Ch4
Kikyo had gathered the souls of women that had died due to a plague outburst. (I'm going to talk about them for a little while.) This had disgusted Inuyasha, but he couldn't complain. After all, he still blamed himself for Naraku's treachery. 'I'm sorry Kagome, but Kikyo came first. I hope you can forgive me. I'd give anything for you to be happy.' He thought as he watched Kikyo gather souls.
When Kikyo was done, she looked over to see Inuyasha deep in thought. She walked over to him. "Inuyasha, you're not thinking about my reincarnation, are you?"
"No, Kikyo, I'm not. You're the only one I love." 'Although I know it's not true. I love Kagome, but I owe Kikyo my life. Dose that mean that Kagome has to forfeit hers?'
"Come, Inuyasha, we have to get my soul back." Kikyo said as she started walking away from the village.
Inuyasha took a look back at all the sick people, "What about all these people, shouldn't we help them?" 'Kagome wouldn't have let me leave without trying to help, even if I wanted to.'
"No, I don't have time to dilly-dally with some sick people. The sooner I get my soul, the sooner, the sooner I get my jewel. Then I will alive, and you could be human."
"What's wrong with how I am now?" Inuyasha said, as he compared his dead lover, to his former friend. 'Kagome never seemed to have a problem with something like that.' Kikyo didn't answer him, because a villager had spotted her, and asked for her assistance. She helped, acting as though she cared, but Inuyasha was not fooled. 'Can't they see that she isn't trying? It's obvious that she doesn't want to do this, so why is she?'
~*~*~*~
Kagome had been in a clearing with Yoko. He gave her a small seed. "This is easy, all you have to do is make the rose grow."
"How do I do that?"
"Just think about a blooming flower, and focus your energy." He instructed.
Kagome closed her eyes, and imagined the rose blooming. She concentrated her energy, and tried. The first two times, she made the rose bloom, and explode. Yoko laughed as he remembered all the times he had done the same thing as a pup, and gave her another seed. After about forty five tries, Kagome got it. She was so happy that she started to jump up and down, yelling, "I DID IT!!!"
Yoko was amused at how happy she was for such a small accomplishment. 'She doesn't seem to have anything to be truly proud of. It seems that the henyou was keeping her a little too safe. She obviously has power, but is untrained. I guess that just means more work for me.' "Now that it's actually a rose, and not a pile of dust on the ground, you have to make it into a whip."
Kagome looked at the rose, then Yoko, then back at the rose, "Uhm. how do I do that?"
"Just use your spirit energy." after a short while of Kagome staring at him blankly, he sighed, "You can feel that energy stuff inside you when you fire an arrow, right?" She nodded, so Yoko continued, "That is spirit energy. You can manipulate the spirit energy. Do you understand." He waited for her to show a sign of understanding. Which she did, so he went on, "Good. That's all you're doing now. Just manipulating the spirit energy. Go ahead and try, this is one of the easier attacks."
Kagome focused her energy into making the rose into a weapon. After, about, a minute, it finally changed. Kagome looked down at it. 'It looks like a whip, so I think I got it. But it took so long.' "How was that?" she asked.
"You took too long. I could've killed you, at least, twelve times by now. But, at least you got it. Why don't we get some lunch. In fact, I think I have an idea." Yoko got a sly grin.
Kagome looked at him, "What?"
"Why don't you go and kill a dear with the whip, to get a feel for it."
"Killing? I can't kill, no. It's just a poor dear."
'Oh dear god, she's one of those types of people. this makes my job harder.' once again, Yoko sighed before he spoke, "Kagome, the dear would just die anyways, so it's alright to kill it. If we weren't suppose to kill our prey, and eat it, the deer (and other animals) wouldn't be made of meat. Now would it." He said as he started to walk her in the direction of where he smelt a dear.
Kagome thought about this for a secant, 'well, they are made of food, but it's a living thing. So are you. Yeah, but I don't want to kill it. It's alright, killing isn't that bad. Just as long as you don't torture it. I guess so.' She finally answered, "No, they wouldn't."
Yoko smiled 'I'm smooth.' (he might end up a tad bit conceded.) "There's a dear a few feet to your left. Good luck." He said as he went back to the camp, using his demon speed. (I'll get back to them later)
~*~*~*~
Kikyo was talking to the head villager, "I'm sorry, but there is nothing that I can do." She turned and left with Inuyasha trailing behind her.
"Kikyo", said Inuyasha, but she showed no sign of hearing him, so he grabbed her shoulder, "Kikyo!"
She sighed, "Yes, Inuyasha."
"We could have helped those people, there's herbs a Jenunji's (sp?) garden. I know him, he will help if he can. Why don't we just care for the villagers."
"You're a fool Inuyasha", Kikyo said, as she regarded him with a dull expression, "I was the one to let loose the plague upon the village. I need those women to die so I may live. Once I get my soul back, I will lift the plague. Until then, I am counting on the people dieing." She started to walk away from Inuyasha, only stopping to tell him to follow her, as if he were a dog. (no pun intended)
Inuyasha walked behind Kikyo, his head to the ground, in shame, 'I can't believe that she did that. How could you, Kikyo? Is this why some of the villagers used to flinch at your name, all those years ago? I will repay my debt to you, but not at the cost of Kagome's, or anyone else's life.' He decided right there, what he should do.
Kikyo had gathered the souls of women that had died due to a plague outburst. (I'm going to talk about them for a little while.) This had disgusted Inuyasha, but he couldn't complain. After all, he still blamed himself for Naraku's treachery. 'I'm sorry Kagome, but Kikyo came first. I hope you can forgive me. I'd give anything for you to be happy.' He thought as he watched Kikyo gather souls.
When Kikyo was done, she looked over to see Inuyasha deep in thought. She walked over to him. "Inuyasha, you're not thinking about my reincarnation, are you?"
"No, Kikyo, I'm not. You're the only one I love." 'Although I know it's not true. I love Kagome, but I owe Kikyo my life. Dose that mean that Kagome has to forfeit hers?'
"Come, Inuyasha, we have to get my soul back." Kikyo said as she started walking away from the village.
Inuyasha took a look back at all the sick people, "What about all these people, shouldn't we help them?" 'Kagome wouldn't have let me leave without trying to help, even if I wanted to.'
"No, I don't have time to dilly-dally with some sick people. The sooner I get my soul, the sooner, the sooner I get my jewel. Then I will alive, and you could be human."
"What's wrong with how I am now?" Inuyasha said, as he compared his dead lover, to his former friend. 'Kagome never seemed to have a problem with something like that.' Kikyo didn't answer him, because a villager had spotted her, and asked for her assistance. She helped, acting as though she cared, but Inuyasha was not fooled. 'Can't they see that she isn't trying? It's obvious that she doesn't want to do this, so why is she?'
~*~*~*~
Kagome had been in a clearing with Yoko. He gave her a small seed. "This is easy, all you have to do is make the rose grow."
"How do I do that?"
"Just think about a blooming flower, and focus your energy." He instructed.
Kagome closed her eyes, and imagined the rose blooming. She concentrated her energy, and tried. The first two times, she made the rose bloom, and explode. Yoko laughed as he remembered all the times he had done the same thing as a pup, and gave her another seed. After about forty five tries, Kagome got it. She was so happy that she started to jump up and down, yelling, "I DID IT!!!"
Yoko was amused at how happy she was for such a small accomplishment. 'She doesn't seem to have anything to be truly proud of. It seems that the henyou was keeping her a little too safe. She obviously has power, but is untrained. I guess that just means more work for me.' "Now that it's actually a rose, and not a pile of dust on the ground, you have to make it into a whip."
Kagome looked at the rose, then Yoko, then back at the rose, "Uhm. how do I do that?"
"Just use your spirit energy." after a short while of Kagome staring at him blankly, he sighed, "You can feel that energy stuff inside you when you fire an arrow, right?" She nodded, so Yoko continued, "That is spirit energy. You can manipulate the spirit energy. Do you understand." He waited for her to show a sign of understanding. Which she did, so he went on, "Good. That's all you're doing now. Just manipulating the spirit energy. Go ahead and try, this is one of the easier attacks."
Kagome focused her energy into making the rose into a weapon. After, about, a minute, it finally changed. Kagome looked down at it. 'It looks like a whip, so I think I got it. But it took so long.' "How was that?" she asked.
"You took too long. I could've killed you, at least, twelve times by now. But, at least you got it. Why don't we get some lunch. In fact, I think I have an idea." Yoko got a sly grin.
Kagome looked at him, "What?"
"Why don't you go and kill a dear with the whip, to get a feel for it."
"Killing? I can't kill, no. It's just a poor dear."
'Oh dear god, she's one of those types of people. this makes my job harder.' once again, Yoko sighed before he spoke, "Kagome, the dear would just die anyways, so it's alright to kill it. If we weren't suppose to kill our prey, and eat it, the deer (and other animals) wouldn't be made of meat. Now would it." He said as he started to walk her in the direction of where he smelt a dear.
Kagome thought about this for a secant, 'well, they are made of food, but it's a living thing. So are you. Yeah, but I don't want to kill it. It's alright, killing isn't that bad. Just as long as you don't torture it. I guess so.' She finally answered, "No, they wouldn't."
Yoko smiled 'I'm smooth.' (he might end up a tad bit conceded.) "There's a dear a few feet to your left. Good luck." He said as he went back to the camp, using his demon speed. (I'll get back to them later)
~*~*~*~
Kikyo was talking to the head villager, "I'm sorry, but there is nothing that I can do." She turned and left with Inuyasha trailing behind her.
"Kikyo", said Inuyasha, but she showed no sign of hearing him, so he grabbed her shoulder, "Kikyo!"
She sighed, "Yes, Inuyasha."
"We could have helped those people, there's herbs a Jenunji's (sp?) garden. I know him, he will help if he can. Why don't we just care for the villagers."
"You're a fool Inuyasha", Kikyo said, as she regarded him with a dull expression, "I was the one to let loose the plague upon the village. I need those women to die so I may live. Once I get my soul back, I will lift the plague. Until then, I am counting on the people dieing." She started to walk away from Inuyasha, only stopping to tell him to follow her, as if he were a dog. (no pun intended)
Inuyasha walked behind Kikyo, his head to the ground, in shame, 'I can't believe that she did that. How could you, Kikyo? Is this why some of the villagers used to flinch at your name, all those years ago? I will repay my debt to you, but not at the cost of Kagome's, or anyone else's life.' He decided right there, what he should do.