Unguarded

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Flashbacks

Stressed Word

Sitting up she realized that she was still in the same spot. They hadn't noticed her eyes slide open and her breathing quicken. With a grin promising trouble she stayed still to listen to Kouga argue with Inuyasha. The wolf prince was arguing and seemed to be making sense to Miroku. Kagome smirked enjoying the argument that made the anger in the air grow. Kouga growled and ran a hand through his black hair before he tried to punch Inuyasha.

"I told you that Kagome has a scent similar to Naraku's," Kouga lowly growled.

"Kagome has been acting differently since she arrived back," Miroku tried to reason.

"How do you explain her appearance?" Kouga asked, daring him to dent that.

"What happened to her? She wouldn't just join Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled at them.

"Myouga spoke of a new incarnation," Miroku whispered.

"Her Miko ki would stop him from absorbing her," Inuyasha said.

"Not if she agreed fully," Miroku sadly said.

Kagome softly chuckled drawing the attention of the four companions of hers. She stood up, looked at her soft blue skin, and moved her eyes to gaze at the group. A blue glow surrounded her and when she went back to normal, she was in a different outfit. She was dressed in a navy skintight outfit. A diamond was cut out showing her bare stomach and another small diamond was cut out showing the top of her breasts. Her sleeves were tight and long along with the legs; it was a one piece. Kagome fully checked her outfit before she smiled in satisfaction.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Kagome sarcastically spoke. Her eyes held a sadistic gleam in them.

"How are you feeling?" Inuyasha carefully asked as he took a step towards her.

"Alive and full of emotion," Kagome answered as the Shikon no Tama flashed black.

"Do you remember anything?" Miroku asked as her.

Kagome tapped her chin thought fully before she smirked and vanished. The next thing they knew was Kouga being tossed into a tree. He hit the tree so hard they heard bones crack and watched blood spurt from his mouth. Kagome walked over to him with a noticeable sway to her hips and licked the blood from the corner of his mouth. She softly moaned and whispered something into his ear before she unsheathed her sword and plunged it into his throat.

"What the hell are you doing?" Inuyasha yelled as he panicked.

"I think the puppy needs to be disciplined. Don't you think?" Kagome asked with a pout towards Miroku.

Miroku froze and Inuyasha stepped in front of him with a pleading look. Kagome wiped her sword clean on her outfit before she sheathed it and took slow steps toward Inuyasha. She grinned and when she got close enough Inuyasha could see the spider burn on her stomach. He could also smell Naraku's scent on her, mixed with her scent. She laid a palm on his cheek and smiled.

"Why are you doing this?" Inuyasha asked.

"Now is not the time for your questions to be answered," Kagome growled as she punched him away. Miroku held his Kazaana in front of him and prepared to remove the beads.

"I'm hurt that you think I would do anything to you," Kagome said with mock hurt. She then held her hand out and laughed. Her right hand flickered a brilliant blue before his hand containing the Kazaana froze in a thin layer of ice. He clutched his hand to his chest trying to cradle it. She walked towards him and he tossed an ofuda towards her.

"You are no longer the Kagome I know!" He yelled as he tossed the Ofuda.

She waived her hand causing the Ofuda to drop to the ground in snow. She smirked and pushed him to the ground. She straddled his waist and pressed her hands to his chest. Her whole body shone a blue and she got off Miroku. Walking towards Kagura she reached inside herself and pulled her hand out. Kagura stared at her heart with a hunger for her freedom. Kagome punched her hand threw Kagura's chest and released the heart.

"You are free now…don't bother me," Kagome warned as she walked towards the shocked hanyou. She gazed coldly down at Inuyasha and waited for him to stand up or say something to her.

"Follow me Inuyasha or I will kill the village regardless of what say or do," Kagome coldly warned. Inuyasha stood up and listlessly looked up into her eyes. Kagome almost shuddered at the helplessness they displayed…almost.

Kagura walked over to where Kagome had previously stood and her gaze wandered down to the monk. She herself shuddered at the sight. The monk was forever frozen in ice on the ground with a look of betrayal and shock. Whispering for help to any kami that would listen she took off into the air towards Kaede's village. She needed the demon slayer if she was going to help the person that helped her in her time of need.

Sango sat next to Kirara as she tended to her younger brother's wounds. His physical wounds were nothing to the mental wounds he would have to carry everyday. Sango stood outside of Kaede's hut with a smile, she had her brother back and the monks love. Sango also had Kagome, the sister she never had. Slowly but surely, her family was coming back to her. Looking back into the hut she saw Kaede replacing the bandages and watched Kirara jump outside and transform. The wind sped up and Kagura landed gracefully on her feet.

"Where are the others?" Sango suspiciously asked. Kagura frowned before she rubbed her temples.

"The wolf prince and monk are dead," Kagura plainly said, not big on emotions. Sango's eyes widened and she stepped back in shock and suspicion.

"What of Inuyasha and Kagome?" Sango pleaded to know with little hope.

"Inuyasha is on his way to death and…Kagome is the cause of it all," Kagura answered truthfully.

Kagome stopped walking and watched as a barrier dropped to reveal a castle. Anger flashed briefly in Inuyasha's eyes when he smelt Naraku around the area. She soon began walking towards the castle gate with Inuyasha behind her. He watched as snow-white hair bounced against her back with each step she took. He knew that he should want to kill her formurdering Miroku and Kouga, but he knew that she was still there. She wasn't a shadow of her former self.

"Why?" Inuyasha asked as they passed by the gates to the castle.

"Because you will never love me for who I am! Because you would sneak off to see her! And because you would sooner join her in hell than be with me," Kagome hateful listed as she quickened her pace. Inuyasha noticed the temperature change.

Kagome stopped walking and bowed at the front of the steps leaving Inuyasha standing there alone. Inuyasha growled when he heard laughing and glanced in the darkened room ahead. He wanted to race up and kill Naraku, but knew that he couldn't be rash. Naraku motioned Kagome to stand and she stood in one fluid motion before she kicked Inuyasha to his knees.

"I thought you would bring him half dead," Naraku mumbled, obliviously displeased.

"I managed to easily kill the wolf prince and the monk," Kagome informed.

"What about the slayer?" Naraku asked.

"I want to toy with her a bit," Kagome said with a promising smile.

"Fine. Where is Kagura?" Naraku growled.

"She is dead," Kagome said. Naraku frowned knowing he wouldn't get anymore information out of her.

"And the jewel?" Naraku asked.

"With me," Kagome stated.

"Have your fun for now…but I need his blood to complete the ritual.The youkai of war must be raised" Naraku warned. Kagome shook her head in understanding before pushed Inuyasha to his feet. She placed him within a circle of jade stones, which appeared to be on an onyx slab. Inuyasha stared at the area and watched Kagome walk to the far end of the circle.

"Draw your sword," she ordered as she unsheathed hers.

"No." He simply stated.

"Draw your sword or prepare to die," Kagome growled.

Her sword glimmered a bright blue before she swiped at his arm. His hakama was slashed and he still didn't reach for his weapon. She slashed at him again and watched as a thin line of blood made its way down his cheek. She smirked knowing that he would now attack. It was blood for blood. He reached down towards his sword and dropped it to the ground. Her eyes widened in shock expecting anything, but that. He then held his arms out and smiled at her.

"I will never hurt you," he whispered as he stared into his eyes. Her eyes briefly flashed their bluish gray before they turned back to their cold blue color. Kagome rushed over to him and stuck a dagger into his stomach. He fumbled backwards and onto the ground. He looked sadly at the dagger and then at her.

"What's done is done," Kagome coldly said as she backed away. Inuyasha fell to the ground and he pulled the dagger out. She picked it up and smirked at Inuyasha before placed some of his blood in four directions.

"Doesn't this dagger seem familiar?" Kagome asked as she held back the excitement. She tossed him the dagger and let him eye it warily.

"Kikyo," he whispered in shock.

"I met with her a night or two ago," Kagome began. "The bitch wouldn't leave me alone and with Naraku's rage and hate towards her I killed her."

"Kagome…this isn't you," Inuyasha whispered.

"I had fun killing her, she wasn't that great of a fighter," Kagome said.

"Kagome, it's time to stop gloating," Naraku lightly scolded as Kanna walked behind him.

"Whatever," Kagome said as stepped away from Inuyasha.

An altar rose from the ground underneath Inuyasha as he laid in his own pool of blood. Naraku retrieved another dagger from his kimono and handed it to Kagome. Kagome looked at him questioningly before he nodded towards Inuyasha. Her eyes traveled from the dagger to Inuyasha. Her stomach tightened as she began to think of what to do.

"I will never hurt you."

His words haunted her as she held the dagger in her hand. She didn't know if she could do it. His eyes, his eyes are so full of something that she was missing. It seemed so long ago that she had that emotion. Raising the dagger in the air, she prepared the ultimate deed to be done. That's when she sensed two-demon ki approaching along with a human ki. She looked down and Inuyasha that's when she realized what his eyes held.

Hope.