Shadows
Chapter 2: Back to the Past!
Inu Yasha sat in his tree near the well and sighed. Why did she have to always run home? He hated to be so mean to her but, they had a job to do! And, well Dammit! He couldn't find the damn shards on his own!
His own conscious bit at him 'Is that the ONLY reason?'
'Yes! No!...' His own thoughts confused him. Yes, he cared for her, and yes more than a "just friends" sort of way, but nothing would come of it! He was a hanyou, she was a human miko…
' What about Kikyo?'
'Oh yeah! And we see how great THAT worked out!' Besides, Kagome was from an entirely different world! She would have to return, eventually, to where she belonged. 'And that's not with me.'
"Hey Inu Yasha!" A voice called up to him, and looking down he could see the little kitsune's head.
"Whattya want Shippo?" Inu Yasha spit out, upset at being brought out of his thoughts.
"Did Kagome go home already!" Shippo whined.
"Of course she did! She said she was leaving, didn't she?!"
"Well, yeah, but I thought I'd get to see you get "sat". You must have given up easily, huh?" Shippo laughed.
Inu Yasha jumped out of the tree, landing next to Shippo, his eyebrow twitching, "Oh, so you came to watch?"
"Yeah…you sure are funny when you get-yikes!" Shippo stopped as Inu Yasha grabbed him by the tail and began to pummel him.
"I am NOT here for your entertainment!"
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"Tell me Kagome, how does it feel to see your loved ones like this?"
"Kikyo!!"
Kikyo smirked at the horror on Kagome's face, "Yes…I must say your family was quite nice. Your mother even mistook me for you at first…but she soon realized that I was not you."
"Why- Why would you DO this!?" Kagome exclaimed, tears flowing down her face.
"Why? Why! Because you are trying to take away that which I love, so I took away yours!" Kikyo smiled evilly, "Their souls completely re-energized me as well."
"How dare you! You're a monster!" Kagome exclaimed, lunging at her. Kikyo easily sidestepped her attack, knocking her to the ground.
"No Kagome, I am no monster. You are!" Kikyo laughed and pointed at the doorway to another room. Kagome looked and saw what looked like a shoe.
"Go ahead, go closer and see for yourself!"
Kagome's curiousity got the better of her as she slowly walked across the room. It was a foot, belonging to…
"But! That's- That's me!" Kagome exclaimed, looking down at her look-alike.
The figure on the floor laid in a pool of her own blood, apparently by her own hand by the way her hand was grasping the knife in her chest. Next to her lay on the floor an empty quiver and a bow. Kagome looked down at what oddly felt like her own death.
"See Kagome? When they find your families bodies, they'll see you like that and believe you killed them, then yourself." Kikyo smirked and shook her head, saying sarcastically, "What a shame…"
Kagome whirled around to face her, "You- Why! What has my family ever-"
"Stupid Girl! I already told you! Your taking away my life, stealing what is mine! You jump from world to world, enjoying the best of both while I endure endless agony! Now you have no life here! If you ever return here, you'll be hunted down as a murderer! And soon you'll have no life left in the other world either!" Kikyo laughed as Kagome backed away, towards the kitchen door. "Yes, that's right, run to Inu Yasha, my pitiful reincarnation! Treasure the moments you have left with because believe me, they will be few!" Cackling evilly, she watches with satisfaction as Kagome turned and ran out of the house.
She ran as fast as she could to the well house. 'God No! This can't be happening!' Reaching the well, Kagome jumped in without looking back.
As she landed on the soft ground of the well in the feudal era, shock overtook her. Crawling into a ball, Kagome tried to get a grip on what had happened.
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Inu Yasha sensed her presence as soon as she re-entered his world. 'That's funny, what's she doing back so soon?' Tossing a beaten Kitsune aside, he walked towards the well.
As he approached, an intense smell of fear hit him. It was coming from… "Kagome?"
Running to the well and peering over the edge, he saw the girl rocking back and forth- almost as if in a catatonic state.
"Kagome!" Inu Yasha yelled and jumped down to her, "What's wrong with you?"
Kagome didn't answer, just looked at him with tear-soaked eyes.
"What happened!" Inu Yasha grabbed her arms, trying to shake her out of her trance.
Kagome's glazed eyes finally focused on him. Finding her voice finally, she was able to choke out, "Ki-Kikyo," before letting the peaceful darkness swallow her.
Ok! Chapter 2 Done! Please Read and Review!
A.M.- I don't own Inu Yasha
Inu- Then why do you have me tied up here!
A.M.- ^_^;; Ha ha, ignore him!
Inu- Help!