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Unforgiven Angel

Chapter 11

KnOwInG tHe GaMe

Kagome awoke with a gash on the back of her head. She gingerly touched it and winced.

'Damnit!' Kagome pounded the freezing stone bellow her with her fist. She lifted her head and yelled into the sky. "You fuckin' asshole! This wasn't my mission!" She cursed the heavens to hell.

Then she noticed that she seems to be in a...cell, of some type. It didn't have a roof so she could see and feel the darkness pressing down upon her. It was fairly small and huge shadows were cast everywhere. Kagome sighed, at least she wasn't with that maniac.

'He'll come sooner or later.' Kagome fury was waning, "He wants the jewel and I have it. Once he finds that out, I'm dead."

Kagome heard dirt scrape against the stone floor and quickly grabbed her hidden dagger from her left boot and faced the intruder.

The moonlight shown down on a pale face.

"Inuyasha was sure you had killed yourself. All he could talk about was you, Kagome."

"Shut up you filth."

"I don't have time for this. Come on." The person shouted into the darkness.

Kagome didn't dare trust the human. She was ready to drag the blade against that pretty little face, just to watch it gouge in deep blood. She launched forward but was suddenly stopped when her opponent disappeared. She soon found her when she felt the cool tip of the arrow against her back.

"You may or may not have been my reincarnation, Kagome. But only one of us can hold Inuyasha's heart."

"You can have that Dog's heart." Kagome spat. "And when I kill that bastard, you can go back to hell with him, Kikyo."

"Touching, really. Now lets get going." Kikyo lowered her arrow and led Kagome to the door.

Kagome hesitated before coming to conclusion that she couldn't get any worse from here on. And why wouldn't Kikyo just kill her? Kagome felt she needed to know, they've been immortal enemies from the beginning. Obviously Kagome wasn't the only one who had gotten stronger over the past 3 years. Kagome may have her goddess powers but under Naraku's barrier she was useless while Kikyo had the upper hand. Kagome snorted and quickly earned a glare from Kikyo, who seemed to be watching for guardians of the castle. They silently escaped down many passages. Kikyo silenced anyone who had seen us with an arrow in the head.

Kagome was in utter disbelief at how well Kikyo's talent had become. 'Of course Inuyasha wouldn't need me to be part of his precious group with Kikyo there to make his days bright and gay.' Kagome almost retch at the thought. And felt her hatred rise for the dead miko.

Kagome didn't know she had stopped until she heard Kikyo hissing at her to move while she shot another guard in the throat and the figure silently fell limp. The two women made it outside with the hair on their heads. (Which was quite a lot of hair for both of them.) Kikyo quickly rushed to the end of the barrier and chanted with all her concentration. Within seconds Kagome felt her powers flow into her veins once she step on the outside of the power shield.

Kikyo kept a swift pace and Kagome still followed, wanting to know why the hell this idiot wasn't shooting her like those guards. Kagome tensed when Kikyo abruptly stopped and turned to face Kagome.

"Give it to me."

Kagome froze and then anger boiled over. "I will do no such thing."

Kikyo raised the arrow once more to her chest. "Give it to me."

Kagome felt her neck hair rise at the calm and cold voice. "You think I'll just hand it over?" Kagome laughed, "You're probably still playing Inuyasha and working for Naraku just to get the jewel." Kagome swore she had seen the hurt behind Kikyo's eyes.

"You have no idea how much I love Inuyasha. Don't you dare doubt me! Your not even suppose to be in this dimension let alone in this Universe, Death goddess! I may be a clay portrait but when you gave up your human life I received my soul back. I'm practically human enough for Inuyasha. I was the woman he always seen you as, remember?" Kikyo arched her arrow. "And you know what else? Naraku knows you have the jewel. He's not stupid. And you're walking right into his trap. Give me the jewel before its too late."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Kagome felt a darkness ease over her body.

"Your tainting that damned jewel with your hatred. You thought you would purify it. You thought that you would save the world. You thought you were the perfect woman for him. You thought you could take him from me! You thought you would always have a place in his heart. You thought that you would be together forever. You thought you could win him over with it, didn't you? But you know what?" Kikyo glared, "You're not me."

It hit Kagome like a ton of bricks. It was true, all of it. Kagome knew it deep down; she knew that in a way she was turning out to be another Kikyo. Wanting him dead because he fell in love with another... its exactly like Kikyo. She felt ashamed. She pressed her palm against her chest; she could feel the shikon's power beneath he fingers, pulsating with her heart. It was her heart. If it were ever taken, Kagome would die.

"I can't." Kagome's eyes hardened.

Kikyo lowered the bow, "Fine, but you'll have to make the choice sometime. You or this world? Do you really think Inuyasha will hesitate to kill you?"

Yes, yes. DAMNIT I know its short! But Did you want me to update or not. I need time to gather my thoughts. ï