Under the Pale Autumn Moon

Kagome watched Inuyasha walk into the house and felt her heart smash into tinier pieces, she felt empty.

"He...didn't believe me..." she whispered sadly as she felt tears run down her cheek.

Naraku stifled a yawn and then turned to Kagome, "Come now, it is time to go."

Suddenly, Kagome's anger returned, "Why did you do that!"

Naraku smirked, "Because I own you."

Kagome sobbed, "But you didn't have to ruin my life..."

"Come now, Kagome-Chan, I'd be a much better lover than him," Naraku boasted to himself and it took all Kagome had not to reel back in disgust.

"I'll never stoop myself so low," she muttered as she turned away from him.

Naraku strolled over to her and slapped her. Hard. "Listen, Bitch, I'm trying to be kind, but if you make this hard for me, I might have to hurt you, now get the fuck up."

Kagome cried out in pain as she gingerly touched her cheek, which was now beating a dark red, "Never."

Naraku narrowed his eyes from beneath his baboon mask, "Then you leave me no choice."

He leaned over and punched her across the other cheek, causing it to instantly swell and turn bluish black. Kagome cried out in anguish as he picked her up by her hair, dragging her feet along the pathway, her skull throbbing.

"Now, I don't want to hurt you," Kagome snorted at that which resulted in another punch, "but you'll be a good bitch and listen to me. Now then, we're leaving."

Kagome cast her gaze towards the house, a memory sparked in her aching head, "Sorry, but I cannot leave the forest."

Naraku smirked, "Don't worry I'll make sure the curse has no effect on you."

Kagome stared at him from her hanging position, wondering how he knew she had a curse that didn't allow her to leave the shadow of the forest. She stared at the smirking man and gulped, hoping that someone would save her soon.

Inuyasha walked slowly through the house, his footsteps almost as heavy as his heart was. He'd trusted Kagome, and she'd been with Naraku the whole time. Played him for a fool. Hurt him...broke his heart.

Had he loved Kagome?

Probably.

He leaned against his door, his forehead resting softly on the wood, he forced himself not to cry, though he felt his insides had been smashed and battered.

Turning the doorknob lightly he slumped into his darkened room. 'That's funny, I could have sworn that I opened my curtains...'

Suddenly the light clicked on and Inuyasha whirled around to see...

"What do you want Miroku?" Inuyasha groaned, walking towards the cook to push him out of his room.

Miroku, however, had other plans as he marched over to Inuyasha, grabbed his shoulder firmly and knocked him to the ground, his eyes ablaze.

"What the fuck?" Inuyasha yelled at the cook who was pinning him to the ground.

"Inuyasha, I'd like to tell you something I saw today," Miroku said coolly, him giving him a look that said 'don't you dare interrupt'.

Inuyasha glared as Miroku allowed him to sit up, "What do you want?"

"Well, Lady Sango told me to water the roses today, since the red ones had seemed a little down lately, and I was walking along the path when I saw you."

Inuyasha looked mildly surprised.

"Yes, it was you, and you started talking to yourself, it seemed, and then suddenly this weird monkey thing fell from the sky and you started screaming at it. And then the most remarkable thing happened...Kikyo appeared out of thin air, isn't that odd?"

Inuyasha growled.

"You started to walk away and the girl proclaimed her love to you, Inuyasha, I believe, but you didn't listen, instead you left that girl to baboon boy, poor thing too," Inuyasha looked up and met Miroku's deep purple eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, baboon boy started beating up Miss Kikyo, and he dragged her into the forest, the poor girl was basically beaten to a bloody pulp..."

"Kagome..."

"Err...no it was Kikyo, Inuyasha," Miroku said, a little confused and wondered if Inuyasha was even listening.

"Kagome is Kikyo...she tricked me..." Inuyasha stood up suddenly and morphed into his hanyou form.

Miroku's eyes bugged out of their sockets, "What the hell?"

Inuyasha didn't pay him any mind, "She tricked me...but I was a fool to not believe her when she said she was sorry, now she's gone." He blabbed on to himself as he clenched a fist, drawing blood, he looked up at the curtained windows, his eyes reflected an inner fire, "I can't stay mad at her when she's in danger..." he looked down at his clawed hands, smiling sadly, "You can't stay mad at someone you love."

Miroku raised an eyebrow and watched as Inuyasha flung the window open and hoped out towards the forest, "I think he was talking more to himself than us, Sango, dear."

Sango walked from the shadows and looked at the open window, "We better follow him, he might need some help...besides I want to touch those ears! "

"Would you want to touch my ears if they were doggy like?" Miroku asked innocently.

"Of course, now come on!" Sango grabbed Miroku's hand and whipped out of the house.

Kagome felt her head go numb as Naraku dragged her across the field. The field. The field that she'd seen Inuyasha turn hanyou for the first time, the place brought back a warm memory, before the pit of her stomach started to toss and turn painfully as she remembered the look that Inuyasha had given her.

She clutched her eyes shut trying to get rid of the image of Inuyasha's cold amethyst eyes, she sniffed from the emotional and physical pain that Naraku had inflicted on her.

"Do not worry, Kagome-Chan, we'll be there soon," Naraku said to her as he turned a corner in a long row of trees and a multicolored barrier advanced on them, Kagome's eyes widened and Naraku chuckled, "welcome to my domain, Koishii."

"Don't call me that," Kagome bit out angrily as she regained her composer, she jerked her head to the side in hopes of loosening his grip on her hair, but only resulted in making it throb painfully.

"I don't know why you bother, Koishii, it's not like any one will miss you," Naraku smirked at Kagome's pained expression, "The only person who knew you was Inuyasha, and he hates you now, how can you love a man who trusts his parent's killer before the woman he loves?"

"He doesn't love me," Kagome said softly, though, she couldn't help think that Naraku was right...how could Inuyasha not believe her?"

"How could I have not believed Kagome?" Inuyasha yelled to himself as he paused in a field to sniff out the smell of Kagome, the smell of roses drifted through the air and it was mixed with a salty liquid...and her blood. Inuyasha growled and continued searching for the direction Naraku had taken Kagome.

He felt tears prickling his eyes as he thought of what he had said to Kagome, "I'm such a cold hearted bastard."

"Nah, you just always forget when it's the wrong time to say something," a voice said behind him, he whirled around to see Sango and Miroku standing and smiling slightly.

"What are you two doing here?" Inuyasha asked, slightly annoyed that he hadn't smelled them coming.

"We're here to help..." Sango said softly, still smiling at her cousin, "I feel like you've been so distant lately Inuyasha, all I want is for you to be happy."

"Yeah, and we want to know when you got white hair," Miroku put his two cents in, earning two glares.

"It's silver." Inuyasha said flatly as he collapsed to the ground, smelling the ground so as to get a better whiff of Kagome.

Sango and Miroku watched in amusement as the hanyou crawled around like a dog, his nose implanted to the ground, he crawled around, resembling a crab until he ran smack dab into a tree, grumbling his curses he stood up, "I know where she is."

Naraku had dragged Kagome through a barrier and was now standing in the courtyard of the castle that belonged to Naraku.

"Now Koishii...I believe you have something I want," Naraku said sinisterly as he slinked his way over to her like a snake.

Kagome glared, "I will not sleep with you."

Naraku chuckled, "That's not what I meant, Koibito, I know you are a miko." Kagome's eyes widened, "Yes, it's true you are a miko, and I could really use those powers of you, in fact, you could make me even more powerful."

Kagome glared, "No."

"Now, now, let's not be coldhearted towards each other, Kagome-Chan," Naraku gripped her chin painfully, "you will give me the power I need!"

"No."

Naraku smacked her in the head, adding another bruise to her battered face, she cringed and closed her eyes in pain, "I won't."

Naraku snarled, "You're willing to let me kill you?"

Kagome shook her head, "I'll be saved."

"You sound very confident, after all Inuyasha hates you now."

"No thanks to you."

"Yes that's true isn't it Koishii, though I may be strong, my mind control will wear off soon, making Inuyasha realize what he said...but by then it will be too late."

Kagome's eyes narrowed into slits. "You bastard," she hissed as she punched the unsuspecting Naraku in the nose, causing it to break.

Naraku grasped his nose, releasing Kagome to clutch the bloody appendage. He narrowed his eyes dangerously as Kagome whipped down the staircase leading up from the ground to the courtyard, jumping two steps at a time.

He laughed bitterly, "Fine, try and run away, sweetie, you'll be back."

Kagome ran towards the multicolored barrier and was immediately thrown back from the translucent wall, she gasped in pain as she clutched her burnt shoulder.

She ran towards it again, only to be thrown back against a wall and knocked unconscious.