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Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
' ': spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
THE LIFE OF A SONG-MAIDEN
-by Kittymui-
Kagome's decision
Previously: His eyes shot open from the warm touch and his golden orbs
met a pair of dark blue ones...
'K-Kagome?' he softly whispered as his golden eyes were still locked on her blue ones.
The Shikon no Tama flashed with a pure white light.
'I-Inuyasha...?' She gently stroked his wet cheek with her hand. 'Why are you crying...I...I...don't want...to see you sad anymore...'
Inuyasha covered her hand with his. 'Baka! I'm not sad!! These are tears of happiness...' He leaned closer to her. 'You've finally returned to my side, Kagome.' he said with a gentle voice.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she threw her arms around his neck. 'Gomen nasai!! Inuyasha...gomen nasai!!' she cried as she hugged him tight.
He put his arms around her waist and pulled her with him as he sat up and held her as close as possible.
'Shh, it's okay... it's okay now...' He gently stroked her hair
~*~*~*~
'Come on, let's get out of here.' Inuyasha offered her his hand as they approached the open window. She slightly nodded and took his hand.
'Where do you think you're going?' a voice suddenly spoke as Naraku's figure appeared in the room, he was standing about 3 meters away from them.
Inuyasha stood protectively in front of Kagome. 'Stay behind me, Kagome.' Kagome nodded and hid herself behind him.
Without saying anything else, Naraku suddenly shot a huge blaze of force at Inuyasha, only causing him to fly out of the window.
'Inuyasha!!!' Kagome cried as she ran to the window. She watched as Inuyasha's figure disappeared into the darkness.
When Kagome turned around, Naraku was already standing next to her in a flash and grabbing her throat.
'D-dream on... Naraku... I-I'm not going...to help you...anymore...' she groaned.
'Kukuku, who said I will be needing you to carry out my plan?' he smirked.
'W-what do you...mean!?'
Naraku slowly held the Shikon no Tama in his hand. 'You see, I had foreseen this. I knew you would betray me someday, so in the mean time, I had made myself a new device.'
He ripped the Shikon no Tama from her necklace. 'A device that can extract the powers from this jewel and turn it into evil powers.' he chuckled.
'And when that happens,' he continued. 'I will stand in the middle of the powers and all of it will be mine to have!!'
'Y-you monster!!' Kagome spat in disgust.
Naraku gave her a nonchalant look. 'I guess you won't be needed anymore...' And he threw her out of the window.
'Kyaaaaaaaa!!!!' Kagome yelled as she fell out of the window.
'Kagome!'
She heard someone call out her name and she looked to her side.
A red dragon was flying towards her; on its back stood a familiar shadow with his silver hair dancing in the wind.
'Inuyasha!' Kagome cried relieved.
Within no time, Kagome found herself in the strong arms of Inuyasha again.
He held her close. 'Let's go back...' he whispered in her ear.
She hugged him back and nodded.
Together, they flew away from the black castle.
~*~*~*~
Kagome's eyes shot open as she sat up. Inuyasha!
She suddenly felt something stir next to her.
Kagome looked to her side and found herself sitting next to Inuyasha's sleeping form in her bed. W-what the...?
[Flashback]
The red dragon landed on the balcony of Kagome [AN: Still with the hole in it, but the balcony is big enough for the dragon to land without wrecking the whole balcony ^-^!].
Inuyasha jumped off with Kagome in his arms. 'Kagome?' He whispered, but she didn't respond. Inuyasha looked down at her and saw that she was already sleeping in his arms. Oh well... she IS human and it IS midnight at the moment... he smiled as he looked at her sleeping face.
He slowly walked to her bed and laid her on her bed.
When he was just about to pull away, he felt something pulling his clothes. He looked down and saw Kagome's hands grabbing his clothes. 'I-Inu...yasha...d-don't...leave...me...' she softly mumbled. Inuyasha's eyes softened. 'Baka...I'll never leave you...' he whispered as he lay down next to her. When he settled down next to her, Kagome finally let go of his clothes. I might as well sleep here with her, since she doesn't want me to leave. Inuyasha thought amused. [AN: He's NOT thinking about something inappropriate mind you!!]
Inuyasha took a last look at Kagome. Tonight, I'm gonna sleep well... he thought before he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
[End flashback]
[AN: Kagome only remembers herself saying that she doesn't want Inuyasha to leave her.]
Kagome's eyes softened as she lay back down again with her eyes still locked on his sleeping form.
He was sleeping on his side with his face turned to Kagome.
He's so cute when he's asleep. she thought as she looked at his sleeping face.
Her gaze switched to his ears. Kawaiii... She slowly raised her hands to tough his white dog-ears.
They're so warm and soft. she thought as she gently caressed them between her thumb and the rest of her fingers.
Kagome stopped for a moment when she heard some rumbling sound. She looked at Inuyasha and put her ear on his chest to listen more carefully. Is he...purring???
Inuyasha stirred in his sleep as he felt the warm touch on his ears disappear. 'Kagome...' he mumbled.
He's dreaming about me?? She softly put her hand on his cheek and gently stroked it. Aishiteru, Inuyasha, and I never want to be separated from you again.
Kagome leaned closer and placed a kiss upon his lips with her eyes closed.
Without pulling away, she dreamily fell asleep again.
At the same time, Inuyasha was dreaming about him and Kagome kissing. Wow, this feels almost real!! he thought in his dream and he began to kiss her more passionately.
When he suddenly heard her moan in their kiss, Inuyasha stopped for a moment.
Inuyasha slightly opened his eyes and realized his lips were really touching Kagome's.
He gently pulled away. No wonder it felt so real, I wasn't really dreaming it... he smiled.
Kagome stirred when the kiss was broken and searched for the warmth that had left her. Her hands searched for his cheeks again. She stroked his lips with her thumb as she found it.
She's still sleeping? Inuyasha thought, surprised by her actions.
Before Inuyasha could even blink, he felt Kagome's lips on his again. His eyes widened for a moment but softened as Kagome snuggled closer. You're really something, you know that? He put his arms around her and pulled her closer. He deepened the kiss.
I wish we could stay like this forever. Inuyasha slowly pulled away to look at his angel's face.
Kirei... he thought as he moved a couple strands of hair of her face.
His eyes widened as he suddenly saw two streams of warm liquid flowing on her cheeks. Kagome's body started to tremble.
She's having a nightmare? Inuyasha instinctively pulled her closer until her head was leaning on his chest. But her body didn't stop trembling as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
-- In Kagome's dreams --
'Inuyasha!! Where are you!?' Kagome cried, surrounded by darkness.
'Kukuku, you thought you could live happily ever after with him, don't you?' Naraku appeared in front of her.
'Naraku!!' What are you doing here!?' Kagome shouted. 'If you think you can convince me again to help you, you're wrong!!'
He smirked. 'But you'll come to me eventually, song-maiden.'
'Why would I?!' she spat.
'Because of this.' Naraku said and raised his hand.
Suddenly, the whole background changed and became a familiar landscape. It was the landscape of this world, the two castles and the huge forest could be seen.
'I would like to show you something.' Naraku chuckled as he snapped his fingers.
A huge pillar of black light came out of the sky and hit in the middle of the forest. As it hit the forest, all of the surrounding vegetation immediately died.
Kagome's eyes widened in shock.
'As you can see, this is the dark power of the Shikon no Tama.' Naraku explained.
As the huge pillar of light continued to connect the sky with the forest, everything began to shake, causing huge cracks in the earth.
'This...this is horrible!!' Kagome cried as she watched the catastrophic scene.
'And you know what?' Naraku smirked. 'You're the only one who can stop this.' He laughed and disappeared in the dark.
Kagome collapsed to her knees and started to cry.
Suddenly, two arms turned her around and hugged her tight. 'Shh...it's okay, it's just a bad nightmare, don't cry.' A gentle voice spoke reassuringly.
-- Back to the real world --
Kagome opened her teary eyes and found herself looking into a pair of beautiful golden orbs.
'I-Inuyasha...' she buried her head in his chest. 'I-it was horrible!! Everything was dead and... and... Naraku...he...' she sobbed.
Inuyasha gently stroked the back of her head. 'It's okay, it's just a nightmare...I'm still here...'
Kagome finally stopped trembling and she pulled away to look in his eyes. 'What if it isn't a dream?' Her eyes were filled with angst and despair.
Not long after she had said those words, the whole castle began to shake.
Kagome's eyes widened. Oh no...please tell me this isn't happening!!
She quickly pulled herself away from Inuyasha's embrace and got out of bed.
'Kagome! Don't!' Inuyasha yelled after her as he did the same.
Kagome ran to the balcony and looked outside. Inuyasha ran to her side. 'What the hell did you think you were doing?! Running off alone like that, you could...' He suddenly stopped as he watched Kagome fell on her knees and started to cry. 'K-Kagome? What's wrong?' he asked worriedly.
'My...my nightmare...' she turned to Inuyasha. '...has become reality...'
Inuyasha's gaze shifted from his crying Kagome to outside. He just couldn't believe what he was seeing.
A huge black pillar of light could be seen. It connected the sky with the forest. All of the vegetation died in a flash, starting from the place where the pillar touched the forest to as far as the eye could reach. Huge cracks started to appear in the earth as it continued to shake.
After a while, the pillar of light faded and the ground stopped shaking. But the effects of the disaster were still visible in the landscape.
~*~*~*~
'Come in.' Sesshoumaru said as he opened the door of his room. Both Kagome and Inuyasha silently entered his room.
'You've seen what happened, right?' Inuyasha asked his brother. Sesshoumaru nodded and turned to Kagome. 'You know who and what caused this, am I right?' he inquired.
Kagome nodded and cited what Naraku said to her back at the black castle before he threw her out of the window.
'I didn't think Naraku would go as far as making a device to replace Kagome's ability. He looked at Kagome, who's face was expressionless. And the whole room became silent.
'He said I'm the only one who can stop his insane plan.' Kagome suddenly started, while looking at the floor.
Sesshoumaru turned to her. 'According to my books, he's right.'
'Since you're the one who can use the powers of the jewel, you're also the one who can seal them and make things undone.' he continued.
Inuyasha was quite relieved to hear the news. And just when he was about to cheer Kagome up, he halted himself when he saw the unchanged expression on Kagome's face as she continued to look at the floor.
His attention turned to his brother as he continued his explanation.
'Unfortunately, the story doesn't stop here.' Sesshoumaru shifted his gaze from his brother to Kagome, who was deep in thought.
[Flashback]
'Kagome, come and rest here for a moment, I need to tell you something about your powers.' Kikyou said as she sat down on a bench.
'Hai, onee-sama.' Kagome sat down beside her.
'That you can control the powers of the Shikon no Tama is already a fact, you understand that, right?' she asked.
Kagome slightly nodded.
'However, if I'm not mistaking, you might also possess another power.' she continued.
Kagome gave her a puzzled look. 'What kind of power?'
'If you possess the power to do things, you might also possess the power to make those things undone.' she explained.
'Your ability allows you to use the powers of the jewel, this might entail the fact that your ability also allows you to seal those powers.'
Kagome still didn't quite understand what Kikyou was trying to say and became silent.
'I might be wrong about this though, since I haven't been able to find something that proves my theory....' Kikyou finally said.
'But...' she suddenly continued and held Kagome's hands. '...if my theory is true...and you are in the position of using that power...' she took a short pause. 'Then please listen carefully.' she finally continued after a short moment of silence.
'That power of yours might not be enough to seal the tremendous powers hidden inside the Shikon no Tama.' she said with a worried look on her face. 'If you push yourself to the limits too much to seal them, you might lose your life...' Her grip on Kagome's hands tightened. 'Dakara...onegai...please think carefully before you decide to use that power, okay?'
Her voice sounded as if she was begging Kagome instead of warning her.
Seeing her onee-sama that afraid and serious, Kagome nodded, even though she didn't understand it completely.
[End flashback] [AN: This took place in the period somewhere between Kagome's first battle and Kikyou's death]
But now she completely understood what her onee-sama meant with her warning.
'Kagome.' Sesshoumaru drew her attention, causing her to turn to him. 'You surely have thought about the fact that you might die using your power to seal the Shikon no Tama and to return the things back to where they were, haven't you?'
Inuyasha's eyes widened. 'What did you just say!?' He turned to Kagome. 'Kagome...is it true what my brother says?' his voice sounded desperate.
Kagome didn't look back at him and slightly nodded. 'Onee-sama once warned me about this...she said...' Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha.
'That's not what I'm asking!!' he yelled. When he realized that Kagome winced at his loud voice, he suppressed his anger. 'Y-you...you're not thinking about using that power...are you?'
The room became silent.
Sesshoumaru walked to the door. 'I guess I should leave you two alone to discuss this matter.'
Before he left, he looked at Kagome. 'Kagome, you should really think it over before you make any decisions about this.' A slight tone of worry could be heard in his voice.
For the first time in his life, Inuyasha had heard worry in his brother's voice. He turned to Kagome. 'This is really serious, isn't it?'
Kagome still didn't look at him.
'Answer me!!!!' You're not serious about using that power, are you!?!' he yelled. Inuyasha couldn't hold down his frustration and anger anymore. He put his hands on her shoulders and forced her to face him, but she averted his gaze.
'I...' she finally spoke. 'There is no other choice...' Kagome closed her eyes. '...this world is going to die... the beautiful world that you wanted to flourish...' She was cut off when Inuyasha pulled her into his embrace and held her tight.
'Baka!! The world doesn't matter to me anymore!!' he cried. 'Don't you understand?! You can't risk you life for this world, the price is too high!!'
He pulled away to look at her, she was looking at him with teary eyes. 'I-it does matter to me...this world...don't you see? I was born to make this decision someday.' Tears rolled down her cheeks. 'I can't live on knowing that I haven't saved this world when I had the chance to...no matter how much I want to live happily ever after with you... I just can't...'
'You don't want to see me sad, right!? If you die... I...I just...' Inuyasha just couldn't find the right words to describe his feelings anymore and her into a sudden kiss.
Kagome was shocked at first, but didn't struggle. She placed her arms around his waist and kissed him back.
After a short moment, he slowly pulled away. 'I-I don't want to lose you...again...not after I've found out how much I love you...' Now tears were rolling down Inuyasha's cheeks. 'Kagome...please...' he begged.
Kagome looked down, her bangs covered her eyes. 'P-please...live on for my sake...' she softly whispered before she began to sing a soft tune.'
'What are you saying!? K-Kago...' Before he could finish, everything blurred in Inuyasha's eyes as Kagome continued to sing.
W-what's happening? My body is becoming limp!! Inuyasha thought before he released his grip on Kagome and took several steps backwards.
'K-Ka...go...me...o-omae...' he mumbled before collapsing to the floor.
Just before he fell unconscious, he caught a glimpse of Kagome's face. Tears filled her eyes as she smiled at him. He couldn't hear her but he could read her last words that formed on her lips.
Ai..shi..te..ru...
[AN: Although Kagome didn't have the Shikon no Tama, she still has some powers of her own, enough to put Inuyasha to sleep ^-^!]
*sniff sniff* too tragic for words don't you think? I won't reveal anything about the ending, you should find out yourself!!
Please look forward to the next and final chapter: The wheel of Fate.
Vocabulary:
Baka: Idiot
Gomen nasai: I'm sorry
Kawaii: Cute
Kirei: Beautiful
Dakara...onegai...: That's why... I'm begging you...
Omae: You
Aishiteru: I love you.
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Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
' ': spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
-by Kittymui-
Kagome's decision
'K-Kagome?' he softly whispered as his golden eyes were still locked on her blue ones.
The Shikon no Tama flashed with a pure white light.
'I-Inuyasha...?' She gently stroked his wet cheek with her hand. 'Why are you crying...I...I...don't want...to see you sad anymore...'
Inuyasha covered her hand with his. 'Baka! I'm not sad!! These are tears of happiness...' He leaned closer to her. 'You've finally returned to my side, Kagome.' he said with a gentle voice.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she threw her arms around his neck. 'Gomen nasai!! Inuyasha...gomen nasai!!' she cried as she hugged him tight.
He put his arms around her waist and pulled her with him as he sat up and held her as close as possible.
'Shh, it's okay... it's okay now...' He gently stroked her hair
~*~*~*~
'Come on, let's get out of here.' Inuyasha offered her his hand as they approached the open window. She slightly nodded and took his hand.
'Where do you think you're going?' a voice suddenly spoke as Naraku's figure appeared in the room, he was standing about 3 meters away from them.
Inuyasha stood protectively in front of Kagome. 'Stay behind me, Kagome.' Kagome nodded and hid herself behind him.
Without saying anything else, Naraku suddenly shot a huge blaze of force at Inuyasha, only causing him to fly out of the window.
'Inuyasha!!!' Kagome cried as she ran to the window. She watched as Inuyasha's figure disappeared into the darkness.
When Kagome turned around, Naraku was already standing next to her in a flash and grabbing her throat.
'D-dream on... Naraku... I-I'm not going...to help you...anymore...' she groaned.
'Kukuku, who said I will be needing you to carry out my plan?' he smirked.
'W-what do you...mean!?'
Naraku slowly held the Shikon no Tama in his hand. 'You see, I had foreseen this. I knew you would betray me someday, so in the mean time, I had made myself a new device.'
He ripped the Shikon no Tama from her necklace. 'A device that can extract the powers from this jewel and turn it into evil powers.' he chuckled.
'And when that happens,' he continued. 'I will stand in the middle of the powers and all of it will be mine to have!!'
'Y-you monster!!' Kagome spat in disgust.
Naraku gave her a nonchalant look. 'I guess you won't be needed anymore...' And he threw her out of the window.
'Kyaaaaaaaa!!!!' Kagome yelled as she fell out of the window.
'Kagome!'
She heard someone call out her name and she looked to her side.
A red dragon was flying towards her; on its back stood a familiar shadow with his silver hair dancing in the wind.
'Inuyasha!' Kagome cried relieved.
Within no time, Kagome found herself in the strong arms of Inuyasha again.
He held her close. 'Let's go back...' he whispered in her ear.
She hugged him back and nodded.
Together, they flew away from the black castle.
~*~*~*~
Kagome's eyes shot open as she sat up. Inuyasha!
She suddenly felt something stir next to her.
Kagome looked to her side and found herself sitting next to Inuyasha's sleeping form in her bed. W-what the...?
[Flashback]
The red dragon landed on the balcony of Kagome [AN: Still with the hole in it, but the balcony is big enough for the dragon to land without wrecking the whole balcony ^-^!].
Inuyasha jumped off with Kagome in his arms. 'Kagome?' He whispered, but she didn't respond. Inuyasha looked down at her and saw that she was already sleeping in his arms. Oh well... she IS human and it IS midnight at the moment... he smiled as he looked at her sleeping face.
He slowly walked to her bed and laid her on her bed.
When he was just about to pull away, he felt something pulling his clothes. He looked down and saw Kagome's hands grabbing his clothes. 'I-Inu...yasha...d-don't...leave...me...' she softly mumbled. Inuyasha's eyes softened. 'Baka...I'll never leave you...' he whispered as he lay down next to her. When he settled down next to her, Kagome finally let go of his clothes. I might as well sleep here with her, since she doesn't want me to leave. Inuyasha thought amused. [AN: He's NOT thinking about something inappropriate mind you!!]
Inuyasha took a last look at Kagome. Tonight, I'm gonna sleep well... he thought before he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
[End flashback]
[AN: Kagome only remembers herself saying that she doesn't want Inuyasha to leave her.]
Kagome's eyes softened as she lay back down again with her eyes still locked on his sleeping form.
He was sleeping on his side with his face turned to Kagome.
He's so cute when he's asleep. she thought as she looked at his sleeping face.
Her gaze switched to his ears. Kawaiii... She slowly raised her hands to tough his white dog-ears.
They're so warm and soft. she thought as she gently caressed them between her thumb and the rest of her fingers.
Kagome stopped for a moment when she heard some rumbling sound. She looked at Inuyasha and put her ear on his chest to listen more carefully. Is he...purring???
Inuyasha stirred in his sleep as he felt the warm touch on his ears disappear. 'Kagome...' he mumbled.
He's dreaming about me?? She softly put her hand on his cheek and gently stroked it. Aishiteru, Inuyasha, and I never want to be separated from you again.
Kagome leaned closer and placed a kiss upon his lips with her eyes closed.
Without pulling away, she dreamily fell asleep again.
At the same time, Inuyasha was dreaming about him and Kagome kissing. Wow, this feels almost real!! he thought in his dream and he began to kiss her more passionately.
When he suddenly heard her moan in their kiss, Inuyasha stopped for a moment.
Inuyasha slightly opened his eyes and realized his lips were really touching Kagome's.
He gently pulled away. No wonder it felt so real, I wasn't really dreaming it... he smiled.
Kagome stirred when the kiss was broken and searched for the warmth that had left her. Her hands searched for his cheeks again. She stroked his lips with her thumb as she found it.
She's still sleeping? Inuyasha thought, surprised by her actions.
Before Inuyasha could even blink, he felt Kagome's lips on his again. His eyes widened for a moment but softened as Kagome snuggled closer. You're really something, you know that? He put his arms around her and pulled her closer. He deepened the kiss.
I wish we could stay like this forever. Inuyasha slowly pulled away to look at his angel's face.
Kirei... he thought as he moved a couple strands of hair of her face.
His eyes widened as he suddenly saw two streams of warm liquid flowing on her cheeks. Kagome's body started to tremble.
She's having a nightmare? Inuyasha instinctively pulled her closer until her head was leaning on his chest. But her body didn't stop trembling as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
-- In Kagome's dreams --
'Inuyasha!! Where are you!?' Kagome cried, surrounded by darkness.
'Kukuku, you thought you could live happily ever after with him, don't you?' Naraku appeared in front of her.
'Naraku!!' What are you doing here!?' Kagome shouted. 'If you think you can convince me again to help you, you're wrong!!'
He smirked. 'But you'll come to me eventually, song-maiden.'
'Why would I?!' she spat.
'Because of this.' Naraku said and raised his hand.
Suddenly, the whole background changed and became a familiar landscape. It was the landscape of this world, the two castles and the huge forest could be seen.
'I would like to show you something.' Naraku chuckled as he snapped his fingers.
A huge pillar of black light came out of the sky and hit in the middle of the forest. As it hit the forest, all of the surrounding vegetation immediately died.
Kagome's eyes widened in shock.
'As you can see, this is the dark power of the Shikon no Tama.' Naraku explained.
As the huge pillar of light continued to connect the sky with the forest, everything began to shake, causing huge cracks in the earth.
'This...this is horrible!!' Kagome cried as she watched the catastrophic scene.
'And you know what?' Naraku smirked. 'You're the only one who can stop this.' He laughed and disappeared in the dark.
Kagome collapsed to her knees and started to cry.
Suddenly, two arms turned her around and hugged her tight. 'Shh...it's okay, it's just a bad nightmare, don't cry.' A gentle voice spoke reassuringly.
-- Back to the real world --
Kagome opened her teary eyes and found herself looking into a pair of beautiful golden orbs.
'I-Inuyasha...' she buried her head in his chest. 'I-it was horrible!! Everything was dead and... and... Naraku...he...' she sobbed.
Inuyasha gently stroked the back of her head. 'It's okay, it's just a nightmare...I'm still here...'
Kagome finally stopped trembling and she pulled away to look in his eyes. 'What if it isn't a dream?' Her eyes were filled with angst and despair.
Not long after she had said those words, the whole castle began to shake.
Kagome's eyes widened. Oh no...please tell me this isn't happening!!
She quickly pulled herself away from Inuyasha's embrace and got out of bed.
'Kagome! Don't!' Inuyasha yelled after her as he did the same.
Kagome ran to the balcony and looked outside. Inuyasha ran to her side. 'What the hell did you think you were doing?! Running off alone like that, you could...' He suddenly stopped as he watched Kagome fell on her knees and started to cry. 'K-Kagome? What's wrong?' he asked worriedly.
'My...my nightmare...' she turned to Inuyasha. '...has become reality...'
Inuyasha's gaze shifted from his crying Kagome to outside. He just couldn't believe what he was seeing.
A huge black pillar of light could be seen. It connected the sky with the forest. All of the vegetation died in a flash, starting from the place where the pillar touched the forest to as far as the eye could reach. Huge cracks started to appear in the earth as it continued to shake.
After a while, the pillar of light faded and the ground stopped shaking. But the effects of the disaster were still visible in the landscape.
~*~*~*~
'Come in.' Sesshoumaru said as he opened the door of his room. Both Kagome and Inuyasha silently entered his room.
'You've seen what happened, right?' Inuyasha asked his brother. Sesshoumaru nodded and turned to Kagome. 'You know who and what caused this, am I right?' he inquired.
Kagome nodded and cited what Naraku said to her back at the black castle before he threw her out of the window.
'I didn't think Naraku would go as far as making a device to replace Kagome's ability. He looked at Kagome, who's face was expressionless. And the whole room became silent.
'He said I'm the only one who can stop his insane plan.' Kagome suddenly started, while looking at the floor.
Sesshoumaru turned to her. 'According to my books, he's right.'
'Since you're the one who can use the powers of the jewel, you're also the one who can seal them and make things undone.' he continued.
Inuyasha was quite relieved to hear the news. And just when he was about to cheer Kagome up, he halted himself when he saw the unchanged expression on Kagome's face as she continued to look at the floor.
His attention turned to his brother as he continued his explanation.
'Unfortunately, the story doesn't stop here.' Sesshoumaru shifted his gaze from his brother to Kagome, who was deep in thought.
[Flashback]
'Kagome, come and rest here for a moment, I need to tell you something about your powers.' Kikyou said as she sat down on a bench.
'Hai, onee-sama.' Kagome sat down beside her.
'That you can control the powers of the Shikon no Tama is already a fact, you understand that, right?' she asked.
Kagome slightly nodded.
'However, if I'm not mistaking, you might also possess another power.' she continued.
Kagome gave her a puzzled look. 'What kind of power?'
'If you possess the power to do things, you might also possess the power to make those things undone.' she explained.
'Your ability allows you to use the powers of the jewel, this might entail the fact that your ability also allows you to seal those powers.'
Kagome still didn't quite understand what Kikyou was trying to say and became silent.
'I might be wrong about this though, since I haven't been able to find something that proves my theory....' Kikyou finally said.
'But...' she suddenly continued and held Kagome's hands. '...if my theory is true...and you are in the position of using that power...' she took a short pause. 'Then please listen carefully.' she finally continued after a short moment of silence.
'That power of yours might not be enough to seal the tremendous powers hidden inside the Shikon no Tama.' she said with a worried look on her face. 'If you push yourself to the limits too much to seal them, you might lose your life...' Her grip on Kagome's hands tightened. 'Dakara...onegai...please think carefully before you decide to use that power, okay?'
Her voice sounded as if she was begging Kagome instead of warning her.
Seeing her onee-sama that afraid and serious, Kagome nodded, even though she didn't understand it completely.
[End flashback] [AN: This took place in the period somewhere between Kagome's first battle and Kikyou's death]
But now she completely understood what her onee-sama meant with her warning.
'Kagome.' Sesshoumaru drew her attention, causing her to turn to him. 'You surely have thought about the fact that you might die using your power to seal the Shikon no Tama and to return the things back to where they were, haven't you?'
Inuyasha's eyes widened. 'What did you just say!?' He turned to Kagome. 'Kagome...is it true what my brother says?' his voice sounded desperate.
Kagome didn't look back at him and slightly nodded. 'Onee-sama once warned me about this...she said...' Kagome was cut off by Inuyasha.
'That's not what I'm asking!!' he yelled. When he realized that Kagome winced at his loud voice, he suppressed his anger. 'Y-you...you're not thinking about using that power...are you?'
The room became silent.
Sesshoumaru walked to the door. 'I guess I should leave you two alone to discuss this matter.'
Before he left, he looked at Kagome. 'Kagome, you should really think it over before you make any decisions about this.' A slight tone of worry could be heard in his voice.
For the first time in his life, Inuyasha had heard worry in his brother's voice. He turned to Kagome. 'This is really serious, isn't it?'
Kagome still didn't look at him.
'Answer me!!!!' You're not serious about using that power, are you!?!' he yelled. Inuyasha couldn't hold down his frustration and anger anymore. He put his hands on her shoulders and forced her to face him, but she averted his gaze.
'I...' she finally spoke. 'There is no other choice...' Kagome closed her eyes. '...this world is going to die... the beautiful world that you wanted to flourish...' She was cut off when Inuyasha pulled her into his embrace and held her tight.
'Baka!! The world doesn't matter to me anymore!!' he cried. 'Don't you understand?! You can't risk you life for this world, the price is too high!!'
He pulled away to look at her, she was looking at him with teary eyes. 'I-it does matter to me...this world...don't you see? I was born to make this decision someday.' Tears rolled down her cheeks. 'I can't live on knowing that I haven't saved this world when I had the chance to...no matter how much I want to live happily ever after with you... I just can't...'
'You don't want to see me sad, right!? If you die... I...I just...' Inuyasha just couldn't find the right words to describe his feelings anymore and her into a sudden kiss.
Kagome was shocked at first, but didn't struggle. She placed her arms around his waist and kissed him back.
After a short moment, he slowly pulled away. 'I-I don't want to lose you...again...not after I've found out how much I love you...' Now tears were rolling down Inuyasha's cheeks. 'Kagome...please...' he begged.
Kagome looked down, her bangs covered her eyes. 'P-please...live on for my sake...' she softly whispered before she began to sing a soft tune.'
'What are you saying!? K-Kago...' Before he could finish, everything blurred in Inuyasha's eyes as Kagome continued to sing.
W-what's happening? My body is becoming limp!! Inuyasha thought before he released his grip on Kagome and took several steps backwards.
'K-Ka...go...me...o-omae...' he mumbled before collapsing to the floor.
Just before he fell unconscious, he caught a glimpse of Kagome's face. Tears filled her eyes as she smiled at him. He couldn't hear her but he could read her last words that formed on her lips.
Ai..shi..te..ru...
[AN: Although Kagome didn't have the Shikon no Tama, she still has some powers of her own, enough to put Inuyasha to sleep ^-^!]
*sniff sniff* too tragic for words don't you think? I won't reveal anything about the ending, you should find out yourself!!
Please look forward to the next and final chapter: The wheel of Fate.
Vocabulary:
Baka: Idiot
Gomen nasai: I'm sorry
Kawaii: Cute
Kirei: Beautiful
Dakara...onegai...: That's why... I'm begging you...
Omae: You
Aishiteru: I love you.
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