Inuyasha....
"I'm always watching."
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He stood there, so very clueless at what was going on, wearing a small grin on his face, that was enough to make Kagome's heart melt.
"Where were you honey?" Kagome winced, just him saying that was more painful than him calling her a stupid bitch instead of "honey". Oh how she wished that that's what he had said. "I was looking all over for you!"
Kagome stood there on at the top of the steps, looking down at the boy she had fallen for, the boy who her heart harbored a lingering attachment for even when she forgot about him, the one boy she couldn't have.
"I..." Was all she could get out.
"Make him hate you." Naraku's words were still so clear in her mind, as if he were next to her, breathing on her...
'I have to', She thought.
Inuyasha cocked his head slightly. "What's wrong?"
Kagome looked at him.
'I don't have a choice,' She told herself.
Kagome forced a big smile.
'For his sake,' She convinced herself.
"I was with IMPORTANT people of course!" Kagome's voice was high and strained.
'I'm sorry Inuyasha...I'm sorry.'
Inuyasha face faultered. "What are you talking about honey?" He asked, a confused look on her face.
Kagome smiled, "Why do you call me that? Why would I be YOUR "honey"?" She asked, shrugging.
Inuyasha took one step on the stairs. "What are you talking about?" He repeated without the reference to what he always called her.
"Why in the world would you be calling me honey?" She asked, she forced a smirk. Kagome wanted to cry. She wanted to do so many things, but something told her to take Naraku's words seriously.
"Kagome, your not making any sense at all!" Inuyasha said, taking two more steps.
Kagome watched, taking a step back, her smile fading.
"Why are you acting like this?" Inuyasha asked, he was now on the porch. Kagome took another step back.
Kagome forced another smirk.
'I have to Inuyasha...I'm so sorry...I don't have any other option.' Kagome screamed to him, unfortunately those words were only in her head, while all Inuyasha heard was the painful words that flowed from her mouth after.
"Oh that! I see what you're talking about! How silly of me." She said, chuckling slightly. "I'm so sorry, but that was all just a bet!"
"What are you talking about!?" Inuyasha repeated once more, his impatient nature taking a hold.
Kagome blinked, "Oh, the day I met you, one of my friends told me that all I had to make you fall "in love" with me and I'd get myself enough money to buy this great new outfit!" She said, trying to sound shallow and Kagomely possible.
There was a long silence after these words.
"S-so, y-you..." Inuyasha's expression completely tore, stomped on, and shredded her heart.
Despite the lost of one of her organs, she kept an arrogant smile on. "Yeah, so sorry about that! See ya later, let's still be friends okay?" She winked, she spun around, and hastily slid the shoji open, then disappeared from the young man's sight.
Inuyasha stood there.
He was too shocked to say or do anything.
"Kagome..." He said softly after a few minutes in the darkness. "I thought..."
His features slowly slid into a glare.
"How could you?"
He then fell to his knees, "HOW COULD YOU?!" He let his anger flow out of him, bringing his right arm back, he released it, as his knuckles crashed into the wooden panel.
"DAMMIT!"
Kagome watched from behind the window of her room, her right hand pulled the curtain, careful so as not to be seen.
Her eyes brimming with tears, as his fist slammed into the floor once more.
He wasn't very far from the window, and her eyes widened when she saw that his fist was red, and on the floor was a crimson puddle.
"Inuyasha..." She whispered, as a solitary tear fell down her cheek, only to be followed by a few more droplets.
She closed her eyes, she couldn't stand seeing him like this, she let the drapes fall, shielding her eyes from seeing him slamming onto the wood.
"Very good." Kagome jumped when she heard a voice behind her.
The girl spun around.
"Naraku!" She yelled. This horrible man...how dare he!
"Calm down love." He said, watching her fists tighten, finding great fascination from her face, tear stained cheeks, red eyelids, and brows glaring so hard, they almost met in the middle. "That was an entertaining performance."
"How did you get in here?!?" She yelled, shaking some tears off of her face. Her fear of the man flowed away from her, as she looked him straight in the eyes.
"That's not of importance."
Kagome was furious, "WHY DO YOU WANT THIS?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!"
His answer was simple and expected, "That is not of importance."
Kagome glared even harder than before. "I'm sick of all of this! I don't CARE! You can't do anything to me or Inuyasha, you're just trying to trick me! You can have anything you want, but I will NEVER leave Inuyasha!" She screamed.
Kagome turned, about to slide open the shoji, "Inuyasha!" But she was cut off.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Kagome spun around to face him once more.
He held something in his hand. It was some kind of ball, glowing with a soft red light.
"What the-" But before she could say any more, he squeezed the ball slightly.
At that moment, Kagome's body was overtaken by pain. Searing pain. It was as if her skin were being literally peeled off.
Kagome fell to her knees, then to the floor, she was in so much trauma, no scream even so much as peeped out.
Naraku's hand relaxed, and the pain stopped instantly. He smiled.
Such a horrible smile, satisfied and greedy.
"There is no need to worry my love. It will be fine if you obey. It won't KILL you...YET."
"Wh-what d-do you mean?" Kagome managed to ask, she no longer felt the least amount of pain, but felt weak. She shakily managed to pull herself up to all fours on the cold floor, panting.
"I have another one for your dearest Inuyasha...You saw what that could do, think of what would happen if I were to, oh say, burn this..." There was a gleam in his eyes as he looked at the sphere.
"You are a monster!" Kagome yelled.
"Oh, well, maybe. You've seen with your own eyes, this is not a bluff. Stay away from Inuyasha. If you should fail..." He looked at the ball resting in his hand.
Kagome's head dropped. She silently braced herself for more pain. Her eyes shut tightly, and her body tense, ready for the searing feeling.
But it didn't come.
Slowly, Kagome lifted her head in order to see what was happening. Expecting to see a laughing Naraku, all she saw was two beds, a sofa, two sets of drawers, and a table.
He was gone.
A/N: Sorry so short and confusing. You'll see Naraku's plan and goal in the next chapter, for now, it's late and I'm tired.
"I'm always watching."
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He stood there, so very clueless at what was going on, wearing a small grin on his face, that was enough to make Kagome's heart melt.
"Where were you honey?" Kagome winced, just him saying that was more painful than him calling her a stupid bitch instead of "honey". Oh how she wished that that's what he had said. "I was looking all over for you!"
Kagome stood there on at the top of the steps, looking down at the boy she had fallen for, the boy who her heart harbored a lingering attachment for even when she forgot about him, the one boy she couldn't have.
"I..." Was all she could get out.
"Make him hate you." Naraku's words were still so clear in her mind, as if he were next to her, breathing on her...
'I have to', She thought.
Inuyasha cocked his head slightly. "What's wrong?"
Kagome looked at him.
'I don't have a choice,' She told herself.
Kagome forced a big smile.
'For his sake,' She convinced herself.
"I was with IMPORTANT people of course!" Kagome's voice was high and strained.
'I'm sorry Inuyasha...I'm sorry.'
Inuyasha face faultered. "What are you talking about honey?" He asked, a confused look on her face.
Kagome smiled, "Why do you call me that? Why would I be YOUR "honey"?" She asked, shrugging.
Inuyasha took one step on the stairs. "What are you talking about?" He repeated without the reference to what he always called her.
"Why in the world would you be calling me honey?" She asked, she forced a smirk. Kagome wanted to cry. She wanted to do so many things, but something told her to take Naraku's words seriously.
"Kagome, your not making any sense at all!" Inuyasha said, taking two more steps.
Kagome watched, taking a step back, her smile fading.
"Why are you acting like this?" Inuyasha asked, he was now on the porch. Kagome took another step back.
Kagome forced another smirk.
'I have to Inuyasha...I'm so sorry...I don't have any other option.' Kagome screamed to him, unfortunately those words were only in her head, while all Inuyasha heard was the painful words that flowed from her mouth after.
"Oh that! I see what you're talking about! How silly of me." She said, chuckling slightly. "I'm so sorry, but that was all just a bet!"
"What are you talking about!?" Inuyasha repeated once more, his impatient nature taking a hold.
Kagome blinked, "Oh, the day I met you, one of my friends told me that all I had to make you fall "in love" with me and I'd get myself enough money to buy this great new outfit!" She said, trying to sound shallow and Kagomely possible.
There was a long silence after these words.
"S-so, y-you..." Inuyasha's expression completely tore, stomped on, and shredded her heart.
Despite the lost of one of her organs, she kept an arrogant smile on. "Yeah, so sorry about that! See ya later, let's still be friends okay?" She winked, she spun around, and hastily slid the shoji open, then disappeared from the young man's sight.
Inuyasha stood there.
He was too shocked to say or do anything.
"Kagome..." He said softly after a few minutes in the darkness. "I thought..."
His features slowly slid into a glare.
"How could you?"
He then fell to his knees, "HOW COULD YOU?!" He let his anger flow out of him, bringing his right arm back, he released it, as his knuckles crashed into the wooden panel.
"DAMMIT!"
Kagome watched from behind the window of her room, her right hand pulled the curtain, careful so as not to be seen.
Her eyes brimming with tears, as his fist slammed into the floor once more.
He wasn't very far from the window, and her eyes widened when she saw that his fist was red, and on the floor was a crimson puddle.
"Inuyasha..." She whispered, as a solitary tear fell down her cheek, only to be followed by a few more droplets.
She closed her eyes, she couldn't stand seeing him like this, she let the drapes fall, shielding her eyes from seeing him slamming onto the wood.
"Very good." Kagome jumped when she heard a voice behind her.
The girl spun around.
"Naraku!" She yelled. This horrible man...how dare he!
"Calm down love." He said, watching her fists tighten, finding great fascination from her face, tear stained cheeks, red eyelids, and brows glaring so hard, they almost met in the middle. "That was an entertaining performance."
"How did you get in here?!?" She yelled, shaking some tears off of her face. Her fear of the man flowed away from her, as she looked him straight in the eyes.
"That's not of importance."
Kagome was furious, "WHY DO YOU WANT THIS?! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!"
His answer was simple and expected, "That is not of importance."
Kagome glared even harder than before. "I'm sick of all of this! I don't CARE! You can't do anything to me or Inuyasha, you're just trying to trick me! You can have anything you want, but I will NEVER leave Inuyasha!" She screamed.
Kagome turned, about to slide open the shoji, "Inuyasha!" But she was cut off.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Kagome spun around to face him once more.
He held something in his hand. It was some kind of ball, glowing with a soft red light.
"What the-" But before she could say any more, he squeezed the ball slightly.
At that moment, Kagome's body was overtaken by pain. Searing pain. It was as if her skin were being literally peeled off.
Kagome fell to her knees, then to the floor, she was in so much trauma, no scream even so much as peeped out.
Naraku's hand relaxed, and the pain stopped instantly. He smiled.
Such a horrible smile, satisfied and greedy.
"There is no need to worry my love. It will be fine if you obey. It won't KILL you...YET."
"Wh-what d-do you mean?" Kagome managed to ask, she no longer felt the least amount of pain, but felt weak. She shakily managed to pull herself up to all fours on the cold floor, panting.
"I have another one for your dearest Inuyasha...You saw what that could do, think of what would happen if I were to, oh say, burn this..." There was a gleam in his eyes as he looked at the sphere.
"You are a monster!" Kagome yelled.
"Oh, well, maybe. You've seen with your own eyes, this is not a bluff. Stay away from Inuyasha. If you should fail..." He looked at the ball resting in his hand.
Kagome's head dropped. She silently braced herself for more pain. Her eyes shut tightly, and her body tense, ready for the searing feeling.
But it didn't come.
Slowly, Kagome lifted her head in order to see what was happening. Expecting to see a laughing Naraku, all she saw was two beds, a sofa, two sets of drawers, and a table.
He was gone.
A/N: Sorry so short and confusing. You'll see Naraku's plan and goal in the next chapter, for now, it's late and I'm tired.