Summer Heat
By: Arthia Maxwell
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. And because of the popular demand I'm writing more! So no complaining when I leave it off on a cliffhanger, that's just my way. There are a few character add-ons, and those are mine! MINE YOU HEAR ME!!!!!
Namida tore through the forest unsure of her destination. All she knew was that she was being called and there was nothing she could do to stop herself. She ran and ran heading for where she was being called. Her silver eyes flashed red, then returned to normal. When she finally stopped she wasn't sure were she was. Looking around she found it to be a clearing somewhere deep in the forest. Sniffing she found that she wasn't alone.
"So good for you to join me." A silky voice said from behind her. Namida wipped around and spotted what appeared to be a silver fox. She narrowed her eyes.
"Who are you?" She growled.
"Your master." The silver fox changed into a woman wrapped in silver. The youkai had a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. She reached up a hand, the silver braclets clinking as she ran her hand through her silver hair.
"Like hell you are." Namida lower herself into an attack posion.
"Oh, are you going to attack me? I highly doubt that." Foxes with glowing eyes came out from the forest behind the youkai. "You know you have become more defint as of late. I bet it's that damn Kouga." She seemed to be talking to herself more then to Namida. The smile never leaving her face.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Oh." The youkai raised her eyebrows. "Kata, go to the cave and give Kouga this message, Namida is now my prisoner and if he wants her back alive to follow you." There was an questioning squeak and the youkai nodded. "Tell him to bring as many people as he wants. He just might bring the woman with the Shikon no Tama." With a wave of her hand the small fox was off.
"You have me a prisoner? That's a laugh."
"You have so much power yet you won't unleash it. I know you're afraid. Afraid of what it will do to you, what you will become. However, you've been under my control for some time now." She held up a silver circlet with a bloodstone in the center. "Think of this as a leash." She threw the circlet at Namida, who moved as if knock it away but it landed on her head and settled there. Namida gave a sharp gasp and suddenly was unable to move.
"Now, then that's better. I'm sure you don't remember clearly certain days or even certain events. Well, I took over your mind. So you are my pet and will do what I say." Her eyes flashed. "I think that its time to show Kouga your secret. Although, you didn't do all the killing by yourself." She waved over her should to indicate the other foxes.
Namida said nothing thankful she was able to convence Shippo to stay behind. There was no tell how he would react to this situation. But a horrible thought hit her; she was the one that had attacked the tribe, she was responcable for Hianta being hurt. Rage at this youkai boiled up inside her.
"That's good become angry. That will only help to release your full power." She watched Namida carefully. "Soon they will come and you will destory Kouga."
Namida struggled with herself, trying to break the woman's control. "Why?"
The youkai eyed her. "For the death of Kouga. After all he was the one who killed my parents. And for the Shikon shard that woman he's obsessed with has. A friend of mine gave me this shard," She pointed to her lower ribs, "to be able to use you. His affection for the human woman is still strong, but he's falling for you." She scoffed. "I think if you can't kill him, then I'll make him kill you and let that rot him." She laughed then, a cold, curl sound.
Inuyasha's head jerked up from his meal when he smelled the scent of a coming youkai. His eyes turned to the cave enterance and found that all activity had stop as a large redish brown fox stood in the way. It looked around as if trying to find someone. Kouga came bursting from the back of the cave, he had been checking on Hainta. His eyes fell first on Inuyasha and with a nod from him landed on the fox.
"What do you want?" He growled stepping in front of two of the smaller children nearer the youkai kitsune. Inuyasha looked out of the corner of his eyes at Kagome. She was holding a stunned Shippo in her lap.
"I was told to give you a message." It looked around for a moment before settling its eyes back on Kouga. "Desaku has Namida as her prisoner. She said that if you want to ever see her alive again, you will follow me." She looked over at the table at Inuyasha and the others. "She also bid you to bring as many men with you as you wanted. She wants you to be comfortable." The kitsune sat there waiting for him to answer her.
Kouga turned to Inuyasha, his eyes confused and pleading all at once. Inuyasha sighed and nodded his head. Kagome set down Shippo kissing his forehead in a motherly gesture. Taking his cue from her he ran to Shichia and she smiling, took him into her lap.
They left there, only about ten of them. Kouga looked down at the kitsune and with a nod to it they were off.
When they arrived at the clearing, Inuyasha not letting Kagome off his back, Namida was standing there in the middle of the clearing, her head bowed and surrounded by kitsunes. Kagome wasn't they only one glad that they had left Shippo left behind.
"Namida, what's wrong?" Kagome shouted. She had thought that Namida would be able to take care of a few youkai, even foxes.
"Namida, come here." Kouga barked, concern colouring his words.
"She is no longer yours to comand." A voice called out from the opposite edge of the clearing. "She is mine. She had been for some time now." A woman dressed in silver, with silver hair and eyes stepped out into the clearing. She walked gracefully up next to Namida.
"What do you want with her?" Kouga growled. The woman just continued to smile at him. Something that unnerved him greatly.
"She's going to kill you and get that shard for me." She smiled wider, pointing at Kagome.
"Inuyasha, she has a large shard in her lower left ribs." Kagome whispered.
"Now, now dear you wouldn't want you mate," she frowned for the first time at them in discuss, "to get harmed would you? This is between Kouga and us." She waved toward the other kitsunes and Namida. "Although I do want that shard." She put her hand on Namida's shoulder. Namida looked up at them, her eyes burning red. Kouga caught himself before stepping back. The glowing red eyes were Namida's? That's all any of the attacked claimed they saw.
"Now, my pet, retreave the shard for me." With a pat on Namida's back, she stepped aside and Namida lept straight for Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha easily side stepped her and rounded so as to keep Kagome behind him. Kagome on her part held to Inuyasha tight with one hand and the shard with the other. Inuyasha noticed the silver circlet around her forehead. He thought that that was what was enabling the kitsune to take control. Naimda lashed out and sank her claws into his shoulder, pulling down and across his chest leaving long deep cuts. She raised her hand up to look at the blood on her hand. Inuyasha saw silver flash in her red eyes and knew that she was trying to fight it.
She suddenly turned her face completely emotionless and lept for him again, but Kouga tackled her to the ground. They faught for a few moments before Namida threw Kouga off her and into a tree, snapping it in half. She turned to the other wolves and growled unleashing a wave of wind so strong that it blew them back into the forest. She turned to the fallen Kouga and picked him up by the neck. He struggled, his eyes pleading with her.
Inuyasha made as if to leep at her, but she turned and slashed down, blood blades smiliar to his own, but more powerful, came striaght for them. Inuyasha raised his arm hoping that the firerat hoari would be enough. The blades bit into his skin and he heard a faint yelp from Kagome, althought, he wasn't sure if it was from her own pain or his. When he lowered his hand he found that Namida had thrown Kouga at his feet and she was holding her head as if in pain. He also smelled Kagome's blood in the air.
"I will not!" She screamed falling to her knees. The silver youkai looked displeased at her.
"How dare you try to disobay me!" She unleashed a silver whip and let it fall upon Namida several times. Blood wielded from several long cuts. Namida screamed again and her eyes turned so red that she had began to cry blood. Namida stood, blood running down her body. She tood several steps forward and reached down grasping the unconscious Kouga by the strap of his armor. She picked him up and threw him into another tree. She turned back to Inuyasha.
"The shard." She said her voice thick and heavy. She held her hand out for the shard that was held tight in Kagome's hand.
"Namida." Kagome trailed off worry evident in her eyes.
"You can't have it." Inuyasha said speaking to the silver woman and not Namida. "You can't have her." He said at last setting Kagome down he motioned for her to see to Kouga. Inuyasha noticed that two of Kouga's men had run off, most likely to tell them what was happening. The other three now stood guard over Kagome and Kouga. The woman looked from Kagome to Inuyasha to Namida.
"Kill him." She ordered calmly. As Namida jumpped for Inuyasha Miroku and Sango took that moment to attack from behind. Miroku opened up his wind tunnel and began to suck in the kitsune youkai around the silver youkai. "No!" She turned to attack Miroku when Sango's boomerang came out of nowhere and hit her along the side. She flew to the side. Miroku turned to suck her into the wind tunnel when thousands of hell wasp filled the sky around them. Sango put her hand on his shoulder and he closed off the wind tunnel.
"Naraku!" Miroku shouted across the clearing to Inuyasha who was still trying to fight off Namida. Inuyasha glanced out of the corner of his eye at Miroku then up to see the sky almost black with hell wasp.
"Shittama." He muttered pinning Namida to the ground. She struggled against him. The woman seeing that she could very well lose used her whip to throw Inuyasha from Namida and threw the jewel shard she had gotten just days before at her. The shard embeded itself under Namida's right collar bone causing her to scream in pain and rage. She rolled away from them and pulled herself to her knees. Her hands slammed down into the earth. The ground broke under the strain and strain lines rippled out from under her. The ground shook under their feet causing the humans of the group to be thrown to the ground. When the rumbling stopped they looked around to find the silver youkai gone and that they were left with Namida.
Namida's whole being pulsed and Tetsusaiga gave an answering pluse. Startled Inuyasha looked down at it. Could it be that Tetsusaiga wanted to fight against this blood thursty version of Namida? Inuyasha shook his head, he knew very well that he couldn't kill her.
Little did they know but at the same moment the Tetsusaiga plused in answer, thousands of miles away the Tensaiga answered as well. Sesshoumaru stopped so suddenly that Rin colided with his legs, but he was so engrossed with the plusing sword that he didn't even notice. The only outward sign that he noticed the plusing of the sword was a raise of his fine eyebrow. Rin looked up at him expectingly. Looking down he pretended to take no notice of Rin, but turned to Jaken.
"Come." And with that they continued on their way without so much as another word about the sudden stop.
Namida moved so fast that she was almost lost to even Inuyasha's eye, but he was so startled when she suddenly appeared before him that he had no time to defend himself when she plunged her hand through his chest. They stood like that as if frozen in time then slowly she pulled her hand from him and swing kicked him in the side. Inuyasha tumbled across the clearing toward Sango and Miroku. The hell wasp still clouded the sky. Sango threw her boomerang to gain Inuyasha some time, but Namida just caught it and threw it into the trees. Slowly she turned to look at the two. Miroku inched his way infront of Sango even though she wasn't completely helpless.
"Don't you dare take your eyes off me." Inuyasha growled charging her using his iron weaver soul steal attack. Namida flipped back but not in time to avoid the last one and fell hard to the ground, gripping her bleeding arm. She burned so badly with rage that wasn't even her own that the ground began to shake again.
Kouga woke to find Namida attacking Inuyasha unmercifully, with Inuyasha using a transformed fang to defend himself. He groaned. Kagome rested her hands against his forhead and shook her head at him.
"Don't move. You got bumpped on the head pretty hard."
Kouga looked up at her. He groaned again and closed his eyes the whole world seemed to be spinning. "Tell Inuyasha that he needs to remove that circlet from her head." He muttered, leaning fully against the tree again. However, before Kagome could say anything an amber blur rushed by her and slammed into Namida's shoulder. Kagome gaspped instantly recognizing Shippo.
Namida looked at her shoulder and growled sharply at the furball there. She snapped at him and he jumped to her head and lifted the circlet off, but he wasn't fast enough to keep from being hit. He sailed, circlet in hand until Miroku caught him.
"Good job, Shippo. The rest is up to Inuyasha." Miroku said gently looking at the pair.
Namida now free of the mind control could start to make out the shapes of other people around her, but there was still a burning power in her and she could do nothing to control that. Her eyes rounded on Inuyasha and the raised fang. Inuyasha sighed in relief at seeing her eyes die down, but they still had a redish tint to them.
"The shard, Inuyasha! It's in her shoulder! You'll have to remove it before she's normal again." Kagome yelled. Namida still in self-preserve mode dodged as Inuyasha reached out to pry the shard from her. He sheathed Tetsusaiga. Kouga struggled to get up and once he was he prepared to ambush her. Kagome looked on worriedly knowing that she wouldn't be able to stop him.
Namida was just about to claw Inuyasha again when something heavy knocked into her side then pinned her to the ground. She tried to struggle but when her eyes caught Kouga's she settled down, unable to move. Recognition registered in her eyes and she whispered, "Kouga?"
Inuyasha took that as his chance to pry the shard from her shoulder. Namida cried out in pain, then her eyes slowly turned back to normal. She was finally able to look away from Kouga, she stared at her shoulder. Kagome came and took the shard from Inuyasha.
"Namida." Kouga whispered, reaching up to wipe away the blood on her face. She still stared at her bleeding shoulder. "Namida look at me." He begged. He sat up pulling the limp Namida with him.
"I did it. I was the one killing off the tribe." She glanced up at Inuyasha then away again. "I attacked a friend." Namida's fingers curled in the pelt at Kouga's waist. "But worse was I lost control. I attacked you, Kouga." She sniffled, several tears running down her face mixing with the blood. Kouga pulled her close letting her cry into his shoulder. Kouga looked around to see how badly everyone was hurt. It seemed for the most part Miroku, Sango and Shippo were fine. Kagome sported a long gash down her arm, and Inuyasha was covered in cuts and several bruises were starting to form.
Shippo jumpped from Miroku's shoulder to stand next to Namida. He buried his face in her uninjured side. "Namida, you are our friend. Besides it wasn't even your fault." He looked down at the circlet he still held. "It was like this thing was controling you." He still doesn't know, Namida realized as she watched his eyes tear up. She dropped a hand down to caress his cheek.
"Thank you." She whispered, pulling him into a hug. She finally let her gaze fall to Kouga. "We have to go after her. She will try again." Kouga just nodded.
"But right now we should get home so that we can tend to the wounded." The three remaining wolf youkai came over to help them back to the cave. Half- way back they ran into a group of wolf warriors coming ot help them. Together they entered the cave and the wounded were treated. After being fussed over by Himika, Kouga made his way to Namida, who because she didn't have a nest was in his. She lay on her side facing away from the activity in the cave. Somehow Himika had gotten every wolf to keep at least ten feet from Namida.
"Namida, how are you doing?" He asked, kneeling down and reaching out to touch her ankle. She jerked then slowly rolled over to look at him. Her eyes were sad but she seemed to be calm. He looked over her wrapped wounds. Kagome had to do them because none of the others would go near her after they had heard what had happened. Her shoulder was wrap and several of the deeper lasherations had stitches.
"I'm fine." She said softly hoping to hide her still hoarse voice. Kouga crawled up beside her. Namida looked beyond him to see that most of the wolves around them had suddenly disappeared.
"I can see your wounds are going to heal, but what about your soul?" He asked pushing some hair from her face. Her eyes teared up again answering his question for him. "Don't worry, you just need time." He laid beside her, far enough away to let her have space and close enough to reasure her.
"Time? Time?! What about those I killed? What about attacking you and Inuyasha and his pack?" She asked in a shrill voice. Kouga simply reached over and cupped her cheek in his hand.
"Shippo was right. That wasn't you. That woman had taken control over your mind." Namida remained quiet. Kouga leaned over her his face drawing closer to her's. When Kouga had seen Namida in danger, not only from herself but them as well. He felt his affections for Kagome slip into their porper place as friend and his heart seemed to call out for Namida to be safe and well. He wondered if this was the beginning of what the humans often refured to as love.
Their lips touched in a gentle kiss. Neither noticed Himika watching them with rage and a desparation no one would understand as she watched the two kiss. Who does she think she is? And how dare Kouga for first putting her in his nest and then to kiss her! She flamed inside her head. She would have to put her plan into action faster then she had originally thought.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Not my usual cliffy but it works. Sorry I would of have this out earlier but I've been working on another Inuyasha AU and an original work. Hopefully when thhis story is done I will be able to finish Backlash. Then if I get hit with insperation, or lauren, I'll write about Inuyasha/Kagome or maybe Sesshoumaru/Rin lemon story arc. Please tell me which on you would like for the next lemon arc I do!
By: Arthia Maxwell
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. And because of the popular demand I'm writing more! So no complaining when I leave it off on a cliffhanger, that's just my way. There are a few character add-ons, and those are mine! MINE YOU HEAR ME!!!!!
Namida tore through the forest unsure of her destination. All she knew was that she was being called and there was nothing she could do to stop herself. She ran and ran heading for where she was being called. Her silver eyes flashed red, then returned to normal. When she finally stopped she wasn't sure were she was. Looking around she found it to be a clearing somewhere deep in the forest. Sniffing she found that she wasn't alone.
"So good for you to join me." A silky voice said from behind her. Namida wipped around and spotted what appeared to be a silver fox. She narrowed her eyes.
"Who are you?" She growled.
"Your master." The silver fox changed into a woman wrapped in silver. The youkai had a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. She reached up a hand, the silver braclets clinking as she ran her hand through her silver hair.
"Like hell you are." Namida lower herself into an attack posion.
"Oh, are you going to attack me? I highly doubt that." Foxes with glowing eyes came out from the forest behind the youkai. "You know you have become more defint as of late. I bet it's that damn Kouga." She seemed to be talking to herself more then to Namida. The smile never leaving her face.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Oh." The youkai raised her eyebrows. "Kata, go to the cave and give Kouga this message, Namida is now my prisoner and if he wants her back alive to follow you." There was an questioning squeak and the youkai nodded. "Tell him to bring as many people as he wants. He just might bring the woman with the Shikon no Tama." With a wave of her hand the small fox was off.
"You have me a prisoner? That's a laugh."
"You have so much power yet you won't unleash it. I know you're afraid. Afraid of what it will do to you, what you will become. However, you've been under my control for some time now." She held up a silver circlet with a bloodstone in the center. "Think of this as a leash." She threw the circlet at Namida, who moved as if knock it away but it landed on her head and settled there. Namida gave a sharp gasp and suddenly was unable to move.
"Now, then that's better. I'm sure you don't remember clearly certain days or even certain events. Well, I took over your mind. So you are my pet and will do what I say." Her eyes flashed. "I think that its time to show Kouga your secret. Although, you didn't do all the killing by yourself." She waved over her should to indicate the other foxes.
Namida said nothing thankful she was able to convence Shippo to stay behind. There was no tell how he would react to this situation. But a horrible thought hit her; she was the one that had attacked the tribe, she was responcable for Hianta being hurt. Rage at this youkai boiled up inside her.
"That's good become angry. That will only help to release your full power." She watched Namida carefully. "Soon they will come and you will destory Kouga."
Namida struggled with herself, trying to break the woman's control. "Why?"
The youkai eyed her. "For the death of Kouga. After all he was the one who killed my parents. And for the Shikon shard that woman he's obsessed with has. A friend of mine gave me this shard," She pointed to her lower ribs, "to be able to use you. His affection for the human woman is still strong, but he's falling for you." She scoffed. "I think if you can't kill him, then I'll make him kill you and let that rot him." She laughed then, a cold, curl sound.
Inuyasha's head jerked up from his meal when he smelled the scent of a coming youkai. His eyes turned to the cave enterance and found that all activity had stop as a large redish brown fox stood in the way. It looked around as if trying to find someone. Kouga came bursting from the back of the cave, he had been checking on Hainta. His eyes fell first on Inuyasha and with a nod from him landed on the fox.
"What do you want?" He growled stepping in front of two of the smaller children nearer the youkai kitsune. Inuyasha looked out of the corner of his eyes at Kagome. She was holding a stunned Shippo in her lap.
"I was told to give you a message." It looked around for a moment before settling its eyes back on Kouga. "Desaku has Namida as her prisoner. She said that if you want to ever see her alive again, you will follow me." She looked over at the table at Inuyasha and the others. "She also bid you to bring as many men with you as you wanted. She wants you to be comfortable." The kitsune sat there waiting for him to answer her.
Kouga turned to Inuyasha, his eyes confused and pleading all at once. Inuyasha sighed and nodded his head. Kagome set down Shippo kissing his forehead in a motherly gesture. Taking his cue from her he ran to Shichia and she smiling, took him into her lap.
They left there, only about ten of them. Kouga looked down at the kitsune and with a nod to it they were off.
When they arrived at the clearing, Inuyasha not letting Kagome off his back, Namida was standing there in the middle of the clearing, her head bowed and surrounded by kitsunes. Kagome wasn't they only one glad that they had left Shippo left behind.
"Namida, what's wrong?" Kagome shouted. She had thought that Namida would be able to take care of a few youkai, even foxes.
"Namida, come here." Kouga barked, concern colouring his words.
"She is no longer yours to comand." A voice called out from the opposite edge of the clearing. "She is mine. She had been for some time now." A woman dressed in silver, with silver hair and eyes stepped out into the clearing. She walked gracefully up next to Namida.
"What do you want with her?" Kouga growled. The woman just continued to smile at him. Something that unnerved him greatly.
"She's going to kill you and get that shard for me." She smiled wider, pointing at Kagome.
"Inuyasha, she has a large shard in her lower left ribs." Kagome whispered.
"Now, now dear you wouldn't want you mate," she frowned for the first time at them in discuss, "to get harmed would you? This is between Kouga and us." She waved toward the other kitsunes and Namida. "Although I do want that shard." She put her hand on Namida's shoulder. Namida looked up at them, her eyes burning red. Kouga caught himself before stepping back. The glowing red eyes were Namida's? That's all any of the attacked claimed they saw.
"Now, my pet, retreave the shard for me." With a pat on Namida's back, she stepped aside and Namida lept straight for Inuyasha and Kagome. Inuyasha easily side stepped her and rounded so as to keep Kagome behind him. Kagome on her part held to Inuyasha tight with one hand and the shard with the other. Inuyasha noticed the silver circlet around her forehead. He thought that that was what was enabling the kitsune to take control. Naimda lashed out and sank her claws into his shoulder, pulling down and across his chest leaving long deep cuts. She raised her hand up to look at the blood on her hand. Inuyasha saw silver flash in her red eyes and knew that she was trying to fight it.
She suddenly turned her face completely emotionless and lept for him again, but Kouga tackled her to the ground. They faught for a few moments before Namida threw Kouga off her and into a tree, snapping it in half. She turned to the other wolves and growled unleashing a wave of wind so strong that it blew them back into the forest. She turned to the fallen Kouga and picked him up by the neck. He struggled, his eyes pleading with her.
Inuyasha made as if to leep at her, but she turned and slashed down, blood blades smiliar to his own, but more powerful, came striaght for them. Inuyasha raised his arm hoping that the firerat hoari would be enough. The blades bit into his skin and he heard a faint yelp from Kagome, althought, he wasn't sure if it was from her own pain or his. When he lowered his hand he found that Namida had thrown Kouga at his feet and she was holding her head as if in pain. He also smelled Kagome's blood in the air.
"I will not!" She screamed falling to her knees. The silver youkai looked displeased at her.
"How dare you try to disobay me!" She unleashed a silver whip and let it fall upon Namida several times. Blood wielded from several long cuts. Namida screamed again and her eyes turned so red that she had began to cry blood. Namida stood, blood running down her body. She tood several steps forward and reached down grasping the unconscious Kouga by the strap of his armor. She picked him up and threw him into another tree. She turned back to Inuyasha.
"The shard." She said her voice thick and heavy. She held her hand out for the shard that was held tight in Kagome's hand.
"Namida." Kagome trailed off worry evident in her eyes.
"You can't have it." Inuyasha said speaking to the silver woman and not Namida. "You can't have her." He said at last setting Kagome down he motioned for her to see to Kouga. Inuyasha noticed that two of Kouga's men had run off, most likely to tell them what was happening. The other three now stood guard over Kagome and Kouga. The woman looked from Kagome to Inuyasha to Namida.
"Kill him." She ordered calmly. As Namida jumpped for Inuyasha Miroku and Sango took that moment to attack from behind. Miroku opened up his wind tunnel and began to suck in the kitsune youkai around the silver youkai. "No!" She turned to attack Miroku when Sango's boomerang came out of nowhere and hit her along the side. She flew to the side. Miroku turned to suck her into the wind tunnel when thousands of hell wasp filled the sky around them. Sango put her hand on his shoulder and he closed off the wind tunnel.
"Naraku!" Miroku shouted across the clearing to Inuyasha who was still trying to fight off Namida. Inuyasha glanced out of the corner of his eye at Miroku then up to see the sky almost black with hell wasp.
"Shittama." He muttered pinning Namida to the ground. She struggled against him. The woman seeing that she could very well lose used her whip to throw Inuyasha from Namida and threw the jewel shard she had gotten just days before at her. The shard embeded itself under Namida's right collar bone causing her to scream in pain and rage. She rolled away from them and pulled herself to her knees. Her hands slammed down into the earth. The ground broke under the strain and strain lines rippled out from under her. The ground shook under their feet causing the humans of the group to be thrown to the ground. When the rumbling stopped they looked around to find the silver youkai gone and that they were left with Namida.
Namida's whole being pulsed and Tetsusaiga gave an answering pluse. Startled Inuyasha looked down at it. Could it be that Tetsusaiga wanted to fight against this blood thursty version of Namida? Inuyasha shook his head, he knew very well that he couldn't kill her.
Little did they know but at the same moment the Tetsusaiga plused in answer, thousands of miles away the Tensaiga answered as well. Sesshoumaru stopped so suddenly that Rin colided with his legs, but he was so engrossed with the plusing sword that he didn't even notice. The only outward sign that he noticed the plusing of the sword was a raise of his fine eyebrow. Rin looked up at him expectingly. Looking down he pretended to take no notice of Rin, but turned to Jaken.
"Come." And with that they continued on their way without so much as another word about the sudden stop.
Namida moved so fast that she was almost lost to even Inuyasha's eye, but he was so startled when she suddenly appeared before him that he had no time to defend himself when she plunged her hand through his chest. They stood like that as if frozen in time then slowly she pulled her hand from him and swing kicked him in the side. Inuyasha tumbled across the clearing toward Sango and Miroku. The hell wasp still clouded the sky. Sango threw her boomerang to gain Inuyasha some time, but Namida just caught it and threw it into the trees. Slowly she turned to look at the two. Miroku inched his way infront of Sango even though she wasn't completely helpless.
"Don't you dare take your eyes off me." Inuyasha growled charging her using his iron weaver soul steal attack. Namida flipped back but not in time to avoid the last one and fell hard to the ground, gripping her bleeding arm. She burned so badly with rage that wasn't even her own that the ground began to shake again.
Kouga woke to find Namida attacking Inuyasha unmercifully, with Inuyasha using a transformed fang to defend himself. He groaned. Kagome rested her hands against his forhead and shook her head at him.
"Don't move. You got bumpped on the head pretty hard."
Kouga looked up at her. He groaned again and closed his eyes the whole world seemed to be spinning. "Tell Inuyasha that he needs to remove that circlet from her head." He muttered, leaning fully against the tree again. However, before Kagome could say anything an amber blur rushed by her and slammed into Namida's shoulder. Kagome gaspped instantly recognizing Shippo.
Namida looked at her shoulder and growled sharply at the furball there. She snapped at him and he jumped to her head and lifted the circlet off, but he wasn't fast enough to keep from being hit. He sailed, circlet in hand until Miroku caught him.
"Good job, Shippo. The rest is up to Inuyasha." Miroku said gently looking at the pair.
Namida now free of the mind control could start to make out the shapes of other people around her, but there was still a burning power in her and she could do nothing to control that. Her eyes rounded on Inuyasha and the raised fang. Inuyasha sighed in relief at seeing her eyes die down, but they still had a redish tint to them.
"The shard, Inuyasha! It's in her shoulder! You'll have to remove it before she's normal again." Kagome yelled. Namida still in self-preserve mode dodged as Inuyasha reached out to pry the shard from her. He sheathed Tetsusaiga. Kouga struggled to get up and once he was he prepared to ambush her. Kagome looked on worriedly knowing that she wouldn't be able to stop him.
Namida was just about to claw Inuyasha again when something heavy knocked into her side then pinned her to the ground. She tried to struggle but when her eyes caught Kouga's she settled down, unable to move. Recognition registered in her eyes and she whispered, "Kouga?"
Inuyasha took that as his chance to pry the shard from her shoulder. Namida cried out in pain, then her eyes slowly turned back to normal. She was finally able to look away from Kouga, she stared at her shoulder. Kagome came and took the shard from Inuyasha.
"Namida." Kouga whispered, reaching up to wipe away the blood on her face. She still stared at her bleeding shoulder. "Namida look at me." He begged. He sat up pulling the limp Namida with him.
"I did it. I was the one killing off the tribe." She glanced up at Inuyasha then away again. "I attacked a friend." Namida's fingers curled in the pelt at Kouga's waist. "But worse was I lost control. I attacked you, Kouga." She sniffled, several tears running down her face mixing with the blood. Kouga pulled her close letting her cry into his shoulder. Kouga looked around to see how badly everyone was hurt. It seemed for the most part Miroku, Sango and Shippo were fine. Kagome sported a long gash down her arm, and Inuyasha was covered in cuts and several bruises were starting to form.
Shippo jumpped from Miroku's shoulder to stand next to Namida. He buried his face in her uninjured side. "Namida, you are our friend. Besides it wasn't even your fault." He looked down at the circlet he still held. "It was like this thing was controling you." He still doesn't know, Namida realized as she watched his eyes tear up. She dropped a hand down to caress his cheek.
"Thank you." She whispered, pulling him into a hug. She finally let her gaze fall to Kouga. "We have to go after her. She will try again." Kouga just nodded.
"But right now we should get home so that we can tend to the wounded." The three remaining wolf youkai came over to help them back to the cave. Half- way back they ran into a group of wolf warriors coming ot help them. Together they entered the cave and the wounded were treated. After being fussed over by Himika, Kouga made his way to Namida, who because she didn't have a nest was in his. She lay on her side facing away from the activity in the cave. Somehow Himika had gotten every wolf to keep at least ten feet from Namida.
"Namida, how are you doing?" He asked, kneeling down and reaching out to touch her ankle. She jerked then slowly rolled over to look at him. Her eyes were sad but she seemed to be calm. He looked over her wrapped wounds. Kagome had to do them because none of the others would go near her after they had heard what had happened. Her shoulder was wrap and several of the deeper lasherations had stitches.
"I'm fine." She said softly hoping to hide her still hoarse voice. Kouga crawled up beside her. Namida looked beyond him to see that most of the wolves around them had suddenly disappeared.
"I can see your wounds are going to heal, but what about your soul?" He asked pushing some hair from her face. Her eyes teared up again answering his question for him. "Don't worry, you just need time." He laid beside her, far enough away to let her have space and close enough to reasure her.
"Time? Time?! What about those I killed? What about attacking you and Inuyasha and his pack?" She asked in a shrill voice. Kouga simply reached over and cupped her cheek in his hand.
"Shippo was right. That wasn't you. That woman had taken control over your mind." Namida remained quiet. Kouga leaned over her his face drawing closer to her's. When Kouga had seen Namida in danger, not only from herself but them as well. He felt his affections for Kagome slip into their porper place as friend and his heart seemed to call out for Namida to be safe and well. He wondered if this was the beginning of what the humans often refured to as love.
Their lips touched in a gentle kiss. Neither noticed Himika watching them with rage and a desparation no one would understand as she watched the two kiss. Who does she think she is? And how dare Kouga for first putting her in his nest and then to kiss her! She flamed inside her head. She would have to put her plan into action faster then she had originally thought.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Not my usual cliffy but it works. Sorry I would of have this out earlier but I've been working on another Inuyasha AU and an original work. Hopefully when thhis story is done I will be able to finish Backlash. Then if I get hit with insperation, or lauren, I'll write about Inuyasha/Kagome or maybe Sesshoumaru/Rin lemon story arc. Please tell me which on you would like for the next lemon arc I do!
