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Disclaimer: Inuyasha is NOT mine. NOT mine. NOT mine. That's the point of this disclaimer and so… here's chapter eight!!!!
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Chapter 8
Kagome's Voice
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Sango turned her gaze from Kagome to Hikari. "Hikari, you haven't told us that she's human?!"
Hikari glared at Kagome as she answered Sango. "A human without a heart isn't considered human at all! She's a monster!" She said. "Besides, what's the difference if I told you?"
Sango looked at Kagome. "Because the person you are calling Ice Lady, she is Kagome-chan." Sango explained, looking heartbroken.
"What do you mean 'she is Kagome'?" Hikari asked in confusion. "Don't tell me—she's the same Kagome that you are looking for?!"
Sango looked down and replied, "She's the same Kagome-chan I've been telling you."
"But—that's impossible!" Hikari said, looking at Kagome. "If she is Kagome, how come she plans to kill Inuyasha?!"
"If I know the answer to that question, I'd gladly tell you but…" Sango looked worriedly at Inuyasha. "For now, I don't know why these things are happening. One thing I'm sure—Naraku's behind this… again." She told Hikari.
Hikari furrowed her brows, unable to understand Sango. "Naraku?" She said. "Who is Naraku?"
"He is the very reason of our miseries. The reason why all of us are suffering right now." Sango replied, looking at Inuyasha then back to Kagome. "Inuyasha, please help Kagome-chan." Sango prayed silently in her mind. She turned her head to Miroku and asked, "Do you think Inuyasha can save Kagome-chan this time?"
Miroku glanced at Kagome then returned his look at Sango. "I don't know." He replied. "If only we know what happened to Kagome-sama, maybe there's a bigger chance."
Shippou looked at Miroku and said, "Do you think Naraku has changed Kagome's memory again?"
"It's possible." Miroku said. "But I don't have any idea how Inuyasha can save Kagome-sama. If Kagome-sama really wants Inuyasha dead, Inuyasha's got to fight her or he'll be the one ending up dead."
"But Inuyasha will never do anything to hurt Kagome-chan." Sango reasoned.
"Now, that is the problem." Miroku said.
Hikari looked at Inuyasha worriedly as she clenched her fists tighter. "Can't we do anything to help?" Hikari said, feeling bad about not being able to do anything during the situation.
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Inuyasha continued to stare at Kagome. Everything around him seemed silent and immobile—as if time had stopped running. Inuyasha only saw one thing that seemed to be alive for him—Kagome.
There she was, sitting on a crescent block of crystal ice, looking at him with a smirk on her lips. The color of her kimono changed from an intense shade of red into a light peaceful shade of blue—much like the color of a cloudless sky—with glistening white designs sprinkled everywhere that made it look like a snowing sky. Her hair was the usual raven black only it was bejeweled with an ice crystal headband with sparkling circular blue stones inserted in it. Her eyes didn't have any spark of warmth in them but instead, it was filled with coldness—no trace of Kagome's old cheerful eyes. She was wearing ice dangling earrings and her wrists were also donned with crystal bracelets. Around her neck, she wore a necklace of ice blue beads with a purple round pendant—looking much like the complete Shikon no Tama. All of the accessories she was wearing were made of ice—or they really looked much like ice.
"What's the matter, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked as she slowly descended towards the ground. She alighted from her seat and stood gracefully on the ground, a short distance from Inuyasha. On her hand, she held a long silver baton with a transparent glass ball on top of it. She tapped the ground lightly with her staff and after her staff gave a faint white glow, her seat of ice vanished mysteriously. She looked at Inuyasha, who was looking at her silently with questioning eyes. "Were you expecting someone else?" She asked.
Inuyasha continued to look at her but said nothing.
"You talked so much a while ago but now that you've seen me, you suddenly fell silent." Kagome said, looking glad that she brought Inuyasha more sorrow and pain. "I guess I really surprised you then!" She said happily. "How about continuing our game now?" She lifted her silver baton with ease and summoned more ice daggers. They hurriedly surrounded her to fulfill her command.
Inuyasha couldn't do anything but hold Tetsusaiga tighter and wait.
Kagome stared at Inuyasha, anticipating his move. She sighed impatiently and said, "I guess I'll be the one to make the first move then."
She twirled her baton and pointed it straight to Inuyasha. "Dancing Icicle Daggers!" She commanded.
Immediately, the ice daggers began to attack Inuyasha. This time, they were faster and harder to avoid— or perhaps Inuyasha was still upset with the fact that his enemy was Kagome so he couldn't concentrate at all.
Inuyasha tried very hard to shield his body from the pointed ice daggers but still the ice made its way to graze his red kimonoand scratch his face.
Inuyasha continued to stare at Kagome's eyes as the ice continued to attack him. His mind kept on asking but he didn't find any answer in her eyes.
"What's with that look, Inuyasha?" Kagome said, looking bored and annoyed. "Haven't you overcome your shock yet?"
Inuyasha didn't answer Kagome. He removed his eyes from Kagome, not bearing to see her with such coldness in her eyes—like she had become a youkai herself.
"Don't tell me you don't have any plans of killing me anymore?!" Kagome said, finally stopping her attack.
"How could I kill you? Just the thought of losing you makes me weak. How do you think can I do such thing to you?!" Inuyasha wanted to tell her those words but his voice seemed to be lost. All he could do was shake his head.
"Pathetic," said Kagome. "don't expect that I wouldn't kill you too. I tend to keep my promise to Naraku. I will kill you."
"That bastard!" Inuyasha growled angrily.
A sudden ice spear appeared in midair, aiming at Kagome's neck.
Immediately sensing that Kagome was in danger, Inuyasha leaped to her side and hurriedly carried her in his arms in the nick of time to save her.
Inuyasha looked down at Kagome in his arms, feeling relieved that she was safe.
Kagome looked back at Inuyasha, her arms around his neck. "You saved me…?" Kagome whispered, unable to believe she was saved by the person she wanted to kill so much.
Kagome suddenly smirked and began to laugh. "Naraku was right." She told Inuyasha. "I thought he was just lying but he was really right. You are a jerk. You really can't kill me."
Inuyasha felt Kagome point an ice dagger at his neck threateningly. "One wrong move and this dagger will go through your neck." She said, looking straight into his eyes coldly. She slowly removed her arms around his neck but still continued to point the dagger at Inuyasha's neck. "Put me down." She ordered.
Inuyasha obediently did what he was ordered to do.
"Kagome, why are you acting this way?" Inuyasha finally asked her but he didn't dare look at her in the eyes. She reminded him so much of Kikyou, the way she laughed and talked to him.
Back to her feet again, she looked at Inuyasha and replied, "It's because I hate you." She slowly stepped back to put enough distance between her and Inuyasha.
"And because I hate you, you should die. And since you don't feel like killing me, I'll just do the honor of killing you." Kagome said, conjuring a large number of longer ice daggers—more like ice spears now. "Prepare to die!" She said, lifting her baton to execute the fatal attack.
Before she could completely swing her baton, her ice spears suddenly broke into pieces.
Kagome tapped her baton strongly to the ground and closed her eyes to control her temper.
She opened her eyes once again and heaved a sigh. "I thought you didn't want to come with me…" Kagome said, looking at a distant, "…Naraku. So what do you want now?"
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Naraku smiled in his hiding place, feeling glad that his minion recognized him quite well. He jumped out of his hideout to join Kagome.
"I was worried about you. You said you were just going out to play a little but it took you too long so I followed." Naraku said.
"Worried?" Kagome repeated, smirking. "I didn't know you knew how to worry about anyone, Naraku." Kagome replied, unconvinced by Naraku's lame excuse.
"I can do whatever I want and I'm not obligated to explain anything to you." Naraku said.
Kagome smirked at Naraku and said, "Same here. I can do whatever I want."
"You're still under me." Naraku told her, eyeing her sharply. "So, you finally found him." He looked at Inuyasha with interest.
"Actually, he's the one who found me." Kagome said, beaming at Naraku proudly. "I was going to finish him off already when you came and ruined everything!" She said, glaring at him for interrupting her.
Naraku looked at Kagome's direction calmly and said, "You're too carried away with your feelings." He wasn't wearing his baboon coat that Kagome could clearly see his eyes looking straight at her.
"What does that suppose to mean?" Kagome asked, annoyed with the placid expression on Naraku's face.
"That means you shouldn't be killing him that easily." Naraku replied, smirking as he looked at Inuyasha. "If you'll kill him now, you didn't send him to hell instead you helped him finish his misery and reach his only refuge." He said, trying to change Kagome's mind.
"I don't care whether he goes to hell or wherever." Kagome answered. "I just want to finish my business with him."
"You will not finish your business with him just like that," said Naraku, glaring at her for being so persistent.
Kagome glared back at him but still she gave in. "Fine," She finally said, stepping aside. She conjured a seat for herself and sat down. "Do whatever you want with him." She said. She glanced at Miroku and the others, who were still standing in their positions, watching Inuyasha with worry on their faces. "Do you want any intrusions?" Kagome asked Naraku.
"No." Naraku replied. "I'll appreciate it very much if you'll do something about them."
"Okay," answered Kagome. She pointed her baton to Miroku and the others' direction and made an ice barrier that prevented them from moving forward to help Inuyasha. "I guess that will be enough." She said, smiling contentedly to herself.
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Miroku and the others tried to break the ice barrier that Kagome made but it was no use. The ice was too thick and strong for all of them.
"What will happen to Inuyasha now?" Hikari asked worriedly to Sango.
Sango looked worriedly at Inuyasha. "Let's just pray that he will survive this…" She said then glanced at Kagome. "Kagome-chan, won't you do anything to help him? Please help Inuyasha!" Sango thought, looking hopefully at her.
"Is that Naraku strong?" Hikari asked.
"I hate to admit it but he really is." Miroku answered. "With Inuyasha's situation now, I don't know if he can endure more pain than he already has…"
"Inuyasha…" Hikari thought worriedly as she looked at him.
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Naraku leered at Inuyasha and asked him, "What can you say about Kagome now?"
Inuyasha looked at the situation of his friends and growled. "What will I do now?" His mind kept asking.
"Don't worry about your friends, they'll be dying as well after I finish with you." Naraku said. "Kagome will enjoy killing them very much."
Inuyasha glanced at Kagome and then glared at Naraku. "Why are you doing this to her? She's just a weak human!" Inuyasha barked.
"Weak?" Naraku said, raising an eyebrow. "I don't think she's that weak. Look at her now." Naraku moved his eyes sideways to glance at Kagome. "She's a very useful servant."
"What exactly did you do to her this time?!" Inuyasha demanded, getting every information he could to bring Kagome back to normal before getting into the fight with Naraku.
"Would you prefer knowing the truth before dying?" Naraku asked, looking impertinently at Inuyasha. "Where shall I start then?" Naraku paused for a moment, looking at Kagome. After a few tensing seconds, he returned his eyes on Inuyasha. "Isn't she a darling? Very strong. Actually, I even thought of making her a youkai but then she'll be too dangerous to handle so why risk it? I can control her better if she's just a mere human. But of course, I lent her some of my powers so she can play more tricks when the two of you meet. She learns very quickly, you know. She really wanted to see you again so I made her do some tricks so you would notice her. Imagine, she killed almost the whole village just so you'd notice her! Wasn't it effective? Her identity was well hidden because of her powers; the ice covered her scent that's why you couldn't sense her very well. She's the one who chose her powers and in my opinion, she chose well. Don't you agree?" Naraku's smirk widened as he saw the mixed emotions in Inuyasha's eyes—anger, pain and sadness—all at the same time. "She's very good in killing; you should have seen her when she started attacking this village. Controlling her was easier this time; I didn't even need to change her memory. Just needed three shards for her." He continued, enjoying the look on Inuyasha's face more and more.
Inuyasha looked sideways to gaze at the girl sitting calmly and looking back at him with cold eyes. "She's really Kagome…? How come Naraku could easily control her? The Kagome I know will never be defeated easily… What happened?" Inuyasha thought, looking sadly at Kagome.
Kagome looked back at him, looking confused with the sadness in Inuyasha's eyes. "What the hell is wrong with him?" She thought.
"I guess I'm done with my story," said Naraku. "Let's get on with the fight."
Swirls of youki began to surround Naraku.
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Inuyasha tried to concentrate with his battle but no matter how he tried, he just couldn't use his full strength—not without the person he wanted to protect.
Kagome. She was just sitting there peacefully, not showing any concern who would win the fight and who would die.
Inuyasha couldn't even swing Tetsusaiga properly after being hit by Naraku's miasma on his right arm. His body was completely assaulted, filled with wounds and cuts. He just remained on his position with Tetsusaiga in front of him, anticipating Naraku's last attack that could probably leave him dead.
"Time to finish you off," Naraku said, rushing towards Inuyasha to give him his death.
"Wait!"
Naraku stopped in his tracks. He looked at Kagome, who was standing in front of Inuyasha to shield him from Naraku. "Get out of my way." He ordered.
"No." Kagome insisted.
"Get out of there or I'll kill both of you." Naraku repeated impatiently.
"Didn't you hear me? I said 'no'." Kagome said, glaring at Naraku.
Inuyasha's heart began beating faster. "Am I just imagining this or is Kagome really saving me? Maybe she has escaped Naraku's spell somehow…" Inuyasha thought, looking at Kagome. "But what if Naraku decides to kill her?" The thought of Kagome getting killed really scared Inuyasha. "I must protect her."
Naraku smirked at Kagome. "I nearly forgot our deal." He said. "Just like I promised, I won't kill him. I guess I, too, was carried away with my feelings." He looked at Inuyasha and said, "You're lucky, you wouldn't die in my hands."
Kagome continued to look at Naraku, glaring a little. "It's a good thing you haven't forgotten our deal completely." She told Naraku. "You could do whatever you want with him but you must never kill him."
Naraku nodded. "I know."
Kagome positioned her baton in front of her and it began to glow that white shade again. After a second, it was no longer a rod but a thin icicle sword.
Naraku looked at Inuyasha with an evil smile in his lips. "You guessed wrong, Inuyasha. She hasn't saved you from death." Naraku said.
"What?" Inuyasha's mind asked, baffled with Naraku's words.
"What I mean is…" Naraku paused and looked at Kagome. "Kagome wants to kill you herself."
Kagome faced Inuyasha and smirked at him. "Ready to die?" She asked.
Shocked and deeply hurt, Inuyasha wished to be dead at that moment. "Maybe it's not that bad to die… at least it's Kagome I'll be seeing last before I die…" He felt himself being pinned on the ground by Kagome, her sword just an inch away from his chest. Inuyasha could clearly see Kagome's brown eyes connected with his eyes.
In a brief second, he saw something glint in her eyes. Was it just his imagination? Like for a second, he saw the old Kagome in those eyes—pleading to Inuyasha to help her.
"Now, die!" Kagome said, lifting the sword to pierce in his chest.
Before the sword could even touch Inuyasha's clothes, a sudden voice ringed inside Inuyasha's head.
Inuyasha! Please don't die! The voice said. Who would save me if you die?! Don't let her defeat you!
Inuyasha's heart skipped a beat. "Kagome!" Inuyasha's mind shouted. There could be no mistake about it. It was Kagome's voice. Inuyasha quickly held back the blade that was about to kill him. He looked into Kagome's eyes, trying to search for any sign of the old Kagome. He wasn't imagining it! It was really Kagome!
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A/N: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Another chapter finished! Yup, I know… It's another annoying cliffhanger…. Don't you just hate me when I do that??? Hehehehe… Hope you'll still review though… Cause if I wouldn't get more reviews… I wouldn't post!!!!! GWAHAHAHA!!! Sorry about that! I'm just so happy that I finally got to spend my weekend without any homework to worry about!!! You MUST review! I'll be back soon! Don't worry, I'm not abandoning this great story! I love the suspense…. OO Don't you just love it? What will happen next??? Want to send some suggestions? I could use some help…
By the way, see the sentence that was italicized and bold? That's the true Kagome speaking okay? Because the evil one is the one killing Inuyasha but of course Kagome's got to save Inuyasha, right? Is it confusing? I hope it isn't. For errors in this chapter, please mail them to me so I may correct them or insert it in your reviews! The longer the reviews the better! Well, I'm going now cause I need to buy stuffs for school tomorrow. I'm off! REVIEW PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!