Twisted Love
Chapter 23: Only A Mere Beginning
"Oh, isn't that just fantastic?" Bryant grumbled as he walked next to InuYasha. All of them stared at the cloud of youkai that was coming towards them.
"...Yep..." InuYasha's ears twitched as he turned and looked at the crystal that has engulfed the house. He narrowed his eyes at the over-sized crystal and then closed his eyes. Chanting a small incantation, a waist band appeared along with a rusty old sword on his side. He growled as he took out the sword, a yellow light engulfing it as it turned in to a bigger fang. He jumped up.
"InuYasha!" Sango yelled, her eyes following his movements.
"I have to get Kagome outta there!" InuYasha placed the sword over his head and brought it down on the crystal. "Kaze No Kizu!"
The five blades of light shot out, making the crystal shake violently. Half of it shatterd, making the hanyou smirk. Before he got a chance to jump through a broken window, a silver light shot out from it and the shattered crystal repaired it self in less then two seconds. InuYasha landed rougly on the surface.
"Damnit, what the hell happened?"
"Inu, get down from there!" Amy shouted. InuYasha gasped as pointy pieces of the crystal shot out at him. He flipped over and jumped off the crystal.
"Fuck!"
He landed on the floor. "Hirakotsu!"
InuYasha dropped to the floor as the giant boomerang flew over him, slaying the youkai the were behind him. He watched as the weapon returned to it's owner. InuYasha stood up and flung around to face Sango.
"Thanks," InuYasha grumbled and jumped over to where the small group was. They made a circle with their backs towards eachother. InuYasha flattened his ears, hearing the people from the small neighborhood scream and run for their lives. TV crews, vans, and news people were are headed towards them.
"Elizabeth," InuYasha turned to face her. "You are in charge of protecting Souta."
"Alright," Elizabeth nodded and picked up Souta. The crystal glowed again, sending it's deadly spikes towards the group.
"Move!" Bryant yelled. Miroku spun his staff in front of him, making a sheild for himself. Sango knelt on the ground, the boomerang over her, protecting herself from the spikes.
"Kaze No Kizu!" InuYasha blasted away the crystalized spikes that were headed his way, protecting himself and Amy.
"I owe you one, dude" Amy sighed and hugged him. "You just saved my life!"
"Feh"
Elizabeth dug her daggers in to the ground and using her powers, she made a barrier around herself and Souta. Sesshomaru destoried the spikes with his whip, protecting Rin and himself.
Along with the youkai, Kagura's feather appeared before them. Jesse, Kikyo, and Kagura jumped down from the feather.
"Jesse?" Miroku asked, looking at the girl next to Kagura. Jesse smirked.
"Hello, Miroku"
"Oh, that bitch" Elizabeth dragged Souta over towards Miroku. "Hey, if anyone has the pleasure of killing you...it'll be me!"
Jesse laughed. In the distance, they saw Kouga running full speed towards them.
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"My Syara" Hitomi hugged the girl before him, kissing her cheek. "I've missed you so much"
"I've missed you to, Hitomi" Serenity smiled up at him, leaning up to kiss his lips. "I love you"
"And I love you" Hitomi said softly, his voice full of love. Serenity wrapped her arms around him, nuzzling her nose against his neck.
"My love, my sister needs me" Serenity whispered. "I must go"
"No," Hitomi locked eyes with her. Blue met gold. "I refuse to loose you again. Come with me, remember our promise. We would get married both the human way and the youkai way, have many children. Raise them together. I've waited five-hundred-seventy-five years for this moment."
"Then come with me, but my sister calls to me, I need to go to her"
"Alright," Hitomi kissed her cheek gently. "I'll go with you, Syara"
"Let us go then"
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Serenity and Hitomi appeared inside the house, looking around. They saw the shattered glass and the broken things around the house. Walking up the stairs, Serenity opened the bedroom door.
"Serenity!" Kagome smiled as she shot up and walked over to her sister-in-law. "Serenity, we've been-"
"Midoriko" Serenity looked at Kagome. "Do you not remember your own sister's name?"
"B-But...Serenity"
"Do not call me that! My name is Syara!" Serenity flashed out a silver light at Kagome who dropped to the floor before it hit her.
Kagome crawled over to the shattered window and pounded on the crystal. "InuYasha!"
Serenity snorted. "InuYasha, you call that traitors name. How dare you, Midoriko. What have you become? How could you not remember what that hanyou put you through"
"InuYasha is my mate, my fiancée, and your brother" Kagome frowned at Serenity.
"NO!" Serenity yelled. "I will make you remember, even if it means erasing every single memory of this life! How dare you fall in love with the enemy. A fantasy, Midoriko, is something that can never be real!"
Serenity placed her hands in front of her, making her miko crystal appear. In a flash of silvery light, the crystal exploded, seding the poerful miko wave on every single of of them outside.
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Hime gasped as the miko crystal and jewel dissapeared from her cushions in a flash of light. She smirked. "Perfect, you have saved me a lot of trouble Syara"
Hime jumped up, dissapearing in a pink light.
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"Sister"
Kagome groaned loudly. "S-Syara?"
"I'm glad you are awake, sister" Serenity helped Kagome up. Serenity was dressed in a short black kimono that came down to her mid-thigh, a silvery outline, along with a silvery thin obi. Her hair was picked up in to a high ponytail with a silver ribbon. Kagome wore a short black kimono that also came up to her mid thigh, blue outlinning, and a thin blue obi. Her hair was loose and the sacred jewel was glowing around her neck.
"Hitomi" Serenity turned to him. "Let us finally finish was we started with Hime"
Kagome smiled and nodded her head.
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Kagome, Serenity, and Hitomi walked outside. Kagome extended her hands, flashing a pink light out. Sesshomaru and Kouga were thrown back against a tree. They were on opposites sides of eachother. A rope tied around them, glowing as the magic held them still.
InuYasha growled as he saw Kagome. She turned to him, locking gaze with him. "You caused me so much grief"
"Feh, like I really care" InuYasha snarled. Hime appeared next to him, smiling at Kagome.
"Let's go, attack the one's that are against us. Kagura, Kikyo, Jesse, and my lovely InuYasha...kill Midoriko and Syara and nayone who is on their side!"
InuYasha drew Tetsuaiga and ran towards Kagome, who drew her arrows. Hime turned to Hitomi.
"You are on my side, Hitomi" Hime said. "I will not kill you, but you cannot fight for them either"
Hitomi looked at Serenity, who was busy trying to get to Him. "...Agreed"
"Alright. I will take care of the sisters, we will finally finished what we started so long ago!" Hime jumped up.
Over with Sesshomaru and Kouga...
"Hey Kouga!" Sesshomaru shouted
"What?"
"Kikyo is your sister, will you stop her!"
"Half sister" Kouga corrected.
"Same shit"
"Not really..."
"Whatever, will you just say something to stop that fucking bitch and tell her to stop Hime"
"I can't stop her; she won't take orders from anyone, but herself"
"So, your saying your gonna let Serenity, InuYasha, and Kikyo die?"
"What about Kagome?"
"If you haven't noticed you Kagome is the one killing everyone...Hime is using her time, in order to stop it and kill everyone"
"Well, I can't do anything. If you have any ideas this would be an excellent time to hear them"
"They're your family!"
"Well, my 'family' doesn't listen to me"
"Serenity is dying because Kagome has almost killed my idiot brother. Sango and Miroku are still knocked out. Jesse and Kagura aren't doing anything anymore. Hime is hiding, the bitch is buying her time. That leaves Kagome and Kikyo standing. And of course Amy, Bryantm and Elizabeth that are coming"
"Ok and- wait a minute, Amy, Bryant, and Elizabeth?"
"Yup, and by the looks of it they just found Serenity and now they are mad"
"Uhuh and what about Rin, Souta, and your parents?"
"Umm...Serenity put a spell on Rin and Souta...I think mom and dad are hiding"
"Yeah, they are real brave"
"Fuck, these things are really starting to hurt"
"I blame everything Kikyo and Hime"
"No shit, wolf. Damn, you're getting smarter by the day aren't you?" Sesshomaru rolled his eyes. "Amy, Bryant, Lizzie!"
"Hold on a minute Sess!" Elizabeth shouted. She killed off a youkai and ran towards Sesshomaru and Kouga. Amy ran after her, but Bryant knocked her to the floor.
"Damn, Amy!" Bryant yelled. "Look where you're going! Serenity, Kikyo, InuYasha, and Kagome are on a rampage!"
"Thanks," Amy sighed. "Now I owe two people my life..."
"Whatever, c'mon!" Bryant helped her up, running with her until they reached the tree.
"Hello" Elizabeth said taking out one of her twin daggers. She saw it was magic and cursed under breath. Either way she tried slashing through it, but it didn't work. She looked up at Kouga
"You're Renity's mate right?" Elizabeth asked. Kouga nodded. "Well, since you're her mate you must have some of her powers"
"Eh?"
"Bite this" Elizabeth said and held up her dagger to Kouga's mouth.
"What the fuck, your crazy girl"
"You wanna save her or not?"
"But, she didn't bind us" Kouga said. Sesshomaru smiled, the girl was smart. Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
"Look, in the past Syara and Midoriko were sisters. Kagome has powers that Serenity has and since you're her mate you have some of their power...So, bite the goddamn dagger!"
"Fine!" Kouga said and bit it. He thought for a moment. "How does my bite help?"
"The power is all over your body including your mouth...So, it should break the spell around you guys" Bryant explained while Elizabeth slashed through the magic around the demons. It broke and both fell to the ground. Kouga fell, Sesshomaru landed gracefully on his feet.
Amy ran off anf pounced on Jesse's back. "You bitch!"
Sesshomaru, Kouga, Elizabeth, and Bryant looked towards Amy.
"I better go" Elizabeth said and ran. Sess looked at Kouga with a smirk
"What?'' Kouga asked
"The girl is smart, for a human anyway"
"Yeah and?"
"I mean, you didn't even think of that"
"Neither did you!"
"Yeah, but Serenity isn't my mate"
"Yeah, but since your Serenity's brother thanI'm confused!"
"I thought as much"
"Heh, I think both of you are idiots" Bryant crossed his arms over his chest.
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Kagome was blocking all of Kikyo's attacks. She ran through the demon's bodies and when Kagome was distracted Kikyo casted a spell on InuYasha. Kagome caught eye of it and tried to stop it, but failed
InuYasha hopped to his feet and took out Tetsuaiga. Winds surrounded him and Kagome and he saw the wind scar. He swung it and Kagome shot her arrow surrounded by a pinkish light. The two attacks connected, the arrow broke, and the attack hit. Not full blast, but it still did a lot of damage. Kagome screamed as the wind scar hit her, her own instincive miko powers creating a weak barrier around her. Not enough to stop of the full blow. She fell to the ground. Kikyo laughed loudly and a pain rushed through InuYasha's heart. Kouga and Sesshomaru ran to where Kagome's body laid. Serenity and Elizabeth were behind Kagome when the wind scar hit. Amy's anger rose and she began to swing her dagger harder against Jesse.
Up high on top of the Tsuroka house, Hime stood. A smile on her face as she watched the friends turn against eachother. Sango and Miroku, two people in love were now fighting against eachother. Hime laughed loudly, throwing her head back.
"Only a matter of time, until I can kill Serenity and Kagome...Then, I'll have my love back and all to myself"
"This is for being on Kikyo's side!" Amy shouted and slashed Jesse's shoulder. Elizabeth got hit, enough to leave a few nasty scars. Her arm and side was hurting like hell as she reached for her friend. She saw Sesshomaru and Kouga headed in that direction as InuYasha prepared to strike again. Elizabeth cursed under her breath and picked up Serenity. Once the girl was secure on her back, Elizabeth ran for her life. As she ran she shouted to Sesshomaru and Kouga.
Kagome wounded InuYasha, but doing so, wounded Serenity as well. Badly hurt, InuYasha growled as he started to bring the sword back on to the ground.
"Get out of the way! He's gonna use the sword again!"
Sesshomaru and Kouga stopped in their tracks. Kikyo smiled as the winds started to pick up around InuYasha and Kagome again. InuYasha could've already swung, but something stopped him. Kikyo noticed his hesitation
"What are you doing ? Kill her!" Kikyo shouted at him. InuYasha turned his head to her.
"I can't do it"
"What? Fine, if you won't I will" Kikyo said and aimed at Kagome. She may be on the ground, but she could still hit her heart if she guided the arrow with her powers. Amy had Jesse at her feet
"You bitch! You deserve to die!" Amy yelled.
Elizabeth handed Serenity to Kouga and made her way to Amy. She stopped Amy from killing Jesse.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Amy demanded. Elizabeth took her daggers out, her magic runing through them
"If anyone is gonna kill her, it's me!" Elizabeth shouted pierced Jesse's back. The magic in the dagger made Jesse turn in to ash, her body now a pile of dist that blew in the wind. "Now that the bitch is taken care of, let's get back to the real problem"
Sesshomaru ran with full speed to Kagome. Kikyo was still aiming.
"Stop!" InuYasha shouted. "Don't kill her, Kikyo! It doesn't feel right!"
"You stay out of it! If you can't kill her then I will!"
"Why, she's already weak! Just let her live"
"Kikyo, kill her!" Hime's order rang through the wind. "Kill her!" She frowned. 'Could it be that my InuYasha's heart still belongs to Kagome?'
"I-" InuYasha shook his head, a racing image passed through him.
"What's wrong?" she asked. He scooted away from her, but she came closer
"Kagome, I hurt you and I can't live with myself knowing what I did"
"Inuyasha, it's ok. We were drunk and didn't know what we were doing, it's not our faults"
"You don't want to be my mate, no one would. I can leave since I don't smell other life inside you. I'll leave and no youkai would hurt you since you're claimed. You could find a human partner to live with, while I tend for myself" Inuyasha said. He got up and started for the door. "I'm sorry I hurt you"
Kagome shot up and ran to him; she wrapped her arms around him
"NO, don't leave me alone!" she shouted. "You don't want me do you, please don't leave, your my best friend and I'll accept that I'm your mate" She started to cry into his back. He turned around and held her
"You have to submit willingly, no from being drunk or any other crap"
"Then, I'll do it"
"You have to mean it"
"I will, I promise. I will-"
"Please, when you're ready to submit willingly, tell me ok"
"Ok"
InuYasha came back to his senses right on time to see Kikyo bind Sesshomaru and release the arrow straight at Kagome. Memories of what happened flashed through his head as he ran to catch up with the arrow. Kouga held his mate in his arms, Sango and Miroku waking up. Amy stabbed Kikyo through her back. Bryant saw the arrow, saw that his friend wouldn't make it in time to reach his mate and save her. Taking all his strength he extended his hands and released a black wave. It wrapped around the arrow, stopping it dead in it's tracks. Then, the arrow fell to the ground, next to Kagome's arm. InuYasha gasped and looked over at Bryant. Bryant nodded his head, and InuYasha nodded back. A thank you from the hanyou.
He ran towards Kagome and remembered that he struck her with the wind scar. He mentally kicked himself a billion times from being so stupid. Sango and Miroku were still under the 'past' thoughts and attacked each other. Inuyasha picked up Kagome and ran towards Kouga, but stopped when he saw Sango and Miroku killing another.
"What the fuck are you two doing! You love each other, not hate each other!" Inuyasha shouted. Kagome's heartbeat was weak, but there. Serenity began to glow silver and shot out of Kouga's arms. She stood her ground and looked at Kikyo.
"So, I see a human with no power at all stabbed you. What's wrong? How did the mighty Kikyo get stabbed by a human that only has fighting skills?" Serenity asked with a smirk. She saw Kagome in InuYasha's arms and frowned. "Release my sister hanyou!"
Inuyasha growled at her, but her hand extended and lifted Kagome with her powers.
"You think you stand a chance against me?" Serenity asked and put Kagome next to her, but still in the air. The house once again was surrounded by Serenity's power. Serenity's cold eyes stared at Inuyasha, she fell to the ground and Inuyasha and Kouga were at her side in an instant. She looked up at them; Inuyasha noticed her warm eyes again.
"Serenity?" Inuyasha asked and she nodded. She grunted a bit and looked up at her brother with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Sorry Yashie" Serenity said and looked at Kouga "I love you wolfy"
"I love you to Serenity"
Her eyes began to close a bit, but InuYasha shook her "Sorry for what?"
"For everything" Serenity whispered and her eyes glowed bright silver again. She got up with her crystal in hand.
"Midoriko, wake up sister" she said softly. InuYasha and Kouga looked up at her
"She's possessed by fucking Syara" Kouga said and InuYasha nodded
"Kagome's possessed by Midoriko" Inuyasha said. Kagome's eyes slowly began to open and she stood up with the jewel glowing around her neck. They turned to Kikyo and chanted together. Kikyo began to scream out InuYasha's name and a rip opened in the middle to the air. Kikyo got sucked into it. Kikyo disappeared into the rip. Kagome and Serenity kept chanting until the rip turned to ash, sealing the entrance to hell. Kagome turned to Serenity
"Syara, we have succeeded. Let's go back" Kagome said and the jewel began to glow. She turned to Inuyasha "Please tell Kagome that she must protect the jewel" InuYasha nodded. Serenity shook her head, but Kagome fell into Inuyasha's arms. Serenity took deep breaths and looked over at the house.
"Midoriko, we must turn the world back to what it used to be"
Kagome shook her head "Syara, we defeated Kikyo already. Please, let Serenity go"
"Don't!" Hitomi yelled as he ran over to Serenity. "My Syara..."
"Hitomi" Serenity hugged him, kissing his lips. Kouga growled loudly. "Never, I will use my crystal through her body. If all of you are in my way, then I will not hesitate in killing you all. That includes you sister!"
"Serenity!" InuYasha shouted and grabbed her arms. Kouga grabbed her waist and lifted her off the ground
"Let me go demon!"
"Listen Syara, let my mate go now!" Kouga demanded. Serenity blew Kouga away with a blast. Hitomi snarled at Kouga.
"Your mate!" Hitomi yelled. "Syara loves no one, but me!"
"That's Syara!" Kouga pointed at Serenity. "That girl is Serenity, who loves me!"
"Put me down!" Kagome shouted as her feet left the ground. InuYasha jumped up and grabbed her leg. Kouga did the same with Serenity. They pulled the girls down, but Serenity lifted them back up this time fast. The weren't out of reach, but Serenity put up a barrier
"What do you want with me Syara?" Kagome asked.
"You have to help me"
"Fuck you! I won't help you Serenity" Kagome said and broke the barrier with her own powers. Serenity followed her around. Sango stood up, summoning her last ounce of strength.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango shouted and threw it against Serenity. Kagome broke Serenity's barrier, letting the boomerang hit Serenity's atomach. A piercing scream and the spirit of Syara flew out of Serenity's body and in to the crystal.
Hime growled and smirked. "Naraku, even though you are dead, your little ideas will serve well" She took out a black splinter and aimed at Miroku's right hand. "A wind void..."
She released it, and it pierced his hand. Miroku screamed in pain as his hand opened, a powerful wind starting to suck everything in.
"You are cursed with that wind tunnel. As you get older, it gets bigger. It's only a matter of time until it sucks you and your loved ones. Your offspring will have it to and all their children will have it. The curse will stop the day I die, but since that won't happened you are cursed for your whole life" Hime's sinister laugh filled the air as she jumped down. Miroku put beads over the cursed hand, stopping the air void.
"Do not worry, this was only the opening act! I am no done yet, my plan is only beginning!" Hime dissapeared in the same pink light. "Remember, I'm not finished! Not by a long shot!"
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Alrighty people, there you have it. A pretty long chapter. Keep in mind, I do have other things to do. Just because I don't update the next day, doesn't mean I won't update for a long time. Things do tend to get in the way...I just try to put them aside, but for the most part I usually can't...I don't leave my stories hanging and I do update atleast two or three times a week. Depending on how much you guys like the story...