Forbidden Betrayed…

Waves of pain accompanied by the haze of confusion amplified the fear. Adrenalin and instincts took over. She was a scourge upon the earth, unwanted, feared, a burden, and a weak, pathetic nascence always getting in the way. Nobody wanted her around, not the humans, hanyous, full bloods and worst of all, the thing that wrenched her heart still beating out of her chest, her friends no longer wished to even lay eyes on. They all turned on her in the end. She had defeated Naraku by herself as the others fought off his army. The power that had erupted from her body nearly tore her apart and it obliterated the evil hanyou. The looks on her friends' faces would forever haunt her. Shock, confusion, recognition, and disgust they knew what she was the minute she looked up at them. Her ice blue eyes, her longer silkier hair, the claws and fangs, as well as her aura, newly demonic and more powerful then before.

Inuyasha and the rest of the group had raised their weapons, Sesshomaru looked stoic as usual and looked on with indifference, but the hatred in his eyes spoke volumes. Shippou had run with Rin and hid behind Sesshomaru's two headed dragon. They were ready to kill her, but why? She looked at them in fear and confusion.

"What are you doing, it's me, Kagome!"

"No, you're not anymore, you may be the Kagome we once knew, but now you are a disgrace to the world. You don't belong here, not your kind, I'm sorry, Kagome, but you must die." There was no sympathy or regret in his words, but she could see the way Inuyasha looked at her as he spoke.

"What is this, some kind of sick joke?"

"This isn't a joke, your kind was never supposed to exists, anyone born as one such as yourself is slaughtered." Sango glared coolly at her former sister.

"What do you mean 'my kind' you are human just like me!" Kagome was starting to bridge the edge of panic.

"Don't play games Kagome, how long have you been keeping this secret from us, and to think we called you a friend!" Kagome was taken aback, what were they talking about? Had they gone insane, or did Naraku change her appearance, trick them in some way?

"Have you lost it!? What are you talking about? 'My kind' what the fuck is going on here?" Kagome was panicking and angry; this was getting out of hand.

"You can not lie to us Kagome you know exactly what you are, Forbidden."

The word echoed in Kagome's mind. Forbidden? What was that supposed to mean? How was it possible that she was forbidden and didn't even know it? And if she was, how was it possible, what made her 'forbidden'?

"What do you mean by 'forbidden'? You never said anything like that before."

"You mean you really don't know what you are?" Inuyasha looked at her stunned.

"No, I don't have a clue what you people are talking about!" They all took a step back as her new aura crackled with power.

"You are a forbidden child from Koorime, probably thrown down from you world at birth, you are that of fire and ice, you must be killed." Sesshomaru's words made Kagome freeze, images and memories came flooding back to her. Her real mother's tears as she was torn from her and her father struggling to break free from those holding him back. That was the last image she had before she fell into the human world.

"No! No, no, no! It's not true it can't be!" she fell on her knees as white with pink gems fell from her eyes.

"Face it, embrace it, for you die," Inuyasha charged at her, his claws aimed right at her heart, "Now!" With that final yell his claws sunk into her flesh and she screamed as she violently hit the ground. She looked up at Inuyasha in fear and betrayal.

"No" she whispered, her bangs covered her eyes and she clenched her fists drawing blood.

"No? Oh yes, you are going to die weather you like it or not, bitch" Kagome's head shot up at the word her eyes glowing a fierce red, and her power flaring. She stood up and growled at Inuyasha.

"No, I will not die! Not by your hands, you backstabbing bastard!" she screamed. The air around them grew cold, so cold they could see their breath. "You promised to protect me!" she looked at Inuyasha and then to Sango and Miroku. "You!" she pointed at them. "You two were like family, how can you do this to me! After all we've been through! How can you just up and kill me!" Her anger was growing with each word, Sango looked to Miroku and they all slowly tried to back away.

"Don't you even think about moving!" she was losing control and losing herself to her inner demon. "If all of you can do this to me, after all the time we spent together, depended and loved each other, then you are no better then what I am. You all should have been born forbidden; it would go perfectly with your backstabbing, cruel and betraying ways!" With one last pulse of power she raised her hand, she had no idea what would become of this, but instinct of self-preservation had set in and she wasn't about to ignore it. The group raised their weapons moving to strike only to realize that they were caught in what seemed like a blizzard. They couldn't see or hear anything, the cold was overwhelming and it tossed them carelessly in random directions. It stopped abruptly and Kagome was gone, back through the well never to return, never.

She ran into the house and strait into her room. She flung herself onto the bed and sobs racked her body. No one would ever love her, they would all try to kill her, for the soul reason she was different, with warring powers. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that if there were demons in this time they would all come after her and try to kill her. Inuyasha was right; she was weak, pathetic and useless. Forbidden, she realized she would be scarred, persecuted and hunted down until the day she died. 'I'll never be able to go back to my normal life. I'm a freak, how can I face my friends at school, they'll all know, I will be a hated outcast for, well, forever.' Her heart sank lower in her breast; at least she would have her family.

Kagome awoke to the soft rapping of someone knocking on her door. "Kagome are you in there?"

"Yeah mom, I'm here." Her voice was muffled through the pillow. Her mother immediately came rushing in.

"Oh, Kagome we've missed you so mu-" Her mother stopped when she got a better look at her only daughter.

"Wha- What happened to you Kagome?" Kagome opened her mouth to answer but her mother cut her off.

"You, you're one of them! One of the forbidden!" her hand flew to her mouth. "All these years, and you're, you're on of them!"

"Mom what are you saying? Why are you acting like this, I'm your daughter!" Kagome's mother shook her head and backed away in denial, hoping it was a horrible nightmare but she knew it wasn't.

"Ge-Get out." Her voice was scratchy and dry.

"What? Mom why-"

"I said get out, get out of my house, you filthy forbidden beast! Get out, get out, Get Out!" Kagome stood her mouth hung open as she looked at her mother who was pointing to the door. She hesitated for a moment before her mother repeated herself again, she didn't need to be told anymore. She ran out of the house to the sacred tree and took one last look at her old home, the home she had been cast out from; she had no more reason to go on, nothing to hold on to, and nothing to look forward to. She ran down the shrine steps looking a blur to anyone who saw her. She ran to the park into the forest where no one ever dared to walk in there. Before she had become this monster she wouldn't have thought to go near it, she had always gotten a bad feeling from it, but it seemed only right she should be banished here.

She crashed to the ground lying on her side and huddled her bruised and bloody body. She was alone now, not even her mother could cast her eyes upon her. She would forever be damned to watch others dance in happiness, while she had to hide in the shadows and envy what they had. 'No, I can't do this, everyone wants me gone, and nobody wants to have a forbidden child in their presence. I'm weak, useless and a fool, I will have a damned life, a cursed life. No, I-I can't do this.'

Her once vibrant eyes hardened into cold, vacant pools of ice, she knew what she had to do, after all, the world didn't want her, it never did. 'Well, if the world doesn't want me, then I don't want the world.'

He looked down at the distressed girl, she was obviously torn, her aura was comprised almost purely of sorrow and betrayal, something he wasn't unfamiliar with. With his life they practically walked hand in hand, he felt pity for the distraught girl. He watched on curious of what she was doing her aura had changed suddenly, it was too quick for his taste something about it didn't feel right.

Kagome had made up her mind, she wasn't turning back, there was nothing to turn back to. She sat there emotionless yet determined, there had to be a way to complete her task, but how to do it? She wasn't used to her powers, she didn't even know how to use them. She thought for a moment mulling over anything that could help her. Her head shot up 'Maybe I could use my powers, I created some sort of ice storm, maybe I could create it, hmm… Okay Kagome, think, concentrate on what you want.'

Her hand slowly started emitting a light blue glow that steadily grew brighter and died down, a glimmering dagger of ice sat innocently in the palm of her hand. She stared down at it and felt nothing, its was disturbing to her, she was about to end her life and she didn't care. She threw away her thoughts as she raised the dagger in the air with both hands, positioning it to thrust into her heart. The heart that had shattered and died in the span of time so small it seemed unreal.

He continued to watch the girl, her emotions changed until he could no longer sense them. He looked on in curiosity as she raised up her hand, palm to the sky. His eyes widened and he had to stop himself from falling out of the tree at what she was doing, she was going to kill herself. He looked back down at her, he saw the dagger in her hand and knew what she was doing. He had tried to resort to that once, it was how he had met Youko. Youko had saved his life and shown him that there were some people in the world that he could trust, shown him that he really wasn't as alone as he originally thought.

She raised the dagger and thrust it forward, clenching her eyes for the impact, but instead of the cold feeling of the ice she felt a warm pressure on top of her, pinning her to the ground. She struggled, but he was too strong. He held down her hands above her head, but she held firm to the blade.

"Let me go you bastard! You don't understand!" She struggled against him kicking, trying hopelessly to wrench herself free.

"Stop struggling, resistance is futile; stop your fruitless efforts to withstand me." His voice was deep and cold, it vibrated through her chest, and Kagome oddly found it a little arousing. Her struggling lessened more and more, she was exhausted and her efforts, as he said, were not going to work, she felt weaker then she did before.

He was relieved she had stopped struggling, her movements were stirring things and he was on the verge of losing a little self-control. Kagome looked up at her attacker, she almost gasped at the sight, he had almost the same colour eyes as she did.

"Wh- who are you?"

"I am the one who just saved you from doing something stupid." in the excitement of things Kagome had forgotten what she was doing. She again tried to free her hands from him.

"Who are you!?" She struggled harder.

"Hn, Hiei."

"Well, Hiei, you don't understand what you're doing!" tears were forming behind her eyes.

"Please, please let me go!" she choked her words out through sobs.

"Hn, no." she sobbed loudly and rolled her head to the side exposing her neck. He had to restrain himself from ravishing it.

"Why? You don't understand! I have to do this! Please, please you have to let me do this, it's the only way." Tears were now streaming down her face turning into perfect white with pink tear gems, his hands fell away from hers and he sat up in shock, she was and Ice Koorime, just like Yukina.

"Why, what is so horrible that you must take your own life?" she looked up at him her tears had stopped and her face when stoic.

"Because I am alone, forever damned, forever hated, because I am forbidden." The words slowly sunk in, she was a forbidden child? She was just like him, he wasn't the only one of his kind left alive, he wasn't alone anymore.

"Your point?" his voice was cold and harsh.

"Don't you get it? I am alone, forever destined to be hated and hunted down, forever damned!" her voice softened, "I am nothing, I am weak, pathetic, useless and well below worthless." Hiei's eyes softened he knew how she felt, he wanted to help her, he was just like him even if she didn't know it yet.

The emotional turmoil, stress, confusion, sorrow, betrayal, self- loathing, the emptiness and the utter cold overwhelmed her. Her breathing was erratic and she was dazed her eyes looked around and her head lulled side to side as her vision blackened and she fell into unconsciousness.

Hiei sighed and bent over the girl to pick her up, as she lay docile, for once, he got a good look at her. Her midnight hair looked beautiful against her skin; it seemed to glow with an inner light making her seem more like an angel or a goddess, than a demon. She shifted in his arms and he froze afraid she would awaken; he almost groaned as she did, her body felt so right against his. He didn't miss her toned and lean body, and her perfectly shaped figure. Her luscious lips were perfect, ruby red and seductive. Hiei caught himself leaning towards her ruby lips, it took all his self-control just to stop himself. He needed to get back to his house before something else happened, although it might be worse to go home then stay here. He could smell her blood, temptation aside her wounds took precedent first.

He ran as fast as he could back to his house and quickly put her on his bed. Getting the first aid kit from the bathroom he set to work, he sat next to her to clean the wounds and groaned, he would have to undress her to do that. Hiei carefully peeled off her shirt and her small green skirt, he bit his lip at the sight of her almost nude form. She was enchanting, her skin was glowing but the blood jarred him from his daze. He cleaned all of her wounds, some of them were deep a few were shallow, he felt bad for her she had a long road in front of her. She seemed so innocent, but so torched and abused. She was the only one he met or knew of that was like him, he would protect her, he made a vow to protect her no matter what. She was fragile and tormented by inner demons, she would need help to get through this difficult time, he couldn't let her kill herself, he secretly didn't want her to go, didn't ever want her to leave him.

He caressed her porcilne face and marveled at how smooth it felt, almost like water. He moved to his dresser and pulled out one of his white wife-beaters and a pair of his black boxers. Her undergarments were ripped and stained with blood, he hesitated he wasn't sure he could handle her nude form, it was hard to keep away from her now. He took of her under garments and replaced them with his own at the speed of light. He let out a breath relieved yet somewhat disappointed, she was a goddess how could she want a murder like himself, he doubted it. Hiei shoved his hands in his pockets and made his way into the kitchen, he needed some sweet snow, now.

Kagome felt hazy and her head was pounding, she could feel her blood pounding through her body, she was aching all over. Her arms and legs felt like dead weight, she didn't think she could even get out of bed. 'Wait, bed? When did I get into a bed I don't remember-' She froze a sinking feeling sent in. 'Oh my god! No it can't be that, that uh, Hiei guy! Right it can't be, because the last thing I remember is, is that, that. Oh no, no, no he, that Hiei was on top of me! Oh gods wake up girl! Open your eyes!' Her eyes shot open and she sat up, stifling a scream of pain she looked around. She was sitting in the middle of a king sized bed with all black sheets, they were soft, she noticed. The room was a decent size, from what she could see, dark crimson walls accented by dark mahogany, wood floor. There were two small bedside tables, also black, and a black dresser. 'Geese what is it with this guy and black, I'm begging to sense a theme here. I can't wait to see the rest of the house!' her own sarcasm amused her. She slid over to the side of the bed and made her way to the door, she hissed as her feet hit the freezing floor.

Stumbling towards the door she realized she was no longer wearing her old clothes, but a pair of male clothes. She turned towards the dresser her eyes wide. She crept toward it and slowly opened the doors in case they creaked. There were a few outfits, mostly dark cloaks, a few white belts, and ton of shirts. She looked down at herself, clad in a wife-beater and boxers, she blushed scarlet red when she realized she wasn't wearing any of her under garments. She quickly scanned the room for them, but found none, she turned back to the dresser and grabbed a pair of pants and slipped them on. The pants promptly fell around her ankles and she remembered the belts she grabbed on and put it on. She realized there were two places for two belts, she grabbed another one and put it on. She walked over to the mirror and examined herself in the new attire. She gawked at the image, her hair was longer, soft and strait, and her eyes were piercing blue. She opened her mouth and examined her new fangs they were long, sharp and deadly, her newly formed claws were formidable as well. Kagome looked at herself in different directions. 'Wow, I look good in these clothes! Wow, seems I filled out a little, okay, a lot.' She looked down at her breasts, they were a few cup sizes bigger, and her body had really curved in all the right ways.

She liked the clothes she had stolen from his dresser and decided she would keep them, he did after all see her naked, she'd take this in payment. Kagome grabbed one of the coats off its hanger and walked silently out of the room not bothering to close the door. The hallway was much different then the bedroom, the walls were white, but the floor was the same. There were a few window scattered around, from what she could tell they were probably in the middle of the woods. 'Great this is the part of the movie when the girl is kidnapped raped and murdered, in the middle of the forest so there is no way to escape alive. Great, this is just perfect, what a wonderful week I am having.' She rolled her eyes as she walked into the living room, the T.V. was on and she could see his head peak over the top of the, of course, black couch. To her horror he turned his head to face her, his red eyes didn't ease the knot in her stomach either.

Hiei had to clench his jaw to keep it from dropping, she was wearing his clothes and his scent on the clothes was all over her, intermixing with her scent. He was glad that she couldn't see him from the couch, otherwise she would be privy to exactly what she was doing to him. Seeing her in his clothes made his inner beast roar to take her as his own, that no one else should touch her but him. He pushed his beast aside when he realized she was probably waiting for an explanation as to why he had brought her here, or why she even was here.

"You're finally awake." His statement was blunt and uncaring.

"Yeah, I guess I am." She felt foolish not knowing what to say. She wanted to yell at him till she was blue in the face, but she couldn't do it. He was being kind to her when all the others had turned away from her, he didn't. He didn't even know her name and still he stopped her from hurting herself, taken her to his house and cared for her. It didn't seem right to yell at him for helping.

"Are you hungry?"

"Huh? Oh, um, kind of, yeah." She sheepishly smiled and blushed. She had no idea how to act around this demon he was a mystery. Kagome watched as he walked away and couldn't help noticing that he was extremely good looking. He was wearing just his pants and belts like hers. As he walked back out she blushed profusely, she had a perfect view of his torso and he was perfectly toned with tanned skin. She couldn't help but wonder what he would feel like under her fingers. She shook her head as he handed her an apple.

"Thank you, Hiei." She had remembered his name, a surge of what he could assume was joy surged through him.

"Um, Hiei, where are we?"

"We are in my apartment, near the park." Kagome made an 'o' with her mouth.

"Uh, why did you bring me here?" He looked at her as if the answer was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You tried to kill your self, I brought you here because you were wounded, and to make sure you don't try it again." Kagome hung her head to hide her shame. Hiei stepped forward and tilted her head up with his fingers. This was the closest he had ever been to a woman. He looked down locking eyes with her.

"Don't ever listen to what others say, they say it out of fear, any forbidden children who survive to adult hood are some of the most powerful demons to roam the earth. We are this way because we have been forced to learn how to defend ourselves with no one there to teach us. Being alone isn't always a bad thing, sometimes being alone can make you stronger, help you understand things better. But now we know that we are not alone, and I can find comfort in that. Don't ever let someone else call you weak or useless and believe them. You are not useless or weak, and if anyone tells you otherwise just tell me and I'll beat them till they call for their mommies."

Kagome laughed at his last comment, but what he said was the nicest most caring thing anyone had ever said to her. It was the fist time anyone had ever told her she was strong and useful. Hiei heard a few 'plinks' on the floor and looked up to see the girl crying.

"Why do you cry? Have I offended you?" Kagome vigorously shook her head.

"No, no you didn't, its just, that was the first time anyone said I wasn't weak." She threw her arms around the unsuspecting Hiei, who awkwardly tried to hug her back. She smelled so intoxicating he felt drunk off of her scent alone. He could get used to this.

"Hiei, did you know that it's really super cold in here?" she released Hiei from her hold, much to his disappointment, and looked down at her.
Then use your powers to warm yourself." Kagome scuffed her feet on the ground nervously and a bit embarrassed.

"Um, Hiei, first off my name is Kagome and secondly I, uhm well, I have no idea how to use my powers."

"WHAT!"

4 weeks later.

Kagome and Hiei couldn't believe how far she had come in her training. In just 4 weeks she had mastered her ice half, that was the dominate side, her fire half, on the other side, was a completely different subject. He was just glad it was his dominate half, other wise half the forest in the park would have been incinerated.

"Hey Hiei? Why don't you ever leave the apartment, don't you have things to do? I don't want to be a burden, you don't have to watch my every move." In truth he never left the apartment because he enjoyed her scent to much and he would miss it while he was gone. Plus he didn't want to leave because she might try to pull her stunt she had the first night he met her. Kagome didn't miss Hiei's look. She walked over to the couch and sat down beside him.

"I'm not going to try and kill myself Hiei, so you don't have to worry." Hiei hated to leave her, he was so afraid she would try, he didn't want to leave and worry about her the whole time he was gone, but Kagome did have a point he needed to get out.

"How can I know for sure, how do I know you wont hurt yourself when I am gone?" Kagome knew he was worried about her, he always was. She crawled onto Hiei's lap and looked him dead in the eyes, it was the closest they had ever been in contact with each other but she needed him to know.

"I'm not going to kill myself Hiei, I have something to live for now." Hiei's breath hitched and his heart beat quickened.

"And what would that be?" Kagome smirked in response and did the unthinkable, she strattled Hiei's waist and kissed him. Hiei was too shocked to move his brain was frozen, when he didn't respond to her Kagome pulled away thinking he didn't return the feelings. She lowered her head and sadness once again took over. She got up from Hiei's lap and made her way back to her room. Hiei snapped out of it as she reached her door and ran to her grabbing her arm and turning her to face him, shock written on her face. Hiei pushed her against the wall.

"Me too." His lips crashed upon hers lighting both of their blood on fire. Hiei licked her lips for entrance but Kagome didn't understand. He bit her lip lightly and she gasped giving him enough time to plunge himself into her sweet cavern and taste her. Her taste drove him insane, he would never be able to grow tired of this. Kagome's thoughts agreed with Hiei's his body pressed up against hers, she could feel his body heat through their clothes, she felt like she was in heaven on a cloud and she never wanted to come down.

They finally broke apart for desperately needed air.

"Now that is something to live for." Kagome laughed through gasps of air. Hiei smirked at her in response and he slapped his stomach lightly as she laughed. Neither of them minded staying like this forever.

The rain made the apartment colder, she had to admit Hiei's shirt and boxers weren't exactly very warm. She blushed she had been wearing his clothes since she had come here, she should probably sneak back home and grab a few items of her clothes. She sighed, it was raining along with thunder and lightning, but she would. She didn't want to burden Hiei more than she already had. She grabbed the cloak she had barrowed from Hiei off of her bed and swung it over her shoulders. She made her way over to the window and opened it as quietly as she could and looked down, the ground was a lot further down then she had thought, but she had seen Inuyasha jump down higher heights and he was a hanyou. She breathed in deeply and closed her eyes. "It's no or never." Kagome leapt from the window accidentally slicing her arm on the end of the window sill. She landed with an 'oomph' and stood up rubbing her rear end.

Kagome silently prayed that Hiei wouldn't wake up to check on her tonight.