A/N: This would be the chapter that made me decide to turn the rating for this story from Teen to Mature, or from PG-13 to R. It was my favorite to write, so hopefully it'll be my favorite to rewrite.
Disclaimer: You know the drill I know the drill, why repeat it?
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Flashbacks
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"Kagome. Kagome, wake up" She slowly opened her eyes the blurry picture slowly coming into focus as she blinked slowly a smiling face looking down at her. A face so familiar that the knowledge of it made her heart ache, but the name would not leave the tip of her tongue.
"Good morning honey. You better get up before you're late for school..." Kagome's eyes that were drifting closed again shot open and she sat up quickly.
"Mama!" Her mother looked back, slightly confused at her daughter's surprised cry.
"Yes?" Kagome looked around rapidly, blinking fast as she held her breath, fearful that if she let it out her home would disappear. Slowly her lungs started to burn and she was forced to let it out, the picture around her shattering. "No!" She screamed in frustration, the dark swamping her quickly.
Kagome sat up fast in a room that was not her own, the bed big and white. She looked down at herself and saw that she was wearing a shirt that she didn't recognize, and nothing else. The panic came soon after as she looked around the room rapidly, trying to adjust her eyes to the dark and trying to see something, anything she could recognize.
"Kagome, it's all right, lay back down." She grabbed the hand that was suddenly pressed against her upper chest to push her back down and felt a stab of fear as her eyes searched the dark.
She shifted, trailed her fingers over the hand and up the arm slowly where strong muscles met her finger-tips. It was a mans voice, and a mans hand and that man breathed in slowly and deeply.
"Kagome…" He said softly and she moved her hand from his arm slowly.
"Hunter?" She felt the bed next to her sink down slightly and her heart flopped in her chest with mixed emotions.
"Lay back down." It was Hunter, but the strange thing was, was that she didn't know if she should feel panic or relief.
"Where is InuYasha?" She allowed him to push her back to laying then flinched slightly at a soft growl coming from him.
"He's fine, he dropped you off here after you were injured."
"Injured?" She shifted and for the first time noticed the throbbing coming from above her left hip and her heart started pounding in her chest.
Hunter leaned over her with a slight frown, hearing the accelerating of her heart.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" His voice was soft and she reached up slowly, resting one hand on his shoulder and moved the other over his neck and up, brushing the tips of her fingers over his lips slowly. She felt suddenly scared, a nagging feeling pulling at her heartstrings and she knew that he could smell her fear.
"Is it really you...?" Hunter took a deep breath closing his eyes slowly. His demon blood was throbbing at her every heartbeat, at her intoxicating smell. Fear…her fear of him shot through him and left a dull ache in his groin.
"It's really me..." His voice was lower and Kagome's breath caught in her throat at the sound.
He couldn't resist it; leaning down her brushed his lips over hers lightly and enjoyed the way her heart beat skipped at the touch. She moved a hand to his chest and turned her face away embarrassed then felt the warmness start in her stomach as his lips moved to her neck, kissing softly then sucking slowly on a spot.
"Hu...hunter..."Her voice was a soft, nearly moan and shaking as she pushed against his chest again. In turn he took her hands into his and pressed them up above her head. He slid one of his hands over, covering her wrists and pinning them there, freeing his other and she felt panic erupt within her.
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InuYasha groaned, rolling over his face meeting cold damp grass.
"...the fuck...?" He muttered and opened his eyes sitting up. His black hair was hanging down limply sticking to him from the dew and the muck. Everything ached. Blinking to clear his eyes he looked down and saw that he was sitting in a pool of his own blood. Cursing he looked around trying to remember what had happened.
He had caught Kagome as her side bled heavily.
"Who are you?" He whispered then jerked himself back as her eyes closed. "Kagome!" He shook her slightly. "Kagome! You have to stay awake!" He knew it was useless and he looked up as the snake demon towered above them.
With a snarl he quickly jumped back, laying her down carefully near a tree then leapt towards the demon.
"You fucking bastard!" He bared his fangs and prepared to strike and was knocked back by the tail. He shifted, ready to charge again then paused as the demon gave him a strange look and something slammed into the back of his neck painfully. He felt to his knees as his world blinking out into nothingness.
InuYasha jerked hard and looked around. Someone had snuck up on him, hit him from behind and Kagome…? He jumped to his feet then stumbled, his side searing with pain.
"Kagome!" He yelled even as he knew it would be useless, the girl was gone. He shifted quickly into his hanyou form, felt better for it instantly and took a deep breath, closing his eyes.
The smell of him tickled his nose and when his eyes opened again, they were crimson and a fierce snarl ripped form his lips.
"Hunter."
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She didn't know what to do, struggling against him was useless. His hot mouth covered hers, seducing her to give into him and it was so hard to resist. She pulled against his binding hand, but he only held her wrists tighter.
'This isn't Hunter...' She kept telling herself over and over again as he slid his free hand up her shirt, to her chest and let his fingers pinch and tease until her nipples were hard and aching with new sensations.
She swallowed a moan, tears pricking her eyes then slowly running down her cheeks as his tongue slid against hers, tasting her.
'I will not give him the satisfaction, I will not!' Her brain was starting to shut down and everywhere he touched her would burn almost painfully. He groaned as he pushed the shirt up, her chest pressing against his and he shifted on top of her, mindless pushing himself down on her and she cried out into his mouth, pain shooting through her damaged side.
She arched as his fingers trailed down to the top of her underwear, both in response to the heat, and in an effort to relieve the pain in her side. Then a light flicked on past her closed lids and everything slowed down, muffled by the heartbeat in her ears.
He was there, on top of her, his lips on hers and his hands holding her wrist down then suddenly he was gone as if he vanished. Then she was lifted into strong arms, a sweatshirt being tugged down over her head and she was carried out into the light and in those arms her world went black once again.
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She didn't dream this time, for which she was happy. When she awoke again she was in a dimly lit room, the rising sun letting soft light shine in through the open window. Looking to the side she saw InuYasha was sitting in a chair next to the bed his head bowed and his breathing soft and steady. He was in his half demon form she noted, his ears twitching at every little sound. She was in his bed, surrounded by his scent and she was groggily comfortable.
She lay there silently as a few tears leaked out of her eyes as she remembered what had happened, watching the man, no the demon that had saved her from Hunter.
'Hunter…' She thought painfully as she shifted and brushed away the tears slowly.
The sleeping hanyou slowly awoke, his sensitive nose picking up the smell of her salty tears. Lifting his head, his eyes met her teary ones.
"Higurashi...are you all right?" His voice was rough with sleep and soft with concern and she watched him for a moment, and then countered his question with her own.
"What happened?" InuYasha hesitated and shifted in his chair, pushing a hand through his bangs slowly then answered quietly.
"When a male demon is…ah, attracted to someone and the person refuses its claim the demons only choice, in its mind, is to claim them anyway he can." He said it slowly and gently, watching her reaction. "Hunter wasn't really Hunter. He was his demon self, the uncontrolled one, and he wanted you. Even if he killed you it wouldn't have mattered to him right then as long as he could claim you." Kagome's eyes welled again and a odd relief washed through her. She carefully sat up.
"Is he okay...?" InuYasha watched her for a moment then nodded.
"He'll be waking up with a headache and most likely won't remember what happened."
Kagome realized that she had been holding her breath and let it out before nodding and looking down.
"Thank you..." InuYasha watched her for a moment longer then with a soft snort he stood.
"Yeah, you owe me." He moved to the door. "I'm going to go and make breakfast. Today's
Monday so you'll be missing your classes, don't think that I'll let you go even if you beg." He watched her mouth open to protest then close again, a scowl creasing her brows. "You can clean up in the bathroom and dig through my clothes to find something to wear."
Kagome slowly nodded and watched him as he walked from the room, noting his shirtless state and healing side. Waiting until she was sure he was gone she slowly got out of the bed and walked into the bathroom shutting the door quietly behind her.
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Hunter opened his eyes slowly and a sharp pain lanced through his head and he cursed, shutting them again. What is gods name happened to him?
He shifted then stilled as he recognized the scent of his sister and he reached out, groping around until his fingers brushed her knees.
"Smokey? What are you doing here?" He opened his eyes again, squinted a bit at the sunlight and looked at his twin who was sitting propped up against the wall next to him.
"You don't remember?" Coldness settled in his stomach and he pushed himself up slowly.
"Remember what?"
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Aya watched amused as Kikyou stormed around her room throwing things with angry screams.
"Poor woman, he certainly told you, didn't he?" She remained unflinching as a rather expensive vase shattered against the wall next to her head. "I honestly don't see what you're getting so worked up for, you were just using him anyway, were you not?"
"That's not the fucking point!" Kikyou snarled at her, hurling a glass across the kitchen and feeling less than satisfied when it simply cracked instead of exploding into a million pieces.
"Don't you get it? He went after her! The fucking little girl is helping him build this new defiance against me and I'm not through with him yet!"
Aya shook her head and examined her nails.
"Whatever you say." She muttered under her breath.
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Smokey remained sitting as she watched her brother destroy his room, punching holes in the walls, throwing anything he could pick up, which was everything.
"Why didn't you fucking stop me!?" He roared, livid in anger, his green eyes flashing brightly with the fury deep within him. She watched him calmly.
"I was asleep, I felt the shift but I thought I was dreaming." Hunter crouched down punched the wall next to his sisters head snarling, and her hair flew into her face slightly from the force of the air.
"Hunter..." Her voice dropped into a low warning tone as he wrapped his more than capable fingers around her neck.
"Fight me!" Eyes flashing angrily she shoved away from the wall and complied with her brothers' wishes, loud crashes sounding down the halls.
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Kagome emerged from the steaming bathroom wrapped in a big fluffy towel her eyes slightly raw from crying and her skin a bright red hue from the heat of the water. Looking around a bit nervously she moved to the bed then paused looking over a t-shirt and boxers that were obviously laid out for her sake. Shifting the towel she quickly donned the clothes and rested a hand over her tender side as she moved out of the bedroom, following her nose as the smell of breakfast reached her.
She ran her hand over the back of the leather couch and peaked into the kitchen quietly.
InuYasha was standing in front of the stove, in human form with his hair tied back into a low pony-tail and wearing baggy jeans with a white wife beater. She looked over at the table where bacon, sausage, pancakes and juice were waiting and smiled slightly to herself.
By the time he had placed a healthy portion of cheese eggs on the table her mouth was watering and she fought not to drool.
"Do you feel better now?" He asked without even glancing at her and Kagome felt her heart leap into her throat and a slight brush spread across her cheeks.
"Much, thanks." InuYasha looked at her, looked her over then grinned slightly.
"Are you going to hurry up and sit down so we can eat? I'm tired of waiting on you already wench." Kagome puffed up like an angry bird taking his bait without seconds thought.
"Don't you call me a wench you jerk." InuYasha snorted and sat down.
"That's 'jerk-sama' to you wench." Kagome stomped over to the table and sat in a chair with a huff grabbing a piece of bacon in which InuYasha stole and stuck into his own mouth. She huffed again and grabbed another piece shoving in into her mouth before he could grab it from her then stuck her tongue out at him in the most childish fashion she could muster and he let out a soft chuckle.
They each loaded their plates in silence and Kagome watched him take a few bites of food before swallowing her own bite.
"Taishou?" He looked up at her, a piece of bacon hanging attractively from his mouth.
"Wha?" He took a bite and picked up another strip before finishing the first.
"Um, why is it," She hesitated, unsure of herself before continuing. "Why is it, you're not in your demon form?" She looked down at her plate, a bit embarrassed by the question for a mysterious reason and when he didn't answer she glanced back up at him to find him staring at her, the food forgotten.
"What did you just say?"
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"Fucking bitch!" Hunter yelled as he slid back into the wall with a snarl, his heels digging into the floor and his eyes a bright green. Smokey smirked at him cockily breathing in and out deeply and looking just as roughed up as he.
"You know it bro." Hunter snarled again and kicked off the wall tackling his sister hard. She grunted as her back hit the floor and they slid a few feet, just short of the wall. Hunter growled lowly as she decked him across the face then made a startled noise as she grabbed his shoulders hard and used her legs to launch him into the wall above their heads. Landing upside down against the wall with a loud crack he slid down into a heap on the floor, fists clenched and breathing painfully. Smokey shifted and rolled onto her stomach then moved to her hands and knees, crawling to him. He glanced up at her, his eyes back to their deep green and she sighed softly, wrapping her arms around him gently.
"It's okay..." She said as he leaned against her slightly blinking back tears rapidly.
"I've lost her Smokey, I almost, fucking Christ, I almost raped her." His voice cracked and Smokey rubbed his back soothingly. "If InuYasha hadn't have come she..." Smokey made a soft noise, unsure of what to say and tightened her arm around him.
"It'll be all right Hunter..."
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Kagome blanched as she heard the bacon hit the plate and his question, that was barely over a whisper.
"I...I'm sorry that was a question I shouldn't have asked, I was out of line wasn't I?"
"No." He snapped out a bit harshly then swallowed and shook his head forcing his tone softer and less angry.
"Tell me what you said again, please." Kagome bit her lower lip a bit nervously.
"I...I said 'why is it you're not in your demon form?' " InuYasha stared at her his face a mask of disbelief then it changed to something completely unreadable.
"Why would you ask me something like that?" Kagome watched him, the emotions playing in his eyes unmatched by his stony expression of blankness.
"I was just wondering...I mean having your human disguise on all of the time must take a lot out of you, I mean it's not to say you're weak or anything like that I was just thinking that you'd be more comfortable in your own home if you were more like yourself." She was speaking fast, in run-on sentences, herwords being slurred together in nervousness.
InuYasha continued to watch her in silence then he stood and by the time he was in front of her his eyes were gold and his hair silver and his claws digging slightly into her upper arms as he hauled her out of the chair and onto her feet.
"Don't think you know me, you have no idea when or how I'm comfortable so don't try to figure me out." He snapped, his fangs bared at her and his fingers tightening their hold on her arms painfully.
Kagome put her hands on his upper arms firmly.
"I don't pretend I know you, and I don't have any idea where, when or how you're comfortable. But don't try to intimidate me with something I accept about you. You are you, no matter what form you're in and so I was just curious as to why you weren't in this form before." She said with more vibrato than she felt, her chin sticking out a bit in defiance.
InuYasha's ears folded back flat against his head and he slowly released her.
"I didn't want to scare you," He hesitated then pushed his bangs back from his face with an irritated noise. "I didn't want to scare you after your run in with Hunter in his demon form." He finished and Kagome felt her heart melt at his words. He cared.
She watched his face, watched the emotions play across his eyes like an open book and it dawned on her. The InuYasha she knew before was changing, this one, this man standing in front of her was different. He moved to step back from her and her hands tightened on his arms, stilling him and surprising them both
"I didn't... repay you, I guess, for saving me twice now." He watched her still, not moving or saying anything his breath trapped in his chest as she leaned forward and slide her hands from his arms to wrap around his waist, hugging herself to his chest. He stared at the wall past her head, his mind frozen then his arms moved on their own, wrapped around her and pulled her more security against him as he rested his cheek on the top of her head. Her hair tickled his nose slightly and he breathed in deeply, the smell of his soap and the woman in his arms flooding him with something new.
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"You stupid bitch." Aya smashed back into the wall, then crumped into a sobbing heap as Kikyou stared blankly at the man before her. "You're ruining the plan!" He struck his hand out, the back of it catching Kikyou across the face and her head snapped to the side with the force of it, blood leaking out of the corner of her mouth. "You went off on your own little side quest and are going to fucking ruin my plans." The fact that his voice and eyes were cold, not hot with anger ran Kikyou's blood cold and she grimaced.
"We weren't trying to ruin your plan, Aya just had this idea and we thought if we tortured her a little than..." She never completed her sentence as his fist slammed into her stomach, doubling her up with a pained scream.
"How dare you..." The mans voice growled out low and dangerous now. "You dare talk back to me." He advanced slightly and Kikyou took an automatic step back. "You get back to being that Hanyou's whore until it's time, and get that cat bitch out of here." Kikyou bowed lower to him, already leaning over from the punch and steeled herself.
"Yes M'lord."
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"I can't believe this Hunter! You get your fucking ribs broken and I have to clean up all of this mess!" Smokey huffed picking up broken glass as her brother watched her from his bed.
"Well, at least I have an excuse for being out of class today." He said in the most amused tone he could muster just to irritated her. She shot him a dirty look. If they had been standing in the mirror side by side the picture of the two would look like that had just run through the UFC and lost after the third round.
Smokey turned and glanced breifly at her brother. He looked better, not so absorbed in rage that he would kill anything that breathed. Now he just looked...hurt, even though she was sure his ribs hurt like a bitch, she knew his heart was breaking for what he had done to Kagome. Snorting, Smokey walked over to the bed and sat next to him holding out her cell phone.
"Call her.." Hunter looked at Smokey horrified then at the phone his eyes filling with mixed emotions.
"I can't...I can't face her anymore." Smokey hit him over the head with her phone and he flinched back.
"I'm going back to my dorm, I need a shower. Try and stay out of trouble." He watched his sister stand up and walk to the door then out, closing it behind her. Sighing her laid his head down against the ripped sheets and closed his eyes.
"Kagome...I'm so sorry..."
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The rest of the breakfast was in an odd silence. InuYasha's ears twitched at every little sound and flattened as Kagome's cell phone rang in his room. She hadn't realized she had it with her. She calmly rose and walked into his room grabbing it off the night stand answering it.
"Hello?"
"Hey there kid..." Smokey's voice answered and Kagome blanched, she had totally forgotten about Smokey, even though she hated to admit it.
"Hey...look, I know I didn't come back last night but I can explain everything. Kindof..." She said uneasily and Smokey sat down on her bed and sighed softly.
"Are you okay?" Kagome groped around behind her then sat down on InuYasha's bed gingerly her side suddenly aching.
"Yeah I'm okay." She felt relief wash through her, somehow Smokey had known which means she didn't have to try to explain. Smokey pushed a hand through her bangs.
"Kago...it wasn't..." She started then Kagome cut her off.
"It's all right Smokey, InuYasha explained to me why it happened." Smokey's brows shot up in surprise.
"He did?" Kagome pulled at the hem of the shirt she was wearing.
"Yeah..." Smokey opened her mouth to say something then changed her mind and sighed heavily.
"Kagome, I can't believe I am going to ask this of you but...I need you to talk to Hunter." Kagome stared at her legs and InuYasha watched her from the doorway, leaning against the frame silently.
"Smokey...I, oh god, alright." Kagome's voice grew determined and Smokey smiled.
"He's still in his room." Kagome nodded to herself and set the phone down on the bed standing up. She lifted her head and jumped slightly as her eyes met InuYasha's.
"Were you listening?" She asked him timidly and he tilted his head.
"I'm going with you." He spun on his heel and walked out of the door way, his tone leaving no room for debate.
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"What is that?" said a sultry female voice.
"This is how we are going to change everything." A cold, hard male voice answered looking down at the darkening marble like orb in his hand.
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Sesshou-maru sighed leaning back in his chair as the teacher went on and on about whatever the hell she was talking about, listening with barely an ear. He looked around.
'Where the hell is everyone?' He thought to himself. InuYasha, Hunter, Kouga, the cat demon, the wolf hanyou, and the young girl that was InuYasha's new interest wasn't there as well as his brother's 'old' interest. He scoffed.
'Why the hell am I in here?' Shaking his head he stood up.
"Excuse me, I'm going to the nurses office." The teacher blinked at him as he walked out of the classroom not waiting for a comment.
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Kagome felt fear flow through her as she stood in front of Hunter's closed door. InuYasha stood behind her, in his human form but looking alert and ready to spring into action at any moment, muscles tense.
"I want you to wait out here." Kagome said turning to face him who stared at her with a fierce glare.
"No fucking way." Kagome's eyes flashes angrily.
"I mean it Taishou! I just want to talk to him, I don't want you to be in there making him on his guard!" InuYasha looked away with a snort a sign to Kagome that he was going to give her what she wanted. Turning back to the door she put her hand on the knob and turned it slowly, her heart beat filling her ears. Light flooded from the room and Kagome squinted. She steeled her self, holding her breath and she walked in, shutting the door behind her with a soft click.
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Smokey rolled over onto her stomach on her bed. A sucker in her mouth and a dirty romance novel in her hand.
"Hm...I still don't see what Hunter likes about these." She was in her demon form, her ears twitching at every little sound and a fang poking out from her top lip as she stared at the page in interest.
"This would be so much more entertaining if this was guy on guy action..." She threw the book behind her, it hitting the floor just as someone knocked on the door. "Coming!" She called in a singsong voice as she stood, shifting into her human form and pranced to the door.
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Kagome stared at the place around her. Sunlight was coming in through blind-less windows and there were random broken things all over the place, too smashed to be able to be identified.
"Hunter?" She called out meekly her voice sounding unusually loud to herself. She walked slowly to his room when he didn't answer, worry slowly sinking into her bones pushing aside the fear.
"Hunter...?" She said again as she looked into his room around the doorframe.
It was empty.
Blinking, now confused she made her way to his bathroom and heard water running. Slowly she pushed open the bathroom door and noted that the shower wasn't the source of the sound. She looked to the sink, and there he was. Leaning over the sink with his hands on the sides of it supporting his weight.
He was shirtless a dark bruise over his left side, his hair was still in it's braid but a few strands were loose and hanging down. She swallowed hard then reached out, setting her hand gently on his shoulder. He barely moved, his eyes opening and he glanced back at her from the corners of them.
"Hunter." She said simply, all the fear and worry now gone. He blanched and looked back down at the water.
"Go away." He tried to sound harsh but his voice cracked slightly and she took a step closer.
"It's all right." Kagome said soothingly and he closed his eyes again gripping the sides of the sink so hard that his knuckles turned white. Slowly Kagome moved as if dealing with an animal on edge, placing herself between the sink and his body. His arms remained on the sink, closing her in and his body was bowed down, his forehead nearly resting on her chest.
Slowly still she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, heer fingers lightly brushing over his bare skin and she pulled him close his forehead moving up to rest on the top of her shoulder.
"Kagome." He bit her name out harshly his voice cracking again, and she just continued to hold him.
"Get away from me!" He closed his eyes tighter the scream ripping from his throat and she flinched at the noise but she refused to move.
Hunter growled lowly putting his hands on her waist and tried to pull away from her.
"Goddamn it Kagome Higurashi, let me go!" Kagome held on tighter closing her eyes and he suddenly stood straight, her body pressing tight against his and making her stand on her toes to keep her arms around his shoulders. "I mean it!" His voice cracked again and she felt his hands on her waist put less force into pushing her away.
"It's okay Hunter..." She said quietly and then she felt his shoulders shake and his arms wrap around her, pulling her flush against him, holding her tightly.
"Fuck." He choked out and tightened his grip a little more. "I'm so sorry...Kagome...I'm so sorry..." He buried his face in the crook of her neck and she let out a slow breath, rubbing his back soothingly.
"It's okay Hunter, I promise you. It's all right."
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Smokey cried out and dropped to her knees, a hand wrapped around a dark brown root that was protruding through her upper chest.
"You are the message sent to the Taishou brothers and their friends that think they rule this place. We have the Shikon no Tama now and one by one you can watch your friends die from your own special place in hell."
She managed to lift her head up to look up at the man who was speaking to her. She squinted, her vision already blurry but the man was gone and the root that was coming from her dissolved. "F...fuck..." She gasped out falling to her stomach and dug her fingers into the carpet, lacking the strength to switch to her demon form.
She gasped out in pain as her eyes went blank, staring lifelessly at the wall the sounds of her heart beat going silent.
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Hunter gasped in pain suddenly his eyes glazing over as he dropped to his knees, dragging Kagome down with him onto the cold tile floor, her knees hitting it painfully.
"Hunter! What's wrong!?" She watched helplessly as move a hand to grab his chest, his green eyes lighting up brightly and as he struggled to breathe.
"S...Smokey!" He gasped out and closed his eyes tightly his claws digging into the flesh on his chest.
"Smokey...?" Kagome felt coldness settle inside of her.
A/N: Dear god, it was my longest chapter ever and it took the longest to redo, thank goodness it's done! So many scene switches...it wasn't me favorite to rewrite because it took so loooong. T_T One more chapter to rewrite! Booyah bitches!