Chapter 12: The Locket is The Key
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A/N: I am SO sorry it has taken my four months to update but as you know I've been on somewhat of a writers block and my life hasn't been going well either, but to make it up too all my fans (if your still out there) I made and extra long chapter. Hope you like it -
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
(Me annoying you while you're reading the story)
LAST TIME...
Kagome smirked. "Scared, then I'll make the first move!" She ran towards him attack her with her claws. Inuyasha jumped out of the way just in time. "MIROKU!" He called. "You Sango and Shippo figure out some way to get Kagome back. Hurry I don't think I can hold her off for much longer." Miroku nodded running towards Sango and Shippo. "Any ideas?" They both shook their heads.
Inuyasha jumped landing on his hands and flipped. Standing on his feet he looked at Kagome. She launched herself at him. He defended himself and lightly as he could punch Kagome. She went back but stopped herself with her feet. Inuyasha's breath was heavy and he was getting weaker slowly. 'This is going to be harder then I thought.' He paused looking up at Kagome. 'I'll get you back Kagome. Evan if I have to die doing it' With his goal sent in his mind he watched Kagome's move as she jumped up ready to attack.
THIS TIME...
She held her and in front of him. Inuyasha moved his hands in front of him in a defense stance. When her claws touched is arm she yelled. "Night Shadow Claws!" She jumped back watched a pinkish light form around Inuyasha electrocuting him. HE cried out in pain opening one eyes to see Kagome smirked. When the bright pink orb was gone he slowly stood up, blood trickling down his hand, chest, legs, face, everywhere. 'I've never seen her use that attack before… it's probably a mi of her demon powers along with her miko powers. I better watch out for that attack.'
His head jerked up seeing her on the move. He looked left seeing her punch the ground and mumbled something. Suddenly the ground began to shake.
Koga's mouth dropped at the amount of power his Kagome had. He felt the ground begin to shake. Slowly standing up he jumped out of the way of the crack coming his way forming the dark depths of the earth.
Sango jumped on Kirara along with Miroku and Shippo. "Miroku, I doubt Inuyasha can hold out much longer, we have to think of something before it's too late!"
Miroku turned to her seeing the worry in the young demon slayers eyes. He sighed rubbing his chin, "I'm thinking Sango, but there's only one way I can think of."
Kagome smirked up at Inuyasha seeing him jump out of the way into a tree. "What running away so soon? And here I thought you were the great powerful Inuyasha" Inuyasha was surprised that Kagome was talking too much in her demon form, according to the others all he did was growl and laugh. He jumped back down on the destroyed earth.
"Are you scared Inuyasha?" She paused looking in his eyes; she saw all kind of emotion, love, worry, concern, fear. She shook her head, "I understand now, you don't want to hurt me, because I'm little Kagome, well the Kagome you knew is gone! She's never coming back, I have taken over and no one is standing in the way of me and the jewel!" She yelled expecting the jewel.
Inuyasha froze for a minute, 'Gone…forever?' He shook his head, 'No I don't believe it! I won't believe it!' He took a step forward towards Kagome watching as she tensed up going into a fight stance. "Ka-Kagome, I-I know your in there, fight your demon blood! You don't want to hurt me, or Sango, or Miroku, or Shippo. Heck I know you don't want to hurt that damn wolf either. Come on Kagome your stronger then this, fight it! Don't let it control you, please Kagome they miss you… I miss you." As he said his last words his head went down, his banks shading him from everything around him. Quickly looking out not hearing anything he saw her shocked face, but what caught his eyes were her eyes, the kept flashing brown, red and back to brown. He knew she was trying to fight it, he knew she could. As her eyes flashed the locket fell out of Inuyasha pocket. He looked down at it then back to Kagome watching her actions.
Kagome's eyes continued to flash when the locket tumbled out of his pocket. Her eyes traveled to the gold object. When she saw it her eyes become brown. Everyone was shocked at the sight. Her eyes connected with the locket. "Inu…yasha" She whispered; only demon ears would be able to hear.
"Kagome…" He replied with a sigh of relief till the women before him shook her head. She reviled her blazing red eyes, "Draw your sword Inuyasha! And don't be holding back. I want to prove that I could beat the famous Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha grinded his teeth, inside him his demon side was telling him to kill her, end it for the both of them but he couldn't do that, he knew Kagome wouldn't give up if he was he who changed. 'I was so close to Kagome almost came back to be!' He drew his sword in order to defend himself from and attacks Kagome could inflict on him. Once he unsheathed his sword Kagome launched herself at him attack him with her claws once again. She aimed for his chest; Inuyasha not ready got his chest slashed by her claw attack. He claws scratched right threw his red fire rat kimono. She jumped back smirked licking her blooded claws.
Inuyasha went down on one knee, his sword supporting him. He looked up at her with one eye, bringing his hand up to his wound. Blood poured out staining his now ripped kimono. 'Damn, this cut is deep. Miroku and the others better hurry up, I can't hold out much longer.'
The others watched Inuyasha getting hit by Kagome's claws a puddle of blood beginning to form below him. "We have to do something before Inuyasha gets killed!" Sango exclaimed watched the fight below her.
"I know, but what?" Miroku answered, just as worried as Sango. "Well, what's different now then it was when Kagome stayed a hanyou?"
Sango shrugged, "Maybe Kagura put some kind of spell on her or something?"
Miroku shook his head, "No I would have sensed it."
They all thought for a moment when Shippo had an idea. "Well, Inuyasha has his sword that keeps his blood in line. Maybe there's something that Kagome has that keep her blood in line"
Sango and Miroku's head both jerked up as they spoke in unison. "Of chores, the locket!"
Miroku nodded, "That's right, it makes sense, when the locket was shown to Kagome she was almost back but her demon blood took over again. Also when she fought Sesshomaru, she didn't have her locket on, so when her life was in danger her demon side took over. Last time it was Inuyasha's emotion's that brought her back, the locket being given by Inuyasha would be proof of our theory!"
Sango stared at Miroku as she recalled the entire event's he spoke of. Finally realizing Miroku made sense she nodded, "Miroku it's a trap!" She said understanding what was going on. She saw Miroku stare at her puzzled and explained. "Kagura wanted Kagome to rip the locket, so she could become full demon. She killed Koga's comrades because the scent of blood would have made Kagome run to the scent and fight Koga. She must have brought Kanna along in order to get Inuyasha mad and send him far away from Kagome so HE couldn't bring her back into a hanyou. She knew he could bring Kagome back, this whole thing is a trap so Kagome could kill Koga and get the shards, Kagura knew Koga would kill Kagome so it was the best option."
Miroku sighed, "Another one of Naraku's plans, but what doesn't make sense was how was he going to get the jewel back from Kagome if she's much more powerful then she was before?"
Sango thought for a moment, "There has to have been something more to the plan," That's when it hit her, "He's trying to ruin her life…" She said trailing off.
Miroku looked at Sango puzzled listening to her explanation. "Naraku loves to destroy people's lives. He enjoys plotting plans and traps to ruin us, our lives, and our families. He pit Kikyo and Inuyasha against each other. He put a curse on your family. He killed my whole village, and now he's using Kagome to ill her friends. I guess he knew Kagome would return to her normal self some time, knowing Inuyasha would somehow come and bring her back and in the end she would cry knowing she killed everyone. Being the only one left she would give the jewel up and with nothing standing between Naraku and his control he wins."
Miroku nodded, "Your right, everything is piecing up now. But Kagome won't kill us, I know she's stronger then that, and now that we know how to bring her back, it's time we put our plan into action!" Sango nodded telling Kirara and Inu to land on the ground.
Inuyasha placed his sword in front of him blocking Kagome's night shadow attack. He looked up over his sword not seeing Kagome anywhere. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his gut. He looked down seeing Kagome's clawed hand had pierced him. She smirked, "Pathetic! I would have expected more from you Inuyasha" She remarked in a deep voice. She pulled her hand out of Inuyasha leaving a big whole in his gut. She flipped back facing him licking her hand again, "I'm going to enjoy you blood Inuyasha." She said with a smirked.
Inuyasha went down on his knee's dropping his sword on the ground. With his hand on his gut he thought, 'I'm sorry Kagome, I failed to protect you, please… forgive me'
"Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha's head jolted up turning towards Miroku listening to every word he said. "The locket! It's what keeps her demon blood it line. It works on her like the Tedsuiga ((sp?)) works on you!" He yelled. Inuyasha thought about what Miroku said, 'The locket? But why the…'
"Inuyasha, look out!" Sango called out to him. His head shot back up seeing Kagome hovering over him. He saw her bring her claw up noticing a pink glow coming from her hand. He quickly grabbed his sword defending himself with it. Quickly sheathing his sword he whipped around pinning Kagome on the ground and careful as he could not to injure her wing further. He sat on top of her in order to keep her down. "Miroku quick, toss me the locket!" He called. He watched Miroku throwing the locket over to Inuyasha. Inuyasha caught it with one hand looking down at Kagome struggling to get free. "What are you doing you stupid dog!"
Inuyasha sighed, "It's for your own good Kagome!" He tried putting the locket on but wasn't able to with her head moving side to side like it was. Before he could ask for help he noticed Koga holding her head still. He looked up at Koga with questionable eyes. "Hurry up dog breath I want my Kagome back!"
"You're Kagome? Why you-!"
"Inuyasha!" Sango yelled, "Not now!"
He nodded looking back down as Kagome gave him a glare. He took the locket and placed it over her head.
"WHAT ARE YOU DO…" Kagome trailed off as her heart began to beat. Her eyes flashed as they became a solid brown colour. Her claws shortened along with her fangs. The strips along her cheeks and wrist disappeared. Her eyes slowly closed then opened again looking up at Koga and Inuyasha. "Inuyasha?" She asked in a weak voice. She turned to Koga, "Koga… what are you…doing her?" She asked
Inuyasha shook his head, "Never mind about that Kagome, we'll fill you in after you recover.
Kagome nodded slowly, after about a moment of silence Kagome looked at Inuyasha, now regaining her strength. "Um… Inuyasha?"
He looked at her, "Yes…Kagome"
"Can you…uh…get off of me please?" She asked.
"Uh…" Inuyasha jumped right off of her turning around to face the battle field, away from her as a small blush creped along his cheeks. Slowly Kagome sat up wincing at the pain that went threw her body.
"Kagome!" Sango called rushing over to her friend. "Don't move Kagome, you're really injured, you have a broken wing and…" Sango trailed off noticing Kagome was in some kind of trance. 'That's right, Kagura attacked me…' "Where's Kagura…?" Kagome said weakly. She began feeling weak but shook her head trying to get rid of her dizziness. She paused as she remembered what happened with her locket. 'My locket, how could I have ripped it off like that?' She brought her hand up to her chest grabbing her locket breathing a sigh of relief.
Inuyasha was puzzled by her actions, 'She's happy that she has her locket? Could it be that she didn't mean to throw it away?' His thoughts were interrupted by the pain in his chest.
Kagome jumped hearing Inuyasha groan. She turned to him finally noticing the puddle of blood below him. "Oh my gosh Inuyasha what happened?" She asked crawling towards him.
Koga stood up, "I need to go." He said not wanting to see the love scene happening between Kagome and Inuyasha. Without anyone saying anything Koga ran off.
Kagome not noticing what Koga said started at Inuyasha wound in his chest, "Inuyasha are you alright? Of chores your not you got a big whole in your gut. She stood up falling back down. She shook her head standing up again fighting the pain. She got her bag on Inu's back but didn't think she had the strength to make it back, whispering in Inu's ears he carried her over to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha watched as she came back on Inu's back. "Damn it woman stop worrying about me and worry about yourself for once!" He called out.
She slid off Inu's back with her yellow bang. She crawled over to Inuyasha, "I'm fine, it's just my wing."
Sango knelt by Kagome holding her up as she began whipping blood of Inuyasha's face. "Kagome's he's right, you need rest right now."
Kagome shook her head, her eyes half open, "I'm fine, who did this to you?" She asked as she continued to clean Inuyasha off.
Inuyasha jumped back and saw Kagome stare at him with a confused face. He smirked knowing he couldn't stop himself from pacing out any longer. 'It's best, she never finds out' He looked up at her, "Don't worry about it Kagome." He began feeling his energy decrees, he knew his wounds were serious, but didn't want to leave Kagome with Sango and Miroku at the moment, not that he didn't trust them; he just didn't want Kagome to know what really happened. He looked up seeing Kagome's eyes beginning to close. Suddenly she feel into his arms. Inuyasha caught her and smiled. 'It's good to have you back Kagome' was his last thought before he also passed out. Shippo ran over under Inuyasha to stop his fall when he just crushed Shippo.
Miroku laughed walking over lifting Inuyasha off of Shippo. "You can't stop Inuyasha Shippo, you're still too young." Miroku laid Inuyasha down gently walking around to Kagome. Sango pushed him, "Oh no you don't, your not laying a hand on Kagome." Sango picked Kagome up lifting her up in Kirara. Miroku did the same with Inuyasha placing him on Inu. Sango sighed hoping on Kirara behind Kagome. "We'll head to Keade's hut."
Miroku nodded hoping on Inu along with Shippou. He sighed as Inu flew up; he turned sensing a dark aura. Turning back to Sango he smiled as they road next to each other.
"Hum, Inuyasha and Kagome are growing closer. Naraku would like to hear of this." Kagura turned seeing the monk stare at her. She ignored it knowing at the moment he wouldn't be going after her. She flew up on her feather along with Kanna towards Naraku's castle. "If the group becomes stronger, we'll have to be more careful.
A strange figure stood behind a tree as she watched all the events that occurred. "Kagura is right, Inuyasha and Kagome are growing closer witch doesn't help my plan. But it will work; my powers are to powerful for them to break it." She smirked as she repaid her plan in her head. "Inuyasha will leave Kagome coming back to me, very soon. Once that happens I will destroy Naraku." The shadowy figure then disappeared from the battle ground.
A/N: Well that's all, this is the end of my chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it and I will be updating as soon as I can. Please check my profile out for more information on the updating process for each story. Also I will not delete the story Reborn. This time I won't give a special number for reviews. Please R&R, send in any questions requests or ideas please and thanks! As well, sorry for the chapter being kind of short.
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