Chapter 18: Some Truth
(NPOV)
Everything was dark, once again. I was getting tired of being in this dark abyss and not seeing what was two feet in front of me. I felt alone, but also felt that something was here with me as well. Where is that damn demon that lies within me? I don't see him anywhere. I know he is here, but where?
Wouldn't you like to know
"What? Where are you you beast."
Haha.
"Why are you laughing? Scared?"
Ha! You wish, weakling.
"Weakling? I am stronger than you."
Oh is that so? Then why are you in my domain once again? He had a point. I was losing my hold on him and he knew it. If I was going to keep him locked up, I would need to try harder and maybe even go and get some help.
Mwahaha. Thanks to that girl that had left you, you became too weak to control the bond that you had on me. Don't you remember going into the shower and blacking out? I nodded my head. That was my cue to take control but sadly, I was not able to come to my full potential. I am still too weak to take control of your whole body since only half of me is in you and now is not the time for my awakening.
"Get out of my body you bastard."
Oh, no worries. As soon as I am at my full power, your body will be mine and mine only. You will no longer exist.
"I will make sure to destroy you before you have that chance."
Ooh, big words coming from someone such as you. I doubt you'll be able to do so since you are so weak. No woman wants you as you are.
"Shut up!"
Haha, oh Naraku. We already know who will win this battle in the end, but just for fun, I'll let you take control of your body again. Oh, and tell Kikyo that I had a blast fucking with her.
"What?"
Bye for now, Naraku. I felt some force push and pull me, feeling myself slam back into my body. My back started to spasm and a sharp scream escaped my throat. I gasped for air as I felt my body undergo some type of transformation. I felt that whatever was on my head had started to insert itself back inside my skull, my teeth and nails shrinking back to their normal size and my eyes slowly changing. The pain was too much for me to handle but I was glad when it started to subside. I lifted up my head slowly and tried to focus my gaze. I was on the floor of my bedroom, that I knew, but where was Kikyo? I struggled to get my feet underneath me. I stumbled a few times before falling against my dresser.
"D-Don't come any closer!" That was Kikyo's voice and she sounded frightened. I tried to focus my eyes on her but my vision was too blurry. I took a wobbly step towards her. "I'm warning you! Take one more step and I will swing again!" My vision started to become clear and looking at Kikyo, she was in a stance of a baseball player, with a bat in hand. I guess she found it under my bed. I couldn't help but quirk a smile. "What are you smiling about you bastard."
"J-Just, that you found... my bat..."
"N-Naraku?" Kikyo started to lower her stance and her arms when she heard my voice. I nodded my head slowly before collapsing onto the floor once again. "Naraku!" I heard Kikyo run next to me. I tried hard not to fall into the darkness once again. I was going to try and stay awake and not run into that demon again. Kikyo turned me over onto my back and tried to lift me up onto the bed. "Naraku stay awake."
"I'm... trying." She managed to get me onto the bed. I felt something cool on my head when I felt her come on the bed. "That...feels nice..." I placed my hand on the cool towel that was on my forehead.
"My God Naraku, what happened to you?"
"I-I don't know. One minute I was in the...shower and then next... I was in a dark place... before I came back here." I looked up at Kikyo to see that her pajamas were torn and that she had several bruises and bite marks on her. "K-Kikyo... did I..."
"When I found you in the shower, you were knocked out, but you were not you. Your eyes were lilac and you looked like a demon of some sort. He told me that his was name is Xihou. I had no idea what his actual intention was, but I managed to fight him off to have the chance to find the bat and swing at his head." She chuckled but I felt horrible.
"Kikyo... I am so sorry." I tried to sit up but a sharp pain racked through my spine and I laid back down.
"Don't force yourself to get up Naraku. Your body is already in bad shape."
"I... know..." I took a deep breath, closing my eyes for a minute before opening them again, turning them onto Kikyo. "Kikyo, it may be best... if you avoid me for awhile."
"Because of what happened?" I nodded my head. "I'm not leaving your side Naraku. You need me more then ever."
"N-No, I do not. I can handle this with out you."
"If that was the case, then that...demon... would have not taken control of your body if you could 'handle' it." She had a point, and I would have argued it with her, but I was in no shape to do so. I just rolled my eyes and kept my mouth shut. "Yeah, that is what I thought. Now, get some rest because you need it."
"Yeah yeah." I closed my eyes and started to feel sleep overcome my body; good sleep. I felt Kikyo snuggle against me before I drifted off.
I awoke to the sound of my phone ringing. Without checking the caller ID, I pressed the talk button and answered in a groggy tone. "Hello?"
"Naraku! What the FUCK happened last night!" Shit, it was Onigumo. "Well?"
"Why are you yelling at me?"
"Why the fuck else? You lost control last night, didn't you!"
"Not like I meant to." I took a deep sigh. "Kagome...left me last night."
"What?" I pulled the phone away from my ear. "Why? What happened?"
"I saw her when I came back to my place and I went to talk to her. She ran inside her place and slammed the door in my face. Rin answered and had the nerve to talk shit to me. I forced my way, scaring both Rin and Kagome. To make a long story short, Kagome got back with an ex of hers when she went back with Rin."
"...she broke you..."
"Which is why that demon came up. I was so upset that I had lost Kagome. I don't think I will ever find anyone that will love me Onigumo. I might just be alone for the rest of my life. The first love of my life screwed me over and now Kagome left me for an ex of hers that is supposedly arriving today."
"You know what you should do right?"
"Get Kagome back, I know, but I don't know how I will be able to do that. I was so upset with her last night that I threatened her. I doubt she would want me back after that."
"You still need to try. You and I both know that Kagome is the one for you. You may have not fallen in love with her now, but I know you would have."
"Maybe."
"Don't doubt yourself from falling in love again. You need to open yourself up again Naraku. You can't keep yourself closed up."
"I know I know."
"He's right Naraku. You need to stop barricading yourself from falling in love. If you do that, how else are we supposed to get rid of that demon inside of you and your brother."
"Grandma?"
"Who else would it be?" She giggled. It was so nice to hear from her again.
"I swear Naraku, if you let this demon take control of your body, I will kill you myself!" Someone yelled in the background.
"Was that... Kanna?"
"Yes. She had returned from her trip last night."
"Why do I feel that I am in trouble."
"Because you are." Her voice became very stern and I knew I was in for it. "We know what happened last night. You need to come over here ASAP. I have an antidote for you to take that will handle the demon inside you.. for now. But we will discuss this when you come to the house. See you in a bit."
"Bye Grandma." The phone clicked and I heard nothing. I sighed, very heavily. I was not looking forward to going to my Grandmother's house. She said I was in trouble and I was not looking forward into taking the 'antidote' that she came up with. I looked over to my right to ask Kikyo a question but what I saw was a piece of paper folded nicely on the pillow. "She left me a note?" I grabbed the piece, unfolded it and started to read:
Dear Naraku,
I am sorry I left early with out saying goodbye. I did not want to disturb your sleep since you seemed so peaceful. For the past few days, you have had it rough and with me in the picture, I probably made it a bit better but I know we can never be, no matter how hard I try. I love you and you know this, but for now, let us go our separate ways. You need Kagome, not me. Funny, I know, but I mean it. I know you are scared of the demon inside you and I said I would stay with you till that time came, but you need to get Kagome back. She is the only one that can help you through it and you know this. I will be your friend, but only from a distance. This is going to be really hard for me and probably for you since we became so close again. I know in the end, everything will be great and that you will be happy once again. This is not goodbye, but just a short farewell until we both become the person we know we can be and have the love of our lives. Get Kagome back and win!
Love, Kikyo.
Really? So, Kikyo left? She could have at least said goodbye to me face to face, but I guess her doing it this way was better. I probably would have told her not to go. With Kikyo now gone, I would really have to try to get Kagome back...and I was not going to quit, whether her 'new boyfriend' was coming to town or not. Kagome is still mine. I rushed out the bed and found some clothes to throw on. Kagome would have to wait, but when I came back, I would talk to her.
I pulled up in front of my grandmother's house. Before stepping out of the car, I knew I was going to be in for it. Taking a deep breath, I stepped out of my car to be tackled down by my cousin Kanna. "Dammit Kanna. You have never been this excited to see me before."
"Don't get used to it." She gave me a stern look but soon her angry eyes started to tear up.
"Kanna?" She buried her head into my chest and started to cry. Why was she crying. She never cried, ever. I gathered on my feet, bringing her up with me as everyone else within the house ran towards me. I looked at my brother as I asked, "Why is she crying?"
"She has been crying since last night."
"But why?"
"Well, after you had your little episode, whatever is inside me took over."
"Your brother blacked out and we met some creature named Gonju," this said from grandma. "Onigumo started to form features of whatever is inside him."
"I grew horns. Not short ones, like ram horns. Everyone said my eyes turned midnight blue. My bottom canines grew out along with my nails and ears. That shit hurt like hell when it all sank back in when I regained consciousness."
"The demon spoke to us for a short period of time until Onigumo came back. We think Gonju and whatever demon that is inside you are related somehow. Whatever time the beast took control of you was the same time Gonju came out of Onigumo and vice versa when you regained control."
"What did Gonju say to you?"
"Nothing that we already knew," Grandpa said. "But I am pretty sure Gonju would have never came to the surface if you had not lost control Naraku."
"I know and I apologize. Just with everything that is going on –
"That is still no excuse Naraku!" Grandpa never yelled unless he was pissed or concerned and I think it was both. I just stared at the ground, holding a still sobbing Kanna. "You know besides us, Kanna only has you an Onigumo. If anything happens to you two how do you think Kanna will feel? You all grew up together and if anything, Kanna is like your sister."
"Please Naraku," Kanna choked out. "Please do not let this... monster... take control of you. You, Onigumo and grandma and grandpa are the only family I have." Kanna's eyes were very shifty. I have never seen her this distraught, even when she woke up and discovered that her family abandoned her because of what she was. I held her close to me, stroking her head as I made the soft cooing noise my mother did for me when I was sad.
"Do not worry Kanna. I will fight off this monster. Onigumo and I will not leave you, I promise." Kanna held onto me tighter.
"So what happened with you when your side of the beast came out?" Onigumo asked.
"Before we continue, let us all go inside. I will pour everyone some tea." Grandma hurried us into her house as she locked the ample double doors behind us. "Let us all go to the living room. Dear, do you mind helping me gather the tea?"
"Not at all." Grandma and grandpa left for the kitchen, leaving Onigumo, Kanna and I in the living room. Onigumo was glaring at me and I knew he had more for me.
"Look, Onigumo, I know I fucked up, do you need to keep glaring at me?
"You just seem to never learn. Told you, you need to be more alert, not to let anything affect you. I know you losing Kagome broke up, but I am not going to go down easily because you left yourself open."
"You were the one that told me to open up my heart and to accept someone to love me and all that bullshit."
"I didn't think you would open yourself open to the point of both of our destruction."
"Now now Onigumo, don't take all your frustration out on Naraku. You know it is not all his fault." I turned around to see Kaguya walk through the archway. She walked towards Onigumo and stood in front of him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a sweet kiss. "Can you really blame him Onigumo?"
"Yes."
"Oh Onigumo. You love your brother very much. Yes, he slipped up, but if Kagome had never broke him, his and your demon would have never came up, you know this. I am sure if it was vice versa, and I left you, you probably would be in his shoes." Onigumo bit his lip. He knew she was right, but we all know that would never happen. Kaguya was too in love with Onigumo to ever leave him.
"Wait a minute, if you were here Kaguya, why did Onigumo's demon come out? You're his true love so why –
"We do not think you guys were cut by the Ginsen Dagger." I turned around to see my grandparents walk back into the living room. We all sat down on the chairs as my grandmother poured everyone a cup of tea. "Within almost every male within this family has been cut by the Ginsen Dagger. Your grandfather was cut by the Ginsen Dagger."
"Yeah. They cut me along my leg, years before I met your grandmother here. I thought I would never find love until I met her. And over the years that we have been together, the scar has faded away. Now," grandfather lifted his left pant leg, "you can barely see it."
"But with you two, it is totally different. After the war we had with them years ago, we thought we killed everyone from the Jing Family, but it seems we missed a few." Grandma held that last word with a bit of anger. Nothing happened for years, until that incident, six years ago."
"And even after that, we found and killed the people who did this to you, but yet we are still missing someone."
"We've had the best of the best in our family search down who we were missing. Kanna, did you manage to find anything?" My eyes went wide as I looked down at my cousin.
"Sadly enough when I managed to track down where they were hiding, the whole place was wiped clean, but they did forget one crucial object. I will go retrieve it." Kanna left my side and as soon as she was out the room and shot my eyes towards my grandparents.
"Are you both out of your mind? Why would you send Kanna?"
"You know her gift is very unique. Her parents were afraid of what she was, but we knew she had potential for this family. I still do not understand how they could just abandon a five year old child like that. It is not her fault she was born with such a wonderful gift."
"I don't give a damn!"
"Watch your tone young man," my grandfather said very sternly. I backed down into my chair and folded my arms.
"It is okay dear. Naraku is just concerned for her. Though both he and Onigumo babied Kanna, we all know Kanna favored Naraku more."
"But you know if she keeps using her gift she is going to die."
"No, I won't Naraku." Kanna came back into the room with a large silver case. "Grandma has came up with a drink for me that will keep that from happening. I just have to drink it every time I use my gift."
"Just don't over do it Kanna." She just smiled at me as she came back to sit next to me and placed the silver case on the table. "What is inside it?"
"You all will see. Of all things to be left behind, I know they will come searching for this." Kanna slowly opened the case and looking inside, I felt my heart skip several beats. My eyes became wide as I stumbled over the couch and backed myself into a corner.
"Naraku, what is wrong – ?" Onigumo asked but soon his eyes became just as wide as mine. "That...energy..." Kanna picked up the item inside the case with her telekinetic ability and showed everyone what it was. My brother had the same reaction as I did as Kanna showed everyone the weapon that was used on my brother and I.
"Oh my..."
"It's the Uyt Sword," I heard my grandfather say.
"The what? I chocked. The energy emitting off of the sword was making it hard for me to breathe.
"The Uyt Sword. We've heard about it in ancient stories, but the sword was only a myth."
"I can't believe this... thing... actually exist," I heard my grandmother spat. "But how could they forget something as big as this. You would think it would be..."
My grandmother's voice started to fade out. My vision was becoming blurry and my breathing was becoming faint. My scar felt like it was throbbing, like a heart beat. I could feel myself slipping away as I felt myself being sucked back into that dark abyss. Before I would let Xiohu take me again, I managed to whisper out 'help' before I hit the ground.
I am so sorry for the super long update. Someone asked me if I was going to continue this fiction and I told you guys before, I was not going to quit on this. I just had no inspiration, once again, but I have something going on now for the story so I should have another chapter coming up soon. So please, do not give up on this fanfiction. So look forward to the next chapter.