InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hidden Powers of the Heart ❯ Chapter 3

Hidden Powers of the Heart

 

By Kawaichan

 

Chapter 3

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. There, you happy now? Hope you like it, please read and review, if you'd be so kind!

 

Miroku, Sango and Shippo dashed back to the hut in search for Inuyasha. Kaede met them at the door, bow and arrows in hand.

“A demon is about, and I feel my sister's presence. It is even more tainted than I remember. We must hurry and find Inuyasha before he finds more trouble than he can handle!” she called to the approaching group.

Together they raced to the source of the evil aura. Shippo, with his sharp eye sight cried out before the others saw what lay before them. Inuyasha was in the center of a barrier, holding a demon with Kikyo's façade. The demon screeched when she saw the approaching warriors.

“Inuyasha! Stop them!” The demon cried out, using the voice of Kikyo.

Inuyasha slowly looked up, his eyes glowing gold from the spell, eyed the invaders impassively. He untangled himself from the Demon Kikyo and walked toward the group, drawing his sword. He halted, sniffing.

Inuyasha's mind felt as if a thick fog was finally starting to lift. His mistress told him to destroy the invaders, but his nose told him they were friends. What was going on? Kikyo knew these people. What was she doing? He blinked a few times, trying to get the fog to lift, when he noticed the barrier. Where did that come from? He wondered. This was too confusing. And where was Kagome?

That thought broke the spell entirely. His golden eyes grew round as he realized the situation. Growling, he turned to Kikyo, only to find a demon spirit holding Kikyo's grave-dirt body.

“How did you break my spell!?” the demon roared. It threw Kikyo's body to a stunned Inuyasha. He looked down as all of Kikyo's spirits flew from her body.

“I am sorry, Inuyasha. I did not want to hurt you.” Kikyo whispered, closing her eyes.

Inuyasha's friends ran up to him and Kikyo. The souls Kikyo held in her body continued to pour from her body.

“Kikyo, what did you do to Kagome!?” Miroku asked, concern flooding his face.

Kikyo blinked, looking at Inuyasha. “Go to her, she is in danger. Can't you smell her blood? Naraku has her now for certain.” She raised a hand to Inuyasha's face. “I did not mean to hurt you. Naraku captured me. My weakness has caused such turmoil. I must go back to hell now, but do not follow me. I must repay for my folly. Go to your young miko.” Kikyo closed her eyes again as the last soul escaped its prison. Upon its departure, Kikyo's body fell to soil and clay.

Inuyasha stood, eyes blank, and faced his friends. “What have I done?”

No one answered his question. Shippo jumped onto Inuyasha's shoulder.

“Come on! We have to save Kagome!”

 

“Now, you will tell me what I want to know, or I will not hesitate to kill you.”

Naraku sneered down at the girl on the ground. Kagome stared dully back at the evil hanyou standing above her, refusing to acknowledge his demand. Instead, she looked about her surroundings. The tatami mats were in perfect condition, suggesting not much movement occurred in this room. The walls were black, odd for such large castle. The whole room was dark, save for the pink glow she saw coming from beneath Naraku's haori. He had the large chunk of the Shikon jewel. The glow of the nearly-complete jewel lit up Naraku's cruel face and magnified the evil sneer he had assumed.

She turned her body so that she was facing the person she once knew as Kohaku, her eyes pleading. Yukane simply acknowledged her glance and looked away once more. He would be no help

“Now tell me, girl. Where is it you come from.” Naraku said quietly, the threat clear in his voice. Once again, Kagome simply looked back at him, her eyes completely devoid of emotion or care.

“I won't tell you anything, Naraku,” she replied evenly. “Just leave me alone.” Her sadness grew as she thought of Inuyasha. He wasn't coming to save her. It felt once again like that awful baby had hold of her heart, yet that horrible creation was gone now.

Naraku's cool façade vanished like sunlight behind a cloud. He grabbed her by the throat and drew her up. “You WILL tell me NOW, or you die!” he screamed at her, tightening his grip ruthlessly on her throat, cutting off her air supply.

“So?” Kagome choked out, as if she had not a care in the world. “I don't care. If you're going to kill me, just do it and get it over with. Otherwise, just leave me alone. I'm not in a good mood.”

Shock registered momentarily in Naraku's black expression. He threw her down onto the tatami in frustration. Kagome was slowly losing consciousness. Her throat and neck were bruised and raw, and she was still bleeding from Kagura's attack. She hardly heard what he said next and began drifting to a different place.

“What are you playing at, bitch!?” he yelled. “Very well. If you will not cooperate with me now, I will send Yukane here after your friend Sango. And the wasps after Miroku. Shippo will be dead within the day. And finally, I will go after Inuyasha myself. Right now, he is under Kikyo's spell. He will be easy prey.”

Kagome jerked awake. “NO!” everything hit her at once. Her friends were in danger, and Inuyasha was under a spell by Kikyo! She thought Kikyo was dead! Naraku himself pushed her off of a cliff! It must have been a strong spell to do that to Inuyasha! Her mind snapped awake as she felt something break inside of her again, just as it had with Kagura's wind spell. Her mind became impossibly clear. Power surged through her. She felt the pull of the Jewel and knew what to do. Her hand came up of its own accord and the Shikon Jewel shot from beneath Naraku's haori and into Kagome's hands before Naraku could even blink.

He leaped up in rage, only to be forced back by the sheer power emanating from Kagome.

“Yukane! Kill her and take the Jewel!” he yelled, shying from the vast purifying power coming from the girl kneeling on the tatami.

Yukane reached for Kagome but froze in mid stride. The shard imbedded in his back flew from his flesh to join the rest of the shards collecting in Kagome's hands. He glowed with purifying power briefly before falling at Kagome's feet.

The shards Kagome had collected appeared in her other hand. She placed the shards with the jewel. Bright light escaped from the jewel as the shards fused with the larger part. Now all that was missing were Kouga's shards from his legs. She would deal with that later. Right now, she had a job to do. Kagome turned her attention back to Naraku. He had messed with her group for the very last time. She blinked once and her eyes shone with a bright pink light. Her whole body radiated energy. As her rage grew, so did the power

Naraku was suddenly fearful for himself. He watched as the young miko went from nearly dead to a vessel of power barely held in her slight form. He backed up until his back hit the black, windowless wall. Tentacles flashed from under his haori, straining to take out the threat. Power lashed out at them, obliterating his favorite weapon. He saw her look at him once more and panicked when she smiled at him. The demons inside him rioted within Naraku's body, each one slowly succumbing to the power. Naraku had lost, and now he knew it.

Kagome smiled at Naraku. For a fleeting moment feeling a twinge of pity for the human he used to be before she unleashed her power on him. The room was obliterated in a matter of seconds. Pink light flowed from Kagome like a river breaking its dam. It was his last sight before he was completely obliterated from the world. The power washed through the entire castle, causing it to disintegrate. Animals in the surrounding forests ran from the great shock of light exploding from the miasma filled barrier. The barrier and miasma dissipated as Kagome's power shot outward, herself and Kohaku protected in a glowing barrier.

 

A/N: good or bad? Sorry for the short chapter, my mind seems to keep things breviated. Sorry about that any way, new chapters to follow