The Sacrifices
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, it's all Rumiko's
Prologue
The raging mists of the battle field flooded the lands, every soldier with able bodies stood side by side in neck deep of thick fog. Kikyo stood adjacent to them staring off into the seeming endless fog. Her eyes fixed on nothing in particular but yet she seemed to be scanning the denseness of the fog, as if she had powers to see through it. This brought uneasiness to the lords and a great deal of discomfort to the soldiers. Suddenly Kikyo turned her head to the side, with a jolt of fast reflexes Kikyo fired two arrows into the dense fog, with confused looks sprawled about their faces the soldiers looked back at each other as Kikyo's eyes continued to scan the mists. Minutes past and there was not a change in pace, but not one soldier could turn away from what Kikyo was doing than, a crash of lighting struck the ground soldiers sprawled everywhere looking all around trying to find its origin. Kikyo grabbed her bow and headed for the top of the hill side, she herself wasn't even sure what was going on but as she made her way up the hillside she saw that another bolt had struck, but this one took some casualties. Kikyo raised her bow to fire an arrow when the cast of a shadow came down upon her.
"Inuyasha"
His kimono flickered in the setting sun, Kikyo looked at the serious tone that was in his eyes and she knew that he was upset with her. But at this crucial moment she hoped Inuyasha would postpone his resentment and aid her in the battle.
"Inuyasha we've been under attack of this lighting bolt and we don't know its source" she said quickly.
Inuyasha had his arms crossed over his chest and had a cocked eyebrow at Kikyo as she continued on with the explanation of her problem. Inuyasha looked down at the soldiers who were huddled together and searching everywhere, trying to see if they could not be where the next bolt of lighting would. "Humans" Inuyasha said aloud
"First we have to get rid of this fog" he said
Looking around her Kikyo thought about how the unsettled fog started, like a dream it came from nowhere. She than turned her attention to the now more noticeable mountain that spring fourth Inuyasha who was alert followed her eyes that stared at the blanketed mountain.
"There, that mountain it's aura… it's huge" she said softly.
"I got a bad feeling about it" he said.
"But the only way to stop those lighting attacks and to clear the fog is most likely on that mountain."
"I'm going with you Inuyasha"
Quickly Inuyasha turned to her with a passionately fierce look in his eye, Kikyo shot back as he grabbed her and throw her into his arms. Holding her closely Kikyo was shocked; she had never know him to be so gentle. Softly in her ear her pleaded "stay here, you'll be safer" with that he took to his feet and headed to the mountain, she watched as he made his way to pending danger and thought why alone?
Chapter 1: My Beloved Kikyo
As swift as his feet could fly him across the dewy grass Inuyasha stood adjacent to the eminence size of the mountain, but he was not swayed he tightened the grip around his fingernails and continued to scale up the mountain.
Each jump was full of true meaning, he had truly hoped that Kikyo had taken his words by full scale and stayed behind. Throwing his arms up as he began to slow down his place Inuyasha was looking around him and noticing how the fog was seemingly less thick the farther up he climbed, he knew he was reaching something close. But what he thought, before it could be answered he was in compassed with the smell of rotting flesh. Quickly Inuyasha through his hands over his overly sensitive nose and had to continue the climb half handed.
The origin of the rotting flesh became evident when he made a half pit land on a branch where millions of bodies he guessed where spilled and sprawled about. Looking at each one Inuyasha could see that the eyes and what seemed to be parts of livers, hearts, kidneys, and lungs where pulled from these victims and their bodies where left as their unmarked graves. Looking over their bodies Inuyasha's ear's wiggled and he shot up to see another bolt of lighting hit down on the now misty field below, he watch as it disappeared and then turned back to the bodies. His thought's crossed over of why and how and who could have done this, but he knew the matter at steak was to reach the top and find a conclusion to these attacks.
As Inuyasha was about to leave the small incline a small flicker of light caught his eye, as he walked closer to examine the mystical object he notice that it was perched up on a curved rock-like bolder. Inuyasha stepped closer to the object and saw that it was surrounded by tribal carvings that seemed to depict sacrificial inscriptions in honor of their gods, looking around at the dead bodies Inuyasha fingered they must have been the last offering. The taking of the body parts must have been to appease their god, but than Inuyasha thought why weren't their bodies taken with them? Looking down from the perch Inuyasha jumped to the giant bolder that laid adjacent to it. "Well I'm not going to be their next sacrifice" with one last look Inuyasha turned and continued scaling the mountain side.
Kikyo turned and walked very quietly down the hillside, after watching the hanyu race to the mystified mountain she couldn't help but feel like a defenseless sheep. Looking off at the child-like soldiers who couldn't fight off this enemy any better than she could, she found herself looking back and hoping Inuyasha was okay. Sighing Kikyo walked staggeringly toward the lords as they watch the terror unfold in front of them, she knew that if she wanted to keep the money that her village so desperately needed she knew she had to reassure them that she had the situation under her complete control.
One of them saw her and quickly rode to her side. "Miko, miko what is going on? What is happening to my army?" he questioned
"There running for their lives, those lighting bolts are like a pack of hungry wolfs!" Kikyo retorted.
Straitening up his kimono and his exposed flustered face the vassal shot his eyes at Kikyo as she passed them by without thinking of what crossed his mind. She knew he had almost no experience in the field and would have rather had her attention turned to a more understandable lord, but he retorted.
"Well aren't you supposed to be some sort of miracle worker?"
"I do what I can, and yes sometimes I'm lucky enough to make a miracle." She answered.
At this point Kikyo could see she had made him have very tightens in his face, she was just moving away from his inquiry. Though he just continued Kikyo turned her head when yet another crash of lighting fell prey upon the barren fields, Kikyo was happy to see that at least most of the soldiers would return to their wives alive that day. The Vassal turned his head in discuss and shot bucket as he saw that his investment and fortune in the battle had been wasted on petty soldiers and all because of this catastrophic lighting storm. Kikyo took up her bow and turned to head for the mountain, she knew she would be some help and she was not going to let Inuyasha take on this demon alone.
"Sister wait, don't go!" said a young girl hunched on her back.
Kikyo stopped and turned around to see her little sister Kaede with an already tear stained face. A smile grazed her lips as she took up her only living family in her arms. "Don't worry Kaede I'll be coming back." Kaede tried to smile as she wrapped her arms around her sister neck, "be safe sister." She whispered into her ear as Kikyo replaced her on the ground, Kikyo nodded her head forward and turned to continue toured the misty mountain.
At the base of it Kikyo could feel its immense spiritual energy that was flowing off the mountain, reaching one hand up as far as she could Kikyo had started her scale of this mysterious mountain. After climbing for just a few moments Kikyo looking down to see that the base line of it was already pasted over with the mists of the mountain but with her tight grip she could feel that even though the fog was growing thicker she didn't seem to be having a hard time scaling the mountain, as if someone was helping her. Quickly she darted her eyes too make sure that this was not the case, with the self-reassurance Kikyo continued her climb to aid Inuyasha. Darken eyes watched as its prey walked into the trap that was being set.
Placing her hand atop the scurvy rock Kikyo tossed her bow and hosted up her body on the platform, looking around she was surprised to find what seemed to be endless bodies among what seemed to be a holy place. At the crackle of rocks she moved and surveyed bringing fourth her bow Kikyo pointed it to the origin of the rock formation, as terror grew in her eyes.
Inuyasha had finally had reached the top of the mountain, he wiped the sweat from his brow and began to survey the area. Looking around he couldn't immediately find evidence of something committing the bolts so though it was degrading, he jumped down on his hands and knee's and started to see if he could "sniff" out the perpetrator.
A twick of his ears and he directed his head toward a flash of lighting that was in the eastern part of the peak, quickly Inuyasha darted over to it just to see the flash move to the southern part. He stopped and made a sharp turn as he thought he saw another flash in the western quadrant, this game continued as Inuyasha sped up and stopped short.
"What is going on?" he asked aloud.
The air whipped around him like it was laughing; his mane blew about wildly as Inuyasha realized what was going on.
"It's a trick!" he exclaimed, just as he heard a woman cry out. He turned his thoughts from there own and to the new troubles he now had. "Kikyo" he exclaimed, and toured down the side of the mountain to where he heard her cries.
Blood rolled off her hands at a fast place, Kikyo watched her bloodshot eyes as the steak was pulled from her body, ripped from her was her bleeding liver lightly she nodded her head forward to see the burred blackness move about as it carefully place her organ on the petal stool and back away and prayed. She laid her head back and under all the pain and fear of eminent death she felt tears spill down her cheeks, blood was pouring quicker out of the large wound in her lower side and she could feel it getting colder even though it was summer. As she felt the end draw quicker she lightly heard a somber cry.
"KIKYO!"
At Inuyasha's plea she turned her ghostly pale face; she was loosing her ability to see though blurry, she could still make out his bright red kimono. Inuyasha quickly ran to her gapping wound and ripped off the bunt of his Kimono and put pressure on her throbbing pain, Kikyo could hear snickers off brushed off breath's.
"I don't think it will help" she said quietly, her face was covered in sweat.
"Shut up"
After a moment Inuyasha spoke again "I need to take you back to the village"
"It's too far; I don't think I'll make it there."
"Then I'll run" he answered quickly.
Scooping her into his arms Inuyasha turned her toured his body's side, she looked into his eye's and he propped her head and pushed her hair out of her face, a concern look fell upon him as he held her tightly in his arms. For the first time in his life tears had spouted from his eye's and he was feeling her slip away, Kikyo moved her finger up his arm and with every last inch of strength she had she forged a smile, with that Inuyasha felt Kikyo's body fall prey to death and his heart sank with it. As her lifeless body fell forward in his arms Inuyasha sat still in the cold blood that slowly dropped out of her, he looked at her pale face and pulled it closer to his; covered in tears Inuyasha lightly kissed her lips and removed the top part of his Kimono, carefully he rapped it around her and headed for her Village.
End of chapter 1, which was more like a prologue chapter but it was needed. This is my FIRST dramatic fanfic so that's way its dry.
