InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prophecy ❯ Chapter 20 ( Chapter 20 )

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Inuyasha had saved her. But in doing so he had no doubt doomed them both. Kagome watched helplessly as Inuyasha threw himself at Sesshomaru and Inutaisho, with no thought but to kill. She didn’t know that from her past dealings with his demon side. She knew it because she felt it. The connection was there, deep down between them.


They were bonded.


But it wasn’t right. “No, no, no.” Kagome knew she shouldn’t have felt this weak and as she took a stumbling step towards him, whispering his name, she fell face first. She barely managed to brace her arms in front of her, cushioning her head. All she knew was that she had to reach Inuyasha. She had to stop him. Sesshomaru wouldn’t be able to help her in this—he was too busy fighting off Inuyasha; their Father wasn’t fairing much better. “Damn you.” She sobbed, only then realizing that she was crying, not even sure if she was Inuyasha for his stupidity or Naraku.


“I’m not giving up on you!” The words barely passed her lips, more of a puff of breath than words—that’s how weak she was.


The blood was intoxicating, the smell heightening his senses and driving him crazy. He wanted more, needed more—Kagome gagged, her senses reeling as her mind fought to take it all in. Her spiritual powers automatically fought it, her body not meant for such vile thoughts, the pleasure and want of the kill. Inuyasha’s thoughts. She had to reach him, that was all she knew. Kagome curled her fingers in the clumps of grass and dragged herself across the bloodied terrain. Inch by inch. She visualized her body running to him, the muscles in her legs and thighs pumping to make them move but they wouldn’t. She was barely managing to move, weaker and weaker the closer she came to him—


“Stop, Kagome! Dammit, you fool! Don’t come any closer to him. Not with him in this condition.” Sesshomaru hissed out the words, halting her sluggish movements across the ground. For only a moment. Didn’t Sesshomaru understand that she had to reach him?



“Move. Get up.” Kagome whispered, ignoring Sesshomaru completely. He was a cold, heartless bastard. Her body shook as she braced her arms and tightened the watery muscles in her arms and legs and forced herself up onto her hands and knees.


“Dammit! The closer you get to him the weaker you will become. You’ve bonded and Mated but the Jewel is unstable.” Sesshomaru couldn’t finish as Inuyasha took a bloodied swing towards him.


“You’ll become weaker with each step towards him.” Inutaishogrunting as he slammed Inuyasha’s demon from through the forest.


And she would grow weaker until there was nothing left in her. “I…don’t care. He has to be stopped.” She knew that attack from Inutaisho wouldn’t faze Inuyasha. He came soaring through the trees, the roar vibrating the ground. And she was so close…She wanted nothing more than to close her eyes and pretend as if none of this had happened, that she and Inuyasha were still in the hut, naked and in each other’s arms. “Dammit.” She forced her heavy lids up, her body consumed by the heavy weakness and lurched to her feet. Her world spun and she tilted to the side and then through herself forward. Towards Inuyasha.


He must have sensed her, silly her; of course he would, because he spun around. His blood red savaged eyes met hers and then the death grip of his hand was around her neck, squeezing and her feet left the ground. Kagome swore she was flying for a moment but his hand never left her throat—and then she was slamming down onto the ground. The impact knocked the breath from her lungs. Her lungs seized, trying to draw air in where there was no way. She saw Inuyasha know Sesshomaru and Inutaisho away with one sweep of his free hand but she couldn’t make out what they were saying through the rush in her head, the weakness overtaking her limbs.


“Inu…” Kagome wheezed out, staring up at the agonizing familiar face above her own. She didn’t see a trace of him in his eyes—but he had to be there somewhere. She cried out, the sound muffled as she suddenly slammed and shoved her sideways across the ground so that she skidded on the hard ground till her back snapped up against a tree. Before she even managed to open her eyes she felt a fiery burn on her right side, felt the rake of his claws, the pain ending just above her hip. Her side burned, a slick warm feeling seeping through her clothes.


“Inuyasha!” Inutaisho roared, the sound almost muted to her ears. No…no. They were trying to draw his attention away from her. They all knew how far gone he really was if he had hurt Kagome. Denial rose up. Kagome couldn’t let them do it. She knew she didn’t have the strength to reach him again. If she was going to save him, save them all, he had to come to her. She reached out blindly, her hand fumbling until she curled her fingers around the sharp, jangled edge of a rock. Inuyasha was already turning so she did the only thing she could, though foolish it was. She threw the rock at the side of his head. It didn’t even make it that far, instead glancing off his leg but that was all it took.


All of his attention and his demonic rage were focused on her.

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