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Chapter 9

?...P.O.V.

As always, the castle servants were racing around the place getting their jobs done, silent and quick.

I, being the personal servant of our Lord, had been called to his room and was taking my time getting there.

"You wanted to see me, my Lord?" I asked the moment I stepped in.

"Yes, I did. I want you to get this girl for me. She has something I want." He took out a picture and handed it to me.

She had long, black hair, brown eyes, and skin like porcelain. Very pretty girl in fact. Without questioning his actions, I said, "Yes, my Lord."

"Do not fail me, Kagura. Or you will suffer greatly."

Kagome's P.O.V.

"Thank Kami for weekends!" I said to my mom. I raised my arms to the sky with a silent thank you.

My mom laughed. "Yes, now get some breakfast before you starve." She continued to prepare our morning meal.

"I'll be right back. I need to wash up," I said. I skipped happily into the main floor's washroom and closed the door behind me.

As I washed my hands I looked up into the mirror above the sink sighed happily, thinking about last night. I just couldn't stop thinking about how Inuyasha carried me home and stood up for me. The way his strong arms had carried her all the way home. How his body felt against hers.

Then my mind flew back into reality. In my mirror was my reflection…blushing.

I panicked. 'Why am I blushing?' I thought to myself.

Then it hit me.

Why didn't I think of it before? It seems so possible! Even the day I first met him and he came after me into the garden…

I have a crush on Inuyasha.

That would explain why my heart speeds up every time he touches me. Why my thoughts are constantly filled with the features of his face. Why I blush when-

I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard the sound of breaking glass. The tinkling of the glass shards impacting the floor violently jolted me from my daydreaming.

"Mom?" I panicked as I flung open the door. "Mom?" I ran to the kitchen.

Then before I could take a single step into the kitchen's territory, I was thrown against the wall by a burst of air. The air was knocked out of my lungs as my back impacted the wall. I sunk down to the floor.

"So you're the one my Lord wants," I heard a feminine voice say.

I looked up from my position and saw a woman with bright red lips. Dangling green earrings hung from pointed ears. Her black hair was tied into a bun and had some small white feathers as decoration. She was wearing a pair of black jeans and a black shirt while holding a fan in her hand. My powers sensed that this was no ordinary woman; but a demon.

She smiled coldly at him. "Now come like a good little girl and I might spare your mother's life."

Mom!

My eyes flickered around the room to find her. I saw her body laying unconscious on the floor in the corner. Other than looking a little pale, she had no other visible injuries.

I took in a shaky breath. "If I go with you, do you promise not to hurt her?"

The woman snickered. "Why of course."

Before I knew it, the moment we got outside, the woman took a feather out of her hair and it transformed into a larger version. Sitting on top of it, we flew across the city to arrive at a huge castle.

And I mean HUGE!

The moment we landed, I was taken to a room shrouded in darkness. The woman led me in and knelt down.

"I've brought you the girl, my Lord," she said. I continued to search in the darkness for a sign of another person. The aura I was getting wasn't just any normal air, but dark and powerful.

A man's voice responds. I hated how it sounded so sly and sinister. "Good. Now leave. I have some business with her."

The woman left without even a glance at my direction. Closing the door behind her, I went back to staring into the shadows.

A man with blood red eyes and long, black hair came walking toward me. He was smiling. The air around flowed with such dangerous energy I felt my whole body start to shake.

"Why have you brought me here?" I asked, my voice shaking.

"Why my dear, it's because you have something I want," he smiled.

"Which is?"

"Ah, so the prophecy was right: Protected yet unknown to its protector."

"What are you talking about?"

He took out a knife and smiled at me, his red eye glowing. "It'll be over soon. Now hold still so I can take the jewel!"

"What jewel?" I yelled. I was shaking so badly as I tried to reach into my pant's back pocket for my phone. The man was advancing on me.

My hand quickly speed dialled Inuyasha's number; the number he had given to me just the previous day.

"Kagome?" I heard Inuyasha's voice say.

It was at that moment that I screamed his name at the top of my lungs and the man lunged towards me, knife in hand.

But suddenly, the guy stopped, finally noticing my cell phone in my hand and Inuyasha calling my name urgently on the other side.

He swore as he grabbed my phone. "Half-breed," he said into the speaker. "Now I can have all the power I ever dreamed of in my hands and let you hear your girlfriend's screams while I get it!"

"Kagome!" Inuyasha screamed.

With one quick slash, the man used the knife to cut open my side. I felt hot blood flow into my t-shirt as I fell to the floor.

'Inuyasha…I wish you knew how I felt.'

That was the last thing I said before everything went black.

Whew…I'm scared. Come and save her Inuyasha!

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