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She caught herself before it was too late and forced herself to remain calm.
"Inuyasha. Have you nothing to say," Kagura said
Inuyasha's eyes switched from Atria to Kagura. He growled at her.
"Oh dear. I believe your family doesn't want you anymore," Kagura said
Atria never removed her eyes from Inuyasha's face. She was looking of a sign. Any sign that he was just acting. her stomach was in knots. Then she saw it and she instantly felt better. The twitch of his ear towards her gave her the sign. She straightened and turned her back on them.
"Well then I don't want them either," Atria said, "Would you take care of them Kagura. All of them, but Inuyasha."
Atria saw Kagura nod out of the corner of her eye. Atria turned and started to say something, but before she could even open her mouth a wave of nausea and evil washed over her. She could see nothing but a dim light in front of her. She didn't move a single muscle. Her vision finally cleared. She saw Kagura and the demons fighting the others. They only ones not fighting were Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha.
Earlier she had asked that Sesshomaru protect kagome. She had also asked, in private, that, if she did turn demon, Sesshomaru would kill her before she went to far. Atria had known that Inuyasha would never be able to kill her. She could only hope Sesshomaru was able to.
Inuyasha was staring at her. Anger still stood on his face, but his eyes showed understanding. He knew she had to do this. He also knew that she didn't want to. Atria's eyes widened a moment and she hissed in breath.
Pain suddenly exploded in her head. She felt her knees hit the ground. Her vision blurred and she could no longer see. She raised her hands to her head. She had to fight it. She struggled within herself. The demon screaming to be let out. She tried to build a barrier around it to trap it within her. She knew it was a losing battle but she had to try. She kept on fighting for a minute more. Then she was overwhelmed. She had lost. Pain washed over her and then she was no longer in control.
Inuyasha saw her stand back up. Her eyes were completely red. He stepped back knowing what that meant. Atria smiled at him and advanced. Up on the ledge Naraku laughed. He could hardly hide his amusement. Inuyasha paused a moment. Atria saw this and attacked. She jumped and landed right in front him. Inuyasha stumbled backwards. He would not draw Tetsusaiga against her, but that left him with little to do otherwise. He jumped backwards. He knew he'd have to fight her, but he wanted to prolong it. Inuyasha ran through the battle drawing Atria after him.
His plan worked partly. She was delayed, but only long enough for her to destroy a few demons. At Kagura's shriek of outrage Atria turned. With a look of utter hate Atria stalked towards Kagura. Kagura, recognizing the situation, quickly made herself scarce. Atria growled and turned back to Inuyasha. He was fighting off three demons that had decided to be stupid. Before he could even think about drawing his sword, Atria quickly dispatched them.
At this point Inuyasha had an idea. He lead Atria back into the group of attacking demons. with out Kagura to command them they were attacking each other. When Inuyasha ran through they stopped, but when Atria ran through they attacked her. Inuyasha looked back, but quickly went to converse with the others. They had almost worked out a plan when a movement caught Inuyasha's eye. he turned and saw Atria
She was covered head to toe in blood. She was grinning evilly and advancing on them. The other demons were dead.
"you know what to do," Inuyasha yelled
He ran away from Kagome and them drawing Atria's attention. Atria ran and jumped, landing in front of him. She slammed her fist into his chest. He flew backwards and landed a few feet from colliding into a wall. He quickly got back up. He realized that she was acting exactly like he did when he was full demon. She wouldn't feel any pain and she wouldn't give up till she died. Inuyasha made a quick decision and then he attacked
He was too slow, because Atria caught him by the shoulders and threw him behind her. This time he did slam into the wall, upside down. Atria grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up. The next thing Inuyasha knew he was falling backwards and Kouga wa in front of him. Kouga had ran into Atria throwing her into the cavern wall. Effectively preventing her from killing Inuyasha. Atria picked herself up and glared at Kouga. She jumped at him and knocked him off his feet. He quickly crawled out of the way as Epic took his turn.
Epic came up behind Atria and restrained her arms. Atria went limp and slipped out of his grasp. She came back up and racked her claws across his arm. She grabbed Epic's wrist and pulled him towards her. He struggled against her grasp as she smiled. Her other hand was poised to tear out his throat. She went flying again. This time Kouga kept a hold of her.
Kouga kept running. He jerked her along. Suddenly he yelped and released her. Atria had dug her claws into his hand. Atria tumbled into the middle of the cavern. She stood up and looked around. When her gaze landed on Kagome her smile faded. She started towards her. She jumped back as Kagome released an arrow. The arrow landed right in front of her, releasing a bright flash of light. Atria, being the closet, had to shield her eyes. As soon as the flash died she ran at Kagome. Sesshomaru grabbed Kagome and quickly removed her from Atria's path.
Baal intercepted her. He kicked her feet out from under her and sent her rolling into a wall. She slowly got up and walked towards him. He didn't realize until to late what she was going to do. She flipped over him and sliced at his back. He fell forward as he felt the pain between his shoulders. Atria was distracted from killing Baal by Miroku. He had run past and smacked her with his staff. Sango threw her boomerang and caught Atria in the side. The result was that Atria was not only sent flying, but she was thrown into Kouga.
Grabbing the closest annoyance at hand, which happened to be Kouga, she threw him at Sango effectively knocking them both out briefly. Epic started circling her. Every now and then he'd stop and hit her. Eventually she just reached out and caught him by his wrist. She sunk her claws in and drew blood. She dropped his wrist and threw him at Baal. Inuyasha slashed at her arm to draw her attention to him. She turned and grabbed his arm. He shook off her grasp and jumped away. As he jumped Atria grabbed his foot and slammed him into the ground face first. He got up and was immediately grabbed by his hair. Atria jerked his head back and then let go. She kicked him over onto his other side. Before Inuyasha could do anything she was holding him up by the front of his shirt. She was about to rip his throat out when she paused.
Kagome was watching horrified at what Atria was doing. Shortly after Sesshomaru had moved her she had an idea. She took aim at Naraku. When she finally released her arrow Atria was about to kill Inuyasha.. Kagome's arrow struck true and killed the puppet Naraku. Kagome looked back just as the jewel popped out of Atria's back.
Atria dropped Inuyasha. Inuyasha saw her return to normal. She changed back to Hanyou. Inuyasha picked himself up. He saw Atria looking at him in confusion. Then she saw her hands. Her eyes widened as she fell to her knees. She stared at her hands. Tears running silently down her blood and dirt stained face.
'What have I done,' she thought, 'No, not again.'
She jumped to her feet and looked around frantically. Kouga was helping Sango up. Miroku was checking on Epic and Shippo was Checking Baal. Kagome had run over to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru was looking anywhere but at her. Atria looked at her hands once more. She could smell their blood.
"No," She said quietly, "Not again."
She took one more look around then ran from the cavern. Kouga, being the least hurt and occupied, followed her.
Kouga had lost her trail easily. The blood she wore covered her scent. He found her standing waist deep in a river. He watched as she dunked herself to remove the blood. Doing that revealed the panic on her face and the wounds she had received. She started frantically scrubbing her hands. He walked to the edge of the water. She noticed him and looked at him. Her eyes pleading.
"I can't get it off," She said
She turned back to her hands continuing to scrub them. When she slipped in the current he decided that was enough. He waded into the icy waters and grabbed her wrist. She tried to Jerk out of his grasp. He held on and drug her to shore. She fell to her knees and resumed staring at her hands. Kouga noticed she was shivering. He knelt in front of her and rubbed his hands up and down her arms trying to get warmth back in them. She suddenly leaned into him. She buried her face in his chest. Her hands were fists beside her head
Catching Kouga off balance he fell backwards. He was unsure of what to do till he felt wetness. He realized she was crying. He noticed that Shelani had appeared. With a little prompting he put his arms around Atria.
When he had first met Atria he was instantly reminded of Ayame. He never really understood why she reminded him of Ayame. He had felt a great need to protect her. At this moment Atria greatly reminded him of a child who lost her family. Kouga squeezed her a little and she kept crying.
A few minutes later Kouga noticed she was no longer crying. Shelani told him that she had trusted him enough to go to sleep.
"You or her," Kouga asked
Shelani replied that she had trusted him enough t put Atria to sleep. Shelani said this in pictures though not words.
"I am honored you would trust me," Kouga said as he picked atria up.
When he picked her up she adjusted letting her back rest against his arm. Her head was now on his shoulder like a child to tired to walk to bed. He carried her back to the cavern. She woke up enough to stumble over to Kirara, with Shelani's guidance, and fell back asleep curled up next to the big version of Kirara.
She caught herself before it was too late and forced herself to remain calm.
"Inuyasha. Have you nothing to say," Kagura said
Inuyasha's eyes switched from Atria to Kagura. He growled at her.
"Oh dear. I believe your family doesn't want you anymore," Kagura said
Atria never removed her eyes from Inuyasha's face. She was looking of a sign. Any sign that he was just acting. her stomach was in knots. Then she saw it and she instantly felt better. The twitch of his ear towards her gave her the sign. She straightened and turned her back on them.
"Well then I don't want them either," Atria said, "Would you take care of them Kagura. All of them, but Inuyasha."
Atria saw Kagura nod out of the corner of her eye. Atria turned and started to say something, but before she could even open her mouth a wave of nausea and evil washed over her. She could see nothing but a dim light in front of her. She didn't move a single muscle. Her vision finally cleared. She saw Kagura and the demons fighting the others. They only ones not fighting were Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Inuyasha.
Earlier she had asked that Sesshomaru protect kagome. She had also asked, in private, that, if she did turn demon, Sesshomaru would kill her before she went to far. Atria had known that Inuyasha would never be able to kill her. She could only hope Sesshomaru was able to.
Inuyasha was staring at her. Anger still stood on his face, but his eyes showed understanding. He knew she had to do this. He also knew that she didn't want to. Atria's eyes widened a moment and she hissed in breath.
Pain suddenly exploded in her head. She felt her knees hit the ground. Her vision blurred and she could no longer see. She raised her hands to her head. She had to fight it. She struggled within herself. The demon screaming to be let out. She tried to build a barrier around it to trap it within her. She knew it was a losing battle but she had to try. She kept on fighting for a minute more. Then she was overwhelmed. She had lost. Pain washed over her and then she was no longer in control.
Inuyasha saw her stand back up. Her eyes were completely red. He stepped back knowing what that meant. Atria smiled at him and advanced. Up on the ledge Naraku laughed. He could hardly hide his amusement. Inuyasha paused a moment. Atria saw this and attacked. She jumped and landed right in front him. Inuyasha stumbled backwards. He would not draw Tetsusaiga against her, but that left him with little to do otherwise. He jumped backwards. He knew he'd have to fight her, but he wanted to prolong it. Inuyasha ran through the battle drawing Atria after him.
His plan worked partly. She was delayed, but only long enough for her to destroy a few demons. At Kagura's shriek of outrage Atria turned. With a look of utter hate Atria stalked towards Kagura. Kagura, recognizing the situation, quickly made herself scarce. Atria growled and turned back to Inuyasha. He was fighting off three demons that had decided to be stupid. Before he could even think about drawing his sword, Atria quickly dispatched them.
At this point Inuyasha had an idea. He lead Atria back into the group of attacking demons. with out Kagura to command them they were attacking each other. When Inuyasha ran through they stopped, but when Atria ran through they attacked her. Inuyasha looked back, but quickly went to converse with the others. They had almost worked out a plan when a movement caught Inuyasha's eye. he turned and saw Atria
She was covered head to toe in blood. She was grinning evilly and advancing on them. The other demons were dead.
"you know what to do," Inuyasha yelled
He ran away from Kagome and them drawing Atria's attention. Atria ran and jumped, landing in front of him. She slammed her fist into his chest. He flew backwards and landed a few feet from colliding into a wall. He quickly got back up. He realized that she was acting exactly like he did when he was full demon. She wouldn't feel any pain and she wouldn't give up till she died. Inuyasha made a quick decision and then he attacked
He was too slow, because Atria caught him by the shoulders and threw him behind her. This time he did slam into the wall, upside down. Atria grabbed him by his shirt and lifted him up. The next thing Inuyasha knew he was falling backwards and Kouga wa in front of him. Kouga had ran into Atria throwing her into the cavern wall. Effectively preventing her from killing Inuyasha. Atria picked herself up and glared at Kouga. She jumped at him and knocked him off his feet. He quickly crawled out of the way as Epic took his turn.
Epic came up behind Atria and restrained her arms. Atria went limp and slipped out of his grasp. She came back up and racked her claws across his arm. She grabbed Epic's wrist and pulled him towards her. He struggled against her grasp as she smiled. Her other hand was poised to tear out his throat. She went flying again. This time Kouga kept a hold of her.
Kouga kept running. He jerked her along. Suddenly he yelped and released her. Atria had dug her claws into his hand. Atria tumbled into the middle of the cavern. She stood up and looked around. When her gaze landed on Kagome her smile faded. She started towards her. She jumped back as Kagome released an arrow. The arrow landed right in front of her, releasing a bright flash of light. Atria, being the closet, had to shield her eyes. As soon as the flash died she ran at Kagome. Sesshomaru grabbed Kagome and quickly removed her from Atria's path.
Baal intercepted her. He kicked her feet out from under her and sent her rolling into a wall. She slowly got up and walked towards him. He didn't realize until to late what she was going to do. She flipped over him and sliced at his back. He fell forward as he felt the pain between his shoulders. Atria was distracted from killing Baal by Miroku. He had run past and smacked her with his staff. Sango threw her boomerang and caught Atria in the side. The result was that Atria was not only sent flying, but she was thrown into Kouga.
Grabbing the closest annoyance at hand, which happened to be Kouga, she threw him at Sango effectively knocking them both out briefly. Epic started circling her. Every now and then he'd stop and hit her. Eventually she just reached out and caught him by his wrist. She sunk her claws in and drew blood. She dropped his wrist and threw him at Baal. Inuyasha slashed at her arm to draw her attention to him. She turned and grabbed his arm. He shook off her grasp and jumped away. As he jumped Atria grabbed his foot and slammed him into the ground face first. He got up and was immediately grabbed by his hair. Atria jerked his head back and then let go. She kicked him over onto his other side. Before Inuyasha could do anything she was holding him up by the front of his shirt. She was about to rip his throat out when she paused.
Kagome was watching horrified at what Atria was doing. Shortly after Sesshomaru had moved her she had an idea. She took aim at Naraku. When she finally released her arrow Atria was about to kill Inuyasha.. Kagome's arrow struck true and killed the puppet Naraku. Kagome looked back just as the jewel popped out of Atria's back.
Atria dropped Inuyasha. Inuyasha saw her return to normal. She changed back to Hanyou. Inuyasha picked himself up. He saw Atria looking at him in confusion. Then she saw her hands. Her eyes widened as she fell to her knees. She stared at her hands. Tears running silently down her blood and dirt stained face.
'What have I done,' she thought, 'No, not again.'
She jumped to her feet and looked around frantically. Kouga was helping Sango up. Miroku was checking on Epic and Shippo was Checking Baal. Kagome had run over to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru was looking anywhere but at her. Atria looked at her hands once more. She could smell their blood.
"No," She said quietly, "Not again."
She took one more look around then ran from the cavern. Kouga, being the least hurt and occupied, followed her.
Kouga had lost her trail easily. The blood she wore covered her scent. He found her standing waist deep in a river. He watched as she dunked herself to remove the blood. Doing that revealed the panic on her face and the wounds she had received. She started frantically scrubbing her hands. He walked to the edge of the water. She noticed him and looked at him. Her eyes pleading.
"I can't get it off," She said
She turned back to her hands continuing to scrub them. When she slipped in the current he decided that was enough. He waded into the icy waters and grabbed her wrist. She tried to Jerk out of his grasp. He held on and drug her to shore. She fell to her knees and resumed staring at her hands. Kouga noticed she was shivering. He knelt in front of her and rubbed his hands up and down her arms trying to get warmth back in them. She suddenly leaned into him. She buried her face in his chest. Her hands were fists beside her head
Catching Kouga off balance he fell backwards. He was unsure of what to do till he felt wetness. He realized she was crying. He noticed that Shelani had appeared. With a little prompting he put his arms around Atria.
When he had first met Atria he was instantly reminded of Ayame. He never really understood why she reminded him of Ayame. He had felt a great need to protect her. At this moment Atria greatly reminded him of a child who lost her family. Kouga squeezed her a little and she kept crying.
A few minutes later Kouga noticed she was no longer crying. Shelani told him that she had trusted him enough to go to sleep.
"You or her," Kouga asked
Shelani replied that she had trusted him enough t put Atria to sleep. Shelani said this in pictures though not words.
"I am honored you would trust me," Kouga said as he picked atria up.
When he picked her up she adjusted letting her back rest against his arm. Her head was now on his shoulder like a child to tired to walk to bed. He carried her back to the cavern. She woke up enough to stumble over to Kirara, with Shelani's guidance, and fell back asleep curled up next to the big version of Kirara.