InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prophecy ❯ Chapter 12

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She was warm. Kagome realized that as her eyes slid open. She was warm and the heat emitting from beside her was the cause.

‘You drew me to him. Save him…’

Kagome remembered whispering those words in her mind over and over. She had waited, wanting to feel the Power flaring up between the two of them but nothing had happened. Her mind had remained silent from the Jewel and Inuyasha hadn’t as much as moved an inch against her. She didn’t understand why the Jewel hadn’t healed him completely when it had gone so far as to force life into his body and then leave him there to just die. Even though she had healed the wound in his chest and through his heart, he had remained unresponsive.

She wasn’t sure how much time had passed but it was still night. The moon had risen higher but dawn was still far from being near. His body had been freezing cold when she had first pressed her body against his but now his skin was so deliciously warm that it was seductive in its intensity.

What Sesshomaru had done, he had meant to kill Inuyasha immediately. She knew Sesshomaru was a cold person but to kill his own brother?

She knew something had been wrong the moment she had seen him lying on the ground. She should have killed him and retrieved the Power then. The fact that she hadn’t been able to bring herself to kill him spoke volumes. She wanted to understand it—she had begged the Jewel—but the answer wouldn’t come. Her mind had remained silent. The Jewel had remained silent. She was afraid to move, afraid the warmth from his body would fade if she did. Looking at him now, she realized how much he and Sesshomaru resembled each other, except for Inuyasha seemed more human. Her gaze dropped to his chest and the small white scar that lined the left side of his chest. Demons didn’t scar.

Damn Sesshomaru for that.

She ran her thumb over the scar and then looked at the small rash in the center of his chest. She let her hand hover over area and felt the gentle pulse of the Jewel inside. She couldn’t believe she had been so careless—but that carelessness had saved his life.

And it could very well end it.

Sesshomaru would likely still kill him to retrieve that small speck of Power and she just couldn’t…allow that. She knew she had to draw that Power out of him before Sesshomaru did it himself. She lowered her gaze and then moved her hand lower. Her palm brushed the hard muscles of his abdomen. His body was hard, all muscle, much like Sesshomaru but different. Her fingers could dip and trace each muscle, fitting against his body perfectly…

Even though he was warm again he hadn’t moved once. She could hear the steady but weak beat of his heart and her hand fisted over the Power in his chest. Inuyasha had to come back. He’d made an impact on her life. She would deal with the consequences later but he couldn’t die. ‘Please, please, please.’ She whispered silently. The center of her chest gave another deep pulse again and she felt the answering throb in his. The feeling inside her was dark, settling deep.

Her heart gave a jolt as a shudder wracked his body and she jerked her head up. His lids opened, revealing the golden eyes she had feared she’d never see again. The center of her chest pulsed again, the feeling around her dark and pressing. One of his arms circled around her body, pulling her closer against him till she was half draped over him.

“Is T’sugaiga in the ground?” His voice was weak from being so close to death, deeper from the sleep that the Jewel had kept him in, but none the less Inuyasha. She could feel the weakness in him as his arm tightened around her body.

“Inuyasha…” He was alive!

“Tetsusaiga…is it in the ground?” He whispered again.

His body was tense and she felt the Power throb inside her again, followed by the feel of the Power in him reaching out. “What?”

“My sword. Is it in the ground?”

She lifted her head and glanced back towards his sword. So his sword had a name. Tetsusaiga. But why would he ask…She looked at the sword again, the blade half buried into the ground where she had placed it earlier. “Yes.”

“Thank…thank you.”

He seemed relieved from that but as he glanced up; she noticed the look on his face. Even weak he was fierce; the set of concentration on his face…the look on his face was cold. She noticed the feel of his arm around her again. He wasn’t holding her against him for the pleasure of it alone—it was protective. Her chest pulsed again, a deep, hard dark feeling. She lifted her head and followed the direction of his gaze.

She looked beyond his sword and the barrier surrounding them pulsed as a root like hand slithered against its side. The arm sizzled as it made contact with the barrier.

“Kagome…”

Her heart gave a jolt and the Power inside her pulsed again, aching in her body.

“Kagome…”

The voice came again, murmuring her name, echoing in her ears. The Jewel pulsed again, in time with the voice before the Power inside her grew—darkened. She heard Inuyasha curse and then felt his hands curling around her upper arms, shaking her. “Don’t listen.” He snapped out.

Her eyelids flickered as Inuyasha rose to his knees beside her and she drew in a sharp breath. He was so pale!

“When I remove Tetsusaiga, stay behind me.”

She lifted her head, throwing up a mind block hard and fast. She heard a deep male chuckle from outside the barrier. There, a man came out from the shadows. He was beautiful. Long black hair flowed around him. His eyes were dark, so dark they were pitch black themselves. Almost as if they were bottomless pits. She pressed a hand against the center of her chest. The Jewel was reacting to him, as if afraid of him but at the same time drawn to him—that was where the dark feeling was coming from. She sensed it then. He was beautiful but he was no human. She could sense the souls of hundreds of demons coming from him. So vile. He radiated power.

Her gaze jerked back to Inuyasha as stood and then staggered. She rose and heard him curse, felt his hands jerking the fire rat houri closed around her body.

“Keep it on.” He muttered gruffly.

Obviously he didn’t care about his own nakedness as he turned to face the man outside the barrier.

“If she wants it off, let her. It will only make things easier…” The mysterious stranger commented.

At those words she drew the houri tighter around her. His voice sent chills down her spine and she could feel his vile power pushing at the restrictions of her mind, trying to get past them. The stranger tested the barrier again and she heard Inuyasha growl.

“Who the fuck are you?”

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Inuyasha remembered the icy sensation that had incased his body for what seemed like years. He’d lain there, unable to die but unable to fully live either. He could think only think that that was how Sesshomaru had planned it. Leave his body burning from the cold until he died a slow death. He was going to kill the bastard himself. He hadn’t wanted to die, at least not before seeing Kagome again. And then, after the cold had nearly torn him apart, he was warm again.

But he hadn’t been able to relish in the warmth.

His chest hurt from whatever Kagome had sent into him. The energy had grown dark and he had felt the danger gathering around them. The two of them. He hadn’t expected to wake up to warmth, least of all the feel of Kagomes naked body against his own. He knew she was the reason he was still alive. Sesshomaru wasn’t going to like that.  Not at all. Somehow Kagome had learned of Tetsusaiga’s barrier and if not for her placing the sword there—whenever the hell she had done so—he had the feeling he would have been dead by now. What he felt was vile and evil. Evil. Pure, soul defiling evil. It came from the man watching them through black bottomless eyes, trying to find a way past the Tetsusaiga’s barrier.

“Who the fuck are you?” He bit out again.

The demon man wasn’t interested in him, Inuyasha was sure of that. He didn’t like the way the demon was looking at Kagome. His interests was all for Kagome and from the look, it wasn’t sweet and innocent.

“I am…Naraku. Whatever you have done, half-demon, you’ve changed everything. Thank you…”

The smile sent chills down his spine and Inuyasha took a step forward and staggered. He cursed. Dammit, he was weaker than he’d thought. The wound that had been in his chest was healed but it still ached from the inside. And the center of his chest was drawn to the vile power that Naraku cast out. He glanced down as Kagome wrapped her arms around him, her body pressed against his side. “Get back. What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“You can barely stand.” Kagome took his weight. She didn’t fail to notice that he instantly kept most of his weight off her but he didn’t push her away.

“Don’t you dare leave my side when I remove Tetsusaiga. When I do, the barrier will be gone.” He rarely used Tetsusaiga. Kagome wouldn’t understand. Something was seriously wrong for him to draw the sword.

Kagome nodded, not once doubting what he said. It was instinct to keep close to him. She wouldn’t deny that the man, Naraku, frightened her. She felt Naraku’s gaze on her again and shifted her gaze to him. “What do you want?”

“You, Kagome…”

His words were soft, sending a chill down her spine, trying to force the fear deeper…she wanted…

“Dammit, Kagome. Don’t listen to him.”

She jerked as Inuyasha spoke, her mind coming out of the daze she’d been in. Dear God. She hadn’t even realized. That alone was how strong Naraku was. She hadn’t even realized he was compelling her again. She knew instinctively it wasn’t her he just wanted. He wanted the Power of the Jewel.

“No thanks are in order.”

Kagome felt Inuyasha’s arm curl around her waist as she clung to his side. She felt him tense as he gripped his sword and ripped it from the ground. Her eyes widened as the sword transformed into a massive fanged sword. She could feel the pulsing energy, the power flowing from the sword. Then the barrier dropped. Naraku smiled and rushed at her—

“Windscar!”

Kagome heard Inuyasha roar just as his arm tightened around her, keeping her clamped against his side as he swung the giant sword. She turned her head as an explosion rocked the ground, hurtling towards Naraku. The massive power that erupted from the sword shocked her. The force of it actually had Inuyasha sliding back, his feet digging for purchase in the ground.

More than her own shock, she noticed the shock and disbelief that marked Narakus face as he dodged to the side but not even he could escape an attack that close unscathed. She sucked in a sharp breath as Naraku’s body came into view. Only half was left. But his body was mutating, chunks of flesh spurting out to reform.

“Oh my God—“

“Shit, Kagome—!” Inuyasha roared.

A ball of dark energy threw them apart. She could feel the rage pouring from Naraku and it was so strong, the aura so evil that she never even saw him coming. His arm snaked around her wrist, jerking her up against his body. His right hand lifted over her head, his fingers slightly curled. He stared down at her, his lips moving but she couldn’t make out what he was saying. But she felt it. He kept her flush against him, chanting and she could feel the pulsing energy in her body flying up. Oh God. He’d draw out the Power of the Energy and then take it. And her life. She knew once all of the Power was drained from her body she would have to Mate again but it wouldn’t be like before. The Prophecy would only allow one person to fulfill it. No matter if he was good or evil. There would be no turning back. Naraku, he was fully evil.

She pushed purifying energy through her hands, searing the material of his clothes and he hissed but didn’t stop his chanting. Her eyes darkened in fear as the power bubbled higher, her mouth tingling. She saw the look of satisfaction on his face as he leaned in—

A slash of yellow/green energy slashed through Narakus hand and she stared in horror as his hand fell off, cut cleanly from his arm. She jerked back, straight into Inuyashas arms.

“You will die, demon.”

Sesshomaru landed in front of her, flexing his fingers. His voice was calm—cold.

“Not tonight.” Naraku chuckled and then his body hunched over, his spores opening to release a purple miasma.

“Don’t breathe it in! It’s a demonic miasma!” Kagome called out to Sesshomaru, clamping her hand over her nose and mouth. The miasma was thick, making it difficult to breathe and see but she knew why Naraku had done it.

He was gone.

She knew Sesshomaru would have gone after Naraku but he wouldn’t leave her alone—not with Inuyasha. And as Sesshomaru turned, taking in her appearance, his gaze moved to Inuyasha.

“Inuyasha…how are you still alive?” Not once had he changed tone of voice. His voice was still cold, so calm. No regret of his past actions. And from the look of him, he planned on repeating them.

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(Ohhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, no sex scene. Not yet anyways. =P Thank you all for the reviews! I KNOW you all were expecting a sex scene and because of that, I just couldn’t do it. This chapter would have been too predictable. I just thought I’d make you all suffer. MUHAHAHHA! But thank you! Review!!!!)

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