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To Hell and Back
Chapter Seven
By the time Inuyasha and Kagome returned to Sengoku Jidai, it was pretty late. So instead of heading back to the village, they decided to stay in the Goshinboku.
Inuyasha lifted Kagome up swiftly, bridal style, and jumped up into a very thick branch in the tree. He sat down and instead of sitting her with her back to him like he usually would while in a tree together, he placed her facing him with her legs straddling his waist.
Kagome smiled at him, feeling closer to the Inu hanyou then ever before. Since they fully finished the mating bond, she can feel just how much Inuyasha cares about her and loves her. She has also gained some Inu instincts of her own, but she hasn't quite realized that yet.
Kagome is still human and a miko, but with Inuyasha's strong youkai blood flowing within her veins, she is bound to gain some youkai instincs. She will feel more of a need to protect Inuyasha in case of danger, she will also be more inclined to submit more like an Inu bitch would. She is still a fierce to be rekened with, but she won't be as inclined to argue as she normally would be. Her instincts will also show up more when another woman gets too close to her mate, which she may soon find out just how far her Inu instincs lead her.
Kagome leans forward to capture Inuyasha's lips to hers. She wraps her hands behind his neck to inch him towards her more. She quickly feels his erection grow within his Hakama and instinctually grinds herself against him. They both moan at the contact. She continues to grind against him slowly as their tongues battle for dominance, until his growl lets her know it's time to submit. She lightly whines as an instinct to let him know she is listening and he takes control of their tongues dancing together, but he still allows her to move herself above his erection.
Being too occupied with each other, they don't even realize when they have company, until they heard voices.
"What are they doing, Miroku?" The small Kitsune asks.
Kagome jumps back off of Inuyasha and nearly falls off the tree, but Inuyasha grabs her arm and pulls her back up. He growls in annoyance but he takes Kagome by the waist and jumps down to land in front of their nosey friends.
"Well, you see shippo. When a man and woman love each other very much - OW!"
Sango steps in front of the lecherous Houshi with her Hiraikotsu still held up. "Lech."
Miroku is still rubbing the obvious bump on his head and said, "My dear Sango, I was merely just answering a young boys curiousity."
"Yes. Young boy, Miroku. He's much too young for your lecherous explanations." Sango then turns to her other friends. "Kagome, Inuyasha. So, you had a very productive week, I see."
"Not you too, Sango. Miroku is really rubbing off on you, huh?" Kagome responded with a smile.
Miroku's preverted grin came back to life and he responded to the miko's choice of words. "Well. Sadly, my Sango will not allow such an act. But I see you two doing tons of rubbing."
This time it was Inuyasha who punched Miroku in the head. "Keh. I'm allowed to touch my mate."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome gave him that certain look that meant he will be meeting dirt soon.
Inuyasha gave her a warning growl which caused her new found instincts to listen to him. She quickly stopped her scolding after that.
"Hey, what gives! Why didn't you osuwari him, Kagome?!" Shippo practically yelled this at her.
Kagome is just as confused as her friends. "Uh.. I don't really know."
Inuyasha smirked and started his explanation, "Since we fully mated, your instincs are kicking in as an Inu bitch."
"Osuwari!"
Inuyasha immediately slammed himself into the ground, Shippo laughing at him and Sango looking back and forth between the miko and Hanyou, while Miroku is just looking amused.
When Inuyasha finally peeled himself off the ground he growled warningly at his mate. "What the hell!"
Kagome faught the urge to submit and yelled back, "You're the one that called me a bitch!"
Inuyasha growled even louder, slightly causing Kagome to back down. "That's just what it's called in the Inu world! It's not an insult! Now that we are fully mated, your instincts are heightened. You will start to act more like a submissive mate. But obviously you're so hot tempered that it isn't that strong. There will be more instincts too. Watch."
Inuyasha takes a deep breath in and walks next to Sango. Kagome instinctually growls lightly and then she watches as Inuyasha puts his arm around Sango's shoulder. Not in a sexual way, but like a brother would do to a sister. Kagome immediately growled like a ferrel animal and attacked Sango to the ground until she was on top of her holding her arms down.
Everyone widened their eyes in shock, except for Inuyasha who only snickered. He pulled Kagome off of Sango and nipped her neck to show his dominance, telling her to calm down. When she continues to growl slightly, he bites down a little harder until she stops completely.
He releases his fangs from her and says, "It's okay, Koibito. Now you know how I feel whenever that wolf comes by." He wraps his arms around her stomach from behind and rests his face lovingly on her shoulder. Everybody is even more shocked at Inuyasha's display of affection and his new found pet name for Kagome. He seems to be like a whole different person to them now.
"I'm sorry, Sango. I don't know what came over me."
"I understand Kagome. It's been a while, but I did learn about Inu youkai instincts. I just didn't know a human mate would aquire such abilities." Sango stood up and stood next to Miroku, keeping her distance from Inuyasha. "So, you two are completely mated?"
They both nodded in the affirmative and then showed off their marks. First they moved their hair away to show the bright purple crescent moon on both of their shoulders. Then they held their wrists forward and showed the crescent moons that are a mix between Kagome's pink and Inuyasha's red.
Shippo was very interested in the marks. "So, does this mean you stopped being a stubborn baka and admitted you love Kagome?"
Inuyasha growled at him warningly and surprisingly Kagome did too. That's when everyone stopped to look at her. She didn't realize she did that until everyone stared at her with wide eyes. Even Inuyasha was surprised. He knew Kagome thought of the little kit as one of her own, so he didn't expect that at all.
"Sorry, Shippo." She held her arms out for Shippo to give her a hug.
Shippo was excited because Inuyasha has barely allowed them any contact since Kagome got pregnant. He stepped closer while looking at the Inu hanyou and when he didn't growl, Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms.
Inuyasha realized that his inner youkai must have finally understood that Shippo is like a son to Kagome, therefore he is like a son to him too. From then on, he would allow them to be like they used to and probably grow even closer as the mother-son bond grows stronger.
After a while, the group decided to head back to Kaede's for the night. On the way, Inuyasha turned to Shippo who was sitting on Kagome's shoulder and said, "yeah. I did tell Kagome I love her."
Everyone looked at him like he had two heads. They've known that he's loved her for a while now, but they didn't expect him to admit it. Kagome smiled at him and Sango gave a knowing smile to the woman who she sees as a younger sister.
While no one was paying attention to him, Miroku decided it was a good idea to reach over and feel a young tijiya's backside. As soon as he made contact however, he was on the ground rubbing a bright red handprint that was left on his cheek.
"Baka." Shippo said and everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
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A couple of months later, Kagome is now in her third month of pregnancy. Usually it would be a little early to start showing, but due to the baby being part youkai, you can see a small baby bump. It's pretty hard to see though unless you look pretty close. Her nausea calmed down for the most part, but now she is constantly craving different types of food. She practically ate all the ninja food herself, except for the candy she brought just for Shippo. She even ate half of Inuyasha's ramen. That had caused an argument and a couple of osuwari's.
Kagome and Sango are in the hotspring together. It took Kagome a very long time this time to get Inuyasha to allow her to take a bath without him nearby. Her instincts almost made it to where she backed down but in the end, she won him over with her own puppy dog face.
After a few minutes of silence, Sango started up a conversation. "So.. What's it like being mated to a hanyou? Have you and Inuyasha.. you know."
Kagome's entire body turned a bright red and it's not just because of the heat of the hotspring. "Well.. I love being Inuyasha's mate. He really is so sweet. He's still hot-tempered but I wouldn't have him any other way. And no.. we haven't gone all the way. I'm still not ready for that and he is very understanding. Even with both of our Inu instincts, he doesnt force me to do anything I'm not comfortable with."
Sango smiled warmly at her 'sister.' "That's really reassuring. I'm glad you are safe with him, Kagome."
During this conversation, Kagome has been lightly rubbing at her mark on her wrist. About a month ago, she realized that she can toy with Inuyasha when she rubbed on that certain spot. He can feel it through his own mark and it usually has a very positive reaction. She smirked inwardly, just imagining how the hanyou was acting right now.
-
"Damn woman." Inuyasha is pacing back and forth around the bon fire while Miroku and Shippo are staring at him quizzically. He is constantly covering his mating mark on his wrist and fidgetting his whole body.
"What is wrong with you, Inuyasha?" Miroku asked his fidgetty friend.
"Keh. None of your damn business, monk."
"Well, you annoyingly pacing around like that is making it my business. Now what is wrong?"
Inuyasha growled deep within his chest, "my annoying mate is fucking with me. That's what's wrong."
That only proved to confuse his companions more. "What do you mean, Inuyasha?" Shippo innocently asked his surrogate father.
He growled even louder, "that damn woman keeps messing with her mating mark, knowing damn well how it affects me."
Miroku gave him a knowing smirk. He walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "I see. So Kagome is a little vixon, huh?"
"Watch it. She is my mate."
Miroku stepped back with his hands defensively in front of him, "don't worry, Inuyasha. My eyes are on the lovely Sango."
"What do you mean, Inuyasha? What about your mark?" Shippo asked.
Miroku and Inuyasha gave each other a look that says, 'not these questions again.'
-
"Are you sure you'll be alright Kagome?" Sango is finishing up getting dressed while Kagome is still in the calming hot spring.
"I'm sure. I want to relax a little longer. Don't worry about me. I'll yell for Inuyasha if anything happens."
"Well, okay then. Don't be too long. Okay?"
"I won't."
Sango left Kagome alone in the hotspring and headed back to camp.
When she made it back only about two minutes later, Inuyasha immediately stopped pacing. "Where the fuck is Kagome?"
Sango gulped, "she wanted to stay back a little longer. She said she would be alright."
"WHAT!? You let her stay there, ALONE? Are you stupid?" Immediately, Inuyasha ran towards the hot spring. Because of his speed, he arrives in about thirty seconds. When he arrives though, Kagome is no where to be seen. "Kagome!"
He ran back to the camp and yelled to everyone, "Get up! Kagome is gone. It smelled like Naraku." The whole group froze at those words. Then they immediately got everything packed up and Miroku, Sango and Shippo got on top of Kirara to take to the sky while Inuyasha ran ahead. His youkai is begging to be released, but he holds tight to his sword knowing he needs to keep a clear mind.
-
A few minutes earlier, about thirty seconds after Sango left and Kagome was relaxed into the water with her eyes closed, strong hands appeared around Kagome's mouth. A low, menacing voice spoke into her ear.
"Hello, Miko. It's time for you to come with me."
At the sound of Naraku's voice and his hot breath against her ear, she immediately reacted with a jolt of miko energy. He released her for a second but then as quick as he was released, a barrier appeared around him and the frightened miko.
She tried to scream for Inuyasha and force her way out of the barrier but Naraku only chuckled. "No one can hear you while you are in my barrier. Scream as much as you like, it's a real turn on."
She aimed her hands towards Naraku to use her purifying energy but Naraku spoke up first.
"Don't even think about it. I can easily kill you before you even get close enough to try." His bright red eyes are staring directly through to her very soul.
Kagome cowered in fear and then realized she was still naked from the bath. She covered her body the best she could with her arms and crossed her legs while she sat in his barrier on her knees. She watched as the hot spring became smaller and smaller in the distance.
-
"Come on! We have to find her! I can feel her fear through our bond." 'Kagome - mate - koibito.. please be okay. Just wait for me. I'm coming. I promise.'
-
Kagome found herself in an empty room with nothing but the shackles on her ankles, and a small barred up window in the corner of the room. She looks around and sees there is a small raggedy old torn up blanket balled up near her. She grabbed it and wrapped her naked body up in it. The blanket smelled of blood, death, and other bodily fluids. She held back the urge to vomit, knowing she'd rather be covered up then exposed to Naraku or his minions.
She moved as far as her shackles would let her and she looked outside through the small window. She noticed she was in some sort of castle with a large barrier around it. Her heart jumps in her throat when the door opens behind her. She turns around to see Naraku. He had the large piece of the jewel with him and she could easily see the darkness within it.
She backed up as far as she could until she was up against the cold wall. Naraku chuckled at her fear and stepped closer. When he was directly in front of her he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I have great plans for you, Miko. By the way, I see that disgusting half breed put his mark on you. And you are carrying his disgusting spawn." He smirked down at her.
Kagome instinctually put her hands to her stomach as if she was protecting her unborn child from danger and harm.
"D-do what you want with me. Just don't hurt my baby. Please." A lone tear escaped her eye.
He laughed meliciously again. "Oh, I do plan on having a bit of fun. But I won't leave your 'child' alone." He leaned in so close that she could feel his breath on her ear. She closes her eyes tight and turned her head to the side. "Here's how it's going to go, Miko. First, I'm going to cut that disgusting excuse of a youkai from your stomach. Then, I'm going to have my way with you. And when I'm done, you're going to have my child. What do you say? The perfect way to get back at that filthy hanyou. And I get to have some fun too."
"NO! You will NEVER touch me or my baby!" Kagome closed her eyes and allowed her miko energy to flow through her entire body. It looked like an explosion of pink and red; her reiki mixed with Inuyasha's youki that flows through her veins. In an instant Naraku was thrown to the other side of the room.
Kagome kept her hands protectively around her stomach as she watched the dark hanyou laugh and get up off of the ground.
"My my. You are a feisty one, aren't you?" He slowly walks closer to her.
"Stay away from me!" 'I wish I had my arrows.'
He chuckles again and releases a tentacle aimed directly at her abdomen. Within a second, her baby would be dead.
With almost no time to react, Kagome closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable. When it didn't come, she opened her eyes back up to see that she had unconsciously put up a barrier around herself. Naraku is striking at it over and over again with his elongated tentacle.
"You will regret that, Miko. I was going to make it easy for you. Now, you're going to suffer. I'll be back." With that, he left the room.
Kagome collapsed onto the hard cold floor as her barrier faded away. She rubs small circles around her stomach to try and calm the baby inside of her. She can feel that it's stressed out. She allows her tears to flow freely, as she scratches the mating mark on her wrist just hoping it would help Inuyasha find her. 'Inuyasha..'
-
"Inuyasha! Are we getting close?" Sango yelled from her spot on Kirara's back.
Inuyasha kept sniffing the air and weaving through the trees. "Yeah. I can feel it. Kagome isn't that far away. She's scared and crying. Dammit!" He picks up the pace causing Kirara to have to try and keep up. He feels the slight pain in his wrist. He assumes Kagome is trying to communicate with him. He lightly rubs his mark to let her know he is coming. 'I'm coming, Koibito.'
About five minutes later they come across what seems to be an empty field. They stop at the outskirts of it and Inuyasha growls.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" Shippo asks.
"Kagome is definitely here. There's some sort of barrier." He pulls his Tetsusaiga out and it turns a bright crimson. "Back up." He tells his companions. They did as they were told and watched as Inuyasha swiped at the barrier, only to be flung backwards, sliding across the hard ground.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright?" Miroku asked the angry hanyou.
Inuyasha growls, "Keh. I'm not a weak human." He gets back up and attacks the barrier again only to be thrown backwards again. "DAMMIT!" His eyes flash red but he keeps it under control, knowing that he needs to keep control in order to use his fathers fang.
He swiped over and over again, only to be thrown backwards each time. His friends tried to get him to stop but he wasn't listening. Then, out of no where, a sacred arrow flew by Inuyasha's head and into the barrier. In that instant, they could see it. Naraku's castle. The group of friends turned to see where the arrow came from.
Inuyasha's eyes widened in shock before he spoke. "K-Kikyo.."
-
Kagome looked up from her place on the floor when she felt it. Inuyasha's presence. 'He's here.' She stood back up, swaying on her feet, and went back to the barricated window. She looked out to see Inuyasha standing where the barrier was. Then she looked closer and saw Kikyo standing before him. Kagome's instincs flared up and she growled at the sight in front of her. Nothing inconspicuous was happening between the two, but Kagome couldn't help the jealousy that burned her to her very core.
She quickly turned around when the door opened again. This time it was Kagura holding an infant. 'It's Naraku's heart!'
"What do you want, Kagura?" Kagome was very proud of herself for her voice sounding calm and difiant.
Kagura looked at the humiliating display in front of her. Kagome was standing there with a disgustingly old blanket wrapped around her naked body and she looked like she hasn't slept in days. Her hair is messed up, she has bags under her eyes and she is obviously afraid even though she is pretending to be strong.
"Naraku sent me. He wants the infant to he close to you to take over your mind and make you more submissive to him." She walked closer to Kagome, watching the Miko back up against the wall.
"Stay away from me. I can purify Naraku's heart so fast. You'll regret coming near me!"
'That's what I'm hoping for. If you kill the infant. Naraku will die and I will be free from his control.'
She walks closer to Kagome again and holds the infant closer to her. Kagome is confused by the look on Kagura's face. She doesn't look like she has any ill intent. She seems to be asking for something with her eyes. 'She.. wants me to kill the baby?'
Kagome reaches forward towards the infants stretched out arms and grabs hold. As soon as she is about to release her powers however, she gets frozen in her spot. "I.. can't. move.."
Kagura's eyes widened. She didn't know the full extent of this child's powers. She didn't realize Kagome would be helpless against it. 'I'm sorry, Kagome.'
Kagome's eyes start to flutter shut and she soon loses consciousness.
-
"What are you doing, Kikyo?"
"Inuyasha. I am here to destroy Naraku. I felt my reincarnated soul within this barrier and knew he was here." After a moment of pause she spoke up again. "I have also decided to aid you in saving your.. mate."
The entire group was stunned. Never in a million years did they expect Kikyo to say something like that. The dead Miko has tried to kill Kagome more times then they can count.
"Wh-Why? Why do you care what happens to Kagome!?" Inuyasha responded with slight irritation. He feels as if this is some sort of trick or a trap.
"I cannot explain it. Something in my soul changed. When I felt the bond between you and my reincarnation grow stronger, it was like my soul grew lighter. I am saddened how things turned out, but I want to help in anyway that I can. Will you allow my assistance, Inuyasha?"
Miroku, Sango, Shippo and even Kirara gave Inuyasha a confused look, just waiting for his response.
After a moment of shock, he gave her a determined look. "Thank you, Kikyo." He nodded his head and turned back towards the castle. He stepped forward and then picked up the pace to a run, with his friends close behind.
They were stopped by three of Naraku's puppets about fifteen feet in front of the castle entrance. Inuyasha killed the first one with a swipe of his sword and then Miroku yelled at him to go on ahead while they kill the others which were already attacking with their tentacles. There were Saimyōshō circling the puppets so Miroku couldn't use his Kazaana. He used his staff to slice through the tentacles instead.
Inuyasha gave them a knowing look and went ahead. He looked down at his wrist. He could feel Kagome getting weaker in both body and spirit. He had to get to her fast. 'I'm almost there, Kagome. Hang on.'
-
Naraku is hidden in the back of the castle with Kanna standing next to him. "Kanna. Show me Kagome. Let's see how our secret weapon is doing."
Kanna held her mirror in front of the dark hanyou and showed him what he wants to see. Kagome is crouched down on her knees on the floor with her eyes closed and the infant clinging to her chest tight. Kagura is standing before them watching the scene with what looks to be horror in her eyes.
"I really can't trust you Kagura. Too bad your life will end soon." He held out Kagura's heart in his hands but did not squeeze. There will be plenty of time for that later.
-
'Where am I? What's going on?' Kagome looks around but sees nothing but darkness. She tries to walk forward but realizes her body is stuck. When she looks down, she sees a baby clung to her chest. "Wh-what's going on?!"
"Kagome. I am concentrating on the darkness within your heart. When I find it, I will then take over your body and soul. You will never see that hanyou again! You will lose your unborn child and you will never know happiness. Now relax."
Kagome looks around in confusion. Is this a dream? She can't see anything and the last thing she remembered was being locked up in a room in Naraku's castle. 'Am I.. in my own mind?'
"Smart girl. Yes. We are in your mind. I am digging around in your memories and in your hopes and dreams. I will find the darkness." He snickered to himself and then said, "Well, it looks like I'm closer then ever before. Now what's this? You didn't conceive that child consensually, did you?"
Kagome stayed silent. She tried to push those thoughts away. She needs to keep the darkness in her heart at bay or else she would never see Inuyasha again.
The infant laughed again. "So. The one you love. The one you have loved for so long now. Your protector, your savior, the one you can trust over anyone else.. he took you away from your friends. He hid you where he knew no one would find you. He threw you down and he smiled at you while you were scared of the lust filled rage in his eyes. You begged him to stop but he wouldn't. You begged him over and over again but he didn't care. You even told him you love him. How sweet. Then he did what you never thought the one you love most in this world would do. He raped you. He forced himself upon you. Your cries and plees for him to stop, the way you pushed him away, none of that mattered to him. He took you anyway. And now.. now you are pregnant with his child. You are pregnant from the worst night of your life. And you are bound to your rapist forever. How does that make you feel, Kagome?"
Kagome closed her eyes shut. She tried not to listen. She tried to think about how her and Inuyasha feel now. She tried to think about the love he feels for her and how she forgave him for that horrendous night in the cave. But slowly her resolve to forget grew harder and harder for her. And in that moment. That very small sliver of a second that she felt herself feel that pain again, the infant got what he wanted.
"I found it. The darkness that kept itself well hidden. It's right there." He reached forward and grabbed onto the black speck in Kagome's soul. The spot that held Kagome's true fears and darkness. As soon as he grabbed it, Kagome felt nothing. She felt no fear, no sadness, no happiness, no anger, no joy, no pain. She felt completely free from all emotions. The infant, Naraku's heart, has gained control of Kagome's body, mind and soul.
Yokai - Demon
Hanyou - Half-Demon
Inu-Hanyou - Half-Dog Demon
Neko Yokai - Cat Demon
Kitsune - Fox
Inu - Dog
Taijiya - Demon Slayer
Houshi - Monk
Miko - Priestess
Baka - Stupid/Idiot/Foolish
Koibito - Lover/Sweetheart
Osuwari - Sit Boy
Hakama - Pants
Saimyōshō - Poison Insects
Kazaana - Wind Tunnel
Sengoku Jidai - Feudal Era
A/N: Thanks for reading! Sorry for the slight cliffy! I hope you don't hate me hahaha. Don't forget to review and keep on reading!
