Last Thoughts

AN: I'm so sorry this took so long to come up. I lost my internet for a few months there. It's back, though.

Kagome's Ugly Reality Pt. 2


"Eric?"

Eric raised a finger to his lips, instructing silence as he moved closer to her. Kagome was frozen where she stood, unable to take her eyes off of him. Old feelings of hatred, anger, and fear, began to mix together within her, creating a new and ugly emotion. He was close enough to her now that she could feel his breath on her skin. She wanted to turn away, but her body refused to obey her commands. Her heart was beating quicker, all she was able to do was squint her eyes shut and pray that his killing her off would be quick and merciful.

"Merciful," Eric chuckled, mimicking her last thought with her own voice. Kagome's eyes shot open as she stared, fearfully, into his. He was smiling, "Oh, Kagome, have you no idea?" He reached out and stroked her cheek with his fingertips. It was haunting, hearing her voice come from him. Unsettling. "I shall kill you, but you shall suffer tremendously. I shall rejoice in your blood, as I had in the blood of your friends."

Kagome's body began to feel heavy, and she fell to her knee's. She glared up at him, "Get away from me, Naraku," she warned, as she began to lift herself up. "I'll be more than willing to purify you once more.

Eric's eyebrow perked, "Ah, now there's a name I haven't heard in centuries. Do say it again. It makes my insides tickle."

Kagome's heart sank. She had never really mastered her Miko powers in the Feudal Era, and thought it pointless to try and exercise it when she returned to her time. The powers always protected her, though, but the worry that it would fail her when she needed it now, the most, plagued her. Her body was trembling, and it was hard to keep balance.

He grabbed her wrist, and drug her body towards his. Her hands went out, instinctively, in front of her, blocking their chests from touching. His body was warm, but his aura made it almost impossible to breathe. She squirmed from beneath his grip, but he tightened his hold on her. Her hands were on the sleeves of his shirt, fingers clinging onto the frail material, trying to pry his arms off of her.

"Keep struggling," Eric cooed into her ear, making Kagome's attempts at escape more frantic. "It fills me with such delight."

She could feel the power growing in her, but how, exactly was she supposed to release it? Fear had set it loose before. Fear was her weapon, but it was failing her now. "I'll scream," Kagome threatened, dumbly.

"Please do," Eric challenged, grinning down at her. Kagome was sure her face was pale as the moon, her blood was running cold and she was sure she could feel her priestess powers begin to diminish. What the hell was going on?

Kagome clutched her side with one hand, she could feel the jewel inside of her burning. Just like four years ago, when Mrs. Centipede drug her down the well.

Mrs. Centipede drug her down the well!

With her left hand, she pushed one last time on Eric's arm, "GET OFF OF ME!" She screamed, and a purple haze escaped her palm disintegrating Eric's entire left arm.

The surprise of Eric's demeanor was enough for Kagome to tear herself from his hold on her, and run up the stairs out into the city streets. She doubted he would attack in such a public place, with so many people around. One couldn't risk exposure in this day and age.

But what if he isn't from this time? Kagome wondered, as she continued to run, her legs refusing to let up speed. What if he traveled through time, just like you once did?

Then she could definitely use him. She had to get back home, back to the well, where he would be most beneficial. She couldn't fight him alone, she knew this. He had taken control of her body, made her unable to move. His grasp on her was strong, strong enough to crush her bones to dust if he chose to do so.

She had to use him to get her back into the past. Back to Inuyasha and the others. Back where she could feel safe. If the centipede's strength was capable of it, she was sure Eric/Naraku's was as well.

There was a roar behind her, and Kagome turned just in time to see his small figure emerge out of the subway a few blocks behind her. Kagome's heart began to beat in rhythm with her feet, never faltering. Home wasn't too far from the Subway, thank the God's, but she could sense the demon gathering speed on her.

All around Tokyo there were screams of bystanders. A few, she could hear it, were slapped onto nearby walls to make room for his enormous size. He was in his spider state, eight legs cracking the street beneath him. Kagome felt her breath stop, as she began to run up the long stairway that lead to the family shrine.

"Get back here, you bitch!" Naraku seethed, as he ran up the stairs. Only a few feet behind her now. Kagome's throat ran dry, as she ran past her house and into the room of the well.

She stopped at the well's boarder and peered down. It was dark an unwelcoming. Wood crashed all around her, and there he stood. Naraku. It couldn't be mistaken.

"How?" She finally asked, her back against the wood of the well, her fingernails digging deep into the bark. "You died, you bastard! How could you be here now?"

Naraku chuckled in response, as he sent a tentacle flying in her direction. She screamed as she felt him puncture her side, revealing the jewel that was enclosed within her body. "Did you think my death would be so easy, Kagome? Stupid wench. As though the likes of you, or your pack, could destroy me."

Kagome was cradling her side, "But the jewel, it was.."

Naraku laughed, fisting the jewel and engrossing it into his flesh. Kagome felt her anger grow, consume her.

"Give that back to me.." Kagome growled, giving a daring look into Naraku's half-demon eyes. To her right were her bow and arrow's, if only she could reach it, she might-

"You'll be dead before you could finish that thought," Naraku assured.

"Better dead," Kagome gasped, as she reached for her arrow. Naraku's tentacle flew at her, and by the blessing of the God's, missed. She didn't put much thought into it, instead, she grabbed her bow, arched an arrow at Naraku, and fired.

It struck, sending the jewel free, but force of the explosion of demon parts sent Kagome flying backwards into the well. Her eyes stood locked on the rooftop, before she saw the jewel fly in after her.

Naraku's laughter was almost deafening. Kagome reached her hand out in efforts to grab the jewel, but a purple light blinded her, the roof disappeared, along with the jewel, and Kagome landed hard on her back. Her head slammed into the ground. For a moment her vision was hazy, before everything went black.