InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Transforming desire ❯ Somewhat a Sequel ( Chapter 2 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha.
Kagome did her best not to glance behind her to see to Inuyasha. If she let her guard down for even a second the bandits would get her, she knew it. For now they kept their distance, unsure of what magic she might have in her bag and the power of her arrows. They didn't seem to know a mikos power wouldn't turn against humans - or at least, hers wouldn't. Kagome never knew she would be thanking herserlf yet again for being a vain girl, but the hairspray and lighter in her hands was the only thing keeping the bandits at bay for the moment since Inuyasha was rended useless due to the yokai exterminating smoke. Where the hell had they gotten those pills anyway? At least Kagome thought they had used pills, because no natural herb could leave this strench! It even affected her.
Kagome fought yet again to keep her gaze focused straight ahead, keeping the locked positions intact. Typical of her she had realised too late that she and Inuyasha had been hearded towards a cliff. Typical of her she had too late seen the hand that shot out and stole Tessaiga away from Inuyasha. The weapon would not transform for her, but she could at least have used it as a backup or something. Now someone in the mass of men in front of her had it and that's why she had to make sure no one would get to hurt Inuyasha.
These men had murder in their eyes and without Tessaiga Inuyasha was bound to go into a killing spree. Kagome still hurt for how bad he had hurt after the last one. Such selfloathing, so low faith in himself, such determination he had afterwards to make sure it would never happen again! And how much she had fought to make him see she would never think low of him, that she and the others wouldn't leave him for something he couldn't control.
Kagome would be damned if she let these men ruin all their hard work. She would not let them harm Inuyasha in that way. She would rather end up hurt herself.
And end up hurt she would she realised when a sudden movement just outside her line of vision caused her to drop the lighter.
“Get the yokai first!” someone shouted and Kagome grabbed for her bow and an arrow, well knowing they would do no use in this short range anyway. That's why she had grabbed for the hairspray in the first place. That and panic. And now Kagome seemed to be panicking again, which wasn't so strange since the loud thumps and groans coming from a beating already resounded behind her. Kagome dropped her bow to spin around and aid Inuyasha in any way she could. He was more or less unconscious and it was only a matter of time before those men went from foot and fists to weapons. But Kagome barely had time to turn a quarter before someone grabbed and janked her hair, making her yell out in unexpected pain.
The movements came to a hault when greedy eyes turned towards Kagome and her captor, something the man currently working on balding her straw by straw did not like.
“What are you looking at? Stop playing around and kill the beast! One of them has the Shikon no Tama!”
Kagome heard the displeasured grunts as the men complied - and then the sickening sound of sharpened weapons cutting through skin, tissue and flesh, reaching bones. Regardless of the grip the man still hand on her hair Kagome whipped around and screamed her companions, her protectors, her beloveds name.
“INUYASHA!!!!”
“Shut up, wench!” The familiar insult did not call forth the rage that normally filled Kagome because the pain of being tugged backwards by her shirt and thus nearly strangeled drowned out any other feeling. No, one more emotion came through too: the feeling of utter hoplessness and defeat. Kagome knew she had neither the strength nor the skill to fight off even one fullgrown armed man, much less about twenty. This was it.
Or maybe not.
A low growl was the only warnings the bandits got before the fallen hanyou suddenly opened his eyes, his now blue and red eyes holding a promise of pain and death. Kagome was fortunate enough to be spared from the sight of the slaughter because the man holding her by her shirt did not stay around to be a witness. He ran and she had no choise but to run along, her hands twisting her shirt so she wouldn't be strangeled.
Kagome tried to gather her thoughts. The only thing that could help Inuyasha now was Tessaiga, but that remaind behind them on the scene they left. She had “osuwari” of cause, but that had only helped when Inuyasha was but partly transformed. That time at the slaughter of the other bandits she hadn't dared to use it, not knowing what the outcome would be. There were so many men. They could have killed Inuyasha had he used it. But this time all that seemed to remain was one man.
And her.
Despite how little she wanted to ackknowledge it, Kagome had to admit to herself she didn't know if Inuyasha would spare her life or not. Last time he hadn't recognized her voice, leaving her with no means to reach his heart. How would -
Kagome yelled out loud when the man screamed out in pain and fell forward, pulling her along. Kagome tumbeled to the ground but her impact was not nearly as painful as her captors. Full yokai Inuyasha had charged at him from behind, tackled him to the ground and was now extending his claws for the deadly strike. Kagome got to her feet and yelled:
“Inuyasha NO!!!”
But Inuyasha smirked and thrusted his claws through the mans neck, cutting off the screams and pleads forever. Kagome stood and watched the horrid scene and tried to sort out her emotions, her actions, sort out anything inside her head because everything was tumbling around, fighting for a way to the surface and thus ended up getting stucked. That was until Inuyasha slowly turned his head and granted her with the very same smirk.
“Run.”
At first Kagome did not recognize the voice as one belonging to Inuyasha, nor could she understand the command. Run? Yes, that would be a good idea if she was in danger, but the one in danger here was Inuyasha and he needed help, he needed Tessaiga, and Tessaiga was back at the cliff and that's where Kagome needed to go. Deciding that singel trail of thought was a plan Kagome turned and ineed began to run, but towards the cliff. She knew even after a few steps that she had no chance to outrun Inuyasha should he decide to give chase; that still didn't stop her from being taken by surprise when a clawed hand gripped her shoulder. Kagome felt sharp claws grace her skin without piercing through and then the wolrd was a blur. Kagome managed to hold her balance and when she looked around, she found that Inuyasha had simply brought her back to her starting point: the corpse of her captor. But this time the path to Tessaiga was blocked by her once hanyou companion. Kagome felt the first trace of real fear for her own life run along her spine when Inuyasha bared his fangs in a joyless smirk and once again said:
“Run.”
Kagome felt like running, it wasn't that. But she knew it would be no good. And there was something within those eyes of Inuyasha, something that Kagome did not recognize as malice. She wasn't given time to think more about it when Inuyasha let out a low growl and cracked his knuckles.
“I said RUN!”
Kagome shrieked when Inuyasha leaped towards her, claws ready for a strike. She shrieked the only thing she could.
“OSUWARI!”
And then she turned and ran.
The rest is as they say, history.
Now do you see why I never continue my moments? I simply lack the ability to do so. I can't grasp the words, the emotions, the intensity, I can just babble on about “now they do this and now that” yadi yada. And I get so annoyed with myself! So, sorry, but I won't continue any of my moments or one-shots I've labeled as completed, because they already are as completed as I can make them with the ability I have now.
Thanks a bunch to everyone that has reviewed though! I squeal my boyfriend's ears raw in my joy to get them! : )
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