Penitent: InuYasha Fanfic Volume 1
Chapter 9
He tensed as Kikyou approached and unsheathed her sword. The one she tried to kill Kagome with.
"I thought you were dead."
"What a coincidence. So did I. But now, I am still only half dead." She referred to her body, made of her bones and soil of the earth.
"Why are you here?" Inu-Yasha turned around, knowing the answer to her question. Yet he still asked.
"To kill you and that bitch."
"Don't call her a bitch," he immediately snapped. Yet his glare softened. "I'm not fighting you, but I will stay alive."
After a moment, Kikyou laughed bitterly. "You're not surpirsed that you didn't kill me. You're glad. You only desire to live out this fight, hopefully unscathed." She taunted him with a smile. "Your bitch had problems with you killing me, I take it?"
"I said don't call her a bitch," he growled. He couldn't lose his temper now. And he wasn't about to deny anything. It was all true. He just hated how it had to come from Kikyou, of all people.
"What of it? She has obviously left you." Inu-Yasha's hair somewhat visibly stood on end. "Ah there was something else? Well, it will not matter anymore to me. Where is she, by the way? I was counting on you two dying by my hands in the next half hour."
"She's not here."
"I can see that. So where is she?"
"Back... to where she came from."
"So she has seriously left you. No matter. I will track her down... as soon as I kill you." With that, she brandished her sword and slashed at Inu-Yasha's side. He ducked away quickly and leaped out of her range. "I won't fight you."
"Will you die, then?"
"No. Not this simply."
Kikyou only responded to his answer by closing the gap between them and skillfully weaving the sword at Inu-Yasha, trying to catch his heart in particular. Inu-Yasha only moved out the way grimly each time. After a few moments, Kikyou realized she was getting nowhere. Inu-Yasha hadn't tried to slash at her once. It seemed he was determined not to hurt her in any way. He still had energy left to quickly move out of her sword's way. her stregnth was quikly depleting. She wasn't so used to the sword, and it had at least been half an hour since they had started. She pulled away and held the sword at her side. Inu-Yasha confusedly stepped away, wary of her movements.
"Why did you stop?"
"You are not fighting back."
"I said I wouldn't."
At that point, she noticed some bleeding in her side. Inu-Yasha looked to where she was holding her side and gazed into her eyes unfeelingly. Kikyou stared back hollowly.
"You do not even have pity for me?"
"You don't need my pity."
"You don't even care?"
"No. Not anymore. I have better things to care about."
"Not... anymore... better things...?" She smiled bitterly all of a sudden. "That bitch. She's changed you."
He was tired of correcting her. It only added to the heaviness he felt in his heart. He stayed silent.
"She had made you softer... weaker."
"She has done nothing. I did this to myself. I changed... for her."
"That bitch... has accomplished what I have always desired to do."
Inu-Yasha's eyes grew wide with surprise.
"I have always wanted you... as mine. I see now that you will never be that."
Inu-Yasha continued to stare at her. What she was saying was suprisingly clear, even above the sound of the waterfalls.
"I love you, Inu-Yasha."
"I don't love you."
She nodded in understanding, sadly. "I know." She smiled, gently this time. "I am too tired to hate you. I want to rest from everything. Good-bye, Inu-Yasha."
"Good-bye. Stay away from me or Kagome, this time."
...
Kagome sat at her desk, finishing her math homework. This was one of the few times she understood it. Probably because she wasn't thinking of him anymore. Or at least not as much. Maybe she really was starting to get over him.
No. She was only trying to lessen the amount on her plate at the moment. When she had come back, Sota, her grandfather, and her mother had watched her anxiously. There was something different about her, and her mother immediately confrtoned her about it. This wasn't like her at all, but she knew it had to be done. Learning that story... especially the part when her own daughter lost her virginty, shocked her mother so much that she couldn't speak for 10 minutes. But she knew it was her daughter's choice. She had only insisted that they go to the doctor to make sure Kagome wasn't pregnant.
When they found she lacked child, they all left her alone, knowing what had happened. It was enough for her. She just wanted a little quiet time alone. Without anyone. Try to sort things out a bit. And she was doing so successfully. Or so she thought.
When she felt a pull towards the well, she knew something bad had happened. She couldn't shake the feeling. Couldn't resist seeing... she dropped her english homework on the desk and ran out. Sota almost fell over on the way to his room, since Kagome ran so fast by him. Her grandfather felt an icy wind go by as he read his paper and pulled his sweater closer around him. Her mother only yelled for her to grab a jecket before heading outside,which she did.
Why couldn't she resist it? The feudal era's call... why can't she forget about him? What was so great about this guy? He was overprotective, could be so obnoxious at times... but at the same time, he was sweet, almost kind... gentle, handsome... She shook him from her head and wondered what could be so wrong. Was it Naraku? Sesshomaru? At that thought, she forgot her surroundings and ran into the door to the shrine of the well. Holding her forehead and resisting the tears that threatened to pour out of her eyes, she cursed herself for thinking of Sesshomaru. She opened the door and stopped, staring at the well.
It wasn't its normal, dark hue that day. More like purple, for some reason. The same kind of color that surrounded the shards they gathered so long ago... What did this mean? Was this bad? Good? Were the shards involved? A closer look told her that they weren't. This was the color... of a soul. She jumped into the well after a moment's hesitation.
Chapter 9
He tensed as Kikyou approached and unsheathed her sword. The one she tried to kill Kagome with.
"I thought you were dead."
"What a coincidence. So did I. But now, I am still only half dead." She referred to her body, made of her bones and soil of the earth.
"Why are you here?" Inu-Yasha turned around, knowing the answer to her question. Yet he still asked.
"To kill you and that bitch."
"Don't call her a bitch," he immediately snapped. Yet his glare softened. "I'm not fighting you, but I will stay alive."
After a moment, Kikyou laughed bitterly. "You're not surpirsed that you didn't kill me. You're glad. You only desire to live out this fight, hopefully unscathed." She taunted him with a smile. "Your bitch had problems with you killing me, I take it?"
"I said don't call her a bitch," he growled. He couldn't lose his temper now. And he wasn't about to deny anything. It was all true. He just hated how it had to come from Kikyou, of all people.
"What of it? She has obviously left you." Inu-Yasha's hair somewhat visibly stood on end. "Ah there was something else? Well, it will not matter anymore to me. Where is she, by the way? I was counting on you two dying by my hands in the next half hour."
"She's not here."
"I can see that. So where is she?"
"Back... to where she came from."
"So she has seriously left you. No matter. I will track her down... as soon as I kill you." With that, she brandished her sword and slashed at Inu-Yasha's side. He ducked away quickly and leaped out of her range. "I won't fight you."
"Will you die, then?"
"No. Not this simply."
Kikyou only responded to his answer by closing the gap between them and skillfully weaving the sword at Inu-Yasha, trying to catch his heart in particular. Inu-Yasha only moved out the way grimly each time. After a few moments, Kikyou realized she was getting nowhere. Inu-Yasha hadn't tried to slash at her once. It seemed he was determined not to hurt her in any way. He still had energy left to quickly move out of her sword's way. her stregnth was quikly depleting. She wasn't so used to the sword, and it had at least been half an hour since they had started. She pulled away and held the sword at her side. Inu-Yasha confusedly stepped away, wary of her movements.
"Why did you stop?"
"You are not fighting back."
"I said I wouldn't."
At that point, she noticed some bleeding in her side. Inu-Yasha looked to where she was holding her side and gazed into her eyes unfeelingly. Kikyou stared back hollowly.
"You do not even have pity for me?"
"You don't need my pity."
"You don't even care?"
"No. Not anymore. I have better things to care about."
"Not... anymore... better things...?" She smiled bitterly all of a sudden. "That bitch. She's changed you."
He was tired of correcting her. It only added to the heaviness he felt in his heart. He stayed silent.
"She had made you softer... weaker."
"She has done nothing. I did this to myself. I changed... for her."
"That bitch... has accomplished what I have always desired to do."
Inu-Yasha's eyes grew wide with surprise.
"I have always wanted you... as mine. I see now that you will never be that."
Inu-Yasha continued to stare at her. What she was saying was suprisingly clear, even above the sound of the waterfalls.
"I love you, Inu-Yasha."
"I don't love you."
She nodded in understanding, sadly. "I know." She smiled, gently this time. "I am too tired to hate you. I want to rest from everything. Good-bye, Inu-Yasha."
"Good-bye. Stay away from me or Kagome, this time."
...
Kagome sat at her desk, finishing her math homework. This was one of the few times she understood it. Probably because she wasn't thinking of him anymore. Or at least not as much. Maybe she really was starting to get over him.
No. She was only trying to lessen the amount on her plate at the moment. When she had come back, Sota, her grandfather, and her mother had watched her anxiously. There was something different about her, and her mother immediately confrtoned her about it. This wasn't like her at all, but she knew it had to be done. Learning that story... especially the part when her own daughter lost her virginty, shocked her mother so much that she couldn't speak for 10 minutes. But she knew it was her daughter's choice. She had only insisted that they go to the doctor to make sure Kagome wasn't pregnant.
When they found she lacked child, they all left her alone, knowing what had happened. It was enough for her. She just wanted a little quiet time alone. Without anyone. Try to sort things out a bit. And she was doing so successfully. Or so she thought.
When she felt a pull towards the well, she knew something bad had happened. She couldn't shake the feeling. Couldn't resist seeing... she dropped her english homework on the desk and ran out. Sota almost fell over on the way to his room, since Kagome ran so fast by him. Her grandfather felt an icy wind go by as he read his paper and pulled his sweater closer around him. Her mother only yelled for her to grab a jecket before heading outside,which she did.
Why couldn't she resist it? The feudal era's call... why can't she forget about him? What was so great about this guy? He was overprotective, could be so obnoxious at times... but at the same time, he was sweet, almost kind... gentle, handsome... She shook him from her head and wondered what could be so wrong. Was it Naraku? Sesshomaru? At that thought, she forgot her surroundings and ran into the door to the shrine of the well. Holding her forehead and resisting the tears that threatened to pour out of her eyes, she cursed herself for thinking of Sesshomaru. She opened the door and stopped, staring at the well.
It wasn't its normal, dark hue that day. More like purple, for some reason. The same kind of color that surrounded the shards they gathered so long ago... What did this mean? Was this bad? Good? Were the shards involved? A closer look told her that they weren't. This was the color... of a soul. She jumped into the well after a moment's hesitation.