A/N: Sorry this took so long. I was sick for awhile. Hope this clears some more things up.
CHAPTER 8: Tokuno's Past

"Wake up, Kagome, wake up…" a voice gently coaxed. Kagome began to stir when something began to shake her, making her moan softly.

'My head hurts…'

She tenderly rubbed her temples and sat up. At first she didn't know where she was because everything seemed blurry. After a moment, the person that woke her began to talk.

"Kagome?" She turned to where the voice was coming from and strained her eyes to see a tall form, peering down at her.

"Tokuno? Where are we?" whimpered Kagome as her headache only worsened. She held her warm forehead in the palm of her hand and caressed her temples again.

"We're back where we should be…" he grinned and leaned against the wall.

"What do you mean?" Kagome's eyes began to focus and she gasped. She glanced around the room until her eyes landed on a very narrow, dark passageway. "Tokuno…"

"Surprised, Kagome? You shouldn't be." Her head snapped up. Forgetting about her headache, she crawled out of the bed she was in, the very bed that was there years ago. Tokuno's tone was now mocking, and it chilled her down to the bones.

Kagome began to inch her way towards the door leading into the large hallway with fifty doors.

"…Tokuno…Let's go now. We shouldn't be here. What if someone lives here?"

"You don't seem to realize it yet, do you?" His voice grew more and more taunting as he blocked her way to the door. He smirked when her eyes widened.

"You…" Tokuno's grin became wider when she took a step back from him.

"You finally get it now, huh? After all this time…" He took a step towards her and reached out his arm to grab her, but she was quick to move out of his reach. "Didn't you remember that he said he had a son…a son that would carry out his revenge if anything ever happened to him?" Kagome froze when Tokuno raised an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a little secret, Kagome…" He calmly walked up to her and bent down to whisper in her ear. "I…am…his…son…" Kagome's muscles tensed up when he held her by the arms.

"No…" Kagome pleaded as warm tears ran down her face. She had thought that she was finally rid of that man…finally rid of her bloodcurdling past…finally able to love. Tokuno couldn't be his son…he was too nice.

"Oh yes. I have another surprise…my father wasn't quite dead when Shippo's father left him."

"How do you know about Shippo??" Kagome cried out. "Leave Shippo alone!"

"How do I know," he said, keeping his calmness. That really bugged Kagome. "I know because I followed you guys into the forest. I went after you. I saw EVERYTHING…"

"Were you the one that killed Shippo's father?" Kagome cringed at his answer. "But how could you of? You were with us the whole time…"

"Was I really Kagome? And who's to say that I didn't come out here beforehand and get everything ready for your arrival? I was the one that mentioned this trip to the teachers. I was the one that paid for this trip with the money I inherited from my father's death." A grim look crossed his face at the mention of his father's death. "He died almost five years ago. I've been living up here by myself basically ever since then, except for a short period of time. He had brought me up to take over for him when he died."

He glanced at Kagome, and she shrunk back.

"He knew he was going to die. He had grown weak and tired, so I did everything I could to keep him happy during his sickness. All the while he talked about how he wished to be with your mother, and how a young girl had destroyed all of his plans in the future with her apart. Do you know what it's like having to watch you're father die and cry about having not fulfilled his dream? DO YOU??" Tokuno's face grew redder and redder with each his words. Tears threatened to topple out of his eyes.

Kagome almost felt sorry for him.

"Yes I do…MY father wanted to see me in a wedding gown. HE had wanted to watch me grow up into 'a fine young lady' and have children…at least that's what my mom told me." Tokuno looked hesitant for a moment, but shook it off with his next words.

"The last thing he made me promise was to get you, Kagome Higurashi, and put you through the same mental and physical pain he went through before he died. He wanted me to wait until you find love and then to rip you apart from him, then to kill you as well. After many years, you still hadn't found anyone, and when Inuyasha hurt you, I saw my chance. I was tired of waiting, so I stepped in. Inuyasha had helped out a great deal in this, and I owe my thanks to him…but to think he would end up having feelings for you…" Kagome gasped as Tokuno help up her chin.

'Feelings…?'

"You bastard! You're just like Inuyasha! Both of you have cold, ruthless hearts and are willing to do ANYTHING to get what they want!!! No wonder you two are related," Kagome yelled harshly, spitting on Tokuno's face when he slapped her.

"You BICTH! We are not blood related!" he settled down before he finished his thoughts.

"But you're cousins…" Kagome was confused. Neither of the denied it that night at the movies.

"By name yes, by blood, no. I was adopted into his family as a cousin because I didn't want them to be my parents when my father died, but we could not stand each other living in the same house, so I did what one would call 'run away'. We had different views on everything, so I just left. They had no idea where I went, but when I heard that you were going to the same school, I thought it best to move back with them and join you're school."

"You're sick…" Kagome whispered. "Wasting your life so you could ruin mine…" Tokuno shook his head.

"No, you've got it all wrong. I really do like you," he grabbed her chin and kissed her harshly on the lips. "But I think it's time to take out the trash." Tokuno grinned evilly when he saw fear in her eyes.

"You won't get away with this!!!" Kagome screamed when he launched himself at her and held her in a tight grip. "Sango will come and save me!!"

"She's not going to get her in time, I've made sure of that…I've got the only keys to this room…oh, bye the way, thanks for taking care of the ruby for me while I was gone. Thank goodness the diamond was left, or I would never have been able to get back into here." He dangled the ruby in front of her face with one hand and tightened his grip on her with the other. "She won't get here in time…now let's go down to the playroom, shall we?"

Kagome growled.

"KAGOME!!! KAGOME, WHERE ARE YOU????" a voice screamed at the top of their lungs. Tokuno gasped.

"Inuyasha…" he said menacingly.

"KAGOME!" Sango called out.

"SAY SOMETHING!!" was Miroku's voice. They all sounded like they were getting closer and footsteps could be heard outside the door. Tokuno cursed.

"Oh well, they wouldn't be able to get through that door anyways. It's too thick and the only way through is in my hands…" Kagome could think of only one thing when she saw the ruby in her face. She elbowed him hard in the stomach and grabbed the ruby out of his hand. She ran towards the door but Tokuno had a hold of her foot, causing her to trip. He started to drag her back towards him.

"Sango! Inuyasha! Miroku!" She knew that Sango had probably told them everything about what happened when she was little. Now there was only one way of saving herself…

"NNOOO!!" Tokuno screamed when she flung the ruby under the door to the other side. "YOU BITCH!!!" He grabbed Kagome by the hair and pulled her down the passageway towards the 'playroom' hurriedly.

"HURRY GUYS!! HELP ME!! PUT THE RUBY IN TH-"

"No more, Kagome," Tokuno whispered cruelly, placing a hand over her mouth.

"Kagome! I can hear her! She's in that room!" She heard Inuyasha's voice say. She whimpered in pain when Tokuno yanked her by the hair and started to drag her. Before she blackout, she heard one last thing by a certain despised guy…

"Don't worry Kagome, I'll find you!"

A/N: Sorry it's so short, but I'm sorta tired and have a nasty little headache . Anyways, I hope this cleared somethings up, but if you have any questions, just leave them in a review or e-mail, and I'll try and clear some more things up. So please tell me what you think. Also, I really don't know if I can somehow squeeze Fluffy (as some people call him) in here, but I'll try -_-;;