InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Together Forever ❯ Power from Within ( Chapter 13 )

He said nothing, he was calm not raging like before, and he was more deadly than he had ever been. Inuyasha felt a sense of calm in his entire being; the sword pulsed with life in his hand, beating in time with his own heart. Golden eyes turned an almost crimson as a growl escaped his throat. Kagome whimpered and held her gashed arm protectively and Inuyasha glared menacingly. "What's wrong pup? Did we make you mad?" challenged the largest of the men. Youkai, he was a youkai; Inuyasha's keen nose told him that.

Inuyasha didn't speak. His anger wouldn't be his master, not now. Now he needed to kill these bastards and attend to his injured mate. The youkai was dead within a blink of an eye. The next fell and the others ran. He let them go, or so his friends thought until he released the Kaze no Kizu. The poor fools didn't have a chance. No blood had even hit the ground till the bodies of the two he had slain had landed with a dull thud. He turned around and leaped over to Kagome; his eyes back to their normal gold, softened by the worry in them for Kagome and for his friends; although Kagome was his main concern at the moment. Ares grabbed Shippo and carried him towards a nearby clearing and the others trailed her. Inuyasha held Kagome close and Miroku helped Sango along.

Once they reached the clearing, Ares who was the least wounded besides Inuyasha, set to treating wounds. Once he was sure the others would be fine he took Kagome whose arm had just been bandaged to a cave that was near but far away so that no one would hear anything that might happen there. "Inuyasha, why did you bring me here?" Kaogme asked when he set her down gently at the cave's entrance. He didn't answer but instead motioned her to climb onto his back which she did while muttering about answering her questions.

He reached a small hot spring in the deeper chambers of the cave and kneeled next to it. After she slid off his back he pulled her into his lap and began removing her bandage. "Inuyasha, what are you doing!?" she shrieked leaving a light ringing in his inu ears. "I'm going to heal your wound." He said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Brining her arm to his lips he licked lightly at her injured arm. She went stiff as a strange tingling sensation washed over her arm, and a light burning sensation as well revealed that her arm had begun to mend. Once her arm was fully healed, Inuyasha released his grip and smiled at her perplexed expression. "How?" she asked running a finger down her arm that had had a gash in it no longer than a minute before.

"Healing powers." He replied giving her cheek a peck, which of course somehow ended in a full blown passion filled kiss. They parted out of breath and bodies heated. Kagome blushed a bit at the hunger filled gaze of Inuyasha. He stroked her cheek gently with a finger. "Kagome." he said softly in a husky voice. She smiled and captured his stroking hand in both of hers, turning it, so she could kiss his palm. I think I have myself a little vixen. Inuyasha thought with a grin.

Kagome kissed his neck then the tips of his ears and gasped when he started kissing her neck in return. She giggled and whispered, "Shall we continue from were we left off?" That was all Inuyasha needed, and she was on the ground with the hanyou devouring her lips in two seconds flat. Not that she minded one bit. She felt a need; the kind she never knew existed until Inuyasha had come into her life. Inuyasha slipped his hand under her shirt but stopped as he felt her stiffen. "Kagome, what's wrong?"

'Kagome, get out of there right now!' What, Sakura? What's wrong? 'Don't ask questions just run, now!' Ok! "Inuyasha, we gotta get out of here, right now." Kagome said, sitting up and rising. Inuyasha followed suit and soon they heard a roar of something demonic. Youkai; another damned youkai come for the jewel shards.

"Damn it all to hell! I'll take care of it!" Inuyasha said grabbing the Tetsusaiga. "No, just come on! We need to get out of here now!" Kagome cried grabbing his arms. "What's wrong with you? I can handle it." "Inuyasha don't argue with me! Just come on so we can get out of here!" Inuyasha looked at Kagome then kneeled so she could get onto his back. After she was on he took off deeper into the cave looking for another way out.

"What was that!?" Shippo cried as he clung to Sango's kimono with a death grip. Sango wrapped her arms around him and rubbed his back while listening intently. "It was a challenge." Ares said drawing her sword. "What do you mean?" Miroku asked while clutching his staff in one hand and some ofuda in the other. "That youkai wants the shards, but instead of just attacking he is challenging Inuyasha, hopefully he won't accept." "I would hope not, Kagome-chan's with him!" Sango said hugging Shippo tighter.

"I want the jewel shards...where is the wench and half breed that guards them?" A neko youkai with flame red hair, coal black eyes, a tall lean build, with sharp and deadly claws and fangs asked gruffly. Ares placed herself in front of her companions and narrowed her eyes. "They are not here, leave them be. You will NOT get the shards fool." A growl escaped the neko's lips. "Be silent bitch." "I will not. Have you no idea who I serve?" "Should it matter?" "Yes, considering your clan is in her debt." Another growl escaped him but it was quickly cut off when Inuyasha and Kagome appeared. "Sango, are you guys ok?" Sango and Miroku snapped to their senses and smiled at Kagome, they had kept silent throughout the entire thing, from the youkai's appearance to Kagome and Inuyasha's own appearance. "We're fine...but what about you two?" Miroku asked as Shippo launched himself into Kagome's arms. "Fine but the cave we went to is now crawling with youkai. I caught a glimpse as we made our way back." Inuyasha said with a huff.

The neko looked over at Kagome and grinned. "You bitch, you're the guardian of the Shikon no tama, are you not?" Kagome suddenly felt an urge to put the damn neko in its place and decided to do so, if she could. "Hai, I am its guardian." She said coolly as she walked up next to Ares. "Splendid." He said the seemed to disappear and reappear in front of Kagome, his clawed hands around her neck. "Give me the shards or die." He whispered smiling wickedly at the thought of a kill.

Everyone stood still and watched, hoping that he wouldn't kill her. Inuyasha went to move in and face the neko but the youkai had other plans. "Move hanyou and I will snap her neck." Inuyasha froze and glared a growl rising in his chest. Kagome didn't move and when she failed to answer the youkai gripped her neck tighter, making it harder and harder for her to breathe.

'Kagome, listen, you must call your power!' Sakura...h-how, I don't know how! 'Pay no heed to your body; concentrate only on your center.' What does...ah...that mean? 'I'll help you do it but after this you must learn to do it alone, Ares will show you.' Ok, show me then.

Kagome closed her eyes letting the warmth that she knew was Sakura's energy flow into her. In her mind she saw a globe of white energy being pulled from a pillar of pink tinted light, like that of her arrows. Then she felt it; her mind focused itself on that pillar which she then knew as herself. Pulling from each part of her a fragment of power; drawing it to her center, making an orb of power. She felt its purification all over her body and in the distance seemed to hear a scream of pain. She knew that she fell to her knees yet kept her mind focused. Sakura had let go and was doing nothing to help her other than telling her to not let go, not to slip. It was too much, a white hot pain struck her and the orb faded and then there was darkness. Blessed darkness which seemed to echo with cries of fear and was there sorrow? She couldn't tell; she felt as though she would never move again...it was…so…dark.

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