Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or any other anime - I just like making up stories…oh, and this is my third official fan fic and my first InuYasha fan fic so I'll just apologize now if it sucks. Sorry!


Chapter Twelve: The Possessed Priestess

Shippo stared at Kagome's body. There was something so strange about her. She was curled up, folded over and licking her wrists, which were obviously burned. He walked to her, out of arms reach just in case. He raised a curious eyebrow at her. Is she ok now?

Miroku and Sango were not sure what to think. Sango also took a step closer to Kagome, who made no indication that she was aware of her friends.

"Kagome? Can you hear me?" Shippo stepped forward again, with the assurance that Sango was close behind him, he felt safe to approach the priestess.

Miroku got to his feet from beside the han'yo and watched his friends across the room. One thing he knew for sure, getting close to Kagome when she was in this state wasn't the best idea. It may be that she was possessed by the demon.

"Shippo, Sango, maybe you two should move back. We don't know what's going on yet. She may be dangerous." He called across the room.

Sango turned around to comment back to the monk when he saw that his warnings came too late, before his eyes, his fears were realized. Kagome's arms reached out and seized the young kitsune by the tail with one hand, and the throat with the other. A moment later, she had both hands at his throat and was squeezing the life out of him. Shippo squealed and wriggled in her arms, but she still squeezed.

"Lemme go! Ahh! Kagome lemme go!" Shippo cried hysterically.

Sango turned back, horrified and screamed at Kagome to stop. Shippo kept thrashing and struggling to cry out to the priestess, but he began to lose his fight. Sango leapt forward and attempted to distract the possessed priestess while Shippo still had a breath of life left in him. For by this point, Sango knew that Kagome wasn't herself. The distraction worked, but a bit too late for Shippo, the priestess flung his limp body to the floor and turned her aggression towards the demon slayer.

Sango blocked the punches and kicks despite the terror-stricken emotions she felt. She defended herself well enough to worry about the damage she might do to Kagome if she truly fought to the best of her ability. She frowned as she shouted to Miroku in a voice laced with panic. "What am I supposed to do here Miroku? Help me! She's possessed!"

In truth, the Monk was startled by this turn of events. He had first run to Shippo's body and checked for life. The kitsune was, thankfully, alive. Then Miroku's mind raced. So she's possessed, this is a problem, and I have to find the solution! Inuyasha! He turned towards the half-demon, who was still sitting on the floor, eyes tightly closed.

"Inuyasha! Can you hear me?" Miroku ran towards his friend, shouting in frenzy. What's happened? She's moving, she's attacking – but, she's not awake! Is she? He looked towards the fight raging between Sango and Kagome's body. Her eyes are closed! What does this mean? He halted before Inuyasha's sitting form and reached down taking Inuyasha by the shoulders and attempted to shake him awake. "Inuyasha! Wake up!"


Inuyasha was taken aback. One minute the demon is yelling at him to not touch Kagome, and the next minute Kagome is begging him to wake from her dream. He was frustrated to say the least. He wasn't sure what his next move should be, but as he watched Kagome warily waiting for some sort of sign, the demon began to speak.

"You fool. I shall kill you and everyone in the cave!" Kagome's mouth moved.

"Oh yea? Well, why don't you just go ahead and try." Inuyasha gripped the tetsusaiga tightly as he pointed it at the demon before him. Of course, both he and the demon knew he couldn't use it on Kagome's body.

The demon laughed and Kagome smiled. "Watch as I show you my power."

Suddenly, the atmosphere of the dream changed. They were in the cave. Shippo was walking towards Kagome with Sango close behind. Inuyasha blinked. He was watching himself sitting there, where he last was, he watched the chain of events with fury. He saw Shippo's body fall to the ground, he saw Kagome fighting with Sango, and he saw Miroku shaking his own body. But it was at this point that he could not realize why he did not feel his friends touch. If he was still asleep then why didn't he wake up?

"What the hell is going on here?" He shouted.

The demon ceased fighting and turned to him. "You really are a fool! You did not wake up, even with this foolish woman attempted to warn you! You are now my prisoner! You will live in a nightmare forever!" Kagome's body shook with laughter.

"You bastard!" Inuyasha flew at the demon only to realize the dream world he saw was fading with every inch that he moved. He looked frantically around as darkness covered him.


Sango collapsed on the ground, panting heavily. For some reason, the demon had paused in its attack and had begun to laugh. Miroku walked to Kagome's still laughing body and stood in front of it. Kagome's eyes were tightly shut; she had been fighting solely by the power of the demon possessing her. Yet the demon had still not awakened her! There was still hope!

Miroku reached into his sleeve for a sutra, he needed to at least try to vanquish the demon. But the demon regained itself far too quickly. Kagome's body sprang at his throat. Miroku grabbed Kagome's hands as they tightened around his neck and flung them away. He staggered back and attempted to throw the sutra, but she was too quick. He stepped back in shock as the priestess grabbed her bow and loaded an arrow on its string.

Oh no.


Well, so anyone biting their fingernails? Hehe… I hope so! OH – and whoever of my readers is the darling that posted on my xanga, please let me know who you are! I really appreciate your comments and I'd love to respond to them! It's nice to know someone likes me! AND I'm going out of town for my birthday so this will be the last update for about a week or so...lisa