~*To love is to be able to let go*~
Chapter 5
Miroku stared at the kid who as the words flew out of his mouth. "His…"
"….Lady?" Sango finished. Both of them along with Shippo turned to stare at Inuyasha who was leaning in Kagome's arms for support. Kagome's face had a tinge of a blush on her face as for Inuyasha… he wasn't strong enough at the moment to even be embarrassed or it could be just the fact that he was enjoying himself in Kagome's arms and ignored the world around him.
"Did Inuyasha patched things up with Kagome and got married with her without us knowing?" Shippo whispered to those two as he jumped up on Sango's shoulder.
"His…LADY! I'm sorry kid but I do believe that you have one thing wrong around here. I the great priestess of the Shikon no tama, Kikyo is Inuyasha's one and only love! I am His Lady. Perhaps you have got it mistaken. I was the one who save you from you dying breath and Inuyasha is mine." Kikyo said disgustingly sweet. Now that she found out the he was the Prince of the Southern Land she is trying her best to get on his good side. The three bystanders Miroku, Sango and Shippo who were observing the scene like they usually do, looked repulsed at what Kikyo just said. Even Inuyasha who was weakened shivered at the thought of being with Kikyo like that. Of course such an action caused Kagome to hold him tighter thinking he was cold and him sighing contently.
Kazuaki looked at Kagome then at Kikyo. It was true that he was partly unconscious then but he wasn't dumb. He may be a kid but he was not an idiot like the dead bag of soil known as Kikyo is taking him for. Looking at Inuyasha's injury and the weariness of Kagome he decided that it was best for them to just hurry up and treat those two.
"I have no time for this nonsense. Miruto and Fujita come down and fly my savior and His Lady back to the palace." Kazuaki commanded as the two of his guardians came down to aid Inuyasha and Kagome.
"Wait! Didn't I just tell you that I'm HIS LADY!!" Kikyo screeched. "Inuyasha you better tell him that I am right now or you will be sorry. Very sorry!"
"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered softly while clutching on to Kagome as if his life depended on it. Kagome was furious. She was beyond furious. If Sango and the others thought she was scary when she got angry at Inuyasha before then they were terrified for their lives and happy that they weren't the receiving end of it.
"Kikyo! How dare you! How dare you do this to me or Inuyasha for the matter! You can't force someone to love you! You can't force someone to stay against their will. You can't use me to threaten Inuyasha like that!" Kagome started yelling once Miruto was holding Inuyasha up.
"What…. You know…Inuyasha you told her!" 'How did he do it without Naraku finding out? Naraku you better have a good explanation for this' Kikyo glared at Inuyasha. It would've helped if Inuyasha was facing her and also if he wasn't unconscious and that didn't look so content while Miruto was healing him slowly with his magic.
"Yes Inuyasha told he told me everything! All this time that I thought Inuyasha really didn't wanted me to come along and journey around with all this time I thought I did something wrong. But I didn't! It was you who came in and mess things up. You threatened Inuyasha that you will take my soul away from me seeing that we do partly share my soul. You threatened him! Inuyasha swore that he would protect me … so he had to be harsh to me to protect me. He had to be cruel to be kind. If it wasn't for that night I would've never found out. He may not feel the same way to me but I wouldn't force him to love me or stay with me. Don't you understand Kikyo that if you really love someone you will let them go just so that he would be happy." Kagome ended softly as her aura slowly started to decrease.
"Does this happen often?" Kazuaki muttered shuffling over to where the two adults and the kitsune sat watching the scene like it was a play.
"Well this doesn't happen often and I can't really say I'm enjoying this one. I must say however the ones between Inuyasha and Kagome happen a lot it its very entertaining to watch. It appears that Inuyasha did have a little talk with Kagome and he told her. Trust him to be an idiot and tell her everything but that he loves her." Miroku whispered softly as to not disturb the argument that is occurring.
"Take my advice kid you sit back and watch it that way you are out of the line of fire." Shippo said.
"Who are you calling kid? I'm at least 3 years older then you by youkai years!" Kazuaki retorted loudly only to have a hand covering his mouth belonging to Sango.
"I'm sorry your highness but now would is not really a good time for you two to argue when we have a dead miko wannabe and a very powerful miko known as Kagome-chan fighting." Sango whispered to him before removing her hand.
"What would you know? You're nothing but a copy! Do you hear me a worthless re-incarnation! I could take my soul back in a click of a finger. You should really learn not to take what's not yours. First you take my soul then you try to take MY Inuyasha! Didn't anyone tell you stealing is bad! You will never be a miko! You're too impure! You have annoyed me long enough with your presence! Inuyasha if you don't get her out of here right now and come back to my side I will cast the spell!" Kikyo screamed in frustration as Inuyasha laid there dead to the world contentment all over his face as the pain that burned his back was disappearing thanks to Miruto healing him.
A beam of line shone out from the incomplete Shikon no tama and a hologram of Midoriko appeared.
"This just gets more and more interesting don't you say?" Miroku asked and three other heads just nodded not wanting to ruin anything. Kikyo stared at the hologram besides Kagome. She looks like Kagome but she also doesn't she looks like her as well but there was something different about her. Then it struck her like lightening. That person was the originator of the Shikon no tama…the great priestess Midoriko herself.
"Mi-chan what are you doing? You're in no state to try and appear again! You're meant to be recuperating from the week that you came out of the jewel with a solid body!" Kagome scolded.
"I'm sorry Kag-chan I promise not to over exert myself. Now going back to what's happening. Kikyo you are a disgrace. I do not know what came over me to select you to purify the jewel. Okay maybe I do…after all you were the only person who can just manage to hold my power if you sister had been any older I would've chosen her instead… but then…." Midoriko started talking to herself after seeing herself wondering off the subject and also the sweat-drops on the audiences head she returned to the subject.
"You once had a pure heart that started to get tainted once you started your training and realizing how much power the jewel actually held. However your sense of duty had overpowered your power lust but now… you are the walking dead trying to get and take but things that were never meant to be yours. Kagome is not your copy. If she is your copy then you are mine! Kagome is the reborn of my powers not my soul! As well as you were if she was really my re-incarnation seeing that I was the first then I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't forever battle in this jewel with MY SOUL! She has surpassed my powers you however have reduced it to the minimum." Midoriko said seriously and confidently.
"You're… YOU'RE LYING!!" Kikyo screamed and lashed an unexpected burst of energy at Kagome. Kagome dodged the attack but Kikyo was not thinking her powers where just going haywire and she continued to lash out energy that no one thought she had. Being still weak Kagome could do nothing but dodge as she could not use her powers or else she would faint from overexerting. She was after all just a beginner at this although she has passed the experts level in spells she still isn't use to it. She was weakening. Kagome knew it. Miroku and Sango knew it. Kikyo knew it. Just Miroku and Sango got up to attack Kikyo a ray of light burst out from the sky. A mighty roar could be heard then when the light faded there stood a white tiger in all its glory. Byakko the Leader of the Four celestial gods (I'm sorry if ppl think the others are better then Byakko …. Well hence my name I love Byakko so bare with me) standing protectively in front of Kagome.
"You who try to hurt my mistress I give you one last chance for you to prove that you are sorry and leave this place!" Byakko's voice boomed out.
"Ha as if! Trust my copy to go and ally her self with demons. I can purify you with the flick of my wrist. I am annoyed with you all but first if you don't do as I say I will cast the spells so I could have my soul back and be human and that copy could just die!" Kikyo said arrogantly.
"There's no such spell~~" Midoriko said in a sing song voice. Seeing that everyone was looking at her shocked and Kikyo was standing there looking like she's sweating only that's not possible for her.
"What don't you think that I would know? I practically invented all the powerful spells in the whole world. And there isn't one that I made up or know of or exist that could do that to a person. You can't take a person's soul out of their body and expect you to turn into a real living human. True you can take a person's soul out but you Kikyo my dear is not powerful enough to cast it. Also I don't think it was very wise of you to insult him as a demon… he is very sensitive." Midoriko said smugly.
Kikyo stood there shocked that her secret had been found out but regards she tried to kill Kagome again but throwing balls of energy at her. All of them just rebounded of Byakko like it was just a harmless soft toy.
"Purify me? How can you possibly purify me when you don't have a single ounce of purity in you? I'll like to see the day where you or anyone for that matter purifies me! How can anyone purify a GOD!" Byakko roared as his patience came to an end.
"You try to hurt me and my mistress that alone is good enough to send you to the seventh level of hell! Prepare to die you undead mortal!" Byakko got really on all fours to lunge at her when a wave of miasma carried Kikyo away.
"Well that was sure entertaining wasn't it?" Miroku said being the first to recover for the god's magnificence.
"Kagome-chan can summon gods…. THE Four celestial gods! To top it off she is their mistress! Since when?" Sango exclaimed.
"Woah… I knew she was powerful… but this powerful! I envy you lot you never get bored and have great adventures with people this powerful!" Kazuaki shouted out excitedly seeing that he was at the present of a very powerful miko and a GOD! 'Just wait till I tell the other harpies that mock me for being a baby! I bet they won't even be brave enough to stand next to her much less witness the action!'
"Yep and she's my Okaa-chan!" Shippo said proudly.
"But… but she's human and you're a kitsune." Kazuaki confusedly stated.
"Sigh… you're too young to understand…" Shippo shook his head then flew himself at Kagome. Byakko stood there ready to protect his mistress from the flying object only Kagome moved forward and embraced it in her arms.
"What is with Shippo-chan today, Houshi-sama?"
"I think Shippo is just trying to get someone else to be the baby of the group after all he is always the baby in our group." Miroku replied looking at Shippo clinging onto Kagome's neck like no tomorrow and wailing about how much he missed her.
"He it the youngest." Sango stated. Kazuaki got bored at the conversation got up from his previous position and looked up to see his subjects. The only problem was that they were not there anymore. Looking around he saw that every one of his subjects where nesting on a tree. Kazuaki sweat-dropped at the fact that his subjects got tired of flying in the air waiting for so they all nest themselves on a tree.
"Mistress if there is nothing else for me to be done I will take my leave now." Byakko said.
"Actually Byakko, do you mind if you could heal me?" Kagome asked. Without saying a word Byakko walked up to her and touched her forehead revitalizing her strength in an instant and then disappeared.
"Kagome-sama could you please give us the honor of returning to my palace with me. I am positive that my parents would like to meet my rescuers." Kazuaki bowed to Kagome.
"Sure as long as we all go as a group." Kagome replied giving me a smile that caused him to blush. Unable to manage out any words he signaled for more harpies to come down and carry the rest of them.
"Kagome, are you okay? Did Kikyo get any of her blast on you?" Inuyasha asked rushing to her side.
"I'm fine Inuyasha….weren't you unconscious?" Kagome narrowed her eyes.
"Hehehe…. Ah no but I was really wounded I really wanted to help you out but I couldn't get up…" Inuyasha said ashamed of what he couldn't do. "…plus I didn't want to get in the middle of a bitch fight…" he muttered softly.
"WHAT was THAT!" Kagome yelled.
"Nothing!" Inuyasha quickly replied.
"Really I thought you said something about a bitch fight…" Kagome said suspiciously.
"AH ha ha…. Where did you get that from?" Inuyasha replied sheepishly. "…damn since when did her hearing get so good…" he mumbled.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"No, no, no… Kagome!"
"OSUWARI!" Kagome yelled.
"Your highness I suggest we should leave now they could go on for a long time." Miroku informed the young prince who was just staring at them dumbfound. 'Well at least things are back to normal now with our group. Now to wait for Inuyasha to admit his feelings.'
A/N: yay! I finished this chap! I finished my exams as well =D tell me what you thought about this chapter so review! The more reviews I get the faster I write…. I'm planning to kill Kikyo but I just can't think of a death worthy for Kikyo. I mean it has to be GRUESOME! Anyway reviews please they are very nice. And I thank all those ppl who did review my story.