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Unbreakable love

By: Mika Saito

Chapter 9- Remembering

Isamu laughed lightly, knowing that Kagome wouldn't, no, she couldn't, hurt him. Not while he still held some control of her mind.

"Kagome, give me your bow." He said softly, his hand held out, waiting for her to comply and give him the bow.

"Yes." The anger in Kagome's eyes disappeared as she set the bow in Isamu's waiting hand.

"Tell me, Kagome- koishii, what are you thinking?" He continued his quiet questioning.

"I'm thinking about what would be the best way to get revenge upon those who have hurt me." Kagome answered truthfully, carefully wording her response so that Isamu couldn't tell that she had been talking about him.

"And what would be the best way?" He stepped closer to her, ignoring the small group that surrounded them, his mind focused on Kagome and getting her to do as he asked without questioning. Even though he held control over her mind there was something else there as well, something that was nagging her, trying to get her to remember, but he couldn't find what it was.

"Injure them, to the point of death, but not allowing them the comforting darkness of death." Kagome lowered her eyes, the voice at the back of her mind that had been telling her to fight Isamu, to fight what he was placing in her mind, was slowly disappearing.

Isamu held her bow out to her, using his mind to tell her to take it, and take her revenge. Slowly she reached out and took it, her slim hand wrapping around the cool wood as she stepped away from Isamu and took another arrow out of her quiver.

As she readied herself she looked around at the group, their names coming to mind as she looked at each of them; she spoke each name as it came to mind.

"Sango. Kaede. Shippou. Miroku. Kirara." She raised her bow, aiming for the monk. As she released the arrow she shut her eyes, tried to block out the cries of pain from her friends.

Her friends! Memories came rushing into her mind. Saving Shippou from the Thunder brothers, Miroku taking her jewel shards, fighting Inuyasha and finally joining their group, Sango being controlled by Naraku, Kaede training her to use her miko powers. All of them had a reason that had brought them together. All of them had a reason to thank Naraku. They had beaten Naraku together, and now, now she was being forced to kill them.

Quickly she opened her eyes. Isamu was watching her with narrowed eyes as she gazed at the scene that lay before her. Her friends lay bleeding among the wrecked remains of the hut. Kagome stared in disbelief. She had done this. Isamu, who had acted like a friend, had made her do this. She turned top face him.

"Why?" She questioned.

"Because you killed my master." Isamu responded quietly. "You killed him, and now you all must suffer for it. Inuyasha is here." He walked away from the wrecked hut and toward the forest. "You're friends are still alive, Kagome, but soon Inuyasha won't be. If you want to save him you should come with me." Kagome looked back and forth between her injured friends and Isamu. He had said her friends were still alive, but they looked to still to her. Quickly she ran after Isamu. Her mind made up, she would trust what Isamu said, hoping that they would be all right, while she went and tried to save Inuyasha, her love.

AN: I know it was a short chapter, but I'm trying to post new chapters for all of my stories and I have one more to work on before I have to get off. I'll try to get the next chapter out soon (hopefully by the end of next week).