A/n: Hrm, since my connection is all messed up since im downloading
something I decided to write another chapter since the last one was kinda
bad. hopefully this one will be better.
The other chapter took me so long because I kept writing it and then deleting it all because I hated it. So pretty much the second half that you read was like my fourth attempt at it. So far I have already re-written this chapter twice. I hope the third time is the charm. Anyway, I do that sort of thing a lot. Don't scream at me if Kagome is OOC, she's angry, and weird plus she really isn't herself. Ill explain later, don't worry.
Okay, I know that this is really dragging some of you down, don't fret, ill try to squeeze in some happiness or humor or something, because it's kinda making me sad in a way as well. Hopefully I am capable of such a thing. Ill try at least. Who knows?
Have fun, thanks for the reviews if I got any. If not thanks for not yelling at me! (
On with it!
I don't own Inuyasha. There I said it! Now stop torturing me!
Part 4: Their Struggle
Kagome pulled herself painfully through the forest. 'I can't turn back now, I just can't. Not yet.' Someone or something was calling for her, and she knew that no one else could hear it. This was a call meant only for her, yet she had no idea who was beckoning her over such a distance. The young woman's body ached, and she feared that soon she wouldn't be able to continue. But that feeling, that need to find out what was calling her, was pulling her forward. She wouldn't stop now, nor would she turn around and run home to Inuyasha and the gang. Not yet, besides they probably didn't want her to return after what she had to do to them. Kagome realized how strange it was to not really have remorse for her actions against her friends. But she pushed that thought away, it didn't matter now, the deed was done.
'I wonder where Inuyasha had gone, why he hadn't returned upon smelling their blood. . He must have been with HER. AGAIN.'
Kagome slumped against a tree, catching her breath as she thought this. Her anger flared up slightly but she tried to push it away, her body was already giving out on her, she needed to conserve her energy as much as possible. This journey she had embarked on against her will was taking its toll already. 'I have to get there, I have to keep going. I have to find out why they're calling me. I need to know, I need to know what I am supposed to do now. I can't go back, not after this.'
"What will you do once you get there?"
Kagome's breath caught in her throat. She knew that voice; in fact she hated that voice. Turning, she glared at the woman behind her. Her long black hair swayed gently behind her as the breeze passed quietly between the two. Kagome squinted at her rival.
"Kikyo. .." She glared at the miko, questioning. " Why have you followed me?" 'Is she the one calling me?'
"No, I'm not Kagome. I followed you because, for some reason. . You worry me."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "I worry you? Since when? Remember, you did try to kill me, more than once."
"Yes, I know. But something has changed between us. A part of your soul, well our soul, returned to me. Since then, I have felt.. .. Different. "
"Spare me," Kagome said waving a hand in the air as she turned away. "I don't have time for this." 'I have to get out of here now. Otherwise.. ..'
"I can read your thoughts now.. .. For some reason we are connected.more so than before . . . I don't understand why. Also, I don't have the desire to kill you or Inuyasha right now. I would like to accompany you, I too would like answers."
"No." Kagome began to walk away, brushing the older miko off as she trudged along.
'Fine, I will just follow you then. I too can hear the call.'
Kagome stopped.
"Kikyo!" She yelled in a warning tone.
'Fine, I will stay out of your sight. But you cant stop me.'
Kagome growled. 'What does he see in her anyway?' She thought as she continued to walk.
Kikyo once again blocked her mind off from Kagome. She couldn't really answer that question, but she didn't want Kagome hearing her other thoughts either. 'What will this journey tell us? Will she find the answer she is looking for? Doesn't she realize why she had no remorse? Where is Inuyasha? I know he is hurt, but he is usually too stubborn to let her leave his sight for too long.' She pictured him hobbling along using the Tetsuseiga as a crutch, sniffing around for Kagome. Kikyo shuddered suddenly. 'Kagome is remembering.. .. I can feel it too, I know everything she went through.' Tears escaped her eyes and she gasped. In all the time that had passed since she had been brought to life in this clay body, no tears had been shed from it. She hadn't known that it was possible. More tears escaped. 'Why now? Why am I crying now, over a girl who has taken my identity, my soul, my love?'
/ Because, a part of her was given to you, the remains of her humanity were given to you to protect. Until she has realized her purpose, until she can come to terms with her pain and suffering you will be the bearer of her purity, and also her remaining powers. \
Kikyo sighed. Great, once again her life was not her own. Now she was to protect another thing she wanted nothing to do with.
*/*
Miroku sat between Inuyasha and Sango keeping watch over them as they slept. Shippou slept next to him. The houshi wiped sweat from the exterminator's brow as she muttered incoherently in her sleep. 'How did Kagome manage to do this in her condition? Where was she pulling that power from?'
Inuyasha groaned and the houshi's head jerked in his direction. The hanyou's golden eyes opened slowly, staring up at the monk he asked, "Where.. ." He thought for a moment. "Oh yeah, now I remember. How long have I been out?"
"Not long, a day or so. Sango still hasn't awakened. She must have lost too much blood. .."
"I'm sorry I wasn't here Miroku. But I didn't think she would attack you.."
"Neither did we. . . Where were you Inuyasha? Not with Kikyo?" The monk asked wearily. He hoped Inuyasha wouldn't hit him for asking; he was also in a lot of pain.
A growl rose low in Inuyasha's throat but he tried to suppress it. "No. I went to Kagome's time, to avenge her."
The monk sighed, "Oh, so I gather it was a success?"
"Yes, well sort of. He managed to wound me, but I don't remember much after that.."
The monk raised an eyebrow, questioning. "You transformed?"
"Keh .."
"Ah, Inuyasha ye are awake. What of Sango?" Kaede asked entering her hut, a bowl of herbs in hand.
Sango moaned in response, Kirara chirped beside her. The exterminator's brown eyes fluttered open, her gaze fell upon Miroku and a weak smile graced her pale lips. The monk and the older miko both moved towards her and Miroku shook her until her eyes opened again.
"Ok, ok, ow. stop it. I'm up." She lied trying to brush him away but her arm just fell on his chest and her head lulled to the side, as she was once more unconscious.
"Sango! Stop it! Keep your eyes open!" The houshi demanded, pulling her into his lap he shook her more violently.
She muttered something, and burrowed her face into his robes. A slight blush graced his cheeks as he realized what she was doing.
"Leave her be Miroku, she needs her rest. She was wounded the most out of all of us." Kaede pointed out with a slight smile.
"Ok, I wont move her then. I wouldn't want to disturb her." Miroku grinned pulling Sango into his arms even more.
/*-
"She comes, my lord." The servant whispered.
"Aye, I know. I can feel her growing near. "
"Will she be ready?"
"I believe so, the other is with her."
"The other, my lord?"
"Yes, Kikyo. They share a soul, but they are completely different. All the pieces are gathering together. She will be ours, and everything will be complete."
"What of the hanyou Inuyasha?"
"Destiny will fall in to place. She will take down Inuyasha, her friends, her enemies, and herself. No one will be able to help her, I will give her the ability to kill without remorse, but after her task is done, I will give that purity back to her. Then she will be consumed with her own grief and guilt. We will barely have to do a thing, she will do it all for us."
A small smile graced his dark lips, but it quickly faded. " Is everything prepared?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Good. Good."
*/-
A/n: Okay yeah, confusion. Aggrivation. Sadness. I tried to put a little Sango and Miroku moment in there, I dunno. Brain freeze!
I actually called my job and told them id be coming in late, pretty much just so I could write this. But that's not what I told them of course.
Heh.
The other chapter took me so long because I kept writing it and then deleting it all because I hated it. So pretty much the second half that you read was like my fourth attempt at it. So far I have already re-written this chapter twice. I hope the third time is the charm. Anyway, I do that sort of thing a lot. Don't scream at me if Kagome is OOC, she's angry, and weird plus she really isn't herself. Ill explain later, don't worry.
Okay, I know that this is really dragging some of you down, don't fret, ill try to squeeze in some happiness or humor or something, because it's kinda making me sad in a way as well. Hopefully I am capable of such a thing. Ill try at least. Who knows?
Have fun, thanks for the reviews if I got any. If not thanks for not yelling at me! (
On with it!
I don't own Inuyasha. There I said it! Now stop torturing me!
Part 4: Their Struggle
Kagome pulled herself painfully through the forest. 'I can't turn back now, I just can't. Not yet.' Someone or something was calling for her, and she knew that no one else could hear it. This was a call meant only for her, yet she had no idea who was beckoning her over such a distance. The young woman's body ached, and she feared that soon she wouldn't be able to continue. But that feeling, that need to find out what was calling her, was pulling her forward. She wouldn't stop now, nor would she turn around and run home to Inuyasha and the gang. Not yet, besides they probably didn't want her to return after what she had to do to them. Kagome realized how strange it was to not really have remorse for her actions against her friends. But she pushed that thought away, it didn't matter now, the deed was done.
'I wonder where Inuyasha had gone, why he hadn't returned upon smelling their blood. . He must have been with HER. AGAIN.'
Kagome slumped against a tree, catching her breath as she thought this. Her anger flared up slightly but she tried to push it away, her body was already giving out on her, she needed to conserve her energy as much as possible. This journey she had embarked on against her will was taking its toll already. 'I have to get there, I have to keep going. I have to find out why they're calling me. I need to know, I need to know what I am supposed to do now. I can't go back, not after this.'
"What will you do once you get there?"
Kagome's breath caught in her throat. She knew that voice; in fact she hated that voice. Turning, she glared at the woman behind her. Her long black hair swayed gently behind her as the breeze passed quietly between the two. Kagome squinted at her rival.
"Kikyo. .." She glared at the miko, questioning. " Why have you followed me?" 'Is she the one calling me?'
"No, I'm not Kagome. I followed you because, for some reason. . You worry me."
Kagome raised an eyebrow, "I worry you? Since when? Remember, you did try to kill me, more than once."
"Yes, I know. But something has changed between us. A part of your soul, well our soul, returned to me. Since then, I have felt.. .. Different. "
"Spare me," Kagome said waving a hand in the air as she turned away. "I don't have time for this." 'I have to get out of here now. Otherwise.. ..'
"I can read your thoughts now.. .. For some reason we are connected.more so than before . . . I don't understand why. Also, I don't have the desire to kill you or Inuyasha right now. I would like to accompany you, I too would like answers."
"No." Kagome began to walk away, brushing the older miko off as she trudged along.
'Fine, I will just follow you then. I too can hear the call.'
Kagome stopped.
"Kikyo!" She yelled in a warning tone.
'Fine, I will stay out of your sight. But you cant stop me.'
Kagome growled. 'What does he see in her anyway?' She thought as she continued to walk.
Kikyo once again blocked her mind off from Kagome. She couldn't really answer that question, but she didn't want Kagome hearing her other thoughts either. 'What will this journey tell us? Will she find the answer she is looking for? Doesn't she realize why she had no remorse? Where is Inuyasha? I know he is hurt, but he is usually too stubborn to let her leave his sight for too long.' She pictured him hobbling along using the Tetsuseiga as a crutch, sniffing around for Kagome. Kikyo shuddered suddenly. 'Kagome is remembering.. .. I can feel it too, I know everything she went through.' Tears escaped her eyes and she gasped. In all the time that had passed since she had been brought to life in this clay body, no tears had been shed from it. She hadn't known that it was possible. More tears escaped. 'Why now? Why am I crying now, over a girl who has taken my identity, my soul, my love?'
/ Because, a part of her was given to you, the remains of her humanity were given to you to protect. Until she has realized her purpose, until she can come to terms with her pain and suffering you will be the bearer of her purity, and also her remaining powers. \
Kikyo sighed. Great, once again her life was not her own. Now she was to protect another thing she wanted nothing to do with.
*/*
Miroku sat between Inuyasha and Sango keeping watch over them as they slept. Shippou slept next to him. The houshi wiped sweat from the exterminator's brow as she muttered incoherently in her sleep. 'How did Kagome manage to do this in her condition? Where was she pulling that power from?'
Inuyasha groaned and the houshi's head jerked in his direction. The hanyou's golden eyes opened slowly, staring up at the monk he asked, "Where.. ." He thought for a moment. "Oh yeah, now I remember. How long have I been out?"
"Not long, a day or so. Sango still hasn't awakened. She must have lost too much blood. .."
"I'm sorry I wasn't here Miroku. But I didn't think she would attack you.."
"Neither did we. . . Where were you Inuyasha? Not with Kikyo?" The monk asked wearily. He hoped Inuyasha wouldn't hit him for asking; he was also in a lot of pain.
A growl rose low in Inuyasha's throat but he tried to suppress it. "No. I went to Kagome's time, to avenge her."
The monk sighed, "Oh, so I gather it was a success?"
"Yes, well sort of. He managed to wound me, but I don't remember much after that.."
The monk raised an eyebrow, questioning. "You transformed?"
"Keh .."
"Ah, Inuyasha ye are awake. What of Sango?" Kaede asked entering her hut, a bowl of herbs in hand.
Sango moaned in response, Kirara chirped beside her. The exterminator's brown eyes fluttered open, her gaze fell upon Miroku and a weak smile graced her pale lips. The monk and the older miko both moved towards her and Miroku shook her until her eyes opened again.
"Ok, ok, ow. stop it. I'm up." She lied trying to brush him away but her arm just fell on his chest and her head lulled to the side, as she was once more unconscious.
"Sango! Stop it! Keep your eyes open!" The houshi demanded, pulling her into his lap he shook her more violently.
She muttered something, and burrowed her face into his robes. A slight blush graced his cheeks as he realized what she was doing.
"Leave her be Miroku, she needs her rest. She was wounded the most out of all of us." Kaede pointed out with a slight smile.
"Ok, I wont move her then. I wouldn't want to disturb her." Miroku grinned pulling Sango into his arms even more.
/*-
"She comes, my lord." The servant whispered.
"Aye, I know. I can feel her growing near. "
"Will she be ready?"
"I believe so, the other is with her."
"The other, my lord?"
"Yes, Kikyo. They share a soul, but they are completely different. All the pieces are gathering together. She will be ours, and everything will be complete."
"What of the hanyou Inuyasha?"
"Destiny will fall in to place. She will take down Inuyasha, her friends, her enemies, and herself. No one will be able to help her, I will give her the ability to kill without remorse, but after her task is done, I will give that purity back to her. Then she will be consumed with her own grief and guilt. We will barely have to do a thing, she will do it all for us."
A small smile graced his dark lips, but it quickly faded. " Is everything prepared?"
"Yes, my lord."
"Good. Good."
*/-
A/n: Okay yeah, confusion. Aggrivation. Sadness. I tried to put a little Sango and Miroku moment in there, I dunno. Brain freeze!
I actually called my job and told them id be coming in late, pretty much just so I could write this. But that's not what I told them of course.
Heh.