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Chapter 3

Inuyasha pushed Kagome out of the well as gently as he could. He could feel a change in everything around him, in the air, in the plants.

'What the heck?' He thought as he moved closer to Kagome, just a little unnerved by the feeling of evil.

"Inuyasha? Do you feel it too?" Kagome asked in a whisper, sounding a little scared.

"Yeah..."

'Whatever it is, its even stronger than Naraku.'

It wasn't extremely strong, just faint, but it still worried Inuyasha.

"Kagome! Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled from the sky where he, Sango and Shippo rode on Kirara.

"What are you doing?" Inuyasha yelled up to them and wondered how much trouble they had while he and Kagome had been in her time. They'd stayed five days, three more than what they had planned.

Their friends landed in front of them and Sango answered, "We went out to scout the area. Just four days ago, this aura appeared and now everyone is scared out of their minds."

"Oh, just another evil demon I have to kill," Inuyasha growled.

"Excuse me, Lord Inuyasha..."

"Well, if it isn't Myoga."

At this, Miroku had a concerning thought, ' Great, Myoga only shows up to warn Inuyasha that somethings wrong, and then he turns and runs away.'

"I've come to warn you that the end could be near and I've enjoyed serving you and your friends," Said Myoga.

"Would you just shut up and tell us what you're talking about!" Inuyasha yelled at him as immpatiently as usual.

Thinking for a moment, Myoga decided he might as well give up the information, "Another one of your fathers old enemies has awaken, the strongest he has ever taken on. His name was, or is, Akakios."

"And what does that mean to me?"

Myoga sighed with a shake of his head, "Lord Inuyasha, he is after your head, the son for which your father killed Akakios to protect when you were just a baby. Akakios-"

"Kagome?" Sango questioned as she watched her friend who looked like she was about to faint.

Inuyasha turned to see Kagome's pale expressionless face and asked with a worried voice, "Hey, are you okay, Kagome?"

Her eyes rolled back into her head and she fell into Inuyasha's out-reached arms.

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'Damnit! What's the matter with her?' Inuyasha wanted to yell out loud, but he refrained himself.

Everyone was in Kaede's hut, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara on one side and Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kaede on the other.

The silence in the little room was driving Inuyasha crazy and he would rather ride on a hundred of Kagome's stupid buses than do this.

He kept unintentualy growling low in his throat.

"It seemed like every time Kagome started to come around the aura lessened but when she got worse, the opposite was true.

"Inuyasha, your growling isn't going to help her at all so stop," Miroku scolded, but the reply that he got completely surprised him.

"Then tell me how I CAN help her!"

"Maybe...no, that is impossible..." Myoga whispered out loud, and because of the quiet, everyone heard.

"You tell us whatever you know..." Inuyasha said dangerously.

"Its just, the legends said that Akakios could control minds, and bend them at his will, but he had to know the persons deepest secret and have an item belonging to them. He would have neither to control Kagome, and not to mention, there's no way he would know of her, but this aura belongs to him...I'm just not sure..."

"So, Myoga, your saying that this Akakios could be trying to take over Kagome's body and that's why his aura is here?" Sango asked and the flea nodded.

Miroku shook his head and questioned, " But the aura apeared four days ago, and niether Kagome or Inuyasha were here."

Inuyasha listened, but he watched Kaede put a cold cloth to Kagome's forhead.

'She's always in danger here...and I can't keep the danger away from her.'

"Yes, since Kagome was not where she was thought to have been, it stuck around and waited, luckily though, Kagome is strong and putting up what's likely to be a painful fight."

'Great, smart Myoga, tell Inuyasha she's in pain and make him go postal...' Shippo thought sadly as his best friend, Kagome, whose breathing was going shallow again.

"You mean she's HURTING and we're just standing here!"

Everyone flinched at Inuyasha's choked up voice, then they looked away.

"Kagome...you have to hang on..." Shippo pleaded, but it did no good.

Inuyasha looked as though he was thinking very deeply, then he ordered surprisingly quietly, "All of you get out..." and when no one moved he raised his voice, "Just trust me and get out!"

'Kagome...you always called to me when I was turning into a full demon and stopped me...maybe I can finally do the same for you...' Inuyasha thought desperately.

Everyone left and he made sure they were far enough away before he kneeled beside Kagome.

"Kagome...I'm here with you...I'm always here with you..." Inuyasha started, and realized how hard it was to be so open with it, even though it never seemed to cause Kagome such a problem.

"I-I know I make you mad a lot...more than a lot, but I do care about you...so please, come back to us...we can't do this without you...we need you...I need you...you know that already..."

Inuyasha was so caught up, he didn't notice his friends looking through the crack of the door frame and straw mat.

Kagome's hand moved a little and her face contorted as if she was being hurt.

"Kagome! Don't let that Akakios hurt you! Do you hear me!" Inuyasha yelled as he drew her closer to himself, "You can fight him off no problem! You just have to try!"

Kagome started to move more, with more pained expressions, and even pained cries that seemed to hurt Inuyasha as much as it hurt Kagome herself.

"Kagome..." The half-demon whispered, but his face couldn't be seen by his friends because his back was to them.

"Nothing is worse than this..than seeing you like this Kagome...nothing..." Inuyasha said gently.

Sango looked on at Inuyasha, because she had never known him to show this kind of emotion, 'Is that the side Kagome sees of him when they are alone?'

"Sango...Miroku...is that love?" Shippo asked innocently, but both adults smiled.

"Yes, Shippo, I believe it is," Replied Miroku and Sango nodded.

Inuyasha turned hard hearted again and yelled, "Kagome! You better not choose that Akakios over me!"

That seemed to do it, and with a pulse, the evil aura vanished and Kagome shuddered awake, shaking terribly while her nose started to bleed.

"Kagome!" Everyone yelled and ran in, worried about her like true friends would be.

She looked confused for a moment then held her head, "Oh, my head hurts so bad..."

The new first aid kit Kagome had just brought back was used on her nose, and other various scratches that had only appeared after the mind control had been broken.

Inuyasha, needless to say, refused to let her down, but Kagome was so extremely tired she barely noticed.

They told her she was fine but she had already let her eyes close, and they let her sleep.

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Kagome slept for a few days, exept for the few times Sango or Kaede made her eat to help her get her strength back.

Inuyasha's behavior hadn't been discussed and it never would be, because everyone knew it would be pointless.

Having finally being allowed to sit up, Kagome was asked to explain what had happened even though she wasn't sure she wanted to relive that extremely horrible experience.

"It was a little black cloud, and I felt it keep trying to go into my mind, but it wouldn't let me talk. The cloud turned into a demon that look like a normal human man, but he was so scary. I tried to fight it, but the more I did, the more he hurt me, hitting me and trying to make me give in, saying it was pointless for me to fight, because no one loved me anyway...it...I was going to give up, because I was too tired, when I heard Inuyasha's voice..."

'Telling me he was there for me, and not to let Akakios hurt me. I remembered I had all of them,' Kagome looked at her loving friends, 'And that they love me.'

Kagome's eyes started to close again and she was asleep.

"What are you doing up?" Inuyasha yelled at Kagome as she walked out of Kaede's hut, and stopped, shocked to see him standing there shirtless.

"I'm completely fine! I want to walk around. Its been a week and I didn't even have that many injuries!" Kagome yelled, but a blush came over her face, "Where's your shirt anyway?"

"It's hot out here, or havn't you noticed," Inuyasha replied, blushing a little himself, and to make up for being embarassed, he said bluntly, "I can be outside without a shirt on, unlike you!"

Kagome gasped and with a glare, yelled, "Sit! Now, I'm going for a walk...Hmf!" And she walked off to the creek, chin held high.

Shippo walked up to Inuyasha who was glaring at Kagome's back, and said, "I think she is feeling better. Thats the first time she's sat you in almost two weeks."

"Yeah, I know," Inuyasha hissed, choosing to hold a grudge.

"That really was a stupid thing to say..." Shippo told him as if Inuyasha hadn't realized that after he said it.

Sango came up next and gave Inuyasha a confused look, "Why are you laying on the ground, shirtless with dirt all over your face?"

Inuyasha's glare just deepened as he pushed himself up, "Kagome went for a walk to the creek."

"Did she?" Sango questioned as she moved on, "I'll go check on her."

"You can't be mad at her you know, you get grouchy too when you have to stay inside for a long time. When you're injured, Kagome has to sit you just to get you to stay down," Miroku laughed as he came up to sit beside Inuyasha, only on a stump that was a little less dirty.

"Well, I'm not human, and I heal fast, but she doesn't," Inuyasha shot back, not willing to give Kagome any credit.

"Yes, but she is always just as worried about you as you are about her now. She doesn't like you to worry, but you seem to only make her worry more."

"Shut up you lecher, we need to decide who to go after. Naraku or Akakios?" Inuyasha spat.

Ultimately, they decided Naraku, who wouldn't be looking for them, like this Akakios.

"We're going to leave tomorrow then, and this time, we're gonna kill him."

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