Hey guys! I hope you liked the last chapter. I'm SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry for the long wait, I've been EXTREMELY busy and sick the last few months. Just to let you guys know, I've started a new Fairy Tail Manga story with my BFF Stardust818 called The Fairy's Last Adventure. So if you'd like, go find Stardust818 and check out our new story, and please leave a review of how you like it. We're going to try our best to update each week, to catch up with the Fairy Tail Manga.
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"The night of the Blood Red Moon..." Kayume said, in a demonic tone. "...The demon will come out of hiding."
She glared at Naraku, before her gaze switched to her long claws at her sides. Kayume lifted her hands up, and stared at them in shock, then looked back to Naraku, and began to bare her needle-like fangs.
Naraku stared back at the full-fledged demon, a large smirk spread across his face. "Well well, I guess you are daddy's little girl." Naraku teased, then chuckled evilly. "When you're on the verge of death, and the Tessaiga is out of reach... you become a full-fledged demon. Just as I suspected." Naraku stayed where he was, his eyes locked with Kayume's as she dashed forward to slit his throat.
Unfortunately for the hanyou, the demon blocked her attack with one of his barriers. Trapping himself and the white little girl, who Kayume followed earlier. "You truly are interesting, Kayume Higurashi." Naraku mocked. "I've been watching you all these years, and I must say...I'm surprised you've made it this far."
Kayume glared at the demon, her dagger-like fangs bared at him in anger. "YOU BASTARD!" She cried before hitting the barrier over and over, consistently, with her talons and fists.
"Kayume...!" A familiar male voice called out from the distance, causing the demon girl to turn her attention away from her prey. Suddenly, four figures appeared in the distance, and stopped just in front of Kayume and Naraku, out of breath. Natsu, Erza, Gray, and Lucy looked up at Kayume, their eyes widening at her current state.
"K-K-Kayu...me...?" Lucy shrieked, taking a step back in fear.
The dog demon looked at the blond, her red eyes glaring down at her nakama, like she had found her new target. What's going on!? A voice said from within the demon girl. What's happened to me? Lucy, Natsu, Erza, Gray! "The demon will come out of hiding..." She mumbled, in her demonic tone. What is this!? That's not me! "...the night of the Blood. Red. MOON!" At that moment, Kayume bared her fangs and curled her claws, as she raced towards her nakama at full speed. NO!
At the last second, a familiar pink haired boy jumped in front of the enraged hanyou, and grabbed her by her wrists, pushing her back. His face was just inches from hers, as she jerked left and right in his death grip. Natsu! Please, help me! You've got to stop this! The voice from within Kayume pleaded, but it wasn't enough to reach the Dragon Slayer's - or anybody's - ears. Please...I-I'm scared! I don't know what to do!
"Snap out of it!" Natsu yelled at the girl in front of him. "It's us! Your friends! You've gotta snap out of it! I know you're still in there. You've gotta fight back, Kayume!"
N-Natsu... The voice whispered in a soft tone. But what was she supposed to fight? She was alone, trapped inside of her own body as a demon took over her conscious. I don't know how! Please, help me! TELL ME HOW!
"Foolish humans!" Naraku's voice bellowed over Natsu's pleads. "She's lost from you, can't you see? Her entire being has now been taken over by the demon blood, that was sealed within her veins. There's no way she'll return to you."
Kayume continued to thrash in the Fire Mage's grip, not making any progress except for clawing the skin off of his forearms, and drawing a lot of blood.
"NATSU!" Lucy shrieked, as the blood dripped down his elbows, and staining the dark grass. She tried to rush to his side, but was stopped by Gray.
"Lucy, no! If you go there now, she'll get you too."
"Gray's right." Erza added. "If he's still standing, then the fight's still going."
The blond looked at her friends with a worried expression, before looking back at Natsu. Tears started to well up in the corners of her eyes, as more blood trailed down his arms and stained his - and Kayume's - toes. The Fire Mage began to grunt in pain, as the air nipped at his raw skin. Lucy couldn't take any more. She escaped from Gray's grip and backed away even more, but stumbled on something large and metal. The blond rubbed her soar ankles, and looked at the object that tripped her.
The Tessaiga.
NATSU! The voice inside Kayume shrieked. STOP IT! GET AWAY FROM ME BEFORE YOU GET HURT ANYMORE! Slowly - in the sky above - the Lunar Eclipse started to end. The moon slowly separated from the sun, and began to return to normal.
Suddenly, the hanyou's body began to tremble in the Dragon Slayer's grasp. "N-Na..." She stuttered, but was quickly replaced with deep, irritated grunts. Making her words sound harsh, yet softer than her demonic tone. "N-Na...tsu..."
The Dragon Slayer's eyes widened, as he glances at Kayume. Tears were streaming down her red, demon possessed eyes as she stared into his. "Kayume..." He whispered back.
Kayume began to tremble even more, and broke free of Natsu's grasp, holding her head and pulling her ears in pain, and screaming at herself. "Stop it! Stay out of this!" She yelled into the air, in her demonic tone. Suddenly, her body jerked to the side, and her eyes turned yellow-gold again, and her voice was much softer when she spoke. "Never! I will never stop trying to get what belongs to me!"
Naraku and all four Mages watched the Hanyou, as she was at war with herself. Her real conscious fighting the demon everyone saw before them. They watched as her body jerked left and right, and bent backwards at different angles. They watched as her shrieks got louder, and more painful the longer it went on. Until she eventually stopped. Silence filled the area, as the hanyou tried her hardest to stay on her feet.
Everything stopped for what felt like seconds...minutes...hours before the hanyou slowly raised her head, to look at Natsu with her big, yellow-gold eyes. She managed to smile softly at him. Her body exhausted from the battle within, and collapsed to the ground like a rock.
Gray rushed to her side, and immediately lifted her unconscious body in his arms.
"Well then, I guess I was wrong about her. I might have made my appearance a little too soon." Naraku said, keeping his eyes on the hanyou. He then turned to the group of Mages and smirked, as he disappeared into the shadows of the night with the white little girl.
Hours Later
Kayume slowly opened her eyes, and looked around at her surroundings. She was no longer outside in the darkness, or at the Guild, but laying in her own bed at Fairy Hills. She slowly sat up, and immediately placed one hand on her head. Wh-What happened? She groaned softly. How did I get here? She continued to look around, and saw her weapons placed in their holders, on her nightstand.
"Feeling better?" A bittersweet voice asked, from beside the hanyou's bed. Lucy sat beside her in a chair, facing away from Kayume, and her head hanging towards the ground. "You don't remember...do you? Or are you just gonna play dumb, and act like you don't remember?"
Kayume looked at her blond friend in confusion, and sat up properly. "N-No... All I can remember was..." Her voice faded, as an image of Natsu's bleeding arms flashed through her head, and caused her to tear up.
Lucy gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, as she tried to suppress her tears and anger. "I-It was your fault..." She muttered. "Y-You hurt him...YOU HURT YOUR OWN FRIEND!" The blond yelled, turning back to Kayume and gripping her shirt tight, as tears streamed from her eyes. "He was trying to save you, AND YOU HURT HIM! NOT TO MENTION YOU NEARLY KILLED ME TOO!"
Kayume stared back at the blond in fear. "L-Lucy...I-I didn't mean-"
"No! You know what, you're not a wizard...YOU'RE A MONSTER!" Lucy threw the hanyou back in the bed, hard. "You can just pack up and leave Magnolia! LEAVE FAIRY TAIL! We don't want a monster like you with us anymore! All you do is bring disaster! You never ONCE brought joy to the Guild...Ever since you showed up!" The blond shouted, before glaring down at Kayume, and running out of the room in tears.
Kayume sat and watched as Lucy rushed out of the room, and started to pant in fear. Wh-What have I done? She laid back down on her side, as her brain started to pound against her skull, and pulled the covers up to cover her face as she cried. She's right...I-I'm a monster...I-I knew this day would come if I continued to stay here... She held her head tight under the covers, as her tears quickly formed into sobs.
"It seems like your friends can't handle the truth." A deep, male voice said beside the hanyou.
Kayume slightly pulled the covers away from her face, and used the palms of her hands to wipe her eyes. "Wh-What do you know? You're just the filthy son of a demon, who doesn't know anything about friendship." She said, slowly turning to face Kojinki, who stood at the foot of her bed.
"Maybe not, but there is one thing he was certain of...and that was his love for Kikyo." He smirked, leaning closer to the hanyou's face.
She knew he was referring to her father, but she didn't flinch as he leaned in closer - to the point where she could feel his breath against her skin. "Is that why you came here? To tell me, that the friendship I gained from the Guild...is gone?"
"Seems like you've figured it out on your own. You heard your little blond friend, leave Magnolia...leave this Fairy Tail...and come with me, my sweet angel. Forget this ever happened...Become my bride...And I will show you things, even your little Guild Mates could never show you."
Kayume lowered her gaze at the demon before her, but slowly relaxed as his words started to sync in. He's right. If what he says is true, and the Guild no longer accepts me as a member...or a friend...Then what's the point in staying? And maybe he could help me unlock my true powers, since he knows so much about me and my family...This could be my chance to get the answers I need!
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, before looking back at Kojinki with a hint of sadness in her eyes, and spoke in a stern tone. "Do what you want with me...I'm all yours..."
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry everyone, for the long delay. Things are getting pretty chaotic with school and life, and I just haven't gotten around to finishing this chapter. I hope I can make up for the long wait, but until then I hope you enjoyed THIS chapter. Please leave a review on how you liked it, and feel free to check out my other stories and the one I'm doing with Stardust818 ;)