A/N: I might have gotten a tad lazy with this fight scene in near the end... and I couldn't come up with a way to add more into the mix so apologies for that.

Otherwises, enjoy~

The Other Side

Chapter 45

She's Been Kidnapped... Again

There were guards that were informed by InuKimi that no one were to enter this room while the two of them were in. Kagome placed up barriers around the door and windows the moment she got into the room. She settled herself down on the bed as InuKimi headed close to the window to look out. Kagome heard her gasp and then say, "There's an entire army heading this way and—and..."

"What is it?"

"Touga is leading them." Well that's not good! "But how could he betray us like that? Why would he do this?"

Kagome gasped as the woman sharply looked to her, only to see a male in the room. How this male got in the room; she would never know. "How did you get out without me summoning you, Zhou-Mao?"

He glanced at her with devoid eyes as Kagome stared. "It has began," he said lowly. When Kagome looked confused, he added, "The attack."

"Oh—okay; what does that mean?" InuKimi watched Kagome interact with this male as if she knew him.

"It means that it is time that you call upon your elements," Zhou-Mao declared.

"Which ones?"

"All of them; now before it is too late."

Kagome took a moment to herself, trying to shake off her nerves. Was this the attack that meant that Sesshomaru would almost lose her? God, she hoped not.

Milady, we are here for you. I am Ilosia, controller of fire. I am at your disposal, he said, making himself known as Kagome gaped.

I am Oras, controller of water. I too am at your disposal. Call me when you are ready, he told her as Kagome's eyes started to widen.

My name is Keido, controller of earth, allow me to help you. Kagome stared at Zhou-Mao as he slowly began to look like himself. He allowed a smirk to form on his face.

Draicia, controller of darkness and second-in-command to Zhou-Mao. I am here to help you, she chimed in.

Allow us to be of service to you, they said together as Kagome nodded, calling them one by one.

InuKimi openly gawked as Kagome summoned these people. She couldn't help it. How was this possible? What did Kagome know that she didn't? Why was that suddenly disturbing?

Ilosia was an interesting male. He had one eye—his left; it was red while the other was bandaged around his head. His hair was over his right eye, blood red, long, and tied into a low ponytail with a golden tie. He wore a white opened in the front shirt with brown crisscrosses going down the shirt. He had a small maroon vest that stopped mid-waist. There was a golden chain with a cross draping down his chest.

On his hand were brown gloves with golden belt buckles; the top of the gloves was a brown strap crossing across his chest and attaching to his waist were three different kinds of belts met. There was a golden chain hanging off his left side. His pants were maroon as well with a belt strapped around a little above his knee with brown boots, folding at the top like his gloves. Hanging off his shoulders was a black cape. He wore a bored expression but was willing to help out his lady at any point.

If Kagome was honest with herself, Oras was hot; not that she would say anything ever since now that she knew that Sesshomaru got jealous easily. She snickered quietly to herself.

Oras, true to his element —water, was just that color. His hair was dark blue, parting down the middle as it covered his left eye. His right eye was almost the same shade of blue as his hair but a few shades lighter. He wore a huge trench coat with black belts draping off at the neck and waist. There were white lines going down the sleeves of the coat and reaching the bottom. Black and white crosses were at the bottom of his coat sleeve as well as at the corner of the end of the coat with studded belt wrapping around.

Around his neck were goggles with a black rim, a smaller white rim below the black one, blue colored lenses, and white fabric at the bottom of them. He wore no shirt and a pair of white jeans with a black belt. His shoes were blue with black at the bottom of the foot and white laces. He was smirking and looking ready to join in on the fun.

Keida was adorable! He had beautiful ocean blue eyes-eerily similar to Kagome's eyes —and forest green hair that hung at his ears, bangs that hung above his eyes, and tied into a ponytail. He wore a light green coat that formed down the middle with dark green on the sides. His sleeves were reverse of this pattern with a white cross going down the middle for both.

On his chest was a golden cross with a sapphire in the center of it, holding his coat together. He wore green pants with the white cross going down his pant legs with brown belts holding them up with brown shoes. Around his hands were vines, showing that he was ready for battle, while his expression showed that he was nervous as well.

Draicia did not look like a girl whatsoever. She looked threatening; Kagome assumed that that was why Zhou-Mao was her commander. Now, she understood why. She had spiky short hair with her right side being a lot longer, down to her shoulders, covering her only good eye. She had an eye patch on the other eye making those around wonder how she could see well. She wore a black almost grey furred jacket with a dark copper zipper.

Around her sleeves were wraps of a lighter color to the coat. Underneath the jacket was a dark red shirt. She had a pair of skinny jeans with zippers up and down her legs with more wraps around her legs and black with red straps as her shoes. Despite not being able to see her expression, her aura gave off a deadly vibe to it.

The four of them then bowed to Kagome while InuKimi blinked, rubbing her eyes to see if she was really seeing this. Zhou-Mao cleared his throat as they looked to him. "Time is of the essence men," he said. "And Draicia." He nodded to her. "We are to protect these lands as well as Lady Kagome. I do not plan to fail."

"Zhou-Mao obviously knows what he's doing, so follow him," Kagome ordered. "Be safe though."

They nodded to her as Zhou-Mao clapped his hands; the four of them heading to the battlefield. He turned to her. "Something bad is about to happen to you, Kagome, and unfortunately, you are going to have to allow it to happen as it is set in stone. There is no way around it." He bowed to her then left to fight as well.

Kagome fell to the floor with tears in her eyes; InuKimi rushed to her side. "How can he be so sure that I can't protect you?" she asked, wiping away Kagome's tears with her sleeve gently.

"Zhou-Mao is pretty sure of himself; he has yet to be wrong," was her answer. The woman accepted this for the time being.

They could hear the shouts and yells as the battle took place outside. Kagome shivered as yet another male entered the room. This time though; it was none of her elements. The women looked up and fell silent.

Touga was standing before them but he wasn't the way that he was when he first appeared to them. He still had his armor but he had no flesh. He was a mere skeleton. In a flash, InuKimi was left by herself as her eyes widened.

She let down her son; she wasn't able to keep his mate safe. This—this was not a good start. Her ex-mate had taken Kagome, faster than she could have seen the move coming.

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Kagome struggled in the skeleton's grasp but for whatever reason, she wasn't able to get away. Then again, even if she did, she would have died at the fall damage. They were high in the sky, moving at the speed of light if that was possible.

How many times was she going to get kidnapped? Seriously? First it was Kouga, then it was Jasper, now it was Touga. She was disheartened that he was actually doing this though. He didn't seem like the type to be a villain. Hell, Naraku still had that vibe.

She concentrated on her bond with Sesshomaru, hoping that he answered. 'Sesshomaru?' she started as she watched the ground in blurs.

'I am busy,' he told her.

'I know...I have bad news though.'

There was a paused in the connection then, 'What is wrong?'

'You father, in a blink of an eye, took me from your room. I-I'm sorry.'

'You are not in the room anymore?' If she didn't know any better, she would have sworn that Sesshomaru just whined.

'No, I'm not. I'm sorry...I'm so sorry.'

'Where are you?' he growled out as Kagome felt the need to cry. Why was it always her?

'I don't k-know. I'm in the sky at the moment, flying somewhere—shit,' she cursed. 'We're heading towards the East.'

'I cannot come after you this time...'

'I know...god, I know.'

'Just try to stay safe until I can try to come for you.'

'I'll try,' she promised but honestly felt broken on the inside. Sesshomaru sounded so dejected.

She felt Touga tighten his hold on her as he angled himself downwards. It would seem that they were landing; she didn't know if that was a good thing or not. She assumed not.

Kagome tired to look around to see where she was and almost gaped. She was back at the safe house that the brothers had hidden her. Touga walked into the safe house, passed the area that she remembered then further into the house. He walked for a few moments then went down a flight of stairs before placing her in a cell. He stepped out and left after that.

She glanced around the cell, noting that it looked strangely like the dungeons in the East. She heard movement upstairs and quickly set to protect her unborn child. She placed her hands on her stomach and sent a small amount of her power into her hands. Kagome could feel Saiyu helping her out and smiled.

Together they placed a barrier around her stomach just as a male walked into the cell that she was in. She looked up at him and paled. In one of his hands was a sword, the other held a whip. That didn't look promising. Milady, Saiyu whispered to her as Kagome's fear rose. I will heal what I can but you have no way to avoid this.

I have to have this beating?

Yes, milady, he answered truthfully as Kagome backed herself against the wall. The man merely chuckled at this.

"Stand up," the man ordered as Kagome glared at him. "Now, girl." She shook her head as he put his sword in his other hand then grabbed her by the hair. She cried out as for both her hair and when the man threw her to the wall with her back to him. Then the whip connected with her back.

Slash after slash hit her back as she took the pain in stride despite wanting nothing more than to cry. And then the sword went threw her shoulder; she whimpered as a sob escaped her lips. The man slowly allowed the sword to come out of her before piercing her left leg.

She knew that kind of move; it was the one that wouldn't allow the victim to run away—as if she would be able to move. Saiyu was healing her in small doses as to not draw any attention to her abilities and for that, she was grateful.

"Is she ready?" came an unknown voice.

"Yes." That was the voice of the man that just hit her.

"Good, you are free to go," the voice said as Kagome barely noticed the man walk out before another one replaced him. She felt her body being moved so that she would be able to face the male and tried not to gawk. This was Lord Raiyu. "Now that we have time to chat and we are going to talk, I must say Raiyu is an excellent tool."

Wait—what? What did that mean? Kagome then felt him grab her chin to make her look at him. Everything hurt but she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction. "W-Who are y-you?" she weakly asked while narrowing her eyes on him.

"Well, I had to take over the body of Raiyu, but if you want a name; I simply cannot give it to you. I can however give you a title. I am known as the God of Hell," he chuckled wickedly. "You were a lot harder to get to then I originally thought. I must say that your mate must care for you a lot."

"You're s-sick."

"And I will enjoy watching your mate die by your hands."

Kagome felt her heart drop. Milady! You must resist! Saiyu called to her but she barely heard him. This god didn't move, didn't blink; simply stood there, watching her. It was his eyes that were doing the work.

She recoiled against the darkness, thrashing her body to try to resist but she knew that she was too weak after the beating. She couldn't do anything; she tried. I'm so sorry Sesshomaru, was her last thought as she stopped moving. Kagome was suddenly bowing to her master. "How can I be of service to you?"

She didn't see the smirk marred on his face. "Come young one, you and Touga will finally get what I want." He left and she followed.

He lead her outside and looked her over. He frowned then healed her body with a temporary spell before placing a barrier around her body. No one would be able to pierce it. Touga was suddenly standing to them and nodded, waiting for a command.

The God of Hell opened a portal that opened in the back of his army of the undead, and the three of them stepped through. There was a pretty quick the reaction of her friends.

Yells of "Kagome!" were heard as he brought his hand up to place a barrier around himself and the girl.

"What the hell is going on?!" bellowed Zhou-Mao as he hovered over the army, taking in Kagome, who was emotionless. His eyes held worry as he took in the sight. "No...it can't be."

Sesshomaru turned to the dark male then his attention landed on his mate. His eyes widened suddenly. "I cannot feel her; that explains why it's hard to breathe..."

Inuyasha, who was fighting besides his brother, narrowed his eyes on the male that was behind the army.

"Touga, you may kill your ex-mate now," Raiyu said with a smirk as Touga took off, sword drawn to the woman that had taken to the battle. "Kagome, you have free range to kill Sesshomaru; attack my dear."

Eyes widened at the order as Kagome called forth her powers to draw her own sword, one in each hand. She glided, deadly and fast, and aimed her sword at Sesshomaru, who brought his own up at the last second, stumbling back at the sheer power behind her.

Kagome swung her second sword to Sesshomaru's side but he backflipped away from her. "Kagome! Stop this!" he tried to call her but he was ignored. He put his sword above his head as Kagome used both of hers to slash downwards at him.

"Sesshomaru, it's no use! She won't hear you!" yelled Zhou-Mao as he dove down to send a wave of undead soldiers into a portal. Thousands disappeared only to reappear ten told. If this was how it was going to go; he wondered how they would be able to defeat this enemy.

"Why the hell not?!" came Inuyasha's aggravated shout from something off from the left.

"She is being controlled by the God of Hell!"

Things just keep getting better and better.

Sesshomaru growled as he sent his youki at her; she didn't even falter. In fact, she sent her own and caused him to struggle against it. Why was it so much stronger then his? "You knew that this was going to happen, didn't you?!" he snarled as he threw her off of him for a moment.

Zhou-Mao was quiet, which caused Miroku and Sango to send horrified looks in their direction. Inuyasha had paused for only a split second before continuing his fight; it only made him angier though.

Oras aimed his hand into the sky and called for a storm. Seconds later, it started to pour heavily; lightning and thunder reining over the battlefield. He was using it to his advantage. "Zhou-Mao, what do we do?" He didn't get an answer sadly. His lady gave the command to listen to the God of Time but if he didn't give any orders, what was he to do?

Zhou-Mao jumped into the sky and hovered there for a second before turning and aiming himself after Sesshomaru. He drew a sword out from his coat as it crashed down onto Sesshomaru's sword. "What are you doing?!" Draicia yelled at him in mixed horror and confusion.

The demon lord didn't know what to do. He had his mate attacking him and the God of Time; how was he to win against this? Sesshomaru felt his entire world collaspe as Kagome finally rammed her sword into his left shoulder. Zhou-Mao aimed his sword into the other shoulder as Sesshomaru's breath became ragged. "Kagome..."

Inuyasha came to his brother's rescue in that second, swinging Tetsusaiga down and with what strength he had, managed to get Kagome to draw back with Zhou-Mao landing next to her. "Sesshomaru, can you still fight?" he asked without looking at him.

"I do not think so."

"Shit." Inuyasha stood in front of Sesshomaru, who was impressed that his half-brother was willing to protect him. "I don't have a plan; I don't want to fight Kagome..." He felt conflicted. "But at the same time, I don't want her to kill you."

"What are you doing?!" the God of Hell call out to Kagome, "Kill Sesshomaru!"

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru looked back to the man, seeing that he was irritated and sending angered glances at Kagome. They looked back to Kagome, who for but a moment, looked like she was battling the man's control before settling back into an emotionless state.

Kagome's hand aimed at the sky, lightning striking down to her hand as she dashed fowards, swinging the rod against Tetsusaiga. "Holy—how does she have this much power?!" Inuyasha yelled out, mostly to himself but others heard him. He gritted his teeth against the sheer power of the woman.

Draicia ran to their aid, surprisingly. Since she joined in the battle, she was battling alongside Zhou-Mao. Inuyasha managed to fend off Kagome as Zhou-Mao took her place but Draicia got in the way, using her arms as a shield to fend off his sword. Inuyasha tried not to gape at this. She just used her hands to grab his sword! "Zhou-Mao, you are allowing this man to control you; allowing him to control Kagome. You are the only one that can defeat him. Control yourself!" she demanded, throwing him off the brothers again.

Zhou-Mao scoffed, skidding to a halt when he went after her again, before turning and going after the God of Hell. He opened a portal behind him as a backup plan.

"Hell yeah! How the hell did you do that and can you do that with Kagome?" Inuyasha cheered then questioned the woman, who glanced at him then back to Kagome. Sesshomaru only had defeated eyes on his mate; hoping that Draicia could talk some sense into her whereas he couldn't.

"Kagome," she tried as Kagome froze at her voice. "You are stronger than this. He wants you to kill your mate and you are succeeding. You have immobilize him; he cannot fight; how is that fair?" Draicia waited to see if her words helped but then Kagome attacked her. She blocked with her arms again. "You must see passed the darkness in your heart."

Kagome jumped back, looking at Draicia with the intent to kill but then exploded. Draicia placed a barrier up around herself and the brothers at the last second. Everything froze around them as Kagome glided up into the sky. The God of Hell sent a side-glance to her to see what was going on and yelled, "No! Impossible! There was no way for you to come out of that state!"

"You misjudged my Draicia and milady!" Zhou-Mao shouted over everything. "You have messed with the wrong people and I am not letting you out of my sights until you are dead!"

"You cannot kill me, I am already dead!"

"Then I will send you back to Hell with no means of ever coming back here."

"You have interferred with my life one too many times; I banish you to the deepest parts of Hell; a sentence for a lifetime. You are never to come near me again," Kagome drawled slowly.

Zhou-Mao looked into himself as he glowed, Kagome suddenly next to him. He grabbed her hand before lifting them both up and sending their power to the man. They both combined their hands lighting up with white and blue swirls as they released the power. It hit the god dead in the chest, propelling him backwards and into a portal that was behind him. It closed up, sealing itself.

The second that the god was gone, Kagome dropped to the ground and called upon her holy abilities. Her power searched out to everything that wasn't alive and instantly killing them before she took a breath and straggered over to Sesshomaru.

But since Draicia was there and she wasn't allowing her barrier to fall just yet, Kagome could only see what she did to her mate. He was kneeling, his arms limp at either side, blood trailing down his arms.

The barrier that was around herself from the God of Hell, fell, and she screamed in pain. Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and Draicia watched as Kagome was suddenly covered in blood. Her breath immediately caught their attention; it was haggard and low and sounded like she was clinging to life. She passed out from exhaustion or they hoped that that was the case.

It continued to rain as the elements bent their heads in sorrow.

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