Killer

Disclaimer- I don't own anything from Inuyasha, but I do own this story.

Hey everyone, here is the next chapter of Killer. I hope you guys really like it. I will admit it is a little different than my other stories, but it is good to try some new things. Anyways, please read and review.

Chapter Two- Allures Danger

It had been exactly one week since I last saw it- that creature that had saved me. For some reason, I couldn't take my mind off of it.

Sango, Miroku, and Kirara and I had been traveling from village to village trying to find this Naraku demon that had brought them together by destroying their former lives. The more I thought about it the more I started to believe Naraku may be the same monster I was looking for. I mean he destroyed lives and the monster I was looking for destroyed mine, twice.

He had murdered everyone in the demon slayer village Sango had grown up in, and put a curse on Miroku's family. I just couldn't believe such a terrible thing existed.

My ankle was still really sore and hard to walk on but I didn't care. It's not like my ankle will ever be one hundred percent again anyway, not after getting that wooden beam stabbed through it. I just didn't care how much my ankle hurt. There were worse things.

All I wanted to do was find the monster... and maybe see the creature again. "Hey, Lady Kagome, are you alright?" Miroku called, breaking me from my thoughts.

"Yes, I was just thinking. Don't worry about me," I said in reply. He didn't seem to believe me, but he dropped the subject. "Are we any closer to the next village?" I asked.

Sango thought for a moment.

"It's still about half a day's travel from where we are," she answered. I sighed.

"Great," I mumbled. Ever since I was little I wanted to see the world. But after my ankle got hurt so badly, Lady Midoriki said that it would be impossible without doing permanent damage to my injured limb.

"Don't fret Lady Kagome. I'm positive that we'll make it there unharmed" Miroku said in a chipper tone. We all glared at him. "I have the feeling I just jinxed that."

"Maybe you have," Sango retorted while slapping him upside the head. I smiled at my friends antics. They were so funny sometimes.

For a moment I thought I sensed a demonic aura, but dismissed it. As we walked the demonic aura became stronger. I didn't know what type of demon it belonged to, but it was strong. It had to be to have this type of aura. Suddenly, the ground began to shake.

"What's going on?" Sango screamed as she tried to keep her balance. I looked around frantically, trying to pinpoint the demon. That's when I noticed the ground cracking below Miroku's feet.

"Miroku, watch out!" I screamed. Right as soon as I started to run towards him, the ground split and sent us all flying in different directions. Miroku hit his head on a tree and fell unconscious while Sango, Kirara and I skidded across the ground in polar opposite directions of one other. After I stopped, I looked up to see a giant mole demon glaring down at us. Great! These demons, depending on their size were near impossible to defeat unless you knew their weak point. And just like humans, all of them had a different one.

It raised its head and gave out a loud shriek. The sound was deafening and painful. I covered my ears and tears leaked from my eyes. Kirara and Sango did the same thing. Sango lifted her weapon. "Shut up!" she screamed. Right when she was about to let the Hiraikotsu go the demon turned its head to face her. I stood on shaky legs and readied an arrow. This wasn't the first demon we had encountered in the past week, so we had become fairly good at fighting together.

"Hit the mark!" I called as I shot my arrow at the demon's forehead. It saw the movement and moved out of my arrow's path and ran towards me.

"Kagome!" Sango screamed, as she jumped on Kirara's back. I tried to ready another arrow but since I was panicking my hands were shaking. Right before the mole could hit me an arm wrapped around my waist and I was lifted into the air. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, thanks Sango." I said as she placed me behind her on Kirara's back. "Now, why don't we end this?" She nodded in agreement and lifted Hiraikotsu over her head. I quickly got an arrow notched into the bow.

"Hiraikotsu!" Sango yelled, letting the giant boomerang fly. Just as we thought it would the mole moved to the side. At that moment I released my arrow. It hit the mole right in the forehead and disintegrated it, just as I thought. The forehead was the weak point. We both sighed in relief and then went to check on our fallen comrade.

"Is he alright?" I asked after Sango checked him over. Right when she went to reply a strange squeak like noise came from her.

"You letch!" she screamed before hitting Miroku on the head and backing away. Her hands behind her and her whole face beat red. I blinked in confusion. What just happened?

Miroku slowly sat up and rubbed his head.

"Is that any way to treat a man who was knocked into a tree?" he asked while staring at Sango. She hissed in anger.

"Did I miss something here?" I asked them. Both just continued to stare at each other as if I had never even spoken. Sango looked as if she was ready to kill, and knowing her temper I would say my guess was pretty damn close. I turned my attention to Kirara, who was shaking her head at the pair.

Okay, I most definitely missed something. What had Miroku done to make Sango so angry?

Just then I felt something on my butt. My whole face went beat red and I screamed. "Miroku you pervert!" I backed away from him. He raised his hands as Sango approached him.

"Now Sango, calm down." he said. She slapped him so hard across the face that it left a red hand print on his cheek. I flinched slightly, that had to hurt. Though in my opinion, he deserved worse.

"You damn pervert," Sango hissed while crossing her arms over her chest. "Why the hell did I let you come with me?"

"Because you know you can't take Naraku down by yourself," Miroku stated with a knowing smirk. Just as Sango was about to reply the ground began to shake.

"Not again!" Sango screamed. The ground split between the three of us and we all went flying. I hit the ground fairly hard and my vision began to blur.

"Dammit," I cursed while rubbing my eyes with my sleeve. There was another mole demon in the centre of the clearing. Seriously, didn't these things have a life?

That's when I noticed something like a purple glow in the middle of its mouth. "Sango! Miroku!" I shouted. "Its mouth is glowing!"

"What?" Miroku looked at me as if I had spoken in another language. The demon moved as if it had never been there, and then it was suddenly right in front of me. It shrieked before striking me with the back of its paw.

"Kagome!" my friends screamed. I soared through the air and hit the ground, rolling down a hill. Once I hit the bottom I was out cold.

Inuyasha's POV

I ran through the forest with my sister, Ina. We had just killed another one of Naraku's assassin groups. He was trying to destroy another village. I growled in anger as my blood boiled at the thought. Ina reached out and put a hand on my shoulder. I glanced at her.

"We'll stop him," she said sincerely.

"Feh," was all I said in reply. We continued to race through the trees. The forest just a green blur around us. Somewhere in the distance we could hear loud shrieks but brushed it aside.

That's when the scent of lavender reached my nose. 'Lavender?' The girl from a week ago flashed through my mind once again. 'That's right, lavender was her scent.' Quickly turning on my heel I raced in the direction of the scent. Ina stopped and noticed I was running away.

"Nii-sama?" she called after me. I didn't stop. "Where are you going?"

The girl had been haunting my thoughts ever since I saved her from that burned down village. I thought she had been killed by a demon or bandit after I had left her alone in the forest. The guilt had slowly been eating me alive. And now I suddenly pick up her scent? What the hell was she doing this far out here? Demons roamed all throughout these forests! I ran faster.

The closer I got to her I was able to pick up the scent of other humans and a few demons. Fear clawed at me when I thought of all the possibilities of what could be happening to her right now. I froze when I saw a monk and a demon slayer in the clearing before me, fighting a mole demon. There's no way I could go out there. They'd slaughter me... or the other way around. But I swore to never be seen by humans again. Not after mother's death, though I already broke that promise by letting the girl see me.

That's when I noticed the girl's scent was coming from the other side of the clearing, laced with the scent of her blood. Someone had hurt her? I growled at the thought. My eyes flashed red for a moment and I clutched my sword to keep from transforming. This was not the time or the place to allow my demon blood to take control. After a few short minutes my demon blood returned to normal, still boiling just below the surface.

Taking a quick glance at the battle I dashed across the clearing and into the tree cover. I glanced back to make sure no one saw me.

Exhaling after my little stunt I went towards the girl's scent. When I saw her my heart raced. She was lying on her back at the bottom of a hill, with her eyes closed. Her chest didn't appear to be moving. In one leap I was at her side. Kneeling down I watched her chest for a moment. I felt my own heart stop as a lone thought voiced itself in my mind.

'No...'

But then I saw the slight rise and fall to show that she was breathing, that she was alive! I sighed in relief. 'She's alive...' I thought thankfully. I still didn't understand why I cared so much about this one human girl, but I knew I couldn't bear the thought of anything happening to her; the thought of her dying, to be even more accurate.

In the background I could hear the battle still going on but I didn't give a damn. The girl was hurt somewhere. The red liquid stained the ground but I still couldn't tell where it was coming from. I scanned her body searching for where the wound was. Heat rose to my cheeks when I looked over her chest. I gently turned her head and finally found the wound. There was a small cut there. I growled in anger. 'Damn it all!' I hissed. 'It's like this girl draws in danger or something!' Being careful not to hurt her further, I reached into the pouch at my side and pulled out the same herbs I used before to heal her wounds.

Since I had no water I licked the herb and very gently placed it against the wound.

Almost instantly the wound began to heal. I sighed in relief. Once it was fully healed I withdrew my hand. Then I just sat there staring at the girl before me. She was even more beautiful than I remembered.

Her midnight black hair looked like it was softer than silk and her skin looked like it belonged to that of those china dolls my sister collected. I also noticed that her hair had the ribbon tied in it. The one that matched the one I had borrowed from her.

I just couldn't stop staring at her.

Involuntarily I began to lean in towards her. Slowly inching towards her lips. I couldn't stop myself and for some reason beyond my comprehension I didn't want to. I truly wanted to do this. I wanted to taste her lips. I wanted to taste the source of her alluring scent. I was only an inch from her lips now.

"Kagome!" a female voice called out. I moved away from the girl instantly, snapping from whatever thought had possessed me to do that. 'I can't believe I almost... tried to kiss...' I shook my head vigorously to clear those thoughts from my head. "Kagome!"

"Lady Kagome?" A male voice called this time.

'Who's Kagome?' I thought distantly. A blush still tainting my cheeks. The girl before me began to move and her eyes began to open slowly. Though my mind told me to run my body wouldn't respond. I knew I had to get away. I had sworn never to get close to a human, but I just didn't want to leave the girl's side.

So I just sat there staring at the girl as she slowly awakened, and once her eyes fully opened, they focused directly on me.

Kagome's POV

It was here, staring at me. I couldn't move. I was scared to. Last time I moved it ran away. I didn't want it to leave. So I just lied there staring at it, and it at me. Neither of us could move, or blink for that matter. Suddenly, I remembered that I had hit my head. Sitting up I immediately reached for the back of my head but I didn't feel any blood.

There was no cut? There wasn't even a bump. I blinked in confusion. "What the..."

When I looked up again it was right in front of me. It's nose an inch from mine. I gasped and went to lean away. But it wouldn't allow me to. It grabbed my wrist with one hand a wrapped the other around my waist, which made moving away a wistful dream. I felt heat rising to my face at our close proximity. Its golden eyes stared into my chocolate ones. As if it was searching for something. That's when I sensed the aura; it was a half demon. Which meant it was born from a human and demon parent. I thought they were mere myths. I stared at the half demon before me as it looked back.

I figured by its body build that it was a male. I wanted to ask what his name was but I was scared to speak, scared to break the spell that seemed to have both of us in its clutches. I could feel his warm breath on my lips and I finally realized how much closer he had gotten. He was barely an inch from my lips!

A twig snapping nearby caught my attention. And the next thing I knew the half demon was gone. I blinked in surprise.

"Kagome!" Sango called in relief as she ran up and hugged me. "Are you okay?" she asked scanning my body for any injuries. I nodded my head numbly, still shocked that I had seen him again. Kirara came out from behind a tree, Miroku right beside her.

"I am glad to see you unharmed Lady Kagome." he said with a smile. I could practically hear the relief in his voice though he was trying his best to mask it. "Sango and I had sensed a demon and were afraid it might have gotten you." A demon? Maybe they were talking about him. He does have a demonic aura, but also a human one too. That's what helped me realize what he was.

"Nothing hurt me." I said truthfully. I highly doubt he would let anything hurt me. That's twice now that he's saved me. Sango sighed in relief.

"That's good to know... Now let's get out of here before more mole demons show up." Sango stated in a desperate tone. That's when I remembered something.

"What about the purple glow I saw?" I asked. "What was that?" Miroku sighed and pulled out a small pouch from his robes.

"They're called Shikon Jewel shards," he stated. "It's a powerful jewel that can grant one's wish. But if a demon were to get hold of it, they will grow stronger and the jewel will become tainted."

"Naraku stole it from my village when he destroyed it," Sango continued. "However, due to an arrow from an unknown priestess, Naraku was gravely wounded and unfortunately the jewel was shattered into many fragments." I nodded in understanding. For some reason this story sounded familiar to me, but I didn't have the slightest idea as to why.

"Anyway, it appears you are able to sense the shards Kagome."

"I didn't know I could..." I answered truthfully. Sango smiled at me.

"Well, let's not dwell on that right now." Miroku said. "Let's get out of here before more demons show up looking for the shards." We all nodded in agreement. Sango stood and when I went to follow suit my ankle started to ache as if something had been dropped on it. I screamed in agony before slowly dropping towards the ground. Sango caught me in her arms.

"Kagome!" she cried. Tears formed in my eyes at the pain I was feeling.

"My ankle... it's burning!" I screamed. Sango gently sat me down and began to examine my ankle. She gasped.

"It's broken." she explained.

"Just make the pain stop!" I cried. The pain was too much. "Please make it stop!" Miroku knelt next to me.

"Just calm down Lady Kagome." he said soothingly. "We'll fix it, just not here."

"Kirara." Sango called. With that they placed me on Kirara's back and we began to search for a river. I heard what sounded like a whimper. Glancing over my shoulder I saw him standing near a tree watching me with sad eyes, like he felt guilty about something. I watched him until he was out of sight. Then I returned my attention to my friends.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. Sango took my hand and squeezed it reassuringly. I smiled slightly at her.

Inuyasha's POV

She got hurt... How the hell had I missed a broken ankle? I mean, now that I had seen how swollen and discoloured it had been I should have realized it from the start! I couldn't get her cries out of my head. It tortured me to hear such pain in her voice. It felt like someone had taken my heart and trampled on it.

I just stood there, staring in the direction the girl... Kagome had gone in. 'Kagome? The name suits her...' I thought distantly.

"Nii-sama!" Ina's voice reached my ears. Not as clearly as normal since I had them pressed against my skull but I heard her all the same. "There you are," she sounded winded, as she wasn't the best runner despite being half demon. "What are you doing way out here anyways?"

I just turned and began to walk in the direction we had been heading before I picked up Kagome's lavender scent. "Nothing... Let's just go..." my voice was a raspy whisper but I knew Ina could hear me as clearly as if I had shouted.

"Sure," she replied slowly. Obviously she was trying to figure out what was wrong with me. But I wasn't about to tell her about Kagome. I'd die before I let anyone find out about her. We ran silently through the trees in the direction of our home.

Kagome's POV

Another week flew by and we were on our way to the next village. In the previous one we had picked up some more supplies like food and herbs for the road. I was currently riding on Kirara's back since I still wouldn't walk on my broken ankle. My mind kept drifting back to the half demon.

I wanted to see him again. I wanted to know more about him. Why he continuously saved me was the most important question.

As I thought over our last encounter my heart rate speed up as a blush painted itself across my cheeks. He tried to kiss me! I still couldn't believe he had tried that! And I wasn't angry at him for it... I actually wanted to kiss him. That was the part that confused me. I wanted to kiss a half demon. As a priestess my instincts should be telling me to purify that half demon, but I hated the thought. No one has ever had this kind of effect on me before...

The smell of sulfur snapped me from my thoughts. I coughed and quickly covered my nose and mouth. "Where's this smoke coming from?"

"I'm guessing from there." Miroku said in a muffled tone. He had his sleeve over his nose and mouth while Sango was wearing her demon slayer mask. I looked to where he was pointing to see smoke rising from a village just beyond the tree coverage. Tears formed in my eyes.

"Not another one," I whispered. Sango began to walk forward. "Sango?"

"Let's go see if there are any survivors," she said. We nodded in agreement. With that we walked into the decimated village. There were corpses everywhere. Some so mangled and crushed that they didn't even look human any more. Blood stained the ground everywhere I looked and I had to try extremely hard to keep the contents of my stomach down.

"Oh Kami..." Miroku whispered with a solemn voice. "This is terrible." He closed his eyes and started a quiet prayer.

"Obviously this is Naraku's work," Sango stated with venom dripping from her voice.

I was too stunned to speak. The scene before me was so gruesome. How could anyone do something so terrible? I know Naraku's a monster but this is downright disgusting; disturbing! My stomach lurched at the site and I covered my mouth.

I glanced around once more and I was unable to hold it in any more. I leaned over to the side and threw up.

"Kagome!" Sango quickly came over and rubbed comforting circle on my back as Miroku held my hair back.

"Lady Kagome..." Miroku whispered in concern. Once I was done I sat up straight again and stared at my friends.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. They shook their heads, not blaming me for anything. I gave them a weak smile in return.

"Kirara, why don't you take Kagome to the borderline of the trees so she doesn't have to see this?" Sango instructed. Kirara roared in agreement before flying over to where Sango had mentioned. She landed gently and then just stood there. I saw her ear twitch from the corner of my eye and I knew her senses her on high alert.

"Thanks Kirara," I whispered while wrapping my arms around her neck in a hug. She purred and gently turned her head to look at me with her poppy red eyes. I scratched behind her ear. Tears formed in my eyes again. "Damn you Naraku."

There was a rustle in the bushes behind me. I turned my head while Kirara started growling at whatever it was. I sensed the demonic aura but it wasn't that strong.

Something jumped out of the bushes and I let out an ear piercing scream.

Well, there you have it, the second chapter. I hope that you are enjoying the story so far and please let me know what you think. Like I said before, I will try to update more regularly on all my stories. Until next time, byes ^_^