Chapter 1: Kiss me Goodbye (Angela Aki inspired)
Kagome watched with a sad smile as girls began entering for the annual dance, gossiping about the 'Phantom' and the blue rose given to Saya Otonashi. Her cobalt eyes dimmed as she heard and nearly felt the sizzle of excitement in the adolescent females. Each was dressed in gowns made of fine material, in colors ranging from a soft white to a nearly neon sapphire blue. She herself, wore a flattering, yet simple soft sapphire halter-style dress that hugged her form until hips, where it flowed freely to brush the floor softly. Her pale shoulders were uncovered, though the tips of her spiral curled hair brushed her collar bone gently.
She glanced around the room, watching as girls danced and giggled in happiness, the beautiful chandeliers casting light on them in way that made their dresses and eyes glitter. Her eyes glanced up into a dark window, where she knew he was watching, and dimmed a little, slipping to the floor, her heart cracking more.
Slowly, she looked up from where she stood in a dim corner, watching in slight surprise as Solomon danced with who she knew was his enemy. Anxiously, she looked at the window, only to see that he was already gone. She walked forward as he appeared behind the obviously happy Solomon-and interrupted the dance for 'business'.
As they left, he gave her a small, almost irritated look, and she followed, back straight and head held high, though her heart hurt.
Why...
She watched emotionlessly as the container holding their mistress arrived, watched as he treated the large container ten times better than he did her.
Her eyes shone with held back tears, and a large, but gentle hand grasped her shoulder.
Her lips trembled.
"S-Solo-man..." She whispered, hands trembling as well as they grasped each other.
" Kagome." The calm man gave her a comforting smile, and she returned it with a watery, nearly broken one.
Why...
" Karl is just oblivious, Kagome. He'll come around some day. Give him time. I promise."
She shrugged off his hand jerkily.
" No...he won't, Solomon." She hissed weakly. " I-...He won't. He doesn't see...anything, passed Saya and Diva. I've waited for over fifty-years, Solomon. I-If he hasn't come around by now...he...will never...come around."
Her tears fell, her heart pounding thickly and her throat closing up as she ran, jumping up to the roof and then away to cry out her pain away from everyone's eyes.
I love him so much...why? Why won't he see!
She quickly found a spot in the 'legendary' blue rose garden, sitting in a particularly unruly bush of them, surrounded by shadows as she sobbed quietly, a hand grasping where her heart lay.
It's always about Saya! About revenge! About DIVA!
She hugged her knees to her chest tightly, her nails digging into them and drawing a little bit of blood.
She didn't care.
After her adventure in the Feudal Era, she'd come back to find the future changed significantly. Monsters...demons...these 'chiropteran' running around, her family dead...
She'd been found by Diva, who'd thought her interesting enough to turn her into a chevalier, turning her once pure miko powers into a never ending energy source "almost as good as blood!" in Diva's words.
A while later, she found herself tailing Karl, who'd found an unnatural glee in the eerily glowing red eyes of the Otonashi girl.
She watched as they fought-as Karl nearly had a melt down when he realized the girl didn't know who he was.
Then, as he left, she found herself walking off as well, in to the forest to get rid of the jealousy burning a hole through her broken heart.
Finding a good clearing, she set to punching a sturdy tree, the rough bark denting easily under her enhanced fists. After a few blows, it fell, no longer strong enough to stand-and leaving her frustrated as a scream worked its way out of her throat in a ringing sound that sent animals scattering within a quarter-of-a-mile from her.
Within moments, she was in Solomon's arms...one of her brothers arms as he comforted her as much as he could.
" Solomon I can't take it anymore!" She looked up at him in a nearly crazed way. " I need to get away! He...I can't move on while here! I can't see him every day! Please...!" She sobbed, collapsing. " Please...tell me what to do...nii-san! I...don't want to hurt anymore!"
Sadly, he said nothing, only stroking her head gently and holding her close.
She pushed away from him, allowing her chiropteran wings to burst from the back of her dress, sending ripped material everywhere and ruining the once beautiful article of clothing irreparably.
Within moments, she was flying, eager to get away from everything, if only until Diva called her back.
The first few days were horrible. She spent those days crying her heart out, getting rid of her emotional stress as much as possible. But, things started to pick up after the first week. She lived as if she wasn't in a one-sided love with anyone. As if she was human. As if she was still at her shrine, eating oden with her mother and grandfather, her fat cat sleeping next to her with his tail flicking lazily at the air and Souta shoveling food down his mouth almost as fast as her.
However, no matter how good her life got, she felt empty and dreaded the coming call from Diva. How long she was gone, she doesn't know-but, one day, as she was shopping at the local market, she got the call.
Return to me now, Kagome! You are needed here to sustain me! Where are you!
I apologize, my lady Diva, I will be there as soon as possible.
Be sure that you are. Oh-and bring me a new dress, will you? I got blood all over the one Amshell gave me.
Yes, my lady. Right away.
Sighing, Kagome dropped her shopping basket filled with items, dashing into the nearest dress shop and picking up a beautiful lolita style blue dress and rushing out, toward the direction that she heard her princess' call.
She was there by late evening, and was greeted by Amshell cordially, by Nathan joyfully, James stoically, Solomon kindly and not at all by Karl.
She ignored the pain in her heart at that as she greeted them back with a small smile, Diva's dress in her arms as she strolled by them.
" So what took you so long?" Diva's sharp blue eyes analyzed her clothes. the plain white dress that had been ripped in the back by her wings obviously not meeting approval as the bratty female scoffed. " Obviously it wasn't your concern about your appearance, now was it?"
Kagome bowed formally. " I apologize. I was quite a while away, my lady."
"Hmph!" Diva stuck up her nose petulantly. " You are forgiven this time, I suppose. But now you must be my food source, as punishment."
She gave her a sadistic grin.
" I am quite hungry, you see." Diva continued, standing from her perch and stroking her cheek almost tenderly. " Now, tilt your pretty little head and let me...take a bite!" She mocked.
Kagome tilted her head, not surprised with the sharp feel of fangs sliding into her skin as Diva fed off of her.
Minutes passed, and she felt herself grow weak as the strong pulls from Diva's lips kept her blood flowing like a faucet into her mouth, draining her. Her skin began to pale, but she said nothing, knowing she'd be punished if she did.
A few more minutes passed, and her skin was nearly ashen, and her body slumped suddenly, no longer strong enough to hold itself as it tore free from Diva's teeth, her neck bleeding more as the punctures became cuts.
Diva giggled, licking her lips and wiping her mouth of any stray drops of blood.
" Oh Solomon, dear! Can you come get little Kagome off of my precious ground and out of my sight? I fear I've grown bored of her!"
In a flash, Solomon had appeared and picked her up, examining her condition.
" Now, now, Diva. You've nearly drained her of all of her blood."
Diva ignored him, licking her stained fingers.
" What will you say for yourself?"
" Oh just go away, Solomon! You're boring me!"
Diva shooed him away with a glare, before smiling again, opening her mouth to sing as he left.
The weeks passed like that, Diva draining Kagome once a week and her recovering for the rest of it before she drained her again.
Then, something happened that woke her up from her regenerative sleep.
" Solomon?" She called gently, walking slowly down the hall with a hand braced against the wall.
" Solomon?"
" Oh dear. You're awake, little Kaggy!"
She turned, and fell dizzily into the arms of her oldest brother Nathan, who wore an almost humorous expression of worry.
" N-Nathan!" She breathed. " Wha-what's going on? Where's Solomon?"
Nathan gave her a pitying look, chewing on a bright pink handkerchief.
" He went to stop Karl from killing that Saya girl, little Kaggy." He told her.
Eyes widening, she gasped, and Nathan went on.
" He might not come back alive-or Karl! Karl went there to die with her!"
Pain burst in her chest, and tears trickled almost instantly down her cheeks as she used her wings to burst through the roof of the building, flying off toward where she could sense them.
Please don't let me be too late!
She prayed, ignoring her weakness as she wobbled in the air a bit.
As she got closer an hour later, she could hear the sound of clashing, and she quickly let her arms show through her human disguise, the green appendages a light green due to her miko blood and the claws a bright red.
She descended, claws at the ready as she grew closer the dark form of Karl and Saya.
She heard the orange haired male yell.
She saw glowing red eyes widen, then narrow in determination.
" I can't die here." She heard Saya whisper. " I can't lose in this place."
Saya grew louder until she was yelling. " I have people I must protect!"
She forced her wings to go faster as she saw saw Solomon growing his nails to slice Karl.
No! Karl...!
"KARL!" She screamed in panic as she shoved him out of the way, the majority of the deep slice hitting her shoulder and slashing her deeply while Karl suffered a minor cut. She grunted in pain, only to feel the sharp stab of a katana go through her hip.
" Kagome!" Solomon's eyes widened in horror, and Saya's in shock as she slumped down, the sword ripping up and free of Kagome's side, her blood quickly hitting the ground as some leaked from her lips.
Kagome glared in anger at Solomon, though the expression was weak as she struggled over to a shocked Karl.
"K-Karl... are you...o...kay?" She stammered, collapsing more than falling next to his prone form.
" Ka...Kagome...what are you doing here? You were resting." Karl's eyes watched, still in shock as she began to crystallize slowly. She ignored the painful burning of her blood and skin as she gave him a small, sad smile similar to the one she wore at the dance.
" Ba...baka..." She murmured, stroking his cheek gently, lovingly.
No matter what I do...even after all this time... I...I still...
Solomon cried silently, his tears falling down his cheeks as he hid his face. He hadn't meant to-! Now, he'd be the reason that she...died! He just wanted Saya safe! He didn't want his little sister to die!
Kagome watched in horror as Karl, too, began to crystallize.
" No...how...w-why...you weren't ...hit!" Tears filled her eyes.
" Karl...what...happ-ened?" She rasped, the crystallizing having reached the bottom of her chest, the opposite side of her belly button and the top of her thighs.
" He drank my blood." She heard Saya's voice, but didn't bother to turn towards her, to preoccupied with the progression of the crystallizing of Karl's body.
Holding her hand over him weakly, almost touching him, she fought to find her almost non-existent miko power while also fighting back the effects of Saya's blood.
She found it a few moments later, and began drawing at it, hissing as they burned her and struggling to control it to only purify the Red Queen's blood.
Dammit! She cursed, knowing the process would've been easier if she had her full supply of blood.
" What are you doing?" Karl demanded painfully, watching the pink glow warily.
" Kagome..." Solomon approached slowly, kneeling next to her and bowing.
" Forgive me, Kagome...I..."
She hissed at a particularly painful flare as the crystallizing sped up a little, now reaching the top of her chest, the middle of her upper arm, her other shoulder and above her knees.
" Solomon...shut...u-up!" She gasped. " You tried to...to...hur-t K...Karl to...save...Oto-na...shi! Un...forgi-ive...able!"
"Why are you doing this, Kagome!" Karl demanded loudly, watching amazed as he de-crystallized slowly.
Solomon backed off sadly, watching with sorrow swimming in his eyes as Karl healed, but Kagome died quicker.
" Stu...pid..." Kagome whispered, her whole body trembling with effort and pain as tears fell down her cheeks. " You...love...Saya..." She took a deep, pained breath and whispered brokenly, gazing at his eyes as she leaned down for him to hear only. " But...I...lo...ve...you."
The power around her hands stuttered and died, her hands falling away from him as her whole body hit the floor and crystallized, her lips brushing his ear as she fell.
His eyes widened in shock, and he looked at her as Kai held a silent, sad Saya as she watched the result of her actions.
Karl looked at the crystallized body of the one who'd loved him, and, for the first time in decades, felt tears fall down his face.
Kagome...
He let his eyes trace her humanoid face, cracked with the effects of the poisonous blood inside her, the single tear stuck shining on her stone cheek, her crumbling body.
" Kagome! LIAR!" He tried to gather her into his arms, only for her to shatter, her body collapsing and breaking into a million pieces.
He grasped her head, bringing the cold object to his chest shakily as he raised his head to gaze angrily at Saya and Solomon.
" Why! WHY!" He yelled. " Why didn't I know she loved me, Solomon!"
He clenched his hands, unknowingly putting cracks into the remains.
" Karl...I'm sor-"
" NO! I REFUSE TO HEAR IT! You took away the one person who loved me! The one I didn't even know about until to late! WHY! WAS IT A LIE!" He stroked the cold cheek almost reverently, sorrowfully. He kissed it lightly in apology, and then stood, stalking toward the two purposefully.
" Solomon. You are no brother of mine!" He snarled. Solomon's eyes widened and then calmed in understanding, though they dulled even more.
" Saya...I thought we were soul mates...that...you understood me..."
He shook in anger.
" But I WAS WRONG! YOU-"
He was impaled suddenly, Saya and Solomon's eyes widening as they saw Haji's hand sticking through the wound, covered in blood before it pulled out.
He fell to the floor, cradling Kagome's disembodied stone head carefully as he began to crystallize.
" Haji!"
" Saya, are you alright?"
Nodding, the duo watched as Solomon disappeared, no longer able to bear staying, then as Karl crystallized before their eyes, a sudden wind picking up and scattering the sparkling, shattered pieces of both his and Kagome's remains.
Solomon, hey!
Yes, Kagome?
Do you...you know what you said earlier? To give Karl time?
Yes...what about it?
Do you promise? Do you promise that he'll realize that I love him?
Yes, Kagome. I promise.
Yaay! Thanks, nii-san! You've known him longer, so you must be right!
Why do you seem so relieved? You must've thought I was right earlier, hm?
We-Well...I just have a bad feeling is all. Nothing big, Solomon!
Really?
H-hey! Don't worry about it! I'm sure it's nothing...right?
Right.
Solomon held his head in his hands as tears trickled down his cheeks. He'd broken his promise...
" I'm so sorry, Kagome..."
OWARI
There's the first-Oh, and this one WILL HAVE A SEQUEL. Misaki-chan won't let me write it without one! XD It will either be separate or just added on, I haven't decided yet.
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