The Demons in my Head.
Summary; She was no longer the women I know; she was now a monster. Long gone was the caring heart, the sweet voice, the concern for everyone but herself. In it's place was the cold blooded killed that stared down at me with dull, emotionless, icy eyes. What happened to you Kagome?
He couldn't be here. He died. He died in the time I was born in; he died with the explosion that destroyed my home. I buried his body. I watched as they lowered him into the ground. His body rotted away; this can't be him. But what if it is him? ...Where have you been these five hundred years Inuyasha?
*Intended to be a "flipped" like story. Each chapter will be told in either the point of view of Inuyasha or Kagome. First chapter (prologue) is Inuyasha's. Second chapter is Kagome's. Third will be Inuyasha's. And so on.
Prologue
The light was too bright, it was shining right in my face, blinding me, ripping away my ability to see anything around me. People were screaming, something around me was crashing, and there was the scent of blood everywhere. The blood of my friends, of my family, the blood of people I didn't even know, and the blood of the demon who had brought this all on. The ground under my feet was shaking, cracking, and falling apart around me. I could feel pieces of it slipping from beneath my feet even if I couldn't see it.
Sango was screaming in my ear, asking me if I knew what was going on. How the fuck could I know what was going on? I was in the exact same situation she and Miroku were in! I opened my mouth to answer her, and the light around me got brighter; if that was even possible. Now, instead of just making it impossible for me to see, the light made my eyes feel like they were melting right out of my skull. I screamed, my hands flew to my eyes to at least attempt to shield them from the light. Miroku and Sango were screaming with me, and I knew the light must have been melting their eyes as well.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome's voice filtered in through the pain, and through the screams the three of us were making. No, she couldn't come in here, not until I had everything under control. I couldn't imagine those beautiful eyes melting out of her head.
"Stay back Kagome!" Through the blinding white I saw a flash of pink, and I knew she had shot an arrow at the demon behind me. I heard him screech, and I felt the ground shake as his body hit the ground. I could hear him melting under the light as well, could hear his skin dissolving and I knew that would happen to Miroku and Sango and I if we didn't get out of here now. As I thought this, the light around us began to fade, and the pain in my eyes receded. Oh thank the gods!
I could make out the outline of the people I called family standing twenty feet away from us. Slowly the features on their faces came into view; Sesshomaru, Shippo, Kouga, and then there was Kagome. Standing tall and proud as she beamed up at me. We did it, again. We killed the demon who threatened all of us, once again. As I took a step toward her, I watched as her smile faded. Her eyes widened, and she took a step towards me, dropping the bow in her hand. It clattered rather loudly on the ground.
"Inuyasha!"
There was more pain, a searing pain that ripped through my body and had me dropping to my knees where I stood. I screamed, feeling my body wither on the ground. Faintly I heard the reactions of the two beside me, they seemed to be mirroring my own. But I could no longer pay attention to them. I was losing my grip; I could feel my body slipping away from me. What was happening to me!?
And suddenly all the noise stopped at once. We all stopped screaming, we all stopped moving. The building around us stopped crumbling to the ground in heaps of useless stone and metal. Kagome's face was hovering above me, tears streaming down her face. Her lips were moving, but I couldn't figure out what she was saying. I wanted to reach up and wipe the tears from her face and tell her that I was fine, but my body wouldn't listen to me. I couldn't move.
"Don't die Inuyasha… Please don't die!"
Die? I was dying? Why was I dying? I felt fine… expect for not being able to move I mean. I wasn't in pain, I don't even think I was injured that much to begin with. Why would she think I was dying? The light was back, shining brightly in my eyes. I wanted to tell her to move away from that light before it burned her eyes, but she didn't seem to see it. She didn't even know it was there.
Oh no. Was this? … No. I wasn't dead. I was fine. I could see them. I could see all of them looking down at me, at Miroku and Sango… Why were they all crying? I was fine damnit!
"Inuyasha…" The voice seemed to pull me away from my body, and I was looking down at the group who was crying for me. Even Sesshomaru was crying; thought not nearly as bad as the others. He was discreetly wiping the tears off his face before anyone saw them. That made me feel warm and fuzzy; happy to know that at least my brother, my only biological family I have, was crying because I was dying…
I turned my head towards the voice, and saw that Miroku and Sango stood there, waiting for me. They were holding their hands out to me. I looked back, away from them, and saw their children cluttered around their bodies. Oh no. We really did die…
"We have to go Inuyasha." Miroku said slowly, sadly, and I whined. I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave Kagome!
"There's somewhere else we have to be." Sango continued. "You'll see Kagome again. I promise."
I turned back to her, saw the sincerity in her eyes and couldn't help but believe her. She was so sure of herself, so sure of her promise; how could I not believe her. I took their hands, and I let them pull me into the light…
And when I stepped out, I was standing in the ruined city that was once Tokyo…