InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ InuYasha: The Journey Continues ❯ Chapter 17: Confessions ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17: Confessions

 

Insert standard “I don't own blah de blah” line here.

 

He walked slowly; his eyes never looking up from the ground. His ears were pressed tightly against his head. This had to be done and it was probably better that she didn't see it go down. He had left her in the care of their friends, knowing she would be alright. He wanted nothing more than to turn around and wait by her side, to be there when she woke up. His mind was running scenarios about what would happen. He hoped that it would be easy….but is it ever really easy to tell someone…

 

He came upon the clearing. There she was…her soul collectors bringing her souls as she absorbed them into her body. He stood there watching, unblinking. Finally she sensed his aura and turned to look at him as the last of the souls entered her chest.

 

“InuYasha” She said softly

 

“Kikyo” He replied

 

“What brings you to me tonight?” She said; a small smile on her face. She slowly walked towards him. He took a few steps closer to her, his hands still inside his haori sleeves. His eyes where locked onto her as she moved closer. Her hands reached out and touched his chest. He tensed. She ran her hands around his waist as her head came to rest on his chest.

 

“Have you come to fulfill your promise to me?” She asked coldly.

 

InuYasha took a deep breath, removed his arms from his sleeves and placed his hands gently on her shoulders.

 

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Meanwhile, at the village

 

Kagome stirred from her restless sleep. She had been dreaming about the fight again. How the energy blade had come right at her. In her dreams it seemed to stop in mid air, just cutting into her arm instead of slicing her in half. She stared at the blade, stuck in mid air. Her dream then flashed to after Hakudoshi departed. They were all staring at her; she was looking at InuYasha when her vision started to get blurry. She could feel her skin flush and then all was black. That last thing she remembered was InuYasha's voice yelling her name.

 

She opened her eyes. She was in Kaede's hut. Shippo and Kirara where asleep in the corner and Kaede was near the pot with the fire going. She slowly sat up and felt the sting in her arm. She reached up and touched the bandages. There was already blood visible through the wrap. It was still tender. Just then Sango and Miroku came through the door.

 

“Kagome” Sango said and kneeled at her side. “How are you feeling?”

 

Kaede looked towards the bed while Shippo and Kirara awoke and rubbed the sleep from their eyes. Miroku stood behind Sango and smiled. The one face she truly wanted to see was not there. InuYasha was not there. Kagome looked down a little disheartened.

 

“Kagome?” Sango reached out and touched her shoulder.

 

“I'm ok.” Kagome finally said. “I was just hoping InuYasha would be here.” She looked up just in time to see Miroku look towards the door, the smile gone from his face.

 

“What's wrong Miroku?” Kagome asked sliding her legs to the edge to sit up straight.

 

Sango looked back at Miroku as he looked down at her. Worried looks on both faces.

 

“Is he outside?” Kagome asked as she slowly stood up. Sango braced her under her good arm to keep her steady.

 

“He's not here.” Miroku finally said heavily.

 

“Where is he?” Kagome asked worried. What had happened? Was he hurt? Was he out fighting something?

 

“He saw the soul collectors in the forest.” Sango said softly.

 

Kagome's head fell. She wanted it to be anything but that. Why? Why was he going to her? Did she mean nothing to him?

 

Kagome choked back her tears as old doubts started clouding her mind. She knew he loved her, he had told her as much. But then why when she was injured did he have to go to her? Her anger was starting to build and it overcame her pain. She removed her arm from around Sango and started walking to the door.

 

“Kagome, where are you going?” Sango asked frantically. “You really should be resting.”

 

“I can't rest knowing that he went back to HER. I'm going to give him a piece of my mind once and for all.” Kagome spat back as she rushed out of the door and down the trail seeing the collectors over the trees. Her anger had taken over. There was no room for rational thought.

 

Sango and Miroku ran out the hut and watched as she stormed towards the forest.

 

“It's not what you think Kagome” Sango tried to shout to her. The words fell on deaf ears. Kagome was not going to take this any more.

 

 

Back at the clearing

 

InuYasha shoved Kikyo away from him roughly. She stumbled back as his hands came to rest at his sides.

 

“What are you doing?” Kikyo hissed

 

“I've come to tell you a few things.” InuYasha glared at her. “First of all, I am not going to hell with you. Not now, not ever.”

 

She stared at him. Her anger began to rise.

 

“What…”

 

“I'm not done yet.” InuYasha quickly cut her off. “Second, you are to stay away from this village and my group.”

 

Kikyo's eyes slanted in anger. `How dare he tell me this' she thought.

 

“Third” InuYasha continued. “I've chosen Kagome as my mate, not you. If you ever do anything to try to hurt her, I will have no choice but to send you to the afterlife myself.”

 

There was dead silence in the clearing. InuYasha stared at her with unrelenting eyes. He was serious and she could see it.

 

`There is no way I'm going to give in without a fight.'

 

“I see.” She said quietly. “There is nothing that would change your mind I take it?” She started walking towards him again. He took a few steps back and felt a tree behind him. She moved closer still, mere inches from his face.

 

 

Kagome moved through the bushes easily. Her anger was driving her forward. Part of her was telling her that it would be alright, the other was telling her that she had been played. Right now, that side was winning.

 

She came to the clearing and the scene stopped her in her tracks. There he was, back against a tree, Kikyo in front of him mere inches from his face. She stared in disbelief. How???? How could he do this to her???? She watched a few more moments, her despair replacing the hatred. She turned and ran, knowing what would happen next. She couldn't bear to see it; the sight had already made her sick. Her tears flowed freely as she ran through the trees.

 

 

Kikyo was close to him now. She felt that if she could kiss him, she would have hold over him again. She leaned in close to him and her lips moved towards his. InuYasha's hand came against her mouth, covering it. He pushed her back and stepped away from the tree; his eyes glaring into hers.

 

“I belong to Kagome and Kagome alone. You had your chance. Even though you know what happened between us you still can't let your hatred for me go. Good bye Kikyo. I don't want to see you ever again.”

 

InuYasha moved away from her and was about to take off for the village when he heard laughter. He turned around to find Kikyo laughing. She stopped and looked towards him.

 

“Then she'll have to die.” She said, venom dripping from her lips. “If I can't have you InuYasha, no one will. I'll kill her and anyone else you get close to until you agree to be mine.”

 

His fists clenched and his teeth gnashed together.

 

“No one..” InuYasha trailed off as his breath came in heavy bursts.

 

Kikyo looked on as she felt his demonic energy grow. What had happened to him? When did he get this much power?

 

“No one threatens my mate and gets away with it.” InuYasha growled as he squared himself towards her.

 

“What are you going to do about it, kill me? I'm already dead.” Kikyo spat at him.

 

No sooner had she said it he was in front of her. She never even saw him move but there he was, face to face with her. His claws pushed farther into her chest. She looked down and saw his hand buried to the wrist right where her heart should have been. There was no pain. She watched as her souls escaped from her body one by one. Her knees buckled and InuYasha caught her and lowered her to the ground. She looked into his eyes in disbelief.

 

“I hope that your soul finds peace in the afterlife, I'll ensure that you are never disturbed again.” InuYasha said softly. Her body began to disintegrate into dust and she never looked away from his eyes. She said nothing but let a small smile cross her lips as the rest of her body became dust. InuYasha paused for a few seconds and silently prayed for her tortured soul to be at peace. He stood up and watched the soul collectors evaporate around him. He started his walk back to the village when something caught his nose. He went to the edge of the clearing and sniffed.

 

“Kagome? SHIT!!! She was here and I didn't even know it.” He said out loud. `I have to find her.'

 

 

Kagome kept running. Her tears had her all but blind as she ran and tripped through the forest. Finally she collapsed in near a large rock and moved to lean against it. Her tears hadn't stopped falling since she saw them together. `How could he do this to me?' she asked herself over and over again.

 

She was so distraught that she didn't feel two jewel shards quickly heading her way.

 

Kouga had picked up on the Kagome's scent and sprinted straight for her. He found her leaning against a rock and crying. He skidded to a halt in front of her and gently touched her shoulders.

 

“Kagome?” He asked softly.

 

She looked up and went tense. Not now. This is the last thing she needed. She stared at him as tears continued to fall.

 

“Kagome what's…” Kouga stopped. He sniffed her. She smelled like him. It was all over her. He quickly became angry.

 

“Why is that mutt's smell all over you?” He nearly shouted at her, grabbing her by the upper arms.

 

Kagome winced as he grabbed her injured arm and squeezed. Her voice caught in her throat as he picked her feet up off the ground. The pain was incredible and rendering her incapable of talking. Her mouth opened but nothing came out as Kouga continued to question her.

 

“What did you do with him? You are mine. MINE!” Kouga yelled at her and shook her. He was so angry that he forgot himself. His claws pierced her skin and that was enough to unhitch her voice.

 

“AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!” she finally was able to get out as her world went dark again. The pain was too much for her to handle and she slipped into unconsciousness.

 

Kouga stood there for a minute as her head fell limp against her chest. He snapped out of his rage and saw what he had done. It was too late though…

 

The shot came hard and fast and Kouga had no time to react. It caught him square in the jaw and launched him against a near by tree. He got his feet under him just before he slammed back first into it and looked up, whipping the blood from his lip with the back of his hand.

 

There stood InuYasha, holding Kagome gently around the waist. He sniffed her and looked down at her arms. He saw the puncture wounds left by Kouga's claws and then glared at the wolf. He had harmed his soon to be mate. Unforgivable.

 

“Listen mutt it was all just a misunderstanding...” Kouga stood upright and postured. InuYasha's hair was in his face, covering his eyes. He watched as InuYasha gently laid Kagome against the rock. He stripped off his haori and placed it over her.

 

He nuzzled the side of her face heard her breathing normally. The wounds weren't bad but the pain must have been intense on her wound. He slowly stood up and turned towards Kouga. He drew Tetsusaiga but didn't lift his head.

 

“Oh yeah, you need to use your sword to do all the talking eh dog boy?” Kouga nearly stammered. Something was different. InuYasha usually would have said something by now. He watched him intently. InuYasha took his sword in one hand and flipped it, pointing the blade at the ground. He jammed it down and left it there. As his hand moved back to his side, the blade didn't transform back as it had in the past battles. It was still in its demonic size.

 

InuYasha raised his head and glared at the demon that hurt his future mate. Kouga nearly gasped at what he saw. He had heard that InuYasha has gone full demon before, gaining red eyes and demon markings. But what he saw was different. His eyes were still golden, but he had marks on his cheeks. One jagged purple line down each side. Finally InuYasha spoke.

 

“You're going to pay for hurting Kagome.”

 

 

Another long chapter for all of the loyal readers out there. I know it's been forever and a day since I last posted but I hope that your interest hasn't wavered. As always reviews and suggestions are welcome. Kikyo haters I hoped you liked it. I had to leave some kindness in it, couldn't make him totally cold. As for the next chapter, well you knew this had to happen at some point. Also, a little time with Naraku in the next one. Next time: Battle for a Mate.