The Importance of Being Kept

Kagome stared at the older version of herself and gave a quick glance at Inuyasha. He hadn't noticed, he was too into touch football to see them together. A tall handsome man with long violet hair stood beside Kikyo peering down at Kagome with violet eyes as if he was analyzing her. She remembered seeing him walk by on the steps of the dorm the first day she'd moved in.

"So Inuyasha marked you as his girlfriend, that's very interesting, Kagome ,since he never bothered to mark me. Seriously, what does he sees in you?" Kikyo stared at her as if truly seeing her for the first time. She sighed and shook her head. "Still don't get it, but it doesn't matter." She turned around to the violet hair man standing beside her. "This is Naraku, as you can see," she pulled back her long dark hair and showed a violet symbol on her neck, "I am also marked. Naraku is much more powerful than Inuyasha, you can have the little mutt. I like to play with the big boys."

"Kikyo what do you want? If you think I'm going to stand here and let you insult me and Inuyasha, then you're not very bright. I'm about to walk away in one second," Kagome said crossing her arms.

"I want to apologize for my behavior at The Hangout, I was totally out of line with you, Kagome," Kikyo said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

Kagome glanced at Naraku who was still quietly watching Kagome. She refrained from shivering in front of him, something about that guy gave her the creeps. She glanced at Rin who was staring at Kikyo with big eyes. "Well, I didn't expect that," Kagome said, but she smiled. "Apology accepted."

Kikyo tilted her head. "You forgive so easily," she mumbled and turned to Naraku. "However, Naraku doesn't ."

At that moment, Inuyasha had been in the midst of catching the football. He suddenly stopped and let the ball fly past him. The scent of two people he did not like was merging together and creating a foul odor. He slowly scanned the area in front of him sniffing out the scent.

"Naraku believes in karma, even if it has to make it himself," Kikyo smiled darkly.

Kagome backed away. "What do you mean?"

"Well, Inuyasha attacked me in your defense which was very admirable of him, but he hurt me very badly, I still bare the emotional scars. Don't you think it's only fair that Naraku attacks you to even the score?"

"What?" Kagome asked. She understood what Kikyo was saying, but it didn't make sense so her brain was not registering what her cousin was saying. Kikyo's boyfriend who was ten times bigger than Kagome wanted to attack her?

"Kagome RUN!" Rin yelled out, she understood perfectly. She knew Naraku was as evil as they came, Kagome had no idea what she was dealing with.

Inuyasha turned around sensing Kagome's scent and hearing Rin's shout just in time to see Naraku run into Kagome with his shoulder. Kagome flew across the campus. Her body airborne for a few minutes before hitting the ground and sliding across the grass.

Rin screamed at seeing her friend fly through the air and winced when her slender body hit the ground with a thud.

Kagome couldn't move, the wind had been knocked out of her and she was sure she'd have bruises or a broken bone or two. Her eyes widen in fear when she saw Naraku flying down towards her. His huge body landed over hers on his hands and knees, almost straddling her body. His face came very close to hers. When he opened his mouth she saw two long fangs. "You smell young and fresh, ripe for the pickings, I can understand why Inuyasha wants you."

Naraku's body flew away from her as if someone had grabbed him and jerked hard. His body went flying through the air and crashed into a nearby tree. Inuyasha hovered over Kagome. His golden eyes full of concern and something else...

"Kagome, are you all right? Can you move?" His breathing was harsh, there was fear in his eyes. "Say something!" He yelled out of panic.

Kagome opened her mouth to test out her voice. "I think I'm okay, still a little stunned..." she whispered.

Rin ran to her and knelt down beside her. "Kagome! Are you alive?"

"Stay with her," Inuyasha demanded.

Kagome watched those beautiful golden eyes gradually turn blood red. He slowly stood up and faced Naraku who had recovered from slamming into the tree. His body left a huge dent in the trunk. He grinned at Inuyasha.

"Why so angry Inuyasha? You of all people know revenge when its needed."

"You fucking low life bastard. I didn't hurt Kikyo physically, you could have killed Kagome."

"If I wanted to kill her, I would have. I just wanted her ego bruised along with her body, of course."

Inuyasha let out an anguish growl and stared at Naraku with hate in his blood red eyes. "I'm going to kill you." His voice had changed, deepened.

"You can try," Naraku said with an arrogant smirk.

"Kagome, can you move?" Rin asked.

"I don't know, I think so."

Rin moved behind her so she could sit up and prop her back against her. Sesshoumaru landed softly beside them, but Kagome didn't notice. She stared at Inuyasha feeling the energy coming off his body. His usually well groomed hair was now wild and stood up on the ends. She'd seen it happen at the club when he'd gotten angry at Kikyo, but this was much more intense.

Inuyasha leaped up pulling the same large thick bladed sword from his back. The sword was almost the size of Inuyasha's body. He brought it crashing down on top of Naraku. Kagome winced thinking she was about to see Naraku split in half. She gasped out loud when an invisible force shield knocked Inuyasha backwards. Inuyasha did a backwards flip and landed on his feet. He held the sword in front of him.

"You can't touch me with a sword, stupid mutt," Naraku said running his long fingers through his violet hair.

Inuyasha eyes narrowed. Kagome watched him raised the sword and strike the ground with a force so hard that it shook the ground beneath her. A mini earthquake started. Students began to fall down and scream. The ground opened up in front of Inuyasha. A huge crack headed straight for Naraku. He stood there with a confused expression on his face as the ground shook beneath him. He didn't have time to escape the crack as it sliced through the ground within seconds towards him. He screamed when it hit something invisible in front of his body. Energy surrounded him, cracking blue lightning and electrocuting his body. Inuyasha flew down at him again, this time Naraku didn't have to defend himself.

"I'll make sure you never hurt Kagome again!" Inuyasha sliced the sword through the air.

Kagome screamed and closed her eyes, it was too late. She had seen the gruesome sight before she had a chance to turn away. Naraku's body had been split in two by Inuyasha's sword. Inuyasha watched Naraku's body fall in opposite directions. It jerked on the ground, purple blood began to flow like a stream and form a pond around it. He heard Kikyo screaming, but didn't even bother to spare her a glance.

Inuyasha lift the surprising clean sword in the air. He'd cut Naraku so quickly that there hadn't been time for blood to get on the blade. The blade was ivory white, a strange color for a sword. He sheath the sword in his back and walked away.

"He isn't dead," Kagome heard Sesshoumaru said. She opened her eyes to see him speaking to Inuyasha. She looked passed Inuyasha as he bent down to pick him up and let out a little shriek. She hid her face against Inuaysha's chest. "He looks dead to me. His body is split in half, there's blood everywhere."

"Naraku is a powerful youkai it would take much more than a sword to finish him off," Sesshoumaru said.

"He's dead enough for now," Inuyasha said holding Kagome close to him.

"Your concern for your human has made you sloppy, Inuyasha. If you do not kill him, he will return for you."

"Then let him come," Inuyasha growled at his brother. "Let him come again and I will destroy him, but Kagome has to be safe. I can't continue to fight when she's hurt."

"You should take her to the medic center, Inuyasha to see if there's anything broken. She might not realize how badly she's hurt because she seems to be in shock," Rin stared at Kagome worriedly when she notice Kagome's body began to shake violently in Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha stared down at her in alarm. "Kagome!"

Something warm and wet began to drip down his arm. He looked down to see blood and it wasn't his.

"Kagome!" He screamed at her as her eyes began to slowly close. "Don't close your eyes, stay awake!"

"Oh gods," Rin whispered. "Her head..."

Inuyasha flew away causing Rin's hair to lift up. She turned to Sesshoumaru who had been watching quietly with his usual stoic expression. "You have to heal her!"

"She is not mine to heal, you are," Sesshoumaru said.

"Sesshoumaru, you have to help her!"

"The doctors will help her," Sesshoumaru said stubbornly.

"How can you be so cold?" Rin looked at him in shock.

Sesshoumaru stared down at her. "She is my brother's woman. She is not mine to take care of, do you understand, Rin? I will not interfere. Youkai do not appreciate the interference of another to help them with their women. It shows that they are not able to take care of them. If I interfered, Inuyasha would be humiliated." Sesshoumaru paused..."Perhaps, I will interfere..."

Rin stared at him angrily. "Sometimes Sesshoumaru, you make it very hard for me to love you..."

Sango and Miroku had watched what happened from a distance. Sango had tried to go to Kagome, but Miroku reminded her that she couldn't touch her or even be near her at the moment. She had watched in concern and fear while Miroku held her close. Now she was eyeing Kikyo who was slowly walking to the split body of Naraku. She watched the evil woman cry softly. She turned to Miroku who nodded. Sango smiled in anticipation.

Kikyo found herself surrounded by Miroku and Sango as she walked to her fallen youkai. She stopped and watched them through tear blurred eyes. The two began to circle around her as if she was their prey. Their dark eyes stared her up and down.

Sango licked her lips and smiled. "Kikyo, how terrible you must feel," she said smoothly. "Let me give you a shoulder to cry on. You don't have to be alone in this." Sango's voice was the exact imitation of someone that truly felt sorry for Kikyo.

"But aren't you Inuyasha's friends and Kagome's roommate?" Kikyo looked at her strangely and sniffed loudly.

"Yes, but I still feel bad for you. I'm a woman just like you and seeing your lover torn in two has got to be hard. I couldn't imagine seeing Miroku that way," she glanced at Miroku who raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.

Sango turned back to Kikyo and stared deeply into her eyes. "You need to be comforted, let me comfort you, hold you, you're not alone, we care about you."

Kikyo's body began to sway as Sango's voice and eyes hypnotized her. She began to walk to her with outstretched arms. "Yes, please Sango, I need you to hold me. You understand. You care for me. You're so beautiful and kind.."

"Yes, I am," Sango said, her dark eyes narrowing as she let Kikyo hug her. She wrapped her arms around the bitch. Miroku walked behind Kikyo and wrapped his arms around her too. They stared into each other's eyes over Kikyo's shoulder and began to drain the energy from her body.

Miroku swept the hair from Kikyo's neck, offering it to Sango. Sango smiled exposing the two sharp fangs in her mouth. Kikyo moaned in ecstasy as Sango bit into her flesh. Miroku shivered and took in a deep breath as Kikyo's sexual energy passed between them. He opened his mouth, his fangs glistening in the sunlight and bit down on Kikyo's shoulder.

Kikyo moaned louder. Her breathing became fast, she felt as if she was floating on air. Images of Naraku making love to her swam in her head as Sango and Miroku slowly drained her. They were safe in bed together and all of this had been an awful dream. He was okay and was about to give her the biggest climax of her life. Her body tensed as she came, her energy fed the two feasting on her until she was drained dry. Sango and Miroku stepped back, both letting her go at the same time. They watched her body fall lifeless to the ground. She looked like a shriveled old corpse that had dried from the inside out.

Miroku took Sango's hand, both glowing with the afterglow of Kikyo's energy and walked away. Kikyo's body trembled slightly. Her leg which was nothing but shriveled skin covering a bone moved slightly. She let out a gasping wheezing sound as she tried to breathe. She was barely alive.