4.


Inuyasha was standing a few meters away from his friends. Sango was standing above Kagome and Miroku who was supporting the miko while Sango was looking at the girl Inuyasha was holding in his arms. As soon as he realized what he was doing he wanted to drop her and return to Kagome's side, but his body couldn't move, the cold force wrapped around him and preventing him from joining his friends. Kagome's outstretched arms fell limply to her lap.

Kikyou let go of his beads and smiled at the Higurashis.

"What did you do to my beads? What's wrong with Kagome?" he demanded of the Bellflower, but he couldn't drop her. She gave him a wide smile.

"It's just a little revenge so the bird who thought she could infiltrate our Shrine and wound our mother learn her place," she said and chuckled

"Kikyou, you slimy bitch, what did you do!?" demanded Sango and quickly looked around when she saw three girls wearing uniforms similar to Kikyou's step from behind nearest trees, all three holding wicked-looking knives. There was a fourth girl in jeans and t-shirt with a baseball bat who walked from behind a tree to the opposite side. Suddenly Inuyasha realized there were no other people in the park - they probably ran away at the first pulse of Kikyou's reiki pouring into his beads. People usually couldn't see auras, but they still could sense them. And as there were members of two miko families in the same park, it was highly possible their meeting was going to end badly.

"Inu... yasha..." moaned Kagome and Inuyasha felt his heart clench at the pain in her voice.

"Let me explain to you, stupid pig," Kikyou ignored Inuyasha and focused at Sango, who now had more people to distract her. The other girls walked to stand behind Sango and Miroku, ready to attack when Kikyou gave a word. "I blocked her power through her bond with the mutt and as long as she is like this, I am the one ordering him around."

"How dare you!" Miroku looked down at Kagome's pale face, the girl shaking and waving her hands around as if trying to grab something which was beyond her reach. Inuyasha wanted to catch her hands and hold them to calm her, to assure her she was fine. He growled louder.

"Quiet," Kikyou ordered him and instantly he felt the cold force wrap around his vocal cords. "You seem to be busy, Higurashi, so I'll leave you and go to your Shrine to get what you stole. Oh, and your mutt's going to help me, right?"

Inuyasha couldn't even say how much he wanted to slit her throat. Sango glanced back at the girls slowly approaching her and her friends, Miroku laid Kagome on the blanket and grabbed his knife.

"I'll keep them away, kick her ass," he whispered to his mistress. Sango didn't wait another second, she jumped forward, ready to show Kikyou why she was called the Slayer. Unfortunately Kikyou wasn't interested.

"Take me home," she said and laughed when the hanyou turned on his heels and ran back straight in the direction of the Shrine he called home. Inuyasha howled in his mind, joining his wild inner youkai for once in his rage and lust for blood of a human. The one whom he held in his arms had hurt his Kagome. His anger was hot and he willingly let it bloom in his mind, for the first time in his life listening to the soft growled promises of death and havoc whispered by his inner youkai.

A/N: Oh no, what's going to happen...?