Soul's Collide
~ Chapter One ~
Silent Farewells
"I do not own Inuyasha or anything having to do with the creation or anything thereof however we can all dream ..."
'The tears fall , they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?'
The area , from Inuyashas Forest to the West was deciminated , a result from the hits and blasts ,tearing through and destroying of what once was. What was once a lush forest, and so full of life in surrounding villages, with species of all kinds was now gone. Everything that once stood in it's wake was now leaked out with blood , crushed bone , and ash. The well was nothing more than that of a pile of wood and stone , broken down by the voilent acts of war ,and the pressure from the grounds following quake caused it to finally cave in on itself.
After the dust settled ,once Naraku was no longer in this world , Inuyasha and Miroku began looking for the others. During the chaos ,which was brought forth once the battle's outbreak commenced ,and when Naraku finally had shown himself ,everyone became separated. The hanyou first located Miroku ,since he was soon found to be standing closeby to where the hanyou now stood after it was over. The mixture of blood, tears, and sout , made it difficult to locate anyone else , once they made way deeper ,and within the heart of where the battle had centered itself.
The grounds were now covered ,littered with the dead , injured ,the lucky ones just waiting to be found, or the unfortunate ones because of the pain they were left with , and merely lingering until death finally took them . Along the way ,Miroku and Inuyasha, found Kikyo's remains : Bow and Arrows with the remaining shredded pieces of her maimed miko attire..Already having been three days since they started scavanging for any of their friends ,or any clues as to what happened to them , and finding nothing ,but yet they still continued.
Their efforts weren't rewarded with much progress on finding anything till the fourth day , when pink lights suddenly burst forth into the sky , occuring to the east aways from where they were, and surprisingly they found was a few paces from where Naraku's location of his faithful demise ended up. At the base of Mt. Hakurei , In a natural alcove within the rocks, surrounded by the lush trees ,and that hid it's presence ,and buried their answer. Inuyasha carefully led them towards where the light appeared to have came from.
Before they got close to it though , a fearfully crazed Sango came through the trees , swinging her bone boomerang ,and aimed it upon those who dared to enter.
"Wait! Wait ! Sango ! It's just us calm down !" Inuyasha yelled defensively ,after she had already clobbered Miroku , but missed himself , luckily it wasn't one of her best shots ,and just one meant to knock them over.
"Miroku!" "Inuyasha !" "Oh My God I am so glad to see you !" Sango frantically rasped
"Are you okay?" Miroku asked
Upon hearing that question, Sango found that she couldn't reply, only because the woman broke down ,and hysterically sobbed from the spot now fallen to her knees. Miroku had kneeled down next to ,and pulling her into a hug to calm her. After awhile she calmed , her tears finally became nothing but whimpers and sniffles, but then they tried again.
"Sango , have you seen any of the others" the hanyou fearfully asked with the lump within his throat , and in answer had earned a very slow ,evident nod ,but through an another bout of tears from the Slayer.
Sango weakly stood to rush forward and crush into the hanyou , pulling him into a tight embrace.
"I am so sorry Inuyasha , I tried to save them ,and bring them back for you ,but I just couldn't no matter what I did...They're Gone...We are all that's left.."
"Ka.. Ka. 'Gome?" Inuyasha sorrowfully whined
"I am sorry Inuyasha ..She's dead...She died along with Shippo and Kirara" Sango whispered hesitantly
"Nooooooo! " Inuyasha howled falling to his kness ,and shaking with violent sobs
" Where are they Sango ? Where are Kagome, Shippo, and Kirara?" Miroku silently commanded
"In the alcove behind me , Shippo and Kirara passed on first. Kagome tried waiting for you ,Inuyasha , really she did try to hang on for you, but with her injuries being so bad... I am surprised she lasted so long .." Sango amended
"Show me? " the distraut hanyou quietly demanded
"Inuyasha ..." Sango said as she stood along with Miroku's assistance to begin to lead them to where their comrades laid then stood because the monk and the hanyou joined her in a group hug togain the comfort for their loss
"Yea?" Inuyasha answered pathetically hanging on to whatever she had to say about his secret love while stiffly following along like a lost puppy
"Kagome wanted me to tell you that...She loved you and that because of you Kagome wasn't afraid.."
"Where's the damn jewel !" the hanyou hopefully requested of the last chance to bring her back
"Before she died she destroyed the jewel as a gift to you ,in hopes that you would remember her for something good for once" Sango returned quietly ,then causing the hanyou to abruptly push away from the friendly embrace
Inuyasha swiftly moved away from the pair to seek out the temporary rersting place of Kagome, Shippo , and Kirara. Like Sango said , Kagome did try to remain alive with her fatal injuries ,a normal human wouldn't be able to last even a day, but she stayed faithfully for two. Towards the back of the alcove laid the trio as though they were merely sleeping if you ignored the blood and obvious deadly wounds. Shippo was snuggled into Kagome , similar to the way a Inu female would embrace to protect her pup, and with Kirara, in her larger form wrapped herself around them .
Reaching down, with tears in his eyes to lighthly graze her blood smeared face ,from her lips ,and the contusion on her cracked skull. Then with the other clawed hand shakingly grasped ahold of one of her blood soaked hands and slowly rubbed it gently.
"Thankyou Kagome, for everything , wouldn't have done it without you. I am sorry I made you wait , but thanks for waiting for me .I don't know what I am going to do now that I no longer have you. I love you , Kagome , so much.. I'll never forget you for alot of things ,and there all good. I can't .. For it is I in the end that let you get away , and now your unreachable to me .." Inuyasha whispered before leaning in to softly graze his lips against hers, in a sweet kiss
With the help of other survivors the remaining trio were able to carry their fallen friends to where they could be properly be buried . Inuyasha of course carried Kagome, even with her dead the hanyou wouldn't let anyone else to touch her, and so to insure that she couldn't be hurt anymore. While the others walked ahead within the group surrounding the demon crazed longing hanyou ,and all for the woman he held in his arms. Inuyasha , while watching the others ahead of him to make sure nobody noticed ,then slowly moved to lightly nibble and kissed Kagome's neck.
On the count of three, the hanyou sunk his fangs into the supple but dying flesh ,of the corpse's neck to place a permanent mark, and sealing them together as one. Inuyasha then , with crimson glazed eyes chuckled manically ,from the spot behind and entangled with her blood drenched inky locks.
" Ha ! Kagome! Let's see you get away from me now ..You can't get rid of me that easily , and escape from always being at my side ..Especially now that you are my mate! You promised me you would always stay! Haha! Now I have made it so , Kagome ! You are mine! Just wait till I find you again ...I will never let you go no matter how many times you remember to sit me!"
Soon hearing the threatening rasp from behind them ,then finally looked to see the bloodlusted glaze staring intently at the still body held by the hanyou ,and as he insanely laughed ,for a moment they wondered if Naraku had once again returned .Though this time within the heart and body of their friend Inuyasha , but was convinced otherwise once they overheard his words..
" Mine ! Kagome ! Mine ! You are now mine ,and in time you will be once again ,as my mate ...No one will ever take you away from me again!" Hahaha ! I will be waiting mate ..."
TBC...