/The Cries From The Dark /

/Prologue: The Temple and The Temple Demon /

500 years ago, Feudal Era Japan

Kagome pushed her body as she followed the path to her village. Her legs burned from the over exertion as she ran on the dirt path home. Though her heart pounded loudly in her ear, she couldn't hear herself think, let alone hear how hard she was breathing. It drowned out the pain that claimed her legs, it pushed her to run faster and faster. She be damned to hell and back if she stopped! The inugamis flew in front of her leading her back. The lesser dog demons flew in front of her still under the command to protect her from any outside forces that they deemed threatening. However, she could sense their worry for their master for they had lost one, they didn't want to lose another. They were the ones that alerted her to something that was wrong with her beloved. They were a line between spiritual connection between her and him, a wordless communication between all three of them.

Kagome finally stopped, her legs screamed in relief as another sense that wasn't her beloved shot through her. A strong spiritual power was in front of her and her heart dropped down to her stomach. She knew this spiritual signature and it could only mean one thing. That they found out about her and him. How could they? When? Who ratted them out? They were always safe! Kagome's grip on her bow threatened to break the wooden thing. The lesser white dog demons yipped at her, they couldn't get pass the barrier that formed around the village. It was too strong for them….

Although for her it was nothing if she had the shikon jewel that was inside of her.

She reached into her bow holster that was on her back and pulled out an arrow. As soon as the barrier is destroyed they will know it's her. They will not hesitate to destroy her and reclaim their gift from her body even if it meant destroying her. Kagome took a deep breath as the scared voice inside of her reminded her of the priest and priestess from all of Japan will hunt her down. Even if it she managed to save him and escape, they will always be on the run. She pulled back and concentrated her energy on the tip of the arrow, a bright pink orb radiated from the tip before she released. The tip of the arrow touched the barrier and like fireworks the entire barrier dissipated.

No matter how scared she was about the future, a future without him was unimaginable! The thought of a world where he wasn't there felt like her heart was in a tight grip. The inugami's flew in and Kagome rushed in after them. She wouldn't have to explain her choice to them, because the act of destroying the barrier would be enough. Her natural alarm let her know that there were more people that followed MIdoriko way were there in the village. She was in for a fight, but she steeled herself, it will be a fight that she will win. Even if she had to rely on the power of the jewel that was inside of her. She wouldn't allow them to do as they pleased anymore.

"Demons!" The gasp of villagers reached her ear as the inugami's snarled, Kagome let her pace slow down as she stood next to them looking down over the village from the hill. The inugamis snarled as the villagers looked up at them. At the command, they wouldn't waste any time with attacking anyone in this village, but they were under Kagome's command and until she was in danger they couldn't do anything out of line.

Kagome eyes scanned through the village until she found him. The white-haired half demon held down by blessed ropes. His golden eyes looked up at with a mixed of emotion, but she only stared back at him with love. That was the only way she could look up at him. She ignored all the disgusted stares and fearful glances as she made her way into the village. She begun to close the distance between her and the tied down demon, her heart cried out to him and she knew that his was doing it back to her. Her hair clung to her forehead, her body was drenched in sweat. The once composed priestess of the village looked like she a wreck, but her lover was in a worst state. The blessed rope burned and tighten as he moved against them. His hair was caked with dirt and the area around his eye was swollen, though to each other, the others pain meant more than their own. Their hyper focus on each others state nearly erased everyone else from their mind, it wasn't until she reached out to touch him that she was brought back down to reality.

"Priestess Kagome!" A voice that she knew from her childhood made her turn away from her beloved and her eyes fell upon a man that was old and grey. His robes reminded her of a powerful daimyo, brightly colored and the golden laced patterns were placed in an intricate design. Two priest and priestesses stood next to him, tall and proud. One of the priest were injured but because of the tall way he stood, it didn't look as though it phased him, but that was Midoriko way, pride came before pain. "You broke the barrier and came with demons at your side…. You fell far my child."

Kagome nodded her head as she turned her head from the bleeding priest and back on the older man in the group, "I'm here to make a deal Master Hideki."

Hideki stroked his long beard as he looked at the half demon and back at her, "And I assume it deal with the demon lords life doesn't it."

The inugami's flew around her, agitated from not able to do anything. They snarled and yipped in annoyance, but with a simple motion of her hand they silenced themselves and looked onward. Hideki frowned, the child that he took from the dark priestess path had fallen back on to it like a fool. With another motion of her hand they disappeared and she placed her arrow and bow holster on the ground. Kagome got on the ground and bowed her head on the ground in front of her teacher, she buried her forehead in the dirt as she hoped that this would appease them enough to make them listen to her.

"I ask of you Master, spare the demon of the east life!" Kagome begged, "I understand what I've done! I know my sins against you and Midoriko! So, any punishment you think is just, I will accept it! Though, just allow him to go free!"

Hideki shook as he watched the girl that he raised beg for a demon's life! Not just any demon though, a half breed demon lord! A lord that went after their kind and made it their personal mission to destroy the priest and priestesses that followed dared to follow Midoriko. The village men and women probably didn't understand since the two of them normalized their presences. They normalized the relationship between demon and human, and trampled over everything they built.

"Even if it's your death?" Hideki asked and that was when the white-haired demon came back to life, the lifeless body that was there a moment ago roared into a beast that thrashed against the rope.

"NO!" The half demon yelled as he tried to stand up with brute force alone only to crash back down to the dirt, "Kagome! Kagome! Don't you dare! Don't you dare die for me!"

"Yes…" Kagome didn't allow her voice falter as she picked her head up ignoring the demon's cries of protest. Hideki couldn't help but let the emotionless mask fall for a bit, for a minute he was proud of her, but almost at the same moment he felt that he felt disgusted. She was doing this for a half demon! If it was another subject that she showed so much power he would have known for the first time in his life what it meant to truthfully watch their child grow. Though it wasn't for any other subject, it was on the subject of a half demon, and Hideki could only just sigh as he motioned with his hand for his associates to come forward. The white haired half demon eyes turned red as he thrashed even harder, the dirt around him picking up as he snarled against his ropes. He looked like a rabid dog to the villagers that once thought of him as him as a protector.

The white-haired demon looked to Hideki and snarled through his teeth, "Touch her! LAY A HAND ON MY MATE AND I'LL PERSONALLY SEE TO IT I'LL DRAG YOU ALL TO THE DEEPEST OF HELLS!"

At the moment if there wasn't fuel to the fire, then that was the catalyst that threw everything into the villagers began to whisper amongst themselves. The two priest and priestesses looked at each other before back down at her and the once calm façade on Hideki face dropped into one of pure disgust. Mate wasn't a term that was threw around leisurely, anyone with a mind knew what the half demon meant. Either he had bonded with her or he planned on to, either or the priestess that was one a shining ray of purity was now no better than a woman of low standings.

"YOU DEGRADE YOURSELF AS A TEMPLE OF THE SHIKON JEWEL!?" Hideki didn't let his rage hide anymore, "NOT ONLY YOU FALL TO THE PATH I TRIED TO SAVE YOU FROM! BUT YOU COMMUNE WITH A DEMON!"

Kagome let the word hit her and she looked to her beloved before she looked back at Hideki as if his words didn't phase her.

"His name is Inuyasha, Lord of the East." Kagome stated, "And I am to be his future wife."

She said it with such power and clarity that even the village people that surrounded them could hear her clearly. The whispers were even louder and Hideki closed his eyes as he thought about the two before him. The shrine let herself be tainted by a demon! Allowed herself to considered his mate! At this rate the jewel would be tainted and fall into the wrong hands! He had to remove the jewel from her body even if it would kill her, he would remove it and then kill the demon lover.

"You disgraced the laws of the Midoriko. You disgraced the blessing of Midoriko herself gave to you! The jewel chose you! The jewel chose you and you allowed yourself to be touched by a half demon! Not just any half demon, a demon that hunted and killed those who followed Midoriko for years!" Hideki voice was like lashes but she took them, she took them because she had to, "And you tell me that you are his wife."

Kagome nodded her head again not allowing herself to be phased from his words, Hideki took a deep breath and then passed his judgement, "Then the sentence is death…. For you and your demon lover."

She nodded her head, "And then I'll kindly refuse. Goodbye Master!"

The inugami's appeared from the ground and launched themselves at Hideki as Kagome launched herself at her bow. The inugami's purified at the slightest touch of the barrier that the priests and priestesses put around their master.

"You fool!" Hideki cursed at her but before he could react Kagome released her arrow destroying the rope that bound Inuyasha to the ground. It was like a white blur that shot passed Hideki and his associates and scooped up Kagome. Soon she and Inuyasha were hiding back into the forest. "DO NOT LET THE DARK PRIESTESS ESCAPE WITH HER DEMON! QUICKLY GET THE BARRIER BACK UP!"

He had to run, run until he didn't even hear their voices anymore! Run until he knew that they were safe.

"I always wanted to elope, but not like this."He heard the woman that was cradled in his arm joke, and two emotions ran through him in that moment. Complete anger and actual happiness that even in this moment she still found a way to joke. They were potentially going to die, but when she looked up at him and she smiled, he knew that she believed in him, in them. So, he had to fight! He had to fight harder to ensure that they had a future together! That they could smile together despite Midoriko followers aim to kill them. "Inuyasha stop!"

Inuyasha came to a sharp halt as Kagome sensed the barrier being placed up again, Inuyasha cursed as he watched as the blue barrier shot in front of their exit, "Shit, I thought we had more time!"

"They have to have charms around!" Kagome eyes darted, around to notice anything unusual around the trees or on them. If it was charms, then no matter how many times she destroyed it, the owner could place it back up. Kagome pushed herself off Inuyasha and readied another arrow before releasing it on the barrier, however this time her arrow broke by simply colliding with the barrier. They had to be using a power that messed with her own, and not only that even as she looked around for charms there were none that stood out. This wasn't a rushed job at all, this was all planned to trap her and him together. The barrier that was placed when she came back home was a trap, this was the true barrier...

She allowed concern to fill her voice, "They won't allow us to escape."

Inuyasha scooped her back in his arms, "Then that means we don't have time to sit around and waste! There has to be a weak spot, if we aim at that we are home free!"

Kagome smiled and nodded at the man that carried her in his arms, but even she knew who was after them. Hideki was the one that was chosen by the jewel before it chose her, even now she could fill the pink quartz in her, if only she wasn't chosen. Though she shook her head, if she wasn't chosen she wouldn't have met Inuyasha! If she wasn't chosen, then she wouldn't have experienced the love and the joy that he gave her! Inuyasha followed the lines of the barrier, he been with Kagome for three years and he knew how to distinguished the weak part from the stronger parts. Inuyasha sniffed the air, he had to just get a good whiff of the air outside and he'll know, Kagome will aim there and they'd be home free!

The whiz of an arrow in front of them snapped them out of their thoughts. He was so focused on finding a weak area of the barrier that he didn't notice that they had probably thought they were going to do that! They were probably leading him to the weak part of the barrier to trap them! the simple fact that he didn't understand that it was a trap made Inuyasha snarl under his breath as Hideki and his associates appear before him. Hideki in front of him and the two to his left and right. Inuyasha placed Kagome down on the ground before placing his body in front of her. He took a couple of steps back until he felt the sparks of the barrier react to him...

"Old man…" Inuyasha cursed through his teeth, "leave us..."

"You are a child indeed." Hideki snorted, "She has the jewel! It's stuck in her body until it chooses another host or someone wishes upon it! Do you think we'll leave the fate of Midoriko gift to a half demon and his whore?"

Inuyasha snarled as he cracked his fingers, "Another word and it'll be your throat priest!"

"Just like a demon to resort to violence!" Hideki hissed, "Offer your life now and I promise you won't have to wait long for your master in the afterlife!"

Kagome gripped Inuyasha haori to grab his attention to the other associates that had their prayers ready. They were going to get through Inuyasha and there was nothing he would be able to do if that was the case. The amount of spiritual energy that the three radiated was enough to make her choke. Even if she tried to fight and access the jewel powers, the amount of spiritual energy would probably kill Inuyasha and then what? She couldn't use the jewel to wish him alive nor would someone do that for her! She would be alone again and she refused! She refused to allow that to happen! Kagome grip on Inuyasha tighten as she peaked her face from around him, her husband grunted as he brought his arm to hide her face, but she only placed it down as she looked at her teacher.

"Master, I ask of you again, please spare his life." Kagome spoke up, "You raised me as your own, loved me like your own daughter! Please I beg of you, before we both do something that we regret! Lay your arms down and let's talk!"

"I should have known that the apple would not stray far from the tree." Hideki shook his head, "Kagome you are no different from Tsubaki! That woman brought shame on Midorkio and now you do too! Accept your punishment for being born and burn alongside your demon!"

Inuyasha heart pounded in his chest, if the barrier was up they couldn't escape! At that moment, he felt Kagome spiritual energy sky rocket as she blasted a hole into the barrier. With all the force, she could muster, she slung Inuyasha by his haori and tossed him outside of the barrier before it closed. Inuyasha stumbled as he watched as his beloved smiled at him, her hand on the barrier as tears streamed down her face before turning back around to Hideki.

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha banged on the barrier as he watched as Kagome begun to fight the other two, "KAGOME!"

She released her arrow and it struck of the associates in the head before Inuyasha watched as a blast of spiritual energy slammed Kagome against the barrier and her body went slump.

"KAGOME!"

Kagome body glowed pink as Inuyasha palms burned from touching the barrier, and that was when he heard it. As if a thousand voices had screamed at him as he slammed at the barrier with his fist.

The wish has been heard…. Protector of the temple…. Destroy all enemies that stand in our way

Inuyasha slammed his fist through the barrier and Hideki watched in horror as the barrier made by the top disciples of Midoriko tore apart in the half demon hands. Though that was what caught him as the barrier was ripped in half by his hands.

It wasn't a half demon they had to worry about anymore... It was a monster that stood in front of them and roared with all it's might

Author Note: I posted this! Holy shit! I'm so proud of myself for this because I haven't wrote in so long and it probably shows. I'm sorry I will be either editing this myself or need help from an editor, either way I hope you guys enjoy this story that came from a slight alcohol induced state. Also the rating may drop or stay the same, it all depends on how I feel during the progression of this story. Other than that I hope the next chapter will be up by the end of the week or in the next couple of days, I'll be stuck to my laptop for the next couple weeks so please expect another chapter. You can also find me at AoE under the same user name btw, take care you guys