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Chapter 21- Don't Touch Her!

Kagome was now alone somewhere near the edge of town. She wasn't lost; she was just having trouble seeing where she was. Everything was now different than when she had come here in the day. In the sunlight everything had different colors and shapes, but the night's mask covered all it saw, making similarities between each object.

The color that she could only see was black, and since there were no street lights to show the differences between each thing, she kept bumping into different objects. She had taken this road so many times before that she thought she knew it like the back of her hand. Sadly she couldn't see her hand when darkness overlapped it, and she couldn't tell the road apart from the alley ways that surrounded it.

"I'm going to be alright. I just need to find my way down the street." Kagome looked to her right, seeing a strange man staring at her. His clothes seemed very old, and she could tell that he hadn't been in an actual home for a long time. His eyes were fixed on her, and even though she couldn't see him, she could tell that he grazed his jagged tongue over his dirty lips. She tried to brush off the leer that his greedy eyes now held as she passed by him, and her mind tried to focus on finding a way to get back to Sango's house where she had promised to meet the others. But as she kept walking, she could still feel his eyes on her and she was scared beyond belief.

She took a deep breath to calm her nerves, though she only tensed more when she heard the small sound of squeaking on the damp road behind her. Kagome's breath hitched and shoved itself back down her throat as she quickened her pace. She had finally remembered why she never went into that area at night, but she was too upset with herself when she entered to remember about the people in the vicinity. She could hear the squeaks on the path behind her speed up and she tried to find another road she could take to try and lose the man.

Hope filled her eyes as a sharp corner came into her view. Not even thinking of the twists and turns of the surroundings, she quickly turned and ran down the dank ally. She slowed her pace, trying to find the noises that the follower's shoes left in the air. When she heard none, she let a sigh of relief pass her lips and she relaxed to the silent music that night played dangerously in her ear. She stopped when she saw a wall of red, and remembered that alleyways in the area always had a dead end. She saw that the rain from before trickled down the walls that now surrounded her, and she realized that she had to go back the other way in order to get out.

"Great, this is just my day! What am I supposed to do now?" Kagome whispered to herself. Though she didn't expect an answer, a gruff voice entered her ears. Before she could react two arms circled around her waist, locking her arms tightly to her sides. She gasped slightly as she felt a nauseating breath lick against her skin, sending shivers of disgust into her body.

"Now you listen to Naraku like a good little girl." The man behind her said, an edge in his voice that told all about his drinking and its effect on him. She quickly tried to pull her arms out of Naraku's grasp, though his grip was strong.

"Let me go." Kagome replied, a slight waver in her voice.

"Oh I will, after I'm done with you." Naraku's breath was making Kagome sweat with both fear and anger. The smell that now filled her nose almost made her gag, though she kept it down. She struggled as he slowly pushed her into the cold wall, knocking the breath out of her for a moment since her chest was now against the solid wall. She could feel one of his hands on her waist and she quickly pulled her free hand away from the stranger and reached over her head, pulling on his hair as hard as she could. There was no way that she was going to let go, even as she felt his other hand tighten on her left wrist. She knew that a bruise would now be shown on her wrist as a battle wound in her struggle to get away from the vile man. The small pain was little compared to the danger that she was in. She pulled harder on his hair, hearing his grit his teeth in pain.

"You bitch." His voice was etched in the agony she was causing him as he took the arm from around her waist and spun her around to face him before he brought his hand to her face, slapping her hard. She bit her lip to keep herself from crying out in pain, she wouldn't give him that satisfaction. Though she tried to keep her hand in his hair, her first reaction was to touch her cheek with her hand, and when she did he grabbed her wrist. She looked up at her wrists quickly before looking back at him.

She jerked away as far as she could when she felt his lips grope hers. She almost threw up there, but she managed to keep everything in check as she pushed his lips away from her. A nasty cold knot filled her stomach as she spit to the side, trying desperately to get the nasty taste of his lips off hers.

"Get off me! I'm not going to let you do this to me, or to anyone else!" Naraku only smirked as he tightened his grip on her wrists, reminding her of the defenseless position she was in.

"Well it doesn't look like you have a choice, now does it?"

"I'll find a way." Kagome said defensively. Her wrists were both in pain from the grip that he had on her, and every time she move her wrists torment circled in them, though she still struggled. But even with all of her attempts to get away, Naraku's grip was still strong. She could hear his low chuckle before she felt something wet on her neck. She realized it was his lips, and she tried to pull her neck away from him. Her arms made it impossible to move her head since they were on either side of her cranium. She felt him move and she could tell that he had moved one of his hands but before she could move her battered wrist away from the other one, she felt something prickly graze her skin. It hurt, and it dawned on her that he had managed to get rope from some part of his clothing; her guess was an artificial belt he made. Naraku had tied her wrists together so tight against the bruising, her wrists would have rope burned if she moved them too much.

"Now I wouldn't have to tie you up if you just let me have my fun."

"Leave me alone!"

"You wish." She felt him start to kiss her neck from where he left off, making the knot from before tighten in her stomach. Now one hand was on her hip, the other one on her wrists as he pushed them down so that they were in front of her stomach. She wanted to get away from this man as fast as she could, and she could feel frustrated tears wet her eyes as she tugged against the unmovable rope. This wasn't supposed to happen she thought in pure misery I'm not supposed to be here with this man! He's not supposed to do this to me or to any other girl! Yet here she was.

Cold air touched her shoulder as Naraku pulled her shirt's sleeve down till the collar was caught on the side of her shoulder. She jumped lightly when his fingers crossed the once covered skin.

"Keep your hands off me!" She quickly tugged her shoulder away from him, making her right side crash into the wall. She had to bit her lip in order to keep the scream that wanted to come back from before.

"See? You only hurt yourself when you fight against me."

"I'd rather hurt myself than let you play with me!" I'm in this deep and I'm not sure that I can't keep out of it for much longer. Someone please help me, I just want someone to see me or hear me. Wait, that's it! Kagome's eyes lit up with hope as she screamed as loud as she could.

"Help! Someone help me please! He-" Kagome was cut off by the Naraku's hand, which now covered her mouth entirely. She screamed into his hand, trying to get anyone to listen to her pleas. But her screams were muffled by the dingy hand as Naraku pushed her shirt down farther, showing more skin.

"It's not like anyone can hear you anyways. So you might as well just gi-Ow!" Naraku pulled his hand back, which now was bleeding from the intensity that Kagome used behind her teeth. She had bitten him so hard that she broke the skin with her canines.

"Someone please help me! Help me!" She tried again, and listened to her voice echo in the alleyway, followed by an eerie silence. The light in her eyes dimmed as she heard nothing but small squeaks. Squeaks! That means…that means someone's coming! Hope and prayers of being saved filled her once cold heart.

Scene Change

"Man, it's so dirty out here! Why would she go this way? In fact, why would anyone even look at this as an option to go?" Miroku asked, lightly looking at the trashed covered sidewalks. Sango just sighed and squeezed his hand, a signal for him to stay quiet. He looked down at their hands, before looking back up at her, meeting orbs of chocolate.

"WH-what?" Sango asked defensively, her cheeks turning pink from embarrassment. Miroku just smiled.

"You act like I wouldn't notice." He replied softly.

"I don't see what the big deal is." Sango felt like one of the stupidest people on the planet right then, though she didn't show it as she stared directly in his eyes. Miroku only smiled and pulled her towards Inuyasha.

"I was wondering when you two love birds would come back." Inuyasha said, glad to be out of the lime light for once. He laughed lightly at his friend's blush, trying to keep the fact that his stomach felt torn apart from his friends.

"Shut up Inuyasha." Miroku replied.

"Why, you seemed to think making fun of me in the hospital was fun."

"I'm telling you that was my mind!" Miroku cried out before he quickly changed the subject. "Can you catch her scent?"

"No, it's so misty in here."

"So had an-" He was cut off when a scream was heard throughout the crisp air.

"Help! Someone help me please! He-" Everyone's spines crawled with fear as they looked at each other.

"That sounded like Kagome!" Inuyasha said, tearing down the road and towards her voice. Sango was the one who dragged Miroku, running after Inuyasha.

"Come on Miroku, we've got to help Kagome!" Sango yelled behind her.

"Let's hope that we're not too late for her." Miroku said as he saw Inuyasha disappear. He stopped slightly and looked around, causing Sango to come to a screeching halt. "Great, now where did he go?"

Inuyasha was panting slightly from running so quick, but his energy was drained mainly from his cut, which was now dripping with blood. He ignored it the best he could as he looked around desperately. His eyes shot up from the ground when he heard a slight smack drift through the air, followed by a cry. His heart beat rapidly as he ran down the alleyways, slowing down when he saw two figures escaping from the shadows that held the rest of the alley captive. He already knew who one of them was.

"Get your hands off Kagome!" Inuyasha screamed, catching both Naraku and Kagome's attention.

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha please hel-" Kagome's voice stopped short at Naraku cuffed her.

"Shut up." He growled out. She winced in pain as another red mark appeared on her face.

"I said get your hands off her." Inuyasha's voice was lower than usual as his eyes sparked with an angered fire. Naraku just smirked as he saw the spirit that was in the young teen's eyes, but the concern for the girl seemed to plague Inuyasha's tinted red stare. Naraku only laughed wickedly before he reached down, roughly grabbing Kagome's chin and dragging it up to his, stopping only inches between them. Kagome's eyes darted from Naraku in front of her to the ground, anything else besides Inuyasha's gaze.

"I think this young man wants you for himself." He whispered to her, making her struggle with the bonds around her wrists again.

"Just let her go!" Inuyasha called out, making Kagome look over at him slightly.

"What if I don't want to? What if I don't let her go?" When she felt him move his lips closer to her, she tried to push away from him.

"No, stop, not in front of him." Kagome felt Naraku stop as she cast her gaze downwards, wincing as she head him laugh.

"What makes this boy so special? Does it disgust you to be seen in such a way in front of him? Do you fear the boy will turn away, will lower his eyes?" Kagome bit her lip tightly at the questions, tears pricking her eyes with dangerous threats to fall. "Are you afraid he won't love you anymore?"

"Stop it please." She cried out, her voice stinging Inuyasha's heart more than his stomach.

"Do you want to be something special to him? Are you just afraid he'll leave you if you are touched by me?" Naraku asked seeming amused as Kagome's eyes tried to blink the tears away. "Well let's just see." Naraku pushed his face to Kagome's smearing his lips against hers forcefully. Though muffled, Inuyasha could hear Kagome's screams from behind her lips as she struggled to move away from him, tears falling down her tattered face.

"You're going to pay for that!" Inuyasha screamed. Naraku pulled away from Kagome, still smiling as she started to sob.

"Look at her now; this is what she really is. You should just leave." He said, though Inuyasha shook his head fiercely.

"You're crazy, and you're going to get what you deserve."

"What are you going to do? Be the hero, beat me up, and save your little princess?" Inuyasha would have blushed if it wasn't such a serious case.

"You better believe it." Kagome's sobs quieted slightly when she heard this, lifting her head and watching the determination flow in Inuyasha's features. Naraku only smirked as he pulled Kagome back up in front of him, her face now shoved into his shoulder. It was only there for a moment as he twisted her around so that his right arm had her arms to her sides with her hands, still bound, in the front of her. Kagome would have kicked Naraku if she didn't feel the cold piece of metal that now scraped past her neck. It wasn't cutting her, though it wouldn't take a lot of movement to have the blade sink into her skin. Inuyasha froze as he saw the knife against Kagome's neck.

"I don't think so prince charming. You see Kagome-that's her name right?" When Inuyasha didn't answer Naraku pushed the blade into her skin slightly, causing a whimper to escape Kagome's trembling lips. "Am I right?"

"Yes." Inuyasha said, though his teeth were tightly closed as if he was the one with the knife against his neck. To him, it felt just the same. Naraku's lips were tainted with a poisonous smile as he stepped sideways, dragging Kagome with him.

"Now as I was saying, Kagome and I are going to leave, and you'll stay here." The sharp edge was held much firmer to Kagome's neck, which now had blood trickling down it. "And of course you can't tell the cops, right? I mean, that would just be murder for Kagome."

"If you ju-" Inuyasha was cut short by Kagome's scream. Naraku had shoved the knife into her neck harder, drawing more blood. A long line now stained her side, and Inuyasha almost had to look away. The only thing that kept his eyes where they were was the fear of Naraku running.

"I don't want your opinion; just answer my damn question before I get mad."

"Fine, just don't hurt Kagome." Inuyasha seemed to spit the words out.

"Oh don't worry; I won't hurt her…much." Inuyasha's eyes widened with realization at what Naraku had just said.

"You sick pervert, Keep your hands off her! I swear to god, if you so much a touch her the wrong way…" Inuyasha's threat would have been more dangerous if not for the fact that he stumbled forwards slightly, grabbing his stomach in pain.

"So I see that the prince has a little stomach problem, and yet he still tries to help the princess."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome watched his breathing increase, causing her to try and reach out to him.

"Stop moving slut!" Naraku called out, causing Kagome to wince. Was this was she really was now? "You just walk around little alleyways looking like you're lost."

"Shut up." Inuyasha closed his eyes painfully as he heard the man's words.

"But then you come across me, and you were into it before. Weren't you?" Naraku kept going, feeling Kagome's struggle lessen.

"Shut the hell up..." Inuyasha growled deeply as he tried to control his anger, knowing nothing good would come from it.

"Do you honestly think that anyone would want you now?" Naraku whispered in Kagome's ear, though Inuyasha heard it easily.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome sobbed.

"STOP TOUCHING HER!" Inuyasha screamed, his eyes turning completely red. He barely heard Kagome's gasp, all he could see was Naraku. It would take one more sentence from Naraku's mouth and he would be gone.

"Better watch what you say because I might get angry and take it out on Kagome." The moment Kagome's name was said, the red bled from Inuyasha's now golden eyes as he let his head fall back towards the ground.

"You said you wouldn't touch her..."

"A guy can change his mind. Besides, who could resist such a beautiful girl?" Kagome's eyes widened as she heard Inuyasha's reply.

"I don't know how they do, but keep away from her."

"You're not in the position to threaten or tell me what to do. I can do whatever I want and what I want right now is to get the hell out of this alley." Kagome's heart raced as she was pulled to the edge of the exit. She couldn't see Inuyasha the way she was placed, which she bet was on purpose thanks to Naraku. But if she moved her head there was a chance of cutting her neck open. Slowly, Kagome let her head turn to the side, trying to get even a glimpse of Inuyasha. Her eyes locked with his as she felt more pressure on her neck. Fear flooded into her eyes, but surprisingly that same fear was mirrored in Inuyasha's.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed and a sudden rush of adrenaline coursed through her body. She struggled with Naraku behind her, her own fear driving her past all reason.

"Kagome don't!" Inuyasha called out, seeing anger flaring into the Naraku's eyes. But she wouldn't stop, she just couldn't.

"Let me go you monster!" Kagome screamed, and she felt the knife pull away from her neck slightly.

"Shut up or I'll kill you right now!" Naraku screamed, though Kagome didn't care.

"I don't care, let me go! I want to be with Inuyasha!" Inuyasha's eyes widened as he watched Kagome take her life and throw it on the line. She could feel the point of the knife again, but as it was pressing into her, her shoulder moved quickly. Now she could feel the knife forcing itself into her skin, but she couldn't tell where. She screamed out into the night's air, pain overcoming all her senses. After that, everything fell into darkness.

And that's where I'm going to stop this wonderful chapter! I'm sorry that I'm posting this on a Sat, I tried to put it on Friday but for some reason FanFiction wouldn't let me. Anyways. I hope that it wasn't TOO bad...

"So tell me, what did they say when they let you out?" Inuyasha bit his lip for a moment, thinking of the last time he was at the doctors.

"That I should watch where I walk and make sure that I don't overdo it."

"Oh really, what medicine did they prescribe for the pain?"

"Just regular stuff."

"Hmm, that's interesting." Kagome smirked as she wrapped the bandage carefully around Inuyasha's abdomen. "My mother got a cut like this and they had to prescribe something at the pharmacy." When Inuyasha didn't respond, Kagome continued. "Of course my mother also didn't do her own bandages and she didn't lie to me about what the doctors said to her. Well you can't lie about what they said since you didn't talk to them."

"What ar-"

"I'm not dumb Inuyasha; I know you somehow managed to get out of the hospital without permission. I've spent my whole life in hospitals because of my mom; I know a lot more than you do." She finished the bandaging his cut, but stayed on the floor and looked up at the now fidgety boy. "So what happened?"

Chapter 22- Am I Dead?