InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Fire Bearer ❯ Chapter 5

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Everyone just stared at the scene in shock as Kagome screamed at the frightened Kikyo, "You little traitor!" and slammed her against another tree.

"Kagome what the fuck are you doing! Have you snapped or something?" Inuyasha yelled at her as she stared Kikyo down.

"Don't you smell it on her?" She yelled back.

"Smell what? There's nothing to smell, all I smell is Kikyo." He told her as he made his way towards Kikyo. Before he could get to her Kagome put up a barrier of fire that burned Inuyasha even though he had the fire rat haori on. "Kagome, what the hell are you doing! She's going to die!" He yelled as he ran to Kagome. He grabbed at her hand but she engulfed it in fire. He jumped back holding his hand as he yelped in pain.

"Don't worry Inuyasha, I won't give her the luxury of dieing like that. She needs to suffer first." She said as she let down the fire barrier to show an unharmed Kikyo standing there.

"Kagome? What is going on? What did Kikyo do?" Sango asked her friend from the sidelines.

"The betrayed us greater then we could have ever imagined. However, she's betrayed Inuyasha most of all." She said never taking her eyes off of Kikyo.

Inuyasha lost all of his breathe. 'What could she have done? Kagome wouldn't lie, would she? I mean, she does want revenge and everything, but she wouldn't go after Kikyo, would she? No, she wouldn't, she'd rather attack head on, not like this.'

"What did I do?" Asked Kikyo.

"Oh, don't play around you traitor. You know exactly what you did. Now, I suggest you tell them before I do, ‘cause I won’t make it pretty." Kagome warned her with venom in her voice.

"I don't think I will." She said as her face went from scared and innocent to smirking with an evil glint in her eyes.

"Fine then, I will." She said as she disappeared before their very eyes. She reappeared right in front of Kikyo with greater speed then they had ever known. She wrapped her hands around Kikyo's neck, and you could almost hear it starting to crack. "But I'll take care of you first."

Everyone just stood there wondering what the hell was going on. 'So she did do something? But what could have been so horrible. What would she have done to me? The worst thing I can think of is- no, she wouldn't see him would she? What if she did? What did you do Kikyo?' Inuyasha thought frantically.

Kikyo still had that stupid smirk on her face even though it seemed as though her neck was about to snap in half. "I’m not going to die here. He'll kill you before you have the chance." She said though it was barely audible.

Just then the wind picked up and the horrible scent of Naraku filled the air. Everyone got ready to fight except Kagome who kept her hand on Kikyo's neck. Kikyo had passed out by now and as Kagome was about to finish her off she was knocked back and slammed into a tree by an unseen force. "Kagome!" Inuyasha screamed afraid for his friend.

He wanted to go help her, but he couldn't not when Naraku was so close. And this time, he was sure that it was Naraku himself and not a puppet. He stood there staring at her. She wasn't moving no matter how many times he called her name. He knew she was alive however because he could hear her breathing a her heartbeat.

Miasma filled the area and no one could see anything but the purple gasses. Inuyasha was afraid that he was going to attack Kagome. He had for some reason or another forgotten about Kikyo. Probably because he had a feeling that something was going on with Kikyo and Naraku, no matter how much it pained him to think about it.

He tried to make his way to Kagome now afraid for her life. He couldn't lose her again, he had already thought he had once. He had been thanking the gods since she returned, proving that what the old woman had told him was true. He decided that once all this was over with, he had to tell her.

All of the sudden the miasma cleared to show Naraku holding an unconscious Kikyo. "Let her go you bastard!" He snarled, he still had to act like he cared, right? "I swear if you hurt her-"

"It doesn't matter." A voice cut him off. He turned to see Kagome, with blood trickling down her forehead from hitting the tree, trying to stand up. "He's not going to hurt her."

"Kagome, are you alright?" Sango asked, looking worried for her best friend.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She said with as much of a smile as she could muster under her condition.

"What the hell is going on Kagome? What do you know?" Inuyasha asked her not taking his eyes or his sword away from Naraku.

"That's what she was doing, she was with him. You couldn't smell him on her because she used a spell to cover his scent. But I don't use smell, I sense people, and he was all over her because, well, lets just say they were doing a lot more then talking." She said as she put her head down. She wanted Inuyasha to suffer, but not like this. He had been hurt like this enough in his life.

You could see the pain on Inuyasha's face, but he quickly covered it up with anger. "I should've known. I'll kill you, I'll kill you both!" Kagome closed her eyes. She knew what he was going through. She remembered the pain she had felt, but no matter how much she said she wanted for him to feel the same thing, her heart knew it wasn't true. She didn't want anyone to have to suffer from that kind of pain ever, even Inuyasha.

Inuyasha charged at them but was knocked back by a barrier. he quickly got back up and started to attack the barrier, but no matter how much he tried, it wouldn't break. He was blinded by rage so he wasn't using his head and that was making him weak.

Naraku was enjoying this. He had an evil smirk on his face while holding onto Kikyo. "Now, now, Inuyasha. Why are we getting so testy. All she wanted was a real man, who can deny her that." He told them.

Now this got both Inuyasha and Kagome's blood boiling. That was low even for Naraku. He had no right to attack Inuyasha's pride in such a way. As far as she was concerned, Naraku would never amount to Inuyasha, or anyone for that matter. She would not let him get away with that. She didn't know why she cared so much. Could she still have feelings for him? She pushed that all aside as her anger began to build.

Naraku stood there laughing until he felt an immense power coming from the side of him. He turned to see Kagome emitting such power that it scared even him, though he would never show it. He knew she meant business, and he knew that she was strong, very strong. He could see the fire building in her eyes. 'Ah, so this is the new Fire Bearer. Kikyo told me about her. She seems stronger then anything I've come across. Kikyo told me she was extremely powerful, I shall have to see if what she said was true or not.'

"Kagura!" He called out. Suddenly the demoness in question appeared in front of him on her feather. "Take Kikyo and go back to the castle. I shall be there shortly, after I take care of this Fire Bearer." She simply nodded and took the girl in her arms and flew off towards the castle. Inuyasha tried to follow but was stopped again by the barrier. Naraku just laughed and turned back towards Kagome.

"Now, you must be this Fire Bearer I've heard of. You are in fact quite powerful. But I'd like to see you try to surpass my barrier." He said with a smirk, knowing that she wouldn't be able to do so.

She just returned his smirk and headed straight towards the barrier. She didn't break it though, she just walked right through it! You could see the surprise on his face as he put up barrier after barrier, but she just walked through each one, after which would burst into flames and disappear. Her friends just stared in astonishment wondering how she could have summoned that much strength.

She was soon standing about 5 feet in front of him. She still held her smirk as she saw the surprise, shock, and the small amount of fear on his face. "Lets do this." She said simply as a blade of fire appeared in her right hand. He shook out of his state of shock and a sword with a black blade appeared in his hand. "Fine."

They charged at each other with swords at ready. Just as he thought she was going to strike she jumped into the air and landed behind him. This left him vulnerable because he was positioned for a forward attack, not one from behind. She slashed at his back and gave him a good sized wound. He called out in pain and turned around to meet her.

The others could do nothing but watch since Naraku had put up another barrier around him and Kagome. They were all amazed at how fast she was moving and that she had wounded him already. They were also wondering when she had learned how to use a sword so well.

Naraku was dueling it out with Kagome, but every time he'd send a blow, she'd return with 2 others. Even he was amazed with her speed, he had never seen anything like it. He decided he had to and this as soon as possible. He took a few steps back and jumped into the air. He pushed his blade down onto her with great force. He thought for sure that this would send her to the ground dead. But she put her sword up and the two met with a huge crash. The sound of metal scraping metal could be heard all around. When the dust cleared everyone saw Naraku pushing his blade down on Kagome's. Just when they thought it was over for her, she thrust upwards and there was a large crack as Naraku's sword broke in half from the pressure put on it. Her sword continued upwards as it came in contact with Naraku's chest.

He jumped backwards and landed uneasily on his feet. He moved his hand to his chest and winced as it came in contact with his wound. He looked back up at Kagome and saw her ready to execute another attack. But before she had the chance his cloud of miasma surrounded him and he said, " This isn't over Fire Bearer." With that he disappeared along with his barrier.

Kagome just stood there until the fire in her eyes died and she fell to the ground. Before she could hit it, though, someone caught her. She looked up to see amber eyes staring at her with great concern. "Inuyasha," She whispered as she raised her hand to his cheek. "I'm sorry." And with that her hand fell and her eyes closed as she slipped into unconsciousness.

AN: Ok, there's five chapters. There's actually 17 altogether, but I'm starting to get tired (it's 6:30AM and I haven't gone to sleep yet). So, I'll probably post 5 or so more chapters within the next couple of days. Please feel free to review(ALOT) and the more you review then the faster and more I'll post. Have a good day!

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