Chapter 9 Kagome's Fate and Kikyo's defeat

Kikyo held Inuyasha in her arms, burying her pale face into his shoulder. Where's Kagome? I can't smell her scent anymore... Inuyasha thought as he looke over Kikyo's black hair. I don't smell Kikyo's scent either, then this must be...! Kikyo's eyes flashed open.

"A PUPPET?" Inuyasha yelled as he slashed at the fake priestess. "Why that Naraku always toying with people's hearts! He'll pay for this!" Inuyasha yelled as he watched the form turn into a wooden doll with a peice of Kikyo's hair wrapped around it.

"Kagome can't be to far, I mean..." Inuyasha stoppped to sniff the air, "mortals can't go to far that fast anyway so..." Inuyasha then heard in his head the echo of Kagome's voice,

"Inu...ya...sha" uttered the whispering voice of Kagome.

"Ka..gome?" Inuyasha asked aloud as he tried to listen for more, but none came.

"She's...in pain." Inuyasha stated. "I got to get to her!"

Inuyasha sped off still in his red haori, a mere blur to all with normal vision.

The body of Kagome still lay in the forest, still trying to break free of the spell. The poison that had been sprinkled on her cut, had spread, and Kagome was on the virge of death, the wound lay open and untreated now turning a gruesome purple color, the blood dripping down Kagome's shirt.

"Inu...ya...sha" her mind screamed.

"Inu...ya...sha" Kagome's voice spoke wearily in Inuyasha's worried mind.

"damn, where is she?" Inuyasha thought aloud as he wandered through central park.

"Hey wait a minute..." Inuyasha stood on tip-toe and sniffed the air, "She is here!" Inuyasha said as he started to follow Kagome's scent as quickly as he could into the forest.

"She's around here some where..."Inuyasha said as he was a mere 100ft away from the dying Kagome.

Inuyasha followed Kagome's scent untill he was still 10ft away, but he still saw her, leaning on her side, limp, and her only sign of life was her very slow breathing.

Inuyasha ran over to her and held her upper front in his arms, and buried his face into her soft raven hair. He saw her gash, and went quickly over to it and tore a bit of his Haori off to stop the bleeding, making sure to prop up her head. He knew that he had to get her wounds cleaned up, but he didn'tknow how to use any modern medicine for a wound like that. He picked her up, bridal-style,with her head leaning against his chest, as he walked off following Naraku's scent. Damn you Naraku! How dare you do this to Kagome! Inuyasha looked down at the innocent girl, she looked like she was fighting a ferocious battle, and Inuyasha felt stupid not being able to help her. He kept walking, his head bowed so that you could not see his amber eyes, and followed Naraku. He got her into this and he's gonna bring her out! Inuyasha thought.

"Nnngh..."Kagome mumbled as she started to twist back and forth in Inuyasha's arms.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked as he set the girl on her feet Kagome's eyes flew open, emitting her puppy brown eyes.

"Never again." Kagome uttered as she began to collapse to the ground, although Inuyasha was there to catch her when she fell.

"Kagome! Kagome say something!" Inuyasha yelled at the limp girl as he shook her shoulders.

Inuyasha sighed and continued carrying Kagome through the night.

That idiot Inuyasha! Walking right into my trap! I'll kill him and then steal that girl Kagome...I'll enslave her and use her as if she was my own duplicate living Kikyo...all to myself. naraku thought as he looked into his looking glass held by Kagura in a cave carved into the side of a large hill. What luck that i found that spring that transported me to the future! But that tendant said:

Naraku Flash back

"Do not go in that Spring!" the old man who swept the cave's floor.

"feh! What's wrong with it old man?" Naraku asked twirling his finger curiously.

All of a sudden a swirling pink and blue light formed in the spring, a black hole forming in the center. Naraku put his foot in the hole and was being sucked in, and he calmly did not hestitate to follow through the whole ordeal.Naraku was sucked into the present and dropped into the very cave he was standing in. He found that the spring was still there, so he used this as a way to plot a plan to kill Inuyasha. Then after that I'll keep Kagome to myself and then go back and kill the others. I can't wait to get my hands on that girl!

End flash Back

"heh heh heh" Naraku chuckled as he walked out to the opening of the cave and looked at the soon-to-be-dusk sky.

Inuyasha knew he was closing in on Naraku's scent. He was in a real hilly region and was still waiting for Kagome to snap out of it. Inuyasha stopped to let the injured girl down, trying to stop the bleeding with the torn peice of fabric. He looked at the girl as he held her close trying to keep her warm. In less than one day Naraku managed to come and ruin everything for me and Kagome! Inuyasha thought as he continued on his walk, slowly as he sniffed out the white baboon. How can mortals stand their bodies? So weak and defensless...Never being able to fight back...wait that's not true...Sango, Miroku, and Kagome.......Kagome....always fight back when we are in battle...wait he's here! Inuyasha thought as his nose traced naraku to a small cave carved into the right side of one of the hills. He jumped from boulders and rocks to get to the opening. When he did get to the opening, he swooped down with Kagome still in his arms, her chin rested peacfully on his shoulder. Inuyasha landed without another step forward, and disgustedly glared at Naraku's disguise of a monkey.

"Naraku."

"Inuyasha, you have come to help your dear Kagome I see..." He said with a small grin on his shadowed face.

"YOU! what did you do to Kagome." Inuyasha yelled lurching forward but being steady with Kagome's limp body.

"Oh please, half demon, she's bound to death as we speak, but don't worry there's always this young lady..." Naraku hissed as he held out a hand following the entrance of Kikyo.

"Kikyo...WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WITH THIS BASTARD!?" Inuyasha screamed at the relatively calm girl.

"Why Inuyasha...do you really value that girl's life rather you do your own or mine? Kikyo asked with an evil grin on her face as Inuyasha stared at her with a blank exspression on his face.

"This has nothing to do with you...you...wench!"

"What do you mean Inuyasha? It is always about me! Remember? You said you haven't stopped thinking about me for a single day!" Kikyo mocked.

Just then Kagome rised, and walked over beside Kikyo.

"Ka- Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, with an outstretched hand.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome said slowly with tears in her eyes, "You left me...you betrayed me...you...you..." Kagome spoke in rage as her smooth hands balled into fists

"I did NOT betray you Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled softly.

"Then what about me? Did you not betray me as well...?" Kikyo asked innocently.

Inuyasha looked at the two women that he so dearly treasured, to the left stood Kikyo, who he was tricked into having a mutual feelings of hate for one another, and to the right, stood Kagome, who always cared and was just so incredibly beautiful. But on the left also stood the same woman who still wanted to kill him and seemed to be working for Naraku...

"Well, how did Kagome suddenly come back to life?" Inuyasha asked.

"FOOL, I created the poison powder and I can easily bring her back with a simple little incantation, though you were to blinded to notice." Kikyo hissed.

"Kagome...is that......you?" Inuyasha asked curious, reaching out a hand to stroke her cheek.

"Yes Inuyasha, now please make your decision before I...."

Kikyo lunged at Kagome grabbing hold of her by the neck, Inuyasha started towards her but with a simple hand gesture Kikyo shot Inuyasha paralyzed against the cave wall. Kikyo held Kagome over the cliff holding he fate in the palm of her hand (literally) and spoke,

"You will never interfere! I am so sick of you coming by (Kikyo tightened her grip on Kagome's neck) stealing my soul (her grip tightened again) and shattering Inuyasha's soul, (Kikyo whispered to Kagome) just Like the Shikon No Tama jewel." Kikyo looked at Inuyasha's bewildered look trying to speak although no words came out, and then Kagome's dying face, she glanced once more and then let go of her grip, letting Kagome fall to her doom. Inuyasha mouthed out a scream, Kikyo laughed at this knowing he could not speak, and let him suffer, and returned to Naraku at the back of the cave.

Damn that wench! I'm going to get out of this...nnngh...if it's the last thing I do! Inuyasha thought as he struggled to break free of the invisible barrier. Inuyasha slashed at it with his claws, even tried to use tetsuaiga to slash through it but even that didn't work. He finally thought of what Myoga had said when he first got that sword:

"...You have to have faith in it's demonic powers Master Inuyasha..!"

Then he remebered what Kagome had said to him,

"...I believe in you! Don't you?"

Inuyasha drew in a breath, he then took the sword and looked at it in his clawed hands. Well old man, you better help me on this one! Inuyasha thought as he drew back the sword and saw that the tetsuaiga was pulsing, glowing a deep red. He threw it to the ground, causing an almost wave-crashing affect as it broke through the barrier.

Kikyo poked her head out of a little corner hearing the clash, and noticed that inuyasha was walking around freely, and proceeded to confront him as well.

"Inuyasha..." Kikyo said in amazement.

Inuyasha bowed his head as a trail of blood dripped from the corner of his mouth," No one ever touches Kagome, not even you Kikyo." Inuyasha spoke looking up at the murderer.

"You seem upset Inuyasha..." Kikyo said evily.

"you..you...murderer" Inuyasha screamed as he charged at Kikyo with the tetsuaiga. He shut his eyes as he peirced her flesh not wanting to see her hurt but knew that when he broke her flesh that he meant it.

"You truly do love that mortal" Kikyo said falling to the ground in a pool of blood. Inuyasha stood over her body covered in her blood. He then shuddered as he went to look over the cliff, but didn't see any trace of Kagome's raven hair, but he could smell her, then he saw it. Kagome was holding on to a root for dear life under a brush growing on the side of the hill. Inuyasha immediatley darted down as far as he could to help her but was still a good 3-4 feet away.

"Inu...yasha" Kagome said looking up with a struggling face.

"Kagome, I'm sorry...I...I..."Inuyasha stuttered as he searched for words.

"Inuyasha it's ok I...understand..."kagome said with tears forming in her eyes.

"Here, let me help you, hold on a little longer." Inuyasha said as he decided he was going to shimmy down the vines, and then jump up catching Kagome in his arms. Inuyasha started to use his toes to hang on to the vines, and slid down, he then inched to the right using his claws to dig into the dirt-rock side of the hill. he found a small ledge about 2 inches wide in which he would use to push off of to jump, it was a one shot chance, if he failed, he and Kagome would lose their lives. Inuyasha pushed as hard as he could against the rock and leaped up, when he came near Kagome he grabbed her around her small waist and shot up, he just made it almost falling back off the ledge when he got up. As soon as they were up Inuyasha made sure Kagome was all right.

"How's that gash on your neck?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's fine,how about you? I mean are you okay?" Kagome asked slightly worried.

"This is nothing, but whatever pain I went through must've been ten times worse for you..." Inuyasha said slowly.

Kagome blushed, and then they both heard footsteps, they stood up abruptly, facing the one soul who brought them into this.

"Inuyasha." Naraku said.

Inuyasha growled, and Kagome stood beside him holding onto his arm.

End Chap

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