Final Distance
By: DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing
them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because
Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid
he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I
already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
Policy on Flamers: Give me Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease, and I shall
give you the same. If you don't, I know lots of assassins, thieves,
demons, and goddesses, that would love to hurt you if I told them you
flamed ^_^
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Chapter 2-Darkness in the Heart
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It has appeared. In this time, finally. I have found it! The Shikon no
Tama! It DOES exist in this time!
The darkness demon crept through the shadows, it's eyes glimmering
with evil joy. It crept towards the jewel, it's hands outstretched, it's
body screaming for more power. It got nearer and nearer, extending it's
hand, and finally, closed it's hand around it.
The jewel passed right through it.
"NO!" The demon practically screamed. It had forgotten. It had no
physical presence, as it was made of darkness. With a low growl, it left
the human girls room, preparing to make a plan. She'd searched so
carefully, there was no way it was slipping through it's grasp again!
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"Ne, Kagome! Be CAREFUL with that!"
Kagome looked from around the boxes, which were full of decorations
and ornaments for christmas. "Eh?" She queried, just as she ran into
Souta, who also couldn't see due to the sheer size of his stack of boxes.
Inuyasha watched all the boxes begin to fall and sprung forward,
catching every last one that had flown up into the air, stacking them all
over again. He'd moved without thinking, remembering only the speed
from the action of battle he'd been so long without. He missed it.
Although they periodically visited the Sengoku period, there was never
anything happening when they were there. Probably partially because
of Kagome's power's. When they had peeked, everything for hundreds
of miles were purified. Anything totally evil was obliterated, which
included Naraku and Kikyou.
Since then, he hadn't been in a SINGLE fight. Unless you call him
occasionally rough housing with Souta and Kagome a fight. Carefully,
he set the boxes down, looking towards his blushing girlfriend and her
embarassed little brother, both who had landed on their asses as a result
of their crash.
"A-ano...Arigatou, Inuyasha..." Kagome said working on getting up off
her butt. She can't believe that happened! It was all Inuyasha's fault
anyways! He distracted her. The thought was totally without heat, and
she'd mainly thought it because she couldn't believe she'd run into
Souta. It NEVER happened. Somehow, the pair always knew where the
other was, sometimes, eerily so.
God, he better not get any ideas.
"Arigatou, Inu-no-niichan." Souta said, his embarassment mostly gone,
since he was used to making a fool of himself. Besides, he was a guy,
and he could just shake it off and tease his sister, who was getting
helped up by Inuyasha. "Nee-chan, you should watch where you're
going!"
She glared at him harshly. "Like you're one to talk." She grumbled, not
objecting as Inuyasha sniffed her to make sure she wasn't hurt. He
didn't realize the only thing wounded was her pride. She sighed,
looking at the perfectly stacked boxes Inuyasha had caught a prayed
the ornaments hadn't been broken.
The children's mother entered the room, smiling brightly. "I think we'll
put the tree in the living room, right in front of the window, what do you
think, Kagome-chan?"
Kagome nodded, happy. It had only been a week since the autumn
festival, but last night, snow had fallen for the first time since last
winter. "Hai! It'll be so pretty!" She ran into the living room to help her
mother with the tree, then, as if on an after thought, peaked back in.
"Ano, Inuyasha, could you help Souta bring in the boxes? Thanks!"
Inuyasha stared at her, dumbfounded. This was his third christmas with
the Higurashi's, and each year, Kagome's excitement always amazed
him. "She's glowing again..." He muttered, shaking his head.
"Ya know, Inuyasha..." Souta said, picking up two boxes carefully. "If
we kept her happy all Christmas, we could just use her as the tree." He
grunted, walking into the next room.
Inuyasha chuckled, shaking his head. That was a certainly amusing
image.
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Later that night, while Kagome lay sleeping in bed, the darkness demon
returned, deciding that it would possess HER, since she held the ability
to harness the power of the jewel without it overtaking her.
A body of such power would be quite useful in it's conquest of the
world. It chuckled evilly, then reached an icy hand into Kagome's
chest, searching her heart for even the smallest piece of darkness.
Yet, all the demon found...
Was light.
It cried out, backing away from the girl. There was no way such a
human could exist! All humans had darkness in their hearts, which was
why they were so much easier to possess than demons. There was
nothing except joy and laughter in her heart, no fear, no anger, or even
contempt!
It was impossible!
Hissing, it reached in and touched her heart again. Still, nothing. Only
light.
Kagome gasped in pain, feeling as if an ice cold hand was reaching in
and squeezing her heart. She awoke, clutching her pajama over her
heart, sitting quickly, breathing heavily. "Ite..." She gasped, her eyes
narrowed.
It held on, waiting for the fear to overwhelm her, but nothing happened,
and the hearts purity was burning her away. It hissed again, releasing
her and darting out of the room.
The young woman didn't know why, but somehow she knew she must
not let her fear take her over until after whatever had her released her, so
she closed her eyes, remembering Inuyasha's kiss, his warm arms.
When the freezing coldness receded, she jumped out of bed and raced
for Inuyasha's room, throwing the door open.
She was surprised to find him asleep.
Silently, she walked towards his sofa-bed, kneeling beside it and staring
into his peacefully sleeping face. Without a word, she leaned down,
kissing him gently. She heard him murmur in his sleep and smiled
fondly. Until his face turned to pain and he began shifting seeming to
fight something that was at his chest, where his heart should be.
Gently, so she wouldn't frighten him and get clawed from head to foot,
she shook him, whispering his name. "Inuyasha, wake up, Inuyasha!"
She saw his eyes snap open, pained and frightened and leaned down,
kissing his lips tenderly.
He had felt the cold hand grab his heart and was asleep, so he was
disoriented and confused when he awoke. When warm, familiar lips
touched his, he felt warmth flood him and heard a soft hissing. He
opened his eyes, seeing a shadowy form slide into the darkest corner of
the room where it disappeared. When his eyes returned to the girl
beside his bed, it took him a moment to recognize her.
"It's okay, Inuyasha..." She said softly, staring up into his glowing,
animal-like eyes. He was so beautiful to her. Yet, an instinct told her
they'd both been in great danger that night. Danger so great, she knew
it would be back. Without another word, she stood, sitting beside him
and wrapped her arms around his chest.
He returned the embrace silently. He could still feel the sensation of an
icy hand gripping his heart and shivered, grabbing the blanket and
throwing it around them. "Kagome, are you okay?" He asked,
wrapping his arm tightly around her shoulders.
"I'm fine...You?"
"I'm not sure...I feel cold..." He said softly. "I feel like death reached in
and grabbed my heart..." He felt her shiver and embraced her tightly.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
She nodded. "I promise, I'm okay. Just let me stay with you for
awhile..." She heard his softly given consent and her heart warmed, and
she glowed just a bit. She closed her eyes, burying her face into his
chest and moving onto his lap.
He stroked her back tenderly, feeling the glow give off an incredible
warmth that seeped into his body, warming him from the tips of his toes,
to the tips of his ears. "Go to sleep, Kagome, I promise, I'll protect
you..."
She nodded, dozing off against his chest.
Inuyasha, however, didn't return to sleep. He knew the form of demon
that had come after them. He also knew what it was after. If it couldn't
possess them, it would go after someone, probably a demon, who had
an imense amount of darkness in their hearts.
It had been a long time since he'd encountered such a demon. He
hadn't since before he'd met even Kikyou. It had tried to possess him,
and had almost succeeded, due to the amount of resentment in his heart
towards life, the universe, everything. Yet, somehow, he'd managed to
fight it off, and it had never returned.
The only thing that had beaten the demon, was hope.
Even when he'd been living in the woods, feeding on rats and other
despicable animals, there was always hope. After the demon latched
ahold of him, and began to take him over, he caught sight of two people
who were very much in love, and he remembered his mother.
Yes, he could remember now. He'd hoped that someone else would
learn to love him someday, even if he was a freak, a hanyou, caught
between the killing instincts of a demon, and a frightened human child
who just wanted to be loved.
And he'd found that with Kagome. True, Kikyou claimed to have loved
him, but she wasn't the same as Kagome. Kagome had been willing to
give up on him altogether, just so he could be happy. She wanted to
protect his happiness.
He smiled, resting his head against her's. She was something else,
really. Perhaps it was because of the time she was born in, the way she
was raised. She never let her powers go to her head. She only ever
used sit when he acted like a complete idiot, or was about to claw an
innocent person from head to toe.
His lips quirked a bit from a smile to a grin. His most recent sitting still
left quite an impression, especially since Souta explained the reasons
mortals in this time dated. He would have to talk to the kid again and try
to find out how to make Kagome glow brighter than the christmas tree.
Anyone who'd been viewing the scene in Inuyasha's room from far
away could have told Inuyasha what he didn't realize, what he didn't
see.
He never noticed that he was glowing, too...
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Kouga kicked at the dirt, his bright blue eyes filled with contempt. He
hadn't seen Kagome since she'd told him off about trying to kiss her
five hundred years ago. Until last week, that is.
Last week, he saw something he couldn't believe would ever happen in
a million years.
Kagome and Inuyasha were kissing.
He'd stumbled across them accidentally while walking through the park
with a girl he'd been casually dating. Upon seeing the heated lip-lock
session, his heart had frozen quicker than a tear in antarctica. He could
remember she'd said only one person had the right to kiss her. That she
was in love with one person, who didn't love her back, who didn't know
how she felt.
Five hundred years ago, Inuyasha had refused to fight him when he'd
called him out. That was the last time he ever saw Inuyasha. It was too
much for him to see them locked in a passionate embrace, lips fused
together as if should they part, they would die. He knew they weren't
on a date with each other, Kagome wasn't dressed up, she was merely
wearing her school uniform.
Then, the softly whispered words that had passed between the pair had
caused his already frozen heart to grow even colder.
"We should go home..."
"Why? Mom knows where we are. I want to be alone with you for a
little while longer."
"I know...but it's getting cold, and I don't want you to get sick..."
Inuyasha had gently brushed a fragrant lock of Kagome's hair from her
face.
Kagome had blushed prettily, making Kouga's heart ache. "Alright,
Inuyasha...let's go home..." Then, she'd taken his hand and they'd left
the park, walking away, both seeming completely at peace.
Kouga clenched his hand into a fist, not noticing or caring when his
claws bit into his palm, drawing blood, which dripped down his hand
and to the ground.
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The darkness demon had almost given up hope when it located Kouga.
It was by sheer luck and force of will it had managed to. When it did, it
reached into his heart, surprised to find it almost overwhelmed by
darkness.
With a wicked grin, it slipped inside of him, latching hold. It'd made a
mistake early in it's career, taking over a child. Children had hope, and
hope could force it out of a body. This demon obviously had no hope,
no delusions of love.
This would be perfect.
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The attack had come out of practically nowhere. Kagome, Inuyasha and
Souta had been walking to school the next morning, and claws had
ripped through Inuyasha's uniform and then his skin.
Kagome let out a cry of pain seconds later as she was thrown far away
from her white haired hanyou. "Inuyasha!" She cried, jumping to her
feet. Something stopped her, though. She stared at the demon which
had attacked and was shocked to see Kouga. "K-Kouga-kun?!"
Inuyasha forced himself to his feet, wincing as he did so. "Kouga, teme,
so you didn't keel after all..." He kept a claw over his shoulder, sensing
a demon aside from his old rival in that body. "And the darkness
demon." He said, surprised.
Souta ran to his sister, his eyes concerned. "Onee-chan!" He cried,
stopping beside her. "Are you okay?!"
She nodded, looking at Inuyasha in worry. Then, her eyes flitted to
Kouga. This deffinately wasn't the Kouga they used to know. He was
cold, unfeeling. A flickering memory of an icy hand grasping her heart
went through her mind and she gasped. Was that what Inuyasha was
talking about? "Darkness Demon?!"
Inuyasha nodded, his expression tight. "A demon that feeds on the
darkness inside hearts. Looks like Kouga had some built up darkness
and the demon took advantage of it." He saw Kagome coming towards
him and gestured for her to stay behind him. "A wild guess says it's
after the shikon no tama." He said stiffly, cracking his claws.
"Kagome..." Kouga growled. "How could you kiss this dog-turd?!"
The wolf-demon glared at Kagome, who gasped, blushing. "I told you,
you're my woman. Not his!"
Her eyes narrowed and she opened her mouth to retort.
Inuyasha stopped her. "It wont do any good making him angrier. You
have to find a way to increase his hope."
Souta kept his arms protectively around his sister's shoulders, his eyes
narrowed. He watched as Kouga lunged towards them and without
realizing what he did, he extended his hand, and Kouga was thrown
back, slamming against the building across the street. He dropped his
hand, staring at it in shock. "What the hell was that?!"
Kagome stared at her brother, remembering Kaede's prophetic words.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. "We'll talk about it later. For now, let's tie
him up and find a way to get this damn demon out of him without killing
the worthless wolf." He grumbled, picking up the wolf-demon with ease
and tossed him over his shoulder, heading back home.
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Kagome's mother was more than a little shocked to find a wolf-demon in
her home when she returned. Especially one that appeared to be in a
foul mood, and was tied up. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Souta sat on the
couch, pondering something intently.
The occupants of the room were silent, but they continued staring at
whatever it was they were looking at.
Mrs. Higurashi approached them, her face confused. "Shouldn't you all
be in school?"
"Hm..." Kagome muttered, still staring at whatever it was.
It so happened, what they were staring at was none other than the very
irritable wolf-demon they'd tied several rosary's around to keep him
still. She sat on the couch, staring, completely baffled. "Oh, my." She
said softly.
"Yeah." Souta agreed, chewing on his finger.
Also tied up on the ground was Grandpa, who'd been annoying the hell
out of Inuyasha with the attempted exorsisms, not listening when the
dog demon explained that the only way to get rid of a darkness demon
was with sheer force of will.
Also known as stubbornness.
Kagome chewed on her nails. This was going to be tough. They had to
build his hope without misleading him. "Kouga-kun...I'm sorry about
how harsh I was the last time we spoke, but..."
"Uresai..." Kouga snarled, fighting against the rosaries.
"Kagome, we've got to be more subtle than that..." Inuyasha said,
frowning deeply. "Either that, or we continually knock him out each
time he wakes up." He sighed, scratching the back of his neck.
"Nee-chan, why does he have two shikon shards in his legs?" Souta
asked, his voice sounding as if anyone on the planet would be able to
see them.
Kagome looked at her brother in shock. "You can see them?!"
Souta blinked, realizing what he said. "Um...Unless I was mistaking..."
He looked from Kagome to Inuyasha, both of whom looked baffled and
amazed. "Um...Onee-chan...did I do something wrong?"
Inuyasha and Kagome continued to stare.
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End Chapter 2
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Author's notes: Neeee, whacha think? I think this story isn't going to
take place in the past at all, and I think the focus might actually switch
to Souta later in the story. I dunno. I'll keep things interesting,
promise! *DemonLovin* ~DemonSaya~
By: DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing
them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because
Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid
he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I
already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
Policy on Flamers: Give me Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease, and I shall
give you the same. If you don't, I know lots of assassins, thieves,
demons, and goddesses, that would love to hurt you if I told them you
flamed ^_^
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Chapter 2-Darkness in the Heart
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It has appeared. In this time, finally. I have found it! The Shikon no
Tama! It DOES exist in this time!
The darkness demon crept through the shadows, it's eyes glimmering
with evil joy. It crept towards the jewel, it's hands outstretched, it's
body screaming for more power. It got nearer and nearer, extending it's
hand, and finally, closed it's hand around it.
The jewel passed right through it.
"NO!" The demon practically screamed. It had forgotten. It had no
physical presence, as it was made of darkness. With a low growl, it left
the human girls room, preparing to make a plan. She'd searched so
carefully, there was no way it was slipping through it's grasp again!
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"Ne, Kagome! Be CAREFUL with that!"
Kagome looked from around the boxes, which were full of decorations
and ornaments for christmas. "Eh?" She queried, just as she ran into
Souta, who also couldn't see due to the sheer size of his stack of boxes.
Inuyasha watched all the boxes begin to fall and sprung forward,
catching every last one that had flown up into the air, stacking them all
over again. He'd moved without thinking, remembering only the speed
from the action of battle he'd been so long without. He missed it.
Although they periodically visited the Sengoku period, there was never
anything happening when they were there. Probably partially because
of Kagome's power's. When they had peeked, everything for hundreds
of miles were purified. Anything totally evil was obliterated, which
included Naraku and Kikyou.
Since then, he hadn't been in a SINGLE fight. Unless you call him
occasionally rough housing with Souta and Kagome a fight. Carefully,
he set the boxes down, looking towards his blushing girlfriend and her
embarassed little brother, both who had landed on their asses as a result
of their crash.
"A-ano...Arigatou, Inuyasha..." Kagome said working on getting up off
her butt. She can't believe that happened! It was all Inuyasha's fault
anyways! He distracted her. The thought was totally without heat, and
she'd mainly thought it because she couldn't believe she'd run into
Souta. It NEVER happened. Somehow, the pair always knew where the
other was, sometimes, eerily so.
God, he better not get any ideas.
"Arigatou, Inu-no-niichan." Souta said, his embarassment mostly gone,
since he was used to making a fool of himself. Besides, he was a guy,
and he could just shake it off and tease his sister, who was getting
helped up by Inuyasha. "Nee-chan, you should watch where you're
going!"
She glared at him harshly. "Like you're one to talk." She grumbled, not
objecting as Inuyasha sniffed her to make sure she wasn't hurt. He
didn't realize the only thing wounded was her pride. She sighed,
looking at the perfectly stacked boxes Inuyasha had caught a prayed
the ornaments hadn't been broken.
The children's mother entered the room, smiling brightly. "I think we'll
put the tree in the living room, right in front of the window, what do you
think, Kagome-chan?"
Kagome nodded, happy. It had only been a week since the autumn
festival, but last night, snow had fallen for the first time since last
winter. "Hai! It'll be so pretty!" She ran into the living room to help her
mother with the tree, then, as if on an after thought, peaked back in.
"Ano, Inuyasha, could you help Souta bring in the boxes? Thanks!"
Inuyasha stared at her, dumbfounded. This was his third christmas with
the Higurashi's, and each year, Kagome's excitement always amazed
him. "She's glowing again..." He muttered, shaking his head.
"Ya know, Inuyasha..." Souta said, picking up two boxes carefully. "If
we kept her happy all Christmas, we could just use her as the tree." He
grunted, walking into the next room.
Inuyasha chuckled, shaking his head. That was a certainly amusing
image.
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Later that night, while Kagome lay sleeping in bed, the darkness demon
returned, deciding that it would possess HER, since she held the ability
to harness the power of the jewel without it overtaking her.
A body of such power would be quite useful in it's conquest of the
world. It chuckled evilly, then reached an icy hand into Kagome's
chest, searching her heart for even the smallest piece of darkness.
Yet, all the demon found...
Was light.
It cried out, backing away from the girl. There was no way such a
human could exist! All humans had darkness in their hearts, which was
why they were so much easier to possess than demons. There was
nothing except joy and laughter in her heart, no fear, no anger, or even
contempt!
It was impossible!
Hissing, it reached in and touched her heart again. Still, nothing. Only
light.
Kagome gasped in pain, feeling as if an ice cold hand was reaching in
and squeezing her heart. She awoke, clutching her pajama over her
heart, sitting quickly, breathing heavily. "Ite..." She gasped, her eyes
narrowed.
It held on, waiting for the fear to overwhelm her, but nothing happened,
and the hearts purity was burning her away. It hissed again, releasing
her and darting out of the room.
The young woman didn't know why, but somehow she knew she must
not let her fear take her over until after whatever had her released her, so
she closed her eyes, remembering Inuyasha's kiss, his warm arms.
When the freezing coldness receded, she jumped out of bed and raced
for Inuyasha's room, throwing the door open.
She was surprised to find him asleep.
Silently, she walked towards his sofa-bed, kneeling beside it and staring
into his peacefully sleeping face. Without a word, she leaned down,
kissing him gently. She heard him murmur in his sleep and smiled
fondly. Until his face turned to pain and he began shifting seeming to
fight something that was at his chest, where his heart should be.
Gently, so she wouldn't frighten him and get clawed from head to foot,
she shook him, whispering his name. "Inuyasha, wake up, Inuyasha!"
She saw his eyes snap open, pained and frightened and leaned down,
kissing his lips tenderly.
He had felt the cold hand grab his heart and was asleep, so he was
disoriented and confused when he awoke. When warm, familiar lips
touched his, he felt warmth flood him and heard a soft hissing. He
opened his eyes, seeing a shadowy form slide into the darkest corner of
the room where it disappeared. When his eyes returned to the girl
beside his bed, it took him a moment to recognize her.
"It's okay, Inuyasha..." She said softly, staring up into his glowing,
animal-like eyes. He was so beautiful to her. Yet, an instinct told her
they'd both been in great danger that night. Danger so great, she knew
it would be back. Without another word, she stood, sitting beside him
and wrapped her arms around his chest.
He returned the embrace silently. He could still feel the sensation of an
icy hand gripping his heart and shivered, grabbing the blanket and
throwing it around them. "Kagome, are you okay?" He asked,
wrapping his arm tightly around her shoulders.
"I'm fine...You?"
"I'm not sure...I feel cold..." He said softly. "I feel like death reached in
and grabbed my heart..." He felt her shiver and embraced her tightly.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
She nodded. "I promise, I'm okay. Just let me stay with you for
awhile..." She heard his softly given consent and her heart warmed, and
she glowed just a bit. She closed her eyes, burying her face into his
chest and moving onto his lap.
He stroked her back tenderly, feeling the glow give off an incredible
warmth that seeped into his body, warming him from the tips of his toes,
to the tips of his ears. "Go to sleep, Kagome, I promise, I'll protect
you..."
She nodded, dozing off against his chest.
Inuyasha, however, didn't return to sleep. He knew the form of demon
that had come after them. He also knew what it was after. If it couldn't
possess them, it would go after someone, probably a demon, who had
an imense amount of darkness in their hearts.
It had been a long time since he'd encountered such a demon. He
hadn't since before he'd met even Kikyou. It had tried to possess him,
and had almost succeeded, due to the amount of resentment in his heart
towards life, the universe, everything. Yet, somehow, he'd managed to
fight it off, and it had never returned.
The only thing that had beaten the demon, was hope.
Even when he'd been living in the woods, feeding on rats and other
despicable animals, there was always hope. After the demon latched
ahold of him, and began to take him over, he caught sight of two people
who were very much in love, and he remembered his mother.
Yes, he could remember now. He'd hoped that someone else would
learn to love him someday, even if he was a freak, a hanyou, caught
between the killing instincts of a demon, and a frightened human child
who just wanted to be loved.
And he'd found that with Kagome. True, Kikyou claimed to have loved
him, but she wasn't the same as Kagome. Kagome had been willing to
give up on him altogether, just so he could be happy. She wanted to
protect his happiness.
He smiled, resting his head against her's. She was something else,
really. Perhaps it was because of the time she was born in, the way she
was raised. She never let her powers go to her head. She only ever
used sit when he acted like a complete idiot, or was about to claw an
innocent person from head to toe.
His lips quirked a bit from a smile to a grin. His most recent sitting still
left quite an impression, especially since Souta explained the reasons
mortals in this time dated. He would have to talk to the kid again and try
to find out how to make Kagome glow brighter than the christmas tree.
Anyone who'd been viewing the scene in Inuyasha's room from far
away could have told Inuyasha what he didn't realize, what he didn't
see.
He never noticed that he was glowing, too...
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Kouga kicked at the dirt, his bright blue eyes filled with contempt. He
hadn't seen Kagome since she'd told him off about trying to kiss her
five hundred years ago. Until last week, that is.
Last week, he saw something he couldn't believe would ever happen in
a million years.
Kagome and Inuyasha were kissing.
He'd stumbled across them accidentally while walking through the park
with a girl he'd been casually dating. Upon seeing the heated lip-lock
session, his heart had frozen quicker than a tear in antarctica. He could
remember she'd said only one person had the right to kiss her. That she
was in love with one person, who didn't love her back, who didn't know
how she felt.
Five hundred years ago, Inuyasha had refused to fight him when he'd
called him out. That was the last time he ever saw Inuyasha. It was too
much for him to see them locked in a passionate embrace, lips fused
together as if should they part, they would die. He knew they weren't
on a date with each other, Kagome wasn't dressed up, she was merely
wearing her school uniform.
Then, the softly whispered words that had passed between the pair had
caused his already frozen heart to grow even colder.
"We should go home..."
"Why? Mom knows where we are. I want to be alone with you for a
little while longer."
"I know...but it's getting cold, and I don't want you to get sick..."
Inuyasha had gently brushed a fragrant lock of Kagome's hair from her
face.
Kagome had blushed prettily, making Kouga's heart ache. "Alright,
Inuyasha...let's go home..." Then, she'd taken his hand and they'd left
the park, walking away, both seeming completely at peace.
Kouga clenched his hand into a fist, not noticing or caring when his
claws bit into his palm, drawing blood, which dripped down his hand
and to the ground.
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The darkness demon had almost given up hope when it located Kouga.
It was by sheer luck and force of will it had managed to. When it did, it
reached into his heart, surprised to find it almost overwhelmed by
darkness.
With a wicked grin, it slipped inside of him, latching hold. It'd made a
mistake early in it's career, taking over a child. Children had hope, and
hope could force it out of a body. This demon obviously had no hope,
no delusions of love.
This would be perfect.
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The attack had come out of practically nowhere. Kagome, Inuyasha and
Souta had been walking to school the next morning, and claws had
ripped through Inuyasha's uniform and then his skin.
Kagome let out a cry of pain seconds later as she was thrown far away
from her white haired hanyou. "Inuyasha!" She cried, jumping to her
feet. Something stopped her, though. She stared at the demon which
had attacked and was shocked to see Kouga. "K-Kouga-kun?!"
Inuyasha forced himself to his feet, wincing as he did so. "Kouga, teme,
so you didn't keel after all..." He kept a claw over his shoulder, sensing
a demon aside from his old rival in that body. "And the darkness
demon." He said, surprised.
Souta ran to his sister, his eyes concerned. "Onee-chan!" He cried,
stopping beside her. "Are you okay?!"
She nodded, looking at Inuyasha in worry. Then, her eyes flitted to
Kouga. This deffinately wasn't the Kouga they used to know. He was
cold, unfeeling. A flickering memory of an icy hand grasping her heart
went through her mind and she gasped. Was that what Inuyasha was
talking about? "Darkness Demon?!"
Inuyasha nodded, his expression tight. "A demon that feeds on the
darkness inside hearts. Looks like Kouga had some built up darkness
and the demon took advantage of it." He saw Kagome coming towards
him and gestured for her to stay behind him. "A wild guess says it's
after the shikon no tama." He said stiffly, cracking his claws.
"Kagome..." Kouga growled. "How could you kiss this dog-turd?!"
The wolf-demon glared at Kagome, who gasped, blushing. "I told you,
you're my woman. Not his!"
Her eyes narrowed and she opened her mouth to retort.
Inuyasha stopped her. "It wont do any good making him angrier. You
have to find a way to increase his hope."
Souta kept his arms protectively around his sister's shoulders, his eyes
narrowed. He watched as Kouga lunged towards them and without
realizing what he did, he extended his hand, and Kouga was thrown
back, slamming against the building across the street. He dropped his
hand, staring at it in shock. "What the hell was that?!"
Kagome stared at her brother, remembering Kaede's prophetic words.
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed. "We'll talk about it later. For now, let's tie
him up and find a way to get this damn demon out of him without killing
the worthless wolf." He grumbled, picking up the wolf-demon with ease
and tossed him over his shoulder, heading back home.
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Kagome's mother was more than a little shocked to find a wolf-demon in
her home when she returned. Especially one that appeared to be in a
foul mood, and was tied up. Inuyasha, Kagome, and Souta sat on the
couch, pondering something intently.
The occupants of the room were silent, but they continued staring at
whatever it was they were looking at.
Mrs. Higurashi approached them, her face confused. "Shouldn't you all
be in school?"
"Hm..." Kagome muttered, still staring at whatever it was.
It so happened, what they were staring at was none other than the very
irritable wolf-demon they'd tied several rosary's around to keep him
still. She sat on the couch, staring, completely baffled. "Oh, my." She
said softly.
"Yeah." Souta agreed, chewing on his finger.
Also tied up on the ground was Grandpa, who'd been annoying the hell
out of Inuyasha with the attempted exorsisms, not listening when the
dog demon explained that the only way to get rid of a darkness demon
was with sheer force of will.
Also known as stubbornness.
Kagome chewed on her nails. This was going to be tough. They had to
build his hope without misleading him. "Kouga-kun...I'm sorry about
how harsh I was the last time we spoke, but..."
"Uresai..." Kouga snarled, fighting against the rosaries.
"Kagome, we've got to be more subtle than that..." Inuyasha said,
frowning deeply. "Either that, or we continually knock him out each
time he wakes up." He sighed, scratching the back of his neck.
"Nee-chan, why does he have two shikon shards in his legs?" Souta
asked, his voice sounding as if anyone on the planet would be able to
see them.
Kagome looked at her brother in shock. "You can see them?!"
Souta blinked, realizing what he said. "Um...Unless I was mistaking..."
He looked from Kagome to Inuyasha, both of whom looked baffled and
amazed. "Um...Onee-chan...did I do something wrong?"
Inuyasha and Kagome continued to stare.
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End Chapter 2
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Author's notes: Neeee, whacha think? I think this story isn't going to
take place in the past at all, and I think the focus might actually switch
to Souta later in the story. I dunno. I'll keep things interesting,
promise! *DemonLovin* ~DemonSaya~