Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.

Warnings: Shounen ai, Naraku/InuYasha

Sry 'bout all the grammer and/or spelling mistakes.

Sorry guys. I've actually been working on my LotR fic. This one is really hard at the moment. But I figured I should udpate this one since I haven't in so long. Believe me I do feel bad for not updating this one. Don't you want me to figure everything out first, though? I dunno.. I still haven't. This fic is a lot harder and more complicated than I thought it would be. Well, I really hope you all enjoy this chapt! n.n


Evil Temptations

Chapter Nine

Distraught Accusations

"How dare you try to take my InuYasha from under my nose!" Naraku snarled, menacingly.

The four took a step back, frightened.

"Oh Kami!" Kagome said under her breath.

"Worry not. You shall see Him soon enough." The crimson-eyed man said, slowly advancing.

The others backed up more, but were ready for an attack.

Shippou was trembling and would have ran except his feet wouldn't move. Fear seized him and made it impossible to move even an inch.

Sango was gald she was already prepared for a fight, having her youkai slayer outfit on, her hair tied back, and her Hiraikotsu within reach. She knew the four of them didn't have a chance against Naraku. InuYashsa was always the one to fight these types of battles. However, he wasn't around and wouldn't fight Naraku anyway.

Kuso! What can we do? Miroku thought, trying to come up with something. He thought that Kirara would be able to get in and out without being detected. Either she had been too obvious or they had been. He held his staff at the ready. Unfortunately, he still didn't have full function of his arm from when InuYasha had attacked him. This was a huge disadvatage and weakened their already highly unlikely chance of survival.

Naraku laughed at the sight before him. "You think you can defeat me?" He laughed louder, just the concept was preposterous.

The four took another step back, even more frightened by the emotionless laughter. They knew they had no chance, but that didn't mean they weren't going to try their luck.

Before Sango knew it, Naraku was in front of her. "Boo." He said quietly. She took a quick step back and he chuckled, loving the look of fear on her face.

The youkai slayer grabbed her Hiraikotsu and put all of her power into the throw, aiming for the monster in front of her.

Naraku stood there still laughing. At the last second he put up his hand and caught the huge weapon with no effort. "Oh, you are too amusing! Thinking this toy can harm me!"

He's messing with us! Kagome thought, angry. Luckily, she had her bow and arrows with her. She grabbed the bow and nocked an arrow, aiming for Naraku.

Before she could even fire the arow Naraku was upon her. "No, no, no, miko. That's not very nice of you." /priestess/ He whispered in her ear, sending a shiver of fear through her body.

The young miko dropped her bow in surprise and fear.

Naraku chuckled. "You're trembling." He said, laughing harder. "You are trembling and you expect to kil me? You cannot even hold your weapon."

Miroku snuck up behind the frightening man, hoping to catch him off guard. He swung his staff at him, expecting impact.

Naraku turned and caught the staff. Stealing it from the monk and tossing it aside. "Your weapons are useless. Do you not know that by now?" He punched the monk in the stomache, sending him to the ground in pain.

"Miroku!" The others shouted, afraid of what Naraku would do next.

InuYasha should see Naraku like this! I bet he would change his mind then! Kagome thought, wishing that it had been InuYasha that had found them instead. How could he love this.. this monster?

Naraku looked over to the miko. He saw the look of loathing in her eyes, and started to walk slowly to her. "Believe me, miko. I do not like you either. You are trying to steal my InuYasha from me. That I will not forgive." He said through clenched teeth.

Kagome was scared to death, knowing full well what Naraku was capable of, but stood her ground. "InuYasha is no one's property, so stop speaking of him as such. Why don't you consider his feelings? Maybe he wants to know us. Maybe he wants to recover his memories; find out for himself how things were." She spat at him.

"I know how he feels. He would protect me with his very life. Just as I would do so for him. I would give my very soul just so he could live another day. Don't even act like you know what you're talking about. You have no idea what's been going on recently." Naraku stated angrily. He couldn't believe that she had the nerve to even think she understood the situation.

Kagome was taken aback by how pationately he talked about the inu youkai. She knew InuYasha loved Naraku deeply, but didn't think it was returned at the same level. However, by how Naraku was talking about him it sounded like he might care even more.

Kagome sighed deeply. She now knew that she had no chance to win InuYasha's heart, especially with his memories gone.

Sango stood over Miroku, seeing if he was alright. She helped him up when he finally was able to control his breathing. Both had heard the conversation between the two who loved InuYasha and were torn. Sango and Miroku knew that at the moment there was no way Kagome could possibly even hope to steal InuYasha's love. They felt horrible, knowing how much Kagome really loved him. She had for a very long time now. And after all this time, the one she loved fell in love with their enemy, no less. Fate was just being cruel to her. Seeing Kagome's forlorn expression they knew that she had figured it out as well.

At that moment InuYasha showed up, panting heavily and once more relying on Kirara for support. He had tried as hard as he could to get there by himself so the neko youkai wouldn't have to change and be more obvious. However, he couldn't make it on his own.

The hanyou looked up from the ground and was surprised to see Naraku with the others. He was both happy and disappointed. He had hoped to regain some of his memories by talking to them.

"InuYasha." Naraku said, quietly, forgetting his argument with the miko. He ran up the the inu youkai and huggged him. "Never leave without telling me again. I was worried."

"Gomen nasai, Naraku." /I am sorry./ InuYasha said, embarrassed. He was being treated like a child in front of the others. He did know that he was going to worry Naraku by just leaving like that, though.

The four stared wide-eyed at the two, mainly Naraku. His whole attitude changed. One second he had been cruel, while toying with them; the next he was the exact opposite. To InuYasha he had so much emotion behind his voice, full of care and concern. They couldn't believe it. How can someone change so much; so quickly?

Kirara growled at the display, showing her dislike. She knew that InuYasha belonged with Kagome. Or at least thought so.

Naraku looked at the neko evilly. He knew what she meant by that growl.

"Worry not. I love only you." InuYasha said, forgetting the others were there. He kissed Naraku pationately.

How.. how could he? Kagome thought, disbelievingly.

Right in front of her. Sango stared. In front of all of us.

InuYasha didn't remember any of his feelings for Kagome or any of her feelings for him so didn't think it would affect her. He still couldn't deny it, though. He loved Naraku. That was that. As far as he was concerned that would never change. And he didn't want it to.

They finally broke apart. InuYasha licked his lips seductively. "See?"

Naraku grinned. "There were never any doubts."

"How can you two act like that in front of us, especially Kagome?!" Miroku questioned, angrily.

"Why not? We have nothing to hide? You already know we love each other." Naraku stated truthfully.

"Well, yeah, but don't you remember anything, InuYasha?" The monk paused, allowing the silver-haired youkai to think. "What about Kagome's love for you?"

"Love? I have seen no love. Before you were all trying to trick me onto your side. How do I know this isn't just another lie?" InuYasha asked, angry. It did feel like that was the truth, though. That Kagome really did love him. He looked over at her and saw a tear fall. His heart clenched at the sight.

"You know she loves you. You need no proof." Miroku said, wisely, trying to convince the hanyou.

InuYasha fell to his knees confused. His headache had never gone away and it only grew. He clutched his head, trying to think; trying to remember something - anything. He wanted to know. Being in the dark was horrible, especially since everyone else knew the truth.

"InuYasha?" Naraku asked, concerned.

The others watched, wondering if InuYasha was just trying to trick them again.

"Doushite?" /why/ The pained hanyou all of a sudden asked, after minutes of silence.

Everyone looked at each other, seeing if anyone understood why he asked that and to whom it was directed to.

"Why what?" Naraku nervously asked. 'Why' could be for any one of them and could get so many different answers.

"Why can I not remember?" The distressed hanyou asked, slamming his fist into the ground.

Naraku inwardly sighed in relief. He really did not wish for InuYasha to regain his memories. Nevertheless, he wnated to comfort his lover.

The dark-haired man knelt next to InuYasha and put a hand on his back. "Worry not. I'm sure they will come back within time." He said soothingly.

InuYasha was silent for a while, thinking.

The others just waited, interested in what was going on. They were surprised that Naraku hadn't run off with the hanyou already.

Maybe he's just as curious as we are. Kagome thought.

"Naraku, how did I lose my memories to begin with?" The inu youkai finally spoke up.

Well, that was something they most certainly wanted to know!

Naraku looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him. Might as well tell the truth. It can do no harm. "I know not exactly how it happened. When I found you lying on the ground by the tree with a large bump on your head and the gash on your arm I just assumed you were in a fight. During the fight you must have hit the tree or something and lost consciousness." He answered, calmly, saying everything he knew. "When you woke up you had no memories."

"You promised me you wouldn't go looking for danger!" Kagome yelled, not able to stop herself. "This is by far the worse trouble you've gotten yourself into! Why couldn't you just listen to me for once?"

"A fight?" InuYasha was too wrapped up in his own mind to acknowledge Kagome's comments. The inu youkai forced himself to think about it, ignoring the sharp pain in his head. He had to remember! A promise? What promise? All of a sudden images passed through his mind at once. He fell to the ground and laid there, clutching his head tighter, the pain growing.

"InuYasha! InuYasha!" He faintly heard everyone call.

He saw Kagome and him laying in a field looking at the stars together.

Sango on Kirara, flying in the air. The youkai slayer holding onto his arm ready to launch him into a youkai that was impersonating another.

Miroku trying to protect him from the acid of a cocoon they were trapped in.

It felt like his head was about to burst.

Kagome being kidnapped by a wolf youkai. Him trying his hardest to find her and make sure she was alright.

Him being in Kagome's lap when he was poisoned, while in his ningen form.

The pain grew even worse.

A lot more images crossed his mind. All of which contained InuYasha working with; never against Kagome and her friends. In a few he fought his brother, Sesshoumaru. In the next he even fought none other than Naraku.

He saw Kagome talk to him, making him promise not to go looking for danger. Then he remembered fighting the wolf-like youkai, and hitting the tree. And then nothing.

After each images passed the pain grew that much greater.

Are these memories? Or what? The hanyou thought, disbelievingly. He had been so frustrated about his memories not too long ago. Were these really them? If so what about the one against Naraku?

A last memory of Kikyou and what Naraku had done flashed through his head, reminding him of how cruel his lover really was.

"InuYasha! InuYasha!" He kept hearing, over and over again. The others were worried. He heard Naraku's voice in there too. Concern - genuine concern - could clearly be heard in his voice.

As awareness came back he realized that he was lying on the ground; still clutching his head tightly, and panting heavily. The agony in his head stil there but his vision had now cleared.

Naraku stared at InuYasha, frightened. What had happened? He seemed to be in so much pain, but there was nothing he could do to help.

Kagome had tears running down her face. She hated seeing InuYasha in so much pain. It had seemed to last an eternity before the inu youkai finally stopped screaming.

"Are you alright?" Naraku asked the disoriented hanyou. He knelt next to him again and brushed his fingers against InuYasha's face, moving the hair out of his eyes. To his surprise InuYasha flinched from his touch. "I-InuYasha?" His voice clearly displayed the hurt he felt.

"How.. how could.. you?" InuYasha asked weakly. "You.. you said you loved me. But you never... meant it. It was all a lie." The torn hanyou looked up at his questionable lover.

Naraku's heart froze when he saw tears running down InuYasha's face. "No... no, it's not true. I do love you!" He said, horrified. Do not leave me! The others looked on in surprise, watching the scene before them. They had never seen InuYasha even come close to tears and now here he was with them pouring down his face and he wasn't even trying to hide them.

"I remember now, though. You're greatest pleasure is to make me suffer. Is this another one of your cruel plans? Playing with me heart?" He couldn't handle this. It was all too much. The pain that gripped his heart and tore it in two.

"No! I love you! I really do! How can you doubt me now?" Naraku asked, dispairingly. He was about to cry himself. He wouldn't, though. He couldn't. However, he could feel the tears start to build up.

Oh Kami! Kagome thought. Naraku looks close to tears himself. I didn't think it was possible for him to cry. Naraku could tell that InuYasha still didn't believe him. "How can I prove my love for you?" He asked desperately, willing to do anything the hanyou asked of him.

"I do not know. Just.. leave. Leave me alone!" InuYasha shouted, without thinking. He still loved Naraku without a doubt, btu didn't know what he could do. Could he really truth Naraku now?

"As you wish." Naraku stated, emotionlessly. A tear finally fell, betraying his attitude of not caring.

InuYasha chocked on a sob, not believing he had actually made a tear fall from Naraku.

Naraku retreated to his castle. Leaving the distraught inu youkai alone.

The others looked at Naraku's retreating form in shock. He left.. just like that! They didn't doubt his love. They had seen how he had acted towards InuYasha and saw how genuine his feelings really were. And even saw the tear that broke his cold demeanor. He most certainly did care!

Kagome coudn't believe it, btu she actually felt sorry for the black-haired man. After all, she was pretty much in the same position he was in, except farther in the hole. She had no chance for InuYasha's love even if Naraku was out of the picture. She knew that now.

InuYasha just laid there on the ground, sobbing quietly. "How can I still love him?" He shouted in anguish. He knew he should hate him, but he couldn't. He coudn't with all the recent memories he had. The way he held him closely and kissed him. How he gently caressed him. The way he took care of him...

How can I live without him? InuYasha asked himself, wishing now that his memories had not returned.

Eesh.. well, that didn't turn out well at all, huh? That's not quite how I planned it. But it kinda happened like that. It works.. right? Sorta? Kinda? -shrugs- Hmmm.. I wonder if InuYasha will ever be able to forgive Naraku. I hope he does! I like that pairing.. n.n;; But whatever happens, happens. I have no control over it. o.O Btw, do you think I rushed it? I kinda feel like I did....

Well, I decided to update this also as a treat to all you trick-or-treaters... -.- Happy Halloween to everyone!! Have fun!

Review Responses

punky345 - thx... Lol.. I think so... n.n;;

Slytherin Queen of Zeo - Lol... well, I don't quite think he got a break. He did get his memories back, but at what cost? Heh.. oops. n.n;; Gah! Ya know, I really would have some in there, but I really doubt I'd be able to write it. ;-; ...lol... vocal... Sry for the slow update, btw.

ingra-of-mordor - Lol.. sry for the delay of the update! And thx.. it's much appreciated! n.n

Anime Qtie - Heh... well, there's your answer for ya. Not too purdy, is it? Eesh... Don't worry I will finish this.. no matter how long it takes! Hopefully not too long though.

Shoot the Sky - Exactly! That's why I had to do it! I've never seen any of this pairing. Heh.. how'd ya like his reaction? -.-;;;

inulover28 - Yayness! I converted someone! ....lol... n.n;; Lol... once, huh? Good job.. --claps-- Really? I woulda been mad right away if they took off one of my fics.

Kurama&Karasus Daughter - SRY! It took forever again! ;-; Wow.. thank you so much! Never expected to receive such praise from someone. I'm unworthy! What language is that, btw?

Katie the Katydid - I know, but doesn't that make it even better? n.n You're a fan of Inu/Kag and you're reading this? Yayness! n.n That makes me happy that you're actually reading this! n.n

Jalison - Lmao! Alrighty then! Sry for another long wait!

MasterFranny - "Something," huh? I think he remember a little more than that this chapt... -.- Yeah, don't ask. Ya gotta cut me some slack on this. This fic is a lot harder to write than I thought it would be. Hmmm.. piccy... sure! n.n Thx ahead of time! n.n Yeah, sure. Why not? Complain all ya want. (not really.. lol. n.n;; ) Thanks so much and I'm so sry for the long wait!

Kumori Sakusha formerly Saelbu - Thx! Sry for the horribly long wait!

MoroTheWolfGod - Lol.. thx... n.n And slow again... sry.

XxMaster-ExX - Lmao! Thx.. needed that slap! n.n Lol.. I dunno if that'd be such a good idea, though. He's only sweet to InuYasha. --grins--

Well, I think that's the most amount of reviews I've ever received for one chapt! Thx guys. And plz keep them coming! Volleyball is over now.. except for the few practices that are optional.. I am going to them, though. But I do have more time than before so hopefully upates will be quicker.. and more often. I'm not so sure with this at the moment, though. I do have to figure some things out, so if the updates take forever plz bear with me. Arigatou! n.n

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