Can you see me? Of course not….

Chapter 7

Eternal scars

She twisted away from that blade that was thrown towards her in helpless effort, ending in a low crouch. Her whole manner screamed murder. Revenge. Desperation to get the one person she hated most out of the back of her head. And the only way to do that was to kill him.

She charged again, claws flexed and she slashes towards him. Of course he dodged, just as she had wanted him to do. A somersault allowed her to seem to flip away from him but that super speed she had acquired allowed her to appear behind him in a confusing blur of colors. He froze as her clawed hand slipped around his throat and she gives a sharp fanged grin as the Tetsuiga clanks to the ground.

"You thought it funny when I never came back didn't you. Oh the high and mighty dead corpse Kikyou could always measure up to more that what I ever was to you. I tried to love you but you threw it back in my face. And now…now here we stand and guess who's turn it is to feel pain?"

She snarls and Inuyashas face dons into one of a sharp whip of realization and his horse voice croaks. "Ka-kagome?!?" She lets out a startling laugh that rang out and echoed around them all. "So you do remember me you half-bred human." There was a confused silence in which the rest of the gang came barreling into the clearing, poised for battle, but they almost lose all their concentration when they recognize the situation.

It wasn't good when Inuyasha was fighting a Demon, but it was worse when that demon was side by side with Sesshoumaru, and had Inuyasha on a leash like he was now. "Who are you, Demon?" Sango's voice rang out and Kagome's eyes snap towards her, making her shrink. She notices Miroku there also….and Shippo. Oh sweet little Shippo. Why had he come? Of course, he had followed the gang. That was how the little fur ball was she remembered. Shaking her head she snarls and tightens her grip around Inuyasha's neck. A disgruntled Kikyou began to wake up and Sesshoumaru pins her to a tree, his voice pouring out like silk. "M'love, we really should hurry along." There was another pause and then a half-grown shippo steps forward.

"Wait just a minute Demons, let Inuyasha go!" Inuyasha coughs as she squeezes again and a grunt is received as he gets a knee in his groin. "And why the hell should we listen to you, traitor? You and your group. Some friends you make, leaving me out in the cold like you did that night. And you worst of all Shippo. And to think that I, Kagome, considered you like my son. Disgraceful you are.."

Long pause. Not even birds dared to make a cheep. Silent disregard for this strange creature enveloped them all. She did look like Kagome. The same hair, same figure. So she was still alive. Impossible though. Why was she with Sesshoumaru….? "Kagome, we must get the shard to complete the Shikon jewel. The only shards left are those that inhabit Inuyasha's body….take them and we can go. Forever."

They watched helplessly as this new, violent demon Kagome slammed Inuyasha back into a tree like he was nothing more than a rag doll and she licks her lips, already tasting the bitter sweet advantage she had over him. She sighs and clicks her tongue, making his eyes peer up into hers before a fist pushes its way forcefully into his stomach, penetration through skin, muscle…everything protecting vital organs. Inuyasha spits up blood, onto her face, where it runs down slowly, to her neck and then down to that outfit she wore, staining it with red about the collar.

She allowed his limp body to fall to the ground and she waves her hand over his forehead, a new way of achieving the goal of attaining a jewel shard she had learned. As the jewels appeared she clasped them in her hand and then to the astonishment of them all, she threw them at Sesshoumaru who rams Kikyou up against a tree, knocking her out again before catching the shards. "Sesshoumaru, toss me your sword." There is yet another pause. "I said now!" And to every ones amazement Sesshoumaru throws her his sword and she slices it across Inuyasha's stomach before grabbing the Tetsuiga and with both swords in hand, she moves towards the tree line and jumps up into the branches with Sesshoumaru, both hopping away with great speed.

Inuyasha woke up with a pain in his head that gripped at his brain, stuck needlelike pain into it, and then died down once more. He was still alive? He looked around. Shippo, Miroku, and Sango were sitting around a fire, eating and talking low. "I can't believe she could be so heartless as to kill him like that and act like it was nothing. And then to top it off it looked as if she didn't want to bring him back. I wonder why?" "Because," Inuyasha says, catching their eyes. "Tomorrow is a new moon."

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