InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love Drives You to Unthinkable Places ❯ Chapter 1 ( Chapter 1 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha. It's as simple as that. Inu-Yasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

Inu-Yasha growled as he leaped from tree to tree. How dare he carry her off like that??? I have to rescue her!

Sango, Miroku, and Shippou rode on Kirara, who was trying hard to keep pace with Inu-Yasha.

"Hmm, is it just me or is Inu-Yasha a bit more ticked off than usual?"

"I think you're right, Miroku. He has been acting quite strangely the last few days…" responded the demon slayer, Sango.

"I heard that! What's your problem? You two are always trying to piss me off every chance you get!" Inu-Yasha shouted as he whipped his head around angrily to glare at them.

When he got nothing but a few lumps on his head in response, he growled again.

They had been searching for Kagome for a day now and Inu-Yasha was only able to catch her scent every now and then, but that was good enough for him. He vowed to find her no matter what!

* Flashback *

"Naraku! You bastard! Don't you dare hurt Kagome! If you even lay a hand on her I'll slit you from head to toe and leave whatever's left of you for the demons to eat!" Inu-Yasha said heatedly as he tried to strike Naraku and dodge his attacks as well.

"Inu-Yasha…" Could it be that he truly cares about me? Kagome thought as she paused.

"Hmm…could Inu-Yasha have more feelings for this woman than I had thought before?" pondered Naraku.

Now's the perfect chance to use the Tetsusaiga… I'll slice Naraku in half!

Just as Inu-Yasha prepared his attack, Naraku used his poison gas cloud to envelope them all. In the confusion, he kidnapped Kagome and managed to escape Inu-Yasha's sword as well, if by a narrow margin.

"Kagome!", Miroku yelled. "Inu-Yasha! Naraku's got Kagome!"

"WHAT!!!!!!"

* End Flashback *

"HELP ME!!! SOMEBODY, PLEASE, HELP ME!!!!!!"

"What was that?" the little kitsune, Shippou, asked nervously, frightened by it.

"We can't stop right now!" Inu-Yasha said irately, "Not when I just got a fresh scent from Kagome!"

But Miroku and Sango dragged him along with them to save whoever it was that needed their help.

"Can you think of no one else but Kagome?" asked Miroku while holding Inu-Yasha but his collar.

"Of course I can! Like right now I'm thinking about cutting open your chest and pulling out your heart unless you let go of me!"

As they came into a clearing in the woods, they saw a little boy, trapped helplessly by a couple of demons that had a look of blood lust in their eyes.

"We haven't had a bite all day! And now that we've found a delicious little morsel, we intend to devour you limb by limb!" said one of the demons hungrily and started for the child.

Inu-Yasha ran towards them, brandishing Tetsusaiga. "Hah! Before you even get to bite him you'll taste my sword! TETSUSAIGA!!!"

Both youkai disintegrated after the blow. Sango and Miroku were already at the boy's side when Inu-Yasha came over.

"Thank you for saving me! Thank you! Thank you!" The boy kept on thanking them in such a manner.

"Feh! Whatever…" Inu-Yasha just walked off and waited impatiently for his friends to assure the boy that he was safe. He wanted to be off to rescue Kagome.

Meanwhile, Kagome was having troubles of her own. What's taking them so long? Shouldn't Inu-Yasha have gotten here by now? I hope he hasn't been injured!

"Why, Kagome, are you getting scared?"

"Of course not!"

"You should be, after I'm finished with you."

"Wha…what are you going to do to me?" Kagome asked, trying to cloak the fear in her voice.

The tinge of fear was not unnoticed by Naraku, however. He just laughed at her and pulled her into his arms. Kagome tried unsuccessfully to get away from him and the more she struggled, the tighter his grip on her seemed to get. Inu-Yasha! Help me! But then again, knowing Naraku, this is probably some trick to get the jewel shards that Inu-Yasha and the others have. I somehow have to get away from here before Naraku has a chance to take them! But how will I do that?

While Kagome was debating with herself how she was going to get away from the castle, she fought to release herself from Naraku's grasp.

"You shouldn't struggle my dear Kagome." With that, he pulled shut the wooden door to the dark room they were in and savagely ripped off all her clothes.

"Ahhhhhhh! Get away from me! When Inu-Yasha gets here I'll have him kill you!" Kagome screamed as she struggled even more now, though it was in vain. Naraku's hold on her seemed like steel, unbending.

"Hah! That weakling of a half-blood? He doesn't stand a chance against me!"

Twisting this way and that Kagome tried to get away from him but failed miserably. Naraku was strong enough to hold her down and at the same time take off his own clothes.

"Now, my dear, I will show you what a real youkai can do!" He positioned himself over her and thrust his now hardened manhood into her, making her scream out. This only excited him more as he moved against her. He pushed his hand under her head and pulled her into a passionate kiss as he groped her with his other hand. Kagome tried to scream but was muffled as Naraku kissed her again. He took his hand away from her hair and groped her breasts. He pinched her nipples brutally, which made her cry out again and only made Naraku's lust grow. He was having such a wonderful time making Kagome scream that he didn't hear Inu-Yasha enter.

"KAGOME!"

"INU-YASHA!"

I can't believe that half-demon got through all the shields that I put up around this place! How did he do it??? No matter, I'll just kill him and then I can go back to enjoying my pleasure…

"You're going to die, Naraku, for what you did to Kagome!" Inu-Yasha fumed as he swung his sword at Naraku, narrowly missing his enemy's head.

"Heh! Did you think you could defeat me that easily? Even though you didn't succeed in killing me, you'll still pay for what you tried to do and for interrupting me!"

"Go ahead, Naraku! I've been looking for a challenge all day!" Inu-Yasha said defiantly.

"Foolish, Inu-Yasha…you won't live another minute after this."

Having said that, he disappeared with Kagome, leaving behind hundreds of demons to finish Inu-Yasha off. However, this plan of his didn't work for Inu-Yasha was powered by his need to save Kagome from harm. He fought his way through all of the demons getting angrier by the minute because every second he was away from Kagome could mean sure death for her. When he had slaughtered every single one in the room, he rushed out and ran blindly, trying to find Kagome and Naraku.

"INU-YASHA!"

Inu-Yasha tried to pinpoint where Kagome's voice was coming from and ran towards it.

"Kagome! I'll find you and save you if it's the last thing I do!"

Suddenly, he burst through the door to the room Naraku was holding Kagome hostage in. Inu-Yasha lunged with his sword at Naraku, once again missing him but succeeded in making him drop his hold on Kagome. Naraku attacked back with his own sword, making the fight a battle of skill and power. During all this, Kagome was crawling to the other side of the room where there lay a bow and arrow. At this point Inu-Yasha was beginning to get forced back because a lot of his energy was already used up on killing the demons in the other room. Just then, Kagome yelled.

"Duck Inu-Yasha!" Her arrow whizzed dangerously above his head and pierced Naraku's abdomen, rendering him stunned for a moment.

The opportune moment that Inu-Yasha was waiting for opened up. "TETSUSAIGA!!!!" Waves of yellow light were sent towards Naraku, engulfing him.

Naraku hadn't expected Inu-Yasha to use his sword's ability to slay a hundred demons in one swing, kaze no kizu. His unawareness had cost him his life, though. Naraku's head rolled across the floor but before it reached the other side of the room, Inu-Yasha had already run over to Kagome and was at her side.

"Thanks for your help. I couldn't have done it without you. Hey, you aren't hurt or anything are you?" Inu-Yasha had taken off his haori. "Here, take this and cover yourself with it." Suddenly, Inu-Yasha turned around, embarrassed that he had stared at Kagome, who was naked at the time.

"Inu-Yasha?"

"Yeah?" Inu-Yasha turned his head back hesitantly.

"Thanks for coming to save me."

"Uhhh…well, your welcome, I guess…" he said uncertainly.

Then, she leaned up and kissed him gently on his cheek. Inu-Yasha was totally shocked! Did Kagome just kiss me???? I can't believe it! Does this mean that she doesn't hate me?

"Inu-Yasha? Are you okay?" Kagome ventured tentatively.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine, why?"

"You're blushing."

"Just shut up!" As soon as those words came out of his mouth, he instantly regretted saying them. Oh man! Why did I just say that? She kissed me and all I have to say is 'shut up'? "Hey Kagome?"

"I don't even want to hear it Inu-Yasha!" Kagome said furiously.

"I'm really sorry for saying that to you. I was just so scared that I'd lost you and that I wouldn't see you again."

Kagome was totally and utterly shocked. To hear Inu-Yasha apologize was something that happened only once in a lifetime! Since when did Inu-Yasha start considering other people's feelings?

Inu-Yasha had carried Kagome back to where he had left the others.

"Kagome! Oh, Kagome! We were so worried about you! What happened?" asked Shippou in a concerned voice. He jumped up and was caught by Kagome, who hugged him.

"Lady Kagome, how do you fare? Are you all right?" inquired Miroku.

"Oh, I'm fine, thanks to Inu-Yasha."

"Feh. It was nothing. Oh, and by the way, I killed Naraku."

"I noticed Inu-Yasha. My kazaana has disappeared. You have my gratitude," Miroku said and added a slight bow of his head to show his appreciation.

"Good job, Inu-Yasha! Though I still think you shouldn't have left us here and gone in by yourself. You could have been hurt or killed in there!" protested Sango.

"Give me a break! I think I do better without you guys! With all of you around, it seems that all I do is save you instead of fighting to win the battle!"

Both Sango and Miroku clunked him on the head, hard.

"Owwww! That hurt! What did you do that for???"

They both harrumphed, "Serves you right for saying things like that about us! Isn't that right, Kagome?"

When she didn't answer, they turned around to see what she was doing.

"Kagome! Where did she go? When I last looked she was sitting right there!"

"Damn that stupid girl!" Inu-Yasha growled. With that, he sprinted off, following her scent, which led right to the Go-Shinboku tree, the place where they first met each other. When he spotted her, her hid behind the trees and watched for a little while. Then he walked up to where she was sitting and sat down next to her. She looked to be deep in thought. Inu-Yasha wanted to say something to her but didn't know how exactly to approach the subject. But then, Kagome turned to face him and waited expectantly for him to talk.

"Kagome, I'm really sorry about what Naraku did to you. If I could I would make him pay hundred times over for his crimes," he said, trying to console her.

"Inu-Yasha…"

Oh, no! Is she starting to cry?!

"Kagome! Don't cry! Please don't cry!" Inu-Yasha knew about battles but when it came to girls, he was quite inexperienced.

She buried her face in Inu-Yasha's shirt and started to sob. He embraced her and held her there, which made her calm down a bit. Soon, she stopped, but Inu-Yasha still held her, careful not to move much in case he made her start crying again.

He really cares about me. Now's my chance to show Inu-Yasha how much I care about him.

Suddenly, Kagome lifted up her face and kissed Inu-Yasha again, but this time on his lips. At first, he stared at her incredulously.

So she doesn't hate me after all? Maybe now I can tell her what my feelings for her really are but…what if she still thinks I'm an arrogant, rude half-demon? After all, who can love someone like me?

"Inu-Yasha? Why are you looking at me like that? Is it because you didn't want me to kiss you? Do you really hate me that much?"

"Of course not Kagome! I was just…surprised!" he said quickly.

"Oh…well, I love you Inu-Yasha. No matter what you think or say, no matter what others think or say, I love you."

Now Inu-Yasha was really shocked. Hearing her say those words, Inu-Yasha just wanted to tell her what he felt about her as well.

"Kagome, I…I love you, too."

This is too good to be true! The one man that I love, loves me back?For the moment, Kagome forgot about the horrible event that had happened not too long ago.

This time, Inu-Yasha kissed her. As their lips got to know each other better, they got bolder. Their kisses started to get hungrier and more passionate. Kagome was the first to pull back.

"Inu-Yasha…*pant* We shouldn't be doing this…*pant*" she said, holding him at an arm's length.

"You're right, Kagome…we shouldn't be doing this, at least not here. I'm going to take you somewhere more private than this."

Then he picked her up and carried her, in his arms, to a secret place of his.

Meanwhile, Sango, Miroku, and Shippou were having a hard time finding where Inu-Yasha had gone.

"Sango! Do you see Inu-Yasha or Kagome yet?" he called as he searched behind bushes and trees.

"Not yet Miroku! Keep looking!"