Chapter 17
Kagome's jaw twitched slightly, "What do you want?" she demanded icily.
The voice chuckled, "Now, now. You should be more polite to people."
She breathed slowly, "Do I look like I care? I want you to leave me alone." She signaled to Moriko. The voice grew serious, "You do care; because I am the one who helped the other scientists. You're alive because of me." Kagome was silent for a moment, "So, you are the one responsible for what I am."
The voice chuckled, "Yes."
Kagome growled, "You are the one who tried to ruin my life."
The voice sighed, "No, my little angel. I made you fit. I made you fit for me."
Kagome sucked in a breath, "Do you understand that whoever you are, because of what you did to me, I will never forgive you."
The voice hissed, "Now, now, my little angel. You're mine. I made you this way so you would be perfect for me. The fact that you somehow have an ability to tap the very magic of the earth, makes you even more perfect."
Kagome snarled, "I am not yours. I belong to myself. No one else. You hear me, sicko?" as she spoke her voice rose. She drew the attention of the people in the house, "Leave me alone!"
The voice tsked, "No need to get upset, angel." The voice sighed, "You're just like her." he muttered absently, "So stubborn. She took a long time to break but, afterwards, what a wonderful woman." The voice turned into a snarl, "Until that man took her away from me. He will pay. I will make him pay for taking away my darling." The voice turned pleading, "Won't you come to me, angel? I need you and I'm sure you don't want any you know to-say-get hurt now do you? No, of course not. You don't like to get others involved. Just like my darling. You two are so much alike. Will you be as hard to break as her?" He chuckled, "That was fun, angel, breaking her, and when I break you, no doubt you will enjoy it as well. I must go, my angel, I'll call you later." He hung up and she rushed from the room, into the bathroom and vomited.
"Disgusting…" she muttered, "That…thing! Was disgusting…" she wiped her mouth, "Moriko-chan? I'm going up to the den, ok? Could you please not bother me?" she called into the family room. She didn't wait for an answer but she didn't go to the den, she went to her room instead, huddling under the covers as she wept.
"Oh god…why me? What did I do?" she moaned, head hung in misery. She didn't notice the soft click coming from her door and barely registered the slight tilt of the bed.
"Kagome…?" the soft voice was barely heard but Kagome looked up at him with an open eye.
"What do you want Inuyasha?" she whined softly, misery dripping off every word. Inuyasha moved closer to her, "What did he say?" he prodded gently.
Kagome looked up at him, "He said he made me what I am because he wanted me to be his. He talked about someone, his 'darling' and about breaking her." She stared off into the wall, "The bastard. He 'made me perfect'. He was there, I can almost remember it. There were people all around me. Most of them were men and all of them were fuzzy." She sighed and wiped her cheeks, "Typical, I can never remember everything about that time. I guess it's a blessing, the things I half-remember aren't very pleasant." She looked at Inuyasha, "That's what I remember. Shouldn't you go and write it down or something? You know, FBI like?"
Inuyasha gazed solemnly at her, "I suppose." He grabbed her shoulder and pulled her into a fiery kiss. She gasped into shock and he deepened the kiss.
"Kagome are you okay--!" Inuyasha was thrown away from Kagome.
"What the hell do you think you're doing!" demanded Moriko furiously, "You were making out with my aunt! That's what you were doing!" she glared at Inuyasha, hands on her hips, "Taking advantage of a emotionally disable woman! Your kind is the most vile, disgusting kind of man I've ever had the displeasure of knowing! Get out of her room and if I ever see you near her again I will throw you out of my house!"
Kagome broke in, "But, Moriko…isn't that what Luki…." She trailed off as Moriko turned to glare at her aunt. "That is beside the point." She whirled back to stare at Inuyasha; "I don't want you near my aunt, understood? Now, get out." Inuyasha stood slowly, dusting himself off. He left the room but looked back at Kagome, she glanced at him before returning her attention back to her niece. Moriko was in full lecture mode, waving her arms around and talking in a strange, liquid tongue. Kagome answered her niece occasionally, but kept her eyes downcast. Moriko sighed and sat down abruptly, pulling her aunt into a hug, " You need to tell me these things." She spoke into her aunt's shoulder, "I don't want to be left out of things. I hate it." Kagome wrapped her arms around her niece, "Ok." She replied solemnly.
"Promise?"
Kagome smiled despite herself, "Promise."
"Good." Moriko pulled away, "Whaddya say to mug of chocolate milk?"
Kagome grinned, "You're just saying that because you want me to make it for you."
"Damn straight."
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Moriko took Kagome to the hot springs that evening. They sank into the steamy water, relaxing sore muscles and contemplating many things.
"So…" began Kagome hesitantly. Moriko looked up from her scrubbing, "Nn?" She shook out her hair, "Kagome I just want you to know something." She swam slowly to her aunt, "Whatever decision you choose to make, I will support you without question." She cracked her knuckles, "But if he tries to get at you like that again, I will kill him." She cocked her head, "Unless you want him too…" Kagome rolled her eyes and resumed her washing.
"Hey, I haven't seen Sohi for a while." Began Kagome after a few minutes, "I know I should be worried but since you gave him to me I just..."
"Sohi is visiting his family right now." Replied Moriko curtly as she her attitude changed to 'seer mode', "I told him that he should only come back if I call." Kagome nodded and pulled herself out of the water, "He was an interesting pet. What about Nightstalker and Leilani?" Moriko shook out her hair and joined her aunt, "They are traveling around the world to fain a suitable place for breeding. They said they wouldn't be back until long after your problem was fixed," Her eyes unfocused for a second, "They wish to thank you for asking about them." She grinned, "Come on! I need my Chocolate milk fix!" Kagome rolled her eyes, "You had one earlier today!"
"I need another one!" Moriko jogged off toward the house, temporarily leaving Kagome in the dust. Kagome looked up solemnly at the night sky and habitually glanced at the moon, a small sliver of black graced the side. She sighed, and followed her niece up to the house.
"Kagome! Turns out everyone wants some Chocolate milk, need any help?" Luki piped, his head appearing in the doorway. Kagome smiled, "Of course, but no lacing Moriko's with anything." She teased. He rolled his eyes, "Like I need to do that." He countered. Kagome laughed and pushed him gently; "Just help me with the pouring."
"Yay! My choco fix is here!" laughed Moriko as Kagome and Luki entered the room, trays laden with drinks and a few snacks. Everyone was currently huddled in the middle of the floor playing an interesting game of dah hin min.
"HA! I win again!" shouted Ayame as she threw down her card in triumph. Kouga groaned, " What the hell did you do to these cards, woman?" Ayame narrowed her eyes, "Are you saying I'm cheating?" her voice was deadly calm. Kouga gulped, "NO! Uh, I was just complaining about how you're always winning." Ayame nodded, "That's what I thought." She kissed her boyfriend's cheek, "Isn't he a good boy?" she asked teasingly wrapping her arms around his shoulders. Moriko rolled her eyes, "Who's the poor man this time?" she asked. Kagome raised her hand, "I feel so unloved." She laughed.
"Aww." Moriko gave her a hug, "Feel better?" Kagome giggled and nodded, "Oui." Moriko grinned, "Any chance of a refill?" Kagome sighed, "Alright. Anyone else?" She collected the glasses and returned to the kitchen. Luki entered the room after her, "May I help you?" he asked politely. Kagome grinned at him, "Only if you promise not to spike the drinks." He rolled his eyes, "Like I need to." They busied themselves with the task. "Moriko told me about…what happened." He began slowly, keeping his eyes on the drinks. Kagome raised her eyebrows, "That's a surprise. Moriko usually keeps things to herself." She answered quietly. Luki smiled, "Mates don't keep anything from each other." He replied nonchalantly. Kagome laughed, "So she really did it." She shook her head, "She used to swear to me that she'd never get married." Luki shrugged, "Then she met me." He placed the drinks on the tray, "Are you coming?" Kagome shrugged, "I have to go upstairs for a minute I'll be back down soon. Continue the game without me." She ran up the stairs, hopping from one step to another like a little child and waving. She was cheerfully walking toward her room when the first stab of pain echoed through her chest. She gasped and clutched at it, eyes unfocused, as she probed her body for the source of her pain. Her anger flared when she saw the reason. Someone was trying to drain away the well of power that her body contained. It wasn't the fact the attempts were unsuccessful; it was that someone was stupid enough to try. Without thinking, she drew on her own individual source of power and lashed out. She got a sick satisfaction when the pull on her power stopped abruptly and the faint traces indicated a thoroughly drained victim. She opened her eyes to find Moriko standing over her, hand on her forehead; "Did you kill him?" was her first question. Kagome blinked at her and shook her head, she was exhausted herself, her power source was nothing compared to the Gate's and she was drained of what little she had. She closed her eyes for a minute. "Kagome, Luki's going to put you in bed, okay? When you feel better I'll show you how replenish yourself with the Gates energy." Kagome nodded wearily and allowed herself to be picked up. She lost consciousness before they reached her room.
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TMK: Another Chapter complete. Yay Sorry it took so long. I haven't had any time to work on this thing for a while. I'll also be working on the old chapters, lengthening them and editing them so I might not be putting up chapters consistently. Thank you very much for reading my story!