Disclaimer: I don't own Inu yasha... T_T stupid lawyers ::mumbles more
insults, when suddenly lawers come up behind her:: Ba-Oh! oh hi, hi friends
of mine that will give me Inu yasha!! ::Blinks with puppy eyes, grinning
sweetly so they go away:: ha, ha.. works everytime.... ^_^
Hello everybody.. sorry for being evil.. didn't update yesterday, but thought I'd give everybody one last, final chance to vote.. So no more voting after this.. and I'm sorry if the one ya didn't want the one that won... sorry!!! anyways I hope everyone likes this chapter, and also those who stay to keep reading... bye!
FINAL VOTE COUNTS:
Kurama/Kagome - 43
Hiei/Kagome - 41
Both(Alternative endings) - 46
So the alternatives endings won... although I might switch which chapter I start splitting it up at... eventually I'll get to it. ^_^;; enjoy the chapter!!
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Tears and Roses
Chapter 10 - Searching for battles of Truth
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Kagome climbed to her feet, almost laughing aloud on glee.
'It worked!! A spell worked for HER!! She didn't mess up for once!'
She left her room, and walked out the door, her feet padding softly on the floors.
She heard grumblings downstairs, and male voices.
Kagome froze. She reached the corner, and peeked down the steps. There were oni walking downstairs of her home. She grimaced. Not only that... they were Koenma's oni...
She swore softly. Did they really want her this bad that they held her family hostage?! Damn him! She knew you couldn't trust youkai! Not even 'baby' ones!!! She wouldn't let this pass. She felt her aurora flicker, but dimmed at her reasoning.. if she revealed herself now.. she'd give herself away, ruining everything she had been planning! She'd have to come back later to save her family.. and beat the daylights out of these youkai!!
She tiptoed back to her room, closing her door softly so it wouldn't make any noise. First things first.. She had to get out of here. She looked down at her gown.. she'd have to change first.. She opened her closet. Grabbing the first think she touched, not wanting to waste anytime she slipped it on. Only noticing later it was the her red and white miko garb she wore on the last day she was in fuedal Japan.
She sighed.
Oh well..
Grabbing a dagger, her bow and quiver of arrows for protection, and shoving several anoumous things in her pockets, she pulled on socks and sandals, ready to leave. She couldn't leave through the front doors so she'd have to do her best, and improvised. She threw her windows open, staring at the tree by her room, measuring. If she could make it... She climbed on her sill, crouching then, she took a leapt for the nearest branch.. the leap of life.. either to make it, and be homefree, or fall and be captured by Koenma's oni, all depending whether or not she made it..
Her arms clamped on to the branch, with a thud. She rested her chin on the bark using all her stength to pull herself up. She managed to swing her leg over the branch, and started saddling it, when she slipped. She yelped as she clamped on the branch again, then could have slapped herself.
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"Did you hear that?!" One of the oni asked.
"Go check it out.." Another commented.
"Fine." The purple oni said, and started ascending the stairs. He turned down the hall towards the room he heard it from. He reached for the doorknob, gulping, before opening it. He looked around, seeing the window open. He walked over to it, and looked outside, but didn't see anything. Then he felt it. Somthingwarm that was.. purring..
He froze, looking down, then only saw it was Buyo. He sighed relieved, before muttering,
"Stupid cat..."
It hissed at him, as he closed the windows and headed back downstairs, not hearing Kagome as she let out her pent up breath.
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Kagome began climbing down the tree, almost happy. As soon as she heard the footsteps climbing up the stairs she had climbed up on a branch higher then her window, concealing herself behind a veil of leaves.
She hit the ground, and broke out in a run, wanting to get away from the house as soon as possible.
She reached the stairs bolting down them. She flew down them three at a time, and when she hit the sidewalk, she nearly tripped, catching herself with her hands, before taking off again.
As she reached a four corner stop, she slowed for a moment, before bounding across the street. Kagome was careful to take well used streets and sidewalks for two reasons. So any sensitive noses tracking her would have one hell of a time tracking her scent through everyone elses, and also because in Tokyo it was very stupid to travel at night alone in alleyways and shortcuts. Specially for a girl. And she had had her fair share of thug incidents.
She dove in to the scenic square as she saw a group of boys' coming down the sidewalks towards her.
Hiding behind a tree, until they passed by, then darting off the the square at the park. There was a fountain there, with a police station across the street, so it was a fairly safe place. She reached the pools finding they were reflecting moonlight off its surface, making dancing prisms of colors against the statue. Looking at the clock she spotted, it said 1:43 a.m. and her school didn't start for another seven hours. She sighed sitting on one of the benches.
She sat there the whole seven hours, dozing off occaisionally, or keeping eye on the passing adults coming home from parties. She had set up several tactics and diversions she could use to avoid contact with any of Koenma's men for as long as possible, until she did everything she meant to do, which consisted of a good twelve hours of work, and she refused to go back to the spirit realm before they were completed. She grinned wryly. She was going to have fun going about Tokyo dressed in fuedal clothes, walking around, although it would certainly draw attention, as long as she kept to the shadows, she'd be fine.
In the rising daylights of the morning, Kagome stood, preparing herself for the day. She had tied her back in to a low ponytail, as she slung her bow and arrows over her shoulder. She left the square in search of a new hiding place.
She giggled imagining the look on everyones' faces when they realized she had outwitted them, but she had to do, what she had to do, no matter what it took!
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"Kagome breakfast!" Kurama called as he came in to her room, carring a tray of food. Setting it down on the table, as he went over to her, and shook her shoulder.
"Wake up Ka.. gome?" His hand squished in to the covers. He whipped them back, pulling out pillows. His face visibly paled.
"Kurama what is it?" Yusuke yawned, walking in to the room.
"Kagome seems to have left us.."
"What?! How?!"
"I dont' know. How she got passed the guards is a wonder.."
"whoa.. the ultimate dissapearing trick.."
"We must find her. You go tell Koenma, I'll go gather everyone." Kurama said starting out of the room. Yusuke yelling after him.
"What?!?! No way I'm I gonna tell him!!"
Kuram ignored him, to deep in thought. Her wounds hadn't even healed yet, she had managed to break out of the castle?! He'd have to ask her how later.
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The school bell rang as Kagome's friends faces seemed to fall even more.
"I guess she isn't coming.." Eri said.
"Yeah... I never even thanked her.." Ayumi said, looking down at her bandaged ankle, her only proof that yesterday was indeed not a dream.
"Lets go, or we'll be late for class.." Yuka said walking towards the door. Suddenly she felt something fall on to her head. Hard.
"Hey who did that--?!" She began, but was interupted by a loud whisper.
"Yuka, Eri, Ayumi up here! On the roof!"
They all looked up and saw Kagome's face peering over the ledge.
"Kagome!!" They cried.
"Shhh!!! They'll hear you!! Meet me up here in five minutes.." She said, waiting for the nods of their heads before dissapearing from their veiw.
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"Kagome I have a few questions for you--!" Yuka started, but Kagome cut her off.
"Let me talk, I only have a little time." She waited for a minute before continuing.
"I'm sorry that I lied to you about everything. All those day I missed of school I wasn't really sick. I was in the fuedal era, collecting jewel shards. All the people I described to you, Like Kouga and Inu yasha.. They are really from the fuedal era, and are the way they are because they are youkai. Most of the tales you heard about the Shikon no Tama, or me in History class, are true, although they forgot many details. I'm not sure whats going to happen but I'll do my best to protect everyone, even if it means..." She stopped. She looked over the edge, and saw Kurama and the others by the gate, Kurama was sniffing the air for her scent.
She turned back to her puzzled friends.
"I only have a few minutes, but I'd like to ask you all a favor. If none of you see me in one week, I want you to go tell my family not to expect me home. After that go to the sacred tree on our shrine lands. I want you to pin this note to the tree bark on the bare spotch, using this Shikon shard.." She held out the note and single shard, looking at her friends with pleading eyes. "Promise you'll do this for me. As a special request..."
Yuka was the first to nod, taking the things from her friend. They all smiled at her.
"Kagome I know we won't be doing none of this. You'll come back I know it.."
"I hope your right.." Kagome whispered, a sadness resting in her heart. Suddenly she was engulfed by three bodies in a huge embrace.
"Good luck Kagome.."
"Come back soon.."
"See you later.."
"Thank you guys.." She whispered. Tears were threatening to spill.
They pulled back. Ayumi, unhooked the bracelet from around her wrist, with hearts and flowers decorating it, and slipped it on Kagome's wrist.
Ayumi this is your favorite--" She began, but she simply shook her head.
"No Kagome. You saved my life yesterday, besides everytime you look at it, you'll remember your friends back here, and you'll come back to us. Okay?"
"I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you guys for this. It means a lot.."
"Don't worry about.." Eri said. They suddenly heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
"There here.." Kagome whispered. Saying a final goodbye to her friends, she heded towards the ledge. The door burst opened, revealing Kuwabara followed by the others.
"Kagome what are you doing here?!" He yelled. She stepped up on to the ledge, the ground awaiting her if she made one wrong step.
"Het whatta ya doing?" He asked watching her. They all stood around him. She smiled.
"Sorry everyone. I can't help you yet, I have my own problems to solve first before I could help you. I'm afraid the fate of this world is depending on me, and I can't turn away from my duties yet. Not until they are completed."
"But... Kagome.." Kurama said. She turned her back to all of them, closing her eyes.
"Farewell.."
She jumped.
"Kagome!!" They all gasped, running to the side, to watch over the side of the ledge.
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She was falling headfirst to the ground. She could feel the wind rushing past her face, blowing through her hair. She could barely hear the shouts of her friends.
Well.. this is it... She thought.
Closing her eyes, she meditated her power like the night before,as the ground neared. A blue light erupted from her chest consuming her. She disappeared from everyones' veiws, with to crash to be heard if she had hit the ground.
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Kagome opened her eyes, and found herself in the old well house. She stood, holding her bow. She walked over to it, peering down in to the darkness.
She felt the familiar clench of her heart.
She had to do this.. She told herself.
It would be the only way for her to find peace.
Dead or alive.
She grabbed an single arrow from her quiver, and nocked it in to her bow. Aiming down at the pits of the darkness, she pulled the string back, yelling as she realesed it.
"INUYASHA!!!!!!!!"
The blue streak erupted down in to the well, as it struck the bottom, a black smoke dissapeared.
The binding spell was gone.
It was time to go.
She jumped in to the well, feeling the familiar blue lights engulf her.
She was going back..
and nothing could stop her.
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Sorry that was a cliffhanger wasn't it?? hee, hee.. don't hurt me... or you'll never read the 11th chappie!! okay.. well write later.. R&R.. bye!!!
Hello everybody.. sorry for being evil.. didn't update yesterday, but thought I'd give everybody one last, final chance to vote.. So no more voting after this.. and I'm sorry if the one ya didn't want the one that won... sorry!!! anyways I hope everyone likes this chapter, and also those who stay to keep reading... bye!
FINAL VOTE COUNTS:
Kurama/Kagome - 43
Hiei/Kagome - 41
Both(Alternative endings) - 46
So the alternatives endings won... although I might switch which chapter I start splitting it up at... eventually I'll get to it. ^_^;; enjoy the chapter!!
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Tears and Roses
Chapter 10 - Searching for battles of Truth
*************************************
Kagome climbed to her feet, almost laughing aloud on glee.
'It worked!! A spell worked for HER!! She didn't mess up for once!'
She left her room, and walked out the door, her feet padding softly on the floors.
She heard grumblings downstairs, and male voices.
Kagome froze. She reached the corner, and peeked down the steps. There were oni walking downstairs of her home. She grimaced. Not only that... they were Koenma's oni...
She swore softly. Did they really want her this bad that they held her family hostage?! Damn him! She knew you couldn't trust youkai! Not even 'baby' ones!!! She wouldn't let this pass. She felt her aurora flicker, but dimmed at her reasoning.. if she revealed herself now.. she'd give herself away, ruining everything she had been planning! She'd have to come back later to save her family.. and beat the daylights out of these youkai!!
She tiptoed back to her room, closing her door softly so it wouldn't make any noise. First things first.. She had to get out of here. She looked down at her gown.. she'd have to change first.. She opened her closet. Grabbing the first think she touched, not wanting to waste anytime she slipped it on. Only noticing later it was the her red and white miko garb she wore on the last day she was in fuedal Japan.
She sighed.
Oh well..
Grabbing a dagger, her bow and quiver of arrows for protection, and shoving several anoumous things in her pockets, she pulled on socks and sandals, ready to leave. She couldn't leave through the front doors so she'd have to do her best, and improvised. She threw her windows open, staring at the tree by her room, measuring. If she could make it... She climbed on her sill, crouching then, she took a leapt for the nearest branch.. the leap of life.. either to make it, and be homefree, or fall and be captured by Koenma's oni, all depending whether or not she made it..
Her arms clamped on to the branch, with a thud. She rested her chin on the bark using all her stength to pull herself up. She managed to swing her leg over the branch, and started saddling it, when she slipped. She yelped as she clamped on the branch again, then could have slapped herself.
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"Did you hear that?!" One of the oni asked.
"Go check it out.." Another commented.
"Fine." The purple oni said, and started ascending the stairs. He turned down the hall towards the room he heard it from. He reached for the doorknob, gulping, before opening it. He looked around, seeing the window open. He walked over to it, and looked outside, but didn't see anything. Then he felt it. Somthingwarm that was.. purring..
He froze, looking down, then only saw it was Buyo. He sighed relieved, before muttering,
"Stupid cat..."
It hissed at him, as he closed the windows and headed back downstairs, not hearing Kagome as she let out her pent up breath.
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Kagome began climbing down the tree, almost happy. As soon as she heard the footsteps climbing up the stairs she had climbed up on a branch higher then her window, concealing herself behind a veil of leaves.
She hit the ground, and broke out in a run, wanting to get away from the house as soon as possible.
She reached the stairs bolting down them. She flew down them three at a time, and when she hit the sidewalk, she nearly tripped, catching herself with her hands, before taking off again.
As she reached a four corner stop, she slowed for a moment, before bounding across the street. Kagome was careful to take well used streets and sidewalks for two reasons. So any sensitive noses tracking her would have one hell of a time tracking her scent through everyone elses, and also because in Tokyo it was very stupid to travel at night alone in alleyways and shortcuts. Specially for a girl. And she had had her fair share of thug incidents.
She dove in to the scenic square as she saw a group of boys' coming down the sidewalks towards her.
Hiding behind a tree, until they passed by, then darting off the the square at the park. There was a fountain there, with a police station across the street, so it was a fairly safe place. She reached the pools finding they were reflecting moonlight off its surface, making dancing prisms of colors against the statue. Looking at the clock she spotted, it said 1:43 a.m. and her school didn't start for another seven hours. She sighed sitting on one of the benches.
She sat there the whole seven hours, dozing off occaisionally, or keeping eye on the passing adults coming home from parties. She had set up several tactics and diversions she could use to avoid contact with any of Koenma's men for as long as possible, until she did everything she meant to do, which consisted of a good twelve hours of work, and she refused to go back to the spirit realm before they were completed. She grinned wryly. She was going to have fun going about Tokyo dressed in fuedal clothes, walking around, although it would certainly draw attention, as long as she kept to the shadows, she'd be fine.
In the rising daylights of the morning, Kagome stood, preparing herself for the day. She had tied her back in to a low ponytail, as she slung her bow and arrows over her shoulder. She left the square in search of a new hiding place.
She giggled imagining the look on everyones' faces when they realized she had outwitted them, but she had to do, what she had to do, no matter what it took!
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"Kagome breakfast!" Kurama called as he came in to her room, carring a tray of food. Setting it down on the table, as he went over to her, and shook her shoulder.
"Wake up Ka.. gome?" His hand squished in to the covers. He whipped them back, pulling out pillows. His face visibly paled.
"Kurama what is it?" Yusuke yawned, walking in to the room.
"Kagome seems to have left us.."
"What?! How?!"
"I dont' know. How she got passed the guards is a wonder.."
"whoa.. the ultimate dissapearing trick.."
"We must find her. You go tell Koenma, I'll go gather everyone." Kurama said starting out of the room. Yusuke yelling after him.
"What?!?! No way I'm I gonna tell him!!"
Kuram ignored him, to deep in thought. Her wounds hadn't even healed yet, she had managed to break out of the castle?! He'd have to ask her how later.
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The school bell rang as Kagome's friends faces seemed to fall even more.
"I guess she isn't coming.." Eri said.
"Yeah... I never even thanked her.." Ayumi said, looking down at her bandaged ankle, her only proof that yesterday was indeed not a dream.
"Lets go, or we'll be late for class.." Yuka said walking towards the door. Suddenly she felt something fall on to her head. Hard.
"Hey who did that--?!" She began, but was interupted by a loud whisper.
"Yuka, Eri, Ayumi up here! On the roof!"
They all looked up and saw Kagome's face peering over the ledge.
"Kagome!!" They cried.
"Shhh!!! They'll hear you!! Meet me up here in five minutes.." She said, waiting for the nods of their heads before dissapearing from their veiw.
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"Kagome I have a few questions for you--!" Yuka started, but Kagome cut her off.
"Let me talk, I only have a little time." She waited for a minute before continuing.
"I'm sorry that I lied to you about everything. All those day I missed of school I wasn't really sick. I was in the fuedal era, collecting jewel shards. All the people I described to you, Like Kouga and Inu yasha.. They are really from the fuedal era, and are the way they are because they are youkai. Most of the tales you heard about the Shikon no Tama, or me in History class, are true, although they forgot many details. I'm not sure whats going to happen but I'll do my best to protect everyone, even if it means..." She stopped. She looked over the edge, and saw Kurama and the others by the gate, Kurama was sniffing the air for her scent.
She turned back to her puzzled friends.
"I only have a few minutes, but I'd like to ask you all a favor. If none of you see me in one week, I want you to go tell my family not to expect me home. After that go to the sacred tree on our shrine lands. I want you to pin this note to the tree bark on the bare spotch, using this Shikon shard.." She held out the note and single shard, looking at her friends with pleading eyes. "Promise you'll do this for me. As a special request..."
Yuka was the first to nod, taking the things from her friend. They all smiled at her.
"Kagome I know we won't be doing none of this. You'll come back I know it.."
"I hope your right.." Kagome whispered, a sadness resting in her heart. Suddenly she was engulfed by three bodies in a huge embrace.
"Good luck Kagome.."
"Come back soon.."
"See you later.."
"Thank you guys.." She whispered. Tears were threatening to spill.
They pulled back. Ayumi, unhooked the bracelet from around her wrist, with hearts and flowers decorating it, and slipped it on Kagome's wrist.
Ayumi this is your favorite--" She began, but she simply shook her head.
"No Kagome. You saved my life yesterday, besides everytime you look at it, you'll remember your friends back here, and you'll come back to us. Okay?"
"I don't think I'll ever be able to repay you guys for this. It means a lot.."
"Don't worry about.." Eri said. They suddenly heard footsteps coming up the stairs.
"There here.." Kagome whispered. Saying a final goodbye to her friends, she heded towards the ledge. The door burst opened, revealing Kuwabara followed by the others.
"Kagome what are you doing here?!" He yelled. She stepped up on to the ledge, the ground awaiting her if she made one wrong step.
"Het whatta ya doing?" He asked watching her. They all stood around him. She smiled.
"Sorry everyone. I can't help you yet, I have my own problems to solve first before I could help you. I'm afraid the fate of this world is depending on me, and I can't turn away from my duties yet. Not until they are completed."
"But... Kagome.." Kurama said. She turned her back to all of them, closing her eyes.
"Farewell.."
She jumped.
"Kagome!!" They all gasped, running to the side, to watch over the side of the ledge.
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She was falling headfirst to the ground. She could feel the wind rushing past her face, blowing through her hair. She could barely hear the shouts of her friends.
Well.. this is it... She thought.
Closing her eyes, she meditated her power like the night before,as the ground neared. A blue light erupted from her chest consuming her. She disappeared from everyones' veiws, with to crash to be heard if she had hit the ground.
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Kagome opened her eyes, and found herself in the old well house. She stood, holding her bow. She walked over to it, peering down in to the darkness.
She felt the familiar clench of her heart.
She had to do this.. She told herself.
It would be the only way for her to find peace.
Dead or alive.
She grabbed an single arrow from her quiver, and nocked it in to her bow. Aiming down at the pits of the darkness, she pulled the string back, yelling as she realesed it.
"INUYASHA!!!!!!!!"
The blue streak erupted down in to the well, as it struck the bottom, a black smoke dissapeared.
The binding spell was gone.
It was time to go.
She jumped in to the well, feeling the familiar blue lights engulf her.
She was going back..
and nothing could stop her.
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Sorry that was a cliffhanger wasn't it?? hee, hee.. don't hurt me... or you'll never read the 11th chappie!! okay.. well write later.. R&R.. bye!!!