Chapter 9
"Sango? What's going on over there? Can you see?" Miroku asked as the dance ended and he noticed a crowd gathering around the stairs.
"No Miroku, I can't see anything. Let's get closer. Stay together." Sango said and grabbed his hand. Miroku smiled but did not take advantage of the situation. They walked to the stairs and realized what was happening. Miroku knew more than Sango. He realized that Inuyasha was supposed to choose one of the girls that were walking away. Suddenly Kagome stopped at the top of the stairs. She turned.
"Inuyasha. Don't choose. I can't…I can't." Kagome began to cry and collapsed onto the stairs. Prince Kouga stepped from the crowd at the same time as Miroku. Miroku reached Kagome first for some odd reason and took her into his arms and glared at Inuyasha. After that, her walked away.
"No…" Inuyasha was frozen at the bottom of the stairs. His mother approached him and pulled him into a side room telling everyone to go back to the ballroom.
"Inuyasha, you are hurting both of those girls. You must pick and stay with one. Kagome cannot take this indecision."
"Yes mother. I will be back but right now I need to walk."
"Ok Inuyasha." She said sadly watching him walk out so distraught.
(Inuyasha's thoughts…) I love both. Why was Kagome at that well. Maybe my answers are there. Inuyasha approached the well. Scrolls. Those are spells. This well has a spell on it. I cannot even approach it. Or maybe if I do I can see whatever Kagome wanted to see. Inuyasha ran at the well and felt the pain as he went through the barrier. He felt time slip past him and he was in the well once more. He jumped out and saw landscape all around him. He heard a scream of a kitsune in the well behind him and looked to find the kitsune that Kagome called "Shippo" in the well.
"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked. Shippo did not answer but instead pushed Inuyasha through to another clearing. There he saw the trees. He looked and saw those trees from his dreams. He saw himself on the tree and then looked to either side and saw Kikyo and Kagome's mother.
"Where is…this?" Inuyasha turned to find the kitsune was gone once more.
"this is where you came to be and lived before Kagome came. When you were little you lived in the northern domains. Your father was killed and then your mother. You were all by yourself since your brother hated you. Then you heard of the Shikon no Tama and came here to find a priestess named Kikyo. You became close and were going to use the jewel to turn into a human. You were betrayed and Kikyo shot you to a tree because of another half youkai named Naraku. A sleeping spell was put on you and Kagome woke you 50 years later."
Inuyasha spun around at the sound of his own voice talking to him. The Inuyasha on the tree (I'm gonna call the Inuyasha on the tree Inu-kun and the one that doesn't remember anything Inuyasha.) had woken up once more and was looking at himself.
"Why are you on the tree then?" Inuyasha asked. Inu-kun chuckled. "Kikyo." Inuyasha's face turned to a shocked look.
"Kikyo did this to me?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oh so you believe I am you now. Yes she did. It was not her though. Demons have taken over part of her consciousness and it is partly my fault or our fault. Her hate for us caused the rip in her soul. There the demons came in. She still has conscious moments. That is her." Inu-kun pointed to the girl on the tree that looked like Kikyo. "The Shikon no Tama is in her hand. That way, she can still take over her body at some points."
"Kikyo…" Inuyasha said softly. The girl on the tree stirred.
"You woke her. So I was the one who had to wake her. I understand now." Inu- kun said softly. Suddenly his face twisted in agony. "Is something happening to Kagome in your time?"
"Well, (He fills him in on what happened at the dance with very…colorful words.) and then that priest took her up the stairs." Inuyasha said.
"She is in pain. Mental pain. You must have hurt her bad." Inu-kun said. Kikyo had awakened on the tree and was looking at the two Inuyasha's (Inu- kun and Inuyasha)
"Inuyasha?" she said softly. "Can you merge with yourself?"
"no we need Kagome to pull out the arrow." Inu-kun said.
"I can do it. Hold on." Kikyo said concentrating hard on the arrow. Suddenly it disappeared and Inu-kun fell from the tree.
"We have to merge quickly Inuyasha. Otherwise I will disappear." Inu-kun said tensely. "Believe you are me and that I have your memories and walk towards me slowly."
Inuyasha did what he was told
I want my memories back. I need them to help Kikyo!
The two Inuyasha's merged together. Inuyasha was overcome with memories. All the times he told Kagome he loved her. Going back to when he first saw Kikyo and when she asked him to become human. They all came rushing back. The pain of choosing became greater and he remembered when he picked.
Flashback
"Inuyasha? Who will you choose?" Kikyo said angrily. Inuyasha looked from Kagome who was looking hopefully at him then to Kikyo who looked really angry. He heard his inner battle.
I love Kagome. I do but I owe Kikyo my life. I can't choose Kikyo. She's dead. I can't keep this going, all it's going to do is make me loose Kagome I can't leave her now. I love her more than anyone.
"Kikyo. Rest in peace, please I can't do this. You're dead." Inuyasha said approaching Kagome.
End of Flashback
"So you remember now?" Kikyo said. Inuyasha turned and saw the "evil Kikyo" there.
"Not for long Inuyasha!"
Authors POV: Hmm…not much to say. Sorry about the cliffhanger there…I'll try to update!
Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha! BOO HOO! I WANT INUYASHA!
"Sango? What's going on over there? Can you see?" Miroku asked as the dance ended and he noticed a crowd gathering around the stairs.
"No Miroku, I can't see anything. Let's get closer. Stay together." Sango said and grabbed his hand. Miroku smiled but did not take advantage of the situation. They walked to the stairs and realized what was happening. Miroku knew more than Sango. He realized that Inuyasha was supposed to choose one of the girls that were walking away. Suddenly Kagome stopped at the top of the stairs. She turned.
"Inuyasha. Don't choose. I can't…I can't." Kagome began to cry and collapsed onto the stairs. Prince Kouga stepped from the crowd at the same time as Miroku. Miroku reached Kagome first for some odd reason and took her into his arms and glared at Inuyasha. After that, her walked away.
"No…" Inuyasha was frozen at the bottom of the stairs. His mother approached him and pulled him into a side room telling everyone to go back to the ballroom.
"Inuyasha, you are hurting both of those girls. You must pick and stay with one. Kagome cannot take this indecision."
"Yes mother. I will be back but right now I need to walk."
"Ok Inuyasha." She said sadly watching him walk out so distraught.
(Inuyasha's thoughts…) I love both. Why was Kagome at that well. Maybe my answers are there. Inuyasha approached the well. Scrolls. Those are spells. This well has a spell on it. I cannot even approach it. Or maybe if I do I can see whatever Kagome wanted to see. Inuyasha ran at the well and felt the pain as he went through the barrier. He felt time slip past him and he was in the well once more. He jumped out and saw landscape all around him. He heard a scream of a kitsune in the well behind him and looked to find the kitsune that Kagome called "Shippo" in the well.
"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked. Shippo did not answer but instead pushed Inuyasha through to another clearing. There he saw the trees. He looked and saw those trees from his dreams. He saw himself on the tree and then looked to either side and saw Kikyo and Kagome's mother.
"Where is…this?" Inuyasha turned to find the kitsune was gone once more.
"this is where you came to be and lived before Kagome came. When you were little you lived in the northern domains. Your father was killed and then your mother. You were all by yourself since your brother hated you. Then you heard of the Shikon no Tama and came here to find a priestess named Kikyo. You became close and were going to use the jewel to turn into a human. You were betrayed and Kikyo shot you to a tree because of another half youkai named Naraku. A sleeping spell was put on you and Kagome woke you 50 years later."
Inuyasha spun around at the sound of his own voice talking to him. The Inuyasha on the tree (I'm gonna call the Inuyasha on the tree Inu-kun and the one that doesn't remember anything Inuyasha.) had woken up once more and was looking at himself.
"Why are you on the tree then?" Inuyasha asked. Inu-kun chuckled. "Kikyo." Inuyasha's face turned to a shocked look.
"Kikyo did this to me?" Inuyasha asked.
"Oh so you believe I am you now. Yes she did. It was not her though. Demons have taken over part of her consciousness and it is partly my fault or our fault. Her hate for us caused the rip in her soul. There the demons came in. She still has conscious moments. That is her." Inu-kun pointed to the girl on the tree that looked like Kikyo. "The Shikon no Tama is in her hand. That way, she can still take over her body at some points."
"Kikyo…" Inuyasha said softly. The girl on the tree stirred.
"You woke her. So I was the one who had to wake her. I understand now." Inu- kun said softly. Suddenly his face twisted in agony. "Is something happening to Kagome in your time?"
"Well, (He fills him in on what happened at the dance with very…colorful words.) and then that priest took her up the stairs." Inuyasha said.
"She is in pain. Mental pain. You must have hurt her bad." Inu-kun said. Kikyo had awakened on the tree and was looking at the two Inuyasha's (Inu- kun and Inuyasha)
"Inuyasha?" she said softly. "Can you merge with yourself?"
"no we need Kagome to pull out the arrow." Inu-kun said.
"I can do it. Hold on." Kikyo said concentrating hard on the arrow. Suddenly it disappeared and Inu-kun fell from the tree.
"We have to merge quickly Inuyasha. Otherwise I will disappear." Inu-kun said tensely. "Believe you are me and that I have your memories and walk towards me slowly."
Inuyasha did what he was told
I want my memories back. I need them to help Kikyo!
The two Inuyasha's merged together. Inuyasha was overcome with memories. All the times he told Kagome he loved her. Going back to when he first saw Kikyo and when she asked him to become human. They all came rushing back. The pain of choosing became greater and he remembered when he picked.
Flashback
"Inuyasha? Who will you choose?" Kikyo said angrily. Inuyasha looked from Kagome who was looking hopefully at him then to Kikyo who looked really angry. He heard his inner battle.
I love Kagome. I do but I owe Kikyo my life. I can't choose Kikyo. She's dead. I can't keep this going, all it's going to do is make me loose Kagome I can't leave her now. I love her more than anyone.
"Kikyo. Rest in peace, please I can't do this. You're dead." Inuyasha said approaching Kagome.
End of Flashback
"So you remember now?" Kikyo said. Inuyasha turned and saw the "evil Kikyo" there.
"Not for long Inuyasha!"
Authors POV: Hmm…not much to say. Sorry about the cliffhanger there…I'll try to update!
Disclaimer: Rumiko Takahashi owns Inuyasha! BOO HOO! I WANT INUYASHA!