New Devil

Chapter 7

Kagome fell to the ground and the tears streamed down, she looked to Inuyasha who was fighting to get to her. Naraku laughed and licked the blood from his knife, he pulled Kagome's face up to look at him; his hands became tentacles.

He raised the knife and thrust…

Kagome gasped and sat up in a cold sweat. She removed her hand from her stomach and stared at it for a minute before finally realizing it was all a dream

It was still dark but the fading of stars told Kagome it was morning; she rubbed her eyes and got up only to hear a sudden whimper, which caused her to jump out of her skin. She looked over to the other side of her bed to find Shippo asleep. She smiled and covered his small body with the blanket and then went over to her mirror where she brushed her hair.

Kagome carried Shippo back to his room and tucked him in; she smiled then closed the door not noticing the shadow in the corner. Shippo turned on his side and opened his eyes only to be met by a pair of reddish brown ones.

"Wha!" shocked, he jumped up and looked at the demon staring at him. It was a girl, probably around his age, her black hair was tied back in two buns and she wore a yellow sash over a small red dress.

"W-who are you?"

"I'm Souten, and you're in MY room"

"Your room?"

"Yes this is my room now get out!" she growled softly

"No"

"Grrr fine then!" she threw an odd toy at Shippo; he looked at it confused, until it suddenly blew up in smoke!

Kagome had only taken a few steps from the room when she started hearing arguing, she quickly opened the door and a cloud of smoke flew out. Shippo and a small demon girl came out coughing.

"Shippo what happened? Who's this?" Kagome looked at the girl

"My name is Souten."

"Oh well hello, um how… what happened?"

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"Oh so you've been gone all this time. I'm sorry I didn't know that was your room" Kagome apologized to Souten after everything was explained, "Shippo you can stay in my room then ok?"

"Ok"

"Well it was very nice meeting you Souten" Kagome smiled and walked back to her room with Shippo right behind her. Just before they turned down another hall Shippo glanced back at Souten, who was still staring him down.

"Kagome can you play today?"

"I'm sorry Shippo, I still haven't finished all of my training and studies yet, why don't you play with Souten? She seems nice"

"I don't think she likes me"

"How couldn't she, your so cute" Kagome picked Shippo up and hugged him causing him to blush.

"I have to get changed now so I'll see you in a bit Shippo, alright?"

"Alright…"

Kagome tied her hair up and waited till Naraku came to her door. She grabbed her arrows and opened the door with a smile, only to find Inuyasha on the other side.

"Inuyasha? Are you ok?" he just looked at her with a calm face then walked in closing the door behind him.

"Inuyasha?" no reply, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome by her shoulders and forced her down onto the bed. He began kissing her neck until she shoved him off of her.

"What are you doing?" he looked into her eyes, emotionless, and pinned her down. She closed her eyes as he began to remove her clothes.

"Inuyasha! No STOP IT!" a dark laughter echoed from his throat as he caressed her neck. While his grip loosened on her arm she took one of her arrows and stabbed his shoulder throwing him off. Kagome quickly got up and ran from the room crying. Soon enough Kagome bumped into Sango who quickly held her,

"Kagome what's wrong?"

"I-Inuyasha…! He… he"

"It's ok" Sango looked down the hall to see someone run out of Kagome's room, their silver hair swaying behind them.

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Sango helped Kagome change and sat by her side until Naraku came, as soon as he did Kagome ran into his arms.

"M'lady what is wrong?"

Sango stood and walked from the room, her knuckles turning white as she rampaged down the hall. It didn't take long until she found Inuyasha in the garden messing with Kirara.

"Inu-Yasha!" Sango pulled out a dagger, readying herself, Inuyasha looked up annoyed.

"What do you want?"

"How dare you do something like that to Kagome!"

"What?" Inuyasha quickly dodged Sango's blade, "What the hell are you talking about? I didn't do anything to her!"

"You dirty…!" Sango threw her daggers at Inuyasha catching his sleeve and holding him to the tree he was next to.

Sango slowly walked towards him, her eyes burning into his, for the first time he watched her fearfully and frozen.

"Sango" Kagome called softly to her friend who quickly turned to her, Kagome walked passed her and stared at Inuyasha. She closed her eyes then quickly opened them as she left a large red mark on Inuyasha's face. She then turned on her heel and walked away.

"You're letting him off that easily?"

"Yes." Kagome tried hard to hold back from crying and quickened her pace before tears began falling again. Suddenly Kagome noticed silver from the corner of her eye,

'Inuyasha usually only has silver hair when he's a demon… in my room he looked like his normal self except for his hair…' Kagome followed the strands of silver to a closed door. She opened the door to find a large bald demon standing, as if waiting for her.

"It wasn't Inuyasha… you were the one who was in my room!"

"Very clever Mistress. It really wasn't part of my contract but I just couldn't help but wonder how your skin would feel, your soft hair…" he stepped closer with a dirty smile

"Stay away from me, I'm warning you!" Kagome took an unsteady step back

"Ha, you don't even know how to control your powers, who knows maybe you don't even have any. All you can use is a human weapon… which you don't even have by your side." He chuckled walking closer, twisting a green glowing blade in his hand.

"See this little bugger, he's a little poison used to paralyze demons. You can't move but can feel every little touch." He smiled as he swiftly thrust the blade into Kagome's shoulder. She gasped as the poison quickly took effect. She fell to the ground and felt her voice disappear, and her body grow numb. She couldn't speak or move, the demon laughed pulling her onto a mat. He opened his mouth and a long blue tongue licked Kagome's face and neck. He pulled out another blade and lifted Kagome's shirt, stopping just below her chest.

Slowly he began cutting small slices from her skin. The pain was excruciating; hot tears slipped down Kagome's face as he made each new cut, he set each piece on a white cloth, blood soaking through.

'Help me… Inu…yasha…'

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A sudden pain seemed to strike Naraku and Inuyasha at the same time. Both held their heads until it stopped. Naraku gave a light laugh as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Inuyasha pulled the dagger that held him to the tree; he growled and walked back into the castle. As he stepped passed the door frame the pain hit him again, he fell to the ground until it passed.

"What the hell!" he stood back up wobbly then noticed a trail of silver hair. Just then he realized the strong scent of Kagome's blood, it burnt his body each time he breathed in her scent and quickly he followed the trail to a room. He kicked the door in to find the bald demon that had escorted them to the first ceremony, now standing over Kagome's bleeding body.

Strips of her skin lain out on a white sheet. The smell sickened Inuyasha and he felt as if he'd puke out his insides. By the time that feeling passed he had already become a demon, his hands covered in the now dead demons blood. Kagome looked as if she'd passed out; Inuyasha quickly lifted her into his arms a déjà vu flashing through his mind.

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It only took three days until Kagome's skin fully grew back, but she still didn't come out of her room. Soon enough she came out for Kaede's funeral ceremony. Kagome brushed her hair, her door open just enough for her to hear into the hall. Two servants passed her room whispering.

"So every time the old Devil dies they turn to ash?"

"Ya I heard it's a slow process and they wake up screaming"

"That's not what happened to Kikyou…"

Kagome slammed her brush down, she stood from her seat and walked into the hall but when she looked for the servants, they were gone.

"Odd…"

"M'lady?" Naraku walked up to Kagome and placed his hand on her shoulder

"Naraku, I want to go home"

"What?"

"I can't do this, I don't want to be the Devil I don't want to turn into ash, and I can't just marry you. I know I said I would do all this, I know I made a sort of deal but I don't want to be this! I was a normal teenage girl, there were no demons trying to kill me every single day!"

"Kagome I know you must still be scared, it's hard to adjust, alone. You're not alone though, I love you. In truth, at first I felt like just another slave to you, but you've showed me there's more. I've fallen in love with my queen and I don't want to let you go. Please stay, please Kagome." Naraku looked into Kagome's chocolate eyes and softly kissed her lips.

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Inuyasha walked back down the hall, he passed Shippo and Kohaku who noticed the pained look on his face.

"I wonder what his problem is" Shippo turned around and noticed a pair of red eyes watching him, causing him to shudder.

"Shippo, Kohaku!" both turned to see Rin running towards them with a large smile.

"Guess what, guess what!"

"What happened, Rin?"

"Hurry I wanna show you something!" Rin took their hands and practically dragged them down the stairs into the kitchen. She stopped in front of a table where a large decorated cake sat.

"Did you make this?" Kohaku asked actually surprised

"Yes, are you proud of me?" Kohaku look down at Rin confused, Shippo smiled

"This is so big, wow Rin I can't believe you made this all by yourself. It looks delicious"

"Yeah I made it for Mistress Kagome. It's been a year since she's arrived here; she's such a nice queen."

"Yes it's almost sad how half of Hell wants her dead" all three turned to find Souten standing in the doorway with her arms crossed.

"Hi Souten" Rin smiled, "Don't you think I did a good job?"

"Sure"

"Yay" Rin giggled

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Shippo threw a small ball for Kirara to run and get, he laughed as Kirara jumped in the air and wrestled with the ball. A cold feeling washed over him and he soon noticed the cold stare of Souten's.

"Stop following me! I said I was sorry ok, I didn't know it was your room what's the big deal?"

She walked over to him, glaring, and stuffed a folded sheet of paper into his hand. With a confused look Shippo opened the paper to find a drawing of himself, but older.

"Wow this is really good" he complimented

Souta sat on the ground and pulled out some crayons and paper then began drawing something. When she finished she handed it to Shippo. This time it was a picture of him and her kissing!

"Uh…" before he could say anything she pecked him on the cheek and disappeared back inside.

Disclaimer- If I owned Inuyasha it wouldn't be about straight couples, that's for sure. I'd put Inuyasha with Koga or maybe Sesshomaru but, once a-freaking-gain, I'm off track.

This used to be two chapters but they were so small so I made them into one. Hope everyone likes it, I'm sorry if the story seems to be dragging on; I'm still working on that.

Oh ya and about Kagome's little nightmare, not every single thing was a dream, just keep that in mind.