Fading Away
~ Chapter One ~
Iridescent Tears
By Inuyashas Youkai
~ Nope , Inuyasha , and everything within its creation are still, will always be very much loved pieces of art that will follow in memories preceeding time itself , by Rumiko Takahashi . I , as well as many others , because of that loving devotion towards the tale strive to continue it's staggering heartbeat, by creating stories of our own , lovingly ..~
Hidden with the shroud of bushes , and the camoflage of her shadow by the gathering of tress. Although unlike other times where she would allow her presence to show itself, this time the distraut presence hid herself from being discovered , in reference to her sorrowful scent. Instead she let the scene in front of her pass over her , as its weight served to be a permanent reminder , now that she was older, and because of this, for the last time , Kagome was going to let go. Tears pouring down her eyes persistantly falling , like the leaves had fell, shed from its branches , as they sounded loudly they weren't needed anymore , and the same was felt for Kagome..
Standing slowly, and quietly , the woman concealing herself within the dark , provided by the peaceful night, other than the sight of her pain , and then walked away leaving the ones seemingly trapped within the loving scene just to be. On the way back , passing the well , over towards the trees , until she found herself standing under the Goshinboku tree, and sighed. Although , as Kagome's attentive gaze hovered over the tree , while the memories were felt flowing through her, and then a sudden weight slammed upon her , throwing her body against something hard. Unfortunately , the woman never found out as to what it was or why, because almost immediately , she plumeted into the abyss that pulled her downward with her fall.
~Elsewhere~
The sun beated heavily upon the ground , creating the fogging mist that the temperature change emitted amongst the group of travelers currently awaking from their sprawled positions along the moist soil. Pulling into a sitting positions , as each one let the sleep ebb away from their still exhausted , and sore forms. Then , as everyone was accounted for while each one decided to gather things ,and start preparing breakfast before their planned departure , the three remaining outside of Kirara , of course, found that two were missing. It was until the rather grumpy hanyou leapt downwards from his perch in a nearby tree. While each one continued , Sango , Miroku , and Shippo said nothing , obvious that they wanted to wait , as to say something towards the whereabouts of their miko friends , but as of yet nothing. A shock came to them within a short time of Inuyasha appearing , and one they weren't quite expecting because in truth, what was said , meant that he didn't know where she was either..
" Hey Sango, why aren't you with that damn Kagome? Don't you normally join her to the hot springs ?" The hanyou spat with feined anger to almost attempt to cover the hope that the hanyou wished for in her answer because this was truly odd occurance , indeed., and deep down that had worried him.
" I don't know I hadn't seen her when I woke up , and I was kinda hoping that she was with you.."
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"What The Hell ! Don't mess with me Sango ,cause whatever you are trying to fucking pull .. Its not damn funny !Now call the wench out of her hiding place , before I really get pissed off!"
" Inuyasha , knock it off , she's telling the truth ! The last time anyone has seen or heard from Kagome was last night when we all settled in , and you were still present ! "Miroku stepped in , and chided the hanyou for lashing out at Sango.
"Please tell me your fucking kidding me , Dammit !"
"Inuyasha , I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all wish we were.." Shippo amended seeing as the other two had became rather upset , and wasn't able to form the words with their quivering lips...
"Fuck , Me !" Inuyasha rushed out from where they normally slept outside when they came near Kaede's , and began his search, while the others followed.
~ Rippled Void ~
Out from the unnerving quiet , came the start of distorted sounds , falling into one's ears. It started out softly , but soon became a tangled loud blurr of indistinguishable noise , and one that she was quite hesitant to find the source that its nature came from . Loud patterns of beats ,and almost banging within her ear drums constantly , and with the way they were going , it didn't seem as though they were going to stop anytime soon .. So therefore, closing her eyes once more, and giving up trying to resist the pull luring the woman , weakely , because of some odd reason she couldn't find the will to move herself anyway.
~ Detached ~
The hanyou , Inuyasha sought after the miko's scent for days , and found nothing , with the exception of a smear of her blood within the clearing of the Sacred Tree.. Other than that , it was like her , Kagome's scent was completely fading away , now that her body wasn't present in the near vacinity to sustain it, and not that her presence had been around the area since last night, as his friends stated . Except, that some of the scent's remnants seemingly was also disapaiting from within a new direction as well, and one that had him confused to join that of his fear for the blood spilt .. Kagome's blood...Although , as of now their miko had somehow disappeared somewhere, without a single trace, and leaving nothing behind in means to find her...
"Kagome..."
TBC...