Disclaimer: I am not Rumiko Takahashi, otherwise it would say "By Rumiko
Takahashi" not "By KatChanQ", and I would be living in Japan soaking up the
money.
I Fell in Love with Your Soul
By KatChanQ
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha whispered into the still darkness.
The sliver of moon left barely showed the form of the people sleeping on the ground below his perch on the bare tree. His eyes, being sharper than human's, could make out the outline of Kagome and the steady rise and fall of her chest. He could smell her scent, as well as the kitsune's, monk's, exterminator's, and even the approaching flea's.
"What do you want Myoga?" Inu-Yasha asked as the flea youkai jumped onto his shoulder.
"Good evening Lord Inu-Yasha. Fine night for a stroll."
"What do you want Myoga?" Inu-Yasha asked more agitated.
"I think there is something you should see Lord Inu-Yasha, follow me."
With that Myoga hopped off of Inu-Yasha and zigzagged down the branches to the bottom of the tree. Inu-Yasha pushed off the branch and landed lightly on the ground before Myoga. He took one last glance at Kagome, who turned slightly in her sleeping bag and took a deep breath, before heading in the direction Myoga was going. When Inu-Yasha caught up with Myoga, Myoga jumped on his shoulder as he passed.
Inu-Yasha walked on through the woods taking turns where Myoga told him to.
"You still haven't told me where we're going."
"You will see my Lord."
"I don't like this Myoga. Tell me or I'll go back."
Inu-Yasha stopped abruptly. Before him was Kikyo's clay body.
"Inu-Yasha."
"Ki-kikyo."
Inu-Yasha absentmindedly swatted Myoga who was now sucking blood from his neck and let him float to the ground.
"Myoga why did you bring me here." Inuyasha asked still staring at Kikyo.
"Lord, she wished to see you." Myoga answered jumping back onto his shoulder, fully recovered. "Time to go." He jumped off his shoulder and into the forest.
"Inu-Yasha we could go to hell together." Kikyo said stepping closer to him.
"No." Inu-Yasha said without even thinking.
"What?" Kikyo asked stopping a foot from Inu-Yasha.
"No." Inu-Yasha said, fully aware this time. "You go to hell by yourself."
Kikyo filled the gap between them and wrapped her arms around him.
"No, you will come with me."
Inu-Yasha pushed her off a few feet and glared at her.
"I knew you betrayed me back then Inu-Yasha. You were the one who killed me, you never loved me."
"I loved you back then Kikyo, but this isn't you. You're just a clay body with a stolen piece of Kagome's soul. Why not give it back to her so I can love your whole soul again?"
Kikyo pulled out her bow and drew an arrow from her quiver. She slid the arrow's notch onto the bow's string and pulled it back aiming at Inu- Yasha's heart. Inu-Yasha drew the Tetsusaiga. He ran diagonally from the clearing back into the cover of the forest. Kikyo steadily followed him with the bow until he disappeared.
"Inu-Yasha there's only so much you can run before I catch you." She yelled into the woods.
Inu-Yasha popped out behind her in mid-air bringing the Tetsusaiga down with him. Kikyo quickly turned and shot the arrow towards Inu-Yasha. Inu- Yasha threw his body sideways and deflected the arrow with Tetsusaiga's blade. He disappeared into the forest again.
"If I can just get her to use all her arrows then she'll be open." Inu- Yasha thought as he rounded around Kikyo again.
Inu-Yasha charged at her this time, which made it easier to change direction than being in the air. The arrow stuck into a tree. Inu-Yasha circled around the other way.
This time when he emerged Kikyo was already facing his port of entry.
"Die Inu-Yasha."
Kikyo let the arrow feathers slip through her fingers and Inu-Yasha brought the blade up just in time to deflect it. The arrow hit it and went off to Inu-Yasha's left.
He followed it with his eyes. Everything seemed to go slower, including himself. He heard the sickening sound of the arrow entering her flesh and the startled cry she gave before falling to the ground.
"Ka-kagome."
An arrow entered the flesh of his right shoulder in his stupor. He turned to look at the shooter who was aiming another arrow at him. The pain in his right shoulder meant nothing. At that moment all he could see was the Wind Scar. A tear trailed down his cheek as his rage caused the Wind Scar to swell.
"KAGOME!!"
He used her name like a battle cry before striking the scar and sending an attack that could slay one hundred demons at Kikyo. The great wind tore her clay body apart faster than if it had been flesh.
Inu-Yasha stood there with the blade's tip resting on the ground, unable to support it with the arrow in his shoulder. His bangs hung over his eyes and a steady stream flowed down his cheeks.
"Ka-go-me. why didn't you stay at the." Inu-Yasha choked on his words.
From the Wind Scar attack rose a small glowing soul, much like the ones that use to constantly surround the clay body. It hovered for a moment before making its way towards Kagome's body. It entered her body and a heartbeat sounded out through the forest.
Inu-Yasha jerked his head towards the source of the sound, his tears stopping from the new shock. His ears twitched with anticipation.
Another heartbeat resounded through the forest. Kagome's heart was beating again.
Inu-Yasha went over to Kagome and leaned over her body. The arrow was protruding from her jugular.
"Pull it out." A voice whispered into his ear.
Inu-Yasha grabbed the arrow and pulled it out with a sickening, sucking sound. It caused the hole to open wider and blood to pour forth. On the next heartbeat sound the blood stopped and the hole closed and healed itself. With the next heartbeat Kagome drew in a deep breath and her eyes shot open. Her chest rose and fell madly trying to replenish the oxygen in her body.
"My gift to you Inu-Yasha. Love her like you claimed to have loved me." The voice whispered into his ear again.
Inu-Yasha's tears started to fall again, from happiness and understanding.
"Thank you Kikyo." Inu-Yasha whispered into the air.
Kagome's breathing finally settled down and she brought a hand to her neck. She stared at Inu-Yasha wildly, confused.
"Inu-Yasha." Kagome whispered, tears beginning to fall.
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha said before drawing her into the warmth of his body, holding her close.
"Inu-Yasha, your shoulder." Kagome said feeling the arrow's shaft rub against the top of her shoulder.
"Forget it. I'm fine." He said not wanting to loosen his grip.
Kagome brought her hand up and grabbed the arrow. It disappeared like the one she had found pinning him to the tree. They both stared at her hand.
"I guess because it was one of Kikyo's arrows I could use my miko powers to get rid of it."
Whatever the reason didn't matter. Inu-Yasha drew her close again.
"I-I love you, Kagome." Inu-Yasha said swallowing his pride.
"Inu-Yasha.I-I love you too."
They held each other until a certain flea youkai decided to suck Inu- Yasha's blood and brought them out of the embrace.
"Myoga." Inu-Yasha said, vein popping.
"You taste good Lord Inu-Yasha."
He swatted Myoga and let him float to the clearing's floor while walking Kagome back to the campsite, hand in hand.
I Fell in Love with Your Soul
By KatChanQ
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha whispered into the still darkness.
The sliver of moon left barely showed the form of the people sleeping on the ground below his perch on the bare tree. His eyes, being sharper than human's, could make out the outline of Kagome and the steady rise and fall of her chest. He could smell her scent, as well as the kitsune's, monk's, exterminator's, and even the approaching flea's.
"What do you want Myoga?" Inu-Yasha asked as the flea youkai jumped onto his shoulder.
"Good evening Lord Inu-Yasha. Fine night for a stroll."
"What do you want Myoga?" Inu-Yasha asked more agitated.
"I think there is something you should see Lord Inu-Yasha, follow me."
With that Myoga hopped off of Inu-Yasha and zigzagged down the branches to the bottom of the tree. Inu-Yasha pushed off the branch and landed lightly on the ground before Myoga. He took one last glance at Kagome, who turned slightly in her sleeping bag and took a deep breath, before heading in the direction Myoga was going. When Inu-Yasha caught up with Myoga, Myoga jumped on his shoulder as he passed.
Inu-Yasha walked on through the woods taking turns where Myoga told him to.
"You still haven't told me where we're going."
"You will see my Lord."
"I don't like this Myoga. Tell me or I'll go back."
Inu-Yasha stopped abruptly. Before him was Kikyo's clay body.
"Inu-Yasha."
"Ki-kikyo."
Inu-Yasha absentmindedly swatted Myoga who was now sucking blood from his neck and let him float to the ground.
"Myoga why did you bring me here." Inuyasha asked still staring at Kikyo.
"Lord, she wished to see you." Myoga answered jumping back onto his shoulder, fully recovered. "Time to go." He jumped off his shoulder and into the forest.
"Inu-Yasha we could go to hell together." Kikyo said stepping closer to him.
"No." Inu-Yasha said without even thinking.
"What?" Kikyo asked stopping a foot from Inu-Yasha.
"No." Inu-Yasha said, fully aware this time. "You go to hell by yourself."
Kikyo filled the gap between them and wrapped her arms around him.
"No, you will come with me."
Inu-Yasha pushed her off a few feet and glared at her.
"I knew you betrayed me back then Inu-Yasha. You were the one who killed me, you never loved me."
"I loved you back then Kikyo, but this isn't you. You're just a clay body with a stolen piece of Kagome's soul. Why not give it back to her so I can love your whole soul again?"
Kikyo pulled out her bow and drew an arrow from her quiver. She slid the arrow's notch onto the bow's string and pulled it back aiming at Inu- Yasha's heart. Inu-Yasha drew the Tetsusaiga. He ran diagonally from the clearing back into the cover of the forest. Kikyo steadily followed him with the bow until he disappeared.
"Inu-Yasha there's only so much you can run before I catch you." She yelled into the woods.
Inu-Yasha popped out behind her in mid-air bringing the Tetsusaiga down with him. Kikyo quickly turned and shot the arrow towards Inu-Yasha. Inu- Yasha threw his body sideways and deflected the arrow with Tetsusaiga's blade. He disappeared into the forest again.
"If I can just get her to use all her arrows then she'll be open." Inu- Yasha thought as he rounded around Kikyo again.
Inu-Yasha charged at her this time, which made it easier to change direction than being in the air. The arrow stuck into a tree. Inu-Yasha circled around the other way.
This time when he emerged Kikyo was already facing his port of entry.
"Die Inu-Yasha."
Kikyo let the arrow feathers slip through her fingers and Inu-Yasha brought the blade up just in time to deflect it. The arrow hit it and went off to Inu-Yasha's left.
He followed it with his eyes. Everything seemed to go slower, including himself. He heard the sickening sound of the arrow entering her flesh and the startled cry she gave before falling to the ground.
"Ka-kagome."
An arrow entered the flesh of his right shoulder in his stupor. He turned to look at the shooter who was aiming another arrow at him. The pain in his right shoulder meant nothing. At that moment all he could see was the Wind Scar. A tear trailed down his cheek as his rage caused the Wind Scar to swell.
"KAGOME!!"
He used her name like a battle cry before striking the scar and sending an attack that could slay one hundred demons at Kikyo. The great wind tore her clay body apart faster than if it had been flesh.
Inu-Yasha stood there with the blade's tip resting on the ground, unable to support it with the arrow in his shoulder. His bangs hung over his eyes and a steady stream flowed down his cheeks.
"Ka-go-me. why didn't you stay at the." Inu-Yasha choked on his words.
From the Wind Scar attack rose a small glowing soul, much like the ones that use to constantly surround the clay body. It hovered for a moment before making its way towards Kagome's body. It entered her body and a heartbeat sounded out through the forest.
Inu-Yasha jerked his head towards the source of the sound, his tears stopping from the new shock. His ears twitched with anticipation.
Another heartbeat resounded through the forest. Kagome's heart was beating again.
Inu-Yasha went over to Kagome and leaned over her body. The arrow was protruding from her jugular.
"Pull it out." A voice whispered into his ear.
Inu-Yasha grabbed the arrow and pulled it out with a sickening, sucking sound. It caused the hole to open wider and blood to pour forth. On the next heartbeat sound the blood stopped and the hole closed and healed itself. With the next heartbeat Kagome drew in a deep breath and her eyes shot open. Her chest rose and fell madly trying to replenish the oxygen in her body.
"My gift to you Inu-Yasha. Love her like you claimed to have loved me." The voice whispered into his ear again.
Inu-Yasha's tears started to fall again, from happiness and understanding.
"Thank you Kikyo." Inu-Yasha whispered into the air.
Kagome's breathing finally settled down and she brought a hand to her neck. She stared at Inu-Yasha wildly, confused.
"Inu-Yasha." Kagome whispered, tears beginning to fall.
"Kagome." Inu-Yasha said before drawing her into the warmth of his body, holding her close.
"Inu-Yasha, your shoulder." Kagome said feeling the arrow's shaft rub against the top of her shoulder.
"Forget it. I'm fine." He said not wanting to loosen his grip.
Kagome brought her hand up and grabbed the arrow. It disappeared like the one she had found pinning him to the tree. They both stared at her hand.
"I guess because it was one of Kikyo's arrows I could use my miko powers to get rid of it."
Whatever the reason didn't matter. Inu-Yasha drew her close again.
"I-I love you, Kagome." Inu-Yasha said swallowing his pride.
"Inu-Yasha.I-I love you too."
They held each other until a certain flea youkai decided to suck Inu- Yasha's blood and brought them out of the embrace.
"Myoga." Inu-Yasha said, vein popping.
"You taste good Lord Inu-Yasha."
He swatted Myoga and let him float to the clearing's floor while walking Kagome back to the campsite, hand in hand.