Chapter Thirteen- Serenity's Heart
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Kagome went over the events of Naraku's death in her mind. The memory was fresh as though it had only happened yesterday. She had killed him to save the jewel and the one she loved. Her soul wrestled with her decision sense she had made it. Kagome hung her head in shame as Narahiko spoke those words. Inuyasha growled at Narahiko. He lifted the Tetsusaiga and aimed it at Narahiko. "I wont let you harm her!" He yelled. Sango went to stand next to him. "Neither will I!" Narahiko laughed and snapped his fingers. Serenity jumped upward and landed on the branch next to him. "You will not risk hurting me. Not while I have her in my control." He pointed to Serenity as he spoke.
Kagomes eyes widened in fear and she looked at Miroku. Her eyes yelled out at him not to let Inuyasha harm her, but not to let her stay in Narahiko's control. Miroku nodded gravely and went to stand next to Sango. He was the only one besides Kagome that knew of Serenity's blood line. He would not allow her to get hurt, he couldn't. That would break Kagomes heart. "We must not fight her." Miroku spoke. Inuyasha looked at him angrily. "If she keeps me from saving Kagome then I will fight and kill her!" Inuyasha said as he ran forward with the Tetsusaiga. Serenity jumped from the tree and attacked him. He blocked her demonic whip with his sword and when he saw an opening went for the attack. Serenity saw it and managed to move in time, letting the tip of the sword graze her stomach. She was sent flying backwards and hit the ground hard, causing a tree to fall.
Kagome looked at her little girl as she lie motionless on the ground. Miroku and Sango gasped. Shippou and Kirara looked on in horror. Kagome, somehow managed to free herself of the restraints that bound her voice. "Serenity!" She cried, causing Inuyasha to look at her. He couldn't make out if she had called his name or another, he hearing was more centered on the one he had hurt. But the sound of her voice was reassuring. Narahiko's laughter rang out around them. "You do not think that she is beaten do you? I have made her the perfect slave. She feels no pain and has no remorse. She will keep fighting till the death." Kagome looked at her daughter in horror as she was once again gagged.
The figure of Serenity moved. Slowly at first as she began to rise. Then in a burst of speed she jumped up and attacked Inuyasha, using an attack much like his Iron Revere Soul Stealer. Almost exactly the same, but not as powerful, not yet anyway. It caught Inuyasha off guard and hit his stomach. He flew backwards through a few trees. "Inuyasha!" Sango yelled running forward. "Hirakotsu!" She yelled throwing her boomerang at Serenity. Serenity dodged and attacked Sango with her Demonic whip. It hit Sango in the chest, sending her flying backwards into Mirokus arms. They both hit the ground. Kagome watched on in horror and helpless to do anything.
Narahiko's laughter rung in her ears and she turned her head to see him standing right next to her. At first she thought he was floating but it took her a moment to realize that he was standing on one of the branches that bound her. He smiled at her and removed her gag. "Release my daughter!" Kagome demanded. Narahiko smiled and drew back a hand, slapping Kagome across the face. "You are in no position to order me around, Priestess. As long as I control Serenity you can not do anything. She will have herself killed before she lets anything happen to me." Tears stung Kagomes eyes as he spoke these words. "You monster. How could you be so heartless." She said softly letting the tears fall.
"Like your friend Sango pointed out, Like father like son." Narahiko laughed again and placed a hand on her chin, lifting her head up to meet his. "Cry priestess cry. Your tears bring me much bliss. Feel pain. The same pain my mother felt when you killed my father. Tell me, Priestess, how does it feel to have one you love taken from you?" Narahiko laughed again and licked a tear from her cheek. Kagome jerked her head away and looked at him in hate. "Is that the same look you gave my father when you took his life?" Narahiko could sense the pain in her. The pain her soul felt from having taken a life by her own hand. To have felt the blood on her flesh and smelt the scent of death all over the victim.
"Get away from her!" Inuyasha's voice rang out around them. Kagome looked down at Inuyasha, a spark of hope flashing in her eyes. "Serenity!" Narahiko yelled looking at her. "Yes master." She answered causing Kagomes eyes to water again at her empty voice and spoken words. "Kill him!" Narahiko said in an ordering tone. Serenity nodded her head yes and ran off to Inuyasha. Before he could defend himself she struck him with the Demonic whip. He flew through another tree, but quickly rebounded. He charged at her, hitting her in the face. Kagome glanced at Miroku who was beginning to rise with an unconscious Sango in his arms. He nodded, understanding what he needed to do. He had to find a way to stop Inuyasha before he hurt his daughter. How to do this was the hard thing.
"Inuyasha stop! You must not harm her!" Miroku called, but his plea fell on deaf ears. Miroku carefully set Sango next to Kirara and Shippou. Shippou jumped from Kirara's back and tended to the exterminator. Kirara took a defensive stance in front of them. Miroku rushed to Inuyasha who was picking up his sword. He placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Inuyasha you must not harm her." He said, now sure that he could hear. Inuyasha looked at him confused. "Why not monk?" He asked. Miroku never got the chance to answer that question as the next attack was aimed for him and hit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rin called bye to Sesshoumaru as he took off. A simmering Jaken next to her. He muttered something causing Rin to hit him on the head, sending him flying backwards down the hill. Rin giggled and Sesshoumaru smiled briefly as he flew away. The battle had already started, Sesshoumaru could sense it. By the power resonating Sesshoumaru could guess that Inuyasha was holding back some, but he knew not why. He could also sense that the power in which he fought was great and also holding back. The priestess was there as well, he could tell. Along with other who's power was to weak to take into account.
He didn't want to interfere at this moment. He wanted to see if Inuyasha would lose first. He still held great anger towards his half brother. It was he that was destined to wield the Tetsusaiga, Sesshoumaru knew that now. But he was still angered by it. He didn't want the half breed to possess a sword of great power that could destroy 100 demons in one swing. But it was he, Sesshoumaru, that had to other sword. The useless one as he called it. But it had come in handy that once, long ago. When he revived Rin from death. He was grateful now for its power, though he still resented the fact that he was given the "useless" sword.
Knowing that Inuyasha would not sense him in the heat of the battle, Sesshoumaru stood behind bushes that overlooked the battle. It was clear that Serenity had the upper hand at the moment, but Inuyasha looked as though he was reading himself for the final attack. Sesshoumaru smirked and watched with great interest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome knew what was coming next. Urgency rushed through her. She had to get through to one of them. She knew Inuyasha would not understand without her telling him, and she couldn't let him find out. Not like this anyway. She now focused on her daughter. She knew Serenity well. She was her daughter. Kagome took a deep breath and gathered her strength. Serenity was attacking Inuyasha again, who was preparing his attack. "Serenity! Stop!" Kagome yelled. For a moment it seemed as though her attempt had failed but then Serenity came to a sudden halt and looked at her. Her eyes were no longer empty and her face held shock. Inuyasha looked pass Serenity to Kagome then back to Serenity once more. Narahiko too looked at Serenity then to Kagome and noticed they had eye contact. He growled and glided to Kagome.
"You winch!" He yelled and slapped her, causing her to break eye contact with her. Serenity blinked and her eyes returned blank. "Keep your hands off of her!" Serenity's mind wondered. What had she felt in the eyes of that woman, that priestess. It was something familiar, something warm. She shook her head. She couldn't allow herself to think like this. She loved only her master and the only person that loved her was him. But still. Something about that maiden clicked something within her. Her face burned within Serenity's mind. The look in her eyes and the urgency in her voice. Her heart.
"Serenity!" Narahiko's voice rang out in Serenity's mind and she snapped to attention. "As your next order I want you to kill that maiden!" He said with an evil grin. The others gasped. Kagome stared in shock at Narahiko then dropped her gaze to Serenity. She couldn't hurt her daughter, but she didn't want to die either. Her mind was racing. Narahiko noticed that Serenity was hesitating. "Now!" Narahiko ordered and Serenity snapped to attention. She swallowed whatever she felt and obeyed her masters orders.
"No! I will not let you hurt her!" Inuyasha jumped forward. "Inuyasha." Kagomes voice was small and fragile. Serenity charged forward in an attack. Inuyasha readied the attack. He was about to swing it when Mirokus voice called out. "Inuyasha! Stop!" Kagome turned to him in fear. "Shut it monk!" He said about to swing the Tetsusaiga after seeing the wind scar. "Inuyasha you cant hurt her! She's your daughter!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DUN DUN DUN!!!! Well the time has come for what you have all been waiting for. Inuyasha has been told. What will happen next?! Ok, I know I said I wasnt going to update till I had 100 reviews, but what can I say.. Im a bit of a push over. I didnt want to leave you all in suspense. Well the battle has begun, Narahiko has taken Kagome captive before their eyes and now Inuyasha knows the truth about Serenity. ^_^ I love all the drama. Ok! I am thinking of writting a lemon chapter..it will be of course i/k..but I will not be posting it on the site. You will have to work to get it... im not sure im going to write it or not, but I probably will. I'm going to ask a few questions and if you get them right then you get the chapter if you want. But they will NOT be from my story. I recall telling you about a trigun story, Checkmate:: A spiders beauty, they will be from that story. Ill tell you in later chapters and such. Also. You are drawing close to all the chapters I have so far of this story, and when you hit I think 15, then it will be a while till I update. Im working on this new story, its a Yu Yu Hakusho story, titled- Key of Eternity.oddly enough I have a vampire story by the same name. ;; anyhow to answer a few reviews, I think I have ranted enough.
Princess of Darkness and me- yup you were right, this chapter he finds out the truth. So you like how I made Naraku die? ^_^ im glad. Thanks for r/r
inuyasha-girly-2007- thanks for reviewing. No, its ok. A lot of people im sure use the name Serenity. So you keep it if you want. What is the name of your story, id love to read it. Narahiko's mother..hmm..im not sure at this point if im going to say or not.but she was human ill tell you that much. ^_^ thanks for r/r
Priest- Lol, thanks I will remember that next time I use it. Interesting? You think? ^__^ thanks for r/r
eddie4- ok, I havent been getting these questions a lot but im sure they are on everybody's mind. Exactly why did Kagome leave Inuyasha? Well, im going to make that clear in the coming chapters after everything with Narahiko is finished. I promise ill make it clear then why she did leave.
I think thats all of them. Hope you all enjoy my story and im sorry I really didnt get this one checked over before I posted it. I promise to get the next ones checked over. And it is offical I am taking off my other story ShadowsCurse..been up for about two weeks and not one review..*Sniffle* Anyways.im putting up a new story, the yu yu hakusho one, asap. Hope you like and toodles!
~Shadow~
Kagome went over the events of Naraku's death in her mind. The memory was fresh as though it had only happened yesterday. She had killed him to save the jewel and the one she loved. Her soul wrestled with her decision sense she had made it. Kagome hung her head in shame as Narahiko spoke those words. Inuyasha growled at Narahiko. He lifted the Tetsusaiga and aimed it at Narahiko. "I wont let you harm her!" He yelled. Sango went to stand next to him. "Neither will I!" Narahiko laughed and snapped his fingers. Serenity jumped upward and landed on the branch next to him. "You will not risk hurting me. Not while I have her in my control." He pointed to Serenity as he spoke.
Kagomes eyes widened in fear and she looked at Miroku. Her eyes yelled out at him not to let Inuyasha harm her, but not to let her stay in Narahiko's control. Miroku nodded gravely and went to stand next to Sango. He was the only one besides Kagome that knew of Serenity's blood line. He would not allow her to get hurt, he couldn't. That would break Kagomes heart. "We must not fight her." Miroku spoke. Inuyasha looked at him angrily. "If she keeps me from saving Kagome then I will fight and kill her!" Inuyasha said as he ran forward with the Tetsusaiga. Serenity jumped from the tree and attacked him. He blocked her demonic whip with his sword and when he saw an opening went for the attack. Serenity saw it and managed to move in time, letting the tip of the sword graze her stomach. She was sent flying backwards and hit the ground hard, causing a tree to fall.
Kagome looked at her little girl as she lie motionless on the ground. Miroku and Sango gasped. Shippou and Kirara looked on in horror. Kagome, somehow managed to free herself of the restraints that bound her voice. "Serenity!" She cried, causing Inuyasha to look at her. He couldn't make out if she had called his name or another, he hearing was more centered on the one he had hurt. But the sound of her voice was reassuring. Narahiko's laughter rang out around them. "You do not think that she is beaten do you? I have made her the perfect slave. She feels no pain and has no remorse. She will keep fighting till the death." Kagome looked at her daughter in horror as she was once again gagged.
The figure of Serenity moved. Slowly at first as she began to rise. Then in a burst of speed she jumped up and attacked Inuyasha, using an attack much like his Iron Revere Soul Stealer. Almost exactly the same, but not as powerful, not yet anyway. It caught Inuyasha off guard and hit his stomach. He flew backwards through a few trees. "Inuyasha!" Sango yelled running forward. "Hirakotsu!" She yelled throwing her boomerang at Serenity. Serenity dodged and attacked Sango with her Demonic whip. It hit Sango in the chest, sending her flying backwards into Mirokus arms. They both hit the ground. Kagome watched on in horror and helpless to do anything.
Narahiko's laughter rung in her ears and she turned her head to see him standing right next to her. At first she thought he was floating but it took her a moment to realize that he was standing on one of the branches that bound her. He smiled at her and removed her gag. "Release my daughter!" Kagome demanded. Narahiko smiled and drew back a hand, slapping Kagome across the face. "You are in no position to order me around, Priestess. As long as I control Serenity you can not do anything. She will have herself killed before she lets anything happen to me." Tears stung Kagomes eyes as he spoke these words. "You monster. How could you be so heartless." She said softly letting the tears fall.
"Like your friend Sango pointed out, Like father like son." Narahiko laughed again and placed a hand on her chin, lifting her head up to meet his. "Cry priestess cry. Your tears bring me much bliss. Feel pain. The same pain my mother felt when you killed my father. Tell me, Priestess, how does it feel to have one you love taken from you?" Narahiko laughed again and licked a tear from her cheek. Kagome jerked her head away and looked at him in hate. "Is that the same look you gave my father when you took his life?" Narahiko could sense the pain in her. The pain her soul felt from having taken a life by her own hand. To have felt the blood on her flesh and smelt the scent of death all over the victim.
"Get away from her!" Inuyasha's voice rang out around them. Kagome looked down at Inuyasha, a spark of hope flashing in her eyes. "Serenity!" Narahiko yelled looking at her. "Yes master." She answered causing Kagomes eyes to water again at her empty voice and spoken words. "Kill him!" Narahiko said in an ordering tone. Serenity nodded her head yes and ran off to Inuyasha. Before he could defend himself she struck him with the Demonic whip. He flew through another tree, but quickly rebounded. He charged at her, hitting her in the face. Kagome glanced at Miroku who was beginning to rise with an unconscious Sango in his arms. He nodded, understanding what he needed to do. He had to find a way to stop Inuyasha before he hurt his daughter. How to do this was the hard thing.
"Inuyasha stop! You must not harm her!" Miroku called, but his plea fell on deaf ears. Miroku carefully set Sango next to Kirara and Shippou. Shippou jumped from Kirara's back and tended to the exterminator. Kirara took a defensive stance in front of them. Miroku rushed to Inuyasha who was picking up his sword. He placed a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Inuyasha you must not harm her." He said, now sure that he could hear. Inuyasha looked at him confused. "Why not monk?" He asked. Miroku never got the chance to answer that question as the next attack was aimed for him and hit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rin called bye to Sesshoumaru as he took off. A simmering Jaken next to her. He muttered something causing Rin to hit him on the head, sending him flying backwards down the hill. Rin giggled and Sesshoumaru smiled briefly as he flew away. The battle had already started, Sesshoumaru could sense it. By the power resonating Sesshoumaru could guess that Inuyasha was holding back some, but he knew not why. He could also sense that the power in which he fought was great and also holding back. The priestess was there as well, he could tell. Along with other who's power was to weak to take into account.
He didn't want to interfere at this moment. He wanted to see if Inuyasha would lose first. He still held great anger towards his half brother. It was he that was destined to wield the Tetsusaiga, Sesshoumaru knew that now. But he was still angered by it. He didn't want the half breed to possess a sword of great power that could destroy 100 demons in one swing. But it was he, Sesshoumaru, that had to other sword. The useless one as he called it. But it had come in handy that once, long ago. When he revived Rin from death. He was grateful now for its power, though he still resented the fact that he was given the "useless" sword.
Knowing that Inuyasha would not sense him in the heat of the battle, Sesshoumaru stood behind bushes that overlooked the battle. It was clear that Serenity had the upper hand at the moment, but Inuyasha looked as though he was reading himself for the final attack. Sesshoumaru smirked and watched with great interest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome knew what was coming next. Urgency rushed through her. She had to get through to one of them. She knew Inuyasha would not understand without her telling him, and she couldn't let him find out. Not like this anyway. She now focused on her daughter. She knew Serenity well. She was her daughter. Kagome took a deep breath and gathered her strength. Serenity was attacking Inuyasha again, who was preparing his attack. "Serenity! Stop!" Kagome yelled. For a moment it seemed as though her attempt had failed but then Serenity came to a sudden halt and looked at her. Her eyes were no longer empty and her face held shock. Inuyasha looked pass Serenity to Kagome then back to Serenity once more. Narahiko too looked at Serenity then to Kagome and noticed they had eye contact. He growled and glided to Kagome.
"You winch!" He yelled and slapped her, causing her to break eye contact with her. Serenity blinked and her eyes returned blank. "Keep your hands off of her!" Serenity's mind wondered. What had she felt in the eyes of that woman, that priestess. It was something familiar, something warm. She shook her head. She couldn't allow herself to think like this. She loved only her master and the only person that loved her was him. But still. Something about that maiden clicked something within her. Her face burned within Serenity's mind. The look in her eyes and the urgency in her voice. Her heart.
"Serenity!" Narahiko's voice rang out in Serenity's mind and she snapped to attention. "As your next order I want you to kill that maiden!" He said with an evil grin. The others gasped. Kagome stared in shock at Narahiko then dropped her gaze to Serenity. She couldn't hurt her daughter, but she didn't want to die either. Her mind was racing. Narahiko noticed that Serenity was hesitating. "Now!" Narahiko ordered and Serenity snapped to attention. She swallowed whatever she felt and obeyed her masters orders.
"No! I will not let you hurt her!" Inuyasha jumped forward. "Inuyasha." Kagomes voice was small and fragile. Serenity charged forward in an attack. Inuyasha readied the attack. He was about to swing it when Mirokus voice called out. "Inuyasha! Stop!" Kagome turned to him in fear. "Shut it monk!" He said about to swing the Tetsusaiga after seeing the wind scar. "Inuyasha you cant hurt her! She's your daughter!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DUN DUN DUN!!!! Well the time has come for what you have all been waiting for. Inuyasha has been told. What will happen next?! Ok, I know I said I wasnt going to update till I had 100 reviews, but what can I say.. Im a bit of a push over. I didnt want to leave you all in suspense. Well the battle has begun, Narahiko has taken Kagome captive before their eyes and now Inuyasha knows the truth about Serenity. ^_^ I love all the drama. Ok! I am thinking of writting a lemon chapter..it will be of course i/k..but I will not be posting it on the site. You will have to work to get it... im not sure im going to write it or not, but I probably will. I'm going to ask a few questions and if you get them right then you get the chapter if you want. But they will NOT be from my story. I recall telling you about a trigun story, Checkmate:: A spiders beauty, they will be from that story. Ill tell you in later chapters and such. Also. You are drawing close to all the chapters I have so far of this story, and when you hit I think 15, then it will be a while till I update. Im working on this new story, its a Yu Yu Hakusho story, titled- Key of Eternity.oddly enough I have a vampire story by the same name. ;; anyhow to answer a few reviews, I think I have ranted enough.
Princess of Darkness and me- yup you were right, this chapter he finds out the truth. So you like how I made Naraku die? ^_^ im glad. Thanks for r/r
inuyasha-girly-2007- thanks for reviewing. No, its ok. A lot of people im sure use the name Serenity. So you keep it if you want. What is the name of your story, id love to read it. Narahiko's mother..hmm..im not sure at this point if im going to say or not.but she was human ill tell you that much. ^_^ thanks for r/r
Priest- Lol, thanks I will remember that next time I use it. Interesting? You think? ^__^ thanks for r/r
eddie4- ok, I havent been getting these questions a lot but im sure they are on everybody's mind. Exactly why did Kagome leave Inuyasha? Well, im going to make that clear in the coming chapters after everything with Narahiko is finished. I promise ill make it clear then why she did leave.
I think thats all of them. Hope you all enjoy my story and im sorry I really didnt get this one checked over before I posted it. I promise to get the next ones checked over. And it is offical I am taking off my other story ShadowsCurse..been up for about two weeks and not one review..*Sniffle* Anyways.im putting up a new story, the yu yu hakusho one, asap. Hope you like and toodles!
~Shadow~