First of all before I start this story I want to say one thing: HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Lol. It's not the coolest holiday, but it's still a holiday. My whole fam damnly is here! There is so many of them. Ack. But hey, it's what the holidays are about. (It's also about delicious food and getting really fat!) Anyways, thanks for your reviews. Enjoy!
WARNING: The following chapter contains very sexual material. You have been warned.
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Last time:
The hand traveled down her stomach until it came to her stomach. Hot kisses were left on her neck as the man slipped his hand inside her Kimono once again. He pulled at the sash holding it together. The Kimono fell open around her leaving her body bare. She felt the cool draft flow upon her.
The kisses fell from her neck down to her chest where the man licked softly at her peaking nipples. The hand slipped down into her mound feeling about.
"Stop!" She cried louder.
"Hush! I know you want this…your sopping wet." The voice whispered.
"N..Naraku…!?"
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"Naraku...no, that bastard would never be so brave as to attempt this. Your body is so warm and pulsing with life." The voice hissed.
"If you aren't Naraku then who are you?" Kagome asked trying to stall the man.
The voice laughed softly as he slipped a couple fingers inside of her. Kagome winced and withered beneath the man. This was not how she envisioned her first time with a guy.
"I am Onigumo. The one who lives within Naraku. I have pushed my way to the surface of his existence to get my fill with you." He said.
With is free hand he stroked her cheek gently.
"You look, feel, and smell so much like Kikyo. I can hardly control myself."
Tears began to form in Kagome's eyes. This couldn't be. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen. She had always saw her first time being romantic and with someone she actually loved. Not some maniac forcing himself upon her. She wanted warm arms like Inu Yasha's, not the cold death touch of Naraku.
"Please...stop." She said and sniffed.
"Why would I want to do that. You are so warm and fragile. Pulsing with so much life. It's calling out to me." He breathed into her ear while thrusting his fingers.
He pulled his fingers out of her and at first she had thought he was backing off. A wave of relief had begun to wash over her. She soon found she was very wrong. She could feel him shuffling on top of her. He was untying his sash to disrobe himself. Softly she whimpered, wishing now, more than ever, that Inu Yasha would save her.
Cold, death-like, hands placed themselves upon her breasts. With a sudden shock of fear she felt his hard raging member rub against her mound. It was pushing its way deeper into her.
"STOP!!!" She cried out with incredible force.
A bright glowing pink light burst from her body and sent waves at Onigumo. They washed through him sending his soul withering back beneath the layer of power that was Naraku.
"Stop! Inu Yasha! Inu Yasha! Inu Yasha! Save me!" By now Kagome was screaming and thrashing her body wildly trying to break free of Onigumo's hold.
His body suddenly lifted from hers and backed away from the bed. In the dim light Kagome could see a very confused Naraku. He glanced around then down at himself and down at Kagome.
"Onigumo..." he muttered.
He turned away quickly pulling together his robe and left the room. The bands that held Kagome's wrist suddenly feel apart releasing her body. Kagome sat up and rubbed at her wrists while staring after the now gone Naraku. Tears were streaming down her face in slow path. She wrapped her Kimono around her and tied it tightly shut. With a great sigh of relief she stood up from the bed. Her entire body was shaking with a distilled fear.
"Inu Yasha please come and save me. I am weak. Helpless. You were always right, I'm nothing but a whiney little girl. So just..save me." She mumbled.
She walked over to the small window that was glowing with the milky white light of the moon. She stared out. Buzzing about the grounds were Naraku's Shikigami. They were there to keep her from escaping through her window. She didn't care about that right now, however. She only had one thing on her mind.
"The Moon's light is silver...just like your hair. It dances here on my window sill just like the way the light dances in those golden amber eyes of yours. Oh Inu Yasha never before have I longed for anyone as much as I'm longing for you. I'm sorry for all those times I was...a bitch. I never meant it. It was just my way of...hiding my feelings for you."
By now a flood of tears were falling upon the window sill. They were not tears of fear, no, they had changed into tears of remorse. Tears of love.
"I swear If all of this turns out ok and I get to be with you again, I'll tell you exactly how I feel. I don't care if you don't love me back. At least I'll have told you."
Kagome turned away from the window sill and walked over to her basin of water. She felt utterly dirty even though she had just received a bath earlier that day. She stared down into the water about to cup some in her hand when she noticed something odd. Half of her reflection was missing. She stared down at it long and hard. It was odd. It seemed that the other half was fogged over. Like something else was trying to push it's way next to her reflection. Kagome shrugged it off and gathered up some water. She wasn't about to let herself go insane.
"Inu Yasha will be here soon...I better get ready." She muttered.
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Inu Yasha awoke with a start. He was pouring cold sweat and breathing heavily. Something wasn't right. He looked around the small camp taking in every sound and smell. Nothing was out of place. Still he couldn't shake off the feeling that something had gone very very wrong.
"Kagome..." He whispered.
Deep inside of his chest he felt a wrenching pain. Something had happened to Kagome. She wasn't dead, that he could feel. But he could feel her pain, worry, and fear. What had Naraku done?
Inu Yasha took in a deep breath and released a sigh. There was nothing he could do. He was still so far away. Or was he close? He didn't know. Naraku kept covering up the scent of his castle to throw him off. Why did he want Inu Yasha to take so long? Didn't he want his precious jewels and Inu Yasha's sword?
Sweet chamomile. Where was it coming from? Inu Yasha lifted his nose to the wind and took in a deep breath. Chamomile and....dried earth. Kikyo. Inu Yasha jumped to his feet and ran towards the smell. It led him to the same lake he had sat before not but hours ago. And there stood Kikyo gazing down into the depths of the water. She looked so sad.
"Kikyo.." Inu Yasha muttered.
Kikyo turned around and faced the hanyou. A look of surprise passed quickly over her features. She gazed at Inu Yasha until he was compelled enough to step closer to her.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I'm..after Naraku. He kidnapped Kagome..I was going to get her back."
"That girl..." Kikyo muttered and stared down into the water. Her reflection shone back at her. The light from the moon showed the paleness of her skin.
"Inu Yasha why don't you just forget about her. Now that Naraku has gotten her out of the way, we can be together." She said and ran a cold dead hand down his cheek.
Inu Yasha placed his hand on top of hers trying to capture any hint of warmth. None came.
"You know I can't do that. I owe it to Kagome to come and rescue her." He said.
"Inu Yasha who do you care about more. Me or that girl?" She asked as she stared into his eyes.
For a while Inu Yasha couldn't speak. He was searching deep within himself for that answer. It was just hard for him to explain.
"You, of course." He said not to sure of his answer himself.
Kikyo shook her head and looked away.
"I can tell by your voice that isn't true. Oh Inu Yasha, when I was alive I longed to be with you. There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think of you. I would lay awake at night hoping you'd sneak into my hut and visit me. You never did. Inu Yasha when your task with the Shikon No Tama is complete, what will you do? Will you truly become full demon? Or will you live your life with the girl?"
Inu Yasha's gaze settled out on the water. Again his reflection was only half. He stared down at the water thinking hard. He wasn't sure anymore what he was going to do. All this time he'd said he was going to become full demon. But they had learned the hard way exactly how he acted when his demon blood took over. He didn't want to be that mindless.
"I..I don't know." Was his only answer.
Kikyo turned around and curled her arms around him. She held him close to her own body trying to capture his warmth for she had none of her own.
In turn Inu Yasha wrapped his arms around her. He could smell and feel the coldness of death.
"Come to hell with me. When your task is complete and you have nothing more to bind you to this world, come to hell with me. We could be there forever together." She offered him.
Inu Yasha stood silent.
Kikyo released her hold on him and stepped back. Immediately a flock of her Shikigami wrapped around her.
"My offer stands firm. I will give you time to think about it. When you have made your choice, just call out my name and I will come for you. Goodbye Inu Yasha." She said in her soft sad tone.
The Shikigami drifted upward taking her along with them. Before long she was beyond Inu Yasha's sight.
Inu Yasha stood there for a long while. He gazed out into the sky letting Kikyo's offer roll about his mind. He went over it again and again. But each time he thought he'd almost made his decision Kagome's beautiful glowing face would ease into his mind.
"It seems I must first decide who I want more. Kikyo..you were the one I first fell in love with. You softened my heart and showed me that I was not the only one in the world alone. But Kagome..you accepted me for what I was. A half-breed. Never did you mock me for it or treat me differently. You opened a whole new world to me. You gave me kindness, warmth, friends, a place where I belonged. However, I cannot just forget Kikyo and all that she has done for me. She died for me and the only way I could repay that is by dieing myself. Oh Gods, why is this happening to me?" He said to himself while staring into the night sky.
He turned around and bounded off back to camp. He arrived just as the sun was peaking over the horizon and his friend were waking up. He helped them pack up their things and get ready to leave. He hopped up into a tree and threw his nose into the air hoping to catch a scent.
After a few minutes of huffing and puffing he finally caught something. It was Naraku's scent. And it was close. He jumped from the tree and pointed to them the direction it was coming from.
"I think we're getting really close. His scent is stronger than it has been so far. Be on guard. The closer we get, the harder it will be to get past his followers." Inu Yasha warned.
"Right. By the way, how do you suppose we're going to get Kagome out of there?" Miroku asked.
Sango nodded and added, "Yes I don't very well think attacking head on is a good idea."
"I haven't really thought about it. Maybe I could sneak in and rescue her. That way we wouldn't have to fight, at least until Kagome was in safe keeping." He added feeling that in his heart this could very well be the final battle.
"Well then, what are we waiting for. Let's go get Kagome!!" Shippou cried as he hopped onto Miroku's shoulder.
"Yea, let's." Inu Yasha said and nodded his agreement.
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Not the most exciting chapter, but I had to have a nice heart-felt one. I don't much like Kikyo, but I understand her grief. However, I think she should learn that if you truly love someone you should let them go and allow them to be happy, even if it removes you from the picture. Well R&R you guys. And please, please, make your reviews kinda like long. Just tell me how you felt about the chapter and what you think I might have done wrong. Flames are welcome, though I don't like them. Lol.