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Chapter 26: Love you, too

"Kikyo!" Inuyasha's voice was laced with anger and worry. "What did you do with Kagome?"

"Oh nothing. My darling little sister would love to talk to you right now but she's all tied up." she laughed at her own lame joke.

"Kikyo if you hurt her..."

"Your hardly one to make threats Inuyasha." Kikyo pointed out. "Especially with the messy situation your mate is in right now." Kikyo ran the cold silver barrel of the gun in her hand on Kagome's cheek.

She tried to move as far from it as she could, which wasn't far.

Naraku was leaning again the wall smirking at Kagome and throwing lust filled looks at Kikyo. They had turned off all the lights and locked the door again. To keep her silence they had threatened her life with Kikyo's pistil.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked in a tight voice trying to keep a lid on the murderous emotions running through his viens.

"I already told you what I wanted Inuyasha." Kikyo said still not stopping caressing Kagome with her gun. "But you had to go and screw that up, didn't you?" her voice got tight as she finally showed signs of anger. "All you had to do was say I do and everything would have been fine. Two tiny little words and we wouldn't be in this situation."

"We'll do it again. What ever you want." Inuyasha promised.

"Too late." Kikyo said flatly. "I can see the mark you made on her Inuyasha. I'm not stupid. You already mated with her. Probably already impregnated her if what I've heard about dog demons is true."

"We used protection." Inuyasha protested immediately.

"Still, we can't erase that tiny little mark on her neck can we?" Kikyo moved the neck of Kagome's shirt down slightly revealing the mark. A gold crescent moon that shined slightly silver. "Kind of reminds me of your eyes and hair." she said moving the barrel move across it. "I wonder, the mark connects you two, right? I wonder, would you feel it if I shot her there?"

"No!" Inuyasha screamed but Kikyo lifted the gun and shot. Naraku ran up behind her just in time to silence the ear splitting scream that Inuyasha doubtlessly heard.

"Oops I missed." Kikyo said a smile in her voice as the wound in Kagome's shoulder oozed blood.

Inuyasha still felt a shadow of his mates pain.

"Oh would you look at that. He hung up." Kikyo smiled at her sister as the dial tone started. " I guess he didn't want to hear your last moments." She smiled at Kagome as Naraku let go of her mouth and backed off slightly. Kagome was crying and bleeding profusely. "But we won't worry about that." Kikyo reached into the purse she had thrown on the couch and pulled out a small digital camera.

"The...neighbors." Kagome reminded her her breathing labored as her senses were overwhelmed with pain.

"Out for the evening." Kikyo smiled indulgently. "Honestly this was a perfect night for this. Everyone who's not right next to your house will think it's a car back firing. Amazing how stupid some people can be. Now smile pretty for your mate Kagome." Kikyo said turning on the camera and pointing at her.

"Be honest, do you think Inuyasha will want revenge, or will spiral into depression unable to even think anymore? I'm voting on the second." Kikyo smiled as she got a close up of Kagome's pale sweaty face. "If what I've heard about the mating bond, then he will probably be lucky to not go insane when you die. And you will die little sister." she promised her voice not so happy anymore.

"Why...*huff*...are you...going this." her voice rose on the last word in pain.

"Pay back, sister dear." Kikyo circled her victim. "Why should I have had to leave? Why did I have to sacrifice for her? She was the mother, she should have sacrificed herself."

"We moved, we were going to....you were ...supposed to...come with us."

"Of course. But you didn't exactly look that long for me did you?"

"We...we did...couldn't....find you." Kagome's face got paler as her blood poured out.

"Please Kagome. How stupid do I look to you?" Kikyo stopped circling in front of Kagome. "You were always the favorite." She said pointing the gun at different placed on her body as if deciding where to shoot next. "You got everything. You were younger by what? 4 or 5 minutes? If that? Why should you have gotten everything? The nice new home. Well we destroyed that didn't we?" Kikyo smiled referring to the shrine. "Both of them, actually." she giggled happily like a kid getting what she wanted for Christmas.

"You got the rich best friend, then the rich mate. Well, not for much longer." she smiled at her but it was evil and warped.

Inuyasha ran as fast as his legs could carry him his feet a blur as he tore through the forest surrounding the ancient shrine Miroku lived in. And of course Sango's house was in the city.

He had to make it.

"I don't have much to complain about myself. I got out of that poor broke house and into a rich one. Kind of like you." Kikyo said placing the camera on the fireplace mantle checking to make sure she had the room in full view. She spoke as calmly as if they were discussing the weather.

"I got a kind caring father." She looked with lusty eyes at Naraku. "Sometimes we fight, but, hey, that's the nature of relationships, right?"

She left the camera recording and walked over to Naraku. Ignoring Kagome, they started kissing ferociously. A kiss that held both lust and hatred, desire and anger.

It was sick to watch.

Inuyasha finally made it into the town and started hopping across roofs already spotting Sango's house.

Kikyo and Naraku finally pulled apart.

"We mated too, you know." Kikyo said turning her attention back to Kagome. "Left his mark right here." She lifted her skirt all the way to the highest part of the inside of her thigh. The mark was like a spider, but unlike Kagome's pure colors, it was dark, bloody, sickly, burnt red. The sight made Kagome want to throw up.

"He wasn't happy when I said I wanted to marry Inuyasha. Understandable of course." Kikyo said dropping her skirt and straitening it. "I belonged to him, that's how mating works, you know. I belong to Naraku, and you belong to Inuyasha. He owns you Kagome."

"Your wrong!" Kagome said softly but fiercely.

"Oh?"

"My relationship with Inuyasha is nothing like that!" Kagome's adrenaline pumped through her veins dulling the feeling of pain giving her strength. "We love each other! We're meant to be together!"

Kikyo smiled indulgently. "Oh how wrong you are sister. Marks date back to ancient times. Men used them to identify which females belonged to them. So no other would touch without their permission."

"No!"

"Oh but it's true. Why do you think I didn't give Naraku one?"

Kagome looked at her sister kind of shocked. She had given Inuyasha a bite and mark in return. Inuyasha's matched Kagome's perfectly. But then Kagome realized where Naraku put his. He had to have bitten her leg, her mouth was no where near him, so she couldn't give him one in return.

Besides, dog demons mated for life. And only to one. The bond was so deep, that cheating wasn't an option.

"Then why would you want to marry Inuyasha?" she asked.

"Because I couldn't very well marry Naraku. Think of what the media would say. 'Corporate owner marries own daughter'. Terrible for business. But as a Takahashi wife, I would get a share of their business. Therefore, more money."

Kagome stared at her in disbelief. How could this horrible vengeful thing be her sister? The one who had hugged her when they had seen each other back in Taro's office for the first time in years.

"I'm tired of talking." Kikyo said suddenly pointing the gun at Kagome again. "Sorry sister. Time to die."

AN: You know, normally I would end it here, but since you guys left me 200 reviews, I just have to give you more. :)

Kagome tried not to close her eyes and look at Kikyo while her sister pointed the gun at her face.

Inuyasha.

The door burst open in a flurry of flying wood chips as Inuyasha burst through, growling and snarling.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome said out loud as Kikyo turned to look at him.

But he wasted no time in talk. He flew at Kikyo and knocked the gun out of her hand and then threw her against the wall.

Naraku ran forward to fight him and then a fight so fast began that Kagome couldn't keep up.

She would see small flashes of someone punching, or someone going down wounded, but by the time her brain identified what it saw the fight had already moved on.

At one point they broke apart and stared at each other from opposite sides of the room. Inuyasha stood next to Kagome, took one look at her and slit the ropes holding her down.

"Run!" he said befoer Naraku attacked him again.

Trying to ignore the stabbing pain in her shoulder, Kagome got up and started walking as quickly as she could away.

"Nah-ah-ah little sister!" Kikyo said attacking her. "Your not getting away so easily."

They started fighting as best they could but, Kikyo had never had formal fight training, and while Kagome had some, she also had an injured shoulder that rendered her right arm useless.

So they fought as they could Kagome tried to punch, then Kikyo grabbed a fist of hair and pulled with all her might. Kagome fell to her knees and Kikyo punched her aside.

Kagome fell to the ground landing on her bad arm and calling out in pain.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha called getting distracted from his fight.

"Pay attention!" Naraku yelled punching him in the stomach.

"Inuyasha!" Kaogme yelled as he returned his concentration to his own battle.

Kikyo came over and kicked her bad shoulder. Kagome called out again, not being able to stop herself.

Inuyasha grew more desperate to finish and help his mate. All his instincts screamed at him to go to her, that she needed him. But Naraku seemed to know that and wouldn't let him get any closer to her.

Finally Inuyasha ran forward claws extended. Naraku was not ready for that and Inuyasha dug his claws deep into the demons chest and squeesed his heart until it burst.

But the loud bang Inuyasha heard was not Naraku's heart breaking and him dieing.

It was Kikyo.

Pointing a smoking gun at a still bleeding Kagome.

"Nooo!!" he cried out in pain.

"You took my mate I thought it only fair to return the favor." Inuyasha growled in hate and ran forward before she could stop him and punched her in her temple knocking her unconscious.

"Kagome!" he bent down to her. He lifted her gently, turning her on her back.

She was bleeding from her mouth and he saw her hand cluched over her side, it was bleeding through her pale fingers.

"Kagome! No!" he said.

Kagome looked at him, her eyes were foggy and filled with pain and her face was pale and cold.

"Inu...*cough* yash..."

"I'm here." he said smoothing down her hair as he felt her life slip through her own fingers.

Sirens wailed softly in the distance but his universe had shrunken to the small girl in his arms.

"Inuy...ya...yas...sha"

"Shh. It's okay. It's okay." he lied.

"I...I....lo....love...."

"Shut up!" he said his voice cracked and filled with pain. "Don't you dare start talking like that!"

Kagome gave him a ghost of a smile, "Love....yo....you." she finished.

"Love you, too." Inuyasha said softly. He knew, he knew and didn't want to admit it.

"I'm sorry I was too late."

Kagome shook her head almost unperceptive. "I...Love...you." she gasped out again.

"Love you." he repeated. "Hey, we get our beach house back. Can't wait to go back and finish our weekend, huh?"

"We'll...ge...et...to...sw..im." Kagome played along.

"Of course. And I'll cook a big barbecue. Make you the best ribs on earth." he promised petting her hair.

"Sounds....like....li...fun." Kagome got out.

"We'll have the best time." he said his voice thick and hoarse.

"Yeah." she agreed.

The sirens got louder, but she was the only thing that mattered. Her and the fact that he couldn't save her.

"See....you..a...arou..nd."

"Yeah. I'll meet you there." He promised.

"Love....you." she choked out one last time before her eyes rolled back and closed and her breathing stopped.

"Love you too." he said as he heard men yelling outside with sirens that deafened his too sensitive ears.

"Love you, too."

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