The Lost Shard
Hi. This is my first ever fanfic, but my friend said I should put it up here. So for better or for worse……
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha
Chapter 1: Later and Now:
"Kikyo! Stop!" Kagome cried from the ground. "He doesn't want to go with you!" She watched in horror as the priestess just glanced at her and continued what she was doing. A fatigued hanyou was in the center of the small clearing. He glanced at Kagome then back to Kikyo. She had been draining him of his powers, slowly, but in the end, it was starting to get to him.
Kagome wasn't being drained of her powers, instead, she was just stuck in place by a spell. She couldn't move, but for some reason, she could talk. Which was obviously not in the dead miko's plans. In fact, all of Kagome's shouting seemed to get on her nerves.
But Kikyo was almost done. Almost done killing Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, you must uphold your honor and come to hell with me," she stately smoothly.
"Eventually, bitch, but not now," Inuyasha growled, seeming to take in some unknown energy and lunge at her once more. She easily sidestepped the attack and drained more power from the poor hanyou.
"But, Naraku is dead. There is no more reason for you to stay here, in this world," she commented, as if they were talking about this calmly over a meal of stew.
"I will go, but that's for when I die, not when you decide to kill me!" Inuyasha was panting, not able to catch his breath.
"No, you go to hell with me when you die, and I have decided that you are going to die today, right now." She was starting to get onto Kagome's nerves. She was too damn pushy. She glanced around as well as she could, for the spell would barely let her move her head. She saw nothing that would help them at the moment. The God-tree, but that wasn't something that she could exactly use. Trees, yeah right.
"I shall see you in a bit," came a voice, snapping her out of her concentration. Kikyo was setting up for the final blow.
'God, what am I suppose to do!' Kagome thought. "Kikyo!" she called out in desperation. She was utterly clueless on how to stop her.
'If only I could move…' she gasped. 'Wait! I can talk, so how come, if I tried hard enough, couldn't I move? Well, It's worth a try.' Kagome concentrated as hard as she could, trying to stand up. Kikyo was busy. She was trying to be as thorough as possible, because last time, Inuyasha had just fallen asleep for 50 years, and hadn't died, while she, herself had died.
Kagome shifted her fingers and lifted her head.
Kikyo stopped with Inuyasha a bit and looked to Kagome. Deciding that was as far as she was going to get, turned her attention back to Inuyasha.
Kagome got onto her hands and knees, causing Kikyo to turn around.
"You could not move in time to save him. I see you are almost out of strength as it is."
"I'll do what I want," Kagome retorted, but even to her it sounded weak. Kikyo smirked and turned away.
'She's right about one thing,' Kagome thought, 'I am almost out of strength.' She mentally kicked herself. She couldn't give up now!
Kikyo picked up her bow and arrows, notching one as the bow came up. The arrow started to glow and evil pink color. Kagome was still struggling. As Kikyo started to pull back on the string, aiming at the now-helpless hanyou, she found an unknown strength and ripped herself from the ground, lunging at the dead miko. She immediately ran into a barrier. Kikyo turned and smirked. It was then that Kagome realized Inuyasha was under the same spell that she had been, but thanks to the wear-down, didn't have enough energy to get up. Kikyo turned back around.
Kagome watched in horror. She suddenly felt something land softly on the ground beside her. No, two somethings. She looked down. There, to her right was a very old-looking bow and an arrow that seemed to trigger something in her memory. But she wasn't thinking about that at all.
There were more pressing matters at hand. Like saving Inuyasha, who was about to be executed.
Kikyo looked down at Inuyasha. She was truly enjoying this. Ever since she had been "resurrected," gotten her soul back, and then having her reincarnation stealing all but the angry part back, she had been looking forward to this day. She was so absorbed in the moment, she didn't notice Kagome moving around outside the barrier.
"Kikyo!" This time, the voice didn't come from behind her, like it normally did. This time, Kagome's voice was in front of her. She looked up. As soon as she looked up, she realized that Kagome had a bow and an arrow, even though Kikyo had made sure to take hers and destroy them before she imprisoned her. The second thing she realized, the bow was her old bow, and the arrow was the same one she used, long ago.
Fifty years ago, to be exact, and it had pinned the one she was about to kill, to the tree right behind her. But she had only a second to think.
Because in the next second, that fateful arrow was headed strait toward her.
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About a month before:
'We've got to be close, the demon aura is so strong, even I can feel it,' Sango was thinking as they went deeper into the forest. The group was once again looking for none other than Naraku. They had heard a rumor that he was last seen in this direction, and they had acted on it, and the rumor appeared to be true.
"We are getting very close," came a voice behind the taijjya. Miroku had put her thoughts into words. They were riding Kirara and Kagome was on Inuyasha's back. They had been traveling for two days to get here. They had camped out last night to store up some energy for the fight they all knew was going to come. Thankfully, though, Naraku had not noticed their presence and left them alone. Although they had all been quiet before, the silence seemed to deepen with Miroku's words.
Everyone knew just how true those words were, and all were wondering what was going to happen next. Normally, Naraku would set a trap to lead them to him, went to them himself, or sent one of his "puppets" out to meet them. They rarely surprised him.
Unfortunately, the demon was always prepared, so even if he were to be surprised, the attackers still would have a hard time reaching him before he could get away or kill them.
Almost everyone in the group had a reason to hate Naraku. Sango was part of a very prosperous village, one that made a living off of slaying demons. One particular night, the best fighters were all called away to a castle to exterminate a specifically annoying giant spider that was killing the people.
Almost as soon as they had gotten to the castle, a small spider had bitten Sango's brother, Kohaku, causing him to fall under one of Naraku's spells. Naraku then caused him to kill her dad and their three companions. After that, Kohaku then turned to Sango herself. Just as Kohaku was attacking her, she saw that the "lord" was the real demon, and tried to attack him.
The guards thought she was crazy, shooting arrows into her and her brother. Right before Kohaku died, though, He came to himself…
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…"Sister…I'm scared…""That's okay. I'm right here."
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Miroku, on the other hand, was the first in the group to even know about the vile demon. His grandfather was actually the one who fought Naraku face-to-face, about fifty years ago. Miroku's Grandfather was cut through the hand and had a curse placed upon it…
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"The hellhole I have opened in your hand shall ultimately swallow you," Naraku hissed. "And your children…and your children's children. So long as I am alive, this curse shall be passed down until your line has vanished from the earth."
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Every year, the hole in his palm grew wider, and the winds, they grew stronger. His grandfather and his father both had the same fate, getting sucked into the hole in their palms. When he was little, Miroku actually witnessed his dad's death.
The last one who had ties to Naraku in the group before they all had gotten together was Inuyasha, but he didn't know that until he had met Miroku. Kikyo was the priestess who guarded the Shikon Jewel, or Jewel of four souls. Inuyasha was searching for it to become a full demon. But Kikyo was a good protectress. She didn't let Inuyasha anywhere near the Jewel. As much as he wanted the Jewel, he never tried to kill her, and she never tried to kill him. After a while, they fell into a relationship, only to have it torn apart by Naraku.
Kikyo was sheltering the bandit Onigumo, who also yearned for Kikyo, but he couldn't move, thanks to all the burns on his body. While he was unable to move, he let all his bad feelings stew and simmer, causing the local demons to feel his bad feelings, causing them to come to him. He then gave up his body to become a better and more powerful demon than all of them.
He then tricked Kikyo and Inuyasha. Thanks to him, Kikyo died and Inuyasha got pinned to a tree for fifty years.
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"Inuyasha!" An arrow whizzed through the air, pinning Inuyasha to the God-tree.
"K-kikyo…why…" Inuyasha asked before "dying."
"The Shikon Jewel…for such a thing…"
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The rest of the group only had memories of what the demon Naraku had done to them after they had gotten together, all the "shades" of him, the battles, the spider-scar, and the Shikon Jewel.
They climbed to the top of the hill, they were close, and they could all feel the immense power coming just over the ridge. Everyone was holding their breath. They got to the top.
The castle was there, and it was definitely Naraku's. There was just one problem, and it wasn't a shield. The castle was in ruins, flaming in some places, and Naraku definitely wasn't there.
