A Love Long Past
By: Seigan
Disclaimer: ......Read Chapter 1
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Chapter 3: The Promise, Broken
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"So you will just let me walk out?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, I will, just do not come back."
"Why?"
"I have my reasons. Go, before I change my mind."
Inuyasha left into the night sky.
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(Three Days Later)
'That bitch Kikyou was so stupid to ever let me go. And to think three days ago I harbored feelings for her.' Inuyasha thought. He raced through the forest towards the shrine.
The trees opened up to one sight.... the shrine house. And in frong was a girl, dressed in white and red- Kikyou. He raced forward to attack. The claws were spread out. Kikyou turned around and screamed. 'Yes, scream! Hahaha..... HUH!? Why did my body refuse to attack.'
'That bastard! I thought I told him never to come back. Wait, shouldn't I be dead by now?' Kikyou opened her eyes once again. Inuyasha was gone. "So, he tried to steal the jewel. I wondered why he didn't just kill me." Kikyou told herself. "Maybe telling him to never come back was a bad idea." She looked pleadingly towards the sky. 'I am a miko. Yet do I find myself falling for a demon?'
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"DAMNIT!" Inuyasha cried as he pummeled his fist towards a tree. "I should've been able to send her to hell. But why did I stop myself moments before my claws would've shred her to pieces?" Inuyasha sat down in a lump on the hill. 'What is this feeling that stops me so? I am a demon. I shouldn't love.'
Then, a large green fuzzy caterpillar demon crawled towards the village. And crawled. And crawled. And crawled. Until it got past the hill. Then, after a while, a pink light fill the sky. Inuyasha just shook his head.
'Man, demons have GOT to be smarter.' ::That includes you, right?:: 'NOBODY ASKED YOU!' ::Yea, but I am you.::
Inuyasha decided to go around the village, and spying on things. ::Spying eh? Spying for things, or PEOPLE?:: 'Hmm.. people... HEY WHAT ARE YA THINKING?' ::Exactly the same as you::
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Kikyou walked down the road alone. She could feel being watched. However, she made no regard, since most of the village people admired her. As well as some boys. Kikyou never thought the eyes would be amber, however.
She supervised the cleanup. They dragged the long green demon to the well, then chopped it up. Then they dumped the pieces into the well to rot. Inuyasha watched all this from his perch on the tree. He also saw that some of the village boys admired her. He started to get angry. However, he knew he shouldn't be.
Inuyasha jumped back to the village. A little girl, the one that was the sister of Kikyou, was firing arrows. The villagers were harvesting rice from the patties. Others were repairing a huge part of the town. He had pretty much destroyed half of it in the last attack. He almost felt sorry for them.
Then, his (very cute) ears picked up a noise. It sounded like rumbling. "DEMON!!!" He jumped to see what was happening. A large black spider demon, and it was charging through the unharmed part of the town.
"Lady Kikyou, we need you to help exterminate a demon!" A villager said. She took up her bows and arrows and headed straight to the village, escorted by a group of armed soldiers. However, Kikyou whitened at sight of the demon.
'It's a spider. Ewwwwww.' She thought. Kikyou wanted to faint. It soon rammed through the barricade of soldiers. They called for Kikyou to attack, but she just stood there.
The demon shadowed her. As it raised it's fangs, she started to faze out. Kikyou barely heard the words, "Claws of Blood!" Three arcs of red light ripped through the demon and trembled the ground. Dust flew everywhere. She opened her eyes.
Kikyou saw no sign of Inuyasha. She wasn't sure if it was Inuyasha, because he never used the Claws of Blood attack yet. However, she was sure because she saw a red coat, much like the one that Inuyasha wore. Kikyou went over and delicately picked it up. She folded it and carried it in her arms back to her hut. She placed it on the table. Kikyou never thought of the spider demon.
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Inuyasha landed on the hill overshadowing the village. He could see the black lump which, minutes ago, was a demon. People were running over to it, and throwing nets over it. Inuyasha started feeling colder than he remembered. Then he noticed he wasn't wearing his coat. 'Damn. I must've left it at the battle.'
Inuyasha thought of going back the next day to retrieve his coat. He lay on his back, palms behind his head. He drifted off into a doze.
~*Dream Sequence*~
Inuyasha walked down a hill. Next to him was a girl, Kikyou. He was smiling and so was she. Then he grabbed her wrist. He turned to face her, and closed in. Their faces nearly met. Then, their lips closed in.
~*End*~
"Huh!?" Inuyasha's eyes drifted open. "What a weird dream." Then he heard a rustling behind him. "Who's there!?" he asked. Inuyasha instantly sat up.
From behind the bushes came out Kikyou, the priestess. She walked up to him carrying a red cloth in her arms. It was his coat.
She said, "Here, I believe this belongs to you. Am I wrong?" She then delicately gave him the red coat. Kikyou then sat next to him, legs up to her chin. She looked at him. "Why have you not attacked me yet?" she asked.
All she got was a "Hn." from him. This would definitely be an interesting conversation. Well, more like Kikyou asking questions and him grunting.
"Where do you come from?" Kikyou asked.
"West."
"Any specific town or area?"
"No."
"So you live alone?"
"Yea."
"Must be lonely."
"Whatever."
"You don't talk a lot, do you?"
"No."
"Are those cat ears?"
"They're dogs."
"Can I touch them?"
"HELL NO! You cannot touch my ears. Never!"
Kikyou giggled. Inuyasha made a confused face. Kikyou said, "I finally got you to say a sentence."
"Feh. Whatever." He said.
"So, Inuyasha, why do you need the Shikon Jewel?"
"It goes like this," Inuyasha started. "I am a half-demon, a mix, both yet neither. To put it short, I'm a freak. I'm not accepted by humans, and looked down upon by demon-kind. I need to be stronger so that I can be accepted. I can be a full blooded demon. This way nobody would dare insult me anymore."
After hearing this, Kikyou felt sorry for the half breed. "So, it must be really lonely for you."
"Yes, it is."
"Well, Inuyasha, it was nice talking to you. I must leave now." Kikyou said. She got off and dusted her pants.
Inuyasha looked up and asked, "Why do you have to go?"
"Oh, so now you're the one who's desperate for a talk. Well, as a priestess, I have duties. And I got to check on the sacred jewel." Kikyou replied in a matter-of-fact tone. She walked away, back towards the village.
Inuyasha watched her as she disappeared over the hill. "Well, until we meet again." Then he wondered, 'How do I get the Shikon Jewel if I cannot dare attack her? Maybe I will wait for her to leave the village, then take it. But that's too risky. ARGH! WHY THE HELL CAN I NOT KILL HER!?'
::Because you love her::
'What!? You're back?'
::I was never away silly Inuyasha. I'm in your head. I just decided to give you a break. Your stubbornness will not subside to my wise ways::
'Wise!? You call yourself wise?'
::In a way- yes!::
'Wait till I get my hands on you!'
::How? To do so would be suicide. Your hands are mine::
'Hey! We're wasting a page arguing!'
::It's not me who's really wasting the author's page. It's more of a, you::
-(IY: HEY! We're not done yet!)--(IY: I SAID NO)--(OOOOO)-
Kikyou walked back to the shrine. She climbed the stairs to the house where the Shikon Jewel was kept. 'Inuyasha wants the jewel to be accepted by others. Most demons just want it for it's power. Maybe I should give it to him. But then, he would attack us. Maybe I should persuade him to use it. Then I can finally be a normal girl and he can be accepted by others. But why should he?'
Kikyou opened the door and checked for the jewel. It was there. She walked down the steps back into the village. 'Maybe he would marry me- Kikyou, what are you thinking. Even if you do like him, why should he like you? You are the only thing standing in his way to his ambitions and dreams!'
Kaede ran up to her. "Older sister! Where were you? You've been gone for two hours!"
"Oh my. Have I been gone that long?" Kikyou asked.
"Yes! The villagers were worried. They thought that you might have been attacked by a demon, because of the three attacks today."
"Next time tell them not to worry."
"I did! You were with that dog-boy, weren't you?" Kaede scolded.
"Kaede! What do you care about what I do with my time?" Kikyou snapped. She had stopped walking.
"You're a priestess. One that defends people against demons. What do you think will happen if the people finds out that you are in love with one?"
Kikyou started walking again. "I choose whom I want to be. If they choose to stop me, they can try."
Kaede started to tear. "Kikyou, I just don't want to see you hurt."
"Little sister," Kikyou said. She kneelded down and continued, "I can defend myself well enough. Now, Kaede, continue your priestess training. If anything does happen, you will be the one to take my place."
They started to walk towards the village again. They did not talk during the walk.
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A/N: So, here's the long, not awaited chapter 3. Except those that are on the Kikyou site, this fic was longer than usual to come out. The reason is because I just got the Love Hina series on friday and watched it all weekend! And I think I'm getting writer's block. Because I have an idea of what to write, just can't get it in. Boo Hoo.
Next Chapter: Um, You Didn't See Me Try To Steal the Jewel