Warning: There isn't a lemon in this chapter, but it is tangy!

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Chapter 8: Broken Promises and Powers Discovered

"There, there." Kagome cooed.

"Ka-Kagome I loved him! He betrayed me that baka!" Nintai choked on her tears as she was talking.

"That's horrible! Nintai, don't mind me asking, but, what did he do to betray you." Nintai sniffled a little bit and dried off her tears. She then lifted her head off of Kagome's shoulder and started to talk.

"Me and Kakaru were best friends ever since elementary school. We would do everything together. He would always protect me and he was there whenever I needed a shoulder to lean on. My life was hard since I had foster parents. He would always come to my house to comfort me. One time he…

Flashback

A 15 year old Nintai sat in her bed while she was hugging her pillow and crying.

"I want my real Mom." She sobbed. The thunder crashed outside and the lightning lit up the whole sky. Just then, she heard a someone open her window.

"Probably the wind."

She sat up on her bed to go close her window, when she felt strong arms come around her waist. She knew who it was so she just hugged him back.

"Kakaru why am I here? Where are my parents, I am not meant to be here! I should just die!" Kakaru pushed Nintai back from him.

"Nintai I never want to here you say that ever again! Do you know how much you mean to me?" Nintai just stared at him puzzled.

"Nintai do you understand? I came here because, I love you!" Kakaru then pulled Nintai into a sweet kiss. Nintai put her hands on his neck pulling him deeper into the kiss. Nintai was surprised at the feeling of kissing Kakaru. She loved the sweet taste of his lips. She wanted more. She pulled him on top of her on the bed, when they finally parted from the kiss. They stared into eachothers eyes.

"Kakaru, I love you too. I have always felt the same way. We have been friends for so long. You have always been there for me. Please never leave me."

"I will never leave your side. I will always be there to protect you."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

They then broke into another deep kiss. Kakaru rolled next to Nintai on the bed and embraced her in his arms. He then kissed her on the forehead.

In his mind he thought 'I will never let my Father harm Nintai, I have fallen in love with her and he can't stop that.'

They then both fell into a peaceful sleep.

End Flashback

After telling that story, Nintai was silent again. But then she continued to speak.

"The day after that, on my 16th birthday, I went out to sit on the roof of my house at night. I just needed time to think to myself.

I sat on the roof of my house, just looking at the moon. I looked behind me and saw Kakaru starring at me. I asked him what he was doing here, but he just stood there with no emotion. I knew something was wrong. He told me to come with him. I started to panic, I asked him where he was taking me, but then he threw me over his shoulders and his eyes turned blood red. Fangs came out of his mouth and he grew red streaks.

I was scared. The one who had promised to protect me was the one hurting me. I asked him what he was doing with me, but figuring that he wasn't listening to me, I escaped from his grasp. I landed on the roof, and felt betrayed. I told him I wouldn't let whatever was happening to him happen. I told him I loved him, and walked up to him. But then he grabbed me into a forceful hug.

He called me a foolish miko and told me he never loved me, and that he never will. He then told me to come with him to my death. I started to cry. Before I knew it, I was in the feudal era, in a forest with a barrier around it. I looked into his eyes and then he left me there to die with a snake demon. I don't know what happened then, because I passed out, and then I woke up and was here, a hanyou, and I remembered all of my past."

Kagome looked at Nintai. Her eyes had sorrow in them.

"Listen, Nintai, I don't think that was the real Kakaru. I think something possessed him and caused him to do that."

"But what if I never see him again!"

"You will! He promised you he would always protect you and I assure you he will keep that promise!"

"Thanks Kagome. You know, you and Inuyasha would make a great couple yourselves…"

"Inuyasha loves Kikyou, not me. That is all I have to say."

Nintai grabbed Kagome's shoulders.

"Kagome you know he loves you! He just hasn't let Kikyou go yet! He will, I am believing you when you say that Kakaru will come back, now you have to believe me."

"Whatever…"

Kagome walked back into the hut to brew her herbs, in deep thought.

"I will get Inuyasha and Kagome together somehow, they are meant to be together. Even though I have known them for a short time, I can tell that they are in love." Nintai muttered quietly to herself. Then she walked back into the hut to brew the rest of her herbs.