Luna: Chapter 20 is here!
Veron: Hai!
Luna: READ!
Veron: WARNING: THIS IS DEFINETELY AN R-RATED CHAPTER. AND NOT FOR LIME CONTENT EITHER. THIS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE STORY LATER. BUT IF YOU START TO GROW UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT, GO AHEAD AND STOP READING. IT WON'T HURT YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY THAT MUCH.
Luna: At least…I hope so…
Disclaimer: Nothing. Just plot. Feh.
Chapter 20: Plunge
Kagome sighed softly as she unrolled yet another aged scroll. She needed to speak to Inuyasha-kun again. She had to. He promised to protect her. But if she did, Inuyasha would have to fall into the spell with her. Biting her lip, her eyes scanned the faded black writing.
With a cry of frustration, she placed the scroll back in its proper place. She'd gone through at least half of this private collection of Sesshomaru's with naught a discovery. Kagome stood, her resolve clear as she made her way back up the steps to Inuyasha's room.
Just as she was about to rap her knuckles upon the door, a she felt a hand tug at her shoulder, making her spin around. With a gasp, she winced at Inuyasha's knowing gold eyes.
" You want to talk to him don't you?"
" I have to. He can help us find Kanna and the others! If he's watching over me as he promised, then he'll watch everyone that I care for as well! He has to-"
" Stop bullshitting me Kagome."
Kagome stopped speaking as he cut her off, making her gaze level with his.
" You want to see him for yourself. Everyone else is just a side note."
" How can you say that?! Of course I miss him! But he's dead. There's nothing I can do for him now. But he can help. And I don't want to see Rin sad over Kanna anymore! And-"
" What about me?"
" Eh?"
" You always worry for everyone else but me."
" Because you can take care of yourself. You've proven that time and time again so-"
" I'm not him. I've only been wounded in your presence once. And that was by your hand."
The miko winced, her eyes staring hopelessly at the carpet. She had always pretended that is was Inuyasha-kun. Not his reincarnation, that was her mistake. It wasn't fair to him.
" Do it."
" What?"
" Do it before I change my mind."
Kagome nodded mutely, cupping his face with her hands.
" Don't close your eyes."
Inuyasha nodded stiffly as they stared in each other's eyes. Her stormy orbs flashed pink and all he saw was blackness.
Kagome's eyes snapped open as she felt something tug at her. Someone was pulling at her soul! She sat up, her eyes wide with confusion as she looked around for her dead lover.
But he was no where to be found.
" INUYASHA!"
Silence. Only the sound of her irregular breathing could be heard.
" Where are you?" She murmured, standing up she bit her lip. Her ebony locks blew around her, making her eyes harden as a rise of youki filled the area.
A swirl of energy collected a few yards before her, making her cough and shield her eyes. When a familiar voice greeted her.
" Hello Miko-sama."
Inuyasha blearily woke up to see three worried faces above him. His head throbbed painfully as he struggled to sit up, but was pushed down by a familiar hand on his chest.
" Inu-oni-chan…if you're awake, then how come Kagome-Chan isn't?" Rin asked her brown eyes wide with worry.
" What?!"
" Then she traveled to the land between death and life on her own. But-"
Inuyasha lurched with a cry as a fiery pain built in his chest. Faintly he heard Rin's panicked voice through the blood rushing through his ears.
" Someone's attacking his soul!" Miroku cried.
" NO! It's attacking Kagome's!"
Kagome choked on her screams as multiple tentacles burst from the ground and wrapped about her. One thick one wrapping about her throat, making her writhe in desperation to escape. Glaring darkly at the man before her, her eyes flashed pink, only to feel her power come back at her with greater intensity. Kagome screamed in pain as the tendrils crushed against her harder, making her skin bruise as blood dripped from her wounds.
" Who are you?"
" I am Onigumo. Nay, Naraku now. This weak human as been quite a helpful."
Her eyes glared daggers at the tall young man, his eyes a blank black as he held the skull in his outstretched hands. The skull glowed with a dark purple aura; it's eyes blood red. His voice echoed through his host's pale lips as he cackled at her plight.
" You have grown weak my dear Kagome. Your everlasting love for that wretched half-breed has weakened your powers. Even after his death, you lust after him. Love him. Adore him. You are not the only one with this patience. I too have lusted, loved and adored. Only for you."
Kagome would have gagged if the hold on her throat hadn't been there. Her eyes widened as she felt her power drain from her body, into the skull.
" No…" Came the weak protest from Kagome's mouth. Her eyes grew a fainter and fainter pink as she tried desperately to recall her spiritual power.
" I am only borrowing your strength my love."
"I am not yours."
" So you say, but why deny it when you writhe so deliciously at my touch?"
" Bastard…"
Onigumo laughed as he watched her power circulate around him. When a form appeared behind him, her eyes a pale red as she moved emotionlessly behind Naraku's possessed body. A knife appeared from the folds of her kimono sleeve, it's edge digging slowly into the flesh of his throat. The crimson fluid slid sluggishly down his lifeless flesh as it splattered onto the ashen color of Onigumo's skull.
With a sickening thud, Naraku's head fell to the ground. His eyes dead and unclosed as they stared hopelessly at Kagome's distraught form.
" No…"
Kagome felt the tentacles move beneath her, moving her directly before Naraku's fallen head. One tentacle shifted from her right thigh to his head, wrapping delicately around it as if it was a china doll. It lifted into the air, making his eyes bore into Kagome's tear filled ones.
" I can only use his identity once he has a blessing."
Kagome refused to let the tears fall; it would show her weakness to this man. This abomination of humanity that held her in his grasp. The miko strained at her constraints, her blouse ripping, showing her opponent her bare flesh, blood oozing from her bruises.
' Must get free…'
Her eyes snapped open as she felt cold flesh press against her lips. As the head pulled away, her stomach lurched at the sheer disgust she felt. With a gurgled cry, she felt her insides push up through her throat and out of her mouth.
The skin began to peel from the dismembered head as she spat out the taste of her lunch. It peeled down, layer after layer until it was merely bone. The skin and nerves floated around Onigumo's skull, the bone still held by the headless body of Naraku. A flash of light, a blood filled scream and Naraku was whole once more.
Only now his once kind brown eyes were placed with bright red ones, filled with malice and pleasure at his victory.
" I win."
Sesshomaru, Sango, Miroku and Rin could only lock the windows, blinds and make sure no one saw what was transpiring in the living room. They had given up trying to restrain Inuyasha, but it made the sight no less frightening.
He merely laid there a few moments earlier, when both Kagome and his body convulsed and flew into the air. His claws outstretched to deadly proportions as his gold eyes changed into murderous red, dark blue pupils the only sign of his living. He growled, spat and clawed his way toward Kagome's body, but merely stayed floating in his place. Inuyasha's fangs glistened with his blood and theirs as he desperately tried to reach her.
But to no avail.
Purple stripes appeared down the sides of his face as he called. Screamed. Cried. For her.
To be mated to a demon means their undying loyalty and affection. But if they cannot reach you in your dire need. They will succeed only in killing themselves.
To be one with a priestess means their understanding and love, their forgiveness and the very things that make them pure. They will sacrifice themselves body and soul for their true love.
Rin felt tears brim in her eyes as she watched them, Kagome's words echoing in her mind.
" I want a someone just for me."
Kagome grew quiet and gave her a sad smile before standing.
"Be careful what you wish for."
Love is the most powerful. Lust is third. But hate is dark and is just as strong as its pure counterpart. When all meet, prepare for a battle of cataclysmic proportions.
And run like hell.
The miko screamed as Onigumo stood before her, his eyes alight with lust and dark want. His hand gently cupped her face and he smiled, making her spit in his face.
" You really should not move so much…"
The tentacles dissipated into his body save for the once constraining her throat and limbs. He pressed himself against her, making her gasp in recognition.
" They are a part of me after all. And to move so desperately is…most excitable."
" You…you…"
" Silence my miko. It will only make things less pleasurable for you."
With that, he pressed his lips against hers, making her scream in protest as a foreign organ pressed against her inner thigh.
A deep rip made the four panic towards Kagome. Her limbs were bruising badly, blood dripping from some. Dried vomit and blood crusted as her lips as her clothes became shredded with each passing second. Her blouse became barely enough cover as her pants grew multiple cuts. Both girls locked onto the blood spilling down her inner thigh down her calf.
And they screamed.
"You are mine!"
Shove.
" Not that half breeds!"
Plunge.
" Or his reincarnations."
Gasp.
Shove.
Blood.
Pain.
Plunge.
" Mine, you miko bitch. And only mine. Humans…only belong…
…
…With humans."
Scream.
Chuckle.
" You know this as well as I do."
Rip.
Blood.
Scream.
Plunge.
" My miko."
Shudder.
Scream.
Spasm.
Blood.
Sigh.
Whimper.
Defeat.
Victory.
" My Kagome."
Luna: This was rape. In case you wanted me to clear that up for you. She was raped in the spirit world but her body reacted in the living world. Just not as harshly, she'll be sore but not as internally bruised as she would have been if she had been raped in the living world. Damn that sounded complicated ((falls over))
Veron: She is not dead.
Luna: No flames over this. It will further the plot and the depth of angst. Gomen. But it will get better.
Veron: Review…((both cower from flames since they know they'll come anyway))
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dragon's kitty:I hope your legs wake up soon. And look, I updated
Captured Moon: Aside from all the automobile mishaps it was really fun. If you want to read my blog entry on CC and my total crappy vacay (aside from the days AT comic con) click my homepage link and read through the beginning parts of the entries. That should tell you which one ((sweat drop)) But I'm also not the sappy romantic type so I put in moments of fluff. Which is a good thing so you guys have something to look back on since this chapter and the follow chapters are going to be filled to the brim with angst. -.- BUT IT WILL FURTHER THE PLOT! I promise!
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eX Drive Liz: Yeah, I decided to throw a little manga nostalgia in there. ((winks)) She always nods out when something cute happens. ((sighs)) And Kanna's kidnapping will make sense later on. And the conversation between Inu-Kun and Kag is one of my favorite parts. It makes me all sad for them and the absolute hell I put them through. (( guilty laugh)) So yeah...Thanks for reviewing!
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