InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Curse: One of Life and One of Death ❯ Chapter 15

Inuyasha quickly stood up and helped her to her feet as well, “We need to get you to safety. Get dressed and I will take you home; then I will come back and see if I can help my brother with anything.” She nodded her head in agreement but before she touched her clothing she brought forth her power and nullified the scent of their deed on both of them. “Now my father won't kill us, nor will your brother!” she said as she kissed his confused face. He was surprised, `Why didn't I think of that? Much less why didn't I think about the repercussions? Oh God she is so beautiful, I just want to take her all over again!' He quickly shook his head of that thought, he knew that he needed to get her to safety and quickly. “We must leave soon, I'm sure Onigumo has already sensed that Naraku is now dead and will be coming here to see for himself.”

 

Kagome's barrier had just fallen when Onigumo felt Naraku's life slip away. `It can't be! How can he be dead, he purged himself of his heart long ago; nothing can kill him without his heart being destroyed first.' “Ha-ha we see our sister has finally awakened to her full potential! Did we not tell you demon, she is the Goddess of Life? She brought back your son's heart and purified him and his heart. He had a far less painful death than what you are to suffer by us!” “So my Pet, I see you have decided to grace me with your beast yet again! Well let me reassure you; once I am done checking on my son I will come back and finish making you become the demoness you are destined to be, by my side. Then I will repay your sister for what she did to my son.”

 

`Sister you must leave, Onigumo is on his way to you. Go home and you will be safe but you must go NOW!' Kikyo stood there stunned, `Kags where are you?' When she didn't get an answer she started to panic a little. “Kikyo what's wrong? Why are you so anxious all of a sudden?” Inuyasha asked as they started leaving for her shrine. “Kags just talked to me but now she isn't and I can't communicate with her. I'm worried that something is wrong, she sounded so tired. She said that Onigumo is on his way here and that I will be safe at the shrine.” Inuyasha expanded his senses and realized that Onigumo was indeed on his way. `Why is he not within the house and yet I can still sense Sesshoumaru is still here, something is wrong here.' he thought to himself.

 

Inuyasha scooped Kikyo in his arms and took off towards the Higurashi Shrine. When they arrived they were greeted by Rei, Sephiroth, and Hokadashi. Sephiroth quickly grabbed Kikyo from Inuyasha and thanked the half breed for protecting and saving his daughter. “Inuyasha where is my other daughter?” Rei said a little scared to know the answer. “My Lady, I am sorry to say that all we know about Kagome's situation is that she is with Onigumo some place outside of his home and that I need to get back to my brother so we can track him down when he returns to her. He is currently returning to his home alone because Kikyo killed his son, Naraku. I imagine he will be in a rage and won't be paying attention to his actions, hence becoming sloppy.” Inuyasha spoke as he bowed before leaving to get to his brother.

 

“Father, Kagome spoke to me on our way over here, but she sounded so tired and weak. You don't think Onigumo could be trying to kill her do you? I can't communicate with her much less sense where she is, it is almost like she has no energy within herself.” Sephiroth knew what Onigumo would probably do to his Angel and he knew that it would happen soon. `I know that bastard lust after my Mate and now he has my beautiful Kagome. Her spirit is so much like Rei's and the fact that she looks like her doesn't help her in this situation. I can only hope that she is and will be safe until Sesshoumaru can get to her; for I will need to stay home for now, if nothing else than to protect Kikyo since she killed Naraku. I must remember to get her something really nice for that!' he thought with a smirk on his face as he continued to embrace his daughter.

 

“Calm yourself child, all will work itself out in due time. Trust in your sister to be able to protect herself. Though she is a shadow dog demon like me, she is also the Angel of Death! It will take a lot more effort to bring her down; more than it would any other normal demon.” Sephiroth said as he tried to comfort his youngest daughter. When the two embraced she instantly collapsed from all of the energy she had exerted. He picked up his daughter and carried her into the shrine followed by his mate and father in law. “I will take her to her room so that the two of you can examine her body and wounds.” he said mostly directed to Rei. “Yes Love, she appears to have over exerted herself but I do sense a few minor wounds that will need assistance.” Rei stated.

 

Once he placed her on her bed Rei ushered both men out of the room, “I will call you, Father, if I need your help okay!” When she removed Kikyo's shirt she noticed a lot of bruising around her ribs and proceeded to heal them, however she became a little curious when she noticed two claw marks on the inner thigh of both legs. `These don't appear to be attacks, could it be that she was willing to…No she wouldn't be willing…Not with them. Wait a second, Inuyasha was the one that brought her back and he was acting a little possessive; I wonder!' Rei quickly turned her attention to her daughter's neck and shoulder area. `Well there is no mark but those are definitely a dog demon's bit marks, or rather nibbles. I have better heal those as well or her father will kill them both.' she mused.

 

When she was done healing her daughter, she left the room with a smug knowing look to her face. “Love, what is it?” “It is nothing Seph! Relax one of our daughters is home and safe now, we must pray that the other will be returned to us soon.” Sephiroth didn't want to alarm his mate to the fact that he had felt Kagome's aura spike suddenly before it became absorbed by some ominous entity. `What she doesn't know won't hurt her.' Little did he know that his mate was thinking along the same line when it came to Kikyo and what she assumed had happened between Kikyo and Inuyasha before they arrived at the shrine! `I should have picked up on it sooner; she used her priestess powers to purify her scent as well as his. I'm just surprised she didn't purify him!'

 

Onigumo arrived to his house just to find a pile of ashes in the middle of the room that he knew his son was last in. He knelt down to the floor and touched the pile. Instantly he was thrown into a vision of what had occurred only moments before. Onigumo quickly realized that Inuyasha helped distract Naraku while that wench, Kikyo, proceeded to find and reunite his son with his heart. Then he skipped ahead and watched as she placed her purification power in his blood and began to rut with that half breed, Inuyasha. Although he wanted to kill her, he couldn't help but to get aroused and began to think of things he would do to Kagome when he got back, `Her powers should be pretty much depleted by the time I return!' He stood up and raised his aura and noted that only Sesshoumaru, Kanna, and Kagura remained in the house.

 

He decided he wanted to see how his little illusion was fairing with Sesshoumaru, so he went to track him down. What he saw before him surprised him to no avail. Kanna, though within the illusion, was still very much aware of what was happening in reality. Every time he tried to approach Sesshoumaru or even injure him from afar she would turn her mirror towards him and begin to suck his aura into her voided mirror. `How can she protect him even when she, herself, is not consciously here? Apparently there is more to her than I originally thought. Maybe I won't kill her just yet!' he mused. He decided to give up on trying to spy in on the illusion and he knew that if he cast that spell to enter it he would probably end up dead, `No doubt that pup chose Love over duty, just like his father would have!'

 

Kanna and Kagura stood back as they watched the battle rage on, they knew he had chosen the correct destiny of the illusion. “Now only time will tell if he truly is strong enough to be our Master's Mate. If he so much as hesitates he will perish and forever be lost to all.” Kanna spoke as Kagura noticed that her mirror was reflecting Onigumo's image. The two demonesses had already watched as Naraku perished and Kagura wondered if Onigumo was trying to destroy them while they were trapped in his little illusion. Suddenly they turned back to the battle as they heard a female scream in pain. Sesshoumaru had released his poison whip and attacked, it was currently holding Kagome around the neck. As he started to pump more poison in it Onigumo replied, “Fascinating how you can so easily disregard your mate to be!”

 

As Sesshoumaru began to pump less poison Onigumo smirked and continued, “I would have thought that the Great and Almighty Lord Sesshoumaru would have realized that I was controlling her, now she will die all because you couldn't see the bigger picture.” While he began laughing Kagome started to whimper, “Sesshou, my Love, why have you doubted me and my love for you? You were the only one who I thought would protect me, when all others seek to kill me. I guess even the Angel of Death must die and become powerless.” “Silence, your pathetic games won't work on me Onigumo. I know this is not my mate and for that she will die. Once I am done with her you will be next! Kagome is mine and you will not touch her!” Sesshoumaru barked as he pulled his whip tighter and decapitated her.

 

Kanna smirked as she realized that Onigumo was still within the confines of his house, she knew they would be able to follow him to the hidden confines that he stashed Kagome in. As the illusion began to dissolve both demonesses stood before their new Lord and Master, “We must remain here my Lord. Onigumo has moved the Angel to a place that even my powers can not go. A void, which only the weak survive while the strong are absorbed. She doesn't have long before Death will befall all, so we mustn't alert him that his illusion is broken. Only the true Lord will be able to still Death once removed from Death's confines.” He just growled at the thought of having to wait while Kagome was in danger. “My Lord,” Kagura spoke up. “Would it please you to know that Naraku has fallen and your brother has seemed to have finally found a mate that even you would approve of?”

 

He knew they were just trying to get him to calm down and be patient, but something in the back of his mind kept screaming, `Must go and protect Mate now!' Just then Inuyasha arrived and walked up to his brother, “Why are you three just standing here, why aren't you going to Kagome?” “Inuyasha quiet your self. We are waiting for Onigumo to lead us to where he has hidden Kagome. Do you honestly think I like being here when my Mate needs me? Why are you here, why aren't you with your mate?” Inuyasha blushed at the implements that his brother was implying. `I hadn't even thought about marking Kikyo as my chosen mate. I wonder if she would even agree to be.' Then they all felt Onigumo suddenly begin to leave. `I'm coming Gome, just hold on. I will not let that bastard harm you any more.'

 

Kagome noticed it was now midday and wondered how much longer she had left to try to escape. `If he comes back soon I won't be able to protect myself from him. I can only hope that Maru is safe and will come for me, but if he steps into this house he will die as well; I much warn him.' She started to become frantic as she tried to free herself. `Master we will warn Mate, worry not. Tonight is the night of the full moon and his true form shall be revealed. For no rest, we will protect us; though this house is draining, it can't drain that which it knows not we possess.' She was a little confused with the cryptic message her beast was sending her but she knew that her beast would not fail her, not now. She closed her eyes and relinquished control to her inner beast.

 

Onigumo decided he was going to run a few errands while he was away, `I think I will return to my Pet around 3 o'clock, that gives me a few hours. Hell I do have to un-enroll my son now, maybe I should go and pay that Bitch a visit and see my beautiful Rei while I'm at it.' He decided his first place he was going to stop at was a bondage shop. When Sesshoumaru saw him enter the store, he lost control and started charging towards the store. It took all of the strength that Inuyasha, Kanna, and Kagura possessed to get him to settle down so that he wouldn't blow their cover. “Look Lord Sesshoumaru, we have been in his care since we can remember, there is nothing that he can do to the Angel that will harm her except you getting caught and killed.” Kagura yelled at him in an effort to make him see reason.

 

When Sesshoumaru finally calmed down he noticed Onigumo was leaving the store with quite a few bags. He couldn't muffle growl that was emitted in the back of his throat; he knew what was in the bags and who the contents were intended for. `I am glad that the full moon has yet to rise, I don't know if I would be able to hold him back otherwise; even with these demonesses helping me.' Inuyasha thought to himself. He knew that the full moon rose tonight and he had no doubt in his mind that Onigumo would fall tonight, as his son had fallen that morning. `Kagome just hold out until my brother can get to you please. We will be there soon enough.' Suddenly they all noticed that Onigumo seemed to be in no hurry to get Kagome's location. He was now at the high school for god only knows what reason. He had a smug look on his foe's face as he entered the building.

 

Onigumo proceeded to tell the school's principal that his son would no longer be attending his school. “May I ask why not?” “It is quite simple really, my son wasn't very strong and his opponents got the upper hand. My son is now dead so I'm here to gather his belongings and go about my day if you don't mind.” The principal couldn't help but to wonder if maybe Naraku's opponent was actually his father, Onigumo. “Right this way sir; we will help you gather all of Naraku's personal belongings. Have you contacted the authorities about your son's death?” “No and I don't plan too either! My son was a weakling who got what he deserved. It was a fair battle and sometimes lives are lost in the process.” Onigumo stated as he continued to throw Naraku's stuff in one of the bags.

 

When he left the school, the gang noticed the principal walking up to the flags and lowered it to half mass. “So the bastard told him that his son is dead and they are actually going to mourn the son of a bitch. You have got to be kidding me.” Inuyasha spat out in total disgust. When he noticed that Onigumo was now headed in the direction of the Higurashi Shrine he knew he had to do something and fast. “Inuyasha, go ahead and go to your Mate. Act as though you know nothing about us or our whereabouts. Protect the Higurashi Clan.” Sesshoumaru ordered. He knew what was running through his little brother's head and heart and decided to relieve him of his duty. “Know this Inu, Father's death will be avenged tonight. Onigumo will die for all that he and his family have done.”

 

Inuyasha went running to the Higurashi Shrine, `I have to warn everyone and get Kikyo to safety. I will not allow her to get hurt by anyone ever again.' When he got to the base of the shrine's steps, he realized that he only had a matter of minutes before Onigumo would be there. “Sephiroth,” yelled Inuyasha as he leaped up the steps. “We need to get your Mate and daughter out of here. Onigumo is on his way here right now; I can only imagine it is to seek revenge on what Kikyo did to Naraku. Take them somewhere safe and I will hold him back as best as I can.” Hokadashi walked up to the young half breed and said, “I will help you protect my family and home. He is right though Sephiroth, you need to take them and flee quickly. I will cover your tracks with any purification powers.”