Title: Nightmare
By: EVL5011
E-Mail: Omnipotentevil5011yahoo.com
AN: In this chapter, Kagome's nightmare will unfold. Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Lies and Deceitfulness
The rain poured down on Kagome and the young girl was oblivious that she was soaking wet. A loud thunder broke the silence and awoke her from her trance like state. With the Shikkon jewel shard in her hand, Sango gently tapped on Kagome's shoulder.
"Are you okay? You seemed a little distracted." Asked Sango. The youkai hunter smiled and walked back inside the small house with Kagome. InuYasha shadowed the two girls, watching over them like a hawk.
Taking a seat on the floor, Kagome thought to herself, "What just happened? I feel strange." She examined the interior of the room and saw that it was a large library. Books lay scattered on the floor, papers were torn and strewn about, whatever happened here, happened fast. Kagome looked at the Shikkon jewel shard and put it with the others that they had retrieved. They would've had more, had Kikyo not stolen them from her. "Why does InuYasha care so deeply for somebody that only wished to kill him?" She thought to herself.
InuYasha walked over to a nearby window and stood watch. Sango joined Kagome and sat down on the floor. "Its strange, isn't it?" asked Kagome.
"What is?" Sango listened attentively as Kagome placed the Shikkon jewel shards on the floor.
"That Akurei, it wasn't as strong as I thought it would be. Normally, Naraku sends some incarnation of himself or a powerful demon, but he didn't. He sent some spirit after us and oddly enough, it was destroyed by your weapon." Kagome tried hard not to offend Sango's skills, but even she knew that a boomerang wasn't strong enough to kill a spirit.
InuYasha moved away from the window and quickly approached the two girls with tetsusaiga drawn, "Kagome, Sango get up. Something's outside."
Sango walked cautiously towards InuYasha, but before she could even react the window exploded. Large pieces of glass were sent into the air. The flying debris cut both Sango and InuYasha, sending a mist of blood into the air. Standing outside in the rain was Naraku, which was accompanied by Kagura and Kanna.
InuYasha, Kagome and Sango stepped back as Naraku and his minions entered the small structure. With the rain entering the room, InuYasha valiantly moved forward. Just as InuYasha was about to blindly lunge at Naraku, the young girl pulled him back, "InuYasha he has the Shikkon jewel. It's nearly completed, all he needs are the few shards that we have to complete it." Kagome knew all to well that this might be the final encounter with the sinister hanyou. Kagura and Kanna both stepped in front of Naraku and blocked the evil hanyou with their bodies. Kagura and Kanna turned their heads slightly and nodded to a silent command from Naraku.
"I knew I smelled the scent of a coward!" smirked InuYasha. The hanyou and Sango both knew that they had to perform their best.
"Kanna, Kagura deal with InuYasha and Sango. I'll retrieve the last Shikkon jewel shards from Kagome." Naraku moved back and disappeared into the shadows.
With lightning and thunder as their background music, InuYasha and Sango both began their attack on Naraku's subordinates. Kagome moved turned around and looked into the distance, across from where she stood was a nearby house. Moving quickly she jumped down onto the ground and made her way to the small structure. She pushed the door and walked inside, making sure that nobody was waiting for her. The interior of the house was poorly lit, but in the distance was a large assortment of weapons. The wall was decorated with katana swords, knifes, and various spears. Kagome approached the weapons and found what she so desperately needed, a bow and arrow.
Meanwhile, InuYasha and Sango both fought with all of their strength. Sango threw her boomerang at Kagura and crossed her fingers that Kanna wouldn't reverse it. The massive weapon flew across the air and struck Kagura, the wind sorceress was knocked off balance by the attack and fell face first onto the ground.
InuYasha darted towards Kanna and punched the small child, knocking the mirror out of her hands. With both of their enemies on the ground InuYasha leapt high into the air and looked for the Wind Scar. Swinging with all of his might, the darkness around them was engulfed by the light from the tetsusaiga. Kanna and Kagura both raised their arms, in a vain attempt protect themselves, disappearing in the attack. InuYasha and Sango both watched as the two demons were destroyed in one powerful blow.
"Sh! Where the hell did Kagome run off to?" InuYasha looked around and found that she had disappeared. The hanyou put tetsusaiga back into its sheath and sniffed the air for her scent. Almost immediately, he knew in which direction she had run off to. He and Sango ran out into the open and ran towards a small house, which had its door open. Once the two entered the house they were greeted by Naraku, who had Kagome corned.
"InuYasha! Help!" Kagome desperately looked for a means of escape, but knew that there wasn't any. Holding the bow in her hand she counted the arrows on the wall. She only had five and if she were to use them, she had to hit her target.
Naraku turned around and smiled at his two pursuers. "It appears that Kagura and Kanna weren't capable of killing you two. I guess I should've killed you two a long time ago when I had the chance." Raising his arms at InuYasha and Sango, his tendrils shot forth. Naraku struck them and knocked them against the wall.
Sango hastily recovered and launched her weapon at Naraku. Her boomerang cut through his thick tendrils, and cut him across the shoulder. The boomerang turned after hitting Naraku and returned to its owner.
Naraku grimaced in pain as his abnormal appendages fell onto the ground. InuYasha unsheathed tetsusaiga and lunged at an unsuspecting Naraku. The sharp sword sliced across Naraku and tore his left arm clean off his body. The evil hanyou's blood spilled onto the wooden floor.
"Get over here now!" shouted InuYasha. The dog-demon knew that Naraku would recover in a few seconds. The young girl ran across the room and circled around Naraku. She immediately ran behind her two friends and ducked down as Sango threw her boomerang once more.
Sango's weapon spun with an incredible speed and severed Naraku's right arm off. The seemingly invincible demon was hemorrhaging from his two injuries. Blood painted the floor red, Naraku fell to his knees and gasped in shock. InuYasha ran at his enemy with tetsusaiga in the air and swung.
"DIIIIEEEEE!" shouted InuYasha. His sword cut down Naraku's head and tore straight through his entire body. Naraku's face distorted in pain as he was cut in two, the evil hanyou's blood and vital organs spilled onto the floor.
Naraku's two-halves dropped down side-by-side and burst into a furious fire. The eerie flame lit up the room with its blue light and disappeared, leaving behind a pile of ashes.
"Its over?" Kagome felt as if it was all too easy. She had expecting a battle of apocalyptic proportions. The young Miko walked over to the smoldering pile of ashes and noticed the glimmer of the Shikkon jewel. Holding it in her left hand, she searched her pocket for the remaining shards. The second she put her shards next to Naraku's they immediately fused together and formed the completed Shikkon jewel. "We've done it!" Kagome smiled and turned around to show InuYasha and Sango the Shikkon Jewel. To her shock Sango stood frozen with a sharp blade protruding from her chest.
InuYasha pulled tetsusaiga out of Sango and kicked her forward. The female demon hunter fell in front Kagome and began to breath deeply. Sango reached up for Kagome, "Kagome…InuYasha only wanted…the Shikkon jewel." Sango took one last breath and died on the floor.
Slowly approaching her, InuYasha wiped the blood from his sword. "Kagome, give me the sacred jewel." with a threatening tone in his voice, he extended his hand out.
"InuYasha why did you kill Sango? She was our friend, she fought by your side numerous times." Kagome moved back and put the Shikkon in her pocket. She then raised the bow and arrow and aimed it at InuYasha.
"Don't be stupid! You couldn't hit me if I walked towards the arrow!" smirked InuYasha. "You seriously thought that I was hanging around you and those other idiots so that you could neutralize the Shikkon jewels power? Now, be a good girl and give it to me! Or I might just have to kill you too!"
"But, I thought that you cared about me? You saved my life so many times." Pleaded Kagome. The young girls' hands trembled as she held the bow. "Is that what you had planned all along?"
"You stupid kuso! I never cared for you. The only reason I saved your pathetic life was that you were the only one who could detect the jewel shards. But, now that it's completed, I don't have any use for you." InuYasha held tetsusaiga in his two hands and stopped a few feet away from Kagome. With the thought of being a full-fledged demon on his mind, he quickly dismissed any ties that he had. "I don't want to hurt you! Now give it to me!"
"I-I'm sorry InuYasha…" Kagome released her grip on the arrow and shut her eyes. InuYasha was caught off guard and froze when the arrow plunged itself into his heart and sent him backwards towards the wall. The arrow pulsed with the Miko's power.
Tetsusaiga fell onto the floor beside Sango's body and InuYasha was pinned against the wall, "Kagome…." With his right hand extended out, InuYasha's head slumped down as he fell asleep.
"Why InuYasha? Why did you have to betray me?" The young Miko walked over to InuYasha and looked at his face. The dog-demon had the same peaceful expression on his face he had the first time she encountered him. Kagome looked at the completed Shikkon jewel and noticed that it felt different. Kagome carefully examined the jewel and noticed that it didn't seem right. Just as she brought it closer to her face, the jewel began to glow with a peculiar light.
"This isn't the sacred jewel…" she thought to herself. Suddenly, the completed jewel pulsed and startled her, causing her to drop it on the floor. The jewel began to glow brightly and then it dissolved into a strange black liquid. Kagome moved back from the ooze and the entire room began to shake.
"What's going on?" she wondered. Kagome exited the small house and walked outside, with the rain still flooding the ground, she heard strange moaning. Kagome turned around and scanned her surroundings, everything felt strange. Her senses told her that it wasn't raining, but yet the water hitting her body felt told her other wise. Kagome became more frightened when the moaning became louder. With no one to protect her, she held the bow tightly in her hands, "Who's there?" she asked.
Kagome moved back as the moans got louder, when suddenly, something bumped her from behind. She felt a cold chill run down her back, when the moans became silent all of the sudden. Reluctantly she turned around and faced the unknown. Shutting her eyes, she faced whatever was behind her.
When she opened them, before her was the Akurei. In her panic, she attempted to push the black mist away, causing it to wail in pain. The black entity was repulsed by her touch and its black shroud disappeared. Its true form was revealed to her, the Akurei was a large sphere of heads. The Akurei was comprised of all of its victims, it was the most horrifying sight she had ever seen. Kagome fell on the wet ground as the Akurei approached her. She put her hand out and made contact with the mass of flesh and bone. Upon touching it, her entire body became cold and she screamed. The Akurei was repelled by her powers and was violently pushed back. The evil spirit flew back and spun around, crashing into all of the small houses.
Kagome opened her eyes and noticed that everything around her was fading away. "What's going on?" She stood up and realized that the rain had stopped, literally. The raindrops were frozen in the air and everything was turning pitch black. Kagome moved back as the Akurei approached her, but she was slow to react and the spirit collided with her.
"Ahhhhh…" Kagome was pushed back. She turned her head and noticed that the ground was gone, there was a black void underneath her. She screamed in terror as she fell into the black abyss.