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Haunted Passions

Chapter II

 

Sigh... I think I'm making things confusing! Oh well, onto the show!

 

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yuyu Hakusho or Inuyasha! I wish I did, but sadly... I don't.

 

Let's talk telepathically!

/Hiei/

(Someone Else)

 

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He searched thoroughly, hoping to find a trace of the girl that he now wished to mate. She was strong and powerful, and she would be his. Laughing as he remembered the look that Inuyasha had given the girl when he found her, he pushed onward. Even though he only recently completed his body, he'd still been spying on the group using Kanna's mirror. Now he knew that the girl had disappeared from the rest of the group, a demon had told him that. It also gave him an idea of where to look for her, but at the moment he couldn't really sense her.

 

Remembering that look was still wonderful to him. It pained Inuyasha to know that one of the women he loved had been taken by Naraku. His scent had covered her entire body and the hanyou had turned away from her in disgust. Shortly after that he had made his decision, he had chosen Kikyo. The younger miko had been heart broken, but the others tried to help her. Miroku hadn't touched her since the kidnapping, Sango was even a little distanced. The only one who actually acted like things were normal was Shippo, though the kit tended to worry for her a little more. Inuyasha had actually yelled at her for 'giving' herself to Naraku. That had him being put into a deep crater. Chuckling to himself, Naraku continued his search.

 

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Inside the cave, a certain fire demon was annoyed. The evil presence kept coming closer to his cave. Releasing his aura completely, he felt the other aura shrink away. Smirking to himself, he relaxed back against the wall. Looking around, he noticed that the girl was no longer trembling. In fact, her miko energy was surrounding her body. Her aura was a swirling mass of pink, purple, blue, and white. The demon's eyes widened when he realized that her aura was reacting to his own. Her powers were secretly making their way towards him, he noticed a little late since he was examining her aura. They slowly wrapped around him and calmed his anger.

 

Growling when he realized that she was trying to calm him, he walked over and forced her to get up. "Hm..?" Eyes slowly opened and sapphire stared into ruby. Gasping at the intensity of his stare, she felt lost in those crimson depths. Barely taking in his features as her eyes were glued to his, she noticed that he was quite handsome. Also she noticed his aura, not all of the power within him was released, but his power was. His aura screamed power, death to any foolish enough to cross his path. She could feel the coldness of it, his ruthlessness, and all she could do was get lost in his look. The way his eyes shone like they were lit from within with fire, crimson flames. On it's own, her hand started to reach out to touch his cheek, but it jerked back as she heard him growl. Her glazed over eyes becoming focussed.

 

"Cease using your aura to calm me." The demon commanded as he turned and went back to his spot against the wall.

 

Looking around, Kagome realized that her aura really was unleashed. "Dammit!" Pulling on the energy, she tried to restrain it. Nothing seemed to work as she couldn't return it to her body. Sighing, something occurred to her. If her aura wouldn't return to her, she'd use it for something else. "Stupid aura..." Calling forth her healing powers, she allowed her aura to turn completely blue and swirl around her as it slowly healed her wound and relaxed her aching muscles. Though her idea worked, her aura still seeped out around her. "I hate my aura..." She muttered as she again tried to call it back into her body. Another idea came to her. "Fine." Concentrating, she sent her power out in undetectable waves. The demon inside the cave with her seemed to notice though, as he turned to look at her.

 

Power pulsed around her as the rest of her aura was sent out. With it was a message that she was ok and that she'd try to make it to the village soon. Knowing that her friends should get the message, she tried not to collapse. That was most of her power... her strength. Noticing that the demon was looking at her almost curiously, she attempted to turn to him. "Why didn't you just subdue your aura?"

 

"Uh.. I can't." Looking down at the floor, she sighed. "I haven't come into my powers and my aura always tries to leak out, when it does I've only ever been able to subdue it once."

 

"You're not well trained then."

 

Sighing, she looked up at him. "I'm not really trained at all. Kikyo only just started helping me, Miroku tried but can't help very well, and we're never in the village long enough for me to learn from Kaede. No one knows that I have as much control as I do, or that my aura is that powerful... well, you now know." Bringing her knees up to her chest to rest her head on, she sighed again. "I have to get back to my group, I need to tell them that he... that he's back." Her voice broke when she said he, but then her frightened eyes turned to the demon. "He's not here, right?"

 

The fire demon looked at her. "I released my power and the coward ran."

 

Her eyes shot up at his statement. "You knew he was looking for me..." Trailing off, her eyes grew wide. "You protected me..."

 

"I did not protect you onna, I simply got the intruder out of my territory."

 

"Whether or not you meant to, you still protected me." Kagome said with a slight smile resting on her lips. "And for that I thank you." It was at that moment that her mind began to remember when she used to be protected. Inuyasha used to care for her. Now they didn't think much of her, no one did... except her son. Shippo. He had asked her to adopt him by youkai law, so that everyone would know that he was hers. He knew some about her powers, but he didn't know it all. The barriers of her mind began to break from her pain, they needed to let her emotions out. The ones that she kept hidden from everyone else. Not having the energy to shield her mind, she simply let go. Knowing that he'd probably see everything, but she didn't know that they'd already broke.

 

Hiei cursed as his jagan opened. He knew that it meant her mind was once again open. The sentient being wanted to know more about the girl, and so it was going to. Seizing it's opportunity, the eye rushed into her mind and memories began to show themselves to him. They angered him for some reason, but he pushed the feeling away.

 

Flashbacks

 

When her eyes opened, light assaulted them. Wincing as she tried to move, she heard something that sounded like voices, and it was nearby. "Inuyasha, won't you even listen to us?" Pleaded a female voice.

 

"The bitch fucked Naraku, I'm not going to deal with her anymore." An enraged male shouted.

 

A loud whack, and another male's voice sounded. "You are being foolish Inuyasha. Lady Kagome would never do that, and according to Kaede it was rape. Not to mention that she was being tortured by him."

 

"He still put his filthy hands all over her body, I'm not going to have anything to do with her any longer. Kikyo was captured by him and she never allowed that to happen!"

 

"Yes, but Kikyo is fully trained." A small boy's voice said. "Kagome has been training herself Inuyasha, she's never before expelled power from within her body. She always uses her arrows. Miroku can't help her control it, and you never let her spend enough time with Kaede to be taught. None of you do! I blame you Inuyasha, for not letting her train, I blame everyone of us. But I think you're the one who should take most of the blame." Footsteps were heard before a young fox kit walked inside and rushed to her the minute he noticed she was awake.

 

"Shh..." She said calmly. "I want to hear what they have to say."

 

The kit nodded mutely, but climbed up next to her. Curling around her as if she'd leave him if he didn't. The voices continued to argue as the two lay there, listening to their harsh words. "I think we should send her home, she'll get better faster."

 

"Hell no monk. As soon as she wakes she's got a lot of explainin' to do, then we're shard hunting. I don't care if she has to ride on that damn cat, I ain't carrying her."

 

"Inuyasha, why are you being so mean over something she had no control over?" The female asked with a twinge of hatred in her voice.

 

"All demons have honor. If she said no, he would have stopped."

 

Then the scene changed and Kagome was sitting in a clearing away from the others. Inuyasha was standing there glaring at her. "Tell me why Kagome? Why did you accept that bastard's advances?"

 

"I didn't! He raped me Inuyasha, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it!"

 

"You're lying bitch, I know you are."

 

"Why would I lie to you Inuyasha? Tell me that?"

 

"You're a whore bitch, that's why! You probably had him give you those injuries after you made a deal with him."

 

"I did no such thing!" She screamed at him, only to be struck.

 

Her hand tentatively raised up to her now red cheek. Blood seeped from beneath her fingers from when his claws had grazed her. "I do not trust you anymore. No one does." And he turned and walked away.

 

"But I love you..." Kagome whispered as tears threatened to spill down her face.

 

The scene changes once again. Kagome is alone with Sango, relaxing in the hot springs. The slayer kept glancing at her, and it was making the girl nervous. "Kagome, what happened before we found you? How'd you get away from Naraku?"

 

Tensing from the question, the girl sighed as she sunk deeper into the warm water. "I had been trying to work with my powers while he was torturing me. After he threw me back into the cell, I'd meditate and try to control it. It was hard to concentrate with all of the pain, but I somehow managed. The problem was that he'd paralyze me when he'd torture and rape me. I wasn't able to move at all, so I couldn't use my new ability. I finally thought of a plan, but it wouldn't work. A while later, I found a nail in my cell. Using it, I picked the lock. I so wanted to flee, but I couldn't. Now when I had the chance to possibly get the jewel back. He had all the shards but Koga's, so I had to risk it. By managing to mask my aura and deal with the pain, I was able to surprise him. I called forth all of my power and it burst into him... I accidently re-shattered the jewel, but I managed to purify most of his body. He fled just before I passed out. I can call my power out, but it'll send all of it out and render me unconscious."

 

The slayer stared at her suspiciously. "You do realize that that sounds impossible and unbelievable, don't you?"

 

Kagome merely shrugged at her. "It's true though."

 

"Right." Sango said as she quickly stood. "I'm returning to camp now." Grabbing her cloths, the slayer stalked off in the direction of camp while leaving a now upset girl in the springs. The rustle of leaves went unnoticed as a small boy ran quickly to beat her back to the others.

 

Again the scene changes to where Kagome is alone with the monk. He sighed as he looked at his hand, then he looked over at the girl. "Kagome, I have a question for you."

 

Looking up, she smiled, but it did not reach her eyes. "What is it Miroku?"

 

Clasping her hands with his own, he looked pleadingly into her eyes. "Will you bear my child?"

 

Fear flashed through her eyes as she pulled her hand away and backed up. "No... no no no no no no no..." She sobbed as she collapsed onto her knees.

 

"So you'd lay with Naraku, but now with me?"

 

Kagome gasped as her eyes shot up. "I-I didn't..."

 

"Forget it." He said as he turned to leave.

 

Collapsing into sobs, she never felt the other aura approach her. When two arms pulled her into a hug, she tensed. "It's ok Kagome." A small voice said.

 

Looking up, her eyes met emerald. "Shippo...?"

 

"I've been wanting to ask you something." Tensing a little, she nodded for him to continue. "You don't have to say yes, but I was wondering if you'd adopt me? By demon law?"

 

Her arms snaked around him and tightened as her tears fell. "Y-you really want m-me to be your m-mother?"

 

"Of course!"

 

"B-but what ab-about..."

 

"I don't care! I know you didn't give yourself to that evil... thing! None of the others are using their brains... I know how you loved Inuyasha and how you wouldn't betray him. I also know that he doesn't deserve you! I'll love you no matter what... mommy."

 

"Yes!" She said with happy tears in her eyes. "How do we do the adoption?"

 

Smiling, Shippo explained what was needed to be done. Nodding, she suggested that they do it then. Chanting the words, Shippo sliced open both their wrists. As their chant ended, they placed their hands together and a white light enveloped them. When they were done, Kagome's hair grew a little longer and had red tips, her ears pointed slightly, her eyes held emerald flecks, and their scents were mixed. Shippo had grew a little, and gained three more tails. His hair lengthened and had one black streak in the front, his eyes also were rimmed with blue.

 

End Of Flashbacks

 

Hiei couldn't believe that the young miko had adopted a child, a youkai child no less. Her mind had raised it's barriers and the eye was cast out... at least he thought it was. I wonder how much he saw? Is he going to think I'm weak now? Her voice sounded panicked to him.

 

Rolling his eyes, he decided that he'd talk to her. "You adopted a kit." It was more of a statement than a question.

 

Looking up, her eyes flashed in panic. "H-hai. Shippo's parents were killed and I.. well Inuyasha and I took him in. Though I was the one who cared for him."

 

"Is he with your group?"

 

"No." Shaking her head, she remembered that he was still with Kaede. "He became ill when he was poisoned, so I had Kaede look after him."

 

"I want to know who the demon from earlier was."

 

The sudden topic change confused her a moment before she began whimpering a little. "H-he was Naraku. A somewhat hanyou."

 

Hiei raised a brow at that. "Somewhat hanyou?"

 

"He was originally human, a bandit. But he sold his soul to demons and offered them his body. They all came together and formed Naraku."

 

"Interesting."

 

Sighing, she figured that she might as well go into detail. "About fifty years ago, the bandit was after the jewel. His body though, was broken and very badly burned. Kikyo found and cared for him. He never should have been able to move again, but he fell in love with Kikyo, desired her. In exchange for the demons taking his body, they were supposed to let him claim Kikyo and the jewel. She had fallen for Inuyasha, so he set a trap for them. He always said that the jewel was more beautiful when it was tainted with malice, so he wanted to taint it. As Kikyo was it's guardian, she could taint it further than any other could. Posing as Inuyasha, he struck a fatal wound in Kikyo's shoulder and stole the jewel, then he went to Inuyasha as Kikyo and shot at him. Inuyasha ended up attacking the village and stealing the jewel, and Kikyo pinned him to a tree. Instead of asking the jewel to grant her her life, Kikyo handed it to her younger sister and told her to burn it with her body. So Naraku lost both the jewel and Kikyo."

 

Narrowing his eyes, he contemplated something for a moment. "You speak of the Shikon, do you not?" She nodded in answer. "How is it that it's back?"

 

"I am Kikyo's reincarnate, and the jewel was in my body. A centipede demon bit into my side and ripped it out. In order to save myself I listened to Inuyasha and freed him from his seal." Sighing, Kagome looked over at her demonic companion. "Will you tell me your name now?"

 

She was pouting at him. Sighing, he rolled his eyes at her. "Hiei." Then he turned from her, not knowing if she'd recognize the name or not. She quite possibly could try to purify him, but he doubted she would. A lot of her energy had been released when she tried to dissipate her aura. Plus, he could easily take her is she did try.

 

A gasp alerted him that she probably did realize exactly who he was. "You're the one they call the forbidden child." She stated with wide eyes. Oh my god! I'm so dead! Was running through her head as she stared at him. Wait, if he wanted me dead he would've killed me already. But he hasn't, so I'm safe right? She knew exactly who he was, because Miroku and Sango had told her about him. He was a being that was not meant to exist. His mother's kind were men hating women who self reproduced, ice maidens. His father was a fire demon who had fallen for one of the maidens. However he had disappeared and the woman returned to her homeland. Once her son was born, he was thrown off the island. It was a long way down from that horrid place. She should know, someone tried to push her off.

 

"Your point?" Hiei asked in an emotionless tone.

 

Looking at him, her eyes filled with tears. She knew that he had to have gone through a lot. Ice and fire were opposing elements, meaning they probably fought. Now that she knew who he was, she concentrated slightly and could see it. His two elements were fighting for dominance, even though his fire side was dominant. She also knew what he'd done. He was a ruthless killer, a thief, a powerful enemy. None had lived from those he decided to kill. She even knew that he'd wiped out entire villages simply because they stood in his way. Also, she knew that he had been taken in by a group of bandits as a child. One bandit.... Realization struck her and she gasped. Wide eyes looked over the demon before her. "What was the bandit's name?" Her voice was barely a whisper as she spoke.

 

"What are you talking about?" Hiei asked as he looked at her suspiciously.

 

"The bandit who treated you badly when you were a child. The one whom you set on fire when your powers surged up because he was again trying to beat you. What was his name?"

 

"Why should I tell you that?" He glared at her heatedly. If looks could kill, she'd be dead. Anger was rolling off him in waves as he remembered those times.

 

"Was his name... Onigumo?" She asked quietly as she looked at the floor.

 

His anger spiked as he growled darkly. He stalked over to her and gripped her shoulders tightly. "How do you know the bastard's name?"

 

"Th-the bandit that Kikyo cared for... He was badly burnt. His name was Onigumo." Kagome said as she winced from his intense anger. The growling increased, and she could see the blood lust start to take him over. Not thinking over the consequences, she threw her arms around him and surrounded him in her aura. Unleashing it willingly in order to calm him down. "Please calm down Hiei."

 

Her begging snapped him from his murderous thoughts as he looked down at her. Her slender form trembled against his body, but he didn't smell fear, he smelt pain. Upon realizing that she was hugging him, he pushed her away and retreated to the other side of the cave. "I told you not to use your aura to calm me onna."

 

"I'm sorry, but you were going into rage." Kagome said as she tried to recall her energy. "Dammit!" She screamed when it refused to return. Her energy spiked as she became angry at herself. Noticing that the fire was dying, she sent her aura into it and the flames instantly roared into life. Her aura dissipated as she fed it into the flames.

 

Raising an eyebrow in curiosity, he looked on as her aura fed the fire. "You can use your aura on fire?"

 

"I can use it on any element. I've just never really tried before." She said, sighing as she collapsed back into a sitting position.

 

"That was your first attempt?" She nodded. "Interesting." Turning to look at her, another thing was curious to him. "When you were holding onto me, you smelt of pain, why?"

 

It didn't take much thought for her to realize what he was talking about. Sighing, she resigned herself to the fact that she'd have to tell him. After all, she was stuck here in the cave with him and had no power to leave without his say so. "I'm an em-path. Strong emotions of pain, anger, hurt, sorrow, anything sad causes me to feel pain. Especially anger. You're the first person that I've told."

 

That was interesting. An em-path. "That is why your aura tries to calm me when I'm angered? It's trying to rid you of your pain?"

 

"Hai. And I have no control over it, so I can't stop it."

 

"Do you and your group hunt for Naraku?" He suddenly asked.

 

"Hai. Inuyasha does to avenge Kikyo, Miroku does in order to rid himself of his curse, and Sango does to save her brother and avenge her village. Kikyo also travels with us sometimes now."

 

Red eyes narrowed as he looked at her. "You said that she was dead and that you are her reincarnate."

 

"It's true, but around the beginning of the shard hunt, a witch stole her ashes to remake her body. When she saw me, she captured me and it ended up she ripped my soul from my body and gave it to Kikyo. When Inuyasha was in trouble, my body tried calling the soul back, so now my soul is split in two. Kikyo retains a portion in her clay body, as I have the rest. Getting your soul sucked out is rather painful, I've had it happen many times."

 

"How?" He more demanded then asked.

 

Sighing, she realized that he'd probably want the entire story, but for now she'd simply explain the little incarnates Naraku made. "A while back, just after we met Koga, one of our allies, Kikyo stole my shards. We had a little over half, and she handed them to Naraku. With the power that the nearly whole jewel gave him, he could take pieces of himself and create incarnates. He calls them his 'children'. Kagura was first, and is a wind sorceress. Second was Kanna. She wields a mirror that can reflect even the most powerful attacks back at you, and it can steal your soul if you look into it. The times that she tried to steal mine, it kept spilling from the mirror due to it's mass. The first time she did it, I was the one who had to hold off her, Naraku, and Kanna. My arrow is the only thing so far that has never been reflected back. Since I'm guessing you'll want to know, he has become more powerful. Though he no longer holds most of the jewel, he retains the powers it gave him since he had it in his possession for so long.

 

He's also remade his body so that he is not easily killed. Before, we weren't able to break through the barrier. Inuyasha took on a journey and broke through one of the most powerful barriers there was, and we could break it. He fled and hid on a holy mountain. Well, more like in it. He reconstructed his body and succeeded in casting out his human heart. A baby named Akago is that heart. To kill the baby, is to kill him. He gave the baby to Kanna and gave the baby incarnate something that hides his aura. Kanna has no presence because she's of the void. The baby had been split in half, but one half turned into Hakudoshi. A child, like Kanna, but he has pink hair instead of white. Hakudoshi can create barriers as powerful as Naraku, and the baby is also his heart. So you can destroy their bodies and they'll easily regenerate. The problem though, is that the only thing we know of that can break his barrier, aside from Kikyo's arrow, is Inuyasha's newest attack, the adamant barrage. Hakudoshi also created Moryomaru, he's fast, really fast, and he's strong. If the baby gets his hands on you, he'll try to manipulate you. He searches your heart and soul for darkness and uses it to control you. He tried it once on me, according to him, there was the tiniest speck of darkness."

 

"Is there anything else I should know about him?" Hiei asked calmly.

 

"Just that he's manipulative and loves to cause others emotional pain. He likes trying to corrupt them. He can also absorb demons into himself if he can hold onto them long enough. Also he's after a few things."

 

"That would be..."

 

Sighing, she steeled herself for what she was about to say. "The shikon, killing our grouping, and mating... me."