Kagome sat up suddenly in her bed, frantically glancing around her dark room. *...there was someone here just now...* she thought trying to stop her convulsing, her heartbeat loud as thunder. *...someone was in the bed with me...* she cried softly, hugging herself. "Calm down Kagome." she told herself, getting her heartbeat back to its original steady rhythm.

Her breathing slowed too, and she was able to hear the cars on the road outside and a faint sound of water, like a shower, coming from down the hall.

She also heard the footsteps of a couple of people out on the highway sidewalk; one gave a faint giggle.

"Maybe I was imagining it." she mumbled, glancing over at her clock. "...one in the morning..."

Kagome slipped out of bed, looking over at her desk and realizing it was no longer messy. "Maybe it was my mom who was in here..." She walked over to her door, opening it and slipping out, then closing it.

The sound of the shower was a bit louder now, and she could also hear her mom giggling and Himitsu saying something; it sounded like a murmur to Kagome.

"Don't tell me." Kagome whined sickly, rolling her eyes, but then grinned. *...it's something I can tell Yuka when I see her...* Kagome tipped down the hall to her mother's room, quietly slipping in.

The lights were all on, nd the TV was on the news; a female anchor was getting live report about a major car collision that happened in Osaka earlier that day. And, as expected, the shower in her bathroom was on. Kagome's mom's room had a big bed against the wall of the door with the nightstands on both sides, each with one lamp standing on it, also on.

Kagome heard her mom again, and she winced. *...Yuka, you owe me big time for this...* She spotted her mom's cellphone on the edge of the bed, and she quickly swooped it up.

It was black, and shaped like a rectangle, like a TV remote, only smaller. The background was of Kagome when she was little, holding a newborn Souta, seated on the hospital bed that her mom was in. Her dad and grandpa were in it too.

She remembered that day: They'd asked the nurse to take a picture of them all. There's a similar pic too of when Kagome was born.

Kagome turned the camera on, and the screen switched to a live view of the room. Kagome took a deep breath, staring at the screen, which showed the carpet and part of her bare feet. She glanced over at the bathroom door. It was cracked, and the light was seeping out.

She crept over to the door, slowly pushing it open and pocking her head in.

Her mom was against the wall facing Kagome, hidden by Himitsu, who's back was turned to Kagome.

The shower, which was not separate from the bathtub, stood right across from the door, and there was no shower curtains.

"Gross!" Kagome rasped loudly to herself, watching her parent and Himitsu go at it. *...let's get this over ...* she thought, holding up the camera.

And that's when she saw it.

Kagome's mouth dropped open as her view switched from the camera to the shower, then back. "...you..."

Kagome's mom peaked from behind Himitsu, then yelped and fell to the bottom of the tub. "Kagome-chan!"

Kagome quickly zoomed into Himitsu's back and snapped a picture just before he turned to face her, his eyes a burgundy red instead of brown.

"How'd you find my house!" Kagome screamed, running out of the bedroom, followed by him, who seemed to be floating quickly over Kagome instead of running.

"Wher're you going Kagome?" he said in a haunting voice, his hair growing to it's natural length and his purple and black kimono seeming to appear out of nowhere on his body. "Now I have to kill you."

*...damn...* Kagome thought, flashing sown the stairs. *...I left my arrows in the Feudal Era and InuYasha's not here yet...* She raced to the front door, then paused, looking behind her and realizing that he wasn't chasing her any longer, she glanced back at the picture on the screen of her mom's phone, staring at the familiar spider mark on that demon that was in the shower with her mom and wondering why she couldn't see it with naked eyes.

Kagome quietly slid the front door open and stepped out, sprinting over to the shrine to the well, whipping the doors open and swinging herself in, then slamming them quickly shut.

It was very quiet in the shrine, as always, with a tiny sound the well always made that only Kagome or Kikyou can hear; the sound that's like magic glitter falling to the ground.

Kagome peaked out of the window in the well, which had wooden bars, similar to the metal bars of a prison door. She stayed focused on her house, waiting for something to happen.

There was a stir from her bedroom window - her curtains fluttered slightly - followed by a blinking light, like a ceiling light in a hospital room getting ready to blow out; its nonmetramoned blink flashing on and off repeatedly. That went on for about a minute or two, and when it finally stopped, Kagome gave a sigh of relief, resting her forehead on one of the bars, then jumped when two hands shot from behind Kagome and slammed up against the bars, one on each side of her head. Kagome turned around slowly, realizing she was staring Naraku dead in his face.

Naraku snatched Kagome by her neck, pressing her against the wooden door. "I hate you! Maybe if you're dead, I can kill InuYasha. Then you'll be out of my way!"

"InuYasha!" Kagome wheezed loudly, clawing at Naraku's hand.

"I'm not going to kill you right away. You still owe me for interrupting the sensuous moment that I was having with your mother earlier."

"Please don't." Kagome rasped, still trying to pry Naraku's hands off of her throat so she could take a breath.

"And it'd be amusing to see the look on InuYasha's face if he knew I'd ruined you." Naraku pulled the belt to his hakama apart, pressing against Kagome. He grabbed her chin like he'd done earlier and turned her head tot he side so that her ear was right in front of his mouth. "Let's see how loud you scream."

"Let her go you sick bastard!"

Naraku looked over his shoulder, seeing InuYasha climb up out of the will.

"You son of a bitch! If anyone's gonna have sex with Kagome, it's gonna be me!" InuYasha extended his claws, swiping at Naraku, who dodged his attack. "What the hell are you doing here Naraku!"

"That damn shard!" Naraku said with widened eyes, stepping back from InuYasha.

"Ouch!" InuYasha shouted, yanking his kimono open and snatching the orange jewel shard from it. "Ouch!" InuYasha shouted again, dropping it on the dirt and rubbing the burnt part of his palm. "What the hell? That thing burns!"

Kagome stared at the shard, then glanced over at Naraku. His face, and even InuYasha's, was clearly seen now, thanks to the brightly shining orange light that lit the whole room, juts like before.

*...I wonder if...* Kagome walked over to the steaming shard and picked it up, but instead of it burning her, it became very cold and the light immediately turned a very attractive blue, which also lighted the room, but had the effect of a blacklight, only it wasn't purple.

"Kagome?" InuYasha stared at the schoolgirl.

"It's cold." she said blankly, turning to Naraku, his expression as if he'd seen a ghost. *...why's he so afraid...* she thought, taking a step towards him and watching him back up.

*...priestess...* she heard a voice.

"Huh?" Kagome frantically glanced over the whole room.

*...priestess...If you want to be protected, place the shard into your heart...*

"Okay." Kagome said, but then frowned. "So do I just stab myself with it!" she shouted in confusion. But suddenly she involuntarily held the shard to her chest and it immediately began to dissolve into her body and her whole body glowed with that same blue light.

Naraku scowled, lunging at Kagome, but when he went to snatch her, her skin suddenly flashed orange where his fingers touched and he quickly jerked then back, staring at the schoolgirl in disbelief. That part of her skin showed and array of orange and red, like molten rock, then slowly it turned into an array of light and dark blue, like a flowing river, then back to its original blue.

*...with this stone...* the voice said, only this time, InuYasha and Naraku were also able to hear it too. *...Naraku will be unable to kill you...this is all the energy I have left to help limit that horrible demon if not kill him...*

As the last of the stone disappeared into Kagome's chest, her skin transformed back to its original color. "It's cold..." she mumbled afterward.

Naraku began breathing heavily, his bangs casting a dark shadow on his eyes, Each time he inhaled, it was so intense that the clothes on his chest even bounced up. He revealed his eyes, startling Kagome with his look; he gritted his teeth so hard they began to crack. His fists so tight he drew blood. The veins were popping out of his arm muscles, but were hidden by his kimono. His eyed began to glow a bright red and his blood was brought to a boil. He growled at the schoolgirl words of hate and his body was filled to the brim with an overwhelming want to hurt her.

InuYasha sensed this and flashed over to Kagome, but was knocked out of the way into a distant wall, knocking him completely unconscious.

Kagome backed into a different wall, shaking her head no, begging with a squeaky voice for InuYasha to save her.

Naraku slowly made his way to her until he was so close he could feel her quivering exhales on the front of his neck. He grabbed the collar of his kimono shirt, pulling the whole thing off of his body.

Kagome tried to slide past him, but his hand slammed into the wall behind her, his arm blocking her way. She tried then diving between his legs, but he snatched her by her skirt, sliding her back towards him until he was standing above her, straddling her.

Naraku dropped down over her, grabbing ahold of one of her knees. He crossed his index and middle finger on the other hand, quickly thrusting them straight through the struggling girl's panties, into her, breaking her seal in the process.

Kagome arched her back, letting out a high shrill. She dove her hands down to his, trying to push his hand away, but then froze when he began laughing in a low, throated voice.

The six, green tentacles that he always keeps hidden within his back came shooting out from behind him, grasping the schoolgirl's two wrists and two ankles. "If I can't kill you." He growled in his usual voice, pressing a hand against her forehead so that her head was pinned to the ground. "I will torture you until you're in a mental state closest to the meaning of death."

Kagome yelled for InuYasha, who stirred slightly once, her trying to catch her breath under the weight of Naraku's body, who now layed flat on her restricting her movements. She struggled for breaths, barely being able to see over his shoulder.

The ceiling started to jump in and out of focus, and the pain in her lower stomach grew the more Naraku thrusted, but she couldn't let out a scream.