Chapter 12

I watched as the Moka, I didn't even know anymore, land gracefully on her feet. It didn't take long, before she turned her attention on me. I stood there, frozen in place, like a paralyzed prey. "You over there, are you alright?" she asked. I didn't answer, unable to search for words to cure my shock as well as the others. Moka smirked wickedly, seeing that I was a little scared of her presence. "What's wrong, you scared of me?" she teased.

Uh...no...I'm just surprised...that's all..." I stuttered as a response.

She walked over towards me, staring deep into my soul. "What's your name, kid?" Moka asked gently.

"I...uh...I-it's Inuyasha." I replied, mustering up the courage to man-up and talk. Could you blame me, though? I was looking at a new side, that I've never thought existed of Moka.

Moka then smirked. "I see. You're the famous Inuyasha, that I've heard about." I look at her confused. How did she know about me, exactly? "I'm guessing you want a good explanation to why there are two sides of me."

Now that I think about it... "Yeah. Not only that, but I want to know about what just happened not long ago." I replied, being completely honest. She then held out her hand towards me. "What?" I asked, not knowing what she wanted. I instantly knew what, when she pointed to what was in my hand; the silver cross that hunged from her neck. Oh shit! I forgot I had this in my hand, before she transformed. I must have accidently grabbed on to it, while pushing Moka out of the way. "Oh...right. Sorry." I muttered, handing her back the cross. I watched her hold the cross up to where it belonged, and before she could even do so, I stopped her. "Wait." She looked at me, her red eyes staring deep into mine. "Aren't you gonna tell me about what just happened?"

I only got a low chuckle in response from her. "I'm afraid you'll have to ask the other Moka that question." Before I can ask her anything else, she snapped the rosary back into its place. When the cross was in its place, the sky had started to turn back into its original color. Not only that, but her hair started turning back to its original color as well. I watched as the sweet, caring, and loving Moka, I wanted to see, fell forward unconscious. I quickly caught her in my arms, before she can even hit the ground.

None of us made a move or communicate with one another, after witnessing what just happened not long ago. Everything around us, seemed pure silence, until Shippo decided to break the silence. "Inuyasha?" I look towards him, and sure enough, I can see the fear and confusion in his eyes. "Who was that?"

I let a sigh go pass my lips. "I don't know, Shippo. I just don't know." I told him, making it my only answer. I was quite curious about it, myself. Why does Moka have two sides of her, one sweet, one sour. It's like she has two split personalities all together. Unlike her usual side, her other side seemed to give off an aura, that mostly likely might attract demons. The aura around her was so strong, that I felt like it might even destroy me. When she wakes up, she and the rest of us are going to have a nice talk about the of that cross of hers, no excuses.

The four of us, Miroku, Sango, Kagome, Shippo and I, were all talking about what happened with Moka. When Moka transformed, something about her just didn't seem right. She had aura that was so strong, that'll most likely attract demons. Unlike her usual self, she seemed extremely fast and powerful. Just what is she? Before I can think about anything else, Moka had started to stir awake. "Thank goodness, you're alright. Are you hurt anywhere?" Kagome asked, with concern.

Moka shook her head. "No. I'm okay."

I opened my mouth to speak, but Sango interrupted me. "How are you feeling?"

"I feel a little dizzy, but I'll live." she answered, with a giggle.

"Okay, Moka, now you have to start explaining." I stated, fixing my gaze on the girl before my eyes.

I watch her look at me confuse. "Explaining? About what, exactly?" She might be able to fool the others, but she can't fool me.

I glared at her. "You know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm talking about your transformation." I told her, with a glare. "And don't try to talk your out of this, 'cuz it's not gonna work."

Moka sighed and dropped her gaze to the ground, beneath her. "Alright, I guess you can all tell I've been keeping a few things from you." she said, looking at all of us.

"Gee! You think?" I remarked, sarcastically.

"I'm guessing you all want a good explanation of what just happened, not long ago. Well, I'll tell you." She held up the cross a bit, for one of us to see. "This cross strapped to my neck, is called Rosario, but in other words, it's also called a rosary. It keeps my demonic powers and my other form sealed within it. If I were to take this off, I would change. I turn into my other form; the powerful and terrifying vampire, so..." she trailed off, not really sure of what else to say.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "A vampire?" I questioned. What exactly is a vampire? Is it a demon?

"That's why I wear it as a charm to seal my powers away. I can't even take it off, myself. Only someone, who is truly close to me, can remove it, without any sort of problem." she explained. None of didn't bother to make a sound, or move. "You all must think I'm so kind of monster." she added, looking slightly down.

"What-no! It's not like that at all. Honest!" Kagome protested, with a sheepish smile.

"We're all just surprised that you have a form, that's slightly the opposite from you." Miroku cut in, being the second one in the line of protesters.

"You don't have to say anymore. I already know the answer." she replied sadly. I looked into her eyes and sure enough, I can see her eyes well up with tears. She's acting as if she's ashamed of her true form, or something. I didn't see how bad it was.

"Who cares if the other side of you is scary?" I demanded, making her, especially the others to look at me. "Demon side or not, you're still the same Moka, we know. With or without the rosary, you're still our friend, no matter what. Besides, that other form of yours just might come in handy, for when we come across Naraku and even a few strong demons, someday. But only if we really need to use it or not. You can't have the rosary off too long, or it'll probably attract demons. So don't you ever feel ashamed of releasing your true form, got it?" I finished, giving her a slight glare.

"Inuyasha..." she started, looking at me in awe, as well as the others. Before I can say anything else, she walked over towards me and gave me a soft kiss on the cheek. I felt my face go extremely hot, my heart beating at a rapid speed. She looked at me, with a soft smile on her face. "Thank you so much." Without another word, she walked away from me, into the forest. I'm just gonna be completely honest. I'd probably say that like this side of Moka better, only because she's not trying to kill me. Unlike that scary Moka.

Before I could even have time to myself, I heard a few chuckles around me. All of them had a teasing smile on their faces, as if they knew what was going on between Moka and I. "I know what you guys are thinking, but forget it."

Moka's P.O.V

We were searching for another village to stay in, since it was starting to get dark out. It was cold out, I admit that, the tip of my nose was freezing, but we were going to make it to a village and hopefully get a place to sleep in just for just a day, or so. I felt really exhausted and felt as if I might pass out.

Inuyasha's head suddenly shot up and sniffed the air. "What is it, Inuyasha? Do you smell something?" I asked.

He just continued to sniff the air, trying to figure it out some more. "That smell..." I watched as his eyes go wide for some reason. "Kikyou!" he gasped out in surprise.

I look at him confused of who and what he was talking about. "Who?" I questioned, making sure if I heard right, or not. Before I can ask him about this "Kikyou" person, he took off somewhere into the trees. "Inuyasha!" I called out to him, but it seemed useless. He did not seem to hear me calling for him. "Where are you going?!" I called out and once again, it might have fallen deaf on ears. That's strange. Why did he run off like that? By the way he acted, when he said the word "Kikyou", he looked so eagered. But why? I didn't have time to think about anything else, when I saw strange, small, pale blue dragons. And they seemed to be carrying something, like a small light. I obviously became quite curious and followed to where they were leading. Just what are these things? Are they some kind of demons? Whatever it was, its aura strangely felt...pleasant. I followed the strange demons, until they suddenly flew away into the clearing.

I look in front of me, to see Inuyasha talking to...Kagome? Wasn't Kagome with is just a second ago? Or maybe she as another twin... She had a more impassive expression and longer, straighter hair than Kagome. Her skin was slightly paler than Kagome's skin. Other than that, they were identical. Is this the Kikyou, Inuyasha was so eagered to see? She was really beautiful and looked so peaceful. If I were Inuyasha, or any other man, I'd say she looked better than most of the women I've crossed roads with. I stared as one of the orbs lowered into her, her body absorbing it. I didn't know what was going on, but I didn't like it for some reason. I didn't like what I was seeing between these two. It's like Inuyasha is happy to see her, or something...and strangely I didn't like it. I quickly and quietly hid behind a tree, not wanting to be spotted by neither of them. The two of them seemed be talking about something. Something that didn't really seem important. It seemed...more like something else that I can't wrap my finger on.

"I don't care how you feel about me, now!" I heard Inuyasha say, taking a step towards the woman, only to have her step back. "But I swear, I won't let Naraku have you either." he told the woman, taking a step forward and this time, the woman was trapped between the tree and Inuyasha. "Only I can protect you from him." he vowed, grabbing a hold of her shoulders and hugging her. I felt my heart jump through my chest, when Inuyasha hugged the woman. Why is he hugging her like that? What does he see in this woman? Is it because of her looks, or her personality? As I looked on at the scene, I can almost feel betrayal stab me in the heart for some reason. Why do I feel this way about Inuyasha hugging another woman, besides me? For some reason, I felt the urge to want to hurt the woman. Wait...no...I can't... I can't be thinking like this. I'm a good person. I don't want to hurt someone, who didn't pose a threat towards me.

'Eaves dropping, are we?' sounded a familiar, strong female voice. Who said that? Who's talking to me? 'I'm down here. Look down at your rosary.' she said, as if reading my mind. I almost jumped out of my skin, when I saw what was happening. The gemstone on my rosary, was glowing brightly red. What's going on? Why is...

'You're talking to me...through my rosary?' I stuttered in surprise. How can this be? Is she really talking to me like this?

'Yes. I have the ability to talk to you with the rosary on, nothing else. I can't communicate with other people's' minds, but you. That's the only ability you and I both have at the same time.'

As much as I didn't want to admit it, but she did slightly have a point. I can't do anything, when I'm in my original form. I can't fight, nor do anything to defend myself as well as protect the ones I love. I continued to observe the scene, that was going on in front of me. I felt my heart shatter into a million pieces and for some reason, I didn't like it. 'Just who is this woman?' I asked, not really sure if I was asking myself, or my other self.

'That must be his love interest.' answered my other self.

'Love interest?' I repeated, feeling a little shocked and hurt.

'Isn't it pretty obvious? That must be the reason why he took off like he did, when he said the name "Kikyou". Haven't Kagome and the others ever told you about her?' I took a while to think about it. That's right! How can I forget? She's the one that shot an arrow at Inuyasha and pinned him to a tree, for 50 years. At least, that's what I heard from Kagome.

'So this is Kikyou... The one Inuyasha was so desperate to see...' I thought to myself. But...why am I feeling jealousy at what I'm looking at in front of me? I'm not becoming jealous, am I? I almost gave myself away, when I let out a slight gasp. The woman, that Inuyasha loves...is holding a knife to his neck, with a smile, that said trickery. But why? Why does he love her, if she's only trying to kill him?

The woman chuckled darkly with amusement. "Another example of how men are pathetic fools. You have this belief, she belongs to you." she theorized, holding the knife to his neck. Inuyasha went to say something, only be cut off, when the woman pressed the knife a little further towards his neck. "Don't move. I've learned something from watching you, just now. As long as the heart of the weak and pathetic Onigumo beats within Naraku...there will be an opportunity for me and that would give me the chance I need to totally destroy Naraku." I looked on, confused at what she meant. Naraku has someone as his heart? That can't be right.

Before I had more time to think about it, I saw one of the thin dragons wrap themselves around her and carry her off beyond the skies. "Kikyou. Don't go." he shouted, as if he could convince her to stay. But she didn't seem to listen to him. She was gone. This woman, Kikyou, must be so special to him. Why in the world would he love a woman like that, if she held him at knifepoint? I know that's it none of my business and I know that I don't have a right to eaves drop on people's conversations. For some reason, I felt hatred for the woman, who loved Inuyasha. But why do I feel that way? Not wanting to stay here any longer, I sprinted away from the area.

I lay there on a futon, with Kagome, Sango, and Shippo asleep near me, while Miroku slept in the corner. I wasn't the only one sleeping. I couldn't sleep. I still couldn't get what happened in front of me off my mind. And for some reason, my heart seemed to be aching in pain. Why am I feeling this way over Inuyasha, being in love with that woman? Why? I know that I'm not one to feel jealousy, but why am I feeling this way? No matter how much I try, I still can't and couldn't erase the exact same words, he said to that woman, that were repeating themselves over and over...again.

'I will slay Naraku, myself...so you won't have to fight anymore. I will protect you.'

No matter how much I didn't want to admit, but I wished those words were directly pointed towards me. And no one else, but me. I know Inuyasha would put everything on the line, even his life to protect that woman from Naraku. But will he do the same for me? Would he go out of his way to protect me, just like that woman? Before I could ask myself questions any further, I heard the tatami door creak open, along with footsteps. I tensed up slightly at the quiet noise. Questions were fluttering around in my head about who it was. However, I didn't want to answer any of those questions. Right now, I'm too scared to think who it is. I quickly shut my eyes closed and pretended like I was asleep, when I heard the footsteps being carried towards my way. I almost tensed up in fear, when I felt a familiar clawed-hand run a hand through my hair softly. Inuyasha? Could that be him touching me, like this? Then I felt the one thing, that I've never expected to feel in my entire life. A soft pair of lips, placing themselves on mine. I don't believe this! Someone was kissing me...and yet...it kind of felt nice and warm. Could it possibly be Inuyasha...actually kissing me? Could it? I felt the warm of lips leave mine, the cold air blowing on my lips as I heard the footsteps descend towards the other direction from me. I peeked one eye open to get a good look at who kissed me and sure enough, I knew I was right.

Inuyasha...kissed me...

I'm just going to stop right there. I know that I shouldn't rush into to thing between Inuyasha and Moka, but I just felt like making it a mystery. It's fun putting mysterious between other characters and such.