A/n : Well, here's to hoping that I don't get writer's block! I have been, lately. It's sooooo frustrating! I'm sure that all you writers out there know what I mean. Maybe I should just whack my head on the wall 'til I come up with something.... *goes and hits her head against the wall.* @-@ I still can't come up with anything! T.T Oh, by the way. The reason I have writer's block is because I know what's going to happen. Confusing? Not really. I really should just ask my friend. She knows what's happening next too. Ahhh! She won't be home for anther two hours though! Miss_taken_love.... come home! You have to help me write! T.T Inu Yasha's POV.
Disclaimer : *Inu Yasha is in a cage in the background.* I have captured him! He will belong to me forever! *Turns and sees the cage is mangled and broken, with no Inu Yasha inside* Oh, well. He didn't really belong to me anyways. ~weep~
Regrets
Chapter 5
As I landed on the floor of the well in Kagome's time, I smelled the air, filled with the scent of Kagome's blood. My blood boiled. Climbing out, I saw the extent of the blood that was on the floor. She had lost so much blood, was she still alive? A thread of fear wormed it's way into my heart. I would get the one who did this to her, and he would wish he was never born. Walking out of the wellhouse, away from her blood, I set Sota down.
"Sota," I said. "You have to stay here." He looked up at me and I knew he wanted to help. "Sota, the best thing you could do for Kagome right now is stay here and pray that she'll be ok." Shaking his head, he began to cry again.
"She's fine! Kagome is always healthy! She will come home and be my sister again!" He looked up at me. "She will make it."
"Yeah, Sota. She's too stubborn to die." I smiled at him. "But I need you to stay here. You can pray that I kick that monster's butt." The smile on my face was being plagued by the doubt and worry I felt. "I've gotta go rescue her now." Sota looked at me and nodded. Turning, I inhaled deeply. I could smell the trail of Kagome's blood. Bounding off, I prayed that she really would be alright.
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Zenshou's POV
Smiling, I turned from the girl. I had just opened an emotional wound that was years old. She had blocked the pain from it long ago. But now, she felt everything she had experienced as a child again. I inhaled, and I could smell the fear that was controlling her now. The pain of the child filled me with power, and I knew that it would only get better. Behind me, the girl shook with silent sobs, and curled into a ball.
She was such a trusting girl, this Kagome. As I had reviewed her memories, I had come over some recent ones that confused me. She seemed to be living a life in two times. That well... That had been the key. Every time she jumped in it she was transported to feudal Japan. And that boy... Inu Yasha. I planned to take his form when the memories of her father began to lose potency. I could kill her by taking that form. She would die from emotional turmoil. I began to plan the next round of torture when I noticed that the girl's fear was beginning to ebb. Turning, I saw that she was beginning to break free of the memories.
"How?!" I exclaimed. Then I noticed that her wounds had reopened. She was in so much physical pain that the memories could not hold her. What had happened to her miko healing powers? It was rumored that they could heal at one-fourth the rate of a demon. I pondered for a moment. Was it possible that she was untrained? Last time I checked her memories, I had only searched for important events in her life. Looking, again, I saw that she was indeed untrained. I cursed thouroughly. Her blood would barely raise me above the power a normal human's could. Unless I sacrificed her quickly, she would do me little good.
As I gathered the necessary elements for the sacrifice, I noticed a demon's prescence entering my territory. I went to my mirror and looked for it. It was that forsaken Inu Yasha! He had come to rescue his woman. I hissed in frustration. At the rate he was going, he would get here at the crucial stage of the ceremony. Looking at the girl, I began to form a plan. Hanyou blood would do well to raise my power.
To make this work, however, the girl could not be allowed to fight me. With a miko's soul, she would repel every spell that I could muster, whether she meant to or not. Well, that is easily remedied. Walking calmly over, I look down scornfully.
"This would not have had to happen if you weren't so stupid as to be untrained." She looked up at me, glaring. "Awake are we? That could be quite amusing. Did you know your little dog friend is coming for you?" Her eyes register shock. "You will not to be able to speak. My pain web will be filled to the brim when he sees you die. After that, I'll kill him and harvest the power his blood will bring. But you will be the one thatreally kills him Kagome." I look back at my mirror. He's close. Time for phase one. Changing shape, I hide behind her. Her eyes are filled with fear and pain. Now I can hear his voice calling to her.
Then, the door is broken down and he walks in. Seeing her, he is relieved. It's obvious he thought that she was surely dead. She struggles, trying to tell him where I am. He walks towards her, wary of each shadow. He reaches her, and cradles her in his arms as she struggles to communicate the danger.
"Kagome, you're alive." He looks at her wounds. "Where is he? I'll rip him to shreds." He growls. "Why can't I smell him?" He looks around, and sets her down gently. He draws his sword.
Time to act. While he is facing away, I morph again, and grab Kagome by her neck, holding her above the floor. Then I call to him. He turns, and stares in horror.
* * * *
Inu Yasha
"Inu Yasha." Kagome calls.
Turning, I freeze, shocked. There are two Kagomes? My mind is not working. One of them is holding the other up by the neck. Kagome wouldn't do that. I realize that the one that is uninjured must be the youkai. I begin to attack, but the youkai uses Kagome as a shield. I freeze, cursing.
"No, no, Inu Yasha. You wouldn't want to hurt poor little Kagome here, would you?" It grins evilly. "Besides, I need something from her." I growl, taking a step towards Kagome. "Kagome knows what I want, now doesn't she?" Kagome's eyes are filled with tears and her eyes plead with me. She makes a futile effort to get free, but her hands and feet are chained. As she struggles, I see her face pale as her wounds tear. The Youkai clicks it's tongue. "Now, you'll give me what I want." Then, she goes limp. The youkai cradles her in it's arms.
"What did you do to her!" I snarled. The youkai looks at me.
"Why, nothing." It sets Kagome down and she stands there, looking down at the ground. "See she's perfectly fine." I look again. All her wounds have vanished. Confused, I watch as the youkai lets Kagome go. She walks towards me. As soon as she starts moving I rush to get her away from the monster, who is still wearing Kagome's form. I grab her and dash away from the youkai. I look down at her.
"Are you ok?" She looks up, and I stop dead in my tracks. Her eyes. They're empty. Normally, they sparkle with life and emotion, but now they are dull and dead. I swallow nervously. "Kagome..?" I question her, but she doesn't respond. "Kagome!" I turn and glare at the youkai. "What. Did. You. DO!" I demand. The youkai holds up a glowing sphere of light.
"Oh. I took her soul." The youkai sneered. "Now then." It frowned. "We haven't been properly introduced. I am Zenshou. I am the greatest youkai in this city. I have gathered three of the rare shikon shards and have stolen a miko's soul." He pondered a bit. "What to do with it? I can't use such a pure soul. It isn't even corrupted the tiniest bit." He brightened. "I know! I'll send it to Hell." With that, her soul dissapeared.
"Kagome?" I question the girl in front of me. I fell empty, like a piece of me is missing.
"It is only my spell that animates her now! What you are talking to is no more than a worthless shell." Zenshou sneers. That sneer doesn't look right on Kagome's gentle face. I suddenly get the urge to kill this phony, this - imposter that killed my Kagome.
"You will die for that." The anger fills me, and I revel in the felling, so different from the emptiness that was just consuming me. My hand tightens on tetsusaiga's hilt. This anger, it fills me with a power that I have never known but a glimpse of. I remember all the times that I thought Kagome was going to get hurt. It's the same feeling, only much, much stronger. "And I will get Kagome back. If I have to go to Hell to find her, I will. But first you die." I set Kagome's body down gently. I touch her cheek and cringe at the feeling of coldness that lies there. *I'm so sorry Kagome. I wasn't fast enough.* Turning, I look at Zenshou, and he starts a bit at the expression on my face.
"So, you're mad." He tries to sound smug, but I can detect the bit of suprise in his tone. "That's good. It means more fun for me." His form becomes black, and I watch as he transforms into a battle-form. I smirk, and growl deep in my throat.
"Die."
* * * *
Kikyo
As I stand at the lake's edge, my Shinidama-chuu bring me the souls of the dead. They fill this body with power and energy. Even though I live on in this body, I despise it. I had no wish to come back from the dead. But the part of the soul that I have within me will not let me perish until I have fulfilled the duty that it desires. The death of the hated Inu Yasha. I inhale the air, feeling the breeze whip around me. I recall the events of this afternoon.
That monk. Why did he have to come now? I might have been able to do some good here. Now I will have to leave. My soul had begun to be able to love again. Those children, so innocent. I pray to all the gods in heaven that they will not experience heartbreak like I have. Then, I hear a person behind me.
"Can you find no rest in death?" The monk again. I sigh inwardly. "You are dead, are you not, my lady?" I know what must come next and begin to dread it.
"Can you not overlook my presence?"
"I cannot!" He pulls out a crystal ball with a dragon figure wrapped around. Activating it, he has a large dragon-spirit wrap around me. "You cannot escape from this soul-bond! I shall lay you to rest!" I struggle a bit within the spirit's grip. "Sleep now! Find peace!" He does no know how much part of me wishes for peace. "I shall save your soul!" I hear the word soul, and it enrages me. I have no soul. If he cannot see that, then he is less of a monk than I believed at first. I will show him where the peace lies.
"Save.. my soul, you say...?" My eyes narrow. "A little monk... like you... is going to save MY soul!" I rip the dragon spirit apart, sending one of its deadly claws in his direction. However he is faster than I reckoned, and his unfortunate apprentice is killed in his stead. He looks at me, dumbfounded as to how I could have escaped his soul-bond. "I don't really have a soul, monk." I say mockingly. "And I will gladly leave this world when my task is accomplished. However. You seem intent on getting in my way, so... I fear you must die."
I attack him, taking him by suprise. He did not think that I would be that fast apparently. A fatal mistake. He is expecting a weapon. Fool again. I lash out with my hand, touching a point on his chest that stops his heart. He staggers backwards, clutching at his heart. He trips over the body of his apprentice. I look down on him coldly as he thrashes and dies. For some reason, the part of my soul that had started loving again is paralyzed. Could it be because I killed this man?
As I ponder, the dead souls are suddenly sucked from me. Collapsing, I realize that the main part of my soul is being sent to hell. If I do not act quickly, my part of the soul will go as well, leaving this body nothing but a pile of earth. Wait. If I did this right, I could give up this sham body and return to a living one! I capture the plunging soul and go to join it.
The body crumbles into dust. A scared, confused little girl comes out from hiding.
"Lady Kikyo?"
* * * *
Kagome
I am looking at Inu Yasha, when suddenly I feel a terrible wrench, and I am no longer in my body. I am trying to get my bearings. I am free of all that pain, but, where is Inu Yasha? Wasn't he going to save me? I begin to become afraid. What if I never see him again? I curl up into myself and begin to cry.
Then I begin to fall. I am headed somewhere. But I am not supposed to go. I know this, because everything about this feels wrong. Especially this place that I am headed to. The wrongness of it makes me nauseous. I can feel the corrupt nature of it burn all the way through me. I try to fight the current sending me there. A searing pain goes through me and I cry out. I am paralyzed for a few seconds.
I don't know what to do. *Help me!* I cry out silently. Suddenly, I am dragged painfully from the curent sending me to the bad place. I land, seeing stars. I push myself up slowly. Finally I am sitting up, but my world is still spinning. How I know that it's spinning I'm not sure, because everything around me is the same shade of grey. I put my head in my hands. Then I realize that Until just a moment ago, I had no body. I look around, scared again. Was I dead? Was that place I had been headed towards hell? What had I done to deserve going there? I hear the mocking voice of my father, only all too recent in my memories.
'You didn't need to do anything special. That's where they send worthless people like you girl. You'll go there eventually. And do you know why? Because you're a useless, ugly, good- for-nothing! You always will be!' I begin to shake, afraid that his comments are true. Why would a father say those things unless he meant them? Then a voice comes that chills me through, and I freeze, Afraid that if I move I'll burst apart from all the hurt that voice invokes.
'Of course you're good for something! Shard detecting!' Inu Yasha?! 'You're just a cheap copy of Kikyo, only good for shard detecting. I have to protect your worthless hide all the time. What an idiot, thinking that I actually wanted you around. Why do you think that I sent you to your own time? So I could be aone with Kikyo, a real woman.' I choke down sobs. Why? Why did I think that? You always hated me didn't you? I am such a fool. I fell in love with the one who hates me most. I lay on the floor and hug myself, trying to catch the warmth that has fled. I'm so cold, so alone. I can't even see him again. The tears make cold tracks down my face. I feel an empty lonliness, and utter despair. I finally let myself cry, and the sobs shake my entire body. This hurts worse than dying. I want to die again, and never feel this pain.
"How pathetic." I hear a voice, and I can't believe that it's real. Turning, I see her, and I know that it's true. Kikyo. "I think that I'll actually be doing you a favor by killing you." I am shocked out of my crying.
"What?"
End
Chapter Five
A/n : Ahh that's so sad! I had tears in my eyes as I wrote that last part. I sure hope you like it, because It's two thirty AM now, and I stayed up to type this for you. I want some reviews this time. Tell your friends, neighbors, everyone! The more reviews I get, the happier I am! Next chapter - Battles! Oh yeah. The word that I used in this chapter is not a cuss word in the context used. I didn't especially like using it though.
Disclaimer : *Inu Yasha is in a cage in the background.* I have captured him! He will belong to me forever! *Turns and sees the cage is mangled and broken, with no Inu Yasha inside* Oh, well. He didn't really belong to me anyways. ~weep~
Regrets
Chapter 5
As I landed on the floor of the well in Kagome's time, I smelled the air, filled with the scent of Kagome's blood. My blood boiled. Climbing out, I saw the extent of the blood that was on the floor. She had lost so much blood, was she still alive? A thread of fear wormed it's way into my heart. I would get the one who did this to her, and he would wish he was never born. Walking out of the wellhouse, away from her blood, I set Sota down.
"Sota," I said. "You have to stay here." He looked up at me and I knew he wanted to help. "Sota, the best thing you could do for Kagome right now is stay here and pray that she'll be ok." Shaking his head, he began to cry again.
"She's fine! Kagome is always healthy! She will come home and be my sister again!" He looked up at me. "She will make it."
"Yeah, Sota. She's too stubborn to die." I smiled at him. "But I need you to stay here. You can pray that I kick that monster's butt." The smile on my face was being plagued by the doubt and worry I felt. "I've gotta go rescue her now." Sota looked at me and nodded. Turning, I inhaled deeply. I could smell the trail of Kagome's blood. Bounding off, I prayed that she really would be alright.
* * * *
Zenshou's POV
Smiling, I turned from the girl. I had just opened an emotional wound that was years old. She had blocked the pain from it long ago. But now, she felt everything she had experienced as a child again. I inhaled, and I could smell the fear that was controlling her now. The pain of the child filled me with power, and I knew that it would only get better. Behind me, the girl shook with silent sobs, and curled into a ball.
She was such a trusting girl, this Kagome. As I had reviewed her memories, I had come over some recent ones that confused me. She seemed to be living a life in two times. That well... That had been the key. Every time she jumped in it she was transported to feudal Japan. And that boy... Inu Yasha. I planned to take his form when the memories of her father began to lose potency. I could kill her by taking that form. She would die from emotional turmoil. I began to plan the next round of torture when I noticed that the girl's fear was beginning to ebb. Turning, I saw that she was beginning to break free of the memories.
"How?!" I exclaimed. Then I noticed that her wounds had reopened. She was in so much physical pain that the memories could not hold her. What had happened to her miko healing powers? It was rumored that they could heal at one-fourth the rate of a demon. I pondered for a moment. Was it possible that she was untrained? Last time I checked her memories, I had only searched for important events in her life. Looking, again, I saw that she was indeed untrained. I cursed thouroughly. Her blood would barely raise me above the power a normal human's could. Unless I sacrificed her quickly, she would do me little good.
As I gathered the necessary elements for the sacrifice, I noticed a demon's prescence entering my territory. I went to my mirror and looked for it. It was that forsaken Inu Yasha! He had come to rescue his woman. I hissed in frustration. At the rate he was going, he would get here at the crucial stage of the ceremony. Looking at the girl, I began to form a plan. Hanyou blood would do well to raise my power.
To make this work, however, the girl could not be allowed to fight me. With a miko's soul, she would repel every spell that I could muster, whether she meant to or not. Well, that is easily remedied. Walking calmly over, I look down scornfully.
"This would not have had to happen if you weren't so stupid as to be untrained." She looked up at me, glaring. "Awake are we? That could be quite amusing. Did you know your little dog friend is coming for you?" Her eyes register shock. "You will not to be able to speak. My pain web will be filled to the brim when he sees you die. After that, I'll kill him and harvest the power his blood will bring. But you will be the one thatreally kills him Kagome." I look back at my mirror. He's close. Time for phase one. Changing shape, I hide behind her. Her eyes are filled with fear and pain. Now I can hear his voice calling to her.
Then, the door is broken down and he walks in. Seeing her, he is relieved. It's obvious he thought that she was surely dead. She struggles, trying to tell him where I am. He walks towards her, wary of each shadow. He reaches her, and cradles her in his arms as she struggles to communicate the danger.
"Kagome, you're alive." He looks at her wounds. "Where is he? I'll rip him to shreds." He growls. "Why can't I smell him?" He looks around, and sets her down gently. He draws his sword.
Time to act. While he is facing away, I morph again, and grab Kagome by her neck, holding her above the floor. Then I call to him. He turns, and stares in horror.
* * * *
Inu Yasha
"Inu Yasha." Kagome calls.
Turning, I freeze, shocked. There are two Kagomes? My mind is not working. One of them is holding the other up by the neck. Kagome wouldn't do that. I realize that the one that is uninjured must be the youkai. I begin to attack, but the youkai uses Kagome as a shield. I freeze, cursing.
"No, no, Inu Yasha. You wouldn't want to hurt poor little Kagome here, would you?" It grins evilly. "Besides, I need something from her." I growl, taking a step towards Kagome. "Kagome knows what I want, now doesn't she?" Kagome's eyes are filled with tears and her eyes plead with me. She makes a futile effort to get free, but her hands and feet are chained. As she struggles, I see her face pale as her wounds tear. The Youkai clicks it's tongue. "Now, you'll give me what I want." Then, she goes limp. The youkai cradles her in it's arms.
"What did you do to her!" I snarled. The youkai looks at me.
"Why, nothing." It sets Kagome down and she stands there, looking down at the ground. "See she's perfectly fine." I look again. All her wounds have vanished. Confused, I watch as the youkai lets Kagome go. She walks towards me. As soon as she starts moving I rush to get her away from the monster, who is still wearing Kagome's form. I grab her and dash away from the youkai. I look down at her.
"Are you ok?" She looks up, and I stop dead in my tracks. Her eyes. They're empty. Normally, they sparkle with life and emotion, but now they are dull and dead. I swallow nervously. "Kagome..?" I question her, but she doesn't respond. "Kagome!" I turn and glare at the youkai. "What. Did. You. DO!" I demand. The youkai holds up a glowing sphere of light.
"Oh. I took her soul." The youkai sneered. "Now then." It frowned. "We haven't been properly introduced. I am Zenshou. I am the greatest youkai in this city. I have gathered three of the rare shikon shards and have stolen a miko's soul." He pondered a bit. "What to do with it? I can't use such a pure soul. It isn't even corrupted the tiniest bit." He brightened. "I know! I'll send it to Hell." With that, her soul dissapeared.
"Kagome?" I question the girl in front of me. I fell empty, like a piece of me is missing.
"It is only my spell that animates her now! What you are talking to is no more than a worthless shell." Zenshou sneers. That sneer doesn't look right on Kagome's gentle face. I suddenly get the urge to kill this phony, this - imposter that killed my Kagome.
"You will die for that." The anger fills me, and I revel in the felling, so different from the emptiness that was just consuming me. My hand tightens on tetsusaiga's hilt. This anger, it fills me with a power that I have never known but a glimpse of. I remember all the times that I thought Kagome was going to get hurt. It's the same feeling, only much, much stronger. "And I will get Kagome back. If I have to go to Hell to find her, I will. But first you die." I set Kagome's body down gently. I touch her cheek and cringe at the feeling of coldness that lies there. *I'm so sorry Kagome. I wasn't fast enough.* Turning, I look at Zenshou, and he starts a bit at the expression on my face.
"So, you're mad." He tries to sound smug, but I can detect the bit of suprise in his tone. "That's good. It means more fun for me." His form becomes black, and I watch as he transforms into a battle-form. I smirk, and growl deep in my throat.
"Die."
* * * *
Kikyo
As I stand at the lake's edge, my Shinidama-chuu bring me the souls of the dead. They fill this body with power and energy. Even though I live on in this body, I despise it. I had no wish to come back from the dead. But the part of the soul that I have within me will not let me perish until I have fulfilled the duty that it desires. The death of the hated Inu Yasha. I inhale the air, feeling the breeze whip around me. I recall the events of this afternoon.
That monk. Why did he have to come now? I might have been able to do some good here. Now I will have to leave. My soul had begun to be able to love again. Those children, so innocent. I pray to all the gods in heaven that they will not experience heartbreak like I have. Then, I hear a person behind me.
"Can you find no rest in death?" The monk again. I sigh inwardly. "You are dead, are you not, my lady?" I know what must come next and begin to dread it.
"Can you not overlook my presence?"
"I cannot!" He pulls out a crystal ball with a dragon figure wrapped around. Activating it, he has a large dragon-spirit wrap around me. "You cannot escape from this soul-bond! I shall lay you to rest!" I struggle a bit within the spirit's grip. "Sleep now! Find peace!" He does no know how much part of me wishes for peace. "I shall save your soul!" I hear the word soul, and it enrages me. I have no soul. If he cannot see that, then he is less of a monk than I believed at first. I will show him where the peace lies.
"Save.. my soul, you say...?" My eyes narrow. "A little monk... like you... is going to save MY soul!" I rip the dragon spirit apart, sending one of its deadly claws in his direction. However he is faster than I reckoned, and his unfortunate apprentice is killed in his stead. He looks at me, dumbfounded as to how I could have escaped his soul-bond. "I don't really have a soul, monk." I say mockingly. "And I will gladly leave this world when my task is accomplished. However. You seem intent on getting in my way, so... I fear you must die."
I attack him, taking him by suprise. He did not think that I would be that fast apparently. A fatal mistake. He is expecting a weapon. Fool again. I lash out with my hand, touching a point on his chest that stops his heart. He staggers backwards, clutching at his heart. He trips over the body of his apprentice. I look down on him coldly as he thrashes and dies. For some reason, the part of my soul that had started loving again is paralyzed. Could it be because I killed this man?
As I ponder, the dead souls are suddenly sucked from me. Collapsing, I realize that the main part of my soul is being sent to hell. If I do not act quickly, my part of the soul will go as well, leaving this body nothing but a pile of earth. Wait. If I did this right, I could give up this sham body and return to a living one! I capture the plunging soul and go to join it.
The body crumbles into dust. A scared, confused little girl comes out from hiding.
"Lady Kikyo?"
* * * *
Kagome
I am looking at Inu Yasha, when suddenly I feel a terrible wrench, and I am no longer in my body. I am trying to get my bearings. I am free of all that pain, but, where is Inu Yasha? Wasn't he going to save me? I begin to become afraid. What if I never see him again? I curl up into myself and begin to cry.
Then I begin to fall. I am headed somewhere. But I am not supposed to go. I know this, because everything about this feels wrong. Especially this place that I am headed to. The wrongness of it makes me nauseous. I can feel the corrupt nature of it burn all the way through me. I try to fight the current sending me there. A searing pain goes through me and I cry out. I am paralyzed for a few seconds.
I don't know what to do. *Help me!* I cry out silently. Suddenly, I am dragged painfully from the curent sending me to the bad place. I land, seeing stars. I push myself up slowly. Finally I am sitting up, but my world is still spinning. How I know that it's spinning I'm not sure, because everything around me is the same shade of grey. I put my head in my hands. Then I realize that Until just a moment ago, I had no body. I look around, scared again. Was I dead? Was that place I had been headed towards hell? What had I done to deserve going there? I hear the mocking voice of my father, only all too recent in my memories.
'You didn't need to do anything special. That's where they send worthless people like you girl. You'll go there eventually. And do you know why? Because you're a useless, ugly, good- for-nothing! You always will be!' I begin to shake, afraid that his comments are true. Why would a father say those things unless he meant them? Then a voice comes that chills me through, and I freeze, Afraid that if I move I'll burst apart from all the hurt that voice invokes.
'Of course you're good for something! Shard detecting!' Inu Yasha?! 'You're just a cheap copy of Kikyo, only good for shard detecting. I have to protect your worthless hide all the time. What an idiot, thinking that I actually wanted you around. Why do you think that I sent you to your own time? So I could be aone with Kikyo, a real woman.' I choke down sobs. Why? Why did I think that? You always hated me didn't you? I am such a fool. I fell in love with the one who hates me most. I lay on the floor and hug myself, trying to catch the warmth that has fled. I'm so cold, so alone. I can't even see him again. The tears make cold tracks down my face. I feel an empty lonliness, and utter despair. I finally let myself cry, and the sobs shake my entire body. This hurts worse than dying. I want to die again, and never feel this pain.
"How pathetic." I hear a voice, and I can't believe that it's real. Turning, I see her, and I know that it's true. Kikyo. "I think that I'll actually be doing you a favor by killing you." I am shocked out of my crying.
"What?"
End
Chapter Five
A/n : Ahh that's so sad! I had tears in my eyes as I wrote that last part. I sure hope you like it, because It's two thirty AM now, and I stayed up to type this for you. I want some reviews this time. Tell your friends, neighbors, everyone! The more reviews I get, the happier I am! Next chapter - Battles! Oh yeah. The word that I used in this chapter is not a cuss word in the context used. I didn't especially like using it though.
