InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Finding My Love ❯ Forget Me Nots ( Chapter 15 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha, but I have fun killing off people and bringing them back!!! Muwahaha!!! *cough, cough*

Tsuyoku: Hey, sorry. It has, to say it lightly, been a very long period of writer's block for me lately. I really didn't start this fic out well, and I must say that most chappys were written from the top of my head on the spot and then posted. First on Mediaminer.org, and then on Fanfiction.net. I have to say, this has been a fun fic to write, especially since this was my first and I have done many others since it began (that I will be posting...). And of course look for Love Bitten, which is a sequel to this fic written by Daddy's lil' devil so please check it out.

And also, I know I've waited til the last chappy, but I'd like to dedicate this entire fic to Traci and thank her for beta-ing this last chappy for me. She's supported this for a while. thank you so much. :)

And now for the long awaited chappy 15...

Chapter fifteen: Deep Thoughts

Everything went black.

As her eyelashes hit her cheeks, Inu Yasha watched the life start to slip away from Kagome. He struggled to his feet, knowing he had to do something, and wondering what he could do at the same time. Leaning on a nearby tree for support, Inu Yasha looked up, his hazy eyes now starting to focus. There was Hojo. He was lingering a few feet off the ground now, fluctuating his gaze from Kagome to his hands and then back.

"Look what you made me do!" Hojo yelled, his gaze settled on the bloodied spear that rested on the ground. Inu Yasha didn't even acknowledge that Hojo blamed him for what happened to Kagome. He jumped up from the ground, ignoring the pain that surged down his back, though he could not ignore the pain in his heart.

"Grrr..." Escaped his lips in a ferocious growl that shocked any demons unlucky enough to roam this part of the forest. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" He screamed, his hands colliding with the open wound in Hojo's arm. Hojo had been knocked to the ground by Inu Yasha's force as he watched one of the hanyou's feet contact with the ground only to thrust him towards Hojo again. Now flying through the air at a demonic speed, Inu Yasha raised his blood covered hand and flung Hojo's own fluid back at him. "Blades.of.Blood!" As Hojo winced from the force of the malice that dripped off Inu Yasha's words, he could not dodge the attack.

And as more gashes were pained into his body, Hojo attempted the stare down the hanyou and only managed to connect with eyes as red as his own blood that stained the ground. Everyone had heard of the hanyou that had taken down the treacherous Naraku with his crew of fighters. But few even saw and fewer still lived to tell of what would become of things after his demon side took over. And here it was.

A few feet from the tree Kagome lie under, lay the Tetsaiga everyone and then pulsing, trying to subdue the subconscious of its master. But through rage, the hanyou gone demon could only think of one thing; Hojo's blood on his fingertips, sliced from his body. 'Kill.' Inu Yasha heard a voice say. His demon side was telling him to do what he'd already planned out. 'Kill!' The voice said even louder.

'No...'

Another voice arose. But this time it wasn't of the dark, cold demon voice that Inu Yasha heard before. It was familiar, warm, soft, inviting. He knew that voice, but could it be? No, Kagome wasn't speaking... She couldn't because of that Hojo. This served to fuel Inu Yasha's rage even more.

'Inu Yasha...' The voice faded. Tetsaiga pulsed. And for that one second that INu Yasha's heart skipped a beat, he was hanyou again. For one second, Tetsaiga's pulse reached out to his and he came to his senses. And once that second had subsided, he could feel the demon trying once again to take control.

In mid strike, Inu Yasha stopped. His eyes no longer red, but gold. They turned towards Tetsaiga's non-stop pulsing. And yet, his heart could not help but skip another beat as he saw Kagome, barely alive and breathing, leaning over Tetsaiga, her hand on the blade.

Inu Yasha did a complete 360 and ran to Kagome. Without a word, she thrust the Tetsaiga into his hands. He looked into her eyes, his own pleading to hold her. But she lay her hands onto the blade and it glowed. Wind swirled the grass around them as the blade grew. It looked as if the blade was powering up to break another barrier, but instead the blade went completely gold. "It reminds me of your eyes..." And then Kagome slid to the ground.

"First rule of combat; never turn you back on an enemy!" Inu Yasha heard Hojo's voice closing in and looked to see Hojo running fast towards Inu Yasha despite the many wounds he had on his body. A gold Tetsaiga met with a long spear, the same one that hit Kagome, the one now covered with her drying blood. "I’ll kill you with this, Inu Yasha! I'll kill you and take Kagome!"

"No.You.Won't!"

Seeing Inu Yasha's angry but confused face, Hojo beamed. "Yes, when I kill you, I'll take that jewel and bring Kagome back to life. Then she will be mine!", He paused. "And so will your son. How could a hanyou like you ever make them happy when they could have a strong, powerful being like me protecting them? You're the reason Kagome is lying over there right now... if you had just ceased to interfere back in her time, I would have her right now..."

Hojo was knocked to the ground and his cocky grin diapered off his face. The Tetsaiga once again met with the long spear, igniting sparks at the very touch of the two alloys. But the gold Tetsaiga pulsed once again as if it were searching for more power. And it found it.

The energy that powered Hojo's spear was flashing as if it was losing. It faded to a dark gray and the Tetsaiga pulsed even louder because it drew the energy clean out of the spear. Eventually the spear broke and disappeared leaving Hojo defenseless.

He crawled back a few feet, hoping to escape what was inevitably coming his way. Inu Yasha, leaving no room for any type of escape or trickery, slowly held the Tetsaiga, glowing gold in all its glory, over his head and then thrust the sword through Hojo's stomach. He raised the Tetsaiga over his head once more and then thrust the sword back into the torso of Hojo. "This is for Kagome!" And in the next instant he slammed it back into his torso. "And this is for Kioshi!" He then picked it up once more, higher than he had ever held it and having everything; his emotions, his rage, his love, his wish for family, backing this one battle. Then he slammed it back down through Hojo and straight into the ground. "And that... that was for you and any other demons that try to come between me and my Kagome."

Hojo was gasping, impaled on the ground by Tetsaiga. Then, the color drained from his face, from his clothes, all of it gathering into a ball of light at his stomach. It then climbed the sword until it reached the hilt, dissipating as it reached the fur. Inu Yasha watched as his body crumbled into a thin dust and watched as it disappeared into a mysterious wind. Inu Yasha let his gaze linger a little longer on the Tetsaiga and the spot where Hojo had once been. Then, as he was about to turn to Kagome, Inu Yasha felt a tug on his pants. Instinctively taking a defensive position, he discovered it to be none other than Kioshi... his son.

"Kioshi..." Inu Yasha bent down and wrapped his arms around his son. It felt good to do this. It was much more that his father ever did. And he intended to be a better parent than his mother or his father. Neither helped him, they just put a dent in his life. His father disregarded him and his mother protected him so much that he had come to despise his human blood and humans as well. That was until he met Kagome. But he'd be better to Kioshi. "I'm sorry you had to see that." He pulled back, noticing the tears that were stinging the edges of Kioshi's eyes and the little runny nose that he had. It was almost cute... Such a small creature. It amazed Inu Yasha to no end thinking, 'I made him. With my love for... Kagome. We...' At another thought of Kagome, Inu Yasha lifted his son onto his hip and walked towards her.

At the noise, her eyes fluttered open, creamy brown staring at pure gold that would make Midas envious. Inu Yasha could see her gasping for air, he could tell that there wasn't much time left.

He knelt.

Taking Kagome's body , he embraced her, allowing nothing in-between them, nothing to keep them apart. She lifted her arms, barely, but returned his embrace. And Kagome felt Inu Yasha shaking; she heard him sobbing. She only wished she could do the same stroke or stroke his hair and cute ears. She wished she could tell him that is was alright. But the pain through her small body told her that it wasn't going to be alright. "I l-love you, Inu... Yasha. And Kioshi... I love him... you have to take care fo him for me. Be the father I know you can be. Take care of him for me. Take care of him..."

"No, Kagome. I won't let you go... I... I won't!" He didn't know what to do. He was panicking, unwilling to accept that this was the end. And when her hand finally released her grip on his haori, it fell to the ground and she went limp in his arms. "Kagome? Kagome...! KAGOME!!!" He yelled, not ready to let her go. He grabbed Kioshi and pulled him into a hug. Having both Kioshi and Kagome in his arms was a dream of his, but this wasn't the way he saw it when he imagined. Everything was alright, but in this instance, it was all wrong. Right now, he didn't care about the sets of eyes watching him. He didn't care if Sango and Miroku saw him cry...

And then there was light.

Before Inu yasha could even wonder where it was coming from, Kioshi opened his hand. In his little palm sat the Shikon Jewel. The Jewel that took Kikyo away from him, but was threatening to give him Kagome. 'Of course, the jewel. Hojo was going to use it to revive her, but I didn't think about it til now...' Inu Yasha thought stupidly. He took the jewel and held it Kagome's left side, fitting it into her wound perfectly like the day that they met and the centipede demon took it out of her. Inu Yasha felt the jewel start to absorb into her body and then he waited. Seconds. Seconds. Tick. Tick.

He looked at her face, his tears splashing onto her cheeks in some desperate hope that it would awaken her. He prayed so much for those eyes to open, for her to be ok. And when they did, Inu Yasha swore he could almost die.

Almost.

"Inu... Yasha...?" She smiled. That smile. The one that belonged to Kagome and only Kagome. "Kioshi, I'm so glad you're alright. I’ll never let something like that happen again."She pulled both of them into a hug. But then she pulled back enough to look into amber eyes. "But, hojo?" Inu Yasha could feel her hands tighten around the fabric of his haori.

"I'm sorry. I had to, Kagome." He knew she didn't like fighting. She knew it was necessary, but she didn't like it anymore than she like killing. But she nodded despite that. The sadness shone in her eyes, but you could tell that she understood.

"It was for the best, I'm sure." She responded. Then she smiled and embraced them both together again. Forever. Her son and the love of her life in her arms. Bliss. And as we fade into the sky, the lovers and son becoming hardly a dot to our view, we hear a distant...

"MIROKU, NOT NOW!!!" Smack.


Owari

That's the conclusion. Be sure to look for part two; Love Bitten coming soon. And thank you everyone for reviewing!!

THX -Tsuyoku-




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