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Moon-Princess: *peeking from behind a rock* A-are you still mad??? I'm sorry for using another cliffie...*NOT* muwahaha I will be using them as much as I want to!! Yeah I know how *blieb* it is to have blackmails in the middle of a cliffhanger so I'm not gonna use it anymore. Besides, without using it, still manages to get me 13 reviews in a day ^-^ *really really relieved*
Thanks for reviewing and for your wonderful cookies *yum yum* my favorite! Chocolate chip cookies ^-^ AND your muffins!!! *munch* But to tell you the truth I don't really fancy milk, nono it's nothing personal, *munch munch* I was born this way hahaha, it used to take my mother about an hour to feed me milk from a bottle when I was little ^-^, she was already glad if I could finish it within 45 minutes.
About the plot, *munch munch* I got the idea of songmaiden from Lunar (the silver star story), it's a game of Playstation. And I combined it with a dream I had 2 years ago, and since nobody have ever written a story before with this plot, I had decided write it down as a Fanfic ^-^! *let herself fall back on her chair with a full and round stomach* oempf.. I'm full ^-^!!
CahadrasMoonShine: Well, I've told you that it's an Inu/Kag fic haven't I? Well can't blame you for thinking that Inuyasha might die, since this is a Drama/Romance fic ^-^. I wish Inuyasha was mine too, but he isn't *sob sob*.
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Sailor-Knight Shadowstar: Forgive me for my japanese mistakes. I'm not a japanese myself, but I watch a LOT of animes and the people always translate 'Itaii...' as 'Ouch' or 'That hurts'. And I know that the pronunciation is 'Chikushou' and not 'Chikusou'...didn't know whether I should use the writing style or talking style so I let the H out, hehehe didn't expect anyone to notice it though ^-^. Thanks for telling me about the meaning of 'Yokatta', didn't really know the exact meaning of it, but it was the same with 'Itaii'. In the animes, the ppl always translate it as 'I'm glad'.
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Minna, arigatou-gozaimase!!! (=thanks everybody) For your wonderful reviews!! I can't blame you guys for sitting on the edge of your chairs because of the cliffie I have used ^-^ soooooo...here is the next chapter: Realizations and Honesty. Please enjoy reading it!!
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
' ': spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
THE LIFE OF A SONG-MAIDEN
-by Kittymui-
Realizations and Honesty
Previously: Kagome... Inuyasha thought as he tried to get up, only
to realize that another arrow was flying towards him. But he wasn't looking at
the arrow anymore; he was looking at the person who shot it.
His eyes were locked on hers. Am I going to die by Kagome's hands...? he thought before he closed his eyes.
The black arrow continued to fly towards Inuyasha, aiming for his heart.
When the sound of the arrow suddenly stopped, Inuyasha opened his eyes.
A person stood in front of him. 'S-Sesshoumaru!!' Inuyasha was surprised to see his brother.
Sesshoumaru was holding the arrow between his index and middle finger.
'So you've finally awakened, dark Kagome.' He said with a calm voice as he melted the arrow in his hand. He turned around and melted the one in Inuyasha's chest, causing him to wince.
She smirked. 'So you've finally found out huh? I see you're much smarter than your little brother there.'
'What is she talking about?' Inuyasha slowly got back on his feet; his hand covering the wound where the black arrow was before.
Sesshoumaru turned to dark Kagome. 'Remember the prophecy?' Inuyasha nodded.
'It said that Kagome had two different paths that she can choose to walk in her life as the song-maiden.' he continued. 'While you were gone, I have found out that the prophecy had a deeper meaning.'
'The fact that Kagome could walk two different paths, actually meant to say that she has two different minds.' [AN: = personalities]
'W-what??' Inuyasha's gaze shifted from his brother to dark Kagome.
'The one who's standing near Naraku now, isn't the Kagome we used to know.' he explained. 'The one you see, is the dark Kagome, who had slept in Kagome's mind up till now.'
Inuyasha turned to Sesshoumaru. 'So the dark one is keeping the real one away?'
'Probably.' he replied.
'Mind your words, dogboy!!!' dark Kagome yelled as her eyes flared with anger. 'I was talking the truth about why Kagome awakened me!!'
Dark Kagome fired an arrow out of anger to the floor in front of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, causing a huge hole where it hit.
'I hate you!!! I hate you all!!!' she yelled as she continued to shoot arrows at them, causing them to take one step backwards after another.
'Come Inuyasha! We have to retreat for now!!' Sesshoumaru made a whistle-sound and started to run for the courtyard.
Inuyasha took one last look at dark Kagome, who was still looking raged, and ran after Sesshoumaru.
~*~*~*~
A huge white dragon was already standing in the middle of the courtyard, waiting for its master. Sesshoumaru quickly jumped on the dragon and Inuyasha did the same.
Inuyasha suddenly felt limp and collapsed to his knees after he landed next to his brother on the dragon.
Inuyasha looked at his wound. The arrow...was filled with sorrow, I can still feel it...burning in my chest.
Sesshoumaru looked at his brother before he commanded the dragon to take off. And they flew back to their castle.
-- Back at their castle --
A couple of days had passed since Inuyasha's confrontation with dark Kagome. He was lying on his bed, his wound was already healed.
Inuyasha got out of bed and walked to the window. Kagome... he thought as he looked out of the window.
Dark clouds still continued to cover the sky. Thunderbolts came out of the sky every now and then and hit the earth, causing either huge holes or lakes of fires to start. Cracks in the earth slowly extend themselves.
[AN: You might expect Kagome to sing every now and then to have this world crumble, but that's not the idea. What Kagome has done is lit up the fuse of a huge bomb (by singing back then on the top of the black tower) that will cause this world to be destroyed. And now the time is ticking as the world is slowly starting to crumble ^-^]
After watching a while, he turned around and walked out of his room, deep in thoughts.
~*~*~*~
When he snapped out of his thoughts, he suddenly realized he was standing in front of Kagome's room. Why have I come here? he wondered. Am I hoping to find her singing on the balcony when I open this door?
He opened the door and entered the room.
The room was empty and silent, but Kagome's scent still lingered in the air. He walked towards her bed.
He didn't notice before but a bow and quiver was lying on the bedside table.
Inuyasha gently picked up the bow. This is the bow I gave her. He was about to put it back on the table but stopped as his eyes caught something.
He looked more closely at the string of the bow, for he noticed that it looked less silver than before.
His eyes widened. This...this is...
The reason why the string didn't look as silver as before, was because of a black hair string that was intertwined with the silver one; from top to bottom.
Inuyasha gently touched the string. It's Kagome's...
Then he suddenly recalled something Kagome said before.
'One string is a bit lonely don't you think?'
She...
'...the bow would be stronger if more strings were used for connecting the two ends.'
...made a new and stronger string by combining it with one of hers...
Inuyasha suddenly felt something warm streaming down his cheek and landing on his hand. He looked down at his hand. These are...tears? He raised his hand to touch his cheek. It was wet. I-I'm...crying!?
'Kagome...' he whispered. He suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest and he clutched his heart. This feeling...this pain...it's really tormenting...
More tears was streaming down his cheeks as an image of Kagome smiling at him appeared in his mind. I...I fell in love with Kagome...without even realizing it...
'But...it's already too late now...' he mumbled to himself.
'You give up easily, my dear brother.' Sesshoumaru suddenly spoke as he entered the room. Inuyasha's head shot up, looking at him.
'What do you mean?' he replied. 'Dark Kagome already said it was too late.' he dropped his gaze to the bow. 'The Kagome I love is already sleeping eternally.'
'So she said...' Sesshoumaru responded and walked to the window. 'The prophecy indeed said that 'only a solo shall survive',' he turned to Inuyasha. 'But it was followed by an 'unless'.'
Inuyasha gave her brother a puzzled look.
'Meaning that there is a way to bring her back, Inuyasha.' he explained.
'It makes no sense at all... how can I do that? She hates me.' he responded; frustrated.
Sesshoumaru walked to his side. 'If she really hates you...' he pointed at his heart. 'her first arrow would have hit your heart, knowing her skill in archery.'
Inuyasha's eyes filled with hope but... 'But...what do I do? The prophecy didn't continue.'
Sesshoumaru slightly smiled at his little brother. 'Baka! Just listen to what your heart tells you and improvise.' With that he turned around and left the room.
'Listen to my heart huh?' Inuyasha mumbled.
~*~*~*~ That night ~*~*~*~
Inuyasha was sleeping on Kagome's bed again, hoping that he could see her again in his dreams.
-- In Inuyasha's dream (or mind?)--
He was walking in the dark again.
'Tsk, tsk, you never give up, do you?' a voice spoke.
Dark Kagome appeared in front of Inuyasha. Behind her stood the altar with Kagome still sleeping on it.
'Out of my way!!' Inuyasha shouted.
'Why won't you just accept the face that she's gone!!' she yelled back.
A smirk appeared on Inuyasha's face. 'What are you so afraid of, dark Kagome?' he chuckled. 'That I might actually wake her up?'
Dark Kagome's eyes narrowed, she looked pretty irritated.
'So there is a way, isn't there?' he continued, noticing her expression.
Dark Kagome gritted her teeth. 'I'll kill her before you can even approach her!'
'Then why didn't you in the first place?' he looked at her. 'You could have got rid of her a long time ago.' He smirked. 'You can't do that, can you?'
She looked away, her expression hardened but softened and an evil smile appeared on her face. 'I can't...' she chuckled. 'but Naraku can...' She looked up at Inuyasha. 'I'll have Naraku get rid of her mind if you even dare to enter my castle!!' she threatened.
Inuyasha growled. 'Why you...!!!' He lunged forward with his claws, but before he could touch her, she already disappeared in the dark, together with the altar.
'Chikushou!!!' Inuyasha cried before he woke up.
-- Back to the real world --
Inuyasha stood on the half-wrecked balcony and looked at the black castle. I have to move fast, or she'll have Naraku destroy Kagome before I've even tried to enter the castle. he thought determined.
'Tomorrow night...I will make my move...' He clenched his fists. 'This had better work.'
~*~*~*~ The next night ~*~*~*~
'It's time' Inuyasha said to himself as he jumped on the back of his dragon.
A shadow watched them depart and fly towards the black castle. It was Sesshoumaru, standing on his balcony. He was holding an old piece of paper in his hand.
'Follow your heart, Inuyasha...' was the only thing he said before going back into his room.
-- At the black castle, in Kagome's room --
'If you need me, just call my name.' Naraku said before he disappeared.
'Damn it! I had hoped that he would keep me company tonight.' dark Kagome pouted as she sat down on her queen size bed. [AN: Well, she IS a queen, hence the queen size bed ^-^]
She laid down on her back. She was dressed in a long thin black satin dress.
A sudden breeze blew through the bedroom.
Sheesh, it's cold... I better close the window. When she sat up, she noticed a shadow standing near the open window.
'Who's there!!' she yelled. The shadow slowly came into the dim candlelight. His long silver hair reflected the candlelight.
'You!! How are you enter my room!!' she yelled as she planned to get off her bed. 'I told you...' Before she had reached the edge of the bed, Inuyasha suddenly pounced on Kagome. He grabbed her wrists and pinned her down to the bed.
'Let me talk to her.' he said with a calm voice as he held her down.
Dark Kagome struggled under his grip. He's strong...I can't even move an inch...!! 'What the hell do you think you're doing!!' she yelled. 'Narak...' Before she could call Naraku's name, Inuyasha had already silenced her by catching her mouth with his.
Her eyes widened. His golden orbs were locked on her gray ones and she went silent for a short moment.
'Mmmpff!!' She started to struggle again. But she couldn't escape from Inuyasha's strong grip.
After a while, she finally gave up struggling and closed her eyes. Inuyasha closed his eyes at the same time.
-- In their shared mind --
'Keh! I knew you would open up your mind to me eventually.' Inuyasha smirked as he walked in the dark.
'There it is!!' He quickened his pace as he saw the altar.
When he almost reached it, he was forced to jump back when an arrow hit the ground in front of the altar. He looked around and saw dark Kagome in a distance.
'You want to wake her up!?' she shouted and prepared another arrow. 'You'll have to kill me first!!'
'Sankon Tetsusou!!' he cried as he suddenly lunged forward with his claws first.
Dark Kagome was too late to dodge and her bow and arrows were ripped apart by his claw attack.
'No more interference from you, you understand!!' Inuyasha roared and pushed her roughly to the floor.
'Y-you...can't wake her up...' dark Kagome groaned, still lying on the floor.
'Shut the fuck up!!' he growled.
Inuyasha turned around and walked towards the altar.
Kagome was still sleeping peacefully. Both her hands were resting on her stomach.
Inuyasha gently lifted her head and shoulders with his arm and sat down on the corner of the altar. Kagome was now leaning against his chest with her back. His shoulder supported her head, his hand moved around her waist and rested on her stomach. His other hand was holding her hand. He leaned his chin on her head.
'K-Kagome...' he started, his voice was very gentle. 'You are so silly, you know that?' A faint smile appeared on his face as he said that.
'Why did you have to run away?' he looked at his hand which was holding hers. 'If I was the cause of your pain...then I should be the one who should take it away...not somebody else...'
He gently stroked her hand with his thumb. 'Why...why didn't you tell me about your feeling for me...?' He frowned. 'I'm a sucker for hints, you know...'
He tightened his embrace. His chin was now resting on her shoulder instead of her head; his cheek touched hers. Inuyasha inhaled her scent.
'Why didn't I realize it...why didn't I realize my feelings a bit sooner?' he growled. 'Then all of this wouldn't have happened.' A tear rolled down his cheek. 'N-now...now it's too late...' More tears flowed down. 'Kagome...Kagome...g-gomen...GOMEN NASAI!!!' he cried out.
He pulled away a little and shifted Kagome's position. Her head and shoulders were now leaning on his arm so that Inuyasha could see her face from above (and a little from aside).
He released her hand and reached for her face.
'You're really beautiful, you know that?' he whispered as he gently moved some strands of hair from her face. He carefully stroke her eyelids with his thumb. 'Especially your dark blue eyes...'
'But now...' he softly sobbed. 'I-I might never see those beautiful blue eyes again...'
He stopped stroking her eyelids and cupped her cheek with his hand. 'Demo ne? I'm going to be honest to myself from now on.'
He slowly leaned closer to her face until his lips were almost touching hers. 'Kagome...aishiteru' he softly whispered before sealing her lips with his.
Inuyasha put all his love for Kagome in his kiss as tears continued to flow out of his closed eyes. The kiss tasted bitter because of the tears that flowed to their sealed lips.
Then all became silent, even dark Kagome became silent as she watched the whole scene...
-- Back to the real world --
Inuyasha's lips were still sealed in a kiss with Kagome's, but a lot more gentler than before. And his hands were not grabbing her wrists anymore, but holding her hands instead; his fingers intertwined with hers.
After a while, their lips finally parted as Inuyasha slowly pulled away a little, with his eyes still closed. For he didn't want to see those cold gray eyes anymore when they open again.
He felt her pulling away one of her hands from his grip. He had expected a slap, but it never came.
Instead, he felt something warm touching his face and cupping his cheek.
His eyes shot open from the warm touch and his golden orbs met a pair of dark blue ones...
SSSSwwweeeettt don't you think???? I almost fainted when I reread this chapter ^-^!!
Please look forward to the next chapter: Kagome's decision
Hmm, do you guys see this as a cliffhanger? I personally do not think that way, *hides under a big frypan* p-please don't hit me!!
Vocabulary:
Chikushou: Shit/Damn
Sankon Tetsusou: Claw attack used by Inuyasha, literally mean 'Soul-Scattering-Iron-Claw'
Gomen/Gomen nasai: I'm sorry
Demo ne?: But you know what?
Aishiteru: I love you
Hope you have enjoyed reading this chapter! Please review after reading ^-^!
Lots of greets,
~Kittymui~
Posted: 2 July 2003
Last Edited: 2 July 2003
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Moon-Princess: *peeking from behind a rock* A-are you still mad??? I'm sorry for using another cliffie...*NOT* muwahaha I will be using them as much as I want to!! Yeah I know how *blieb* it is to have blackmails in the middle of a cliffhanger so I'm not gonna use it anymore. Besides, without using it, still manages to get me 13 reviews in a day ^-^ *really really relieved*
Thanks for reviewing and for your wonderful cookies *yum yum* my favorite! Chocolate chip cookies ^-^ AND your muffins!!! *munch* But to tell you the truth I don't really fancy milk, nono it's nothing personal, *munch munch* I was born this way hahaha, it used to take my mother about an hour to feed me milk from a bottle when I was little ^-^, she was already glad if I could finish it within 45 minutes.
About the plot, *munch munch* I got the idea of songmaiden from Lunar (the silver star story), it's a game of Playstation. And I combined it with a dream I had 2 years ago, and since nobody have ever written a story before with this plot, I had decided write it down as a Fanfic ^-^! *let herself fall back on her chair with a full and round stomach* oempf.. I'm full ^-^!!
CahadrasMoonShine: Well, I've told you that it's an Inu/Kag fic haven't I? Well can't blame you for thinking that Inuyasha might die, since this is a Drama/Romance fic ^-^. I wish Inuyasha was mine too, but he isn't *sob sob*.
Yusuke: Thanks for reviewing!!
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Sesshoumaru: Wow! please don't die! If you do, I will lose a reader and reviewer. Here's the next chapter!! *wipes sweatdrops*
Sailor-Knight Shadowstar: Forgive me for my japanese mistakes. I'm not a japanese myself, but I watch a LOT of animes and the people always translate 'Itaii...' as 'Ouch' or 'That hurts'. And I know that the pronunciation is 'Chikushou' and not 'Chikusou'...didn't know whether I should use the writing style or talking style so I let the H out, hehehe didn't expect anyone to notice it though ^-^. Thanks for telling me about the meaning of 'Yokatta', didn't really know the exact meaning of it, but it was the same with 'Itaii'. In the animes, the ppl always translate it as 'I'm glad'.
starrynight323: Thanks!!
Twil: Thank you very much ^-^!
drow goddess: Well, don't worry, I don't really expect readers to review every chapter. Why? Because readers tend to ask questions that might be answered in the next chapters. And reviewing every chapter while there is already a next chapter posted is a bit useless unless (in my opinion, if you want to review every chapter, I'll be happy to receive them) you have discovered some anomalies in the story ^-^. But I still am grateful for all the reviews that I've received so far ^-^!!
Jupiter's Light: Thanks!!!
Nori Ryeko: No problem! Look! I have posted another chapter again ^-^!
KK: Well, since everybody just couldn't wait for the next chapter.
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Minna, arigatou-gozaimase!!! (=thanks everybody) For your wonderful reviews!! I can't blame you guys for sitting on the edge of your chairs because of the cliffie I have used ^-^ soooooo...here is the next chapter: Realizations and Honesty. Please enjoy reading it!!
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
' ': spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
-by Kittymui-
Realizations and Honesty
His eyes were locked on hers. Am I going to die by Kagome's hands...? he thought before he closed his eyes.
The black arrow continued to fly towards Inuyasha, aiming for his heart.
When the sound of the arrow suddenly stopped, Inuyasha opened his eyes.
A person stood in front of him. 'S-Sesshoumaru!!' Inuyasha was surprised to see his brother.
Sesshoumaru was holding the arrow between his index and middle finger.
'So you've finally awakened, dark Kagome.' He said with a calm voice as he melted the arrow in his hand. He turned around and melted the one in Inuyasha's chest, causing him to wince.
She smirked. 'So you've finally found out huh? I see you're much smarter than your little brother there.'
'What is she talking about?' Inuyasha slowly got back on his feet; his hand covering the wound where the black arrow was before.
Sesshoumaru turned to dark Kagome. 'Remember the prophecy?' Inuyasha nodded.
'It said that Kagome had two different paths that she can choose to walk in her life as the song-maiden.' he continued. 'While you were gone, I have found out that the prophecy had a deeper meaning.'
'The fact that Kagome could walk two different paths, actually meant to say that she has two different minds.' [AN: = personalities]
'W-what??' Inuyasha's gaze shifted from his brother to dark Kagome.
'The one who's standing near Naraku now, isn't the Kagome we used to know.' he explained. 'The one you see, is the dark Kagome, who had slept in Kagome's mind up till now.'
Inuyasha turned to Sesshoumaru. 'So the dark one is keeping the real one away?'
'Probably.' he replied.
'Mind your words, dogboy!!!' dark Kagome yelled as her eyes flared with anger. 'I was talking the truth about why Kagome awakened me!!'
Dark Kagome fired an arrow out of anger to the floor in front of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru, causing a huge hole where it hit.
'I hate you!!! I hate you all!!!' she yelled as she continued to shoot arrows at them, causing them to take one step backwards after another.
'Come Inuyasha! We have to retreat for now!!' Sesshoumaru made a whistle-sound and started to run for the courtyard.
Inuyasha took one last look at dark Kagome, who was still looking raged, and ran after Sesshoumaru.
~*~*~*~
A huge white dragon was already standing in the middle of the courtyard, waiting for its master. Sesshoumaru quickly jumped on the dragon and Inuyasha did the same.
Inuyasha suddenly felt limp and collapsed to his knees after he landed next to his brother on the dragon.
Inuyasha looked at his wound. The arrow...was filled with sorrow, I can still feel it...burning in my chest.
Sesshoumaru looked at his brother before he commanded the dragon to take off. And they flew back to their castle.
-- Back at their castle --
A couple of days had passed since Inuyasha's confrontation with dark Kagome. He was lying on his bed, his wound was already healed.
Inuyasha got out of bed and walked to the window. Kagome... he thought as he looked out of the window.
Dark clouds still continued to cover the sky. Thunderbolts came out of the sky every now and then and hit the earth, causing either huge holes or lakes of fires to start. Cracks in the earth slowly extend themselves.
[AN: You might expect Kagome to sing every now and then to have this world crumble, but that's not the idea. What Kagome has done is lit up the fuse of a huge bomb (by singing back then on the top of the black tower) that will cause this world to be destroyed. And now the time is ticking as the world is slowly starting to crumble ^-^]
After watching a while, he turned around and walked out of his room, deep in thoughts.
~*~*~*~
When he snapped out of his thoughts, he suddenly realized he was standing in front of Kagome's room. Why have I come here? he wondered. Am I hoping to find her singing on the balcony when I open this door?
He opened the door and entered the room.
The room was empty and silent, but Kagome's scent still lingered in the air. He walked towards her bed.
He didn't notice before but a bow and quiver was lying on the bedside table.
Inuyasha gently picked up the bow. This is the bow I gave her. He was about to put it back on the table but stopped as his eyes caught something.
He looked more closely at the string of the bow, for he noticed that it looked less silver than before.
His eyes widened. This...this is...
The reason why the string didn't look as silver as before, was because of a black hair string that was intertwined with the silver one; from top to bottom.
Inuyasha gently touched the string. It's Kagome's...
Then he suddenly recalled something Kagome said before.
'One string is a bit lonely don't you think?'
She...
'...the bow would be stronger if more strings were used for connecting the two ends.'
...made a new and stronger string by combining it with one of hers...
Inuyasha suddenly felt something warm streaming down his cheek and landing on his hand. He looked down at his hand. These are...tears? He raised his hand to touch his cheek. It was wet. I-I'm...crying!?
'Kagome...' he whispered. He suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest and he clutched his heart. This feeling...this pain...it's really tormenting...
More tears was streaming down his cheeks as an image of Kagome smiling at him appeared in his mind. I...I fell in love with Kagome...without even realizing it...
'But...it's already too late now...' he mumbled to himself.
'You give up easily, my dear brother.' Sesshoumaru suddenly spoke as he entered the room. Inuyasha's head shot up, looking at him.
'What do you mean?' he replied. 'Dark Kagome already said it was too late.' he dropped his gaze to the bow. 'The Kagome I love is already sleeping eternally.'
'So she said...' Sesshoumaru responded and walked to the window. 'The prophecy indeed said that 'only a solo shall survive',' he turned to Inuyasha. 'But it was followed by an 'unless'.'
Inuyasha gave her brother a puzzled look.
'Meaning that there is a way to bring her back, Inuyasha.' he explained.
'It makes no sense at all... how can I do that? She hates me.' he responded; frustrated.
Sesshoumaru walked to his side. 'If she really hates you...' he pointed at his heart. 'her first arrow would have hit your heart, knowing her skill in archery.'
Inuyasha's eyes filled with hope but... 'But...what do I do? The prophecy didn't continue.'
Sesshoumaru slightly smiled at his little brother. 'Baka! Just listen to what your heart tells you and improvise.' With that he turned around and left the room.
'Listen to my heart huh?' Inuyasha mumbled.
~*~*~*~ That night ~*~*~*~
Inuyasha was sleeping on Kagome's bed again, hoping that he could see her again in his dreams.
-- In Inuyasha's dream (or mind?)--
He was walking in the dark again.
'Tsk, tsk, you never give up, do you?' a voice spoke.
Dark Kagome appeared in front of Inuyasha. Behind her stood the altar with Kagome still sleeping on it.
'Out of my way!!' Inuyasha shouted.
'Why won't you just accept the face that she's gone!!' she yelled back.
A smirk appeared on Inuyasha's face. 'What are you so afraid of, dark Kagome?' he chuckled. 'That I might actually wake her up?'
Dark Kagome's eyes narrowed, she looked pretty irritated.
'So there is a way, isn't there?' he continued, noticing her expression.
Dark Kagome gritted her teeth. 'I'll kill her before you can even approach her!'
'Then why didn't you in the first place?' he looked at her. 'You could have got rid of her a long time ago.' He smirked. 'You can't do that, can you?'
She looked away, her expression hardened but softened and an evil smile appeared on her face. 'I can't...' she chuckled. 'but Naraku can...' She looked up at Inuyasha. 'I'll have Naraku get rid of her mind if you even dare to enter my castle!!' she threatened.
Inuyasha growled. 'Why you...!!!' He lunged forward with his claws, but before he could touch her, she already disappeared in the dark, together with the altar.
'Chikushou!!!' Inuyasha cried before he woke up.
-- Back to the real world --
Inuyasha stood on the half-wrecked balcony and looked at the black castle. I have to move fast, or she'll have Naraku destroy Kagome before I've even tried to enter the castle. he thought determined.
'Tomorrow night...I will make my move...' He clenched his fists. 'This had better work.'
~*~*~*~ The next night ~*~*~*~
'It's time' Inuyasha said to himself as he jumped on the back of his dragon.
A shadow watched them depart and fly towards the black castle. It was Sesshoumaru, standing on his balcony. He was holding an old piece of paper in his hand.
'Follow your heart, Inuyasha...' was the only thing he said before going back into his room.
-- At the black castle, in Kagome's room --
'If you need me, just call my name.' Naraku said before he disappeared.
'Damn it! I had hoped that he would keep me company tonight.' dark Kagome pouted as she sat down on her queen size bed. [AN: Well, she IS a queen, hence the queen size bed ^-^]
She laid down on her back. She was dressed in a long thin black satin dress.
A sudden breeze blew through the bedroom.
Sheesh, it's cold... I better close the window. When she sat up, she noticed a shadow standing near the open window.
'Who's there!!' she yelled. The shadow slowly came into the dim candlelight. His long silver hair reflected the candlelight.
'You!! How are you enter my room!!' she yelled as she planned to get off her bed. 'I told you...' Before she had reached the edge of the bed, Inuyasha suddenly pounced on Kagome. He grabbed her wrists and pinned her down to the bed.
'Let me talk to her.' he said with a calm voice as he held her down.
Dark Kagome struggled under his grip. He's strong...I can't even move an inch...!! 'What the hell do you think you're doing!!' she yelled. 'Narak...' Before she could call Naraku's name, Inuyasha had already silenced her by catching her mouth with his.
Her eyes widened. His golden orbs were locked on her gray ones and she went silent for a short moment.
'Mmmpff!!' She started to struggle again. But she couldn't escape from Inuyasha's strong grip.
After a while, she finally gave up struggling and closed her eyes. Inuyasha closed his eyes at the same time.
-- In their shared mind --
'Keh! I knew you would open up your mind to me eventually.' Inuyasha smirked as he walked in the dark.
'There it is!!' He quickened his pace as he saw the altar.
When he almost reached it, he was forced to jump back when an arrow hit the ground in front of the altar. He looked around and saw dark Kagome in a distance.
'You want to wake her up!?' she shouted and prepared another arrow. 'You'll have to kill me first!!'
'Sankon Tetsusou!!' he cried as he suddenly lunged forward with his claws first.
Dark Kagome was too late to dodge and her bow and arrows were ripped apart by his claw attack.
'No more interference from you, you understand!!' Inuyasha roared and pushed her roughly to the floor.
'Y-you...can't wake her up...' dark Kagome groaned, still lying on the floor.
'Shut the fuck up!!' he growled.
Inuyasha turned around and walked towards the altar.
Kagome was still sleeping peacefully. Both her hands were resting on her stomach.
Inuyasha gently lifted her head and shoulders with his arm and sat down on the corner of the altar. Kagome was now leaning against his chest with her back. His shoulder supported her head, his hand moved around her waist and rested on her stomach. His other hand was holding her hand. He leaned his chin on her head.
'K-Kagome...' he started, his voice was very gentle. 'You are so silly, you know that?' A faint smile appeared on his face as he said that.
'Why did you have to run away?' he looked at his hand which was holding hers. 'If I was the cause of your pain...then I should be the one who should take it away...not somebody else...'
He gently stroked her hand with his thumb. 'Why...why didn't you tell me about your feeling for me...?' He frowned. 'I'm a sucker for hints, you know...'
He tightened his embrace. His chin was now resting on her shoulder instead of her head; his cheek touched hers. Inuyasha inhaled her scent.
'Why didn't I realize it...why didn't I realize my feelings a bit sooner?' he growled. 'Then all of this wouldn't have happened.' A tear rolled down his cheek. 'N-now...now it's too late...' More tears flowed down. 'Kagome...Kagome...g-gomen...GOMEN NASAI!!!' he cried out.
He pulled away a little and shifted Kagome's position. Her head and shoulders were now leaning on his arm so that Inuyasha could see her face from above (and a little from aside).
He released her hand and reached for her face.
'You're really beautiful, you know that?' he whispered as he gently moved some strands of hair from her face. He carefully stroke her eyelids with his thumb. 'Especially your dark blue eyes...'
'But now...' he softly sobbed. 'I-I might never see those beautiful blue eyes again...'
He stopped stroking her eyelids and cupped her cheek with his hand. 'Demo ne? I'm going to be honest to myself from now on.'
He slowly leaned closer to her face until his lips were almost touching hers. 'Kagome...aishiteru' he softly whispered before sealing her lips with his.
Inuyasha put all his love for Kagome in his kiss as tears continued to flow out of his closed eyes. The kiss tasted bitter because of the tears that flowed to their sealed lips.
Then all became silent, even dark Kagome became silent as she watched the whole scene...
-- Back to the real world --
Inuyasha's lips were still sealed in a kiss with Kagome's, but a lot more gentler than before. And his hands were not grabbing her wrists anymore, but holding her hands instead; his fingers intertwined with hers.
After a while, their lips finally parted as Inuyasha slowly pulled away a little, with his eyes still closed. For he didn't want to see those cold gray eyes anymore when they open again.
He felt her pulling away one of her hands from his grip. He had expected a slap, but it never came.
Instead, he felt something warm touching his face and cupping his cheek.
His eyes shot open from the warm touch and his golden orbs met a pair of dark blue ones...
SSSSwwweeeettt don't you think???? I almost fainted when I reread this chapter ^-^!!
Please look forward to the next chapter: Kagome's decision
Hmm, do you guys see this as a cliffhanger? I personally do not think that way, *hides under a big frypan* p-please don't hit me!!
Vocabulary:
Chikushou: Shit/Damn
Sankon Tetsusou: Claw attack used by Inuyasha, literally mean 'Soul-Scattering-Iron-Claw'
Gomen/Gomen nasai: I'm sorry
Demo ne?: But you know what?
Aishiteru: I love you
Hope you have enjoyed reading this chapter! Please review after reading ^-^!
Lots of greets,
~Kittymui~
Posted: 2 July 2003
Last Edited: 2 July 2003
