She was floating in darkness again, but this time it wasn't her darkness, but something much, much darker. It made her shiver in fear, not having felt anything so dark since the time Akago had tried to take over her mind on the orders of Naraku.
Even now the half-demon plagued her nightmares. She froze as she felt something move within the darkness. Her blue eyes narrowing around her, "Who's there?" She didn't expect the spine-tingling, yet familiar chuckle that echoed around her.
Her blood froze, one name coming to mind. "Naraku."
She watched with morbid eyes as said man formed out of the darkness, looking the same as he did that day, all those years ago. He stood there smirking at her, his mud-red eyes taking in her naked form, his wavy black hair falling down his back. His damn baboon fur standing out in the darkness like a beacon.
Yet, there was something off. She narrowed her eyes, her powers flaring around her. "You're not him." The imposter smirked even more, its face splitting and watched as the form melted away leaving something else.
It was humanoid, yet… different, she didn't have time to critique it as its mouth opened and a low raspy voice echoed around her, "Such power you hold. Much more then that foolish 'God'…" She shifted as it took a step toward her, yet froze when she realized she could not move.
The figure approached her, resting a deformed hand on the side of her face, almost lovingly so, and cringed, "Do not touch me!" Her voice was hissed in anger and the man, for she thought it was a man, merely smiled.
"Such fire….you've faced so much pain in the past and you are still so pure…yet, I sense it, no matter how hard you try to hide it, I sense it…the darkness buried deep within you. Let me help you embrace it."
She winced as he took a fist full of her hair, his rancid breath fanning over her face as he lifted a another deformed hand, it practically radiated dark evil energy and she only had time to let out startled gasping noise as he slammed it into her chest. It seeped into her, her own powers weakly fighting against it. She choked on her breath, not that she needed to breathe in this realm, and clawed at his face, trying to get him to let her go.
His grip was strong and though her fighting made him shift his weight, he did not let up, merely grinning down at her as her eyes started to dilate, the dark power he shoved into her very soul slowly starting to take effect. He knew he should be more focused on the battle that Loki was leading with their army in the physical word, yet his entire focus was on this small woman.
She would prove more useful then the demi-God, already they had taken so much of his power, his life force, already having firm hold on his mind. He was their faithful puppet, and he was now expendable, as soon as they had the cube and this woman, they would easily take over all the worlds that stood against them. It was almost pitifully easy, the dark energy sunk into her, calling out to her own darkness – such a tainted soul she had.
Kagome screamed, no doubt her body in the real physical world was having a seizure, it hurt so bad, worse then when her soul was ripped from her and ripped in two. She could feel the dark energy taking over her, her thoughts changing, her powers darkening. She didn't want this, to be a tool, to give into her darkness like a weakling.
She was not Tsubaki, who had gladly given into her darkness and become a dark miko. She was not Kikyou, who had let her hate twist her into something that was barely a shred of the woman she had used to be. She was Kagome, she held darkness in her soul, but she controlled it, it did not control her. It made her human; it made her who she was. So, with a last final gathering of her powers, she let them go, shoving everything she had into them, hoping against hope it would be enough.
He cursed as her power, once again pure, burned the skin of his hands and he threw her from him, calling on the darkness round him to shield him. With a dark curse, he watched her fall, her own darkness, though not as evil as theirs, wrapped around her as she laid there just gasping. He watched as her light intermingled with her darkness and made her barrier all that more powerful.
She was not ready, not yet but she would be one day and when that day came they would be there. With a dark scowl, he faded from her prison and vowed to take it out on the demi-God.
At least the seed had been planted.
She whimpered as she laid there, her powers raw and still surging around her. She wanted nothing more then to sleep, wishing to be able to fall into a coma-like state until everything was over, yet she couldn't. She had people that were depending on her and with a shuttering breath, she let her eyes slide close and her conscious seep back into her body.
One thought plaguing her mind, she was going to hurt Loki severely for all that he had put her through.
Kage: So I've reached the end of my update list. I will ask Yuki to make me another one. If there's a fic you want to see on that list let her know! X3