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Last time: "You're frightened... that's good..." he said and began to jump up the branches to where Kagome's body lay, frozen in fear.

Chapter 14

Kagome saw the mass of teeth and claws pummel toward her at break neck speed. She swallowed hard and braced herself for the pounce when a thought came to mind. '....if I could lore him to the battlefield... I could get Inu Yasha and he could help me take him down!' she though but not in time enough to be jump out of reach of a rutheless wolf demon.

***Shippou***

Shippou had been wondering for hours on end looking for any sign of Miroku, Sango, Kirara, or Kaede. Sniffing here and bouncing back and forth, he called out each of their names several times. Finally he slumped down to think hard. '...where would they go? Why did they leave me behind? Now I'm lost and they could all be dead by now and I don't know it! But I can't give up...' he thought and stood up clenching his fists. His eyes began to swell up with tears but he quickly sniffed them back in.
He reached into his furry vest and pulled out a magical tree leaf. '... if I can't find them on the ground, then I'll try by air!' he thought and placed the leaf on his forehead. Instantly he turned into a pink balloon and drifted into the air.

***Inu Yasha***

Inu Yasha was having the time of his life beating up the wolf youkai easily as riping through wrapping paper. He wore a smirk on his face the entire time. That was until he smelt the faint sweet scent of Kagome's blood. He had smelt it the moment Masahiro had cut into her. He thought it was only natural for a battle... even he had scratches on his body. Minutes later he heard a muffled cry off in the distance. '...wait...Kagome's not here?' he thought as three youkai piled on top of the disgruntled half demon.

"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inu Yasha shouted and ripped through the unfortunate wolves. Body parts flew everywhere and Inu Yasha looked around for the source of the screaming.

***Kagome and Masahiro***

"YOU'RE MINE NOW!" Masahiro shouted and tackled Kagome from the branch she sat upon.

"GET THE HELL OFF OF ME YOU PERVERTED WOLF! INU YASHA!!!! I AUTA- *oof!*" Kagome shouted before she was bruitally interupted but the ground. Masahiro was on her back pinning her to the ground ready to take her then and there when he heard yelling.

"Kagome? KAGOME?! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Inu Yasha hollered. He smelled her blood everywhere. It trailed from the battlefield all the way to deep in the forest.

"I'M RIGH-!" Kagome began but was muffled by a hand in front of her mouth. She tried everything to shout out to Inu Yasha. She even tried the trick her younger brother taught her... licking the preditors hand. But nothing worked. Silent tears of defeat began to form in her eyes but she sniffed them back and began to growl. Masahiro smelled another male's presence in the woods and held still looking around for him. Making sure that the other didn't see them, he turned Kagome (still holding her mouth shut) and looked her in the eye.

"We will continue later. Now if you cooperate, you and your bishi will survive. Understand me?" Masahiro whispered with a slight urgency in his voice. Kagome nodded quickly and held still. She knew very well that with Masahiro and several henchman by his side, he could mangle or kill Inu Yasha. He lifted the girl over his shoulder letting her dangle helplessly.

"Kagome! ANSWER ME!" Inu Yasha shouted again. '...I'm here Inu Yasha. Please take care of Naoko's body... I will be home before you know it!' Kagome thought silently as the new wolf prince dashed through the woods with her over his shoulder.

***Inu Yasha***

Inu Yasha looked down at the body in his arms. He knew he couldn't find her lugging this dead weight around. Despite wanting to find Kagome first, he had a feeling that she would rather him bring Naoko home. He took one last look in the wilderness before turning back to the battle and heading to the cliffside where Naoko once resided. He raced passed the gore and bloodshed around him and up to the Onigindensetsu clan.
No one was outside. There was barely a sound to be anywhere. It was like a ghost town compared to how it looked when they first arrived. The fire in the village center was smuldering and it looked as though the battle was fought here first. The trees were ripped apart along with several splatters of blood here and there. If the homes hadn't been in the chizzled in the cliffs, they probably would have been burnt down. Some of the under brush was burning as well as the branches on the fallen trees. Inu Yasha looked at the bloody Naoko in his arms. He winced at the sight of him. He normally wouldn't be disturbed by blood and gore, but he also never had to cope with caring his dead friend. Especially one with a dislocated knee that was dangling loosly. Or one with broken ribs that made him look bent. His neck was broken as well and crusty dried blood stained his lips and cheeks from coughing it up. Inu Yasha started to walk up to his house, still staring at Naoko's mangled body. He glanced up and jumped at the sight of Ryoko's deadly stare. Tears formed in her eyes and she bravely held most back. But they wouldn't stop coming so some trickled down her cheeks. A tight knot formed in her throat and she looked down at her father.

"Wh...what..t..?! Why isn't h...he breathing..? Inu Yasha... y..you didn't do this did y..you?" she stuttered out about to throw up.

"No...! Why would I-"

"Because you fucking wanted to! And it wouldn't really matter. Kagome won't change back. That's why I was calling you."

"Wait... calling? I'm confused... I didn't... I wouldn't... you have to believe me!" Inu Yasha said trying to pick his words carefully. The youkai looked as though she was going to rip him to shreds.

"Yeah calling dumbass. Kagome's tail twitch at all? That was me. It's something wolf tribes can do. But it was counter worked. Someone interfered- "

"I think that was me. The tail stopped when I touched it..."

"WELL DON'T DO THAT!" Ryoko screamed holding back as many tears she could. Yelling was the only thing she could do to hold them back and that didn't even work. All of a sudden she dropped to her knees and sobbed. She closed her eyes shut tight so that she wouldn't drown, but nothing helped. She looked up at Inu Yasha with glassy eyes and puckered out her lip. "...s-s- so you really didn't d-d-do anything huh...?" she stammered. Inu Yasha looked at her tear filled eyes and nodded solemnly. She, shakingly, stood up and looked deep into the hanyou's eyes. Then though she was still crying, she smiled, curving the tears flowing down her cheeks. "Well then.... I guess... y-you're sort of my step-brother once r-removed huh?" she said trying to keep her face from breaking down again and her legs from buckling.

***Kagome***

Kagome woke with a start to see nothing. It was as black as night and she winced to see where she was. When she couldn't see, she sniffed around. She smelt betrayal and villany wherever she was. And the strong scent of fur and meat. That didn't really give her much of a hint because she knew Masahiro took her somewhere. She sat up to search for a sound or some sign of life. A pain swep through her back and she lay back down wincing. She rubbed her shoulder and lay where she was. '....oh yeah.... he hit my shoulder and knocked me out...the bastard...!' She thought and crossed her arms. '...oh know...he didn't do anything to me did he..?!' she thought and sat up quickly despite the throbbing in her shoulder. She uncovered herself to find nothing out of place and nothing else sore. She had a small sigh of relief and layed back down. Her ear twitched when she heard a slight groan beside her. She froze in fear because she knew who it was.

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Sorry guys... no teaser. I don't know if there should be a lemon... a lime... or just a grape. Or not even anything. But I guess I will type what I feel like when the time comes. Thanks for your patience and I hope to get many reviews! Ja ne!