Shikon Uni. Drama

Chapter 29: Broken Inside

Once Kagome was inside the jewel, she saw a hut off on the side and a waterfall right in front of her. She touched the water and felt nothing but purity and happiness through each particle. A Koi fish swam in between her legs and the birds were singing. Suddenly, a figure came out of the darkness. The figure turned out to be Midoriko. She was holding a red velvet box case.

"Kagome, next caretaker of the Shikon no Tama, I give this to you." Kagome looked at Midoriko before she tentatively touched the box. She took the box and opened it. There was nothing there. Kagome had a confused look on her face. "Look harder. Things can be more than what they seem. Even if there is nothing there." Kagome looked at the inside of the box. She began to see a faint colour of blue. Then, she saw a sapphire colour inside the blue pigment. Every time she blinked, the colour would become stronger. A gold chain was then connected to the jewel. Kagome touched the chain it vaguely showed all her ancestors faces.

"Is this an heirloom?" She asked, uncertain of why her ancestors were on the chain.

"Yes. Every Higurashi daughter is to be remembered for their hard work after they die. After you die, this heirloom will have you in it." Midoriko scanned Kagome carefully. "I see that you will not die for a long time now. Since, you have demon blood running through your veins." Kagome nodded. Midoriko stepped forward to Kagome. "Where this around your neck at all times and you will be safe." Midoriko took the jewel out of the box and slipped it over Kagome's head and onto to her neck. "It can only work in a sacred place. It has magical powers, but I trust in you not to do anything rash." Kagome smiled. "Thank you."

"Now, we must transport to the arena to fight." Kagome sighed. She was just beginning to like this place. Midoriko touched the jewel around Kagome's neck and they began to fly across the sky to the arena.

Midoriko and Kagome landed on the ground inside the arena. It was decorated inside with pink and white colours. The ground inside was pure white and pillars were aligned around the them.

"Ready?" Midoriko asked with impassive eyes. Kagome simply nodded and the duel began. Kagome unsheathed her Tetsuya and aimed it at Midoriko. Midoriko just stood there motionless. Midoriko lifted her arm to her side then created two swords one pink and one blue. "Here we go." Kagome muttered under her breath.

Midoriko pointed her sword at Kagome. Kagome then sprang forward to attack Midoriko. Midoriko crossed her swords together, and when the swords clashed, Kagome was thrown back. Kagome growled and got back up to her feet.

Midoriko then created a ball of energy from her sword and threw it straight for Kagome. Kagome jumped out of the way and the ball crashed into the wall. However, the wall glowed and turned back to the way it was originally. Kagome turned her attention back to Midoriko, and noticed she was not there anymore. Kagome then felt the urge to duck. So she ducked and there Midoriko swung her sword just above Kagome's head. "Smart girl, trusting your instincts." Kagome then swung her sword at Midoriko and hit her in the stomach. Midoriko winced. "Nice, move." Kagome then released the sword out of her stomach and back flipped away from Midoriko. Midoriko glanced at her wound and then put her hand over it. She said a few magical words and her wound healed.

'She is only weakening her energy when she uses that.' Kagome thought. Kagome took this chance to strike Midoriko with her Uraniyami. Midoriko's eyes widened. She did not expect the attack to come so soon. Midoriko quickly put up a barrier to block the attack. Kagome panted. The attack subsided and Midoriko stood panting herself.

"Expect the unexpected." Midoriko smirked.

"I will make sure I don't do that again." Kagome sheathed her sword and bolted to Midoriko. Midoriko laughed. "You can not defeat me with out your sword." Kagome growled. 'I hope this works.' Kagome jumped up into the air and disappeared. Midoriko kept her guard up and when she saw movement, she used her sword to swing at yet again, nothing. Kagome was trying her patience. With that, Kagome took that opportunity to stick her claws in Midoriko's shoulder. "Release!" Midoriko was confused. Release what? Kagome unleashed her power against her shoulder and Midoriko began to scream in pain. Kagome felt her body pulse. "Ungh!" Kagome let go of Midoriko. Clutching her head and stomach. What was going on? She released the power inside of her to paralyze Midoriko's right arm. Why did her power back fire? Midoriko grasped her swords tighter once she felt Kagome withdraw her hand. "You were using too much power at the same time. Shame on you, I thought you knew that." Kagome growled in annoyance. She was right. Her body can't take out all that power at once.

Kagome slowly stood up with the support of her sword. 'When I disappeared I made myself invisible. But, when I released my poison, I was already drained out of power. Damn!' Kagome then felt the wind knocked out of her. Midoriko stuck her sword in her stomach. "…" Kagome couldn't see anymore. Her vision was becoming blurry. "I thought you were stronger than this. Guess I was wrong." Kagome yelled in pain as Midoriko stuck her sword further into her body. Kagome grasped the sword and used up all the spiritual powers she had left.

"If I wasn't strong I would have died when I was fighting Naraku." Slowly pushing back the sword. "If I wasn't strong I wouldn't be using my miko powers right now." Midoriko struggled to fight back. Where was this strength coming from? Was this her will power? "If I wasn't strong, I wouldn't be able to do this!" Kagome grasped Midoriko's neck. "You longed for freedom for eternities. You want to see more than what is here." Midoriko felt the tears coming to her eyes. "I can give you that." Midoriko dropped her swords. Grasping Kagome's hands, she couldn't breathe anymore until her eyes began to glow.

"Foolishness. Why would I want to be freed? I protect the jewel inside from hatred. I will not go down by the likes of a half breed." Kagome felt herself being thrown back into the wall hard. Blood managed to trickle down her mouth and forehead. Midoriko suddenly was in her face holding her neck. "You are weak. Now, you shall die." Kagome struggled but she gave up all hope. Midoriko felt a sharp pain in her chest. She turned back to see that Kagome had struck her claws into her heart. Midoriko's eyes stopped glowing and returned to their original crystal blue shade. She was not pale anymore, and her hands felt warm. She didn't understand. How could she have escaped her grasp?

She glanced back at the wall. Kagome's body began to fade away. "I cloned myself, when I disappeared. I was fighting you when I was trying to paralyze your arm, but I used up too much power. Right after you struck me with your sword, my clone was still invisible but switched places with me. I became invisible and when you threw me against the wall, I in turn struck you in the heart."

Midoriko cringed in pain. "So simple, yet brilliant. Thank you, Kagome you proved yourself…I…am…free." Midoriko burst into tiny sparkles and flew up towards the ceiling. Kagome could feel her legs giving in on her and fell to the ground unconscious. The walls began to disintegrate and Kagome was back in the old tunnel. Inuyasha used his arm to hide the bright light from his eyes. He then saw Midoriko again. "Where the hell is Kagome?" Midoriko smiled. "Do not fret. Kagome is alive. She killed me without the help of her sword. She freed me, so if you don't mind I will leave from here." Inuyasha blinked. "Feh. I knew she would win. Not like I doubted her or anything." Midoriko nodded. "We shall meet again." Inuyasha didn't bother listening because there Kagome lay on the ground unconscious.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha landed next to her body. When he turned her around her body was all bloody and bruised. 'What the hell happened to her?' He thought. He noticed that the jewel was on her neck and another necklace was underneath the Shikon no Tama. He shrugged and thought it would be a question he would ask when she woke up.

Inuyasha carried Kagome back to the school bridal style. When they finally got into the medical room, Kagome's eyes fluttered open and Inuyasha smiled. "You are finally awake." Kagome smiled back. Kaede entered the room and gasped at the sight of Kagome.

"What ye do now, Kagome?" Kaede asked.

"I was fighting…and I got back what was mine." Kaede's eyes widened when she saw the jewel hanging around Kagome's neck. "What are you doing with that? It belongs to an old priestess named Midoriko." Kagome blinked. 'It belonged to Midoriko before?' Kaede shoed Inuyasha out of the room so that she could bandage Kagome's wounds.

"I protect it now." Kagome finally spit out. Kaede nodded her head. Well always keep it out of sight or else someone will try to steal it away from ye." Kagome nodded. "I still have no clue what I am going to hide it with." Kaede smiled.

"Here take this it will protect it from harm and hit will keep it hidden." Kaede gave Kagome a piece of cloth. When Kagome draped it over the jewel, she could not see the imprints from where it was. Kagome smiled, but when she tried to take the cloth off, it zapped her. "If ye don't say the magic words then it will keep zapping ye." Kagome sucked on her abused finger. "So…what's the magic words?" Kaede shook her head. "Ye need to repeat the word three times and then when it glows underneath the cloth, which is when ye get to remove the cloth." Kagome smiled when she chose the magic words. "Inuyasha and Kagome forever." She repeated that two more times and the glow of the jewel shown through the cloth. "It worked." Kagome stated. Kaede nodded.

"Ye are done." Kagome nodded and gave Kaede a hug.

"Arigato Kaede." Kagome left and found Inuyasha waiting by the door tapping his foot against the ceramic tiled floor.

"Kagome are you done yet!" Inuyasha whined impatiently. Kagome rolled her eyes.

"You are such an impatient baka. Yes, I'm done. Come on let's go." Inuyasha smirked.

"But I'm your baka." Kagome smiled and kissed him on the lips. "Yes you are."

……………………………Meanwhile underneath……………

"You heinous, deceitful, collaborator! You said Inuyasha and Kagome would be dead." Kikyo pouted.

"But the magic mirror said only two will die that night!" Naraku complained. Kikyo seethed. "I told you not to use that stupid piece of trash." Naraku shrugged. "I think it's pretty."

Kikyo smacked her forehead. "I can't believe I am stuck down here with an idiot that thinks a mirror is attractive!"

Naraku took out a picture of the magic mirror and started to hug it. "I love you Magic Mirror. Even though you said the fairest was Kagome and Inuyasha, but I still love you!" Kikyo started to leave and slammed the big red door behind her to fall into a bottomless pit. "I'll get you for this Kagome Higurashi. If it's the last thing I'll do!"

"Why is there a bunch of dead people reaching to grab my body and why is there fire at the bottom? I thought this was a bottomless pit!" (That is The FINAL end to KIKYO! Everyone cheers)

"KIKYO, DON'T LEAVE ME IN THIS PLACE ALONE!" Kikyo sighed. "Not you again!" Naraku held his precious picture in his arms.

"Hey, look these people look just like my dollies. Hi dollies!" The so-called doll reached out for Naraku and pulled him into the cluster of dead people. "Kikyo come play with the dolls! Ah! What are you dollies doing with my picture?" The dead people looked at the picture and tore it up into shreds. Naraku screamed as the picture disappeared from his sight. Speaking of tearing into shreds, that is exactly what they did to Naraku.

Now for Kikyo, she was engulfed by the fire and burned until nothing was left.

………………………………Continuing With The Real World………………………

"You're going to KYOTO TOO?" Kagome asked baffled. "Am I the only one who is still in Tokyo?" Inuyasha frowned. "Well, I will come and visit when I can." Kagome did not smile one bit. "It's only five months, Kagome. Not an eternity." Inuyasha held her hands in his. "Five months is a long time! Why me?" Kagome smacked her head against the wall in frustration. Inuyasha pulled her away from him. "I have never got to ask you this Kagome, but how long are you staying in school for?" Kagome looked up towards him. "Another year and then I start my acting and singing career." Inuyasha's ears flattened towards his head. He is staying for three more years. Kagome smiled at him. "Why? How long are you staying?" Inuyasha turned away from her. "Threemoreyears." Kagome didn't catch that. "What?"

"Inuyasha what did you say?" Inuyasha turned towards her and said it towards her face this time. "If I want to become an engineer, I got to stay in school for three more years." Kagome looked down towards the ground. "So, what does that mean about our relationship?" Inuyasha smelt the scent of salt. 'Kagome don't cry. Don't cry.' Inuyasha hugged her. "It just means we are going to always have a distant relationship until I get out of school." Kagome couldn't take it anymore. "Would it be best if we break it off right now instead of when you are studying like crazy?" She felt her heart break into a million pieces. Why did she say that? Inuyasha's heart cracked when she said those exact words. "Fine break up with me! It's not like our relationship could have stayed!" Kagome's heart couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out. "Kagome you promised you would stay with me! Now, you broke your promise and I don't know what to do anymore!" Kagome just stood there and cried. "Inuyasha, I didn't know what I was thinking when I said that. I'm just frustrated now." Inuyasha growled. "Feh. Just stay away from me." With that he walked away. Those words repeated in her mind over and over again hitting her in the heart again and again. 'INUYASHA!' IDIOT! I'm such an idiot!'

"If he doesn't want me to be around him then I won't." Kagome walked away in the exact opposite direction Inuyasha left. Kagome walked in her room and kicked the nearest box that she could see. "I guess I should call a moving truck right now so it can pick all these boxes up and head back home." Kagome picked up the phone and dialed the moving van's number.

The next day when someone knocked on her door, she answered it and signed the paper so the person could move her things. Once everything was downstairs ready to go home all her friends including Inuyasha were in the hallway saying their goodbyes. Sango caught Kagome's eye and they both started to cry. "I will miss you so much!" Kagome and Sango shouted in unison. Kagome then hugged Miroku, Rin, Koga, and Sesshomaru. But, when it came down to Inuyasha they both just turned away and walked away to where they needed to go. (In Slow Motion) Kagome looked behind her then looked back infront her. Inuyasha looked back right after she looked back and then turned his attention back to infront of him.

Tears rolled down Kagome's face. Everyone stood still not knowing what just happened.

Kagome placed the keys to her dorm on the front desk and left to go home.

"Goodbye Inuyasha see you next year." Kagome sighed and drove off in her new car back home until those dreaded five months were over. Her cell phone suddenly rang while she was in the car so she picked it up. It was Sango. "Kagome what happened?" Kagome's heart stopped. She didn't want to tell right now. She wanted to get out. So badly, she wanted to get out and fix things. Sango heard background noises. Sounding like an engine. "Kagome you aren't driving are you?" Kagome replied with a 'yes'. Sango sighed and hung up the phone.

Kagome didn't notice the on coming traffic speeding towards her but when she took her eyes off the road and put her cell phone away she saw the cars coming towards her and she crashed into a small white Toyota. The glass shattered and her car flipped over on its side. Kagome sat there, blood pouring out of the side of her head, unconscious, and without a heartbeat. Crushed between the seat and the stirring wheel she had one last thought.

Which was how she loved Inuyasha.

Ambulances and police cars surrounded off the area with tape and their own cars. Paramedics put Kagome on a stretcher and carried her into the vehicle, rushing towards the hospital.

Inuyasha just happened to be driving right past the accident and sniffed whose scent it was. "Ka-gome!" He followed the ambulance and saw Kagome being lifted out from the vehicle and into the emergency room. "KAGOME!" He ran after the her but two big guys pinned him down to the ground. "KAGOME!"

"KAGOME!" Inuyasha threw the two men off him and finally caught up to the rolling stretcher she was on. "Hey You! Stay away from the woman she's in critical condition if you haven't noticed!" Inuyasha growled. "SHUT UP! SHE'S MY GIRLFRIEND!"

"Well, do her a favor and let her be taken care of before she dies." Inuyasha sniffed her scent again. Death was written all over her face. No heartbeat and no sign of breathing! Inuyasha panicked. "Kagome don't die on me!" He hugged her but the two people that attacked him earlier again pinned him down. He fell down and was knocked out.