Code Name: Dark Angel
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15- Gut Feeling
Previously
After a while, Inuyasha asked, "Kagome, are you mad at me?"
This took Kagome by surprise. "Huh? No, why? Why would I be?"
"For turning you into a half demon."
She smiled and cuddled up to him. "No, of course not. I'm glad to be like this, and to be your mate."
Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arms around her tightly. "We'll work on getting you ready to fight Naraku tomorrow, all right?"
Kagome nodded and soon she was asleep. He lay awake for a while longer and soon drifted off to sleep, as well. And this time, he didn't have any nightmares.
Now
"You've got to be kidding!" Kagome nearly screeched. She looked at Inuyasha, who was nearly ten feet away on the rooftop of a neighboring building. She let an expression spread across her face to portray exactly how she felt: shocked. She was also afraid.
"No, I'm not kidding!" He cried back. "You have to in order to get the hang of it!"
"Yeah, but!" She took another look at the ten foot jump he wanted her to make onto the building he was on. "It's too far! I'll fall!"
"No you won't! You've got the blood of a demon now, which means that you've also got the strength of one! Don't worry, you'll make it!" He replied. "Now jump!"
Kagome gulped, took in a deep breath, and jumped. When she landed on the rooftop next to Inuyasha, her mouth fell open in astonishment. She had made it! She gaped up at Inuyasha and watched as a smirk appeared across his face. "See," he said, "told you." He began walking away across the roof.
Kagome had to turn and gape at the large gap once more just to make sure she had done it before following.
"We're done for today," he said, going in the direction of the museum.
Kagome said nothing. Other than leaping across giant gaps in buildings, they had practiced martial arts, using her claws, and practiced with her guns for what seemed like an eternity. Her back was aching, but she didn't let it bother her or get in the way of her training.
Which was why, a half hour or so later at the museum in a private room, she was taking all of her energy out on a punching bag. She had punched it for so long that her tank top was soaked in sweat and her hair was matted to her face. She paid it no heed and continued.
While she was punching away, she wasn't thinking about what she was doing. She wasn't really seeing the punching bag, even though it was right in front of her. She was seeing Naraku, and that slut Kikyo. She envisioned herself bashing Naraku's face in before doing the same to Kikyo, then going back to Naraku.
"Kagome."
She continued punching Kikyo's face in, oblivious to the person behind her.
"Kagome."
Now it was Naraku who was suffering. He was paying for everything he had done to them -- kidnapping Sango and Inuyasha, nearly killing her, and stealing the Jewel. He was paying for it all now. She bet that he was sorry.
"Kagome." A pair of arms snaked around her waist, causing her to cease in her beating of Naraku. She dropped her hands and turned her head to look back at Inuyasha. He covered her lips with his. She melted into the kiss, turning around in his embrace and pressing herself against him. She wrapped her arms around his neck; played with his silvery hair.
When he pulled away, he said, "You're working too hard."
She smirked and backed out of his embrace. "There's no such thing as working too hard."
"Tonight there is," he said, stepping up to her and embracing her again. "We're going out to look for Naraku tomorrow."
Her grin faded. "We are? So soon?"
He nodded. "We better. It's for the best. We don't want him killing more innocent people or stealing more priceless objects."
She sighed. "Yeah. You're right." Then she turned and began pummeling the punching bag again.
"Come to bed." He said sternly.
"I will later." She replied, her voice hard. She had an uneasy feeling inside of her gut. It was almost as if something horrible was going to happen and she should stay up in order to keep the peace.
"Come to bed, now." He growled.
He pinned his ears back when she stopped punching her bag and whirled on him. "No," she snarled -- not in a bad way. "I'm not tired yet, okay?" A big lie, of course. She was exhausted. But she felt so uneasy that she wanted to stay up long enough to make sure everything was all right. She probably wouldn't be able to sleep with that horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach, anyways. "Let me work out for another hour and I'll come to bed. Deal?"
He looked as if he wasn't about to let her do anything else. But she changed that quickly by giving him the large, watery puppy dog eyes. "Damn," he hissed. "That's the one downside to making you a half demon."
She gave him a swift kiss and a smile. "Oh well."
He smirked and left her alone in the room.
She tried to concentrate on beating the hell out of the bag, but she couldn't. Instead, she was fascinated with looking out the window into the street. She just knew something bad was going to happen.
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"Naraku," Hiten said, approaching the red eyed half demon. "I have news."
Naraku, who had been drinking a tall, skinny glass of wine with Kikyo, looked interested. "Yes?"
"We went out to scour the area, and we've located a match." Hiten couldn't help but smile.
"Do you know the identity of this woman?" Naraku inquired, taking a sip of his wine.
"Kagome Higurashi." Hiten said with a satisfied smile. "She is currently staying at the museum owned by that girl you kidnapped that she came to rescue and her boyfriend."
Naraku smirked and rose to his feet. "Good work, Hiten. I think it's time we go pay them a visit."
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Kagome couldn't focus on the punching bag due to the discomfort growing in her stomach. It had gotten so bad that she would sometimes miss the punching bag altogether when she swung at it. She growled in frustration and confusion before marching over to the window again. It was calm outside and the only things she saw were the cars on the highway and a few homeless people.
So why did she feel so uneasy?
It didn't seem as if anything terrible could happen. So why did she have such a horrible feeling deep inside her stomach? Her chest?
She sighed and turned back to the punching bag. Maybe she could give it another shot…
Glass shattered. Shards flew all over her back, biting into her skin. Feet hit the floor. She whirled around. Hiten grinned at her. "You," she growled. She wasn't afraid of him seeing her face. He already had.
It was just Naraku she wanted to keep her identity from.
"It's been a while, beautiful." Hiten said smugly.
"Not long enough," she hissed, ignoring what she guess was a compliment. "What do you want?"
He just kept on smirking, even as he approached her. She didn't back away, or anything. "He changed you," the grin never left his face. "Into a hanyou, I mean."
"So?" She demanded. It was hot in that room, so why did she suddenly go cold all over when he cupped her cheek in his hand?
He examined her with red eyes. "Why did you let him change you?"
She jerked away from his fingers and tried to get her heart rate to slow down. Why was it beating so fast? "Because I wanted to. I love him."
Hiten quirked an eyebrow at this. "Oh, really? Hmm. Oh well. Not that I cared too much." He smirked arrogantly. "By the way, sweetheart, someone is here to see you."
Naraku. She knew it was him, even before she foolishly spun around to look. How she knew, she wasn't sure. She just felt a strange sensation well up in her chest and she just knew it was him. But, like an idiot, she turned anyway, and gave him a good look at her face.
"Hiten was right," he said in that deep, demonic tone of his that made her sick. "You are beautiful."
That's when she realized what a stupid thing she had done. She gasped and turned back to Hiten.
"You can't try to hide it now," Naraku continued. "I already knew who you were before we got here. Kagome Higurashi."
She spun around and gaped at him. Her worst enemy knew who she was! She had kept it a secret for so long and now he knew her name! And he was standing in pretty much the only home she had left to go to! No wonder she had had that horrible pain in her stomach.
"That's right, 'Dark Angel,'" he said. "I know you. Shocking, isn't it?" He snapped his fingers and some thugs appeared in the doorway holding onto a struggling Sango and Miroku. Kagome gasped and tried to run toward them but Hiten grabbed her upper arms in a grip that hurt. She might have been a half demon, but he was a full demon -- much stronger than she was. "Let them go!" She shrieked.
He tut-tutted her. "Now, now," he waved a finger in her face. "Calm down. I'll release them on a few conditions. We'll talk about them later. Now you better come with us willingly or you all will die."
Everyone went without protest. It wasn't until they went past the room Inuyasha had been in that Kagome began to wonder where he was. He hadn't been dragged in with the others and she doubted that he had escaped.
It didn't take her long to find out.
They proceeded down the stairs and there he was…
…Kikyo's arms around his neck, their bodies pressed against each others, their lips together, his arms around her waist.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome shrieked, trying to pull away from Hiten to get to him. She wasn't sure what she was going to do if she got to him. Kill Kikyo and hit Inuyasha in the face for betraying her and breaking her heart? Probably.
He didn't even look up. He continued kissing Kikyo as if there were no tomorrow.
Kagome felt the tears come, but she couldn't stop them. They ran down her cheeks and neck and soon, she couldn't stand to even look at him. She willingly allowed Hiten to drag her outside into Naraku's car. She didn't make eye contact with Inuyasha as he and Kikyo climbed in after everyone else, hand in hand.
Before she had saw them, she thought she had a fighting chance against Naraku.
Now?
Yeah…She didn't give a damn about what happened.
Note- There! Did Inuyasha really join the evil side? Please review and tell me what you think!