Summary: Kagome sees Inuyasha with Kikyo and runs off, only to be attacked by a demon and placed under a curse by the dark priestess herself. InuKag. Rated PG-13 for Inu's bad words.

Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha, not me.

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Evil Curse of the Dark Priestess, Kikyo Chapter 3

Recap of the last chapter:

The snake demon squeezed Kagome harder and she was starting to have trouble breathing. Just when she thought she couldn't take it anymore, she heard a familiar voice call out her name. She looked around and saw Sango and Miroku running towards her and if she had any air left in her lungs, she would have breathed a sigh of relief. She tried to wiggle out of the demons grasp, but found her efforts useless.

"Hiraikous!"

Kagome looked around again and saw Sango's trusty boomerang flying in her direction. The next thing she knew, she was falling fifty feet in the air and the once fifty foot long demon was now only thirty feet long. Kagome screamed, hoping someone would catch her, and her wish came true, though it wasn't even close to what she had in mind. The snake demon slithered under her and caught her in its teeth, sinking one fang into her side. A sickening crunch could be heard throughout the clearing as Kagome screamed again.

Deep in the forest, not too far from the ancient well, Inuyasha sat up high in a tree, deep in thought. He had a nice view of all the treetops in Inuyasha Forest.

'Kami-sama, I'm such an idiot! I should have been able to sense Kagome nearby. And she heard all those things I said to Kikyo... Wait, what do I care? She's just a shard-detector after all.' His dog ears (kawaii!) fell back, flat against his head. 'I need to stop telling myself that. Kagome's my best friend in the whole world, even though I won't admit it. Maybe more than that. I can't help it though. I do have feelings for her, it's just I don't want to see her get hurt anymore. After all, I promised Kikyo I'd go to hell with her once our search for the sacred jewel shards is all over... it's not like I want to go with her... but she died thinking I betrayed her, so it's only right that I follow her in death.'

He paused for a moment. 'But what about Kagome? Sango and Miroku said she didn't return last night. She must have been really upset... I can't really blame her. I wonder what she's doing right now...'

Inuyasha sighed and leaned back against the tree trunk, overlooking the forest. There seemed to be a fight going on by the ancient Bone-Eaters well. He could see a fairly large snake demon holding something or someone up in the air and heard a scream.

'Feh, I'd hate to be that person.' He squinted and tried to get a better view of the fight, when he saw Sango's Hiraikous whizz through the demon's tail, cutting it off. He smirked and leapt down from the tree. 'Finally! I've been wanting to kill something all day! (evil...) What makes them think they can have all the fun?! Wait, if Sango's over there... then... Oh shit! Kagome!'

He took off as fast as he could towards the ancient well and the fight raging on over there. He heard another scream, and his suspicions were confirmed when he realized it was Kagome's voice. What horrified him was that it was a scream of pure pain and agony, not fear. "Kami-sama, no..." he muttered under his breath.

He reached the clearing just in time to see Kagome in the snake demon's mouth, and almost had a heart attack.

Kagome squeezed her eyes shut, trying to block out the pain, but when she opened them again everything was blurry. 'Oh gosh, I can barely see. I'm getting really dizzy.' She squinted her eyes, trying to focus them on something, but failed. Her eyes started to flutter closed. "Inu...yasha...," she whispered. The last thing she remembered before she fell unconscious was a red and white blur running towards her.

Inuyasha immediately pulled out his tetsusaiga, which transformed, and jumped into the air towards the demon. "Let her go, you filthy bastard!!!" he shouted as he brought the tetsusaiga down on the back of the snake demon's neck, though not strong enough to cut it off. The demon hissed in pain and dropped Kagome from its mouth.

Inuyasha was still airborn and thinking, 'Shit, I can't get to her in time!" Miroku and Sango, who had been shocked and watching the battle speechlessly since Inuyasha arrived, snapped out of it and ran over to catch Kagome. Before either could get under her, Kirara, in her big form, swiftly swooped down and caught Kagome on her back.

Inuyasha landed gracefully on the ground and gently lifted Kagome bridal style off of Kirara, with a concerned look on his face. "Miroku, could you do the honors?"

"Of course, Inuyasha." Miroku quickly removed the prayer beads from around his right hand and the snake demon and all its other pieces that scattered the ground were sucked into his Kazanna(wind tunnel).

Sango ran over to Inuyasha and looked worriedly down at Kagome. "D-do you think she'll be alright, Inuyasha?"

"I don't know but we better get her to Kaede's as soon as possible. When she fell, she took that thing's fang along with her." Inuyasha motioned to the fang protruding out of her side. Her uniform was also covered in blood and torn in places. Sango looked down at it and gasped.

Inuyasha and the others rushed down to Kaede's, which wasn't very far, Inuyasha carrying the limp girl in his arms and being careful not to injure her further. Once there, Kaede had everyone wait outside while she bandaged up Kagome.

"So...?!?!?!" Inuyasha asked Kaede once she walked out of the hut. Kaede was looking at the ground and shaking her head.

"Kagome-"

Japanese words used in this chapter:

Kami(-sama) god

Hiraikous Sango's giant boomerang

Kazanna Miroku's Wind Tunnel

AN: So??? How was it? I spent all day writing and typing it up and making sure I got it done today so I hope it's good. Please please please leave me a review so I'll be happy that people are reading.