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Chapter Ten: A New Enemy

Recap

"KAGOME!" he screamed.

Kikyou watched from her little corner and laughed silently. After the girl was in hell, Inuyasha would be all hers. Her plan had worked well.

End Recap

Inuyasha pulled on Kagome's arm frantically. He didn't want to hurt her by pulling her too hard, but he didn't want to lose her to the darkness of hell. He decided that her arm would heal if any injuries were acquired so he pulled harder. He looked down and saw nothing left of her above the ground. His arms were beginning to sink into the depths of hell too. He was panicking for his and Kagome's life now. He pulled as hard as he could. He looked over to where he last saw Kikyou. He saw her sitting there, an evil smirk on her face.

"If I were you, love, I would pay attention if you do not want to lose her," Kikyou spat, being sure to add extra venom to the word love.

"Kikyou," Inuyasha managed to get out, still pulling on Kagome's arm. "Why?"

Kikyou just smiled evilly as she disappeared into the darkness of the forest. He could hear her chuckle slightly as all traces of her disappeared.

"Kikyou you get back here!" Inuyasha yelled out.

He continued pulling for an hour, only making a little effort. Time stood still as he felt her claws dig into his hand from under the black hole. Inuyasha desperately grabbed around for her arm as he felt himself let go. He removed his hand from the hole, convinced that he would not be able to grab her hand again. He stood up and looked at the ground as the hole closed up in front of his eyes. He did not care that his hand was bleeding, he just wanted her back. His eyes glazed over with sadness. He thought of the person responsible. Kikyou. He would find her and kill her for killing his true love.

Inuyasha walked back to the camp, pain evident in his eyes. Shippou ran up to him and launched his self into the half-demon's stomach. He was surprised that he did not punch him off. He looked up into his eyes and gasped. He looked totally torn. Like his heart had been ripped from his chest. He did not know that that was in fact what had happened.

"Inuyasha?" he questioned, worried for his friend. He kept on walking, not saying a word. Shippou jumped off of Inuyasha and watched him walk on as if he had never talked to him. He ran off desperately looking for Sango and Miroku. He found them wandering around the village. He jumped onto Sango's shoulder.

"You guys have to come! There's something wrong with Inuyasha!" he said jumping onto the ground. He turned to look up at his two human friends.

"Is he hurt?" Sango said running towards Kaede's hut. He would most likely be there. Miroku following suit ran along side Sango.

"I don't know, he looked like he was in pain, but I couldn't smell any blood on him," Shippou explained.

The three friends ran towards the hut and found the half-demon sitting in the corner. They heard slight sniffling. He did not notice their presence so he let out another quiet sob.

"Inuyasha?" Sango said softly, approaching his with care. "Inuyasha, is that you?"

They heard the sobbing turn into quiet sniffling. Then silence fell among them. The only sound was Miroku attempting to light a fire. Once successful, the light travelled across the room, filling it until they could see Inuyasha. What they saw was shocking. Inuyasha sat, his knees pulled into his chest. His cheeks were stained with tears and his eyes red and puffy. He looked a mess. Most of all, they were surprised to even see him crying. Fear struck them, where was Kagome?

"Inuyasha?" Sango said soothingly, she put a comforting hand on his shoulder. He didn't bother to shrug it off. "Inuyasha, what wrong? Where is Kagome?"

"Hmm," he mumbled. He wasn't looking at them. He looked as if something was playing in his mind, over and over.

"Inuyasha, where is Kagome?" Sango said fear rising between everyone in the hut. She spoke more forcefully yet still kind. As if talking to a stubborn child who won't tell you something.

"She's..." he said silently. "She's..." he couldn't say it. He has failed her. Sure, she was the strongest demon he had ever met, but she still trusted him for help. He had failed her and his friends.

"She's what Inuyasha?" Sango said softly, her kindness returning. She could see he was in pain.

"She's gone," he finally got out. He got up slowly, wobbling on his feet.

"Where? Inuyasha, what happened?!" Sango grew frantic. Miroku put a hand to her shoulder to quiet her down.

"Inuyasha, what happened? We want to help," he said smoothly.

"Kikyou tried to...bring me to hell again...Kagome saved me...I tried but...she's gone," he said in a broken sentence.

"Kagome is in hell?" Sango said, horror-struck. She put a shocked hand to her mouth.

Inuyasha nodded to confirm their fears. "But I am going to go find Kikyou and make her save Kagome. I have to get her back!" he said running out of the hut. The three left in the hut sprang quickly into action and followed.

Inuyasha sniffed the air, trying to find the rotten scent that came with Kikyou's presence. He found it a couple miles from where he was. He raced on even faster. He ran into a field and found Kikyou sitting in a tree, apparently sleeping. He walked up to her, growling.

"Kikyou!" he called up to her.

With Kagome

Kagome watched with tear-filled eyes as Inuyasha's hand flex and unflex for what seemed like forever in his attempts of pulling her out of hell. She could see him pull her up a few inches then felt herself fall a few, away from the surface. She could see him steadily falling in hell with her. She didn't want him to be dragged into hell with her. She dug her claws into his flexed hand. He let go out of instinct. She felt herself fall and land in what seemed like fire. She looked up and saw his hand grab around desperately then it disappeared. She used her demon power to jumped up, trying to get out of the hole as it closed up slowly. She almost smiled when she was inches away from the horrible place. An unknown force held her back from exiting this place. She felt as if she were kicked with extreme force back to the fiery ground.

"Inuyasha..." she whispered as the hole closed up for eternity. She continued to look up at the non-existing hole. She sobbed into her hands. She would never see him again. Him and the others were gone. She was stuck in hell. She cried for ten minutes until she decided that she would be tough. She got up, roughly wiping up the tears onto her haori. She looked around and saw hundreds of minions around her. She got into a fighting stance ready to attack. A man in red clothing walked out from the hundreds of minions.

"Kagome," he said with a deep voice.

"Who's asking?" she said, hands on her Inmetsu. She was glad that she still had them.

"Ahh, you sound so much like Inuyasha," he commented with his silky smooth voice. He wore red clothes with dark red armour covering his breast.

Kagome didn't move. All she knew about hell was what she had learned when she was a child. It was a dark pit of fire, where people who were bad in their lifetime would be cursed to live forever. She had to keep on guard, hell was a bad place. And she would be living there for the rest of eternity.

"You do not belong here," he said looking at her with red eyes. They looked similar to Naraku's eyes. She wondered if he was the leader of hell, or the Devil, why did his eyes show so much kindness?

"Then send me back!" she exclaimed. I need to get back, I do not want to be here!

"I cannot," he said sympathetically, "Only the one who sent you here can bring you back."

Oh, well then I'm never going back, she thought of the person who sent her there. She let a sad smile appear on her face.

"Don't worry," he said putting a clawed hand on her back, "the ones who don't belong here are usually sent back. All justice is paid."

He led her into his office, "You can stay here while I'm out on business. The minions will not touch you here."

"Thank you..." she said not knowing his name.

"It's Kiori. My maid will be in just a moment," he said walking out.

"Ok thank you, Kiori," she said bowing in respect.

She waited for ten minutes, looking around the office when a woman entered the office. She turned around and gasped.

With Inuyasha

Kikyou looked down at Inuyasha. She didn't smile but climbed down the tree with grace. She walked up to Inuyasha attempting to hug him and said, "Inuyasha I see that you've come."

"Not for you. I want you to get Kagome back!" he yelled, pushing her away.

"I cannot do that," she said smirking.

"You're lying! I can smell it!" he yelled.

Sango and Miroku came up behind Inuyasha, glaring daggers at Kikyou. They wanted more than anything to harm her slowly and painfully, but they thought that it would be best if Inuyasha handled it.

"Bring her back," Inuyasha growled viciously. He flexed his clawed hands threateningly towards her.

Kikyou started to be afraid of him though refusing to show it. He put on her emotionless mask once again while looking up at him.

"I will not help you bring back your dead wench," she said coldly.

Inuyasha's inner demon boiled at two things: her calling Kagome a dead wench when in fact she was really the dead one, he had faith the Kagome was still alive. Second of all, she was the one that had planned to send her there and achieved. His inner demon thought of Kagome as a mate, and his human side loved her just as much. He was unable to stop his next movements.

"Do not talk about Kagome like that..." he slashed her with his claws. He did not feel anything as doing it. He watched as her body turned to ash and the souls come out her body. He saw her spirit come out as well. She looked happy and had a genuine smile on her face.

"Inuyasha, thank you for freeing me from the wretched body. I am finally free to rest in peace," she said with pure happiness.

"Not so fast," he said stopping her, "what about Kagome?"

"I will allow her to return to the modern world," she said still smiling. "I will speak with Kiori and he will allow a void to open to this world. Only then, can she return."

Inuyasha watched as her spirit disappeared. He turned around trusting what Kikyou said. It was not the recent, evil Kikyou. It was the Kikyou of the past, the happy, pure Kikyou. He knew he could trust her words so walked away without a word.

Sango and Miroku looked at him questioningly. How could he trust her so easily? But she did seem genuine when telling him that she would return Kagome to the world of the living. The followed his slow pace, not getting too close to him. They made it back to the hut in time for dinner. Kaede knew everything that happened since Kikyou's spirit paid her one last visit before going into the after world.

With Kagome

Kagome turned around and gasped. She ran up and hugged the old woman.

"Kiji! Oh my god!" she exclaimed, "It is so good seeing someone familiar here! Wait, you're from hell?"

"Hello Kagome! How did you get here?" she said looking at her new form. "I see you have changed."

"Inuyasha dead ex sent me here," she said coldly at the thought of Kikyou.

"I am sorry to hear that," Kiji said in understanding, "but I'm sure things will work out."

"That's what everybody's been saying," Kagome said looking down. "I don't belong here. I still have a life to live."

"Well, Kikyou was her name, was it not?" she said yet again with that mysterious, knowing look in her eye.

Kagome nodded. She wanted to know how this woman knew everything.

"Remember, I can read your mind," she said smiling kindly. "You are worried about living here. Do not fear. It isn't that bad. The only evil things here are the Hell Minions like the ones you saw before. Otherwise, everyone is nice. It is not like you know it to be like when you were a child."

"I am not planning on finding all this stuff out, I'm planning on leaving as soon as possible," she said. The door to the room opened and Kiori and Kikyou walked in. Kagome glared at Kikyou with hatred. She wanted to pounce on her but found she could not move her feet. She could move her arms as she tried to swipe at her. She then realised that she looked stupid and stopped, and just restored to glaring.

"Kagome," Kiori started. He glanced at the woman beside him. She stayed cool under the death look Kagome was giving her.

"Kiori, please. Let me," Kikyou said looking at him and giving him a pleasant but serious smile. She turned to Kagome and took a few steps. Kagome growled with hatred. Kikyou knew that once she explained to her what had happened that she would forgive her. While back with the living, she learned that Kagome was a very forgiving person. She could never stay mad at anyone. She remembered watching Kagome and Inuyasha have many fights and she would go back to her time angry. Yet somehow she would always end up forgiving him. She had faith in her. (an: I absolutely hate Kikyou but meh. She'll be an ok person in my story I guess...)

"I don't want to hear from you," Kagome spat.

"Please Kagome, let me explain," she pleaded. Kagome looked in her eyes and found kindness. She decided to let her explain.

"Go, but I can't guarantee that I will believe you," Kagome said.

"It's alright, you don't have to believe me but at least listen," she explained. Kikyou look in her green eyes with much intensity. She used her priestess powers to tap into Kagome's mind. She let Kagome see what happened to her that day.

Kikyou's Memories

Kagome could see Kikyou walking around slowly with her soul collectors drifting around her head. She walked through the forest when she turned her head to the left, staring into the shadows. Kagome turned her head and saw a demon staring back out at Kikyou.

"Kikyou," she heard the demon rasp out roughly. The demon stepped out of the shadows. It was in a human form and wore dark blue pants and a deep green top. His body was covered with armour. His hair was midnight black and his eyes were light blue. He looked trustworthy but Kagome could sense immense power coming off him. It was worse than Naraku's demonic aura.

"My name is Hikiromaru," he introduced, walking further out of the shadows. The demon jumped at Kikyou and entered her body. Her body became tense and she twitched slightly. Her body soon relaxed.

"Now, Kikyou. You will go and get that woman, Kagome, to go to hell. She is the only one who can defeat me in this world at the moment. With her gone I can come out of hiding and take it all over," a masculine voice came out of Kikyou. Her voice was still recognisable yet it was different.

"Now let's go," the masculine voice faded away and was replaced by Kikyou's voice. Hikiromaru ran off in Kikyou's body and went to the God Tree.

End of Kikyou's Memories

Kagome's eyes cleared up as she focused to her surroundings. She understood what had happened. It wasn't Kikyou that had sent her here, it was this new demon, Hikiromaru. Kagome looked at Kikyou with questioning eyes.

"I am sorry, Kagome. I never meant to hurt you, I tried to overcome this new evil but he was too strong. Now, you can escape from this place. We have opened up a void outside and lowered the barrier so you can pass through," she explained. Kagome ran up and hugged her.

"Kikyou, I knew you weren't a bad person. Thank you so much," Kagome said happily.

"You're welcome. Tell Inuyasha that I am sorry that I caused so much trouble for you all," Kikyou said. "Hell isn't a bad place, it like heaven but for bad people," she giggled.

(an: That's what hell is in my story!)

"Thank you Kikyou, Kiji, and Kiori," she said walking to the rooms exit. "Kikyou, I will take care of that demon that caused all of this."

"And I will be along side you when you need me," she returned, smiling fondly.

With one last glance at her new friends, Kagome walked out and looked skywards. She spotted a white hole forming in the sky. She ran underneath it and jumped. When she reached the hole she felt a familiar feeling, like what she felt as she passed through the well. She passed through it and saw the sun rising. She ran to the nearby village.

With Inuyasha

Inuyasha awoke to a familiar smell. It was Kagome. He ran out of the hut and saw nothing. He looked around and still didn't see her. He heard the others run out of the hut behind him. He turned and looked at them, they looked shocked.

"Inuyasha," Kagome said from behind him. He turned around so fast it hurt his neck. There she was. He had thought that he lost her forever. He grabbed her waist and pulled her into a bone-crushing hug. (an: So unlike him, eh?) Kagome smiled and hugged back with the same intensity. The rest of the gang ran towards them as they all hugged.

Once the hug ended Kagome's face turned serious, "Guys, Kikyou did not do this to me."

"What are you talking about, Kagome?" Inuyasha yelled.

"That was not Kikyou, she was being possessed by a demon named Hikiromaru. I saw it when I saw her in hell," Kagome explained.

The gang looked at her with questioning looks.

"Let's go inside and I'll explain everything," she said walking towards the hut.

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Well, there it is. She went to hell but she came out fine. Now who is this new demon, eh? And yes I'm Canadian, which is why I keep on saying "eh?" Now please read and review. I'd like to at least reach 80 reviews. I would be so happy about that! There are plenty more cookies to go around. I've got infinity of them, so the people who review this time will get...2!

Eva-miko