Chapter 3: Just a Half Demon
Like a light at the end of a tunnel to escape the suffocating darkness surrounding his body he ran to it, anticipating the touch of the angelic rays. Finally he could escape his former life and start over again.
"Don't leave me Inuyasha." A familiar voice echoed around him and he turned his attention away from the soothing light. As soon as his vision broke away, the light disappeared further away from him, unreachable from his grasp. Feeling the darkness blacken his soul he panicked and tried to reach out to it again. "No! Don't go! I want to come!" he shouted blindly.
The once comforting light turned a fierce red and shot at him, swallowing him into its core. He covered his eyes and screamed. Half expecting his voice to bounce off the blackened walls, it was silenced as if nothing was around him. Opening his eyes, he gazed at the red land around him.
"Kagome?" he called into the distance and began walking. "Miroku?" No one answered. "Where the hell am I?" he groaned dropping his hands to his side.
"You look pretty stupid there Kikyo."
"My name's Kagome! Ka-go-me!"
Those familiar voices of Kagome and himself filled the land and the faded image of their meeting appeared in front of him. "What?" he whispered.
"Inuyasha sit!"
"Go back to your own time Kagome!"
"I can't believe you'd even ask me that!"
"Get out of here Kagome!"
"Oh Inuyasha, I know how you feel."
It was like a trip down memory lane as the faded images turned into a motion picture. Suddenly, the visions of Kagome and himself disappeared and a new slide played before him, something he never wanted to re-live ever again, that day he was defeated by Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha stared up at Sesshomaru in total shock as he held onto the jewel. The tetseiga in his hand grew heavier as he staled longer to kill his half brother. 'I'm gonna kill you Sesshomaru, you stupid bastard!' His mind cursed, full of anger and hate but his facial expressions showed otherwise.
"Yes Inuyasha, kill me, for I have the Jewel of Four Souls in my very hand and I am going to use it." Sesshomaru encouraged in a harsh voice as if he wanted Inuyasha to put up a fight. That's what he did want anyway, one last fight as his former self before he used the jewel to become stronger. "So what's it going to be little brother?"
Normally he'd be angered over this mockery and fight but he couldn't, he was lost, he had given up as soon as Sesshomaru picked up the jewel and commented on how powerful one could be. By then he knew it was no use to try and prevent what was to come from this. Feeling the Tetseiga in his hand grow heavier in his hand, he dropped it onto the ground, the ringing clatter filled the silenced air as it turned back into its original useless state. Lowering his head, he fell to his knees, excepting defeat.
"Inuyasha no!" Kagome shouted running over by Inuyasha's side and picking up the Tetseiga. "Here, use it." She said pushing it into his chest, but he wouldn't take it. 'Why won't he take the Tetseiga? What's wrong!' Sesshomaru's cackling echoed through the sky and she looked up to watch him undergo his transformation. "He already wished!" Standing in front of Inuyasha to block him, she held the Tetseiga in her hands at a threatening position pointed at Sesshomaru's heart as the transformation continued. When he stopped she gazed at his unchanged figure but she could feel the amount of power he now possessed emitting from his body and the feeling she got of insecurity bothered her. "Don't come any closer Sesshomaru!" she shouted, her hazel eyes filling with tears as she gripped tightly onto the hilt.
Sesshomaru opened his eyes, his body was full of a tingling sensation from the power he had received from the jewel and he stared down at Kagome. "Move girl." He spat out harshly and observed her as she quickly shook her head side to side, disobeying his orders. "Don't try to protect him wench." He threatened now. When she shook her head again he gave up on talking and moved to more desperate tactics. Raising his hand, he pushed on her shoulder, sending her flying back unconscious on the ground with his demonic powers.
'Kagome!' Inuyasha screamed through his empty mind as her body went limp on the ground. He would have gone to see her, to check if she was all right but his legs were frozen from his fear of his encounter with Sesshomaru. Lucky for him, Sango and Miroku were there and ran to her aid.
Sesshomaru became very displeased with Inuyasha's lack of interest on his powerful self and thrust his poison claws into his brother's gut.
Inuyasha's eyelids shot open, regaining consciousness from the fear in his dream. His golden orbs scanned the room and spotted Kagome sleeping peacefully, her light breathing entered his ears like a soft song. He wanted to smile as she slept but his pride wouldn't allow it when she began to stir in her sleep.
Kagome opened her eyes and shook as Inuyasha stared right back at her. "Oh Inuyasha." She said softly, lifting herself to a sitting position, revealing the bandages that wrapped around her slim body. "You're finally awake. How do you feel?"
Groaning from exhaustion, he pulled himself up and whipped the sweat from his neck before he slipped on his white shirt. "I'm fine." He answered her question harshly and watched as Kagome's soft lips curved at the corner of her mouth into one of the sweet smiles that confused him so.
Kagome sighed, she was so happy he was still alive. "Well that's good, I'm so glad. The last one was pretty rough on you and I didn't know if you'd make it out ok or not. I was so worried about you Inuyasha."
He found his red haori and put it on over top of his white shirt. "Kagome," he started and felt his anger growing. 'How could she even think that? That I was going to die?' "I am a demon, not some pathetic human! I can take this!" he shouted, crossing his legs and folding his arms.
Kagome's smile dropped and she looked at him, sympathy in her eyes for him as his hate for humans was so noticeable. "But you're only half demon remember? Meaning that half of you is human. I don't mean to make you upset but you're not as strong as a full demon would be and you can die from this if it goes on any longer Inuyasha."
He narrowed his eyes as Miroku entered in the room with a tray of their dinner in his hands, interrupting their talk over him being a half-wit demon. All he wanted to do was prove her wrong, to show her that there was nothing to worry about and so she'd just shut up.
Miroku took a seat and observed the tension in the room, as the couple was ready to strangle one another at any given moment. He smiled. 'Even in the toughest times they can't be nice to one another.' "I thought I heard you two bickering again." Miroku stated, trying to calm them down a bit. "I brought you dinner." Passing them each a cup of water and a plate of bread they took it without any comments on how gross or un-filling it would be. "Its nice to see you up again Inuyasha. How is your wound?"
Inuyasha took the cup of water and drank it quietly, relieving his parched dry throat. Tossing the cup back at Miroku, he whipped his mouth and snapped his tongue from the freshness. "Its good. Almost healed too. Thanks Miroku."
Kagome choked on her own water and shot a glare at the suddenly perky Inuyasha. "It's good? Thank you! How come you're so nice to Miroku and not me! I was worried Inuyasha!" she said annoyed but tried to keep her voice down.
"You worry too much." Inuyasha snickered, taking his bread and biting off a rather large piece. He exchanged glances with Miroku as Kagome's cheeks puffed up, trying to hold in her voice.
Kagome clenched her fists and held her arms close to her body. 'He's so…so…ignorant!' But she didn't want to tell him that because the last thing she needed was him to be angry with her and visa versa. Before she let her anger loose, she stood up and started for the door, lifting up her dress over her shoulders again as she did.
Miroku observed her untouched food and stopped her before she left. "Kagome, aren't you going to eat?" he asked, raising her plate of bread up to her, offering her to take it.
Kagome stared down at Miroku while he made his desperate attempt to make her eat. Just at the sight of Inuyasha made her angry even more and she turned it down. "I'm not hungry." She said then stomped out the door, away from Inuyasha.
Miroku sighed as she left then turned back to face Inuyasha as he chowed down the dry bread. With Kagome and Inuyasha mad at each other, who knew what was going to happen to them all now.