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===========Chapter Fourteen===========
InuYasha snapped out of his thoughts of Kikyo to see....that he had left Kagome in danger. And now....she was in a very big danger. Just because he had chosen to go protect Kikyo who had been in no danger at all....
"KAGOME!" InuYasha cried as he ran as fast as he could to protect Kagome who was the target of the claws of Gogosuma that were speaded straight at her.
Sango watched in horror as she saw InuYasha speeding towards Kagome, where only a red flash of light could be seen.
"You're not gunu make it!" the youkai laughed as he raised his claws to run it through her. But a swirl of wind took Kagome out of the way.
"KOUGA?!" InuYasha cried in surprise. "Keh, well.... since you saved Kagome. THANKS! And you wont be hearing that ever again."
Silence.
"Eh?" InuYasha wasn't expecting silence from Kouga. But all he could hear was someone fall to the ground.
"I was a bit too late" Kouga said, looking at InuYasha coldly.
InuYasha looked down at Kagome in shock. She was kneeling on the ground, her head bowed low with a deep gash going down her arms.
"Heh, you take care of her InuYasha. I really can't stand it anymore. Acting like a fool, thinking that Kagome would return my love. But nooooooo, anyway, I met a new woman. I'll kill you next time InuYasha.....I'll kill you for ruining everything and almost getting Kagome killed, and for being such an ass" Kouga said.
"Kagome!" InuYasha said, rushing towards her.
She looked up, her face trying to hide the pain. "I'm fine, just a little cut!"
He looked at the wound.
~Whew, at least it's not life threatening...~ InuYasha thought guiltily.
"Well, Sayonara! Got a lady waiting for me...Kagome...I'll always remember you. This isn't the end!" Kouga said coldly and disappeared.
"Keh"
InuYasha stood up, his hands clenched in anger and pain. ~You....tried to kill Kagome~ InuYasha thought, looking at the Youkai.
InuYasha ran towards Gogotsuma with his Tesusaiga in the air, ready to strike.
Gogotsuma raised his hands and slowly closed his fingers together, as the whole army of humans and demons jumped onto InuYasha, unable to actually kill the humans, InuYasha kept on punching, clawing and struggled to get out of the mob, but couldn't.
Gogotsuma came over to InuYasha. "Hmhmhm...all your friends are down...or are needed. You, InuYasha will be next. Humph, that Kikyo helped a lot...."
InuYasha growled. "You asshole. Make these bitches let go of me, n let's fight demon to demon!"
"Hm, I am not that stupid." He stepped closer to InuYasha. He closed then re-opened his hands as the claws had extended longer. He raised his hands high in the air and brought it down, piercing it into InuYasha' s already wounded stomach. Then ran his claws into InuYasha' s throat as InuYasha choked out blood. Gogotsuma raised his hands very high in the air, ready to finish InuYasha off when a purifying arrow pierced into his arm, causing his arms to fall off. But it grew back again.
InuYasha saw Kagome weakly standing with a bow in her grasp, then she weakly sat back on the ground.
InuYasha pushed the humans away with all his might and unsteadily stood up and looked around for his tetsusaiga and saw that it had been thrown a distance away.
~I need my sword in order to save Kagome~ he thought determinedly.
InuYasha stumbled towards it but was struck very hard on the back by the Youkai.
"HmHmHm, now are you dead?" he asked, looking at InuYasha who lay still on the ground. Then slowly walked towards Kagome.
"Hmmmm, what a tasty looking girl you look. I'll eat you up slowly.."
InuYasha could feel his heart beating loudly as his body vibrated. ~What's going on? Shit....I can't die. NOT NOW! NOT IF DYING MEENS THAT KAGOME WILL DIE!!!!~
Gogotsuma stopped in his tracks and turned around to InuYasha and looked strangely down at him. The atmosphere had suddenly turned windy.
~ I can sense that he has changed....into what? He seems to looks the same. But his scent is no longer the same..~
He stared in shock as InuYasha rose from the ground growling, his face shadowed.
Gogotsuma continued to study InuYasha. The wind blew and a pair of glowing red eyes could be seen. ~He has...changed....~
InuYasha cracked his knuckles. A human soldier ran up to him, to fight him. But InuYasha tore him apart, as blood splashed all over him. InuYasha looked down at his hands that were covered in blood.
"Blood...I need to kill more..." He growled.
Some one yelled his name. He saw a young girl in uniforms sitting on the ground, staring at him. ~She looks so familiar....~ he thought, but a force fought against the want to remember the girl, as his thoughts returned back to the hunger to kill.
"HmHmHmHm, this will be a much more challenging fight. A FULL youkai, to a Full youkai, and not a scrawny haif-demon" Gogotsuma laughed as his human form ripped apart to reveal a large monster.
InuYasha ran towards the Youkai, tearing up anything in the way. InuYasha pierced his claws through Gogotsuma.
The Youkai stared at him in surprise, "No one was this strong enough to pierce through me.."
InuYasha gave a quiet evil laugh. But, suddenly, the Youkai's claws ran through InuYasha's shoulder.
Kagome, and Sango watched in horror. Miroku came back to consciousness.
"It...seems that...InuYasha can't feel the pain....from his wounds.."Miroku muttered.
"That means...that he'll..." Sango looked at InuYasha.
"Fight to his death" Kagome quietly finished.
InuYasha continued to attack the Youkai, as it attacked him back. InuYasha smiled evilly as he ran his claws across the Youkai's throat. A few seconds passed. Silence. The head slowly fell to the ground...but the body remained standing.
Gogotsuma got his claws and dug it deep into InuYasha's stomach. But InuYasha looked as if he had felt nothing. And then the Youkai pulled back and dropped to the ground.
InuYasha looked down at his hands, all covered in blood. ~I need more...i need to kill more~ he thought hungrily as he looked around to see soldiers backing away, but the Youkai soldiers ran towards InuYasha. In less then a minuet, all the Youkai's were dead, lying on the ground.
"I need more!" InuYasha growled as he ran after the human soldiers who were screaming in fright.
InuYasha jumped into the air and landed on top of a group of humans, and slit their throats.
"Save us!!!!" a soldiers cried at Sango, Miroku, and Kagome.
InuYasha chased after the man and ran his claws through him.
"InuYasha! STOP IT!" Kagome cried, as she stood to go and stop him. But Sango kept her away.
"We can't do anything, Kagome! Getting yourself killed wont make anything better!!! He will kill anyone in his sight...and you are not an exception!" Sango cried in pain, as the reminder of the battle she had fought where she had lost both her father, brother and friends came to mind.
Kagome fell back and covered her eyes. ~Stop it InuYasha....you're not only killing the humans, you're killing yourself~
InuYasha stood in front of a huddle of men. Surrounding them were piles of bloody humans.
"We are the last alive!" one of the men said.
"Spare us, great Youkai!"
"We will do anything you say!"
"Grant us mercy!!!!"
InuYasha evilly chuckled and looked down at them, and cracked his knuckles. He raised his hands to slice them, when he heard the same girl scream his name. Something held him back, ~Why...am I....hesitating?! No!~ InuYasha moved back and growled as something within him fought the urge to kill. The humans stood, but did not dare move, afraid that any sudden movements would make InuYasha go after them. So they stood frozen, slowly backing away.
"I need..to kill more" InuYasha growled, looking down at the blood covered hands of his.
"Kagome!" Miroku gasped, as Kagome stood and headed towards InuYasha.
"InuYasha..." She whispered as she got closer to him.
InuYasha looked up at Kagome, something made him move away from Kagome.
"Get away from me!!!" Inuyasha growled, as he looked at the human soldiers who suddenly stopped moving. They all held their breaths, hoping that InuYasha wouldn't notice them.
"InuYasha..." Kagome said, now in front of him. InuYasha reached out and took a hold of her shoulders and slightly dug his claws into her skin.
"MOVE!" he yelled and through her to the ground, as he looked back at the huddle of humans. "I need to kill more..."
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried loudly.
InuYasha covered his ears and fell to the ground. Her voice continued to echo in his mind. He pressed his head onto the ground. ~That voice....ARG!~ The voice continued to echo loudly. "Ka...Kago...me..". InuYasha's red eyes flashed back to his normal golden eye. He felt someone's hand touching his shoulders. He looked up to see Kagome, with blood visible on her shoulders and arm.
~I remember how she got wounded on the arms....but how did she get wounded on the shoulders?~ InuYasha thought as he unsteadily stood up. ~Why is Kagome looking at me so sadly?~
He looked around to see piles of dead Youkais and humans covered in blood. He looked back at Kagome, then Sango, Shippo and Miroku who were looking at him with anger and sadness.
InuYasha's face turned pale as he slowly looked down at his red Haori he was wearing which was covered in dark spots of blood....human blood. Then he looked at his hands and smelt a mix of Youkai and human blood. He stared at Kagome....~I....was the one who did it to her....i could have...killed her. With the Jewel shards....was this what I wanted to be? No!....~ InuYasha fell back to the ground feeling pain all over him. InuYasha started to cough up blood. ~I'm so wounded..~
InuYasha looked up at the remaining human soldiers who started to scream and then they ran away. InuYasha looked away in sadness and guilt.
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InuYasha got up early at dawn to see that he was all bandaged up. He remembered everything from yesterday. He glanced over at Kagome to see her fast asleep with bandages around her shoulder and arm.
~I can't face to see her anymore....I feel so...so...~InuYasha cut off his thought and walked unsteadily outside and walked as far as he could, away from Kaede's hut. He saw the tree he always sat under, he walked over to it and sat under it. The sky was red, and the sun was hardly seeable.
InuYasha looked down at his hands. ~ My body is still very sore..I can barely walk without wanting to drop to the ground..~ InuYasha thought . He looked down as his Tetsusaiga ~.The Tetsusaiga was out of my reach again....and thus I turned into a full Youkai....this wont be the last time it happens....it wont be the last time. Kagome....I almost killed her..I could have killed her...damn.~
Then he frowned. A scene flashed into his mind.
*****Flashback*****
"InuYasha, you go protect her. I'll stay here with Miroku" Sango said desperately, trying to wake Miroku up
InuYasha headed towards Kagome who was caring for Shippo. A few humans were running towards Miroku and Sango, but Sango got rid of them. A youkai was headed for Kagome, but she shot it down with an arrow.
As he was walking towards Kagome he saw a figure not that far away from the opposite direction of Kagome. He turned from Kagome and stared at the figure which seemed to be calling at him.
"K...Kikyo!" InuYasha cried. ~She came back!~
InuYasha started to run towards Kikyo. "KIKYO! Get out of here! You might get killed! Kikyo!!!!"
"Kikyo!" InuYasha cried as he came up to her. "You came back...."
"Of course I did InuYasha" she replied warmly. "Why would I leave you, my dear InuYasha....You are hurt!" Kikyo said.
"I'm fine" he replied, staring at Kikyo.
"I must go now. I just came to check up on you. I shall not have you dead. I want you, InuYasha. I want you with me alive" Kikyo said, as she touched InuYasha' s cheek and disappeared.
Kagome slowly turned around, feeling something speeding up towards her. All she could see was a claw flashing towards her.
Kagome screamed.
InuYasha snapped out of his thoughts of Kikyo to see....that he had left Kagome in danger. And now....she was in a very big danger. Just because he had chosen to go protect Kikyo who had been in no danger at all....
"KAGOME!" InuYasha cried as he ran as fast as he could to protect Kagome who were the target of the claws of Gogotsuma that was headed straight at her
*****End of Flashback*****
"And if it had not been for Kouga, she would have been dead...."InuYasha muttered. InuYasha clenched his hands into a fist. ~And for that....Kagome could have also gotten killed. She could have died because of me twice!~
"InuYasha!" a voice called at him.
"Huh?", InuYasha turned to see Kagome running up the hill towards him. "Ka...gome." he muttered in surprise.
She came over and sat next to him. She looked over at him with a smile.
InuYasha turned away. "Go away" he said quietly.
Her smile faded a little.
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"Can you hear what they're saying?!" Snago whispered at Miroku loudly from behind the bush they were hiding in.
"No, we are much to far away"
"I can't see, I can't see" Shippo whined.
"I wont let you see this one" Miroku said, pushing Shippo back down, "this one is too mature for you to watch. I have a strange feeling that the scene we're spying on wont be a happy ending"
"Hey, but all the other one's we spied , I was able to see!" Shippo protested.
"This one is different..." Sango muttered.
"InuYasha" Kagome said warmly as she tried to look at his face. "Are you alright?" "HOW can you ask that?! And HOW can you still bear to be around me?! I put your life in danger TWICE!!!" InuYasha said angrily. ~I don't deserve your kindness~
"It wasn't your fault" Kagome said quietly.
"Keh, right....tell me, why isn't it my damn fault?! I was the one who went to protect Kikyo who wasn't in any danger, I was the one who hurt your shoulder and could have ripped you up. I DID IT ALL! How isn't it my fault again?"
"You could have ripped me up...but you did not. It was not your fault, it was because you lost the tetsusaiga, and so you turned into a full Youkai, which you can't help. You have already chosen Kikyo to protect..and how would you have known that Kikyo wasn't in danger? It is a common instinct to go and protect the one you love...not me...But it's alright, I'm alive, aren't I?"
"Kagome....." InuYasha said looking at her. ~You are strong....but Kikyo is so weak...though it doesn't seem like it these days...but, that's why..i thought...It's not as if I chose her because I loved her...I have chosen her, so it feels like my duty...but...I wish...WHY DID KIKYO HAVE TO COME VISIT THEN!!!~
Kagome saw his fist tighten. Kagome put her hands over his hands. His fisted hands froze and slowly loosened.
InuYasha felt his heart speeding when he had felt Kagome's warm hands holding his. He looked down at her in surprise.
Kagome looked up at him, to see shock, ..pain, and...something else. But she couldn't figure out what it was.
He held her hands.
-----From above on a tree branch, Kikyo watched Kagome and InuYasha together. Kikyo tightely shut her eyes as a tear ran down her cheeks. She held her hands into a fist, "Kagome..WHY did you have to interfere?!" She looked down at InuYasha, ~InuYasha... I know you love me...YOU MUST! I don't want to love someone who does not return my love!~ Kikyo thought as her heart throbbed in pain. "InuYasha..." Kikyo whispered, as more tears ran down her cheeks, "InuYasha!"--
"InuYasha!" a cold voice called at him.
"Huh?" InuYasha looked up and saw Kikyo sitting on a tree branch looking down at them.
"Kikyo..."
Kagome quickly stood up and walked away.
"Kagome!" InuYasha called as he was about to go after her.
"InuYasha" the voice called at him again.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
"INUYASHA!" Kikyo cried as she jumped off the branch and more tears ran down her cheeks.
"I thought you loved me! You said that you'd never betray me!" Kikyo cried as she fell to the ground and started to weep.
InuYasha stared down at Kikyo in surprise. ~I...have never saw Kikyo cry before. Dammit! Why is it ME that always makes people cry!~
"I'm letting you go InuYasha.....I WILL NOT FORCE YOU TO CHOSE ME! I love you InuYasha...but...." Kikyo cried, but tried to regain her calmness.
~No....if I let you go....you'll be in danger...no....I will not put anymore people I care for in danger. I lost you once, I won't lose you again~ InuYasha thought as he crouched down near Kikyo.
"Kikyo...I chose you....I'm sorry...I just...Kikyo..." InuYasha looked at Kikyo. ~Kikyo...don't cry~
Kikyo looked up, her eyes blurry from tears. "InuYasha...!" she cried as she flung herself in front of him as an arrow hit her.
InuYasha looked in surprise at Kikyo who was lying on the grass with and arrow pierced through her arms in front of him. InuYasha looked at the person who shot it.
"NARAKU!" InuYasha shouted.
Naraku fell back and stumbled away. ~I'm such a fool~ he said as a pain throbbed inside him. ~I felt such powerful emotion when I saw InuYasha with Kikyo, that I revealed my true form in order to kill InuYasha, but instead I shot Kikyo. That fool. ONIGUMO! Because of your damn emotions for that bitch, Kikyo, I have a weakness! At least I did not kill her, if I had, Onigumo would have tried to kill me. I shall give Kikyo some more soul so this pain inside me will disappear.~
InuYasha watched as the dead souls that had left through Kikyo's wounded arm came back into her.
~How did she get the souls back?~ InuYasha thought.
"Kikyo....you saved me" InuYasha said, holding Kikyo in his arms.
"I knew I wouldn't die...since I am already dead. But it would be better to stand the pain of being hurt then you..."Kikyo said weakly.
InuYasha caught a glimpse of Kagome who was staring at them. ~Kagome...~
"InuYasha, put me down" Kikyo asked, seeing his wounds. "I know that you are hurt" She added, looking up at his blank face.
~Kagome...~ InuYasha said in his mind.
*********************** Kagome walked down the hill with a sad smile. ~I'm glad....I guess Kikyo really does love InuYasha....~
-------- ~Her mind is too damn pure....which means that she must have strong powers....powers enough to defeat me...At least the wound I gave her is not completely healed, I'll know where she is for a little more while.~ Naraku thought. ~Kikyo....she looks so much like Kikyo....each time I think of Kikyo and InuYasha together...I feel such hatred for InuYasha...~ ------- ----
Kagome entered Kaede's hut. Kaede looked at Kagome and told her that she was going out to tend to the field.
~Where's Sango, Miroku, and Shippo?~ Kagome thought as she saw Kirara fast asleep. ~It's still early in the morning. I wonder where they have gone?~
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"That InuYasha...." Sango hissed as they walked down the road towards the river.
"He is officially a two timer" Shippo muttered.
"I never actually thought that Kikyo loved InuYasha...." Miroku said.
"You think nicely of that bitch!" Sango yelled.
"But....i do hate her....but the only reason for that is because she is Kagome's rival. But other then that....she has done nothing wrong than loving InuYasha...." Miroku said.
"YOU are impossible" Sango said and walked ahead of them to the river where she sat beside the river and sulked, "Poor dear Kagome. Tell me why I shouldn't go comfort her?!"
"She needs time to herself to think" Miroku said, "If she does not, she'll never get over him"
Sango sadly nodded.
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Kagome finished packing her stuff and looked around the lonely hut. Kirara woke up and jumped out of the window to go out in search of Shippo.
~Everyone has someone here....Shippo and Kikrara, Sango and Miroku, InuYasha.....and Kikyo. I have....no one ....~ Kagome thought sadly. Kagome sadly smiled, "I hope InuYasha will be happy....it's better if I left"
She picked up her yellow bag and left the hut.
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"Kagome!" InuYasha called as he entered the hut. The hut only echoed his voice. The hut was completely empty of Kagome's belonging. He looked around again more desperately, "Kagome!"
~No.....she's left......forever~
===========Chapter Fourteen===========
InuYasha snapped out of his thoughts of Kikyo to see....that he had left Kagome in danger. And now....she was in a very big danger. Just because he had chosen to go protect Kikyo who had been in no danger at all....
"KAGOME!" InuYasha cried as he ran as fast as he could to protect Kagome who was the target of the claws of Gogosuma that were speaded straight at her.
Sango watched in horror as she saw InuYasha speeding towards Kagome, where only a red flash of light could be seen.
"You're not gunu make it!" the youkai laughed as he raised his claws to run it through her. But a swirl of wind took Kagome out of the way.
"KOUGA?!" InuYasha cried in surprise. "Keh, well.... since you saved Kagome. THANKS! And you wont be hearing that ever again."
Silence.
"Eh?" InuYasha wasn't expecting silence from Kouga. But all he could hear was someone fall to the ground.
"I was a bit too late" Kouga said, looking at InuYasha coldly.
InuYasha looked down at Kagome in shock. She was kneeling on the ground, her head bowed low with a deep gash going down her arms.
"Heh, you take care of her InuYasha. I really can't stand it anymore. Acting like a fool, thinking that Kagome would return my love. But nooooooo, anyway, I met a new woman. I'll kill you next time InuYasha.....I'll kill you for ruining everything and almost getting Kagome killed, and for being such an ass" Kouga said.
"Kagome!" InuYasha said, rushing towards her.
She looked up, her face trying to hide the pain. "I'm fine, just a little cut!"
He looked at the wound.
~Whew, at least it's not life threatening...~ InuYasha thought guiltily.
"Well, Sayonara! Got a lady waiting for me...Kagome...I'll always remember you. This isn't the end!" Kouga said coldly and disappeared.
"Keh"
InuYasha stood up, his hands clenched in anger and pain. ~You....tried to kill Kagome~ InuYasha thought, looking at the Youkai.
InuYasha ran towards Gogotsuma with his Tesusaiga in the air, ready to strike.
Gogotsuma raised his hands and slowly closed his fingers together, as the whole army of humans and demons jumped onto InuYasha, unable to actually kill the humans, InuYasha kept on punching, clawing and struggled to get out of the mob, but couldn't.
Gogotsuma came over to InuYasha. "Hmhmhm...all your friends are down...or are needed. You, InuYasha will be next. Humph, that Kikyo helped a lot...."
InuYasha growled. "You asshole. Make these bitches let go of me, n let's fight demon to demon!"
"Hm, I am not that stupid." He stepped closer to InuYasha. He closed then re-opened his hands as the claws had extended longer. He raised his hands high in the air and brought it down, piercing it into InuYasha' s already wounded stomach. Then ran his claws into InuYasha' s throat as InuYasha choked out blood. Gogotsuma raised his hands very high in the air, ready to finish InuYasha off when a purifying arrow pierced into his arm, causing his arms to fall off. But it grew back again.
InuYasha saw Kagome weakly standing with a bow in her grasp, then she weakly sat back on the ground.
InuYasha pushed the humans away with all his might and unsteadily stood up and looked around for his tetsusaiga and saw that it had been thrown a distance away.
~I need my sword in order to save Kagome~ he thought determinedly.
InuYasha stumbled towards it but was struck very hard on the back by the Youkai.
"HmHmHm, now are you dead?" he asked, looking at InuYasha who lay still on the ground. Then slowly walked towards Kagome.
"Hmmmm, what a tasty looking girl you look. I'll eat you up slowly.."
InuYasha could feel his heart beating loudly as his body vibrated. ~What's going on? Shit....I can't die. NOT NOW! NOT IF DYING MEENS THAT KAGOME WILL DIE!!!!~
Gogotsuma stopped in his tracks and turned around to InuYasha and looked strangely down at him. The atmosphere had suddenly turned windy.
~ I can sense that he has changed....into what? He seems to looks the same. But his scent is no longer the same..~
He stared in shock as InuYasha rose from the ground growling, his face shadowed.
Gogotsuma continued to study InuYasha. The wind blew and a pair of glowing red eyes could be seen. ~He has...changed....~
InuYasha cracked his knuckles. A human soldier ran up to him, to fight him. But InuYasha tore him apart, as blood splashed all over him. InuYasha looked down at his hands that were covered in blood.
"Blood...I need to kill more..." He growled.
Some one yelled his name. He saw a young girl in uniforms sitting on the ground, staring at him. ~She looks so familiar....~ he thought, but a force fought against the want to remember the girl, as his thoughts returned back to the hunger to kill.
"HmHmHmHm, this will be a much more challenging fight. A FULL youkai, to a Full youkai, and not a scrawny haif-demon" Gogotsuma laughed as his human form ripped apart to reveal a large monster.
InuYasha ran towards the Youkai, tearing up anything in the way. InuYasha pierced his claws through Gogotsuma.
The Youkai stared at him in surprise, "No one was this strong enough to pierce through me.."
InuYasha gave a quiet evil laugh. But, suddenly, the Youkai's claws ran through InuYasha's shoulder.
Kagome, and Sango watched in horror. Miroku came back to consciousness.
"It...seems that...InuYasha can't feel the pain....from his wounds.."Miroku muttered.
"That means...that he'll..." Sango looked at InuYasha.
"Fight to his death" Kagome quietly finished.
InuYasha continued to attack the Youkai, as it attacked him back. InuYasha smiled evilly as he ran his claws across the Youkai's throat. A few seconds passed. Silence. The head slowly fell to the ground...but the body remained standing.
Gogotsuma got his claws and dug it deep into InuYasha's stomach. But InuYasha looked as if he had felt nothing. And then the Youkai pulled back and dropped to the ground.
InuYasha looked down at his hands, all covered in blood. ~I need more...i need to kill more~ he thought hungrily as he looked around to see soldiers backing away, but the Youkai soldiers ran towards InuYasha. In less then a minuet, all the Youkai's were dead, lying on the ground.
"I need more!" InuYasha growled as he ran after the human soldiers who were screaming in fright.
InuYasha jumped into the air and landed on top of a group of humans, and slit their throats.
"Save us!!!!" a soldiers cried at Sango, Miroku, and Kagome.
InuYasha chased after the man and ran his claws through him.
"InuYasha! STOP IT!" Kagome cried, as she stood to go and stop him. But Sango kept her away.
"We can't do anything, Kagome! Getting yourself killed wont make anything better!!! He will kill anyone in his sight...and you are not an exception!" Sango cried in pain, as the reminder of the battle she had fought where she had lost both her father, brother and friends came to mind.
Kagome fell back and covered her eyes. ~Stop it InuYasha....you're not only killing the humans, you're killing yourself~
InuYasha stood in front of a huddle of men. Surrounding them were piles of bloody humans.
"We are the last alive!" one of the men said.
"Spare us, great Youkai!"
"We will do anything you say!"
"Grant us mercy!!!!"
InuYasha evilly chuckled and looked down at them, and cracked his knuckles. He raised his hands to slice them, when he heard the same girl scream his name. Something held him back, ~Why...am I....hesitating?! No!~ InuYasha moved back and growled as something within him fought the urge to kill. The humans stood, but did not dare move, afraid that any sudden movements would make InuYasha go after them. So they stood frozen, slowly backing away.
"I need..to kill more" InuYasha growled, looking down at the blood covered hands of his.
"Kagome!" Miroku gasped, as Kagome stood and headed towards InuYasha.
"InuYasha..." She whispered as she got closer to him.
InuYasha looked up at Kagome, something made him move away from Kagome.
"Get away from me!!!" Inuyasha growled, as he looked at the human soldiers who suddenly stopped moving. They all held their breaths, hoping that InuYasha wouldn't notice them.
"InuYasha..." Kagome said, now in front of him. InuYasha reached out and took a hold of her shoulders and slightly dug his claws into her skin.
"MOVE!" he yelled and through her to the ground, as he looked back at the huddle of humans. "I need to kill more..."
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried loudly.
InuYasha covered his ears and fell to the ground. Her voice continued to echo in his mind. He pressed his head onto the ground. ~That voice....ARG!~ The voice continued to echo loudly. "Ka...Kago...me..". InuYasha's red eyes flashed back to his normal golden eye. He felt someone's hand touching his shoulders. He looked up to see Kagome, with blood visible on her shoulders and arm.
~I remember how she got wounded on the arms....but how did she get wounded on the shoulders?~ InuYasha thought as he unsteadily stood up. ~Why is Kagome looking at me so sadly?~
He looked around to see piles of dead Youkais and humans covered in blood. He looked back at Kagome, then Sango, Shippo and Miroku who were looking at him with anger and sadness.
InuYasha's face turned pale as he slowly looked down at his red Haori he was wearing which was covered in dark spots of blood....human blood. Then he looked at his hands and smelt a mix of Youkai and human blood. He stared at Kagome....~I....was the one who did it to her....i could have...killed her. With the Jewel shards....was this what I wanted to be? No!....~ InuYasha fell back to the ground feeling pain all over him. InuYasha started to cough up blood. ~I'm so wounded..~
InuYasha looked up at the remaining human soldiers who started to scream and then they ran away. InuYasha looked away in sadness and guilt.
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InuYasha got up early at dawn to see that he was all bandaged up. He remembered everything from yesterday. He glanced over at Kagome to see her fast asleep with bandages around her shoulder and arm.
~I can't face to see her anymore....I feel so...so...~InuYasha cut off his thought and walked unsteadily outside and walked as far as he could, away from Kaede's hut. He saw the tree he always sat under, he walked over to it and sat under it. The sky was red, and the sun was hardly seeable.
InuYasha looked down at his hands. ~ My body is still very sore..I can barely walk without wanting to drop to the ground..~ InuYasha thought . He looked down as his Tetsusaiga ~.The Tetsusaiga was out of my reach again....and thus I turned into a full Youkai....this wont be the last time it happens....it wont be the last time. Kagome....I almost killed her..I could have killed her...damn.~
Then he frowned. A scene flashed into his mind.
*****Flashback*****
"InuYasha, you go protect her. I'll stay here with Miroku" Sango said desperately, trying to wake Miroku up
InuYasha headed towards Kagome who was caring for Shippo. A few humans were running towards Miroku and Sango, but Sango got rid of them. A youkai was headed for Kagome, but she shot it down with an arrow.
As he was walking towards Kagome he saw a figure not that far away from the opposite direction of Kagome. He turned from Kagome and stared at the figure which seemed to be calling at him.
"K...Kikyo!" InuYasha cried. ~She came back!~
InuYasha started to run towards Kikyo. "KIKYO! Get out of here! You might get killed! Kikyo!!!!"
"Kikyo!" InuYasha cried as he came up to her. "You came back...."
"Of course I did InuYasha" she replied warmly. "Why would I leave you, my dear InuYasha....You are hurt!" Kikyo said.
"I'm fine" he replied, staring at Kikyo.
"I must go now. I just came to check up on you. I shall not have you dead. I want you, InuYasha. I want you with me alive" Kikyo said, as she touched InuYasha' s cheek and disappeared.
Kagome slowly turned around, feeling something speeding up towards her. All she could see was a claw flashing towards her.
Kagome screamed.
InuYasha snapped out of his thoughts of Kikyo to see....that he had left Kagome in danger. And now....she was in a very big danger. Just because he had chosen to go protect Kikyo who had been in no danger at all....
"KAGOME!" InuYasha cried as he ran as fast as he could to protect Kagome who were the target of the claws of Gogotsuma that was headed straight at her
*****End of Flashback*****
"And if it had not been for Kouga, she would have been dead...."InuYasha muttered. InuYasha clenched his hands into a fist. ~And for that....Kagome could have also gotten killed. She could have died because of me twice!~
"InuYasha!" a voice called at him.
"Huh?", InuYasha turned to see Kagome running up the hill towards him. "Ka...gome." he muttered in surprise.
She came over and sat next to him. She looked over at him with a smile.
InuYasha turned away. "Go away" he said quietly.
Her smile faded a little.
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"Can you hear what they're saying?!" Snago whispered at Miroku loudly from behind the bush they were hiding in.
"No, we are much to far away"
"I can't see, I can't see" Shippo whined.
"I wont let you see this one" Miroku said, pushing Shippo back down, "this one is too mature for you to watch. I have a strange feeling that the scene we're spying on wont be a happy ending"
"Hey, but all the other one's we spied , I was able to see!" Shippo protested.
"This one is different..." Sango muttered.
"InuYasha" Kagome said warmly as she tried to look at his face. "Are you alright?" "HOW can you ask that?! And HOW can you still bear to be around me?! I put your life in danger TWICE!!!" InuYasha said angrily. ~I don't deserve your kindness~
"It wasn't your fault" Kagome said quietly.
"Keh, right....tell me, why isn't it my damn fault?! I was the one who went to protect Kikyo who wasn't in any danger, I was the one who hurt your shoulder and could have ripped you up. I DID IT ALL! How isn't it my fault again?"
"You could have ripped me up...but you did not. It was not your fault, it was because you lost the tetsusaiga, and so you turned into a full Youkai, which you can't help. You have already chosen Kikyo to protect..and how would you have known that Kikyo wasn't in danger? It is a common instinct to go and protect the one you love...not me...But it's alright, I'm alive, aren't I?"
"Kagome....." InuYasha said looking at her. ~You are strong....but Kikyo is so weak...though it doesn't seem like it these days...but, that's why..i thought...It's not as if I chose her because I loved her...I have chosen her, so it feels like my duty...but...I wish...WHY DID KIKYO HAVE TO COME VISIT THEN!!!~
Kagome saw his fist tighten. Kagome put her hands over his hands. His fisted hands froze and slowly loosened.
InuYasha felt his heart speeding when he had felt Kagome's warm hands holding his. He looked down at her in surprise.
Kagome looked up at him, to see shock, ..pain, and...something else. But she couldn't figure out what it was.
He held her hands.
-----From above on a tree branch, Kikyo watched Kagome and InuYasha together. Kikyo tightely shut her eyes as a tear ran down her cheeks. She held her hands into a fist, "Kagome..WHY did you have to interfere?!" She looked down at InuYasha, ~InuYasha... I know you love me...YOU MUST! I don't want to love someone who does not return my love!~ Kikyo thought as her heart throbbed in pain. "InuYasha..." Kikyo whispered, as more tears ran down her cheeks, "InuYasha!"--
"InuYasha!" a cold voice called at him.
"Huh?" InuYasha looked up and saw Kikyo sitting on a tree branch looking down at them.
"Kikyo..."
Kagome quickly stood up and walked away.
"Kagome!" InuYasha called as he was about to go after her.
"InuYasha" the voice called at him again.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
"INUYASHA!" Kikyo cried as she jumped off the branch and more tears ran down her cheeks.
"I thought you loved me! You said that you'd never betray me!" Kikyo cried as she fell to the ground and started to weep.
InuYasha stared down at Kikyo in surprise. ~I...have never saw Kikyo cry before. Dammit! Why is it ME that always makes people cry!~
"I'm letting you go InuYasha.....I WILL NOT FORCE YOU TO CHOSE ME! I love you InuYasha...but...." Kikyo cried, but tried to regain her calmness.
~No....if I let you go....you'll be in danger...no....I will not put anymore people I care for in danger. I lost you once, I won't lose you again~ InuYasha thought as he crouched down near Kikyo.
"Kikyo...I chose you....I'm sorry...I just...Kikyo..." InuYasha looked at Kikyo. ~Kikyo...don't cry~
Kikyo looked up, her eyes blurry from tears. "InuYasha...!" she cried as she flung herself in front of him as an arrow hit her.
InuYasha looked in surprise at Kikyo who was lying on the grass with and arrow pierced through her arms in front of him. InuYasha looked at the person who shot it.
"NARAKU!" InuYasha shouted.
Naraku fell back and stumbled away. ~I'm such a fool~ he said as a pain throbbed inside him. ~I felt such powerful emotion when I saw InuYasha with Kikyo, that I revealed my true form in order to kill InuYasha, but instead I shot Kikyo. That fool. ONIGUMO! Because of your damn emotions for that bitch, Kikyo, I have a weakness! At least I did not kill her, if I had, Onigumo would have tried to kill me. I shall give Kikyo some more soul so this pain inside me will disappear.~
InuYasha watched as the dead souls that had left through Kikyo's wounded arm came back into her.
~How did she get the souls back?~ InuYasha thought.
"Kikyo....you saved me" InuYasha said, holding Kikyo in his arms.
"I knew I wouldn't die...since I am already dead. But it would be better to stand the pain of being hurt then you..."Kikyo said weakly.
InuYasha caught a glimpse of Kagome who was staring at them. ~Kagome...~
"InuYasha, put me down" Kikyo asked, seeing his wounds. "I know that you are hurt" She added, looking up at his blank face.
~Kagome...~ InuYasha said in his mind.
*********************** Kagome walked down the hill with a sad smile. ~I'm glad....I guess Kikyo really does love InuYasha....~
-------- ~Her mind is too damn pure....which means that she must have strong powers....powers enough to defeat me...At least the wound I gave her is not completely healed, I'll know where she is for a little more while.~ Naraku thought. ~Kikyo....she looks so much like Kikyo....each time I think of Kikyo and InuYasha together...I feel such hatred for InuYasha...~ ------- ----
Kagome entered Kaede's hut. Kaede looked at Kagome and told her that she was going out to tend to the field.
~Where's Sango, Miroku, and Shippo?~ Kagome thought as she saw Kirara fast asleep. ~It's still early in the morning. I wonder where they have gone?~
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"That InuYasha...." Sango hissed as they walked down the road towards the river.
"He is officially a two timer" Shippo muttered.
"I never actually thought that Kikyo loved InuYasha...." Miroku said.
"You think nicely of that bitch!" Sango yelled.
"But....i do hate her....but the only reason for that is because she is Kagome's rival. But other then that....she has done nothing wrong than loving InuYasha...." Miroku said.
"YOU are impossible" Sango said and walked ahead of them to the river where she sat beside the river and sulked, "Poor dear Kagome. Tell me why I shouldn't go comfort her?!"
"She needs time to herself to think" Miroku said, "If she does not, she'll never get over him"
Sango sadly nodded.
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Kagome finished packing her stuff and looked around the lonely hut. Kirara woke up and jumped out of the window to go out in search of Shippo.
~Everyone has someone here....Shippo and Kikrara, Sango and Miroku, InuYasha.....and Kikyo. I have....no one ....~ Kagome thought sadly. Kagome sadly smiled, "I hope InuYasha will be happy....it's better if I left"
She picked up her yellow bag and left the hut.
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"Kagome!" InuYasha called as he entered the hut. The hut only echoed his voice. The hut was completely empty of Kagome's belonging. He looked around again more desperately, "Kagome!"
~No.....she's left......forever~