I will not save the wolf demon." Kikyo sneered, glaring hard at the younger girl.
"I-I don't understand, what do you mean?" Kagome asked and crawled away from Kikyo who was walking towards her slowly.
"You are a nuisance to Inuyasha and I. It would be best if I get rid of you right now and then I can finally be together with Inuyasha in death." Kikyo said and notched an arrow on her bow. Kagome gasped and went to cover Koga, even though he wasn't the one Kikyo was after.
"Kagome… run, get… away." Koga said in between labored breaths. Kagome gasped in shock, thinking the man was unconscious and was surprised when he a\was able to talk.
"Koga what are you talking about?" Kagome asked, looking back at Kikyo every few seconds to see what she would do.
"Naraku did this… to me. But before I passed out… I heard him talking to her." Koga stopped to take a few breaths and glare at Kikyo, who looked uninterested at all as she glared at the two. "She and Naraku are planning on killing… killing you and take the shards." Koga gasped in pain and clutched at his chest. Kagome gasped again and hurried to help him any way she could.
"Sh, sh, don't talk. Save your strength." Kagome said and looked back at Kikyo, who fortunately wasn't aiming at Kagome anymore. Kagome sighed and tried to think of what to do. 'Should I run? No, something could happen to Koga if I did. And I can't fight her off because I left my bow and arrows at Kaede's! What do I do? Inuyasha, help me, where are you?' Kagome thought. Her thoughts were interrupted though when Kikyo spoke again.
"Running and fighting back is futile, your demise is absolute. So why don't you admit defeat and die!" Kikyo shrieked and pulled her bow back up, aiming at Kagome again. Kagome jumped down as the rush of heat and spiritual energy flew past her head. She landed on her side, cutting it slightly on the dirt and gravel, and panted in surprise. Koga who was watching this shouted in anger and worry, trying to ignore the pain and go to Kagome's aid.
Kagome looked up just in time to see Kikyo firing another arrow. Kagome gasped and jumped out of the way again, the arrow barely missing her leg. She stood back up again and ran into the forest, only worrying about keeping herself alive and intent on finding Inuyasha.
Kikyo gritted her teeth, eyes blazing with fury and followed her reincarnation into the woods.
Somewhere a little further in the woods, Inuyasha was chasing after Naraku's scent. But after a while Inuyasha was starting to get pissed off and feel like he was going in circles. 'His scent is everywhere, I can't even find where the trail leads anymore. Should I go back to Kagome and get Koga help?' Inuyasha was about to turn around and go back when he saw the Saimyoushou flying around. 'No wonder his scent is everywhere, he probably is using them so I wouldn't be able to follow him. This is pointless, I'm going back.'
He got back to the clearing in a matter of minutes but was clearly confused when Kagome wasn't there waiting for him. He then noticed Koga lying on the ground gasping in pain.
Inuyasha went over to him and looked at the extent of his injuries, looking over them he knew they would have to get Koga back to the village and quickly. "Koga where's Kagome? It's not like her to leave an injured person like this." He got up and walked away from Koga, trying to find Kagome's scent over the stench of Koga's blood. He found Kagome's quickly leading into the woods but then picked up the smell of grave yard soil. Inuyasha looked around the clearing in a rush, wondering where Kikyo was and why.
"Koga, come on, you have to tell me where Kagome is." Inuyasha said walking back to Koga and slapping his cheek to wake him up. Inuyasha already feared the worst when he picked up Kikyo's scent. 'I'm such an idiot; it was the smell of death coming from Kikyo, not Koga. Now because of me, Kikyo could do something to Kagome.'
"Dead priestess… after Kagome… trying to kill… her." Koga panted out then finally passed out from the pain.
"Dammit, Koga I'm going to go after them. Don't you dare die on me or I will never forgive you for making Kagome upset!" Inuyasha threatened and ran off following the trails of Kikyo and Kagome's scents.
Kagome was running for her life, away from Kikyo, and trying to find Inuyasha. 'Where did he go? He said he wasn't going to go very far.' Kagome stopped and panted, catching her breath.
She couldn't rest long though because she saw another arrow coming towards her head. She ducked down then ran again, ignoring the pain in her lungs. It was like that every time she stopped, thinking since Kikyo wasn't running that she had a head start. But no, every time she turned around there was Kikyo, firing arrow after arrow at her.
All of a sudden Kagome felt a sharp pain in her cheek. She stopped and felt her cheek, then looked at her fingers to see her blood on them. She looked up to see what hit her and saw an arrow now lodged in a tree beside her. Kagome heard a twig behind her snap and saw Kikyo aiming an arrow at her and releasing. She didn't have enough time to get out of the way and the arrow ended up in her upper arm.
She screamed in pain, tears in her eyes, as she ripped the bloody arrow out of her arm and turned to run again, holding her arm in severe pain. To make matters worse, Kagome now felt blood at the front of her top, she looked down and saw a few growing drops of blood where her old wound was. 'I don't understand, that wound should be healed, how could it open again? Probably from all the running I'm doing, I've got to find a way to lose her.' Kagome thought to herself and picked up the pace.
"Inuyasha, help me! Where are you?!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs, praying to God that he heard her. Luck was not on her side because soon after she came to a dead end. She gasped in pain, looking for a way out or she was a goner.
"It seems fate is not on your side." Kikyo said, walking up behind her. Kagome turned around and glared at the dead woman, Kikyo just laughed at her, making Kagome angrier.
"Why Kikyo, why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?" Kagome yelled at Kikyo in a panic, her fears rising and threatening to come out.
"You have stolen Inuyasha's heart, his heart that was once in my possession. If I kill you, he will come back to me and then we shall die together, together in hell for all eternity, like it was supposed to be fifty years back." Kikyo answered, now glaring hard at her reincarnation.
"Deep down you know that isn't true. Whether Inuyasha loves me or not, he will never forgive you if you take my life." Kagome said, knowing she wasn't telling the complete truth. Ever since Inuyasha asked her to be his mate, he's been telling her he loves her every chance he got when they were alone. She knew Inuyasha would hold a grudge against her if she killed his mate, but would he be able to kill Kikyo if she does succeed? 'No, don't think like that, Inuyasha will come and save you.'
"He will soon forget once he remembers how much I mean to him, all the promises we once made to each, and the love we once shared." Kikyo said notching an arrow and aiming.
"That is a thing of the past! He's moved on, and so should you so you can finally rest in peace." Kagome said sympathetically.
"Silence, you should not comment on what you know nothing about, I do not need your pity! Now die!" Kikyo said and released the arrow. It came towards Kagome quickly, faster than all of the other ones, fully charged with anger and spiritual power. Kagome had no time to dodge as the arrow rushed to her, the only thing she could do was call for help one last time.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed as the arrow hit her.
Inuyasha heard Kagome's scream from where he was in the woods. He smelt Kagome's blood a few minutes after he left Koga and his nose led him to an area with few trees, most with arrows stuck in them. He was on his way to follow Kagome's scent when he heard her scream his name, making his blood run cold at the terror in her voice.
Fortunately the smell of her blood led him to where Kagome was. Unfortunately the sight that welcomed him was Kikyo pointing a bow and arrow at Kagome, who had an arrow sticking out of her stomach and was bent over in pain.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled running over to her, getting Kikyo's attention. "Kagome, are you alright? Please say something to me Kagome!" Inuyasha begged, cuddling her close to his chest.
"Inuyasha… you came for me, thank goodness." Kagome smiled up at him before falling unconscious.
"Inuyasha, why do you hold her so close, does she truly mean more to you than I do?" Kikyo asked, gritting her teeth. She withdrew her arrow and put her bow down, her mind preoccupied with something else.
"Why did you do this Kikyo? What has Kagome ever done to you?" Inuyasha said, laying Kagome down and standing defensively in front of her.
"Isn't it obvious? She has come between has too many times and now I will put an end to it." Kikyo said glaring at the girl lying out cold behind him. "You promised me long ago that you wished to be with me, you wanted live out your days together as a human with me. Now I learn that you have asked this girl, a mere copy of me, to be your mate? What is the meaning of this?"
"Kikyo, I'm sorry but I love Kagome and I want to be with her. But I promise to still kill Naraku and avenge your death." Inuyasha said looking into her eyes. Kikyo eyes widened, not liking this at all.
"No, you have promised me things countless times and if you marry her you will break every one of them. You used to love me, what happened to those feelings Inuyasha?" Kikyo said and for the first time that day looked sadly into his eyes.
"I don't think we were ever in love Kikyo, I think we were just two lonely people who needed someone. What was between us wasn't love, because if it was then Naraku wouldn't have been able to deceive us that easily. I did have feelings for you, it wasn't love but something was there. I'm sorry Kikyo, but I love Kagome now." Inuyasha said forlornly, this time not being able to look into her eyes.
"I will not accept this Inuyasha. I told you, your life and heart belongs to me. I am the one you shall be with and when Naraku is dead, I will be the one to drag you into hell where we shall live in for eternity together." Kikyo said pulling her bow up again and aiming an arrow at Kagome's head.
"Kikyo don't do this please!" Inuyasha said, trying to decide whether to pull Tetsusaiga out or not. "It doesn't have to be this way."
"You should have thought of that before making your final decision about all of this." Kikyo said and fired. Inuyasha drew his sword and blocked the arrow heading for Kagome. The arrow sparked when it hit the blade before disintegrating and taking Tetsusaiga's power making it transform back into the rusty blade. A sudden spark of anger ran through Inuyasha's body, his demon blood coming forth.
'Woman is trying to hurt mate, woman already hurt mate badly. Must protect mate, must kill woman.' His mind said repeatedly. His claws and fangs grew, his eyes bled red and the blue pupils appeared. He starting growling dangerously low and cracked his knuckles.
"You'll pay for her hurting her." Inuyasha growled before leaping into attack. Kikyo saw the attack coming and fired an arrow at demon Inuyasha instead of Kagome. There was a sound of tearing flesh and a scream echoing throughout the woods.
