Chapter 3 revised. (2.6.04)
Disclaimer: I own the Sprite from last chapter (I haven't finished it yet...P) And the Inuyasha plushie. I also own the Braveheart CD I used to write the angsty stuff in chappie one.
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Two :: Tama
Chapter Three :: Demon in Black
Kagome felt the warm sunlight shining against her face and opened one eye, peering out at the sun lazily. Her bed felt so good, warm and soft and familiar, and she curled up at the edge, staring through the floor, still mostly asleep.
On the carpet she saw a set of dirt smudges that looked almost like feet. That brought to mind Inuyasha, and thinking of Inuyasha brought back the events of last night.
*That's right... he...kissed me.*
Kagome snorted at herself disgustedly, rolling flat on her back. *Of course it wasn't a KISS. He just wasn't paying attention to where the hell his mouth was.*
She sat up, wondering if he was still there. Her first thought was that he most certainly would NOT be, but she wasn't entirely sure. Maybe because Inuyasha would've thought what he had --sort of-- done was foolish, and it embarrassed him--
*Wait a minute,* Kagome wondered, *Am I even talking about the same guy~~~?*
No, she realized once she saw him; he was there at the end of her bed, asleep, but in a much different position than usual. Instead of hunkered into a little ball with his arms crossed over his chest, Inuyasha was leaned against the end of the bed, his forearms resting on it, and his head tilted ever so slightly on the mattress. On his face was the most peaceful look she had ever seen on him.
It looked like this was the first time since he'd been born that he'd actually SLEPT. Kagome smiled at the sweet spectacle he made. *All his life he's lived in that world of demons, a hanyou who was neither accepted by demons nor humans. This probably IS the first time he's slept without any worry.*
She sat up and shifted gently on the bed so as not to disturb him, and reached out. His hair was like silvery-white strands of silk under her fingertips as she rubbed his hair lightly. Accidentally her hand stroked one furry ear and Inuyasha moved, nuzzling further into the bedspread and making a soft noise. Kagome, afraid she'd woken him up, stopped, which earned her a soft growl. Confused, she took one ear and began to rub it tenderly, and was utterly surprised to hear a soft throaty purr from Inuyasha.
Kagome stared. Inuyasha was actually *purring.* It was just a deep, low rumbling in his throat, accented by the occasional sigh of complete content, and Kagome heightened it by scratching one ear. And then Inuyasha --still asleep-- did the funniest thing Kagome had EVER seen him do.
His right leg started going at it, thumping against the floor repeatedly. Just like a dog who was getting his ribs scratched.
The harder she scratched, the harder that leg motored away. Unable to contain the laughter that threatened to burst free any longer, Kagome pulled away, laughing her ass off, which awoke her practically ecstatic companion.
Inuyasha peered up at her with one half-open golden eye. "What are you laughing at??"
Kagome responded with a silent giggle that was turning her blue in the face, and Inuyasha glared at her. "C'mon, what already, wench?!!"
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Kagome peeked her head out of the hallway, glaring into the living room at Inuyasha. The hanyou was sitting on the floor, grinning as he attempted to make Kagome fat cat Buyo walked on his two forelegs. She grimaced. "Inuyasha~! What are you doing?!"
He turned innocently and blinked at her. "Nothing…" She frowned accusingly and then turned to go down the hall. "You've been pestering my cat for three days. Anyway, we're ready to go, so c'mon."
"Aa." He gave the cat's tail a last interesting twist and followed Kagome to the front of the house. Her family was waiting nearby. Kagome worked to get her back pack situated before glancing at her mother. "Okay then, Mama, I'll be back soon!!!"
"Kagome-chan, be careful, ne?" Mama said sweetly, her mouth turned up in a smile. Kagome laughed, waving a hand at her mother. "Oh, c'mon Mom, I'm ALWAYS careful. I have Inuyasha with me."
With a few more parting words the couple turned out the door and headed for the wellhouse. Inuyasha frowned slightly. With his sensitive ears he had heard the comment Kagome had made to her mother about 'always' being careful. He snorted and started to make a comment about it, but then decided not to.
*She died because she was protecting me. Not because she wasn't being careful. It's because I'm an idiot who does a piss-poor job of protecting her.*
"Hey are you awake??" He snapped to attention and Kagome tilted her head. "I said c'mon let's go." She was sitting on the edge of the well, legs already hanging down into the empty depths. Inuyasha stuck his nose in the air.
"Yeah, yeah wench, just go on already. I'm coming." He gave her a light shove and Kagome yelped, sliding off the wooden banister around the well, and then Inuyasha followed her down.
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"You jerk, what if I'd hurt myself!!" Once they'd both rematerialized in the Sengoku-jidai Kagome punched his shoulder and Inuyasha laughed. "Don't get so flustered. I was just playing." He grabbed her and leapt out of the well, clambering out the quick way, and set her down. "There. Happy?"
"Jerk." She marched ahead of him in the general direction of the village and Inuyasha, ever obedient, followed a ways behind. Usually he would miss no chance to walk on ahead of her and leave her in the dust, but at least in front she was ever under his watchful eye.
As they approached the outskirts of the village, Inuyasha wrinkled his nose. *This scent... it's familiar... Whose is it??*
"Is that Kagome?" They turned, and Kagome grinned when she saw her friends. "Shippou-chan!! Miroku-sama, Sango-chan!"
"KAGOME!!!" He leapt into her arms and she grinned, hugging him back. "Hey, I missed you!!"
Shippou was a ball of laughing and relieved fluff. "Oh Kagome, I missed you so much!! You were gone almost a week!! I had so much to do while you were gone. Miroku is worse than ever with his kazaana and Sango was fearful for her life!!"
"I see you managed to protect her!" Kagome cheerfully praised the boy and Shippou grinned. Kagome walked towards Kaede's hut with Shippou and Sango in tow, chattering away. Miroku noticed the long look on Inuyasha's face and sighed as he fell into step next to the young halfling.
"You didn't tell her yet." It was a statement, not a question and Inuyasha shrugged. "Nope."
"No golden chances disclosed themselves?" the houshi asked and the hanyou shook his head. "No... I had the perfect chance. It was night, we were together, alone, in her room-- sukebe, stop drooling."
Miroku wiped his mouth belatedly and then asked, "So what happened?" Inuyasha bared one fang in a snarl. "What do you think?! I ruined it."
"What'd you do wrong?" Inuyasha found a pair of rocks on the ground particularly interesting as he said with embarrassment, "I kissed her." Miroku gawked. "Usually that's a good sign... Maybe she just hates you."
Two lumps on the head and a hanyou with smoldering yellow embers for eyes later Miroku laughed. "Oka~ay, maybe you were just too fast. Haven't I taught you enough yet??"
"Oh, shut up Miroku." Inuyasha growled, stomping off, and Miroku shrugged. He hastily caught up with the half-demon and patted his shoulder. "But boy, am I glad you're back. You were gone for three days you know."
"Yeah I know. What happened while I was gone that's got you so happy to see me anyway?"
"There's been a demon stalking this village."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "What happened to 'the few demons left Sango and I can take of ourselves cause even without my kazaana I'm still a houshi??' You're a real letdown as a priest, you know, Miroku?"
The young priest looked up at the sky through his dark bangs, purposely dragging out his words. "We~~~~ell, I WOULD take care of it, only that the demon... well, she's looking for you."
Inuyasha stopped. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that two days ago, this demon with a cloak concealing her face and shoulders started causing trouble, demanding where Inuyasha went. The only thing we got out of her was that when she was here last year, you were still pinned to the Goshinboku, and she demanded that we return you. She's been really hard to track." Miroku grinned, patting Inuyasha's shoulder. "Which is why we need you!! You caught the scent when you got out of the well, didn't you?"
"Yeah, I did. It's really familiar."
"Miroku-sama said that it was possible you knew her," interjected Sango, appearing from nowhere. She was in the doorway to Kaede's hut, with the flap drawn back. Her eyes shifted to Miroku and she smiled at him, blushing slightly. "Come in, Miroku-sama, dinner is prepared."
"Thank you Sango."
Inuyasha blinked, not missing the silent connection between the taijiya and the houshi, but confused as to its meaning. "Wha~~ Since when did she started calling you by your name?! What happened to Houshi-sama?!!" Miroku shrugged with a playful grin, "Dunno. Maybe we had some fun while you were gone…??" He ducked into the hut as Inuyasha groan-sighed and stomped in after him.
"So, Inuyasha, do you recognize the scent?? Sango-chan told me about it." Kagome asked and Inuyasha flopped down violently. "Hell no. I recognize it as familiar, but... It's like I haven't smelled this in... in years. Several years. I don't know who the hell it is or why the hell she's looking for me."
Miroku sipped his soup, brow creased in thought. He looked up at the hanyou. "Judging from what you've said and what she's alleged, she knew you were pinned to the tree. You recognize the scent so you must have met her before Kikyou-sama sealed you there, no?"
"Yeah, that's about it."
"Oh well, that could be TONS of people!! I mean, Inuyasha's a demon, he was probably hanging around here for a long time before all this with Kikyou happened!" groaned Kagome and Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her. "Just how old do you think I am, Kagome?"
"I dunno, I figured you were a lot older since you were a demon." The hanyou growled in aggravation before sputtering, "NO!! I was only seventeen when Kikyou nailed me to that damned tree!!"
Kagome, Shippou, Miroku, Sango and Kaede all blinked. "Really? Even I thought you were much older than that..." Kaede said, and Inuyasha pouted. "Why?? Do I look old or something?"
"No... it's just.... You're a demon." Sango said and Inuyasha growled. "Whatever. I'm a YOUNG demon. Demons have childhoods, you know!! Look at Shippou~!"
"Okay~ ANYWAY, back to the subject. Inuyasha, you don't remember anyone from your childhood who has that scent?" Kagome asked and he sat back against the wall and thought. After a long moment of silence, he shook his head. "No... only one woman... And she's dead."
"Man, no wonder you're not good with women. Every girl who meets you dies." Shippou spat, not realizing what he was saying. The entire room was silent and Kagome bit her lip, moaning Shippou's name softly, like a mother disappointed in her child.
She glanced quickly at Inuyasha. The hanyou looked expressionless. After a moment he stood quietly and grabbed Shippou by the tail, swinging him enough to get dizzy before chucking him into the wall and stomping out the door.
Once they were sure he was out of earshot, Miroku turned to the dazed young kit. "Shippou, think about what you're saying before you say it!" Kagome looked down to make sure Shippou was okay and then darted out after the hanyou.
He had already disappeared, into the trees that were his sanctuary and formerly, his home. She followed him into the forest, hoping she would come across him. Underneath the Goshinboku she heard a rustling of leaves.
She glanced up. "Inuyasha??"
"Who are you? How do you know that name?!" came a young woman's voice, and Kagome was so startled she practically screamed when a figure sheathed in a black cloak dropped from the leaves.
*The demon...!!*
"YOU!" the demon cried and Kagome stepped back, confused. "Uhm.. what? What about me?? What did I do??"
"You're Kikyou, aren't you?! The miko who protects the Shikon no Tama!" Kagome's spirits dropped. *Damn, she wants to kill me for something KIKYOU did... Can't I ever get reprimanded for the stuff I do on my own??*
Kagome waved one hand dismissively. "Nope, wrong girl. Sorry~~" She turned on her heel to return to the village but in a flash the black cloaked demon was in front of her again. "Bitch, don't lie!! I had seen your face before!! You and Inuyasha... together all the time!! You took him from me!!"
"Took him from you…" Kagome caught her breath. *Was she in love with Inuyasha--?*
The demon grabbed Kagome's wrist and yanked her close, squeezing hard enough to hurt Kagome. The junior high schooler winced when the demon's supernatural strength tightened in that one hand. Her claws were digging into Kagome's skin.
"Bitch.. I'll never forgive you.. How you betrayed my Inuyasha... and pinned him to that tree!!"
"No, it wasn't me!!" Kagome cried, struggling. The demon paid no mind to Kagome's cries of pain and yanked her around again, where Kagome could see the sparkle of yellow eyes in the light of the half-moon. "For fifty years I watched over him and now he's gone! Tell me!! What have you done with him!?!"
Kagome finally wrenched her hand from the demon's grasp and cradled her bleeding arm to her chest. "I didn't do anything to him!!! I pulled the arrow from his chest when he asked me to, I'm not Kikyou! I'M KAGOME!"
The demon's eyes widened. "You... You woke him up? He's free?"
Kagome nodded vigorously. "Yes, he's fine…"
"Then where is he?! Why have I not seen him, or picked up his scent?!"
Kagome paused. That one moment was all the demon needed. The demon raised a hand with claws that looked suspiciously like Inuyasha's. "You're lying. I can tell when humans lie!! Kikyou... I'll kill you!" She charged and Kagome closed her eyes.
"INUYASHA!!!!"
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: ^-^
Okie ja!! See ya next chapter!
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Tessen
Disclaimer: I own the Sprite from last chapter (I haven't finished it yet...P) And the Inuyasha plushie. I also own the Braveheart CD I used to write the angsty stuff in chappie one.
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Two :: Tama
Chapter Three :: Demon in Black
Kagome felt the warm sunlight shining against her face and opened one eye, peering out at the sun lazily. Her bed felt so good, warm and soft and familiar, and she curled up at the edge, staring through the floor, still mostly asleep.
On the carpet she saw a set of dirt smudges that looked almost like feet. That brought to mind Inuyasha, and thinking of Inuyasha brought back the events of last night.
*That's right... he...kissed me.*
Kagome snorted at herself disgustedly, rolling flat on her back. *Of course it wasn't a KISS. He just wasn't paying attention to where the hell his mouth was.*
She sat up, wondering if he was still there. Her first thought was that he most certainly would NOT be, but she wasn't entirely sure. Maybe because Inuyasha would've thought what he had --sort of-- done was foolish, and it embarrassed him--
*Wait a minute,* Kagome wondered, *Am I even talking about the same guy~~~?*
No, she realized once she saw him; he was there at the end of her bed, asleep, but in a much different position than usual. Instead of hunkered into a little ball with his arms crossed over his chest, Inuyasha was leaned against the end of the bed, his forearms resting on it, and his head tilted ever so slightly on the mattress. On his face was the most peaceful look she had ever seen on him.
It looked like this was the first time since he'd been born that he'd actually SLEPT. Kagome smiled at the sweet spectacle he made. *All his life he's lived in that world of demons, a hanyou who was neither accepted by demons nor humans. This probably IS the first time he's slept without any worry.*
She sat up and shifted gently on the bed so as not to disturb him, and reached out. His hair was like silvery-white strands of silk under her fingertips as she rubbed his hair lightly. Accidentally her hand stroked one furry ear and Inuyasha moved, nuzzling further into the bedspread and making a soft noise. Kagome, afraid she'd woken him up, stopped, which earned her a soft growl. Confused, she took one ear and began to rub it tenderly, and was utterly surprised to hear a soft throaty purr from Inuyasha.
Kagome stared. Inuyasha was actually *purring.* It was just a deep, low rumbling in his throat, accented by the occasional sigh of complete content, and Kagome heightened it by scratching one ear. And then Inuyasha --still asleep-- did the funniest thing Kagome had EVER seen him do.
His right leg started going at it, thumping against the floor repeatedly. Just like a dog who was getting his ribs scratched.
The harder she scratched, the harder that leg motored away. Unable to contain the laughter that threatened to burst free any longer, Kagome pulled away, laughing her ass off, which awoke her practically ecstatic companion.
Inuyasha peered up at her with one half-open golden eye. "What are you laughing at??"
Kagome responded with a silent giggle that was turning her blue in the face, and Inuyasha glared at her. "C'mon, what already, wench?!!"
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Kagome peeked her head out of the hallway, glaring into the living room at Inuyasha. The hanyou was sitting on the floor, grinning as he attempted to make Kagome fat cat Buyo walked on his two forelegs. She grimaced. "Inuyasha~! What are you doing?!"
He turned innocently and blinked at her. "Nothing…" She frowned accusingly and then turned to go down the hall. "You've been pestering my cat for three days. Anyway, we're ready to go, so c'mon."
"Aa." He gave the cat's tail a last interesting twist and followed Kagome to the front of the house. Her family was waiting nearby. Kagome worked to get her back pack situated before glancing at her mother. "Okay then, Mama, I'll be back soon!!!"
"Kagome-chan, be careful, ne?" Mama said sweetly, her mouth turned up in a smile. Kagome laughed, waving a hand at her mother. "Oh, c'mon Mom, I'm ALWAYS careful. I have Inuyasha with me."
With a few more parting words the couple turned out the door and headed for the wellhouse. Inuyasha frowned slightly. With his sensitive ears he had heard the comment Kagome had made to her mother about 'always' being careful. He snorted and started to make a comment about it, but then decided not to.
*She died because she was protecting me. Not because she wasn't being careful. It's because I'm an idiot who does a piss-poor job of protecting her.*
"Hey are you awake??" He snapped to attention and Kagome tilted her head. "I said c'mon let's go." She was sitting on the edge of the well, legs already hanging down into the empty depths. Inuyasha stuck his nose in the air.
"Yeah, yeah wench, just go on already. I'm coming." He gave her a light shove and Kagome yelped, sliding off the wooden banister around the well, and then Inuyasha followed her down.
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"You jerk, what if I'd hurt myself!!" Once they'd both rematerialized in the Sengoku-jidai Kagome punched his shoulder and Inuyasha laughed. "Don't get so flustered. I was just playing." He grabbed her and leapt out of the well, clambering out the quick way, and set her down. "There. Happy?"
"Jerk." She marched ahead of him in the general direction of the village and Inuyasha, ever obedient, followed a ways behind. Usually he would miss no chance to walk on ahead of her and leave her in the dust, but at least in front she was ever under his watchful eye.
As they approached the outskirts of the village, Inuyasha wrinkled his nose. *This scent... it's familiar... Whose is it??*
"Is that Kagome?" They turned, and Kagome grinned when she saw her friends. "Shippou-chan!! Miroku-sama, Sango-chan!"
"KAGOME!!!" He leapt into her arms and she grinned, hugging him back. "Hey, I missed you!!"
Shippou was a ball of laughing and relieved fluff. "Oh Kagome, I missed you so much!! You were gone almost a week!! I had so much to do while you were gone. Miroku is worse than ever with his kazaana and Sango was fearful for her life!!"
"I see you managed to protect her!" Kagome cheerfully praised the boy and Shippou grinned. Kagome walked towards Kaede's hut with Shippou and Sango in tow, chattering away. Miroku noticed the long look on Inuyasha's face and sighed as he fell into step next to the young halfling.
"You didn't tell her yet." It was a statement, not a question and Inuyasha shrugged. "Nope."
"No golden chances disclosed themselves?" the houshi asked and the hanyou shook his head. "No... I had the perfect chance. It was night, we were together, alone, in her room-- sukebe, stop drooling."
Miroku wiped his mouth belatedly and then asked, "So what happened?" Inuyasha bared one fang in a snarl. "What do you think?! I ruined it."
"What'd you do wrong?" Inuyasha found a pair of rocks on the ground particularly interesting as he said with embarrassment, "I kissed her." Miroku gawked. "Usually that's a good sign... Maybe she just hates you."
Two lumps on the head and a hanyou with smoldering yellow embers for eyes later Miroku laughed. "Oka~ay, maybe you were just too fast. Haven't I taught you enough yet??"
"Oh, shut up Miroku." Inuyasha growled, stomping off, and Miroku shrugged. He hastily caught up with the half-demon and patted his shoulder. "But boy, am I glad you're back. You were gone for three days you know."
"Yeah I know. What happened while I was gone that's got you so happy to see me anyway?"
"There's been a demon stalking this village."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "What happened to 'the few demons left Sango and I can take of ourselves cause even without my kazaana I'm still a houshi??' You're a real letdown as a priest, you know, Miroku?"
The young priest looked up at the sky through his dark bangs, purposely dragging out his words. "We~~~~ell, I WOULD take care of it, only that the demon... well, she's looking for you."
Inuyasha stopped. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that two days ago, this demon with a cloak concealing her face and shoulders started causing trouble, demanding where Inuyasha went. The only thing we got out of her was that when she was here last year, you were still pinned to the Goshinboku, and she demanded that we return you. She's been really hard to track." Miroku grinned, patting Inuyasha's shoulder. "Which is why we need you!! You caught the scent when you got out of the well, didn't you?"
"Yeah, I did. It's really familiar."
"Miroku-sama said that it was possible you knew her," interjected Sango, appearing from nowhere. She was in the doorway to Kaede's hut, with the flap drawn back. Her eyes shifted to Miroku and she smiled at him, blushing slightly. "Come in, Miroku-sama, dinner is prepared."
"Thank you Sango."
Inuyasha blinked, not missing the silent connection between the taijiya and the houshi, but confused as to its meaning. "Wha~~ Since when did she started calling you by your name?! What happened to Houshi-sama?!!" Miroku shrugged with a playful grin, "Dunno. Maybe we had some fun while you were gone…??" He ducked into the hut as Inuyasha groan-sighed and stomped in after him.
"So, Inuyasha, do you recognize the scent?? Sango-chan told me about it." Kagome asked and Inuyasha flopped down violently. "Hell no. I recognize it as familiar, but... It's like I haven't smelled this in... in years. Several years. I don't know who the hell it is or why the hell she's looking for me."
Miroku sipped his soup, brow creased in thought. He looked up at the hanyou. "Judging from what you've said and what she's alleged, she knew you were pinned to the tree. You recognize the scent so you must have met her before Kikyou-sama sealed you there, no?"
"Yeah, that's about it."
"Oh well, that could be TONS of people!! I mean, Inuyasha's a demon, he was probably hanging around here for a long time before all this with Kikyou happened!" groaned Kagome and Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at her. "Just how old do you think I am, Kagome?"
"I dunno, I figured you were a lot older since you were a demon." The hanyou growled in aggravation before sputtering, "NO!! I was only seventeen when Kikyou nailed me to that damned tree!!"
Kagome, Shippou, Miroku, Sango and Kaede all blinked. "Really? Even I thought you were much older than that..." Kaede said, and Inuyasha pouted. "Why?? Do I look old or something?"
"No... it's just.... You're a demon." Sango said and Inuyasha growled. "Whatever. I'm a YOUNG demon. Demons have childhoods, you know!! Look at Shippou~!"
"Okay~ ANYWAY, back to the subject. Inuyasha, you don't remember anyone from your childhood who has that scent?" Kagome asked and he sat back against the wall and thought. After a long moment of silence, he shook his head. "No... only one woman... And she's dead."
"Man, no wonder you're not good with women. Every girl who meets you dies." Shippou spat, not realizing what he was saying. The entire room was silent and Kagome bit her lip, moaning Shippou's name softly, like a mother disappointed in her child.
She glanced quickly at Inuyasha. The hanyou looked expressionless. After a moment he stood quietly and grabbed Shippou by the tail, swinging him enough to get dizzy before chucking him into the wall and stomping out the door.
Once they were sure he was out of earshot, Miroku turned to the dazed young kit. "Shippou, think about what you're saying before you say it!" Kagome looked down to make sure Shippou was okay and then darted out after the hanyou.
He had already disappeared, into the trees that were his sanctuary and formerly, his home. She followed him into the forest, hoping she would come across him. Underneath the Goshinboku she heard a rustling of leaves.
She glanced up. "Inuyasha??"
"Who are you? How do you know that name?!" came a young woman's voice, and Kagome was so startled she practically screamed when a figure sheathed in a black cloak dropped from the leaves.
*The demon...!!*
"YOU!" the demon cried and Kagome stepped back, confused. "Uhm.. what? What about me?? What did I do??"
"You're Kikyou, aren't you?! The miko who protects the Shikon no Tama!" Kagome's spirits dropped. *Damn, she wants to kill me for something KIKYOU did... Can't I ever get reprimanded for the stuff I do on my own??*
Kagome waved one hand dismissively. "Nope, wrong girl. Sorry~~" She turned on her heel to return to the village but in a flash the black cloaked demon was in front of her again. "Bitch, don't lie!! I had seen your face before!! You and Inuyasha... together all the time!! You took him from me!!"
"Took him from you…" Kagome caught her breath. *Was she in love with Inuyasha--?*
The demon grabbed Kagome's wrist and yanked her close, squeezing hard enough to hurt Kagome. The junior high schooler winced when the demon's supernatural strength tightened in that one hand. Her claws were digging into Kagome's skin.
"Bitch.. I'll never forgive you.. How you betrayed my Inuyasha... and pinned him to that tree!!"
"No, it wasn't me!!" Kagome cried, struggling. The demon paid no mind to Kagome's cries of pain and yanked her around again, where Kagome could see the sparkle of yellow eyes in the light of the half-moon. "For fifty years I watched over him and now he's gone! Tell me!! What have you done with him!?!"
Kagome finally wrenched her hand from the demon's grasp and cradled her bleeding arm to her chest. "I didn't do anything to him!!! I pulled the arrow from his chest when he asked me to, I'm not Kikyou! I'M KAGOME!"
The demon's eyes widened. "You... You woke him up? He's free?"
Kagome nodded vigorously. "Yes, he's fine…"
"Then where is he?! Why have I not seen him, or picked up his scent?!"
Kagome paused. That one moment was all the demon needed. The demon raised a hand with claws that looked suspiciously like Inuyasha's. "You're lying. I can tell when humans lie!! Kikyou... I'll kill you!" She charged and Kagome closed her eyes.
"INUYASHA!!!!"
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: ^-^
Okie ja!! See ya next chapter!
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
Tessen