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Three Way Mirror
Chapter Seven
Hiding in Plain Sight
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Sesshoumaru let go of Kagome with a painful, involuntary cry. Kagome landed on her knees, her head bowed to hide her eyes.
Kagome stood abruptly, glaring at Sesshoumaru with watery grey eyes. Only, it wasn't Kagome.
"You will pay for your impudence!!" Kagome yelled with Kikyou's voice.
InuYasha stared in grim fascination at the scene he saw before him. He was all but frozen in shock and fear. He seemed to be making the connections at rapid speeds, and faster than that of anyone else. Maybe it had something to do with the Mark being raw. Whatever it was, he didn't know nor care. All he knew was that this woman that was not Kagome, and not the woman he loved. He knew that, and that it hurt.
The Marks linked the souls of mates. InuYasha's soul was still trying to maintain that link with someone that was not his mate, and because of it his own mark felt like it was on fire. The Mark didn't take time to look at the situation and decide if it was acceptable or not. If, for example, the male tried to mate with two females, the first mark would flare up and actually kill the male if the second female tried to mark him. And if he tried marking two females, he wouldn't be killed by the Mark, he'd die of exhaustion of trying to maintain an unrequited Mark. In a way, the Marks kept mates from cheating on each other.
"Kikyou" turned and looked at InuYasha, who had to lean against a wall for support. Her eyes were dark and haunted, not at all Kagome.
Even though it wasn't really Kagome, the sight of Kagome's face contorted in hatred and directed at him made his chest ache. Kouga managed to get up on his feet. He snuck up behind the Not-Kagome-Kagome and pulled one arm behind her back, kicking her in the back of the knee so that she fell to the ground. She was scarcely three inches from hitting the floor when she realized what had happened.
Kouga kept a hold of her arm, and placed his foot between her shoulder blades, keeping her in a quite effective -- albeit indecent -- submissive hold. "I don't know who you are," he announced to the possessed Kagome, "but you can't stay here!"
In a flash, Kouga was knocked flat on his ass by a very angry InuYasha, who stood almost panting.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Kouga demanded.
"Kagome's still IN there, you bloody idiot!" InuYasha yelled at the top of his lungs. Suddenly InuYasha was flattened. "Kikyou" had grabbed his ankle and jerked his leg out from underneath him. But she didn't touch him after that. It was only Kaede that noticed the burn on "Kikyou's" hand.
Kikyou was just about to make Kagome say something, but Kaede beat her to it. "InuYasha!" she shouted as Kikyou made a dash for a quiver of arrows in a corner of the room. Sango and Miroku moved to block her, but she knocked them away with her miko powers. Sesshoumaru and Kouga didn't even bother to try, knowing they'd meet a similar fate. "Take a hold of Kagome! Don't let her go!"
It took a lot of strength and willpower for InuYasha to sit up. Kikyou, by this time, had reached the arrows and was aiming at Sesshoumaru, intent on carrying out her vengeance for the indignity he had caused her. The first arrow was easily avoided. "What good with that do?" InuYasha wanted to know, even though his voice was failing him.
"Kikyou was forced back from Kagome's hand when she touched ye!" Kaede explained quickly. "If ye can reach Kagome by touching her, then get her and don't let go!"
Shippo, who had been staying next to Kilalla, bounded up to Kagome's leg and tugged on her sock with his teeth, trying to get her attention. Kagome looked down at him for a moment, but then it was Kikyou again. She tried to kick the kit off, but he held on tight. This gave InuYasha a chance to get to his feet and tackle Kagome to the ground, knocking the arrows and bow out of her hands, and pinning her under his body.
Kikyou struggled like mad to stay in control, but in the end was won out. Kagome relaxed, wrapping her arms around his back and clinging to him. "InuYasha..." she shivered. "What happened?"
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Woo, I'm in rare form today. o.O (Well, I was on the day I posted/wrote this. Because I found all my chapters from before my computer was cleared. I posted the original ch. 3: Trash Talk on mediaminer as an omake. If you want to read it, it's there. Be warned: Some mautre content!)
Ja ne, minna-san.
