Roar… I'm so bogged down with homework, that whenever I CAN find time to update, ALL of my creative writing abilities just fly out the window. Plus, it's fall. And you know what happens to me in fall? I get so distracted that I can't get anything done. HA, yes I know it's usually spring that this happens to most people, but in fall, the brisk air and the leaves and just EVERYTHING is so beautiful that I just can't seem to sit still for more than 5 minutes. Yah, so it DOES take me like 10 x's the normal time to do my homework… Alright please don't be mad!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters and I never will. I also don't own the title Maybe Memories which is actually a song by The Used! The lyrics are at the end of the chapter, as always. I also don't claim rights to the song "Beat your Heart Out" by The Distillers, who are CRAZY good I might add. You should listen to her if you like punk rock. They're sort of like Offspring, cept it's a girl singer! WOOP

Enjoy…!

Maybe Memories

Awakening Powers

Ignoring the staring people and the collapsing hut, he sprinted off towards the scent; the spots where her scent spiked in fear were the strongest and helped him to find her. He was slashing a path of destruction, letting nothing get in his way. The hanyou was truly in a rage he couldn't control, and no one else could control.

All that was on the hanyou's mind were "Mate. Must find. Must find bastard that took mate. She's mine!"

Inuyasha soon found the castle with Kagome in it. He could smell her, all of her. But the harshest scent hit him the strongest, the one of her blood. Rushing towards the gates of the castle, he hoped he'd go unnoticed until he got to Kagome, so he could better protect her, but that wasn't to be.

A very sultry pair of red-orange eyes peeked out of the darkness as a husky female voice drifted through the approaching darkness "So, are you Inuyasha, the one Naraku could not defeat?" Inuyasha growled as he heard the figure move forward, anxious about the overwhelming darkness that had come upon them so suddenly.

The sound of fire hitting water came when Lady Kyoko drew her body up against the unsuspecting Inuyasha. Her tongue flicked out of her mouth to lick the flesh on his neck, singeing the skin as soon as it made contact. When Inuyasha flinched she chuckled slightly "Is you're mate the one your looking for, darling? I'm afraid we've defiled her; the pretty little thing is such a mess right now. You really must not wish to see her when she's in such a condition."

This brought a savage growl out of Inuyasha as he slashed at his unseen predator "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO KAGOME! WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE? I WANT HER NOW!"

"Tsk, tsk, what a temper for such a handsome hanyou. I'd almost say you were more attractive than your mate, but I haven't heard you moan like she did." She smirked to herself when she heard another savage growl escape Inuyasha, knowing she'd hit one of his weak spots.

"SHE'S MINE! GIVE ME MY KAGOME!" He slashed out and hit a spot of flesh, only to be burnt instantly. He started to howl in pain but cut it off as he felt her burning hands run down his front.

"You shouldn't have done that, Inu. You test my temper. I may have to teach you the same lesson as I taught that girl, but keep you as my personal slave afterwards." She smirked again as she finally lit up the air around them with her fire, cackling wildly when she saw the look on his face "O, she's meant for somebody other than myself. The master. You don't know him yet, but he's the real one behind Naraku, and me. He's you're real enemy."

His sword swung out quickly and the fight commenced. He aimed it towards the woman but hit nothing, pain alighting in his back when he was whipped with her fire whip and thrown into a bed of fiery coals. He was receiving a beating and was beginning to lose consciousness from the numerous amounts of times he was getting burnt. But he couldn't give up! He had to save Kagome!

-Kagome woke up, her head spinning and thudding along with her nauseous stomach. The pain was so unbearable that she felt like she would hurl any moment. 'Great… Just what I need to be doing at a time like this!' she thought to herself as her vision blurred and the saliva in her mouth began to warm up and gather quicker and quicker as she tried to fight down the need to hurl.

Her head hung and she fell forward on the restraints holding her up on the wall and let the feeling over come her. She finally gave in and threw up until she was dry heaving, her stomach muscles clinching as hard as they could even when they were badly bruised.

After a few excruciating moments the feeling subsided and she tried to get the weight off of her wrists. It felt as if her wrists were going to be severed from her body, and she gasped as she fell forward again with all the weight again on her wrists.

For a moment dizziness overwhelmed her, but soon she was trying hard to concentrate on noises she heard from outside the castle. Who was that dim voice she could hear, cursing out somebody else? It sounded so familiar, but her mind was fuzzy and she couldn't think of who it might be.

And then the smells hit her all at once, her senses heightened and she could smell her mate, she could smell his blood. Even with her head feeling like it was stuffed with cotton, she was still brought back to reality when she heard him yell in pain once more.

A string of curses hit her mouth before she screamed out "INUYASHA!" Her blood began to boil at the thought of that horrid woman touching her mate. Struggling against the binds on her wrists she started to scream violently, something snapping from within her.

About the time the guards came in to check on her she was already glowing dangerously and two odd looking things had appeared on her head. One guard yelled out in panic "MEN! GET IN HERE! THE GIRL'S LOST IT! SHE… SHE'S DISCOVERED HER POWERS!"

Outside Inuyasha's ears twitch lazily as he struggled to get to his feet 'What's happening to Kagome? What is she doing?' He saw the woman look around, panicked, as she instantly dropped all the spells she had on the surrounding palace grounds, and the whole sky lit up again.

She was walking quickly as she called out "MEN GO TO HER! NOW! DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO RESTRAIN HER UNTIL I GET MORE HELP!" Her voice rang with fright, and Inuyasha could smell it.

That was when he decided to go after her "HEY! YOU! I'M NOT DONE WITH YOU!"

The plan was over and Kagome was pretty much lost to them all. She snarled and broke the chains holding the cuffs on her wrists, ignoring the searing pain the electric collar gave her when she did this. She had to get to her mate.

Inuyasha ignored the pain from the burns as he limped over to the demoness "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY MATE!" He growled out as he passed by her and towards the place he could hear Kagome, and smell her. Something was wrong with her, different.

Lady Kyoko finally screamed out "EVACUATE MEN! EVACUATE!" and to herself she muttered "We'll get that wench later." She walked a bit; searing everything she walked on before she burst into flames and disappeared.

Kagome watched the men and demons scatter and run and smirked a little. She felt powerful, and odd. She walked out of the cell, singing a song:

Baby, you make my heart beat faster.
Baby, you make my heart beat faster. I know.
Let alone to rest alone, Yeah you're making me. I had to run the damage is done, I give it up, I give it up. There's nothing left so take the rest, Yeah you're draining me. I set it alight it burns so bright, Stab it out, stab it out.
Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster. I know. Yeah I know. I know.
I had to run the damage is done, I give it up, I give it up. I had to go it got control, Yeah you're breaking me. There's nothing left so take the rest, Stab it out, stab it out. I set it alight it burns so bright, Yeah you're draining me.
You make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster. I know. Yeah I know that it's true.
Let alone to rest alone. Let alone to rest alone. Let alone to rest alone.
Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster.
There's nothing left so take the rest. There's nothing left so take the rest. There's nothing left so take the rest. There's nothing left so take the rest.
Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Baby, you make my heart beat faster. Let alone…..

Her ears twitched as she calmly walked… 'Wait… My ears TWITCHED?' Kagome's mind screamed at her as she placed her hands on top of her head to search… And there they were, a pair of fuzzy pointed dog ears, atop her head.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelped out, on the verge of tears. What had just happened? She couldn't remember really anything, just that she had been raped by somebody… Running to find her mate.

A pair of silver ears perked up as he heard his mate's voice, lined with pain and fright. He dragged himself as fast as he could when he finally ran into a woman, who smelled exactly like his mate, but was half demon…

He grabbed the female by her shoulders and shook her slightly "What the hell did you do with my mate?"

Tears exploded from Kagome's now dark green eyes and she tried to quail her tears "Inuyasha! What's happened to me! Why am I a half demon! They! They did something to me!"

Realization struck his face as he pulled her into a tight hug and let one tear stray down his face "I thought you were dead! Geez Kagome NEVER DO THAT TO ME!" had a mood swing, from worried and soft, to angry. Held her at a length as he looked over her and sniffed her scent. Growling a bit "Liars. They didn't rape you."

"What? But... but… Oh... I guess I did faint before they really did something…" Paused a moment in her thinking, decided she felt pretty weak and just sort of collapsed in his arms. Inuyasha pulled his mate close to him and then scooped her up, running back to the village.

'What happened to her? Why is she a hanyou now? Not that I can complain much… She DOES look pretty good as an inu-hanyou…' he thought as he looked his mate over once more. She had the same beautiful black hair, except it had a slight hint of silver tips, and there were two black dog ears perched on top of her head with silver tips. Her eyes had been an enchanting green color, and her lips were slightly fuller, and parted a bit to show her small fangs.

A smile appeared on his face as he looked at the small girl, claws smaller than his own. She looked so ADORABLE like this, and his primal instinct was very attracted to her. Maybe even more so than before!

On the way back to the village a lazy drizzle began to seep from the dark skies above and Inuyasha brought her closer to himself to protect her from the cold. Her face was drawn and pale, as if she had just gone through a vigorous training program.

"Stupid girl, shouldn't have made me stay away from her just cuz of that stupid superstition…" He mumbled as he cradled her closer and began to feel quite sick and weak himself. A head splitting dizziness overwhelmed him as he walked through woods he didn't remember. He was lost and his head was spinning, the whole world around him and Kagome was spinning.

He slowly sat down on a log and his whole body swiveled slightly as he tried to stay conscious. But it seemed nothing cold keep him from falling into the same darkness that had claimed Kagome. He slowly leaned up against a tree behind him and let the darkness overwhelm him.

Inuyashas Only Miko: WoW! Thanks for all the review at once!

Inuyasha1818: Yah I wish it was longer too… Lol, I'm trying to find the time to make it longer for ppl like you! Thanks for reviewing and reading!

Lodke-Veritas: Yah, I know I could improve it. And prolly this one too. But, well you see, school just sucks ALL of my creative ability out. It's like some giant conformist leech.

Animegirl2005: Woosh! Well he did! All he needed to do was to get hurt and it would have sent Kagome off! Hahaha… woosh

Sesshy Luva: No Kagome did NOT get raped by Lady Kyoko (yes a female, cuz ya know lady)

Inukagfreak1674: Hey, I don't think Kikyo is dead yet… hah but I guess I might get rid of her sooner or later… maybe its part of my plot?

Ok, I'll take as many reviews as you want this time. Possibly 5?

Ok, here are the lyrics to Maybe Memories! Ta DAA!

And we trudge along through the mud, and we tried to call it home, but we weren't alright, not at all, not for one second.

Never have been one to write it down, Now I think I can, I know I'm stronger now, who is looking south? Not me I'm not looking back, I'm done denying the truth to anyone, cause I'm alive.

You showed me how, you seemed to find a hole, but I just laughed and smiled, begged and rolled my eyes, even cried and denied the truth to you, just like the truth to me, mostly lied.

I'm not going to look back

Write it out like glittering butterflies.