Chapter 12: End My Pain
[A/n: The winner is Kirara with 19 votes and Kagome 13!]
"For the love of Inu-Yasha." Kirara said in a whisper as Sango narrowed her eyes. "For love! You betray us all for your selflessness! You call that love!?" she snapped and Kirara looked down at the ground, not even struggling against Naraku's hold or his touch. "Sango, you don't understand, you have everything. You don't have to worry about anything, you have Miroku, you are both human. I am just a neko, in my original form it would be . . . impossible for me to . . . be with the one I wish to have. But in this form I can be with him." She said with tearful eyes.
"You must understand! Please! I would do anything to have love like you have! . . . But I cannot complete my part of the deal. I can't kill Kagome I can't deliver the jewels. I can't do a thing! Don't you understand!" Kiara cried out and Sango became silent as Inu-Yasha stood in silence.
"I feel in love with you, Inu-Yasha, I love you all sides of you, the hanyou, the youkai and even the human. I love it when your sad, I love it when your happy! I love just like Kagome does and I know that I may lose you today. Because of my selfishness or because I do not have your love in return, I know you love the miko." She stopped for a moment, "For failing in my mission, I will lose this . . . this body, my life and my very soul. It was my payment and I accept it, even if I only was able to walk with you, touch you and comfort you when you needed it. . . To speak with you is what I treasure. For I could never do that, if I was myself."
"Kirara." Kagome said as she walked towards the neko as Kirara spoke once more, "I do not ask for forgiveness."
Kagome looked down and then she looked back up and sat Shippo down on the floor and walked towards Naraku. "I will take her place in death if you leave her in this form." Kagome said without fear, she had made up her mind, it did not matter what happened to her, she wanted Inu-Yasha to be happy and Kirara. She knew he did not love her and it hurt her, but now it did not matter.
Naraku looked at the miko in amusement, "You would trade your life and soul for the neko's welfare? How . . . sweet."
"Kagome! No!" Inu-Yasha yelled out as he stepped towards her, "Inu-Yasha, tell me now, who do you love? I want the truth." She said as she faced Naraku, Inu-Yasha blinked and then was silent, "The truth . . . Oh kami, Kagome, I care for you and yes I-I- even -loved . . . you, but kami, I love you and I still do. But . . . Kirara, is . . . Kirara is the one that holds my heart. But Kagome, don't do this!" He cried out as Kagome looked over her shoulder at him and smiled as Kirara looked at her in surprise.
"Kagome . . . " Kirara said with shock and then struggled against Naraku's grasp, as he himself raised an eyebrow at this act of loyalty. "Who very interesting, indeed." Naraku ran a hand through Kirara's cream-colored hair and look at it as he smiled evilly. His mind went through the infinite possibilities that were now before him.
Inu-Yasha growled in anger as he watched Naraku and the two women he cared for, as Sango and Miroku watched in frustration, for they could do nothing. Shippo stared wide eye at Kagome, "K-kagome . . ." he stuttered as she smiled down at him, her eyes held a horrifying knowledge within them.
She knew something that the others did not.
She walked towards Naraku as tears came to Kirara's eyes. "Kagome, don't come any closer! Please!" she begged as Kagome shook her head, "I will not abandon you." She looked up to Naraku, "Inu-Yasha!" Kirara cried out as the hanyou ran towards Kagome but was knocked back by some type of invisible force field as Shippo banged his small fist against it! Calling for his adopted mother.
"Naraku, let her go."
"Now why would I do that, little miko?"
"I can and will kill you." She said with narrowed eyes as suddenly the force field closed tighter around them. "As you can see, I have mastered a few of my powers." She said as Naraku growled at this and held Kirara tighter.
"Kagome! What are you doing!" Inu-Yasha yelled and she looked over her shoulder, "I love you, Inu-Yasha, remember that." She said as she then looked down at Shippo and smiled at him as she turned on her heels and quickly swung a closed fist and made contact into Naraku's face, as a pinkish red glow formed upon her hand, the glow spread out and into Naraku's body. The force field suddenly exploded into a bright white light, two screams where heard and a cloud of black filled the white light!
And as the light went down, two forms of a being where seen, one on the floor, unmoving the second standing still with wide eyes, behind the figure was a pile of dust with a slight pink glow of a jewel shard.
Instantly they all knew . . .
Their lives had just took a 180 degree turn . . .
[A/n: The winner is Kirara with 19 votes and Kagome 13!]
"For the love of Inu-Yasha." Kirara said in a whisper as Sango narrowed her eyes. "For love! You betray us all for your selflessness! You call that love!?" she snapped and Kirara looked down at the ground, not even struggling against Naraku's hold or his touch. "Sango, you don't understand, you have everything. You don't have to worry about anything, you have Miroku, you are both human. I am just a neko, in my original form it would be . . . impossible for me to . . . be with the one I wish to have. But in this form I can be with him." She said with tearful eyes.
"You must understand! Please! I would do anything to have love like you have! . . . But I cannot complete my part of the deal. I can't kill Kagome I can't deliver the jewels. I can't do a thing! Don't you understand!" Kiara cried out and Sango became silent as Inu-Yasha stood in silence.
"I feel in love with you, Inu-Yasha, I love you all sides of you, the hanyou, the youkai and even the human. I love it when your sad, I love it when your happy! I love just like Kagome does and I know that I may lose you today. Because of my selfishness or because I do not have your love in return, I know you love the miko." She stopped for a moment, "For failing in my mission, I will lose this . . . this body, my life and my very soul. It was my payment and I accept it, even if I only was able to walk with you, touch you and comfort you when you needed it. . . To speak with you is what I treasure. For I could never do that, if I was myself."
"Kirara." Kagome said as she walked towards the neko as Kirara spoke once more, "I do not ask for forgiveness."
Kagome looked down and then she looked back up and sat Shippo down on the floor and walked towards Naraku. "I will take her place in death if you leave her in this form." Kagome said without fear, she had made up her mind, it did not matter what happened to her, she wanted Inu-Yasha to be happy and Kirara. She knew he did not love her and it hurt her, but now it did not matter.
Naraku looked at the miko in amusement, "You would trade your life and soul for the neko's welfare? How . . . sweet."
"Kagome! No!" Inu-Yasha yelled out as he stepped towards her, "Inu-Yasha, tell me now, who do you love? I want the truth." She said as she faced Naraku, Inu-Yasha blinked and then was silent, "The truth . . . Oh kami, Kagome, I care for you and yes I-I- even -loved . . . you, but kami, I love you and I still do. But . . . Kirara, is . . . Kirara is the one that holds my heart. But Kagome, don't do this!" He cried out as Kagome looked over her shoulder at him and smiled as Kirara looked at her in surprise.
"Kagome . . . " Kirara said with shock and then struggled against Naraku's grasp, as he himself raised an eyebrow at this act of loyalty. "Who very interesting, indeed." Naraku ran a hand through Kirara's cream-colored hair and look at it as he smiled evilly. His mind went through the infinite possibilities that were now before him.
Inu-Yasha growled in anger as he watched Naraku and the two women he cared for, as Sango and Miroku watched in frustration, for they could do nothing. Shippo stared wide eye at Kagome, "K-kagome . . ." he stuttered as she smiled down at him, her eyes held a horrifying knowledge within them.
She knew something that the others did not.
She walked towards Naraku as tears came to Kirara's eyes. "Kagome, don't come any closer! Please!" she begged as Kagome shook her head, "I will not abandon you." She looked up to Naraku, "Inu-Yasha!" Kirara cried out as the hanyou ran towards Kagome but was knocked back by some type of invisible force field as Shippo banged his small fist against it! Calling for his adopted mother.
"Naraku, let her go."
"Now why would I do that, little miko?"
"I can and will kill you." She said with narrowed eyes as suddenly the force field closed tighter around them. "As you can see, I have mastered a few of my powers." She said as Naraku growled at this and held Kirara tighter.
"Kagome! What are you doing!" Inu-Yasha yelled and she looked over her shoulder, "I love you, Inu-Yasha, remember that." She said as she then looked down at Shippo and smiled at him as she turned on her heels and quickly swung a closed fist and made contact into Naraku's face, as a pinkish red glow formed upon her hand, the glow spread out and into Naraku's body. The force field suddenly exploded into a bright white light, two screams where heard and a cloud of black filled the white light!
And as the light went down, two forms of a being where seen, one on the floor, unmoving the second standing still with wide eyes, behind the figure was a pile of dust with a slight pink glow of a jewel shard.
Instantly they all knew . . .
Their lives had just took a 180 degree turn . . .