Stay Chapter 6: To Restrain Kagome's Power, an inuyasha fanfic

A/N: Yes, I know I'm DEAD late with the next chapter. I'm really sorry that I took so long to update… Forgive me? You already know my reason… SCHOOL! That's why I hope you understand my situation. It's really hard to balance my time since I'm having loads of projects to submit and other requirements to complete. By next week, I'm sure I'll be freer from those school works. I hope you're not mad at me because of this. You know, I'm really excited in starting this chapter already so here it is!

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Chapter 6

To Restrain Kagome's Power

Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes and immediately saw the night sky filled with stars. He sat up weakly while clutching his head in pain. "Kagome…" He muttered under his breath. Kagome's voice kept on repeating itself inside Inuyasha's head, calling his name for help.

Inuyasha closed his eyes and tried to find any trace of Kagome's scent. Unfortunately, her scent had vanished completely in thin air. Worry and anger filled Inuyasha's heart instantly. "Why did this have to happen?!" He asked to himself, clenching his fist hard, almost making his palm bleed, as he growled in anger. "Why can't I protect Kagome?!" He cried out, feeling angry with himself more and more.

He remembered the way Kagome reached out her hand to him, asking him to help her. But he couldn't do anything to help her. He was so useless!

"Kagome," said Inuyasha, his eyes looking distant with worry. "Just be safe till I find you…" He stood up with his remaining strength and dragged his feet back to Kaede's hut, determined to search the deepest places of hell just to find Kagome.

Inuyasha entered Kaede's hut silently. Everyone looked at him the moment he entered, waiting for him to speak up. But Inuyasha wasn't in the mood to talk; he just looked at them with a sad expression on his face. Silence filled the room that warned them of a bad news from Inuyasha.

"Where in the world have you been?!" Shippou asked worriedly, breaking the unbearable silence in them. "We thought you've run away to find Kagome alone!"

"Did you feel Naraku a while ago Inuyasha? He was in here for some time but he suddenly disappeared." Miroku said, waiting for Inuyasha's answer.

Inuyasha didn't sit down but stayed near the door instead. "I met Kagome but she's gone again. Naraku's changed her memory so I'm leaving to find her and bring her back to us." Inuyasha said and immediately turned around to leave.

"Wait," said Miroku to Inuyasha, still not standing up.

Inuyasha didn't turn around to face Miroku. Instead, he said, "You can't stop me anymore. I'm going now." He took another step, heading outside.

"I said WAIT!" Miroku said and without any other words, he threw an empty bowl towards Inuyasha's head.

Inuyasha easily dodged the rushing object and finally turned around at Miroku. "What the hell was that about?!" Inuyasha demanded, looking annoyed at Miroku.

"And who said that I will stop you?!" Miroku said, standing up and also looking irritated at Inuyasha. "Why do you always decide things right away?! You didn't even ask us if we wanted to come with you!" Miroku said angrily.

Inuyasha's face became serious. "It doesn't matter anymore. I need to find Kagome as soon as possible. Her life is at stake here!" Inuyasha answered back to Miroku.

"Idiot!" Miroku shouted at Inuyasha. "And do you think we don't know that?! I know you're just worried about Kagome-sama's safety but we also care about her—and you too. That's why we want to go with you!" said Miroku.

"I can do this alone," said Inuyasha calmly, insisting his way.

Sango stood up and looked at Inuyasha. "You don't have to face everything on your own, Inuyasha. That's why we're here; we'll help you save Kagome-chan." Sango said, trying to convince Inuyasha. "I'm sure Kagome-chan would be worried if you would go on your own, so we should all go." She added, her face was filled with concern.

Shippou walked towards Inuyasha and tugged his red coat lightly. "Come on, Inuyasha. Let us go with you," pleaded Shippou as he continued tugging on Inuyasha's haori.

"Inuyasha!" Kaede said in a scolding manner. "This isn't the time to act stubborn and proud." She said, looking seriously at Inuyasha. "Do you think you could defeat Naraku alone? You'll have a bigger chance to save Kagome if you'll all go."

Inuyasha closed his eyes for a while then opened them again and looked at Kaede. "Why do I always have to be pushed around by an old hag?!" Inuyasha complained then turned his back on them. "You could come but I don't want any of you to get in my way, understood?" He said as he went outside, his arms folded in front of him.

Kaede's lips softly formed into a small smile then she turned to Miroku and the others. "Just be careful," said Kaede, wishing them all the best in their journey.

Miroku nodded and they went on to follow Inuyasha to save Kagome.

Kagome felt a throb of pain piercing her head. She opened her eyes in agony and found herself in the same room she was the last time she was in Naraku's castle.

"Here again?" Kagome grumbled softly, looking around.

The room was empty except for the futon she was lying on. Kagome touched her wrist and was surprised that Naraku didn't tie her up. "Weird." She commented, still holding her wrist. She slowly sat up and looked up at the ceiling. "I hope Inuyasha's doing fine…" She said to herself, feeling sick as she worried about Inuyasha. The door slid open and revealed Naraku without his white baboon coat.

"How was your sleep?" He asked casually, walking towards Kagome's futon.

Kagome didn't answer him right away but instead she threw him a stinging glare. "What do you want from me?" She asked coldly as she stood up. The moment she stood up, she was face to face with Naraku. She groped at her side, trying to see if she still had the sword on her side.

Naraku smirked at her. "You're very annoying, you know that?" Naraku said, not bothering to answer Kagome's question. "You're very defiant for a human. Purifying the shard I inserted in your head…" Naraku continued, looking at Kagome with an equal glare. "Very bad." He added, his eyes were full of rage and coldness.

But Kagome didn't seem to be scared by those eyes; she just continued to stare at him with her own dagger glares. "Too defiant, am I?" Kagome said, quickly drawing her sword and pointing it at Naraku's neck. "How 'bout I kill you now to worsen things for you?" Kagome said, pushing the sword closer to Naraku's throat.

Naraku's lips twisted into a sneer as his eyes stared at Kagome without any trace of fear. "Do you think you could possibly kill me with that toy?" He asked with insulting eyes. "Don't make me laugh." He added, his sneer not vanishing from his lips.

"Prepare to go to hell!" Kagome shouted as she pushed her sword into Naraku's neck.

Naraku's smirk was still visible. He stopped the sword without any difficulty with his bare hand. Holding the blade of the sword on his hand, he looked at Kagome with wicked eyes and said, "What were you saying a while ago?" He held the blade on his hand tighter until the blade finally gave in and crumbled into little pieces.

"Oh no," Kagome muttered, looking aghast at the little pieces of her former sharp sword. "Now I'm dead!" She thought to herself, feeling her heart beat faster in horror.

Naraku looked into Kagome's eyes once again with a triumphant smirk on his lips. "You are really rude, aren't you?" Naraku said. "But you're very fearless and powerful for a weak human…"

"You can't control me anymore!" Kagome answered back, still glaring. "I won't allow it!"

Naraku's smirk widened as he continued to look at Kagome's eyes. "Let's just see then." He said, pointing a finger at Kagome's forehead.

Pain immediately flooded Kagome's head like it would split into two any minute. She closed her eyes trying to stop the pain from getting worse, her hands holding her head desperately as she tried hard not to lose consciousness from the great suffering she was experiencing.

"You don't seem too confident now." Naraku said, looking victorious as he watched Kagome's pained face. "Just stop remembering things and I'm sure you won't have the headaches often…" He said to Kagome, taking another polluted shard out of his kimono.

Kagome looked a little bothered when she saw another shard of Shikon no Tama glowing in front of her. She knew exactly where that shard was going and she didn't like that.

Naraku's eyes glared at Kagome. "Scared?" He asked, smirking at the thought. "You should be." He said as he locked his eyes on Kagome's chestnut brown eyes. His eyes glowed another shade of red, trying to make Kagome unconscious again.

Kagome began having a hard time breathing normally. Her eyes seemed to be getting heavier that she couldn't keep them open any longer. Even though she tried to put up a fight with Naraku's spell, she didn't stand a chance and soon she fainted, finally giving in.

Naraku caught Kagome's fragile body with his arm and held the Shikon shard in front of her forehead. "Stubborn girl, you can never defeat me." He muttered, pushing the shard into Kagome's head. "Pathetic." He thought, smiling wickedly as he looked at Kagome's still face. The shard had completely entered Kagome's body but she didn't respond to it at all. She just continued to stay static, like she was already dead. Naraku slowly laid her body on her futon and stared at her for a moment.

"That should stop her from messing with my plans," thought Naraku and turned to leave. He suddenly froze in his position when he sensed something very powerful coming from behind him. He turned his back to see Kagome's body glowing and emitting the aura of her power. Her forehead revealed the Shikon shard Naraku had embedded a while ago.

"She managed to ward off the shard even though she was unconscious?! What kind of girl is she?!" Naraku said, staring down at Kagome's glowing body. Naraku bent down to pick up the shard from Kagome's forehead and examined it. "Well… as I expected, she purified it again… Just like Kikyou does." Naraku thought to himself. "I will have to use a strange spell on her…" Naraku said, leaving Kagome. "And she'll regret she ever purified that shard." Naraku added, throwing a last glance at Kagome before sliding the door close.

Inuyasha continued to leap from tree to tree, trying to find a trace of Kagome's scent.

"Damn it! Why can't I find even just a single trace of Kagome anywhere?!" Inuyasha said to himself, gritting his teeth both in anticipation and anger. He stopped and stood on a branch of a tree to wait for Kirara and the others. He looked at the setting sun on the horizon and sighed. "It's been three days since I last saw Kagome in the forest… " Inuyasha said, looking far away. "I wonder if she's all right…" He thought worriedly.

"Hey Inuyasha!" Sango said, snapping Inuyasha out of his thoughts. "There's a village nearby, we should arrive there tomorrow in the afternoon. Let's just spend the night in the forest."

Inuyasha looked at Sango and said, "Can't we reach the village now so we can spend the night there?"

"That's impossible even if we travel the whole night… It's still a little far." Sango explained.

"We can get information from the village if they have seen Kagome anywhere," said Miroku. "You said Kagome had regained her memory, right?" Miroku turned to Inuyasha.

Inuyasha gave a small nod.

"In that case, she might get a chance to escape and if we're lucky enough… we can find her in one of the villages here." Miroku said, trying to assure Inuyasha that Kagome was fine.

"That girl's too stubborn to fall into Naraku's spell twice. I'm sure she'll be able to find a way to escape." Inuyasha said, also trying to assure himself of Kagome's safety. "I hope she's doing fine." He thought to himself. He sat down on the branch of the tree he was standing on and looked down at the others. "Okay then, let's just stay here for tonight." He said, looking once more at the already dark sky.

Miroku and Sango began preparing their dinner while Shippou and Kirara played together.

"Where's Inuyasha?" Shippou suddenly asked.

"He's just up there—" Sango looked up at the tree where Inuyasha was a while ago but he wasn't there anymore. "Where did he go?" Sango asked, turning to Miroku.

Miroku shrugged. "No one knows." He simply answered.

"I'll see if I can find him," said Shippou, walking away.

Inuyasha sat near the edge of a cliff, looking at the view below. It was completely dark but his sight was sharp in the dark so it wasn't really hard for him. He was deep in thought, wanting to be alone—to think about Kagome.

"She must be really scared now." Inuyasha said, looking up at the moon. "She must be wondering why I still haven't come to save her…" A soft smile formed on Inuyasha's lips as he thought about Kagome's complaints when they saw each other again—if they would be seeing each other again.

A soft wind blew by, making Inuyasha's silver hair dance to the breeze. "Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered. Every time he whispered her name, he remembered everything about her. Her smile, her braveness, her cheerful nature, her complaints, her sits, her temper—he missed everything about her. "Will I ever see you again?"

"Inuyasha,"

Inuyasha quickly turned around, knowing the owner of that voice too well—the raven black-haired girl he wanted to see so much. "Kagome!" Inuyasha said, surprised when he did saw her standing in front of him.

"Don't lose hope Inuyasha…" Kagome said, smiling warmly at him. "I believe in you. That's why I'll wait for you to save me."

Inuyasha stood up and walked towards Kagome, his eyes wide in disbelief. But when he noticed something behind Kagome…

"Shippou!" Inuyasha growled angrily at the little kitsune in front of him.

Kagome wiggled her small furry tail and smiled at Inuyasha. "Missed me Inuyasha?" She asked sweetly.

"Stop imitating Kagome!!!" Inuyasha roared to Shippou.

Kagome immediately stepped backward and changed back to Shippou with a small pop.

Inuyasha stepped closer to Shippou and gave him a whack on his head.

"Ouch!" Shippou cried in pain. "Why did you do that?!" He demanded.

Inuyasha looked at Shippou with an irritated expression on his face. "Because you pretended to be Kagome!" Inuyasha answered, looking quite grumpy.

"Well, I just thought you were losing hope already! I'm sure if Kagome was here, she'll be doing the same thing I did!" Shippou answered back, rubbing his head with the big lump Inuyasha gave him.

"What thing? Impersonating someone else?!" Inuyasha said, showing his clenched fist to Shippou as he growled. But he knew exactly what Shippou had meant and he knew that he was right. Kagome would never lose hope in this kind of situation.

"I didn't mean that! Stupid!" Shippou said to Inuyasha. "Why do I have to talk to such a slow learner?!" Shippou grumbled more to himself than to Inuyasha.

"Saying something there?" Inuyasha said, narrowing his eyes at Shippou.

"I just said that we better go back to the others." Shippou said.

"Okay, let's go." Inuyasha said, starting to leave.

Shippou ran after Inuyasha to catch up with him.

"Inuyasha?' Shippou asked as they walked through the woods.

"What?" Inuyasha asked.

"Can I ask you something?" Shippou asked again.

"What?"

"Do you miss Kagome?" said Shippou curiously.

"Why would I miss her?!" Inuyasha answered quickly. "She does not have anything that I will miss!" Inuyasha added.

"You sounded like you missed her pretty much when I saw you a while ago at the cliff…" Shippou said, looking at Inuyasha with disbelieving eyes.

"That was just your imagination," said Inuyasha as they neared their camp.

"I doubt that," said Shippou, running ahead of Inuyasha.

"What a liar I am." Inuyasha thought, watching Shippou run away.

"Sango! Miroku! I found Inuyasha!" Inuyasha heard Shippou say.

"Of course," Inuyasha thought to himself. "I miss Kagome already…"

Kagome was standing in her room, leaning on the wall for support.

"Why do I feel weak? Like I have drained my energy in a battle or something." Kagome said, feeling her forehead. "I can't detect any shard in me and I can still remember everything…Then, Naraku didn't place any shard in me?" said Kagome in disbelief.

The door glided open and Kagura stepped inside the room.

"What are you doing here?!" Kagome demanded, immediately flashing a deadly glare at her.

"Naraku wants to see you," said Kagura icily, opening her fan with one swift movement of her hand.

"What does he want from me now?" Kagome asked, looking tired and irritated at the same time.

"Probably he wants you dead now." Kagura said, smiling wickedly at her. "You've been too annoying for him to handle." Another rapid movement and her fan was closed.

Kagura walked towards Kagome's back and pointed her fan at her back. "Any rude acts and I'll cut your body into half using my fan." She warned Kagome. "Now move it!"

Kagome walked forward obediently while Kagura followed her, still pointing her fan at Kagome's back.

Kagura led Kagome into a big hall until they reached a door.

"Enter." Kagura ordered Kagome.

Kagome opened the door and went in without any protest. She didn't want to get her body cut into two—not even in her dreams.

Naraku was inside the room, sitting on the floor.

"The girl's here." Kagura said, pushing Kagome forward.

Kagome looked at Naraku with glowering eyes. "What do you want from me now?!" She asked hotly.

"I'm not done with you yet." Naraku replied. "You're too stubborn—repelling the Shikon shard I'm placing in you."

"So that's why I felt weak…" Kagome thought.

"But don't worry… I still got something for you." Naraku said, smirking. He took out a necklace of ice blue beads with a purple round pendant.

"Shikon shards! There are Shikon shards in that necklace!" Kagome thought in alarm.

"You know what this is?" Naraku asked.

"A necklace?" Kagome answered, stepping back. She wanted as much space as possible from Naraku.

"Not just any necklace," said Naraku, his smirk widening. "Guess where it's going."

"Let me guess." Kagome said, taking another step backwards. "Around my neck?" She wanted to say but that might give Naraku an idea.

"Why are you edging away from me?" Naraku asked, still smirking. "Trying to escape?" He looked at Kagura.

Kagura moved her fan and directed swirls of wind to Kagome.

Kagome tried to dodge them but they came from all directions. She leaned backwards to the wall. "No way out?!" Kagome thought in horror.

"Unless you want to cut yourself in the blades of wind, you cannot escape from there." Kagura said, laughing evilly at the sight of Kagome's worried face.

Naraku broke the necklace on his hand and the beads fell on the floor. The beads looked like ice pellets and the round pendant glowed a purple shade of light.

"There are three shards in the pendant…" Kagome thought, looking at the glowing pendant on the floor.

"If a single shard can't control you, maybe three will be enough to do so." Kagome heard Naraku say.

Naraku pointed a finger at the beads on the floor, as if giving them instructions, then moved his point to Kagome.

Kagome felt fear enter her body. She didn't like the feeling at all.

The beads began to float in midair slowly. Then they began to rush to Kagome, like they were attacking her.

Kagome wanted so badly to dodge but if she would, her body would be cut by the blades of wind surrounding her. She didn't have any other options but to close her eyes and pray that everything would stop. She shut her eyes tight and waited for what would happen next. "Inuyasha." She thought, hoping that Inuyasha would save her right now—but Inuyasha was miles away, searching desperately for her but still far from finding her.

Kagome's body felt like on fire. She could feel something around her neck and when she opened her eyes, the necklace was already around her neck—the pendant shining a faint purple glow.

The wind around her suddenly died and vanished. She touched the necklace around her neck and tried to remove it.

"What?! I can't remove it!" Kagome said, trying extremely to remove the annoying article from her neck.

"Now, do you know what that necklace is?" Naraku asked, smiling wickedly.

"If I can't remove it, then it must be a—no it couldn't be!" She fought the thought out of her mind.

"It's a restraining necklace." Naraku told Kagome, enjoying the way Kagome's face looked.

Kagome paused for a moment. "A restraining necklace?" Kagome repeated, a little nervous. "Like Inuyasha's?" Kagome wondered.

"If you had a shard inside you, you could easily purify it. So I thought of a necklace to hold down your power and I added Shikon shards in it so I can control you…" Naraku explained. "Completely." He added.

"Controlling me with this pathetic necklace?" said Kagome. "And what if I destroy it?" Kagome said, trying to see Naraku's reaction.

Naraku smirked. "You can't destroy that. I told you it suppresses your power." Naraku said, still looking relaxed. "And if you destroy it, I'm sure you'll regret it. It's better to have that necklace than to destroy it." He added, looking nastily at Kagome.

Kagome glared at him. "What does he mean by that?!" Kagome thought, getting tired of seeing Naraku's annoying face. She suddenly heard a giggling voice inside her head.

"I'm going to take over you now!" A female voice said. It was the same voice that was laughing a while ago. The voice sounded very much like Kagome's own voice except that it was cold and vicious.

That was the last thing Kagome heard before she fell into deep darkness and became unconscious.

A/N: Again, I'm really sorry if I was very late in updating. You'll get the next chapter next week. I promise this one! I still have one more week in school and it's really killing me already. By the way, please review this little chapter for me. Kagome's going to be really nasty now and no more flashing back of memories. Naraku has complete control on Kagome's body and guess what? He's going to let Kagome kill Inuyasha. And now not with her bow and arrows or with her sword… More exciting! She's having a new power!!! Hehehe! There's a clue in this chapter… noticed it? Anyway, wait for the next chapter to find out… Confusion or anything? Review this chapter please!!!! Pretty please! Thanks again and have a nice day ahead!