Shadows from the Future
Chapter Nine: The Demon Within
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha stood up, "Get Sango and Miroku, I smell Naraku."
As soon as he finished a large blue sphere hurled down with a crash.
"WHAT THE HELL?" random villagers screamed as they ran away. Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kaede ran outside.
"HOLDER OF THE JEWEL SHARDS, COME OUT BEFORE WE REMODEL ANOTHER PART OF YOUR VILLAGE!"
Kagome then grabbed her arrows and ran out. She looked above to see a young girl floating above the village. Her long blue hair was tied up in pig-tails, her eyes were red and floating around her were multi-colored spheres.
"Over my dead body!" Kagome yelled.
The girl smiled, "Don't tempt me,"
Kagome shot one of her arrows at the girl who easily stopped it in midair and aimed it towards the village.
"Hand over the sacred jewel fragments or I shoot this arrow at the village." she giggled in delight.
"NEVER!" Inuyasha yelled as he grabbed Kagome, put her onto his back and ran off into the woods with the others close by on Kilala.
The girl sighed, "So we're going to have a chase, are we?" She threw a pink sphere into the air and disappeared into a cloud of smoke.
The group stopped in a small clearing, "We should be far enough to not cause anymore damage to the village." Inuyasha explained and carefully put Kagome down. "Kagome, I want you to stay clear of this battle. Got it?"
Kagome was about to protest when the girl appeared again. "Hum... I'll take a shot in the dark and say you're going to fight me, hmm?"
"Who are you and what do you want!" Miroku demanded. The girl laughed, "I am Nariko, an incarnation of Naraku. I've come for the girl, hand her over and make this simple and clean."
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome protectively, "Never!"
Miroku looked around. 'There aren't any poisonous insects! I can use my Wind Tunnel!' He then removed the prayer beads from his hand. "WIND TUNNEL!" he yelled as he aimed it at the demon.
Nariko smirked and threw an orange sphere at the monk. The sphere quickly changed into red-poisonous insects, Miroku closed his hand as fast as he could, but he had absorbed many insects already.
"MIROKU!" Sango yelled and ran to his side and started to fight off the bees.
"A word of advice: when things look too easy, they probably are." The demon girl smiled and looked over at Inuyasha. "Still haven't let go of that girl have you?" She held up a green orb, "I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO FORCE YOU THEN!" Nariko threw the sphere at Inuyasha binding him to a nearby tree.
"WHAT IN HELL IS THIS?!" He screamed as he tried to break lose of its grip.
"Don't even try it, half-breed! The more you struggle the tighter its grips are!"
He continued to fight the vines but no such luck. "DAMN IT!"
Nariko laughed and looked down at Kagome who had her arrows aimed straight for her. "Prepare to die, Nariko!" She yelled as she launched the arrow.
Nariko's laughter grew. "YOU'RE FOOLISH!" She sent the arrow flying back towards Kagome when a giant top blocked Kagome from harms way.
"YOU LEAVE KAGOME ALONE YOU STUPID WITCH!" Shippo screamed.
The incarnation looked down at the small Kitsune, "What are you supposed to be a squirrel or something? I don't waste my time with rodents like you! BE GONE!" She then threw a blue sphere at Kitsune. Shippo closed his eyes preparing to feel the income, but didn't. He opened his eyes to realize he was being held by Kagome and the fairly large crater next to them. "K-Kagome?" he squeaked.
"Shippo, you can climb trees, can't you?"
Shippo nodded.
"Good!" Kagome then threw Shippo into the forest as hard as she could.
"KAAAAAGGGGGOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEE!" The small demon cried as he flew through the air.
"HEAD FOR THE HUT, SHIPPO!" She yelled at the flying fox-demon.
Nariko's eyes darkened. "No more games, I'm ending this now!" The red-poisonous insects left Sango and went straight for Kagome.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled from his place on the tree.
"CLAWS OF DEATH!"
In a flash of light appeared and the swarm of bees fell onto the ground dead. Kagome looked in shock as Arasoi and Keishou landed in front of her. "Since when do these stupid things fight back?" Keishou asked with a smirk. Arasoi shrugged and turned to Sango.
"Think fast!" She yelled and threw her the antidote.
Sango caught it with ease, "How... did you know?"
"A little fox told us." Keishou smiled and then switched his attention to the floating girl. "Who's the chick with the bees?"
Nariko scowled. "You must be incredibly brave or extremely stupid to ask such a question! I am Nariko the incarnation of Naraku! Prepare to meet your fate!" She yelled as she threw another orange globe at the siblings.
"Again with the bees, not very creative are you?" Arasoi questioned as the bee swarm grew.
"HA! TRY TO CLAW YOUR WAY OUTTA THIS!" the floating demon yelled.
Keishou grabbed his sister's arm and swung her around.
"AH! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" She demanded.
"SPREAD OUT YOUR CLAWS!" he ordered and she did so. Suddenly the thousands of insects dropped from the sky.
Inuyasha's eyes never left Kagome. That should've been him protecting her, not some kid and his sister! His blood began to boil. Meanwhile Sango and Miroku continued to observe the fight, waiting to see if the boy would draw his sword or not.
Nariko hissed, "TAKE THIS!" she yelled throwing multiple red spheres towards the ground hitting Arasoi and her brother. They screamed as the balls let loose a thick crimson rope that burnt with even the slightest touch.
Kagome raced to the fallen fighters.
"NO! STAY BACK!" Arasoi screamed only to be burnt again and fall to the ground.
Nariko snickered and held up a dark purple ball, "This contains the miasma you all know so well!" She then threw it towards Kagome.
Her mind told her to run but she couldn't move her legs, she was numb all over. Kagome shut her eyes preparing for the worst when she felt strong arms wrap around her waist and block the miasma. "Inuyasha?" she gasped into chest. She opened her eyes to realize his whole shirt was burnt off. Kagome slowly looked up.
His eyes were as red as blood
'AH! He transformed again!' she thought remembering he didn't have his sword when he was trapped to the tree.
Sango watched with a start, "What could've caused him to transform? His life wasn't in danger."
"But Kagome's was." Keishou answered, his golden eyes never leaving the battle in front of them. "I thought I smelled the scent of a full demon. I've never seen a transformation like this before in my life." The group continued to watch the scene unfold.
The demon in the sky looked down. "What the hell is this now!? Why do you now hold the scent of a full demon?"
Inuyasha flexed his claws causing a loud crackle. "Nobody lays a hand on MY Kagome."
Everyone gasped.
"Now why can't he say that in his normal state?" Miroku questioned earning a slap upside his head by Sango.
Inuyasha jumped into the air, dung his claws into Nariko's flesh and literally ripped her apart, and at that same moment the red ropes disapeared off the two young hanyous. Keishou grabbed his sister and covered her eyes, not wanting her to see such a horrible scene. He felt her start to tremble and soon noticed he was also. It wasn't out of fear, it was out of bewilderment. It started to rain flesh and blood soon after Inuyasha's attack and it was clear that Nariko was dead.
Kagome swallowed back the vomit that threatened her now shaking body as she stood up. "Inuyasha?" she asked softly hoping that he would respond to her voice, but no such luck.
"KAGOME! GET AWAY FROM HIM! YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL AND MAY KILL YOU WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT!" Miroku yelled, but Kagome continued to walk towards Inuyasha.
"Let her go Miroku," Sango said surprising the Monk. "I think she knows what she's doing."
Keishou and Arasoi took a deep breath and got ready to attack at any given moment anyways.
Kagome walked closer to Inuyasha.
"No... STAY BACK!" Inuyasha's husky voice screamed. Again Kagome didn't listen and knelt beside him.
"Inuyasha, try to control it. I know you can do it." She cupped his cheek with her hand and felt he was breathing heavier.
"Ka-Ka-Kagome..."
Kagome heart jumped. 'He remembers me!' she thought.
"I'm right here, Inuyasha."
"D-Don't... don't go..."
"I promise you I won't." She whispered rubbing his cheek trying to sooth him. "Just try to regain control."
Kagome felt Inuyasha's take sharp breaths as he laid his head on her shoulder. 'Why is he having problems breathing?' she pondered. She was then ripped out of her thoughts when she felt powerful claws pin her to the ground.
"INUYASHA!" she shirked as Sango and the others were about to run over to her, "NO! STAY THERE AND DON'T MOVE!" Kagome yelled causing them all to freeze.
"KAGOME! HE'S ETHEIR GOING TO KILL YOU OR RAPE YOU AND I DON'T THINK YOU WANT ETHEIR OF THEM!" Arasoi shouted.
"NO HE WON'T!" Kagome yelled back, still trying to escape from the transformed demon on top of her.
"YES HE WILL!" Sango yelled back.
"HE WON'T BECAUSE HE'D NEVER HURT ME! I TRUST HIM!" Kagome felt Inuyasha's grip loosen and the pressure on her ease. She opened her eyes to see Inuyasha's golden orbs; they were so sad and confused. His hands were trembling horribly and he looked as if he was going to start to cry.
"Kagome..." he whispered as Kagome slowly sat up and faced him. "What... did I do to you?"
She never answered him as she lunged at him and hugged him tightly not feeling the least embarrassed. Inuyasha held her in his arms tightly; he never wanted to let her go, he was too afraid to.
(AN: TADA! Chapter 9 is done so that must mean we're up the double digits! Wahoo! Okay, you know the drill R&R, BE NICE AND NO FLAMES! Thanks to all who have reviewed sp far! I only update for you few souls!)