InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Club Copa ❯ I love you... ( Chapter 16 )

“Hmm…I guess I want Kagome. To steal her from you as you stole Kikyou from me.” Inuyasha's eyes widened for a moment.

 

“Don't hurt her!” he screamed, “If you dare hurt her I'll rip your throat out!!!”

 

“Big words for someone in your position. With you out of the way I'll have Kagome for myself to do with her as I wish.” Kouga's grip loosened on Inuyasha's throat. “Goodbye mutt. Hope you enjoyed your existence as a filthy half breed.” A smirk crossed his face again, as he stared into Inuyasha's face.

 

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“KOUGA!” came the shrill scream of a young woman. The wolf turned, still clutching Inuyasha by his neck. His cobalt orbs widened slightly when he caught sight of who it was. “Kouga, you put him down, NOW!” Kagome tried to sound demanding, but her voice trembled slightly. She held a gun, the same gun that had been held to her head. Now it was pointed at Kouga, her finger rested on the trigger.

 

For a moment he didn't know what to say. Then that smirk played over his lips. “Kagome, Kagome, Kagome. You just don't know when to quit, do you?” She struggled not to shoot, but every moment she came closer, everything was telling her to kill him. He deserved it, but shooting him now would mean his grip on Inuyasha would end and her hanyou would plummet to his death.

 

She swallowed the lump in her throat. “I said put him down!!!” Nothing was going was planned! He was supposed to get scared and let Inuyasha go so she could shoot him, shoot him like she had shot Inuyasha.

 

“You wouldn't shoot me. You're to `gentle' to shoot anything.” He said mocking her. She felt her grip on the gun tighten. “And now you'll stand there. You'll watch as I kill him and then make you mine.” A hot tear of frustration rolled down her cheek. She looked into Inuyasha's golden hues. What was that emotion in them? Fear? Worry? She couldn't place it.

 

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“Slow down ma'am.” The police officer said. “Now, tell us again. What happened to your friend?”

 

“S- she was attacked,” Sango began, trying to calm herself. “By Kouga. He tried to kill her! And…I think my friend is planning to do something to get back at him! I think she may try to kill him!”

 

The cop nodded. He was so calm and cool, as if this sort of thing was the equivalent of a prank. Her eyes narrowed. `That is why he keeps smiling! He thinks this is a prank! I have to get Kagome help, now!' Sango stood up from the chair she had been sitting in. “I don't have time for this! Goodbye!” she screamed in rage and ran from the room, leaping into her vehicle and taking off.

 

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“Mr. Takeda, surely you do not plan on seeking this Kouga out! I have heard he is a very powerful youkai!” The toad imp stopped as he felt his boss's cold, intense gaze on him. “I- I mean of course you are stronger! But, might I ask why you are doing this? Don't you hate Inuyasha?”

 

Sesshoumaru closed his eyes in thought. “You are dismissed Jaken.”

 

“But- but,”

 

“You are dismissed!” he said in a colder voice. Jaken nodded meekly and scrambled out of the taiyoukai's office.

 

“I serve him loyally for years and this is the thanks I get?” he grumbled on his way out.

 

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“Kagome…” Inuyasha managed to choke out. His voice was hoarse. “Go, run. Don't shoot him Kagome. You are too good for that…to good…” She almost lowered the weapon. She could hear her heart pounding, beating madly. More tears slipped down her face, but these were different.

 

“Inuyasha! I love you! Don't you get it? If you die; if you die I'll go crazy! I'd kill myself without you beside me! I won't let anyone take you from me! Anyone!” She sounded crazy, but she meant it. No one would come between herself and the hanyou. Not if she had a say in the matter.

 

Inuyasha tried to speak, tried to plead with her, but the hand around his neck tightened, gagging him. “I've had enough of this…” Kouga growled ferociously. “Goodbye Inuyasha.”

 

“NOOO!” The miko screamed in rage, her control snapped. Her trembling finger pulled the trigger. Kagome staggered back a few steps as the bullet left the gun. It was aimed straight at the Kouga, aimed straight at that disgusting, smirking wolf.

 

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Sango slammed on her breaks. She ran from her car, pushing people out the way as she made her way into the building. She was gasping for breath when she reached Kagome's apartment. The door was locked and the girl began to beat frantically on the door. “Kagome! Kagome they won't help! Kagome are you there!?” She felt a tap on her shoulder and swung around.

 

An old woman took a step back, surprised by Sango. “If you are looking for the young woman who lives here, she left not half an hour ago…” Sango stood still for a moment taking in the information. “So if you could please stop causing all this racket and-” She stopped when she noticed the girl wasn't listening to her.

 

`No Kagome…no…'

 

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Sesshoumaru glanced out his window at his car. “Much too slow…” he muttered to himself. Making his way at a quicker pace then usual to the buildings roof he stood there for a moment, testing the air.

 

His eyes narrowed. He easily caught his half brother's scent mixed with Kouga's. If he had known earlier the youkai he had been fighting was that wolf, he would have easily pierced his neck with his claws. Now that chance had been missed, with no time to dwell on it. Moving rather uncomfortably in his suit, he began to make his way toward the two.

 

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The bullet cut through his flesh, burrowing into his chest. He moved his hands to the wound. Dark, crimson blood covered him. He gasped in the sudden impact and immense pain shooting through his body. Kagome fell to her knees, the gun clattered beside her as she watched him fall.

 

Inuyasha was gone. The thought was impossible. No. He wasn't gone! He couldn't be gone! Not her hanyou. Not her beloved hanyou. Thrown over the edge of a building because she had tried to save him. She lost her control, she shot Kouga and he let Inuyasha go. It was her fault. He may have lived. He may have lived if she had listened to his pleads. “INUYASHA!” she screamed. She screamed his name again. The grief was overwhelming. The grief, the loss!

 

She felt like she wasn't there, like she was in some nightmare that refused to end. That refused to let her wake up and know it had never happened. But it wasn't a nightmare. It was real, and nothing else could be so real. She remembered his warmth. The way he kissed her so gently, as if she might break. Remembered those ears, those endless golden orbs, his smile, him! She loved him! She loved him and now he was gone!

 

`Inuyasha…I loved you…I still love you and I always will! You found out how I felt in the most tortured way…and now. Now I will never know if you loved me too…'

 

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Kouga grabbed her hair, jerking her up it as she let out a pained yelped. His grip was so hard, it hurt. It hurt so much. “That hurt me Kagome,” he breathed, his blood still gushing from the shot wound. “But it didn't hurt me as much as I'm going to hurt you Kagome.”

 

“No! You killed him! Inuyasha! INUYASHA!” she screamed, she begged, she pleaded. Still his grip only tightened as he pulled her against him. He forced his lips against hers. She struggled, but he held her hands back. Finally he broke away. He was smirking! SMIRKING! “I'll kill you! I'll kill you!” Kagome screamed. She had never meant something so much in her life.

 

“Yes. Scream Kagome. I love it when you're angry!” he was crazy. He was crazy and she would kill him! Even if it meant ripping his heart out with her own two hands she would kill him!

 

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A hand shot out of nowhere, a clawed hand. Kagome fell back as Kouga lost his grip on her. She banged against the hard rooftop, but she was smiling. Silver…gold? Kagome was about to scream his name, scream his name and jump for joy when she saw it wasn't him. This man that had saved her, he looked like Inuyasha, but he was different.

 

His face was cold, anger flashed across his ocher orbs and a crescent moon adorned his forehead. She stared at him. Sesshoumaru? The richest youkai alive? Under any normal circumstances she would have sat and pondered it for hours. But not now. She didn't care what happened now.

 

Kagome felt her back hit something and she turned to see she has backed up against the edge of the building. Looking over she gaped. Hanging, hanging desperately onto the side with not even enough energy to cry out, was Inuyasha. “Inuyasha!” she cried and he looked up. Looked up through those golden eyes. Those wondrous golden eyes!

 

“Kagome…” he said barely above a whisper. “Help…me…” she reached down, gripping his hand and pulling him up with newly found strength. He fell over the side, landing with a hard thud. Inuyasha panted, breathing hard. Black bruises circled his neck from where Kouga had gripped him.

 

“Inuyasha…” the miko couldn't believe it. It was as if he was back from the grave! “Inuyasha this is all my fault! I loved you and I-” Something warm pressed against her lips. She felt his arms wrapping around her, pulling her into a strong embrace. After a stunned moment she kissed back.

 

He ran a hand through her long, beautiful raven-hair. Kagome leaned into him; her eyes squeezed shut as she deepened the kiss. She could feel his soft growl vibrating through her. `Inuyasha…I love you so much…' He broke, slowly falling back, his eyes closed.

 

“Kagome…I love you…” Her coffee hues still shut she through herself on top of him, embracing him. Letting it all sink in. `He isn't dead. He is here and he loves me…he loves me…'

 

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