Stardust
By: Hiroko Masaki Jurai
Naraku awakens Demon Inuyasha. Kagome must seal her lover at the base of Goshinboku, or risk losing Inuyasha forever. After using the Shikon Jewel to seal Inuyasha, she goes home. Years later, her daughter falls into the well and breaks his seal. KagInu.
Hiroko: Not only my first fic on here, but also my first Inuyasha fic. After fixing this up a bit, I decided to post it. Please enjoy at your own leisure.
Disclaimer: Inuyasha will never belong to me. Rumiko Takashi and Viz created this wonderful world and its characters for me to play with. I only own any characters that never existed in Inuyasha to begin with.
Note – Kagome would be eighteen in this chapter!
Just before we begin…Here's a few Japanese words for your benefit.
Translation
Hanyou – One who is half-demon, half-human.
Goshinboku – Correct me on the name of the tree if I'm wrong. Sacred Tree that Inuyasha was sealed to in the first place.
Miko – Priestess.
Taijiya – Demon Slayer.
-chan – used at the end of one's name who is close with one.
Hoshi – Monk.
-sama – used at the end of one's name in great respect or admiration. Generally reserved for one of high status.
Prologue
Her dark brown eyes became filled with tears as she looked into the now blood red ones of her lover's. The white haired hanyou standing before her was bound to Goshinboku by the spiritual chains around his wrists; he growled and snarled at her. The miko could almost see no trace of humanity left in his soul. She stood there for the long time, with her arrow at the ready. Her delicate finger barely touched the metal tip as she aimed. Her hands were shaking at this point.
"Kagome," whispered the female Taijiya beside her. Kagome just shook her head, lowering her arms slightly. Tears made her gaze unfocused and blurry.
"I-I can't do it, Sango-chan." She whispered. Kagome's heart was racing with pain. Seeing Inuyasha in his demonic state was a truly frightening state. Many times did Kagome stop this monster with a simple "osuwari", or a simple slap to Inuyasha's cheek would break his evil spell.
The last time Kagome broke her lover out of his demonic state, she nearly lost him. She was lucky that her kiss had snapped him out of it. With Naraku's possession over Inuyasha now, Inuyasha's demon side was summoned and the inu-hanyou had ended up killing more than thirty villagers, including Kaede.
Sadness graced Sango's strong features as well. Inuyasha had been a good friend and a strong sparring partner, but now his humanity had been lost to Naraku's influence. Kagome is the only one to do the job, for she is the only one with the same spiritual powers as Kikyo.
"Come, Kagome-chan. You can do it. Put Inuyasha out of his misery." The nineteen year old slayer whispered, squeezing the younger girl's shoulder soothingly, "Only you can do this."
Kagome nodded through her tears. Sango was right. Inuyasha was already lost and his soul was in need of saving. The young woman gathered her breath and readied her bow once more. Aiming the arrow at Inuyasha's heart, Kagome closed her eyes.
Her fingers released the shaft, allowing it to slip out of her grip. She didn't want to see his final moments as the spirit energy filled arrow pierced his heart. The scream that erupted from Inuyasha's throat made her whimper as it pierced through the air, and her heart. Sango watched, with the same painful look on her face, as she held Kagome to her. The red in Inuyasha's flickered lightly, only slipping to their normal golden gaze, before his eyes closed for the final time.
Kagome's sacred energy spread throughout his entire body, causing a mind-numbing pain to spread like wild fire. The pain only lasted for a few seconds before the half-demon's whole body became limp. The only thing holding him up was the arrow that now bound him to his old resting spot on Goshinboku.
When the howling and cries of pain stopped, Kagome slowly opened her eyes and looked over. Her pain increased tenfold at the sight of Inuyasha now. The spiritual chains around his wrists had disppaered, allowing his arms to now rest at his sides. Strands of Inuyasha's snow-white hair fell over his face, but she could see a few tears that still managed to fall as they glistened on his cheeks. The raven haired girl fell to her knees as grief overwhelmed her.
Sango released her friend and stared now too. Her own tears fell, but her pain wasn't like Kagome's. Kagome's pain was that of losing a lover, while her's was the pain of losing either a close friend, or a brother. Indeed Inuyasha had become more than just a friend to the Demon Hunter during the past few years. He had become her fellow fighter, her sparring partner, her friend, and her brother. Inuyasha was all of those rolled into one. While seemingly unkind and a bit cold towards people, Inuyasha had shown her friendship. He even showed her compassion when Sango had failed to put her own brother, Kohaku, out of his misery on one occasion.
Hearing some soft footsteps approaching from behind, Sango felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. The brunette looked to her left, only to find herself staring into a pair of solemn brown eyes. The eyes belonged to her fiancé, a monk named Miroku.
"Hoshi-sama," Sango began.
Miroku's solemn expression softened slightly as he gave her a small smile. "Let's leave Kagome-sama by herself for now. It's best if she is alone."
Sango nodded in silent agreement. She then proceeded to follow Miroku as he led her back to the village, leaving a grieving Kagome to mourn the loss of Inuyasha.
Hiroko: Well, tell me what you all think. Good? Bad? Tell me in a review. Just no flames for harming Inuyasha and tearing him and Kagome apart, ok? And don't be afraid to tell me what can be improved. This will still be a KagInu fic.
