Well, here it is: my birthday update ^_^. I've had a pretty darn good birthday, and I'm in a really good mood right now; the fact I'm listening to Linkin Park's new album only heightens those feelings…lol.
DracOnyx: Not to be mean or anything, but I found your latest review to be quite funny…I'm not sure if you were trying to say "cute" or "scary", either way it would be funny…(btw: if you meant cute, it's "Kawaii"; "Kowaii" means "Scary". Lol…sorry…^_^). Also, to Sauratos: no, I'm sorry, but I'm not a writer. I'm a 16 (well, 17 as of today…) year old guy who likes to write stuff about Inuyasha and goof around with stories that I conjure up out of the ether, but I've never actually published anything and I don't have plans to anytime soon. However, if you think I'm that good…^_-
And here's some more Japanese words/grammar!
Konyoukai: Soul demon.
Naze: Why? Much like Nani can be used to say, "What!?", Naze can be used to ask, "Why!?"
Kono ai ga wasuremashita: (You) forgot this love.
X wa Y ga kowaii desu: inspired by DracOnyx, here's a little sentence structure you guys might be interested in; this means X is afraid of Y (I learned this last summer, when Japanese students came out for the summer and stayed with host families; I hosted one, and I found out that she was afraid of my tarantula when she told me this ^_^)
Well, without further delay, here's chapter 12!
I don't own Inuyasha; although if somebody gave him to me as a birthday present, I would be very happy ^,^.
Chapter 12
Inuyasha and Kagome's romantic venture had, unfortunately, not gone unnoticed by certain prying eyes: a blue snakelike creature coiled as it watched the two young lovers engaged in their private bliss, then sprang away like an arrow shot from a bow, a blue soul lighting its path as it carried the blue orb in tribute to its master, Kikyo.
It delved into deep, dark forests; soared high into night skies; and, finally, dipped low to see its master as it released the soul; pure blue light infused with the black Kikyo's body seemed to be radiating as she stood stiffly, her motions becoming more and more fluid as the blue light began winning over the black.
The konyoukai (a/n: I have no idea what Kikyo's blue soul-grabber thingies are called, so I'm going to just call them konyoukai, which translates as 'soul demon'. If anybody knows the name of these things, let me know, and I'll be more than happy to do a story request for them) hissed slightly as it spun around Kikyo's fingers, twining up her arm ever-so-gently as it rested its head gingerly on her shoulder; not a word was spoken aloud betwixt the two as the konyoukai spun the tale of its findings to Kikyo, and when it was done, an aura of fury hung palpably over the clearing, even as Kikyo's porcelain features remained unchanged.
"So, the hanyou has chosen the girl over me," she spat acidly, uttering hanyou as though it were a curse word, to the creature, which merely nodded its head in assent as Kikyo continued in her nearly-emotionless tone of voice. "He has chosen the girl, when he shall go to Hell with me…we shall see about this…," she muttered, her voice losing the cool tone as a bitter tone of anger seeped in, ringing as loudly to any listening as a hammer striking an anvil.
Spinning sharply, a fell light of hatred-infused anger glowing in her eyes, Kikyo continued her solitary voyage across the mountains, seeking the hanyou who had left behind the warm embrace of Kagome for the more reluctant duty of preparing his day's kill for supper.
--Later that day, in the embrace of night—
Inuyasha lay in a nearby tree, keeping a solitary vigil over the clearing that he had begun to call home, as they had wordlessly decided to stay here for another day; reflecting over the events of last night, he was torn between shouting for joy, screaming at himself for not defending Kagome against Onigumo's onslaught, and quiet reluctance at allowing Kagome to sleep by herself, not wishing to smother her with emotions he had kept pent-up for so long (a/n: I'm trying to do this the way I think they would in the anime; in all the stories I've read, it's basically Inuyasha kisses Kagome, they immediately become almost overfriendly with each other; once more, I'm just trying to write it the way I think would happen if/when they kiss in the series) as he contented himself with gazing over her sleeping form.
A sudden hissing filled the clearing, followed by a brief, shockingly intense burst of purple light as Inuyasha barely managed to leap out of the way, demon reflexes and speed having responded instantly to the twang of the bow as the arrow took flight. Hand upon the hilt of his Tetsuaiga, Inuyasha whirled to face his enemy, but was stopped by his foe's voice.
"Good to see your reflexes have not dulled, Inuyasha," Kikyo said, voice as bitter cold as the wind that gusted suddenly through the clearing.
"Kikyo," Inuyasha whispered, drawing his hand away from its standard position upon the hilt of the Tetsuaiga. "What are you doing here?"
Kikyo merely smirked, almost an exact mirror of Inuyasha's more arrogant, less cold one, and chuckled softly as she said, "A little birdie told me you'd be staying here". With a thought, Kikyo's konyoukai descended from the starry sky and twined itself around her arm, cold blue eyes turned in the direction of Inuyasha as he said impassively,
"You were spying on us."
"You're quick to catch on, hanyou," she said, cool and composed edge slowly beginning to slip from her voice as bitter anger once more worked its way into her throat, smiling triumphantly on the inside at the brief flicker of pain across his face at the word 'hanyou'. "One of my konyoukai spotted you staying here, with that girl…which is why I'm here tonight."
With every word she spoke, every syllable that escaped from her lips, Inuyasha felt what he thought was love—what he thought had been pure, undying love—slipping away, revealing the ugly truth to him; revealing what he himself had been too blind to see, and what Kikyo still was.
"You saw me kissing Kagome," he said, not a trace of emotion tainting his voice.
"I saw you kissing that girl," she echoed back, cold black staring into equally cold amber.
"Her name is Kagome," he growled, hackles raising slightly as he did so. "And why don't you get on to the reason you're here tonight, Kikyo?"
"Blunt as always, ne? You truly want to know why I'm here? I want to know why you've chosen that girl over me," she said, stepping closer to Inuyasha as she spoke. "I want to know why you've abandoned all that we had, all that we could have had, for a girl that's nothing more than my reincarnation; I want to know why you're throwing away mine—our—love, for nothing more than this girl."
Inuyasha's hackles raised fully as she drew closer and closer to him, cold fire flashing in her eyes—flashing brighter with each step nearer—but he stood his ground, staying silent as she drew within five feet of him.
"Kono ai ga wasuremashita?" Two feet. "Naze?" One foot. "Naze!?" She cried, grabbing Inuyasha around his shoulders and drawing him into a kiss, Inuyasha neither fighting her nor accepting her kiss; lips as ice against his warm face; he drew back, fire in his eyes as he prepared himself to speak…
Well, here's chapter 12; it may be a little short (and a cliffhanger; haha, more people review when I leave them ^_^ Yes, I'm evil), but I'll conclude it tomorrow, same time, same place. As always, please read and review, I'm really trying to get 100 reviews and break 50,000 words before I end this fan-fiction, and every review helps! Post story ideas, thoughts, comments, constructive criticism, challenge fics, fight scenes, romance scenes, etc; I accept everything!