DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or the book called 'Hasse Simonsdochter' written by Thea Beckman, nor do I own the characters of these two stories!! But I do own the idea of mixing these two ingredients into a new story.
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
Revealed
Previously:
"Kagome?! Are you okay?!" a worried voice sounded from above her.
Kagome widened her eyes at hearing the voice and looked up.
Several rays of moonlight came through the window and lit up some silver strands
of hair.
Kagome gasped. S-Sesshoumaru?!
~*~*~
"Kagome!! Talk to me!!" Are you okay??" the voice asked again.
No...it's not Sesshoumaru's voice... Kagome realized, slightly disappointed.
"I...Inuyasha..."
Inuyasha relaxed a little after hearing her response. She's still conscious...thank
god... he thought relieved.
He looked up and growled. "Come out and show yourself Musou!! Teme...I
know you're here!!"
Kagome blinked. M-Musou...? H-how does Inuyasha know that it's him...? she wondered as she heard the sound of footsteps on the wooden floor.
Within seconds, the living room was flooded with the light coming from the lantern that was lit up by the intruder.
Kagome looked at the person who was standing near the sofa and widened her eyes as she realized it was really Musou who attacked her.
He was wearing a black haori and hakama. A katana shaped blade was tied to
his waist with a white sash. The lantern lighted up his eyes and a strange glow
could be seen in them, almost as if it were the eyes of an obsessive predator.
Musou narrowed his eyes. "It's you!!" he growled.
Inuyasha smirked. "Yeah, I've come to mess up with your evil plans!!"
Kagome shifted her gaze from Musou to where Inuyasha's voice came from. As she looked up to Inuyasha, she realized she was in the arms of Inuyasha (bridal style).
"H-how..." Kagome started.
Inuyasha turned to look down at her.
"How did you__" she repeated but stopped when a smile appeared on his face.
"Remember the day Sesshoumaru left for the mission? When he spoke to me in a language you didn't understand?" he asked.
Kagome slightly nodded.
[FLASHBACK]
"I entrust her safety to you now, Inuyasha, so take good care of her for
me." Sesshoumaru spoke.
{In youkai language} "Beware of Naraku and Musou...especially that Musou. I'm sure that he is after Kagome in some way. I believe this mission, which is causing us to separate, is because of him too. So no matter what happens, do not leave her alone."
Inuyasha's expression became serious and he nodded in reply.
[END FLASHBACK]
"He told me that I should beware of Naraku and him." Inuyasha explained as he looked up to glare at Musou. "I suspected that there was something wrong about the threatening recruit but I had to go because I didn't want to endanger Kagome in the first place."
"But..." Inuyasha spoke after a moment of silence and shifted his gaze from Musou to Kagome again. "...I became more worried the longer I left you alone, Kagome. Hiten and Bankotsu noticed that and persuaded me to go back to your side when we were halfway. So I came back...and I'm happy to have done that."
Both their attention were drawn again as Musou suddenly chuckled.
"Yes indeed...I persuaded aniki to help me fulfill my desire. I had him send away Sesshoumaru and his group but I was shocked to see you still by her side when you came to my brother to claim the first halve of the reward. I was enraged to find out that you've been living with him and his friends in the same house..." he growled and then followed by a smirk. "So...I had aniki send them away too."
Musou shifted his gaze from Inuyasha to Kagome. "...because you're mine...I can't let anybody else have you...not even when you have reincarnated...hahaha, you can't get away...never...Kikyou...NEVER! You hear me!?!" he cried frustratingly.
Reincarnation...? T-then...then Kikyou was... Kagome thought shocked.
"You betrayed me...so...I had to punish you for that...b-but I didn't mean to kill you...it's true!!!" Musou spoke with a trembling voice. "I...I...it was a mistake...I-I missed you so much, you know. But... you came back...came back...I was so happy to see you again!!" His voice became gradually more excited as he continued.
Suddenly his expression changed again. It was replaced by one filled with disgust and hatred. "But now you've betrayed me again, you bitch! With that...that disgusting inuyoukai!" he growled insanely. "So...I'll have to punish you again..."
Kagome clasped Inuyasha's haori and unconsciously leaned closer to him as she heard more about Musou's insane past. H-he...he killed the girl...K-Kikyou... she concluded terrified. And now he's seeing me as her reincarnation!
Inuyasha noticed the increasing fear coming from Kagome and responded by holding
her closer to him.
"You sick bastard!" he growled angrily. "I don't exactly know
what you did in the past with the girl you call Kikyou and I don't want to know...but
I'll never forgive you for attacking Kagome!!"
Musou laughed hysterically. "Hahahaha...who's Kagome...? That's not Kagome...that's Kikyou...my Kikyou...you're holding my Kikyou... I'll KILL YOU FOR THAT!!" he roared as he unsheathed his long blade and lunged forward at Inuyasha and Kagome.
"Can you stand?" Inuyasha asked Kagome.
After she nodded in reply, Inuyasha gently put her on her feet by moving his arm away that was lifting up her legs. His other arm didn't move and was still holding on to her waist protectively.
When Musou almost reached them, Kagome closed her eyes and buried her face in Inuyasha's haori.
*CLASH*
As Kagome opened her eyes again, she saw that Inuyasha was blocking Musou's
blade with his unsheathed and transformed Tetsusaiga.
"Kagome...move to a safer place in the room...he's about to break and it will be more dangerous if he completely lost sanity." he warned Kagome.
Kagome nodded and backed away as he released her waist. She walked towards the doorway to the kitchen and hid herself a little behind the doorframe.
Inuyasha growled as he noticed that Musou's eyes were locked on Kagome. "You leave her out of this!!" he snarled as he pushed Musou back with his sword.
Musou was forced to take several steps backwards but he lunged forward to Inuyasha again shortly after he regained his balance. "She's MINE!!!" he yelled as he dashed towards Inuyasha.
*CLASH*
Inuyasha blocked the attack again. "Persistent bastard!!" he growled as he put more strength in resisting.
I should help him... Kagome thought as she came out of the kitchen again.
...right...my bow and arrows are nearby!! she realized and quietly made
her way to the wall where her weapon was hanging.
Inuyasha noticed this and prayed that Musou didn't. But unfortunately he had already seen Kagome moving through the room.
Inuyasha widened his eyes as he saw Musou reach for something in his haori with his free hand. He quickly turned to Kagome. "Kagome! Watch out!!"
Kagome heard the warning and quickly ran to her weapon, but Musou had already pulled out some strange weapon that was unknown to Inuyasha. Chikusho!! She's not going to make it!!
Just when Kagome had retrieved her bow and an arrow, a deafening sound echoed through the room.
*PANG*
When she didn't feel anything, Kagome widened her eyes. Inuyasha! she
realized and quickly turned around, only to find herself facing a red haori.
"Inuyasha!!" she cried out worriedly.
"D-don't worry about me...just kill him..." Inuyasha groaned.
Kagome nodded determinedly and drew the arrow on her bow.
"NOW!!!" Inuyasha shouted as he jumped away.
Within seconds, Kagome had locked on her target and immediately released her arrow.
*SSWWIIFFF*
Musou stared at Kagome with wide eyes before he slowly looked down at the long
thin object that was half-buried in his chest. Then he looked at Inuyasha and
Kagome again and smirked. "Your grieve of the death of your husband will
be my trophy of revenge."
With that, Musou collapsed to the floor and breathed his last breath of life.
Inuyasha widened his eyes and turned to Kagome.
He was just about to ask the truth but he didn't as he saw tears rolling down her cheeks.
A moment of silence broke through until Inuyasha decided to speak again. "We should leave here at once or we might be caught by Naraku's minions." he suggested, knowing that they should worry about their safety first.
Kagome snapped out of her thoughts and dried her tears with the back of her hand. "You're right..." she agreed as she planned to gather their things.
"Arck...!!" Inuyasha suddenly cried and collapsed to his knees.
Kagome jerked her head to Inuyasha and let go of her bow to steady him. "You were wounded...!! Are you okay?!" she asked worriedly.
"Feh!" Inuyasha spat. "Such a wound won't kill me!"
He got to his feet again with the help of Kagome. "Let's get out of here." he said as he made his way to the hallway.
Kagome nodded and followed him. Is he really okay...? What kind of weapon was that anyway...? she wondered as she noticed the small hole in Inuyasha's fire rat's fur near his shoulder on his back.
They exited the house quietly and made their way to the nearest city wall.
"Hold onto me Kagome, we'll jump out of this dreadful place." Inuyasha said.
Kagome nodded in reply and wrapped her arms around Inuyasha's neck. Inuyasha responded by gently lifting her in his arms bridal style.
"Ready?"
"Yeah..."
Then Inuyasha jumped over the city wall into the forest with Kagome in his arms. And they walked deeper into the forest together in the middle of the night...
Vocabulary:
Teme: A very rude way to say 'you'. Not to be used in normal conversations.
Basically it means "you F---".
Posted: 29 September 2003
Last Edited: 12 February 2004 (re-edited because of tag problems)
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