Chapter 14:
His Guilt, Her Secret
Ok…the characters are OOC so no flames 'cause I've warned you… Oh and Ash…there's something for you at the end. I told you I would get revenge! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but I'll give the creators :searches through pockets: A dollar, a penny, and 6 pieces of lint for him! Sigh…some how I don't think so… I also don't own any of the songs I used in this chappie.
Blood. There was so much blood. It seemed to run like a river down its body. Its skin was a ghostly white. "You killed me…" Its voice sent shivers down his spine. What was it? He could tell…it was too far away. "You killed me…" It whispered again. He could feel his body freeze with fear. How did this thing know him? It moved closer. The skin on its face was decaying. Its eyes were black. "Why did you do it?" He could hear so much pain in its voice. Red tears ran down its cheeks. Dark hair hid its face in shadows. It moved even closer. It was almost as if its mere presence was sucking the life out of him. He had to get away. He had to run!
"My body won't move!" He looked at the ground trying to force his legs to flee from this place. An icy hand touched his cheek. He froze. He looked up slowly, afraid. Black eyes met his. Half rotted lips form what must have been a smile. "Wh-who a-ar-e you?" He stammered. Its smiling face turned into a looked of hatred.
"You mean to tell me that you don't remember?" Its calm voice was a huge contrast to the evil look on its face. "You killed me…" Its voice grew quiet. "I loved you and you…" More tears ran down its cheeks. "How can you not remember!" Its voice rang through the gray sky. It leaned closer to him. Its frozen lips met his for an instant than pulled away. It wrapped its arms around him and pulled his close. "It's me…"It whispered, snuggling closer to him. "It's Kagome…"
His eyes grew wide. "Kag…Kagome?" 'But she's not dead!' His mind screamed 'She's not dead!'
Kagome pulled away from him, a small smile on her lips. "So you remember me. Surprising." Her voice was cold, so unlike the Kagome he knew. "You killed me…" He met her eyes. His body stiffened as he watched images flash through them. He saw himself in her eyes. He had a fierce expression on his face. He saw himself crack his knuckles a slash at something before him. Blood sprayed all over his other self… He remembered that day. He turned full-demon and he had hurt her, he had almost…
She closed her eyes. He could feel his body relax. "No…" He breathed. "You didn't die! I didn't kill you!" He couldn't stand seeing her like this. Her decaying, twisted features were too much to bear!
A hoarse cackle came out of her partly rotten lips. "Believe what you want, but you know my words are true… Inuyasha… Inuyasha!"
Someone was shaking him. He blinked his eyes a few time to get the last bit of sleep out of them. "Inuyasha are you ok?" Kagome looked at him eyes full of concern. 'He must have been having a nightmare…' (A/N: OK…that went in a different direction than I planned it on going. You those of you who didn't get it, this whole page that I just wrote was just a dream. Ok? Let me know if it made any sense. If it didn't I'll change it.) "I'm fine! Stop fussing!"
"Well excuse me for worrying!"
"Well who says that you need to worry so much? I'M FINE!"
'And so they continue arguing…' The dark figure had hidden itself well in the tree near where the couple was. 'I think I made the dream too vivid… Oh well. At least I got the guilt back into his system,' It giggled quietly to its self. (A/N: I'm using 'it' instead of 'he' or 'she' because I don't want you guys to know what gender this 'figure' is quite yet…) 'And that's essential to the plan. We can't have him forgetting what he did, now can we? He must remember that he almost killed her…that weird woman he seems so attached to. What was her name? Oh yea…Kagome. Well enjoy your time together, it won't last long…" As quietly as possible the figure crept away from the still arguing couple.
-Later
"Are you sure you want to leave Koga?"
"I'm afraid I must. I've been away from my pack far too long." He took Kagome's hands in his own. "But don't fret my love! I will return to you soon! Farewell!" And he left in his usual tornado.
"Thank god he's gone!" Inuyasha sighed in relief. "Now we can get going!"
"Well if we're gonna leave let's leave!" Sakura marched off, followed closely by Miroku, Sango and Shippo.
"Who does that bitch think she is?" Inuyasha fumed quietly, but not quiet enough.
"Oh give it a rest Inuyasha!" Kagome said loudly. "You need to be more trusting of people!" She glanced at her friends ahead of them. Grabbing his hand she ran towards them. "Come on Inu! We're falling behind!"
The group walked for a few hours before coming across a small, run-down hut. "Can we stop here for a sec? I just need to get a few things." Sakura walked into the hut followed by Kagome. The light haired girl grabbed a large black backpack a lot like Kagome and began to shove various objects into it.
Kagome looked around the hut, it seemed to be rotting away. There were gaps in between the planks of wood, the roof looked like it could fall anytime, and moss was growing everywhere. 'How long has she had to stay here? This place looks like it could collapse any moment now…'
"Hey Kagome!" The raven-haired girl looked at her newest friend. "Have you ever listened to American music before?" Kagome shook her head. "No? You don't know what you've been missing! Do you dance at all?"
Kagome grinned. "Now that I can do!" Sakura smiled slyly. "Now we have something to do tonight. Have you shown them our kind of "dancing"?"
Kagome's grin grew. "No….. But it wouldn't hurt them to see it, now would it? We could have some fun with this…"
"What is your evil mind coming up with?"
Kagome giggled. "Well you see, Sango and Shippo always go to get water, while Inuyasha and Miroku always get firewood, leaving poor little me, and Kirara, all alone to cook dinner…" Sakura chuckled a bit, catching on.
"Hey! We don't have all day! Let's get a move on!" Came the unmistakable shout of a certain inu-hanyou.
Kagome sighed. "Ok! We're coming!" Sakura caught the other girl's eyes and smiled. Kagome smiled back and the two of the walked out of the hut.
-Later, after they stopped for the night
Sakura, Kirara, and Kagome were sitting alone in the campsite; the others had already gone to do their cores. Sakura moved to her backpack and brought out her CD player and quite a few CDs. She opened the player and slipped the silver disk into it. Pushing the gray "play" button, she slowly got up as unfamiliar music to Kagome filled the clearing. It started out kind of slow then picked up pace. "La la la la la…. Hey mama…." Sakura started to move her body to the music. The song had a Latin feel to it and Kagome liked it. She smirked and started to dance along with Sakura. The two girls moved their hips to the music, using their bodies in ways that would make any man drop dead.
The song ended and a new one took its place. The girls laughed as they started to move to the song "Turn Me On". "So Kagome? What do ya think of American music?"
Kagome smiled. "I love it! I need to get some American CDs!" The two girls laughed as they continued to dance. They stopped when they heard a loud gasp. Kagome looked up. "Oh hi Sango! Wanna join us?"
Sango looked at Kagome for a moment then asked, "What are you doing?"
"Dancing…" Came the reply. "Want us to show you how?" Sango looked at Shippo. He looked at her smiled, then hopped under a near by tree to watch the show. (Nothing perverted Chel…) Sango walked over to her friends and nodded. The other girls smiled, turned the music up and started to teach the slayer some of their favorite moves. She was a little shy at first but quickly caught on…
-With Inuyasha and Miroku
They had gathered a lot of firewood and were making their way back to the camp. Inuyasha began to pick up some weird sounds coming from they had left the girls. He stuck his nose higher in the air and took a sniff. 'Nothing unusual…' He signaled Miroku to pick up the pace. Miroku was starting to get worried, what if something happened to them. He would never forgive himself if anything happened to Sango, his beautiful Sango…
He and Inuyasha were now running toward the girls. They burst into the clearing and the sight that met their eyes was not the one that they expected. The three young ladies in their group were looking rather sexy dancing to the odd music coming from an equally odd devise. Miroku took one look at Sango and got the biggest grin. You could almost see the perverted wheels turning in his head. He slowly walked over to her until he was right behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. She stiffened for a moment then relaxed into his grip. She didn't give him a concussion, which surprised him more than anything. The couple began to sway to the music as the rest of the group watched with giant anime eyes. Sakura smiled at them and started to giggle. "Hey Sango!" The girl in question pulled away from the monk, a bright red blush on her cheeks, and looked at her friend. "How about we show we boys what we've been working on?" Kagome and Sango grinned and nodded. The miko grabbed Miroku and sat him next to a very red Inuyasha, then joined her friends near the fire. Sakura put a new CD into the player and the three of them waited for the music to start. As they song "Hey Mama" started to fill the clearing again, the girls began to move slowly at first then as the music picked up speed so did they. They moved their hips, running small hands through their hair and down their own bodies as they swayed to the music.
When the song ended they looked at the boys. Getting the desired reaction, a very, VERY red Inuyasha and a grinning monk, they sat down and started to eat.
-Later
Inuyasha sat in a tree watching Kagome sleep, trying to keep his thoughts away from what happens earlier out of his mind. But he just couldn't! She had looked so…hot! They way she seductively move her body to the music made him insane with want. 'Gods she is so beautiful…' The hanyou sighed. All he wanted to do was lie next to her and hold her close, breathe in her soothing scent, and never let her go… 'But what about Kikyo? Didn't you have these same feelings for her?' 'But she's dead!' Another part of his mind argued. 'I don't want to die! I can't be with her!' 'But the jewel… When you find it you can bring her back to life. Then you can be happy and live in peace with her…'
The half-demon's ears twitched at the sound coming from the ground. 'Kagome? What's she doing up?' He watched as the girl looked around the clearing, then walk into the forest. "What the hell is she doing?" Inuyasha muttered. "I swear sometimes I think this girls got a death wish! She knows that wondering around at night is dangerous!" With that he leaped down from his perch and followed after her.
He walked for what seemed like forever, but he still hadn't run into her yet. 'How the hell did she cover so much ground?' Inuyasha paused as he heard voices ahead of him. He recognized one as Kagome and the other was… "Naraku…" He ran to the edge of the clearing, trying not to make a sound. As he got closer he heard the conversation, but sincerely wished he hadn't.
"You love him my pet…" Naraku's harsh laughter rang through the clearing. "I warned you about getting in to deep, it clouds your judgment… I think I'll have to remove that little distraction…"
Tears ran down the girl's face. "NO! Please don't hurt him! Please! I'll do as you ask! I'll do whatever you want just don't hurt him!"
The demon chuckled darkly. "Are you willing to beg? To get down on your hands and knees and plead for me to spare his life?" He stared at her expectantly, a smirk on his pale face. "Well?"
She looked at him tears still leaking from her; then dropped to her knees bending forward so her head was touching the ground. "Please…" She whispered. "I beg you, don't harm him. Don't hurt Inuyasha…"
"Louder, my pet. I can't hear you…"
"I'm begging you…" She said much louder. "Don't hurt Inuyasha. Don't kill him! Please! I'll do whatever you wish, as long as you don't harm him…master…"
Inuyasha's eyes widened in shock. 'Kagome, working for Naraku? No it can't be! I won't believe it!' "NARAKU!" The hanyou leaped from the forest and into the clearing.
"Ah…Inuyasha. We were just talking about you, weren't we my pet?" He looked at the girl who had edged behind him. "Aw, shy are we? Well that won't do!" In one swift motion he grabbed the girls arm and yanked her in front of him. She fell of the cold grass and lie there unmoving. "Get up." Naraku spoke quietly. But the girl wouldn't move, she just lay there with only the rise and fall of her torso to tell Inuyasha that she was still alive. "I said get up." His words weren't loud nor were they harsh, merely demanding, but the girl didn't budge.
The inu-hanyou could tell that Naraku was loosing his temper. "Kagome please get up…" His voice was quiet and pleading. He watched as the girl slowly lifted her head and stared at him with blank eyes, all her normal sparkle gone. They were red and puffy from crying, glittering with unshed tears. Her skin was paler than normal and wet with salty tears. He couldn't tear his gaze away from the broken looking girl in front of him. 'How could I let this happen… This is all my fault…' "Kagome…?" She was jerked back upward by a large pale hand that latched onto her hair. The girl didn't cry out, no more tears left her eyes…she just looked at the silver-haired boy in front of her.
"Now my pet…" Naraku cooed in her ear. "How about you greet our guest, my dear?" His voice was soft and sensual, sending shivers up Inuyasha's spine.
The amber-eyed hanyou couldn't take it anymore. "GET OFF OF HER!" He lunged at the other hanyou, swiping at him with his claws. Naraku jumped back, dropping Kagome to the ground in the process. She landed with a sickening thud, and Inuyasha was at her side in a moment. He gently helped her to sit up. "Are you ok?" No answer came. "Kagome? Kagome!" She just stared at him, eyes blank. She slowly got up and pulled herself away from him. She looked down at the still kneeling figure and stared back at her. She let out a small sad smile, and for a brief moment the light touched her eyes and her sparkle was back. But as quickly as it appeared it was gone and her eyes went back to the unfeeling blankness that was so unlike her.
"Kagome…" Naraku called to her. "Come here my sweet." Kagome tore her eyes away from the beautiful amber eyes and turned to face her master's cold crimson eyes. "Come here girl." For the first time since of the beginning of the encounter, Naraku's voice was harsh and commanding. He sounded deadly, yet she didn't move. She turned back to Inuyasha who was still on the ground. Her eyes held an apology as she kneeled next to him and placed a small white hand on his cheek. She was there for an instant before she pulled away from him and took a few shaky steps toward Naraku. "Kagome. No Kagome... Please…" She didn't look back she just kept walking.
When she reached Naraku, his evil smile grew. He wrapped an arm around her as he said, "Good girl. That's my pet." She didn't look at him; her eyes were fix at the ground.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha called out almost begging her to yell "Gotcha!" and come running back to him.
Naraku laughed and shook his head. "You haven't clued in yet? She's mine Inuyasha. She has always been mine. You will never have her. She doesn't love you. She has been helping me from the start! And you were a fool to think anything else! But if you don't believe me you may ask her yourself…"
Inuyasha didn't know what to think. He could feel tears trying to make it past the barrier he had put up. 'It can't be true! It just can't be! Kagome would never do that to me! But…then why did she go to him? Why…?' "Kagome?" His voice was soft and full of pain. "Please tell me it isn't true… Please Kagome…tell me it isn't true…" He forced back the tears still threatening to fall.
Kagome looked up, her eyes blank. No tears fell, in fact her face held no emotion. "I'm sorry Inuyasha, but it's true. It's all true…"
Author's Note: Well I got Micro-Word… :crickets are the only thing making noise: Umm… Oh the cliffie! Yea… It's payback Ash! For all your stinking cliffies! So to you I say… MUAHAHAHAHA:sticks tongue out: hehehe!
Ok…yea. I know I said that I would update O:M first, but I just had to write this chappie! I promise that I will get that story done before next Christmas! Heh heh. Yea. Probably before so no hurting me!
So yea…I'll update as soon as I can!
Suaru
