Impossible Love

Chapter 20

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As Kouga reached for the tie, she felt a foreign energy well with a sense of anticipation. her heart beat quickened even as time seemed to slow as she watched his hand come closer and closer. She was rooted in place as the power welled inside her to painful proportions until his fingertips brushed the fabric.

Without warning, her vision swam white and a jolt of power lanced through her, tearing a scream from her throat as it burned to her core. It found her miko energy and slammed into the wall that was keeping it from her. The wall of Maya's spell held strong and she felt the darkness creeping on her, but the light almost seemed to scoop her consciousness up far enough to outrun it. She felt a dizzying sensation of moving very very fast and then, with a suddneness that was startling, she was standing in a field of flowers.

"Kagome." A voice said from behind her. She spun around and found a woman standing there. Or at least, she seemed to be standing there, but she was blurry, as if there was a veil around her figure. She was dressed in the traditional Miko garb and the clothing and her raven black hair seemed to be moving in a breeze that Kagome could not feel.

"Who-"

The woman cut her off, "There is no time." She held out her hand and a small ball of pink energy formed there. It grew in an instant to the size of an apple and then floated towards Kagome. "Take this. Break the spell, Kagome. Break it or you and your love will die and the worlds will suffer. Your fate speaks promise and the hope of a better future for this place."

Kagome felt her anger flare. "Why is this happening to me?" She screamed. "I was just a normal girl! I had a normal life! Then I fell down the well and now everyone speaks of destiny and my future! Do I not have a say in my life? Can I not live the way I choose to live?"

The woman smiled and it was familiar somehow, as if she'd seen that smile before and her anger dissipated in an instant. "That is exactly what you should do, Kagome. What you choose is all that matters. But our time is through. Take the energy. You will need it for what you must now face."

Kagome wasn't sure how to take the energy, but she held out her hand anyway and it floated to her and absorbed into her palm. She felt a warmth in her chest a split second before she was almost literally thrown back into her body.

It took her a moment to realize that not a second had passed while she spoke to the woman in the field. The scream had been in her mind. Kouga's calloused fingers brushed her neck up and down and toyed with the tie. The pure pack energy inside her had grown stronger. She could feel Ayame's hurt and betrayal. Her heart welled in sympathy for a moment before she squashed it down, she could not let her emotions compromise her. He brought his other hand up to play with the other side of her neck and she could not help the pain on her face when he brushed over his mark. The skin felt flayed and very tender.

He grinned wickedly. "So senstive, Kagome. I'll make sure to remember that." Then both his hands reached for the tie and he began to undo it. Kagome's heartbeat quickened with fear and embarassment that she would in moments be naked in front of hundreds of youkai.

But Kouga's fingers failed. He could not get the tie undone. He growled in frustration and went to slice the strap with his claws, but, to Kagome's astonishment, it held against his strength. He snarled and reached for the front of it and jerked the dress in an attempt to rip it, but again it held. He jerked it and Kagome felt the fabric digging into her skin hard enough to bruise, but it would not tear. He snarled again and pushed her away from him and she fell, hard.

The emotion in the bowl changed in tenor, and the powers there swirled and mixed into what Kagome could only think of as a storm in her mind. At Kouga's show of unnecessary brutality, Ayame's wolves grew unquiet and Ayame herself was a vision of righteous fury. A glance at Ayumu showed a look of triumph. Silina's face was a mask of dark fury.

"What sabotage is this?" She called.

Kouga turned to her, a distant look in his eyes, almost like a puppet. "The dress. The dress is woven with a spell."

Before the words had finished falling from his lips, Ayumu darted away from his mother's side. Silina was too quick however and snapped her fingers to the spider guards. They stopped his retreat and drug him struggling back to her.

"Conspiring with the Miko, my son?"

He stayed still, as if he knew that struggling was futile. "Conspiracy is your area of expertise, mother."

Kagome, watching the scene unfold with the rest, felt rather than saw Ayame move, creeping up on the Moonstone and Kouga. Kagome felt her intention and was astonished. The young queen meant to attack her love. Kagaome's heart screamed for her. It was surley suicide, just as sure as Ayumu had killed himself in giving her the dress. Hinata's body jerked within the Black Queen's web. Her mind forced the images of Sango and the others abused bodies and the sight of Iyayuma falling under the wolves' teeth. All the people who had suffered to keep her safe while she stood weak and powerless. Then Ayame leapt to strike as Silina's hand rose to rend a killing blow.

Power welled inside her, foreign and familiar at the same time and she recognized it as the strange woman's. The dress fed it's power to her and the pure energy of the pack swelled and grew as the rest of the pure wolves realized what was about to happen as well and gathered themeslves to fight. She felt the power dip into a spear point directed at the wall keeping her miko energy from her and she felt Maya's necklace jump on her skin as the enegies collided. Pain flared around her neck and then her Miko energy swelled to reach the rest as the necklace and pendant fell away from her skin as powdery ashes.

"NO!" She screamed and the power burst from her in visible supernova of blinding white light, tinged with pink sacred energy.

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Power sizzled through the air, hanging almost tangibly around the courtyard as the Inu army came upon the surrounding wall. Without a sound, the kitsune moved forward first and climbed to crouch just below the top. He followed with the inu warriors until their entire force was crouched there, tense and waiting for his signal. He nodded around at them and then opened his mouth to bark the final command, when a wave of energy blasted from the courtyard, nearly knocking from their perches. A blood curling scream rang out in a voice he knew achingly well.

Without thinking he howled. "Attack!" And over the wall he went with the first wave, with the kitsune illusions crackling in the air around them.

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A/N: So I know this chapter took awhile, but I'm sorry to say that I've been having some personal issues and my writing had to take the back seat. Priorities you know. But I'm getting back on track. This chapter and the next were very hard for me and I'm still not entirely done but there it is. See you next week.