Summary: Kagome moved from Japan to America when she was in seventh grade. Shestopped talking in eigth grade, and no one knows why. Now, in eleventh grade, Kagome will undergo a series of events that will dramatically change her...Kagome's POV.

Rated M. Why? Because my mind has many bad things in it and I don't know what I might use...

Dates Written:
June 21st, 2006
June 25th, 2006
June 26th, 2006

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The Games We Play
Entry Thirty-Four: Holy Demon

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Ten Days Until The Rebellion...

Inuyasha called Kikyou. He hadn't seen her since she had attempted to seduce him. When he attempted to speak with her not long ago, she hadn't been there. She had been gone, and it worried him. Sure, he couldn't expect her to be home all the time, but still...

Something about her absense screamed at him. He didn't know what it was screaming, but he knew that something about her being gone was terribly, terribly wrong. It bothered him more to not know what it was. He let a small smile out as the phone began to let out virtual ringing sounds.

Now he had a vague idea of how Kagome felt. He didn't know what was gonig on with Kikyou. The irritation and fear of it overwhelmed him. He could only imagine how Kagome must have felt when she was clueless about her own past for an entire year. Almost 400 days of being clueless about your past or who others were.

The ringing suddenly stopped and his phone cut dead. Inuyasha looked at it and attemped calling Kikyou again. This time, the phone didn't even start ringing. A monotone voice came on, telling him that the number was no longer in service. If he needed help, he should hang up and dial his operator.

Inuyasha growled and slammed the phone down. He got up and looked at the remote. Instinct told him to turn the television on. He knew that there was no reason, but he did it anyway.

He watched in horror as a floater was pulled out of a river almost a hundred miles away. The floater didn't scare him. The bloated body didn't scare him. The soul-less eyes didn't scare him.

That was his Kikyou.

- - -

"Was she really going to spill it to him?" Andrew asked. Naraku lit a cigarette. He didn't know why he was smoking. He knew it killed. Then again, why did he care? He was bound to die someday. Why did bringing the date of death closer matter?

"Yes."

"Would he have listened?" Andrew asked. Naraku thought he was just a bit too inquisitive for his liking.

"He loved her. Perhaps he still does." Naraku replied. He took another drag of the tasteless cigarette. Perhaps the better ones were better...

"How would the jewel have gone into her possession, though?" Andrew asked.

"She is the second protector. We killed Kagome. Once one priestess dies, the jewel is given to the other somehow. Kikyou didn't have the jewel though. Don't you find that odd?" Naraku asked.

"Supposedly, it takes nine hours for someone to pass through the gates of death. It has been over nine hours. It has been a day or so since we have killed Kagome. The jewel should have gone to Kikyou." Andrew said.

"Supposed Kagome didn't have the jewel. What if, during life, she passed it to someone else who had the potential to protect it? Maybe we hit the wrong target..." Naraku murmured.

"She had it. I could sense that she held the power that one gets when protecting it." Andrew hissed.

"So, we just turned Kikyou into a floating body 150 miles away for no reason?" Naraku asked.

"It makes us more dangerous." Anderw suggested. Naraku laughed and took another drag of the cigarette. Andrew let out a small chuckle then stood up.

"Now, we just have to take care of the people who know too much. Kagome's puppy, the half-breed, the wanna-be-demon-slayer, and the man my father cursed." Naraku said gleefully. Andrew nodded and stalked off.

- - -
Nine Days Until The Rebellion...

"I'm so glad that you're alive, Kagome!" Sango squeeled after hearing ofKagome's dramatic near-death-experience. Kagome coughed as Sango threw herself at Kagome in an extremely tight hug. Kagome had never known how tight Sango could grasp someone until she attempted to pull away. Sango refused to let go, causing Kagoem to mentally groan.

"Sango, I need you to let go." Kagome managed to gasp.

"Why?" Sango asked. Kagome knew that Sango was grateful for her still being alive, but wasn't she overdoing it by continuing the bear hug?

"I need... air!" Kagome struggled to get more into her crushed lungs. Sango backed up and apologized. Kagome didn't really hear since she was intaking all the air her lungs would allow her to. Kagome watched as her friend's face fell into deep thought. She was worried about what would happen, Kagome knew that much.

"Sango?" Kagome questioned softly. Sango looked up as Kagome sat down on her bed. Sango slowly made herself comfortable next to Kagome.

"Hmm?" Sango's voice was distant. Even if she answered Kagome, she wasn't there. She was a million miles away with her own mind.

"You're worried about Miroku, aren't you?" Kagome asked. Sango nodded and curled up on Kagome's bed. She tucked her legs near her belly and let a few tears fill her eyes.

"Talk to me, Sango." Kagome pleaded. She slipped off the bed adn knelt down next to Sango. Her friend was now crying, and it killed Kagome to know she couldn't do much of anything to stop the tears.

"Two days ago... Miroku and I..." Sango's face flushed with embarassment. Kagome instantly understood and forced a smile on her face. Even if she didn't feel like smiling inside, she wasn't going to bring Sango into more tears. She was upset enough as it was.

"I see... I'm happy for you, Sango. You got to do something like that with the man you love." Kagome said in a sweet voice. Even though she sounded loving and happy, she wasn't. On the inside, she was dying. She wanted desperately to have that kind of relationship with someone. As much as she was angry and jealous, she knew that she couldn't take it out on Sango.

"That's not the problem. I love Miroku very much and we want to be together forever... I'm just so scared of dying and not being able to be with him." Sango cried. Kagome reached a hand out and touched Sango's hand. She understood completely how Sango felt. Theo nly difference was that Kagome had developed a strong mask that wouldn't show her emotions, no matter how intense.

"If you're worried about dying, you shouldn't be. Sesshoumaru has the Tensaiga, and that sword can bring people back to life... It brought me to life." Kagome said. Sango's eyes grew wide and she shot up into a sitting position.

"You mean that he might actually use it on me?" She asked hopefully. Did she really expect Sesshoumaru to be so heartless? Then again, he put on a good heartless facade during school a year ago.

"He will, I'm sure of it. I'm even sure that he'll bring Inuyasha back to life if Inuyasha dies. He's not as cold as people think." Kagome tried to reassure Sango. Sango wiped her tears away and lunged forward to hug Kagome. Kagome fell on her back with Sango hugging her tightly.

Sango sure could hug tight... Kagome couldn't breathe again!

"Kagome... Can I tell you something?" Sango asked timidly. Kagome smiled and nodded her head.

"Ask away." She said in her most cheerful voice. What reason did she have to not be cheerful? Sesshoumaru loved her, he brought her to life, Souta didn't hate her for doing that stupid stunt...

"I've always admired you." Sango blurted. Kagome blinked as her mind went completely blank. She tilted her head for an added effect of confusion.

"You're so strong. I knew that, when you weren't talking, you had experienced something really traumatic. Well... I knew that, but you always forced a smile at school. I could tell the smiles were forced, but you were trying to make other people happy, even if you couldn't be...

"And to have been raped so many times and not hurt yourself or kill yourself. I've heard of people who kill themselves after the first time. But you didn't. For as long as I've known you, you've toughed out some of the hardest things in life. When you got in the accident and nearly became a vegetable for a year, I didn't do too well.

"You're the reason I have for being strong. I was afraid that, if you died, I would realize that there are some things that can't be overcome. But you didn't die. That gave me a lot of hope that I could hang onto life and all... I just felt that you need to know how much I admire you..." Sango finished. Kagome smiled then hugged Sango. This time, they were wise enuogh to not break the hug.

"You know my screen name for the messenger? That has something to do with how I can survive." Kagome whispered. Sango released Kagome and attempted to remember what her screen name was. It had been too long since they had used instant messenger, that was for sure.

"Holy Demon?" Sango finally asked.

"Yeah... No one knows this, not even my brother. I guess you could say it's a curse that one gains when protecting the jewel. Since only humans can protect it, something extra had to be given to them so they could protect it against demons... Miko powers aren't it, surprisingly enough." Kagome said with a smile. Sango blinked.

"Explain." Sango pleaded.

"When someone is given the duty to protect the Shikon No Tama, they must have miko powers- unless the jewel was willingly given to someone else to protect. Well, other than having miko powers, I have something inside of me. I guess it's kind of like Inuyasha's full demon form. It doesn't come out unless I 'break the chains' that hold it back." Kagome attempted to explain.

"I don't get it." Sango simply stated.

"Inuyasha loses control to his demon side when he gets angry or is in a near-death situation. Just about all half demons are like that. I have something inside me, almost like the demon side of Inuyasha. Only, I can choose to let it out. It's strong, too. I have only let it out once and it was strong enough to save me... Of course, I didn't realize that was what saved me at the time." Kagome said.

"Can I see it?" Sango asked softly. Kagome hesitated then stood up and backed up a small distance from Sango.

Sango watched in a mix of fascination and horror as her best friend revealed something new to her. Kagome's eyes rolled in the back of her head, but soon came back and were a deep blue. The outlines of them were a crimson, just like blood. Kagome opened her mouth to breathe, revealing fangs that resembled a demon's.

Kagome's skin color slowly turned from a cream color to a light shade of purple. Kagome's ears morphed into ears like Sesshoumaru's, and the jewel around her neck vanished. The jewel- or an image of it -appeared on Kagome's forehead. It reminded Sango of Sesshoumaru's crescent moon.

Kagome's black hair turned into a deep blue and two stripes appeared on her neck. Sango knew that they must have traveled all around her body. She coudl see some coming out of Kagome's sleeves and stopping on the back of her hands. Then there were more that showed themselves when they wrapped around Kagome's ankles.

They were crimson too. Just like blood, Sango thought wryly.

- - -
Eight Days Until The Rebellion

"How long has he been out of it?" Miroku asked. He looked at a dazed Inuyasha. Inuyasha's golden eyes had become soul-less. If they didn't see his chest rising and falling with each breath, the would have assumed he was dead.

"Two days." Sesshoumaru replied. He knew what was bothering his brother. He knew the extremity of the pain his brother was in. Still. They had just over a week to plan the attack on Naraku, Andrew, and whatever demons might be in on the deal, too. Now was not the time to be spacing out.

"What did it?" Miroku asked.

"Kikyou's body turned up about 150 miles away from here. She was a floater. He loved her, and he wanted to be with her... He also wished to speak with her so they could straiten out what was going on." Akito said. Miroku jumped and spun around to face Inuyasha's father. Where in the hell had he come from?

"We need to get him awake." Akito added. Sesshoumaru grunted. Stating the obvious was a way of saying you didn't know what else to do or you knew nothing else. It was never a good sign.

"Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru knelt down next to his younger brother as his father left. Sesshoumaru called Inuyasha's name once again, only through the demon tongue. This time, Inuyasha's name sounded different.

"Inuyasha, Kikyou was dead. I understand the difficulty to cope with that. I have visited the morgue and used the Tensaiga on her. She is in a coma and suffering from the freezing waters. She is alive, but you must avenge her. Naraku will come for her again and try to kill her if you don't snap out of it, little brother." Sesshoumaru lectured in demon.

Inuyasha's eyes returned to normal as he looked at his brother.

"She's alive?" He asked in demon.

"Yes, I revived her. As much as I have no desire to say this, you are strong. Your efforts will help us fight the bastards who harmed Kagome and Kikyou. If I didn't do it, then you would have just spaced out and not helped." Sesshoumaru said. Inuyasha smiled and lunged forward to hug his older brother.

Miroku watched in semi horror as Inuyasha hugged his brother. He was about to start cursing profanities and asking what the fuck was going on, but Sesshoumaru pushed Inuyasha away. He said something else in demon then left.

"What happened, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked cautiously. He wans't sure if he wanted to hear it if it caused Inuyasha to hug his brother.

"Kikyou died. Naraku got to her, I'm sure of it... Sesshoumaru brought her back." Inuyasha said. Miroku stared at him in shock, blinked a couple times, then felt his forehead.

"Are you sure this isn't a creepy hallucenation?" He asked. Inuyasha smacked Miroku's hand from his forehead.

"Positive. I want to see her... Will you come with me?" Inuyasha asked. Miroku nodded and Inuyasha started pulling a jacket on.

Winter weather came on everyone suddenly. It was supposed to have been there a month ago, but it was just now getting freezing... It had it's advantages and disadvantages. The sooner it got colder, the easier it would be to fight against Naraku and Andrew since noone had allergies. But becasue it got colder, the water had just about frozen Kikyou.

- - -

"Why are you giving me a floater case?" Ophielia asked impatiently. Floaters were some of the hardest things to solve. Generally, they had no idenification on them. Even worse, you couldn't identify them by running diagnostics. Their body was bloated from water. The water ruined a lot of tests that could have been run.

"Because you're working on the Higurashi murder, are you not?" The detective asked. Ophielia looked at her coffee, debating on whether or not to take a drink of it.

"I am, but I do not see how a floater ties into it." She replied. Her patience was deflating. Seeing the fly land in her coffee and slowly drown in it didn't help either.

"Both women were brought back to life." Her boss said. Ophielia shot up out of her chair and looked at him.

"What!" She asked. She grabbed the files that he had given her and made a motion for him to go away. She had to start on working so she could distract herself from the drowning fly in her coffee.

Lust-stuck puppy! There's a fly in my coffee! Get me more!

Ophielia grinned at her joke. Perhaps she would write that down and laugh at it again another day. She opened files and began working, doing research and making a mess of her already-filthy desk. When the lust-stuck partner came, she buried herself deeper in work. She would do anything as long as it meant that he wouldn't have to bother her. She didn't mind doing all the work, honest! Just keep him away from her.

A few hours later, Ophielia grinned. She called the number of Sesshoumaru Taisho, her friend. He wouldn't mind answering questions and going on the record for them. No, he wouldn't mind at all. Ophielia knew him, and he knew her. They were mutual friends. His father training her to become what she was the source of the friendship.

"Hello?" He sounded frustrated.

"Hi, Sesshoumaru... This is Ophielia and I need to ask you some questions for work." She began. She didn't even want to attempt the formal approach to this.

"Do I have to go there or not?" He grunted, too. What was he doing?

"Come here, please. Ask to come to my office and I can answer a few things... Bring Tensaiga." She added. Before he could ask her how she knew of the sword, she hung up the phone.

There was only one healing sword in the world, and Akito Taisho had forged it from his tooth himself. He gave the reviving sword to his stronger son in hopes that he would soften up. He gave the stronger sword to his weaker son in hopes he would toughen up. Between Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha, there was no doubt that Sesshoumaru was stronger.

- - -
Seven Days Until The Rebellion...

Ophielia smirked as she created her own messenger account. She hadn't originally wanted to, but it was the best way to findo ut what would be going on before the attack occurred. Sesshoumaru made it sound like it was going to be something extraordinary.

They were going to kill someone by the name of Naraku, son of Onigumo. He had a record that the ocean basin couldn't hold. He managed to piss everyone off yet, somehow, stay out of prison. Sesshoumaru hinted at the idea that he was going to die. When Ophielia asked why, he smirked and left.

She didn't know what would happen, but she was welcome to find out. Sesshoumaru said that they were going to have an internet conversation the next day to get all the plans together. That was as much as she knew, and it bothered her. It bothered anyone who's career was built on knowing everything.

- - -

"Kikyou? How are you feeling?" Inuyasha asked cautiously. Kikyou looked up at him with blue lips and exhausted eyes. The moment she saw him, she dropped her head against the pillow and shut her eyes. She was trying to block him out, sleep, anything. She didn't want to face him.

But he was persistant. He always had been.

"Kikyou..." He called again. Kikyou reasoned that she would listen for a while, just as long as he didn't yell at her. She knew he would, though. She had done a horrible thing and she was aware of it. Just because she had knowledge of doing it didn't mean she did it willingly. Tears began to fill her eyes at the thoughts that plagued her mind.

"What is it, Inu--" She paused and took a gentle breath of air. Her lungs were weak still. "Inu-Inuyasha." She managed to stutter. Inuyasha pulled up a chair next to her bed, indicating he would be there for a while.

"I wanted to talk to you." He said. Kikyou wanted to roll her eyes or say that it was obvious. But she couldn't. Something was keeping her from talking right now.

"What you did... When you seduced me and slept with Naraku... I wanted to know why you did it. You know that I love you... Why would you hurt me like that? It doesn't match who you are." Inuyasha said. Kikyou didn't fail to notice that he used love in present tense. Did he still care for her after what she had done?

"I..." The words left her again and she began to scramble around them. Her lungs tightened up on her once more, thowing her into a violent coughing fit. Inuyasha stood up quickly and helped her sit up. She let a small smile appear on her face and coughed up a few traces of water. She would be coughing up water for a while, she was sure of it.

"I didn't intend to do it... I thought you loved, Kagome... So, a man came up to me and offered... He offered me your love if only I could distract you from... Kagome..." Kikyou said weakly. Inuyasha rubbed small circles on her back in attempt to help her breath easier. To his surprise, it helped. She took a deep breath.

"He asked me to seduce you. I did it in hopes that you wouldn't care for her anymore. I did it in hopes that you would love me like you used to. But you started acting strange, like a sex-crazed person. I didn't know what to do, and I turned to the man who told me to do it..." She paused and took another deep breath. Breathing was one of the things she had taken for granted.

"He said that, if I wanted you to stop wanting sex, I had to sleep with him. I was hesitant and I didn't want to do it. Then I heard his voice in my mind and I... I lost control of my body... He did something to my mind and I listened to him for a long time. Then he told me to kill you and get you and your brother to leave Kagome alone..." Another large breath.

"I couldn't do it. Even with him controlling me, I couldn't bear the thought of you dying by my hands. I broke free from his control and I avoided talking to anyone as much as I could. I was sure that you would hate me for what I had done. I had seduced you and caused you to act like a bitch to Kagome..." Kikyou said. She took a deep breath then used shaky hands to stack her pillows behind her so she could sit up without help.

"The man... What was his name?" Inuyasha asked. His voice was hesitant and angry at the same time. Kikyou had, in all their years together, never heard him speak that way.

"I can't remember." She said sadly.

"Naraku? Andrew?" He questioned. Something inside of Kikyou's mind clicked. Like a light bulb going on after a few hours of darkness.Was that why they had light bulb signs to show ideas?

"Naraku. He had black hair. He always spoke of wanting Kagome to be separated from everyone else... I think he wanted something from her." Kikyou said.

"The Shikon No Tama." Inuyasha said.

"I remember hearing of it. While I was dead... I was told that I was the woman who would protect it if it's current protector died. I didn't even know that it existed until then. I thought it was a myth." Kikyou said. Inuyasha smiled and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Kikyou... I still love you, you know. When you started acting more like a girl rather than the tomboy I knew, I thought you wouldn't want to hang out with me. That's when I started chasing Kagome... And... I want to be with you still, if you're the same inside." Inuyasha said. Damn, that was corny. Inuyasha's mind screeched at him.

"Sure... But, Inuyasha?" Kikyou asked in her best innocent voice possible.

"Hmm?" He looked at her like she would reject him.

"Our first date... Can it be the race track? I miss watching NASCAR with you." Kikyou said. Inuyasha's eyes brightened then he hugged her shivering body tightly. He took off his jacket and placed it on her.

"Of course, Kikyou... I won't be able to see you for a week. We have to take care of the guys that hurt you, Kagome... Everyone." He said. Kikyou nodded her head then pulled the blanket and jacket closer to her freezing body.

"When I come back in a week, I'll bring you clothes appropriate for the winter." Inuyasha said. She nodded and watched him leave in satifaction.

He didn't hate her. He truly didn't. He loved her still for who she was, not for who she felt she had to be. The make-up, the skirts, the low-cut shirts... She thought he would want a girl who looked like a mature woman. She was afraid that he wouldn't want a tomboy. So, she changed...

His drifting away was because he didn't want the change... Everything made sense to her now.

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I am not yours. I am not something for you to hold and use. I am myself, and I will NOT allow you to take claim over me. I will show you that I am not weak. I used to be weak, but I will not be that way anymore. I will be strong. I will show you that you will pay for what you have done to me. I will fight back now. Are you ready? I warn you, do not expect a weak girl to fight you. Expect me, the Holy Demon.

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Review Replies:
Youkaimei- Thank you for the wonderful gifts! Especially for the soda and energy drink! As for Ophielia having a soft spot for the lust-struck, dumbass partner... Sounds good, but she's not gonna date him. And, just so you know, I'm not spelling your username wrong. I just recently found out that underscore symbols don't show on chapters.
Blue Dart- Kagome knows how to put on spells that will hide the power. From experience, when someone wears a necklace, very few people notice it. So, she had a spell to hide the power and the necklace looked like an ordinary necklace. There as nothing outstanding about it. Just proves that Naraku and Andrew aren't too bright, huh?
DawnMiko- I just came up with it to fit the story line. Does it sound intellegent or possible? I don't know, I think it's just a so-so excuse... Sorry for the babbling. Summer sucks because I have nothing to do!

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