InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness ❯ Pain and Suffering ( Chapter 3 )

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Pain and Suffering

 

Kagome woke up the next morning feeling energetic. So, as she'd often done in the past, she went out for a run to burn off some of said energy.

When she was making her way back to complete her circuit around the island, she found herself in front of a stadium. Loud shouts and excited whoops were coming from it, so she decided some entertainment would be a good thing. As she entered, she saw the small boy from the other day jumping around the ring, a man with a huge ax chasing him.

She didn't know about the ax-wielding demon, but it was obvious to Kagome the boy was playing with him.

And then, he threw yo-yos at him, as though they were a weapon. She would've laughed, had she not sensed the energy coming from them. The yo-yos smashed into the demon and he screamed as they lifted him high into the air. And then, they were flying downward and he hit the ring with a painful, wet crunch sound.

“Winner of the thirtieth match of round one, Rinku!”

The yo-yos retreated into his pocket and he smirked as he jumped off the stage.

“Okay! There will be a five-minute recess before the last two matches!”

Kagome watched as the kid and the tall drunkard, Chu, walked up from the stage and headed for where she was.

“Why, if it isn't the little love! Kagome, right?” Chu asked, smiling brightly.

“It was a good morning for some exercise.”

“It is, ain't that the truth?”

The boy eyed her suspiciously and she smirked. She could feel the energy in his weapons, ready for use in case she made a move.

“You can relax. The toys don't frighten me, anyway,” she said, smiling as though it wasn't the deep, wounding insult she knew it was.

“They're not just toys!”

“Relax, kid. I know. I could feel the energy. Impressive show. So, who's fighting next?”

“Don't know. Reckon it's someone pretty strong, since the demons are really coming in now,” Chu one said, observing all of the appearing demons. Among them were her teammates, who immediately gravitated toward her.

“You're up early,” Yusuke observed.

“Yeah, well, I woke up with a lot of energy and I just sort of… ended up here.”

“I see… Did you see any strong enemies we might face?” Kurama asked, observing the gathering crowd.

“I just got here,” she said with a shrug.

Two demons came past her and their conversation made her breath hitch.

“Did you hear!? This guy's team is amazing! I heard their captain was actually almost purified by a miko in the Warring States era!”

“Really? And he's still alive!?”

“That's what I heard. Maybe it's a hoax, though.”

A chill ran through her spine as she listened, and she quickly walked up to them.

“Hey, that guy you're talking about; what's his name?”

They turned to her and smirked.

“Newbie. Get a program if you want to know. It's Kurana or something.”

Kagome's heartbeat sped up. She had felt him die!

Suddenly, her knees started shaking as she felt a very familiar, very terrifying, very dead aura coming close to her.

“No way…”

She took a step back as a man with long black hair appeared.

“As energetic as ever, I see, Kagome.”

Kagome began to backpedal as the man smirked darkly at her.

“You're dead… I killed you!”

“Evidently not well enough, my precious little miko,” he said, stepping past the two confused demons toward her.

Claws immediately sprouted from her hands as she grabbed the sheath of Tetsusaiga.

“I wonder who would be the most disappointed, Kagome. Inuyasha? Or perhaps the slayer? Or perhaps Sesshomaru?”

Kagome snarled, her dark, black aura flaring to life.

“Oh, you wouldn't want to do that, Kagome. It would be unsportsmanlike. Attacking someone out of the ring would get your team disqualified, after all, and then, who knows what might happen to that girl?”

Kagome's eyes flared black and she snarled.

The demons around her eyed her in surprise, as her aura was darker than most demons present combined.

“Hey, Kagome, who's this joker?” Yusuke asked, making her tighten her grip on Tetsusaiga.

“I don't know how you're alive, but I swear to every god in existence that, this time, I'll make sure you're dead. Their souls won't rest until you are,” she bit out, causing Naraku to smirk.

“Ah, I believe those are the same words you used last time, Kagome, and yet I'm still here.”

“I'll fix that!”

She began to lunge when a tentacle tore through her stomach. She fell to the ground, clutching at the gaping wound. The pain was beyond excruciating, and her vision began to darken.

“Naraku, I'll kill you!”

She began to draw the Tetsusaiga when a hand grabbed her shoulder. The presence coming from the hand immediately made her calm down, and she closed her eyes…

 

When they opened again, she was in the hotel, and Yusuke was gripping her shoulder, yelling her name.

“Huh?” she said groggily as she sat up.

“What do you mean `huh?' You were thrashing around and then you were yelling like there was somebody here! We thought someone was attacking!” he yelled angrily.

“A… dream… It was a dream?”

Kagome looked down to find her fingers trapped in massive, spiky nails, and youki was surrounding her body.

She took several calming breaths before the youki vanished and her nails shortened.

“Sorry…”

“What the hell were you seeing? It sounded like you were going to rip someone's head off, the way you were growling. I didn't know you had fangs.”

Kagome's face turned bright red.

“Umm… it doesn't matter. It's not your concern,” she said, standing up. “Sorry for waking you up.”

“Hiei woke me up after you woke him up,” he said with a sigh. “I was sleeping peacefully until he said that it sounded like you were talking to someone.”

“He did? Oh… Sorry… I'll just get out of your hair, then,” she said before quickly grabbing her bag and going into the bathroom. She exited wearing a small, form-fitting suit of armor with her two blades at her side and her hair tied back into a ponytail.

“Tell Hiei that I'm sorry. I'll be out in the woods,” she said before taking off…

 

Kagome walked through the woods the entire morning, making sure to keep away from the stadium.

Around noon, she sensed three auras following her, though they were all extremely subtle. But the sense of hostility was unmistakable.

“Can I help you?” she asked, spinning to face them. All three demons seemed surprised she'd sensed them, and she sighed.

“If the answer is `no' then stop following me!”

“I'm afraid we can't do that, little lady. See, there are plenty of demons who want to make sure Urameshi doesn't win again this time. And, since you're the only one who's stupid enough to wander through the woods, we decided to kill you to make things simple.”

Kagome smirked.

“So, you're going to kill me, then? I'll tell you what. Since there are three of you, I'll give you nine tries each to hurt me. If you can't do it, then I'll retaliate.”

The demons looked at her like she was psychotic and she sighed.

“I'll even promise not to use my hands and only one leg.”

The demons snarled and she smirked.

“C'mon. I can't give you guys any more handicaps. Even I might not be able to avoid everything if there's anything else I don't use.”

The demons snarled and charged at her, their claws and fangs gleaming in the sunlight. She briefly felt other presences nearby, but she ignored them as they only seemed curious. True to her word, she only used her left, and therefore weaker, leg to dodge all twenty-seven of their attacks. And then, she was on the offensive.

With a powerful leap, she launched through the air and knocked all three unconscious with one helicopter-kick. She landed with a sigh and looked up at the sky.

Just then, blasts of energy left the woods from every possible direction and angle, trapping her. Several hit, but the strong attacks she avoided with care. When she landed, her arm was smoking from blocking her vital organs with it, and she glared at the trees.

“That wasn't very nice.”

There were various sounds that returned and more energy attacked her. This time, she simply raised a barrier and watched as they bounced back at their owners.

There were various screams of agony in the woods, and the barrier dropped.

“Had enough fun, onna?” asked a voice above her. She moved out of the way and Hiei landed, a smirk lighting her face.

“Sorry if I woke you up this morning.”

“I don't sleep.”

“Oh… okay, then. Well, I was just amazed at how rude these demons are. They don't even show me who I'm killing.”

“You're a very strange ningen.”

“Haven't been a ningen for a while, shorty. But I got an idea. There are thirty demons around us. Fifteen on either side. How about, I'll tell you more of the story if you kill your half faster than me, and if I win you'll tell me about that arm of yours?”

“Sounds fun, onna.”

Kagome grabbed a branch and tossed it into the air.

“When it hits, start.”

The branch met the ground and they were gone, two dark blurs of motion.

Hiei decapitated all fifteen of his before Kagome tore her fifteenth enemy apart.

“Darnit! I will find out what's under that seal!” she declared before they took off toward the cave again. She started again as soon as the barrier was up…

 

Flashback

 

“What the hell are you talking about!? You did that!?” Inuyasha gaped, staring at the blood covering the forest floor.

“Well… yeah…”

“Why the hell would you try to fight Hakudoshi alone!?”

“Because she's slowly losing her mind,” said a new voice. They turned to find Kikyo eyeing Kagome suspiciously.

“I am not going insane!”

“Oh, but you are. A miko can't have youki. Since you do, your miko powers are fighting them off, and it's making your mind deteriorate rather quickly. I doubt you'll be of much use tomorrow.”

“I might be dead by tomorrow, because Hakudoshi was sent here to try to kill some of us before the battle. Naraku's already here.”

They all looked at her like she was insane and she frowned.

“What?”

“I don't smell him, wench.”

“Nor do I sense him, Lady Kagome,” Miroku said, his voice filled with concern.

“And I would've been alerted to his proximity by my barrier,” Kikyo added.

“Oh yeah!? Then how'd Hakudoshi just pop in here and attack!? Answer that!”

Kikyo frowned and looked at the ground.

“A strange occurrence, nothing more.”

Kagome frowned, closing her eyes as her aura spread. Anybody that could see it didn't fail to notice the red lacing the long blue coating around her.

Suddenly, a massive movement through the air caught her attention and before she could think, she swung her arm.

A massive burst of wind left her and everyone in the clearing was thrown back just before an explosion went off and a tall, skeletal man stood, red eyes focused on her.

A long, black face mask covered his bony head, and long claws extended from his hands. Two massive, gargoyle-like wings spread out from his back. And Kagome's biggest concern was the long, jagged sword in one of his claws, glowing with the shine of a tainted jewel shard.

“Miko,” it said in a grating, metallic voice before lifting into the air.

And then, it was dive-bombing her and she dove away. It continued chasing her through the woods, its sword coming closer and closer to cutting into her with every swing. And then, they were suddenly out of the woods and the creature flew straight ahead, landing next to a massive army of silhouettes on the other end of a field.

“Hello, Kagome,” said a dark voice. “It's so nice of you to come and deliver yourself to me like this.”

“Naraku, there's no way you're getting the jewel shards! The term `over my dead body' doesn't cut it, because I swear that I'll scatter the jewel again before I let you get the whole thing.”

“Oh? You think so, Kagome?”

Kagome drew an arrow and took aim.

“You're not really thinking of going against me alone, are you? Hakudoshi isn't even close to being on the same level as me.”

“Indeed,” said a female voice. Kagome turned her head to see Kagura standing next to her, her fans drawn. “Dance of Blades!”

She swung the fan and massive scythes launched forward, ripping apart a small portion of Naraku's army.

The look of hatred on Naraku's face was empowering to Kagome, somehow.

“You dare betray me, Kagura!?”

“It's what you made me to do,” she said with a shrug. “You no longer control me.”

“Why're you here?” Kagome whispered. “I told you to be free.”

“And I am. I freely chose to come here and aid in his demise.”

“That's fine, then,” Kagome sighed. “Can you create an opening for me?”

Kagura lifted her fan again and youki began to pour from her body.

“Dance of the Dead!”

All of the previously dead demons rebuilt themselves and rose from the ground, launching at Naraku. When he turned to fend them off, Kagome took her shot.

The arrow flew across the field and almost hit him before he made a massive shield of more than half the demon army around him. The arrow hit and instantly, Naraku was open again, though now Kagura's puppets were obliterated as well.

“Impressive. You've improved, Kagome. But not enough, it would seem.”

She sensed the tentacle coming too late. It stabbed into her side and she was thrown several dozen feet into the air. Coming down, she was going twice that speed, and it was going to definitely hurt.

Only, it didn't. Just before she hit the ground, a pair of warm arms wrapped around her and she found herself staring up at Koga. As soon as his slide stopped, he let her stand again, and they both watched as all of their allies appeared. Also among them were Shippo, Kohaku and Rin. Kagome guessed that was for their protection.

A wave of youki burst forward from the trees, launching for Naraku. The barrier easily blocked it as Sesshomaru rushed out, charging at him head-on. And Inuyasha and Kikyo were on his sides, also preparing to attack.

Kikyo released an arrow laced with massive amounts of holy qi while the Tetsusaiga turned black and Sesshomaru raised his sword.

“Meidou Zangetsuha!”

Inuyasha leapt forward and released the powerful attack, completely obliterating Naraku's barrier as Sesshomaru's and Kikyo's attacks hit him. His body lit on fire and turned to ashes, and all three tensed.

That had been entirely too easy.

Suddenly, the ground shook and a mass of tentacles rose up. Everything fell into chaos from there. While everyone present was a skilled fighter, the humans were slow. Miroku was the first to go down, using his body to shield his beloved, who then got stabbed by the one that had been intended for Miroku in the first place. And then Kirara was impaled as she tried to defend her mistress.

While a good warrior, Koga was distracted by the humans' downfall for the fatal second necessary.

“Koga!” Kagome screamed as the kurohanyo's tentacle tore through the wolf's chest, leaving a poison-filled crater in his center.

Quickly calling her healing powers to her, Kagome ran to him.

“Koga, hang on!”

Evil laughter filled the clearing, and Kagome snarled, surprising him.

Koga's wound was refusing to heal.

“No, please, Koga! Don't die!”

“Ka-go… me…”

Then, she watched as Ayame blindly charged Naraku, absolutely lost in her hatred for the one that killed her mate.

She was quickly stabbed, and Kagome watched in horror as her body was absorbed.

Her attention returned to Koga when he coughed up blood and tears welled in Kagome's eyes.

Her head whipped around as she felt her other friends' lives fading away.

“Sango! Miroku! Kirara!”

She fell to her knees, her body wracked with trembling sobs.

Kagome, Sango's voice said in her head. She jumped up, looking around.

“What!?”

Kagome, please take care of Kohaku for me, sister. And Hiraikotsu is yours now, as a completed pupil…

A shimmering orb left Sango's body and flew straight at Kagome. As soon as it hit, her mind was filled with knowledge that belonged to Sango. Weaponry, strategy, poison-making, and combat all became a natural part of her memories. Another orb left Kirara, and when it hit her, she felt fangs growing and fire began to build inside of her.

“Sango!”

Don't worry, Lady Kagome. I will make sure that my dear Sango enjoys the after life, Miroku's voice said before another orb left his body. It too flew into her, and suddenly, she felt as though her body would withstand the miasma that was slowly creeping toward her.

Yet another blue orb flew at her, this one from Koga's corpse.

Kill Naraku, Koga's voice said before fading. She stood frozen as her leg muscles increased in tone and grew more muscular. They looked like Ayame's, only tanner. Power poured through her entire body from her new legs and she began to draw another arrow to fire at the kurohanyo.

“What's wrong, Kagome? I thought you didn't like the wolf,” Naraku mocked. His answer was a massive burst of holy power surging toward him. He reacted quickly enough to dodge it, but just barely.

“Something the matter?”

Kagome looked at friends' bodies and power strong enough to turn the ground to smoke rose from her as her eyes shifted color from red to a dark, angry silver.

“I'm going to kill you! Today, your evil is going to end, Naraku!”

Everyone near him dove away as she released a massive burst of qi so strong that the ground was torn into a massive fissure as it passed. Naraku barely evaded, and he snarled at her as her entire body began to glow with her hatred. A dark, black aura striped with gold, red and blue engulfed her body as she started walking toward him.

“Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, I suggest you stay back!”

The two watched with wide eyes as she suddenly vanished. She appeared in front of Naraku, her strong new legs already swinging. A purifying aura wrapped around her leg as it came closer to him, and he got away with only half of his body turned to ash.

She drew an arrow and launched it, just barely missing the now-running kurohanyo.

“My my. Aggressive today, aren't we?”

“You killed my friends. I swear to every god in existence that I'll make sure you die! Their souls won't rest until you are!”

He suddenly sprouted wings and launched into the air. Just as she was about to follow, the ground beneath her gave way and she was falling down into a pit of spiky tentacles.

“Damnit!”

She pulled out another arrow and began to fire when they shot up and wrapped around her body, nearly crushing her. As it happened, they were dragging her downward, in a way that told her she would suffocate to death.

That knowledge made her snap the arrow in her hand. As the wooden dust fell, she released her qi and the dust ignited, destroying the tentacles. And then, she kicked off of them and was out of the pit, panting heavily.

“Wind Scar!”

The yellow energy launched through the clearing toward the once-again-standing kurohanyo, who simply smirked. With a wave of his hand, the attack vanished. And then, it formed again, going the opposite way. The only one close and fast enough to react was Kikyo, and she took the entire force of the Wind Scar to save him. Her barrier lessened the impact, but not by enough to save her.

Kagome ran over to her and knelt down.

“Kikyo! Hang on! Don't die, Kikyo! You wanted to settle which one of us was better, didn't you? You can't do that if you're really dead!”

Kikyo looked up at the frantic miko and smiled softly.

“It would seem that was already decided, wasn't it? As my last act on this earth, I release that which seals your true nature,” she said before her eyes dimmed and her body ignited.

Suddenly, a massive blue orb left her body and flew into her. The second that soul filled Kagome, her entire aura exploded with power.

“Inuyasha, I'm so sorry,” she sobbed as the hanyo fell to his knees.

Now there were very few allies left, and their attack suddenly seemed a lot less impressive. A heart-broken hanyo, a pathetic, weak miko who couldn't save a single one of her second family, a wind sorceress that was slowly draining her energy trying to destroy the attacking demons, and an inu taiyoukai with only one arm, though he was the most formidable of the whole lot of them.

“Wow, your numbers dwindled rather quickly, didn't they, Kagome!?” Naraku barked out before laughing hysterically. “This is such a pathetic waste of my time!”

“Dance of the Dragon!”

Massive, swirling tornadoes of youki flew through the air, ripping apart Naraku's upper body.

“Ah, Kagura, you disappoint me.”

The sorceress's eyes widened as she was stabbed in every angle from below by more tentacles. Blood rolled down her chin as they receded. She glared at the kurohanyo and threw her fan. A massive updraft caught the fan and it was flung across the entire field, right into Kagome's hand.

I died free, thanks to you miko… No, Kagome,… take care, her voice said before her body exploded into feathers. Tears fell even harder from the miko as the small orb left where she'd been standing and entered her body. Knowledge of wind sorcery filled her memory and her entire being seemed to be on the brink of bursting from the power filling her.

“Kagome, we should retreat,” Inuyasha snarled, his fury and absolute hatred focused on Naraku. “We won't survive this if we don't, and he won't be dead regardless…”

“Foolish brother. You would turn and run at this point?” Sesshomaru asked as youki engulfed the blade in his hand.

“It's not looking like there's a choice here.”

“Yes there is,” Kagome said as she slowly rose.

With a hand outstretched, youki flared outward.

“Naraku, you thought that I wasn't a bad enemy to have? Here's an attack from my friends!”

Suddenly, Hiraikotsu was lifted into the air and she caught it with ease. Energy began wrapping around it as she spun the massive boomerang over her head. A small tornado began to form around her, and his eyes narrowed in caution.

And then, the air around her ignited and she was surrounded by a massive, flaming vortex.

“Dance of Chaos!”

She released the boomerang and the kurohanyo was completely helpless to avoid the fast-moving vortex of fire and youki. Just before it reached him, Kagome felt the jewel shards vanish and she cursed as his body was replaced with a puppet.

She caught the flaming boomerang on its return and she snarled in the direction of the shards.

“Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, I'm going to have to ask you to get the children and get away from here, because one way or the other, I'm going to make sure he doesn't live after today. And I'm more than positive whatever I do to him may kill you both,” she said without turning around. Evidently, Kikyo, Kagura, and Koga had transferred their demonic feelings of wrath onto her, because this level of pure hate was beyond her. And, at that moment, she really didn't care.

“Getting rather cocky, aren't you, Kagome? Getting powerful is one thing, but to beat me single-handed is a stretch. Even Koga and Kikyo fell to me!”

She sensed a movement to her side and slammed the boomerang down, crushing the oncoming tentacles.

“Miko, do you really believe that this Sesshomaru will turn tail and leave simply because a little girl told him to?”

Before she could respond, even more tentacles rose. This time, however, they were completely surrounding the entire field like a mouth. That's when horror kicked in. They weren't fighting Naraku, they were above Naraku.

“Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, go!” she yelled before taking off toward the children. Apparently, her realization came to them, too, because they took off after her. They reached the children just as a massive number of tentacles, now recognized as fangs, began to close in around them. Sesshomaru and Kagome took off at amazing speeds, and reached the children just in time. They easily destroyed the attacking fangs, but three rose for every one they destroyed.

Kagome became distracted as five spikes simultaneously launched at the kit, who was frozen in terror. She jumped toward him when suddenly a flash of red passed her and she fell to her knees, gaping in horror.

Shippo landed in front of her, along with Kohaku and Rin, as Inuyasha was pierced through the heart by the spikes.

“No… No no no no no no no!”

Kagome stared at Inuyasha as the spikes left, hoping it was only a minor scratch or something he would smirk and mock her for worrying about. Instead, she was met with half of his upper body being torn apart.

“INUYASHA!”

Kagome watched as a cocky smirk formed on his face and he crawled toward her.

“Goodbye, Kagome.”

“NO!”

Power flooded outward from every fiber of her being as she attempted to heal the man she loved. Apparently, that wasn't enough, because his wounds still didn't heal.

She felt a large part of herself die as his life vanished.

Kagome… I will always love you. Take care of the brat. And make sure to take care of my sword for me, okay?

Her vision blurred from the tears that rolled down her face and her entire being screamed bloody murder for it to be a lie.

And then, his soul hit her and she was immediately filled with memories. Memories of the two of them, from the time they met until now, sped up about ten thousand times. She felt the love he'd felt for her, and the regret that had filled him seconds ago at having not told her before. And then, images of his claw and youki attacks and the sensations of using the Tetsusaiga filled her, and she somehow knew that if she tried them, they would now work for her.

“I love you, Inuyasha,” she cried, her body shaking with her sobs. Long, slender claws grew over her nails and her ears lengthened to look elf-like.

And then, her absolute sorrow turned to another emotion; hate. Humans were never meant to feel the kind of absolute, soul-blackening, immovable hatred that was filling her at that moment. Every bit of her intellect had quieted down for her hatred to take full control.

She rose, and with her came Tetsusaiga.

She met Sesshomaru's gaze and he saw the emotions running through her.

And then, she gaped as he jumped into a pit in the ground. After five seconds, massive power was released into the air and she felt that Naraku had been wounded. Unfortunately, Sesshomaru leapt back out panting with a large gash on his chest moments later.

“Miko, can you rid me of this miasma?” he asked, glaring down at the purple smoke coming from his chest.

She put her hand over the wound and all of the poison slowly purified, and Kagome pulled back.

“Foolish Sesshomaru! To think you were once so smart, too!” Naraku's voice bellowed throughout the entire clearing.

“Sesshomaru, if we attack together, we can win,” she said to the inu taiyoukai, fully expecting a complaint.

“I believe you are right.”

Without another word, the two jumped down, and were faced with a massive, bleeding body with a spiderweb of billions of fangs extending outward. Naraku's face smiled evilly at them.

“Why, hello there. Surprised it took you this long, Kagome.”

Sesshomaru wordlessly swung Tokijin and Kagome unleashed all of her friends' qi. The ground above and below them shook as a blinding flash of golden light launched at Naraku. This time, when the scream of agony came, Kagome knew it was real since she felt the jewel shards here.

Just before Naraku died, he made one last, fatal attack at Kagome. It missed due to the pain-induced blindness and instead pierced Sesshomaru's forehead.

Kagome picked up the jewel shards and carried Sesshomaru's corpse aboveground.

Miko, you have done well. I ask of you to keep watch over my father's fang as well as my daughter.

Kagome's teary eyes took in the warzone around her, and she practically screamed. In less than one hour, every single one of her friends had died. Her sister, her perverted older brother, her love, and her closest friends had all been killed as though their lives were meaningless. She sat there, in the bloody and destroyed field for hours before the three children, her three children now, came up to her with shaking forms.

Without a word, she wrapped all three of them in a tight hug and they cried together for hours.

“Momma,” Shippo started, “please don't leave me!”

After trying uselessly to comfort the two other orphans, she took all three, as well as her friends' momentos, and without a word vanished silently through the well…

End of Flashback

 

Kagome was sobbing by the time she finished her recount, and she noted that Hiei was deathly still.

“I couldn't save a single one of the people who I'd come to regard as an extension of my own family. I was totally useless! And when I got back, I was in a near-suicidal depression for six months. The reason I didn't kill myself was my children, my friends' children. I wasn't going to leave them… You wanted to know why I'm as `psychotic' as I am? There's your reason.”

“I've honestly never heard a story that depressing, onna.”

“Really? That's really something when I can make a demon depressed, isn't it? But you're the one that wanted to know.”

“You're a very interesting miko, onna. And I suspect you didn't tell me the entire story, so I'm looking forward to seeing what other powers you have with my own eyes.”

As they stood up, Kagome's self-pity-induced tears dried up and she smirked.

“And I'm looking forward to finding out what's under those bandages,” she said before the barrier vanished and they took off for the hotel.

 

A/N:

Let me be the first to tell anyone who has read the manga that I know I'm wrong. To have Inuyasha using the Meidou Zangetsuha and yet give Kagome the Tenseiga and have Sesshomaru use Tokijin would be chronologically impossible, but let's just assume that this is an alternate world where the Meidou was obtained a way other than destroying Tenseiga.

Also, sorry for this bloodbath of a fight, but I really wanted to give a reason for Kagome to be screwed up mentally, and I believe this would accomplish that for anyone.

That being said, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it, and be sure to rate!