Author's Note: hey again! Sorry about this new development but I had to think of some big event that could keep this story going a little longer since you guys all wanted it to. Personally I hate it when there's a misunderstanding that could tear the two people apart because that's UNFAIR but I had to. So sorry again! Now enough talk and on with the chappie!

Chapter 12: Betrayal, Transformation, and Prayer

Recap: "Come into the light then and let's celebrate!" Naraku snickered as he filled three glasses full of beer.

"gladly" replied the voice. After she had spoken the redheaded girl stepped out of the shadows and sat down, a smirk plastered on her face.

(a/n: okay most of you probably know by now who the redheaded girl is. If not, I'll make it simple, the girl's Ayame. Kagome's supposed friend)

Ayame sat down with Naraku and Koga with a giant smirk on her face. Though it was fake, it must have been convincing because neither Koga nor Naraku questioned her. She looked at her feet as the two men celebrated and felt like calling the whole thing off right then and there. How could she have done this? How? To her best friend to boot! But then, she remembered the conversation the day before.

Flashback

Rin, Ayame, and Mr. Higurashi were contemplating whether or not to go up and see Kagome when the doorbell interrupted their thoughts. Ayame ran to answer it and was surprised to see Koga standing before her. "Ayame" he said cheerily, putting an arm around her waist "just the girl I wanted to see."

Ayame blushed madly as Koga pulled her out to the doorstep "Can I talk to you for a second?" he said almost sincerely. Ayame could only nod as Koga shut the door to the house. They stood outside the house for nearly five minutes before Koga finally asked "Would you do me a favour?"

Ayame had no idea what kind of favour Koga would want from her but she assumed it probably had something to do with Kagome. "Depends" Ayame said slowly.

Koga pulled her in closer and looked her in the eye "I want you to tell Kagome's father this when you go back in, be convincing so that he believes you." Koga then whispered what Ayame was to say. "And when you're done that, tell the same to Kagome, make it so she'll hate Inu Yasha. When you're done report back to me."

"I can't do that" Ayame said in protest "Kagome and Inu Yasha are my friends."

"What if I make it worth your while?" Koga said slyly.

"I don't know what you could possibly do to make betraying my friend worth my while" Ayame said stubbornly.

Koga then surprised her again as he lifted her chin to his level and kissed her passionately. Ayame went wide eyed as he broke their kiss "if you do this for me" he told her "I promise you I'll marry you."

This was all Ayame had ever hoped for. The man she loved was finally paying more attention to her than to Kagome. She smiled broadly, not knowing what she was getting herself into and agreed.

End of Flashback

Ayame wished more than anything that she could take it all back. It made her want to kill herself to see Kagome cry because of the lie Koga had forced her to spread. But the thought of marrying Koga made her feel almost as evil and vengeful as he and Naraku themselves. "I would hurry it up if I were you" she said, interrupting Koga and Naraku's merriment "it won't take Kagome long to find Inu Yasha."

"Alright, alright" Koga muttered "spoil our fun."

Naraku and Koga both stood and the three of them walked out of the pub together.

Meanwhile Kagome was still continuously searching for Inu Yasha. "Inu Yasha!" she called out "Inu Yasha please! Speak to me, tell me where you are!" She knelt down to the ground overcome by emotions. She tried to search the crowd for Inu Yasha's familiar white dog ears but with no prevail. Sighing heavily she continued on her way through the village, hoping more than anything that her friends were wrong.

Somehow, it didn't make sense that Inu Yasha's curse breaker was to kill. If the only reason the curse was placed on him was because of his beastly nature than why would he need to kill to be rid of it. Somehow, she knew Ayame was lying. But she still couldn't understand why Ayame would lie to her about Inu Yasha when she knew about their relationship. What could influence her so much that she wouldn't feel guilty lying to a friend?

But Kagome had no time to think about it because she suddenly saw Inu Yasha's white dog ears in the midst of a gathering crowd. Kagome started running towards them "Inu Yasha!" she shouted.

Inu Yasha was more confused than ever before. In the last 2 hours, he had been attacked, thrown out, threatened, and forbidden to see Kagome ever again. But he could not obey the last request. He had to find Kagome, to explain to her what was happening. But he couldn't find her anywhere.

He searched for hours but finally was forced to give up. He sat down on a nearby rock and rested for a minute to catch his breath. Suddenly, someone accidentally bumped into him.

"I'm terribly sorry" said Koga, the man from before "Didn't mean to…hey aren't you Kagome's friend, Inu Yasha?"

Inu Yasha nodded, confused "aren't you afraid of me?"

"Are you kidding?" Koga said with a laugh "you don't look like a monster at all, you look weak."

"Oh no!" Inu Yasha said to himself quietly as he felt himself pulsate.

"Yeah, you look really pathetic" Koga continued, tapping the shoulder of a man standing not to far away "doesn't he look like he couldn't hurt a fly?"

"Oh yeah" the man agreed whole heartedly "he looks like he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat."

Inu Yasha was losing control, he could feel the hot burning of bloodlust rush through his body, and he was changing into his full demon. No he thought I mustn't let it take over. But as their taunts continued, he could feel it getting harder to breathe.

A crowd had begun to gather around the three of them. Inu Yasha struggled to hold his head up and saw that, within the far reaches of the crowd, was a raven haired girl running toward him. But the transformation had gotten so bad that he couldn't remember who she was. It hurt his head remembering but something tugged at him to keep trying. Suddenly, the crowd starting disappearing until all he could see was the two taunting men and a faint shadow in the distance. Something compelled him to obey their commands but he couldn't understand why.

Kagome kept running as fast as she could. "Inu Yasha!" she called out, but he wouldn't respond, just like in the dream.

"Kagome!" called a voice. Kagome whirled around to see both Ayame and Rin running towards her "where's Inu Yasha?" asked Rin with concern.

Kagome could only point to the large crowd, struggling to hold back her sobs. "What's wrong with him?" she said, turning to look at him. His bangs covered his eyes and it seemed as though he was trying hard to hold himself back "I've tried calling him but he won't answer, and he's changed now."

"He was planning to kill you Kagome" Ayame said "he's kept his violent self locked up until the right moment."

"SHUT UP!" Kagome snapped "Stop lying to me!"

For a few minutes, Ayame and Kagome stood silently, just searching each other's eyes. Suddenly Rin burst out in happiness "Look, there's Ginta, he'll know what's going on!"

Kagome smiled broadly as she and Rin ran toward Ginta while Ayame loped behind at a fair distance with an unreadable expression on her face. The two girls caught up with Ginta just as he threw a lit torch onto one of the houses, causing it to burst into flames "Look, he can start fires with his mind!" he called out loudly so the whole crowd would hear him "He really is a monster!"

Kagome grabbed him by the collar and shook him violently "Listen you little twerp!" she said angrily "you're going to tell me exactly what is wrong with Inu Yasha."

"And what if I don't?" Ginta said.

Rin raised a fist "Do you really want to know?" she asked aggressively.

"No" Ginta said in fear.

"Good, now tell me!" Kagome said, continuing to shake Ginta.

"Over my dead body!" he protested.

"Do it!" Kagome said, raising her fist.

"Okay, okay" Ginta said breathlessly "Koga met some guy named Naraku who told him that when Inu Yasha is taunted, he transforms into a true monster. And the one who taunts him, gains total control."

"Why would he want to do that?" Kagome persisted "why would Koga want to turn him into a monster."

"To turn the whole town against him" Ginta choked out "so that he wouldn't be missed when…"

"When what!" Kagome yelled through tears.

"When…he killed him" Ginta said calmly, his heart breaking at the sight of her tears.

Kagome dropped Ginta to the ground and gasped "Ayame!" she shouted as the redhead finally caught up with them.

"Y-yes?" she said nervously.

"Come with me" she said "we're going to stop Koga, Rin you stay here and make sure Ginta doesn't cause anymore trouble."

"Right" Rin said with a nod.

"Come on" Kagome said, pulling on Ayame's arm.

But Ayame pulled away from her "No" she said firmly.

"What?" Kagome said in confusion.

"You must really love Koga" Ginta coughed as he lay on the ground "Only a lovestruck fool would believe a promise from him."

Kagome and Ayame turned to the fallen Ginta "Promise?" Kagome said suspiciously.

"Didn't Ayame tell you?" Ginta said with a laugh "She's been working for Koga ever since you brought Inu Yasha home."

"What?" Kagome said, looking back to Ayame angrily.

"He promised to marry her if she turned you against Inu Yasha" Ginta continued, still smirking.

"Is that true Ayame?" Rin asked.

"Yes" Ayame answered after a short silence.

"How could you?" Kagome said, disgusted.

Ayame looked away "I was going to end it, really, but the thought of marrying Koga just took over."

"Don't tell me you actually believed that" Ginta said in surprise.

"What do you mean by that?" Ayame said.

"The only reason he wanted to be rid of Inu Yasha is so Kagome would feel obligated to marry him" Ginta explained "you really thought he was going to marry you when he was planning that?"

Ayame looked utterly shocked "What?" she said in disbelief.

"You're a fool" Ginta laughed.

"Kagome…I" Ayame started.

"Save it" Kagome said "I've heard enough."

With that, she began running towards Inu Yasha again. The crowd had started to whisper in curiosity about the strange boy. Inu Yasha could feel himself losing control show them said a voice inside his mind show them you're not weak, kill them, kill them all. He didn't know why but suddenly he felt engulfed by rage and roared out an angry cry.

"Inu Yasha!" Kagome called out, struggling to get through the crowd.

Inu Yasha heard a cruel laugh ring through his head. It was mocking him, daring him to show his full power. He wanted to show them all. He would kill them, he would kill all those who questioned his power. He was slowly forgetting everything else. He could scarcely remember who or where he was.

"INU YASHA!" Kagome cried through tears as he let out a loud snarl.

"Your too late girl" Ginta said "he doesn't even remember who you are anymore, he's probably lost himself to his inner beast."

Just like my dream Kagome said with wide eyes "NO!" she shouted "I refuse to give up."

She kept on running toward Inu Yasha, calling his name desperately. Inu Yasha, still struggling to gain control, was almost completely lost. Suddenly, he heard a strangely familiar noise faintly through the mocking laughter. It sounded like a girl. The faint shadow in the distance was growing clearer, it was a girl, she had raven hair and she was calling to him. Kill her, the voice told him kill her. Inu Yasha leapt to obey the voice, but something held him back. He tried to run after her, but the something held him back your promise said a new voice. It was female too but sounded nothing like the raven haired girl who was still calling him you love her. Inu Yasha could slowly feel the thing that was holding him back fading. This is your test said the new voice will you pass?

Author's note: hmmm, will he? Tee hee, cliffhanger! I really liked writing this chappie, it was fun. So make my day and please review, I'm at 64 reviews right now and I'm really hoping for some more! Show your appreciation!