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Chapter Seven:
Kagome walked down the road with her friends her heart was sad her fate was still set and she couldn't bring herself to tell them. As they got a little further in Kagome walked and Sango could see her power glow over her. "Kagome look out!" A large demon pile came flying at the three and as Kagome looked up they melted as they came near. "They carry hate they will not pass." Kagome continued to walk and then she felt them. "Kagome!" She smiled as she looked up to see both Kouga and Inuyasha. Tears came to her eyes as she turned and pushed Sango and Miroku back as two demons appeared out of the ground. "DIE!" Kagome took both out with one arrow. Sango and Miroku got up to find hands in their stomachs. As the hands were pulled away Kagome watched them move to their master. "Naraku!"
Inuyasha and Kouga jumped down to check on the two and Kagome ran past them. She didn't stop she just ran further away from them. "Kagome!" "I can't take you with me yet." Kagome didn't turn around she just ran then she stopped in the middle of town and waited. "Kagome." "I said wait Inuyasha." Inuyasha then realized what she wanted. She stood tall and then it happened hundreds of demons appeared all coming for Kagome. "Now Inuyasha." Kagome jumped back and Inuyasha pulled tetsusaiga. "Get away from her. WIND SCAR!" The wind took over the land and the demons were gone. Kagome landed and then see saw her. Kikyou in the dark was watching the whole thing. "He ran off and left her. I can feel the hate coming from her. I can't save her."
Kagome pulled her hands to her chest as she looked at the dark. She took a step towards Kikyou then stopped. "We failed her. I wont be able to save her. I would be killed and she still would fall into his hands. I have to live and then maybe I can still help her. Kikyou don't let your hate take over please." Kagome looked at her and her hand came back and she jumped away as a white blur came flying in the space she was about to step into.
Kikyou let her hate take over. Inuyasha was blind to this girl who thought she was the next great priestess. She would kill Kagome and then Inuyasha would see that she was nothing but a fake. Kikyou saw Kagome reaching for her but that would not help she would not take her hand even if it had reached her. Kikyou turned and saw the dark eyes. "I know you want to kill us both but Kikyou why not join me once again and I can help you with at lest taking out Kagome. Inuyasha would never believe that you did it he would always blame me." Kikyou smiled and walked to him. "Now lets see if we even have to kill her."
Kagome jumped back and looked to where the white blur came from and like she had thought from the darkness in his calm way came Sesshomaru. He walked and then stopped without a word he released his poison whip. As it came to hit Kagome she reached out and took it in her hands. She pulled in from his grip and tossed it to the ground. "That was foolish for a human to touch my whip your hands should be burned." Kagome looked to find that though she was feeling no pain her hands were burnt a little. "How can this be I should be in pain and yet my body feels none." Kagome looked around pulled her bow and shot. Sesshomaru moved but the arrow seemed to follow him and it hit. His shoulder dripped with blood as he took hold of his sword.
Inuyasha and the others ran to find Kagome she had ran off after the demons were killed with tetsusaiga. Inuyasha came to a stop when they saw the white kimono of Sesshomaru. "Damn that brother of yours." "Wait he's going to pull his sword wait here." Inuyasha ran as fast as he could. Kagome was good but that sword's power would toss her like a rag doll.
Kagome closed her eyes and waited for the sword to send its power. That's when she felt those hands wrap around her. She opened her eyes and like she thought Inuyasha found his way to her. He was blocking the hit with his body. Kagome pulled him close and as the dark light of Sesshomaru's sword came flying at them, the two started to glow with a great light of their own. "I told you I would never let you fight alone." "I know." Kagome felt the chill on her back she had lost Kikyou now. Kagome and Inuyasha stood as the power covered them from site. "Kagome!" Kouga screamed out as he sat with the others. They couldn't see them and they were sure the worst had happened. They looked and Sesshomaru was sure he had done it.
"You were a fool my dear brother to get involved in this." As Sesshomaru was about to move in the dust cleared and there standing with not a scratch was Kagome and Inuyasha. "Your the fool Sesshomaru I told you could never hurt her." Kagome was now looking into the darkness. "Sesshomaru you really need to figure out what you want most in this world." Kagome pulled an arrow and let it fly. It went into the darkness and hit a target in the dark. The area became bright again and there Rin fell to the ground. What Kagome hit were the arms of Naraku. "He was sucking the life out of her while you battled with me. You could never get stronger by fighting me. I don't hate you. The woman your father killed she hated him. Your father killed her whole family and she spent years training and used her anger to get the power she needed to face your father. In the end it was the pure hate that woman carried for your father that gave him that great power. You have to kill someone who hates you like Naraku!" Kagome took hold of Inuyasha as Sesshomaru ran to Rin.
"I am sorry I lost Kikyou I think Naraku has her." Kagome spoke soft as she let go of his hand in hopes he would run to find her. "I have to……" "You have to try now." Kagome let Inuyasha run into the dark in hopes he would bring her back. Kagome ran over to her friends to make sure they were okay. Sesshomaru held Rin and was about to attack again when he looked at the girl before him and the one is his arm. They were the same for neither hated him and that gave him power. Sesshomaru then ran off to get Rin to a safer spot.
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Inuyasha found Kikyou alone in the dark he ran to her and took her hand. "Where did you go? I was worried about you." Kikyou looked up to see that Inuyasha came for her and the hate started to disappear again. Inuyasha took her and they started to walk out of the darkness. Naraku was still there watching them. "This is not over Inuyasha. I will have one of them and I will take them full of darkness." Naraku ran over to see how Kagome was, she seemed to still be strong but then again she never let her weakness show. Naraku waited a little longer.
Inuyasha and Kikyou came walking up to the group and Kagome felt a little bit better. "Good he was able to find her before Naraku could take hold of her darkness." Kagome got up to see them when something in her started to hurt. She stopped and looked down she could feel her hands now. She fell to the floor in pain. "Kagome!" Kouga ran and looked at her hands. "This looks bad." Inuyasha looked at her hands and let go of Kikyou. "Stupid wolf it's really bad. That is poison on her hands." Inuyasha took Kagome's hands and did the only thing he knew would kill the poison he saw the little fire Sango had set up and he placed her hands in the fire. "What are you doing?" "I have to kill the poison or it will just eat through her hands." Kagome held her screams as her hands burned. When Inuyasha took them out her hands were now only red. "There." Inuyasha was pulled back and Kouga sat in front of Kagome. "I will never let you get hurt again."
As Kouga spoke those words two arms shot our out of the darkness. One took Kikyou in the chest and the other had Kagome. "Yea your so much better than me wolf." "Shut it mutt." They all looked as both girls were trying to get free. "Try as hard as you want both of you are too weak to hurt these arms." Naraku allowed his face to be seen. Then the arms started to pump something into the wounds they had made. "Bastard what are you doing to them?" "I am trying to pull out the darkness." Kagome looked to see that whoever the hate was in Kikyou it was being pulled out. Kagome was able to reach her hand. "Kikyou don't let it win. What ever you are holding in please you must let it go before it takes over." Kikyou didn't listen she could only feel the hurt of how Inuyasha was so quick to let her go. Kikyou pulled on Kagome's hand and they were now face to face. "I will never let go of this hate for you." "Kikyou I'm not doing this. If you want I will let him go!" Inuyasha could hear them and his heart stopped. "Kagome no! I love you and I wont let you go!" Kagome let the tears fall as she looked into Kikyou's eyes. "I will never forgive or forget this." With that Kikyou let go and Kagome felt her body begin to fall. "Kagome!" Inuyasha ran to cut both the arms when more appeared. "I'm not done with them." Naraku pushed harder with the arms into the girls.
Kikyou's skin was turning a black color as the darkness she wouldn't let go was starting to take over. "Kikyou! I am not the one who took him from you! The anger you wouldn't let go is what lost him!" Kagome was now falling faster to the ground. She then hit and there she just sat looking at Kikyou. "I lost him because you wouldn't stop. Kagome you knew that I was in his heart and you moved in anyways." Kagome felt the hand trying to find her darkness. "I never would try to get between you two. It just happened that way." Kikyou let the arm pull out and there she stood with all her hate her eyes went from their soft brown to a dark black. "I will have him back!" Kikyou then went limp and Naraku pulled her to his side. "Kagome you can hate her. You tried so hard to save her and she wouldn't listen. Hate her Kagome." Kagome let tears fall, as all she could think about was how Kikyou looked at her. "NO!" Kagome took hold of the hand in her chest. "I will not hate someone who is only hurting. Naraku I can only hate you!" Her light grew bright and she pulled the arm out and pushed it right back into Naraku's body. "You are the monster who never let go of his hate and because of that all this had to happen. If it wasn't for you Kikyou and Inuyasha would have lived." "True but then you would have never been here. You would have never met any of your friends or Inuyasha." Kagome knew that in her heart but she also knew that wasn't ever their fate to live like that. She was always to be here fighting Naraku. Kagome took hold of her bow and shot an arrow at Naraku. "This fight is between us now girl." The arrow was blocked by another arrow. Kikyou walked from the darkness in a black kimono. "Kikyou!" Kagome couldn't take it and she started to fall back.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha was able to reach her before she hit the ground. Her hands were bleed and she stomach had a hole in it. "Mutt look out." Inuyasha picked Kagome up and moved out of the way of an arrow. "Kikyou stop this!" "Inuyasha I will never stop till I have you back with me." Inuyasha wanted to hate her at that moment but he felt a hand touch his. "Please don't give into the hate." Kagome opened her eyes for a moment. "Kagome she is…." "You have to work with it not hold onto the idea of hating her." Inuyasha pulled her close as his tears came. "Fine I will try" Inuyasha looked to see that Naraku and Kikyou were ready to fight.
"Kouga get up here!" Kouga jumped over Kikyou and landed next to Inuyasha. "What is it mutt?" "I need you to take Kagome and get her away from here. She needs fresh air. She wont heal in this air and she needs to get away from him now!" Inuyasha placed Kagome in Kouga's arms. "I'll give you the time you need just go." Inuyasha jumped down and pulled his tetsusaiga. "Wind Scar!" The blast came flying at Kikyou and Naraku. "You really think you can hurt me with that." Naraku pulled Kikyou out of the way. "I never wanted to hit you." Naraku looked to see that it all was so Kagome could be taken to safety.
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Kouga landed in the woods with Kirara and the others. He laid Kagome down on the grass and let her take a long deep breath. They looked around and it seemed that no one followed them. Kouga sat next to Kagome as she laid there her body trying so hard to heal. "Kagome you just have to rest." Kouga looked to see that Sango and Miroku were taking this time to rest but Shippo was fixing something to eat. "Why aren't you resting?" "I figure when they wake they would like something to eat and when Inuyasha gets here I'm sure he'll want something too." Shippo was still little so at times he was the only one who just did what needed to be done.
Time passed and soon Inuyasha showed up he looked like he was bleeding in the shoulder. "What happened mutt?" "I fought them. I almost had then when Kikyou shot me in the shoulder." Inuyasha looked at Kouga then at Kagome. "How's she doing?" "Not sure she's been asleep this whole time but her arms is starting to scare me." Kouga pulled Kagome's hand up and there it was the color was blue. Inuyasha jumped over Kouga and lightly touched Kagome's face. "Kagome wake up for me." Kagome opened her eyes and tears followed. "I tried to save her!" Kagome jumped into Inuyasha's lap in tears. "I tried to reach her but I couldn't. I hate myself. I let you down." Inuyasha then saw the blue color climbing up Kagome's arm. "The poison it's taking over with her hate." Inuyasha held her tight. "You tried the best you could. This is not your fault it's mine. I wasn't there for her as the friend. Kagome please talk through this stop hating yourself." Kagome cried and cried. She slowly lost the blue color and went back to sleep. Inuyasha let her down onto the grass then looked at Kouga. "What is going on?" "Look whatever Naraku pumped into them feeds off their hate. You saw the black hate that Kikyou has. It must be what happens when they hate another person. They grow dark and try to kill. Kagome knows how to work that hate through. Her hate is most powerful towards herself. It will kill her if she lets that hate take over. That is why she was turning blue. The hate takes the air right out of her." Kouga looked over and fear took over. "How do we stop it?" "We have to be there for her. If she starts to hate herself we must help her work through it."
Kagome woke to find it was night. She looked to find that her friends were sitting around the fire eating and talking. Kouga must had gone to check something for he was gone. Inuyasha turned and smiled at her. "Would you like some?" Kagome tried to smile but when she put her palm down she felt a sharp pain. Inuyasha got up and walked over and picked her up and then took her over to eat. "You opened both your hands when you shot that arrow today. My stupid brother's poison will take at lest one more day to dry and then couple more to blister off." Inuyasha then took some bandage and wrapped both her hands. "So that means no shooting your bow for the next day or so." Kagome sat in the warmth of Inuyasha's lap as she ate some fish and talked with her friends. The night continued and soon the others were fast asleep. Kagome looked up into the eyes of the man who held her so tight. "I want you to know that I never meant to ….." "You were you. You never pushed me to love you. You loved me for so long even when I would run and leave you alone. I know now that Kikyou and I were never meant to be. Kikyou and I made good friends." Inuyasha kissed the top of Kagome's head. "I love you Kagome and nothing will stop that." Kagome smiled as she looked up at the night sky. "I use to think when I was in the next world how sad it was that I would never see the night sky again." Inuyasha smiled then he took Kagome into his arms. They both stood and Inuyasha held Kagome around the waist and like that night so long ago they danced.
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Days pasted and Inuyasha and the others hid Kagome from the world and the demons that hunted her. Kagome let her body heal as she sat on Kirara covered in a read kimono as they traveled through the woods. Inuyasha and the others walked around Kirara that way no demon could get a surprise attack on them. Kagome felt happy that her friends were by her side. "So Inuyasha where are we going?" Miroku asked. "We need to go see that wimpy wolf." Kagome looked at Inuyasha and smiled. He had made a promise that before he went to hunt Naraku he would go get him. They walked a little more getting stopped by a few small demons before night fell. They made camp for the night and soon all were fast asleep.
Kagome woke in the middle of the night to a faint sound of someone calling out her name. Kagome looked at her hands and they were better but she left her bow on the ground. She was about to take another step into the woods when she stopped. "I need to do this alone for a moment." Kagome went and put the bow over her shoulder, then took one of her arrows and shot the ground. The light put a barrier over her friends so they couldn't hear her leave.
Naraku and Kagura sat in the dark and watched Kagome walk into the woods towards the faint voice. "Has she lost it? I mean is going to follow a voice alone and she blocked them all." "Don't be stupid Kagura. Kagome make look like she has no plan but she does. She knows that it's Kikyou who is calling her." Naraku smiled. "She is going to save her. Kikyou is calling her to kill her." Naraku laughed as he looked at the sleeping group of friends. They had no clue what was really going on and soon Kikyou and Kagome would be locked in battle once more.
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Kagome walked till she saw the figure of Kikyou then she stopped. "So you can still hear me." "Kikyou what are you doing? You're helping the very man who killed you over fifty years ago!" "I will kill you then Inuyasha and I will kill him." Kagome didn't move. "You're a fool. Naraku is trying to use you. He wants you to kill me because he can't do it alone. He will then turn around and kill you!" Kagome felt the tears of hate towards Naraku. "I will not let that happen" Kikyou pulled out a sword at that and came charging at Kagome. Kagome pulled out her ring and held back the sword the best she could. "Why are you even trying your hands are still hurt." Kikyou pushed Kagome to the ground. "You better pull out your real weapon Kagome or this wont even be a fight." Kagome didn't even move towards the bow as she jumped up and looked at Kikyou. "I will not fight you like this. If you keep hating me nothing will get solved." Kikyou laughed and this time she charged with her sword Kagome just stood there. "If you let your hate take over than you will not be able to touch me either." Kikyou was about to hit her with her sword but meet with Kagome's light and was tossed back. "What is going on!" "You can't let this hate take over Kikyou!" Kagome stood there then she noticed that they were no longer alone.
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Inuyasha and the others woke to find that Kagome and her bow were gone. They tried to follow her scent but they ran right into her barrier so they followed along that till they could see two figures standing in the woods. "Kagome is talking with Kikyou." Sango pointed out. Inuyasha was nervous what was she thinking Kikyou wasn't being herself and Kagome could get hurt. "Kagome!"
Kagome turned to see Inuyasha and the others standing there. "Kikyou you want this hate then you have to deal with what it will bring." Kagome pulled her bow and shot. The arrow went deep into the woods away from both of them. "What was that!" Kikyou could only laugh at the fact that Kagome had a shot and missed. Kagome waited and then she saw it. Her arrow found the one that was holding the barrier. The two exploded in color and the barrier was gone. Inuyasha and the others came running to her side.
"Kikyou what is going on with you?" Inuyasha was now standing in front of Kagome. "That girl is tearing us apart! You can't even see that, Inuyasha you told me you would never love anyone like you loved me." Inuyasha looked at Kikyou then over at Kagome. "I felt that I would never love another like I thought I was loving you. Then the anger came. I found that I would easily believe that you would betray me. I could never think like that with Kagome." Kikyou was starting to really get mad the hate was building. "That girl didn't tell you two years ago that she was going to give up her life. She didn't even give you a chance to save her. That has got to make you mad." Inuyasha looked down at the ground and stopped for a moment. "No. I was going to get mad that day but every time I tried to hate her I just couldn't. I saw her face in my head and all I could do was smile. Kagome didn't do it to hurt me is what I came to realize, she did it save us all." Kikyou was taken back. He wasn't mad when he thought about her that day but when he looked back fifty years ago he could still feel that hate. "You are trying to tell me that nothing she did that day makes you mad?" "I am telling you that I can't think of hating Kagome like I hated you fifty years ago!" Inuyasha hated the idea of saying it but it felt good letting it go. Kikyou was done with all of them and ran off into the night. Kagome watched her leave and her heart ached to help. "I can't help her. She can only be helped if she helps herself."