InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changing the Past, Changes the Future ❯ Not Meant for Me ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4- Not Meant For Me

A gentle breeze pulled at the hair of the two women as they walked toward the moss covered rock that hid the cave. Kagome was trying hard not to panic. Or be sick. Of all the things that had happened since she arrived here and all the things she knew would happen until she died, this was what she wanted to do the least. Of course she should have known that she would end up here, sooner or later. She had put herself in this situation by pretending to be Kikyo's sister. Kagome hoped that this would be the only time she would have to come here, but somehow she knew it wouldn't be.

She wondered what he would look like. Every time she thought of Onigumo, she imagined a mummy. A pitiful man wrapped from head to toe with a beyond rancid soul. That was how Kaede had described him. Kagome reminded herself often that Kaede had only been eight years old when this all happened. She might be remembering an eight year old girl's exaggeration of a memory as well. Kagome remembered things from when she was eight, that to a child that age seemed much worse than they actually were. Onigumo's condition could possibly be the same way.

Other than an evil, power hungry Egyptian mummy, when she heard the name Onigumo, she saw a flash of Naraku then Musou. She wondered if she would be able to see any of the monster he would become in his face. Would his voice be the same? Would he speak in riddles? Would he try to fuck with her mind even when he couldn't move? She guessed she would discover the answer to questions, she didn't even want to know the answers to soon enough.

“Tomiko?” Kikyo's voice was concerned. “Are you okay, Tomiko?”

Kagome looked up to see that in her musing, she had stopped in the field. Kikyo looked back at her, her brow creased with worry. Kagome shook her head. “Yeah. It's just that I don't have a lot of experience with the injured.” Sure the lie was lame, but Kagome had to say something.

Kikyo walked back toward her with a gentle smile on her face. She grabbed Kagome's hand in her free hand and gave it a light squeeze. “It's okay, little sister. You need to start somewhere and I'll be with you the whole time.”

Kagome smiled back at Kikyo. The one living here was so much more pleasant than the one
Kagome knew from the future. Naturally, Kagome reminded herself that she'd be a pissed off, cold bitch, too if she was the walking dead. “Thank you, Kikyo.”

With another reassuring smile, Kikyo led Kagome up the path and into the cave. Kagome could instantly see the fire and the few candles within. The rest of the cave was shrouded in darkness. The evil aura of the still human Onigumo, nearly choked Kagome. She couldn't believe that he was this bad as a human. She always thought there was probably something redeeming about the bandit's soul.

That was until she arrived in this cave. After just stepping foot in here, she realized that there was nothing about Onigumo that was worthy of mercy. The man in here was a merciless bastard. Kagome would be doing the world a favor, if she bashed in his skull with a large rock, but she couldn't do that.

No matter what she had been through, she had never killed another human. Until the moment the human Onigumo became the half demon, Naraku, she wouldn't kill him. Sure, he was a murderous, raping, ruthless, cruel, manipulative, and sadistic bastard, but he hadn't done anything to Kagome yet. Kagome hated herself in that moment. No matter what she knew Naraku would do to those she loved in the future, she couldn't bring herself to kill another human, especially for crimes he had yet to commit. It would be like that one Tom Cruise movie she couldn't remember the name of. The one where it was a futuristic society, and they punished people for crimes they hadn't yet committed.

“Is that you Kikyo?” The voice asked and Kagome frowned. The voice that spoke, was the same one that had haunted her nightmares for the past three years. Onigumo's voice didn't change when he became Naraku. For some reason, Kagome always thought it would have changed.

“Yes Onigumo, it's me.” Kikyo pulled Kagome until they stood next to the man.
Kagome looked down at him. To say that Kaede had been exaggerating his condition, would be an understatement. He was hardly wrapped like a mummy.

`Mummy, my ass' Kagome thought. The only way this man could be a mummy was if mummies were covered at the waist by blankets with the rest of them exposed. Sure he had some scarring, but it wasn't that bad. His face was pretty much unharmed by the fire he had been in. The face, Kagome knew all too well.

Kagome looked down at the face of the man she knew of as Naraku. The demonic markings were gone and his eyes were the color of warm chocolate instead of the color of fresh blood, but all in all, he looked the same. The only thing that was really different about him was his short hair. It kind of reminded her of Hojo's hair cut. As Naraku, his hair would be as black as his soul. As Onigumo, his hair was so dark brown that it was almost black. It was probably lighter when it was longer. Kagome wondered if he had had long hair before the fire and it had singed off or if the hair had always been short.

His brown eyes met with Kagome's blue one and he smiled at her. The lecherous smile that looked charming on Miroku's face, looked terrifying on this man's face. “Who might you be, young lass?”

Kagome opened her mouth to answer, but Kikyo replied first. “This is my younger sister, Tomiko.”

“I thought the little one was your only sister.”

Kikyo knelt next to Onigumo. She was still holding Kagome's hand, so Kagome either had to let go or kneel next to him. Kagome held onto Kikyo's hand with a death grip. “I found Tomiko last week. She was coming from the mountains looking for our father and us. She is my half sister. Her mother died a few months ago when she was killed by bandits.”

Onigumo realized that this was the reason the girl seemed so scared of him. Not that he cared, he liked to see fear in a woman's eyes when they looked at him. The only other emotion he liked to see was lust. That's what he wanted to see in Tomiko's eyes when she looked at him. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. Onigumo had seen humans, demons, and everything in between, but this girl, Kikyo's sister, Tomiko was the most beautiful by far.
It was true that Onigumo was in love with Kikyo. How could he not love someone that would nurse someone as evil as him back to health? He knew he would never walk again, that he would never leave this cave, but he knew that Kikyo would take care of him. He might love Kikyo, but he wanted her sister with every fiber of his being and this was the first time he had ever seen her.
He watched as Kikyo looked at her younger sister. Her free hand brushed the hair from her sister's blue eyes. “It's okay, Tomi.”

She looked away, blushing slightly. “I'm sorry, Kikyo.”

“Whatever for?” Kikyo laughed. “You have done nothing wrong.” She moved away from the two of them to gather the food she had brought for Onigumo.

Onigumo watched Tomiko's embarrassed face. He shook his head slightly to make the image of her being flushed for another, much more carnal reason leave his mind. “How old are you, Lady Tomiko?”

“Eighteen.”

“Ah. Eighteen.” He liked the way this one was so…so…different than the other one. Kikyo was somewhat cool, composed, and never shaken. Tomiko seemed passionate, easily rattled, and was the fire to her sister's ice. He had never seen two sister's look so much alike, yet seem so different.

“Oh no.” They both looked over at Kikyo when she spoke.

“What's wrong, Kikyo?” Kagome instantly looked concerned. Maybe Onigumo was going to call the demons to him while they were in the cave.

“I forgot his water.”

Kagome jumped to her feet. “I'll go get it!”

Kikyo stood up. “No. I'll go get his water. You stay here, Tomiko. I'll be back in a minute.”

Kagome frowned as she left and sat back down next to Onigumo. She sat in silence for a few moments, feeling his eyes on her. Kagome felt really nervous, so she did the only thing she did when she got really nervous. She decided to talk to him. “So, uh, Onigumo. How old are you?” Her eyes shyly met his eyes with a brilliant smile on her face.

He hadn't expected her to be so friendly. It took him a minute to find his voice. He blinked a few times, before replying, “I'm twenty three.”

So, Onigumo had been twenty three when he became Naraku. That meant nothing to Kagome.

“Kikyo said you're a bandit.”

“I am.” His eyes stared into hers, daring her to react.

She blinked. “Why?”

“Because, that's why.”

She rolled her eyes. “That's mature.”

His hand suddenly lashed out and clamped around her wrist. She gasped. She didn't know that Onigumo could move. “Don't mock me, you uppity little bitch!” he shouted at her.

Kagome tried to pull away from him, but he was far too strong. She couldn't purify him, because he was human. She tried again. The look on her face became more panicked and he began to laugh. She refused to cry in front of him. “Let me go,” she said in a calm voice.

He smiled at the claw marks on her face. “You like it rough, huh? The pure little priestess, isn't that pure, is she? You only like those with demon blood, huh? Was he Kikyo's bastard half breed Inuyasha?”

“You're such an asshole! I don't know why someone like Kikyo saved someone like you.” She hissed still trying to pull away. “How could she love you?!”

He laughed even harder when she said that. “Because she likes the way I fuck her.”

Kagome drew back as much as she could with him holding her wrist. Gag me. “What?”

“I met Kikyo over a year ago. She came to a village where I was. She was helping the people after a battle. She spent the day with me. I knew she wanted me from the minute she laid those incredible green eyes on me. The feeling was the same for me. By the next morning, the priestess wasn't as pure as she had been the day before.”

She shook her head. “What?”

“Are you so innocent that you don't know what we did? I…”

“Stop it! I know what you did, damn it!” Kagome couldn't believe it. The first time Kikyo had met Onigumo she had fucked him. That bit of information had shattered every thing she knew or thought about Kikyo.

That's why she had given Naraku the jewel shards. He was Onigumo and she was in love with Onigumo. Gods, that had to be so hard for her. She had decided to be with Inuyasha because Inuyasha couldn't be with Tomiko and she couldn't be with Onigumo. This was so fucked up so many levels that Kagome didn't even know where to begin to analyze it. There was no way she could make sense of this. If Naraku didn't kill her here, no amount of therapy in her time would do her any good.

He licked his lips. “Maybe when we have more time, I can get to know you as well or even better than I know your sister.”

She grabbed a large rock and slammed it into the middle of his six pack abs with a growl that any demon would be proud of. He released her instantly as he gasped for air. She rolled away from him quickly, evading him as he reached out to grab her again.

“You little bitch!” He roared.

“Listen to me you worthless bastard!” She stood up. “If you ever touch me again, I will do humanity a favor and bash your fucking head into the cave floor with a rock!” She pointed her finger at him, she looked the same way she did before she told Inuyasha to sit.

He pushed himself up on his elbows, a disgusting smirk on his beautiful face. “One day you will beg me to take you.”

“You're disgusting. That will be the day that Satan holds an ice skating party in Hell.”

“Who the hell is Satan?”

Kagome could kick herself in the ass. `Duh stupid! The missionaries won't get here for another twenty or so years.' She berated herself. She searched for a good come back, but was stopped when she heard something.

Both of them fell silent as they heard Kikyo's humming, near the cave entrance.

She walked into the cave with a beaming smile on her face as she carried a bucket of water. “Did you two get to know one another better?”

Kagome's fake smile was flawless. “You bet,” she replied in a chipper voice. She began to gather her things.

Kikyo walked past her and knelt next to Onigumo. He took Kikyo's hand in his and brought her fingers to his mouth. He sucked one into his mouth while keeping eye contact with Kagome.

“Stop it, Onigumo.” Kikyo blushed. “Where are you going, Tomi?”

“I'm going to go take a bath.” Kagome smiled. `I feel really, really dirty.'

“Be careful. I'll see you later.” Kikyo turned her attention back to her lover as her sister walked from the cave.

As soon as Kagome was out of the cave, she began to run. Tears were streaming down her face as she clamped her hand over her mouth. In the middle of the field where Naraku would strike down Kikyo in Inuyasha's form in less than a month, Kagome fell to her knees, and began to vomit.

Kagome couldn't believe it. She knew what Kikyo and Onigumo were doing back in the cave. Disgust ran through her, but she felt something else too. She wiped the filth from her mouth with the back of her sleeve. Pity. She felt sorry for the Kikyo of the future. The woman finds out that the man she loved was after her for the jewel, he killed her in the form of her best friend to taint it. He actually tries to kill her several times and then she finds out that he killed her sister.

Kagome knew how she felt about Inuyasha betraying her by hitting her. She couldn't imagine what it was like to try and endure the amount of betrayal Kikyo had…or would…or whatever.

If Onigumo died, he wouldn't be able to kill Inuyasha and Kikyo. He wouldn't be able to curse Miroku's grandfather with the wind tunnel. He wouldn't be able to kill Sango's family.

Everything would be so much better. Kagome rose to her feet, determined. She would kill Onigumo. Even if it meant she got killed in the process