Following Me
I do not own Inuyasha. D:

Betrayal
OMG!

Naraku. "We'll see . . . who can really pull this off." I'm being held prisoner by you, you can easily stop me from existing—but I'd rather be dead than your slave. Kagura exited the main building where Naraku was currently located and spotted a man—prisoner, obviously—outside fixing up some weapons.

"Who are you?" She asked, her voice cold.

"P-prisoner—s-slave, m'am. . . ."

"Save the formal talk. Where did Kanna go?"

"The o-one who shows no e-emotions . . . ?" he stuttered.

"Her."

"S-she just left . . . to the river. . . ." he pointed to his right and added, "I saw her leave and f-followed her, because last time I didn't pay attention to where someone was going—Naraku—he, he—"

"I'm not here to listen to you blab," Kagura said, stopping his sentence. "I know what I need. And leave Naraku, now. I'm telling you this as someone who's been prisoner to him for a long time—anything, especially death, is better than serving him. Go kill yourself."

The man stared at her, his face confused. "O-kay. . . ." he whispered, but continued on with his work.

Idiot.

Kagura decided to take the long route. She put her face up to her face and walked off, to go find Kanna.

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"What do you think Inuyasha is doing!" Shippou exclaimed. "Goodness, I know his woman died and all, but how long does it take for him to tell her family she's gone?" Both Miroku and Sango stared at him coldly, and with tears in their eyes.

"You just haven't really accepted it yet," said Miroku.

"Trust us, you'll be in tears for years once you finally get used to it," Sango muttered. Kirara nudged her nicely and meowed quietly—she tried to be comforting but didn't succeed. Sango rubbed her eyes. "I really do hope . . . he doesn't take in Kikyou with open arms. . . ."

"Why do you say that?" asked Miroku.

"I mean . . . if he really thinks about it, and he chooses Kikyou—so be it. But at least be comforting for Kagome . . . if he is incapable of realizing what she feels, he really must be the biggest idiot! Well, next to Naraku, I suppose."

"So you do or you don't like me?"

Shippou gasped and Miroku yelled. "Kikyou! Kikyou!"

"Get your friend Sango to reply to me—truly, do you like me or do you hate me?"

"I—I don't think either . . . what I was saying is not that you're bad, but rather Inuyasha . . . I don't see how he could take in someone else—basically Kagome's rival—right after she's gone—with open arms—and be okay with it. It's not that I'm being rude to you, it's him being rude to Kagome.

But . . . I probably—s-shouldn't mention her and the relationship . . . in front of you. . . ."

"Do you really think I care?" Kikyou crossed her arms and shut her eyes as if Inuyasha didn't faze her anymore. "H-he told me to come and keep you company, 'cause he was going to take the reincarnation to her family and everything. So, fine then! Bother with her . . ."

"Kikyou, you're acting really (A/N: I want really badly to write "OOC!" but of course, the characters wouldn't exactly say OOC . . .) strange . . . and just not yourself," Miroku said. "I'm not going to treat you any different. I never thought you disliked Kagome, even when it involved Inuyasha, so what's with you right now? You've never felt so hateful towards her before."

She opened her eyes and stared at the monk who had dared to step up to her. Kikyou uncrossed her arms and sighed. "I don't hate, dislike, loathe, or anything Kagome. But it insults me that whatever it is that exists up there could do something to ruin my entire life. I don't hate the people but I hate the outwardly person who has controlled them and made them not only make a reincarnation of me but to have a vile being such as Naraku trick me and Inuyasha in the first place!

And even if nothing had happened with Naraku coming between us, Kagome might not have even traveled into this world. If she had, though . . . she wouldn't really mean anything . . . me and Inuyasha would have been inseparable by then. He would have turned human just for me, and we'd be happy together.

So you tell me why fate decided to pay me a visit—and make it an ugly one."

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I'm so sorry Kagome.

I promised you.

I promised I'd never let anyone hurt you.

…

…But I was doing it anyway, wasn't I…? (AN: My PC died so I'm done with the . . . periods (like it is in real published books) and letting it do it's own thing now) I hurt you…and I was too stupid to notice. Every time I went to go see Kikyou…

Those looks.

They weren't out of pity, were they…?

"Inuyasha."

He rolled over to face Kagura. "I don't want a fight right now."

"I was sent to kill you…but instead. I want you to take Kagome, and recover. Stay in hiding with your friends…and finally kill Naraku. I'm done being his slave…I'd rather be dead. So kill him—fulfill your mission," she said, "and do a favor for me…. I want him gone."

"W-will you be killed…right away?" Inuyasha asked. "Wouldn't Kanna be telling him now what you're doing? With her mirror?"

"I…I got rid of her…she's probably better now anyway. Anything is better than being a slave…especially to Naraku."

"I'd try and save you if I knew it wasn't hopeless, seeing as he's got control of your heart."

"As soon as he figures it out, my heart will be stopped. Which should be soon, when I return and he notices you aren't gone, I'll be gone." She didn't look upset, but rather, glad. Kagura would be free…even though it would cost her life. "I must leave, I've got one more stop to make before being killed."

Inuyasha struggled to stand and said, "Good luck to you…"

Did that really happen?

Kagura's really…leaving?

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"Where am I…?"

"…You're…out of the normal world, now."

"What do you mean? Who are you?"

Midoriko appeared before Kagome, in nowhere. Nothing. Pure…black.

"Mido…riko?"

"That's right. You're dead…we both are. This…is where the mikos go."

"Are there any more…than just us?"

"No. We're the only ones…well…except Kikyou…but now that she's back in the world, it's just us two."

Kagome fell to the un-seeable ground. Tears flowed out like a river. She had never cried this hard before, and it certainly never started so quickly. So she was gone…but what of Inuyasha?"

In-between sobs she talked to Midoriko. "H-h…ow's…where's Inuyasha…? I want to know everything…."

"He's….Why don't you take a look for yourself?"

Midoriko held out a mirror, like one you'd use your fixing your makeup or brushing your hair, and in it was Inuyasha.

"Oh my—Inuyasha….INUYASHA…!"

"You can scream all you want…but he's unreachable…."

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As you may or may not have noticed, I've added previews and recaps for chapters. :0
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My summary sucks, but I reread it after a few days of completing it and it's stupidity makes me laugh. Maybe you will laugh too. :o

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-end personal note-

In the next chapter: "We can only—"
She seemed to disappear, like dust blowing in the wind. "—K-Kagura!"

She was gone.

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"You're kidding me….But—no—someone has to help him, or else…he'll just…sit there…and…he'll die there…please, just let me go out there and save him!"
"Kagome, I want to. But it's just impossible with the Shikon no Tama in pieces. For us to have any kinds of power, it would need to be whole. And even so, you couldn't be brought back to life unless you actually used it."