InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Possessed By Love ❯ We Must Stay Together To Be Strong ( Chapter 3 )

Possessed By Love

Written by Foxflame

Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha- but Yuna, and Haru are my creations. No using, unless I give permission-(PlEzZ N ThAnNkZz!)-

I noe it says this is a Sess/Kag, but that wont come out until later on, and when it does it will be all the more sweeter, trust me… sryy…. Buh I hope you keep reading!

Chapter 3: We Must Stay Together To Be Strong

She felt the warmth of a fire tickle her face. Trying to sit up was an obvious mistake, as a terrible headache washed over her. Flashes of what happened earlier that day was replaying in her mind, like a video on fast forward. The village….The dead boy… The crying mother… The parasite… Inuyasha…

"Inuyasha?" Kagome cried out softly. She slowly opened her eyes, to meet with the bright glow from a crackling fire. Once her eyes were adjusted, she looked around her to find that they were still in the village. Shippo and Kirara were asleep, along with Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango. `I have to see if they are okay' she thought. Braving the pain in her head that was sure to come, Kagome slowly arose from her warm spot in the grass.

"Ah" she whimpered. She grabbed onto her left arm, where there now was a neatly wrapped bandage. The pain went through her entire arm, causing it to go numb.

`Well at least it's been cleaned.' She crept over find that Sango's wounds and Miroku's also were neatly dressed.

`It's a given that Shippo didn't do this. The villagers must have helped us.' Her eyes then left the pair before her to stare at the curled up shadow that was Inuyasha. Silently dreading the worst, she crawled over to him. Turning him over on his back, she realized that he had been seriously injured. His face bore many cuts, but none as big as the hole that was were his stomach was supposed to be. Kagome let out a silent gasp. `He must be in so much pain' Sure enough, his face held an expression of serious agony.

"Oh Inuyasha… I wish I could help…" Her urge to touch his face was met, as she traced his jaw line gently. `Even in this state, he is beautiful.' Her heart wept for her hurting friend…her hurting love. `If only….there was something…I could do'

As if a higher power heard her thoughts, a pink light engulfed her finger tips. Kagome watched in pure awe as Inuyasha's smaller cuts vanished from sight. She looked to his gaped stomach to find that it has healed as well. Her hands felt amazingly warm. She felt as though she would never be unhappy again. This power was amazing.

The light from her hands slowly faded, along with the look of agony on Inuyasha's face. What replaced it was a look of pure bliss. He let out a little sigh, as he tilted his head into Kagome's open hand.

"………..K'gome…" Inuyasha mumbled before settling once again.

"Oh Inuyasha…" Kagome cooed, softly removing her hand from his face.

The sun was starting to peek over the horizon. Deciding to get some more sleep before everyone else woke up, Kagome crawled back to her original position.

In truth, her head was racing with so many questions; so many theories about what occurred only a couple of hours ago. But her eyes were being forced closed. The warmth that flowed through her from previously before still lingered in her, and Kagome decided to take the advantage of a peaceful sleep. She didn't even start to wonder how she attained the power to heal.

~*~*~*~

He sat up in his bed, awaiting the suns definite arrival. With his back to the door, and his eyes out the balcony window, Sesshoumaru continued contemplating about her. `It's been two days…' Two days that seemed to be an eternity `Maybe today…' he prayed. Maybe, just maybe today would be the day he would find Yuna. The recent day's search's turned out to be useless, with the exception of Haru's evidence.

`All I know, is that Naraku has something to do with this' Sesshoumaru tightened the hold he had on his white bed sheets at the name of the hanyou. `How dare he….touch her…harm her….he will pay'

His eyes slightly glowed red.

The sun finally made its arrival, for the yellow orb came into clear view.

Sesshoumaru thought for only a moment more, before getting out of his bed.

He had decided.

After clothing his naked body, and putting on his usual armor, he headed for the door.

`It will do me, and Yuna, no good sitting here and sulking.'

Sesshoumaru's bare feet made a slight echo on his palace's stone floors. The corridors were empty and silent, which was quite unusual, for in the day servants and messengers usually plagued this wing in particular. His winding journeys through the halls were quite uneventful, that is, until he came to pass the servant quarters, where he met Jakken. He was carrying a plate of food, most likely Sesshoumaru's breakfast.

"M' Lord! I have your meal." Jakken's high voice disrupted the eerie silence of the corridor. Sesshoumaru didn't even grant him a passing glance, as he kept on walking.

Jakken, quite use to the behavior, followed him. He followed his master, waiting for when he would be spoken to. But as the minutes passed, not a word was said.

In time, they came upon the front doors of the palace. Sesshoumaru stopped dead in his tracks, almost causing Jakken to spill the plate. "My Lord…your meal" he said again, holding the plate up high. Sesshoumaru looked completely enraged, as he grabbed the plate and threw it unceremoniously on the ground. The wonderful china broke into millions of pieces. The eggs were swimming in the soup, and the beverage was splattered all around. Jakken gave a cry of fear, as he wiped his face free from the breakfast spoil. "Please excuse me Lord Sesshoumaru. I simply..."

"Jakken, I want you to keep an eye on Rin." Sesshoumaru said, in a much colder voice than usual. Feeling that that statement was sufficient enough, he turned around and stepped outside. As soon as he was in a good spot, he began to form a white cloud at his feet.

"My Lord, may I be as so bold to ask where you are going?" Jakken dared.

"Yes, you are right, that is to bold."

"Of course! Of course my lord!"

Jakken watched as his master flew into the rising sun. As soon as his silhouette was out of site, a young child found her way to the great oak doors.

"Jakken, where did Sesshoumaru-sama go?" Rin asked, while rubbing a tired eye.

"Hm. Not that it is any of your business human…" Jakken said superiorly. But his tone softened as he saw the young child's expression "But he left to go find something he lost."

"Oh, I hope Sesshoumaru-sama finds it! Rin want Sesshoumaru-sama home! Look! Rin made Sesshoumaru-sama a picture to make him happy, because he has been sad" she chirped, while pulling out a piece of paper from her pajama pocket. On it was a couple of stick figures, who you could figure out, who was who by looking closely. "Look, that's you, and me, and Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin pointed to each figure as she recited the names.

"Who is that? With the scribbled out face?" asked Jakken, almost slightly interested.

Rin's happy smile faded slightly, as she chocked out her answer through clenched teeth "That is Yuna-sama"

"Why did you destroy her features?" Jakken screeched angrily.

Rin's smile was now completely gone, and for once she had nothing to say (to Jakken anyway). The little human girl just turned on her heel, and walked away, leaving a puzzled toad demon clutching a piece of paper.

~*~*~*~

He never felt so alive. A force unknown was pulsing through his entire body, making him feel as he never did. Inuyasha couldn't help but smile at the warmth his body was experiencing. But his bliss was short lived, as memories flooded back to him. According to his memory of yesterday, he should be in pure agony. He should have a hole the size of a watermelon in his gut. And yet, when he brought his hand up to check on the wound, he only found bloody rags. `How?' he wondered, but did not argue. His moment of brooding on the topic stopped as a familiar scent filled his nose.

`Kagome?'

Her scent of lavender completely covered him, engulfing him in a world of her essence. `Was it her who healed me? Even my demon blood couldn't heal me this quickly.'

Inuyasha opened a weary eye, and looked up into the light blue sky. `Shit! What time is it?'

He quickly sat up, and looked around him. They were still in the village from yesterday. Looking across the clearing, and past the crowd of villagers that now surrounded the group, he noticed the broken weapon hut he fell through only 24 hrs ago. `So, it wasn't a dream'

Inuyasha's golden eyes fell back onto the people around him. The villagers gave a look of pure fear, as if he were to pounce on a child. And yet, in their eyes, were a mixture of gratitude and a want to serve. Across from the burned out fire wood lied Kagome. Her breathing was easy, indicating that she was still asleep. Miroku and Sango, on the other hand, were just awakening from their slumber.

"Inuyasha…What…" asked Sango, but stopped in mid sentence as she noticed all the people surrounding them.

"I don't know…" Inuyasha replied gruffly to her unasked question. He felt like he was on display for the village's amusement. Like it was fun to have a group of people almost die trying to help them, and now that they are here, practically defenseless, we can watch in amazement how they struggle with their injuries.

Determinedly staring at his objective, Inuyasha stood up and walked over to Kagome. "Kagome, wake up" he whispered gently.

"Hmm… later…" she groaned.

"C'mon. We gotta go. These people give me the creeps."

Kagome opened her eyes, to see two, very close, golden orbs staring at her.

Kagome, almost reluctantly, sat up. She blinked in awe at the group surrounding them. Suddenly, all the expressions on their faces changed. Warm smiles shone back at Kagome, with pure glee. Two children, boy and girl, braved the group by carrying over plates of food and drink. They settled it down next to Kagome, and said in unison "For Kikyo-sama and her friends."

"Oh, but I am n…" Kagome tried to say, but was cut of as the head of the village came up next to her sitting form.

"We have heard of your kindness and greatness Kikyo-sama. I am afraid all our tiny village can offer is this small bearing of food and place to be sheltered. We all agree in saying that we are truly blessed to be in the company of you." The head of the village got on his knees and put his forehead down to the floor. The rest of the village followed suit.

"Oh please, get up. This is quite unnecessary, you see, because I am not Kikyo."

The entire village gasped and looked up.

"You jest us, fine Kikyo." One called from somewhere in the small crowd of heads.

"No, I am not Kikyo. My name is Kagome.

Sometimes, she really gets annoyed when this happens.

The crowd grew even more silent, if it was possible. After a few uneasy moments, in which Kagome shared nervous glances with Sango, the head of the village spoke once more.

"It matters not!" he cried happily. "These are our saviors! They shall be treated no different than we have already promised!"

The village cheered in agreement.

By now, Shippo and Kirara were up, and smiling happily at the cheering crowd. Sango kept a straight face, while Miroku waved and bowed frequently. But that act only lasted so long, as he spotted some village girls and withdrew himself from the circle. Inuyasha `feh'd' and hopped up into a nearby tree, to watch the party from above.

Kagome, Sango, Shippo and Kirara waited patiently in their little campsite for food to be brought to them.

"Kagome how is your arm?" asked Sango.

"Better." She lied "How are your injuries? They are far worse than mine."

"Please do not worry. I have lived through worse."

"So Sango, I cant help but wonder…"

"Yes, I know Kagome. I had trouble sleeping for that exact reason."

"So what do you think?" Kagome asked

Sango was about to put her input, but the food had arrived. "Maybe this isn't the time." She said, looking around the village. Kagome nodded in agreement. A minute later Inuyasha jumped down from his perch and ate his meal; Miroku was no where in site. Inuyasha couldn't help but noticed that Kagome was avoiding his eyes.

"What's your problem?" he asked her, in a rude sort of way.

"Nothing!" she smiled falsely. "How are your injuries?"

"They're gone." He said flatly. Sango gave him a very surprised look.

"Truly, Inuyasha?"

"Yeah. I woke up today, and they were gone."

"But, even with your demon blood, the healing process should have been slower." Sango said.

"What's your secret Inuyasha? I wanna know!" Shippo chirped.

"I don't got one, runt." Inuyasha then eyed Kagome with suspicion. She seemed usually interested in the way her food was placed on her plate. He didn't know if he should say it, not knowing any proof, but he had to try.

"I think I was healed." He said.

"Really? Who would have that power but a very powerful miko?" Sango asked.

"I don't know. Kagome, you're a miko, aren't you?" Inuyasha asked

"I wouldn't say that, but…" she replied nervously. But at that moment, Miroku came crashing into the center of the circle, crashing everyone's plates underneath his body. Kagome was glad for the distraction. How can she tell Inuyasha she was standing over his body, touching him, being worried, and then out of no where got a power surge and healed him?

From somewhere in the distance, female voices cried

"Hentai! Don't you dare come back here again?"

Miroku was sporting a few new bruises, most likely from the women. Suddenly, the head of the village came pushing through the crowd.

"We show you hospitality, and this is how you repay my village? By harassing the women?" he screamed in Kagomes face, as if it were her who did it.

Inuyasha, enraged, stepped between him and Kagome.

"Hey! Don't you talk to her like that!" he screamed

"I want you out of my village! Now!"

"Why I" Inuyasha started, but was stopped by Kagome. "Its okay Inuyasha, we'll leave." She then picked up her yellow back pack, and began on the path out of the village. Inuyasha growled loudly, resulting in the immediate step back of the village people, and mainly the head of the village.

"You couldn't resist, could you?" Sango asked Miroku angrily. He only smiled ad muttered many apologies, following in the wake of his fellow travelers.

"So where do we go now?" Shippo asked.

His question went unanswered, for the group didn't know what to say. They looked uneasily from one to another, hoping to get an answer to their uncertain destination.

"Wait." Said Kagome "I sense…. Jewel shards… but they are very far off."

"Do you know how many?" asked Inuyasha with a new found enthusiasm.

"No. I think I am lucky enough to even sense these. They are about….5 miles away."

"5 miles!" Everyone but Kagome said. There was a definite sigh of annoyance from Inuyasha. `That is far away' he thought.

"Well, might as well get a move on." He said. The rest nodded in agreement, and began their long walk.

~*~*~*~

He looked out to the mountainside. His long, red hair was flying in the wind, almost like a cape. His thoughts wandered to many things, but none of which were interesting enough to hold his interest for long. In truth, he was quite bored. He had been restricted to the castle for only a day, and yet he felt so trapped. He wanted to be out there, free to do what he wished, and kill who he wished.

"As do I, brother." The demon didn't move when he heard the voice. He knew who it was instantly. His eyes moved from its stare and followed the moving figure that was his sister, Kagura. Her bubblegum eyes did not look at him though, but stared at the mountainside he was just recently looking at.

"I feel the same way as you. I want to leave. I don't want to be a puppet for that sick….monster."

No-name didn't answer, but turned his head back to the view.

"Do not try to hide it, brother. I know you long to be free as well. My, I mean, our sister, Kanna, is unfortunately loyal to him. She believes that she should follow his orders, not because he holds her life in his hands, which he does for us all, but because she doesn't think herself worthy of freedom." Her statement didn't seem to affect him in any way, but she continued on. Kagura knew he was listening with open ears.

"Almost in the same way Naraku still doesn't deem you worthy of a name."

No-name turned his eyes down to the floor. He didn't understand. Naraku, his master, his creator, said just recently he might be worthy of a name. And here, his sister is telling him otherwise.

"Don't you think that everyone deserves a name? Should your power be who you truly are? Without a name, you are nobody. And that is how he sees you. Just another weapon to use, until it loses its luster."

The demon was starting to get angry. Why was she telling him this?

"Once free, you can pick a name, any name you want, for yourself. Isn't that what you want? An identity? To actually be more than a puppet for a higher power?"

Kagura smiled to herself. She was reaching him. By offering him something, she will get his help in her quest for freedom. Her attempts to persuade Kanna ended up in serious pain.

(Lets just say Naraku wasn't happy when he heard of her rebellious streak)

"Come brother. There is a way. Join me, on my journey to freedom."

The red hair demon turned to face her. Should he do it? Should he risk his life for freedom? Trust someone he only met? Should he risk his life for a name?

He nodded his consent.

Kagura smiled "There is much to do brother, and it will be hard. But we must stay together to be strong."

Suddenly, a hot pain reared through her spider mark on her back. Naraku was summoning her. The demon gave an almost concerned look for his sister's face of pain, almost.

"He is calling. I must go. Remember brother, don't utter a word."

Like that would actually happen.

Kagura walked through the winding hallways of Naraku's palace. She took no notice to the sound her feet were making, because in a matter of minutes she was in another of her master's chambers. She knocked quietly on the paper door, waiting for the order to come in.

"Enter" she heard a cold voice order. Kagura slowly opened the door, and silently shut it behind her. Naraku was on the floor, looking into his water like crystal ball once again.

"You summoned me?" Kagura asked.

"Yes. I have a job for you." Naraku stood up, walking away from the puddle on the floor. He went into his robes, and pulled out a uniquely shaped amulet.

"Take this down to the dungeon. In the fourth cell, our guest, Lady Yuna resides. I now know just what to do with her." Naraku seemed to have poison dripping on every word.

"First, I want you to….take care of her, just enough to have her holding on to dear life. Understand. You cannot kill her, no matter what."

Kagura nodded in understanding.

Naraku the sat back down by the puddle, where he was watching Inuyasha, and more importantly, he was watching Kagome. Kagura could see that the `screen' was filled with that miko's face. The one that traveled with Inuyasha. Oh how she loathed that wench. She truly hated her with every fiber of her being. But she didn't have time to brood on this, for Naraku then continued his orders.

"When you are done, I will give you more instructions. Now go."

She nodded, and turned the other way.

Kagura headed through the door that would take her to the underground dungeon. The place was black and gloomy. Not one window was down here. The rats even abandoned living here, for the lack of food, water, and sunlight. Kagura was careful to keep her hands away from the mold covered walls, in fear that some left over blood or body part would meet her clean finger tips. Her bare feet made a soft sound through the hall. That was the only sound made at all down there.

`Cell one, two, three, four…ah here it is' she said to herself. She removed the amulet from her kimono, and placed it into the lock. It glowed gold before she heard a slight click, indicating the door was open. Sure enough, the massive brown door slid open, allowing Kagura access inside.

Lady Yuna was chained against the far wall. Her hands were above her head; it seemed to be the only thing keeping her standing. Her once shiny hair was greasy and messed up. Her silver silk no longer looked silver, but a dirty grey. Yuna made no movement to acknowledge the fact someone was there. She hadn't eaten or drank anything for two days, and was already becoming weak. The fact that the parasite took most her power and that a ward was on her crescent, also added to her lack of energy. She had nothing left.

Kagura walked across the room, and stopped right before Yuna. She tilted the Lady's head up, to make her look into her eyes. The once brilliant emeralds that resided there were gone, replaced by a cheap imitation green. Her face was covered in cuts; a sign some others were down here having their fun with her.

"It would be a waste of my time and energy to torture you. You are already hanging on to life." Kagura stated coldly. Yuna's head just lolled down, unable to keep it up.

Kagura slapped her hard across the face, leaving a red mark in her wake.

"Pitiful. I shall not waste anymore of my time." With that statement, Kagura released her from her chains, and dragged her out of the dungeon.

A few moments later, Naraku heard a knock on his door.

"Come in Kagura."

At that order, Kagura stepped into the room, holding what looked like a dead body.

"Perfect." Naraku wasn't talking to Kagura though. He was looking back to the floor, where Inuyasha and his comrades were settling down near a stream for the night.

"Go outside, and fly towards them." Kagura understood who he was speaking about.

"Make sure that the girl finds Yuna, alone."

Kagura needed no more explanation. She nodded once more, and headed out of the castle.

When she reached the courtyard, she pulled a feather from her hair, which instantly grew to a big enough size for her and Yuna. Kagura threw Yuna's body unceremoniously onto it, and then climbed on herself. Kagura soared to a higher altitude, before turning her head back to the castle. There she saw the minimizing red dot that was here leverage to freedom.

End chapter 3

Damn! I wrote that all in one night! Gasp! I need a break. Sryy spelling n stuff probably badd…

Well what you think>? C'mon I love reviews ppl!!! The good more than the bad, buh im flexiable…

Kagome: I cant wait to see what's going to happen in the next chapter!

Fox: You might not like it though.

Sesshoumaru: But she'll meet up with me, so she'll like it

Fox and Kagome : `conceited'

Sesshoumaru: I heard that

Fox :How?

Yuna: (blinks innocently)- No! I wasn't reading your minds and telling him! Stop accusing me of such things!

Fox-…… I don't like you Yuna….. I think im gunna make u die in the next chapter.

Sesshoumaru and Yuna : NO!

Fox: Ok… fine….(crosses fingers… ill only kill her a little bit!) <- wait that dunt make sense… oh well….lol…..