I liked writing the last chapter. He he he. THE PLOT THICKENS. Oh, how it thickens, like pea soup. Or something else that thickens... Like some other type of soup. Ha ha ha!
Well, you've just got a TASTE of the plot, right there. Oh, yes. Yes, just a taste. Ha ha ha! Like soup.
Save Me From Myself
Chapter Seven: Protective Embrace
This situation seemed all too familiar to me... And it should have. We went through the same thing with InuYasha. Though, this time I was the one transforming, and he wasn't. Actually, he was unconscious, but was not in life-threatening danger from his wound. But the more I think about it, the more it scares me.
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The villagers all started to run away from where Kagome was standing, her bloodied claws held out for all to see. The wings that had come out from her back spread out and she laughed some more at seeing the humans frightened for their lives.
"What do we do?" Shippo shouted over the screams and jumping onto Miroku's shoulder.
"Whatever we do, we have to do it quick!" Sango shouted, clenching her fist. "Damn that Naraku! It's his fault!"
Shippo turned to Sango and let out a bewildered, "Huh?"
"The Bachiatari Jewel has taken over her body," Miroku explained. "There's a strange youki around her. Maybe a couple oofudas will transform her back to normal."
The monk reached into his sleeve and pulled out some of the charms and threw them at Kagome. Once they were thrown, through, her head turned to see them. She lifted up her left hand and slashed through the paper like a paper shredder.
"No!" Miroku shouted, gasping.
Sango glared and said, "We might have to knock her out." She lifted up her Hiraikotsu, which she had retrieved after it was knocked to the ground by the youkai who had attacked the village.
"You saw how she destroyed that youkai! You can't beat her!" Shippo shouted, shaking in fear.
"I have to try, or else she'll destroy more than just that youkai!" Sango yelled before charging toward Kagome. Kagome watched the exterminator as she spun the giant boomerang above her head, getting ready to attack Kagome. Sango swung hard towards Kagome's head, but Kagome ducked, smirking the whole time. Sango swung towards Kagome's feet, and Kagome jumped, and landed on the Hiraikotsu.
Kagome laughed once at seeing Sango's bewildered expression. One of Sango's hidden weapons ripped through her clothing as she tried to hit Kagome with that, getting angry. Kagome looked surprised for a second, but brought her hand up to grab the weapon before it hit her.
Sango gasped when Kagome grabbed a hold of the blade; blood started to drip down from Kagome's hand, but Kagome didn't notice it.
"Annoying wench," Kagome said, smirking, before punching Sango in the cheek and sending her flying back towards Miroku.
"Sango!" Shippo shouted, jumping down from Miroku's shoulder and looking at Sango.
Miroku knelt down next to Sango as well and asked, "Are you all right?"
Sango wiped her cheek where Kagome punched her and pushed herself up with her arm. "I'm fine," replied the exterminator, glaring at Kagome. Then her eyes widened and she realized something. "I can't believe I actually tried to hurt Kagome."
"That's not Kagome," Miroku said, trying to comfort Sango.
She shook her head. "That's what Naraku wants us to think. He wants us to try to finish her off, even though we would be killed in the process. And no matter what, it's still Kagome," Sango said, glaring at Kagome still, but thinking about Naraku.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, wench, but you're pretty good. You made me bleed," Kagome said, taking a few steps forward and looking at her bleeding palm. "Too bad it's healing already."
"What?" Miroku said, his eyes wide.
Kagome smirked. "Keh. I'm a youkai, what do you expect?"
Kagome a... youkai? Sango thought, her eyes wide. Is this the power of the Bachiatari Jewel?
"You're not a..." cough! hack! "...youkai. You're a human," said a different voice. Kagome turned her said to see InuYasha standing up, blood trickling from his mouth. His wound had started to heal a little bit, but not much.
"What are you talking about, hanyou?" Kagome said, saying hanyou like it was a sin to be one. The tone of voice made InuYasha flinch, especially since it was Kagome's voice that was saying it.
InuYasha started to walk towards Kagome, causing her wings to flare out even more. She was warning him, but he wasn't paying attention. He continued to walk, though he wasn't moving very fast.
Kagome glared at InuYasha. "Do you wish to die, hanyou?"
"Kagome wouldn't hurt me intentionally," InuYasha replied, keeping his eyes locked with Kagome's.
That seemed to strike a nerve, and the youki around Kagome started to weaken. "Don't underestimate me."
InuYasha laughed dryly. "Don't worry. I haven't. But you're Kagome. Kagome has always tried to stop herself if she was ever controlled. She never wanted to hurt me," said the hanyou.
He was only a few feet away from Kagome now. "I said STAY BACK!" Kagome shouted, her wings flaring out even farther and her red eyes glowing.
"You never said that to Sango. Is it because you know that you're losing the battle with the real Kagome?"
"SHUT UP!" Kagome roared, clutching her head and shaking it. Her breathing became deep, and she suddenly started to struggle with her speech. "I-Inu... Yasha! I... I can't... control myself!" said Kagome, her voice not fierce anymore, but scared and kind.
"Yes you can, Kagome!" InuYasha shouted, only about a foot away from her.
Kagome continued to hold her head but moved it up so she could look at InuYasha. Her eyes were wide and scared, and their normal brown color.
"InuYasha..." Kagome said, before falling forward and fainting. InuYasha caught her and held her tightly. The black wings coming out of Kagome's back shrunk and disappeared into nothing, and it was like they were never there. The only thing that was proof that she had wings were the two long holes in her shirt where the wings had grown.
"I think she's back to normal..." InuYasha said, lifting Kagome up and cradleing her in his arms. Or at least as close to normal as she could be.
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Kagome groaned and brought her hands to her head, rubbing at her temples at a futile attempt to get rid of the horrible headache she had. That's what woke her up from her deep sleep. She was actually sleeping nicely, but she couldn't really remember fighting the demon last night.
I remember InuYasha getting hurt... And then it's a little fuzzy right there... But I think InuYasha beat the demon... I must have passed out or something, Kagome thought, rubbing her temples and sitting up. "Oh, this headache is really bad," Kagome said to herself, her eyes still shut from sleep.
She heard someone walk in the hut. Kagome opened her right eye to look at them, staring towards the door. InuYasha walked into the room, and his eyes widened when he saw her.
"Kagome?" InuYasha said, looking worried.
"Yeah, what is it?" Kagome asked. "Is anything wrong?"
InuYasha looked surprised. "You mean you don't remember?"
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Remember what?"
InuYasha looked afraid to tell her. "What?" Kagome said, panic evident in her voice. "Did something happen? Tell me! Did anyone get hurt? What about your wound? Are you okay?"
Kagome's questions had come so quickly that InuYasha could hardly sort them out. He sighed and sat down in front of her, crossing his legs and looking at her straight in the eyes. "Whatever I tell you... I want you to know that none of it was your fault, all right?" InuYasha said.
"What is that supposed to mean? What happened?"
InuYasha closed his eyes and sighed. Then he said, "Miroku and Sango told me that when you saw me unconscious, something happened with the Bachiatari Jewel..."
"What?"
InuYasha opened his eyes and glared at Kagome. "Don't interrupt me. It's hard enough to tell you this," InuYasha said. Kagome opened her mouth to reply, but closed it after seeing the look on InuYasha's face.
"Anyway, after you saw me, you... changed..." InuYasha saw the look on Kagome's face and elaborated. "You know how I transform when my life is in danger?" Kagome nodded. "You transformed. We don't know why, but you did. You fought off the demon, and killed him... And Miroku and Sango said that you did it pretty easily. But then you turned on the humans and said you were gonna kill them next."
Kagome's eyes were wide and she bit her lip disbelievingly. She shook her head and closed her eyes, trying to hold off the tears that threatened to fall.
"You fought with Sango, and she managed to cut you on your hand. Then I got up and managed to change you back, but you fell unconscious," InuYasha explained, his fists clenched on his lap.
"No..." Kagome whispered, a tear falling down her cheek. She opened her eyes and looked at her palms, finding the cut that InuYasha had talked about. It was almost healed, though, from when Kagome had been transformed.
"You were a youkai Kagome," InuYasha said. Then, he pulled her into a tight embrace. Kagome's fears started to vanish, but InuYasha still held her, comforting her.
Kagome noticed something strange. With a free hand, she felt the back of her shirt and her eyebrows raised.
"InuYasha... Why is my shirt ripped?" Kagome asked.
InuYasha lifted his head up and looked into Kagome's face. "Oh! Yeah... You had wings."
Kagome's eyebrows raised even farther. "I had... wings?"
"Yeah. Wings."
"Wings."
"Yup."
"What kind of wings?"
"They looked kind of like a bat's wings... They were kind of cool, but sort of scary."
"Wings..."
InuYasha let go of Kagome and she wiped away the remaining tears from her eyes. InuYasha stood up and walked to the corner of the room, where a spare kimono was laying.
The hanyou brought the kimono to Kagome and said to her, "Kaede said that you might want to change into these. Your shirt is covered in blood."
"Thanks."
Before InuYasha left the hut, he turned to Kagome and said to her, "Don't worry, Kagome. I'm gonna help you."
InuYasha left the hut and Kagome whispered to herself, "I know."
Chapter End