I am so fuckin sorry guys. School sux ass and I had so much homework. Thanx ta everybody that reviewed and told me ta get off my lazy ass.

If u don't want me to spoil something that happens in the anime, stop reading this A/N and go straight to the chap.

SPOILER!!!!!! GOOD NEWS KIKYO HATERS! The walking dirt mound finally dies…again. "Episode 124: Farewell, Beloved Kikyo" if ya wanna know. It ain't out in English (and prolly won't be for a REALLY long time) so if ya want it u gonna have ta get the dubbed version.

Blinded

Chapter 3

The rest of the world seemed to hold its breathe with Kagome. She really didn't have a clue as to what was going on. All she knew was that the boy…Inuyasha had just let out the most animalistic roar she'd ever heard in her life. It was a bit odd, but the roar hadn't scared her at all. She actually found it a little comforting.

The villagers were a different story. All but the old woman had begun to back away, eyes wide in fear. The old woman just had an intensely grave expression on her face as she gazed at the figure that was pinned to the tree.

Kagome's eyes slid over to Inuyasha. Or at least where he should have been. What the hell?! Where'd he go? I thought he couldn't move?! What the hell is going on?! She he frees himself and then just runs off! That asshole! Kagome's thoughts were cut short as another roar, though not nearly as loud as the first, rang through the clearing. Her attention snapped back to the centipede youkai that was again speeding toward her at an incredible rate. She instantly realized that it was too late to dodge. I guess this is it. Good bye Mama. Good bye Souta. Good bye Ji-chan. Good bye Inuyasha. She could only watch as the centipede reared up, ready to shred her to pieces. She closed her eyes tightly, waiting to feel the youkai ram her and begin to rip her limbs off of her.

Instead, another ground-shaking roar shook the clearing and a red blur shot in front of Kagome, lashing out at the youkai with deadly claws.

The youkai couldn't fully avoid the strike. There were now five deep gashes cut into its stomach. All five were bleeding profusely and didn't show any inclination of stopping soon. The youkai began shrieking at the lone boy that had halted her path towards her goal: The Shikon no Tama. "You worthless hanyou bastard! How dare you appose me!"

Kagome felt feather soft hair brushing against her face. It made her smile. I must be in heaven. She opened her eyes. She found Inuyasha standing before her, with his back to her and his silver hair blowing gently in the wind. But if he's here then where's the- "You worthless hanyou bastard! How dare you appose me!"

Kagome gasped as she saw the centipede youkai struggling to get to its many feet. She was completely shocked when she saw that it was seeping blood from several long and deep cuts in its stomach. The amount of blood that was pouring out of them was making her feel faint. She began to sway where she stood. She fell forward and grabbed onto the back of the red haori in front of her. She gripped it hard and buried and buried her head into the soft silver hair.

Immediately she felt herself supported by two strong hands on her shoulders. She opened her eyes and stared at the chest in front of her for a moment and decided that it was as good as any other place to collapse. She gave a small sigh as she let gravity pull her forward and onto the guy in front of her.

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I was in shock. What was I supposed ta do?! I mean, I didn't really have too many girls collapsing on me when I was alive, and to say that I had some when I was 'dead' was hilarious. I mean, here I was, an 'evil' hanyou that was as good as a corpse for the last 50 years, and all of a sudden, I'm free, and the same girl I've been dreaming about is lying on me.

I couldn't help but let out at a smile at the situation. Most people would be scared shitless with a huge youkai bearing down at them. Feh. I've seen worse. I've been through more than anything that this reject could throw at me.

I looked back down at the girl. Somewhere during the course of my thoughts, my arms had drifted down to her waste, holding her against me. I could feel my ear twitch as she began to whimper softly. Without really thinking about it, I began to whisper to her.

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Kagome was drifting in darkness. Everything was numb and she couldn't budge. At the moment she didn't even want to. Despite the darkness, she was warm and secure. And there was a gentle voice whispering to her. She couldn't make out the words but they were comforting none the less.

Something was slowly becoming visible through the darkness. A pair of glowing golden eyes.

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I could only watch as the girl slowly came around. I can't really blame her for fainting. Many humans would. Just another reason I'm glad that I'm not one. I don't harbor as much ill towards human as I used to. They are afraid of youkai, They have every right to be. I guess humans hate what they are afraid of. But not all youkai are murderers. Just most of them. And since I have youkai blood running in my own veins, I guess it makes sense for them to hate me too. But it just cause it's the most probable solution doesn't make it right. That was why I loathed the bastards every bit as much as they hated me. They didn't know me and they hated me. They never accepted me.

Then I met Kikyo. I thought's I'd finally found someone who accepted me. She certainly understood how it felt to be lonely. But they were two different types of loneliness. She had her village. Why she didn't socialize with them was her own damn problem . Her loneliness was self-induced. Mine wasn't. I was forced from any village I came to. I got tired of it and began to fight back.

It was then that I realized that I was being watched. The girl had regained consciousness. I could feel her gaze on my face. She wasn't struggling to get out of my grasp so I didn't let go.

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Kagome stared. That's all she could do. This Inuyasha guy was completely zoned out. The villagers had stupidly tried to attack the youkai with their bows and frankly, they weren't doin' shit. They were fighting and most likely dying and he didn't even care. He was staring off into space, completely ignoring everything else.

Then he seemed to snap out of it. His gaze flickered down to her face. But he wasn't really looking at her. He wasn't focused on her eyes or anything. His eyes were a beautiful gold and were completely black. But the rest of his face was gently and he had a soft smile on his lips.

"You alright?" Kagome jumped. Man he's got a sexy voice. She blushed at her thoughts. It really wasn't time to think about the devastatingly handsome guy that was holding her. I am sooo glad that my friends aren't here.

"Yeah I'm alright. I just got kinda dizzy there. Sorry for fallin' on you. "

He gave her another small smile," No problem."

Kagome just stared into his eyes for the next few moments. They still hadn't lost that blank, unfocused quality and it was beginning to nag at her curiosity," Um…why are your eyes-- LOOK OUT." Kagome pushed against Inuyasha as hard as she could. She obviously startled him as he was knocked off balance and took a step backwards.

"What the-" Inuyasha happened to glance up and see the youkai flash past were he had been standing just a moment before. But it didn't appear that he was even the target in the first place. With an Inuyasha-free path, the youkai hit the girl hard, teeth sinking into the soft flesh on the side of her abdomen.

To her credit, Kagome didn't scream. She just stared in morbid fascination as the youkai tore her teeth from her side and sent blood spraying everywhere. Her blood. But amidst the bright red liquid there was something else. A small pink ball that sparkled in the dim light that filtered through the thick leaves above her. She fell to the ground and saw darkness creeping in on the edge of her vision. She desperately fought to stay conscious as she somehow managed to regain her feet.

The ground shook again as yet another roar cut through the air. This time Kagome could see that it was indeed coming from Inuyasha. 'And it sounds completely real. Just like a real animals.' Inuyasha was baring his fangs at the youkai and snarling his rage at the full-demon in front of him.

No other sounds came from the forest. The villagers were completely silent, content to just watch the hanyou and youkai battle it out. It was obvious that they planned to try and kill the victor. It made Kagome sick. The so called 'evil hanyou' was protecting her from this psychotic freak and they were just waiting to kill him when he was done with it.

Kagome yanked her attention off of the villagers and put it on Inuyasha. He had stopped snarling and was glaring at the youkai the stood opposite of him. The air was so tense you could have cut it with butter knife. Kagome watched on fearfully, scared of what might happen to her silver haired protector. He was just standing there with a twisted smirk now appearing on his face.

Then he just…vanished. Kagome's eyes widened. He had been standing there less then a second ago. Then the cry," SANKON TESSUO" (how the hell do u spell that?) reached her ears along with a loud screech from the youkai. Kagome's jaw fell open. Her eyes registered that Inuyasha had reappeared in front of the centipede and was now ripping it to pieces. His claws were cutting through the youkai's skin like it was foam. Chunks of the youkai began raining down upon the clearing. And through it all, Kagome could still see Inuyasha's claws flashing as they unnecessarily shredded the rest of the demon's body.

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I can't lie. It felt REALLY good to feel my claws digging into bare flesh again. This youkai was a pushover. No challenge at all. But fighting blind was one of the strangest experiences I've ever had. It seems that either the time I spent pinned to the tree or the arrow that pinned me there as giving me some interesting new abilities. I still can't actually see, but I've been in this clearing for 50 years. I know every blade of grass, every rock and tree that surrounds it. It was like I used all of them to tell me where the youkai was. Using there primitive perceptions to tell me where it was moving. My already sensitive senses have increased incredibly. I could hear animals fleeing the area several miles away. And what was odd is that the sounds that were closer and louder didn't really pain me. I can smell its shock at my speed, its agony as I tear it to pieces, its peace as it dies.

And I could feel where on my body it had been focused. I could feel its attention narrowed on my lower abdomen, wanting to rip out the organs there and wait for me to bleed to death. It was like I was inside its mind, seeing what it wanted to do before it did it. And as I finished with the remains of its corpse, I could feel the villagers attention on me, their sent permeated with fear. I could feel the girl's gaze settle on me. She wasn't afraid at all. Maybe a little disgusted but not afraid.

Then her attention turned to something on the ground. My abilities were still too new for me to know exactly what it is but it was small. And round. And now that I wasn't focuses on the youkai I could feel it beckoning to me.

My breath caught in my throat. There was only one such thing that emitted a call like that. But it was destroyed with her body. I could feel the old hunger returned. I had thought I had come to terms with my being a hanyou when I was pinned but the very thing that could change that was lying in the grass before me, calling to me.

Calling to me with the seductive power of the Shikon no Tama.

I'M SO SORRY! DON'T KILL ME!!!! I'll try REALLY hard to update faster. But u gotta review if I do. Thas the way it goes so DEAL WITH IT!!!! (sorry it was still kinda short.)