InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Possessed By Love ❯ Helpless At The Sidelines ( Chapter 8 )

Possessed By Love

Written by: Foxflame

Disclaimers- If you actually think I own Inuyasha, you are greatly mistaken….. But if you think I own Yuna, "No-name", and Haru, you win the grand prize! Bing bing bing!

!!~The Sess/Kag is on the way, I am estimating about 2-3 chapters until they meet~!!

Innyubabe4e- but until then, let us continue with our story…

Fox- ahem… whose story?

Innyubabe4e-…. Yours?

Fox- :nods head: yep… now that that is settled…. Lol…

Innyubabe4e- I cant believe you killed Kanna! She was nice… kinda…. But… I feel soo bad… yet I love it!!

Fox- she had to die.. it was.. dun dun dun… inevitable…

Innyubabe4e- :sigh:, if you say so.. :mumbles: evil writer cousin of mine who kills perfectly good characters ….

Fox- oh yes, I didn't hear that…. Ha, you just wait… I have so much more to write about…your going to hate me… hehe

Innyubabe4e- No! who are you going to kill! Tell me! Tell me so I can stop you!

Fox- muhahahaha- NEVER!

Innyubabe4e- hmph….you just wait… I know where you keep your food….

Fox- no! not my precious food! Keep your hungry hands away from my refrigerator! : puts iron lock on fridge:

Innyubabe4e- I will promise to keep my stomach to myself if you tell me!

Fox- what to choose. :looks to fridge, to computer: I cant decide!

Innyubabe4e- :inching towards refrigerator..:

Fox- I'm sorry sweet food! The story is more important….

Innyubabe4e- you have sealed its fate!

Fox- maybe… unless… :tackles Innyubabe4e:

Innyubabe4e- hrey! Ret me row! :Innyubabe4e tied and gagged to a chair:

Fox- ah.. now I can write and eat in peace :takes bite of apple: yummy….

Inyubabe4e- :evil glare:

Fox- now on to Chapter 8! … finally…. Lmao, sry for the delay….

Chapter 8- Helpless At The Sidelines

How could all of this have happened? He planned every detail, every fight, right down to the last loose end. Yet, it backfired. `How!' he screamed to himself, crushing the branch that was in his way out of frustration.

`No matter what I threw at the girl, she still prevailed!' Anger like Naraku never knew consumed him. If only she was gone…if only she was dead… his quest for ultimate power would be completed! He kicked a large boulder out of his path. Sure he could have gone over or around it, sparing his foot from the small pain, but his frustrations needed to be taken out.

The air around him practically was death, and he, the reaper. Yet suddenly, through all of his anger and hatred, he managed a small smile. What thought could have possibly surpassed his one-track death path? `She will die today…' That was it. Her inevitable death was approaching, and just the thought of it made him smile. `It shall all be over…'

Naraku kept his steady pace, walking into the dense trees with a new found motivation. As he neared a collection of boulders, he stopped. His senses were expanding towards his castle, where something caught him by surprise. `Kagura's energy is gone…' He discovered so was that of the parasites.

He could have easily deduced what happened. He knew Kagura was trying, once again, to escape, wanting help from the parasite. Naraku knew all along of her desire to betray him.

So when he left today, in obvious anger, he figured Kagura and the new incarnation guessed what had happened. For the second time in a week, his plans were faulted. This time, he guessed, they thought he would not return, and the parasite prevailed in the battle between them. Naraku understood they no longer had a need for each other.

He continued on his way once more. The matters of his castle were unimportant at the moment, and he needed to focus on the task ahead of him. He had to silently admit he lost 3 of his most valuable warriors, but others just as strong and more loyal could be made, once he possessed the jewel and the miko was dead.

His motivation once again took a turn for the higher. Naraku continued to blaze a trail through the forest, every step brining him closer to the battle field where she resided. He grimaced as one of the previous nights dreams flooded his mind. The feel of the girls touch on him… he, Naraku, disintegrating underneath her fingertips… `Stop' he spoke to himself.

He pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind. He needed to be cleared of all doubt, though he expected the battle not to be too difficult. `They are injured, weakened… and I am at the peak of my power' he thought triumphantly, picking up his pace. In a matter of hours he would arrive, and begin the battle that he hoped would seal the girl's fate. As he replayed Kanna's battle in his mind, he was getting a new outlook on things.

`The child actually helped me….' Mocking was intended in that statement. The fact that the child had done all she could to betray and ruin him, and then it turned out in the end she helped, for she weakened the group greatly.

Now, more than ever, he was sure of his victory and easy battle. He climbed a small hill infested with thorns and bushes, emerging unscathed on the top. From the hill, he observed the land below him. The forest was like a sea of darkness, its many branches each like a wave in the ocean. In the far distance, however, was a clearing which looked like an island in the center of the sea of trees.

"There" he whispered to himself, his cold voice drawling out, dripping with his poisonous glee.

Taking another step forward, he began towards the unsuspecting group. He could hardly contain himself. Naraku could not wait to complete the jewel. He could not wait until he tainted the jewel, and used it to make him more powerful than he ever dreamed. He could not wait to hear the screams of his enemies, as he spilled their blood.

But most of all, he could not wait to kill the miko, lay to rest his ever growing fear of being overruled, and finally getting a good nights sleep.

~*~*~*~

"Rest now" her smooth voice cooed, as she laid her friends head on a think piece of cloth. Sango closed her eyes and obliged to Kagome's command, and was gently placed to her comfort on the ground. She closed her pink outlined eyes, and took a small intake of breathe as pain shot up her spine. Her actions subsided, as she got comfortable and the pain eased through out her body.

Kagome finished dressing her wounds, and turned to Miroku to help him. Inuyasha, who at the time was cleaning up the camp half heartily with Shippou and Kirara, grimaced in pain and grabbed his ribs.

He was hurt pretty badly, but his demon blood was doing its best to heal him and its efforts turned out to be of some use. He continued to gather their scattered belongings, while Shippou gathered fire wood and Kirara started the fire. `At least the bleeding stopped' Inuyasha sighed, as he took off his bloodied shirt, exposing his ivory skin to the cold morning air. Settling himself down on the log Kagome's possessed form was previously on, he began to bandage himself.

`Ugh, I hate these things…' he fiddled with the modern day bandages Kagome had brought from the future, but all he accomplished was placing the bandage incorrectly over the wound. Seeing as how he was so focused on the bandage, he didn't hear a set of light footsteps come up behind him.

"Here… let me help." He jumped slightly as a pair of warm hands made contact with his bare torso.

Kagome took a new bandage in hand, for the other once was sticking together and beyond use. As she began to dress his wound, Inuyasha said "F'eh. I don't need your help." Kagome continued anyway, and chuckled. `Men, can never admit to needing help…' "I know Inuyasha, but I want to." As she leaned over to wrap the bandage around his back, Inuyasha noticed the bloodstain on the back of Kagome. "You're hurt" he stated, more in a question form than a comment.

"Well, the tree I crashed into wasn't made of rubber…but I am ok" she joked, but her little shot humor fell flat as she noticed the quizzical look on Inuyasha's face. "What's rubber?"

"A type of soft, elastic substance from my time" Inuyasha, still perplexed, nodded. "Lift your arms, please. I need to get the other end of the bandage." He obliged to her request, and she reached around him once more to pull the fabric around his toned stomach. Kagome was blushing slightly at the contact she was making with him, and hoped to the gods he didn't noticed.

When she braved a look at him to see if he did, she saw his eyes were focused on the trees around him. She continued bandaging while staring at him, trying to tell what he was looking at. Inuyasha's honey orbs were glued to the scenery, and his nose twitched slightly.

"What is it Inuyasha?" he did not answer her immediately, but continued his classification his heightened senses where notifying him about. She continued to stare at him, her arms wrapped halfway around his waist in mid-bandaging, waiting for a response.

She got none, but instead fell backward onto the floor as he shot up quickly enough as though he was in perfect health. Kagome let out a painful sigh, as the pain in her back increased with the violent act she was just subjected to. Inuyasha, however, seemed to completely forget about her, and only focused on the trees.

Kagome looked to where his eyes were, and saw to her shock, that Kikyou was lounging comfortably against the trunk of a tall oak. She once again focused her eyes to the hanyou, who called out to the undead priestess. "Kik…Kikyou?"

"Yes, Inuyasha" Her cold, emotionless voice answered. Her soul stealers swam around her, reflecting the dawn's shimmer of light upon its seemingly scaly bodies. They danced around her, a few holding glowing white mist; a soul. Sango and Miroku, who were unaware of the sudden arrival, stayed silent and on the ground.

Shippou and Kirara, however, noticed the clay miko, and ran to the injured body of their friends to inform them. Kikyou, with her bow and quiver of arrows over her shoulder, jumped down from the tree she was in and began a slow walk towards the stunned hanyou.

She was the first to speak, her voice rebounding in the silence around them. "Do you know what today brings for us, Inuyasha?" Her brown eyes, which were so much like the ones of Kagome's, looked to the horizon where the sun was beginning to come up. She continued forward, as her soul stealers flew to the sky away from her one by one. Kagome watched, waiting to see what Inuyasha would do.

He took a step forward, and shook his head. "No…What are you doing here, Kikyou?" Inuyasha outstretched a hand, and then quickly pulled it back. Kikyou kept advancing, while saying "Today is the day… our day, Inuyasha."

"What are you…" he trailed off. "She's here, to take you to hell Inuyasha" said Kagome softly. He tore his gaze away from Kikyou, to stare into the brown depths of the girl on the ground. He saw so many emotions flick across her eyes, fear, deception, anger, than sadness, longing, and…love? He could not take his eyes out of hers, and Kikyou noticed this.

"Come to me Inuyasha" she said firmly, in a little harsher tone than she was speaking with earlier. "No, Inuyasha" said a voice from behind. Miroku was struggling to sit upright, Shippou at his side. "Shut up monk. This doesn't concern you" He looked back to Kikyou. "Inuyasha, listen to him" pleaded Kagome "Don't…" she warned. "I am waiting, Inuyasha. Remember your vow to me…." Inuyasha seemed to be in a trance, as he took a ginger step toward her.

"No!" cried Kagome, tears streaming down her face. She held his hand tightly, while speaking "Look at me Inuyasha… you don't want to do this… she wants to kill you, make your rot in hell with her…" He turned his eyes upon her, and a realization seemed to hit him.

Staring into her eyes, he felt clear headed for the first time since Kikyou had arrived, asking for him. He shook his head at Kagome slowly, before turning to Kikyou. He shook his head harder "No". His voice was barely above a whisper, but the silence surrounding them made it out to be as clear as a yell.

"What? Don't do this to me Inuyasha. You choose to leave me, for my copy?" she spat at him. Pointing to Kagome, who was still sitting on the ground, Kikyou stared into his eyes. "Don't you love me, Inuyasha?" "Yes…" he replied weakly, as if in a trance once more. Kagome let a small squeak emit from her lips, as she heard his answer. "I do…" "Then come with me, Inuyasha…" Kikyou stated, outstretching her hand to him. Inuyasha began to walk towards her.

"Please Inuyasha" Kagome begged, tears blurring her vision. "I love you, Inuyasha, don't go" His face remained impassive while she said that. True for a while he believed he loved Kagome as well. `But seeing Kikyou, here….' He thought…... Inuyasha decided. "I promised her, Kagome…I…I love her." Kikyou grinned evilly, as Inuyasha turned to her once more.

Kagome seemed to die inside. She openly gave her heart to him, and time and time again he chewed it up and gave it back; sometimes not even knowing he would be doing it. But every time he was around Kikyou, spoke of her, protected her name when she came up in conversation, she cried on the inside. Now, he was before her, practically saying her love for him is pathetic, because he loved another. Somewhere inside of her, Kagome knew he loved Kikyou. But she was sure when ever she caught him staring at her, or showing affection to her, that he was over Kikyou.

`But all he saw was her in me…' the realization hit her hard, and she couldn't muster up any words as she watched him cross the clearing to clay miko.

The group didn't know what to say. `Poor Kagome' thought Sango, as she watched her friend let her tears fall. She wished she could go to her, but in her state, she couldn't. Sango also knew there was nothing she could do if she moved. `This is Kagome's battle, and I cannot help, for I don't now how I can…. I can only be here for her'

Miroku saw the look of longing in Sango's eyes, wanting to go help her friend. He grabbed her hand, and whispered "There is nothing we can do Sango… as much as we wish we could help…" She turned slightly watery eyes to him and said "I know Miroku" she tightened her grip " But I think Inuyasha is a foolish, cold hearted demon…" Sango had anger weaved into those words.

She could not understand why he would choose her, Kikyou, the cold, evil, undead miko over the warm, kind and loving Kagome. "I thought he loved her" she said sadly. "It seems, my dear Sango, you and I presumed too much" Shippou cried silently into Kirara, for he hated to see his okassan being hurt by Inuyasha. `I hate that clay pot…' he thought. There was nothing anyone could do, for they could not get involved…and they hated it.

Inuyasha was still many feet away from Kikyou, as a thought entered his mind. `Kagome…I'm sorry. I thought I loved you…but I love Kikyou…and I promised her… I cant break my last…'

What bothered Kagome most, was the fact that he was looking straight into Kikyou's eyes, and not noticing the evil in them. `How can he be so naïve? Cant he see, she's…evil.' Suddenly, everybody's head turned to the left, where a low voice they were so used to hearing, spoke.

"Oh, the drama…I would say poor choice Inuyasha" the voice spat "why have a dead, cold miko, when you can have such young, hot flesh?" The group was silent and immobile, as they watched a tall, uncloaked figure step out into the clearing….

~*~*~*~

Sesshoumaru wandered the corridors of his palace aimlessly. Many thoughts were bothering him, and he couldn't seem to place why it was so. Today, he should feel elated, joyful, for his mate had finally been restored to him. Yet, he seemed to feel a certain emptiness tugging at his heart.

`What could this be?' he wondered, as he passed the winding staircases that led to his extravagant library. `Why am I feeling like this? What more, what am I feeling?' He tried to think back, before the soul stealing days when he was content in his life style. True, he wasn't so happy that he could die, but he was content, and at the time, that was all he wanted.

He had a mate, one he felt a certain kind of love towards, but something was missing. "What could have made me deny the love, I thought I possessed?" he mused. `Maybe, it was never true love in the first place…' True, he never experienced that emotion, so when some feeling came to him, he wasn't sure if that was its true form.

`What happened… ?' Never before had he felt so helpless. He felt he was at the mercy of his emotions, though the feelings weren't so strong. `Why is this Sesshoumaru feeling so weak, to an equally weak feeling?' And yet, he still didn't identify the emotion he was being subjected too.

He replayed the days that passed in his mind, trying to identify the time when everything changed. The only time he could find a difference in feeling, was at the battlefield. "Yes…" he remembered now. `When she touched me…' he looked quizzically at his hands, as though they held the answer. `It was then, that I felt my envy…'

~*~ Flash Back ~*~

"Here, Sesshoumaru-sama. I believe this belongs to you." He out stretched a hand of his own, touching Kagome's warm hands for a brief instant. The warmth that engulfed him from that simple touch ran throughout his entire body.

`How can one be so pure?' he thought, while forming a small cloud at his feet. He then turned away from the girl, flying towards his castle in the west to restore his love.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha panted out and Kagome turned her head towards the hanyou with the warm eyes he knew and loved.

~*~ End Flash Back ~*~

He was watching the girl hug his brother, and observed the look in her eyes. They held love, feeling, and relief. However, he remembered his brothers, whose eyes only held possessiveness and a weak sense of love… love he was only half heartily giving to the girl.

`That was it…' he concluded `At that moment, my outlook on everything changed.' He, Sesshoumaru, envied them. Not so much for the fact that they had each other, it was the love that the girl was giving, that was so much stronger and different from the one he was feeling; well, he thought he was feeling. `Do I truly have the love for Yuna, like the one of the miko for Inuyasha?'

He knew it wasn't as strong, but he felt something. `And that is all that matters' His subconscious mind, which he wasn't usually in tune with, knew he was lying. `You want more, and you know it…'

`Shut up. You do not know what you are talking about'

`Well, then you don't know either.' `Great, I'm talking to myself…' He was abruptly brought out of his musings at the sound of laughter; laughter he new so well. Turning to the window, he observed the courtyard below him. His home, which was build similar to a square, closed of the walls around the large garden in the center.

His eyes could make out a small speck in the center of white orchids, which he knew was Rin. She was probably laughing at something or another. Her laughter was so routine, he got used to hearing it even when he knew something not so amusing was happening. Sesshoumaru, who somehow made his way to a high tower in the palace, began his way down to go join his ward.

~*~*~*~

Rin let a shriek of laughter escape her lips, as she watched the butterflies flee into the air around her. After watching their tiny forms disappear into the sunlight, she plopped her head down on the flowers once more. Turning her attention to the flowers on her right, she watched a tiny caterpillar slowly make its way up the stem. The young child found joy in many little things, and watching the little legs of the insect was somehow entertaining to her.

`That infernal noise' thought the telepath, coming out to the courtyard. The beautiful sakura trees with their pink flowers, where raining the little buds on the green grass below. Rows upon rows of different flowers filled the area, only stopping around a small cement path through the middle. Yuna followed this path trying to find the source of the annoying sound that tore her from her previous engagement.

She stopped as she reached the center of the garden, where a cement circle was formed around a large, extravagant fountain. A tall, marble sakura tree was placed in the center, water shooting out from various branches and flowers. Yuna strained her ears, trying to pin point the location of the sound before noticing a figure, clad in black, perched upon a tall tree in the far corner of the garden.

Yuna let a small, evil smirk grace her lips, as her emerald eyes lit up. Deciding to go join the man, she began in the other direction. She didn't even take a step, before a load giggle filled the air.

Turning around quickly, she noticed a small indent in the white orchids some feet away. Her nose picked up on the child's sent, which was very faint, due to the fresh smelling flowers around her. She began walking towards her, listening closely.

Rin giggled once more, as the caterpillar crawled over her hand, tickling her mercilessly. But the sun, which was previously poring down on her, was blocked as a shadow cascaded over her. She looked up, still with a smile, to see who was hovering over her. That toothy grin faded immediately, as she saw who was above her.

Yuna glared down at the child, emerald meeting dark brown. "I should have known who was causing the disturbance…that wailing you call laughter is unforgettable." Rin sat up, backing away slightly "Rin is sorry Yuna-sama. Rin did not know Rin was making a lot of noise" Yuna only chuckled lowly.

Rin was obviously frightened, and looked about her to see if any one was around. Her gaze fell hopelessly on the figure in black, Haru. He would be inno position to help her. Her eyes wandered aimlessly, while she waited for Yuna to leave or say something. Rin was about to turn to leave, before Yuna grabbed her arm, threateningly tight.

She looked over her shoulder, to see Haru's black eyes watching the scene before him. `He makes no difference…' she decided. "Do you remember, child, what would happen if…."

"Rin remembers Yuna-sama. Please let Rin go…" the little girl knew fully well what Lady Yuna was talking about, and began to tug away from her iron grip. Yuna, still smirking, let her go rather forcefully. The girl hit the ground hard, but made no sound as to being hurt.

Yuna was about to say something, before the familiar ki of Sesshoumaru filled her senses. The demon in question emerged from the far oak doors, his white ensemble contrasting with his surroundings.

Yuna mentally cursed, before turning to the child once more. A sharp, clawed finger reached underneath Rin's chin, causing her much pain, but not enough force was emitted to begin her bleeding.

Yuna, sickly sweet, told her in the lowest, cruelest whisper she could muster "Remember, our little secret…" The young child pulled her head away, while slowly nodding her understanding.

She straightened herself up, before turning to the demon lord now only feet from her. Yuna smiled sweetly, and circled one arm around Sesshoumaru's waist. He returned the gesture, putting his one and only arm around her as well.

"Rin, is everything ok? Where is Jakken?" The girl smiled weakly and said "Rin does not know where Jakken-sama is. He said Rin was annoying Jakken-sama, so Jakken-sama left"

A small growl was heard from Sesshoumaru. `That retainer of mine shall pay dearly for his lack of following orders' Just as the thought entered his mind, the tiny toad was waddling out into the courtyard. "Jakken." Lord Sesshoumaru said, and in a matter of moments the demon was at his feet. "Yes milord?" "Did I not tell you to stay with Rin?" Jakken's head was immediately showered in tiny beads of sweat. He did not know what to say.

He couldn't tell his master he simply left the child alone because he was annoyed with her insisting on playing games with him. Finally, he broke down "Oh please, Lord Sesshoumaru! This tiny, unworthy Jakken apologizes for not following orders…" "Get up Jakken, and take Rin inside. I shall deal with your punishment later" He silently praised his good fortune, and began to lead the now quite child indoors.

Sesshoumaru tightened his one armed hold on Yuna, before saying "Let us retire to the dinning hall for breakfast" Yuna simply nodded, and began to walk. But she did not leave, before sending one final glance at the demon general in the tree, whose eyes were wandering somewhere else.

~*~*~*~

"Naraku" spat Inuyasha, who now seemed more aware of his surroundings, and that he was injured badly. The group grew tense, and reached for their weapons. The hanyou before them turned his crimson gaze not to Inuyasha, but instead to Kagome. "It will end, today"

She matched his gaze with one of her own, rivaling the death glare.

He then looked at the other miko, who seemed just as angry at his presence. `I did not expect her here….she might postpone my victory'

Sango told Kirara to take Shippou away, and the fire neko mewed in understanding and fled to a safe viewing spot. She and Miroku stood wearily, her with her boomerang-bone, and he with his staff. Kagome had readied herself with her arrows, but Inuyasha kept Tetsusaiga sheathed, and used his hands to cover his wound.

The tension was rising tremendously, and they all knew they were in a battle where the odds were against them. "Stay back, Sango" whispered Miroku, trying to save the person he cared for from fighting. "No, Miroku. I must fight… we shall need all the help we can get…" she steadied herself on the large weapon, slightly panting due to pain.

He sighed in understanding. "Yes, but I am afraid we shall be helping little, and instead viewing from the sidelines…."

End Chapter 8

Fox- hehe…another one done! Sry for spelling etc…. and guess what? I didn't do this all in one night! I actually paced myself…. I hate it. I like to finish and post quickly, but I think this turns out good this way.

Innyubabe4e- the battle begins! Cant wait to read the next chapter….

Fox- me too

Innyubabe4e- but, your writing it… so how…. What?

Fox- I know, I just like to see how my chapters come out too!

Innyubabe4e- oh… right….well that's all for now folks!

Fox- yepp… so stay alert for an update!!- I think I made this chapter longer, god knows I tried….

Innyubabe4e- you did your best, and that's all we could ask from you…

Fox- yeah, I guess….sigh… maybe I'll write more next time…

Innyubabe4e- maybe…. Good luck…. So until then, read, relax, and review!