Faith followed Kagura down the narrow hallway. She knows where to take me? So, tell me why I don't think I'm going to like where I'm going? Faith thought solemnly.
She continued to walk in silence. The laughter that bonded the two girls together had long ago faded. Now there was an ominous anxiety that was so thick, it felt suffocating.
Naraku had let her get dressed, weapons in all. The holster felt safe around her shoulders and she fiddled with the wrist sheaths. Partly out of habit, mostly out of nervousness. Jumpy, who's jumpy?
They continued to follow a very uninteresting path when Faith stopped dead in her tracks. A familiar knot filled her stomach, as if something were spilling out of her body. A guttural sound escaped Faith's lips seconds before she fell to the ground, eyes clinched tightly.
Inuyasha running, a look of determination dominated his features.
Flashes of Faith and Inuyasha together, skin to skin. A flash of Faith spilling her secrets to him, as he wiped a single tear away from her face.
He ran into the castle, appearing to be calling out to someone. Naraku came towards him with blood on his hands. A few moments later, Kagura came with Faith lying lifelessly in her arms. Thoughts haunted her eyes as Inuyasha froze giving Naraku enough time to send him flying, something embedded in Inuyasha's shoulders. He hit the ground, tears threatening to come out of his eyes. He wanted to run to her. To see if she was alive. He didn't. He just stayed there, because he already knew the answer.
Faith opened her eyes, fully realizing how closely tight they were. Her breath came in ragged intervals as beads of sweat trickled down the sides of her face. She tried to say something to Kagura, but she couldn't get the words out. Every time she tried to saying something, there seemed to be a pain her lungs that held her back.
She swallowed, only managing to swallow the pain enough to say "Hold me up." Kagura knelt down beside her, arms lifted her enough to cradle Faith into her lap. Kagura looked down at her, a hint of worry surfaced. "What happened?" She asked tentatively as she pushed the hair from Faith's eyes. Faith shifted her weight. Bad idea. A sudden burst of pain hit causing her to cry out, her body fell back against the Wind Demon. Kagura asked again, "What happened, Faith?" Faith let out a small cough as her eyes rolled up to match Kagura's. "Where are you taking me?" Faith asked, her voice small, but the tone was very to the point. "What?" Kagura responded, slightly taken back. Not exactly the response she was looking for.
"I said … where … are … you … taking … me?" Each word was drawn out to emphasis the directness. Kagura looked away, eyes searching the floor in a desperate attempt at distraction. Suddenly, Faith had enough energy to get up, and then some. Seconds later, Faith had her pinned to the far wall by her neck. "Where the fuck are you taking me, Kagura … what's Naraku going to do?" Faith demanded.
"I …" "Don't lie to me." Faith interrupted, teeth gritting in anger. Maybe it wasn't anger. Maybe it was just tiredness. Tired of always having some crap going on. Couldn't a girl go one day without someone trying to kill her? Naw.
She slammed Kagura's head into the wall twice, the sound echoed throughout the hallway. Kagura's eyes fluttered as she tried to focus. "I do not know what you are talking about." Kagura declared, voice strangled against the pressure of Faith's grip. Faith laughed. Not the happy 'Just Kidding, let's go have smoothies' laugh. Nope, it was the laugh that made you want to shit yourself.
She tightened her grip and used her weight against Kagura to thrust her heavily on the ground. Faith stood up and slammed her heel against Kagura's cheek. Fresh blood tricked down the side of Kagura's face, caked with dirt from the floor.
She unsheathed a knife from her wrist, and dug it into her palm. Faith's blood poured over her palm and dripped onto Kagura's face. "There … you fucking happy?"
She went to shove her bloodied hand into the demon's face when a hand caught her wrist in mid-air. "Enough." Naraku spoke calmly. "No, it's not." Faith replied just as coolly. "You want blood? You got it. You and that little bitch." She stood upright to face Naraku. He tsked. "Now, is that anyway to treat your lover?" He mocked. Faith glared at him, his bare chest had some of her blood on it. She didn't know how it got there, it must have dripped off of her hand. "Fuck you." She gritted. He chuckled. "Such language. Surely you are not angry?" He continued to tease. Suddenly, she wasn't angry anymore. She felt light and distant. Like she always did before she killed something. She liked it this way. It sure as hell beat feeling pissed. Nobody's worth anything if their emotions get the hold of them.
"No … who said I was angry?" She said sweetly, a smile placed on her lips. A smile that never reached the coldness of her eyes. Naraku grinned. He knew that look, he knew it well. He also knew that things were going to get very interesting.