I know the last chapter was really angsty and stuff and Kagome didn't deserve it, but a lot of people don't deserve things. They just happen and that's how I chose for this to happen. Sorry. I really hope you enjoy. It will have MORE FLUFF later if that's what you guys want.
Chapter 11: The element demon called Youso
Kagome's breathing was now short and ragged. She panted and the pain consumed her. The whipping had finally stopped and it had felt like it had been an enternity since it had begun. 'Please.. someone.. anyone save me.' She begged and looked on ahead of her. Her vision was blurry, but she knew hoping to pass out was hopeless since when you pass out your vision is brought to the place she was already in. It was no use. She couldn't die. She was already dead! She wanted to be released from the pain already, but refused to give into Hayabusa's wants.
She sighed in misery. She had merely tried to save the hanyou she loved so and ended up here for it. She also couldn't even tell if he was alive and well. For all she knew he could be on the other side of hell right now going through some torture like her. She only hoped that wasn't the case.
Kagome averted her eyes forward wondering what they planned on doing to her next. Her wounds were bleeding, but they would bleed for all eternity is she stayed there. She felt a pain in her heart. She would be there forever. There was no way out of this unless she gave her miko powers to Hayabusa and than she herself would forever no loner exist. 'I have been to bliss and now I have been to sorrow.. Is now time to give up? What a journey it has been.' She smiled. 'If only... I could see Inuyasha one more time.. If only I could tell him how beautiful the stars truly are. I wish... I wish I could tell him how much I care and how much I've always cared. He's never alone. He should know that.' She looked down again. 'I wish that I could have my spirit no longer locked by chains.. that way I could go and tell Inuyasha the truth.. that is what he needs to know. He needs to know I care for him.. love him.. he needs to know that now and forever he has been my... my hanyou hero and for that I must thank him.' She looked up once more to where the minions approached. She gave them a glance and a sad smile. Forever she would be here and that was all there was to it. She could stop her afterlife now, stop the torture, but if it meant hurting more innocent humans she didn't care whether or not she had to suffer forever. After all wasn't that her duty? As a miko, as a woman, as a human?
She noticed behind the minions was a larger demon. His eyes showed a mixture of colors. They were the colors she was familiar with. They were the colors of the earth elements. She could hear her heart pounding in her chest. She knew this couldn't be good. The demon was small, but seemed fierce. She gave it a glance that clearly said 'go easy'. She wondered how she could joke to herself at a time like this. She stared at the demon and saw his eyes focus on one single element. It was clear, yet white. She wondered what was going on. Why were they just staring at her? The minions moved away and the demon approached.
"Who are you?" Kagome asked with a glare.
"Do not ask questions. It is not your place." Came the very deep tone of the demon.
"I asked you who you are!" Kagome repeated in anger. The demon glared.
"I told you not to ask questions!" He smacked her with a large clawed hand and her face turned away from the demon. As she stared away she spoke low.
"Who are you?" She asked again. The demon's fury grew.
"Courageous girl." Came another voice. It was Hayabusa. Everyone turned to him. "This is Youso. He is the demon of earthly elements. Watch and witness his power. I am still waiting for your surrender." He left. Kagome cried, but her expression showed anger.
"I won't ever surrender and let you have your way. I'd rather be here for..." She was cut short when she felt spikes flying at her body. She closed her eyes and realized what was happening. The demon was shooting thousands of small pieces of ice from his mouth, as though it was hail in a storm. She screamed in pain and got a small glance of where the ice was coming from. It was coming from the element demons mouth. He stopped and she looked at him. Not only was she bloody from the whip, but she was now covered in tiny little blood spots from the hail.
"Just thought you'd want to be cooled off. It's hot in here, eh?" Kagome didn't respond. The demon held his hands out and Kagome saw a small red glow come from them. She looked on and suddenly knew what he was planning. She turned away and closed her eyes.
The demon began shooting rays of heat at her body.
"This should warm you up some more." Kagome screamed in pain as the heat burned her skin.
Meanwhile
Inuyasha entered Onigumo's cave and looked around. He wondered where the entrance would possibly be and came over to the spot the human once resided. 'Kikyo was a fool to keep a human. He was better off dead.' Inuyasha frowned. Now was not the time to think of her. He had to find the current woman he cared for most and that was Kagome. 'Kikyo, I owe you my life. I give you that, but I will not let anyone have Kagome's life. I will protect Kagome.' He knelt down beside the ground, which no grass covered. He gently placed a hand there. 'Now to find the way in.' He looked around once more looking for an answer, yet he got none.
He frowned deeper. 'Give up? Never. Kagome is being tortured. I won't let her deal with this forever. I won't let her be stuck with the responsibility. I will kill Hayabusa and save Kagome.' Inuyasha looked down more.
'Mate?' Inuyasha jumped a little as the demon's voice echoed in his head. 'Must save her.' It said. Inuyasha nodded and punched the ground full force and found it hard as stone. 'A barrier?' He took Tetsusaiga out of it's sheath and let it glow red. He prepared to swing. 'Please work.' He swung the sword down with full force.
"Wind scar!" He yelled. He watched as a barrier slowly disappeared and the purple light that surrounded his demon form and Kagome earlier glowed. He dropped down into the light and was brought into hell. He would save Kagome. That was his main objective.
Meanwhile
Kaede had made it back to the hut and entered. She looked at the family. The mother gave her a questioning look.
"How has he become a hanyou once more?" The mother asked.
"Kagome must have been the cause. She can always save Inuyasha from such things. Sometimes you wonder whether Kagome is a bigger hero for Inuyasha than he is for her."
"I have heard stories of Inuyasha. Is this not the village he attacked over fifty years ago."
"Aye. Inuyasha is not as bed as he seems though. You must understand he has had a difficult past and is trying to live with it in any way he can. Kagome has healed many of his wounds, but some are unable to be cured." The mother nodded. "Your village.. Inuyasha informed me that everyone there is now alive and well. If you have questions come back another time as ask Inuyasha."
"But.. that's not possible. Inuyasha has slain them."
"See for yourself." Kaede said and stirred some herbs for Inuyasha and the others. They seemed like they would need it after all this was over.
"Jokes..."
"I joke you not and Inuyasha wouldn't lie about something so serious. Perhaps you should ask the villagers where your home is." The woman nodded and stood with her children.
"Than I will go and see for myself." The woman left with her children. Kaede just continued stirring.
"Kaede!" Sango, Miroku, and Kirara came rushing in.
"What is it?"
"Have you seen Inuyasha?" Sango asked. She looked around and noticed Shippo wasn't anywhere in sight.
"Inuyasha is off and Shippo - if you're wondering - it out playing with other villagers." Sango and Miroku nodded. "You should sit and wait for Inuyasha. I doubt there is much to be done."
Sango and Miroku were a little surprised by her cool attitude.
"Kaede, Kagome's dead."
Meanwhile
Now Kagome truly knew what it felt like to want to die and no longer exist, even in spirit. Such pain.. such sorrow. She would never be the same person. Things couldn't change that. It was bad enough she had to deal with the pain of the weapons, but now flashes were going through her mind. She kept seeing Inuyasha and Kikyo living with a nice happy family. Living and loving one another, while she was down in hell in this torture chamber. It wasn't like they were just popping into her head. Hayabusa was putting them there and left them no way to leave her mind. It hurt so much. Her heard and heart body. 'It's not real. It's all just.. fake.' She tried to convince herself.
"Kagome, this will be the future." The voice echoed in her head. "They will make Kikyo human once more and live together and be happy. You will never be happy again though."
More tears cascaded down Kagome's bloody face. 'Blood. So much blood.' She was covered in it and wanted it to go away. She felt the ice pierce her skin again. The element demon had flopped back and forth between elements to torture her with and she was sick of it. It had once again started over from hail.
"There's.." She whispered weakly. "So much pain."
"I told you already girl. In hell pain only gratins and you will never leave this pain. See once more the future of your beloved hanyou." He said and Kagome once again saw images of Inuyasha and Kikyo. Kagome closed her eyes and tried to block it out, but all she saw was them and there happiness. 'She really is better than me, isn't she? Inuyasha loves her.. not me... why am I sitting here expecting him to save me? I'm probably just a load off his shoulders. Now he can go straight to Kikyo. I have played my part as a companion to Inuyasha and he obviously doesn't want me as more than a friend. So why do I stick around? I love him, but if there's no hope...' Her thoughts trailed off. So many tears fell.
"Hayabusa.." Kagome began. "You will never have my miko powers. I don't care how much I have to suffer. No one said I was doing this for Inuyasha. So why do you try and make me have anger towards him. Is there something else you want?"
"I want nothing more than my life and power. I will rule and I will kill you and kill that hanyou when I get the time."
Meanwhile
Inuyasha ran through the pits of fiery hell and saw person and demon alike being tortured for their wrongs. Everyone in a while he passed a demon he recognized.
"Hello Inuyasha." Inuyasha stopped and turned around to face a smirking man looking evil hanyou.
"Naraku.."
Yeah, I know cliffy, but hey.. I hope you liked it!