Inuyasha lied on the ground, holding tightly his stomach trying to stop the bleeding. Although he seemed to be in a lot of pain, Shamashir knew better than to go too close to him. He checked how many bullets he had in his gun – only two. He frowned, not seeing a way out from the current situation – he could finish Inuyasha with the remaining ammo but then he wouldn't be able to take his energy to use Tetsusaiga. The other option was that he hurt him enough only to keep him unable to fight but there was another problem – he didn't know what kind of injury would affect the hanyou the most.
While Shamashir was lost in his thoughts, Inuyasha managed to get a grip on himself but it definitely wasn't easy. The pain was like noting he had ever felt before, and he couldn't believe that something so small as that bullet could hurt him so much. Although he was in his hanyou form, he knew that he still wasn't at his full strength and that was causing him to fall only from a funny weapon like that gun.
As Shamashir finally seemed to come up with a decision, he walked toward Inuyasha and stopped just two or three meters away from him. The hanyou slowly opened one eye only to see the demon walk behind him. He desperately tried to get up but the loss of blood and the pain seemed to paralyze him, and he managed to lift himself only a little. The next thing he knew was that Shamashir was firing again. The two new shots echoed in the hangar and Inuyasha fell on the ground with two new wounds in his back.
Kagome was running through the park again. She was so tired that her vision was getting blurry but she just kept going. The sun was setting and the fear that many, let's say suspicious individuals were gathering in the park during the night, made her run even faster. Finally she reached the exit and stopped to catch her breath.
'Hang on, Inuyasha.' she didn't know why she thought that but she did and clutched the ofuda in her right hand tighter. She looked toward the hangars that could be seen in the distance and shivered. A strange feeling of danger rose in her chest and she straightened up. 'You better be alright, Inuyasha...' she threatened and ran again.
After about fifteen minutes Kagome was in front of the hangar. She looked at where the door used to be. She placed her hands on the wall that was now there and pushed, but nothing happened. Growling in frustration she kicked it and yelled Inuyasha's name. Suddenly the wall disappeared and the door appeared, startling her and she made a few steps back.
'This is not good.' she repeated several times in her mind. 'He is letting me in just like that? No, he's definitely up to something...' she took a deep breath and went through the door. The moment she was in, the wall appeared again and cut her way out again.
Shamashir was crouching next to the hanyou's unmoving form, with Tetsusaiga in his right hand. He sighed in annoyance and pocked Inuyasha in the back with the sword. He didn't move, didn't even make a sound and the demon frowned. He knew that he hadn't killed him and the lack of activity from the hanyou was starting to worry him. He either was unconscious and maybe dying, or he was pretending, trying to save his strength until Kagome comes back.
Tired and irritated of just watching Inuyasha practically play with him, Shamashir stood up and walked a little aside. Then he felt her. A satisfied grin formed on his lips and he closed his eyes, starting to chant something. When he was ready, he turned to the hanyou and walked back to him. This time he kicked him hard in his right side and Inuyasha couldn't suppress the pained groan that escaped from his mouth.
"Kagome is here, I let her in." Shamashir said calmly and the hanyou stiffened. "I hope you will enjoy the show." he added and walked away.
"Inuyasha..." the girl whispered, not brave enough to move away from the already gone door. When he didn't answer and didn't come to her, she took a deep calming breath and made a step forward. "Inuyasha..." she called him again, this time a little louder.
"He can't come to you." Shamashir's voice was heard from her left side and with a surprised gasp, Kagome turned toward him.
"Where is Inuyasha?" she hissed at him, suddenly forgetting her fear and getting angry because of what he could've done to the hanyou.
"Oh, he's dying somewhere around." the demon said amusingly and started walking toward her.
Although his words were a real shock for her, Kagome quickly gathered her thoughts and yelled at him to stay back. "You are lying! Inuyasha can't be dying..." she snapped at him, making a few steps back.
"Well, you may be right about that." Shamashir laughed and she looked at him a little confused. "He pretends very well. That dog is the best actor I've ever seen. You definitely are a good tamer." he laughed again when he saw the anger in Kagome's eyes.
"Don't talk like that about Inuyasha!" she yelled and stepped toward the demon. "He is not a dog! He is not an animal to be tamed!"
"Yes, he is." at those words she suddenly found herself face to face with Shamashir.
Seeing that he had tricked her into letting her guard down, she tried to back away but he held her shoulders. No matter how hard she struggled to get free, she just couldn't. Finally, feeling somehow tired, Kagome stopped moving and slowly her look was like drawn to Shamashir's eyes. She couldn't break the eye contact, she couldn't move, she couldn't even speak anymore.
"The moon is up..." Shamashir smirked. "Now I can take your energy..."
Slowly he leaned toward her and she unconsciously parted her lips – it was like some unexplainable force was making her do that. He didn't kiss her, like she expected him to do; he just stayed close to her. Suddenly Kagome felt a sharp pain in her chest – like something was being pulled out of her. She tried to scream but no sound came out of her mouth. She started to feel weak and dizzy and tears ran down her cheeks. Then something shook her and she fell on the ground.
"I'm gonna kill you, you fucking son of a bitch!" she heard Inuyasha yell as she started to come back t her senses. "You should've lived another few hundred years to only start thinking of messing with me..." Inuyasha had his sword again and had pointed it at Shamashir. The demon was lying on the ground on his back and was looking at the hanyou in disbelief.
"Wait! You can't kill me!" the demon's voice sounded almost scared.
"And why the hell not?" Inuyasha growled at him.
"Because the boy will die too." Shamashir threatened.
"Do you think I fucking care about that?" the hanyou was obviously enraged and even allowed himself a slight smirk, and the demon gulped.
A weak moan was heard from behind Inuyasha, as Kagome tried to sit up. Shamashir hoped that that would distract the hanyou enough for him to escape and that's what exactly happened.
"Are you alright, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, turning his head half way to look at her.
"I think so..." the girl mumbled, holding her head while she stood up and slowly walked toward him.
Finding this to be a good opportunity to escape, Shamashir pushed Tetsusaiga aside and stood up to run away. The moment he turned his back on Inuyasha, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, as the hanyou hit him with the dull side of his sword. The demon stumbled and fell unconscious on the ground, and Inuyasha sheathed his sword. Then, not wasting time like the last time, he walked to Kagome.
"Did you get the ofuda?" he asked.
"Y-Yes..." she stuttered, still a little dizzy, and showed him the rather creasy piece of paper.
"Hurry up and make the spell before he wakes up." the hanyou said, dragging her toward the unconscious demon.
Kagome listened to him and did the spell as Miroku had explained to her – she placed the ofuda on Kai's forehead and started chanting something. A strong pulse ran through the boy's body and as the ofuda turned to dust and faded away, a loud and pained scream was heard.
"Is that all?" Inuyasha asked incredulously. "I had to stay with that thing..."
"Miroku-sama said that it's different with humans." Kagome explained and just when she was turning toward him, Kai groaned and started to wake up.
"Shit!" the hanyou cursed and looked around for a place to hide. He jumped toward the pile of sacks with cement and hid behind them.
"Kai... Wake up." Kagome said and shook him lightly when she was sure that Inuyasha was gone.
The boy slowly started to come to conscious, he opened his eyes and she helped him sit up. He rubbed the back of his head and winced in pain. "Kagome?" he looked confused at her and then noticing the unfamiliar place he was, he started to panic.
"Calm down, Kai." the girl said and placed her hands on his shoulders. "It's ok, you're safe now."
"B-But what h-happened?" he stammered, highly confused.
"What is the last thing you remember?" she asked, eyeing him carefully.
"I... I was going to the school and then there was that guy with a gun..." he trailed off as he couldn't remember anything else.
"The local street band kidnapped you. But me and my boyfriend saw them and Inuyasha chased them away." the girl quickly explained and saw Kai get even more confused, then he frowned. "What is it?"
"Your face..." he pointed the bruise on her cheek. "A-And your neck..."
"Don't worry." she smiled and stood up, helping him get up too. "I got in the way. Stupid of me, isn't it?"
"Where is your boyfriend?" Kai started to look around. "I want to thank him..."
"Um, h-he..." the girl nervously tried to think of an excuse for Inuyasha's disappearance. "He went out to be sure that those idiots won't come back."
"He must be very strong, right?" the boy asked while he and Kagome walked toward the door.
"Yeah, he is." she said smiling and when they were out she turned to him. "Inuyasha said we should go home when you wake up."
"But what about him?" Kai asked highly concerned. "We can't just leave him..."
"Yes, we can." Kagome said firmly and dragged the boy away. "Otherwise he'll get really angry – we may be still in danger if we stay here."
Kai reluctantly agreed and they both walked away. He went with Kagome to her house and then she called a taxi for him. Before leaving she explained him that there was sill a chance for him to stay in Tokyo but there were definitely not going to be anymore kisses between them. Smiling, he agreed and promised that he would come in the morning to see if everything was alright.
Inuyasha waited for Kagome and that Kai to go away and stood up. The movement was too sudden for his injures and he fell on his knees on the ground, hissing in pain. After a while he managed to take control over his aching body and slowly stood up. He walked toward the door and out of the hangar and followed Kagome's scent, as his vision started to get blurry. All the way toward the Higurashi shrine he prayed that he didn't turn into human again – he definitely wasn't going to live through those wounds if he did.
Kagome was sitting on the door-still, waiting for him. A whole hour had passed and she was extremely worried. She had considered going to find him but in the dark she would just get into more trouble. Finally a dark shadow appeared on the stairs. At first, when she saw that it was him, she was happy because he was alright but then she saw that he was a little wobbly and was holding his stomach. Her fears came true as when he saw her he slumped on the ground unconscious.
TBC