Hey guys sorry about taking awhile to upload but I've been busy here recently. I quit my old job and started working at a daycare center where I don't get off till 6:30 or a little after and don't get home till a little close to seven or after. At that point I'm exhausted. I have the weekends off but I'm always busy on those days too. Today I have a chance to upload a chapter or two. We'll see though. I promise no matter how long it takes me, I will finish this story. So without further ado let's get on with this next chapter.
Inuyasha had made it to his father's company at the top of the roof. He looked over the edge of the other side seeing Onigumo's army getting ready to head out. He saw the giant demon in chains like it was a pet and growled. 'That thing is going to be a pain in our asses! Good thing Kagome made our army better when she helped out with the training.' He thought. He frowned and placed his clawed hand where his mating mark was. When hers disappeared, so had his which was a little painful to him. His heart felt torn to pieces knowing that his mate was lost to the vile and treacherous demon Onigumo.
"Damn him..." Inuyasha gripped his shoulder as he glared down at his army. He walked to the roof door and punched in a code. 'Hopefully Onigumo didn't know about this area on the roof. I know dad liked coming up here to watch over the city.' When he heard the click sound he smirked as he entered the building cautiously. "Don't think this is over Onigumo! I will find Kagome and take her back along with the jewel.' He thought as he growled. His eyes were glowing red with teal irises, purple jagged marks on his cheeks, and his fangs and claws were longer and sharper.
"He will pay for what he's done to my mate." He stated as he descended down the stairs to look for Kagome.
Meanwhile Onigumo had Kagome by his side as he watched his army get ready to head into battle. The Shikon Jewel was around Kagome's neck, tainted with darkness because of Onigumo.
"My dear Kagome, all this to become rulers of Tokyo with the best demons at my command. With you by my side nothing or no one will be able to stop us." Onigumo stated as he placed his hand around her waist.
"Tokyo will become a wasteland and any demon will come running to you to beg for mercy. Humans and demons don't belong in the same world." Kagome stated with a wicked smile. Her pitch black eyes gazing out to the distance. Onigumo smirked as Kagome was becoming more and more tainted as she stood next to him. The mating mark that he gave her was filled with dark power. 'Even her miko powers won't be able to purify it. Her powers will be used for evil.' Onigumo snickered to himself.
"Sir, it seems that we have an intruder!" The bird demon said as he came up the stairs. Onigumo smirked even darker. 'He's finally come.' He thought.
"Hachi, I want you to make sure everything is ready. Kagome my dear, take care of the vermin who broke into this building." Hachi and Kagome bowed to Onigumo and went their separate ways.
"This will be fun. What will you do Inuyasha? To find your mate as my mate instead and obeying MY orders. Will you kill her or will she kill you?" He stated as he smirked darkly and laughed evilly.
Inuyasha was fighting off other demons with his sword as he was running from one hall to the next searching for Kagome. He would go downstairs in hopes to catch her scent where it was the strongest. No demon was any match for him as he would slash any demon apart with his claws or use the wind scar when hordes of demons would come at him at once.
"Fucking bastards! Get out my way!" He growled as he got pass them. 'Nothing is going to stop me from finding her!' He growled in his mind. Once he reached his father's office an arrow came out of no where. Inuyasha dodged in the knick of time. 'What the..?' He looked at the arrow and pulled it out of the wall. 'That's Kagome's scent. But why would...?' His ears twitched as he heard footsteps. Kagome came from the dark as she had another arrow at the ready. Inuyasha widened his eyes in surprise as his demon blood subsided.
"K-Kagome?" Inuyasha took a step closer to her. Kagome stretched her arrow back with no expression on her face.
"Not another step half demon." Kagome growled. Inuyasha stepped back with a worried expression. He looked at her and saw the darkness in her eyes and saw Onigumo's mark on her. He growled in anger that Onigumo had done this to Kagome. 'He wanted to see us fight each other instead of fighting his own damn battles. Fucking bastard is a coward.' He growled in thought.
"Kagome... please... it's me." Inuyasha stated as he tried talking with her, in hopes that he may be able to get through to her. Kagome growled as her eyes began to glow red with teal irises from her pitch black eyes. Inuyasha was ready for anything, he knew what he had to do to stop Kagome from changing.
"You will die half demon! Onigumo is my master and mate! Soon Tokyo will be destroyed and all humans and half breeds will cease to exist." Kagome stated with a dark smile. Inuyasha crossed his arms. He didn't want to have to do this but he was going to intimidate her and give her doubts about Onigumo. Inuyasha wanted to weaken her in a way that he didn't have to fight her. 'Sorry Kagome.' He thought as he got into character.
"So, you think you and that bastard will be able to defeat my army?" Inuyasha stated as he walked circles around her. Kagome glared.
"We have a secret weapon that will tear your army apart." Kagome growled. Inuyasha scoffed.
"We already know about this secret weapon of yours and we know about Magatsuhi." Inuyasha stated with a smirk as he got close to Kagome's face. Kagome's eyes widened and went back to normal, sort of.
"How do you know of our plans?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha glared with a wicked grin.
"Why should I tell you wench? We have our surprises just like you." Inuyasha stated as he turned his back on her. Kagome growled.
"Quit calling me wench!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha turned his head to her with a raised brow.
"That's the first time I said it so why are you telling me to quit?" He asked as he turned around. Kagome glared as she got her bow and arrow ready. 'She's not fully under his control. She's in there somewhere I just have to reach out to her.' He thought. Kagome shot her arrow and Inuyasha caught it with his claws. 'Her miko powers are fading, that much I can tell. It's because of that mark.'
"How did you..?" Kagome began to ask. Inuyasha looked at her as he dropped the arrow and smirked.
"It's because of Onigumo Kagome. He hates humans, half demons and demons that associate themselves with humans. What makes you think that he doesn't feel the same with you? You are a quarter demon Kagome and a miko." Inuyasha stated bluntly. Kagome got close to him with a glare.
"You. Know. Nothing! Onigumo has taught me the meaning of true power and strength." Kagome growled. Inuyasha got close to her as well.
"If you were so powerful and so strong then how come you weren't able to use your sacred powers on me to purify me? How come you haven't killed me yet?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome widened her eyes. For once he had her speechless.
"What.. are... you talking about?" Kagome asked. 'She's faltering a bit. Good.' Inuyasha thought.
"Little by little Onigumo has been sealing your powers by using Magatsuhi. He's the dark side of the Shikon No Tama around your neck." Inuyasha explained. Kagome touched the jewel.
"You don't have your miko powers Kagome. Why do you think that he's making you stronger just by taking that power away?" Inuyasha stated. Kagome sat down with some doubts in her mind. She kept looking for words to say but everything the half demon had said made her think twice about Onigumo. 'I've got her.' Inuyasha thought as he could see the questions running through her mind. Kagome placed her bow down and looked at Inuyasha.
"I feel like I should know you. That's why I haven't killed you. My powers... I don't know what's going on. I'm so confused and it feels like something is fighting within me." Kagome explained. Inuyasha widened his eyes. 'She's giving up just like that? Even for being under Onigumo's spell? Wait she said something was fighting within her. Maybe it's her miko powers and her demon blood fighting off the dark powers sent through Onigumo's mark. She's fighting within herself to get rid of the mating spell!' Inuyasha thought with realization.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha and searched the halls with her eyes and listened with her ears. She took Inuyasha's hand and went to his father's office which was now Onigumo's. Inuyasha didn't like the scents that pervaded the room. Her scent was mixed with his and he hated that. Kagome sat in the chair and looked at Inuyasha.
"He didn't have sex with me if that's what you're thinking." Kagome stated. Inuyasha looked at her with wide eyes. 'Kagome... you are fighting to come back. If she was truly under Onigumo's spell, she wouldn't have brought me here and she wouldn't have bothered to make me feel better.' Inuyasha stated. Kagome took a deep breath and looked at Inuyasha.
"Tell me everything you know Inuyasha." She demanded. She felt her heart flutter as the name slipped from her lips. 'He feels so familiar. Like I should know him. What's going on? Why am I doing this and disobeying my mate?' She thought to herself. Her heart pounded on her chest hard, she felt her chest tightened. 'My heart is telling me that Onigumo isn't my mate? Then what's going on? What could Inuyasha have to say about Onigumo?' She thought more.
"Onigumo killed my parents as well as yours Kagome. It's because he was after my father's company and after the Shikon No Tama. Look, Kagome, he's using you to darken your heart and to taint the jewel. Once the jewel is completely tainted, he will take it and kill you. He will no longer need you by his side. To him you are useless after the jewel is his." Inuyasha stated. Kagome growled a little bit it was less threatening than a few minutes ago.
"How do you know who I am?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha walked up to the desk with a soft smile.
"I've known you for a long time Kagome. You, your sister, me, and our friends all made a pact together to protect Tokyo and avenge our parents deaths. You were always the one to keep me out of trouble when me and the guys acted off. You never cared what others thought when you and the girls sat with us. Your father asked me to protect you and that's what I've been doing. I may not have done a good job at it but I put my life on the line for you. It's because of you that we defeated the Band of Seven, it's because of you that our army is ready to fight this battle with Onigumo." Inuyasha stated as he looked her in the eyes.
Kagome felt something within her that felt familiar to her. 'Is this feeling because of him?' She thought to herself as she stared into his golden amber eyes. 'His eyes... they're so intense with anger and sadness. There's something else in there though. Gasp! Is that love I see in his eyes?' She thought to herself. Then she thought back to Onigumo as he looked her in the eyes. 'His eyes showed only power and not love.' Kagome thought.
"Inuyasha? You didn't just know me did you? You and I were more than just friends." Kagome stated. Inuyasha nodded.
"Yes Kagome we were. Onigumo had Hachi kidnap you, you were taken away from me. I tried reaching for you but Hachi attacked me before I could grab you out of his claws. You tried attacking him with your miko powers but they wouldn't work so he attacked you causing you to pass out. I was coming after you while the others went to finish off the rest of the Band of Seven. Before I could reach you I felt my mating mark burn like fire. It was then that I knew what Onigumo was doing. He was taking away your mark that I placed on you and I was feeling your pain and fear." He explained to her. Kagome had wide eyes as she placed a hand to her mark.
"So I was yours?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha nodded.
"Yes Kagome. It angered me that he took you from me but it angered me more that he took the mark away and placed his own." Inuyasha glared out the window. Kagome looked at him as he stared out the window. 'Inu...Inuyasha... You came...' Her conscious mind was beginning to fight more of the darkness. She could feel her miko powers again and they began to shine brightly to purify the darkness. Her demon blood was in rage about Onigumo's mark and was using it's powers to get rid of the mark.
"Ah!" Kagome felt the mate mark burning. Inuyasha turned to look at her with a worried expression.
"Kagome!" He went to her and saw that she was fighting within herself to come back. Her eyes would turn back to chocolate brown then back to pitch black.
"Inu...Inuyasha..." Kagome said as she held her stomach. Her body was trembling and she looked scared. Inuyasha had her stand and he walked her over to sit down between his legs. He held her close to him and rested his chin on her shoulder.
"It's alright Kagome, I'm here. I know you're still there Kagome, I know that you aren't completely under his control. Please Kagome, keep fighting the darkness inside you." Inuyasha pleaded softly to her. Kagome shivered violently as she felt the mark burn. She hissed out in pain once it started to burn her.
"She needs your help Inuyasha." A woman's voice stated. He recognized the voice.
"Midoriko?" He asked as he looked down at the jewel around Kagome's neck and gasped. The jewel was fighting with Kagome. It was trying to purify the darkness.
"Yes Inuyasha it's me." Midoriko stated as she appeared in front of him. He looked to Kagome who grabbed his shirt tightly and bury her face in his chest to muffle a scream of pain.
"What can I do to help her Midoriko? Please tell me. I can't stand to see her in such pain." Inuyasha pleaded. Midoriko nodded.
"You need to mate with her again Inuyasha and this time make it permanent to where nothing or no one can take that mark away. With the both of you, the darkness within Kagome and the jewel will purify the rest of the way." Midoriko explained. Inuyasha looked at Kagome and looked back up only to find Midoriko gone. 'The mark was supposed to be permanent until Onigumo found a way to take that away. Gasp! Wait Midoriko means to make it more permanent to where nothing like that ever happens again. But to do that.. Kagome and I would have to...' Inuyahsa shook his head.
"That's one thing that I've attempted to protect. I'm just glad Bankotsu nor Onigumo took that away from her. If given the chance they probably would have." Inuyasha growled as his eyes glowed red for a split second.
"Ugh! Mph!" Kagome muffled as the pain of the mark was glowing red. Inuyasha gasped as he knew that the mark was trying to kill her. He took a deep breath and had Kagome look at him.
"Kagome, please tell me that you can hear me and that you'll be able to answer me." Inuyasha pleaded. Kagome looked into his eyes and nodded.
"Yes Inuyasha... my love..." Kagome attempted to get out. Inuyasha widened his eyes. 'Kagome.' He caressed her face softly and began to explain what Midoriko had told him. He told her what needed to happen to make the mark more permanent. Kagome widened her eyes with shock. 'But we aren't even married yet... and seriously while we are in a middle of a fucking battle?' Kagome thought. She winced in pain as the mark felt much worst and gasped. 'This mark is trying to kill me!'
"Kagome I told you because I don't want to just do anything without your permission. I know it's kind of spur of the moment but Midoriko was pretty much telling me to save you by mating with you again but to make the mark more permanent."
"Inuyasha... here? That's just crazy. Plus we're about to be at war with Onigumo." Kagome stated quietly. Inuyasha held her against his chest afraid of losing her.
"And you are on the verge of death Kagome! There is no we unless you're not here with me!" Inuyasha cried out. Kagome gasped feeling him tremble beneath her. 'Oh Inuyasha.' Kagome thought with furrowed brows.
"But we aren't even married yet Inuyasha. We haven't finished high school because of this war. We were all going back as soon as this war was over with." Kagome explained. Inuyasha grinned a little as he looked at her.
"Did you forget that mating is like marriage in human terms? Technically in the demon world, you and I were married." Inuyasha explained. Kagome's blush was bright red.
"Oh... that's right. Duh." She giggled. Inuyasha shook his head. 'Even on the verge she attempts to make me smile. His smile turned into a frown in an instant.
"Kagome... if you chose death then I will follow you... I don't want to live in a world without you in it." Inuyasha told her as he caressed her cheek softly. Kagome's eyes began to sting with tears as she heard him say this. She lifted her hand to caress his cheek softly and smiled when he leaned against her touch.
"Inuyasha..." She stated. Inuyasha looked into her chocolate brown eyes with so much love in his amber gold eyes. To him it didn't matter what she would decide because either way he would still love her, and he meant what he said about following her in death if she chose it.
"Inuyasha... I choose..."
BUM BUM BUM! Yes I left a cliffy. I know, it's evil of me to leave you guys hanging but worry not I will work on the next chapter next time. So until then let's have you wondering *snickers evilly* Until next time Sayonara.