Never Again chapter 9

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Now Kagome was really confused. That was so sweet. InuYasha wasn't really such a bad guy. And he obviously cared about her a lot if he was willing to say things he didn't mean to her just to protect her. But he had known that what he said was going to hurt her before he said it. He knew it was going to be enough to really hurt her enough to make her never want to come back to the Fuedal Era. If he really cared about her, wouldn't he have just talked to her about it, instead of purposely hurting her feelings? What if he was just being nice to get her to hand over her jewel shards so that he could fulfill his wish to become full demon? Uhh why did this have to be so confusing?

"Umm..." Kagome said trying to show InuYasha that she didn't know what to say.

"Look, if your still mad I can understand, but you should decide to do something." InuYasha said almost impatiently. For a moment Kagomw wondered if the last part of his sentence reffered to the jewel shards, or if she wanted to be his friend again.

"Umm I think I need some time to think this over. I'll get back to you in the morning ok?" Kagome said and then she started to walk away quickly. InuYasha just let her go, but as she was walking away Kagome failed to notice the zombie-like look in his eyes and she had just assumed that the jewel shards she sensed were the ones InuYasha already had. She hadn't bothered to look and see that they were in his back, legs, and sword. She had been so distracted with what he had told her that she hadn't bothered to ask how he had gotten the remaining jewel shards, considering they belonged to Naraku and Kohaku.

Now:

Kagome returned to the others. Much to Hiei's relief she didn't look upset, just a little shocked.

"Are you alright, Kagome?" Sango asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Kagome answered. She had the look of someone who was very deep in thought.

"What did InuYasha want?" Shippo asked.

"What? Oh, nothing." Kagome said snapping out of her trance like state. "Let's go to the inn now. I'm getting kind of tired." Kagome said.

"Okay." Yusuke said while joining the others in giving her concerned looks. They were all wondering what InuYasha had said to make her act so strangely. They got their rooms for the inn and then they all just did their own thing.

Kagome sat in her room thinking. She hoped Sango would come in soon. She wanted to talk to someone about what had happened with InuYasha. She waited for awhile, but Sango didn't show up. She sighed. She decided to go find Hiei. She doubted he would really give her to much advice on what to do but he wasn't exactly hard to locate and at least he was someone to talk to. Just as she had suspected, Kagome found Hiei sitting in a tree outside the inn. She wasn't sure why he liked to sit in tree all the time but at least it made him easy to locate.

"Hey, Hiei." Kagome greeted looking up into the tree at Hiei.

"Hn, what do you want?" Hiei asked.

"Well, it's about what InuYasha said to me earlier." Kagome started. Hiei looked at her for a moment and then spoke.

"Did he say something cruel to you?" Hiei asked.

"Well no..." Kagome answered.

"Hn. Your friends were right then." Hiei said flatly.

"What?" Kagome asked completely bewildered.

"The monk and the demon slayer, they said they knew that InuYasha wouldn't do anything to hurt you." Hiei responded simply. Although he made it sound like he was casually bringing it up, he really wanted to know how Sango and Miroku knew about what InuYasha would say. It appeared that Kagome had no knowledge of this, but maybe she would tell him something that allowed him to piece things together. "I think Kurama is beginning to rub off on me." Hiei thought.

"That's strange. They were probably just guessing. I mean we did spend a lot of time with InuYasha when we traveled with him so I guess they would know him pretty well." Kagome said.

"Maybe, but they seemed just a little too sure of themselves for it to be just a guess." Hiei responded.

"What are you saying? That they knew what InuYasha was going to tell me?" Kagome questioned.

"Hn." Came Hiei's response. Kagome gave a frustrated sigh.

"I'll have to talk to Sango about it. She should be back in the room now. It's getting kind of late." Kagome answered and with that she walked away. She had completely forgotten that the reason she had come to Hiei in the first place was to tell him about what InuYasha had said to her. Now her mind was racing with new questions. What did Sango and Miroku know about all this? How much had they been keeping from her? Kagome opened the door to the room she would be sharing with Sango and found her room mate sitting on her bed. At first Kagome wanted to just start questioning her about everything, but then she decided that she would have to use discretion. If Sango hadn't told her before, why would she tell her now?

"Hey Kagome." Sango greeted her. When Kagome didn't answer her Sango gave her a concerned look. "Is something bothering you Kagome?" She asked.

"It's just something InuYasha said." Kagome responded.

"Oh, what did he say?" Sango asked. Kagome studied her facial expression. She did look genuinely curious.

"He told me that all those horrible things that he said to me before weren't true and that he didn't mean any of them, but I don't know if he really meant that or if he was just trying to be nice so that I would give him the jewel shards." When she had finished Kagome looked up at Sango. Sango looked as though she was arguing with herself about something. Kagome waited impatiently for Sango to say something.

"Wow, I don't know Kagome." Sango said finally. Kagome mentally frowned. She had to get Sango to spit it out, but it didn't look like she was going to say anything yet.

"You know, Hiei said it seemed like you and Miroku almost knew what InuYasha was going to say to me. I wonder why he would say that. I mean, surely you couldn't have known. Could you?" As she said that she neevr took her eyes off Sango. "She knows." Sango thought. "Well I might as well tell her the truth."

"Kagome, InuYasha really didn't mean everything he said before." Sango began.

"How can you be sure, Sango?" Kagome asked.

"Well, you see, Oh Kagome, please don't get mad but, we all sort of planned this. InuYasha knew that the only way he could defeat Naraku was by becoming a full demon, but once he was in his full demon form he wouldn't be able to control himself. He was afraid that he would end up killing all of us after he killed Naraku. Miroku and I decided that we didn't care if he killed us. The only reason I'm still alive is because I want revenge on Naraku and I want to make sure my little brother, Kohaku, is safe, but I don't know if Kohaku would be able to live with all the terrible things he's done while under Naraku's control, and since Naraku would be dead before we would my life would be complete. Miroku just wants to avenge his family and get rid of the wind tunnel. So once Naraku was dead that would be all he needs in life too. But you, your so different. You have so much to live for in your own time. When you came back Miroku and I were glad to see you, of course, but we were worried. Our plan hadn't worked. You were still in danger. InuYasha had gone off in search of Kouga to get his jewel shards, so we told you he went off with Kikyo hoping that it would get you to leave, but you stayed. We had no choice, Kagome. We only did it because we care about your safety" Sango finished. She looked at Kagome hopefully. She knew it must not be an easy thing to hear, but she hoped that Kagome would understand.

Kagome's feelings were mixed. She felt betrayed mostly. How could they delibrately do something that they knew would hurt her? How could Sango and Miroku know that what InuYasha had said to her caused her so much pain, but yet just sit there and watch it all happen instead of just telling her? Because they were worried about your safety. They did it just to protect you. They did it out of love. But if they really loved me my happiness should matter to them more than anything else. They knew I would be miserable after InuYasha said all that.

"Kagome?" Sango asked snapping Kagome back to reality. "Are you alright? Look, I know this whole thing must be pretty hard for you to take in and everything."

"I-I'm fine. I've just had a long day." Kagome responded. She wasn't sure if she should be mad at InuYasha, Sango, and Miroku. Suddenly, another thought struck her.

"Sango, did you say that InuYasha went to get Kouga's jewel shards." Kagome asked.

"Yeah, why?" Sango replied.

"Well, when I talked to him he said he already had ALL the remaining jewel shards, except for the ones that I took with me of course." Sango looked confused. "Don't you see? He said he had ALL the jewel shards, which includes the ones Naraku had.

"But how can that be? He couldn't have possibly killed Naraku, could he?" Sango exclaimed.

"No, he couldn't have." Kagome agreed. The two of them sat there in silence for a moment.

"Kagome, when you talked to InuYasha, did he say or do anything odd. Did anything about him not look quite right?" Sango asked.

"Well, now that you mention it, his eyes did look a little...dead. And I did see some sacred jewel shards in his sword and legs, but I just assumed that he put them there to increase his power." Kagome said. A deadly silence followed her words. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Kagome said simply.

"I'm supposed to tell you guys that dinner is read- is something wrong?" Miroku said looking at the expressions on the two girl's faces.

"Miroku, we think InuYasha is being controlled by Naraku." Kagome said. Miroku's face paled.

"Oh no." He stated worriedly.

Well, that's where I decided to end it. I hope you liked some of the surprises in this chapter. The next chapter will probably be the last one or the second to last, I'm not really sure yet. Please review!

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