InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fateful Night ❯ Tears of Blood ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: if I owned Inuyasha I'd be Kagome and I swear I'm never coming back to this time because at least 500 years ago I'd have a purpose. But no I'm still in the 21st century. Oh yea oh yea falls in Sesshomaru's lap.

Sesshy O_o at Orion and then looks at readers. "She has a cold ignore her."

A/N I'm sure you've noticed that I did my connection to work considering I updated LOL. I feel better now that I can talk to every one. I was starting to feel pretty isolated. Just to let every one know I'm pretty depressed right now so if the chappie seems a bit gloomy that's probably why. I'll decide on one spelling for Kagome's previous incarnation and stick to it from now sorry about that I noticed I've used 3 different spellings but I sear I've seen all three. Any way please read and review. Sigh…….sigh…….sigh….Ok I'll write now.

PS: I tried extra hard to get all the spelling errors out. I even went back and looked for every though and changed it to through. Please don't get mad at me if I missed some I TRIED. I just don't see them I read it the way I know it's suppose to be not how it's written I'm sorry I'm just like that. (blames it on the creative side of her brain)

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Chapter 10

Tears of Blood

Inuyasha sat frozen to the ground as thunder pounded though his mind. The sight of Kagome's face vanishing into the dark skittered before his eyes as the sound of her scream suddenly dieing played over and over in his ears. His silver appendages twitched as he tore himself off the ground and ran again to the well. Kagome was at the bottom of that well he had to go to her.

`She could be hurt or…she has to be ok. She probably just fainted in fear.', Inuyasha scoffed as his throat constricted at the image of her lying motionless on the well bottom that presented itself to his eyes. Shaking his head furiously he sped towards the well only then realizing how far he had been thrown. `What the hell?'

Ten feet form the well Inuyasha gathered himself to leap into the dark shaft. Before he could leap into the air a spine chilling sound billowed out of the well, sending him into a skidding earth gouging stop. His sensitive ears flicked in pain when the screeching splintering noise of dried bones being broken and crushed beneath a great weight assaulted them.

Eyes narrowed in pain Inuyasha took a step back slamming his hands down over his ears. Beneath him the ground shook and the blinding light pouring out of the well was obscured as he heard a sickening tempo of endless sharp tipped bonelike legs begin to race closer. `Only one kind of creature makes that sound.' Inuyasha had time to think before he saw her.

The nude upper body of a woman, her dark hair wildly swirling around her shot out of the mouth of the well. Inuyasha watched as the coiling, multi-legged segments pored out of the well sending the woman's body high into the air. The darkly shining, putrid green, armored segments of the centipede undulated across the small clearing.

Her multitude of legs ripped up the green grass seeping poison into the clearing as they flickered in fluttering patterns down her length, pulling her immense body out of the well. Tearing his eyes away from the sickening sight Inuyasha searched the towering coils of Mistress Centipede's body. `There!' As the youkai turned her grotesque body Inuyasha saw Kagome. She was held tightly in the clawed grip of the demon's six arms. Inuyasha growled as a look of pain flashed across Kagome's pale, terror stricken face.

Kagome whimpered as the youkai dug her cruel claws deeper into the flesh of her upper arms, hips and thighs. When the hideous woman shook her hard jarring pain though her Kagome screamed tears flying from her terrified face as she tried desperately to jerk herself out of the demons clutches. Looking into the face of the demon Kagome screamed again as the creature snaked her forked tongue from between blood red lips past its long cruel fangs to trace the curve of her face.

Anger surged through Inuyasha when the screams of Kagome reached his ears. Lengthening his claws Inuyasha snarled and leapt high into the air. Landing on the slick surface of the demons exoskeleton he skittered down the slope of her body, before digging the claws on his feet into the glittering segment. Growling again Inuyasha began to run up the body of the giant centipede he eyes focusing only on the dark haired woman clutched in its grasp. The sight of Kagome's blood spreading though the white kimono where the demon held her enraged the hanyou. Inuyasha pushed himself into the air once more, eyes slowly bleeding red as his claws and fangs lengthened.

The youkai paid little attention to the creature running up her body as she glared at the human held in her hands. A lethal grin pulled at her lips as she watched the woman cringe away from her tongue. Licking her own lips the demoness leaned closer to the woman, "Give it to me." She cooed "Give me the Shikon no Tama!" Growling at the woman's wide eyed stare she shook the quivering human once more savoring the smell of her fear as it rolled off of her. "I can feel it in you Miko! NOW GIVE IT TO ME!"

Darting her head forward the demon bit into the woman's shoulder, satisfied by the painful scream that rang through the clearing, the youkai drew back and smiled into the face of the woman. Her eyes no longer held the glaze of blind shock. Laughing at the pain drawn face before her Mistress Centipede released one of the woman's arms and wrapped her hand around the human's throat. "Give me the jewel little Miko!" she growled tightening her grip.

Kagome sputtered as the youkai's hand clenched around her neck. Panic flooded her brain as slowly the demon's face began to fade before her. Raising her now freed hand up she clutched uselessly at the creatures wrist. `What is she talking about?' Kagome thought before a wave of dizziness nearly consumed her. Her fingers began to grow lax on the wrist of the demonness when she heard someone scream her name. `Inuyasha?' The feeble thought weakly fluttered across her mind.

Noticing her prey was blacking out Mistress Centipede loosened her hold on the woman's throat. Turning at the sound of an enraged bellow below her the youkai frowned at the sight of a red and white blur racing up her body. Twitching her coils she attempted to shake loose the annoyance now clinging to her. Growling she aimed the legs nearest the pest who had dared sink his claws into her person, attempting to jab the hanyou with their poisoned tips. Missing she shifted her tail bringing the horned segment up to swat the pesky creature.

Kagome's world brightened around her as the blood thundered back through her head in a painful, drumming tempo. Before her, the youkai's attention was turned away from her. Kagome heard the creature hiss as she scowled down at something lower on her nightmarish body. Turning her head as much as she could Kagome strained to see what was distracting the youkai.

What she saw sent spiking fear through her heart. Inuyasha clung to the demon as her coils writhed around him. Kagome noticed the centipede's giant, bladed tail slicing towards him and screamed. Throwing out her hand Kagome tried to strike out at the youkai hoping to distract her long enough for Inuyasha to avoid the horned segment.

"LEAVE US ALONE!!!!" she screamed.

Bright purple and pink light flashed before Kagome blinding her eyes causing her to turn her head away. A piercing scream rang in her ears and suddenly she was falling. The shock of her sudden release stole her own scream from her lips as she tumbled towards the ground. Throwing her arms up around her head as she watched the ground speed up to her she sucked in a deep breath and opened her mouth as the scream so recently denied her bubbled to the surface.

Before she could utter a sound the breath was knocked from her lungs sealing the scream once again. Looking down Kagome noticed a red drapped arm wrapped firmly around her waist. Whipping her head to the side her cry of gratitude also died an early death as the sight of Inuyasha's face blazoned itself into her mind.

The flash of light above him tore his attention away form the poisoned jabbing legs advancing on him in waves. Staring up at the small purple sun he watched the centipede's upper arms vanish. With a piercing scream the youkai flung Kagome away form her clasping her other four arms to the ragged stubs.

Leaping away form the youkai Inuyasha sailed though the air towards the silently falling form of `His Kagome'. Wrapping his arm around her waist Inuyasha pulled her close to his body as he quickly buried his face in her hair. The sent of her blood strong in his sensitive nose drew a snarling growl from his lips baring his gleaming fangs.

Kagome raised a trembling hand to her mouth as she stared into the face of Inuyasha. His crimson eyes glittered like freshly spilt blood, and across his cheek was a jagged maroon marking similar to those she remembered on Sesshomaru's face. His full soft lips were pulled back off his teeth to reveal wicked looking slender fangs that extended to press deep depressions into his tight bottom lip.

Kagome could hear and feel the savage snarling that resonated from deep within him. Reaching up to place her hand to his face Kagome was distracted when they touched down across the clearing form the centipede demon. Inuyasha set her on the ground and turned his back on her. Reaching for him she was shocked to see the inu hunch his shoulder as she laid her hand on him.

With out turning to her Inuyasha growled at her before he snarled, "Run to the village. I'm going to kill this BITCH!" and then he leapt away from her.

Kagome staggered back clutching her hand to her chest as if it had been burned. The venom and malice in his voice sent a chill through Kagome. Shaking her head she stared after the hanyou eyes wide as she watched him slash at the demon's body. Several dozen of its legs rained to the ground as she heard Inuyasha yell Sankon Tetsusou.

Inuyasha ducked and launched himself though the coils of the screaming she demon. Cracking his claws again he raked their lethal length across the base of the legs on her right side, severing the multi-jointed limbs from her body. Her enraged, pain filled scream rang in his ears bringing a smile to his face. He would make her scream for every hair out of place on `His Kagome' Inuyasha's rage fogged brain snarled. Another part of his brain recoiled at the possessive term causing him to falter a moment. Beneath him he felt the body of the demon shift away form him. A savage snarl ripped itself from his lips as intuitively his blood raced at the thought of the chase.

Leaping high into the air Inuyasha turned to bring his claws slashing down on to the fleeing demon when Kagome's scream of pain and fear reached his ears. The ear splitting sound slammed into him tearing the red haze from his eyes. The fire coursing through his veins turned to ice as his eyes fell upon the sight before him. The demon hadn't been fleeing him it had spotted Kagome. Falling to the earth Inuyasha watched the centipede arch into the air after Kagome. His feet touched ground and he leapt with all his might after the woman who was now tumbling to the earth again, knowing he couldn't reach her in time.

Kagome screamed as pain thundered through her, the demon had turned from Inuyasha and headed straight towards her. Turning Kagome had desperately tried to run but it was too late. The clawed hands of the demon had caught her across the left hip. The slashing blow had thrown her high into the air. Closing her eyes Kagome screamed as she fell once more to the earth knowing this time Inuyasha would not be able to save her from the crushing impact that awaited her. A new searing pain ripped though her abdomen tearing a ragged scream from her lips as her eyes sprang open. As she fell the rest of the way to the ground Kagome watched the smirking youkai pull a round pink jewel out of her bloody mouth. The ground slammed into her sending her into darkness.

Inuyasha raced towards Kagome as he watched her fall to the earth. The demon BIT her! He watched as the small woman fell away form the gloating Centipede an arc of blood trailing after her glittering in the bright sun. Pain tightened around his mind and heart as he watched her hit the ground hard. Her fragile form seemed to collapse around itself and she lay so still. Sliding to a halt next to her Inuyasha hesitantly reached a shaking hand down to her pale, blood smeared face. His eyes burned and his face felt frozen, slowly he knelt down and gently gathered her into his arms.

Her head lolled against his chest, arms hanging limply at her sides. Holding her close a single tear rolled down his cheek as the world around him faded. Before his eyes a red fog swirled in a tightening pattern narrowing his vision until the only thing he could see was the centipede youkai. Kagome's blood still covered its face dripping down her chin to splatter across her bare chest. `Blood….Kagome's blood. Always, Kagome's blood!' His mind screamed as gently he laid the unmoving body in his arms on the ground.

Standing Inuyasha stepped over Kagome and stood head bowed eyes hidden behind his silvery bangs. Slowly his fangs lengthened slicing across his bottom lip. Ignoring the blood now running down his own chin Inuyasha pushed is hair back over his shoulder where it had fallen with a clawed hand; revealing three jagged blood red markings running from his cheeks into his hair.

Mistress Centipede laughed wildly as she felt the power of the Shikon no Tama flood through her. Flexing her shoulders her cackles of glee grew to a fevered pitch as her upper arms reformed. Crooking her hands into claws she glanced down into the meadow when the sound of growling reached her ears. Below her standing near the lifeless form of the Miko from which she had torn the Shikon no Tama, stood a trembling inu.

Lowering herself she brought her humanoid upper body level with the growling demon.

"Well if it isn't the Miko's little pet. What's the matter puppy, are you upset that I've killed your master? Poor little hanyou what will you do now, fight me? Why, your Miko bitch, is dead?" She snarled the word Miko like a curse causing the hanyou before her to clinch his hands.

Laughing she eased closer to the inu reaching out a hand she trailed the clawed fingers across Inuyasha's cheek. "Silly puppy nothing can harm me now that I have the Shikon no Tama. I'm now invincible, I'll rule…." Her tirade was cut short as the wind shifted sending the silver hair of the hanyou fluttering over his shoulders. As the silken tresses slid over her arms Mistress Centipede reared back from him. "What the hell are you?!" she yelled as the sent of a full youkai overwhelmed her senses.

As the wind again shifted blowing Inuyasha's hair out behind him like a shining banner the inu raised his head to stare at the huge youkai before him. A slight shudder slid though Mistress Centipede when she caught sight of his eyes. The inu's eyes were glowing crimson and as she watched that crimson color began to flow form his eyes and slide down his cheeks. Eyes wide the youkai stared in confusion at the tears of blood flowing down the face of the growling demon.

Suddenly Inuyasha leapt at the centipede youkai aiming for her head. Bringing up her tail to swat the attacking inu away form her she was surprised when pain lanced through her.

Inuyasha sliced off the youkai's tail and continued his flight up to her main body. Growling he drew his hand back and slashed out at the beast's neck. A crushing weight wrapped itself around him as the centipede coiled her massive body around him. The snarling she demon drew her regenerated tail up and stabbed it down at the trapped inu.

Grinning when one of the spiked tips of her tail slammed into his shoulder she uncoiled her length from the inu. Raising her tail she brought the dangling, slumped inu up level with her.

"You see, now that I have the Shikon no Tama I can regenerate any part of me that's damaged. You can't kill me. No one can kill me now."

Her laughter grated through his mind causing him to grip the spike pricing his shoulder, slowly he pulled himself off. As he dropped to the ground he turned and with a screamed "Sankon Tetsusou!" yellow slashes of light tore the youkai in half. The centipede fell screaming. Inuyasha plunged his claws deep into his bloody shoulder and leaping high in the air flung out his arm sending the blood spraying form his hand on the echoes of his enraged yowl "Hijin Ketsusou!" landing on the ground near the centipede's severed head Inuyasha slowly panted, the blood slowly fading from this eyes. Body parts rained down around him as he walked slowly back to Kagome.

He gazed down at her silent form lying so still against the torn and browned grass of the once beautiful clearing. Kneeling down he gathered her into his arms noticing how small she was. Standing he turned to head back to the village a mind numbing blankness surrounding him. Stepping past a segment of the destroyed youkai he noticed it twitch. Spinning around he watched as around the clearing parts of the demon were beginning to slide towards each other knitting together and re-growing legs.

Growling Inuyasha placed Kagome gently on the ground again and stalked over to the reforming sections of the youkai intent on slicing it into tiny pieces. Raising his hand he was about to swing his arm in a slashing arc when a tiny whimper caught his attention. Spinning he stared across the meadow straining his ears forward hoping against hope to hear the sound again.

He was rewarded by a painful moan that drifted across from the slumped form of Kagome. Stunned he watched as she slowly began to move and try to push herself up. Running to her side Inuyasha ignored the quivering masses of flesh around him. Helping her into a sitting position he gazed down into her pain filled grey eyes. "Kagome?" he asked around the tightness in this throat. She only moaned in response and leaned against him. Suddenly her head lifted from his chest and she pointed at a lump of flesh that crawled past her foot.

Growling Inuyasha started to kick at the offending blob when Kagome's pale hand weakly closed over his wrist. Glancing down at her he watched her look up at him with a frown. "Inuyasha? That, that piece is glowing." Looking back at the segment, recognition slashed across his mind. Leaping at the segment he barely caught it before it combined with the now nearly complete body of Mistress Centipede. He tore into the exoskeleton and dug out the glowing ball that was lodged in it.

As soon as the jewel was removed the body of the youkai dropped to the ground behind them and slowly began to disintegrate. Crawling back over to Kagome who was lying slumped on the ground eyes closed once more Inuyasha reached down and touched her face. Relief flooded though him as he watched her eyes flutter open, only for it to be dampened when she whimpered again and tears started running down her face. Gathering her up Inuyasha sat her in his lap and leaned against a tree.

Taking the jewel he placed the softly glowing sphere in the palm of Kagome's hand. Wrapping her cold fingers around it he held her hand closed around the jewel. Willing the jewel to do something, anything Inuyasha gently rocked the still bleeding Kagome in his lap, one hand pressed firmly over the wound in her side. He knew she needed help but looking down at her drawn face he knew that moving her would send her into a shock that would kill her before they made it back to Kaede's hut.

Remembering the Miko had mentioned teaching Kagome to heal herself Inuyasha reached down and patted Kagome on the cheek. At her mumbled reply he bent his head closer to her ear, "Kagome, Kagome you need to heal yourself koishii. Please try to remember."

Voices to his right caught his attention and he swiveled his ears in their direction. What he heard would have had him jumping to his feet in joy had it not been for the presence of Kagome still lying too still in his lap.

Sango, Miroku and Kirara dashed into the clearing followed my Kouga who was carrying Kaede. As the group slid into the clearing they looked around at the devastation. The once green grass was brown and torn in giant gouges that criss-crossed the entire space. Huge piles of bones lay scatted across the clearing the flesh and armor of the demon slowly turning to dust around them. Glancing franticly around the clearing the voice of Inuyasha calling out to them sent chills down there spines. His voice was rough and filled with worry and pain. Turning as a group they found the hanyou covered in blood holding an equal bloody Kagome in his lap.

Kouga rushed Kaede over to the pair and placed her on her feet as he kneeled down next to the inu and the tiny bleeding Miko. His icy blue eyes met the golden eyes of Inuyasha and they shared a worried glance before Inuyasha looked back at Kagome.

"Kaede the demon bit her. She's bleeding but I don't know what to do to stop it."

"Bit her?" Kouga asked as Kaede reached down to place her hands to Kagome's side.

"Yes, I was too slow and…and then the Shikon no Tama was ripped from her."

"WHAT!" Inuyasha's ears were bombarded by the group as they all looked at him in shock. Nodding slowly he raised the hand he still held in his own and gently pried Kagome's fingers from around the glowing jewel.

Shaking her head Kaede returned her concentration to the wound and fed energy into the healing spell she was casting. She could feel Kagome's power struggling to knit the wound but the woman was so drained after the many insults to her body over the last few days that there was little she could do on her own. Sighing Kaede collapsed back onto the ground satisfied that she had done enough to keep Kagome from dieing of blood loss.

Looking up into the worried golden eyes staring at her she nodded silently before settling into a more comfortable position. Raising her head Kaede looked up at the worried faces of Miroku and Sango. She glanced back at Inuyasha who still held the unconscious Kagome pain glazing his eyes. Clearing her throat she pulled herself to her feet using the bow she had brought with her.

"Sango will you and Miroku come back with me to my hut. I don't think it would be wise to move Kagome yet but we need to keep her warm. I would like to gather blankets and some food and return here." Nodding at the old Miko Sango turned to Kirara who transformed and knelt next to Kaede. With Miroku's help she was settled on the fire cats back and the four headed back to the village.

Kouga sat down next to Inuyasha and reached out to gently push a lock of Kagome's hair off her face. Inuyasha growled halfheartedly at the wolf before resting his cheek against Kagome's hair. Looking at Inuyasha a quick comment on his tongue, Kouga noticed the inu was sound asleep his arms wrapped protectively around Kagome.

Finally Kouga heard the rest of the group returning and stood up to help bring over some of the supplies. Wrapping a blanket around the two sleeping forms leaning against the tree, he turned and walked off into the surrounding forest. Dragging back a small dead tree he just grinned at the baffled faces of his friends before he proceeded to repeatedly kick at the tree.

Miroku and Sango jus stared as Kouga broke up the tree with a series of kicks that were so fast their eyes couldn't follow. When he was finished the entire tree was reduced to easily manageable chunks of wood, which he began to arrange in the small pit that Miroku had dug earlier.

"Remind me to ask for yer help come autumn boy." Kaede droned as she passed out rice balls to the group. Twilight was fast approaching when the pair wrapped in a blanket at the base of a tree began to stir.

Inuyasha opened his eyes as he felt Kagome shift in his arms. Helping her into a more comfortable position he asked her, "Are you ok?"

Her painful moan made him wince and then he was staring into dark blue eyes. "What happened? Are you Ok?" Kagome asked as she reached a shaking hand up to cup his cheek. Inuyasha leaned into the touch.

"I'm ok Kagome. I'm…I'm sorry I let you get hurt, I..."

"Shhhh it's ok. It's not your fault." She soothed as she rested her head again on his shoulder.

Wrapping his arms around her he held her close one hand gently stroking her hair. Just as sleep began to curl itself around them once more, the wind began to whip around the clearing causing the fire to jump and leap about the burning logs. Sitting up straighter Inuyasha sniffed at the air and began to growl his arms tightening around the now quaking Kagome.

"Oh my my, you sure don't waste time do you Miko?" A silken, disembodied voice said.

"How quickly you've forgotten your love. A love that died in your arms, and now, now you cling to another. Typical bitch, hopping easily into the first warm bed offered."

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A/N: Growls at her muse and flicks him off her shoulder. "I have to stop here?!" Looking back at readers. "Sorry, but I have to stop here, its too good not to." Scowls at tiny redheaded inu hanyou dressed in black leather and silk, as he transforms in to normal size and lies down on her bed flicking a red velvety ear at her. o_O "umm humm I…I got to go. Oh sorry if the fight scene with the centipede kinda goes POOF at the end but God it was getting soooooo long and well. Inuyasha got really mad and killed her real fast? Will that appease you? :P" Shivers when Muse begins whispering in her ear. Turning around she pushes him onto bed. "I will NOT put a lemon in yet you demented dog! Ok bye for now. Guess who the evil voice is. Not too hard to guess huh?" Is dragged into bed as soon as she pushes save.