InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Darkness before the Dawn ❯ Aftermath ( Chapter 2 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
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Inuyasha groaned, pulling his battered body inch by painfull inch across the ground towards where Kagome lay unconcious. His mind refused to process what he'd just seen take place. "It's got to be a dream, any moment I'll wake up and everything'll be normal." He thought, "not even that bastard could do something like this...not to my Kagome...it's not real!"

His thoughts raced down that path over and over again leaving no room for anything else. Even at this distance he could smell the coppery tinge of the girl's blood and see her jaw darnening with an angry bruse. Finally making his way over to her he forced himself into an upright position, pulling her into his arms and holding her close. "Not real not real" he whispered over and over, hot tears trickling down his face as he rocked her gently.

This just couldn't be happening. Not to his Kagome...not for trying to defend his worthless life. He gently reached down, trying to pick the bark, leaves and dirt out of her hair. Her pale skin glowed a raw red, thin scratches covering her slender form. Sesshoumaru's scent hovered on her, causing Inuyasha's sensitive nose to twitch. He covered her with his shirt, wraping it around her gently.

"Kill that bastard, kill him kill him" Inuyasha muttered, cuddling Kagome to him, a nerve in his cheek ticking iritably. He looked down at the girl in his lap, praying her eyes would open while he smoothed her hair back out of her face. She was so pale that if he hadn't been able to hear the faint murmer of her heartbeat he would have thought she was dead.

Slowly her eyes opened, glassy and unfocused as she looked around uncertainly. "Wha..." Then all to soon the memory hit her. Screaming she flailed at Inuyasha, beating his chest with her small fists. "Lemmegolemmegolemmego!!!" Startled he released her, a hurt expression settling into his features as he watched her scurry back as far away as she could before tucking her knees up to her chest, wraping her arms around them and rocking back and forth.

She didn't seem to see anything around her, or be able to see anything other then the scene repeating in her head. Crying softly she whispered the same word over and over. Pulling himself closer Inuyasha realized what she was saying. "My name" he thought bitterly. "She's calling for me and I can't come save her..."

"K-kagome..." he called softly, inching his way towards her once more. She flinched at the sound and curled more tightly into her ball, a strangled whimper tearing free from her throat. He stoped, unsure how to procede. Maybe he should try to find Sango, maybe another female would be able to reach her where he couldn't. Or even Shippo, that little pest she adored so much...unfortunatly while either of those two could be helpfull they came in a package with Miroku and the hanyu knew that ecchi monk would only make things worse.

Well, he had to do something...he couldn't stand seeing her like this...gritting his teeth he picked up his shirt from where it had fallen during her hasty retreat and inched closer again. She had to be freezing yet she seemed oblivious to her nakedness, the harsh ground beneath her, his presence, everything. If he could only get her to look at him and see him not whatever was going on in her head...

Kagome stared dully forward, taking in none of the now tranquil night. All she could see was HIM. Leaning forward to callously steal her first kiss. The heat of his hands and breath on her skin, his voice, silken yet dangerous and hard as steel, taunting always taunting as he striped her bare. The blinding pain as he forced his way inside her.... The scene repeated over and over in her minds eye as she watched, detached. Little more then a helpless spectator, screaming at the top of her lungs as she beat at him.

Her long black hair hung thickly around her bare form, swaying as she rocked softly. Suddenly some deeply ingraned instinct went of, alerting her to anothers presence almost within arms reach. Unable to seperate her feeling from the scene in her head she screamed, lashing out at the being. "DON'T TOUCH ME!!!"

"DON'T TOUCH ME!!!" Inuyasha started, carefully gathering the flailing arms and holding them harmless as he quickly pulled the girl to him, embracing her as tightly as he dared as she screamed and cried, her hot tears spashing down on his arms and hands as he held her, his own tears mingling his hers as he sobed almost desperatly. "Kagome...I don't know what to do...please come back...please!" Hours ticked past as he held the girl in his firm yet gentle embrace, not even noticing the tears flooding down his cheeks.

The sun finally rose on the scene just as Kagome's eyes finally cleared, her sobs loosing their hysterical edge and becoming more broken untill finally she seemed to take in where she was. Pulling away quickly she pulled the robe around herself. Unable to even meet his eyes she turned her back as he moved towards her again. "Inu..yasha...I'm sorry...."

"Don't you dare!" Inuyasha half snarled, closing the distance between then and pulling her around, tilting her chin up gently untill she was looking into his eyes. Seeing the anger and pure hatred there she flinched, thinking it was directed at her untill suddenly she was pressed tightly to his chest, his arms enfolding her as he growled against her hair. "Don't you dare apoligise for what he did to you. If it's the last thing I do I'll make him crawl, begging for your forgiveness before I kill him"