InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Future Heart, Future Pain, Future Hope ❯ Chapter 54 ( Chapter 55 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

These next few chapters are going to be hard to write…gonna be a lot of anger, sadness, regret, and hatred I guess that I am going to try to pass onto you guys through the words.

The problem is…it was never my strong point…

But for right now let us go back to Taro

Power unleashed…

Taro awoke and all but leapt off of Nagisa's lap. His power shining forth, he lets it loose all around him, forcing the red headed demoness to teleport as far as she can to avoid the blast. Still it is not enough and as she yelps with pain, she can hear the snarl of a demon in pain filled rage…

Trying her best to flee, now as the trees and bushes rustle, her senses already tell her that he comes. But unlike before, when she had welcomed and enjoyed his every touch…this time she was afraid.

Deathly afraid….

He could kill her.

Holding her arm, that is now blackened and singed from the shoulder, and halfway down her back. The demoness runs as fast as she could. Jumping over trees, and running through bushes, ignoring each and every cut, for to stop could mean her life.

In the end it does not matter, for as she approaches a clearing. He stands there waiting. His power now radiates a mixture of blue and black energy. Conflicting with one another as they struggle for domination, his eyes flicker through a cycle of colors between red and gold. Almost as if he struggles to take control….

“Taro it's me Nagisa…” The demoness words softly and with as much tenderness as she can. “It's me Taro? Don't you remember? You saved me.”

Watching her with flickering eyes, Nagisa steps back out of instinct as what could only be fangs start to erupt from his lips. Her eyes widen even more as what could only be deep purple stripes start appearing upon his cheek bones…

Overcome now, with what could only be emotion. The demoness looks up at him as more and more of his demonic blood starts to take over. His hair becoming more silver by the moment instead of raven black, she continues to talk to him.

“Taro…Taro please…wake up!”

Now as those once golden brown eyes, now turn and flicker a dark red. She pales in fear, and prepares to teleport again. Only to watch in amazement as somehow Taro transformed unleashes power that rivals that of a taiyoukai.

Formless and simply irresistible to any that crave power, the demoness shrinks back against a tree as the clouds darken and the sky rumbles with demonic energy. The aura of origin coming from him she watches as he points towards her, with intent. So closing her eyes, she starts to concentrate to teleport as far and as fast as she could once more.

But it is what happens next that shocks her…

“NOOOOOOOOO!”

Startled by his scream, she opens her eyes, just in time to watch as he begins to struggle within himself once more. His eyes flickering back and forth as he struggles for control. The demoness shrinks back, as he turns away and fires what could only be pure and yet not miko energy, which burns a dark radiant blue.

The destruction it causes is enough to make her flee in fear. Wide spread, and ferocious upon that which it hits, she could hear the forest screaming in pain. Maybe it was a side affect of when he collapsed or something. But something tells her, that he had gained a lot more power then what he had before.

As the dust from his blast clears Nagisa reacts with fear at the results in front of her. Where the forest once stood in front of her, there was nothing…not a trace of life.

Everything was dead…even the land itself…

Even where there should be smoke, there was nothing. It was like all traces of the life that was once there vanished.

“Taro….?” She hesitantly asks.

“I'm here…”

“What…”

“DON'T ASK!”

Shrinking back, a little bit out of instinct… She is about to flee again, when he turns around and takes her into his arms. Wincing in pain, as he holds her tightly against him, she could feel a strange source of energy soaring through her body.

Released from his embrace a few moments later, she realizes that the pain is gone. Although her arm is still partially burnt, it no longer stings.

“How…?”

“I don't know…” He replied quietly. “I'm sorry I could not do more.”

“I thank you…” She finds herself saying and for the first time in her short life...actually meaning it.

Saying nothing to her gratitude, he starts walking again. The power at ease for now according to what she can feel, she hurries to catch up to him. Eventually walking beside him…

And this time he isn't chasing her away…

“Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why did you stay with me?” Taro asked. “You could have left me? Most demons do.”

“I am not most demons…” Nagisa smiled softly. Charming and bubbly as she was designed to be, she could see in his dark gold eyes, that he believed her words. After all this time she was telling the truth… “Was I wrong to stay?”

Puzzled by her question, Taro does not respond at all. He simply walks away.