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Blackened Sky
Chapter 2
Enter Naraku: Evil Shithead.

He awoke to the sound of leaves crumpling. Kagome was still asleep. He was surprised at this and at himself. It was very late at night. It crushed him to have to wake her up but he sensed a demon in the area.

"Kagome" He whispered softly in her ear.
She pulled his kimono tighter around herself and groaned. Her eyes fluttered open and she was surprised to see him sill there. She was even more surprised to see his arms still around her.

"C'mon, we need to get back to the others" he said as he pulled her up. His words weren't harsh like other times, they had a bit of softness to them.

Kagome regained her balance and stretched. She smiled a warm smile at Inuyasha then started to walk back to the others. The walk was silent. Inuyasha seemed focused on something. Kagome walked over and climbed, without an argument, into her sleeping bag. Inuyasha just stood and watched her for a minute, before turning to sit next to a tree, the one closest to Kagome. He wanted to be close to her incase she needed anything.

A few minutes later he realized Kagome had fallen asleep. He smiled a small smile and began to close his eyes. He himself had almost fallen asleep when he caught the smell of a demon making its way towards them. He opened his eyes and studied the scent. It was definitely Naraku. He stood up and growled warningly.

"Damnit, not tonight. Kagome is not well enough for battle" He said to himself.
He walked carefully over to Kagome.
"I have to get her away from here" He said in a whisper.
He set a hand on Kagome's shoulder and shook her gently.
"Kagome, get up please" he said.

She opened her eyes slightly. Shippo had noticed and came trotting over to Inuyasha.
"What's wrong?" The young fox asked.
"We have to leave now, go wake Miroku and Sango. Tell them to hurry and head down the river. I'm leaving now, make sure they catch up" He said to Shippo. Shippo nodded seriously and ran to where the other two were sleeping.

Kagome set up and yawned.
"Inuyasha? What is it?" She asked in a sleepy voice.
"C'mon Kagome, we have to go" He said as he stood up.

She stood as well and stretched. Inuyasha waited a minute or two for her to fully wake, then he instructed her to get on his back. She climbed on without a fight. He was surprised at this. Usually she would not have moved until he had told her what was going on. She seemed very tired so he assumed that was why.

Inuyasha then set off in the direction of the wolf. He planned on keeping Kagome there until the battle with Naraku was over with. At least she would be safe. He could sense Naraku was close, but not moving very fast.

Kagome's grip loosened and Inuyasha noticed she had fallen asleep again. He tightened his hold on her and came upon the wolf demons cave. Kouga came running out glaring at Inuyasha.

"What are you doing here mutt! Kagome isn't hurt is she?" Kouga screamed.
Inuyasha landed in front of him and retuned the glare.
"Shhh" Inuyasha said pointing out Kagome was asleep. "Naraku is coming and I don't want Kagome battling, not this time" he added.

Kouga walked behind Inuyasha and picked Kagome up. She squirmed a bit but still remained asleep.

"No need to worry, mutt. I wouldn't let anything happen to her" Kouga said as he held Kagome in his arms tightly.
Inuyasha growled deeply as if giving the wolf a warning.
"If anything happens to her or you do anything to her I will kill you" Inuyasha said seriously, his eyes burning fiercely into Kouga.

Inuyasha turned when he noticed the rest of the gang had showed up.
"Inuyasha, its Naraku isn't it?" Miroku asked.
He nodded and started to walk towards them.
"Kagome's acting weird, I don't want her battling. She will at least be safe from Naraku here" Inuyasha said as he shot Kouga a death glare. He then shot in the directing of Naraku, the others followed except for Kagome.

Kouga turned and took Kagome into the cave and set her down on some bedding. She wiggled then turned on her side. Kouga sat down next to her.
"Don't worry Kagome. One day I'll kill that Inuyasha and take you as my mate" He said to her in her sleep.

She seemed very restless again. An hour or so later Kouga woke her up. She had been whimpering. Kagome sat up and looked at Kouga.
"Ummm, why are you here?" She asked him in a raspy voice.
"Inuyasha brought you here sensing Naraku. He didn't want you fighting. Good thing, Naraku's probably going to finish that Hanyou off" Kouga said with a smirk.
Kagome went pale then let out a saddened scream. She jumped up and started to run outside. Kouga grabbed her waist and held her back.

"Don't worry. I'll be here to protect you" Kouga said.
Kagome shook her head, tears running down her skin. Kouga was surprised at how upset she was. She pushed away from him and darted for the entrance.
"Kagome, come back here!" Kouga shouted.

Kagome was running as fast as she could. She could sense jewel shards, a lot of them, so she guessed that was where Naraku would be. They were getting closer and she could hear faint voices. She was panting when she finally found them.

Inuyasha was bleeding badly. His sword wasn't transformed and it stuck into the ground. He leaned on it for support. His breathing was jagged and he was panting heavily. She couldn't see Sango or Miroku anywhere, but she saw Shippo and the Neko laying a few paces away. They were motionless. This was the scene that played in her mind whenever she found sleep.

Naraku was easing his way to Inuyasha, a grin on plastered to his face. He must not have seen her, or he didn't think of her as much of a threat. She took the time and held her bow tightly. She carefully pulled out an arrow. She aligned everything perfectly and let the arrow fly.

It struck Naraku in the chest. He pulled back, his face contorted in pain. He went to pull the arrow out but as soon as his flesh touched it a light sparked and he pulled his hand away.

She walked in front of Inuyasha, readying another arrow.
"Kagome, I wanted to stay away from this battle" Inuyasha said to her.

She let the second arrow go.
"Little girl, you think I'd fall for your trick again?" Naraku asked as he ran her.
She closed her eyes and expected the impact that would mean the end of her life, but in never came. Kagome looked back up. Inuyasha had jumped in front of her. His sword was transformed again. It had struck Naraku down the middle. Naraku pulled back and disappeared into the woods.

"Get back here!" Inuyasha yelled, his fists clenched.
"Inuyasha stop. We need to worry your bleeding, even a Hanyou can't loose that much blood." Kagome said.

A.N. Well there chapter 2!
I'm actually getting ready for school today. It my first day of high school, which should be interesting to say the least. Be happy that I updated this early in the morning. It was the reviews that put me in such a great mood . So please keep it up and continued with the reviews and I will post chapter 3 as soon as I am satisfied with the number of reviews I get.