InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Infatuation ❯ Unkind Revelations, Heartfelt Vows ( Chapter 11 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Lizzie Welling 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.30.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 929 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Adventure / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.30.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 929 | Status: Work In Progress
I want to apologize for the long delay in posting a chapter. Literally days after uploading Chapter 10, a horrible event befell my family and me. My brother died suddenly and tragically, the ramifications which are still haunting me three months later and will for many years to come. The healing process has begun, but it’s been slow. It’s been very hard for me to write anything creatively. So, the following few pages is quite a success, a miracle, actually. I just ask that you bear with me. It will take me a few chapters, but hopefully within a few months’ time I will be back to the normal chapter length you all expect from me.
One reviewer, Mishirure, left such kind words in her review and reply, I feel compelled to convey my gratitude once more. I may follow your advice one day. Maybe not in this story, but perhaps in another.
Special thanks to my wonderful and caring beta, inukaggrrl06. I greatly appreciate all your help!
This chapter is dedicated to my brother who always believed in me. I carry on and try because I know he would want me to. I miss you and love you, buddy.
Please enjoy Chapter 11!
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Infatuat ion
Rated M for language
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Recap:
InuYasha paused, glancing at the screen. “What the fuck is THAT?”
“Guys, what’s all the shouting about?” Kagome asked as she appeared in the doorway, holding her head and wincing. “Can we turn down the volume? Masking and increasing wards hurts like no other.”
Everyone exchanged glances with each other.
“Guys?” Kagome repeated in confusion.
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Chapter 11: Unkind Revelations, Heartfelt Vows
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Everyone looked at Rin, anxiously awaiting her explanation. Kagome just blinked at the smallest Slayer, perplexed.
“Why does everyone look like someone just died?” Kagome asked quietly.
The group exchanged uneasy glances.
“Because that may be your fate,” Miroku replied softly.
“What?” Kagome inquired, nearly falling over in exhaustion and shock. Kouga caught her and sat the miko in a chair, backing away quickly at a growl from InuYasha. “But why?”
“It seems Naraku has a plan for you,” Rin began faintly. “From what I found hacking into his system, he was still in contact with Tsubaki. Tsubaki was acting as his go-between with a witch named Urasue. It seems the two have been working on this nasty, horrible plan to, to--”
“To kill you and extract your soul,” Sesshomaru finished for Rin, who had become too emotional to continue elaborating. “Naraku wants to entrap your soul inside the Shikon through an ancient and dark ritual, thus tainting the jewel and increasing its power for his evil purposes. Your soul will be polluted by your own murder and would over power Midoriko’s internal struggle with the youkai, turning the jewel. If he does succeed, he will become immortal and invincible.”
Kagome sat there, eyes wide in shock. Sure, she faced the chance of death on a daily basis in battle, but out right murder at the hands of a deranged psychopath with designs to push the world into a living hell using her soul, manipulating her for an eternity in the afterlife? Kagome felt the prickling of fear trickle throughout her body.
“Fuck that bastard!” InuYasha growled, acutely sensing his miko‘s distress.
Sango bit her lip in anger, fisting her hands in her lap to prevent striking out at an object or a person--possibly a nearby monk--in outrage.
“Don’t worry, we’ll protect you, Kags!” Ayame exclaimed with determination flaring in her green eyes. Kouga growled in agreement.
Miroku and Sesshomaru nodded their heads too, as did Kaede and Myoga.
Rin crushed Kagome in a hug, crying. The miko’s arms immediately went around the younger girl to comfort her. “Shh, sweetie, it’s going to be OK. None of this is your fault.”
“Bu-but if I had only found this out soon-sooner--”
“Now hush. You cracked a system that would have taken people employed by the CIA, the FBI, Interpol, MI5 and the KGB months to hack into in less than a week. So don’t you DARE start saying things like that. It is NOT your fault what that megalomaniac wants to do. Understand me?”
Rin met her eyes hesitantly, and nodded.
“Good. And thanks to you, we are warned way in advanced and can plan for this, OK?”
“Yes.”
“It’s going to be alright. Don’t you worry. You’re doing fantastic for a Newbie,” Kagome smiled.
Rin smiled back through her tears. “Thank you.”
“Yeah, Rin, we won’t let that asshole get anywhere near our Kags,” Sango affirmed, wrapping her arms around the two girls.
“Damn straight,” Ayame agreed, joining in on the group hug.
The Hunters stood back, each marveling in their own manner at the inner strength and sisterly bond between the Slayers.
Everyone knew at that moment the battle against Naraku had risen to a new level, a personal level, a more serious level with higher stakes and more devastating consequences should they lose to that monster. This new knowledge weighed heavily on their minds, but even more heavily on their hearts.
One they had grown to respect, befriend, for some, even love, could be stolen in a moment and lost forever, her very soul tortured for an eternity by Naraku’s malicious hand. If this monster was capable of such wickedness, who knew what other evil designs he had in store for the future.
This group only had each other now, to fight side by side against this evil. Together in arms, caught in a battle they could not lose, or else they, everyone they loved and the world itself would perish through Naraku’s machinations.
“Well, I believe we should continue our patrols and careful surveillance of the building,” Kaede interrupted the collective silence gently. “We are still under secure lockdown with our enemy lurking about outside the barrier. Kagome and InuYasha, you two will stay here with the boys and monitor the mainframe surveillance.”
Kaede simply held up a hand and raised an eyebrow to silence the duo’s protests.
“Ayame and Kouga, you will patrol the top floors, Sesshomaru and Rin the basement and lower levels, and that leaves the middle levels for Sango and Miroku.”
“Now Slayers and Hunters, be very weary,” Myoga warned. “Though the barriers have been strengthened, Naraku is known for his deceptive tactics. The wind youkai’s presence may have been merely diversionary. Be on your guard for anything unusual or of place.”
“Quite right. Naraku’s minions may have breached our walls, planted bugs or worse,” Kaede added forebodingly. “Top watch everyone.”
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After the groups departed, InuYasha trained a weary golden eye on Kagome’s slumped form. Though hardly recovered himself, the inu-hanyou felt Kagome’s current physical and emotional condition was far worse in comparison to his few scratches.
“Kagome?”
A weary chocolate gaze met his. He could see the tears welling up in her eyes and how valiantly she fought to keep them from falling. Wordlessly, he opened his arms and allowed the miko to crawl into his lap. He held her gently as she buried her face in his chest and let the tears fall. No sobs, no exclamations bemoaning the unfairness of life. Just tears.
After a few minutes, Kagome pulled away and angrily swiped at her eyes.
“You must think I’m such a weak crybaby,” she muttered.
“Kagome look at me.”
When she refused to meet his eyes, InuYasha tipped her chin upward with his fingers until her gaze settled on him.
“I think you’re the strongest person I’ve ever met,” he said softly. Kagome saw the honesty and sincerity in his eyes and found she could not protest. “You have ever right to be scared. Hell, I’m scared for you. That fuckin’ whack job wants to kill you. But--”
Suddenly, there was a loud creak and Kagome and InuYasha watched in surprise as the boys tumbled out of the Briefing room’s adjoining doorway. Kohaku and Shippo wore weary expressions. Souta looked angry and scared.
“Souta?” Kagome asked, standing up slowly to approach her brother.
“You’re gonna die?” he cried hysterically.
“Souta--”
“Just like Otou-san, and Okaa-san, you’re gonna die? You’re going to leave me here all alone too?”
Kagome was beyond shocked. How much of the revelation of Naraku’s plans had the boys heard? And now, to see her little brother, shaking and crying, thinking, no believing she was fated to up and die and leave him all alone, to face this merciless world by himself?
“Souta, I--”
“Listen here, squirt,” InuYasha began gruffly, gently taking the frightened boy by the shoulder and squatting down to be eye level with Souta. “Your sister ain’t dying anytime soon, got it? I’m protecting her now.”
Souta stared in awe at the inu-hanyou, his tears turning to hiccups. He nodded then threw himself at the Hunter, hugging him with all his might. Momentarily shocked, InuYasha eventually slipped his arms around the boy to return the embrace.
“Arigato,” Souta whispered, before wiggling out of the hug to run to his beloved sister. Kagome held him for a long time, whispering words of comfort and assurance to the boy as she stroked his hair. Kohaku and Shippo crowded around, nestling down next to the siblings.
InuYasha paced around the room, securing the perimeter and guarding the room’s occupants, taking his job as protector very seriously. He watched Kagome closely, noting how naturally she took to her maternal instincts, and how each of the boys seemed instantly comforted and at ease in her presence. Although the traces of fatigue wore on her face, she hid it well from the boys and put their needs above her own, soothing fears, telling small jokes to distract them from the days heavy events. They were like a makeshift family.
InuYasha vowed then, as he watched the boys snuggle into Kagome and fall asleep, and she in turn smile and tug them closer, that Naraku would never be able to touch Kagome. He would protect her with his life, his heart and his soul.
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A/N: Special thanks to reviewers: SilverStarWing, MoonGoddess32294, InuGoddess715, lady Kcassandra, twilightgal, Chissel, sunnymaus, FuschiaFinn, AnimeMew, Kinezumi-Keikoku, Independent.C., Nikki09, Kiki33,and Mishirure.
Please, please review and let me know your thoughts! Constructive criticism is welcomed.
Thanks for reading! ~Lizzie
One reviewer, Mishirure, left such kind words in her review and reply, I feel compelled to convey my gratitude once more. I may follow your advice one day. Maybe not in this story, but perhaps in another.
Special thanks to my wonderful and caring beta, inukaggrrl06. I greatly appreciate all your help!
This chapter is dedicated to my brother who always believed in me. I carry on and try because I know he would want me to. I miss you and love you, buddy.
Please enjoy Chapter 11!
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Infatuat ion
Rated M for language
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Recap:
InuYasha paused, glancing at the screen. “What the fuck is THAT?”
“Guys, what’s all the shouting about?” Kagome asked as she appeared in the doorway, holding her head and wincing. “Can we turn down the volume? Masking and increasing wards hurts like no other.”
Everyone exchanged glances with each other.
“Guys?” Kagome repeated in confusion.
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Chapter 11: Unkind Revelations, Heartfelt Vows
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Everyone looked at Rin, anxiously awaiting her explanation. Kagome just blinked at the smallest Slayer, perplexed.
“Why does everyone look like someone just died?” Kagome asked quietly.
The group exchanged uneasy glances.
“Because that may be your fate,” Miroku replied softly.
“What?” Kagome inquired, nearly falling over in exhaustion and shock. Kouga caught her and sat the miko in a chair, backing away quickly at a growl from InuYasha. “But why?”
“It seems Naraku has a plan for you,” Rin began faintly. “From what I found hacking into his system, he was still in contact with Tsubaki. Tsubaki was acting as his go-between with a witch named Urasue. It seems the two have been working on this nasty, horrible plan to, to--”
“To kill you and extract your soul,” Sesshomaru finished for Rin, who had become too emotional to continue elaborating. “Naraku wants to entrap your soul inside the Shikon through an ancient and dark ritual, thus tainting the jewel and increasing its power for his evil purposes. Your soul will be polluted by your own murder and would over power Midoriko’s internal struggle with the youkai, turning the jewel. If he does succeed, he will become immortal and invincible.”
Kagome sat there, eyes wide in shock. Sure, she faced the chance of death on a daily basis in battle, but out right murder at the hands of a deranged psychopath with designs to push the world into a living hell using her soul, manipulating her for an eternity in the afterlife? Kagome felt the prickling of fear trickle throughout her body.
“Fuck that bastard!” InuYasha growled, acutely sensing his miko‘s distress.
Sango bit her lip in anger, fisting her hands in her lap to prevent striking out at an object or a person--possibly a nearby monk--in outrage.
“Don’t worry, we’ll protect you, Kags!” Ayame exclaimed with determination flaring in her green eyes. Kouga growled in agreement.
Miroku and Sesshomaru nodded their heads too, as did Kaede and Myoga.
Rin crushed Kagome in a hug, crying. The miko’s arms immediately went around the younger girl to comfort her. “Shh, sweetie, it’s going to be OK. None of this is your fault.”
“Bu-but if I had only found this out soon-sooner--”
“Now hush. You cracked a system that would have taken people employed by the CIA, the FBI, Interpol, MI5 and the KGB months to hack into in less than a week. So don’t you DARE start saying things like that. It is NOT your fault what that megalomaniac wants to do. Understand me?”
Rin met her eyes hesitantly, and nodded.
“Good. And thanks to you, we are warned way in advanced and can plan for this, OK?”
“Yes.”
“It’s going to be alright. Don’t you worry. You’re doing fantastic for a Newbie,” Kagome smiled.
Rin smiled back through her tears. “Thank you.”
“Yeah, Rin, we won’t let that asshole get anywhere near our Kags,” Sango affirmed, wrapping her arms around the two girls.
“Damn straight,” Ayame agreed, joining in on the group hug.
The Hunters stood back, each marveling in their own manner at the inner strength and sisterly bond between the Slayers.
Everyone knew at that moment the battle against Naraku had risen to a new level, a personal level, a more serious level with higher stakes and more devastating consequences should they lose to that monster. This new knowledge weighed heavily on their minds, but even more heavily on their hearts.
One they had grown to respect, befriend, for some, even love, could be stolen in a moment and lost forever, her very soul tortured for an eternity by Naraku’s malicious hand. If this monster was capable of such wickedness, who knew what other evil designs he had in store for the future.
This group only had each other now, to fight side by side against this evil. Together in arms, caught in a battle they could not lose, or else they, everyone they loved and the world itself would perish through Naraku’s machinations.
“Well, I believe we should continue our patrols and careful surveillance of the building,” Kaede interrupted the collective silence gently. “We are still under secure lockdown with our enemy lurking about outside the barrier. Kagome and InuYasha, you two will stay here with the boys and monitor the mainframe surveillance.”
Kaede simply held up a hand and raised an eyebrow to silence the duo’s protests.
“Ayame and Kouga, you will patrol the top floors, Sesshomaru and Rin the basement and lower levels, and that leaves the middle levels for Sango and Miroku.”
“Now Slayers and Hunters, be very weary,” Myoga warned. “Though the barriers have been strengthened, Naraku is known for his deceptive tactics. The wind youkai’s presence may have been merely diversionary. Be on your guard for anything unusual or of place.”
“Quite right. Naraku’s minions may have breached our walls, planted bugs or worse,” Kaede added forebodingly. “Top watch everyone.”
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After the groups departed, InuYasha trained a weary golden eye on Kagome’s slumped form. Though hardly recovered himself, the inu-hanyou felt Kagome’s current physical and emotional condition was far worse in comparison to his few scratches.
“Kagome?”
A weary chocolate gaze met his. He could see the tears welling up in her eyes and how valiantly she fought to keep them from falling. Wordlessly, he opened his arms and allowed the miko to crawl into his lap. He held her gently as she buried her face in his chest and let the tears fall. No sobs, no exclamations bemoaning the unfairness of life. Just tears.
After a few minutes, Kagome pulled away and angrily swiped at her eyes.
“You must think I’m such a weak crybaby,” she muttered.
“Kagome look at me.”
When she refused to meet his eyes, InuYasha tipped her chin upward with his fingers until her gaze settled on him.
“I think you’re the strongest person I’ve ever met,” he said softly. Kagome saw the honesty and sincerity in his eyes and found she could not protest. “You have ever right to be scared. Hell, I’m scared for you. That fuckin’ whack job wants to kill you. But--”
Suddenly, there was a loud creak and Kagome and InuYasha watched in surprise as the boys tumbled out of the Briefing room’s adjoining doorway. Kohaku and Shippo wore weary expressions. Souta looked angry and scared.
“Souta?” Kagome asked, standing up slowly to approach her brother.
“You’re gonna die?” he cried hysterically.
“Souta--”
“Just like Otou-san, and Okaa-san, you’re gonna die? You’re going to leave me here all alone too?”
Kagome was beyond shocked. How much of the revelation of Naraku’s plans had the boys heard? And now, to see her little brother, shaking and crying, thinking, no believing she was fated to up and die and leave him all alone, to face this merciless world by himself?
“Souta, I--”
“Listen here, squirt,” InuYasha began gruffly, gently taking the frightened boy by the shoulder and squatting down to be eye level with Souta. “Your sister ain’t dying anytime soon, got it? I’m protecting her now.”
Souta stared in awe at the inu-hanyou, his tears turning to hiccups. He nodded then threw himself at the Hunter, hugging him with all his might. Momentarily shocked, InuYasha eventually slipped his arms around the boy to return the embrace.
“Arigato,” Souta whispered, before wiggling out of the hug to run to his beloved sister. Kagome held him for a long time, whispering words of comfort and assurance to the boy as she stroked his hair. Kohaku and Shippo crowded around, nestling down next to the siblings.
InuYasha paced around the room, securing the perimeter and guarding the room’s occupants, taking his job as protector very seriously. He watched Kagome closely, noting how naturally she took to her maternal instincts, and how each of the boys seemed instantly comforted and at ease in her presence. Although the traces of fatigue wore on her face, she hid it well from the boys and put their needs above her own, soothing fears, telling small jokes to distract them from the days heavy events. They were like a makeshift family.
InuYasha vowed then, as he watched the boys snuggle into Kagome and fall asleep, and she in turn smile and tug them closer, that Naraku would never be able to touch Kagome. He would protect her with his life, his heart and his soul.
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A/N: Special thanks to reviewers: SilverStarWing, MoonGoddess32294, InuGoddess715, lady Kcassandra, twilightgal, Chissel, sunnymaus, FuschiaFinn, AnimeMew, Kinezumi-Keikoku, Independent.C., Nikki09, Kiki33,and Mishirure.
Please, please review and let me know your thoughts! Constructive criticism is welcomed.
Thanks for reading! ~Lizzie