Under the Pale
Autumn Moon
"Damn Naraku," Inuyasha
muttered to himself
Kagome gasped. Inuyasha knew who Naraku
was? The gasp made Inuyasha turn around and look at her with a
skeptical look.
"Are you always around me or something?"
he asked bitterly and Kagome blushed, Inuyasha sighed and looked back
out towards the woods.
"Inuyasha?" she asked
softly.
"What?" Inuyasha snapped.
Kagome
fiddled with her fingers and sat next to him, "Um..."
Inuyasha
gave her a dry look before staring at the gutters at the edge of the
roof, the dead leaves filling it up to the brim, which explains why
the roof leaked at times...
Inuyasha was growing impatient,
"Look if your not going to tell me then can you fucking shut
up?"
Kagome's anger flared, "How rude!"
Inuyasha
gave her a mocking look.
Kagome sighed and remained silent for
a long while before turning to him, "Who's Naraku?"
Oh
course she already knew but didn't want to give away the fact that
she knew.
Inuyasha sighed, "A bastard."
Kagome
sighed, "I didn't mean it like that! I meant...well I don't know
what I meant!"
Inuyasha smiled softy, and then his eyes
turned hard and cold, "He's someone who destroyed my
life."
Kagome looked at him in shock.
"He's
what turned me into this!" Inuyasha pointed to his twitching
ears, "He's the one that killed and corrupted my family!"
He
clenched his fists together until the his claws started to draw
blood, the crimson liquid dripping down his hands as he punched the
roof, causing a little hole to form.
Kagome looked at him
pitifully, not sure how to respond. He noticed the look and he
snarled at her, "Didn't I tell you before that I didn't want
your pity?"
Kagome looked away, "I'm sorry."
"Don't
be, it's not like you controlled what happened in my life," Inu-
yasha muttered.
Kagome nodded.
"If I ever find out
where Naraku is I'll kill him, that bastard...he ruined my life,"
Inuyasha snarled, and then looked over at Kagome.
Kagome
looked back, her eyes were soft and had a far-away look in them,
"Kindred spirits," she muttered absently.
Inuyasha
smiled slightly, "Yeah...kindred spirits."
Kagome
faded through the roof and was out of sight, leaving Inuyasha to his
musings.
Kagome felt like slamming her head through a wall. It
was Naraku! The Naraku who now "owned" her! Kagome tried to
remain calm but soon discovered that she was freaking out completely,
running down the hall screaming.
But she didn't notice when
she ran straight into Sango.
Sango and she both fell flat on
their asses, Sango looked around in bewilderment, "Who's
there?"
But Kagome was gone.
She was outside to be
exact, slapping herself mentally for falling for Naraku's trap and
for running into Sango.
She sighed and stomped her foot down
on top of a white rose, watching as the petals turned a murky brown
from the mud she was grounding the pure flower
into.
Pure.
Whatever.
Her was about to stomp
back down on the poor defenseless flower when a hand on her shoulder
stopped her. She turned around to see Inuyasha standing there, back
in human form, staring quizzically at her.
She blushed and
then laughed nervously, "Oops?"
"You're an odd
one sometimes, Kagome," Inuyasha stated and tapped her nose with
his index finger, causing Kagome to blush softly.
Kagome met
his eyes and they began to move slowly towards each other, there eyes
drifting closed as there lips were about to touch.
'Oh...gods,
please don't push me away,' Kagome screamed to Inuyasha in her
mind, knowing he couldn't hear her.
'Kagome...' was the
only thought running through Inuyasha's mind.
WHOOSH.
The
couple split apart at once and stared at the thing that had just
arrived from the sky, Kagome felt her blood run cold at
once.
"Naraku," Inuyasha growled as his hands
bunched into fists.
Naraku smirked from beneath his baboon
pelt, "Hello, Inuyasha, long time no see."
Inuyasha
growled deep within his throat and looked like he was about ready to
pounce any moment now, Kagome felt a pang run through her...she knew
this wouldn't turn out good.
Naraku turned to her with a
smile, "Why hello to you too, Koishii."
Kagome's
insides shattered right then, she felt herself break just like glass.
'What. Did. He. Just. Call. ME?!'
Naraku grinned and
waved slightly to her, "I missed you too."
Inuyasha
stared in shock for a moment, not blinking, not moving, and not even
breathing. He turned slowly to face Kagome, a look of disbelief
written in his eyes.
Naraku strolled over and put his arm
around her shoulders, Kagome tried to get away, but Naraku was too
strong, "Inuyasha, how has my koibito been treating
you?"
"Koi...koibito?" Inuyasha asked
dumbstruck. He wouldn't make eye contact with Kagome, though she was
desperately trying to get his attention, Naraku had used his powers
to seal her mouth shut.
Naraku grinned, "Ah yes, she's
been working for me for quite some time now."
Inuyasha
bowed his head and his eyes were covered by his bangs, Kagome felt
like crying out and running to him, but Naraku had a firm grip on
her.
Inuyasha was shaking, "You're lying. You have to
be lying!"
Naraku grinned, "Am I? Why don't you ask
Kagome...or should I say, Kikyo?"
Inuyasha looked up at
that, his expression unreadable, Naraku released Kagome, and she
began to change slowly into Kikyo.
Her hair turned stringier
and longer and her eyes grew colder, and she was remarkably paler,
she gasped as she realized that the look Inuyasha was giving
her...was hatred.
Kagome felt her heart shatter into tinier
pieces when that look pierced through her, her heart ached and she
felt like crying, though Kikyo wouldn't allow it.
Inuyasha was
shaking with a hidden rage, his eyes were pure fire, "Naraku,
Kagome would never do that, whatever her reasons are, I know they are
pure."
Kagome felt some hope then, maybe Inuyasha didn't
believe Naraku?
Naraku started to laugh, his icy evil laugh,
"Really, Inuyasha? My little Kagome has been seducing you all
along, with two identities, even, you see, I hated the idea putting
you through hell as a hanyou, and wanted to have my koibito kill you
and maybe put you out of your misery."
Inuyasha's eyes
widened, but the fire was still evident.
Naraku turned to her,
"Isn't that right, Koishii?"
Kagome tried to call
out to Inuyasha, tried to run to him, but here feet were planted
firmly on the ground and her mouth shut tight.
Inuyasha began
to back up, shaking his head in disbelief, "I trusted
you."
Kagome began to cry, the tears slipping down her
pale cheeks as Naraku smirked in the background, Kagome used all her
willpower and turned herself back into the cursed form, tears still
running silently down.
Inuyasha glared at Kagome. "I
trusted you," he repeated absently, his eyes pained, deep down
inside his heart was breaking.
"NO! Inuyasha, you have to
believe me I didn't want this!" Kagome yelled, breaking herself
free of Naraku's firm, yet invisible, grip.
Inuyasha glared at
her, "Don't feed me that shit."
"Inuyasha, I
would never do that! Never! Naraku's tricking you!" Kagome
gasped softly from lack of air, she felt suddenly weak, her legs gave
way and she fell silently to her knees, "Please..."
Naraku
chuckled, "Come now, Koishii."
Kagome dodged the
hand he had reached out to her, she began to crawl desperately
towards Inuyasha, who had ceased to move, "...Please."
Inuyasha
gave her a cold look.
"Inuyasha, please I never would do
this, Naraku's lying, please, I-I love you!" Kagome gasped
slightly to herself.
Inuyasha's face looked unmoved, "I
won't listen to your lies any longer," he remarked coolly as he
turned and walked away into the house, clicking the lock shut behind
him.
Kagome felt everything she lived for smash to
smithereens.
