Author's Note: Enjoy!
3: Surprise Attack
Kagome angrily opened her eyes and stood up. She should have known Inuyasha was going to do this, damn him! He had no right to use his powers on her like that. She should have seen it coming, could have blocked it, but she was too upset. She didn't even feel the nagging feeling in her brain until she was already falling onto her bed, and even when she tried to stand up, her brain had demanded that she sleep. She had obeyed because she was too tired to resist.
Kagome!
It was Inuyasha. Kagome wanted to block him from her mind, but he wouldn't let her.
No, come outside.
She yawned and frowned. Outside? What did he want with her outside?
Come out and I will show you.
She shook her head even as she put on her shoes. She had no idea when they had dropped, or was that part of Inuyasha's powers too?
I do not think so, Kagome answered him back, you told me never to go outside no matter what. Remember?
Unless I am out here, now come.
"Give me a good reason." Kagome asked out loud, knowing he could her hear.
Because I love you.
Kagome stopped dead in her track. What did you say? Did he really say what she heard or was that just another one of Inuyasha's trick that caused her to go to sleep?
No trick, love, he told her tenderly. Come out and I will show you. Come out so I can give you the kiss I wanted and burn for so long. Kagome's heart quickened, flipped. He was admitting it, after tonight, he was admitting it. She anxiously put on her other shoe and muttered: "Took you long enough to realize that, you dummy."
He chuckled silently in her head and Kagome was thankful she was sitting on the bed or else her legs would have melted. She had never heard him chuckled before, in fact, he had never laughed nor joke with her, talked with her before unless the need arise.
What changed your mind?
She questioned as she opened the door, not even bothering to hide the loud noises she made. After all, who would hear her anyway when Inuyasha was outside and no one was inside the house but her?
Tonight, he answered, I am sorry I was not there to protect you tonight.
"Serves you right for feeling guilty," she muttered anxiously.
I know.
Kagome smiled, already forgetting her anger. He had admitted it; she had waited long enough. If she had known that this was going to change everything, she would have done that a long time ago.
She stopped and took a deep breath before opening the door outside. A sense of dread came over her. There was something wrong, but she didn't care. Inuyasha had admitted that he loved her, and she was too happy to care for anything else. She smiled and opened the door.
I am in the forest; follow my voice.
"Are you trying to be romantic here?" Kagome grinned. "Because if you are, it is working."
Of course, love. Come and let me show you how much I love you.
Kagome followed his voice.
(-)
Inuyasha groaned. God, what was that noise? He had been sleeping until something woke him up. He had heard voices, probably Kagome muttering to herself at how angry she was, he thought and then grinned. She probably went down there for something to eat. He was dead tired. After taking Terri away to bury him, he had come home and found the four men leaving. He didn't try to stop them though, after all, it was their life. Besides, he wanted nothing to do with them.
He closed his eyes for a minute, and then he stood up, hearing something: a distinct ringing in his ear and a bad feeling in his gut. He heard no more noise, no doors opening and closing.
Kagome!
He tried to contact her, but she was blocking him, or she was communicating with someone else.
Kagome! Answer me you fool!
Still no answer.
Inuyasha got out of bed and went to check on her room, knowing already that she wouldn't be there.
"Shit," he swore. "Shit! Shit! Shit!"
(-)
"I'm getting really sick and tired of this game." Kagome grumbled as she seated herself on a log. "I don't like this."
You are almost there.
"Almost isn't good enough. If you don't show yourself now, I'm going back." Kagome stood up.
You want me to show myself?
"Of course!"
All right, my dear.
The voice changed.
This time the feeling of dread that she had earlier came back to her and it wouldn't disappear. Kagome's breathe and heart quickened in fear. Something was wrong here, definitely wrong here.
Run!
Something, or someone shouted at her from somewhere in her mind and she did as instructed. She turned and ran.
"Going somewhere?"
Kagome bumped into a hard, solid chest and stumbled backward.
"Poor dear, are you alright?"
Kagome eyes widened as she saw a totally different face from Inuyasha. His hair wasn't black, it was silver and his eyes weren't gold like Inuyasha's, but black and red, evil. He was wearing a long cloak hanging from his shoulders. "You are not Inuyasha!"
"Of course not, why would I be?"
"But you Inuyashanded—your voice…" she trailed off.
"You have forgotten me," he shook his head at her. "Bad girl, did Inuyasha put a spell on you to forget?"
"I do not know what you are talking about!" Kagome's hand went to her waist where she always had a set of small daggers in handy.
"Ah, ah, ah," he shook his finger at her as he grinned wickedly at her. "I would not do that if I were you, little girl."
"I am not," Kagome pulled out two daggers and threw it at him. "a little girl!" She expected the daggers to kill him, or at least wound him, but instead, he caught the knife with his right hand. Both of them.
She moved back, wide eyes.
"I warned you did I not?" he took a step forward. "Now you are going to pay for trying to harm me. Just a little, it will not hurt."
Kagome took another step backwards.
He grinned as he suddenly stopped. "Why do I not make you come to me instead?"
Kagome glared at him, she hated it when Inuyasha made her do things she didn't want to do, but it was Inuyasha and she didn't mind, but another vampire telling her to do something, she would never allow!
She felt the nagging feeling in her mind, then something soft and soothing.
Don't listen to it!
Kagome frowned and shook her head. Two voices at once, which one was which?
"You have grown weaker," the vampire told her. "I am glad. I cannot seem to breach that mind of yours when you were small, but now I can, this is a good improvement," he chuckled. "My twin brother did really well with you."
Twin brother? Kagome thought before she felt herself fall into nothing, just pitch black.
(-)
Sesshomaru smiled, finally. She had grown weaker, or maybe she just didn't want to resist him, he didn't know, but this was good, very good. He would be able to have her before her one eight birthday.
Come.
He commanded her, and she obeyed, her eyes showed nothing, no emotion whatsoever because she was in a trance, a trance that only he could awaken her from.
She stopped when she was in front of him. She didn't move, didn't flinch as he walked around her, surveying her. She was a little bit young, but she would grow in time. Perhaps, he should let her grow past one and eight, then make her his bride, he thought. Her breasts were growing well, but they weren't big yet and her waist was small. They too, would grow in time. She was perfect, just like her mother. She would even make a better wife than her mother for she was pure, a pure virgin. He always loved the pure ones.
He stopped behind her, and leaned down until his lips were brushing her ear. "What do you think? Do you want to become my bride of the night?"
She didn't answer, she wasn't supposed to.
He smiled and went lower, towards her neck where he saw the blood, the veins, her heart, everything. His fangs lengthened, and he touched the tip of each with his tongue, drawing his own blood. They were sharp, perfect. He opened his mouth, covered her slender white neck with it—
"Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru didn't move his head, but his eyes looked up. "Ah," he smiled, still leaning over Kagome's neck. "It is nice of you to come and join the fun, brother."
"You have not changed at all, have you," Inuyasha stated as he saw the emotionless expression on Kagome's face and knew she was under his spell.
"Of course I have, I have changed for the worst," Sesshomaru raised his head and slowly caressed her neck with his hand. "I am surprised you have not bitten her yet, brother. Have you really become THAT human?"
Inuyasha didn't answer, but he glanced at Sesshomaru's finger, which was slowly tracing a circle on her neck, where he was about to bite.
Sesshomaru noticed where his eyes had strayed and grinned. "She is under my spell, you know? No one can wake her up."
Inuyasha still didn't answer.
"Quiet as usual," Sesshomaru mockingly sigh.
"You said you would not come for her until she was one eight." Inuyasha told him, no emotion whatsoever in his voice.
"I did, did I not?" Sesshomaru stopped tracing circles and instead covered her neck with his right hand, as if he was about to suffocate her. "But you see, I could not resist to see how my twin was doing with her and how she was growing."
When Inuyasha didn't answer, Sesshomaru continued: "You changed her, did you not? Made her forget me and the memory of that night?"
"I did no such thing. She choose to forget it herself" Inuyasha replyed; he had helped her by holding her through the night so that she could sleep better, and she did. After awhile, she no longer had nightmares, and then she forgot completely.
"Tell me something," Sesshomaru's hand squeezed her throat for about a minute. "Why did you not kill her?"
Inuyasha didn't answer him, didn't have too.
Sesshomaru squeezed harder. "Not answering?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed, the only emotion he showed as he saw Sesshomaru's hand tightening, and then Kagome started to gasp for breath.
"You will not kill her," Inuyasha didn't dare move, didn't dare squeeze his hand because any outward emotion, any movement at all, would be used against him. He had to pretend that he didn't care about her.
"So you do not care for her then?" Sesshomaru didn't want to bruise her tender throat and so he let go. "Funny for this girl seems to care for you, a lot."
"Is that how you lured her out here?" Inuyasha continued to speak calmly, "Pretending it was me?"
"Of course. If you have not noticed, she had her eyes on you for a very, very long time." Sesshomaru knew Inuyasha would be upset at that. " I knew you would not take her, younger brother," he sneered at Inuyasha. "You were always the honorable one, the sensible one."
"Thank you." Inuyasha said, completely at ease now that he had confirmed that Sesshomaru wouldn't kill her.
That enrage Sesshomaru even more, and he did the only thing he could think of to get Inuyasha to react, he slowly trace Kagome's scar that wasn't quite healed yet on her left cheek with a dagger that had suddenly appeared in his hand. "Recognize this?"
It was the dagger that Kagome had thrown at Sesshomaru earlier.
Kagome didn't even wince. She was way beyond pain now, in a deep trance. She didn't feel the blood running down her left cheek, dripping onto her neck. Her eyes were still emotionless, showing no pain or fear. She was like a zombie, and nothing can bring her back, nothing except Sesshomaru, and maybe herself if she was strong enough to fight the trance, but she was still weak from yesterday's attack, and now he was attacking again.
Inuyasha managed not to show anything at all, even his heartbeat was normal because Sesshomaru would be able to see and hear his heartbeat, his fear by the slowness and quickness of his heart, but his mind was about ready to kill Sesshomaru. He used the only method available since he wasn't close enough to stop the bleeding. "She will die of a loss of blood." He stated as a matter of fact, his voice cold, emotionless, unfeeling, his eyes the same.
"Damn you!" Sesshomaru cursed as he stopped the blood and made the wound disappear as he traced it with his thumb.
"Impressive," Inuyasha said mockingly this time. "You have learned how to heal over the years, younger brother."
"And much more," Sesshomaru snarled back, angry because he didn't want to kill her.
"And who taught you? Was it that lady that turned you into one?"
"No," Sesshomaru's snarl turned into an evil grin. "I killed her."
Inuyasha didn't say anything, but his mind was whirling. Sesshomaru was no longer the Sesshomaru he knew. This was what he was afraid of that was why he had refused Sesshomaru's request, but damn Sesshomaru. He was always looking for ways to be better than his twin brother, and so he had brought this upon himself. If Sesshomaru's will have been strong and his goodness even stronger, Inuyasha would have changed him, but he wasn't; Sesshomaru was always too reckless, too eager, and too evil. Inuyasha had feared for him, and has tried to protect him, his only twin brother because he cared for him, but he didn't want protecting. Instead, Sesshomaru had wanted to be better than Inuyasha, and so Sesshomaru was now too evil and it was Inuyasha's job, as a Master Vampil, to kill him.
"You have broken the law more than once, brother," Inuyasha told him. "You have killed one of our kind and those that are not of our kind. So it is my responsibility now, to kill you."
"Then why did you not kill me earlier?" Sesshomaru's grin widened. "When I was weak? Now I am stronger. It will take much more to kill me now."
"You are strong, but still not as strong as a vampil." Inuyasha finally smiled, a cold ruthless smile. "Vampires cannot live up to Vampils, brother, have you forgotten?"
"You think I have?" Sesshomaru shot back. "I will kill you."
Inuyasha smiled, the first true emotion he let out. "Then come," he opened his arms wide, as if allowing him. "Strike me. We will see how good your damage is."
Sesshomaru forgot about Kagome, forget about everything else as he took a step towards Inuyasha, then another, and another, while his eyes burned red. He had waited for a long, long time to kill him, to prove to himself that he was stronger and will always be stronger than Inuyasha. For years, he had tried to make his parents proud of him, but always, they look for flaws in him, never the good in him. Well, that was over. He had killed them, once he had been turned into one and had enjoyed the fear in their eyes, the way they begged him to let them go.
Inuyasha didn't budge, didn't move, and determined to let him have the first strike to prove his brother that he was still stronger, but a whimper startled the both of them.
"No!" Kagome's strangle cry surprised the both of them. "Not…Inuyasha."
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed dangerously at Kagome. He had put her in a trance. A deep, dark one that no one could awaken from unless he was killed, but this girl…this weakling managed to almost break through the trance?
Kagome blinked, her vision blurred, but only for another second, and then she saw them: Inuyasha and the one who had put her in the trance. They were about to face each other; she had heard everything even while in the deep trance she was in. She had forgotten about Sesshomaru, didn't even recognize him because it had been so long and she was only a little kid, but now, the memories came flooding back. The death of her father, the kidnapping of her mother, her uncle, and then the village being brunt, all those memories too horrid for a young girl to remember came back, and Kagome could only stare.
"Damn you!" Sesshomaru roared angrily as he turned back to Inuyasha.
"No!" Kagome moved a hand, and then another. "Leave him alone!"
Sesshomaru turned back, saw her movements, and the red in his eyes turned even redder. "No! You were in a trance!" He screamed this time, anger pure and deadly in his voice, and changed his movements from going after to Inuyasha to turning back to Kagome.
"Get the hell out of here!" Inuyasha shouted, swearing for the first time that Kagome had heard him and was too surprised at the show of emotion to move. Inuyasha, swearing? That was something new. She had never heard him swear before, even out of anger, and even when she had gotten to his nerves more than he had gotten to himself.
Kagome!
The voice barked into her head and Kagome turned and ran, blindly into the forest.
It was too late, Sesshomaru got to her before Inuyasha could have gotten to Sesshomaru even though Inuyasha was a lot faster than Sesshomaru.
"This time," Sesshomaru swore harshly, breathing hard, as if starved for air, "this time you WILL be mine!"
Sesshomaru bent his head, his arms still lock around Kagome just as Inuyasha came running towards him, but the blast of the barrier in front of Inuyasha blew him back, and Inuyasha flew backward, hitting his back roughly against a tree.
Kagome gave a startled gasp as Sesshomaru's fangs pierced through her skin to drink her blood. Her arms came around him automatically; her eyes flutter and then closed as Inuyasha's face disappeared before her very eyes.
"Damn." Inuyasha shook his head to clear his brain. He hadn't counted that Sesshomaru was this strong already. He was stronger than most already. Inuyasha had forgotten also, how quick Sesshomaru killed. He had underestimated Sesshomaru. He wouldn't do that again, he vowed.
His mind was still groggy, but functional. There was nothing broken, no broken arms, no legs twisted, but he was bleeding. Inuyasha stood up, his head bleeding, his vision blurred and fixed just as he saw Sesshomaru dip his head, heard the noise of something sharp piercing through skin, and took Kagome's blood. He heard her startled gasp of pain, her small mouth open to say something, and then she closed her eyes and didn't open them. He heard the beast inside him snapped at the sight of Kagome's arms around Sesshomaru, and then he was lost as the beast took over his body for the first time in centuries.
She had a terrible headache.
Kagome moaned as she opened her eyes. God, she wanted to sleep for eternity. Her brain hurt, her eyes hurt, her face hurt, even her ears hurt! What happened? Where was she? Why couldn't she remember a thing?
She had a dream, though she couldn't remember anything of it. There were two Inuyasha's. That was all she remembered, and then she was lost to the darkness once more, falling right back to sleep.
When Kagome finally awoke again, she had a feeling there was something new. She no younger felt young, no younger felt like a kid. She frowned. How long had she been asleep and why didn't anyone wake her up?
She was downstairs in five after taking care of her usual morning basic needs, but she saw that her face was no longer the young face she remembered. Her hair was longer, thicker, her eyes older, more attractive. This wasn't the face she remembered, did Inuyasha changed her? She remembered Terri, she remembered being attacked, and then she turned so that her left cheek was shown in the small mirror Inuyasha had bought for her when she was younger and realized the scar had healed and was now a hundred percent gone!
"Inuyasha!" She yelled as she opened the door outside.
No one answered.
Quickly, she tried to link in her head.
Inuyasha! Are you there?
Inuyasha answered her immediately. Kagome! You are awake?
Yes, of course I am awake! Where are you?
Nowhere.
"Gawd, I feel like I was just born!" Kagome stretched, feeling good and energized. She felt like she could take on any vampire.
Do not go anywhere. I will be there as soon as I can.
"I am not going anywhere," Kagome answered out loud.
Get inside and lock the door and do not come out until I come in!
"Okay, okay!" Kagome frowned angrily. You do not have to order me around!
Don't test my anger, Kagome. I have been worried about you enough.
Kagome went back inside to curse at Inuyasha and to sulk. Trust Inuyasha to spoil her good mood, she thought.
End
Author's Note: Did you enjoy? I Kind of left it at a cliff hanger did I not?