Chapter 2 – Confrontation
"Inu Yasha! Are you certain that she went this way?" Miroku panted as he raced after the sprinting hanyou through the dense forest.
"Of course I am! Her scent is going this way," after a moment he added, "Sesshomaru's there too." With that, Inu Yasha sped up forcing Miroku to join Sango and Shippo on Kirara.
"Kagome-chan got pretty far considering it's only been an hour or so," Sango mused.
"She must run a lot in her time," Miroku responded with a frown.
"I wonder what's going to happen," Shippo mumbled to himself anxiously.
"We're almost there," Inu Yasha called over his shoulder.
Sesshomaru landed gracefully in the clearing where Inu Yasha's woman slept.
"Inu Yasha… why?"
Sesshomaru quietly observed the sleeping girl before him; she was muttering in her sleep with betrayal thick in her voice. Suddenly, she sat up and screamed, "SIT!"
In the distance, Sesshomaru heard a faint thud and the angry mutters of the hanyou, 'So they're coming.'
Kagome, who hadn't noticed the taiyoukai behind her, let alone the voices of her friends, rubbed her eyes and began tossing twigs lazily into the dying fire.
"Why aren't you with the hanyou?" demanded Sesshomaru.
Kagome froze.
"Well?" Sesshomaru pushed, advancing a few steps. Kagome was as rigid as a board, but she didn't answer. In an instant, Sesshomaru had her pinned to a tree with his hand clamped around her neck, "I asked you a question wench."
Kagome glared daggers at him but remained silent.
Sesshomaru tightened his grip and watched the girl as she desperately tried to pry his fingers off her neck. She only succeeded in cutting herself on his claws.
"Inu Yasha… betrayed me," she finally gasped out.
As if on cue, Inu Yasha burst into the clearing followed closely by Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara. "Let her go, you bastard!" Inu Yasha growled at Sesshomaru, resting his hand on Tetsusaiga's hilt.
Sesshomaru on the other hand stayed silent; in fact he didn't even turn around; instead he was watching the girl. First, she looked relieved, then as if she remembered something her eyes flashed angrily. Sensing that something of interest was going to happen, Sesshomaru released her.
She fell to the ground but got up immediately and stormed toward Inu Yasha, seemingly forgetting about Sesshomaru's presence.
"Kagome! You're—"
"Shut up Inu Yasha! I don't want to see you ever again!" Kagome interrupted angrily.
Inu Yasha blanched guiltily, "What? What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean!" Kagome spat, her eyes brimming with angry tears.
"Kagome… plea—"
"Don't Inu Yasha! Leave me alone," she screamed.
"What did I do?" he asked helplessly.
Kagome stopped in her tracks and her eyes narrowed, "I'm nothing to you; I'm just a measly shard detector. After you've completed the Shikon no Tama, you're going to run back to your precious Kikyo, and leave me. You're just using me!" Kagome's voice was cold and accusing as emphasized the miko's name venomously.
Inu Yasha scowled at her tone and immediately became defensive, "Don't say her name."
'Oh?' Sesshomaru thought amusedly, faintly quirking an eyebrow.
Kagome looked surprised for a second, but the surprise quickly faded as coldness seeped into her eyes.
"Her aura's gone black," Miroku murmured in a stunned voice.
Kagome turned abruptly and began to walk away when Inu Yasha ran forward and caught her shoulder, "Kagome!"
Within a blink of an eye, the girl turned around and thrust an outstretched palm on the half-demon's chest. To everyone's shock, he was hurled backwards. Inu Yasha looked on with horror as Kagome stayed frozen as she was. A pink ball of energy formed at her palm but was quickly enveloped with black energy. The orb grew alarmingly in size and shot forward unexpectedly. It was absorbed by Inu Yasha's body and he screamed in agony.
"This is not good," Sango remarked frantically, "What's happening to her?"
Shippo buried his face into Kirara's fur, 'Snap out of it, Kagome!'
Kagome straightened and slowly rose into mid-air. Her body was producing dark light. Her darkened eyes narrowed ever so slightly but in response, Inu Yasha threw his head back and howled in pain.
An arrow flew out of nowhere and sped toward Kagome, surrounded by soft blue light. The dark energy moved to form a barrier and the arrow disintegrated upon contact with the dark barrier. Eyes never leaving the hanyou, Kagome produced another energy orb and sent it after the owner of the arrow. In a low, deadly voice Kagome said, "I'll take that back." Something white and pure pelted toward Kagome, dissipating the black barrier completely. It was drawn into her body and everything that had previously shone black converted to a soft pink.
As the light began to disappear, Inu Yasha stopped howling and crumpled to the ground.
A/N) Well, here's the next one rewritten. I didn't have to change as much in this chapter than the last one but I still believe it's better.
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