**** Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the Inuyasha characters
from the anime series, Kodashie and Moshi are characters I made up so they
do not exist in any way out of this story****
The Music of a Broken Heart
Chapter Six
Kodashie and Kikyo Kikyo's Death
"So, it really is Kodashie, good work I knew Moshi would go to her if it was really Kodashie," Sesshoumaru said to the small yoaki he sent to go and follow Moshi, the yoaki disappeared and Sesshoumaru left his castle and made his way to the place where Inuyasha, Kodashie and the others were seen last.
When he arrived he came just in time to see Kodashie remember Kouga. He was there through everything, remembering the times he also sat around with friends and laughed and played. But those days were long gone and the will to have fun was gone when Sesshoumaru's mother left because she didn't want to fight for the affection of Sesshoumaru's father against Inuyasha's mother.
A small smile crept on to the lips of Sesshoumaru as he watched everyone drop off to sleep after wasting all of their energy.
"I could steal the tetsusaiga right now and Inuyasha would be too weak to fight for it, but than anyone could come into this camp and slay them all," He was about to go down there and get them all alert so that there defenses would be up at least, but he smelt the familiar scent of dirt and bones and stoped. "Inuyasha's whore, the dead miko,"
He watched with interest as the miko walked into the camp and walked over to Kodashie and just barely taped her when Kodashie jumped up her claws out ready to fight.
"Kodashie, come keep me company I'm going to need someone to keep me awake while I stand watch for this night," the miko said
"Kikyo? Where's Moshi?" Kodashie asked, she looked around at everyone, she didn't even look tired after what just happened
"She went to her own lands to check up on her son, she's helping him learn to become lord of her lands so when she dies, the people would have someone strong to take care of them." Kikyo replied leading Kodashie over to the embankment and sitting her down, the miko sat beside Kodashie but just a little behind her. One of her soul gatherers appeared carrying a soul, but this one was strange, it was a red color not like that of a regular soul that was a bluish color, "Kodashie, have you remembered anything at all?"
"Yes I have,"
The soul gatherer circled arround Kikyo a few times before going and hovering behind Kodashie, the soul gatherer released the soul and it went right into Kodashie. When that soul entered Kodashie's body, Kikyo had a satisfying smirk on her face.
"Kodashie, can you hear me?" Kikyo asked.
"Yes," Kodashie replied in a monotone voice, her head was hung just slightly forward, as if she had no control over her body.
"You will do what ever I ask?"
"Yes," Kodashie said in that same monotone voice
"Good, to test this I want you to run your sword through your hand," Kodashie unsheathed her sword and in slow motion, Kodashie brought her hand up and brought the blade of her katana towards her hand. The tip of her katana pricked her palm leaving a small drop on her skin; she paused as if that prick got through Kikyo's control.
"What are you doing? Finnish!" Kikyo demanded, Kodashie's body complied and she was back into Kikyo's control and forced her hand down the katana until it was stopped by the hilt of her katana. Just as slowly as Kodashie impaled her hand onto her katana did she pull her hand back up; her blood was dripping all over the place.
Sesshoumaru was angry. He was about to jump down from the tree he was in and kill Kikyo, he almost did but something caught his eye. He looked and saw it was Rin waving at him, and then he saw the hand resting on her shoulder. Naraku stood behind Rin, a knife was glittering in the moon light held close to the back of Rin's neck.
"Sesshoumaru," Naraku mouthed, "you try and stop this and this human will die, go back to your lands Sesshoumaru, she will be waiting for you,"
Knowing that Naraku would kill Rin, Sesshoumaru backed off with the look on his face that clearly said, 'the next time we meet I will kill you'. He turned around and walked away from the camp, fuming at his servant Jyaken for not being to keep Rin out of danger while he was gone. He was about 14 miles away when Naraku appeared, he let Rin go but didn't leave, Sesshoumaru glared at Naraku, waiting for him to make the first move.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, leave her be. She doesn't remember you, nor will she ever. Take Moshi as your mate, at least she loves you. Kodashie will cause you nothing but trouble, besides," Naraku smirked, "if you thwart my plans for using Kodashie, you will never be rid of your brother, and the tetsusaiga will never be yours." And with that Naraku vanished in a cloud of purple poisonous fog. Sesshoumaru placed a special cloth over Rin's face just incase that poison drifted towards them, when the poison disappeared Sesshoumaru picked Rin up and looked back at where Naraku vanished,
"What a predicament I am in, forced to choose the power that I yearn for and the love I wish I had," Sesshoumaru said out loud, thinking that Rin wouldn't comment on what he was saying.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin is confused. Why must Sesshoumaru-sama choose between power and love?"
"Because if I choose power over love I will loose Kodashie for good, if I choose love over power I will loose my only chance of getting the tetsusaiga,"
"Rin thinks you should go for love, Rin knows Sesshoumaru-sama is already the strongest," Rin said with a nod of her head as if what ever she says goes.
Sesshoumaru looked in the direction of the two things he wanted, 'If I am the strongest, how come I feel weak and helpless when I cant do anything but turn around and walk away?'
~~ "Kodashie, when Kouga leaves tomorrow I want you to attack me, you do understand, don't you?" Kikyo asked, Shippou's eyes snapped his eyes open, his little mind raced.
'Oh what am I going to do! Kikyo is controlling Kodashie. What am I going to do, what am I going to do! I'll tell Inuyasha! He'll know what to do. wait. Inuyasha loves Kikyo. he wont let anything happen to her. He would probably hit me from trying to get her in trouble. Oh! I wish Kagome were here she would know what to do. if I ask Sango or Miroku for help they would try and get Inuyasha to do something about it. since Kikyo is Inuyasha's love. I know! I'll get Kouga to help me!'
Shippou got up and yawned. He looked around with a sleepily for Kouga, he got up a stumbled around towards Kouga, aware that Kikyo was watching him. When he got to Kouga he nestled down against Kouga, aware that he too was awake.
"Shippou? What are you doing?" Kouga asked in a whisper,
"Shush! Haven't you been listening to what Kikyo was saying?" Shippou demanded.
"No I woke up because of your thrashing about. wait is that Kodashie's blood?" Kouga asked sniffing the air,
"Yes it is now listen to me, Kikyo is controlling Kodashie. I don't know how because I couldn't see. The blood that you smell is to prove the fact that Kikyo is controlling Kodashie, you see to test to make sure that what ever spell Kikyo placed on Kodashie. Kikyo ordered Kodashie to run her sword through her hand, as you can tell Kodashie did since the scent of her blood is in the air. I also heard Kikyo give the order that once you leave the camp, Kodashie was to attack her. I know not why Kikyo would want Kodashie to attack her but I bet it has something to do with Inuyasha." Shippou said,
"Hum, well the only reason why I think Kikyo would want to get rid of Kodashie is the fact that Kagome and Kodashie are the only two people that stands between her and Inuyasha. But why are you telling me this?"
"Because if I told Inuyasha he wont believe me, Sango and Miroku would get Inuyasha to do something about it since he loves Kikyo. If I didn't tell you and went to one of them you would have left in the morning not knowing that by you leaving you would have set Kikyo's plan into action. Kodashie would have attacked Kikyo and knowing Inuyasha he would jump to conclusions and think that Kodashie was attacking Kikyo. Like before."
"What do you mean like before?" Kouga asked,
"Well a while back Kodashie and Inuyasha smelt blood, Inuyasha couldn't place where the scent was coming from, but Kodashie could. She sped off and Inuyasha followed, since Kodashie is a full yoaki she was able to go far ahead of Inuyasha. Inuyasha took after Kodashie, I don't know why but he didn't wait for us. We couldn't catch up since they were moving too fast. From what I was told, Kodashie arrived only to be shot at by Kikyo who thought Kodashie was Naraku in disguise. Kikyo was wounded from Naraku who attacked Kikyo and Moshi since they stole five of his shards. Inuyasha came and he saw Kikyo wounded, and blood on Kodashie's hands. Inuyasha jumped to conclusions again and pinned Kodashie to a tree by her neck not allowing her to speak, saying things like she was nothing but a bloodthirsty yoaki. Everyone believed that Kodashie did hurt Kikyo, and I bet they still fear that she might or already is a bloodthirsty yoaki."
"Yes I could see how something like that could happen," Kouga agreed, "but what do you want to do?"
"I want you to take Kodashie with you tomorrow, if she isn't with Kikyo, then maybe Kikyo's power wont work."
"To get Kodashie to come with me it has to be something that she would look forward to, I know I'll ask her if she would like to go and see her old home."
~~"Hay Kodashie wake up!" Kouga said nudging Kodashie awake. Kodashie sat up and yawned, her clothing felt stiff like cardboard. She looked down and saw that her clothes were covered in dry mud. "You know you look great like that, your hair and tail is spiked with mud. Everyone looked almost the same, Inuyasha's hair was completely covered in it, it was an interesting night I wonder what got into us."
"I don't know either but I do know it wont happen again," Kodashie said with a feeling of foreboding as she looked down at her hand and saw that there was an almost healed wound.
"Hay what's wrong?" Kouga asked looking down at her hand.
"I don't know where I got that from that's what's wrong," Kodashie said standing up, "I'm going to get this mud off of me, where is everyone else?"
"They are down at the spring, we have to wait until someone comes back."
"Well isn't that just peachy," Kodashie mumbled,
"By the way I was wondering I'm leaving this morning and I wanted to know if you would like to come with me. I could take you to go and see your old home if you like, and maybe meat some of the people from my clan."
"Sure, Id like to go." Kodashie said, "hay Kouga, I've been plagued by this question ever since yesterday. When your father and Sesshoumaru's father fought, I don't remember the out come of the fight. But every time I think about it, there is a great sadness in my heart."
"Sesshoumaru's father won, it also ended the war between the Inu yoaki and the wolf yoaki. I would say it happened a day before your disappearance, and your fathers and brothers death. I know I didn't see you at my father's funeral, but I saw your favorite flower and a note in your handwriting. I tried to read it before it was thrown into the flames that was burning my fathers body. Do you ever remember sending flowers and a note?"
"No I don't remember, but I wish I did," Kodashie said, "Kouga, what happened to my family after I disappeared?"
"Well if I remember correctly, after burying your father and brother and making a grave for you. They stayed there for 3 months before moving closer to Sesshoumaru's boarder."
"Hay you guys you'd better get going and get cleaned, when Sango and Kikyo get back were leaving," Miroku said walking towards the fire and grabbing a bread and fish sandwich.
"You guys can go ahead, I'm going to go with Kouga to go see my old home, it might bring some of my memory back," Kodashie said.
"Well good reddens, I don't need to worry about you attacking Kikyo anymore," Inuyasha said following Miroku and grabbing a sandwich.
"Who's more important? A pile of bones and dirt that wants you dead, or someone that loves you?" Kodashie demanded, she spun around and walked towards the spring, Kouga followed.
"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha bellowed after Kodashie
~~When it was time for the two groups to leave, not a word was said, Inuyasha glared at Kodashie since he still hasn't received an answer as to why Kodashie said what she said. Kagome looked sad, but wouldn't say why and Shippou was busy trying to get her to smile. Miroku and Sango stood there silently waiting to leave, while Kikyo glared at Kouga for thwarting her plans. With a nod towards the group Kodashie turned and started walking away Kouga followed walking next to her. Inuyasha did the same and his grope turned around and left the opposite way.
After an hour Kouga stopped Kodashie, "Hay Kodashie I have a question,"
"Sure what is it?" Kodashie asked looking at him with a confused look on her face.
"Do you remember anything that happened during the night after everyone fell asleep?"
"Yes, I remember Kikyo asking me to keep her company while she stood watch. I remember talking to her for a while, I think I fell asleep while we were talking,"
"Well to tell you the truth, from what Shippou told me. Kikyo some how has power over you. If you don't believe me check your sword, it should have your blood on it, since she told you to run your sword through your hand,"
"My god! I remember feeling pain! I thought I was in a dream." Kodashie said examining her blade.
"Well it wasn't a dream, she also ordered you to attack her when I left the camp. That's why I brought you with me. To prevent you from attacking Kikyo,"
"That bitch I'll kill her," Kodashie said growling her tail twitching in anger.
"You crazy? That's what she wants you to do! If you attack her what do you think Inuyasha's going to do? Stand by and watch, maybe give you a few pointers. No that stupid mutt would attack you because you are attacking his girl. You get knocked out of the picture and Kikyo is able to get under Inuyasha's skin since Kagome wont be here for a while." Kouga's words fell on deaf ears, Kodashie's eyes went blank and her body tensed. Her fist came around and socked Kouga in the temple knocking him out.
Kodashie took out her scythe and chain; all the while Kikyo's voice spoke in her head over and over again
"Come to me, come to me,"
Kodashie obeyed and started running following the pull of Kikyo's spell.
~~It was nightfall when Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippou, Sango, Kikyo and Kirara stopped to rest. Kikyo sensed a shard, but Instead of waiting like Inuyasha would normally do until Kagome got back he dragged the group along. Kikyo gave Inuyasha a look, got up and walked into the woods. Inuyasha, confused by that look got up and followed. He found Kikyo standing near a tree, a beam of moonlight shone only on her casting everything else around her in darkness.
'She's beautiful' Inuyasha said as he wrapped his arms around her and brought her close. Before his lips could even touch Kikyo, Inuyasha heard the leaves behind him brush against each other as something moved away from them and a soft thump. He spun around to see Kodashie standing there, shaded in the darkness. Her lime green eyes glowing in the dark, but she wasn't staring at anyone, no she was staring past Inuyasha and Kikyo. She was ready to fight he could see her scythe and chain out. 'What does she want? She might be here to finish what she started and kill Kikyo!'
"Kodashie what do you want?!" Inuyasha demanded blocking Kikyo from Kodashie with his body. Kodashie's head snapped back as if she had been slapped,
"Inu. Inuyasha?" Kodashie stammered looking around confused, "wha."
Kikyo stepped from behind Inuyasha, "Kodashie," she said, Inuyasha looked at Kikyo. When she said Kodashie it sounded like an order of sorts. A rattle of chains were heard and Inuyasha turned to see Kodashie lunging forwards, her eyes blank like before.
Kodashie's chain twirled around Inuyasha's neck, the weight at the end smacked him in the jaw as Kodashie pulled him aside, while in her other hand her scythe found its sheath in the hallow of Kikyo's throat.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha yelled, he broke the chain around his neck and looked at Kodashie. He saw her standing there with a look of shock on her face, she held up her shaky hands and looked at them as if they were some hideous monster. "You bitch, you killed her! IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" He yelled aiming his attack at her side, Kodashie turned towards Inuyasha and he watched in slow motion as her eyes went wide with fright before the attack hit her full force on her front that twirled her until she landed face first in her own pool of blood.
"INUYASHA! What have you done!!" Miroku yelled, he heard Sango and Shippou gasp in surprise and shock.
"Kodashie!" Shippou yelled running over to her still form, Sango ran after him and picked him up before he could see that Kodashie was dead, "Sango let me go! I want to go and see Kodashie! Why is she sleeping? Why is Kikyo asleep as well?. Why do I smell Kodashie's blood?" Shippou paused to glare at Inuyasha through tear-clouded eyes, "Inuyasha!!! You killed Kodashie!!! Why? Why did you kill her!!"
Shippou pushed himself out of Sango's arms and started attacking Inuyasha. Inuyasha just stood there and let Shippou hit him over and over again. Then suddenly he grabbed the little kistune and held him close, tears were streaming down Inuyasha's cheek his voice tight with emotion,
"She wasn't in control, Kikyo had something to do with it all, right? That's what you were trying to tell me weren't you, throughout the whole day.weren't you?" Shippou nodded his head as his body shook with tears.
"Inuyasha, what are you going to do?" Miroku asked he himself was close to crying at the sight of a friend dead.
"What else can I do, bring Kagome back. She needs to know what happened. I don't care how Kagome sees me after this but she needs to know. I want you guys to stay here, I don't want the bodies taken."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authors Notes: Ah! I'm sorry yet again that I am even later in putting this chapter up. I was having problems with getting through one part in the chappie; I was busy with too many school things going on at once. And the fact that I had the whole thing written down on paper and I had to type it up, and that takes me a while. I just cant type fast having to look down at a paper than back at the screen. I got so mad at myself since I wasn't working on typing my fan fic, but I was writing it so I decided to ban my self from my fave website animemetro ^_^
Ne ways I would like to thank all those that have read my story and has reviewed it I LOVE YA ALL!!! Cept Sesshoumaru who decided to be mean and not help me ;_;
~Love and Peace!~
Chapter Six
Kodashie and Kikyo Kikyo's Death
"So, it really is Kodashie, good work I knew Moshi would go to her if it was really Kodashie," Sesshoumaru said to the small yoaki he sent to go and follow Moshi, the yoaki disappeared and Sesshoumaru left his castle and made his way to the place where Inuyasha, Kodashie and the others were seen last.
When he arrived he came just in time to see Kodashie remember Kouga. He was there through everything, remembering the times he also sat around with friends and laughed and played. But those days were long gone and the will to have fun was gone when Sesshoumaru's mother left because she didn't want to fight for the affection of Sesshoumaru's father against Inuyasha's mother.
A small smile crept on to the lips of Sesshoumaru as he watched everyone drop off to sleep after wasting all of their energy.
"I could steal the tetsusaiga right now and Inuyasha would be too weak to fight for it, but than anyone could come into this camp and slay them all," He was about to go down there and get them all alert so that there defenses would be up at least, but he smelt the familiar scent of dirt and bones and stoped. "Inuyasha's whore, the dead miko,"
He watched with interest as the miko walked into the camp and walked over to Kodashie and just barely taped her when Kodashie jumped up her claws out ready to fight.
"Kodashie, come keep me company I'm going to need someone to keep me awake while I stand watch for this night," the miko said
"Kikyo? Where's Moshi?" Kodashie asked, she looked around at everyone, she didn't even look tired after what just happened
"She went to her own lands to check up on her son, she's helping him learn to become lord of her lands so when she dies, the people would have someone strong to take care of them." Kikyo replied leading Kodashie over to the embankment and sitting her down, the miko sat beside Kodashie but just a little behind her. One of her soul gatherers appeared carrying a soul, but this one was strange, it was a red color not like that of a regular soul that was a bluish color, "Kodashie, have you remembered anything at all?"
"Yes I have,"
The soul gatherer circled arround Kikyo a few times before going and hovering behind Kodashie, the soul gatherer released the soul and it went right into Kodashie. When that soul entered Kodashie's body, Kikyo had a satisfying smirk on her face.
"Kodashie, can you hear me?" Kikyo asked.
"Yes," Kodashie replied in a monotone voice, her head was hung just slightly forward, as if she had no control over her body.
"You will do what ever I ask?"
"Yes," Kodashie said in that same monotone voice
"Good, to test this I want you to run your sword through your hand," Kodashie unsheathed her sword and in slow motion, Kodashie brought her hand up and brought the blade of her katana towards her hand. The tip of her katana pricked her palm leaving a small drop on her skin; she paused as if that prick got through Kikyo's control.
"What are you doing? Finnish!" Kikyo demanded, Kodashie's body complied and she was back into Kikyo's control and forced her hand down the katana until it was stopped by the hilt of her katana. Just as slowly as Kodashie impaled her hand onto her katana did she pull her hand back up; her blood was dripping all over the place.
Sesshoumaru was angry. He was about to jump down from the tree he was in and kill Kikyo, he almost did but something caught his eye. He looked and saw it was Rin waving at him, and then he saw the hand resting on her shoulder. Naraku stood behind Rin, a knife was glittering in the moon light held close to the back of Rin's neck.
"Sesshoumaru," Naraku mouthed, "you try and stop this and this human will die, go back to your lands Sesshoumaru, she will be waiting for you,"
Knowing that Naraku would kill Rin, Sesshoumaru backed off with the look on his face that clearly said, 'the next time we meet I will kill you'. He turned around and walked away from the camp, fuming at his servant Jyaken for not being to keep Rin out of danger while he was gone. He was about 14 miles away when Naraku appeared, he let Rin go but didn't leave, Sesshoumaru glared at Naraku, waiting for him to make the first move.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, leave her be. She doesn't remember you, nor will she ever. Take Moshi as your mate, at least she loves you. Kodashie will cause you nothing but trouble, besides," Naraku smirked, "if you thwart my plans for using Kodashie, you will never be rid of your brother, and the tetsusaiga will never be yours." And with that Naraku vanished in a cloud of purple poisonous fog. Sesshoumaru placed a special cloth over Rin's face just incase that poison drifted towards them, when the poison disappeared Sesshoumaru picked Rin up and looked back at where Naraku vanished,
"What a predicament I am in, forced to choose the power that I yearn for and the love I wish I had," Sesshoumaru said out loud, thinking that Rin wouldn't comment on what he was saying.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, Rin is confused. Why must Sesshoumaru-sama choose between power and love?"
"Because if I choose power over love I will loose Kodashie for good, if I choose love over power I will loose my only chance of getting the tetsusaiga,"
"Rin thinks you should go for love, Rin knows Sesshoumaru-sama is already the strongest," Rin said with a nod of her head as if what ever she says goes.
Sesshoumaru looked in the direction of the two things he wanted, 'If I am the strongest, how come I feel weak and helpless when I cant do anything but turn around and walk away?'
~~ "Kodashie, when Kouga leaves tomorrow I want you to attack me, you do understand, don't you?" Kikyo asked, Shippou's eyes snapped his eyes open, his little mind raced.
'Oh what am I going to do! Kikyo is controlling Kodashie. What am I going to do, what am I going to do! I'll tell Inuyasha! He'll know what to do. wait. Inuyasha loves Kikyo. he wont let anything happen to her. He would probably hit me from trying to get her in trouble. Oh! I wish Kagome were here she would know what to do. if I ask Sango or Miroku for help they would try and get Inuyasha to do something about it. since Kikyo is Inuyasha's love. I know! I'll get Kouga to help me!'
Shippou got up and yawned. He looked around with a sleepily for Kouga, he got up a stumbled around towards Kouga, aware that Kikyo was watching him. When he got to Kouga he nestled down against Kouga, aware that he too was awake.
"Shippou? What are you doing?" Kouga asked in a whisper,
"Shush! Haven't you been listening to what Kikyo was saying?" Shippou demanded.
"No I woke up because of your thrashing about. wait is that Kodashie's blood?" Kouga asked sniffing the air,
"Yes it is now listen to me, Kikyo is controlling Kodashie. I don't know how because I couldn't see. The blood that you smell is to prove the fact that Kikyo is controlling Kodashie, you see to test to make sure that what ever spell Kikyo placed on Kodashie. Kikyo ordered Kodashie to run her sword through her hand, as you can tell Kodashie did since the scent of her blood is in the air. I also heard Kikyo give the order that once you leave the camp, Kodashie was to attack her. I know not why Kikyo would want Kodashie to attack her but I bet it has something to do with Inuyasha." Shippou said,
"Hum, well the only reason why I think Kikyo would want to get rid of Kodashie is the fact that Kagome and Kodashie are the only two people that stands between her and Inuyasha. But why are you telling me this?"
"Because if I told Inuyasha he wont believe me, Sango and Miroku would get Inuyasha to do something about it since he loves Kikyo. If I didn't tell you and went to one of them you would have left in the morning not knowing that by you leaving you would have set Kikyo's plan into action. Kodashie would have attacked Kikyo and knowing Inuyasha he would jump to conclusions and think that Kodashie was attacking Kikyo. Like before."
"What do you mean like before?" Kouga asked,
"Well a while back Kodashie and Inuyasha smelt blood, Inuyasha couldn't place where the scent was coming from, but Kodashie could. She sped off and Inuyasha followed, since Kodashie is a full yoaki she was able to go far ahead of Inuyasha. Inuyasha took after Kodashie, I don't know why but he didn't wait for us. We couldn't catch up since they were moving too fast. From what I was told, Kodashie arrived only to be shot at by Kikyo who thought Kodashie was Naraku in disguise. Kikyo was wounded from Naraku who attacked Kikyo and Moshi since they stole five of his shards. Inuyasha came and he saw Kikyo wounded, and blood on Kodashie's hands. Inuyasha jumped to conclusions again and pinned Kodashie to a tree by her neck not allowing her to speak, saying things like she was nothing but a bloodthirsty yoaki. Everyone believed that Kodashie did hurt Kikyo, and I bet they still fear that she might or already is a bloodthirsty yoaki."
"Yes I could see how something like that could happen," Kouga agreed, "but what do you want to do?"
"I want you to take Kodashie with you tomorrow, if she isn't with Kikyo, then maybe Kikyo's power wont work."
"To get Kodashie to come with me it has to be something that she would look forward to, I know I'll ask her if she would like to go and see her old home."
~~"Hay Kodashie wake up!" Kouga said nudging Kodashie awake. Kodashie sat up and yawned, her clothing felt stiff like cardboard. She looked down and saw that her clothes were covered in dry mud. "You know you look great like that, your hair and tail is spiked with mud. Everyone looked almost the same, Inuyasha's hair was completely covered in it, it was an interesting night I wonder what got into us."
"I don't know either but I do know it wont happen again," Kodashie said with a feeling of foreboding as she looked down at her hand and saw that there was an almost healed wound.
"Hay what's wrong?" Kouga asked looking down at her hand.
"I don't know where I got that from that's what's wrong," Kodashie said standing up, "I'm going to get this mud off of me, where is everyone else?"
"They are down at the spring, we have to wait until someone comes back."
"Well isn't that just peachy," Kodashie mumbled,
"By the way I was wondering I'm leaving this morning and I wanted to know if you would like to come with me. I could take you to go and see your old home if you like, and maybe meat some of the people from my clan."
"Sure, Id like to go." Kodashie said, "hay Kouga, I've been plagued by this question ever since yesterday. When your father and Sesshoumaru's father fought, I don't remember the out come of the fight. But every time I think about it, there is a great sadness in my heart."
"Sesshoumaru's father won, it also ended the war between the Inu yoaki and the wolf yoaki. I would say it happened a day before your disappearance, and your fathers and brothers death. I know I didn't see you at my father's funeral, but I saw your favorite flower and a note in your handwriting. I tried to read it before it was thrown into the flames that was burning my fathers body. Do you ever remember sending flowers and a note?"
"No I don't remember, but I wish I did," Kodashie said, "Kouga, what happened to my family after I disappeared?"
"Well if I remember correctly, after burying your father and brother and making a grave for you. They stayed there for 3 months before moving closer to Sesshoumaru's boarder."
"Hay you guys you'd better get going and get cleaned, when Sango and Kikyo get back were leaving," Miroku said walking towards the fire and grabbing a bread and fish sandwich.
"You guys can go ahead, I'm going to go with Kouga to go see my old home, it might bring some of my memory back," Kodashie said.
"Well good reddens, I don't need to worry about you attacking Kikyo anymore," Inuyasha said following Miroku and grabbing a sandwich.
"Who's more important? A pile of bones and dirt that wants you dead, or someone that loves you?" Kodashie demanded, she spun around and walked towards the spring, Kouga followed.
"What do you mean by that?" Inuyasha bellowed after Kodashie
~~When it was time for the two groups to leave, not a word was said, Inuyasha glared at Kodashie since he still hasn't received an answer as to why Kodashie said what she said. Kagome looked sad, but wouldn't say why and Shippou was busy trying to get her to smile. Miroku and Sango stood there silently waiting to leave, while Kikyo glared at Kouga for thwarting her plans. With a nod towards the group Kodashie turned and started walking away Kouga followed walking next to her. Inuyasha did the same and his grope turned around and left the opposite way.
After an hour Kouga stopped Kodashie, "Hay Kodashie I have a question,"
"Sure what is it?" Kodashie asked looking at him with a confused look on her face.
"Do you remember anything that happened during the night after everyone fell asleep?"
"Yes, I remember Kikyo asking me to keep her company while she stood watch. I remember talking to her for a while, I think I fell asleep while we were talking,"
"Well to tell you the truth, from what Shippou told me. Kikyo some how has power over you. If you don't believe me check your sword, it should have your blood on it, since she told you to run your sword through your hand,"
"My god! I remember feeling pain! I thought I was in a dream." Kodashie said examining her blade.
"Well it wasn't a dream, she also ordered you to attack her when I left the camp. That's why I brought you with me. To prevent you from attacking Kikyo,"
"That bitch I'll kill her," Kodashie said growling her tail twitching in anger.
"You crazy? That's what she wants you to do! If you attack her what do you think Inuyasha's going to do? Stand by and watch, maybe give you a few pointers. No that stupid mutt would attack you because you are attacking his girl. You get knocked out of the picture and Kikyo is able to get under Inuyasha's skin since Kagome wont be here for a while." Kouga's words fell on deaf ears, Kodashie's eyes went blank and her body tensed. Her fist came around and socked Kouga in the temple knocking him out.
Kodashie took out her scythe and chain; all the while Kikyo's voice spoke in her head over and over again
"Come to me, come to me,"
Kodashie obeyed and started running following the pull of Kikyo's spell.
~~It was nightfall when Inuyasha, Miroku, Shippou, Sango, Kikyo and Kirara stopped to rest. Kikyo sensed a shard, but Instead of waiting like Inuyasha would normally do until Kagome got back he dragged the group along. Kikyo gave Inuyasha a look, got up and walked into the woods. Inuyasha, confused by that look got up and followed. He found Kikyo standing near a tree, a beam of moonlight shone only on her casting everything else around her in darkness.
'She's beautiful' Inuyasha said as he wrapped his arms around her and brought her close. Before his lips could even touch Kikyo, Inuyasha heard the leaves behind him brush against each other as something moved away from them and a soft thump. He spun around to see Kodashie standing there, shaded in the darkness. Her lime green eyes glowing in the dark, but she wasn't staring at anyone, no she was staring past Inuyasha and Kikyo. She was ready to fight he could see her scythe and chain out. 'What does she want? She might be here to finish what she started and kill Kikyo!'
"Kodashie what do you want?!" Inuyasha demanded blocking Kikyo from Kodashie with his body. Kodashie's head snapped back as if she had been slapped,
"Inu. Inuyasha?" Kodashie stammered looking around confused, "wha."
Kikyo stepped from behind Inuyasha, "Kodashie," she said, Inuyasha looked at Kikyo. When she said Kodashie it sounded like an order of sorts. A rattle of chains were heard and Inuyasha turned to see Kodashie lunging forwards, her eyes blank like before.
Kodashie's chain twirled around Inuyasha's neck, the weight at the end smacked him in the jaw as Kodashie pulled him aside, while in her other hand her scythe found its sheath in the hallow of Kikyo's throat.
"Kikyo!" Inuyasha yelled, he broke the chain around his neck and looked at Kodashie. He saw her standing there with a look of shock on her face, she held up her shaky hands and looked at them as if they were some hideous monster. "You bitch, you killed her! IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" He yelled aiming his attack at her side, Kodashie turned towards Inuyasha and he watched in slow motion as her eyes went wide with fright before the attack hit her full force on her front that twirled her until she landed face first in her own pool of blood.
"INUYASHA! What have you done!!" Miroku yelled, he heard Sango and Shippou gasp in surprise and shock.
"Kodashie!" Shippou yelled running over to her still form, Sango ran after him and picked him up before he could see that Kodashie was dead, "Sango let me go! I want to go and see Kodashie! Why is she sleeping? Why is Kikyo asleep as well?. Why do I smell Kodashie's blood?" Shippou paused to glare at Inuyasha through tear-clouded eyes, "Inuyasha!!! You killed Kodashie!!! Why? Why did you kill her!!"
Shippou pushed himself out of Sango's arms and started attacking Inuyasha. Inuyasha just stood there and let Shippou hit him over and over again. Then suddenly he grabbed the little kistune and held him close, tears were streaming down Inuyasha's cheek his voice tight with emotion,
"She wasn't in control, Kikyo had something to do with it all, right? That's what you were trying to tell me weren't you, throughout the whole day.weren't you?" Shippou nodded his head as his body shook with tears.
"Inuyasha, what are you going to do?" Miroku asked he himself was close to crying at the sight of a friend dead.
"What else can I do, bring Kagome back. She needs to know what happened. I don't care how Kagome sees me after this but she needs to know. I want you guys to stay here, I don't want the bodies taken."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Authors Notes: Ah! I'm sorry yet again that I am even later in putting this chapter up. I was having problems with getting through one part in the chappie; I was busy with too many school things going on at once. And the fact that I had the whole thing written down on paper and I had to type it up, and that takes me a while. I just cant type fast having to look down at a paper than back at the screen. I got so mad at myself since I wasn't working on typing my fan fic, but I was writing it so I decided to ban my self from my fave website animemetro ^_^
Ne ways I would like to thank all those that have read my story and has reviewed it I LOVE YA ALL!!! Cept Sesshoumaru who decided to be mean and not help me ;_;
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