Unsheathed Crimson Tears Fallen Sakura Blossoms

Chapter Two Hate Becomes Her

By Inuyashas Youkai

The elder Priestess, made from disposed carcass, and weakened clay originating within the abandoned earth ,was filled with desperation and jealousy ,like a cyclone transforming with swirling, powerful, smoke -like gas of hatred . Constricting,suffocating surges within her at one time beautiful , treasured ,features that once gave a certain hanyou a more sentimental feel of what love once was. Now she stood with the darkened features she always had but walked , her blackened heart ruling every function to survive , as her inside composition seemed to be outwardly exposed .

Kikyo's disposition wasn't something that happened all of a sudden, or overnight for that matter, No, this was a existence that grew over time. Beginning with the first moment she first had the hanyou ,acquired the jewel , and her prospects of having a normal life, driven by greed. It seemed, like having everything yet the human counterpart of Inuyasha ,and only for a moment.

Then having her life ripped from her cold dead fingers,only to be taunted with it, and succumbed to the existence of the walking dead .Only to be made worsened , by overhearing, while spying on her past love keeping her life's investment in check .Her anger grew ten fold as she watched Inuyasha ,the man whom she wasted a lifetime of sacrifice loving him or so she thought, only to later turning his back on her ,rejecting the love they have had for over a millenia.

' Why Inuyasha,would you let a small human girl stand between the one you love ?

' After continuing to listen a revelation hit her leading her to the truth ? '

He doesn't love me anymore for he has found another within my reincarnation , I have been away for too long after the evil pinned us against each other so long ago ..

' What could I have done when Naraku came to me as Inuyasha only to obtain the jewel by any means necessary , even if it was to kill me by a deceiving illusion .My nightmares , the thing that I most feared in life ,and brought to life to haunt me .Again like it has in the past destroying my existence ,and just with the knowledge used against me in Naraku's sickened plot . '

'No matter , Inuyasha knows we weren't at fault It was Naraku, and he should've waited for me . If she is no longer, after a short while he will come running to me, even if at first it is only for my resemblance to her .I can live with it for awhile,until he sees the truth ,and of myself being the one whom he belongs with . Kikyo thought.'

"I will simply remove my reincarnation, Kagome from this life, for she doesn't belong here, as I have expressed this time and time again . This time I will show her ,since her ears do not hear. Too bad ,for she will neither see after I throw her to the depths of the underworld , soon she will belong to neither world .. And share my fate for a moment until I share my eternity , with the one I love to reign in hell as it was meant to be. " Kikyo egotistically spoken with vigor.

All the while , Kikyo's once pure soul's aura that once shined a carnation pink now permeates with the scent of spoilage and replaced with horrid blacked crimson hues that now burn smoke within her. A disgruntling purpose in life that has now became what is Kikyo, she now holds this meaning for living in stride for she believes for it she will gain peace, only unknowingly mistaken. Now ,striding toward the place in which Kagome had strolled off too ,from the place within her sisters and her former village ,where she left her love and his wretched hentai companion.

' I would never give him up to that girl ,only to live a life alone again, I will not!' Kikyo spat within herself .

Upon finding her pathetic copies trail familiar to hers blended in with the footprints of her fa sod idea of her befriended, seeing in her eyes Kagome was nothing but a impersonator of herself ,otherwise nothing but wasted space and resources to the time line. She watched them going towards the hot springs that that brought a twinge of jealousy and thoughts to be reminisced with Inuyasha of the memories they had shared within it's small cove.

' How dare he share this very personal and intimate place that was theirs with her imitation, it was sick. This place was theirs and theirs alone. Kikyo's thought

To her delusional hypothosis was that Inuyasha ,from all that has bestowed upon him excusing his behavior, blaming it on the off handed chance crazed confusion and hysteria was occurring ,for she was running out of options and alas being on her last thread of reasoning. In turn , she followed Kagome and Sango, readying to strike once she was sure that they were vulnerable .Then like a snake slithering sneakily through the grass she gained her objective in obtaining the element of surprise. Kikyo burst out of the tress lining the cove arrow drawn and aimed at her copying taking no hesitation in the arrows release.

Only telling Kagome what she knew as fact, and Kikyo was the best candidate for the job at hand . To remove the distraction , in result destroying it. Although something happened thwarting her from her mission, as a explosion of purity erupted from the younger priestess impersonator . Soon after she witness someone like a shadow of sorts standing from behind Kagome , it brought the small strands of hair to stand on end at the back of her neck .

For Kikyo knew in the back of her mind that someone was protecting her from afar . It was a image so vial , disgusting, to her she felt her stomach churn right before unconsciousness claimed her . Her denial of the situation lead her to suggest otherwise as her imagination within her mind was reeling and her reality was quickly fleeting .

The scene upon her wake was slightly majestic but ironic as her night and shinning armor came to rescue Kikyo. After she attempted to destroy his present love Kagome , he still looked at her with so much love and devotion, it was almost humbling. Almost, for it only came presented to her as something else that fueled her fire to continue the path she was on before she was rudely distracted .For she took his look as a change to regain her hold of his heart, though it was far from the truth,and even farther from her soul achieving peace.

For that ,she left the security of Inuyashas embrace to finish what she had started running in the direction that she believed Kagome to travel. This left two confused men in her wake without the care to explain, just a brief notion of her intentions, not wanting to be altered in her path. It took hours to reach where Kagome had gone , following her turnabout outlines of her feet impressed beneath the surface of the forest floor, never trailing a straight line. The path lead her to a once felt to be a serene location that once again fueled her anger towards thought reminding of her and Inuyashas past life together. It was a slopped cliff , enveloped with the presence of vast flowers stretching across the horizon as far as could be seen . Though now it was only another sign to Inuyashas continuing betrayal in retribution to the original sin made against them .

To Kikyo's surprise , Kagome wasn't caught off guard ,and it was like she had expected Kikyo to follow her to this spot in origin. To further her enthralled delight, Kagome soon dropped her hands to her sides in defeat, letting her bow and arrows fall to the ground, discarded. A slight smile that grew upon her face in the approval of the sight , Kikyo was witnessing. It was true Kikyo was glad that her copy finally grasped the finality of her purpose ,for it was no longer wanted or desired.

Thus she now knew that Kagome knew this from the actions she now shown . Kagome even had departing wishes for her and the hanyou's happiness and for the one's that were hauntingly imprisoned by the thought of Naraku to be free ,for this Kagome allowed her sacrifice . Quickly ignoring her , as Kikyo raised her bow, aiming at the younger priestess with vengeance, as she returned one with the peace that Kikyo desired and longed for ,fueling her rage then releasing the arrow.

Moments passed , when Kikyo felt her smile dissolve replaced with a scowl as her scream escaping her lips to detour the one who interfered, knocking the arrow slightly off course, throwing her prey out of harm's way. A desperate cry resounded the area slightly shaking the earth as it hit ,crashing down with a loud deafening boom.

"Kagome!"

Anger enveloped, as the elder Priestess seethed outward from the darkness within towards the peace of reality stands,piercing thru and punching a whole in the atmosphere, where the small opposing group stood .Kikyo noticed the foreshadow standing once again from behind Kagome , as another stood hovering over her in a protective embrace .Familiar faces also inhibited the scene as they stood within a protective stances surrounding the three within the small circle.

Averting Kikyo's eyes back to the three inside the protective circle as devastating pain overwhelmed by loss succumbed her.

Kagome seemed to be in a state of unconsciousness,unbeknownst to her of the goings on around her. Blood was trailing ,pooling in the spot around her in small amounts,as the tip of her first arrow was still embedded in her chest . A pink light soon engulfed Kagome, as something was acting within her to push out the protruding foreign object from her . Soon the blood oozing from her chest slowed ,once the arrow tip made it's way through the opening from which it entered.

Kikyo felt Kagome's fading light begin to strengthen as she witnessed the pale coloring to her skin to dissipate.

Kagome was in fact healing herself ,unintentionally and from the looks of it she was succeeding.

Kikyo realized something else as she had a revelation, a vision coming together, connecting with what she saw ,trying to make sense of it in her head .

"Impossible " Kikyo gasped

Kikyo's unexpected noise of surprise drew the attention of the others in the general area . As if on command six heads slowly turned towards the voice speaking about the circumstance in question. A fox kit,a demon slayer ,a perverted monk, a human , a demon,and a hanyou where now looking at the older priestess all looking at Kikyo with eyes of confusion, revenge , hurt , love , resentment , fear ,regret , peace , and one , lastly of surprise looking back at her.

It wasn't before long that Kagome awakened by two voices , spoken at once.

" Come on Kagome, Follow Me?"

" Wake Up Kagome, Ya alright?"

To be Continued...