InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Untold Secrets ❯ 0.14b – Kagome is mine! : Part Two ( Chapter 18 )

*Last time…

Inuyasha remained silent as she sobbed into his back, his heart and head thumping with hurt. Why? Why did it hurt so much?

Because you aren't the father! He was the father; she loves him, not you. Him. The disembodied voice took a crack out of him.

Urasi! He bit back. I am him! She does love me!

Then why did she say such a thing? Moreover, why did it hurt to think it was the truth?

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Untold Secrets

By: ©Angelstars
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Standard Disclaimer - *Inuyasha ©Rumiko Takahashi.


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0.14b - Kagome is mine! : Part Two


Inuyasha swallowed sharply as a bitter saltiness rose at the back of his throat. He clenched his eyes tightly shut and curled his claws into his fists as the young miko continued to beg for forgiveness.

Kagome had yet to stop her sobbing, and still tightly gripped his back.

They stood like that, and in silence for a while longer. Thoughts and feelings now bared and opened wounds now seeping. The slight bond they had between them now hung with fear, rejection, betrayal and most of all painful hurt. She felt Inuyasha's bond fade from her thoughts and panicked.

Unconsciously, she tightened her grip upon him. How could she? How could she have done this to him?

Inuyasha slowly began to open his stinging eyes, baring his clenching teeth in a futile attempt to stay calm. His fists stung from the pressure of sharp claws piercing skin, but he didn't care. Thoughts continued to plague his inner turmoil as Kagome's small form gripped and racked with sobs from behind him.

Slowly, he let loose a long sigh before turning his head slightly. He winced at her state and twisted his entire body to bring her into his chest, strong and reassuringly holding her close.

The girls sobbing continued, suddenly increasing as soon as he moved. Inuyasha felt her earnest feelings swell from the depths of her being, as his bond slowly wrapped her into his own reassurance and forgiveness.

Kagome stifled a sniff and lifted her swollen eyed gaze upon her mate, a rare, but emotional stare looked back upon her.

"I-Inu-yasha…" She sobbed and lowered her head back within the confounds of his robes, burying herself deeper within his hold.

"I-I understand, Kagome," Inuyasha softly began, tightening his arms around her. "I know it's been hard for you, and I understand how you're feeling."

The raven-haired girl shook her head and lifted herself away from the hanyou.

"Iie! I've been so selfish! How can you compare your feelings with mine when all I've been thinking of is myself?!" She sobbed, tears now apparent and rolling down her cheeks from swollen blue eyes that met with sorrowful amber orbs.


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Meanwhile, Sango and Miroku sat on the porch of the hut, they both felt guilty over what had happened back in the hut between them, Inuyasha and Kagome. Miroku sighed and sat near the demon huntress, pulling her into a reassuring and loving embrace.

The taijiya rested her head against his shoulder and took a deep breath. "Maybe we should go and apologise?" She quietly murmured against his shoulder.

"Maybe we should leave well alone, for the moment anyway." He replied softly.

Sango closed her eyes and leaned into the monks' soft caresses. "I feel so bad, I can't believe Inuyasha never told her!"

"Aa, it wasn't completely our fault… Inuyasha should have been honest with Kagome-sama." He added, and leaned his chin against her head.

"I still feel bad about this, and upset for Inuyasha. I know Kagome-chan didn't mean it, but still…"

Miroku nodded but kept silent, allowing the girl to relax against him. He closed his eyes and sighed, only to open them as the shift in wind blew hard against his face.

"Nani?!" He was caught off guard as the whirlwind stopped inches away from the two.

"Oi! Where is the ugly mutt?!"

"Nani, Kouga? You're back?" Sango's confused voice drew the wolf's attention.

"Heh, of course I'm back! Stupid human," The wolf prince narrowed his eyes and drew his hands upon his hips. "I asked you a question, monk. Where is the mutt, I can smell his foul stench everywhere!"

"Kouga, we think you might be able to help us with something…" Miroku raised an eyebrow and an arm upon the Ookami's shoulder as he got up from his seat. He leaned over the youkai and whispered something in his ear, grinning as the wolf pulled back and stared in the general direction of the hut.

The wolf looked up from the hut and toward the houshi, eyeing him up and down before frowning, "N-nani?!"

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Inuyasha sighed once more and took a hold of Kagome's hand, and lead her to a nearby futon. "You need some rest, Kagome." His soothing voice whispered into her hair, "You've had a hard day and it doesn't help you any getting this stressed and upset over utter crap!" He added, emphasizing the word `crap'.

The teary-eyed girl looked up at her mate, "Demo-"

He hushed her with a single clawed finger upon her lips and clamped a small kiss upon her forehead.

"Rest now, Kagome-" He began, but paused as an unwanted but familiar scent caught his attention. Inuyasha felt his hackles rise as he fought the urge to growl and take a swing at the interruptive annoyance that now stood in the shadow of the doorway.

"What the fuck do you want?!" Inuyasha snarled, sidestepping in front of a very sorrowful-looking Kagome.

"Don't give me any of that shit, dog-crap! You know why I'm here!" An arrogant and angry voice colourfully spat from the shadows.

The dog-demon rumbled a growl and narrowed his eyes, "The last we met, I remember me beating the shit out of you and winning my claim fare and fucking square, asshole!"

"Maybe, but I never said I would give up either, you piece of fucking shit!" Kouga spat, and stepped out of the shadows.

Kagome's eyes widened at the youkai's appearance. His eyes were much darker than usual, his hair now loose from its binding and his attire had somewhat changed. Instead of the furs that covered him sparingly, he now wore a vast amount of fur, which was wrapped around from his shoulder and covering his chest along with an impressive amount of body armour adorning his wrists, ankles and midsection.

"Keh! Bullshit!" Inuyasha stood unimpressed, arms crossed over his chest and standing over the wolf prince with a mocking frown.

Kouga bore his teeth and clenched his fists, "You fucking expect me to just allow you to dishonour Kagome any longer, you lowly hanyou!"

Inuyasha rolled his eyes and calmly raised an eyebrow, "What the fuck are you going on about now, wimpy wolf?"

Kouga's eyes widened, "You think I would allow this to go on any longer?" He snorted and took a step toward said girl.

"Kagome," he started and took a hold of her wrist. "You're coming with me, I won't let this fucking dog touch you anymore!"

"Kouga-kun?" Kagome halted and tried to shake herself free from his strong grip, "What are you talking about?"

The wolf youkai paused and turned to look the young miko in the eye. "This piece of crap took you out of season and not only did he mate you without completion, but dishonoured you by… by" He shook his head in disgust and clenched his eyes shut.

"You're with pups and still unclaimed!" He finally finished with a snarl.

"Now wait just a FUCKING minute!" Said hanyou snapped, taking a hold of Kagome's other wrist and pulling her into his chest.

Kouga's eyes widened once more. "Get your disrespectful hands off of my woman!"

"Fuck this! You called a truce last time, what's your fucking damage?! " The hanyou growled in the wolfs' face.

"That didn't mean you needed to go and fucking treat Kagome like some fucking dog-bitch, and pup her without claiming her and mating her without completion!" Kouga retorted angrily, his fists now clenching.

"That's none of your fucking business!" Came the comeback from the hanyou in question.

"Kouga-kun! It's not what you think!" Kagome stuttered from Inuyasha's protective hold. "Inuyasha never meant-"

"You fucking bastard! You even got her believing it's not your fault!" Kouga interrupted and took a leap toward the hanyou.

Inuyasha got Kagome out of the way just as Kouga's fist hit the floor, missing them by an inch.

"I've never seen Kagome this unhappy, she's normally full of life and always smiling! Look at her! You've got her in this state for your own selfish desire and even made her believe she is at fault!"

"Fuck you, Kouga!" Inuyasha snarled, taking a swipe at the wolf. Kouga easily dogged the attack and took Kagome into his arms once more.

"I won't allow you to treat Kagome as such any more!" Kouga finally stated and took off into a whirlwind of fury out of the hut and into the darkness of the forest.

"Oi! Kouga you fucking asshole, get back here!" The hanyou shouted from the doorway and took off into the forest.

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"Kouga-kun put me down!" Kagome struggled in the wolf's hold, "Please! It really isn't what you think!" She attempted once again to explain.

The wolf turned his attention down upon the girl, but continued with speed deeper into the forest.

"Kagome, understand that I can't allow that dog to disrespect you any longer. You don't deserve that!" His voice was soft and caring as he regarded her with worried eyes.

"Believe me, Kouga-kun, I don't deserve Inuyasha full stop." She sighed and leaned into the wolf's chest, the familiar sting of tears now threatening once more to over take her.

The wolf youkai skidded to a halt and looked down at the girl with confusion. "Nani? Kagome are you crying?" He asked, his voice now filled with emotion.

"Oh Kouga-kun, I've been so selfish and awful to him! I've done nothing but hurt him throughout this whole mess!" She sobbed into her hands.

"Mess? This isn't your fault or a mess!" The wolf soothed and took a seat on a nearby fallen tree, bringing the girl into his lap.

"It was my fault, and this is a mess. Inuyasha only wants to help me and take care of me, and all I've been doing is pushing him away, and making his life even more of a misery than it already has been!" She carried on regardless of the wolfs' attempts of empathy.

"Feh, I don't see why you're sticking up for that mutt! He shouldn't have dishonoured you by doing this," He motioned toward her stomach.

Kagome's eyes widened, "No! Kouga-kun, don't you understand… This isn't what you think. Inuyasha has done nothing wrong, please take me back to him now."

The wolf shook his head and gripped her closer. "Iie, I won't. Look at what he's doing to you! You're allowing him to get away with his ignorance and thus pulling you deeper into unhappiness!" He started. "I won't let him do this to you! My Kagome deserves to be treated with respect and honoured as a true bitch and not some… well I won't even bring myself to say it! That dog has really fucking proved his heritage of a damn mongrel halfling!"

"Kouga-kun!" Kagome berated and pushed herself away from the angry wolf. "And I won't allow you to disrespect my mate with such words! Inuyasha has been nothing but caring and protective over me since I've met him and I love him damn it!"

Kouga's eyes bulged.

"Now if you please, take me back to my mate this instant!" Kagome finished.

Inuyasha heard voices not far from the forests clearing just beyond some fallen branches, his nose twitched as he caught Kagome's scent mixed with Kouga's. He growled low in his chest. Fucking wolf, has he a death wish?

His ears twisted toward Kagome's voice as it carried through the silence of the forest, the scent of fresh salty wetness now apparent to his nose. His eyebrows clenched with a frown. Fucking wolf, he defiantly had a death wish.

When I get my claws into him, he will regret taking Kago-

He was interrupted as Kagome hissed in anger. Inuyasha smiled, but caught himself short as he heard her confess something he had only dreamt about.

She-she loves me?

He felt his heart beat quicken within his chest making it harder to breath, was his ears playing tricks on him? Had he actually heard her say she loved him?

He shook himself quickly and swore under his breath. Pull yourself together and go get your mate, baka! He berated himself and made his presence known.

"Oi, asshole! Let Kagome go right now!"

"Inuyasha!" He heard Kagome's cry just as the wolf pulled her out of his lap and took a flying lunge toward the hanyou.

Inuyasha leaped out of the way and backed up, taking tetsusaiga into his hands with ease. The massive fang transformed and powered up as the wolf began to run toward him full speed.

"Keh, so you're back for another thrashing, hn?" Inuyasha's arrogant and over confident snide remark bellowed over the wolfs' howl.

"I wouldn't get so cocky hanyou! I'm in no mood to go easy!" The wolf replied just as confident.

Kagome sighed and sat on the piece of broken log, unaware of the wondering eyes in the mist of the forest overhead.

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His long dark hair blew freely in the breeze as his eyes scanned the area; the hanyou and wolf were fighting once again.

Perfect. He thought, as a cruel smile perked upon his lips, his eyes now searching out the raven-haired girl lost in thoughts and worry.

She'll soon pay; both will pay for what they've done!

"Soon Inuyasha, soon you'll know how it feels to know utter betrayal…and pain of loss" His voice lowly growled as a swarm of small hovering bee-like creatures hovered overhead.

Soon…

His final thoughts echoed as vast amounts of blackish mist enveloped his masked body.

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Inuyasha snorted and lifted the huge transformed fang above his head. "I don't want you to go easy on me, wimpy wolf!"

"Would I?" The wolf replied, lashing out with his clawed hands.

Inuyasha easily dodged the attack, "What the fuck was that?!" He sarcastically asked, frowning in disgust.

"It was an attack, shit for brains!" Kouga growled a retort in his defence.

"You call that pathetic attempt of fighting an attack?!" Inuyasha's eyes bulged with amusement, as his grin grew wider.

"Feh! Listen you piece of dog shit! I don't wanna have to-" He was suddenly interrupted by Kagome's gasp.

"Inuyasha! There's someone else here!"

"Nani?" The hanyou whipped his head around, searching the forest with his eyes, ears and nose.

"Are you sure, Kagome? I sense no one…" Kouga asked, he too, searching the forest as Inuyasha had done.

The miko nodded and held a hand over the glowing Shikon no Tama that now hummed with pulsating energy.

"I felt the Shikon no Tama pulsate, and it started to glow black like something was calling to it. That's when I felt an evil presence coming from the trees up ahead," She pointed to the west of the forest. "I know someone was there, I wasn't imagining it… I've felt this before whenever… whenever Naraku was near by…" She murmured, keeping her eyes transfixed on the depths of the forest ahead.

"Eh. What you talking about, woman? I killed that sonofabitch!" Inuyasha asked then announced.

Kouga's eyes grew in size, "Nani? You killed Naraku?"

"Yeah! So what if I did?" Inuyasha narrowed his eyes, and leaned toward the shocked wolf prince. "I pierced his discussing heart with this very tetsusaiga." His voice lowly drummed with pride as he hefted the fang with ease and glided it toward the wolfs' throat.

"Like I could easily slice you in half right now!" He finished.

Kouga leaped from the fangs bite and landed in a nearby tree. He frowned down upon the hanyou and snorted, "Heh, as if, dog crap!"

"What? You think I'm shitting you?!" The hanyou barked and fisted his free hand in irritation.

Kouga merely smirked and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Baka!" Inuyasha mumbled under his breath and looked over to where Kagome stood. "Oi, Kagome?"

The miko did not answer nor move from her spot, her small hand still gripped tightly around the glowing Jewel. Inuyasha frowned.

"Oi, Kagome, you okay?" The dog-demon wondered toward her only to be thrown from his feet and directly into the tree in which Kouga crouched in, causing the wolf to lose gripping and end up sprawled across his chest in a heap of dog and wolf.

"Get the FUCK off of me, yasaeokami!" Inuyasha pushed the stunned wolf-youkai free from his chest and got to his feet. He frowned once more and eyed Kagome suspiciously.

"You fucking jerk! Oi, Inukoru!" Kouga sprang to his feet and fisted a hand full of Inuyasha haori.

"Eat shit and die asshole!" Inuyasha growled and slapped his hand away pushing passed him to get to Kagome.

"Kagome?" He called for her once again, stalking slowly toward her. He was met with another surge of miko energy and clenched his eyes shut from the intensity.
Kouga watched with widened eyes as Kagome coolly turned toward the both of them, her eyes held no emotion and pale grey in colour. Her arm rose slowly toward the pair of worried glances and smirked as she powered up a blast of sparking miko aura from her hand. It crackled and spat with energy as black as the night.

Kouga stepped away from the girl and looked at the stunned dog-demon.

"Oi, Inukoru? What have you done to Kagome, asshole?!" The wolf demanded.

"Kagome?" Inuyasha murmured and reached out to touch her, his worried eyes now piercing her cold emotionless ones.

What the hell? He thought as her miko energy sparked with a spitting cackle of electricity toward him.

He leaped back and landed beside the confused wolf. "What the hell is going on, Inukoru?" Kouga spat and grabbed a fist full of the hanyou's hair and yanked him hard.

"I have no fucking clue, asshole! Let go of my fucking hair before I-" He was interrupted as Kagome's ragging energy hit them both, forcing them off their feet.

"Holy shit!" Kouga swore and glared at the dog-demon beside him. "Kagome's fucking possessed!"

"Shut the fuck up!" Inuyasha snarled and got to his feet. "Kagome… Kagome can you hear me?" He took a step closer only to be met with yet more pulsating energy.

Kouga ducked his head and spat another long line of curses under his breath. Inuyasha stood once more and eyed her closely, searching for any sign of what might be causing the girl to act the way she was.

His eyes widened when he saw it.

"Shikon no Tama…"


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Author Notes: A shorter chapter than normal, but it will make sense as the story progresses, and who guessed I'd be so mean as to fool you all into thinking this was the end of story?! Ha! As if! Oh yea, I know another cliffhanger! Moreover, what did Kagome mean by Naraku?

Next Chapter: 15 - The darkness within
Inuyasha and Kouga work together and stop Kagome from attacking them any further, realising the Shikon no Tama is controlling her, they both seize the jewel and manage to save Kagome from its tainted allure. Kagome seems to be experiencing problems with her miko inheritance and Kaede decides she should start to train in the ways of her spiritual power.

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