Well what do you think? I don't know how much longer Inuyasha will be a demon for. Any ideas?

Chapter 6: No time to heal

Inuyasha stood over the girl in his demon form. She was harmed and losing blood fast.

"Mate?" The demon mumbled. 'What!' Inuyasha thought hearing his demon self mumble the word. 'She's a friend!' Inuyasha tried to convince himself. 'And I won't let any harm come to her!'

Suddenly both the demon and half demon Inuyasha had images going through their minds.

Flashback

"Oooo!" Kagome's anger rose. "Go back to your own time and take the jewel. When I get back from school I hope to kami you're not here - for your sake!" Kagome yelled enraged, not that she meant any of it. She was only angry and cranky. Inuyasha's eyes were now open and he had taken a step back with his hands in the air as a form a protection.

"But.." he began sadly.

"I hate you! So just go!" She immediately covered her mouth and frowned with guilt. She hadn't meant it and from the look on Inuyasha's face he thought she did. His expression was a mixture of sorrow, anger, depression, and disbelief. "Inuyasha.. I.." Kagome reached her hand out to him and tried to say she was sorry. Inuyasha only backed away.

End Flashback

Inuyasha's demon self growled and Inuyasha's hanyou self knew what his demon self was planning on doing and he didn't like it one bit.

"Betray." The single word made the real Inuyasha's heart sink. 'No! No, don't you dare touch her. She didn't betray... she just...' Inuyasha found himself coming to the same conclusion as the demon. He frowned inwardly. 'She did betray me... No.. no! Kagome wouldn't ever do something like that. We have to leave. We can't hurt her!' he tried to urge his demon side, but the demon refused to listen.

"Inuyasha.." Kagome moaned. Her eyes opened slowly and she was met by two glaring crimson eyes. She gasped. 'He's a demon.' She thought sadly and looked along his body and noticed something. 'The sacred jewel is on the opposite side of his heart in his chest!' Kagome looked up and was again met by the eyes of the glowering demon. "Inuyasha?" She saw the way he was looking at her and didn't like it one bit. Death was etched in his gaze.

"You have betrayed me." The demon growled. Kagome eyes widened. "You hate.. me."

"No... I don't hate you. I didn't mean it." She said quickly trying to get him to understand before he killed her. She frankly didn't care to much about death right now, she just wanted him to know that she didn't hate him.

"Liar!" The demon punched Kagome in the gut and the girl went flying and tumbled to the ground with a shriek if pain. 'No! What the hell are you doing? Stay away from Kagome!' Inuyasha thought frantically. He felt a small twinge of control for a moment, but it disappeared.

The demon stalked over to the now crying girl. She lie on the ground belly down. He kicked her in the hip and she gasped at a loss of breath and pain.

"Stop crying you bitch." The demon growled. He didn't know why he didn't already kill her something was holding him back. Kagome didn't obey his command and continued crying. "I said stop!" He kicked her harder this time and still she cried.

"Inuyasha..." Kagome looked up at him with pleading eyes. She was in great pain. She had been clawed all over already, but now Inuyasha was beating her up too. she couldn't handle this much pain.

Her gaze once again fell upon the sacred jewel. It glowed black. Thoughts rushed through Kagome's head.

"You've tainted it." Kagome said sadly. Than she looked over at the shard lying on the ground. She began to craw over to it, but was stopped as the demon Inuyasha stepped on her leg. She winced.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Inuyasha.. please don't do this." Kagome mumbled and continued her trip across the grounds. 'I'm trying Kagome! Please forgive me!' Inuyasha thought, but his demon kept hurting her.

"Don't move." The demon growled. Kagome flinched, but continued. "I said..." In a moments time the demon was clutching his head in pain and on his knees.

Kagome looked at him in horror as he growled and looked to be in complete pain. She wondered briefly what was happening, but than just sustained getting the jewel fragment, which had darkened before from the panther demons touch. She picked it up and it instantly turned a color between white and light peach. 'I thought so.' was Kagome's notion. 'If I can purify this shard could I purify the fragment Inuyasha has just like that?' She looked over at Inuyasha and saw him still in pain.

Inuyasha was having an inner battle with himself. It was demon verse hanyou and up until now the demon had been winning, but the real Inuyasha could bare seeing Kagome get hurt anymore. 'I care about Kagome and won't hurt her.'

"But she betrayed.." 'No she didn't. Kagome is here for us, both of us. We are betraying he by hurting her.' "No, we are getting revenge."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed looking at him with a tear filled expression. "Stop you're hurting yourself!" She noticed he was tearing into his chest with a clawed hand.

"She's crying... for me and she's worried for my safety." 'That's right she cares.' "Mate?" The demon once again questioned. He came to the conclusion she was his mate, even though she really wasn't and approached her. She was harmed.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha and his eyes no longer told her he was going to kill her. They actually held some concern. 'Is he coming around?' Kagome wondered.

"Mate.. hurt.." He said and reached toward her. Kagome blushed rapidly. 'Did he just call me 'mate'!' "But I have other things to do." The demon still tall and gave Kagome one last glance as he rushed off. Kagome looked after him.

"Oh no, Inuyasha." she got up and began to follow the direction her had gone in.

Meanwhile

He was pissed. Trust the commotion to happen during mating season. He looked out over a cliff and turned his gaze toward his den and pack of wolves, which were peacefully resting. Most of them had mates with them already from other packs and were ready to go through the breeding process.

Koga on the other hand had no mate. He of course had many generous offers but turned them all down. The only person he wanted for a mate was Kagome. She had been his choice and that was final.

The problem was Koga didn't know where Kagome had gone after their run in with Naraku. Kagome gave Inuyasha the jewel and had ran away.

Koga growled. 'We could have already been mated, but mutt face had to make her run off.'

"Koga?" Koga turned roughly as someone spoke his name. He saw Ayame standing there. He had promised her his hand, but he had pretending as though he had forgotten, because he now wanted Kagome.

"What?" Kagome asked gruffly. Ayame blushed a little.

"It's just.. are you going to be my mate or not?" She suddenly looked angry and looked Koga straight in the eye. Koga stepped back a little. "I'm sick of you waiting for that girl. She is obviously with the half breed, yet you act like you have a chance."

"What the hell are you talking about. She's much rather choose and full breed over a half breed, especially one like me."

"When mating season ends and you are left mateless, while that girl mates with the hanyou do not blame it on me and don't come looking for me either. I an choose another mate anytime." She crossed her arms and closed her eyes waiting for a respond.

"Kagome will never mate with dog breath!"

"Are you really so sure?" with that Ayame turned and walked away liking her exiting sentence. That kind of sentence always made people think.

Meanwhile

Standing.. no. She was crawling. She had no energy and felt as though she could keel over and die any moment. She had had enough strength to crawl to the next village Inuyasha slaughtered. He was there killing and Kagome could only watch in horror.

She hadn't the strength to get up and stand she only had the strength to keep her eyes open and watch. She wanted to close her very tired eyes and sleep, but she knew that if she did that it would be an eternal sleep and she wouldn't ever be able to save Inuyasha. She didn't want to see Inuyasha in anymore pain, but these people were suffering too and none of them disserved their cruel deaths.

"My lady." A little girl ran over to Kagome and knelt in front of her. The girl seemed scared to death, but also concerned for Kagome. "Miko-sama you're injured." The girl said. This girl knew of Kagome's powers because Kagome and Inuyasha had come by once and saved the village from a demon. The girl wore a small kimono. It was orange and blue. Her hair was short and black with a little flower in it. She was about Shippo's age.

"I'm fine, but..." Kagome used her bloody hand and grabbed the girls hand. "You have to run and don't return, don't look back." Kagome said with a shaky voice.

"But..."

"Please do not stay. You will die if you do. Follow the path." Kagome looked back at the bloody path she had made. "You will see more slaughtered villages, but you must ignore them and keep following the path until you find a village not yet slaughtered. Ask around for the village priestess Kaede. When you find Kaede tell her the Kagome said you needed care, because Inuyasha has slaughtered your village."

"But you.. you're hurt."

"Don't worry about me. You have to go now! If you see a demon run and don't look back. Promise you won't look back?" Kagome looked bravely at the girl. The girl was about to cry, but nodded. "Good when you get there tell Kaede.. to tell the others... I said goodbye.."

"I will. Thank you Miko-sama." The girl said with tears welling. Kagome smiled up at her.

"Call me Kagome. Now go." She said letting her bloody hand fall to the ground. The girl began to run away. Kagome watched her run and saw as Inuyasha entered a hut, preparing to kill another family. "I can't let him suffer like this." Kagome pull her self up and started limping towards the hut.

Meanwhile

Inuyasha stood looking at the two in the hut. It was only a mother and a child. The child was about two and couldn't stop crying. The mother held him against her body trying to sooth him.

Inuyasha grinned. It wasn't much to kill by it would be joyous to get rid of that crying racket. 'What am I doing? Innocent lives keep being destroyed and Kagome... I hurt her. How could I have hurt her? I am supposed to protect her. She'll never forgive me.' Inuyasha thought sadly. He was about to strike and kill the family when he was suddenly stopped. He looked over to his arm and saw Kagome gripped it and hanging on it. Her eyes were shut tight and her breathing was intense as pain was shot through her body.

"Run! Please." Kagome said to the people. "Follow the path of blood and it will lead you to a village of people. Search for Kaede and tell her Inuyasha slaughtered your village and Kagome scent you. Hurry go!" Kagome said. Inuyasha growled down at her. 'Kagome let go!' The hanyou Inuyasha thought as he desperately didn't want to hurt her, but he couldn't keep his demon self from harming her for much longer.

The mother looked at Kagome and admired her courage as she held of the demon and hoped she would get out of this okay.

Kagome felt her strength giving out again as Inuyasha was trying to pry away.

"Please stop." Kagome cried. "Don't hurt anymore people." She cried. The woman looked at Kagome surprisingly as she helped this demon. When Kagome flashed her a glance the woman saw love. That girl loved this demon and she was trying to save him. "You have to go now!" Kagome said through a tear filled expression. The woman nodded and grabbed her son and ran.

"Enough!" Inuyasha growled and tossed Kagome aside. She flung into the wall with a gasp. Inuyasha had another pain in his heart and his instincts told him to help this girl instead of hurt her. He didn't know what to do.

"Inu... yasha..." Kagome looked up at him as she slouched against the wall. He face was covered in blood as well. "Please stop this.." She said.

"Foolish girl. Stay out of my way!" He ran out and left Kagome there in complete pain. Kagome frowned and looked down as he shoulders shook as she cried some more. She pulled her knees up to her chest and cried.

"This is all my fault."

"Girl." Kagome looked over at the door and saw the woman at the hut door with her son. She looked at Kagome.

"Why are you still here. Inuyasha will kill you."

"But he won't kill you. You must be very pure to gain the love of a demon. You don't deserve such pain."

"Thank you, but I brought this on myself. It's my fault he's this way." Kagome looked down.

"Come. I will take you to this village and you can get yourself healed up. If you seek to save this demon you can not be so beat up. Once you are better you can go and search for him."

"You have to go and stay away from me. Inuyasha - even as a demon - doesn't like people around me that could be a potential threat. I know you won't harm me, but Inuyasha as a demon is hard headed and only follows his instincts."

"What do you mean 'as a demon'. Is he usually not?"

"He's a hanyou and has used the sacred jewel for power. He did it because he thought there was nothing else left for him."

"I see."

"Hurry, before he comes and kills you both."

"I'm sorry, but I owe you my life as well as my sons, sadly I can't say the same for my daughter. She ran off a little while ago when the demon came." The woman seemed very sad about this.

"Daughter? Was she wearing orange and blue with a flower in her hair?" Kagome asked hoping the girl she sent to the village was her.

"Yes she was."

"She's on her way to the village I told you about. Go and see she gets there safe. I have no time for healing."

Well? What did you think? So you all know for those of you reading An Unbreakable Love the sequel has been released. It is called The NonBreakable Love.