Virginity of the Soul

Virginity of the Soul

Chapter 7: Getting Even

Two hours.

That was the amount of time she spent on the floor with her back pressed to the door. Sure, she had dressed since he left but that required all of the effort, will and energy that remained inside of her.

Sesshomaru was gone.

Not in a, I'm gone hit you up later, kind of way. He was just gone…because it was over…because she did not agree to be his mate.

Mate him. Did he go mad? Where did such a crazy suggestion even come from? Outside of their sex-capades when did they talk? She was absolutely positive they had never spoken more than ten words to each other. They did not have conversations and they did not have idle chit chat. Was he truly expecting her to agree to spend the rest of her life with him when she did not know the first thing about him? Why in the world would he even want that? He knew nothing about her either! He was Sesshomaru! He had no feelings! He wanted to be alone forever because nobody was good enough for him. She was nothing more than his personal toy..

No matter how many times she thought it over it did not make any sense.

He should have been happy with their current arrangement. It was not like she promised him forever. Sure, she said she would be his - that she was his actually but they both knew it did not mean a thing. It was for play, for show…it was all part of their game. The only things she meant was when she said she would not have sex with Inuyasha and that she would not go back to him.

She did mean it.

Cheating was bad enough but to do it with her best friend? He truly was heartless and Kanna was no better.

When she had sex with Sesshomaru in the apartment, knowing Inuyasha would find out, it seemed like a good idea but now she was not so certain. She was a mess. She cried. She wanted to be happy and proud when Inuyasha walked in here. Oh well, it was too late to hide it now. It would be impossible to wash away the scent of sex and Sesshomaru. She simply had to get herself together, get off the floor and prepare herself for the fight to come.

Convincing herself it was the right thing to do, she got up on her feet. Her first stop was the kitchen where she grabbed a water bottle and then she went in the living room. Once there she sat and waited. Who knew how long he would be or if he would even come home? Maybe he planned on going to Kanna's tonight. Oh that bitch! She needed to come up with an amazing plan to deal with her. Inuyasha was easier to hurt but Kanna? What could she use to make her life a living hell?

Kanna lied to her every day. She looked her in the eyes, pretended to be her best friend, gave her advice, pushed her to cheat and then slept with her fucking husband behind her back. Who the fuck did something like that?

Those thoughts were enough to shift Kagome's focus from Sesshomaru to the betrayal she suffered from her loved ones.

She tapped her fingers on her thighs and kept her eyes locked on the door. He would come home eventually. Even if she had to wait all night, she would remain in this spot, covered in Sesshomaru's scent.

And she did wait a long time.

Another hour to be exact.

Finally, the handle of the door was tugged and she held her breath. Clearly her husband was distracted or he would have already smelled the sex and angrily barged in. But he did not.

Seconds ticked away before he opened the door and offered her a smile. Then, he stopped in his tracks. His ears twitched followed by his nose. What was that smell? Sex. It was sex. Wait. That was not right. He and Kagome had not had sex in a while. Oh. But. Wait. That was not his scent. It was… Sesshomaru's.

Inuyasha's entire world turned to darkness and he was shocked to the point that he dropped his suitcase on the ground. He heard the thud it made as it came in contact with the ground but it sounded oh so very far away. Blood was rushing through his veins and yet strangely his heart did not feel as though it was beating. One breath. Two breaths. No, it did not help. He swallowed hard, his throat on fire, his mind nothing more than a dizzy daze.

This did not make any sense and his brain refused to process the evidence. He was the cheater. He was the bastard who was going behind his wonderful wife's back. She was the loving, caring one who forgave him everything. She was not a vengeful bitch. And with his brother? No, no she would not. She could not. He would not accept that reality.

"Inuyasha," she spoke once she found her voice.

His reaction was nothing like what she expected. Inuyasha was not the quiet type. Inuyasha did not stare at the wall in silence while he processed his feelings. He was an angry person who lashed out without thinking. This was not good, not good at all.

"Did you fuck him?" his words were harsh and his whole body was trembling. She would say no, she had to say no.

"Yes."

"My own brother? You fucked my own brother?" He felt crimson spill into his eyes. "You're a fucking whore."

That did it. Kagome jumped to her feet and pointed a finger towards herself. "I'm a whore? Oh how ironic. Feels like the fucking pot calling the kettle black."

"W-what?"

"The only reason I'm a fucking whore is because you couldn't keep your dick in your pants and went and fucked my best friend." She was absolutely certain she never said that many curse words outside of dirty talk and sex - and even that was only with Sesshomaru. Perhaps that explained the shocked and horrified expression on Inuyasha's face. He did not know she had it in her to be this mad.

"I don't - I don't know what you're talking about. You fucked my brother, you're-"

"I'm what Inuyasha? And don't fucking say you don't know what I'm talking about. You and Kanna are fucking right under my nose." She took another step forward and then another, and another until she was standing in front of him. She poked his chest with her finger and raised her head. "How does it feel? Do you feel broken? Do you feel betrayed? Tell me Inuyasha, was fucking her worth it? Do you enjoy standing here, smelling what I did with your brother?"

The urge was stronger than him and he could not stop it. He roughly grabbed her wrist, wrapped his fingers around it and he squeezed. She was provoking him and it was working. What was happening between he and Kanna was not the same thing! And Kanna was just her best friend… Sesshomaru…he was his fucking brother! How could she do that to him! And him. The fucking ice king, the fucking bastard. Oh, he bet he enjoyed it. Anything to hurt Inuyasha.

"What did you do? Get on your knees and beg him? Did you beg him to be his play toy?" Kagome was supposed to be a good woman and a good wife. How could she lower herself enough to jump in bed with Sesshomaru?

"When did you decide it would be fun to fuck my best friend?"

"It's your fault," he finally blurred out.

Her eyes widened, her eyebrows arched and she scoffed. He had to be kidding her. It was her fault? Last time she checked they used to have sex fairly regularly and every single time he asked, she provided. "My fault?" No, he did not just say that. He was not that stupid. He could not be.

He was breathing hard and his chest was heaving with every puff of air he took in. How was he supposed to explain? She would never understand. Unless his brother… no, oh god no. He was not giving himself a mental image of that. "You're human."

"You cheated on me because I'm human?"

"You're all weak and I…I didn't wanna break ya alright?"

If the situation was not so maddening, sad and frustrating, she might just have laughed. Kagome was close to losing her mind. Clearly, Sesshomaru, the one who was supposed to hate humans, had more knowledge of them than Inuyasha who was married to one. He thought she was breakable? She damn wished someone filmed everything Sesshomaru and she did. If there was one thing she was not, it was fragile. She wanted to be handled roughly!

"And Kanna could handle you?"

"She's half demon like me! She understands! Demons don't want us. Humans usually don't and when they do, we hurt 'em."

"You never hurt me… At least not physically," she spat out.

"Cause I gotta be careful all the time. I was only gonna sleep with her once. I just wanted to be able to… release it all alright? I can be myself with her."

Kagome felt the rage spread through her and before she knew what was happening she felt her hand make contact with Inuyasha's face. She slapped him. She really, really slapped him. She watched as the hit made his head turn and then his skin took a red hue.

His entire body quivered but all he did was grab the hand she used to assault him and hold on to it tightly just like he was doing with the other one. "I didn't fucking hit you, so don't hit me."

"You cheated on me with her. Why her?" At this point, she was trying to prevent her voice from breaking. She did not mean to hit him but his words broke the dam. How could he be so clueless and hurtful at the same time?

"Cause I didn't know anybody else." His ears flattened on top of his head. She might have been angry earlier but now all he smelled was sadness. "Why him?"

"Your girlfriend suggested it."

Kanna? No. She would not. Why would she tell Kagome to cheat? It did not make any sense. Kanna was like him, she just wanted a casual fuck, nothing serious. Why would she try to make Kagome leave him when she knew how much he loved her? Just because he cheated did not mean that she was not the love of his life; Kagome would always be the only woman for him.

"You're lying."

"She did. And for your fucking information, I didn't have to beg your brother to fuck me. Does it surprise you that someone else would want me? Do you really see me as that undesirable?"

"I don't." This was not why he had sex with someone else. He never wanted her to think that. "I love you."

"Don't lie to my face, Inuyasha or I swear to God, I will slap you again." She never wanted to hear him say those words to her again. "How can you still say it and mean it? Can't you see what you've done to us? THIS IS NOT WHO I AM! I do not cheat! I slept with your brother! I'M NOT THAT KIND OF PERSON! But you cheated on me. You turned me into this angry, pitiful woman. All this time, I was right here for you. I was your fucking carpet and I let your walk all over me. You cheated on me and I didn't even leave you! I just wanted to get even! I stayed. What kind of person does that? I was gonna let you get away with it! You destroyed me, our marriage and my trust in you. You let me turn this marriage into this. I loved you Inuyasha. You were my world and I was gonna be with you forever and you had to ruin it."

She felt the tears threatening to fall and she held them back as best she could. "I hate who I've become." All those feelings were swirling inside of her and she did not know how she felt anymore.

"It's hard to stop when you start." He almost understood her and how she felt. But he did not want to because what she did was worse than what he did. "But he's my brother. That's disgusting. You were with me and him and you acted like nothing happened." He exhaled. "How long? How long have you been fucking my brother?"

"It's none of your business. Especially considering how long you've been fucking Kanna. Oh yeah, I read your emails. Sorry. Hope it didn't ruin your life…oh wait, it ruined mine."

Fuck. Emails. She did tell him he should delete them. Was that how she found out? Two years of cheating and she found out because he did not log out? Fuck!

"I went to see someone else because I didn't wanna hurt ya! I wanted to be a demon but I couldn't take the risk. You just did it to be a bitch."

"No, I didn't it because unlike you, he made me feel like I was worth something, like I was a desirable woman."

"I fucked ya all the time!"

Vulgar asshole. Why did she expect anything else from him? "Oh yeah. Five minutes of pleasure. How lucky for me. Well guess what? You're out of luck. Your brother taught me there is more to it than you lying on top of me until you got enough."

"Oh yeah? Well, it was bad because you got the leftovers. After fucking a real woman, I was all tired out."

Another slap. This one however came packed with a little drizzle of holy powers. He flinched and hurried to back away while she smirked.

"Are you really gonna play that game with me?"

"I can take you down. We both know it, hanyou." The word slipped her before she could stop it. He hurt her, he cheated on her and treated her like she was nothing but that was low. She had nothing against hanyou and she never believed Inuyasha should be ashamed of himself. After all, the children she would have had with him would be sort of hanyou. She did not care!

The intensity of his rage made his whole body quake and he came so close to her that their noses touched. He wanted to scream, he wanted to say hurtful things to her but instead, he felt tears stinging at his eyes. Kanna accepted him but she had no other choice; she was like him. Kagome was different. She was pure, at least used to be, and human, fully human. Despite all that, she never saw him as a half-breed; she always loved him for him. Apparently, he was wrong all along. She was like everybody else. She hated what he was.

"At least Kanna never lied to me."

Damn it. "Inuyasha, I didn't mean that." There they were; fighting because he cheated on her and she reciprocated and here she was wanting to apologize because she hurt his feelings. He never cared about hers when he slept with her best friend.

"I'm angry! You made me angry! Why! Why couldn't you even talk to me about what you wanted, what you needed?"

"Because you would have said no!"

"Maybe I wanted it too!"

Lies. She was lying. She was Kagome, a good old fashioned girl. Who fucked his older brother.

"Did you do all that with him?"

"What did you do with Kanna?"

He clenched his hand into a fist, once, then twice until finally he took hold of her jaw. She tried to jerk herself away from him but he held on tight. His heart was racing as he stared right into her eyes. "Did he mark you?"

"I want you to be mine."

"I'm saying be mine forever."

"I'm saying, let me bite you and show the world you belong to me."

"No."

Just because he did not believe her, he tilted her head to the side anyway. Her neck was bare and he found himself breathing easier.

Now that he had his answer, she slapped his hand away. "You shouldn't have to worry about someone else marking me. You should have done it yourself! Why didn't you?"

"You're human!"

"And you're half human! What difference does it make? It's who you are and I accept that. I always accepted that!"

"Well I don't!"

At his revelation, she was unable to hide her surprise.

One tear escape him and he became stiff. "You're human. You don't gotta be anything else. I have to be both, but neither side wants me! Sometimes, I feel like a human, sometimes, I feel like a fucking demon. I don't know what I'm supposed to be. And whatever I do it ain't worth shit because nobody approves of it."

Always torn and never a part of anything.

"I'm alone. You don't know what it's like to be half of two. She knows. I wasn't just fucking her alright? I needed somebody to understand me. You say you understand but you don't Kag, you don't! You'll never be me. It doesn't matter how fucking nice you are, you'll never get it."

Fuck. He hated this shit. He hated it.

"But you? What did ya get from it? What did it give you to sleep with Sesshomaru? Nothing. You didn't need someone to understand you."

She remained silent. She listened to his every word without having any reaction. His rage even had time to lessen a little before she even moved.

"You're even a worse bastard than I thought you were. Are you seriously going to explain your cheating with this? Because you felt that I couldn't understand you? YOU ALWAYS KNEW I WAS HUMAN! We were FRIENDS for years! You never thought I couldn't understand you. But now, you wanted to fuck another woman and all of the sudden, you feel this way? How convenient! You're a fucking liar. You're a worthless asshole! Don't try to make me feel guilty because you did something wrong!"

"You did something wrong too! You fucked my brother!"

"YEAH BECAUSE YOU WERE CHEATING ON ME."

"So this was the first time?"

"What?"

"If ya only did it cause I cheated on you, one time should have been enough. You're Kagome, you're a goody two shoes right? Once was enough. So this was the first time you slept with him, right?"

"No." She wanted to hurt him. She needed him to hurt as much as he did the day she found out he was sleeping with another woman. Plus, they were being honest now were they not? For the first time, he had to speak the truth.

"No?" She could not mean - no, no. Once - oh once was bad. But more than that? No.

Wait. Now he remembered. He remembered what Sesshomaru said.

"Is your wife not enough for you, Inuyasha?"

"I have no interest in your wife."

That fucking bastard. He must have been so happy with himself. Oh he was the master of lies and pain. He refused to believe what Kagome said about Kanna having any part in this. His brother had to be the one who convinced Kagome. He acted on his own and he manipulated her. He probably pretended to be nice and that he had emotions.. He used Kagome's pain to make her do what he wanted.

"How many times?"

"I don't know."

"You cheated on me and ya don't even know how many times?"

"Do you? Do you know how many times you fucked Kanna?"

Silence fell.

"That's what I thought."

He was disgusted with her and with himself. He should not have but she should not have. He finally did the only thing he knew how to do; shy away from his feelings. He grabbed the edge of the coffee table and flipped it over. She did not even flinch. His chest heaved heavily with each breath while he dug his claws in the wood. It broke off in splinters all around his fingers but he did not stop.

"You're mine. Not his."

"I'm not yours anymore."

His eyes widened. "Y-you're my wife."

"It's called divorce."

No, no; she had it all wrong! It was a mistake! He made a mistake but it did not mean he could not fix this. She did something wrong too! Together they could forgive each other. "No! We ain't gonna get a damn divorce! We're a couple! So I slept with Kanna! You fucked Sesshomaru! I ain't asking you for a divorce."

Stubborn dog. "You're the one who ruined this. You don't get to ask for a divorce. You ruined this, you made it all wrong. I loved you Inuyasha! Even when I was your friend while you pinned over my cousin. I waited. I didn't go after you because you were taken. And I knew it would be wrong. I loved you so much I would have waited forever. Now all I wanna do is be as far away from you as possible. You disgust me. I hate you."

She never spoke like this. She always loved him. She promised on their wedding day that she would be his forever. "I- I love you."

"No you don't."

"I hate you for everything you've done to me. I hate you for turning me into this."

She did not think or breathe as she walked past him, brushing against his shoulder. Her heart was beating fast which turned her deaf. She could barely feel the tears running down her cheeks as she exited the apartment. Everything was there; Inuyasha, her life and who she used to be. There was no going back anymore.

Kagome heard it slam behind her yet she had no idea where to go.

-V-

A broken mess.

It accurately described his living room. The moment he walked inside, he completely lost it. At this point he was shocked that he even managed to remain calm and collected in front of her. Now, everything was destroyed. He clawed the couch until it was nothing more than a shredded pile of junk. He broke every lamp, every vase; anything that could shatter. The walls trembled and for a moment, he believed the house would sink in around him.

His eyes bled red, even now, and his heart was racing. He was baring his fangs at the emptiness while darkness filled him. She said no and he walked out. Obviously he had no other choice. If he stayed, if he begged, then he would appear to be weak. He had to let her go because there was nothing else he could do. He seduced her, he took her body but she refused him nonetheless. She no longer loved Inuyasha, she promised herself to Sesshomaru. She even screamed that she belonged to him. Wasn't mating just the next natural step? At this point, everything else they did was just as important.

It made no sense.

He punched the nearest wall and growled.

Sesshomaru felt her emotions towards him. Weren't lust and love nearly the same thing? If she refused him and… what if she returned to Inuyasha? She promised she would not and he believed her but there was also the possibility that…she was weak. No, he picked her because she was strong. She would not do this to him. She was the one.

Suddenly, he felt a flare of rage nearby and he smirked.

Oh. Perhaps she did not go back to the bastard. And now, Sesshomaru was about to have some fun. He moved away from the door, certain that his little brother would break through it. As if such a violent action would prove he was strong. Foolish pup. Inuyasha could not even keep his wife; what would he do against a powerful Lord Demon?

Then, everything happened like Sesshomaru predicted.

Inuyasha burst in and nearly broke the door as he did so. It slammed against the wall and left a dent in it.

"You fucking bastard."

"I believe you are the bastard."

Tears stained his face, his eyes were red and magenta markings were flashing on his cheeks. How pathetic. He could not fight like a hanyou; he was trying to fight like a youkai. He would obviously fail. Sesshomaru disliked Inuyasha though part of that hatred was because he had Kagome and he treated her badly. Before that, he simply did not care much for him. He was an annoyance yes but he came to realize that it was no reason to kill him.

Unfortunately, if Inuyasha provoke him….he had to defend himself. And destroy him.

"She's my wife."

"Yes, she is your wife but she is not your mate. By demon laws she is free."

"She ain't a demon! She's a human."

A human who strayed too often in a world that was not hers. "She accepted claims made my demons. She accepted our world. It matters very little that she is human."

Oh how Inuyasha could smell it. His Kagome's scent was all over the house and all over his older brother. It made his guts twist and he wanted to vomit. When the scent was only in his apartment, he could almost ignore it and pretend it did not exist. He could no longer do that. It was all too real and it happened more than once.

"She also enjoys our rutting ways."

At those words, his control snapped. His rage blinded him as he raised his fist and punched…the air. Obviously, Sesshomaru swiftly moved out of the way and avoided the hit.

"You fucking slept with her. I fucking get to hit you." It angered him that the only chance he might have to hit him was if Sesshomaru gave him a shot. He hated it but his need to hit him was greater than anything else. Maybe if he forced his brother to lower his guard then he could come up on top.

After all, it might be the only way Inuyasha would retrieve his honor. He had to beat Sesshomaru. He was angry, he was foolish but even he knew he was not strong enough. That only made his rage grow in intensity.

Sesshomaru raised his hand and wrapped it around Inuyasha's fist. He held on tightly, so tightly that Inuyasha was not even able to pull away. His bones began to crack under the pressure and he winced in pain. None of that made Sesshomaru stop.

"If you wish to hit me little brother, you will have to earn it."

"I thought you believed in that honor bullshit," he said with a grunt.

He scoffed. "I do. You are the one who dishonored your wife, Inuyasha. I could have never gained her affections if you had treated her with respect."

"Ya told Kagome! Ya the one who told her aren't ya? That's how she found my emails."

"I do not know how she came upon the truth. I simply found her when she was upset."

"I knew it! Ya took advantage of her!"

"I assure you Inuyasha that every time I had your wife, she was a very willing participant." He strengthened his hold on his hand. "I would never lower myself like that. Never imply such filthy lies again."

Kagome loved, wanted and sought everything they did. It was part of the reason why he was so angry she refused him.

"Ya shoulda stayed away. She was mine."

He did not care about any of the lies Sesshomaru was blabbering. Someone had to pay and it would have to be him. He focused all his power into one attack. He felt his claws grow as he launched his free hand forward and dug his claws into Sesshomaru's chest.

Sesshomaru did try to get away. He released Inuyasha's hand in a violent pull and nearly dislocated his shoulder, but it was too late. He felt the warm blood spilling from his chest and he felt the sharp claws digging in his flesh. Damn hanyou.

"You will need more than this to injure me, little brother."

His eyes glimmered and he smirked. Now, he had an excuse to beat the living hell out of Inuyasha.

-V-

The rain was pouring outside hitting the window loudly. She sat on the couch with her legs tucked in beneath her rear. She was looking out the window while nibbling at her nails. He called her and warned her. At first, she was not nervous or scared. After all, she was a half demon; she was powerful and she could certainly defend herself. Then, time passed and Kagome never showed up. If she was this angry, if she found out the truth she should have come to Kanna's house immediately.

Now, she feared her.

What was she planning? What was she trying to do?

It could not be good.

It did not matter. She would be able to sense her the moment she was close. It was not like Kagome knew how to hide herself. She was a petty human.

A smile finally appeared on her face and she seemed to relax. She leaned into the couch and closed her eyes. She was wrong about this; it was the perfect solution. Kagome knew! She was going to leave Inuyasha! Now, he was going to be all hers just like she always planned. Granted Inuyasha acted upset but it was simply a natural reaction. It was not as if he actually was going to miss Kagome or like he would go chasing after her. He was having a reaction to the break up. In a day or two he would be back to normal. She would not be surprised if he asked her to mate him soon.

Oh how long did she dream about that moment.

The dream surrounded her and happiness filled her before everything was shattered by a knock on the door. Kagome. How did she slip so close without Kanna noticing?

She rose to her feet and kept her body steady and her expression fake. At first, she would pretend she did not know. At first, she would play along like she did during all those years. She knew Kagome; she was kind and forgiving. If Kanna played her right, she could get her to lower her guard and then, she could win the game. She felt her body tingle with pleasure as she took hold of the handle and opened the door.

On the other side she found Kagome with her hair soaked and sticking to her skin and clothes and her makeup leaking down her face. Her eyes were red as if she cried but the rain washed away any evidence of the tears.

"Kagome?" she said as she tried to act surprised and confused.

Unfortunately for Kanna, her little game did not last long when she got a physical response out of Kagome instead of a verbal one. A loud, harsh slap. She barely had time to think before the sting spread to her face. Oh, that little bitch. That was not a regular human slap. It was spiked with her miko powers.

"You-"

She never got to finish her sentence because Kagome pushed her inside.

"You listened to me. You let me cry on your shoulder. And all this time, you were sleeping with my husband?"

Kanna's face transformed as she began glaring at Kagome. "Why do you care? You're sleeping with Sesshomaru! If you really loved Inuyasha you would have never done that. Even if he cheated on you. Admit it, you were just looking for an excuse and you found one."

"I loved Inuyasha." He was her first love, the kind of love she would never have again. "He broke me. You betrayed me too. You were supposed to be my best friend but you're nothing more than a back stabbing bitch."

"At least I don't open my legs for anyone."

"No, just for your best friend's husband."

"You don't deserve him. I loved him first."

Taken back, she frowned. "No you didn't."

"Oh what, because I didn't tell you? I didn't share everything with you!"

"But — if"

"If I told you, you wouldn't have gone after him?"

It made no sense. After Kikyo and Inuyasha broke up, Kagome waited. She waited for him to grieve the relationship and to see if perhaps someone else interested him. Or if someone else wanted him. Kanna never flirted with him. She never even hinted at it. Back then, Kagome was not sure that Inuyasha would ever be interested in her. She would have seen any reason to back away, to not go for it. She wanted his happiness above all. Kami that was a long time ago. That was a time when she would have done anything for him - even sacrificed it all.

"I would have let him choose."

"Well, he chose. He chose me." She chuckled while taking a step towards Kagome. "He might have married you but he realized it was a mistake. He realized I was the one for him."

"Then why didn't he leave me? Why did he promise to dump you?"

Her gaze hardened. "He only said that because he panicked."

Oh they could be together for all she cared. Once a cheater, always a cheater. She did not need him and really, they deserved each other. She did not go to Kanna's apartment to fight over Inuyasha. She did not want him. "Take him. Marry him. Mate him."

"You're giving up?" she inquired, proudly.

"I gave him up a long time ago." When she slept with Sesshomaru, she chose never to go back. "What I don't understand is how could you? Why even pretend to be my friend?"

"How else could I get you two to break up? I had to make sure it happened. Inuyasha didn't want to hurt you so he wouldn't do it. You had to fuck up."

"So you sent me there on purpose?"

"You were never right for him. You're just human. You don't know what it's like to be us."

Inuyasha gave her the same speech. "Human. What a terrible thing to be. We're so fragile. So different right?"

Kagome felt her powers tingling through her body and it tickled her skin. Rage, betrayal; they were powerful feelings. It brought her power to a whole new level. Her life was ruined and she had to rebuild it from the start. Kanna took everything from her and she was supposed to let her walk away with everything? No, she did not want Inuyasha anymore but…maybe she could give Kanna a different perspective. Maybe she could teach her what it was like to be human.

She took slow steps and appeared harmless. Kanna did not even back away. Heck, she did not seem suspicious until Kagome stopped right in front of her. "Let me know if you feel that you can't be with a demon anymore."

Puzzlement formed on Kanna's features while Kagome grabbed her shoulders. Immediately a pink glow surrounded them and Kanna's skin began to burn. She screamed and tried to pull away but Kagome dug her fingernails into her flesh.

"Bitch."

Kanna's eyes turned red and then, she lashed out at Kagome. Out of self-defense, Kagome pulled away her injured left arm. Four claw marks covered her upper arm and blood poured out of the wounds. It never stopped Kagome from going through with her plan. Her aura was so strong, so powerful, that it turned white. Kanna felt blinded by the rush of holiness filling her. Kagome did not have that kind of power, it was impossible! It was suffocating her and she was certain she was about to lose consciousness. Her demon side tried to protect her and forced its way out. She clawed as much as she could and inflicted many injuries. Blood spilled everywhere and the metallic scent of it overwhelming her senses.

But it was too late.

Kanna dropped to her knees. When she looked up, through the bright light, she saw Kagome's eyes. They were glowing pink. It mesmerized her. Then, it happened. The aura no longer burned. It was soothing - like a dream. It was the last thought to cross her mind before she dropped to the ground unconscious.

Kagome lowered herself to the ground and moved her hands to Kanna's forehead. She sent wave and wave of power until Kanna's body could no longer take it. She jolted on the ground as if she was having a seizure and then slowly, her markings disappeared and her claws turned into nails.

By the time Kagome pulled away, she looked like a human.

Kagome stared at her ex best-friend with a heavy heart.. She always used her powers for good, never for payback. She never thought - she wanted to try it but…she never thought she could purify her friend's demonic half.

She looked down at her hands as if they were weapons and then her legs began to shake. Her knees buckled under her weight and she fell flat beside Kanna.

Revenge was bittersweet.

-V-