InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Slave to No One ❯ Chapter 21 ( Chapter 21 )

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Chapter 21

Kagome was running after the bitch that had tortured her. She wanted to get her for everything she had done to her mate. Her anger was still peaked and her demon blood was boiling to the point of bursting. She didn't care at this point she wanted her revenge and she was going to get it.

She continued to run after Naraku and Kusco, she couldn't believe that they could run this fast. She had gone the wrong way down several of the hallways but she had backtracked and now she was on their trail again.

She skidded to a stop when she came upon a group of slavers that were in her way of getting to her target. She flexed her claws, as she was about to do battle with them.

~-oOo-~

Kusco and Naraku had been running for their lives as the girl was chasing them down the hallways. They had managed to make it to the second floor of the facility without the girl catching up to them.

She was fast and she was right behind them as they fled, but apparently because they have been all over the facility, she was having a hard time tracking them as they gave her the slip and went down to the second floor.

They found a group of slavers in the hallway as they stopped and said, “There's a demon that is chasing us. I want you to capture her.”

The slaver looked at her in disbelief as they said, “All of the demons in this facility have been released from their cells by Macho and the other slaves. They left the building making their way into the forest. There are no more demons left in this facility.”

Kusco was irritated as she tried to keep her temper in check, “Fine, but there is still one left in this facility and she's chasing us. I want you to deal with her. If you happen to kill her then I won't be mad.” She ended her statement with an evil smile that if they did manage to kill the girl then she could still go after the hanyou once all this was over with.

The slavers agreed to her demands as Kusco turned and ran after Naraku who had made it into his office.

Naraku was going through all of his desk draws as he was pulling out the papers from them and stuffing it into a bag that he was holding in his hand. Then he went to a picture that was hanging behind his desk as he opened it up to expose the safe that was hidden there. He quickly opened it and put all of the money that was in it into the bag. He turned to see Kusco standing there looking at him dumbfounded.

Kusco never knew he had a safe in his office as she shook her head and then followed him out the door to make their escape from the facility.

~-oOo-~

The slavers saw the demon coming towards them and they got ready to attack. They were under no restrictions to keep the demon alive so they were free to do whatever they wanted.

The demon came to a stop right in front of them and they saw that it was a female demon. They had never had to deal with female demons before. They only captured the males. They got ready to attack as they blocked her way from getting to Kusco and Naraku, as they were running down the hallway to escape from the facility.

Kagome spotted Kusco and Naraku retreating forms and she became enraged. She was not about to let them get away. She saw the slavers in front of her as she said, “Get the fuck out of my way! I'm after Kusco and the man with her.”

The slavers eyed her with curiosity as they stood their ground. They could get a pretty good price for her. She was young and pretty if they could only capture her, take her to another facility, and then sold her for breeding.

Then one of them said, “We won't get out of the way, why don't you come with us and we will make sure that you are safe from everyone here. We won't hurt you.”

Kagome eyed the men in front of her as she flexed her claws at them and then said, “I said get out of my way!”

The slavers attacked by throwing sleeping power at her to see if they could subdue her. She was a prize worth fighting for and she could be worth her weight in gold if they could capture her. For capturing a female demon was a rare thing, you never see them anywhere.

Kagome saw the sleeping powder coming towards her and got ready. She placed a barrier up just before it reached her and then sent it back in their direction. The slavers tired to get out of the way but found that they were too many of them to move as the powder exploded in front of them and put them all to sleep.

Kagome quickly jumped over them as she made it past them to go after her prey.

~-oOo-~

Inuyasha had been chasing his mate after she had left the training room. He knew she was in danger. He could sense it as the voice in the back of his mind told him that he needed to locate her and fast.

He was running through the hallways as he followed his mate's scent. He ran into a few of the facilities guards as he quickly yelled, “Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!” The blades came out of his claws and impacted on the ground as he plowed right through them to continue his search. He had no time to deal with these humans he wanted his mate.

He had made it down to the second floor and saw his mate jumping over the unconscious slavers as she was chasing after someone. `Damn bitch needs to learn how to slow down.' Thought Inuyasha as he quickly followed making sure that nothing would happen to her.

~-oOo-~

Kusco and Naraku ran out of the building as they were trying to get away from the demon that was chasing them. They came to a complete stop when they saw the king's soldiers come out of the forest and formed a semi circle around them as they said, “Halt! You are under arrest for the kidnapping of King Higurashi's daughter and her husband. You are to come with us peacefully or we will use force.”

Kusco looked at the soldier with shock, `since when did that bitch marry my hanyou! She has no right to be his wife.' Thought Kusco as she continued to ponder this new information. `No wonder I couldn't get him to submit to me if he already married her!' Kusco was shaking with rage as the soldiers slowly approached where they were standing.

At that point Kagome came out of the building and jumped right in front of them, as she flexed her claws at the bitch just standing a few feet away. She didn't even notice the soldiers that were standing behind her as she made her advance towards Kusco.

Kusco didn't care anymore she was going to kill the princess and get the hanyou to submit to her if it was the last thing she would ever do. Kusco had her whip with her as she got it out and got ready to do battle.

Naraku had been watching from the side and noticed when Kusco got her whip out to do battle. Seeing that his partner had gone crazy he opted to back away from them and try to get away.

When he turned towards the facility again he saw the male hanyou come out with his blood red eyes. He went back in the other direction as the hanyou gave chase. He would rather be caught by the human soldiers and not be killed at the moment

The human soldier came forward and captured Naraku as the hanyou came towards them with raised claws ready to attack. At that moment Inutaisho stepped in front of his son to stop him.

Inuyasha upon seeing his father stopped his attack as he eyed the human that had gotten away from him. He growl fiercely at having lost his prey as his father kept his eyes on him ready to intercept any attacks. After a few minutes his father spoke to him.

“Beta male you are to stand down. I will not permit you to hurt this human.” Said his father hoping to get him to listen to reason.

Inuyasha just, “Feh,” as he said, “I will kill him whether you are standing there or not. He hurt and tortured my mate, he will pay with his life.” Inuyasha crouched low to the ground as his ears flatten on top of his head, bearing his fangs and flexing his claws at his father for standing in his way.

Inutaisho looked his son and clearly saw the rage that he had, then he noticed the blood on the front of his Juban, as he asked, “How did you get injured?”

Inuyasha growled his anger as he answered his father's question. “ I was whipped for trying to defend my mate from getting tortured. These people care little for life and I will kill him, now get out of my way!” Inuyasha finished with a threatening growl as he took a step forward to reach Naraku.

Inutaisho stood his ground as he growled at his son. Inuyasha seeing that his father wasn't going to let him pass backed off from the attack but kept a watchful eye on his prey. He wasn't about to let him get away.

Inutaisho looked at the human behind him and said, “Is what he is saying true? Did you torture the girl? Did your people whip him for defending his mate?”

Naraku eyes grew wide as he said, “No!!! I didn't torture the girl Kusco did. I only own this facility. I'm sure that she was the one that whipped him as well, she is the task master and that's her job.”

Inutaisho grew angrier by the minute as he said, “So you're the one responsible for having my son captured and brought here to this facility. Give me a reason why I shouldn't let him kill you for what you have done!”

Naraku couldn't answer his question he was so scared that he didn't know what to do. He coward as the lord of the Western Lands came closer to him expecting an answer. His eyes glowing red for just a brief second from the rage he was feeling.

Inutaisho looked up at the human guards standing in front of him and said, “You better get him away from here before I lose control and kill him myself for what he has done.”

The soldiers came quickly forward as they grabbed Naraku and lead him away before he was killed by the demon standing in front of him.

Inutaisho felt when his son readied his attack and leaped into the air to kill the human that was being taken away, when he moved to intercept. He blocked his attack as they both landed on the ground and stared at each other.

“Beta male do you challenge for the right to lead?!!” ask his father with a growl.

Inuyasha backed down, he had no desire to challenge as he growled and backed away, flexing his claws in agitation. He was still keeping his eye on where they were taking the human. He wasn't about to give up that easily. He heard a cry coming from behind him as he turned and saw what was happening to his mate.

~-oOo-~

Kagome was slowly making her advance towards the bitch in front of her. She flexed her claws and barred her fangs as she attacked Kusco.

Kusco quickly let go of the end of her whip and brought it back as she made ready her attack. When she saw that the girl was within reach she brought her arm forward and hit Kagome across the front of her chest as she cried out in pain.

Kagome landed on the other side of her as she looked down and saw the blood coming from her wound. She moved again and this time she was ready for her whip. When she saw the whip coming towards her she grabbed it and then pulled it from her hands as she landed on the other side.

She took the whip and gave it a flick with her wrist. She heard the loud snap as she smiled wickedly at Kusco. Kagome walked slowly towards Kusco and when she reached her she flicked the whip towards the taskmaster as she saw Kusco crumble in front of her in pain.

Kagome saw the expression on her face and said, “How does it feel to be whipped by the weapon that you like to use on helpless demons?”

Kusco eyed the girl in front of her as the pain she was feeling was fueling her anger. She slowly rose to her feet and said, “That was nothing, I inflect much more pain than that on my victims.”

Kagome's anger was beginning to rise, she had enough of the woman standing in front of her. It was about time she got a taste of her own medicine. She raised her arm and then proceeded to whip Kusco to within an inch of her life for every time she had tortured an innocent demon at this facility.

Kusco was in pain as she reached in her shirt and pulled out a knife. She got herself ready as she quickly turned around and threw the knife straight at the girl, where it landed in her shoulder. Kagome crumpled to the ground as she yelled out in pain dropping the whip she was holding.

When Kusco got up from the ground she had another knife in her hand as she made her way towards the fallen girl and said, “Now I will kill you and the hanyou will belong to me.” She raised her hand and was about to deal the killing blow when she heard, “DON'T… TOUCH… MY… MATE!!

Inuyasha had seen what Kusco was going to do to his mate as he leaped from his father side with claws extended and landed a killing blow at the wench in front of him. He was panting hard once he was done as he turned to look at his mate.

Kagome had managed to get the knife out of her shoulder as she slowly sat up to look for the bitch who had done this to her. She saw her dead on the ground as she looked up to see who had killed her.

She saw a demon in front of her that she didn't recognize. She was bearing her fangs and claws at him as she got into a crouched position. She needed to go find her mate and she wanted to get away from this place, as she slowly started to back away from the demon who had saved her from death.

Inuyasha saw the way Kagome was looking at him and he was confused, he didn't know what was wrong with her. He took a step closer to her and stopped as was she bearing her fangs and growling at him. He became enraged that his mate would be acting like this as he started to growl back at her. He started to go around in a circle trying to find a way to get to her.

Kagome was proving to be a fighter; she wouldn't give the demon in front of her a chance to get near her. Every time he would pounce she would move with lighting speed away from him. She landed several hits, as Inuyasha pondered what to do to get to his mate, that had apparently gone mad.

Inutaisho seeing what was happening in front of him told the human soldiers to back off and stay away from them. He knew that Kagome didn't recognize her mate because she has never met him in her current form. He had to get to his son and subdue him first and then he can take care of Kagome.

He turned to Miroku and said, “Miroku, I want you and a few others to keep the girl busy while I go and take care of Inuyasha. Once I have subdued him then I will go after the girl. You're the only one that can keep her at bay until I'm done with my son. If she uses her miko powers you're going to have to block her attack. She's hurt, so she won't be as fast as she normally would be.”

Miroku nodded his understanding of his orders as he turned and got a couple of his men. He briefed them on what they were going to do. They all understood their instruction, as they all got ready.

Inutaisho nodded in their direction and they all moved in.

Inuyasha sensing the approaching threat quickly turned to face his father who was right behind him. He flexed his claws as he attacked.

Inutaisho was ready for him, when Inuyasha reached him he quickly sidestepped, grabbed his arm, and brought it behind his back. He brought his other hand up behind his neck and then whispered into his ear, “I'm sorry my son but I have to do this.”

He squeezed that certain spot on the back of his neck as his son fell forward in his arms, unconscious. He placed him gently on the ground and looked at his wounds. He was whipped severely for defending his mate and it pained him to see him this way. He stood up as he turned his attention towards the girl.

Miroku had his hands full with Kagome. Even though she was injured she was proving to be a formidable foe. She was strong and her miko powers hadn't weakened in the least bit.

Kagome had gotten out the sword that Inutaisho had given her and was holding it in her hand, ready to strike. She held it out to the side as she transformed the sword into a bow and arrow. She locked the arrow in place as she channeled her miko powers into the arrow, making it glow brightly in her hand.

The demons standing right in front of her saw what she had done to the arrow, as it started to glow brightly. They knew that she had channeled a great deal of power into the arrow, as they got ready to leap out of the way.

She drew her bowstring back but instead of aiming it at Miroku and his men she aimed it at the facility directly behind her. She let go of the arrow as it went fling towards the building and impacted.

The force of the arrow was so strong that the building in front of them collapsed completely to the ground. Effectively destroying the facility that had hurt so many demons.

Miroku, seeing that the girl was distracted for the moment, threw his binding spell at her as he encased her in his ropes. Miroku was struggling to keep the spell in place but Kagome was strong through, she was starting to break it.

Inutaisho saw that the girl was in a binding spell and he knew that he didn't have much time. He didn't want to hurt her as he rushed in and then placed his hand on the back of her neck as he said, “I'm sorry Kagome but I must stop you.” He pressed in that certain spot on the back of her neck, as Kagome let out a whimper and she collapsed in his arms, unconscious.

Inutaisho caught the scent of her blood. There was so much of it that he moved her hair out of the way to look at her back. Her entire back was a zigzag of cuts and whip marks. The blood was still coming out of her wounds as he held her limp form in his arms. Her arms were in the same condition and he now knew why his son had gone full youkai. He would've done the same if someone were hurting his mate like this.

He picked her up in his arms as he walked back towards his son's sleeping form. He summoned his transportation cloud as he laid Kagome and Inuyasha on it and got ready to leave.

But before he left he turned towards Miroku and said, “Miroku, get everyone moving back to the Western Lands. I'm leaving with these two because if they wake up and they're not back to normal they will attack everyone here. Make sure that you take the demons from the processing facility with you.”

Miroku inclined his head towards his lords as he saw him take off with his son and mate, heading back towards the Western Lands.

Miroku turned to the rest of the demon soldiers and said, “Lets go home.”

The commander gathered his soldiers and they all took off toward the Western Lands, making sure that they took the demons from the processing facility with them. They left behind the human soldiers to deal with the mess.

~-oOo-~

Inutaisho flew through the air with great speed. He needed to get back to his castle as soon as possible. He had to get there before his son started to wake up. He knew that they wouldn't return to normal because they were both looking for their mates and they had yet to satisfy that need.

Inuyasha knew who his mate was because his mating mark held his strong scent that connected him to her. But Kagome still didn't know what her mate looked like as a demon. Because of her inexperience in being a demon, she couldn't recognize her mating scent on his son. She needed to submit to him as a demon in order for their bond to be stronger.

He made it back to his home as he guided his transportation cloud down to the lower parts of the castle. He saw his son starting to move, he was waking up. He took them down to his special room. He knew that they would be safe in there if things were to get out of hand.

The room had no windows in it so they couldn't escape. It had a sleeping pallet on the ground and it was comfortable. The room was big enough to give them room to move around in or attack each other if they had to.

He went into the room and placed them down on the sleeping pallet. He took one more look at his sleeping son before he left the room and locked it. He placed a seal on the door to prevent them from leaving. He knew that this seal the girl couldn't break.

Inuyasha slowly started to stir as his head was pounding. He slowly opened his eyes to see that he was in a room with no windows. The last thing he remembered was trying to get his mate to submit to him and then everything went black.

He slowly got up as he growled his displeasure and looked around the room he was in. He knew that they weren't in the processing facility because the scents here were different from that place.

He looked off to the side and saw that his mate was starting to wake up. He picked his nose up into the air as he sniffed. Her scent was that of a demon, he slowly moved into a corner of the room and got in a crouched position. He lowered his ears to his head and started to growl low in his throat. He remembered that she didn't recognized him and he didn't want to look threatening to her.

Kagome woke up to find that she had a tremendous headache the size of a mountain. The last thing she remembered was fighting some demons and getting grabbed from behind before everything went black.

She heard a low growl coming from her side as she quickly got up, bearing her fangs. She noticed that she was in a room with no windows. She started to whimper as she saw this, she wanted to find her mate and go home.

Kagome's whimpers became stronger as she continued to look around the room. Her eyes came upon a demon with his head down and ears back right in front of her. She didn't know who he was but she had no intentions of finding out.

Inuyasha heard Kagome's whimpers and his heart went out to her, she was looking for something and he wanted to comfort her. His ears perked up when she continued to whimper as he tried to move closer to her, he kept his head down in a form of submission to see if he could get nearer.

Kagome growled as she flexed her claws at the demon that was trying to get closer to her. She wanted to get out of this room. She saw a door off to her right and she made her way towards it. When she grabbed the handle it threw her back into the room as she landed on her back, whining because she was hurt.

Inuyasha seeing that his mate had been hurt went towards her to see if he could comfort her. She started to growl at him again telling him to keep his distance from her and that got his blood boiling.

He bared his fangs and growled back as he made ready his attack. He leaped and ran right into her barrier as it pushed him back away from her. He flexed his claws, as he got ready to attack again.

Kagome was starting to get weak from all of her injuries as she tried to keep the demon in front of her at bay. He had blood red eyes and he looked familiar to her but she didn't know who he was. Her heart went out to him for some reason, as she saw him on the other side of the barrier trying to break it.

Something deep down inside was telling her that he was the one that she was looking for but he didn't look anything like her mate. She continued to growl and flex her claws as he continued to attack her barrier.

Kagome looked at the door again and sent a bright pink light towards it to see if she could break the spell on the door. The door shook violently but it never opened. She whimpered some more at her failure to find her mate. The attack on the door had left her even weaker as the demon in the room with her continued to attack her barrier.

Inuyasha continued with his attacks until he broke through the barrier and landed right on top of Kagome pinning her to the ground as she fought to get him off her. He heard her whimpers and lowered his head as he said, “Koishii, it's me I won't hurt you.” He licked her chin and nuzzled her against her neck as he felt her shiver from his touch.

Kagome eyes widen as she heard his words and then felt his gentle touch. She was breathing hard as she said, “Mate?”

Inuyasha looked up into her blood red eyes and said, “Yes, submit to me Koishii.”

Kagome took a deep breath and breathed in his scent. His scent made her head swim with desire, then she finally realized it was her mate. She lifted her chin up to expose her neck to him in an act of submission that he gladly accepted.

Inuyasha started to lick her neck and Kagome purred with delight. He continued to lick and nip at her neck as he was lying on top of her, enjoying having his mate back in his arms.

He remembered that she had been hurt during their ordeal at the processing facility and he got up off her. He picked her up and placed her on his lap as he looked at all of her wounds. Her back was covered in blood as he cradled her in his arms and started to rock her back and forth to comfort her as he purred.

Kagome hearing his wonderful purrs relaxed into his embrace as she snuggled her body into his, finally falling into a relaxing healing sleep.

Inuyasha continued to rock his mate as her scent sent a calming feeling into his body. He heard the door open behind him as he slowly turned to find that his father was standing there looking at him.

Inutaisho had been outside the door listening to make sure that they didn't hurt each other as his son got his mate to submit to him. Once he was sure that everything was calm in the room he opened the door.

He saw his son sitting on the floor with his mate in his arms as he was gently rocking her back and forth. When he turned towards him he noticed that his eyes were no longer red and he smiled.

He walked over to his son and said, “Do you want to move to your own room or would you rather stay down here?”

Inuyasha looked at his father with confusion in his eyes as he said, “Here? Where's here?”

Inutaisho chuckled as he said, “This is a room that I had especially built to prevent full demons from hurting themselves during their transformations. I figured that I could bring you and Kagome down here until your demon blood calmed down and made sure that you didn't hurt each other.”

Inuyasha laughed at his father as he slowly started to get up with his mate in his arms. He was tired as he walked up the stairs toward his room. His father was following close behind him to make sure he made it up there safe.

Inuyasha entered his room to find all kinds of medicine and gauze to treat Kagome wounds. He turned to look at his father as his father said, “I thought that you would want to treat her wounds. I know that you don't like any healers near her so I had them supply you with everything you would need.” He inclined his head toward his son as he left his room and closed the door behind him, knowing that they were finally at home safe.

Inuyasha walked over to his bed and sat down with his mate in his lap. He proceeded to take off her top to expose her back to him. He cringed when he saw all of the marks left by Kusco and her whip.

He reached over and got a clean cloth as he proceeded to clean the wounds on her back of all the blood. Now he knew what his back looked like when Kagome had healed his wounds, when she had freed him from that hellhole.

He lowered his head as he started to lick her wounds to heal them. He heard his mate moan as he continued until all of her wounds were completely healed. He laid her down and looked at her shoulder where Kusco had hit her with the knife.

The wound was partially closed but it looked infected. He reached for some more clean cloths as he proceeded to tend to that wound. He tried to heal the wound but found that it wouldn't close. `The wound must be too deep for me to heal it for her.' Thought a concerned Inuyasha.

He found some kind of medicine that he could put on it as he wrapped her wound in bandages around her shoulder. He just hoped that the herbs would be enough to heal her shoulder.

He healed the whip mark that she had going from her left shoulder down to her right hip. It was a perfect hit as it cut her diagonally across her chest. That wound wasn't deep so he was able to heal it.

He took off what remained of her clothes as he laid her down under the covers so she could rest. He cleaned up the mess in his room as he yawned and rubbed his tired eyes.

He was tired as he stripped his clothes off and lay down next to his mate. He was happy to have her by his side once again. He went to reach for his mate and gasped as he held his chest in pain and fell unconscious near her. The wounds that were almost healed on his chest opened again and started to bleed even more.

~oOo~

The next morning Inutaisho got up like usual. He went about his normal business knowing that his son and mate were finally safe at home.

He spent the whole day in his office but he hadn't heard a word from his son. He would normally hear him racing about the castle with an angry growl being heard for something someone had done to him. But the castle seemed quite today.

He went downstairs for some lunch and found that his son hadn't come down to get anything to eat that morning. Although it wasn't unusual he still thought it best to go and check on them to make sure they were all right.

When he got to Inuyasha's door and paused there for a few minutes to see if he could hear any sounds coming from inside the room. He would hate to walk in on something if his son was somewhat engaged with his mate.

He heard nothing and when he reached for the door there was no barrier. He gently opened the door just a little so he could peek inside the room.

He saw his son and his mate lying in bed not moving. He thought it was strange that his son wasn't curled up with his mate the way he would normally be when he would walk in to check on them.

He approached his son with care, not wanting to get attacked for being too close to his mate. He walked right up next to him and when his son didn't even move or growl he knew that something was wrong.

He quickly reached for his son and shook him, as he was trying to wake him up, but he wouldn't stir. He looked at his mate and noticed that her cheeks where flushed. He put a hand on her forehead and felt that she had a high fever. She was sweating and her breathing wasn't normal.

He knew it meant trouble if Inuyasha was unconscious because they were both mated, it meant that if one got really sick and it was serious they could both die.

He looked down at his son's wounds and they weren't healing, as a matter of fact they were bleeding again. The flow of blood was getting worse with each passing minute.

He hurried out of the room and yelled for the castle healers to come quickly and tend to Kagome and Inuyasha's wounds.

The healers quickly came into the room and Inutaisho told them what had happened the night before. They looked at Kagome's body so they could check her wounds. All of them were healed except for the wound on her shoulder. It was still bleeding and it looked badly infected.

The healers sniffed as they caught the scent of poison coming from the wound. The healers quickly mixed a healing herb and placed it on her wound. They gave her some medicine to drink as one of them stood and said, “We have given her the antidote to the poison she was given. By all rights she should be dead but she is still alive, we're doing all we can to keep her alive, only time will tell if she will live.”

Inutaisho eyes grew big at what he was told. When Kagome got hit with the knife it must've had some kind of poison on it. That human wench wanted to kill her no matter what and now it looked like she might get her wish. But not only will she kill Kagome she will also kill Inuyasha in the process.

The healers tended to Inuyasha's wounds and wrapped them up in gauze and bandages. They looked up at Inutaisho and said, “His wounds won't heal. If he continues to bleed like this then he will die as well. We have put some medicine on his wounds to stop the flow of blood. We hope that it will work.”

Inutaisho nodded his head in understanding as he stayed by his son side watching to see if they would recover from what had happen to them.

~-oOo-~

Kagome slowly started to flutter her eyes open. She was lying on the cold hard ground and her shoulder hurt like hell. She tried to focus her eyes and found that the place she was in was dark. She could barely make out her hands in front of her face as she started to sit up.

She felt weak and all she wanted to do was go to sleep. But something deep down inside her was telling her that she needed to stay awake.

She looked around expecting to see Inuyasha lying next to her like he usually was, but she couldn't find him. She gently said, “Inu…Inuyasha?” but he didn't answer her call.

Kagome held onto her shoulder with her left hand as she tired to concentrate on her wound. She needed to get it healed so she wouldn't be in so much pain. She concentrated hard on her wound but it wouldn't heal. This confused her because she had always been able to use her healing powers but now it wasn't working.

She slowly started to rock back and forth as she held her shoulder and started to whimper. She had never felt so alone before in her life. She felt like something was missing and that she would never be able to see it again. She continued to whimper and rock as the despair slowly started to rise within her.

She caught a movement off to the side as she turned her head in that direction but didn't see anyone.

The hairs on the back of her neck started to rise as a warning before she saw the black figure heading straight towards her.

Kagome was able to dodge the attack just in time before the figure slashed out with a knife where she had been just a few moments ago.

Kagome was panting from the effort as she slowly rolled over into a crouch position. She was weak and she didn't know if she could fight this thing in front of her.

The figure slowly stood up as it held a knife in its hand. It kept twirling it around its fingers like it was some kind of a toy. It started to laugh an evil laughter that sent a cold stab into Kagome's heart.

Kagome recognized that laugh it was Kusco's laughter that she heard. `Wait, didn't she die at the processing facility?'

Kagome looked up at the figure in front of her. She started to make out her facial features as she saw who it was in front of her.

Kagome's blood turned cold when she realized who it was, `She can't be alive! She's dead.' As her eyes grew bigger in recognition.

Kusco stood straight up as she glared at the girl in front of her. She started to laugh as she said, “What's the matter princess? You thought that I was dead. Well I am but I promised you that I would kill you so I can have the hanyou and I never go back on my word.”

Kagome's breathing was becoming labored at what she was hearing. `This has to be some sort of nightmare that I'm having and all I need to do is wake up.'

Kagome closed her eyes as she concentrated, all she needed to do was wake up and end this dream.

At the girl's moment of inattentiveness Kusco jumped bringing her knife down on her. Kagome felt the danger coming and quickly rolled to her right as she got into a fighting stance. Kagome was breathing hard as she looked at the bitch in front of her. There was no way she was going to die and leave her to get her mate.

Kusco, having the upper hand in the fight charged the girl while she was dazed. She tackled her to the ground as Kagome cried out in pain when she was grabbed by her shoulder.

Kusco smiled one of her most evil smiles as she was sitting on top of the girl with a knife at her throat. “Now you will die and the hanyou will finally be mine to do with as I please.”

Kusco raised her arm as she brought the knife to bear. She was about to deal the killing blow to Kagome when she was attacked and knocked off the girl as she landed 10 feet away from them.

When Kusco looked up she couldn't believe her eyes, he wasn't supposed to be here. It was her chance to get her revenge and he still showed up to save her. “How can this be?”

~oOo~

Inutaisho was sitting by his son's side as he kept a silent vigil over them. The girl didn't look good as her face continued to get redder from the high fever she had.

He kept putting a nice cool cloth on her forehead to try and keep her comfortable.

He lowered his head and started to think, `There has to be something that I can do to help them. Whatever kind of poison the female slaver used on Kagome it was a powerful one. The healers are having a hard time keeping her alive. If only Izayoi was here she would know what to do. She was a powerful miko and she could cure just about anything.'

Inutaisho continued his train of thought then he got and idea, `Izayoi always had the sword with her for as long as I can remember, maybe it can help Kagome heal. It's worth a try and besides we're running out of options.'

Inutaisho leaned over and retrieved Kagome's sword from the table on the side of the bed where his son had placed it. He then unsheathed it and placed it in her hand.

As soon as he wrapped Kagome's fingers around the hilt of the sword the sword began to glow. The bluish tint that was surrounding the sword began to envelope Kagome. The glow started growing in its intensity as Inutaisho backed away from the bed. The bright light was almost getting too bright for his eyes to handle.

He looked towards his son and noticed that he was also glowing the same color as the girl. The light continued to grow until it exploded around the room effectively blinding him for a few minutes.

He slowly opened his eyes trying to get his focus back. When his eyes finally adjusted he looked at where his son and mate were lying. What he saw surprised him.

~oOo~

Inuyasha slowly started to wake up to find that he was laying in a dark place. He reached for his mate only to find that she was gone from his side. He had sworn that he had brought her back to his room and that they were lying in bed together. But she was gone from his side as it brought back bad memories from the last time this had happened.

He felt a tug at his heart and knew that his mate was in trouble as he got to his feet and started to sniff the area. He eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness as he made a scan of the area.

He couldn't pick up her scent but his demon senses were telling him where she was. It also told him that she was in danger and that he needed to get to her and fast.

He started racing though the dark forest looking for his mate. Fear was attacking his heart as he raced to be with her. He heard her gentle call for him as he stopped to see if he could pick up her scent. No such luck. Her scent was nowhere to be found. He closed his eyes as he opened up his senses and it told him which way to go. He began running again as his demon side was picking up on her location.

He came into a clearing and what he saw made his blood boil. Kusco was there and had his mate pinned to the ground and she was about to kill her. He leaped, as her arm was coming down, and pushed her off his mate as he landed right in front of Kagome.

He was flexing his claws at the wench in front of him as he bared his fangs.

Kusco slowly got up off the ground as she stared at the hanyou in front of her. `He wasn't suppose to be here. I was suppose to have my revenge on the girl.'

“What are you doing here? Your not suppose to be here.” Said Kusco with frustration in her voice.

Inuyasha just smirked, as he said, “I'm always by my mates side. I will always protect her from people like you.”

Kusco got an evil smile on her face as she said, “Well if you want to protect her so much then she will have the honor of seeing me kill you before I kill her. If I can't have you then no one will.” Kusco stepped forward with her knife as she attacked.

Inuyasha saw her coming as he quickly sidestepped her attack. Kusco on the other hand was fast as she was passing him she lashed out with her other hand. She caught him across the chest with the other knife that she had hidden.

Inuyasha fell back as he groan from the attack. He looked down to see that he had a deep cut on his chest as the blood was slowly seeping out of the wound. He covered his wound with his hand trying to stop the flow of blood as he turned his attention back to the person attacking him.

He had to be on guard, she was ruthless and she could kill him if he wasn't careful.

Kusco quickly skidded to a halt as she quickly turned around. She eyed the hanyou with the lust she felt for him. She didn't want to hurt him too much because she still wanted him for her own. He was hers to do with as she pleased. She was going to enjoy torturing him and then kill his mate right in front of his eyes.

Kusco attacked again and this time Inuyasha was ready as he yelled, “BLADES OF BLOOD!!”

The knives came out of his claws were red shinning blades that were looking for its target. They found their target as the knives hit her full force. The ground around her was churning up from the impact of his blades. When the smoke cleared she was still standing right in front of him with no visible scars on her. The attack had no effect on her at all.

Inuyasha was surprised at what he saw, `damn, she's still alive. How am I suppose to defeat her.'

Kusco looked at the confusion on his face and started to laugh, “Do you really think you can kill me? FOOL! I'm already dead you can't kill me again. I, on the other hand, can kill the girl and take over her body. Then you will belong to me.”

Kusco attacked again as she hit him on his leg. Inuyasha let out a cry of pain as he went down. Kusco then turned her attention towards Kagome as she made her way towards her.

Kagome saw everything that was going on. She had to find a way to fight this bitch and save Inuyasha. `I won't let her get her hands on him. He deserves to be happy and he will be in hell with her for the rest of his life if I allow her to win.'

Kagome started to concentrate with all her might on her body. She had to get her spiritual powers to work so she can defeat her. At that moment she felt a surge of power as she slowly got up off the ground and stood there in front of Kusco waiting for her to get closer.

Kusco saw the girl stand and smiled, she was going to make it easy to kill her. She readied her knives as she charged towards Kagome.

Kagome was standing there but she had her head down as Kusco was making her attack.

Inuyasha saw this as he yelled, “Kagome! Look out!” He tried to get up but failed, the blood was pouring out of the wound on his leg making him weak. His heart was pounding against his chest as he saw Kusco going towards his mate. He was sure that she would kill Kagome as he looked on in horror.

Kagome had her head down but she was in a deep sleep. Her body started to glow a bright blue as it illuminated the entire area with the light.

Kusco had to stop as the light became blinding, not allowing her to see her target. She cursed under her breath as she tried to see where the girl was. The light slowly started to die down and there was someone in front of the girl protecting her.

At first she taught it was the hanyou but this was a female. She was very refined and she carried a certain kind of power with her. Kusco looked at her and said, “Move aside! I have no quorums with you. I only want the girl behind you, so get out of my way.”

The figure standing in front of the girl slowly looked up to stare at the person in front of her. She raised an eyebrow and said, “What makes you think that I will allow a dark creature like yourself to hurt my sons mate.”

Inuyasha heard the woman speak as he quickly looked up to see his mother standing right in front of his mate protecting her. He gave her a weak smile, as he said, “thank you mother,” and passed out on the ground from the wounds he had received.

Kusco was shocked to hear this woman say that the hanyou was her son, “You're lying I know for a fact that his mother died a long time ago. But it doesn't matter to me, I will kill you and then the girl.”

Kusco went running towards Inuyasha's mother. Izayoi stood her ground and when Kusco got there she released her powers as she got rid of Kusco once and for all as she purified her soul.

Izayoi then turned towards Kagome and said, “Kagome, you must use your energy to heal your body. If you don't then you will die along with Inuyasha.”

Kagome heard her words as she started to concentrate on her body. She let the gentle glow of the blue light wash over her as it was starting to get brighter.

Kagome seeing her mate on the ground had enough strength to go towards him as she kneeled by his side. He was weak from the blood loss as she put her hands on him and started to heal his wounds.

Izayoi saw what she was trying to do and said, “Kagome, you can't heal yourself and Inuyasha at the same time. You don't have enough energy to do that.”

Kagome looked up from what she was doing and said in a tired voice, “I don't care. What's the sense in living if he isn't with me? He's the other half of my heart and I will not give it up willingly. If I can't heal the both of us then we will both die together. Either way I will be with him.” Kagome lowered her head and continued to concentrate on what she was doing.

Izayoi saw what the girl was doing. `My son has chosen well for himself. His mate is very loyal and she loves him deeply. Love like this only comes around once every thousand years.' She closed her eyes as she lent Kagome some of her healing energy to heal both Kagome and her son.

~-oOo-~

Inutaisho stared in awe at what he was witnessing. Kagome was starting to glow a bright blue and Inuyasha long with her. But what caught his eye was the person kneeling between them as she had one hand on each of their chest.

Izayoi continued to give the girl her energy until she felt the she was completely healed. She pulled her hand away from Kagome as she turned towards her son and whispered, “You have done well my son. She will protect you for all eternity and she will bear you strong pups. Be happy with her.” She leaned down and kissed his forehead as she turned her attention to the person standing in front of her.

It had been a long time since she had seen him, “My husband, you have done well in raising our son. He has chosen a mate that would die for him to always keep him safe. In all my years of being alive I have never seen anyone love another person the way this girl loves our son. She is very special and you must protect her.”

Izayoi sighed as she continued, “My husband, my time here is short so I must speak quickly. Train the girl the way you trained me. Her powers have yet to be fully developed and you must help her reach that goal. The danger is not over and I'm afraid that these two will be put to the test once again.”

Inutaisho was shocked to hear this information. He thought that everything was over but from what his mate was saying they have yet to finish the fight. “What do you mean that they are going to be tested again? Haven't they suffered enough? Why can't they leave them in peace?”

Izayoi looked at her husband and knew how he felt. “My husband, I can't answer your questions but you must heed my warnings. I must go my time here is over. They are safe for now and they will fully recover. I will always protect them they are my heart.”

Izayoi faded away before Inutaisho could say anything else. He missed her terribly but he took comfort in knowing that she was watching over their son.

Inuyasha slowly started to stir as he opened his eyes. The first thing he saw when his eyes were focused was his father who was sitting by his side. He felt weak as he furrowed his eyebrows together in a question.

Inutaisho seeing his son's confusion said, “Kagome was taken gravely ill and the two of you lapsed into a comma. But the danger has passed and the both of you are going to be all right.”

Inuyasha nodded his head in understanding as his father got up and left the two of them alone. But before he left the room he turned back to look at his son and he saw that he had moved towards his mate and cradled her in his arms like he usually did and fell asleep.

He smiled as he turned and left them to rest. He will be keeping a closer eye on them from now on. He didn't want anything else to happen to them.

~oOo~

This is the end to another chapter. I hope you all liked it.

I want to apologize for keeping you all waiting. But I have been receiving so many negative reviews for this fic that I almost quit posting it.

You will not be able to read them on the site as I have received these through emails. You are all lucky that I have such wonderful friends that convinced me to continue to post this story.

For this reason I will continue to post until it is done. Whether I will post any more stories after this one remains to be seen. I don't want to put myself through the heartaches.

Kusco is finally dead, but there is more trouble coming. Can Inuyasha's father protect them from harm? Or will the evil win in the end? You all have to wait to find out.

Until the next chapter!

Ja ne!