Chapter 7: Day One: Kagome's Predicament
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, and fear filled his heart. She was still unconscious from when she shot purifying energy everywhere. Her face was burnt and slightly scarred from the immense energy. He sniffed her and frowned, there was something different about her scent. Just then Reiko walked in with Shippo in tow.
"Daddy, is mommy OK?" Reiko's eyes were rimmed with tears.
"I think so Reiko. Keep your hopes up. She should be fine." He leaned over and kissed her softly on the forehead. She smiled up at him and walked over to her mother and kissed her gently on the cheek. Kagome slightly stirred. Inuyasha's eyes watched her with such passion. "Come on girl, you're so much stronger than this! Especially now that you're a hanyou!"
Inuyasha sniffed her again, still trying to remember what this smell was. It smelt like Kagome and himself mixed. He tried to figure it out, but he gave up when Shippo started to wail.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KAGOMEEEEEEEEE!! Why did you have to be hurt?! WHAAAAAAA!" Inuyasha lowered his ears to his head to try and keep out the noise.
Reiko grabbed Shippo, seeing her father's hurt expression and dragged him out of the room. Inuyasha silently praised Reiko. Miroku walked in and put his hand against Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha grunted in reply. Miroku nodded his understanding.
"I will pray for her. We all will Inuyasha. She should wake up soon." Miroku smiled at him, but stopped when he saw the hanyou's troubled expression. "What's wrong?"
"She smells different."
"Well she is burnt, could that be it?" Miroku asked.
"No," Inuyasha grunted, "it's something else. Something inside her."
"Could she be, dare I say, pregnant again?"
Inuyasha looked up at the monk, then down at Kagome. Yes they were husband and wife. Yes they mated regularly, but could she really be pregnant again. He couldn't help but smile another pup.
Sesshoumaru walked in to give his prayers for Kagome. He stopped short and sniffed the air. He looked at Kagome then to Inuyasha.
"So you know huh? About your woman?" Inuyasha smiled again, and nodded.
"Yea, I know. Makes me have a little more faith that she won't die." Inuyasha looked up at his brother. Sesshoumaru looked back at him and took a few steps forward. He stopped again and looked at Kagome's stomach.
"That pup, is strong. It's emitting a powerful aura. Maybe that's what gave her enough strength to emit that much purifying energy at one time." Inuyasha looked at his brother for a while, taking everything he had said in.
"As soon as she is better, we leave. If she is not better by tonight, Kirara and someone else will say and watch over her. If she wakes up late tomorrow, Kirara will carry her to us." Inuyasha's brother nodded and walked out to tell the rest of the gang. He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. He looked down at her as he slowly pulled away and sighed. He followed Miroku out of the room to have some supper. "Please wake up hun. Please, I can't live without you." He silently prayed.
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Kouga woke up to the feeling of something hard continuously hitting him at the back of his head. He tried to sit up and found that he couldn't. He looked over at Ayame; she was groaning and also trying to sit up. He managed to painfully roll over and looked at his attacker. He growled and the kid froze. He was slender, not too tall, but not short either, around 5'10". His hair was jet black, blacker than the night's sky on a moonless night. He had blazing gray eyes that seemed to change color, from deep dark gray to bright pale gray. His facial expression was taunting, and childish. He had a bracelet on his wrist, which glowed yellow. His scent was blurred; he didn't smell exactly human, or demonic. The kid reached down and picked up another rock, he raised his hand above his head.
"Throw it kid, I fucking dare you to!" Kouga growled at him.
"Are you Kouga?" The kid asked, still holding the rock above his head.
"Yea, who the hell are you?"
"Your worst nightmare!" The kid laughed, showing his teeth. Kouga's eyes narrowed as he noticed the kid's teeth weren't human like at all. The kid dropped the rock and took off the bracelet he was wearing. He placed it into a pocket in his kimono. He closed his eyes and chuckled. By now Kouga had sat up and was watching the youngster suspiciously. The kid opened his eyes. They had turned to a pale, pale gray. His hair was now golden brown. He grew an inch taller, and his chest buffed up. He looked at Kouga and cracked a big smile.
"Kaoru?" Kouga's eyes grew wide and a smile spread on his own face. He painfully got up and limped over to Kaoru. They butted heads playfully, and started growling in a playful manner.
"What the hells is with you too?" Ayame painfully got up and limped over to the two men. Kouga laughed and punched Kaoru lightly in the shoulder.
"Ayame, this is my brother Kaoru. So you big lug, what have you been up to?" Kouga laughed again.
"Nothing much bro. What happened to you two? Looks like someone was trying to kill you or something!" Kouga smiled weakly.
"Yea, someone was. We were fighting a pair of hanyou's and the female snapped and shot purifying energy into us and the ground around us. It was pretty scary I'll admit."
"She was a Miko? That wouldn't be the same Miko you were after all that time, would it?" Kaoru grinned at Kouga's shocked expression.
"How'd you know about Kagome?"
"Ha! The whole family knows bro, how you tried to reel her in, but a hanyou got in the way and claimed her heart before you. What were you thinking? Trying to court a human, have you no shame?" He jokingly punched Kouga in the chest and laughed. Kouga growled at him, and bared his fangs.
"She was beautiful, and besides, she could sense the Shikon No Tama. Why wouldn't I want her?" Kaoru's eyes widened.
"The Shikon No Tama? I heard there were only three shards left, one in this human kid, and the other two, I'm not sure." He raised an eyebrow at Kouga's pained expression.
"I had the other two, before Kagome hurt me the first time and stole them. I tried to get the back and ended up like this." He sighed and looked down at his legs. They continued their conversation, and Ayame helped Kouga walk back to his den with Kaoru beside him.
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Kagome was running, she didn't know where she was going. All she knew was there was something evil behind her and she couldn't get away from it. "Turn around and fight it! That's the only thing you can do! Fight to the death!" Her youkai part of her mind screamed. The human part of her mind had packed its bags and high-tailed it out of there. She turned around and stared at the monster that was following her. It was Ruri, Kouga, and Ayame, all of Naraku's detachments minus Kagura, and a little girl, whose eyes were cold. She looked like Naraku, and a little like someone Kagome knew, but she couldn't put her finger on whom.
"Who are you?" She asked the little girl. The girl smirked at her.
"My name is Neriko, you shouldn't have fallen in love with the hanyou. Now you will watch him die before you, for what he did to my dad and my mom!"
"What are you talking about? Inuyasha hasn't done anything wrong!" Kagome pleaded, her stomach had begun to hurt a little, like a baby kicking.
"He killed my mother, and then when my father tried to punish him, he killed him as well. He had no right to kill my parents!"
"Who exactly was your mother?" Kagome questioned. She didn't know why she asked that. Inuyasha killed a lot of demons. The girl could be anyone's daughter. Neriko walked closer to Kagome and took her chin firmly in her hand. She studied her face, and finally began to speak.
"You look very much like her. She was beautiful, even though I was young when she died. I still remember her very well. She had dark gray eyes, and small smooth lips. Her hair was black, long and sleek. Her name was Kikyo. My father was very powerful. He got very mad when the hanyou killed her, he vowed to kill him, to torture him and make him pay." Kagome winced as her stomach started her hurt more; she placed a hand against it and jumped in surprise when she felt a kick. She heard a gasp. She looked over her shoulder and met Inuyasha's golden eyes. She sighed; she wanted nothing more than to hold him close to her and tell him everything was OK. Everything he ever believed in about Kikyo was a lie. She had cheated on him, made love to another man and given birth to a child without his knowledge.
"Who is your father brat?" Inuyasha growled at Neriko.
"Ha! Haven't you figured it out yet? I was named after my father; it is almost exactly like it. Are you that stupid?" Inuyasha's eyes widened. His lungs seized up, he couldn't breathe.
"Naraku..." He said hoarsely. He slipped onto his knees; his eyes started to water. He couldn't believe it. Kikyo had cheated on him, and not with anyone, no! With Naraku of all people!
"Oh, I guess you're not really as stupid as I thought. The I guess you will figure out you're going to die really soon!" Neriko smirked and raised her hands up.
"I summon the power of my father. I summon the power of my mother! Help me! Help me avenge your deaths! Help me kill the hanyou that slaughtered you!" Her eyes went white as she cackled. She looked at Inuyasha and 5 tentacles flew out of her back and started to fly at him.
Kagome fell to one knee as she grabbed her stomach once more. Her head was pounding. She started to scream out in pain. She felt a sudden burst of power surge through her, like a dam being broken. She shuddered, her eyes turned black. She felt numb; the power surged through her harder. She got up off her knee and slowly started to walk towards Inuyasha. She opened her mouth to speak, but her voice didn't come out. Another voice overpowered her own.
"Come to me. I bid you welcome. Let me see blood. Let me taste it. Let me see you scream in pain. Let me see you plead for mercy. Die! Plead for mercy! PLEAD!"
The tentacles stopped in midair and Inuyasha stopped and both he and Neriko looked over at Kagome. Her arms were spread wide and her eyes were black. Her hair was blowing back from her face and up into the air; her fangs sparkled in the sunlight. Kagome spoke with her own voice now.
"This power... It's overwhelming! It feels so good though. I can feel it burning inside of me. Right here," She placed her hands against her stomach and smiled. "My child wants to show his true strength. Before with the stupid wolves wasn't even half of his strength!"
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide as Kagome cackled again. He took a step towards her, but was repelled by her aura. He started to sneak away. He dove behind a nearby rock. Neriko watched him leave and turned to Kagome.
"Keh! You think you're any match for me? You must have a death wish." Neriko raised her hands towards Kagome and shot 3 tentacles at her. They flew closer and closer, but perished when they hit her aura. Neriko frowned; she shot ten more tentacles at Kagome. Kagome smirked and shot a little bit of purifying energy at the tentacles out of her hand. Neriko screamed out in pain as the energy danced up her arm. She shook it off and glared at Kagome. Before she could move again, Kagome put both hands in front of her and smiled.
"Good bye." Kagome's hands exploded with pink light. Purifying energy filled the valley. Neriko was thrown into the ground. She screamed as the energy overwhelmed her youkai senses. She couldn't breathe, she couldn't think. All she could do was scream. Kagome's eyes turned white as she began to scream herself. She wanted to stop the pain, but she couldn't. Her child was over powering her. Her screams echoed across the valley. She felt herself start to snap she couldn't take this pain, she had to stop it. Her son cackled inside her, he was breaking free.
Kagome eyes shot open and she jumped up. She landed on the bed on her haunches. She began to growl. Inuyasha ran into the room and stared at her.
"Kagome? You OK?" She looked at him breathlessly. She started to shake uncontrollably. He walked over to her and rubbed her ears. Soon she began to relax and he pulled her into a tight embrace.
"Baby, what happened? Want to talk about it?" Kagome shook her head. She didn't even want to believe what she had dreamed. "Is that what is going to happen? Oh my god, I can't do that. Yes I did something similar to Kouga and Ayame, but we were in danger, they were ganging up on us. I didn't even know what I was doing when I shot purifying energy at Kouga and Ayame. God, what am I going to do?" Her mind filled with questions. She shook her head hard and snuggled close against Inuyasha.
"Um, dear. I have something to tell you." Inuyasha stammered. He told her the story, all the while Kagome kept tensing up. He rubbed her shoulders gently and nuzzled her neck with his nose.
"I love you Kagome."
"I love you to Inuyasha."
"You sure you're OK?"
"Hai, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare. Nothing to worry about."
Inuyasha nodded. He smiled at her and cuddled her closer to him. He held her more protectively than before. He knew something wasn't right with her, but he didn't feel like pressing her for it. She had been out cold for the past 5 hours.
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The whole gang was walking down the path. They had been walking to several hours, only stopping for short five minute breaks to quickly eat or to relieve themselves. Once and a while Reiko would ask Inuyasha were they were going, and he would reply that they were taking a long trip, to help out some people. Suddenly over a hill came a scream of pain. Inuyasha and Kagome took off running towards where the scream had come from. They found a middle-aged man, half-eaten alive. He looked up at them.
"Help us! Please!" He reached his hand up. He was about to grab onto Kagome's leg when his hand dropped. He let out a soft groan and his eyes closed. Inuyasha bent down to see if he was still alive.
"He's dead. I wonder what the fuck did this to him!" He puzzled.
"Maybe some Gaki?" Kagome sniffed the air.
"I smell a lot of blood just over this hill." Kagome nodded and yelled for the rest of the group to follow them. They walked over the hill and sure enough 20 or more Gaki were running around the village, grabbing people and biting into them. Screams could be heard throughout the village. The group ran down to try and save the villagers.
One of the Gaki ran up to Reiko and grabbed her around the waist. He was just about to bite into her when she slammed her fist into his eye. He yelped in pain and dropped her roughly to the floor. Inuyasha glanced over to her. He ran over and picked her up.
"You OK?"
"Yea, he tried to bite me, but I fuckin' let him have it!" Inuyasha smiled at her anger and her fowl language. He sniffled. "Our little girl is growing up!" He set her down and ripped out the Tetsusaiga. He aimed it at a group of Gaki terrorizing a bunch of village girls. He swung with all his might; the wound of the wind swallowed the Gaki.
"Oh thank you! THANK YOU!" The village girls thanked Inuyasha. One looked up to the top of his head.
"AHHH YOUKAI!!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Not again! I save their life, and now they are gunna scream 'youkai! He's a youkai! Run for the hills!' I don't even know why I save their sorry asses."
Inuyasha looked around. Kagome was slicing up one Gaki that was attacking a young child. Miroku was attacking a bunch of Gaki that were trying to eat some of the more attractive girls. "Figures!" Sango and Kirara were fighting off a few Gaki that were trying to attack them. Sesshoumaru walked out into the middle of the village.
"Comrades and villagers, run now or be hurt!" He waited until everyone had a chance to run. He took out his whip; the Gaki had begun to surround him now. "A little closer, come on, just a little bit more! There!" He started to spin, his whip going up and down, riding the wind as he spun. The Gaki closest to him were getting sliced up, and the Gaki further away from him were getting choked by the poison. He spun faster and faster, the Gaki's were being killed faster and faster. He finally stopped after the last Gaki dropped.
"Hmm, I think my work is done." He smirked and started to walk back to the trail they were walking on.
The others slowly followed, Koryu was in the lead, for him and his sister knew where the evil castle was. They had three days left to defeat Ruri's master, and to save the world. Everyone had their hopes, everyone had their prayers. Kagome walked with her head down.
"What if my dream comes true? What if I kill someone in the process? I woke up before I found out how it ended. This is looking pretty bad. What happens if Neriko is really the daughter of Naraku and Kikyo? Inuyasha will freak! Too many things for ones mind to be troubled with. I hope everything is OK. But I guess, we'll find out."
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome, and fear filled his heart. She was still unconscious from when she shot purifying energy everywhere. Her face was burnt and slightly scarred from the immense energy. He sniffed her and frowned, there was something different about her scent. Just then Reiko walked in with Shippo in tow.
"Daddy, is mommy OK?" Reiko's eyes were rimmed with tears.
"I think so Reiko. Keep your hopes up. She should be fine." He leaned over and kissed her softly on the forehead. She smiled up at him and walked over to her mother and kissed her gently on the cheek. Kagome slightly stirred. Inuyasha's eyes watched her with such passion. "Come on girl, you're so much stronger than this! Especially now that you're a hanyou!"
Inuyasha sniffed her again, still trying to remember what this smell was. It smelt like Kagome and himself mixed. He tried to figure it out, but he gave up when Shippo started to wail.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KAGOMEEEEEEEEE!! Why did you have to be hurt?! WHAAAAAAA!" Inuyasha lowered his ears to his head to try and keep out the noise.
Reiko grabbed Shippo, seeing her father's hurt expression and dragged him out of the room. Inuyasha silently praised Reiko. Miroku walked in and put his hand against Inuyasha's back. Inuyasha grunted in reply. Miroku nodded his understanding.
"I will pray for her. We all will Inuyasha. She should wake up soon." Miroku smiled at him, but stopped when he saw the hanyou's troubled expression. "What's wrong?"
"She smells different."
"Well she is burnt, could that be it?" Miroku asked.
"No," Inuyasha grunted, "it's something else. Something inside her."
"Could she be, dare I say, pregnant again?"
Inuyasha looked up at the monk, then down at Kagome. Yes they were husband and wife. Yes they mated regularly, but could she really be pregnant again. He couldn't help but smile another pup.
Sesshoumaru walked in to give his prayers for Kagome. He stopped short and sniffed the air. He looked at Kagome then to Inuyasha.
"So you know huh? About your woman?" Inuyasha smiled again, and nodded.
"Yea, I know. Makes me have a little more faith that she won't die." Inuyasha looked up at his brother. Sesshoumaru looked back at him and took a few steps forward. He stopped again and looked at Kagome's stomach.
"That pup, is strong. It's emitting a powerful aura. Maybe that's what gave her enough strength to emit that much purifying energy at one time." Inuyasha looked at his brother for a while, taking everything he had said in.
"As soon as she is better, we leave. If she is not better by tonight, Kirara and someone else will say and watch over her. If she wakes up late tomorrow, Kirara will carry her to us." Inuyasha's brother nodded and walked out to tell the rest of the gang. He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. He looked down at her as he slowly pulled away and sighed. He followed Miroku out of the room to have some supper. "Please wake up hun. Please, I can't live without you." He silently prayed.
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Kouga woke up to the feeling of something hard continuously hitting him at the back of his head. He tried to sit up and found that he couldn't. He looked over at Ayame; she was groaning and also trying to sit up. He managed to painfully roll over and looked at his attacker. He growled and the kid froze. He was slender, not too tall, but not short either, around 5'10". His hair was jet black, blacker than the night's sky on a moonless night. He had blazing gray eyes that seemed to change color, from deep dark gray to bright pale gray. His facial expression was taunting, and childish. He had a bracelet on his wrist, which glowed yellow. His scent was blurred; he didn't smell exactly human, or demonic. The kid reached down and picked up another rock, he raised his hand above his head.
"Throw it kid, I fucking dare you to!" Kouga growled at him.
"Are you Kouga?" The kid asked, still holding the rock above his head.
"Yea, who the hell are you?"
"Your worst nightmare!" The kid laughed, showing his teeth. Kouga's eyes narrowed as he noticed the kid's teeth weren't human like at all. The kid dropped the rock and took off the bracelet he was wearing. He placed it into a pocket in his kimono. He closed his eyes and chuckled. By now Kouga had sat up and was watching the youngster suspiciously. The kid opened his eyes. They had turned to a pale, pale gray. His hair was now golden brown. He grew an inch taller, and his chest buffed up. He looked at Kouga and cracked a big smile.
"Kaoru?" Kouga's eyes grew wide and a smile spread on his own face. He painfully got up and limped over to Kaoru. They butted heads playfully, and started growling in a playful manner.
"What the hells is with you too?" Ayame painfully got up and limped over to the two men. Kouga laughed and punched Kaoru lightly in the shoulder.
"Ayame, this is my brother Kaoru. So you big lug, what have you been up to?" Kouga laughed again.
"Nothing much bro. What happened to you two? Looks like someone was trying to kill you or something!" Kouga smiled weakly.
"Yea, someone was. We were fighting a pair of hanyou's and the female snapped and shot purifying energy into us and the ground around us. It was pretty scary I'll admit."
"She was a Miko? That wouldn't be the same Miko you were after all that time, would it?" Kaoru grinned at Kouga's shocked expression.
"How'd you know about Kagome?"
"Ha! The whole family knows bro, how you tried to reel her in, but a hanyou got in the way and claimed her heart before you. What were you thinking? Trying to court a human, have you no shame?" He jokingly punched Kouga in the chest and laughed. Kouga growled at him, and bared his fangs.
"She was beautiful, and besides, she could sense the Shikon No Tama. Why wouldn't I want her?" Kaoru's eyes widened.
"The Shikon No Tama? I heard there were only three shards left, one in this human kid, and the other two, I'm not sure." He raised an eyebrow at Kouga's pained expression.
"I had the other two, before Kagome hurt me the first time and stole them. I tried to get the back and ended up like this." He sighed and looked down at his legs. They continued their conversation, and Ayame helped Kouga walk back to his den with Kaoru beside him.
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Kagome was running, she didn't know where she was going. All she knew was there was something evil behind her and she couldn't get away from it. "Turn around and fight it! That's the only thing you can do! Fight to the death!" Her youkai part of her mind screamed. The human part of her mind had packed its bags and high-tailed it out of there. She turned around and stared at the monster that was following her. It was Ruri, Kouga, and Ayame, all of Naraku's detachments minus Kagura, and a little girl, whose eyes were cold. She looked like Naraku, and a little like someone Kagome knew, but she couldn't put her finger on whom.
"Who are you?" She asked the little girl. The girl smirked at her.
"My name is Neriko, you shouldn't have fallen in love with the hanyou. Now you will watch him die before you, for what he did to my dad and my mom!"
"What are you talking about? Inuyasha hasn't done anything wrong!" Kagome pleaded, her stomach had begun to hurt a little, like a baby kicking.
"He killed my mother, and then when my father tried to punish him, he killed him as well. He had no right to kill my parents!"
"Who exactly was your mother?" Kagome questioned. She didn't know why she asked that. Inuyasha killed a lot of demons. The girl could be anyone's daughter. Neriko walked closer to Kagome and took her chin firmly in her hand. She studied her face, and finally began to speak.
"You look very much like her. She was beautiful, even though I was young when she died. I still remember her very well. She had dark gray eyes, and small smooth lips. Her hair was black, long and sleek. Her name was Kikyo. My father was very powerful. He got very mad when the hanyou killed her, he vowed to kill him, to torture him and make him pay." Kagome winced as her stomach started her hurt more; she placed a hand against it and jumped in surprise when she felt a kick. She heard a gasp. She looked over her shoulder and met Inuyasha's golden eyes. She sighed; she wanted nothing more than to hold him close to her and tell him everything was OK. Everything he ever believed in about Kikyo was a lie. She had cheated on him, made love to another man and given birth to a child without his knowledge.
"Who is your father brat?" Inuyasha growled at Neriko.
"Ha! Haven't you figured it out yet? I was named after my father; it is almost exactly like it. Are you that stupid?" Inuyasha's eyes widened. His lungs seized up, he couldn't breathe.
"Naraku..." He said hoarsely. He slipped onto his knees; his eyes started to water. He couldn't believe it. Kikyo had cheated on him, and not with anyone, no! With Naraku of all people!
"Oh, I guess you're not really as stupid as I thought. The I guess you will figure out you're going to die really soon!" Neriko smirked and raised her hands up.
"I summon the power of my father. I summon the power of my mother! Help me! Help me avenge your deaths! Help me kill the hanyou that slaughtered you!" Her eyes went white as she cackled. She looked at Inuyasha and 5 tentacles flew out of her back and started to fly at him.
Kagome fell to one knee as she grabbed her stomach once more. Her head was pounding. She started to scream out in pain. She felt a sudden burst of power surge through her, like a dam being broken. She shuddered, her eyes turned black. She felt numb; the power surged through her harder. She got up off her knee and slowly started to walk towards Inuyasha. She opened her mouth to speak, but her voice didn't come out. Another voice overpowered her own.
"Come to me. I bid you welcome. Let me see blood. Let me taste it. Let me see you scream in pain. Let me see you plead for mercy. Die! Plead for mercy! PLEAD!"
The tentacles stopped in midair and Inuyasha stopped and both he and Neriko looked over at Kagome. Her arms were spread wide and her eyes were black. Her hair was blowing back from her face and up into the air; her fangs sparkled in the sunlight. Kagome spoke with her own voice now.
"This power... It's overwhelming! It feels so good though. I can feel it burning inside of me. Right here," She placed her hands against her stomach and smiled. "My child wants to show his true strength. Before with the stupid wolves wasn't even half of his strength!"
Inuyasha's eyes grew wide as Kagome cackled again. He took a step towards her, but was repelled by her aura. He started to sneak away. He dove behind a nearby rock. Neriko watched him leave and turned to Kagome.
"Keh! You think you're any match for me? You must have a death wish." Neriko raised her hands towards Kagome and shot 3 tentacles at her. They flew closer and closer, but perished when they hit her aura. Neriko frowned; she shot ten more tentacles at Kagome. Kagome smirked and shot a little bit of purifying energy at the tentacles out of her hand. Neriko screamed out in pain as the energy danced up her arm. She shook it off and glared at Kagome. Before she could move again, Kagome put both hands in front of her and smiled.
"Good bye." Kagome's hands exploded with pink light. Purifying energy filled the valley. Neriko was thrown into the ground. She screamed as the energy overwhelmed her youkai senses. She couldn't breathe, she couldn't think. All she could do was scream. Kagome's eyes turned white as she began to scream herself. She wanted to stop the pain, but she couldn't. Her child was over powering her. Her screams echoed across the valley. She felt herself start to snap she couldn't take this pain, she had to stop it. Her son cackled inside her, he was breaking free.
Kagome eyes shot open and she jumped up. She landed on the bed on her haunches. She began to growl. Inuyasha ran into the room and stared at her.
"Kagome? You OK?" She looked at him breathlessly. She started to shake uncontrollably. He walked over to her and rubbed her ears. Soon she began to relax and he pulled her into a tight embrace.
"Baby, what happened? Want to talk about it?" Kagome shook her head. She didn't even want to believe what she had dreamed. "Is that what is going to happen? Oh my god, I can't do that. Yes I did something similar to Kouga and Ayame, but we were in danger, they were ganging up on us. I didn't even know what I was doing when I shot purifying energy at Kouga and Ayame. God, what am I going to do?" Her mind filled with questions. She shook her head hard and snuggled close against Inuyasha.
"Um, dear. I have something to tell you." Inuyasha stammered. He told her the story, all the while Kagome kept tensing up. He rubbed her shoulders gently and nuzzled her neck with his nose.
"I love you Kagome."
"I love you to Inuyasha."
"You sure you're OK?"
"Hai, I'm fine. It was just a nightmare. Nothing to worry about."
Inuyasha nodded. He smiled at her and cuddled her closer to him. He held her more protectively than before. He knew something wasn't right with her, but he didn't feel like pressing her for it. She had been out cold for the past 5 hours.
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The whole gang was walking down the path. They had been walking to several hours, only stopping for short five minute breaks to quickly eat or to relieve themselves. Once and a while Reiko would ask Inuyasha were they were going, and he would reply that they were taking a long trip, to help out some people. Suddenly over a hill came a scream of pain. Inuyasha and Kagome took off running towards where the scream had come from. They found a middle-aged man, half-eaten alive. He looked up at them.
"Help us! Please!" He reached his hand up. He was about to grab onto Kagome's leg when his hand dropped. He let out a soft groan and his eyes closed. Inuyasha bent down to see if he was still alive.
"He's dead. I wonder what the fuck did this to him!" He puzzled.
"Maybe some Gaki?" Kagome sniffed the air.
"I smell a lot of blood just over this hill." Kagome nodded and yelled for the rest of the group to follow them. They walked over the hill and sure enough 20 or more Gaki were running around the village, grabbing people and biting into them. Screams could be heard throughout the village. The group ran down to try and save the villagers.
One of the Gaki ran up to Reiko and grabbed her around the waist. He was just about to bite into her when she slammed her fist into his eye. He yelped in pain and dropped her roughly to the floor. Inuyasha glanced over to her. He ran over and picked her up.
"You OK?"
"Yea, he tried to bite me, but I fuckin' let him have it!" Inuyasha smiled at her anger and her fowl language. He sniffled. "Our little girl is growing up!" He set her down and ripped out the Tetsusaiga. He aimed it at a group of Gaki terrorizing a bunch of village girls. He swung with all his might; the wound of the wind swallowed the Gaki.
"Oh thank you! THANK YOU!" The village girls thanked Inuyasha. One looked up to the top of his head.
"AHHH YOUKAI!!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Not again! I save their life, and now they are gunna scream 'youkai! He's a youkai! Run for the hills!' I don't even know why I save their sorry asses."
Inuyasha looked around. Kagome was slicing up one Gaki that was attacking a young child. Miroku was attacking a bunch of Gaki that were trying to eat some of the more attractive girls. "Figures!" Sango and Kirara were fighting off a few Gaki that were trying to attack them. Sesshoumaru walked out into the middle of the village.
"Comrades and villagers, run now or be hurt!" He waited until everyone had a chance to run. He took out his whip; the Gaki had begun to surround him now. "A little closer, come on, just a little bit more! There!" He started to spin, his whip going up and down, riding the wind as he spun. The Gaki closest to him were getting sliced up, and the Gaki further away from him were getting choked by the poison. He spun faster and faster, the Gaki's were being killed faster and faster. He finally stopped after the last Gaki dropped.
"Hmm, I think my work is done." He smirked and started to walk back to the trail they were walking on.
The others slowly followed, Koryu was in the lead, for him and his sister knew where the evil castle was. They had three days left to defeat Ruri's master, and to save the world. Everyone had their hopes, everyone had their prayers. Kagome walked with her head down.
"What if my dream comes true? What if I kill someone in the process? I woke up before I found out how it ended. This is looking pretty bad. What happens if Neriko is really the daughter of Naraku and Kikyo? Inuyasha will freak! Too many things for ones mind to be troubled with. I hope everything is OK. But I guess, we'll find out."
