T.T sad. but...since my internet was fried, and i only got 4 reviews (i think, my math sucks. maybe 5 reviews) i'm updating now. hmmm. it's about time i got around to this chapter. it's been in my head a while. arigato for reading this far n.
Kagome fell to her knees, mouth open in shock. Her entire body shook, and her throat caught. She shook her head slowly.
No. This can't happen. And she looked up again at the scene before her.
Naraku stood stiff, scyth still in flesh...but not Inuyasha's. Haiku's.
She stood inches from Naraku's face, head bowed, and his weapon in her stomach. Warm blood dripped on Inuyasha's body, and he looked up at Haiku's back. Blood stained her white kimono and her hair snapped in the wind. His eyes widened in shock, and he open and closed his mouth severl times.
Kagome's eyes snapped from Haiku to Inuyasha, then her body acted before her brain could catch up. She shot up from the grass, and ran to Inuyasha. She fell to her knees again, this time next to Inuyasha. Kagome looked at him with apparent worry.
"Inuyasha? Inuyasha, answer me!" She cried desprately, but he just closed his eyes slowly, and layed flat.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome leaned forward on her heels, and gently placing her hands on his chest. She looked at his face, almost leaning completely over him.
In front of them, hidden from their sight, Haiku smirked, her hair blocking her eyes from view. Then she softly began to laugh.
"Not all that smart are you?" She whispered. "Why else do you think that every demon you sent out was killed, and why do you think that they are still alive. Naraku, I am much stronger than you, and it's time you saw that." With her last words, she slowly lifted her head, and looked at Naraku with cold white eyes.
He tried to back away, but he found he couldn't move. He could barely breathe. Haiku blinked once, then smiled. The wind snapped harder, and it felt like needles on their skin. Kagome looked at Inuyasha with worry.
He had been wounded like this before, but he lost a lot of blood. The cut on his arm was deep, but the one on his stomach was much worse. It nearly cut through him, but it seemed he backed away just in time to save himself. Even for him, this wound take a while to heal.
Inuyasha still lightly gripped Tetsaiguia, so Kagome didn't have to worry about him transforming, but his breathing was shallow, and she feared the worse. She knew that not only was he injured, but he had transformed, leaving him weak.
-xXx-
Sango wanted to follow Kagome right after she ran away, but Miroku stopped her.
"It may be best if we didn't go after her."
"But, Miroku-!"
"Sango, I know it's hard, but we have to give your brother a proper burial." Sango's eyes widened, and with tears clouding her vision, she nodded. Miroku glanced down at the boy, then looked back up at Sango. But, he looked shocked, and he shot his vision back down at Kohaku. It was faint, but it was there, and that would be enough for Sango. Kohaku was breathing.
-xXx-
Kagome continued to make Inuyasha answer her, so she didn't notice that the tree tops were swaying around her, and the leaves were blowing wildly around them. Haiku drilled holes into Naraku with her eyes. Then with one quick, fluid motion, she caught him by the arm, and threw him far and hard.
She slowly stepped to where he had landed, her wound healing rapidly, and the wind becoming them sharper.
"Naraku, this is the last of you." She whispered, then she remembered a later entry.
Things change; some for the better
Others for worse.
I want to change, and I want to be stronger.
Make me stronger.
And I will kill him.
She knew only two people who had said that, and both had nearly backed her into the wall screaming at her. The two people were Inuyasha, and Kagome. Both had wanted to change themselves, but the main difference in their decisions, were that Inuyasha wanted to change for the worse, not knowing that it would end up bad yet. Kagome, on the other hand, had wanted to be stronger so that she could help defend herself. She had wanted to measure up to Kikyo, and Haiku was the only way she could do just that.
Haiku stopped advancing, and seethed out, "Get out of here. It's not my place to kill you." Then she turned her back to Naraku, and began to walk to Inuyasha.
"Then I will kill you!!" And with that, he brought up his scyth, and swiped it across the back of her neck. Haiku's eyes became wide, and she spun around, about to kill him anyway. He was quick, and slashed her throat. She fell to her knees, then to the ground, blood pooled around her, draining her very life. Naraku smirked smugly, and vanished, leaving Kagome, Inuyasha, and Haiku's body alone.
The wind died down, leaving the air heavy and still. Kagome looked between Haiku and Inuyasha. Then, her emotions getting the better of her, she screamed, and buried her face in her hands. She cried heavily, her shoulders shaking, and her breath coming in gasps.
She knew they had both done this because of her. They had fought, and been wounded, and killed because they had made her a promise. She might as well have been holding the blade herself. Kagome found herself remembering everything that had happened between herself and Inuyasha. Everything from when they first met, to now. And in a strange way, she knew that Haiku had brought her and Inuyasha closer. It was twisted into knots that balled Kagome's stomach in knots.
It was only a gentle brush, but something grazed across her arm. She looked down, and saw Inuyasha looking up at her with glassy eyes. He seemed distant and just barely there at all.
"K-Kag...ome." He whispered. She saw it in his eyes, and in the amount of blood around him. He was dieing.
"No, Inuyasha! Don't leave me!" She cried, gripping his kimono with her hands. "You can't! You've been hurt before! Inuyasha, you can't do this to me!" Tears fell freely from her eyes onto him.
"I...I'm...sorry." Then his eyes slowly fell closed, and his head lolled to one side.
"Inuyasha? Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed out. "INUYASHA!!!!"
ok, same thing as last time. if i get 8 reviews, i update monday. if not, next friday. oh, and, since i forgot, is it day or night in fic? it's important for the next chapter. n.n i'm getting into the death scenes aren't i. oh, and also tell me if you want happy or sad ending. i can't decide.
