Chapter 13- Kagome's Fight

I am so sorry for taking so long to update. I do have reasons, though! Well, for a while I just wasn't sure how I wanted to go with this chapter, but I know now. Also, a problem had come up that made me not feel like writing for a while. I was a bit upset that someone else had taken a few of my chapters and used them in her story. Now I'm not sure if I should be upset about this, because she DID write in the chapters that they were from my story. However, they were key chapters, and she did NOT ask me if she could use them first. Well, I haven't done anything about it as yet, and I don't know if I should. *Sigh* Well, I will let you guys read it for yourselves and you can tell me if I should be mad. It wouldn't bother me if she had asked permission first; I mean she did say that she loved my story. And that others should read it. Well here is the site: http://www.animespiral.com/viewstory.php?sid=8617. She "borrowed" chapter 5 and most of 6. Let me know if I am being silly about it. It's kind of flattering that someone liked my story enough to use it as part of her own, but she should have asked.

I would like to dedicate this chapter to Chibi-Kerochan, because she leaves such great reviews and because she asked for a long chapter. I will do my best to give you guys a long chapter.This chapter is also dedicated to InuDemonGirl because she is cool. ^_^ Well, anyway, here is what you have REALLY been waiting for (if any one is still reading) - on with the chapter! ENJOY!

Last time…

Kagome did the only thing she could think to do. She screamed as loudly as she could, all the while knowing it couldn't possibly help her. "INUYASHA!!!!!!!!!"

Nakazo just laughed harder and louder. "This will be fun." He grinned.

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The rescue party had all been running flat out for maybe an hour when Inuyasha stopped dead in his tracks once again, but this time he fell to the ground writhing in pain. He held his head as if it hurt more than anything ever had before.

Everyone looked at him "INUYASHA! Are you ok???" Sango yelled as she jumped down from Kirara to check on him.

"It's….it's Kagome!" He was stuttering in his anguish.

'This can't be good,' everyone else all thought at once.

'It hurts. What the hell is happening to Kagome??' Inuyasha thought as he held his head in pain. "I don't know what is happening. I could hear her! She yelled my name. I can feel her. She is so scared. What the hell is that asshole doing to her???!! We have to find her NOW!" He got up despite the pain, and headed off once again in the direction they had been going. Everyone else followed closely, as Isane tried to get in front of Inuyasha to lead.

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Nakazo stopped laughing and asked Kagome in a strange tone, "Why do you fear me? Have I hurt you in any way?" Nakazo still looked amused.

"I AM NOT AFRAID! And you may not have hurt me but you DID hurt my friends!" Kagome spat at him. She was feeling less afraid and angrier by the second. She really didn't understand why she feared him so much.

"I did nothing to them until they tried to harm me. As for the demons that I brought with me, they were only a distraction. They did not kill anyone you hold dear." Nakazo looked deep into Kagome's eyes as he spoke.

'What is he trying to do? Why is he holding me here in the first place??' Kagome thought to herself as she listened intently to Nakazo. She tried to look away from his all knowing eyes but she couldn't. It was as if they were boring into her very soul and she hated that. "What do you want from me?" she asked now, sounding a bit scary herself, due to the rage that dripped from her voice.

"I merely want you to help me kill my father," he said in a tone that seemed to state the obvious. "Is it not something you wish to do anyway? Why not join me?" Nakazo smiled, but the smile didn't seem right on his face, and the total effect was just creepy.

"If that was all you wished, then why did you take me from my friends? Why not just ask for my help??" Kagome demanded an answer, more than asked.

"I knew you would not fight by my side, because Isane had already poisoned your minds against me." Nakazo said in a sad tone. His tone sounded phony to Kagome.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked, confused.

"He was the one that had you poisoned. He is the one with friends that have that ability, not I." He sighed. "However, Isane got to you before I could warn you of him. I knew that if I showed up there, after HE did, that you would not trust me." Nakazo was now walking slowly past Kagome and toward his old home. She was happy for the break in eye contact.

"I don't believe you," Kagome said simply. Although she had spent only a short time with Isane, she trusted him.

He sighed again. "I knew you would not." Heading toward the entrance to the hut, he turned around once more to face her. "It was here that I lived with my mother. She was everything to me. It was over there," he pointed a short ways away "that my mother was killed right before my eyes. Will you not help me get my revenge? Do you not have your own reasons to want him dead?"

Now Kagome could see true sadness within him. She did want Naraku gone, but not the help of Nakazo. 'He is up to something, he has to be. It can't be the truth. Isane can't have lied to me!' she thought sadly.

"I will return you to your friends once you have helped me. I only need your miko powers in order to avenge my mother. She was only protecting me; she should not have been killed." Nakazo spoke softly and almost sweetly.

Kagome was so confused, she didn't know what to do. "If what you say is true, then take me to my friends and we will help you kill Naraku. Don't hold me here like this!"

"I cannot take that chance." Nakazo did not look happy. 'This is going to take a while,' he thought to himself.

"They won't hurt you if you take me back. We all want him dead!" Kagome was yelling now. 'If he just wanted to kill his father, then he would not have done it this way,' she thought. Her mind was racing a mile a minute, and she didn't know what to do.

Yuma watched everything very closely. She knew why Nakazo wanted Kagome to help him. She knew why he would not take her back to her friends. Though he had not made his plans fully clear to her, she had known him long enough to get the idea. He wanted Kagome out of the picture.

'Once she helps him kill his father, he will turn on her. While she is still weakened from the battle against Naraku, he will kill her. He can't afford to let her live. She is the only one strong enough to kill Nakazo - that is too big of a risk. Having her friends around would only complicate things. Once she is gone, they will be easy to kill also. He is smart, but he is not one to trust,' Yuma thought to herself, continuing to look on.

"I can't take you back now. They will not understand and Isane will never work with me. He hates me. He is working with Naraku against me." Nakazo said sounded upset.

This sounded false to Kagome. "You are lying." She said flatly as if she wasn't confused at all.

"Do you not believe me because I am Naraku's son? He may have sired me, but I am not my father, nor would I want to be." Nakazo did not like how this was going at all.

"That is not why I do not believe you. You killed Isane's life mate! Do you deny that?" She was not going to trust him. She couldn't.

"I do not. I did kill her. Though I had no choice." He said softly. "She was trying to kill me. I did not mean to kill her, but it was the only way. She hated me and wanted me dead. After that happened, Isane wanted me gone also. He is willing to do anything to make sure I am dead. He lied to you all in order to make you hate me." He looked away from Kagome and turned to look into Yuma's eyes, his back to Kagome. He grinned. Yuma did not seem to care, although she continually watched Kagome closely. He turned back to Kagome and watched her as closely as Yuma seemed to be.

'He is changing it all around. I wonder if she is foolish enough to fall for it?' Yuma thought darkly.

"NO! That is NOT how it happened! I don't believe you and I NEVER will!!!" Kagome screamed and started to glow a soft pink light for only a moment. Once it vanished, Kagome felt weak. The effort it had taken to do such a small thing was unbelievable, but she now had a small bit of hope. 'Maybe I can get this scroll off of me. It would hurt a lot, but I think I might be able to. Though I wouldn't get far, even if I could get it off.' Her hope seemed to have failed once again. She breathed heavily.

Yuma looked at her shocked. 'She shouldn't be able to use ANY miko powers with the scroll on her!! How strong is this girl?!?'

'Interesting, she is more powerful then I thought. This approach will not work. Very well then, if she wants it the hard way that is fine with me.' Nakazo's grin grew wider as he watched Kagome try to calm down.

"YUMA, control her!" he shouted.

Yuma did as she was told without hesitation. Kagome screamed in pain as black energy surrounded her in unbelievable amounts. What Yuma had been doing to her previously to keep her from leaving, was as nothing compared to this.

"STOP THIS! PLEASE! Why are you doing this to me???" Kagome managed to get out through the pain.

"Because I can," he said flatly. Nakazo seemed to be enjoying her pain immensely.

'Inuyasha…' she thought before the pain was too great to think any more. Kagome, no longer able to bear the pain, passed out. The last thing she heard was Nakazo laughing at her.

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Inuyasha was no longer in pain due to Kagome's emotions; however he could tell she was in a great amount of pain. Everyone was determined to find Kagome, and had not slowed down once since Inuyasha told them of Kagome's pain. More than an hour ago.

"How much farther do you think it is?" Inuyasha asked Isane as they ran side by side.

"We are moving faster then I thought we would. I think we should be coming up on the outer barrier in 2 hours at most. After that it should be easy enough to get to her," Isane answered, even though he seemed a bit short of breath.

Kouga listened to this and said "I can run faster than all of you. Tell me which way she is and I will get to her faster."

"Like hell you will!" Inuyasha yelled at him. He wasn't about to let Kouga get to her first.

"We have to do this together or we will never even make it to Kagome, let alone past Nakazo." Isane said dryly.

"FINE but you are slowing me down!" Kouga yelled.

Inuyasha growled and was about to say something else, when Miroku called down at them from on Kirara, "You know the more you yell at each other, the slower we go!" Inuyasha just sighed and tried to run faster.

Isane shook his head. "We stay together! No one goes ahead of me or you may fall into a trap. Miroku is correct, yelling is not going to get us there faster."

Miroku smiled at Isane; he liked the guy. Miroku held Sango tighter while being careful not to hurt her. "Are you feeling any better? Are you sure you will be able to fight with us?"

She turned around slightly so she could look into his eyes. "I will be fine. I have to help Kagome. I can't lose any one else," she replied sadly.

Miroku leaned closer to her ear and said softly, "I will never let that happen." Then he kissed her cheek lovingly.

Sango had tears in her eyes but did not let them fall. She leaned into his chest. "I am glad you are with me, Hentai," she said sweetly.

Miroku put on an innocent face. "I may be a Hentai, but you are the only woman I wish to touch," he said smiling.

Sango loved when he was like this. She giggled despite the situation. "Sure I am," she said playfully. Then she kissed him on the lips. It was a short kiss, but it made them both feel a bit better. Miroku continued to hold her against him as they sat on Kirara's back, hoping to get to Kagome soon.

Inuyasha could hear Sango and Miroku clearly, despite the fact that they were speaking very softly. He sighed. 'I will find you soon Kagome and when I do, you better be alright!'

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Kagome was slowly recovering consciousness. She heard chanting. It sounded like Yuma. Kagome turned her head away from the light that was coming in the window. 'I guess I wasn't out for long if the sun is still up. Unless it is tomorrow already, but that can't be right.' She couldn't think straight and her head hurt.

Kagome opened her eyes and saw that she was lying in the hut once again, on the floor. She looked to her right and saw the source of the chanting. It was indeed Yuma. She looked to her left and saw Nakazo watching her. She was hot, much too hot, and she was sweating. Kagome tried to get up, but she couldn't seem to move. She looked at her arms at her sides, but they were not tied down. Nor were her feet. 'Why can't I move!?' her mind screamed.

"Do not bother trying to get up. You will not be able to." Nakazo smiled evilly.

That smile made Kagome feel sick. 'He is enjoying this!! He is sick!' "Why can't I move??" she yelled.

"Yuma has placed a spell on you so that you will remain still until she is done with her task." He was still smiling.

Kagome could only move her head from side to side but it was enough to see that Yuma was up to something bad. "What is her task?" she asked coldly.

He laughed. "She is tainting your Shikon shards. Though you do not have many, it will be enough for my needs at this time."

"WHAT???" Kagome had already had one dark miko try this and it had not been fun, to say the least.

Suddenly Kagome felt a sharp pain in her chest. It was the jewel shards, but she still couldn't see them because of the scroll that was atop of the jar that held them.

"Do not worry little miko. It will only hurt for a little while." He was enjoying this far too much.

Yuma started to chant louder and Kagome screamed. Then everything stopped. Kagome's pain was gone. All noise in the room was gone. 'What is happening?' she wondered frantically.

"How do you feel now?" Nakazo asked.

To Kagome's surprise, she wasn't angry with him any more. In fact she felt strange. Something was seriously wrong. "Better," she said shortly.

"Then will you be good if I let you sit up?" he asked.

"Yes," was her only reply. He smiled at her. 'Why am I being like this? What is wrong with me?' Kagome wondered. She was no longer scared or worried. "Why do I feel like this?"

"My dark miko has tainted your shards and cast a dark spell over you. It feels nice, doesn't it?" Kagome nodded. "It's good to not care, isn't it?" She nodded once again.

Kagome no longer wanted to see Inuyasha. In fact she no longer cared about him or her friends. She didn't feel anything. "How is it possible?"

Yuma spoke this time, looking very tired. "It is a hard spell to master, but when used correctly, it can turn even the purest of hearts. Though yours was unusually hard to taint. Without your jewel shards being tainted as well, it would not have worked."

As Yuma talked, she released the holding spell on Kagome so that she could sit up. Kagome stood and looked around - everything was different. 'This isn't right. I know it's not, but it feels good. Why does it feel so good not to care about any thing?' she thought darkly.

Yuma seemed almost disappointed with Kagome's reaction to the tainting spell. This would have confused Kagome had she cared enough to think about it. She walked out side the hut, not caring that Nakazo was still watching her closely.

"You will be by my side from now on," Nakazo said imperiously. "You are mine now." He looked at Kagome, who still did not seem to care about anything that was happening.

Kagome didn't really mind not being able to be sad or worried, but it still didn't feel right somehow. Nakazo turned Kagome around to face him and looked into her uncaring eyes. He loved the way her eyes looked at that moment. He grabbed her face and kissed her on the lips quickly and then pulled away to watch her. He grinned.

Kagome noticed what he did, but it was as if she were only watching it happen and not being the one he kissed. She looked at him blankly. 'I have to get away from him!' she thought distantly, but her body didn't seem to care.

Yuma watched this with a look of disgust. She did not seem happy about the whole thing, though she made no attempt to stop it.

"You are mine!" he laughed happily. "You will come with me and help me kill my father," he told her.

Kagome nodded her head slowly. For some reason the thought of killing didn't sound too bad at the moment. 'What is wrong with me?!' Her thoughts seemed to be wandering; she didn't know why, nor did she care

"Once we kill my father, you will remain by my side. We will rule this world together. NO one will be able to stop us!" Nakazo was laughing loudly now, and he seemed to glow with dark energy.

'He wants her to be with him??' Yuma thought unhappily. 'Is he planning to leave me behind?' She didn't get much time to consider this development, when Nakazo said the worst thing he could have.

"Once my father is gone, we will kill Inuyasha and all those he travels with! He must die! They are the only ones that can stand in our way." Nakazo would have continued laughing, had it not been for the look on Kagome's face. It was no longer blank. It had emotion, strong emotion. She was angry.

"I WILL NOT HURT INUYASHA!!!!!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. The rage she felt was far stronger than anything she had ever known. She wouldn't let anyone use her to hurt Inuyasha. "AND I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT HIM EITHER!!!"

"YUMA, control her!!!" Nakazo shouted. He could see that not only was the tainting not holding but her powers were starting to come back. 'It's not possible!'

Kagome screamed in pain once again from Yuma's dark energy, but it didn't seem as strong this time. Maybe it was because she was so mad. It didn't matter why, what mattered was that she could stand it. "I will never help you Nakazo! And I will NEVER be with you! You are disgusting!" she spat at him.

Nakazo looked angry. He looked scary as well but Kagome didn't back down. "YOU MAKE ME SICK!"

Nakazo's eyes turned red. "How dare you!?!" he screamed in a deep voice. "If you will not help me, then you will die!" He charged at her with his claws ready to strike.

Kagome managed to move out of the way, despite the pain. She tried to run away from them both, but the pain was still too much for her to move quickly enough. Nakazo sliced into her back with his claws. She screamed as the new pain hit her fully. She fell to her knees.

"You will help me, or you will die! CHOOSE!" He moved so that he was facing Kagome, then slapped her across the face when she did not answer. "Either way your beloved will die! Choose!!"

Kagome was in more pain then ever, but she refused to pass out. She knew Inuyasha would not be able to save her this time. It was all up to her. She had to get away. She knew how to do it but was she capable? 'I can do this! I have to be able! I won't let him win!!!' Her head hurt and her back was bleeding, but she still stood up slowly. Nakazo and Yuma watched her closely.

"I will choose," she said calmly, as if she were in no pain at all. She refused to look at either of them. Her eyes were closed tightly. This bothered Yuma, but Nakazo took it as a good sign.

'She will break. She will do as I wish; she has no choice,' he thought confidently. He grinned, thinking he had won.

Suddenly Kagome's eyes shot open, and she grabbed at the scroll on her chest. A blast of dark energy hit both Yuma and Nakazo, knocking them to the ground. They both looked up at Kagome in shock. Kagome was now holding the scroll in her hand.

Kagome's right hand, which she had used to remove the scroll, was bleeding badly. The dark power had burned and split open her hand. She was bleeding and she was in way too much pain, but she could now use her powers. And the shards were pure once again. She turned to Nakazo and looked at him with hatred.

"You will never be able to control me. And I will never let you hurt my friends, even if it costs me my life!" She dripped with a rage that she didn't know she had. Her eyes turned a lighter shade for a moment, almost a golden color. "I will make you pay for hurting them."

Nakazo didn't know what to do. His plans had failed. He had not thought anyone was powerful enough to do what she had just done. This worried him greatly. "Yuma!" he yelled. Before he could continue, she was already up and trying to bind Kagome once again.

Yuma was afraid for her life at this point. If she failed Nakazo, he would hurt or even kill her. If she didn't control Kagome then, Yuma would most likely be killed by her. Yuma was using all the power she had at this point.

Kagome recognized the chanting and was able to use what power she had to stop the binding spell from being placed. She sent a blast of power at Yuma. Which knocked her into the very rock she loved to sit on. Yuma was out cold. 'One down, one to go," Kagome thought, though she knew it would not be that easy. Yuma had already been weakened from the spell she placed earlier, Nakazo wasn't.

"You may have been able to stop her. But you have yet to see my true powers! You cannot kill me alone, as injured as you are," Nakazo spat at her. He had gotten up already and was coming closer to her by the second.

"I don't have to kill you to get away from you!" Kagome yelled, then used all the miko powers she could muster. One blast sent him flying, much like the one she used on Yuma, only much stronger. He was bleeding from the burns and cuts the blast had caused. He was hurt, but far from down for the count. Nakazo was on his feet shortly.

Kagome ran as soon as she released her powers. She didn't even look back to see how hurt he was. She knew it wouldn't stop him for long, and ran for her life. Even though she was injured, she was still pretty fast. The demon blood in her seemed to become stronger the more hurt she became. She could not believe her own speed, though it was still not enough. Nakazo was still not far behind. 'I have to find Inuyasha!'

Kagome was running at top speed when she saw a barrier in front of her. She slowed down so she wouldn't hit it. 'Now what do I do?' she thought to herself. She used a trick Miroku had taught her and grabbed a few plants that were around her as fast as she could. She rubbed them on her to help cover her scent. Though he would be able to follow scent of her blood, at least it might confuse him a bit. She throw the blood covered plants in all directions and then run to the side in hopes of buying enough time to find a way through the barrier.

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"That's it!!" Isane yelled pointing into the distance.

Miroku looked closely at where he pointed. He could feel the barrier more than see it. "Let's land and see if we can help them," he suggested to Sango, who nodded. Kirara landed near Inuyasha, Kouga and Isane. They jumped off of her quickly and ran to catch up with them. Ayame was a little behind the other guys, so Sango and Miroku were able to catch up with her first.

Isane was worried about traps now. They were close to the barrier and there were many traps near there. "Slow down!" he yelled, and they all did, but no one stopped. "Be ready for anything." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Suddenly they found many of the traps. Though most were nothing more then covered holes and things flying at them, some were harder to avoid. Isane was watching everyone and staying in the front so as to warn them of traps. Suddenly he yelled "DOWN!" They all quickly did as told, and they watched as knives and spears flew past their heads in all directions.

"Wow, that's a lot of traps!" Ayame said, somewhat out of breath. They all got up and started moving again after the knives ceased flying.

Then as they got closer, the traps became worse, and they were designed to draw attention to them by making noise. Inuyasha did not look happy. "Damn it! He is going to know we are here!" Inuyasha yelled, while avoiding different kinds of traps, fortunately more annoying than anything else.

"I can't help that. He has changed the traps around from the looks of it. I no longer know the safe way to travel." Isane said unhappily.

Sango was not doing well with all this running. Miroku was helping her as best he could, but if her wounds were to open up again, she would be not only be unable to fight, but she could even be killed. "Would it be better if we were on Kirara?" Sango asked Isane hopefully.

"No. He would see you for sure and you would be unable to fight him in the air," Isane stated, though he noticed that Sango was moving slower than normal. "Are you alright?" he asked, concerned.

"Yes I will be fine," she lied. There wasn't much they could do for her anyway.

Miroku looked worried. He would have taken her onto his back. But that would have hurt her even more. Plus it would have made it harder to avoid traps. "How much farther?" he asked.

Just then Isane stopped, and everyone else did the same. "There it is, but I need to find the way in. It could take a while." Isane had pointed to the barrier that they could now see was only a few feet ahead of them.

"I am not waiting!" Inuyasha yelled, then pulled out Tetsusaiga, which turned blood red. "KAZE NO KIZU!!" he screamed.

The barrier fell and Inuyasha smiled at the stunned look on Isane's face. "That was amazing," Isane said as they ran forward.

"We still have a little farther to go before we reach the house, come on." He seemed to find an unknown reserve of energy to run faster than before.

'I am coming Kagome!' Inuyasha thought as he ran faster.

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Kagome was running, trying desperately to find a hole in the barrier to get out. She didn't have enough energy to make one herself. Then out of nowhere, the barrier fell. She didn't know why and she didn't care. She ran faster than before, out into the forest trying to get away from Nakazo, who seemed to be gaining on her from the sound of it. She was so close to getting away and she wouldn't look back because if she did she might not make it.

Kagome was alone but she wouldn't let Nakazo win. With blood dripping from her body in several places she ran and did not stop.

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Well that is chapter 13! Sorry again for it taking so long. Well review! Reviews always make me want to write more.

Thanks to Bonnie217 for proof-reading this chapter as always.