A/N: Sorry for the long wait.
Disclaimer: None at all.
Sweet Love and Painful Betrayal
Chapter 6: Conflict
The arrow was close enough to pierce her skin; if she gulps the sharp end could cut her throat. Pulling her string back so far could loosen her hold; she could accidentally kill her. Kagome stopped struggling, feeling her body's heart beating at a very slow rate. "Now what do you want here?" She questioned in a brave tone, pulling the arrow far enough for Kagome to speak.
"I'm here to gather my soul, so I can save my friends." Kagome choked, catching her breath after not breathing for at least 50 seconds.
The Kagome got off of her, her face seem to soften a lot. Placing the arrow back in its quiver, the feather continues to glow bright green. There was a strange writing on the feathers. Recognizing the character, Kagome pronounce the words slowly. "Pro-tect-ion? So your protection?" Kagome looked from the feather at the other Kagome.
"Protecting for everything that seems everything to you." She smiled.
"What? What are you trying to say?" Kagome is completely puzzled; it sounds more like a riddle.
"Sorry, but Kikyou-sama said not to tell you. It is for you to figure out." She answered, remember the stern words that Kikyou said.
Kagome is now dumbfounded; she now knows that Kikyou is pulling the strings. "But what does it mean?" Kagome kept reciting the riddle over in her head over and over.
Then a jolt hit her body, feeling a new strength entered in her. Soon the bright green colour feather started to fade into dust. Kagome dust herself off and continues moving through the darkness.
"Who are you?" Akago said to the shady person over at the trees.
The white cloth person didn't reply, she pulled out another arrow prepare to strike down Kagome and the barrier. Two children appeared next to her, glowing an eerie yellow colour. One was wearing pale blue with pink flower patterns kimono, and has pale blue pom-poms on her hair.
The other one wears yellow with strange leaf patterns, her hair is pull back into a ponytail. "Hello Kagome and Akago, we are simply asking somewhat of our interest, so please answer this question. What is your purpose?" The child wearing blue asked.
"To find the shards of course, to taint it in the process for our own purpose." Akago answered.
"And you Kagome-sama?" The yellow one spoke.
"She is a puppet, she can't speak without my permission. Her soul is banish and her heart is mine to control." Akago smirked.
"She didn't ask you." The blue one replied emotionless.
"Must I repeat this pointless discussion." Akago was going to continue his sentence when he felt a pulse.
The light entered her eyes, and the jewel was turning pink. "To protect my friends and Inuyasha!." Kagome's word wasn't spoken but the children heard it clearly.
"Pathetic attempt, humans are fragile. But this one is the most stubborn one of them all." Akago's dark purple aura flared, making the shard black and her eyes reverted to its lifeless form. "But we will meet again Inuyasha." Then they flew out of sight.
"Lets go Hijiri-sama." The girl with the ponytail helped the masked person up on her horse. Placing her glove hands on the reins.
Inuyasha jumped out of the building, landing in front of the white horse. He narrow his golden eyes to look behind the black mask, didn't success. "Are you Kikyou?" He walked closer towards her, she didn't move nor did the kids. They kept their hands in their sleeve, proceeding to stare at him.
"Kikyou, you mean that dead woman that died from Naraku's hands?" Kouga sudden said. Everyone seem to forget he even exist, they looked at his confuse face. Inuyasha was first to react. "What do you know wolf." Inuyasha pounded his head.
"Tell me why is she called Hijijo whatever she was named." Kouga snarled Inuyasha's face with his fist, fighting over who is right and who is wrong.
When the fight was over, Kouga fled and Inuyasha is cursing under his breath how cowardly the wolf acted. Soon become aware of that he was the only one around, he rush in aid of his friends.
Kagome wandered the complete darkness, tripping over random things. "Ow, what am I tripping over anyways?" Kagome rubbed her head, the silent chamber slowly picked up the wind. Blowing gently against her face, then she notices a torn over her left shoulder.
"How are this things happening?" Kagome checked over her ripped fabric, a sharp pain shot throughout her body, feeling her stomach twisted in agony.
Kagome kneeled over, clutching her chest. The red ribbon slipped in her grasp, the red cloth was stained by dried blood. Her eyes widened, lifting herself from the hollow ground. As she brought herself off the floor, an exploding pound against her weak head. "Where is this pain coming from?" Kagome thought, slapping the invisible foot off.
"Jealous, pain from your earliest times with Inuyasha." A cold, emotionless voice answered her unspoken question. "Your heart bleeds, the scar that you have over your love."
Kagome looked up to see a child with emotionless eyes glaring at her, with another child in her arms. The girl dressed in a strange kimono, her hair is tied back like Kikyou's, and her eyes were black, no colour or life. The kimono design has snake and dragon, holding someone in their binding. The person was vaguely familiar, he wore a red haori, had doggy ears on top of his head, and long slick silvery hair. Inuyahsa.
She was holding an eerie baby-like in her arms, leering at her with his pale purple eyes. A grin arose on his pale lips. Kagome felt like an arrow pierce through her back, her heart coiled into a knot. "I found the little trouble maker." He said with amusement in his icy tone.
Kagome's blood trickles down from her lips to her chin, holding the arrow from her quiver firmly. "And I found my problem." Kagome charged with the arrow in her hand, strike down to hit the girl. She felt the blow as she wounded the emotionless girl, more blood spilled everywhere on the floor.
The baby laughed coldly, the girl's wound reform into it originally was before. "It is useless, there is no weakness for this girl. You only hurting yourself." He explained.
Kagome looked around hastily, searching for a weapon or something to help her. She reached down in her skirt pocket, to pull out feathers with one glowing black. An idea sprung up, putting away all the feathers but one in her pocket. Praying it works, she bend the feather a bit, seeing her hateful side recoiled, hope popped into her eyes until a laugh echoed in the dark chamber. "Just playing with you." The baby remarked, sending another wave of his laughter again. "You should have seen your face, hope and then horrific fear. Like I said before, she doesn't have a weakness."
Kagome position her hands like she was holding a bow and ready to fire, pink dust swirled around her hands to form into a bow and arrow. Her pink-blue aura spread over the room, Kagome rise slowly steadying the arrow at the baby. "I think I just figure out the riddle! If I focus on what I want to protect, I have to give it all. I need to protect my soul, my friends, and Inuyasha!"
The energy warped around the emotionless child version of Kagome and the eerie baby, fought against the purifying powers of Kagome's. A dark flash sprung from them, melting the aura away from them. It eventually turning pink as it continues fighting. "What is your purpose?" A message ran through Kagome's mind, a bright yellow light blinded her eyes.
Time seem to stop. Kagome couldn't move her body, she saw two children in front of her. "To protect my friends and Inuyasha!" Kagome answer passionately, hoping her words could reach them.
They nodded walking away, the scene turn back to the eternal darkness. But the 'Kagome' and the baby disappeared, she notice the feather she bent was lying on the floor. She hesitated before picking the soft feather into her pocket, strolling around the dark room.
Akago was sweating hard, glaring at Kagome's blank eyes. Kagura watched with amusement as they soar over the mountains. It took all his will from sweating in front of his enemies; Kagome was going to kill him if it wasn't for them. "Embrace me tighter." Akago ordered he was weak to command her through thoughts.
Kagome pulled him closer to her chest; Akago shut his eyes to sleep quietly. Thinking briefly of the problem he is dealing with, he needed the girl to get the final shard but what limits does he need to do before she release her unbelievable powers again. He opens his eyes to gaze at where the black shard was placed. "Kagura, we need to land soon. I feel I need a talk with Naraku." Akago demanded, reaching his small hand over to the bony tiara.
The tiara wrapped around his fingers, jerking his hand away. "So is that why Naraku place a demon over her head?" Akago narrowed his small eyes at the tiara.
He began to relax, listening the slow steady beating heart of Kagome's. The feather landed softly of the cold dirt. Before moving, Akago whispered softly to the Saimyoushou. Kagome walked off the feather, heading off another direction. The baby smirked as they were reaching toward a cave. "This plan should be very successful." He thought, waiting for someone arrival.
A/N: Sorry for the story, I figure if I want to update faster, I have to do this. You will never know. This is all between Akago and Kagome mostly; the next chapter will be more interesting. Sorry about the title, it should be coming in the next two chapters. I planned this part had to be long, but my poor simple-minded brain couldn't think of one. So I plan to put it in the next two chapters.