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Is There no Hope?
Chapter 4
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His heart swelled thinking about her. He ran out into the clearing and saw Kikyou with her bow. As soon as she saw him she turned aiming it at him.
"Hello Inuyasha," she said calmly.
"Ki–Kikyou," he stuttered out. "What are you doing?" Kikyou just smirked and let the arrow fly. Inuyasha watched in horror as it came towards him. His heart froze for a minute.
I: //No this isn't true. Kikyou would never do this.//
Then his heart started beating again and he watched calmly as the arrow sped right past him and lodged itself in a tree.
"Don't tell me that you doubted me, Inuyasha," Kikyou said with a smirk.
"Only for a moment," he said and walked forward. "But then I remembered that you would never do that. You love me and I love you."
Just then Kagome walked up and stood behind a tree. She ignored the words and continued to watch waiting for a moment that she could come out.
"Do you love me enough to take the jewel shards away from my reincarnate?" Kikyou asked slyly. Kagome was going to gasp, but held it in.
K: //Are they planing to steal the jewel shards away from me?//
"I told you Kikyou," Inuyasha said a bit annoyed. "I will not take the jewel shards away from Kagome and I'm not going to ask her for them because I know she'd say no."
"Even if I have the other part of the jewel shard?"
"If you did, I'd ask for it to give to Kagome so she can purify it."
"So there is no way that you'll give me the jewel shards?"
"None unless Kagome does it."
"I see. Then I guess I'll just have to take it by force," Kikyou said with a dark look passing over her face. She raised her arms and Shini-dama-chuu swirled up out of the forest. She pointed over in the direction of the camp and they shot off. Inuyasha watched this, mouth agape.
"Kikyou, what are you doing?" he asked in shock.
"I'm going to get the jewel shards since you won't get them for me," Kikyou said.
"The others!" he shouted and turned around. As soon as he took his first step the ground underneath of him flashed a brilliant red and Inuyasha froze. "What have you done to me Kikyou!" Inuyasha shouted, trying to move. Then a purple light shown and Inuyasha stood straight up, by some unseen force. He was spun around facing Kikyou.
"Your not going anywhere Inuyasha."
"You can't be Kikyou! This is another one of Naraku's tricks!" Inuyasha yelled. Kikyou laughed.
***
Shippou woke up when he heard a crashing sound in the forest. He woke up and looked around. There was no Kagome or Inuyasha and the other's hadn't heard the sounds his sensitive ears had picked up. Kilala started to meow and transformed.
"Sango, Miroku!" Shippou yelled. "Get up, something's coming!" Miroku and Sango jumped up and readied their weapons. They looked at the forest when they heard a crashing sound, but then it stopped and everything was silent. Miroku looked around for Inuyasha and Kagome, but didn't see them.
"Where are Inuyasha and Kagome?" he asked worried.
"I don't know," Shippou said. "When I woke up the were gone." Then streaks of lights came out of the woods, headed towards them. "Kikyou's Shini-dama-chuu!"
"That explain's where the other two are," Sango said. The soul-catchers started circling around the group high above the air. They dropped something above there head and they dodged it. A large branch fell and broke in two. Then the crashing noise in the forest resumed and a demon came out of it. It was a mori-demon in a tree form. It's face on the trunk was twisted in rage and its eyes were red. The bark was dark and rotten looking and the leaves were dying as he walked out.
"The soul-catchers broke a piece of it of and it's coming back for revenge!" Miroku said. Sango didn't waste any time and threw Hiraikotsu at it. The boomerang didn't do much damage, but it did scar the side of the tree. The demon roared in anger and his roots shot out from the ground and lashed at the group.
"The bark on the tree is strong enough to shield it from attacks!" Miroku shouted as he dodged another root.
"This is just like back home before mamma and pappa died," Shippou said. Sango and Miroku looked at him, but he offered no explanation. Shippou just ran up to the base of the tree and started climbing.
"Shippou!" Sango shouted. "Get down! Your going to get hurt!" However the kitsune didn't listen and continued climbing to the leaves in the tree.
"Fox fire!" he shouted and instantly the dead leaves caught fire.
"I see!" Miroku said and grabbed one of the pieces of wood that the soul-catchers had dropped on them. He stuck it in the fire and waited for it to catch fire. Sango caught on and did the same with the other branch. They threw them up into the branches of the tree and caught fire to the tree. The demon stopped attacking them and started to wail. He whipped his roots up and started thrashing his head to get the fire out, but only succeeded in catching his roots on fire. The mori-demon fell over and stopped moving and started to burn. Shippou jumped down and ran to the group.
"My mamma and pappa used to have to fight them all the time when they attacked our home. They taught me how to do it," Shippou explained. Then the shini-dama-chuu dove down at them, but instead of hitting them, they swirled around them in tight loops and then shot back up in the forest.
"I hope Kagome and Inuyasha are all right," Miroku said and started into the forest.
"We better hurry," Sango said.
***
Inuyasha watched in shock as Kikyou or Naraku stood in front of him laughing.
"Do you really think that I am Naraku, Inuyasha?" Kikyou said and stopped laughing.
"Kikyou would never do this! I'm not going to fall for you traps again, Naraku!"
"What proof would you like that I really am your lover? Perhaps the spider-shaped scar that Naraku, and all that is his bears, would be enough?" she said and turned around. She lowered her kimono so that her back was visible and showed her cold, flawless skin. No spider-shaped mark was evident.
"You... your really... Kikyou?" Inuyasha said in disbelief. "That's impossible. You would never betray me!"
"Inuyasha, my poor misguided fool. Of course it is me," Kikyou said with a malicious look.
"But, why?" Inuyasha said faintly.
"Because I needed you to get the jewel shard from my reincarnate for me. Did you believe me as I whispered all my sweet nothings in your ear to get you to trust me? Because unfortunately, that's all they were, nothings," she said with a look of scorn. Inuyasha and Kagome looked on in shock.
"I never really loved you. You were just a tool to rid me of my job as priestess and grant me a normal life. All I had to do was find someone who could make a wish on the jewel and it would disappear forever. But you couldn't even do that," she looked on at him in hatred and Inuyasha withered under it. "Did you really think that I would love a worthless half-breed such as yourself? You who is not human, nor demon. A pathetic attempt at both? I was using you so I could have my wish granted, just as your so called friends are using you now to have their desires granted."
I: //Kagome was right. She was only using me...//
"That's not true, Kikyou!" Kagome said and ran out of the forest.
"Kagome is right," Miroku said coming out of the forest.
"We would never look down on Inuyasha or use him," Sango said following Miroku.
"I like him the way he is, even if he is an idiot most of the time," Shippou said and ran up to him. Inuyasha was speechless. These were his friends. His only family. And they were defending him after he had been an idiot and believed Kikyou after the warnings. Kagome walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"She's wrong you know," she said with a smile. "We like you just the way you are, and we wouldn't want you to change, ever."
"I've betrayed you though," Inuyasha said sadly.
"No you didn't," she reassured. "You followed your heart and did the right thing. It was Kikyou who betrayed you."
"Enough of this talk," Kikyou said. "It seems that the demon sent to kill you failed, but I will not." She took out her bow and Kagome did the same. "This ends today and I will leave with the jewel shard." Then light started to leak through the trees from the rising sun, and lit up the scene. Inuyasha was pulled to the spot by and invisible force and Shippou was standing in front of him. Kagome stood beside him with her bow out and an arrow notched aimed at Kikyou. Kikyou stood apart from the others with the shini-dama-chuu circling around her and her bow was out pointed at Kagome. Sango stood with her Hiraikotsu ready to throw at Kikyou and Miroku stood, staff ready in one hand and an oofuda ready in another. Kikyou shot her arrow then and Kagome did the same.
***
To Be Continued...
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Is There no Hope?
Chapter 4
***
His heart swelled thinking about her. He ran out into the clearing and saw Kikyou with her bow. As soon as she saw him she turned aiming it at him.
"Hello Inuyasha," she said calmly.
"Ki–Kikyou," he stuttered out. "What are you doing?" Kikyou just smirked and let the arrow fly. Inuyasha watched in horror as it came towards him. His heart froze for a minute.
I: //No this isn't true. Kikyou would never do this.//
Then his heart started beating again and he watched calmly as the arrow sped right past him and lodged itself in a tree.
"Don't tell me that you doubted me, Inuyasha," Kikyou said with a smirk.
"Only for a moment," he said and walked forward. "But then I remembered that you would never do that. You love me and I love you."
Just then Kagome walked up and stood behind a tree. She ignored the words and continued to watch waiting for a moment that she could come out.
"Do you love me enough to take the jewel shards away from my reincarnate?" Kikyou asked slyly. Kagome was going to gasp, but held it in.
K: //Are they planing to steal the jewel shards away from me?//
"I told you Kikyou," Inuyasha said a bit annoyed. "I will not take the jewel shards away from Kagome and I'm not going to ask her for them because I know she'd say no."
"Even if I have the other part of the jewel shard?"
"If you did, I'd ask for it to give to Kagome so she can purify it."
"So there is no way that you'll give me the jewel shards?"
"None unless Kagome does it."
"I see. Then I guess I'll just have to take it by force," Kikyou said with a dark look passing over her face. She raised her arms and Shini-dama-chuu swirled up out of the forest. She pointed over in the direction of the camp and they shot off. Inuyasha watched this, mouth agape.
"Kikyou, what are you doing?" he asked in shock.
"I'm going to get the jewel shards since you won't get them for me," Kikyou said.
"The others!" he shouted and turned around. As soon as he took his first step the ground underneath of him flashed a brilliant red and Inuyasha froze. "What have you done to me Kikyou!" Inuyasha shouted, trying to move. Then a purple light shown and Inuyasha stood straight up, by some unseen force. He was spun around facing Kikyou.
"Your not going anywhere Inuyasha."
"You can't be Kikyou! This is another one of Naraku's tricks!" Inuyasha yelled. Kikyou laughed.
***
Shippou woke up when he heard a crashing sound in the forest. He woke up and looked around. There was no Kagome or Inuyasha and the other's hadn't heard the sounds his sensitive ears had picked up. Kilala started to meow and transformed.
"Sango, Miroku!" Shippou yelled. "Get up, something's coming!" Miroku and Sango jumped up and readied their weapons. They looked at the forest when they heard a crashing sound, but then it stopped and everything was silent. Miroku looked around for Inuyasha and Kagome, but didn't see them.
"Where are Inuyasha and Kagome?" he asked worried.
"I don't know," Shippou said. "When I woke up the were gone." Then streaks of lights came out of the woods, headed towards them. "Kikyou's Shini-dama-chuu!"
"That explain's where the other two are," Sango said. The soul-catchers started circling around the group high above the air. They dropped something above there head and they dodged it. A large branch fell and broke in two. Then the crashing noise in the forest resumed and a demon came out of it. It was a mori-demon in a tree form. It's face on the trunk was twisted in rage and its eyes were red. The bark was dark and rotten looking and the leaves were dying as he walked out.
"The soul-catchers broke a piece of it of and it's coming back for revenge!" Miroku said. Sango didn't waste any time and threw Hiraikotsu at it. The boomerang didn't do much damage, but it did scar the side of the tree. The demon roared in anger and his roots shot out from the ground and lashed at the group.
"The bark on the tree is strong enough to shield it from attacks!" Miroku shouted as he dodged another root.
"This is just like back home before mamma and pappa died," Shippou said. Sango and Miroku looked at him, but he offered no explanation. Shippou just ran up to the base of the tree and started climbing.
"Shippou!" Sango shouted. "Get down! Your going to get hurt!" However the kitsune didn't listen and continued climbing to the leaves in the tree.
"Fox fire!" he shouted and instantly the dead leaves caught fire.
"I see!" Miroku said and grabbed one of the pieces of wood that the soul-catchers had dropped on them. He stuck it in the fire and waited for it to catch fire. Sango caught on and did the same with the other branch. They threw them up into the branches of the tree and caught fire to the tree. The demon stopped attacking them and started to wail. He whipped his roots up and started thrashing his head to get the fire out, but only succeeded in catching his roots on fire. The mori-demon fell over and stopped moving and started to burn. Shippou jumped down and ran to the group.
"My mamma and pappa used to have to fight them all the time when they attacked our home. They taught me how to do it," Shippou explained. Then the shini-dama-chuu dove down at them, but instead of hitting them, they swirled around them in tight loops and then shot back up in the forest.
"I hope Kagome and Inuyasha are all right," Miroku said and started into the forest.
"We better hurry," Sango said.
***
Inuyasha watched in shock as Kikyou or Naraku stood in front of him laughing.
"Do you really think that I am Naraku, Inuyasha?" Kikyou said and stopped laughing.
"Kikyou would never do this! I'm not going to fall for you traps again, Naraku!"
"What proof would you like that I really am your lover? Perhaps the spider-shaped scar that Naraku, and all that is his bears, would be enough?" she said and turned around. She lowered her kimono so that her back was visible and showed her cold, flawless skin. No spider-shaped mark was evident.
"You... your really... Kikyou?" Inuyasha said in disbelief. "That's impossible. You would never betray me!"
"Inuyasha, my poor misguided fool. Of course it is me," Kikyou said with a malicious look.
"But, why?" Inuyasha said faintly.
"Because I needed you to get the jewel shard from my reincarnate for me. Did you believe me as I whispered all my sweet nothings in your ear to get you to trust me? Because unfortunately, that's all they were, nothings," she said with a look of scorn. Inuyasha and Kagome looked on in shock.
"I never really loved you. You were just a tool to rid me of my job as priestess and grant me a normal life. All I had to do was find someone who could make a wish on the jewel and it would disappear forever. But you couldn't even do that," she looked on at him in hatred and Inuyasha withered under it. "Did you really think that I would love a worthless half-breed such as yourself? You who is not human, nor demon. A pathetic attempt at both? I was using you so I could have my wish granted, just as your so called friends are using you now to have their desires granted."
I: //Kagome was right. She was only using me...//
"That's not true, Kikyou!" Kagome said and ran out of the forest.
"Kagome is right," Miroku said coming out of the forest.
"We would never look down on Inuyasha or use him," Sango said following Miroku.
"I like him the way he is, even if he is an idiot most of the time," Shippou said and ran up to him. Inuyasha was speechless. These were his friends. His only family. And they were defending him after he had been an idiot and believed Kikyou after the warnings. Kagome walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"She's wrong you know," she said with a smile. "We like you just the way you are, and we wouldn't want you to change, ever."
"I've betrayed you though," Inuyasha said sadly.
"No you didn't," she reassured. "You followed your heart and did the right thing. It was Kikyou who betrayed you."
"Enough of this talk," Kikyou said. "It seems that the demon sent to kill you failed, but I will not." She took out her bow and Kagome did the same. "This ends today and I will leave with the jewel shard." Then light started to leak through the trees from the rising sun, and lit up the scene. Inuyasha was pulled to the spot by and invisible force and Shippou was standing in front of him. Kagome stood beside him with her bow out and an arrow notched aimed at Kikyou. Kikyou stood apart from the others with the shini-dama-chuu circling around her and her bow was out pointed at Kagome. Sango stood with her Hiraikotsu ready to throw at Kikyou and Miroku stood, staff ready in one hand and an oofuda ready in another. Kikyou shot her arrow then and Kagome did the same.
***
To Be Continued...
So what do you think? I know I left it at a cliffy, but I'll update soon. What do you think? REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! I want to know so don't be shy! Did you like it? Did you hate it? Have any comments? Come on, tell me!
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