Chapter 12
Everyone turned as Kagome screamed to find her on the ground. She looked different as if she was in pure light. Inuyasha tried to reach her through their bond.
Kagome? Love…are you all right? Is this you?
Inuyasha, I'm sorry. I know how much you love her and she loves you but I had to shut Kagome in the back of her mind so I can take over her body. I'm so sorry. I had to get into a miko body to kill the 'other' me.
"What did you do to Kagome? I know you aren't her." Sango said. The silence was broken and Shippo along with Miroku added their voices. Everyone else was quiet.
"Kagome? Are you there?" Kagome's mom (From the tree) asked.
"I'm sorry. I had to take her body over to fight." Kikyo-chan responded.
"What will happen to Kagome?" Shippo asked angrily.
"It depends whether I win or lose." Kikyo-chan said (Just in case you don't know Kikyo-chan is in Kagome's body.) She glared at the other Kikyo.
"I have to free those on the trees from my spells. Miroku…" Kikyo-chan motioned to Kikyo on the other side of the clearing. Miroku somehow understood and he knocked the Kikyo out with a slight bonk with his staff.
"Thank you." Kikyo-chan turned and closed her eyes. The arrows came out of Rin and Kagome's mom and the two ghost looking people walked to their bodies. Kagome's mom disappeared from the clearing only looking back once at the 'Kagome'.
"Sesshoumaru! RIN MISSED YOU!" Rin called and she hugged Sesshoumaru causing a very funny look to come across his face.
"We must leave now. I will not have Rin here." Sesshoumaru said loudly.
"Wuss, you just don't want to fight Kikyo do you?" Inuyasha mumbled obviously upset.
"That girl is evil. She managed to get me once. I don't want Rin in danger again." Sesshoumaru said once more and left the clearing but everyone heard his voice say one more thing. "Good luck little brother, you will win." Then came the happy humming of Rin and the noise faded.
"I can't undo the main spell I did while that Kikyo is still alive. I have to defeat her first. I don't know how I can do this yet. I can't just pin her to a tree, she's part of me."
Everyone was looking at her weird. It was so unlike Kagome to talk like this and it was very confusing. Inuyasha looked like he was going to cry.
Then Inuyasha remembered something. "What about my mother and father. They're supposed to be dead but on the other side of that well, they're alive. What happens to them and Kouga?"
"They're spirits. They know they are. I will take them back with me when I leave. I have to defeat her first though."
"You won't take Kagome's soul with you when you leave will you?" Miroku asked softly knowing this was a touchy subject with Kagome, Inuyasha, and Kikyo.
"I have talked to Kagome about that and it is between me and her. Only I can talk with her right now since she's in the back of this body watching and not talking. She says don't worry and as long as you guys are ok then she's going to live. Inuyasha she loves you and she says don't you dare get killed."
"I love her too." Inuyasha said softly, a little bit of blush coming to his cheeks. (KAWAII!!!!)
I noise sounded from behind the group and 'sinister Kikyo' got up and turned rather red.
"You think you can defeat me? I already beat you Kikyo. I beat you fair and square. I shot you to a tree, and you couldn't do anything about it!" The 'sinister Kikyo shouted.
"I didn't have a body. Now is the time for you to leave." Kikyo-chan said. The two were glaring at each other looking for a weakness when Kikyo-chan felt Inuyasha trying to reach her once again. Deciding that it was too dangerous to let her concentration weaken, she let some power go and Kagome talked to Inuyasha instead.
Kikyo?
Kikyo is too bus she let some of her power go so I could talk to you. Inuyasha, do you see any weakness? I don't see any. How are we going to defeat her? If we don't, I won't be able to come back!
Kagome…I love you nothing will ever change that and I will make sure you come back. I see a weakness though. If you look at her side, you can see the demon entered through her neck to get into her soul. There is a small hole. Someone has to go inside of her. You can't fight the body, you have to fight as souls.
I will do this. I have to do this.
I can't let you do that. The consequences are great if you are caught in the realm you would fight in. You would die a more painful death than any other way. You will be stuck inside a demon for the rest of your life. I can't allow that, I will do this.
This is up to me and Kikyo. I'm sure that Kikyo wouldn't want you to risk this.
I won't live without you so I might as well protect you.
Inuyasha, I'm going into her now. If I don't come back be happy with Kikyo.
NO KAGOME! I can't be happy without you!
Suddenly a ghost looking Kagome came out of her own body with Kikyo-chan.
"Kagome? What are you doing?" Kikyo-chan asked.
"I have to defeat her. I have to do this. I love you all. I'll be back." Kagome said and she could see tears in everyone's eyes but Inuyasha's. On Inuyasha's face was fear and sadness. He was shaking his head and tears were not in his eyes but rolling down his cheeks. Kagome approached him before she went. She kissed him and although she was a soul not a person, she knew that Inuyasha felt it too. Suddenly Kagome's body went limp and fell to the ground. Kikyo-chan's soul came out and approached Kagome's.
"We must go. I can't allow you to go by yourself. Inuyasha don't do anything stupid like follow us. We have to do this ourselves."
"I love you Inuyasha. I'll be back."
"What's going on?" The *sinister * Kikyo asked obviously not getting the picture. Before anyone could say anything else, Kagome and Kikyo-chan ran into the sinister Kikyo's body.
"YOU IDIOTS!" The *Sinister * Kikyo screamed. Then she went limp and there was silence.
"This is just like my dream." Sango said softly and began to cry. Miroku, in shock, went to comfort her. Shippo approached Inuyasha.
"Now we just have to wait don't we?" Shippo asked fear evident in his voice. For once Inuyasha showed his weakness.
"Yes Shippo, but if they're not back, I will go in after them." Inuyasha said tears going down his cheeks and his voice wavering. Shippo hugged him around the neck and Inuyasha patted his head and went to Kagome's body.
"Kagome, if you don't come back, I will die." Inuyasha said softly. "All we can do is wait, you don't know what that is doing to me. I can't protect you out here. I need to protect you."
"It's ok Inuyasha. At least you're with your friends. We all will feel the loss if Kagome doesn't come back but…" Shippo was cut off by the sound of a scream. Kagome's body had screamed.
"No…" Inuyasha said and he collapsed onto the ground his soul running into the *sinister * Kikyo's body even though everyone yelled at him to stop.
"Now all we can do is wait." Shippo said softly running into Sango's lap as they watched the three collapsed bodies.
Everyone turned as Kagome screamed to find her on the ground. She looked different as if she was in pure light. Inuyasha tried to reach her through their bond.
Kagome? Love…are you all right? Is this you?
Inuyasha, I'm sorry. I know how much you love her and she loves you but I had to shut Kagome in the back of her mind so I can take over her body. I'm so sorry. I had to get into a miko body to kill the 'other' me.
"What did you do to Kagome? I know you aren't her." Sango said. The silence was broken and Shippo along with Miroku added their voices. Everyone else was quiet.
"Kagome? Are you there?" Kagome's mom (From the tree) asked.
"I'm sorry. I had to take her body over to fight." Kikyo-chan responded.
"What will happen to Kagome?" Shippo asked angrily.
"It depends whether I win or lose." Kikyo-chan said (Just in case you don't know Kikyo-chan is in Kagome's body.) She glared at the other Kikyo.
"I have to free those on the trees from my spells. Miroku…" Kikyo-chan motioned to Kikyo on the other side of the clearing. Miroku somehow understood and he knocked the Kikyo out with a slight bonk with his staff.
"Thank you." Kikyo-chan turned and closed her eyes. The arrows came out of Rin and Kagome's mom and the two ghost looking people walked to their bodies. Kagome's mom disappeared from the clearing only looking back once at the 'Kagome'.
"Sesshoumaru! RIN MISSED YOU!" Rin called and she hugged Sesshoumaru causing a very funny look to come across his face.
"We must leave now. I will not have Rin here." Sesshoumaru said loudly.
"Wuss, you just don't want to fight Kikyo do you?" Inuyasha mumbled obviously upset.
"That girl is evil. She managed to get me once. I don't want Rin in danger again." Sesshoumaru said once more and left the clearing but everyone heard his voice say one more thing. "Good luck little brother, you will win." Then came the happy humming of Rin and the noise faded.
"I can't undo the main spell I did while that Kikyo is still alive. I have to defeat her first. I don't know how I can do this yet. I can't just pin her to a tree, she's part of me."
Everyone was looking at her weird. It was so unlike Kagome to talk like this and it was very confusing. Inuyasha looked like he was going to cry.
Then Inuyasha remembered something. "What about my mother and father. They're supposed to be dead but on the other side of that well, they're alive. What happens to them and Kouga?"
"They're spirits. They know they are. I will take them back with me when I leave. I have to defeat her first though."
"You won't take Kagome's soul with you when you leave will you?" Miroku asked softly knowing this was a touchy subject with Kagome, Inuyasha, and Kikyo.
"I have talked to Kagome about that and it is between me and her. Only I can talk with her right now since she's in the back of this body watching and not talking. She says don't worry and as long as you guys are ok then she's going to live. Inuyasha she loves you and she says don't you dare get killed."
"I love her too." Inuyasha said softly, a little bit of blush coming to his cheeks. (KAWAII!!!!)
I noise sounded from behind the group and 'sinister Kikyo' got up and turned rather red.
"You think you can defeat me? I already beat you Kikyo. I beat you fair and square. I shot you to a tree, and you couldn't do anything about it!" The 'sinister Kikyo shouted.
"I didn't have a body. Now is the time for you to leave." Kikyo-chan said. The two were glaring at each other looking for a weakness when Kikyo-chan felt Inuyasha trying to reach her once again. Deciding that it was too dangerous to let her concentration weaken, she let some power go and Kagome talked to Inuyasha instead.
Kikyo?
Kikyo is too bus she let some of her power go so I could talk to you. Inuyasha, do you see any weakness? I don't see any. How are we going to defeat her? If we don't, I won't be able to come back!
Kagome…I love you nothing will ever change that and I will make sure you come back. I see a weakness though. If you look at her side, you can see the demon entered through her neck to get into her soul. There is a small hole. Someone has to go inside of her. You can't fight the body, you have to fight as souls.
I will do this. I have to do this.
I can't let you do that. The consequences are great if you are caught in the realm you would fight in. You would die a more painful death than any other way. You will be stuck inside a demon for the rest of your life. I can't allow that, I will do this.
This is up to me and Kikyo. I'm sure that Kikyo wouldn't want you to risk this.
I won't live without you so I might as well protect you.
Inuyasha, I'm going into her now. If I don't come back be happy with Kikyo.
NO KAGOME! I can't be happy without you!
Suddenly a ghost looking Kagome came out of her own body with Kikyo-chan.
"Kagome? What are you doing?" Kikyo-chan asked.
"I have to defeat her. I have to do this. I love you all. I'll be back." Kagome said and she could see tears in everyone's eyes but Inuyasha's. On Inuyasha's face was fear and sadness. He was shaking his head and tears were not in his eyes but rolling down his cheeks. Kagome approached him before she went. She kissed him and although she was a soul not a person, she knew that Inuyasha felt it too. Suddenly Kagome's body went limp and fell to the ground. Kikyo-chan's soul came out and approached Kagome's.
"We must go. I can't allow you to go by yourself. Inuyasha don't do anything stupid like follow us. We have to do this ourselves."
"I love you Inuyasha. I'll be back."
"What's going on?" The *sinister * Kikyo asked obviously not getting the picture. Before anyone could say anything else, Kagome and Kikyo-chan ran into the sinister Kikyo's body.
"YOU IDIOTS!" The *Sinister * Kikyo screamed. Then she went limp and there was silence.
"This is just like my dream." Sango said softly and began to cry. Miroku, in shock, went to comfort her. Shippo approached Inuyasha.
"Now we just have to wait don't we?" Shippo asked fear evident in his voice. For once Inuyasha showed his weakness.
"Yes Shippo, but if they're not back, I will go in after them." Inuyasha said tears going down his cheeks and his voice wavering. Shippo hugged him around the neck and Inuyasha patted his head and went to Kagome's body.
"Kagome, if you don't come back, I will die." Inuyasha said softly. "All we can do is wait, you don't know what that is doing to me. I can't protect you out here. I need to protect you."
"It's ok Inuyasha. At least you're with your friends. We all will feel the loss if Kagome doesn't come back but…" Shippo was cut off by the sound of a scream. Kagome's body had screamed.
"No…" Inuyasha said and he collapsed onto the ground his soul running into the *sinister * Kikyo's body even though everyone yelled at him to stop.
"Now all we can do is wait." Shippo said softly running into Sango's lap as they watched the three collapsed bodies.