Author's Note: So, this story is basically a collection of poems from the POV of the characters from InuYasha. It's post-anime and pre-Final Act. Hope you all enjoy. Constructive reviews are highly appreciated as always. Special requests are accepted. Let's start with everyone's favorite undead miko, shall we?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own InuYasha or any of the mentioned characters herein. I do; however, own these poems.
CHAPTER 1: KIKYO
What good are these renewed years of life?
Not even life, but undead years of painful strife,
Without the ones I love, nor a cause to remain,
I feel I am doomed forever to disdain.
My time has ended long ago,
Yet the hourglass of time still moves so.
I am but a dead being made of ash and dust,
But walk again and live I must.
Deceived by Naraku, I was a fool,
And failed my task to protect the Sacred Jewel.
The Shikon no Tama tore my life apart,
And left me without my love, breaking my heart.
Now InuYasha and I can never be,
Because death has taken me.
Yet I must reawaken and feel this pain,
With nothing but sadness to gain.
Why must I have been the one to guard that horrid gem,
And have my life torn apart hem by hem?
That vile bandit, and the Shikon Jewel,
I was their vulnerable tool.
Now I must wander the land of the living,
Even if I am not willing.
I am pained to see the one who betrayed me,
Torment the one I have always loved- why must he?
Before I leave, before I die,
I must do everything to make things right.
I will bring Naraku to his death,
Even if I no longer draw breath.