InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Interrupted ❯ Chapter 38 ( Chapter 38 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Kagome's heart raced as she felt fear course through her body. Not her fear ... no ... something different. Was it Inuyasha's fear she was feeling?
"What's happening?" she said to herself, as she ran to the edge of the small village.
A couple of village men stood with Rafu at the edge of the beach,
"Seems the mountain is calving again." one man said to the group.
"Takakiko must have gotten herself a meal." said another man.
Rafu turned and faced Kagome. Shaking his head, he walked over to her,
"Youngster ought not have gone. Knew he wouldn't make it. Looks like you gotta raise them young'uns yourself, missy."
"Inuyasha is not dead! Don't even say that!" she spat out, "He's gotten out of worse scenarios."
"Tsk Tsk, young lady." said one of the men, as he turned to look at her, "No one can survive a visit to Takakiko's mountain. If the witch didn't kill him, the atmosphere did."
Another man came over to her. He stared right into her eyes. Kagome backed up, not liking the way he looked at her,
"We don't get many young pretty ladies around here. Forget about him and join me and Rachu for a party." he said, leering at her, as his hands wrapped around her and went under her skirt and grabbed her. She reacted by slapping him hard across the face,
"How dare you touch me you pervert!"
Rafu spoke up, "Now, now, Kado. She has babies with her."
Kado spat on the ground, "Demon whelps. Should be thrown in the ocean. Then I can have my way with the lady here." he smiled a sinister smile.
"That's enough, Kado. Go home where you belong." a female voice boomed from behind Kagome.
She turned and saw it was the woman from earlier. The poison maker. She hurried to the woman's side.
"Pfft. It's only you, old Maemi. Get outta here, you ain't got nuthin' to say about this, old woman."
"You heard Maemi. Leave boy or I will curse your family." Rafu spoke up.
Rachu looked at his friend and then at Rafu, "Hey, man, we better go. I don't trust these old people. They too freaky."
"HMPH! Rachu ... are you a man or a mouse. We can handle these old people, kill the brats and have a party with the girl. I bet she's never had a real man ... "
Suddenly, Kado found himself flung through the air by some unseen force and smacked up against a tree. As he rubbed his head and tried to stand, he looked and saw Rachu standing wild-eyed at Rafu, who had his hands extended and his eyes closed. Rachu took off running, saying,
"I hate you, old man!"
Kado decided to follow his friend, but looked back lecherously at Kagome as he sped off.
Kagome bowed to Rafu and Maemi, "Thank you very much."
"Don't you worry about it." said Maemi, "What is your name, child?"
"It's Kagome. And these are my pups, Sakura, Shinta and Taji." she said, opening her bundle and pointing out each pup. The pups, smiled and squealed at their mother's voice.
"They're so quiet." the woman commented.
"Inu youkai pups stay quiet when they're covered like this. It's instinctive to keep them safe."
The older woman smiled at her, "Did I hear Rafu right? Someone went up on the mountain?"
Kagome hung her head, "Yes. My mate, Inuyasha."
Maemi looked at the mountain then back at Kagome, "Follow me to my hut." she said.
Kagome looked back at the mountain and then returned her gaze to the woman. Falling in step behind her, she followed Maemi to her hut. Maemi parted the reed door and allowed Kagome to enter. The older woman then settled down at her fire pit and placed some water on the hot coals,
"Would you like some tea, child?"
"Yes, that would be nice." Kagome agreed.
The woman set about making tea and then looked at Kagome,
"What business did your mate have with Takakiko?"
"He needed to find a way to see through illusions." Kagome started, as she proceeded to tell the woman about what happened.
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Ah-Un stood unsteadily on his feet and shook his heads back and forth, as if trying to get his brain working. Myouga jumped over rocks looking for Inuyasha,
"Master. Master, where are you? Answer me."
Myouga saw Hachi, laying sprawled on the rocks.
"Hachi!" he called to the raccoon dog.
Hachi stirred and sat up, rubbing his head with his hands, "Ooooo. What happened?"
"The cliff collapsed. Hurry, help me find Master Inuyasha."
The two searched for a while before they heard Ah-Un roar overhead. Myouga looked up and saw where the dragon was positioned. Following the signal, Myouga went to the edge of the cliff and looked down. At the bottom of the chasm lay Inuyasha, his body twisted in a strange position,
"MASTER!" Myouga called out, "Ah-Un, quickly, get down in the ravine."
The three demons headed down into the deep abyss to where Inuyasha lay. Myouga hopped onto Inuyasha's face,
"Master! Wake up!" he said, a worried tone in his voice. He eyed his master, at first worriedly and then hungrily. He started sucking on Inuyasha's cheek ...
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After Kagome finished telling her story, Maemi closed her eyes and leaned back against the wall,
"Do you believe that your mate has survived his encounter with Takakiko, young child?"
Kagome set her jaw and clenched her fist, "HmHm. Yes. I know Inuyasha is alive."
"You are different from anyone I have met in the past. I can sense your priestess powers ... strong and unwavering. You belong in a temple yet you have decided to mate with a half-demon - a being that is not looked upon favorably in this world. And somehow, this half-demon created offspring. He should consider himself lucky to have you by his side."
Kagome's jaw remained set and steady as she informed the woman, "Inuyasha is unlike any half-demon you have ever met. I am the one who is lucky to have him."
"I have never met a half-demon. Only heard of them. As I have only heard of the scorn and ridicule they endure. From what I have heard in my lifetime, most half-demons are created not out of love, but out of violence, when human women are forced to satisfy a demon's urges. These infants are killed even before they draw their first breath, so despised are they. Ah, but I digress. I lied ... I never met a half-demon who had survived birth. I did, however, deliver the half-demon child of a young girl, raped violently by no less than seven demons. The birth was terrible on her and her father grabbed the child from my hands when I left the hut and hurled the infant girl child against a rock seven times ... once for each demon that had attacked his daughter."
Kagome shuddered at the picture that invaded her mind, as she peered at her infant daughter laying on the blanket and happily chewing on her toes,
"How horrible. The child never asked to be brought into this world." Kagome said softly.
"Most people do not feel the product of a demon and a human deserves to be called a child."
"Do you feel this way, Maemi?" Kagome looked into the woman's eyes.
"I hold no feeling either way. I care nothing for demons because they are a scourge to the world. But, a child is still a child and innocence should not be destroyed."
"Not all demons are bad. I travel with many who wouldn't hurt a human - no matter how much the human hurt them."
"As I said, you are different. I do not understand why, but I sense you are not of this world. I do not know where you come from ... but, I have never met a human who would come to the defense of a demon."
"There are others in this world who feel like me, Maemi."
The woman yawned and stretched, "Maybe so. It's getting late. I have no room in my hut for you, but if you would like to bed down, there is a barn out back. You are welcomed to use it. If you have any money, there is a small inn just across the way. I am sure you can find something suitable to eat there. Now, off with you." the woman waved her hand in a gesture that clearly indicated Kagome was no longer wanted there.
Kagome packed up her babies and what belongings she had and left the hut. She looked towards the mountain again but saw nothing. Her heart told her he was alive but she wouldn't rest easy until he was back beside her again. She sighed softly and went to the inn the woman had told her about.
Settling herself at a table, Kagome ordered a simple meal and drink. She gently cooed her babies as they squirmed in their sling. As she looked around the inn, she noticed that the room was full of men. The only women were the servers, and their youth was long gone. Kagome found herself the object of many lecherous stares. She shifted uncomfortably in her seat as she played with her babies. Her food arrived and she gulped it down. Paying the bill, she grabbed her children and hurried back to the old woman's barn. Discovering old horse blankets, she made a bed for her and the babies. As soon as they were fed and changed, she lulled them to sleep.
Kagome laid down on her bed and stared up at the ceiling. Being here, alone, in this village made her very nervous. She shifted uneasily when she heard a noise. She tried to keep her breathing steady ...
Kagome's eyes flew open wide when she felt a hand clamp over her mouth. She tried to scream but the sound was muffled. Trying to get up, she felt her body held down by hands she couldn't see. She felt a rag get stuffed in her mouth. As she struggled, a face came into view ... Kado!
"Well, well ... all alone are we ..." he sneered, "Hey boys, the pretty lady here is all by herself. Why don't we have some fun ... wanna have some fun, pretty lady?"
Kagome squirmed but her arms were held out and her legs were held down. Rachu appeared next to his buddy,
"Let's take turns with her, shall we?" he sneered.
"Yea, good idea. Hey pretty lady, you have have a whole lotta men fuck you before?"
As tears fell from her eyes, Kagome felt her clothes being torn off. As she lay there naked, the men began running their filthy hands all over her body, making disgusting remarks,
"Damn, I want her to suck my cock." one of the men said.
"Naah ... better not ... she's a fighter ... she might bite your dick off." said another.
She closed her eyes as she felt someone enter her forcefully ... roughly pounding into her. Hands roughly squeezed her tender breasts, tearing at her skin. As one man would leave her body, another took his place. Her tears fell harder as she gasped for air behind her gag. A storm moved in, the lightning illuminating the men in the barn with her, the thunder covering up their sounds. Her mind raced to Inuyasha ... begging him to rescue her.
"Damn ... shove it up her ass man ... I bet she'll like that." she heard a man say.
"Hey little girl, you may be crying but your body sure likes it ...hey boys she's coming hard." one man said, as he pumped his cock deeper inside her.
She was roughly turned over and onto a man's chest as he pushed inside her. She screamed against her gag as she felt her tender behind violated by another man. As the two men pushed deep inside her, Kagome thought she would rip open. Her mind was screaming in agony, her tears were spilling fast, but her body was defying everything by orgasming against her will.
The smell of rain mixed with the stench of alcohol off the men as they had their way with her. She didn't know how many men were in the barn with her, attacking her, but she only wanted relief. Her fear rose to greater heights when one of the men discovered the babies, who were awake but remained quiet out of fear during their mother's attack,
"Hey, Rachu, whaddya want to do with these things?" a man held up the sling with the three babies dangling out.
The babies then started to cry and Kado looked up,
"We'll kill'em ... nice and slow ... make'em cry." Kado said with a sneer.
"Good idea, boss." said another.
As Kagome tried to scream, the thunder crashed and another bolt of lightning lit up the barn. A loud, ferocious growl erupted from the door of the barn.
"It's an animal." cried one of the men.
"YOU BASTARDS!!!!!! HOW DARE YOU ATTACK KAGOME!!!!!"
As the lightning flashed, the barn became filled with the anquished screams of men being torn apart, blood flying. The men having their turn at Kagome were roughly torn away and Kagome flopped to the ground. The sling had dropped to the floor and three babies wailed in fear. Grabbing the rag out of her mouth, Kagome tossed it away as she crawled forward to grab and hug her babies. She felt hot blood cover her body as she buried herself under the straw.
A small light appeared in the barn as the screams subsided. She looked up from her position and saw Hachi holding a torch. Inuyasha stood there, bloody, sweaty and obviously in pain. His claws were covered in blood. His breathing was rapid and his chest heaved from the exertion. As she gazed around the barn, she saw it littered with the bodies of her attackers,
"Inuyasha." she gasped.
"Kagome." his breathing was irregular and he was obviously angry. But, she could tell he was also injured. Grabbing the sling and forgetting about her nakedness in front of Hachi and Myouga, Kagome ran up to Inuyasha,
"You're injured. Badly. We need to take care of you, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's eyes met hers, "Dammit. Don't worry about me. You were being raped!" his voice clearly indicated he felt he was at fault for what had occured.
"Master ... I feel we best be on our way. I think this village may not be too friendly when they discovered you have slaughtered many of their men."
"Myouga, Kagome was being attacked. Did you think I should just stand there and let it happen?" Inuyasha took off his hitoe and placed it around Kagome, "Here, cover up. It's bloody but, it's better than nothing."
Kagome covered herself and said, "Myouga's right. These people aren't exactly demon friendly. I feel we should go."
"Ok." said Inuyasha, as he grabbed Kagome, "Let's get outta here."
The group went outside in the pouring rain and hopped onto Ah-Un. Flying through the rainy night, Inuyasha hugged Kagome tight,
"I'm so sorry Kagome. It's because of me ... I wasn't there to protect you ..."
"Inuyasha ... I don't blame you." he could smell the saltiness as her tears mixed with the rain.
He held her tighter as his own tears fell, "Kagome. My Kagome." he nuzzled her neck as he tried to comfort her, "I will always blame myself."
She knew there was nothing she could say or do to make him feel any differently. She turned around as much as she could and kissed him. Her body hurt from the intrusions and attacks, but her heart hurt more for the man that would forever blame himself for not being there to do his job and protect her.
Ah-Un flew on, stopping only as needed, and the travelers spoke little, until they reached the village on the edge of the western lands. After resting, Kagome collected medicinal herbs and roots from the medicine woman of the village to use on herself and Inuyasha. They needed to get better fast. Their friends lives depended on them and only them.