Kagome and Kikyo, the Plot From Hell and the Deadly Switch.
An Inuyasha Love Fiction.
Written By Kiah Watson.
"Inuyasha…!" His amber-gold eyes widened in horror as Kagome was thrown off balance, sliding down the rocky soil beneath her to come to rest at the very edge of a deadly abyss. Miles and miles down, it finally ended in death for any who fell from such a height. At the moment, our companions happened to be fighting a herd of winged demons, kinda like the monkey things in 'Wizard of Oz'. During the fight, the couple had been separated from Sango, Miroku, and Shippo, and Inuyasha was kept busy with a group of them. Kagome had been nailing them one by one with her sacred arrows, when a fresh assault had actually focused on her. Now, she watched as they flew back in, with her only just clinging to the edge. "Waaaa!" she screamed, and tried to hang on as the pecking demons attacked her hands and head. Finally, Kagome couldn't stand it any more. "Let me alone!" She felt her hands release from their holds, and gave Inuyasha one last fleeting glance.
"Kagome, No!" Inuyasha let out a strangled cry as he watched her disappear over the side of the seemingly bottomless cliff, and out of his sight, maybe forever! "Kagome!" Without even a second thought to plans or action, he slugged the demon strangling him right in the gut, and ran to the spot where Kagome had last stood. Looking down desperately, he scanned the area. But upon seeing nothing, his ears drooped in remorse. He was too late! Wait, that green… There! He finally spotted her, hanging no less than 20 feet down, clutching helplessly to a protruding root. Looking around frantically, he groaned. "Ugh! It's too steep! She's lucky she even managed to find that measly vine!" Inuyasha saw her glance up, and the look that she showed filled him with anxiety. Her featured were completely covered in fright, but seeing him, a glimmer of trust shone in them beautifully. "Kagome!" He yelled, as her hand accidentally loosened it's grip. Grabbing back on for all she was worth, Inuyasha saw on single tear outlined on her cheek. "I have to get her! If anything happens, I'll…what's that?" His musing was broken by an angry hissing noise coming from behind them. Turning slowly, he swore. "God dammit! Bastards, I have no time for all of you!" The winged beasts had gathered themselves, and were re-grouping for another attack. "Fine! You'll all be wishing for me to kill you soon!" He flexed his nails expectantly. But his demon hearing picked up a crack from below that made him shiver. Kagome's vine was breaking! Turning back to her, he yelled, "Don't worry, hang on! I'm coming!" She nodded in understanding, her eyes clenched shut. Taking a few steps back, he whispered, "For you, Kagome." And with that he dived off into the nothingness of the chasm. Below, Kagome's vine finally snapped.
"No, wait!" She cried, as she fell in slow motion, her skirt billowing in the wind. "And I never…got to tell him…" Her thoughts were disturbed by Inuyasha's sudden appearance. Biting her lip to make sure it was actually him, and not some before-death fantasy, she reached toward him. But he beat her to it and grabbed her into a caring embrace. Clutching his haori, she hugged him back happily, tears spilling unbidden to float around them. His silver hair flew wild around them, almost wrapping the two in a cloud of glitter, as the light of afternoon faded to night. "What are you doing here? Now we'll both die!" Even though her statement was full of sadness, Inuyasha just snorted in annoyance.
"Feh, wench I'm demon, remember? Just make sure you're on top when we land, okay?" Kagome stared past him into the darkness below and shuddered, imagining what could be there to greet them.
"But what if there's jagged rocks, or some such? Even you can't survive being impaled!" She felt him hug her tighter, then cup her face towards his.
"Just fall on me, got it?!" The roughness in his voice wasn't anger, though it was concern. And it was precisely this concern that scared her. His eyes seemed to caress ever inch of her, flickering with their golden light, and suddenly Kagome was filled with this terrible urge to…kiss him!? "What am I thinking? He'd probably just laugh at me forever for it anyway." But as she thought that, something stopped her rising annoyance. "What if…we don't have forever?" Wrapping her arms round his neck hesitantly, she felt him stiffen.
"I don't…wanna die with regrets." Kagome stared up into his wonderful features, wishing then and there to meld with him, to feel what he always felt, to see through his eyes.
"Kagome! Snap out of it! You're not gonna d…!" But before he could finish, her lips claimed his in a most passionate, regretful, needing, loving, endless kiss, that speaking just wasn't an option.
*Meanwhile in a town not to terribly far away…*
"Lady Kikyo, what is it?" Kikyo turned to stare at the man who had spoken, as her thoughts were elsewhere. Shaking her head at him, she gathered the last of her medicinal herbs and placed them back into her pack.
"Naraku. Why are you here? I can sense you…" She stood, her kimono blowing in the evening wind. The woods seemed to call to her, and she shook off the odd feeling that she was being watched. But she never completely let her guard down, and with good reason. For there was something watching Kikyo, that would change everyone's lives. Walking over to the edge of the trees, she drew an arrow and notched her bow. Concentrating into the green undergrowth, time seemed to stand still. Finally, after minutes passed, she lowered them slowly. Mounting her nearby horse, Kikyo took one last glance at the town behind her and left, the steed kicking dust in his wake. But she wasn't the only one to leave. As the sand settled and everything was still, a shadow could only just be seen, following in her flighted path
"You will be mine, daughters of hell itself! And the hanyou, his fate will also be sealed!"