Chapter 12!

OMFG, I'VE FINALLY GOTTEN AROUND TO UPDATING! Last time I wrote a chapter was back in 2004! I'm so happy that I finally have time this summer to actually update. This is a WARNING: after this update, it may take me a while to update again because I have 9 summer reading books to read, 5-6 page notes for each of 3 books, and then I have a collage I have to do, and the other books I need to read (thank God I don't have an assignment for those). I warn you, when I began writing this fanfic I was 14 (well I was 14 last time I updated) I'm 16 now and in high school I had honors English for my freshman and sophomore yrs. I'm a junior now (well when school starts). Due to all the new lessons I learned in two years of honors English, I have a different writing style (basically sentence structure, vocabulary... etc. but my passion and drive from writing have only strengthened and that will only make my story all the better! Enough of me babbling, lets get back to what you've all (maybe forgot) BEEN WAITING FOR, FOR DAMN NEAR A YEAR!

So yeah im gonna try to make this long so it can last.

Chapter Twelve: Here, we start with Kagome having a dream, which leads to passionately shocking consequences. She ends up doing something in her dream that also happens in reality (you inu and kagome lovers are gonna kill me!). Well, remember Kouga, Sango, and Miroku zombies? Well they're back and ready to do Naraku's dirty work on Kagome! Wait a minute... what are you doing over there Rin! After this situation, we turn back to Demon Inuyasha, who is back in feudal japan. He reeks havoc on a little village not too far from the bone eaters well. Afterwards we turn to Kikyo (that b1tch!) and very briefly see what's going on with her on her search to find Inuyasha. Then we find Shippo and Kaede run into a tall "fluffy" (hint hint nudge nudge) demon and we'll see what'll unfold!

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Chapter 12: The Consequences for the Desperate

"Inuyasha, please! Please return to your hanyou form!" Kagome screamed holding her arrow unsteadily in her bow. Tears fell from her eyes as she saw the man she cared for, even loved, so much covered in innocents blood. Her eyes blurred and her mind burned with his each advancing step.

"Ha hah," Demon Inuyasha chuckled as he cracked his bloody knuckles and tainted claws. His mind was focused on killing the fresh blood in front of him. He smiled wickedly as the girl shook and threatened to pierce his flesh with a single arrow.

"SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled with might as her last resort before she would have to strike him down. 'What am I doing? I can't hurt him... I, I care about him too much to ever hurt him. No matter what state of mind he was in! I'd rather lose my life to save him than to kill him to save mine.'

At that very moment Demon Inuyasha rose from his "sit" and charged at Kagome with full force and full intention to cease the life force within her. Kagome cried out, "I'M SO SORRY INUYASHA!" and clumsily shot the arrow, purposely aiming to miss. She dropped her bow and held her arms out as if he were to give her a loving hug. Demon Inuyasha smiled, pounced on her, and grabbed her by the throat and began to squeeze. Kagome didn't let it phase her, she smiled and cried happily. Demon Inuyasha drew back his claws and began to strike but before he could touch her he stopped and shook. His eyes began to flash gold and red and the stripes about his cheeks faded and appeared.

"Get away Kagome, I can't hold my blood much longer," Inuyasha loosened the grip on her throat and began to retreat.

"No, Inuyasha, I'm never going to leave your side," as she said this she leaned up and gently kissed him on the lips.

end of dream

Kagome awoke but did not open her eyes for she felt a subtle and peaceful warmth upon her lips. She smiled, still embraced in the kiss, believing it was her beloved Inuyasha. She opened her eyes and saw those golden orbs, but there was something different, by just a simple symbol her heart turned cold along with her body. She quickly broke away and rested on her elbows for she had signed her certificate of death with a kiss.. All she could do was stare at the crescent moon upon her undertakers forehead... she had kissed Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru looked at her with the same cold and emotionless face. He did not move, but stay with one knee on the floor and his hands to his side, staring down at the strange human girl who he had foolishly accepted, for Rin's sake, who he saw crying while she slept and kneeled down to examine her; only to be greeted with a random and unwelcome kiss.

'What is he thinking? Oh man, what did I just do? I was so caught up in my dream that I didn't even notice what I was doing. He's going to kill me, I know it; I.. I gotta get away from here!' Kagome held back her tears and bit her lip, she took her eyes away from his and looked to the side, she silently whispered, "I'm sorry." And with her hands covering her eyes she rose and ran off into the wood.

"M' Lord, did my eyes behold what I thought they beheld?" Jaken pronounced as he scurried toward his master. He soon got his answer as Sesshoumaru rose and kicked him to the side, ignoring his question. "I'm sorry I asked Lord Sesshoumaru."

As Sesshoumaru slow began to walk away his mind got the better of him and he had no choice but to think, 'what am I thinking? Not killing her right that moment? I am a Lord Dog Demon and I've been plagued with the kiss of a human girl; a human girl who belongs to my half-breed brother no less. I should go after her and kill her slowly like I said I would the night she saved... yes, that is why she's still alive. Rin, I owe it to her, her life. But this is constantly distilling my mind, why has she affected me as such. I mustn't think of this, it was a pathetic meaningless kiss. But I shall not wait for her to return, I'll go about my way and search for that wretch Naraku.' Sesshoumaru stopped but didn't turn his head as he announced, "Jaken, bring Rin, we're leaving..."

"But what about the human girl that travels with Inuyasha?" Jaken held his tongue fast, realizing that he had interrupted his masters wishes.

Sesshoumaru didn't pay it any mind, he merely said, "She'll have to find her own way, we've taken her close enough. Leave her things and bring about ours." He concluded and began to walk towards the scent of strong miasma and the thin stench of Naraku.

"Lord Sesshoumaru, what about Miss Ka-," Rin began but was cut off by Jaken.

"Quiet Rin! We shall move on just as Lord Sesshoumaru has ordered."

"Alright then," But knowing Rin, and due to her uncontrollable behavior to run off and explore, as soon as she thought they weren't paying her any attention she hopped off of Ah-Un's back and started her pursuit for Kagome.

Meanwhile, Kagome sat on the soft grass in a clearing surrounded by young cherry blossom trees. Spring was ending and the lovely petals from the blossoms twirled around her and within her hair. As this lovely array of dancing petals processed, her tears glided gracefully down her flushed cheeks. The petals seemed to illuminate the impish nature about her, as if she was a gift from the heavens.

"How could I do this to you Inuyasha?" Kagome cried out to herself and the nature around her, the trees moved and leaned while their branches rubbed against each other as if telling and spreading her sad story. Kagome paused from her distressed sobs and looked about her, as she did, everything seemed to stop as well, as if they were observing her as well as she it. "Oh, Inuyasha..." she fell to the ground and the silence was piercing but when she opened her eyes and a single tear fell, the trees began to talk and explain the emotions pouring out of her.

Kagome laid there and thought to herself a million thoughts that made her head bleed through her eyes as tears and create liquid pools of sorry for the forest to feed upon. 'Did I just betray Inuyasha? I know what I did was wrong but I thought it was him, so this can't be so bad...can it? Oh, I just don't know if I can do this anymore...' With that thought Kagome closed her eyes and held her breath, just hoping that it was all a dream, but as an image of Inuyasha flashed in her head she exhaled and opened her eyes.

She sat up, and again the forest seemed to stop its chatter, she couldn't blink, she wouldn't, hoping that the moment could last forever; Inuyasha stood before her with his long silver hair, his red fire rat kimono, his Tetsusaiga, and of course, those beautiful golden eyes.

"Oh, Inuyasha! I promised to never give up for you" Kagome cried and ran to him, but as fate would have it, she tripped and unfortunately blinked, she kept her eyes closed afraid that her Inuyasha would be gone. As she sat up and opened her eyes, as she presumed... he was gone. So again, she cried and the forest began to converse once more.

A rustle in the trees ended Kagome's sorrowful tears, "Who's there?" She said in shock, no answer came but the rustles seemed to have been advancing from all around her. She didn't have her bow and arrows and she thought her life would end without her saving the one who made her heart beat.

Sango and Miroku appeared first and then did Kouga. They just stood there not making a noise nor releasing an expression.

Kagome sighed and put her hand to her chest, "Wow, you guys scared me! Why didn't you answer to my call...?" Kagome stopped and moved a little closer to Sango. Kagome looked confusingly at Sango and said, "Hey Sango, are you alright, you look kind of pale and..." Kagome saw the blank expression in Sango's eyes and then looked at the others.

Kagome backed away from Sango and yelled, "Kouga, Miroku, what is wrong with you?" It was too late for Kagome to react for Kouga gripped onto her tightly.

"Let me go! Kouga, it's me Kagome! Let go of me; what's wrong it you!" Kagome screamed and tried her hardest to release herself.

"Oh no Miss Kagome!" Rin yelled on accident. She'd been hiding in the underbrush watching up until the three came.

Sango turned her head and spotted Rin and started to dart towards her. Rin screamed (alerting Sesshoumaru from afar) and tried to run away.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Hel-mfffphh," was all that Rin could get out before Sango grabbed her and covered her mouth.

Sesshoumaru from afar, turned around with anger in his face. He looked to Jaken and said angrily, "Didn't I tell you to watch her!" He growled and took off, running quickly, so quick that it was hard for even the demon eye to see.

When Sango rejoined Kouga and Miroku with Rin, Miroku pulled out a pouch within his robes. He opened it and a huge fog of miasma surrounded them. Rin was the first to succumb to the poison and pass out. Kagome however stayed strong. Before Kagome blanked out she saw Sesshoumaru emerge from the trees.

"Don't, hu-urt, them, ple-please," Kagome released her final plea and fell unto deep slumber.

Sesshoumaru half heard her for he was focusing on the three who held Rin captive. He growled and raised his poisonous claws. But as soon as he was about to unleash his poison whip upon them, a demon puppet of Naraku appeared and spread his tentacles all around Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru cringed and said, "Do you think I'm that much of a fool?" With that said, Sesshoumaru split the demon puppet in half with his whip. The pieces of Naraku's puppet scattered among the clearing but the baboon head. Sesshoumaru looked away from it to see Rin, but all of them where gone and what was left were traces of miasma.

"Ha ha ha ha, you fool, take your eyes off them for a second and they're gone," the baboon head chuckled.

Sesshoumaru said nothing but prepared to do to the head what he had done to the rest.

"Seek and you will find, follow your nose, from his blood you'll know, that will lead you to this castle of mine," the baboon said that riddle before Sesshoumaru destroyed it. All of the remains began to burn away afterwards.

Sesshoumaru stood there, again, with his calm and cold expression. One would be cursing himself for the capture of something dear but Sesshoumaru didn't let it fade him. He thought, 'I see what he wants me to do, and that riddle is answer enough. Every time I find a trace of Naraku, his scent seems to disappear and get thinner; so it has as of now. I believe I will have to find "him" and maybe I'll encounter "him" at Naraku's castle, so I can destroy them both.' After this thought he turned away and began his search for the knowing blood of which Naraku spoke.

The forest of Inuyasha rustled with distress as an uncontrollable demonic presence hunted with only the purpose of feeling the fresh blood on his hands. Demon Inuyasha was following his beginning conquest of destruction. With a menacing smile on his lips he forged through the forest, with the strong anticipation of murder on his mind.

Outside Kaede's village, and on the field on which the vegetables grew plentiful a young village woman and her babe on her back picked their own harvest. Her babe cried happily as his mother gave him small fresh cherries to nibble on. The babe turned his attention to a big bright red object in the distance (mistaking it for a cherry) and cried even louder than before.

"Kenji, darling, what's the matter?" The woman turned to the direction of where her son was crying too and saw the most horrid demon her eyes had beheld. She dropped her pickings and began to run towards the village. "Demon, DEMON!" She screamed and pulled her babe into her arms.

Within second the village was in uproar and in panic for their priestess Kaede was away. The strongest men in the village grabbed their weapons and bows and arrows and prepared themselves.

Demon Inuyasha began to run towards the village and chose that woman as his first victim. He charged and destroyed the vegetation and the huts which he hopped upon. The villagers looking for a safe place to hide screamed chaotically, running into each other in an uproar of panic.

The woman and her babe were last in the mob of screaming villagers and the men who tried to protect the village were blown back by Demon Inuyasha's Iron Claws. The woman tripped and fell on her back, she hurt her ankle and could not stand and run away. She cried fearfully as Demon Inuyasha walked towards her slowly to increase her torture. The babe cried and cried but his screams were noting to ward off Demon Inuyasha's passionate rage.

"Iron Reaver..." Demon Inuyasha began but stopped right in the middle of it. He dropped his claws and grabbed his head. "Ahhhh, what the hell?" He screamed as his mind contorted and contracted. 'You wont lay on finger on that woman and her child!' Inuyasha yelled within his mind, fighting and pounding on the walls around him.

"How are you still alive!" Demon Inuyasha yelled as the woman was being carried off by men of the village. As Demon Inuyasha writhed in pain the babe began to laugh and cry as he did with his cherry. Inuyasha, seeing this through his demon blood's eyes, fought the enclosing walls of his mind and used his emotions through his strength to win his body back.

"Nooo...ohhh!" Was all Demon Inuyasha could say as Inuyasha took control. "Yes, but I can't hold him for long, I gotta get away from here!" Inuyasha, still grasping his head from the opposition of his demon blood, ran as far and as long as he could away from all types of civilization.

He kept this up for about an hour and he had traveled many miles but he dropped to his knees in pain as he succumbed to his demon blood. "And stay in there!" growled Demon Inuyasha. 'I can't believe that stupid half-breed is still alive, I was sure that I squeezed the life out of him, unless...' "AHHHHH!" Demon Inuyasha yelled as he thought again, 'that coward was faking it!' Inuyasha stepped in, 'that's right, I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone!' But Inuyasha was tired, and even in his mind, he was emotionally injured, for how long he stayed within his mind would erase all his memories and emotions. But without his strength he couldn't fight off his demon blood.

"His memory will fade soon and so will he, it's only a matter of time," Demon Inuyasha smirked and sniffed the air for any trace of life he could destroy. He stopped and a huge evil smirk danced across his face, "ahhh, so familiar, I've fought him before." Inuyasha, within his mind, before passing out from exhaustion thought, 'who, who is it! Kagome, Kikyo, please don't let it be you!'

"So Granny Kaede, is the medicine that Kagome left me taking any affect yet?" Shippo asked placing a bottle of medicine in his robes.

"Aye, Kagome's world holds many medicinal herbs that I have no understanding of, that I don't," Kaede patted the gash on her arm while saying this. A thought came over her mind as she did. 'Naraku must want Kagome's jewel shards; could he truly have the sacred jewel whole? Nay, there are still many more, I can feel it.'

"What are you thinking about Granny Kaede?" Shippo asked as he climbed on her shoulder. Shippo did some thinking of his own while Kaede gathered her thoughts. 'Oh, everything is terrible, Inuyasha's demon blood has taken control and he could be anywhere, horrible demons might be trying to kill him. Now Kikyo, is gonna search for him, and she might be successful at killing him; oh that would kill Kagome. Speaking of Kagome, I sure hope she's okay, I'm starting to miss her... and what about Sango, Kouga, and Miroku, what about them, they're after her I bet! Oh no, no, no!' All this thinking was aggravating Shippo's head, along with his hitting it because of his lack of putting things together correctly.

"Shippo, we must make haste, Kagome could be in a grave danger. I remember hearing Naraku say that he was after Kagome and not Inuyasha, tis strange. Aye, Naraku must be planning something truly sinister, that he is. My sister Kikyo, and Kagome are what he is concentrating on... what could he want to be so connected to them. I do not know, yee all will know soon enough," Kaede snapped the reigns on her horse and headed towards the direction of her sister, "Aye, Kikyo will know where Inuyasha will be, if we follow her there they will lead us to Naraku, they're bound to conclude at one of his phantom castles."

"Granny Kaede..." Shippo stopped and thought to himself then finished his statement, "Can Naraku see the jewel shards?"

"Why do yee ask? I suppose he cannot, he is just a demon."

"Well... never mind," Shippo forgot the thought and held tight to Kaede as the horse galloped towards their destination.

"What could be going on in yee head child?" Kaede passed aside the ponder and focused on reaching Kikyo.

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Kikyo steadily walked through the forest in search of Inuyasha, prepared to take his life to free her own. She had the thought implanted into her brain the day she was reborn from Urasue's magic. The hatred she felt towards Inuyasha was reborn along with her body. But the love somewhat stayed there, deep in her clay body.

'It's because of that Kagome girl, the strange girl who is my reincarnation. Since her soul migrated back into my body, her love was also returned to me... is that why I find it so hard to kill Inuyasha at times? How can I let this get to me, my sole purpose it to destroy him.' Kikyo stopped and looked about her. The trees were as dark as the little soul she had left. They seemed to die around her because her aura was pure death.

"Hm," She laughed, "Naraku think's he's so witty, for he does not know that I am headed towards him for I know he wants I and Inuyasha to destroy each other before his eyes. Poor fool, he makes me laugh. He believes I am falling right into his plot but I will not be deceived. I shall kill Inuyasha and before my dying breath I shall take his life," Kikyo, steadfastly followed the intensity of the jewel fragment Naraku possessed with the intention of ending lives as well as her own.

"Owe, my head..." Kagome moaned as she opened her eyes. When she beheld what was in front of her she overcame her headache and stood firm. The air around her was thick with a demonic aura stronger than any others. And she could feel the powerful presence of Naraku's jewel fragment. 'I must be in Naraku's Phantom castle. I get it now, he possessed Sango, Miroku, and Kouga... and they were on their way to capture the essence... it's all my fault, I should have warned them that it was with Kikyo, ugh I'm so stupid! I was so selfish in wanting to stop Kikyo that I completely forgot about my friends; how could I be so selfish?'

Kagome heard a moan behind her and she saw Rin lying on the floor behind her. "Oh no, Rin!" Kagome ran to her and cradled her in her arms. She shook her a little until she opened her big brown eyes.

"Miss Kagome... what, where are we?" Rin managed to get out through her dizziness.

"We're in a castle of this evil demon named Naraku," Kagome exclaimed with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Naraku? That's the demon Lord Sesshoumaru is... LORD SESSHOUMARU!" Rin yelled.

"Shhh, Rin.. We can't let them know that we're conscious... we've gotta find a way out of here," Kagome looked around to see if anyone was approaching because of Rin's scream. No one was in sight so Kagome took Rin's hand and said, "Rin, hold onto my hand really tight and don't let go."

"Okay."

Kagome with Rin in hand, slowly slid open the door and looked into the hallway, there was no one on ether side of the hall so Kagome pulled Rin down the hall. They turned corners frequently and seemed that they were no where near finding the exit and surprisingly it wasn't even guarded with any type of demon.

'What is going on? Naraku know's we are here so why is he letting escaping be so easy?' Kagome thought to herself as the entered the main hall of the castle and beyond it was the door which they could see the outside.

"Miss Ka-gome..." Rin said with fear in her voice.

Kagome turned to Rin and looked to the direction where Rin was staring. There was Kanna and her mirror with the image of Rin in it.

"Rin, don't look, get behind...!" Kagome tried to warn but it was too late, Kanna sucked in Rin's soul with her mirror and Rin fell to the floor, soulless. Kagome kneeled down and picked her up, "Rin!" but not matter how much Kagome tried to protest, it was clear to her that Rin was dead without her soul.

Kanna held up her mirror to Kagome and said very calmly and low, "Last time I tried to take your soul, I couldn't because it was too big. But since you broke my last mirror I've receive another much stronger."

Kagome stared with fear in her eyes but her face showed otherwise. Just before Kanna was about to take Kagome's soul, a shadow appeared behind her and placed its hand on her shoulder.

"No Kanna, I have another purpose for her body and soul," an all to familiar voice said. It stepped into the light and there, Naraku's form stood.

Kagome stood and balled her fist, "Naraku, you're despicable! What is wrong with you? How could you cause all this damage!" Kagome knew the answer but she had to shout it out regardless.

"Hahah, Kagome, you foolish human, humans cannot understand the nature of truly powerful demons like myself. You see, I hunger everyday for more power, and the more I taint the jewel..." Naraku opened his right hand and there, the nearly completed jewel sat. He continued, "the more beautiful it becomes... and as its beauty grows the more powerful I become. When I gain all the power I need then I can rule over every demon and every land and destroy every weak human such as yourself."

"You're the lowest of the low..." Kagome paused and reached for the jewel shards in her pocket but found them gone.

"Looking for these?" Naraku held out his left hand and there were Kagome's jewel shards.

"Give 'em back!"

"Oh you'll feel them in your... or should I say, our body soon enough." Naraku said with a truly menacing smile on his face.

"What... our body?" Kagome thought about it and gasped.

"That's right... it took you long enough to figure it out. When your soul and Kikyo's become one, I'll absorb you into my body, then I'll obtain all the power of the strongest priestess. When I have your power to see the jewel shards I'll complete the jewel in a matter of days. And with your sacred power, no demon alive can stand me or touch me, because if they do they'll be purified. And once I become a full demon, your human blood along with Onigumo's will be completely diminished, hahahah!"

Kagome shook and prayed, 'Inuyasha...'

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! CRAZY isn't it? Hahahah, who knew I would make such a comeback after sooooo long. I hope all of you enjoyed the hell outta my chapter and trust me, as soon as I finish one of my summer reading book (3-4 days) I'll update... I'll try not to let you guys down.

Next Chapter: this will be the beginning on the finale just 3 or four chapters left! Stay tuned the ending is frekin sweet, I've already thought about it. Just to give u a hint: all you kikyo lovers are gonna wanna kill me, poor inuyasha, poor kagome but maybe things will get better, damn Naraku u'r like team rocket from pokemon! That's all folks!

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