Dawn's point of view…
Fury hit me again and I flew into another wall. Boulders fell from the ceiling above landing hard atop of me. I didn't move from the spot. Fury screamed in anger and flung me across the room again. "Damn it! Fight back!"
I stared at him with empty eyes as I fought the rising anger in me. He wanted to fight my own 'inner fury' but until I knew where my friends were I wasn't going to chance fighting him. I refused to take the risk of dying without being sure the others were alright. He once again picked me up and threw me.
"Dawn!" I heard someone call from the exit to the cavern as I hit a out cropping.
Fury slammed a hand towards the exit and a barrier shimmered into place keeping the others out. "No one enters until I kill her!" He screamed. He picked me up by the throat and held me off the ground. "Show me the anger that fought Leiko! Show me the fury in you!"
I met the eyes of each of my friends and read what they told me. Miroku and Sango looked afraid as I hung above the ground. Kagome looked at me and gave me a determined glance, you can do it! She seemed to say. Mamoru gazed at me in fear, love, and support and I felt my strength returning quickly. My gaze went to Inuyasha and he gave me the last push of power to do what needed to be done. While my heart and soul belonged to Mamoru and always would; the man I came to love as my own brother, with his amber eyes brimming with faith, showed me that he believed I could do it even when I had failed to destroy Fury's sisters. I snapped my eyes back to Fury and let my blood boil in deep anger. I grabbed the arm that held me and used it as a bar to swing around and slam my foot into the side of his head. We both hit the ground hard but this time I landed on my feet.
Fury got to his feet laughing. "Good! More! I can feel it in you! Let it take control! And feed my power!"
So that's why he wants me angry…he can suck it up and become more powerful…I drew my knife from its sheath and smiled as I saw him approach. "My anger," I said as I dove forward stabbing him in the chest, "will not feed you."
Fury stumbled back and pulled out the knife tossing it away. "And why is that bitch?" He ran at me and punching at me.
I turned to the side and helped him over my hip as I pulled his fist forward past me. "It doesn't control me." I said quietly. I dropped down and drove my elbow down into his throat and rolled away as he kicked up flipping back onto his feet. "I am in control." I said launching myself at his knees. He tripped backwards and fell once again to the hard ground. "You can never defeat me." I kicked him again and he rolled a few feet before staggering to his feet, though he was shaky.
I stalked closer to him and felt the anger he had so wanted to see running though me, making my movements flow smoothly and sinuously. The anger he had wanted to battle and steal became his downfall. It gave me the power to beat him because I had more control than he. I punched him hard and he flew into the wall behind him, getting impaled on a jagged edge of rock. As he died I ran a finger caressingly along his cheek. "You never could."
The barrier dropped when Fury died and Fear and Fascination stiffened before crumbling into dust. A pulse ran through me as I returned to my demon form and my hair flew about my face as the cave melted around us.
Miroku shook his head and dusted off his hands. "It would seem that their life forces were all tied together."
Mamoru rushed to my side as I staggered and wrapped me tightly in his arms. "Oh my little mate." He whispered against my throat. He inhaled my scent deeply and nuzzled into the mark on my neck. "It was terrifying being human. I lost almost all my senses. I was terrified I would never be able to smell your sweet scent again."
I leaned against him and nuzzled his neck back. Inuyasha and the others wondered over and ran hands over me. "I'm alright guys." I said softly. "Lets head to a place to stay the night."
When we settled at the campsite I wandered off a ways and sat high in a tree to gaze at the stars. Am I really that angry? I asked myself. Do I truly hold that much fury in me? A familiar scent hit my nose a second before the limb bowed under the added weight of my friend and leader.
"Will you talk with me?" Inuyasha asked repeating my words back to me.
"Fury said he wanted to fight me because I was full of anger. I don't want to be nothing but an angry person." I said quietly wrapping my arms about my knees.
"Feh. If he was after anger he wouldn't have chosen you." Inuyasha said. "He's part of Naraku. He lies and probably figured you'd be the easiest prey. Not meaning you are." He added quickly. "It's just he knew all of us from Naraku but he didn't know anything about you except you had been human."
I nodded. "Thanks. It makes me feel better to know I am not full of anger and hate." I looked up at the stars and Inuyasha followed my gaze. "Besides, love is so much more powerful."
"Love?" Inuyasha scuffed. "Anger and hate are the two most powerful things I can think of."
"You're thinking about when you were a child huh?" I asked. He nodded. "Think hard. When you remember all they did to you what is the thing you feel most?"
Inuyasha closed his eyes and thought deeply. "I can see people yelling at me, looking at me as if I was diseased and beating me. I feel anger but as I feel the hate rise in me, I see Kagome smiling at me or just doing or saying something kind to me." He blushed slightly.
"I know that your life is your life. But something you should know is that Kagome really lo-cares for you." I stuttered over saying love. It was up to Kagome to say that word. Not me. "When you were a very young child you didn't feel the anger or hate. Your mother was with you and she loved you. It kept the badness of the world away. When I was fighting Fury, I wanted to give in to the anger he wanted to see so I could fight him but because I loved my pack I was able to push it back." I stood light on my toes and stretched my arms up high as I looked down into Inuyasha's golden gaze. "Inuyasha I love you like a brother. I never had any siblings as I grew and have come to truly look up to you. You are the strongest one of all of us."
Inuyasha blushed and turned his face away. "You are crazy." He muttered.
I sat again leaning my head onto his shoulder. "Probably. But I still love you as if you were blood." Inuyasha jerked away and started off. "Kagome wants to be with you always." Inuyasha stumbled slightly and turned to look back at me. "If you want to learn what the most powerful emotion is, you might remember how many times you have fought with each other and how many times she has returned to your side." I said. Inuyasha stared at me for a moment then took off to think about what we had discussed. Being in love isn't easy Inuyasha. Giving your heart and soul to another is hard. I thought as I moved toward the scent of Mamoru and wrapped my arms around his neck when I reached him. Brother I have faith both in you and in Kagome. It will come.
Mamoru pressed his lips to mine and guided me down to the soft ground and all thoughts of Inuyasha and Kagome blew away on the gentle wind that stirred the leaves.
When we left the village the next morning we all were giddy. The three rejects were dead; we could go back and retrieve my children. We reached the mountains early the second morning only to run into Kouga; or rather, Kouga attacked me and Mamoru.
Kagome and I had explained to the group how to play the game of tag and Mamoru and I were in the middle of a one-on-one chase down. I leapt from one spot of the mountain to another and Mamoru chased close behind me. We never were too far from the group unless we went up the mountain a long ways. I was running back down the side of the hill when Mamoru called out a warning. I looked sideways and dodged just in time to avoid a heel in my face. As I landed on an outcropping not far away Mamoru stopped just beside me.
"What are you doing on my mountain?" Kouga shouted with his arms folded.
"Stop posturing Kouga." I said standing back up. I waved to Mamoru to go down to the others and let them know Kouga was around.
Kouga glared at me but didn't move when Mamoru darted down the hillside. "Who are you? How do you know who I am?"
"I've met you before. I'm Kagome's friend Dawn." I could feel the hostility coming from him and I wanted to get back to the others now. Kouga didn't like me much.
"Liar! Dawn is human. You're just a bitch." He said and charged at me.
I turned and jumped. I cursed when I overshot the ledge I had aimed for and looked behind me to see Kouga running vertical down the side at me. I cursed again and concentrated on changing into my dog form. Mamoru had never taught me how to make that cloud thing so I didn't know how to fly. I felt my body ripple as I became my red and gold dog form and when I lighted down on the path ahead of Inuyasha and the others I didn't hurt myself when I landed. I growled at the wolf prince as he skidded to a halt and I knelt beside Kagome.
Kagome was as tall as my shoulder when I was hunched down and she placed a hand on my fur. "Kouga! Did you attack Dawn?"
"Dawn is human. That bitch isn't." He snarled.
I launched myself at him biting the air just in front of his face before I settled back and returned to my human form. Mamoru came up and placed his arms around me so I would calm down and stop attacking. "I may be a bitch but you will treat me with better respect you mangy wolf!" I growled. Inuyasha burst out laughing and I smiled ruefully. Maybe Mamoru hadn't been the only one hanging around Inuyasha to long; it seemed I was picking up a few of his traits myself.
Kagome chuckled and put a hand on Mamoru's shoulder. "Mamoru is a friend of ours now and he and Dawn mated. It changed her to a demon. Dawn stop growling." She commanded finally. I settled into Mamoru's chest and just glared. Inuyasha hadn't stopped laughing. "Now what do you want Kouga?"
Kouga returned my glare and whirled on Inuyasha. "What's so funny dog breath?"
Inuyasha just shook his head. "Dawn really does look up to me." I smiled at him and winked, I was the only one who knew what he was referring too. "What do you want anyway Kouga?" He asked as he touched Kagome's arm gently.
Kouga noticed and snarled but answered none the less. "There is someone causing trouble for Ayame and her pack. She requested our help."
"Our?" Sango asked.
Kouga scowled. "She said that she wants all of us to go for some reason."
Kagome clapped her hands. "That's fine with me but we have to go home first." She walked off and it was then and only then that we saw that she was holding Inuyasha's hand in her own.
Suddenly we heard a crash and scream. We looked up and saw something falling down towards us. Kouga leapt into the air to catch it and when he landed he had a female wolf demon with red pig tails and white fur in his arms. "Ayame!" She was bleeding heavily from one arm and we looked up to see a bird diving down towards us.
Inuyasha leapt into the air and killed it with one swipe of his sword. "I think we need to postpone going home." He said quietly as he sheathed Tetsusaiga.
A tear ran down my cheek when I realized that I couldn't see my babies just yet. Mamoru nodded for both of us. "We follow you as always."
Inuyasha held Kagome gently against his side as she too leaked a few tears. "Come on. We are going to go as fast as we can."
"I know." She said straightening. "I just want to be home."
Kouga ignored us all and turned to face north. "If we are going?"
I snarled at him and if he hadn't been holding Ayame I probably would have hurt him. Mamoru ran his fingers gently through my hair and kissed my mark. "Change baby. We can move faster that way."
I nodded and he stepped a ways away before changing into his dog form. I picked up Miroku and Sango with Kirara and Shippo and placed them on his back before changing into my own dog form. Inuyasha placed Kagome between my shoulders and approached Kouga. "Are you going to carry her?" Kouga snarled at him and Inuyasha just shrugged and leapt onto my shoulders. "Then you better be able to keep up!" He shouted and Mamoru and I took off in the direction Ayame's scent came from.
We traveled much faster than Kouga could while carrying Ayame so after a while I slowed down enough so that he could hand Ayame to Kagome to hold. When Ayame woke she was able to tell us what had happened to her pack. "Some demon appeared in the middle of our home valley and settled into the ground last week. It has a barrier around it so we cannot get close to it. The earth and everyone who gets near for a long time dies."
Inuyasha shook his head. "A sucker demon."
Kagome clenched her fists. "It better have a shard since its dragging us all the way out here." Sango and Miroku both shouted their agreements and we stopped at the top of the mountain as the sun set. The way down this side of the mountain was almost a sheer drop for the first few miles and we were standing in human knee deep snow.
We are going to jump and fly as fast as we can down this. I tried to send telepathically to my pack. From the startled shifting I got from Inuyasha and the glance from Mamoru I guessed they got it.
"Alright, Dawn and Mamoru are going to dive down the side. Hold as tight as you can everyone!" Inuyasha shouted to make sure everyone knew what I had said.
I felt an added weight and looked over my shoulder to see Kouga behind Ayame. I growled softly but didn't throw him off. Tell the mangy wolf he owes me for not throwing him off. I said and looked down at the drop. It was a long way down. I looked at Mamoru and he gave me a doggy grin and dove off the edge with his nose and front feet pointed down. I followed a second later and closed my eyes briefly in the joy of the wonderful freefall. Mamoru and I landed gently on the side and slid through the snow for a few yards before taking another leap. The sun had fully set when we reached the bottom of the mountain and we trotted a bit into the forest before settling into a clearing for the night. As the others jumped from my back I walked away to find the nearest river. I heard a sound behind me and saw Mamoru coming at me with his ears perked and his tongue hanging from the side of his mouth. I returned his doggy grin with one of my own and nuzzled his neck. I miss the children my love.
I miss them as well little mate. If this goes easy we will be able to get to them within the week. He said licking my cheek.
I hope so. You know…you are truly amazing in that form. I said trying to keep our minds from the hole in our heart we felt at the absence of our children.
And you are the most beautiful dog demon in the world. No one else has colors so vibrant. He said and nipped me gently. I laughed softly as we played and when the moon was high in the sky we once again renewed our vows, for the first time in our demon form.
Hey, hope I didn't offend anyone with the love scenes. I tried to say what was happening without details. I'm not in the best of moods so I'm not going to say much else. Read and Review please.