I know, I'm horrible for making you all wait so long, but I really wasn't happy with where my story was going, so I decided to restart it. I hope you all don't hate me too much. Tell me what you think of the new version, but if you are going to flame, keep it to yourself.
The Hanyou's Betrayal and Kagome's Broken Heart:
Flashback...
The light of the moon cast shadows over the courtyard of Naraku's castle.
Kagome's eyes darted nervously around her.
Sango: Looking worn and bedraggled, was fighting off Kohaku. Kagome couldn't even begin to imagine how painful it must be for her to have to battle with her beloved brother. Kagome wanted nothing more than to gather Sango in her arms and tell her everything would be alright. But would it?
Miroku: He was sprawled in the dirt, clutching his hand in pain, sweaty, discouraged, exhausted. Kagome had already given him antidote, but had he gone too far this time? If he died, she knew that Sango would follow soon after in her grief.
Shippo: He was crouched by Miroku's side, worrying over him, defending him whenever demons came near. Would she be able to bare it if her little Shippo was hurt? Or worse...Killed?
Kouga: He was fighting his heart out. To Kagome it seemed that he was competing with Inuyasha to see who could kill the most demons.
Inuyasha: And finally, him. The person she loved was fighting harder than any of them. Naraku's katana clashed with his Tetsusaiga. Kagome inhaled sharply as Naraku placed a venomous hand on Inuyasha's arm which was already injured. She could tell how much it hurt, but Inuyasha was determined not to give Naraku the satisfaction of his pain.
Kagome knew she wasn't being very helpful, but what could she do? As Naraku had challenged Inuyasha to a duel he'd told Kagome not to interfere with him and this evil villain.
But Kagome was still scared for him, and she knew that if it came down to it, she'd gladly die for him.
Kagome heard a bloodcurdling scream that erupted from Sango as her little brother plunged his weapon into her stomach. Kagome strung her arrows, ready to fight, but Sango put up a hand.
"I'm alright.." she panted, "Don't hurt him, it's not his fault."
"Sango,-"
"No, Kagome! Please!" Sango had tears in her eyes. "Just please leave us alone."
Kagome nodded sadly. "Miroku! How are you doing?!" she asked, running over to him. She felt his forehead with the back of her hand. "You're burning up!"
"Ka-Kagome, if I...d-die, will you tell S-Sango to marry s-someone else."
"You're not going to die, Miroku! Nobody is! And besides, if that ever did happen, she'd never listen to me."
"She would if it were my dying wish."
"Miroku,"
"Please."
Kagome gave him more antidote and walked toward Inuyasha, who was being lashed repeatedly.
"Die, Naraku! You've caused so much pain, how would you like to feel pain?!" he hollered.
"Hahaha, you actually think you can defeat me? You really are more dense than I'd imagined."
"Kagura! Do your stuff!" he shouted over his shoulder to Kagura, who was battling Kouga.
'I have to try go easy on them, or else they'll never win. And then I'll steal their sacred jewel shards and become as free as the wind is supposed to be.' she thought.
She hesitated. "Kagura!" Naraku tightened his grip on her heart, which was in his hand.
"Do as I tell you, or you'll suffer the consequences." he said in his eerily calm voice.
Kagura writhed in pain and cried out. "Stop!" she shrieked, "Please, stop!"
"Pain too much to take?"
She tried to resist him but he simply squeezed her heart again.
She sent millions of darts of energy flying from her fan toward Kagome. That would make Inuyasha angry, and make him much more capable of taking Naraku.
Kagome screamed as she was knocked off her feet.
"Kagome!"
She was sent flying through the air and landed with a loud thud to the ground. She cried out as her head pounded into a stone. Dust fluttered all around her, making her look like she was enveloped in smoke. First there was pain, then there was nothing.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha shrieked, running toward her.
"Kagome!" Sango yelled, catching up.
"Oh, Kagome! Inuyasha, you have to let me bandage her or she could die."
"Take care of her, Sango." said Inuyasha softly. "She's all I have."
End of flashback...
Kagome could hear the faint hum of voices. Her head hurt with a fierce pain she'd never felt before. She tried to open her eyes but found she couldn't.
"Inuyasha, it hurts." she said, but no one seemed to hear her.
"Kagome, can you hear me?" asked a loud voice.
"Why don't you go play with Kirara, Shippo?"
"But Kagome's hurt!"
"I don't want you to see this!"
"No!"
"Shippo!"
She heard a quiet sob and then the door slamming.
Kagome felt a painful prick at the back of her head and then a warm wetness.
She opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry and she didn't know what was going on, until it came into focus. Kaede was standing over her, filling a vial with her blood, testing it to make sure she didn't have any poison in the wound. Sango was holding Kagome down in case she jumped up in surprise, and Inuyasha was in the corner, eyes darting around the room, ears twitching nervously.
"Why don't you go outside for some fresh air, Inuyasha."
"Yeah," he said, "That's probably a good idea." and with that he rushed out the door.
Kagome blinked a few times. "Kagome! Oh, God, you're awake! We thought we'd lost you."
"I'm okay." her voice was hoarse. She cleared her throat but it didn't help.
"Why are you all here surrounding me? And why are we in Kaede's hut? We have to defeat Naraku!" she yelled, trying to sit up. A fierce pain blazed in at her temples. Sango pushed her back down.
"You need to rest."
"I don't want to rest! We can't let him get away!"
"Honey, we already defeated him."
"What?"
"Kagura attacked you and you fell and hit your head and blacked out. Inuyasha was so angry that he defeated Naraku and Kagura with one blast of his Tetsusaiga. We rushed you here as soon as possible and thought we might be too late."
"It's really no big deal. So I hit my head. Worst things could've happened."
"Hardly. The cut was so deep you would've bled to death if Inuyasha hadn't gotten you here on time. Also, that courtyard was so full of demonic energy and poison from Naraku's shouki if it infected your wound you would have suffered like how Miroku does when he sucks in too many poisonous insects in his wind tunnel."
"But...But-" she had so many questions. "How-"
"Shh, you need to sleep. You're exhausted."
"Where's Kohaku?"
"As soon as Naraku was killed he snapped out of his trance. Though he doesn't remember much, Kaede says his memories will slowly come back."
"And what about Miroku?"
Sango's face fell. "He still hasn't woken up."
"Now sleep. Sleep. Sleep." Sango's voice sounded far away as Kagome's eyes slid shut of their own accord. She didn't want to sleep, she had so many questions, but she knew she needed it. So, rather than fight it, she dozed off.
'Where are you?'
I'm right here, Inuyasha.
'I can't see you.'
That's because it's so dark. Where are we, anyway?
'Kikyo? Kikyo!'
Kagome felt like she'd swallowed a brick. Sadness sunk to the pit of her stomach.
'I'm right here, Inuyasha.' said a quiet, monotone voice.
Kikyo! What are you doing here?
'Kikyo,'
Bright images flashed behind Kagome's closed eyelids.
A sunny day, her leaning against Inuyasha's shoulder, them holding hands, him calling out for her. But all these images were overuled by one extremely large one. It was Kikyo and Inuyasha holding each other.
All of a sudden her mind went blank, and then it was like she was watching a movie. The movie of her life.
Kikyo, sitting in Goshinboku, was staring thoughtfully down at Inuyasha, who was gazing up at her.
'Kikyo. I want to tell you that-I love-you-I can't do this anymore, I have to choose-and I choose-you'
This "movie" seemed to be bad quality. It was skipping.
'Do you really mean it?' she asked calmly. Kagome hardly ever heard Kikyo sound happy.
What a nightmare, she thought. Why am I thinking of this? I should be having good dreams now that Naraku is dead.
Suddenly the scene changed and she felt like she was walking through the forest. She could hear someone calling her name, but couldn't seem to stop.
'What-will you-say-to-Kagome?'
'I don't want-her-anymore. I love-you-Kikyo. I'm-better off-with-you.'
Visions of the tall trees and green grass played in her mind, when all of a sudden the strange sensation of moving stopped and she focused on another picture. Kikyo and Inuyasha embracing. Suddenly Kikyo leaned in and kissed him full on the lips. Cupping her face in his hands, he kissed back. This was by far the strangest dream she'd ever had.
Suddenly she could only see darkness. 'I must be awake,' she thought.
She rubbed her bleary eyes. "Sango," she murmured quietly, opening her eyes. The sight before her was enough to make her throw up.
The very image of her dream was playing before her.
Kikyo's arms were laced around Inuyasha's neck, her hands tugging on his hair with heated passion.
Inuyasha's arms were around her waist. He would every now and then pull away from her and bury his face into her neck.
This couldn't be happening. Not again. Kagome closed her eyes and opened them again, but nothing changed. She wished as hard as she could that she was still dreaming, she even pinched herself, but nothing changed.
A sob ripped itself from her throat. She placed a hand over her mouth to muffle the sounds of her histerical wails, but it was too late. Inuyasha's head whipped around to see her standing before them, hand clenched to her jaw, her eyes watering.
'Oh no. This can't have happened. I make one tiny mistake and Kagome is always here to see it.' he thought, panicked.
"Why hello, Kagome. How nice of you to join us." said Kikyo in a superficiel sweet voice. She smiled smugly.
"K-Kagome, it's not what it looks like!" Inuyasha cried.
"What do you mean?" asked Kikyo, frowning at him.
"Ho-how could you do this to me?" whispered Kagome, her voice full of pain. "I was always there for you, and you deceived me. How could you deceive me, Inuyasha?!" she shrieked, her voice getting louder and louder.
Inuyasha's ears flattened to the back of his head. "I'm sorry." he said quietly.
Kagome had been waiting forever for him to apologize to her, but now that he had, it didn't make her happy. She just couldn't forgive him this time. She couldn't live that way, getting hurt everytime he chose Kikyo over her. She loved him, but if he didn't love her, she wouldn't force herself on him.
She slowly turned around and started to walk away from the scene.
"Kagome, wait! Chotto matte!" he yelled, running after her.
"Sit, boy." she said, her words barely audible. Inuyasha was nevertheless sent crashing to the ground. He groaned, feeling too guilty to yell at her.
"How could you do this to me?" she whispered.
Meanwhile, Inuyasha was thinking the exact same thing.
A/N: Please review, no flames please. Happy Halloween everybody!
xox Lost-Inuyasha