Facing the Next Adventure
By Serene's Magick
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Chapter Seven
An Old Threat Returned
Kagome's POV
"Is Kikyo's reincarnation displeased to see me? I'm shocked, after all we were on such good terms when I died. Don't you agree?" Naraku sneered.
"You..." I was too angry to even trust myself to speak.
Flashback
"Kagome watch out!" Sango screamed at me while throwing her boomerang at a group of youkai. I turned just in time to see one of Naraku's tentacles headed right for me; dropping to the ground and rolling away helped me escape the deadly blow.
"Kukuku...you are all pathetic, thinking you can beat me. Pathetic ningens."
"Shut up Naraku, as I recall you were once a ningen too."
"Kagome! What are you doing?" Miroku shouted from his place next to Sango.
"Just stating facts my friend." I suppose my comments shouldn't have been made from the looks I was getting everyone.
"It seems you need to be taught a lesson." Naraku sneered, his tone dripping with malice. I have him a tight smile, my mind was racing with possibilities; which one would Naraku choose?
Before I could react, one of Naraku's tentacles shot out...hitting Sango square in the chest. I screamed as Sango was impaled; blood trickled from the wound and from her mouth. I ran to the woman I considered my sister.
"Sango!" I fell onto my knees, tears streaming down my face, I pulled her head on my lap.
"K-k-agome-chan..."
"Sango, you going to be alright!"
"...no..."
"Yes you will!"
"T-t-tell H-houshi-sama I loved him..."
"Don't talk like that, you're going to be fine." I whispered into Sango's hair as she released her last breath.
"Sango-chan? SANGO-CHAN!"
Kirara roared in pain at seeing the death of her mistress and charged headfirst into battle. Miroku was just as bad; he had opened his wind tunnel and was sucking everything in...including the poisonous bees.
'No...not Miroku-niisan too.'
As he fell I heard Kirara roar a final call into the sky as she too fell to the ground dead. I watched as the thousands of youkai Naraku amassed, backed away slowly before turning and running as if death was on their tail.
I turned and saw Sesshoumaru standing there looking...indifferent until his eyes landed one me. They softened somewhat before they turned icy looking at Naraku. Sesshou-niisan lunged at Naraku attacking him with such hate it was hard to imagine; I watched until Naraku injured Sesshou-niisan.
All the anger, sadness, fear, and hate suddenly disappeared and left me perfectly calm; I had a clear mind and I now knew how to defeat Naraku. I gently removed Sango's head from my lap and stood up, walked over to Sesshou-niisan, kneeling beside him I whispered into his ear. "Leave no one else will die today because of Naraku."
He looked startled at being told what to do but I didn't care all I noticed was that he listened all to quickly. Slowly I stood up and turned to face Naraku.
"Naraku your time of destruction is over. It is time for you to LEAVE." At the last word my head whipped up and I got a shock of my life: Naraku looked scared.
"Kukuku little miko, it is you who will die." 'Impossible she can't be in a rage.' He lunched hundreds of tentacles at me and I only raised my hand and they were purified, the ash floated to the Earth.
I changed the position of my hand so that my palm was raised to the sky in a pleading or a begging motion if you will.
"Shikon no Tama...RETURN."
Naraku let out an inhuman scream as the jewel was ripped out of his body; I winced as the chain that held my small piece of the Shikon ripped.
The two halfs met, a brilliant golden light was seen and a shock wave was sent out but that wasn't the thing that bothered me, it the horrible pain in my shoulder blades...
End Flashback
"DIE!" I screamed as I attacked Naraku. He smirked in amusement," Miko you can't beat me...afterall it was pure rage the last time round, so give up the Shikon no Tama."
"You can have the cursed thing when you pull it from my corpse but even then it won't be I'll fight till the world crumbles and falls to dust around us!"
"So be it...but today is not the day. Miko shall we play a game? It's just a simple game that revolves around one question: What are your dreams like?"
I narrowed my eyes involuntarily. "As if that is any of your business."
"Oh...but it is. Considering you can actually die in dreams it is my business."
"I knew that but getting to my mind is harder than that."
"Good...I need a challenge. Also before I leave a parting gift." With those parting words, he sent a spray of miasma from his hand straight at my feet. The fumes hit me hard and I saw black closing in on me.
Hiei's POV
After Kagome fainted, there was a long silence...it annoyed me. "Baka get the onna."
'She has some explaining to do.'
"I'm not getting the devil lady!"
'Baka.'
I went to Kagome and picked her up, she looks so fragile when she sleeps. Without comments, I left the group to get Kagome to the hotel. When I got to the room I remembered that I didn't have the key nor did Kagome...it was left with Yuske.
/Brat, open the door./
/Why?/
/Do you want you mother to wake up?/
/NO!/
'Loud brat.'
As soon as the click of the door opening sounded, I rushed in and placed Kagome gentle on the bed.
"What happened?!?" Her brat asked looking fearfully at his mother.
"A...shock."
"What was it?" The child had calmed so rapidly and become so serious it was like he was a different person.
"Naraku."
"Whaa?" Shippo's eyes widened to sizes I thought impossible.
"He can't be." Shippo stated gravely. "Okaasan destroyed him.'
I didn't answer, I just walked over into the darkest corner of the room and sat down.
Shippo's POV
'Poor Kaasan...she looks so pale.'
I left the room, my theory was Hiei would protect kaasan if anything happened...I hope anyway. But what Hiei-sama said bothered me, if Naraku was alive then is he still after the Shikon?
'I hope he isn't...Kaasan doesn't know way the damned thing is.'
Author's POV
After Shippo left the room, Hiei moved out of the corner and sat cross- legged at the end of the Kagome's bed. His eyes moved over Kagome's face stopping on her blue lips only then did he really notice the cold temperature of the room.
Rolling his eyes at the fragility of ningens, he pulled out one of the extra covers from the closet and placed it on her shivering from. Settling back down on the bed, he continued his silent vigil on Kagome until she started crying quietly in her sleep, her lips moving to from words but no sound came out.
Hiei gently probed her mind trying to see if Kagome's mental barriers were up, to his surprise they weren't up.
Dream
"You killed me and saved yourself!" Sango shouted at Kagome, her eyes burning with hatred.
"Sango I didn't...I would never!" Kagome shouted back, her face contorted with pain and her eyes pouring our tears.
"If you only were faster; if you only used your power!"
"Miroku I didn't know. Please believe me." Kagome cried out, falling to her knees and cradling her head.
"It's all your fault! You let us die!" Miroku and Sango screamed together. "InuYasha was right about you, you're nothing but a copy!"
"I'm not, I'm not...i'm not." Kagome was rocking back and forth on her knees. Hiei couldn't stand watching her be subjected to such torture. Knelling next to Kagome he enveloped her in a warm hug.
Rubbing her hair down in a soothing gesture, her frantic sobs slowly subsided as she fell asleep in her dream. (Don't ask.) When he looked up he saw Naraku standing there looking angry, a black and twisted mirror in one hand showing Kagome's nightmare in it. "So forbidden child, you help her?"
"Hn."
"You sound remarkably like that idiot hanyou InuYasha. I wonder will you also betray her?"
"Hn."
"It is a...oh looks like it's time to leave; Kagome has finally caught on to my little escapade into her mind." As Naraku said that he slowly started to dissolve from sight.
Hiei waited until he was completely gone from sight before leaving Kagome's dream self alone and escaping her mind before he was trapped there.
End Dream
After Hiei opened his eyes, he found himself staring straight into Kagome's stormy blue eyes.
"Why?"
"Hn."
"Don't 'hn' me Hiei; why did you help me?"
"My reasons are my own."
She gave a short laugh and sighted. "Don't tell Shippo, he worries about to much." Kagome asked softly burying her face into Hiei's chest (when he hugged her in the dream he also hugged her in reality). Hiei froze in shock very few would dare such an act without fear of death.
Kagome chuckled softly. "I don't fear death...or you."
"Hn." Hiei uttered with a light blush.
"Thanks for helping...I usually don't get nightmares."
"You're lying."
"So." Kagome looked up at him with a dead pan face. Before Hiei could say anymore on the topic, Shippo bounded into the room.
"KAASAN!" Shippo shouted as he lunged at Kagome hugging her tight, all in all the scene looked absolutely adorable because they looked like a family.
Kagome's POV
It's amazing I'm acting more...human than I have in a long time; this is a first the final...I mean the last battle with Naraku.
' Kaasan...'
'Yes Shippo.'
'It's about Naraku...is he after the Shikon no Tama?'
'He is.'
'But...'
'I know...I told him it's back in my body but it's only so long before he figures out that its gone.'
'It's missing?'
'Hiei...uh...how long have you been listening?'
'Long enough.'
"Well truthfully I don't know where it is and I supposed to be the cursed thing's guardian." I huffed I was frustrated about the whole scenario.
"I suppose there is more to Koenma's version of the story?"
"Yes...but before I tell you let's call everyone sigh I really don't want to tell it twice." I disengaged myself from both of the boys standing up I brushed a hand through my hair. "Shippo would you find everyone and bring them to the living room."
"Hai Kaasan."
'I'm going to regret telling them this, I just have that feeling.'
As I walked out of the room I schooled my face and voice into that of an ice queen.
"What do ya want?" Yuske roared, I suppose I deserved considering the way he was right now: Shippo used one of his statues on Yuske's hand.
"To tell you of the past."
"Huh?" The monkey just has to open his mouth; why couldn't he just understand like everyone else.
"I'm going to tell you what happened five hundred years ago...between Naraku and I." That silenced everyone they actually looked surprised. "I assume that Koenma told you the crash course story."
I looked around at each person getting a short nod or a raised hand an acknowledgement.
"So I will just tell you the ending: Sesshoumaru-niisan came a the youkai army that Naraku had just ran away and he began fighting Naraku. He was injured and...I became enraged beyond thought. After that, everything was fuzzy I really don't know what happened; all I know is I got the Shikon no Tama and defeated Naraku.
Sesshou-niisan found me unconscious on the battlefield...even though I know I won the Shikon, Sesshou-niisan and I couldn't find the jewel. I stayed with Sesshou-niisan at his palace for about a week before I left and got Shippo going back to the future, never returning to the past."
During my speech I had closed my eyes so when I opened them I was greeted with an audience of attentive listeners with a questioning eyes.
"So when you said Naraku had to pull it out of you cold corpse, you were lying?" Kurama inquired looking a displeased.
"It was That or have him kill us all right there." I retorted coldly. "Also because of Naraku's return, I'm leaving."
"Kaasan, no! Not again." Shippo shouted.
"Shippo I will do what I need to."
"I agree with Shippo, Kagome." Boton said softly and a round of 'so do I's went around the room.
"This is no one's choice but mine."
"Not anymore, you're part of the Urameshi Team now, any decision is made as a group." Yuske stated waving his index finger in my face.
"Your point?"
"We're going to help you."
"No. I will not allow it." "Who said it was up to you?" I narrowed my eyes and clenched my fist in an attempt to keep my power under control.
"This is not up to you either."
"Let's put it to vote!" Yuske shouted. "Who wants to help defeat Naraku? Say 'I'!"
"I" The Yu Yu gang and Shippo shouted as one.
"Shippo, you will not fight him."
"But."
"Nothing will change my mind about your involvement in the fight."
"Hai Kaasan." He said mournfully.
"I'm going to my bedroom...leave me alone until you come to your senses...if you have any at all."
Hiei's POV
'That was a waste of time and I can tell she was hiding something.'
When no one was looking, I rushed into Kagome's room fully intending to get the whole truth from her.
"What do you want, Hiei?" Kagome said with her back to me.
"The truth."
"I told the truth." Before she could react, I had grabbed her and we were out of the hotel and into a raging snowstorm outside. Once I found a suitable cave, I placed Kagome in the back of it and stood in her path of escape.
"Why did you do that?" She kept her voice low but the way she was tense told me she was angry.
"To destroy all distractions."
"What for?"
"To get the whole truth."
"What do you mean?" I had to restrain myself from strangling Kagome. "You left something out when you told us the story."
Kagome bowed her head and sighed. "You know that you would be the only one in the world to notice that I left something out...everyone else would be happy with what I told them even Shippo was until he found out the truth."
"Hn."
"Ha. I can't tell but it wasn't anything of importance."
"Hn."
"Hiei can I ask you a question and have you answer and 'hn's don't count?"
"Fine."
"Why are you...helping me?"
"Hn. I...don't know. Why do you lie about some things?"
"Well I lie because I know people wouldn't be able to cope with the truth. Why do you stay so quiet almost all the time?"
"It's simpler and I was trained to be quiet."
"I guess it is." Kagome was chewing on her bottom lip making her look cute, without realizing it I had leaned in and captured her lips in a passionate kiss. At first she didn't respond but after a moment, she returned the kiss with an equal passion. Slowly my instincts started to take control.
The only coherent point my instincts made was to mate her. Instead of fighting them like I normally would, I gave in.
[I will not write a lemon so please let your imagination to fill in the
gape.]
TBC
A/N: Not a lot happened in this chapter but Hiei and Kagome finally got together. If you didn't like this chapter, well I am sorry. I'm in the states right now staying with my grandparents and using their computer and I wrote all of the story on the plane and in the middle of the night.
Also if you liked this chapter, nothing shows you enjoyment more than a kind review to me. This will also get me to get me to give you the next chapter faster.