Chapter Twenty : Gone
Karisa stood frozen in fear as the lightning and twisters continued to crackle and whip as Naraku's aura continued to grow in power... Kagome had crawled to her mother and was now cradling her head in her lap... Luckily, Soata was still with Yuka, Eri, and Yumi and she new without a doubt that they were all safe and sound, probably at her house... Suddenly, Naraku vanished without a trace... Karisa looked everywhere but she could not see the powerful demon... The wind whipped and howled as Naraku's aura continued to pulse and grow...
'What has happened to him?!' Karisa thought frantically, 'How the hell can a half demon suddenly become a full demon?! I sensed the secred jewel shards when I fought him... But he had no where near the whole jewel!'
It was frightening and incredible all at the same time! How can a mere half demon suddenly become a full demon?! Naraku's beastly roars continued to grow louder and louder until every window within at least twenty feet shattered... Kagome watched with bated breath as Naraku suddenly appeared behind Karisa and grabbed her by the throat... He then shot up into the air so high, she could barely see him... In a terrible display of power, Naraku threw Karisa to the ground, creating a giant crater because she was thrown at such a high altitude... Before Karisa could even gather her strength to move, Naraku hauled her up again with a thunderous growl and hurled her into a nearby building.. This went on for what felt like hours before Naraku finally let her get up on her own... Bloody, cut, bruised... Karisa stood, thinking Naraku would show mercy on her like he'd done after they're first battle and smiled arrogantly...
'Ha, he won't kill me... As if that stupid human could possibly mean that much to him! Impossible!' He just met her!' Karisa thought smugly...
"What's the matter Naraku?! Finally realized that a weak pathetic mortal is useless?!" Karisa yelled laughing madly, "You shouldn't have been such a fool to begin with... Good riddance if you asked me... "
Suddenly, Naraku dug his claws into Karisa's chest and ripped out her heart...
"N... No... How can this be?! How can you wield such formidable dark power?!" Karisa said weakly... " I am... 800,000 years old... How could I be beaten so easily?!"
Naraku growled a terrifying deep demonic growl and crushed Karisa's heart to dust before her very eyes... Karisa's eyes instantly glazed over and she exploded into dust as well... Naraku then slowly lowered himself to the ground, his rage finally sated, and began walking towards Kagome and her mother Hiyuke...
"No! Stay away from her!" Kagome screamed, backing away from Naraku... It did no good to run... Naraku turned his glowing dark red eyes towards Kagome... But it wasnt anger that showed in them... It was the most soul shattering sadness she'd ever seen before... Naraku's eyes flashed bright red for a moment and in the blink of an eye, Hiyuke vanished and reappeared in Naraku's arms... Suddenly, without a word, Naraku began to rise up into the air... Kagome wasting no time, sprang to her feet and raced to where Naraku was rising... Grabbing on to his kimono, tears pouring down her cheeks, Kagome cried out frantically...
"Please! Naraku... " Kagome begged, her heart feeling as if it was breaking in her chest, "Please... Please don't take her!"
Naraku looked at Kagome, his eyes still glowing a demonic red and gently placed a hand on her head... Then, he rose high up into the air and vanished without a trace... Kagome sank to the ground and instantly began to cry, her sarrow for the loss of her mother as deep as the ocean... As vast as endless sky...
Over in the feudal era...
Koga and his friends Ginta and Hakaku were still traveling with Inuyasha and his friends, when Koga's bloodbond to Kagome began to pulse frantically to the tempo of her nerves and stress level... Something had greatly upset his tender hearted little priestess and it instantly made him angry... His beast emerged in a rage and he ran to the well as fast as he could, inuyasha close behind him... Once they went through the well, it didn't take long for them to find Kagome... She was kneeling in the middle of the road with her face in her hands, her body shaking with sobs... Koga and inuyasha both rushed to her side in concern... It looked like a huge cataclysm had caused destruction all over town...
"Kagome! Are you OK?!" Koga growled worriedly...
"Koga!" Kagome cried throwing her arms around him, "I was so scared!"
"What the hell happened here Kagome?! " inuyasha said, horrified by so much destruction...
"Naraku was here..." Kagome said still in shock...
"What?!" Koga growled his voice becoming deeper, " Did he hurt you?!"
"No... " Kagome said numbly.
"What the hell happened here?! " inuyasha asked worriedly, " What did he want?!"
"In have no clue... But he met my mom... " Kagome said worriedly.
"Really?!" inuyasha asked worriedly, " He didn't hurt her?! Did he?!"
"No... He was actually... Nice to mom... She was laughing and happy and having a great time with him... When I saw them together I went ballistic and started yelling at Naraku to get away from her... But he refused to... " Kagome said, still in shock by what she'd seen earlier that day... " So I told mom about him being evil and she said it didn't matter what he did in his past and all that mattered was how kind he was to her... Then she appeared... "
"Who?!" Inuyasha growled.
"I heard Naraku call her Karina... She was angry at Naraku for stealing her powers, and she wanted to get revenge... But mom begged her to leave Naraku alone... She said OK... But then..." Jaime stammered...
"What Kagome?!" Koga said grabbing her...
"She shot my mom in the back with three arrows!" Kagome cried.
"Where is your mother now, love?" Koga asked soothingly...
"After Naraku transformed into a full demon... He attacked Karisa over and over again until she was too weak to run... Then he ripped out her heart and crushed it..." Kagome said shaking.
"She's dead!" Kagome cried...
Kagome began crying hard... Her whole body was shaking with her sorrow... Koga and inuyasha both growled... Both had met Kagome's mother and both really liked her a lot... They both were extremely angry that such a sweet innocent human female had died... No... Not died... She'd been murdered...
"Where is your mothers body... Kagome? " Koga growled embracing Kagome...
"Naraku took her... "Kagome said as he tears fell freely, "She's gone... "
