Ok...nothing can be said about this chapter...Some ass kicking in it and some hurt feelings, but besides
that, just pretty much your basic meeting between a dead priestess and her ex-boyfriend's stubborn,
smart ass, and yet very adorable, little sister from the future...well, most of that's true anyways...
Chapter 11: Lost
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Breathing noisily, she ran towards the glowing lighted area deep within the forest. Her fear did
not stop her, it only persisted her to run faster, until she was practically flying on her feet. Finally, she
knew she was close, hearing the voice of Inuyasha and the voice of a woman, cold and serious.
She crept up behind a tree and slowly peered around the side of it. There, she saw a horrific
sight. The woman dressed in red and white, whom she assumed was Kikyo from the uncanny likeness
she had to Kagome, had Inuyasha's back pinned to a tree and a dagger pressed firmly underneath his
chin. Kikyo's eyes were full of hate. Her mouth was curled in an evil smile. Strangely enough, as Iliana
stared into Inuyasha's face, he looked happy himself, content that his fate rested in her dead hands.
Iliana's heart froze. The thought of losing the only other family she had now, only days after she
found him, raced through her mind. Usually, quick acting was one of her better qualities, but she had
no idea what to do. She just didn't understand what was going on. Her hand dropped to her side, she
had not realized she was holding it up to her gaping mouth, and it landed on a hard rectangular object.
She let her eyes wonder down to her side. Seeing the object, he eyes grew wide. That afternoon,
Iliana had looped the strap of her camera through her belt so she would not have to carry it around.
Without thinking, she fumbled with it, pressing down on the button as she did so and the flash went off,
giving her presence away.
Kikyo's eyes left Inuyasha, going to the blinding light, knowing non of her soul collectors could
make such a spectacular display. Her cold face remained vicious, revealing her ugly plans to get rid of
anything that got in her way. Inuyasha though, knew exactly what that flash of light was from. His face
went from pleased to unquestioning fright. 'Why doesn't she ever listen?' he thought to himself.
"Show yourself!" said the dry voice of the priestess.
Drawing in a deep breath and squeezing her bo tightly, she stepped forward thinking to herself
half way comically, 'What is it with me coming out from behind trees?' Confidently, she marched up to
Kikyo and gave her the most determined look she could muster. "I suggest that you take you're dirt
hands off of him before I do it for you," she said in a menacing voice.
Kikyo's face cracked and she began to laugh hysterically. Inuyasha was worried, looking at
Iliana and waiting for her to do something. Once, Kikyo gained her composer, she removed the dagger
from Inuyasha's neck and pointed it to Iliana. "Leave now, and I will spare you. No one will get in my
way," she claimed.
"Kikyo, don't," Inuyasha said breathlessly.
"What? Have you replaced me so easily? And, with that!" she said returning the dagger to his
throat.
Not waiting another second, Iliana took action. She struck her bo down upon her neck for a
distraction. This gave her the power to knock the dagger out of her hand, which went flying through the
air, impaling the ground near Iliana's feet. She pointed the end of her bo to her forehead and stared at
her enemy. She let a playfully wicked smile come to her face as she spoke. "Gee, Yashie, you must be
quite a catch to even have dead chicks trying to get you to go to Hell with them," she said sarcastically.
"You...you know?" Inuyasha asked confused.
"Miroku told me."
"That idiot!" he shouted.
"Well, someone had to tell me, it was obvious you weren't going to."
"Enough!" Kikyo interjected. "Inuyasha, who is this girl?"
"She is Iliana, my sister," he said softly.
"Sister?"
"Yeah, that's right, so you can also drop the jealousy act and get off my case!" shouted Iliana.
"Oh, get off your case? I haven't gotten on your case, as you say it! It's apparent that I will
have to kill you before I return to finish what I am still on Earth to do!" Not giving her another
moment's notice, Kikyo released Inuyasha and lunged towards Iliana. Inuyasha just looked on in awe.
Kikyo quickly let an arrow fly, but it was blocked with a wooden bo. She continued in her futile
blows, hoping to diminish her opponents strength. When she had successfully backed Iliana up a ways,
she bent to retrieve the dagger on the ground. Before she was able to reach it, Iliana rushed her and
struck her against her temple. Kikyo put her arms up defensively. Next thing she knew, Iliana had
Kikyo pinned between the very same tree that she had Inuyasha pinned on and her bo positioned under
her chin and at her wrists. She was quickly losing strength in her system of clay and bones.
With a vile smile that rivaled Kikyo's, Iliana spoke to her captive, watching her squirm, seeing the
souls escape her body. "Many people may be scared of you, but all I see in front of me is a selfish
bitch! And, I don't take well to anyone who tries to take the life of anyone, especially my brother,
before their rightful time comes." At her last words, she tightened her bo on her neck. "This is where
I'd usually let you go, but since you are already dead, I feel the need to release you from wondering this
world."
Iliana felt Kikyo weaken beneath her. Her job was almost complete, a few more moments and it
would be over. But, that did not happen. Several tiny sharp twinges went into her left shoulder. She
was rapidly yanked backward, pain rushing through her shoulder, landing on her back on the ground.
She looked up from with disarrayed vision, seeing an anxious hanyou holding up a gasping priestess.
Iliana was perplexed beyond compare. Looking at her shoulder, she saw four bloodied claw marks
ripped across her flesh. She gasped, searching for Inuyasha's eyes, finding them looking at her, full of
shock.
"Iliana?" he asked cautiously.
She crossed her hand over her shoulder and tried to hold back her tears. Losing her battle, she
let her tears roll down her face as her heart broke and spirit sank into the depths of darkness.
"Ili, I...I'm..."
Not able to speak through her sobs, she silently got up and gamboled back into the forest,
guessing the direction of camp.
"Ili, I'm sorry!" he called, but his apology either wasn't heard or ignored.
Turning back to face Kikyo, she was still weak but able to stand on her own. Inuyasha went to
reach for her, but she quickly averted his touch and called her soul collectors to come and take her
away. "We will finish this some other time, Inuyasha," she said over her shoulder before she
disappeared into the night.
Grimly, he watched the sky before retreating into the forest, following the scent of roses and
thick salt. He listened to the soft cries of someone that had just been betrayed in the worse way that he
could possibly think of. He found her, stumbling and tumbling over sticks and logs, using her bo as a
walking stick, clasping her hand over her injured shoulder. Quietly walking up to her, he came right up
to her without her noticing her. "Ili?" he said quietly. Not getting a response, he gently laid his hand on
her right shoulder getting her attention.
"Don't you dare touch me!" she screamed, whipping around to face him.
Not listening to her demand, he grabbed her by her arms and clamped them down to her side.
She struggled against his grasp, cursing as she kicked and scratched him. "Why didn't you listen to
me? Why didn't you stay at camp? Answer me!" he yelled
"Because I was worried! I didn't want to loose you!" she was able to choke out. She ripped
his hands off of her and backed away. "Why did you just stand there? Why were you going to let her
kill you?"
"Because, my life belongs to her," he stated.
"What?"
"My life is hers to do whatever she wants with it. It's my fault that she died..."
"And it's my fault Emil died when he saved my life but you don't see me committing suicide for
it!"
He fell silent when she screamed at him. Looking away from her gaze, his eyes located the
wounds on her shoulder that he himself had inflicted.
She looked down and unbuckled her belt, released her camera, and buckled her belt again.
She turned on the power and switched the view screen on. Once she found what she was looking for,
she turned the camera around and thrust it toward Inuyasha's face. The image on the view screen was
a badly taken, crooked picture of what she had seen deep in the forest. "Look at her, Yash! Look at
her face. Miroku told me that she loved you once upon a time. But, that look is of hatred and
selfishness! If she loved you as you still think she does, she would let you live out your life until it was
you're time to leave this planet. Then, and only then, if you want to go spend eternity in Hell with her,
then go right ahead, damn it!
"You're not the only one waiting to die to see you're loved ones. I wonder everyday when I
will see the rest of my family again. But, I can't be selfish like that bitch. I'll see them when the time is
right. And, I know that I still have things to do before I die, I have people that don't want me to leave
just yet, I hope you are one of them. And, you have people who want you around! I'm one of them!"
Inuyasha eyes shot up to her still crying ones. He had never thought of Kikyo's actions as selfish for
wanting him with her. He certainly never thought anyone would figure out his wanting to die to pay the
debt he owed to Kikyo for letting her die. Yet, this was the first time anyone said she wanted the same
thing as him, just when the time was right for her to go. But, at that moment in time, he didn't care. He
just wanted to forget his pain and go numb to the world. Not able to look at her any longer, he
returned his stare to her shoulder. "Iliana, I'm sorry. I didn't...think that anyone would care if I..."
He wasn't allowed to say another word. Iliana had jumped into his arms, just as she did the first
time they met, and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. She buried her face into his silver hair
that rested on his shoulder. His arms went loosely around her waist, holding her close to him. He just
repeated the phrase, "I'm sorry" over and over again.
"I was so scared I was going to loose you already," she whispered, sniffling. "I just found you,
I didn't want to become alone again so quickly. I just found where I think I may belong and you were
going to take that away from me." She pulled away from him far enough to look into his amber pools.
"Promise me you'll never scare me like that again."
He drew her into him and held her as if, this time, he wouldn't let her go. "I promise," he said.
They walked back to camp a few minutes later, greeted by the welcoming light. After Kagome
had bandaged Iliana's shoulder, which she said was scratched by a branch, they quickly settled in.
Iliana laid sprawled out next to Kagome, who had Shippou curled up happily next to her head fast
asleep. Before she had fallen completely unconscious herself, Kagome leaned over and whispered,
"What did you think of Kikyo?"
She sighed and rolled over to her side. Looking thoughtful, she said, "Personally, I don't like her.
But, I can't help to be sorry for her."
"Why?" asked Kagome.
She looked over at Inuyahsa, staring into the flames of the fire. "She's lost, in a world she
shouldn't have to suffer in, anymore."
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Ok...ahhh. Yeah. That's it for now. I'm kinda at a loss of imagination right now. But I will try to crank
out of another chap for tomorrow...I'm really trying to finish up this story before school starts. Ah, ok,
I gotta go now, my sweetie is coming over so I gotta close up my laptop and clean up the house.
Take it Easy!!!
LFA
that, just pretty much your basic meeting between a dead priestess and her ex-boyfriend's stubborn,
smart ass, and yet very adorable, little sister from the future...well, most of that's true anyways...
Chapter 11: Lost
***************************************************************************
Breathing noisily, she ran towards the glowing lighted area deep within the forest. Her fear did
not stop her, it only persisted her to run faster, until she was practically flying on her feet. Finally, she
knew she was close, hearing the voice of Inuyasha and the voice of a woman, cold and serious.
She crept up behind a tree and slowly peered around the side of it. There, she saw a horrific
sight. The woman dressed in red and white, whom she assumed was Kikyo from the uncanny likeness
she had to Kagome, had Inuyasha's back pinned to a tree and a dagger pressed firmly underneath his
chin. Kikyo's eyes were full of hate. Her mouth was curled in an evil smile. Strangely enough, as Iliana
stared into Inuyasha's face, he looked happy himself, content that his fate rested in her dead hands.
Iliana's heart froze. The thought of losing the only other family she had now, only days after she
found him, raced through her mind. Usually, quick acting was one of her better qualities, but she had
no idea what to do. She just didn't understand what was going on. Her hand dropped to her side, she
had not realized she was holding it up to her gaping mouth, and it landed on a hard rectangular object.
She let her eyes wonder down to her side. Seeing the object, he eyes grew wide. That afternoon,
Iliana had looped the strap of her camera through her belt so she would not have to carry it around.
Without thinking, she fumbled with it, pressing down on the button as she did so and the flash went off,
giving her presence away.
Kikyo's eyes left Inuyasha, going to the blinding light, knowing non of her soul collectors could
make such a spectacular display. Her cold face remained vicious, revealing her ugly plans to get rid of
anything that got in her way. Inuyasha though, knew exactly what that flash of light was from. His face
went from pleased to unquestioning fright. 'Why doesn't she ever listen?' he thought to himself.
"Show yourself!" said the dry voice of the priestess.
Drawing in a deep breath and squeezing her bo tightly, she stepped forward thinking to herself
half way comically, 'What is it with me coming out from behind trees?' Confidently, she marched up to
Kikyo and gave her the most determined look she could muster. "I suggest that you take you're dirt
hands off of him before I do it for you," she said in a menacing voice.
Kikyo's face cracked and she began to laugh hysterically. Inuyasha was worried, looking at
Iliana and waiting for her to do something. Once, Kikyo gained her composer, she removed the dagger
from Inuyasha's neck and pointed it to Iliana. "Leave now, and I will spare you. No one will get in my
way," she claimed.
"Kikyo, don't," Inuyasha said breathlessly.
"What? Have you replaced me so easily? And, with that!" she said returning the dagger to his
throat.
Not waiting another second, Iliana took action. She struck her bo down upon her neck for a
distraction. This gave her the power to knock the dagger out of her hand, which went flying through the
air, impaling the ground near Iliana's feet. She pointed the end of her bo to her forehead and stared at
her enemy. She let a playfully wicked smile come to her face as she spoke. "Gee, Yashie, you must be
quite a catch to even have dead chicks trying to get you to go to Hell with them," she said sarcastically.
"You...you know?" Inuyasha asked confused.
"Miroku told me."
"That idiot!" he shouted.
"Well, someone had to tell me, it was obvious you weren't going to."
"Enough!" Kikyo interjected. "Inuyasha, who is this girl?"
"She is Iliana, my sister," he said softly.
"Sister?"
"Yeah, that's right, so you can also drop the jealousy act and get off my case!" shouted Iliana.
"Oh, get off your case? I haven't gotten on your case, as you say it! It's apparent that I will
have to kill you before I return to finish what I am still on Earth to do!" Not giving her another
moment's notice, Kikyo released Inuyasha and lunged towards Iliana. Inuyasha just looked on in awe.
Kikyo quickly let an arrow fly, but it was blocked with a wooden bo. She continued in her futile
blows, hoping to diminish her opponents strength. When she had successfully backed Iliana up a ways,
she bent to retrieve the dagger on the ground. Before she was able to reach it, Iliana rushed her and
struck her against her temple. Kikyo put her arms up defensively. Next thing she knew, Iliana had
Kikyo pinned between the very same tree that she had Inuyasha pinned on and her bo positioned under
her chin and at her wrists. She was quickly losing strength in her system of clay and bones.
With a vile smile that rivaled Kikyo's, Iliana spoke to her captive, watching her squirm, seeing the
souls escape her body. "Many people may be scared of you, but all I see in front of me is a selfish
bitch! And, I don't take well to anyone who tries to take the life of anyone, especially my brother,
before their rightful time comes." At her last words, she tightened her bo on her neck. "This is where
I'd usually let you go, but since you are already dead, I feel the need to release you from wondering this
world."
Iliana felt Kikyo weaken beneath her. Her job was almost complete, a few more moments and it
would be over. But, that did not happen. Several tiny sharp twinges went into her left shoulder. She
was rapidly yanked backward, pain rushing through her shoulder, landing on her back on the ground.
She looked up from with disarrayed vision, seeing an anxious hanyou holding up a gasping priestess.
Iliana was perplexed beyond compare. Looking at her shoulder, she saw four bloodied claw marks
ripped across her flesh. She gasped, searching for Inuyasha's eyes, finding them looking at her, full of
shock.
"Iliana?" he asked cautiously.
She crossed her hand over her shoulder and tried to hold back her tears. Losing her battle, she
let her tears roll down her face as her heart broke and spirit sank into the depths of darkness.
"Ili, I...I'm..."
Not able to speak through her sobs, she silently got up and gamboled back into the forest,
guessing the direction of camp.
"Ili, I'm sorry!" he called, but his apology either wasn't heard or ignored.
Turning back to face Kikyo, she was still weak but able to stand on her own. Inuyasha went to
reach for her, but she quickly averted his touch and called her soul collectors to come and take her
away. "We will finish this some other time, Inuyasha," she said over her shoulder before she
disappeared into the night.
Grimly, he watched the sky before retreating into the forest, following the scent of roses and
thick salt. He listened to the soft cries of someone that had just been betrayed in the worse way that he
could possibly think of. He found her, stumbling and tumbling over sticks and logs, using her bo as a
walking stick, clasping her hand over her injured shoulder. Quietly walking up to her, he came right up
to her without her noticing her. "Ili?" he said quietly. Not getting a response, he gently laid his hand on
her right shoulder getting her attention.
"Don't you dare touch me!" she screamed, whipping around to face him.
Not listening to her demand, he grabbed her by her arms and clamped them down to her side.
She struggled against his grasp, cursing as she kicked and scratched him. "Why didn't you listen to
me? Why didn't you stay at camp? Answer me!" he yelled
"Because I was worried! I didn't want to loose you!" she was able to choke out. She ripped
his hands off of her and backed away. "Why did you just stand there? Why were you going to let her
kill you?"
"Because, my life belongs to her," he stated.
"What?"
"My life is hers to do whatever she wants with it. It's my fault that she died..."
"And it's my fault Emil died when he saved my life but you don't see me committing suicide for
it!"
He fell silent when she screamed at him. Looking away from her gaze, his eyes located the
wounds on her shoulder that he himself had inflicted.
She looked down and unbuckled her belt, released her camera, and buckled her belt again.
She turned on the power and switched the view screen on. Once she found what she was looking for,
she turned the camera around and thrust it toward Inuyasha's face. The image on the view screen was
a badly taken, crooked picture of what she had seen deep in the forest. "Look at her, Yash! Look at
her face. Miroku told me that she loved you once upon a time. But, that look is of hatred and
selfishness! If she loved you as you still think she does, she would let you live out your life until it was
you're time to leave this planet. Then, and only then, if you want to go spend eternity in Hell with her,
then go right ahead, damn it!
"You're not the only one waiting to die to see you're loved ones. I wonder everyday when I
will see the rest of my family again. But, I can't be selfish like that bitch. I'll see them when the time is
right. And, I know that I still have things to do before I die, I have people that don't want me to leave
just yet, I hope you are one of them. And, you have people who want you around! I'm one of them!"
Inuyasha eyes shot up to her still crying ones. He had never thought of Kikyo's actions as selfish for
wanting him with her. He certainly never thought anyone would figure out his wanting to die to pay the
debt he owed to Kikyo for letting her die. Yet, this was the first time anyone said she wanted the same
thing as him, just when the time was right for her to go. But, at that moment in time, he didn't care. He
just wanted to forget his pain and go numb to the world. Not able to look at her any longer, he
returned his stare to her shoulder. "Iliana, I'm sorry. I didn't...think that anyone would care if I..."
He wasn't allowed to say another word. Iliana had jumped into his arms, just as she did the first
time they met, and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. She buried her face into his silver hair
that rested on his shoulder. His arms went loosely around her waist, holding her close to him. He just
repeated the phrase, "I'm sorry" over and over again.
"I was so scared I was going to loose you already," she whispered, sniffling. "I just found you,
I didn't want to become alone again so quickly. I just found where I think I may belong and you were
going to take that away from me." She pulled away from him far enough to look into his amber pools.
"Promise me you'll never scare me like that again."
He drew her into him and held her as if, this time, he wouldn't let her go. "I promise," he said.
They walked back to camp a few minutes later, greeted by the welcoming light. After Kagome
had bandaged Iliana's shoulder, which she said was scratched by a branch, they quickly settled in.
Iliana laid sprawled out next to Kagome, who had Shippou curled up happily next to her head fast
asleep. Before she had fallen completely unconscious herself, Kagome leaned over and whispered,
"What did you think of Kikyo?"
She sighed and rolled over to her side. Looking thoughtful, she said, "Personally, I don't like her.
But, I can't help to be sorry for her."
"Why?" asked Kagome.
She looked over at Inuyahsa, staring into the flames of the fire. "She's lost, in a world she
shouldn't have to suffer in, anymore."
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Ok...ahhh. Yeah. That's it for now. I'm kinda at a loss of imagination right now. But I will try to crank
out of another chap for tomorrow...I'm really trying to finish up this story before school starts. Ah, ok,
I gotta go now, my sweetie is coming over so I gotta close up my laptop and clean up the house.
Take it Easy!!!
LFA