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Hate
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Naraku walked down the halls of his forsaken castle. Behind him, his most faithful incarnation followed. Her long black hair was braided until came to a stop at her knees. Her blood red eyes portrayed confidence and malice as they took in their surroundings. Her ivory skin was flawless, allowing the blood of her victims to illuminate after a thrilling kill.
"Why do you wish to raise the dead miko?" Ashi asked in a humble voice.
"She will be the downfall of the trust between Kagome and Inuyasha," Naraku replied as he lightly chuckled in his head.
"How will you control her?"
"Simple, I will not completely control her, but I will have the upper hand," Naraku said with a hint of mischief.
"Will she not try and destroy you?" Ashi asked with concern in her voice.
"No, she will want nothing more then Inuyasha and Kagome dead," Naraku simply said as he stopped in front of a shoji screen and opened it. He walked inside and red eyes landed on Kirai as she prepared for the resurrection. Kirai glanced over at him and gave him a seductive look with her eyes.
"Welcome my love," she purred as he sat in front of her. He put his hand on her cheek and gently caressed her skin with care. He allowed his eyes to soften for only an instant.
"Have you readied the ingredients?" He asked as he pulled his hand away and ignored her warning. Kirai let her face remain emotionless as he pulled away and ignored her. She felt her heart saddened at his actions, but she refused to show what it did to her.
"All I need is what you said you had. Do you have her flesh or not?" Kirai asked him in manner the berated him.
Naraku snorted and nodded as he held out his hand and revealed the teardrop. Kirai took the teardrop and placed it in a pot of fire.
"While I chant, you form the body," Kirai ordered as she scowled at the Ashi.
"Ashi, you will guard the grounds," Naraku ordered as he went to the middle of the room.
Ashi nodded and watched as Naraku removed his shirt allowing his spider burn to show. He closed his eyes in concentration and let the spider mark stretch and twist. The burn stretched out and made a complete black circle while being connected to his back. Ashi watched in a disgusted awe face as she watched another incarnation come to life.
'Is this how I was formed? Disgusting. How could I not remember?" She thought. Her eyes drifted to the body of the female that was now lying on the floor. The girl had long black hair and her skin was a pale white. She also bared the mark of the spider burn on her back. Ashi circled the girl and noticed that she didn't have pointed ears.
'She doesn't smell completely human, but she also doesn't smell completely youkai,' Ashi thought as she pondered what she could be. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Kirai speak.
"Come to me Kikyo! Bring only your hate!" Kirai yelled as the body glowed black.
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Kagome quietly lay underneath the branch of Goshinboku. Inuyasha sat next to her giving her looks of sorrow out of the corner of his eyes.
"Inuyasha," Kagome softly said startling him out of his thoughts.
"Yeah," he mumbled not sure of what to say.
"Why are you staring at me?" Kagome asked as she kept her eyes closed.
"How did you-Keh!"
"I can just feel you staring," Kagome answered.
"Your scent has changed," Inuyasha said with a confused face. Kagome opened her eyes at that comment.
"What do you mean?" She asked him as she pushed her self up.
"You smell like a … bitch," he plainly said.
*Slap*
"OW!" Kagome stood up and glared at Inuyasha.
"How dare you say I smell like a bitch?!" Kagome demanded as she cracked her knuckles.
"I meant an Inu youkai!" He growled at her. Kagome stopped staring and fell onto her butt and looked out into space. Inuyasha stared at her in confusion and he waved a hand in front of her eyes. Kagome grabbed his forelocks and jumped up in excitement as she spun him around with herself.
"That means the youkai blood in me is Inu!" Kagome happily said as she let go of Inuyasha sending him to his butt. She then jumped onto him and hugged him around the chest.
"That means you've been reduced to a filthy half breed," he dejectedly said.
*Slap*
"We are not filthy half breeds!" Kagome yelled at him.
"As soon as they find out their miko has youkai blood they will shun you," he said as if it was common knowledge.
"Did they reject you? I don't think the villagers care. I don't care if they reject me because I know that I will have Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Shakaku, and always you," Kagome stated with a smile
"I'm happy that they will not be able to tell that you have youkai blood," Inuyasha said. Kagome sighed and hugged Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha if I could show that I have youkai blood I would show it proudly," she assured.
"I guess your right," he grumbled as he sat up. She stood up and stretched.
"Of course I am," she said in an arrogant tone. Inuyasha crossed his arms and scowled trying to look tough. Kagome gave him a gentle smile and he gave her a true soft smile of his own. His smile was replaced with a look of horror as Kagome grabbed her stomach and feel to the ground in pain. She started to glow black and she let out a low evil chuckle. Her eyes opened and Inuyasha stepped towards her only to stop when he saw her eyes where black.
"Kagome!" He yelled as he reached his hand out to touch her. He quickly pulled his hand away when miko energy began to burn him. Kagome slowly stood back up and gave Inuyasha a wicked smile.
"Inuyasha," another voice began, "this time I will kill you!" Kagome balled her hand up into a fist and punched him in the stomach sending him flying into the Goshinboku.
"Kagome, why?" He asked as he stood up.
"Kagome, is Kagome the only name you now speak with emotion for?" The voice demanded in anger.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha growled as he realized the scent.
"Very good, you worthless half breed. Once I kill you I will use Kagome's body to kill everything she holds dear," Kikyo assured.
"How did you take—"
"Take control of her body?" Kikyo finished.
"My hate would not let me find peace and I am cursed to forever have this hate until YOU die!" Kikyo growled.
"Leave Kagome's body now!" Inuyasha ordered.
"Body? Yes, now I can feel the heartbeat. I can also breathe. How did she come to posse a living body?" Kikyo wondered out loud.
"That's none of your business," Inuyasha growled. Kikyo raised an eyebrow and took a fingernail and used it to cut her arm. She watched as the blood came, but the wound healed.
"How does she get the things I covet?" Kikyo growled.
"GET OUT!" Kagome yelled as the body flashed a bright pink.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he watched the black and pink energies mix. Kagome fell to her knees and began to claw at the dirt.
"NO! I. Want. My. Revenge!" Kikyo screamed and she pulled at her hair.
"LEAVE!" Kagome yelled as her pink aura forced the dark one out. As the black aura was forced out, Kagome saw memories of Kikyo and how she pinned Inuyasha to the tree. She then watched as Inuyasha was almost sucked into hell by Kikyo. Kagome then watched in horror as she pinned him to the same tree and to a rock. The black aura then came out of Kagome's back and disappeared off into the distance.
"Inu … yasha," Kagome whispered as she pushed herself to her knees. He kneeled down in front of her. She looked into his honey golden eyes and began to let the tears fall. He pulled her tightly to his chest and wiped the tears and sweat away from her face. He rubbed her back in soothing circles trying to get her to calm down.
"So much hate," Kagome whispered. "So much."
"What?" He asked, not sure if he heard right.
"I could feel her need for revenge, need for my death, and your … death," Kagome cried as she hugged him back.
"You'll never have to feel that again," Inuyasha whispered in her ear as he began to rock her.
"I never wanted to hate you," Kagome said as he rocked her.
"It wasn't you that hated me," he tried to assure her.
"It was I!" Kagome yelled as she pushed away from him.
"No it wasn't!" He forcefully said.
"You don't understand!" Kagome yelled at him as she stood up.
"It was still apart of me that hated you," Kagome said as she began to back away. Inuyasha stood up.
"Even if you did hate me, you loved me more," Inuyasha honestly said as he stepped closer to her.
'How can he saw I loved him if I did all those awful things to him. I have to get away from him, I can't risk hurting him because of me being selfish,' Kagome thought.
"I loved you?" She whispered.
"Yes, and I love you," he gladly said.
'Then this is for love,' Kagome sorrowfully thought.
"No," Kagome firmly said as she shook her head.
"What?" He asked her not quiet sure he knew what she meant.
"I have to leave," Kagome said as she let a few more tears slide down her cheek.
"You can't leave me," he said shocked by her words. Kagome walked up to him and gently kissed him on the lips. If he didn't have his eyes open, he would have missed it.
"I'm sorry," Kagome said as she pulled away and began to run. Inuyasha snapped back to reality and began to chase her. Kagome cried harder when she heard him run towards her.
"Sit!" She yelled. Inuyasha slammed into the ground.
"Shakaku!" Kagome yelled. She watched as a giant firebird came close to the ground. She jumped onto its back.
The last words she heard as she flew away were, "Kagome, my love."
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Kirai opened her eyes and watched as a black orb shot into the body Naraku made. Naraku stood up and walked next to Kirai. Ashi watched as Naraku filled the body with some soul so it could combine with Kikyo's little hate ball. The body's fingers began to grip onto the floorboards scratching into the wood. Kikyo opened her eyes and to reveal blood red eyes. Ashi tossed a black kimono with a black obi at her feet. Kikyo put the kimono on and stood up.
"Why have I been brought back this time?" Kikyo growled.
"No thank you?" Naraku asked in fake hurt tone.
"Damn it Naraku, don't mess with me," Kikyo warned.
"You are no longer a miko and the Shikon no Tama is gone. I thought you would like a second, no third chance at life," Naraku said.
"I did not ask for this. What do you want?" Kikyo asked getting to the point.
"Nothing," Naraku said.
"Is this some sort of trickery?" Kikyo asked.
"No, now why would I trick you?" Naraku asked. Kikyo's eyes narrowed in anger when he made this comment.
"What the hell am I?" Kikyo asked.
"You are not youkai and you're not a miko, or a human. You're a smart girl, you'll figure it out, but you are free to leave this place. Know this, I have your heart and if you try anything I will not hesitate to kill you," Naraku warned.