Don't Leave My Side - Part 13

A/N: This is a Inu/Kag romance ficcy (my first), goodie goodie gumdrops! Please enjoy reading this and review. I really hope it's good ^_^;; give me reviews and give me hope!

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The darkness of the night had shadowed day as Inuyasha, Kagome, and Shippo rested in camp. Both Kagome and Shippo were asleep but Inuyasha remained awake as he sat himself in a tree branch looking at the half moon. He was thinking now what he had been thinking for a long time.

'What do I want? I am so lost. Once we get the jewel...do I want to become full youkai? I mean I've done so much when I was full...I almost hurt her...Kagome. Do I really want to do that? Or maybe...I could be all human. Feh, but I hate being so weak. But once we complete the jewel...would that mean that she would-'

He couldn't bear to finish his thought. It brought him pain in his heart to think about it. He tried to erase the thought from his mind but his mind would drift back to it. He sighed out and frowned...he couldn't let her go, he wouldn't let her go. All of a sudden her heard a soft voice in the woods call out his names. His hearing was keen so none of the others had woke from this. He leaped down from the tree and quickly ran through the forest with great speed. For some reason, the tone of the voice was quite familiar to him. Moments after pacing himself, he found himself imeditelly stopping his tracks to see the presence of a familiar miko.

"K-Kikyo?"

"Hello Inuyasha..." Her eyes pierced through his coldly. She gave him an evil smirked and raised hand in front of him and a slow glow came from it has his body quickly slammed into a nearby tree and felt paralyzed. He couldn't move an inch...his body was restraint. He cursed to himself as he glared at the girl.

"Damnit what in seven hells are you doing?!"

She remained silent as she smirked at him once more turning her face away from him. But as she did...the shine of the moon, her eyes changed from a chocolate brown to a green and back in a split second. Inuyasha took notice of this.

'She...that's not Kikyo.'

"That's right Inuyasha, I am not Kikyo...but she won't know that now will she. Don't try anything stupid...she won't be able to hear or see you."

Inuyasha growled at the girl and tried to struggle out of the restraint but was unsuccessful. He was confused. Who was she talking about? Then he smelt a familiar scent that made his face change into disgust and as he growled to himself and softly barked out his name.

"Naraku..."

Naraku hid in the shadows as he came out and showed himself appearing as Inuyasha.

"What the hell do you think you are up to?!"

"That's why you are here Inuyasha, to watch..."

Naraku went up to the fake Kikyo known as Kiku and began taking his hand and gliding it through her black locks smirking mischievously.

"Watch carefully Inuyasha as everything ends here..."

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Kagome slowly woke up from her slumber, sitting herself up and opening her drowsy eyes to not see Inuyasha's presence. She carefully got up, trying to not wake Shippo up and started walking in the forest, feeling a strange sensation go through her, telling her to go.

"Inuyasha? Where are you?" She softly whispered out and she suddenly heard a soft conversation going on. She paced herself quietly and stood behind the shadow of a tree and her eyes widen in fear and sadness seeing Inuyasha touching Kikyo (A/N: Just to reminder you these are the fakes) lovingly.

Naraku cupped Kiku's chin and leaned in closer brushing his lips against her softly. Kiku wrapped her arms around his neck bringing him closer as a few seconds later they parted.

"Oh Inuyasha..." Kiku spoke out in Kikyo's voice. She then took her hand and caressed his face with it as she smiled fully aware of the human girl from the future watching their every single movement.

The real Inuyasha turned his head and saw Kagome watching all of this...

"Kagome! Don't believe what you are seeing...that's not me! Kagome that's not me!" Inuyasha continued shouting out to her, trying every attempt he could to get her attention while Kagome stood silently not hearing his calls. Although she thought she had heard voices calling out to her, she was too busy watching this as her heart shattered in to pieces...just like the jewel. She then ran off from the scene and kept running till she fell weakly to her knees unable to get up.

"Kagome?" A slightly cold voice called out. Out of the trees came the tall, powerful Youkai Lord approaching her. He looked at her with much confusion as her eyes cried rivers and her body trembling.

"Inuyasha....h-he was k-kissing her....he said h-h-e loved me but he l-lied..." She began stuttering nonsense has the pain in her heart quickly consumed her and continued crying. Sesshoumaru kneeled down in front of her looking at her.

'Inuyasha...would you throw someone as special as her away? No…it can't be unless'

Sesshoumaru took his hands and gripped them on Kagome's shoulders as she looked up at him tearfully.

"Listen to me...I know this may be hard to believe but I know the hanyou and that doesn't not sound like him. I..."

"I saw him Sesshoumaru! He was there kissing Kikyo, okay?!" She then cut him out shouting at him. He ignored her shout and continued.

"Come with me Kagome...I promise you, as much as I hate the fact of saying this, I will prove to you that none of this was by him. You have to trust me Kagome...okay?"

She was surprised, wait, more than shocked to hear these words coming from him. She just nodded, too choked up to speak as he brought her to her feet and walked with her away.

'This doesn't seem like that half-breed. I know he didn't do this...it was a set-up and only that could be by Naraku. I know this but I can't tell her. She wouldn't understand...but I have to prove it to her. Besides, Inuyasha is much more of a challenge when his woman is around so I have to be quick...'

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Inuyasha growled out enraged as he watched Kagome flee away and Naraku doing all this to him.

"I'll kill you, you fucking bastard!"

Naraku looked over at Inuyasha and pointed his hand out towards him and let out a force which made Inuyasha's restraint go away but make his body go deeper into the tree.

"We'll just see about that Inuyasha" He, in a sinister tone, laughed out at Inuyasha and both Kiku and Naraku disappeared leaving Inuyasha crusing at himself. He pushed himself out of the tree and fiercly punched the ground leaving a small hole.

"Damn that Naraku! Damn him! I can't lose her...because of this...Kagome...Please don't give up on me now."

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A.N: I know this was a short chapter but I am hoping, for you readers, it will be worth it. To all the readers, thanks so much for reading the story! I am glad you are enjoying it! Was it good? Pretty good? Corny?! Anyways, Chapter 14 will be up soon...thanks for reading and see ya next time!

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