InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Angel ❯ Erasing The Pain ( Chapter 3 )
=Demon's Angel=
By: Youkai Yume
Wow, I haven't updated this fic in like, forever! Well, there's no time like the present! I'm happy to say that the fire that I mentioned earlier, is dying down(if not already gone) and it seems the wind was in our favor and didn't blow my way! Phew! I'm not gonna be burned to a crisp. However the weather took a drastic change and it's REALLY beginning to look like fall. Anyways, here's the next chappie. Oh, and if for some reason you are ever unable to view my stories here, I have also set up an account on "Sesshomaru, the Killing Perfection," so go and visit sometime!
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Chapter 3: Erasing the Pain
The wind blew ominously through the darkened forest, and the leaves swayed eerily, almost as if it was whispering secrets into the night air. The sun had already set, and now the sky was blanketed black. Yet with the stars twinkling brightly above, a menacing aura permeated the atmosphere.
Kagome struggled against her kidnapper, using all of her strength in futile attempts to gain freedom. But it seemed the more she fought, the tighter his grip on her became. As captor and captive ran deeper into the foreboding darkness, Kagome could sense Inuyasha's presence becoming weaker, fading almost into nothingness as the distance between them grew. Her heart felt heavy. At this rate, they'll be too far for him to track down.
`I have to get back to him!' Her struggles increased with renewed strength, and she felt a low rumbling come from the bat youkai's chest as a feral growl passed it's lips.
"Be still, wench! Do not force me to inject you with sleeping poison in order for you to cooperate!" He hissed, his cold voice causing her to shiver. Kagome stilled against him, and it took all of her control to keep her body form shaking in trepidation. Complete panic and fear engulfed her. `Where is he taking me?'
It seemed like an eternity before they stopped completely, and Kagome blinked nervously at her surroundings. They were in a clearing, in which it was almost devoid of any life. The trees were bare, with only a couple of dried leaves hanging onto its' branch for dear life as it flapped wildly against the wind. The forest floor was dirty, and not a single blade of grass was visible.
Focusing back on the situation at hand, she realized that the bat youkai had set her down on her feet, though he still held her painfully by the arm. He had also removed his grimy hands from her mouth too. She glared dangerously at him, intending to use her mouth to her utmost advantage-or undoing, but either way she could NOT stay quiet about this.
"Let me go! I may be human, but I can still kick your ass! Inuyasha or not!" She shouted, causing the bat youkai to flinch. She could tell he fought the urge to cover his ears, for if he did, his prisoner would get away. She was quickly silenced again when he yanked painfully at her arm, causing her to whimper a bit at her bruising arm.
"He is here." It hissed. Kagome looked confusedly up at him, opening her mouth to protest or ask whom he meant, but found that her voice was lost. An unexplainable wave of fear enveloped her as a familiar, menacing aura seeped into her being. She tensed when she realized why the aura seemed so familiar, and glanced nervously at her captor to see that he was nervous as well.
A deep, mocking chuckle echoed all around them, and Kagome tensed as a shiver ran up her spine. Naraku. She swallowed, as the looming dark figure of the hanyou cloaked in a baboon pelt came into view from the shadows. Even in the darkness, she could still see his lips curve into a menacing smile.
"Ah, Kinu. I see you have completed the task of bringing the girl to me."
"Naraku-sama, I have brought you the miko. Just as you have ordered, now keep your promise and free my mate!" The bat youkai called out to him, and Kagome stole a quick glance over to him. `So, he's doing this because Naraku is keeping his mate hostage!' She almost felt her anger melt and her glare fixed itself on Narkau.
"Oh yes. . .your mate. . ." He said idly, as if he had just remembered her. "I'm afraid she proved rather difficult when she refused to hand over her Shikon shard, so I had to use other methods to obtain them." Naraku answered, malice dripping off of the words as his malevolent smirk grew. Kagome's eyes widened as she felt Kinu's aura grow fearful and angry at the same time. He growled dangerously at the hanyou.
"What do you mean?" He managed to croak. Naraku chuckled, the sound causing her to shudder once more.
"I disposed of her," He stated plainly, though pure satisfaction could be heard in his voice. Kagome's hand flew up to her mouth at hearing this, and she looked at Kinu, sympathy etched into his eyes. The bat youkai just stood there, stunned at his words. He lowered his head, and Kagome saw her captor's eyes bleed crimson. His body shook in anger and grief.
"You fucking bastard!" He breathed out, fangs bared and glinting dangerously in the dark. "I'LL KILL YOU!" His hand that had been gripping at her shoulder pushed her stumbling backwards, but she never tore her eyes from the scene. Kinu had leapt in blind fury at Naraku, claws and fangs poised for attack. But before he could even reach the hanyou, Naraku had struck an outstretched tentacle at him. Kagome held her hand to her mouth, letting out a muffled scream as it pierced through the bat youkai's flesh, and his blood rained on the forest floor below.
A hair-raising howl escaped Kinu's lips as he screamed in pain and agony, his eyes rolled back into his head before he grew completely still. Kagome's body shook as she continued to stare. A pleased chuckle soon filled the clearing, and Naraku quickly withdrew his bloodstained tentacle from his victim's body, causing it to fall limply onto the ground drenched in a pool of it's own blood.
"Why?" Naraku looked up at the miko that was slumped not far from the scene. "Not even he deserved it, Naraku. . .why?" He only smirked at her.
"Why, Kagome. . .I'm allowed to defend myself, aren't I?" Kagome's stormy sapphire eyes met his crimson depths, and his body spiked with desire when he felt her aura flare angrily, the flames burning in her furious eyes. He watched her as she slowly stood up, her frame trembling from both fear and anger. Kami, she was beautiful when she was angry. He longed to reach out and touch her, taste her, claim her. `Soon,' he thought.
"What do you want with me, Naraku?" Her voice rang out in determination and her eyes glittered her hate for him. He smiled ever so smugly at her, causing her to glare at him once more. In the blink of an eye, Kagome found herself face-to-face with Naraku---LITERALLY. He was inches from her face, his baboon pelt and mask slipping off of his body to reveal his true face to her.
Kagome had to hold her breath to block out the disgusting smell of sulfur and blood that was Naraku from assaulting her nose. Her stormy eyes dared to look at his, and she nearly gasped when she saw that his eyes were darkened with desire. She shivered as his smile continued to haunt her silently in the still night.
"All I want is you, Kagome." He answered her, his voice low and husky. Her eyes widened in shock and fear as he lowered his head to claim her lips. `NO!' Her mind screamed. She refused to have her very first kiss stolen by (shudder) Naraku.
"NO!!!!!" She pushed her hands against his chest, and to her surprise, a pinkish glow emitted from her hands, and the next thing she knew, searing white light surged from her being, knocking Naraku backwards to the other end of the clearing. Blinking herself onto the reality of what she had just done, she sunk to the ground as her body suddenly became completely tired and exhausted. `That must've taken a lot of energy from me. . .'
Her head snapped back to the hanyou on the other side, who had gotten to his feet once more. He was panting hard, holding onto his side and his wavy hair fell out of his pale face to reveal crimson eyes of fury.
"How did you. . ." His voice growled at her, and all of her instincts told her to run. However, she was unable of doing so, because her body seemed to be totally devoid of energy. Her eyes darted fearfully at the hanyou staring with a sort of angry, yet lustful look.
"I-I don't know! It just happened, okay?" She screamed at him, and Kagome looked down at her hands. Her palm, her fingertips were still burning. Had she called upon her miko powers? Naraku calmed, and his anger transformed into sweet satisfaction, and he began to laugh. Kagome looked up at him, glaring her contempt. `What was so funny?!'
"Such power. . ." he whispered, eyeing Kagome as if she were candy. He slowly approached her, his footsteps echoing into the dark night as he came closer, and closer still to where she was paralyzed on the spot. "Think of what you can do with it if you had the proper training. . ." Kagome closed her eyes, refusing to look at him.
"What do you want. . ." She asked once more.
"I have already told you, all I want is you. . ." His claw came to caress her cheek, and she flinched away from his icy touch. He smirked. "But that's not all I want. I want to help you, Kagome-koi," He said in his most gracious voice, and Kagome's eyes snapped back open to glare up at him defiantly.
"I don't want your help! And don't call me KOI!" She spat out to him, edging as far away as her weakened body would allow it. Unfazed, Naraku began to circle around her slowly, giving her the impression of being a trapped animal.
"Don't you like being called koi? Or would you prefer to hear it coming from Inuyasha?" He asked her in a mocking tone. She flinched upon hearing this, and her arms drew up to hold her trembling frame. The scent of her unshed tears teased his nose. Naraku smiled triumphantly, he had found her weak spot. "But you know he'd never call YOU that. Why would he when he has Kikyo?"
"Shut up!" Kagome cried, her hands flew up to cover her ears. She wanted to block it out, even if it was true. But his words still seeped through.
"It is useless to hide from this fact, Kagome. He does not want you, and yet he continues to torment you. You dream of being in his arms, of feeling his touch, when you know all of these things, these fantasies. . .are impossible. He would get rid of you in the blink of an eye and you know it."
"NO! You're wrong, Inuyasha cares about me!" She held her head in her hands, trying to convince herself more than him. Naraku circled her still, relentless in his mind game.
"No matter how much you deny it, it will not change reality. Can't you see? He's using you. . .you're nothing but a shard detector to him. And even if he held some feelings for you it is only because he sees Kikyo in you."
"NO! NO!"
"He could never love you, Kagome-koi. He promised his heart to Kikyo, don't you remember? He vowed to protect her."
"But he vowed to protect me too. . ." Kagome whispered in vain, her reasons running out.
"He cannot do both. In the end, you know he'd always choose HER over you. And he will continue to break your heart again and again and again. . .release yourself of this pain, Kagome. Let me help you. . ." Kagome looked up at Naraku, who slowly kneeled down to her level. Tears streamed down her face as she was determined not to give in. But. . . "I can give you everything your heart desires, anything that Inuyasha could never give you in a million years," His words were so tempting. `No! I cannot give in!'
But she was fighting a losing battle, as she felt Naraku's cold hands weave into her ebony tresses. His fingertips brushing against her scalp and stroking her hair in a soothing manner. `Must not. . .give in. . .' Her mind was becoming hazy, and her body felt too weak to even hold up her sitting position. She found herself, much to her own disgust, leaning against Naraku as he continued to run his fingers through her locks. She couldn't help it, she felt so tired.
"Let me make you forget. . ." He whispered into her hair, and with those last words, Kagome gave into her exhaustion, drifting into the consuming darkness of her mind. A lone tear slipped from her eye as she was engulfed in the comforting shadows, and her mind echoed out in loss. . . `Please no. . .'
= ^_^ =
His silver hair bellowed behind him like a silk cape, as he sped towards the scent. `She's so close. . .' The demon lord was just a silver blur racing through the forest, and he was relentless in his search. He had to quench this curiosity, this obsession. As the scent grew stronger, Sesshomaru picked up another scent coming in that direction. The scent of sulfur and blood; the unmistakable stench of that hanyou-Naraku.
A low growl formed in the back of his throat, and he pursued with renewed speed. A sudden anxiety filled him at the thought that if indeed it was the angel from his dreams, her being with Naraku meant harm would come to her.
`They are just beyond those trees,' he thought as he spotted a clearing up ahead. His golden eyes narrowed when he saw two figures in the area. One he recognized as Naraku, and the other. . .was shielded by Naraku's hovering form. Upon entering the clearing, Naraku turned to face the demon lord.
"Ah, Lord Sesshomaru, it has been a while," He greeted in his disgustingly pleasant voice. Sesshomaru focused his intense gaze on the hanyou. "Tell, me. What brings the great Taiyoukai of the West all the way out here?" Naraku stood up, revealing an unconscious girl in his arms. Sesshomaru's eyes settled on her, and he inhaled the air, confirming the scent.
`It is that of the angel in my dreams. . .' But this was his half-brother's wench! It couldn't be here. His heart became heavy in his chest, as disappointment washed over him. For one brief moment, he, Sesshomaru, allowed himself to chase after a fantasy. Still, there was something about her. . .
"That girl," Sesshomaru finally spoke, his voice indifferent as he gestured at the miko in Naraku's arms.
"Ah, yes. The prize that I have obtained from Inuyasha. Isn't she lovely?" Naraku smirked at the demon lord, sensing his tense and suspicious form as he continued to eye the miko. Sesshomaru couldn't take his eyes off of her. `Her presence, her scent. . .it's so familiar. But it can't be her. . .' He slowly stepped closer towards them, but froze when he saw her stir awake.
Naraku looked anxiously down at her, and eased her body onto the ground.
"Mmmmm," She moaned sleepily, her midnight locks falling over shoulders as she shook her head lightly. Sesshomaru continued to observe her with interest---and then she slowly opened her eyes, sapphire pools blinking to the world around her. His breath caught in his throat as the vision of that angel once again plagued his mind. `Her eyes are exactly like HER'S.'
"W-Where am I?" She managed to say as she came out of her haze. She glanced around, and her eyes became locked onto the demon lord not far from where she sat. Her eyes swept up his ivory form, and she gasped at first glance of his golden orbs. He was beautiful. . .They continued to stare at each other for what seemed an eternity, until Naraku grew impatient and nudged her attention to him.
Slowly tearing her eyes away from Sesshomaru, she looked at the man beside her.
"Feeling better, koi?" Naraku asked, a smirk appearing on his lips, and the girl couldn't help but shudder at hearing his voice. Her body tensed as she felt a wave of fear engulf her. His presence made her uncomfortable, and yet she never saw him before. Was he a friend? He called her `koi.'
"Who are you? Where am I? What am I doing here?" She asked in a weakened voice, and she nearly jumped when she felt Naraku's hands encircle her trembling frame. Both hanyou and miko heard the demon lord growl softly at seeing this. Naraku turned to the taiyoukai once more, who had stepped even closer to the two.
"What are you doing with the girl?" Sesshomaru coldly asked, and he narrowed his eyes when Naraku picked her up in his arms once more, causing her to widen her eyes.
"I am taking her back to my domain, Sesshomaru-sama. I have claimed my prize and now I'm taking her home," He replied, his words dripping in malice and a smug look came over his darkened face. The girl's scent became so heavily tainted in fear and confusion, it made Sesshomaru growl once more. "So if you'll just excuse me. . ."
"You are not excused." Naraku stopped dead in his tracks, the smirk wiped from his face, and he turned to glare at the demon lord.
"Oh?" He asked in an innocent voice. Sesshomaru's eyes shone with disgust for the hanyou, though his mask remained in place.
"The girl, give her to me." He demanded calmly, and at the request, Naraku's face contorted into one of anger.
"She belongs to me," He growled.
"I'm afraid that is not so. You are trespassing on my lands, hanyou. And everything on my lands belong to me. If I am not mistaken, you found that girl here, so that makes her mine," Sesshomaru explained indifferently, though a bit of impatience could be heard in his cold voice. He glared when he saw Naraku's hold on her tighten, causing her to whimper slightly in pain.
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to refuse," He responded icily. At his words, Sesshomaru made an advance on him.
"And I'm afraid I have to insist," Sesshomaru bit out, and lunged straight for Naraku, who threw Kagome to the side and blocked with one of his tentacles.
She was thrown against a tree, and winced painfully. Forcing her eyes to open, she gazed at the scene that unfolded before her. Confused and lost, it was all she could do to just watch as the two demons fought.
Naraku sneered as he continued to lash out his tentacles, which Sesshomaru blocked with ease. Pulling out his youkai whip, he struck Naraku, who grimaced in pain. Resisting the urge to smirk, Sesshomaru lashed his whip again, this time it wrapped around his tentacles. He pulled on it, causing Naraku to stumble forward. Cracking his poison claws, he drove them deep into his tentacle, severing it off the hanyou. He wrinkled his nose lightly when the disgusting smell of his blood reached his nose.
"SHE IS MINE!" Naraku yelled out, as more tentacles came aimed straight for Sesshomaru. The demon lord dodged, and landed nearby.
"Foolish hanyou," He drew Tokijin from his sash, and pointed it at Naraku. Just as the blow was about to come, the tip of his sword crackled with electricity, and hundreds of daggers sparked and flew at his body. He cried out in agony as it tore at his flesh and clothes, the daggers slicing off his tentacles. The forest floor rained with his blood, and the miko let out a frightful scream, covering her mouth to keep from throwing up.
Before Sesshomaru could bring the final blow, Naraku released a poisonous miasma, making it impossible for anyone to see. Covering his nose, Sesshomaru scanned the black smoke for his target. But another thought struck his head: `The girl.' He could hear her coughing nearby, and sped towards her dark figure.
She was hunched over, trying her best to block out the posion. Without even thinking, Sesshomaru kneeled down beside her, and pulled her to his body. She turned into his touch, and buried her face into his chest, clinging tightly. Normally he would mind, but this miko's scent was dominant over the poison miasma, seeing as how close they were.
As the smoke cleared, Sesshomaru's head snapped back up to see Naraku flying off on a gray cloud, his baboon pelt on. Turning back, he shouted back to the demon lord.
"Make no mistake, Lord Sesshomaru. I will be back to claim what is mine!" With that, he disappeared into the dark night, and the forest grew still and silent once more. Looking down at the girl in his arms, he instantly locked onto her eyes, who stared at him in confusion and exhaustion.
`Why did I save her? She is my brother's wench.' But as he continued to stare into her sapphire orbs so similar to that of the angel, he couldn't bring himself to just let Naraku take her. `Maybe. . .' The miko let out a raspy sigh, and her lids slowly closed.
The last thing she saw was the ivory demon lord, so perfect in his grace and yet so cold and unfamiliar. Whatever he was, the miko snuggled into his tail, and one thought entered her head. `He's so warm. . .'
=End Chapter=
Hmmmmmm, HAPPY BELATED HALLOWEEN! Sorry, I just had to say that. Well, our two characters finally meet, now what? Find out, and stick around! I'm sorry it took so long to update, but you know, life. REVIEW! No flames, and yeah. This chapter sucked-again! (sigh)
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END NOTE! Next chapter, Sess and Kag get to know each other! Please read and review! I'm going to start making recommendations soon, but right now slightly lazy!
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