A/N: Don't you just love the summary?? ::breaks down laughing::
Disclaimer: All Inuyasha characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi sempai.
Please, enjoy the story. Any comments, flames or what nots are welcome.
BRING IT ON!!! ^_______^
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Labyrinth of the Heart
Chapter 1: Betrayal
She was 21 and she still visited the old well. It was in the middle of spring and she decided to file a leave of absence for a month from the overbearing work she had faced every day in her job.
'I've defeated tons of monsters and I get stuck as a pencil-pusher...' No matter. She was about to spend 3 weeks with her closest friends and a certain half-demon.
She lived in her own apartment among millions of other people. Tokyo was getting very crowded these days and she felt that going back to the Sengoku Jidai would chase away the feelings of being crammed once she saw the open fields of grass. But trying to break away from that feeling would be a problem. Who would ever want to leave the beautiful countryside for a busy, exhaust-ridden city? 'Not me,' Kagome thought.
She locked her apartment door and cheerfully rode her bike towards the old shrine. Her mother stepped from inside the house and greeted her daughter with a warm hug. Kagome's grandfather had passed away two years before and Souta had traveled to another province of Japan leaving her mother to be alone with the shrine.
"I'll be fine! You have a good time over there! Have fun, Kagome!"
"Alright, mom, take care!" Kagome ran towards the well waving goodbye to her mother. As she came closer to the well, she felt as though she was still fifteen. If there was any water in that well, it would reflect back to Kagome her childish features that adorned her face. She slung the familiar pink bag over her shoulders and she jumped in.
Kagome carefully placed her hands on the wooden frame to keep her fingers from getting any unwanted splinters and pulled herself up. "Sango! Miroku! Shippou! Hi guys!" She smiled brightly as she greeted her friends.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango replied. "Here let me help you out."
"Kagome-sama, it's nice to see you again!" Miroku took the other hand and helped Sango help Kagome out, as a gentleman, of course.
"Hey," started Kagome as she noticed something, "where's Inuyasha?"
"We don't know. We haven't seen him all day," replied Miroku.
Shippou eyed the familiar pink bag that contained many treats for the young fox-demon. "He's been acting strange, lately and we thought it was best if we left him alone...yay!" the kitsune screamed. "Kagome brought cakes!" (referring to the Twinkies).
"Yup! I brought them just for you! Let's go to Kaede-sama's hut and we'll all have some."
The four of them walked quickly to the hut as the sun was dipping into the horizon.
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A half-hour later, Kagome felt uneasy. "I wonder where Inuyasha ran off to? You guys, shouldn't we be searching for him?"
Miroku crossed his arms behind his head and leaned backwards against the wall. "He'll be fine, Kagome. He's hot-headed enough to get into fights and come out the winner."
"I'm still not reassured by that, Miroku. I'm going to find him."
"Do you want me to go, too, Kagome-chan?" asked Sango.
"No, it's okay, I can find him by myself. Thanks, anyway." Kagome smiled and walked out of the hut to search for the half-demon.
"Don't forget these!" Sango yelled out. She ran up to Kagome and handed the bow and arrows over to Kagome.
"Thanks, Sango."
~^~
Her first place to look was the tree that she found him pinned to six years ago. But she found it void of a certain hanyou. 'Where the heck are you, Inu-baka?' She smiled at her childishness to call him names. That reminded her of all the times they both fought with her being the victor, of course, when she yelled out 'sit.'
She fingered the bow's string as it became darker and harder to see. 'At times like these, I wish I had cat vision.'
Then, she heard it. The familiar sound of laughter from two different voices was lingering in the air. 'It can't be...' It sounded too familiar. One belonging to Inuyasha and the other belonging to...
'Kikyou.' Her heart beat faster as she prayed desperately to be wrong. She parted a few branches and her fears were confirmed.
Inuyasha was holding Kikyou tightly in his arms as the miko smiled happily.
"And what about Kagome?" Kikyou suddenly asked.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said absentmindedly. "She doesn't mean a thing to me anymore. You're the one I've always wanted to be with." He buried his nose into her hair.
"Inuyasha...," Kikyou's smile widened. "I love you."
Inuyasha closed his eyes. "I...love you, too."
Kagome's heart stopped. Her eyes grew wide at the scene in front of her. She didn't want to believe what just happened. Her hand flew up to her mouth. 'Run away, Kagome. RUN before they catch you!' She forced herself to turn around. She didn't care if they heard her. She just wanted to get away.
She reached the river panting heavily. What happened back there was all too familiar for her. It was like reliving a nightmare. No, it was worse. That was reality she witnessed back there. She was a coward for running away. But she couldn't bear to hear any pathetic explanation from him-
Her thoughts were interrupted by an evil aura coming close to her. Her pain and sorrow clouded over her senses and she almost didn't realize the presence near her. She quickly grabbed her bow and an arrow.
"I don't know who you are, but don't come any closer!" She grasped tightly at her bow and arrow trying to, at least, put on an imperturbable face to conceal the conflicting emotions inside of her. She had more than enough to think about to take on any more trouble.
The figure only smiled and disappeared from her sight. She sighed only after a few minutes had passed to make sure that the feeling of someone there was gone. It was an unusual aura that sent shivers down her spine. Not long after that little episode, she broke down crying.
'You two-timing...idiot! I hate you! How could you do this to me?' She cried openly, spilling her tears onto her casual clothes. As she cried, she felt a hole growing inside of her chest. It seemed like everything that she had loved was suddenly pouring out of her. 2 hours later, her tears subsided and she sat with her legs pulled up underneath her chin and rested her arms on top of them.
'What am I thinking? Why should I feel so surprised that he would pull something like this? After all, he did make a promise to her that he would always be with her and even follow her to hell. But why did he show that he cared for me? Why did he play with my heart?! That's what's hurting me the most!' Her eyes were drooping so much that she fell asleep with her back resting against a rock as the babble of the river lulled her to sleep. She hoped that no demons would attack her tonight.
'Earlier...that aura...felt so familiar...'
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A/N: I apologize for so many clichés!! ::cough:: story title...::cough:: ...chapter title...::cough, cough::
Well, a lot happening here. Sorry to throw this all on everyone w/o any explanations to back it up. But, that's what the second chapter is for! ...::sweatdrop::
Hm, for a beginner, I'd say it sucks. Grammar's pretty off in some places.Don't know where, but I know it's off for some strange reason. ^^;;
As for Inuyasha, it's not that I don't like him (come on! Who can resist those cute puppy-dog ears?? Altogether, now: "AWWW!") but since I'm having to wait for a looooooooooooong time for the next episode to come out, I wanted to do something w/Kagome and Sesshoumaru. And yes, Inuyasha is a perfect example of a male jerk.except he's hanyou...oh, whatever. You get what I mean. And I really, really, dislike Kikyou, so I turned her into a mean witch. Oh, and don't get me wrong. I hate Inu/Kikyou pairings and I love Inu/Kag pairings (soo KAWAII!!). But for the sake of Kagome and Sesshoumaru, ::sigh:: this'll do.
Notice all the childish connotations?? I'm sure you did. ::cough, cough:: ^_~ Well, that's all for now.
----------- Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ~Albert Einstein -----------
*AHAHAHHAHAA! I still get a kick out of that. So true, so true."
Kodoku Kokoro
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Labyrinth of the Heart
Chapter 1: Betrayal
She was 21 and she still visited the old well. It was in the middle of spring and she decided to file a leave of absence for a month from the overbearing work she had faced every day in her job.
'I've defeated tons of monsters and I get stuck as a pencil-pusher...' No matter. She was about to spend 3 weeks with her closest friends and a certain half-demon.
She lived in her own apartment among millions of other people. Tokyo was getting very crowded these days and she felt that going back to the Sengoku Jidai would chase away the feelings of being crammed once she saw the open fields of grass. But trying to break away from that feeling would be a problem. Who would ever want to leave the beautiful countryside for a busy, exhaust-ridden city? 'Not me,' Kagome thought.
She locked her apartment door and cheerfully rode her bike towards the old shrine. Her mother stepped from inside the house and greeted her daughter with a warm hug. Kagome's grandfather had passed away two years before and Souta had traveled to another province of Japan leaving her mother to be alone with the shrine.
"I'll be fine! You have a good time over there! Have fun, Kagome!"
"Alright, mom, take care!" Kagome ran towards the well waving goodbye to her mother. As she came closer to the well, she felt as though she was still fifteen. If there was any water in that well, it would reflect back to Kagome her childish features that adorned her face. She slung the familiar pink bag over her shoulders and she jumped in.
Kagome carefully placed her hands on the wooden frame to keep her fingers from getting any unwanted splinters and pulled herself up. "Sango! Miroku! Shippou! Hi guys!" She smiled brightly as she greeted her friends.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango replied. "Here let me help you out."
"Kagome-sama, it's nice to see you again!" Miroku took the other hand and helped Sango help Kagome out, as a gentleman, of course.
"Hey," started Kagome as she noticed something, "where's Inuyasha?"
"We don't know. We haven't seen him all day," replied Miroku.
Shippou eyed the familiar pink bag that contained many treats for the young fox-demon. "He's been acting strange, lately and we thought it was best if we left him alone...yay!" the kitsune screamed. "Kagome brought cakes!" (referring to the Twinkies).
"Yup! I brought them just for you! Let's go to Kaede-sama's hut and we'll all have some."
The four of them walked quickly to the hut as the sun was dipping into the horizon.
~^~
A half-hour later, Kagome felt uneasy. "I wonder where Inuyasha ran off to? You guys, shouldn't we be searching for him?"
Miroku crossed his arms behind his head and leaned backwards against the wall. "He'll be fine, Kagome. He's hot-headed enough to get into fights and come out the winner."
"I'm still not reassured by that, Miroku. I'm going to find him."
"Do you want me to go, too, Kagome-chan?" asked Sango.
"No, it's okay, I can find him by myself. Thanks, anyway." Kagome smiled and walked out of the hut to search for the half-demon.
"Don't forget these!" Sango yelled out. She ran up to Kagome and handed the bow and arrows over to Kagome.
"Thanks, Sango."
~^~
Her first place to look was the tree that she found him pinned to six years ago. But she found it void of a certain hanyou. 'Where the heck are you, Inu-baka?' She smiled at her childishness to call him names. That reminded her of all the times they both fought with her being the victor, of course, when she yelled out 'sit.'
She fingered the bow's string as it became darker and harder to see. 'At times like these, I wish I had cat vision.'
Then, she heard it. The familiar sound of laughter from two different voices was lingering in the air. 'It can't be...' It sounded too familiar. One belonging to Inuyasha and the other belonging to...
'Kikyou.' Her heart beat faster as she prayed desperately to be wrong. She parted a few branches and her fears were confirmed.
Inuyasha was holding Kikyou tightly in his arms as the miko smiled happily.
"And what about Kagome?" Kikyou suddenly asked.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha said absentmindedly. "She doesn't mean a thing to me anymore. You're the one I've always wanted to be with." He buried his nose into her hair.
"Inuyasha...," Kikyou's smile widened. "I love you."
Inuyasha closed his eyes. "I...love you, too."
Kagome's heart stopped. Her eyes grew wide at the scene in front of her. She didn't want to believe what just happened. Her hand flew up to her mouth. 'Run away, Kagome. RUN before they catch you!' She forced herself to turn around. She didn't care if they heard her. She just wanted to get away.
She reached the river panting heavily. What happened back there was all too familiar for her. It was like reliving a nightmare. No, it was worse. That was reality she witnessed back there. She was a coward for running away. But she couldn't bear to hear any pathetic explanation from him-
Her thoughts were interrupted by an evil aura coming close to her. Her pain and sorrow clouded over her senses and she almost didn't realize the presence near her. She quickly grabbed her bow and an arrow.
"I don't know who you are, but don't come any closer!" She grasped tightly at her bow and arrow trying to, at least, put on an imperturbable face to conceal the conflicting emotions inside of her. She had more than enough to think about to take on any more trouble.
The figure only smiled and disappeared from her sight. She sighed only after a few minutes had passed to make sure that the feeling of someone there was gone. It was an unusual aura that sent shivers down her spine. Not long after that little episode, she broke down crying.
'You two-timing...idiot! I hate you! How could you do this to me?' She cried openly, spilling her tears onto her casual clothes. As she cried, she felt a hole growing inside of her chest. It seemed like everything that she had loved was suddenly pouring out of her. 2 hours later, her tears subsided and she sat with her legs pulled up underneath her chin and rested her arms on top of them.
'What am I thinking? Why should I feel so surprised that he would pull something like this? After all, he did make a promise to her that he would always be with her and even follow her to hell. But why did he show that he cared for me? Why did he play with my heart?! That's what's hurting me the most!' Her eyes were drooping so much that she fell asleep with her back resting against a rock as the babble of the river lulled her to sleep. She hoped that no demons would attack her tonight.
'Earlier...that aura...felt so familiar...'
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A/N: I apologize for so many clichés!! ::cough:: story title...::cough:: ...chapter title...::cough, cough::
Well, a lot happening here. Sorry to throw this all on everyone w/o any explanations to back it up. But, that's what the second chapter is for! ...::sweatdrop::
Hm, for a beginner, I'd say it sucks. Grammar's pretty off in some places.Don't know where, but I know it's off for some strange reason. ^^;;
As for Inuyasha, it's not that I don't like him (come on! Who can resist those cute puppy-dog ears?? Altogether, now: "AWWW!") but since I'm having to wait for a looooooooooooong time for the next episode to come out, I wanted to do something w/Kagome and Sesshoumaru. And yes, Inuyasha is a perfect example of a male jerk.except he's hanyou...oh, whatever. You get what I mean. And I really, really, dislike Kikyou, so I turned her into a mean witch. Oh, and don't get me wrong. I hate Inu/Kikyou pairings and I love Inu/Kag pairings (soo KAWAII!!). But for the sake of Kagome and Sesshoumaru, ::sigh:: this'll do.
Notice all the childish connotations?? I'm sure you did. ::cough, cough:: ^_~ Well, that's all for now.
----------- Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ~Albert Einstein -----------
*AHAHAHHAHAA! I still get a kick out of that. So true, so true."
Kodoku Kokoro