I am in my happy place! ^__^ But this chapter is anything but a happy place- sort of. Just read it and you'll see.





Chapter 13: To Change Religion





Kagome sat on a hill by herself watching the sun go down. She knew that Miroku and Sango wouldn't be able to make the Inu Yashas act different. Inu Yasha was gone forever, she would have to just get used to it. She sniffed and wiped a tear from her eye. Suddenly she heard a familiar voice from behind her. "Oi, Kagome, why the tears?"

She turned around and gasped in shock. Inu Yasha! Not the demon half, or the human half, the whole thing! He stood there under the setting sun in his red and white kimono. His white hair blew in the light breeze. He smiled at her with his eyes shadowed by his hair.

"Inu Yasha?!" Kagome said, excitement level rising.

"Kagome, I'm back!" he said offering his arms.

If there were tears before, there were waterfalls now! Kagome ran over and flung her arms around him. "Oh my god! It's really you!" she sobbed.

He just smiled at her and whipped her tears his thumb. "Don't cry Kagome, you're so beautiful!"

She hugged him again. He picked her up and went back over to the place she was sitting. They both sat down with an arm around each other watching the sun set.





Shippou was walking back toward the village. He had collected a pile of twigs taller then Miroku. (Well it's not like Sango said how many twigs to get!) It got dark and he decided to just come back, maybe Inu Yasha was fused back together by now! And maybe Kagome had Ramen waiting for him! And cookies! And candy! And maybe Miroku and Sango were together now! And maybe Naraku was dead! And maybe-!

He walked through the door of the giant hut and gasped. Human Inu Yasha was lying shirtless in the middle of the floor in a puddle of his own blood. "HOLY COW!!!" Shippou shouted. He ran over and turned the human over onto his back. Human Inu Yasha looked upward blankly, almost blindly. He probably went into shock from the pain. Shippou knew he was alive because he was chanting in his shocked state, "Kagome.....run!............It's a trap!............run.....a trap!.............Kagome!............."





Kagome and Inu Yasha sat on the hill till way after sun set. They looked up at the silver moon. What Kagome was trying to figure out was, Why weren't the crickets chirping?

Inu Yasha started massaging her hands. "Kagome, I love you." He said. She looked at him, surprised that he would admit that in his normal state! He leaned forward and kissed her. It wasn't like a first time kiss, where it's short and sweet, and kind of cute. This kiss was wanting and desire, and PG13 like. She got so wrapped up into the kiss the rest of her body went numb, she wanted this kiss, and she had wanted it for a long time. "Kagome, let me ask-"he said between breaths, "you a question."

She just made a sound of agreement. He raised her hands to his necklace and she clasped it, for the need to grab onto something.





"Kagome!............It's a trap!...................."





Out of the blue, Kagome felt scared and the need to pull away from the kiss, but it was too late. He grabbed her wrists and pulled them upward, making her hands take the rosary over his head.

He laughed insanely and ripped the rosary out of her hands and threw them onto a high tree branch. He picked her up and looked up at her with red eyes.

"You!" Kagome shouted outraged and terrified at the same time.

"Me!" he shouted and laughed evilly. "I think I'm good and warmed up now, let's find some place nice!"





Miroku and Sango ran toward the hut. "Something is wrong! I can feel it!"

Miroku said. They ran in and saw Shippou sitting next to the bloody human Inu Yasha. He was covered in deep gashes, obviously the demon had paid him a visit.

The demon Inu Yasha was getting away with Kagome, but he had to pass by the village to get to his planned destination.

"INU YASHA!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs. She looked around for the human to come out. "SAVE ME, INU YASHA!"

The demon looked at her, "Oh, please!" He jumped over and ripped the roof off of the giant hut. "Look!" he pointed at his human side. Kagome gasped. "What did you do to him?!"

"The strong shall survive and the weak shall perish!" the demon said.

Everyone who wasn't dying inside of the hut looked up at the demon Inu Yasha.

"Let her go!" Shippou shouted.

"I have plans for her! So stay away unless you'd rather end up like him!" he pointed to the bleeding mass on the floor. "A weak, worthless human without a spine! Dying because he can't defend himself or save the woman he loves!" He saluted them. "Later, losers!" and he flew off.

"NO!" Kagome screamed. "INU YASHA!!"

The demon laughed and said, "Remember that name! You'll be screaming it in a few moments!"

He leapt into the forest.

"What should we do!?" Sango asked.

"He's going to hurt Kagome!" Shippou shouted.

"We have to leave Inu Yasha for now, we have to save Kagome!" Miroku said. He ran out of the hut followed by Sango. They stopped when they realized Shippou wasn't following. They stopped and Miroku yelled back at the hut. "Shippou, hurry up!"

There was a silent pause and then Shippou screamed, "You guys! Come quick!"

They ran back into the hut. Sango said, "Shippou we can't waist time here!"

Shippou sat on the floor looking at human Inu Yasha horrified. He pointed at him and said, "Look."

They looked at him and suddenly saw. The gashes on him were starting to close up all on their own, like on a speed camera. When they were all closed up, he sat up in a crouching position, his hair covering his face. The blood on the floor had soaked into his pants making them bright red.

"Inu Yasha?" Shippou whispered.

He was breathingin and out in heavy, shaky breaths. Sango took a step toward him, but Miroku held his arm out for her to stop. Then the human Inu Yasha whispered angrily, "The strong shall survive and the weak shall perish." He rose to stand up straight and they all took a step away from him. His teeth where bared and almost fang-like. His eyes where catlike and full of fire. His hair started to blow around, although there wasn't any wind. Then an incandescent glow formed around him buzzing like a twenty watt bulb.

"He's unstable!" Miroku whispered. "Kagome's in trouble and he became unstable."

Then Inu Yasha screamed, "THE STRONG SHALL SURVIVE AND THE WEAK SHALL PERISH!!" He darted out the door and jumped onto a horse from behind. He started to ride it in the direction that the demon disappeared. Kirara transformed and Miroku, Sango and Shippou jumped on her back and followed him. The human thought to himself, 'Hold on, Kagome! I'll save you!'





The demon Inu Yasha stopped in a dark gorge and dropped Kagome on the ground. She stood up and yelled at him, "You jerk! You hurt him and you used me! I hate-!"

SMACK!

Kagome fell on the ground and her cheek throbbed. She looked up at the demon side in shock and anger. He kicked her and hit her again. Then he pulled her over. "You know what, Kagome?" he said in his shaky psycho voice. "This reminds me of a fantasy the real Inu Yasha had." He sat on her and she tried to through him off but he punched her back on the ground. "It involves you and him." He pinned her arms. "You were in the woods, alone, in the dark." He let go and hit her again. She whimpered and looked up at him in pain. He put his hands on her hips and said, "And you were in heat!"

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DAMN I'm good! *Goes into her happy victory dance* Did I do good on this chapter or what? Thriller or snoozer? Tell me about how in suspense you are.