InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Redemption ❯ redemption13 ( Chapter 13 )

Naraku and Kagome walked through a creepy looking forest. One that even though it was daylight everywhere else, it was pitch black in the kept looking around and around, hoping to see some shed of light somewhere, but had no a loud noise was heard, making Kagome jump, literally into an unsuspecting Naraku's arms.

"What are you doing?" Naraku asked as Kagome calmed her heart down. "Sorry, but this forest is freaking me out." "I see." He said, still walking and carrying the skitish girl. "Ah, you can put me down now," Kagome said, but her carrier wasn't paying attention. "Hey!" "What?" "I said you can put me down now," "So you can just get scared again? We'd be right back in this situation, also I may not catch you next time." Kagome groaned, this was not helping her at all.

Ever since Naraku had confessed that he loved her, she'd been trying to stop herself from even thinking of thinking of him the same way. She sighed knowing that there were so many ways that he and Inuyasha were alike, but also many that set them far apart from each other.

Inuyasha was strong, brave,determined, handsome, and sometimes reliable, but he got distracted easily, not always the best for reliability. Naraku, was also strong, brave, determined, and handsome. He was also, seen as the most evilest thing to walk the Earth.

Kagome glanced up at him, and thought, he didn't seem that evil to her, not now anyway. "We're in the heart of the forest." "Hm? Oh..." Kagome looked around and saw nothing, but death. There were all sorts of bones all around, a few bodies that had recently come through and died. Kagome covered her nose. She may not have a sensitive nose like Inuyasha, but the decaying flesh still stunk bad.

"We should head on through..." "What do you think killed all these beings?" Naraku asked, and Kagome shrugged, "Maybe a demon, maybe something eles. In anycase, we should be heading..." "Wonder if the demon is strong?" "Ah...probably..." She said as she noticed wolf carcasses on the ground. She really didn't like this place. There was a sort of evil aura, one that made her want to run home and dive under her bed, never to ever come out again.

"Hm...you really don't like this place, do you?" Kagome shook her head, "No...theres just something about this place, that makes me sick..." "I see, then lets get going and find our way out." "K." Kagome thanked the kamis that they were finally moving forward and hopefully getting closer to the exit.

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Inuyasha stopped at the entrance to a creepy forest. He sniffed and caught Kagome's scared scent. "Kagome..." He dashed in before just as the others were getting there. "Inuyasha!" "I guess Kagome is in there...Sango? Whats..." "This forest...it...it's nothing more then a dead filled death trap!" "Huh?" "A while back, while I trained to become a slayer, at that time I was still in training. A group of our best fighters went out, except my father, he stayed back to train me. My mother went though and none of them came back." "I see..." "This place is nothing more then an evil wasteland, filled with nothing, but death and vile evil. For someone like Kagome, this place can be very hazardous to them." "Hm..." Shippo looked at the forest entrance, there was no way he was going through there. "I'm glad shes not alone." Sango and Miroku looked at the young boy, and sighed. "Yes, that is a good thing.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha called as he dashed through the forest searching for some little hint of where she was. He didn't care if he even ran right into Naraku, at least then he'd find Kagome. "Kagome!" He shouted again and again, but heard nothing back, except for the ghostly screams and cries for help and painfull cries. He had to cover his nose, due to the sickening scent of the decaying corpses.

"Ka...Hm?" Inuyasha felt sensed someone was following him and whipped around to face a dark figure. "Who the fuck are you! Why are you following me!" "Heh, young pup, you have stumbled into me domain," "Your domain...then you are the cause for all this decay and death!" "Is the look of death not so beautiful? The most beautiful thing in the world, is a dying woman. When her face twists in pain, and her soul leaves her body, leaving an empty shell...and the smell, the best perfume." Inuyasha growled, "You're disgusting!" He went to leave, but the figure would not allow it. "look you sick freak! Let me pass!""Heh, heh, heh, no one passes when they meet me, the demon of death Grimisu. Now, little puppy, shall I use an acid...or perhaps a sharp weapon?" Inuyasha drew Tetsaiga and got ready for a battle.

Just then, the demon heard something. It was a scream, and not just any scream, Kagome's scream. "Oh, I hear that a young woman has gotten herself lost within my forest...how delightful." "Dont' you even dare!" Inuyasha shouted and blocked the demon's path. "You keep your sick hands off of her!" "I see, so thats the reason you've come into my forest, to rescue your beloved, am I right?" "Shut up!" "Well, your answerr doens't matter to me, fore soon that woman shall be begging to die." The demon lept over Inuyasha, who raced after him, trying to catch up to him, before he caught up to Kagome. Inuyasha prayed that even if the demon did get to her, he prayed that Naraku would protect her, at least until he could get there.

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"I t appears that we are reaching the end of this forest." Stated Naraku as Kagome clutched his robes. "Good. The sooner the better." They'd been walking again and Kagome had gotten spooked again and well, the same thing happened again. This time, Naraku refused to put her down, even if she wante him to, he wouldn't.

He stopped suddenly and set Kagome on the ground. "Hm?" "Something is comining...1 is Inuyasha...the other, I do not know, but Inuyasha is chasing the other one." Kagome looked around. She spotted to the light, meaning that they were so close to the exit. Without Naraku noticing it, Kagome headed for the light.

"We should...hm? Kagome..." He turned to where she'd seen the light and saw her walking towards it. "Shit!" He knew what the light was. Death. He ran after Kagome and yanked her away from the light. "Huh..." "Welcome back." "Huh?" "That light you saw was nothing more then a lure to, lure you to whoever is over there, and I believe it is the one who approches, the one that I do not know." Kagome gripped his sleeve. She'd been so cloe to death, so close to it, and Naraku had saved her.

Kagome sighed. "It's arrived." "Hm?" A dark figure landed in front of Naraku, who now had Kagome behind him. "Ah, a woman and a man, what a wonderful day, first that pup and now young lovers." Kagome blushed at that comment. "Who are you!" Naraku ordered as the figure grinned.

"I am Grimisu, and you and the girl are my new toys, until you both break." The demon made a move for Kagome, but was blocked by Narkau. "Kagome, head left, you'll find the exit that way." "What, but what about you?" "I will stay and take care of this clown." "You take care fo me? You must be jesting, fore it is you who shall be 'taken care of'!" The demon disappeared. "Where'd he go..." Kagome let out a shrill scream as the demon lept into a tree with her. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" "Ah... the sweet sound of a woman's scream of horror. I love it! I love that sound! Keep it up woman!" Kagome stuggled in his arms and tried to desperatly get away. "Let me go!" "Ha...such wondrful sounds, begging to be let go, screams, music to my ears."

"Kagome!" Naraku lept into a tree right in front of the demon's tree. "Give her back! Now!" He ordered, but the demon just laughed and laughed as he semi lightly and had, ran his sharp claw over her throat. Naraku had no choice, but to stay still. He knew he could get rid of the demon with no problem, but the demon now held Kagome in his grasp.

Kagome. Naraku thought. Someone until recently he wouldn't have cared if she'd died of not. Then, she was just a woman on Inuyasha's side and anyone on that side was an enemy, so she had been as well. Now, after traveling with her for so long now, he wasn't going to allow her to die, not if he was able to save her.

"Such lovely skin you have dear, and you are a miko too, such luck I am having today. Now, how would you enjoy dying?" "Ah...if possible, not at all..." "Ooh, you are quite the treasure, but you are going to die on this fine day. That I can assure yo...hm?" A noise was heard coming from behind the demon and in three seconds, Inuyasha had ripped Kagome from the demon and had her safe and sound in his arms.

"Ah, so you caught up did you? No matter all three of you shall die today, what a wonderful day." Inuyasha glared a glare that if looks could kill, the demon would have been killed 100 times over, by just one glare. "How dare you touch her!" He roared angrily, and the demon just smirked and disappeared. "Where the fuck did you go!" Inuyasha looked all around, but could see or smell the demon. Naraku though, he knew what the demon was pulling and as the demon reappeared behind Kagome again, he grasped her and took the sharp knife that the demon had planned on using on Kagome.

The demon had a surprised look on his face, but just smiled at the blood that poured from the inflicted wound, where the knife had stabbed Naraku. "Oh my god! Are you..." "Hmph, if Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru are unable to kill me, no mere demon would be able to." "I know, but thats a lot of blood...wait!" "Hm?" "Each time before, whenever you were cut in half, or something like that, there was never any blood!" "...What are you getting at?" "You're bleeding! You shouldn't be bleeding...unless..." "..." Kagome looked at him with knowing eyes. "You took your human heart back didn't you?" "Hm, very perceptive of you." Kagome closed her eyes, then shot them open as Narkau fell to the ground. She knelt quickly to catch him.

"Whats happening!" "Hm...I suppose taking back my human heart wasn't the best thing to do in this situation..." "What do you mean?" "He's dying." Inuyasha said after leaving the demon knocked out cold. Kagome looked up at the hanyou, "What do you..." "Until now, his with his human heart not in his body, everytime we believed we'd killed him, he was able to come back to life, fore without his human heart, he was immortal." Kagome's eyes widened as she realized what that meant. "Now that he has his human heart back, he's dying." Kagome turned her attention back to Naraku, while over where Inuyasha had left the demon out cold, the demon was now up and had the knife in his hands and threw it, aiming for Kagome.

"Die human wench! DIE!!" Inuyasha rushed to protect Kagome, but the demon had called upon the dead to assist in his attack, making it impossible for Inuyasha to get to Kagome in time. "KAGOME!!" He shouted as Kagome, closed her eyes and prepared for the knife to shoot right through her. "Kagome! Move!" she tried, but couldn't.

"The girl cannot move, fore I hold her body still as a plank, and now, fare the well, miko." Kagome kept trying to move to escape the knife, but the demon had too strong of a hold on her. She braced herself for the pain of the knife going through her body, but none came.

"Huh..." She opened her eyes to see that Narkau had lept in front of her and had once again taken the knife, this time though, he collapsed shortly after into Kagome's arms.