It was dark in the Feudal Era when one of Kikyo's soul stealers came across Inuyasha. As usual Inuyasha followed the soul collector until it reaches it's ring master. Though this time, Inuyasha wanted to do something else. He wanted to tell Kikyo that he no longer held love for her. Lately this question kept bothering him inside, about whom he wanted as his mate Kikyo or Kagome? For a long time he didn't know who he wanted, he seemed to want them both. Until that one day Miroku, Sango, and Kagome almost died from a poison caused by a group called the band of seven. He wasn't around to help them in time and they almost lost their lives that day, and the only thing he could think about at the time was for Kagome to live. It pained him when none of them woke up before sundown that he started to cry. He was afraid. Afraid of losing them, he didn't want to go through another experience with a life ahead of him alone; he wanted friends and warmth that he had never felt. When they did wake, he was so happy he cried tears of joy. He cried because they weren't going to die. Of course he did get made fun of, but it was worth it to him. They were all alive and that's all he ever truly wanted, especially if Kagome was alive and by his side too.
His thoughts faded back into reality, he quietly left the campsite heading in Kikyo's direction, unknown to Inuyasha that Kagome followed. When he arrived at the scared tree Kikyo was waiting for him. Kikyo was so glad that Inuyasha came that she hid her emotions from showing her inner excitement. She approached the half demon, half expecting Inuyasha to wear his usual shocked/glad expression on, but this time he had a look of seriousness and something else. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, though she knew something was not right.
"Kikyo, I...there's something I must tell you." He placed his hands in hers, never once had his eyes drafted from her face. Kikyo nodded her head and waited as Inuyasha told her everything.
He took a deep breath as he sat down one of the overgrown roots. The sky was a midnight blue and the only thing that was visible was the moon that shone above the couple and dead priestess's soul collectors. The wind was but a slight breeze, as the silver haired young man spoke. "Kikyo, I've I loved for a long time, though as of recent events that took place, I decided to choose to stay on earth with Kagome."
Tears rolled down Kikyo's pale face as she cried. She tried not to show him how much pain she was in, but the tears kept coming. Kikyo would normally not show even the slightest bit of emotion, the only time she had was when she was alive and not made of clay and bones. She loathed this new life of hers. It was not the reason of the excitement of living, but the one chance she might've had if she did not die back then, with Inuyasha. She knew from the very beginning that Inuyasha would fall for her reincarnation, she just wasn't ready to hear the words spoken to her.
A hand gently wiped away the miko's tears. Inuyasha, never enjoyed seeing a woman's tears even as a child. He made a goal to his life that if he saw a woman cried in front of him, he would try anything in his power to stop their tears. Sometimes he succeeded and other times he failed. Those times were when he made Kagome cry. Intentionally, he would never mean to harm Kagome in any way, but he did and wished that he could somehow change that.
Kikyo was alarmed by his action that she froze. Words were trying to form, none came past her lips. All she could do is stare and listen to what Inuyasha had to say to her. He smirked at her alertness, he never seen Kikyo act this way, only when she was alive fifty years ago.
"I'm sorry about hurting you, and making you cry. I never wanted to see that." He forced his gaze at Kikyo sternly. "But I...I gained a soul that I lost a long time ago, right? You know, if think about it, it's like you were reborn inside Kagome's body." His gaze changed from sternness, to something that looked of sadness or pain. "It's like you were never taken away from me, when Kagome came across the well, to this world, in this era. I know that if you pass, you will always be in my heart Kikyo. For you'll always be the first person I ever fell in love with."
Kikyo was moved by Inuyasha's speech, since Inuyasha was not the type of person who would show such emotion and passion into anything that was related to love. Kikyo smiled. True it pained to her to do so, but Inuyasha's words were so beautiful and so heart warming, that it made her sort of happy that she was in apart of his heart and forever shall she remain. She knew that it would hurt to give up the one she loved, but there was nothing she could do to change his mind, much less his heart.
As Inuyasha turned back to the direction of the campsite his group had sit, he felt Kikyo's small, fragile hands on his haori. He switched his body around at where Kikyo was as he saw something he thought he would never image. Kikyo's eyes were fixed to the ground and her face was colored in a tint shade of red. She looked up at Inuyasha's confused face as she smiled a small smile. "Could you...could you perhaps embrace one last time?" Her question was timid and shy, something Kikyo would never allow anyone to explore from her.
Inuyasha nodded and slowly wrapped his strong, half demon arms around Kikyo's body one last time. To him her body felt like ice. He remembered when he hugged her fifty years ago how her body felt, her body was warm and full of live. How she smelled of sunflowers and herbs, and now her scent that smelt of death and clay. Her aura was not the same as well, she had a peaceful aura, now is sad and lonely. He felt sadden by his actions, but he could not keep leading Kikyo on, no it would be wrong.
Not far from the hugging couple, a lonely girl pushed aside bushes and saw the two together. Sadness teared at her heart, as she slowly backed away from the dreaded scene she just witnessed. She turned around and headed for the one place that would bring her joy that was her home through the well. It was also a place to escape from Inuyasha and not return. 'How can he do this?' Tears poured out of her brown eyes. 'He told me he loved me and promise me he would never see Kikyo again.' She sighed. "I guess he did not intent to fore fill his promise and lied to me. I'm going home and this time I'm not coming back, there is nothing left for me here. I have no one."
She continued to run through the forest not noticing where she was heading to. She came to a clearing and in view of the bone eater's well that she used to travel time to the Feudal Era and to her modern time. With a smooth motion, she wiped away her sadden tears with her sleeve, she sat down and laid her head against the old well as she sighed. The night was a beautiful night with not a cloud in the sky to block the shining moon above her head. The wind stopped blowing as she got up preparing to leave to her era when she heard a growl from the opposite direction. Before she had anytime to react, a demon made an attack at Kagome.
She barely had enough time to dodge the demon's attack as the demon came into view for Kagome to witness the creature. The demon had long sharp claws and fangs, with red eyes, it's body was grey and it looked like the weapon designing demon who created the Toikiji, that Sesshomaru now wields, though the demon was much bigger in size. Kagome was ready to face this demon, she moved her hand to her back, but felt nothing except air. Then it hit her, she left her bow and arrows at the campsite. The demon roared at Kagome, positioning itself ready to strike. Kagome closed her eyes and waited for the impact of the demon's claws to penetrate her skin, nothing happened. She was curious, so she opened her eyes saw her savior, she was very surprised to who exactly saved her.
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Bum, Bum, Bum (The author hit the piano keys to make a dramatic effect.
I wander who it is, it could be anybody! Review and tell me who you think it was! it could be anybody Inuyasha, Kikyo, Hojo, anyone and maybe even Naraku! Review at tell me! Please!