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The Breakup
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Kagome struggled against the bat's grasp as she tried to make sense of the situation before her. There was a literal army of half-demons from her era coming to their rescue on literally no notice and they were all seemingly immune to spiritual attacks. As long as they were on her side it didn't matter to her. What did matter was Inuyasha laying deathly still on the forest floor. His aura was still present...barely. Every time it flickered it felt like her own heart stopped.
A red haired young woman suddenly rushed up and with cat like agility jumped up, wrapped her legs around the bat demons head and flipped him over her body- flinging the giant beast across the clearing with impressive effortlessness. As she dropped to the ground in front of the miko, she gave Kagome a lop sided grin before their heads whipped towards a menacing red glowing blast that ricocheted - knocking down the trifecta attacking Kikyo as well as Kikyo herself. With a mighty war cry Shiori launched herself forward before freezing and blinking stupidly at the bizarre army amassed around her.
"Holy shit! It's Shiori!" the red haired girl exclaimed before slapping a clawed hand across her mouth and cowering slightly as half a dozen half-demons slowly turned to glare at her. Lowering her hand, she gave them all an apologetic smile before turning back to Kagome and lying lamely, "I mean, what?! Wow! That was some blast there, eh?"
"Who the hell are you guys?!" Kagome exclaimed agitatedly as she poked her finger into the young woman's chest, "And how the hell did you get here?!"
"Hey now! We're friends, don't worry!" the fiery neko-hanyou snapped as she rolled her eyes before glancing over her shoulder and whispering excitedly, "How old is she? Like five, maybe six?"
"I think younger than that," Kagome answered awkwardly thrown off by the random question. The girl cackled as she turned and flexed her claws as she surveyed the scene, "I knew that bitch lied about her age. I fucking knew it."
"Alright I've had enough!" Kagome hissed as she grabbed the girl's chin and forced her emerald eyes to meet her own blue, "What the fuck is going on?!"
"Well, we're a pack of hanyou and we traveled from the future to help you guys. Name's Ayame. Nice to meet you," the girl answered simply, smirking when Kagome hugged in exasperation, "Once this whole mess is cleared up, we'll...DUCK!"
As they hit the ground, Kagome looked up at the new onslaught on bat demons that had decided to grace the new threat with their presence before her eyes whipped back to Inuyasha who was currently being protected by Shiori. The little girl was trembling as she held her hands over him, extending her barrier as far as it would go to protect him and strangely, now that Kagome looked closer at the various beings fighting around her, all of the half-demons seemed to be slightly glowing with a similar red light.
"Notice that glow did ya," Ayame grunted as she leapt into the air gracefully and landed a solid kick into one of the demons sending them careening into the ground, "No point hiding it. Give her like three hundred years and that little itty bitty thing comes up with this whole little bobble that allows demons to go underground. It alters what people see, hides our aura, all sorts of shit. Protects us from spiritual attacks too. It's pretty boss. Normally can't see it but when she's focusing it amplifies our shit too."
"How did you get here?" Kagome asked as they ducked and weaved through the battle going on around them, "I mean don't get me wrong. I'm glad you're here but...but like did you come through the well?!"
"No," the girl answered casually before leaping into the air, twisting gracefully to give a powerful roundhouse kick to a demon getting a little too close and landed effortlessly to run beside Kagome again, "One of our pack can time travel. He brought us back. Now I've already probably told you too much so I'm gunna stop before I get my ass handed to me."
"Fair," Kagome groaned as she slid to her knees next to Inuyasha as pulled him into her lap. He was cold as ice but his eye lids were still fluttering. Without a second thought she tugged the arrow embedded in his chest free, weirdly relishing when his light eyes flew open and he yipped in pain. For a moment he panted heavily before he grinned weakly up at her, relief evident all over his face. Giving her a loving look, Inuyasha shakily lifted his hand to cup her cheek and sighed weakly, "You didn't give into her. You scared me for a second there.."
Biting back tears, Kagome shook her head as she let out a shuddering breath and gave him a watery smile. The battle around them didn't matter. She was confident in their strange new friends' abilities. All that mattered was Inuyasha - the true whole amber eyed Inuyasha laying alive in her arms.
Slowly, slowly the battle died down around them as the half-demons moved instead to defend the village before Asora's voice rang out behind her.
"You fucked with the wrong pack," the woman hissed angrily, "But your life is not mine by right to take. Your fate lies with him."
Groaning Inuyasha lolled his head to look at the dead miko defiantly glaring at him before unsteadily forcing himself to sit up - ignoring Kagome and Shiori's protests - and managed to get up to walk over to his defeated former love.
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" he whispered angrily as he obviously struggled to stay upright. Setting her jaw, Kikyo merely glared at him and narrowed her eyes. Sighing shakily, Inuyasha shook his head morosely before kneeling down beside her, "You died fifty years ago because I couldn't protect you. Because I failed. Today I am going to set you free, not as punishment but to save you. I'm sorry I didn't do it sooner."
Swallowing thickly, Inuyasha placed a soft kiss on her temple as he thrust his claws into her chest. As her false clay body crumbled to dust, a single soul lingered as the others escaped.
"Thank you," Kikyo's voice eminated from the glowing silver orb, "I have not been myself for quite some time and now I am free to finally, finally move on."
With those final words, the orb drifted lazily towards Kagome before depositing itself in her chest. As soon as he was sure Kagome would be fine, Inuyasha gave his love a lazy smile before his eyes rolled back in his head and the world turned to black.
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"There you go," the blue haired boy grunted as he deposited the batter Inuyasha in Kagome's bed, "I'll send a pack doctor over in the morning to see if there needs to be anything done, alright?"
Kagome sighed her thanks before going through the task of removing the very soiled firerat to see the full extent of his injuries. The battle was won with the help of her new friends. In a weird way, she was actually excited that there was now this possibility to bring other people from the feudal era to the future. Sango and her could have girls nights, actual girls night. Her family from both eras could meet each other. It was going to be lovely...if only she could figure out which hanyou possessed that ability.
When his chest was finally bare, she shuddered involuntarily at the mutilated mound of flesh before her eyes. It would be a wonder if he'd survive the night. His neck, arm and chest resembled a grotesque bloody combination of raw chicken, pus, warped plastic bubbles and hamburger meat. Pulling the first aid kit onto the bed, she quickly went to work before pausing when he furrowed his brow and his eye lids fluttered open.
"'Gome?" he whispered painfully as he turned his head to look at her, his pale yellows eyes still somewhat unseeing, "Did we win?"
Nodding, Kagome gave him a warm smile and leaned over to kiss his temple. Sighing happily for a moment, Inuyasha's face crumpled for a moment before he whispered so quietly Kagome had to strained to hear him, "Do they hate me? The others. Do they hate me?"
"No," Kagome chuckled as she once again resumed tending his injuries, "They took one look at you and agreed that you'd been punished enough."
"I look that bad?" he grumbled miserably running his hand through his brittle grey hair.
"Uh huh, you look like shit, " Kagome snorted as he hissed when she began to apply anti-septic. For a moment, there was a comfortable silence before Inuyasha raised his hand to lay atop hers and intertwined their fingers. Giving her an affectionate smirk, he forced himself to sit up enough to place a passionate, lingering kiss on her lips before plopping back down and sighing happily, "I've always wanted to do that."
"We've kissed before ya know," Kagome grumbled warmly, giggling slightly. Slowly shaking his head, Inuyasha gave her a lop sided grin, "Yeah but I've never been the one who started it and we've never kissed when one of us wasn't crying so you gotta admit that kiss was the best one yet."
Kagome couldn't help but agree...for the moment. The minute he was patched up she'd give him a kiss to remember.
