A/N: So how'd you like the last chapter? This suspense/horror/scary/blood stuff is fun to right. I have found a new passion:DD Just kidding, maybe not, but it is fun. Moohaha, thanks for the reviews :D 200+ reviews, ASHOOSHOOBOOBOOYAAAAY!
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I saw this quote, and immediately thought of Inuyasha and Kagome XD
In the moonlight
Your face it glows
Like a thousand diamonds
I suppose
And your hair flows like
The ocean breeze
Not a million fights
Could make me hate you
You're invincible
Yeah, It's true
It's in your eyes
Where I find peace
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Last time:
A hand reached out from a door without her noticing, coming towards her face. The hand clamped over her mouth, as she automatically let out a now muffled scream. The hand was cold and bony, not giving her a reassuring feeling.
A cold voice that sounded as if it hadn't been used for a long while sounded out, as it gave her shivers of fear that traveled down her spine.
"Trick or treat? I think I'll go with trick, my little deary…"
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Chapter 16: Treat
Kagome panicked as her heart started pounding in her rib cage, and then traveling all the way up to her throat. Her head ached from the pounding, as worries ran through her head like cars on a track. 'Is he going to hurt me? What will he do? Am I going to be killed? If I get captured, will I not be able to see Inuyasha? Do they know I'm gone?' she clenched her eyes shut as tears sprang to her eyes. She wanted nothing more than to scream and kick at her kidnapper.
She screamed until her throat hurt when the man released his hand from her mouth, causing the man to throw her onto the floor. Her breathing labored and then hitched as she looked up and saw the very same frightening red eyes from the picture that glowed with anger and malice.
"You… shut up!" he yelled out in his hoarse, gruff voice. He practically ripped off the Elmo costume from Kagome's body, revealing the clothes she had worn under; a red t-shirt and slightly long black sport shorts.
His voice became calmer, but seemingly also more vicious like. "Scream again, and I'll slit that pretty throat of yours…" he said, holding a switch blade on her neck as he straddled her. She squirmed uncomfortably, not liking the feeling of him on top of her.
"Wh…Who are you?" she let out shakily.
The man cackled frighteningly. "I didn't think you needed to know… but all I will tell you… is a name. And you should remember it…"
He glared maliciously as he stared Kagome down, making her feel like she was going to sink into the old creaky wood floors.
"The name… is Naraku."
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Inuyasha ran through the hallways desperately, without Sango and Miroku having leaving them through his worry. He took off the Cookie Monster suit at their previous place in what they supposed was the living room, as it was holding him back from his full speed and bothered him.
"Kagome!" he yelled out her name frantically, wondering if something bad had happened. He heard a loud scream a while ago that sounded like Kagome's, and became even more worried.
'If I get her back… No, when I get her back, I'll give her the lecture of her life…' he thought angrily, but his face expression showed otherwise.
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Sango stood beside Miroku and shook with fear as she heard Kagome's scream from the same room they had entered at the beginning.
"M-Miroku? What if… what if Kagome is hurt?" she asked him worriedly, on the verge of tears for her friend. Miroku looked back at Sango and his eyes softened.
"Don't worry, she'll be okay… Inuyasha's going to get her…" he reassured her and grasped her hand in his own, linking their fingers together. Her fear simmered down a bit, feeling safe with her hand in Miroku's.
"Come on, maybe we should look too," Miroku said as he walked slowly down the hallway, never letting go of his gentle but firm grip on Sango's hand as they were swallowed into the dark.
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Kagome was suddenly aware of the stench that rolled off him in waves as his face became closer to her own. He smelled as if he hadn't bathed in years, and it made Kagome even more nauseous than she already was.
"Hm…" 'Naraku' started. He trailed his cold, bony finger around the outline of her face, making her shudder in fear and disgust. "Your face looks quite pretty… I wonder what would happen… if I made a little… decoration?" he grinned with his red eyes glowing as his switch blade slowly traveled to the soft skin of her cheek.
The cold and hard metal of the blade burned on her cheek, as she slowly tried to maneuver her face away unnoticeably. It failed, though, as the blade pressed onto it quickly and slashed in a diagonal angle. She winced at the slight pain on her cheek, and felt liquid trailing down. She assumed it was her own blood.
Naraku trailed his finger on her face once more, except this time he did it to pick a drop of the blood. He placed his finger into his mouth, tasting her blood as Kagome cringed. He put up the same malicious grin once more as his eyes gained a sparkle of mischief.
"Your blood tastes so good… I can't have enough of it…" the knife made its way back to her soft skin and then stopped as it was ready to press down.
"Let's make some more blood this time, shall we…"
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Inuyasha stopped and his blood ran cold as he smelt a scent similar to copper. 'Kagome's blood…!' he thought as he panicked more than ever.
He ran a few steps more, and then pinpointed the place Kagome was in. He stood in front of an old wooden door that had one side broken off, and then kicked it open.
The scene in front of him made his blood boil and instincts go wild. Kagome was at the spot on the floor with the creepy looking man hovering over her, holding a small knife and cutting her deeply on her previously unflawed face, and then licking the blood off the knife as he stared at her face.
He charged towards the man, throwing him off of Kagome and growling furiously as his eyes blinked red occasionally. The man's face was covered by his long, wavy black hair as he cackled maniacally, before shutting up suddenly and snapping his red eyes towards the person who threw him off of his 'dinner'.
Inuyasha's hard glare wavered as he heard Kagome's weak voice from below him. "Inuyasha…?" she said groggily. He turned his head towards her as his eyes softened, and then he kneeled down to touch the cut on her face. She winced inwardly, but held up with the pain.
"Did he hurt you bad, Kagome…?" his touch gave her shivers. She shook her head, not wanting him to worry even though it was obvious she had lost some blood.
"It's alright, I'm okay…" she replied weakly, before going into a coughing fit. Inuyasha helped her sit up and patted her back, momentarily forgetting about Naraku, who was slowly making his way behind Inuyasha with knife in hand swiftly.
Kagome saw him from the corner of her eye behind Inuyasha, and they widened a fraction. "Inuyasha, he's behind you!" she yelled out as she pointed at Naraku. Before Inuyasha could turn around, Kagome, with all her might, pushed him to the side along with her own body as they rolled and tumbled across the creaky wood floor boards.
Naraku swiped the knife as Kagome pushed them over and rolled, successfully making him miss. He glared and hissed out, "Come back here, little girly…"
Her breathing became labored once more, Inuyasha had noticed, as Naraku slowly walked towards them with a big part of his hair covering one of his eyes. One blood red eye looked out and became sharp, as he swiftly rushed through and stabbed, but missing and inserting the knife into the wall of the room.
The door burst open as two men in uniform and with guns came in. "Freeze!" All three people snapped their heads towards the door when it opened, and saw two police officers holding out their guns at Naraku.
Naraku's eyes widened as he took his queue to leave. A purple miasma blasted out and infected the air with its poison. Inuyasha held onto Kagome and buried her face in his chest so she wouldn't inhale any poison, but he also pulled his sleeve over his nose. Naraku was slightly visible through all the purple smoke, and was unaffected as he hissed out a few words.
"I'm coming back for you, little Kaggy…" and with that, he disappeared into places unknown.
The miasma died out and police officers searched the room, not finding Naraku. "I don't get it… how did he just disappear like that through poison smoke?" an officer mumbled. He spoke Japanese, but didn't look from Japan. He was blond and had blue eyes and fair colored skin.
"He's half demon…" Inuyasha said more to himself than the officers, still holding onto Kagome. The officers kept that in their heads, determined on catching the man, whom they didn't know the name yet.
"Do you kids know that man's name? We're going to search for him throughout Japan… he assaulted you, young lady," the Japanese speaking American said.
"He told me, his name was Naraku… no family name," Kagome replied, taking shaky breaths and trying to get back to normal. Naraku was gone, she wasn't going to get hurt, and she was in Inuyasha's arms…
"Kagome, Inuyasha!" Miroku yelled as he and Sango finally got into the door. The police had placed yellow 'Caution' tape around the room's door, since they were trying to find any evidence so they could get the full info on this 'Naraku'.
"Are you two alright?" Sango asked worriedly. "We heard Kagome's scream and a bunch of loud noises like people were being thrown around, so we called nine-one-one," she explained.
"Yeah, we're alright… Kagome just got a few cuts," Inuyasha said as he tilted her chin up and examined the cuts on her cheek. There was one short light cut on her right cheek, along with one deep one that ran from an inch under her eye to a little above the corner of her lips. He frowned as he spotted another one on the opposite cheek, deep, but not as long; as if it was an unfinished cut.
"Can we go home now?" Kagome said, her voice still weak and sounding as if she was whining lowly and on the verge of tears.
Inuyasha hugged her closer and placed his chin on top of her head, and ran his fingers through the ebony colored strands of silk. "Okay, we'll go now," he replied softly.
The police officer walked over to Inuyasha and Kagome, and then kneeled down so they had direct eye contact. "We'll need your phone number or numbers in case we find something about Naraku… of course, if you don't want to be noted, you don't have to," he said.
Inuyasha looked back down to Kagome, who shook her head no. Although she didn't want to anything, Inuyasha did… so he gave the officer his home and cell phone number. The officer left the room to the four teenagers, and then Inuyasha spoke up.
"I'll run back to my house; we have to get these cuts cleaned… that knife might not have been cleaned," he told Sango and Miroku as he picked Kagome up bridal style. The two said nodded, and also left the room, leaving only the police and detectives in the room.
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The wind whipped through Inuyasha's thick locks of silver hair as did blackish blue hair. The twirled and tossed around, creating a mix of silver and black hair. Kagome dug her face deeper into Inuyasha's chest, protecting it from the strong winds.
He jumped from roof to roof of each tall building, slowly progressing and getting closer to his mansion. He jumped from the rooftop of a company's tall building, and jumped/ran the rest of the way down his street until he spotted and reached his large home, glowing with the lights turned on in the dark night.
From the windows glowed a somewhat yellow light, signaling that the family was still, indeed, awake. He stopped his last jump gracefully and landed on the ground softly as his toes descended onto it, and then gradually the rest of his feet.
Walking up to the gates, he pressed the intercom button and spoke into it. "It's Inuyasha, open the gates," he said in his normal gruff sounding voice. It was laced with worry, though, for Kagome.
The tall black gates slowly opened on the inside, allowing the two to enter the Takahashi territories. The large oak doors of the home were opened already, and Inuyasha rushed inside, up the stairs, and into his room, ignoring the calls of his father and elder brother.
Kagome was brought to his large single person bathroom, and was seated on the sink counter. Inuyasha used his thumb to brush over the cuts as he watched her eyes, and saw her wince and cringe as soon as his finger met her cut flesh.
He grabbed a freshly washed face cloth from the drawers in the restroom, and soaked it with the cold sink water. Inuyasha tried to press the water onto Kagome's cheek and clean the cut, but she refused and moved her face away from the wet towel.
"Come on Kagome, your cuts might be infected… please let me clean it," Inuyasha almost begged on his knees. The last thing he wanted was Kagome to be infected with some disease, or even a measly little cold.
"But it stings…" Kagome whined back to him.
Inuyasha sighed as she pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. Ignoring her cries of protest, he put the soaked cloth onto her face and brushed it over, effectively cleaning the cuts on her face as she stuck her bottom lip out even further, giving her the puppy dog look with her crystal blue eyes.
He placed little butterfly kisses on the three cuts, trailing them from the start to the end of each cut. "All better now?" he said softly, his lips finally leaving the skin of her face somewhat unwillingly.
Kagome smiled sweetly, making his heart flutter. "Yep!" she chirped, latching her arms around Inuyasha's neck as best as she could, since she was sitting onto the sink counter. She let them unwind again, and noticed she was eye level with him.
Their faces slowly closed the gap between them, as Kagome felt Inuyasha's hot breath on her face. Her eyes automatically closed, as did Inuyasha's. Lips met as fire shocked through both bodies, bringing back those nearly inexplicable feelings to their stomachs.
Her full and velvet like lips were surrounded by his own warm ones, locked in a little more than a chaste kiss.
Inuyasha's hands slowly made their way to Kagome's waist, slightly sliding under her shirt that had risen up and brushed lightly against the warm skin, making her gasp. He took his chance and inserted his tongue into her mouth, as she responded immediately and wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss further than it ever was.
Inuyasha's lips suddenly stopped their ministrations on Kagome's as he realized what was going on. He was making out with Kagome… his best friend. The lip lock ended, leaving Kagome with a dazed look on her face, still in the moment.
He stuttered and his face flushed red as he tried to think of an explanation for what he had done. Kagome, still in their previous little world, muttered something incoherent under her breath absent mindedly.
After saying that, she turned tomato red, making Inuyasha wonder what she had just said only a couple of seconds before. "Ah…" she said, feeling slightly uncomfortable with his hand still a little under her shirt.
Inuyasha retracted his hand as quickly as he could, a darker blush making its way further to his cheeks. He nervously scratched the back of his neck. "Um… trick or treat?" he said, before running out of the bathroom door and somewhere unknown to Kagome.
She slowly took her hand and lightly touched her lips with her fingertips and brushed over them. They felt tingly and warm, as she relived the moment of their kiss. His lips felt as if they were still placed on hers, coaxing them and bringing their relationship into something more.
'A little too late to say trick or treat, but… that treat was way better than any other candy in the world,' Kagome smiled.
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A little short, but I wanted to end it there. How'd you like it:)
I'm thinking about dropping my other story, 'Fate's Tryst'… it's going nowhere :( Well, yeah.
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