Lifeless
Chapter 4
Dead Serious
"I can't believe I believed everything we had would last.
So young and naive for me to think she was from your past."
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Was I not good enough for you?
"Who will you kill Inuyasha? The souless miko or her reincarnation?" Naraku questioned after explaining another of his complex plans.
Did I make a mistake?
"I'm sorry, Kagome." Inuyasha finally whispered after what seemed like an eternity. She felt her breathing rush, and tears unconsciously come out of lowered eyes. It couldn't be true she told herself.
But it was.
Could I have done something differently?
At first she called out his name as Inuyasha came towards her with emotionless eyes. Continued to tell herself that this wasn't- couldn't be real.
"Inuyasha?"
He was only ten feet away.
"Inuyasha? Are you okay?"
Five feet.
"Inu- ya- sha..." she cried out between sobs.
He was right in front of her now.
Can I have a retake?
She looked up into his eyes from her tied position to the cross. Desperate to convince herself that this couldn't possibly be her Inuyasha, that it had to be an imposter. But she knew those eyes. She'd followed them for years, they were impossibly to mistake with any others.
One hand lifted her face and the other went to her throat. She could feel a claw pressing into her skin. Her eyes widened as it punctured the skin lightly, drawing the blood. This was real.
She was going to die.
I only wish you'd look at me.
The claw was pressing her skin harder now. But she didn't feel the pain any more. She couldn't feel the pain anymore: it was no longer painful.
All of a sudden he took her into his arm and hugged her limp body tightly against his chest. Was he going to change his mind?
"I'm sorry, Kagome. I'm so sorry," he whispered gently into her ear.
Of course not. Life lesson #1: Kikyo always won.
His claw lifted of her neck as he gently placed her on the ground.
"It would have been better if you never met me," were the last words she heard him say as he slit her throat and darkness enveloped her.
But then again, what would you see?
It would have been so much easier if her life had ended there. If all her emotions would just evaporate along with her soul. But it wasn't over. It never would be.
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"Silly of me to dream of one day having your kids.
Love is so blind, it feels right when it's wrong.
From now on, I'm gonna be my own best friend"