**~~ HI, I know, Kikyo's back and that sucks. BUT HEY, where's the fun if
there's no love triangle? Dats why my title is "the return of Kikyo" the
main problem is dat bitch Kikyo. , well yah. Man.....only got a couple of
reviews on chapter....well since I deleted a chapter, chap. 54 is now 53.
Yah, got so lido on dat chappy man!!!! Ok...the excuse is scool, right?????
Hope so..... ~~**
Note: sorry for da ppl who dislike angst.....you're gunu have ta bear with me a bit ^^" I gave you guys some light chappies, now here are the angst....i'll try to lighten it at times.
Lol, InuYasha had always been the one hurting Kagome emotionally, now see InuYasha feel how he had treated Kagome
WARNING: Extreme angst
============= Chapter Fifty-five =============
InuYasha stared at Kagome who faded away from his sight, he knew he had done something wrong. But what? Was it something he had said, or something Kikyo had said?
~Kikyo......~ InuYasha thought, the person he loved, but now not that much, had so bitterly betrayed him by sleeping with his enemy. ~Kikyo's one smart whore.......she knew me that well I guess.....to think of such a revenge that would tear at me forever.....~
InuYasha looked up......
Waiting.....
Hoping that Kagome would return.....
~Waiting.....is this how Kikyo felt...waiting for a person you loved that would never come back......damn, what am I thinking about. Kagome will come back, and we'll get back to normal......~ InuYasha hoped. He saw his Rosary around his neck glittering in the sun light. He pulled on it, but as usual, wasn't able to take it off.
~I wouldn't have hated this Rosary so bad before if it wasn't damn cursed with a spell by Kaede for the damn words that sent him flying onto the dirt because of it....~ InuYasha had a vision of a Chibi Kagome running around in a circle around InuYasha shouting 'SIT' came to his mind, and he sighed.
"I miss everything about you........Why do I miss you so bad.....when you're just here. You're the only person I miss so much when they're only steps away..... But even though you're here, your heart is far"
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Miroku looked down at his hands, where his cursed wind tunnel was...sealed up by the rosary.
He held his palm,
~It's getting a little by little bigger each month.....then the months will turn into weeks, the weeks into days.....until I'm sucked in whole~
Sango looked at Miroku who was sitting under a tall tree. She walked over and sat quietly next to him....
"Houshi-sama....what seems to be the problem? You look disturbed" Sango said.
"I don't know....how long I'll last before I'm sucked in...... "Miroku distantly replied.
Sango felt her heart beating painfully at the thought of the possibility of loosing Miroku.
"I don't.....want to loose you....Houshi-sama" Sango whispered.
Miroku held her hands. She could feel the warmth of his hands, melting her heart.
"You wont...I promise. As long as we don't give up"
"Hai"
Sango looked up at Miroku and saw him gazing down at her, she bit her lips and looked away.
"Sango I.....I like you....I like you a lot" Miroku confessed, but unable to express the extent of his love...
Sango felt her heart thumping fast as she looked away, unable to look him in the eyes. Afraid that she'd see a lie. She could feel her face burning hot red.
Miroku gently turned her face towards him,
"Sango-chan....I....really like you" Miroku whispered.
"Me too....." Sango shyly whispered back.
~But....liking isn't love is it......if only it were~ Miroku thought as well as Sango.
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Shippo observed Kagome and InuYasha who had been acting very , VERY distant. It was now the afternoon, and they only got worse.
Kagome sat on the floor of the hut, studying (or more like just staring) at her school text book to study from, while InuYasha sat far across on the other side of the hut.
Kagome felt her heart still pounding in hurt, whenever InuYasha got near, her heart pounded, wanting to be near him.....but that would be wrong, to a person who had treated her so unfairly,
InuYasha tried his best not to look up and gaze over at Kagome which his eyes hungered to see. He cold from unable to being able to hold Kagome's warm self, for her warm smile to melt his cold heart......without her, he felt cold.....
~What did I do to hurt Kagome....~ InuYasha kept wondering, but never found an answer. All day he had tried to say one word to Kagome, but she would sadly turn away from him.....
It hurted.
Today, Kouga had come for a quick visit to Kagome. He had told Kagome that he had met a new person that was perfect for him. A female from his tribe named Ayamie (right?)
InuYasha wondered if Kagome might have fallen out of love with him.....
Maybe Kikyo had convinced her out of love...
InuYasha's heart began to panic, he didn't want to loose Kagome. That was one ting he couldn't live without. The one thing he wouldn't be able to give up....the only thing he loved so much on this earth......She was everything to him.
~Kagome had been acting strangely, and I can't figure out why~ If Kagome was angry, she never missed the opportunity to 'sit' him. In fact, to InuYasha's way of thinking, there were only two ways Kagome responded.
If she was furious with him, Kagome would sit InuYasha several times and proceed to bitch about him for several hours. If she was beyond fury, she'd make her way to the well without anything apart from an "I'm going home".
And there was the third way.....which happened when it seriously wounded the heart. Kagome would turn all sad and quiet.....and secretive. The pain eating away at her, he didn't want that to happen to her...
Kagome glanced up and caught InuYasha's gaze, but quickly looked away. She stood up and walked out of the, unable to bear being in the presence of him without not being able to smile at him.....
InuYasha stood up and walked after her. Shippo looked at everyone in confusion. They seemed to have all got it except for him.
Kagome gave a quick gasp of surprise, feeling someone taking a hold of her wrist. She turned to see it was InuYasha.
"What do you want" Kagome quietly asked.
"What do I want? How did it come to needing a reason to just be with you? What's going on Kagome? Tell me what I did wrong" InuYasha asked.
"Kikyo told me everything......." Kagome whispered.
"Told you what?!" InuYasha asked in torment.
"You and her......never mind" Kagome pulled her wrist out of his grasp, "just leave me alone.....I'll get back to normal in time"
"Kagome!" InuYasha said in annoyance, "what did I do?! I'm sorry whatever it is, can't I make up for it or something......since you wont tell me"
"You can't make up for something that has already happened......"
"What already happened? Kagome, I'm lost" InuYasha said.
"Just..go away! Leave me the hell alone, OK! I don't need you !" Kagome yelled and hurried away.
InuYasha stood there, his heart ripped apart.
~She doesn't need me......like Kikyo never needed me. They both had been fine on there own.....until I came.......~
"Kagome........" InuYasha whispered, "but.....I need you"
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"The time has come to retrieve the last shard.......from InuYasha" Naraku muttered.
"Does this mean it shall be the last battle....." Kikyo asked,
"Maybe.......but if neither of us dies, the last battle shall come later on. The last battle will be when I go to defeat InuYasha. At this moment.......I just want that shard they have........The last battle.......I can feel it......is when InuYasha and Lord Seshoumaru join forces"
Kikyo frowned, "Seshoumaru and InuYasha hate each other....."
"They are brothers.......and Seshoumaru does care for InuYasha though he never reveals it. He is ashamed of who his little brother is, a half demon. But even from when they were little, he always had protected InuYasha......."
"I see......" Kikyo muttered.
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"What's up with you and Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Keh, none of your business" InuYasha muttered.
Miroku continued to stare at InuYasha.
"Nanda?!" InuYasha asked, getting freaked with Miroku just staring at him.
"What did you do to her to hurt her?" Miroku asked.
"NANI?! Why am I always the bad guy?!" InuYasha asked, kind of hurt by being blamed, "I don't even know what the hell I did wrong! If I did, I wouldn't be this stubborn to not apologies dammit!"
Miroku frowned, "then......you do not know?"
"No! Hell no! I tried asking, but she only talks stuff I don't get......It might have to do with Kikyo......Kikyo had been talking with her"
"Oh yes, I remember......." Miroku sighed, "I should have warned you the about the cost of two timing"
"Stop talking as if I'm some pay boy like you. I loved them both, I didn't want to cheat on any of them.......UNLIKE YOU! You don't love any of the girls you million times on. So don't give me any advice, I don't want it from someone who never loved before" InuYasha snapped.
Silence.
"I do love someone........" Miroku quietly replied. InuYasha slowly turned his head to see Miroku looking at Sango and Kagome who were far away on the field.
InuYasha turned and looked suspiciously at Miroku,
"Are you....looking at Kagome?!" InuYasha asked.
"AHHHhhhh, no! No!" Miroku said hurriedly, "I was looking at Sango-"
"Oh, so you love her" InuYasha muttered.
"Do you think I should tell her......the really deep feeling I have for her?"
InuYasha sighed, "Oh God, why are we talking about stuff like this. We're turning into females" InuYasha muttered to himself,
"WELL, that depends on HOW you show Sango. As long as you can tell her with your dirty hands to yourself, I'm sure it'll go fine" InuYasha muttered.
"I wasn't asking on how I should ask, if it would be right for me to ask. We confessed to each other that we liked each other........But not our love. Do you think she loves me?" Miroku asked.
"H- How the hell am I supposed to know?!" InuYasha asked.
"I guess you are right.......It all depends on me"
"Keh, yah, whatever"
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The morning light slowly started to fade away, as the sky got a bit darker every hour. Thick fog draped the land.
InuYasha watched Kagome all day, watching her every move, her every word. Missing her more and more. He felt as if he were invisible in Kagome's eye. It hurted......as if she had never loved him. She just ignored him, all he could see was pain hidden away inside her.
InuYasha took his eyes away from Kagome, his heart empty with Kagome's name echoing inside his heart.
InuYasha walked through the fog, staring ahead blankly at nothing. His mind and heart only thinking of Kagome.
~Is Kagome suffering as I am......?~ InuYasha wondered.
Kagome shut her eyes tightly, her heart still pounding in pain. She missed InuYasha so much. She missed they way he would tease her, the way he would look at her......everything.
InuYasha sighed, as he leaned his head against a tree. He stared at the tree,
"Kagome......" InuYasha whispered.
~What if Kagome doesn't love me anymore....~
~Is this how Kagome felt......When I didn't love her......when I had thought that it was Kikyo I loved most.....Is this the pain she had to go through day by day, the pain she bared for my sake of being happy.....Even going through such pain she didn't give up on me.......This is the pain I made her go through~
InuYasha closed his eyes, as an image of Kagome appeared in his mind. He tried to reach out and hold her, but she faded away.
"I don't know what to do.....to get you back" InuYasha whispered sadly.
Sango was hiding behind a tree, she had seen InuYasha leave the hut, and wondered where he was going....wondering if it was Kikyo he was going out to meet. But.....it wasn't.
"Kagome......what did I do wrong" she heard InuYasha whispering to himself. She felt a pang of sharp pity and sadness piercing her heart.
All Kagome had told her was that InuYasha had betrayed her by becoming one with Kikyo and not even telling her. As hard as she wanted to believe Kagome, and be on her side and get all pissed over at InuYasha, she couldn't.....she could just feel something wrong.
It seemed that Kagome's pain made her blind her heart. Making her unable to think clearly......Didn't she think of the possibility that maybe all was not as it seemed?
Suddenly, Sango felt a hand on her back. She gasped and spun around to see Miroku.
"H- houshi-sama!" Sango whispered a cry.
"Kaede sensed strong dark forces not far away....even I too sense it. Why does InuYasha not sense the aurora of the Youkai's?" Miroku asked.
"His pain is blinding his mind......."
"Hm....I see.....well we must get to the source.....InuYasha!" Miroku called.
InuYasha had his hands on his sword, getting ready to slice anything that got near him.
"It's just us, Miroku and Sango" Miroku said.
"What do you want" InuYasha asked in a weak tone.
"There are youkai's....not so far away"
"Let's go then...."InuYasha muttered.
"Ok, bring Kilala and Kagome" Miroku told Sango.
InuYasha froze, hearing Kagome's name being mentioned.
"We're bringing....Kagome?" InuYasha asked.
"Well yah.....she's part of the team. But Shippo doesn't count at this moment. He's too little to fight" Miroku said.
"Yah, whatever" InuYasha muttered as he walked ahead.
After a few minuets, Sango and Kagome came flying towards them. Miroku jumped onto Kilala, as InuYasha leaped into the air away from them as they headed to where that evil aurora was.
During their journey there, it felt too painful for InuYasha to look at Kagome. It was the same for Kagome.
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They now stood in the middle of a large, empty battle field that had skeletons of the dead ancient soldiers littering the area.
Kagome swallowed hard, the eerie place freaking her out. But then a bit of sadness filled her, she wasn't able to cling to InuYasha as she had always done before, where InuYasha would just say, "keh, you're such a baby" and would act as if he didn't really care.... But now she couldn't.....she was alone.
"I don't see no damn Youkai's anywhere" InuYasha muttered, looking across the dead land, but thick fog was draped over it.
"Shit......" InuYasha muttered.
"What?!" Sango asked, her heart thumping fast.
From the fog, figures started to appear as it got closer. The closer it got, the more they all realized that there wasn't only one youkai....but an army full of them.
Sango gasped seeing her brother, Kohaku among them.
InuYasha and Miroku frowned in shock seeing Naraku in his true form, and a hundred or so of his Youkai's, including Seiyamie, Kagura and Kanna.
Naraku and his helpers stood a distant away from them,
"If you hand the shard over to me, I shall spare all your lives" Naraku said.
InuYasha glanced to the side at Kagome, he didn't want her to get hurt. He could just give up the shard....it meant nothing much to him any more...IF it meant that it would cost one of his friend's life.
Kagome walked over and placed the shard into his palm. If they lost this.....she'd never be able to get home....she'd never see her family again.
InuYasha's heart quickened, he didn't know what to do....
Miroku looked at him and nodded his head, as did Sango. They wanted to fight.
Sango glared at Naraku, ~I will have revenge on what you did to my family~
Miroku looked down at his Wind Tunnel, ~Finally, this will be gone....and I will have revenge on what you did to my past generation~
InuYasha looked over at Kagome, ~She has no reason to fight.....Naraku has never done anything to her......~
"Kagome....You don't have to fight" InuYasha whispered to her.
She looked away from him, "I'm not going to let you guys suffer alone.... We're in this together" she whispered back. Kagome so dearly wanted hold InuYasha, and tell him that she loved him..... But couldn't.
~How much do you love me...InuYasha?~ Kagome wanted to ask. A question....she would soon find out.
Miroku looked at Sango,
~What if there is no tomorrow.....what if I never get to tell her my true feelings for her if I wait till tomorrow....?~ Miroku wondered. He took Sango's cold hands in his. She looked up at him in surprise. The words wouldn't come out, so he just held her hands.
InuYasha felt his heart pounding in sorrow. He felt as if he'd never see Kagome again if he let her go......He wanted to hold Kagome....to relieve the dark pain in his heart. But Kagome.....would reject him.
"Any time now! I don't have forever to wait for your answer!" Naraku yelled.
"No.....I wont give it over" InuYasha yelled back.
"So desu Ka......Fine.....then prepare to go to hell" Naraku hissed, "Kill them all"
Naraku's figure disappeared through the mob of Youkais rushing towards them with swords, claws, and their other weapons at them.
Among the rush of Youkais was Kohaku, his eyes vacant and wearing his armor.
Sango just stood staring at him,
"Kohaku....." Sango whispered. But ran away from his attack and fought the other Youkais, away from Kohaku, not wanting to accidentally kill him.
She got her Boomerang and threw it as it cut off the head off twenty Youkais and came back into her grasp with blood smeared all over it.
She took out her sword and started to fight.
Miroku unsealed his Wind tunnel, but Naraku started to laugh as the poisonous bees filled the air.
"Shit!" Miroku muttered as he quickly sealed it back up. A youkai started to run towards him, he got his staff and cut the demon into half.
He saw from a distance away, Youkais closing into Sango as she fought determinedly, trying to get out.
He ran towards her, and helped her out.
"Arigato" she said weakly.
"Leave InuYasha to me!" Seiyamie yelled as the youkais backed away and headed for Kagome.
"Kagome!" InuYasha yelled.
Naraku smiled, ~I have found many of your weaknesses.....and the main one being Kagome...~
Kagome shot her arrows at the Youkais as the crashed to the ground, and Kilala slashed her claws through them and ripped them apart with her fangs. Blood spilling every where.
Kagura didn't want to be a part of anything..... She no longer had the heart to kill any of these people. Now....everyone against Naraku....was not her enemy. Especially Kagome....when she thought of how kind Kagome had been to her, she felt something warm in her heart. A feeling she had never felt before, something Kagome had said was called friendship.....
Kanna did not fight as well, seeing that her sister was not fighting or commanding her.
Naraku frowned at their lack of work.
"Kanna! Go reflect all of Kagome's attacks!" he commanded.
"Hai" Kanna distantly replied.
Kagome ran towards Naraku with her arrow and bow in hand,
"I'll end you right here!" Kagome yelled, when she was not that far from him, she let go of the arrow.
It shot towards Naraku, but Kanna stepped in front and went into her mirror. It started to shake as Kanna tried to reverse it. It didn't work.
"Then I'll just get rid of you..." Naraku muttered as he raised his arms to Kagome as his arms extended, shooting out towards Kagome. Kagome watched in shock.
Kagura tightly shut her eyes,
*****Flashback[from Chap.28]*****
"Let's be friends" Kagome offered. Kagura turned pale.
"Friends.......? "
"Yes, friends!" Kagome said with a warm smile that "almost" melted Kagura's frozen cold heart.
Kagura backed away, "I do not accept friendship from a person that I will someday betray"
*****End of Flashback*****
Kagome's eyes widened..... Her attack went through....Kagura who jumped in front of her. Kagome could see Naraku's hands pierced through Kagura as red blood spilled out.
Naraku retrieved his arms back to normal and frowned in surprise,
"I knew you hated me....but I thought hate was all you could have. It's disgusting to know that my creations could grow to have kind feelings" Naraku muttered.
Kagura dropped to the ground.
"Kagura!" Kagome cried, even though she had never really known Kagura, there had always been something about her that made her want to help her.
"I haven't...betrayed you...." Kagura whispered, blood streaking down her chin, "It's surprising......that a bad guy like me.....would do this"
"No, stop talking, you'll be fine!" Kagome cried, ~Why do I cry for my enemy....~
Kagura raised her hands up a bit,
~I feel free.....as if I was free from a burden of darkness
"Let us.....be friends" Kagura whispered.
Kagome held her hands,
"Sure" Kagome said, sniffing from her tears a little.
Naraku grimaced in disgust, he squeezed his hands tightly into a fist, stopping Kagura's heart from beating.
Kagura- ~ I now feel free....my soul now feels like the wind that blows across the land.....the thing I have always wanted.....I have now gained....finally~
"Kagura....." Kagome whispered.
"Why....." Kanna asked.
"Do you want to be next?" Naraku asked coolly. Unaffected by what had happened.
An unexpected arrow shot into Naraku's shoulder. He felt the purity of it burning against his flesh.
He growled in pain and pulled it out and glared at Kagome who was glaring back at him with bitter tears in her eyes.
~I cannot kill you.....because of Onigumo's damn heart.....but I can hurt you, both physically and emotionally...but I know you, it'll hurt more if it was more emotional.....I have the perfect plan. I never intended to kill InuYasha today, but I will now~ Naraku smiled,
Seiyamie swung his sword at InuYasha as he blocked the blades from slicing into him by his Tetsusaiga. Their Blades clashing together.
Seiyamie kicked InuYasha on the stomach, and InuYasha fell to the ground in shock, he had not been expecting that. Seiyamie knew so many of the moves he was making. He remembered that Seiyamie had told him that he was able to read his mind a bit.
InuYasha back flipped away, just in time before Seiyamie's sword had been pushed down through his neck. But he had read InuYasha's mind and swung his sword again, cutting through InuYasha's stomach as blood spilled out.
InuYasha landed roughly on the ground, clutching his wound.
InuYasha ran towards Seiyamie again with his sword at swung it, Seiyamie blocked it with his blade, but InuYasha pushed passed it as it cut into Seiyamie's face.
He gave a loud cry of pain.
He attacked InuYasha again, but InuYasha jumped high into the air and kicked Seiyamie down to the ground.
~He still has become weaker for some reason...~ Seiyamie noticed.
He jumped up, and moved away from InuYasha's claws, but another claw slashed across his shoulder. Slicing his armor off to reveal a bare shoulder deeply gashed.
"Shit..." Seiyamie hissed as blood spilled out. He turned his sword into a whip and whipped it at InuYasha as it wrapped around his neck.
InuYasha tried to unloose the thin tight whip that was wrapped around his neck, but he couldn't.
Seiyamie pulled his whip high into the air, and slammed it onto the ground, causing InuYasha to crash deep into the earth.
Seiyamie raised his whip high up, InuYasha coughed from the whip tightly wrapped around his neck, it cutting into his skin, as blood streaked down his neck.
Kagome watched in horror, trying to go and help InuYasha, But Naraku had some kind of roots holding in her place. And had put a slight spell on her so that she wouldn't be able to speak or cry out his name.
"Showing him that you cared would have helped him a lot....." Naraku told Kagome coldly.
~InuYasha!!!!~
"So sad....having to depart with him on such bad terms... InuYasha probably thinks that you don't love him anymore....."
~No! InuYasha.....did I really make you think that?! No, it can't be, I didn't make you think that I didn't love you, did I?!~ Kagome wondered desperately.
She watched in terror as InuYasha was being tormented to death. Unable to use up all his strength hidden within him.....his heart unable to work from the painful memories of Kagome.
InuYasha couldn't even see Kagome since she was too far away from him.
Sango and Miroku were both covered in blood as they continued to fight off the youkai's.
"You alright?" Miroku asked.
"Hai"
Suddenly Sango stopped fighting, she saw Kohaku coming towards them.
"No....no..." Sango whispered in a cry, she didn't want to imagine what she was to do. Did she have to kill Kohaku?
He raised his arms and swung his weapon and let go of it. Sango just stood there,
"Kohaku....it's me..." Sango whispered, watching Kohaku as the blade of his weapon flew towards her.
Miroku ran in front of her and caught the blade that was flying in the air. The sharp blade cut into the flesh of his skin.
"Houshi-sama....." Sango cried, ~What have I done....all because I wanted to be with Kohaku....and didn't try to defend myself, he had to get hurt~
"I'm fine!" Miroku assured her.
Kohaku's eyes flashed back to his normal state. Tears rushed down his face, as he walked over to Sango.
Memories flashed through his mind. Being on the battlefield made him remember many things...
"Sister....." Kohaku cried.
Sango's eyes widened, ~ he remembers?!~
"Sister...." he cried again, then a memory flashed through his mind, of him swinging his blade in the air....and his blade stabbing his sister....Sango. And also doing that to many other of his friends.
"I'm so....sorry" Kohaku cried, standing away from Sango, afraid of what he may do next. ~All because of me....people are dying.....and getting hurt....and I am living on that Shard inside me.....~
Sango stared at Kohaku,
"You.....remember me...."
Kohaku retrieved his weapon and stepped away. He looked sadly at Sango,
"It's better this way....." Kohaku whispered as he raised his weapon.
Miroku frowned and stepped in front of Sango, thinking that Kohaku was going to hurt Sango.
Kohaku closed his eyes,
"Sayonara..." he whispered as he stabbed his blade into his back where the Tainted Shikon Shard was placed in. Blood spilled out as the shard dropped to the ground.
And then he looked at Sango for the last time and gave her a warm smile,
"I'm finally.....back" Kohaku whispered then dropped to the ground.
"KOHAKU!" Sango yelled, "NO!" as she ran towards him.
She slumped over his lifeless body and wept.
Miroku felt his heart pounding in sorrow. He closed his eyes,
"Rest in peace"
He placed his hands on Sango's shoulder,
"This was bound to happen someday....I'm sorry Sango"
Sango shook her head, "he didn't deserve this...how can I live without him?! HOW?! Houshi-sama....please end my life! I want to be with him again in heaven! I give up......on life. I'm all alone now, I no longer have any more family"
Miroku pulled Sango up and held her in his arms, she gave a gasp of surprise.
"Don't give up....You're not alone. I'll be with you...as will the others. Sango...please.....I- I love you so much...How would I live if you left" Miroku whispered painfully in a strained voice, "your brother would have wished you to live......and not follow the tragic fate your family had gone through"
Sango's heart pounded,
"You.....love me?"
"Yes.....But I never got to tell you"
Sango buried her head in his shoulders and started to cry,
"I love you too" she whispered. Miroku smiled in sad happiness.
They moved apart, as a new strength appeared in them.
"We shall give your brother a proper burial" Miroku said, standing over Kohaku protectively.
"Hai" Sango said as she bent down and picked up the black shard and pressed it close to her heart,
"Kohaku.....finally you are at peace"
The continued to fight the Youkai's that were running towards them. There were barely any more left.
Naraku looked at Kagome who had tears rushing down her face. Naraku watched in bored amusement at InuYasha who continued to fight, countless times getting wounded and collapsing to the ground from the lack of strength. He was practically fighting having to drag his wounded body around.
~InuYasha....Please stop fighting~ Kagome cried, with tears in her eyes.
"He's stubborn and will never give in...." Naraku said, ~I have no time for this. He has the shard and I must take it....~
He looked around for Kohaku and saw him lying dead on the ground with her sister and the priest fighting in front of him.
"Damn...Now I must get two. DAMMIT!"
Naraku smiled as his body started to sprout with roots piercing out of him.
Kagome's eyes widened.
"I shall go kill your dear InuYasha....." Naraku muttered.
He ran towards InuYasha who was fighting far away.
A tear glittered down her cheeks,
~INUYASHA!~ Kagome cried, suddenly, she felt that strange miko energy in her. She broke free from the roots and ran towards InuYasha. But Naraku was far ahead of her. She ran with tears streaming down her face, she couldn't yell to warn him, for her lips were still sealed with Naraku's short term spell.
InuYasha clutched his wound as his body shuddered, and began to loose strength as he weakly dodged an attack and stumbled onto the ground.
"Weak Hanyou" Seiyamie muttered as he pulled InuYasha cruelly up by the hair. InuYasha growled in pain. InuYasha got his hands and pushed it through Seiyamie's body.
He let go of InuYasha as he stumbled back.
InuYasha unsteadily stood up and raised his sword to run it through Seiyamie....
~InuYasha!~
InuYasha froze, he could feel someone calling in his echoing heart.
Kagome's eyes opened wider and wider as Naraku now stood almost right behind InuYasha. The roots moved back and shot towards InuYasha.
Kagome ran weakly towards InuYasha as the many roots pierced into InuYasha's wounded body. The roots on the other side was dripping in blood.
InuYasha stared blankly in front of himself.
He could feel his blood soaking into his Haori.
Kagome's seal on her mouth broke as she started to call his name. But InuYasha was too wounded to hear anything.
Naraku withdrew as InuYasha fell to his knees. He slowly fell towards the ground, but felt someone's hands catch him.
He opened his eyes to see Kagome..... InuYasha closed his eyes, he could feel no pain in her arms. All he could think of was her sweet scent and warmth. He opened his eyes to see a blurry figure of Kagome.
Naraku watched the scene in great humor.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
Kagome looked tearfully down at InuYasha's face, all smeared in blood and deep gashes, his forehead bleeding continuously.
"InuYasha...are you alright?" Kagome asked.
InuYasha could now feel the pain throughout his body. He couldn't hear a word Kagome was saying, he could just see her lips moving, but heard nothing.
"InuYasha, you're alright, right?!" Kagome asked, but also realized that he couldn't concentrate on her voice, thus didn't hear a word she had said. ~He thinks that I lost a bit of my love for him.....~
"I'm sorry Kagome...Don't know....what I did to hurt..you. But....I'm sorry..... I understand..now how you felt....when I thought it was Kikyo...I loved...and thus never returned my love to you...Now I understand...how it is to...feel invisible. You don't have to....forgive me....."
He saw her lips moving again, but heard not a word.
"InuYasha! I don't care anymore of becoming one with Kikyo, Please, InuYasha! Ilove you InuYasha, I love you so much" Kagome cried.
Naraku chuckled in humor, never had he had so much fun.
InuYasha moved away from Kagome's lap and held his wound as he weakly stood up,
"My...fate is...to get rid of...Naraku....and get all the...shards" InuYasha said weakly, picking up his Tetsusaiga again, he glanced back at Kagome who was staring at him in shock, unbelief and horror.
"His obsession over the shards will kill him" Naraku laughed, "and his revenge for his dear Kikyo...."
Kagome closed her eyes tightly, ~that's why....he wants to keep on going so bad...for the shards and for Kikyo......the person he belongs to~
InuYasha glared at Naraku,
~This is for you Kagome....for all the pain he has caused you...and Kikyo. With him gone....You'll be happier....~
Naraku saw a flick of red flash through InuYasha's eyes.
~Did I see what I just saw.....InuYasha's full demon form? Maybe the battle to kill him will be more harder than I thought~
Naraku smiled, the earth started to shake, as out of the bog came a hundred more of the youkai.
Sango, Miroku and Kilala all came running over.
"Why the hell does he need this much more Youkais?" Sango asked Miroku.
He shrugged.
All three of them; Kilala, Sango and Miroku were badly wounded.
InuYasha closed his eyes, regaining a bit more of his energy from seeing Kagome and wanting to live to see her one more time....to tell her that he was very sorry again.
Kagome glared at Naraku bitterly and took out an arrow and ran towards Naraku who was facing his backs to them, looking out towards his Youkai's. Hshe didn't have a bow, so she decided to just stab it into him for what he had done to InuYasha.
"Foolish girl..." Naraku muttered, sensing her presence, he turned around and swung his arms.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa" Kagome cried as she went flying into the air and crashed into the ground.
"KAGOME-CHAN!" Sango cried as she ran over towards her.
InuYasha's eyes shot open hearing Kagome's name. He saw her lying unconscious on the ground.
InuYasha stumbled over to her, leaving a trail of blood behind him. His body burning from pain.
He fell to the ground next to her, he gently raised her head towards him, she was out.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
InuYasha tightly held his fingers into a fist,
"Get Kagome out of here..." InuYasha said.
"N- Nani?! And leave you here to fight by yourself? Your state is as good as dead right now!" Miroku yelled.
"I said, get her out. Let me finish what I have started....just get her out!" InuYasha yelled weakly.
Sango felt a tear run down her face,
"InuYasha...." She whispered painfully, "Kilala can take her, and we'll fight with you"
"Hai, that would be more sensible" Miroku said. ~By looking at his state, if he can leave, he will surely live.......But if he is wounded more, which he will be if he stays......he'll die~
"No....JUST GO! You guys wont live this through...."
"If you leave this to us and leave, you'll surely live!" Miroku said.
InuYasha looked away, "live for what.....I hurted Kagome one too many time. At least.....I'll be doing something that is worth a difference for once"
"Baka...." Sango cried out loud.
Kagome slowly began to regain her senses.
"GO!" InuYasha yelled, seeing the Youkais marching closer towards them.
"You're the most infatuated fool I've ever seen....." Miroku whispered, "we must go then, staying here will cause us to loose more lives...."
Kilala stood in front of Sango who forcedly got herself on, holding her brother, Kohaku onto Kilala as well. Miroku picked Kagome up.
"You're....sure about this?" Miroku asked, wanting to just tie InuYasha up and take him away. But if he did.....InuYasha would have regretted leaving for the rest of his life. His soul would be caged with the thought, "what if". "What if I had stayed, I could have won" "What if I had won, I would have helped" "What if"
As Miroku was lifting Kagome up, she felt InuYasha near her. She slowly opened her eyes to feel herself being carried up. She grasped InuYasha's hands in confusion.
He looked sadly down at her.
Kagome was now held in Miroku's arms on Kilala.
"Kagome....." InuYasha whispered, he looked down at her pure hands that were holding his bloody hands. InuYasha closed his eyes, ~Will this be the very last time I see you.....~
"Go" InuYasha whispered.
Everyone stared sadly down at him as Kilala slowly began to rise into the air.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried out loud, still holding onto his hands tightly, "don't let go, bring me down with you, I want to be with you!!"
Their hands slowly slipped away.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled again as Kilala was now higher in the air. Miroku had to hold Kagome from pushing herself off.
InuYasha stared up at Kagome, leaving him.....
"YOU PROMISED!" Kagome cried, "that you'd never let go!!!!"
"Save yourself and be happy..." InuYasha whispered, "Happiness it seems....is something I was never good at giving you. Gomen"
They watched as the Youkai's slowly circled around InuYasha and began to close in.
His form disappearing among the demons attacking him.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried, tears over whelming her. She continued to scream his name. But no reply came, only the sound of weapons hitting each other
Kilala flew away, now unable to hear anything or see anything to do with the battle. Everyone stayed silent with a very heavy heart. Sorrow of what the had lost draped over them.
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Seshoumaru stopped in his tracks, causing Rin and Jacken to slam into him.
"Oh, Gomen, Gomen" Jacken said, backing off and bowing continuously at him.
Seshoumaru frowned and looked at the distantly at the lands.
He felt Rin tugging at him, he looked down.
"What is wrong, Seshoumaru?" Rin asked.
He looked back up, why was his heart pounding so fast.....
He froze, the only time he actually felt something in his heart was when he was with Rin.......and InuYasha.
He realized that something really bad was happening, or had happened to InuYasha.
He dashed towards the direction where he picked up InuYasha's blood....and he caught a lot.
Leaving Rin and Jacken to argue over who's fault it was.
"InuYasha...stay alive for a little longer......my brother"
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Kagome stared blankly at the night sky.
She couldn't believe what had happened.
She bit her lips from the pain in her heart, as she could taste the blood in her mouth.
She stood at the banks of the river, alone as her heart felt.
She gave a loud cry of agony, as hot and bitter tears ran down her face. She fell to her knees and hands and cried. Her tears soaking into the soil. Her nails dug into the ground. She rested her forehead on the ground and cried as she had never did.
He was gone.
Departed.
Dead.
**~~ NOT THE END. Ok der ya go, told ya, very angsty......Yah, Well kep reading to find out more!!!!!! Dun worry, it DEFFINATELY will NOT be a tragedy. Yay, review!~~**
Note: sorry for da ppl who dislike angst.....you're gunu have ta bear with me a bit ^^" I gave you guys some light chappies, now here are the angst....i'll try to lighten it at times.
Lol, InuYasha had always been the one hurting Kagome emotionally, now see InuYasha feel how he had treated Kagome
WARNING: Extreme angst
============= Chapter Fifty-five =============
InuYasha stared at Kagome who faded away from his sight, he knew he had done something wrong. But what? Was it something he had said, or something Kikyo had said?
~Kikyo......~ InuYasha thought, the person he loved, but now not that much, had so bitterly betrayed him by sleeping with his enemy. ~Kikyo's one smart whore.......she knew me that well I guess.....to think of such a revenge that would tear at me forever.....~
InuYasha looked up......
Waiting.....
Hoping that Kagome would return.....
~Waiting.....is this how Kikyo felt...waiting for a person you loved that would never come back......damn, what am I thinking about. Kagome will come back, and we'll get back to normal......~ InuYasha hoped. He saw his Rosary around his neck glittering in the sun light. He pulled on it, but as usual, wasn't able to take it off.
~I wouldn't have hated this Rosary so bad before if it wasn't damn cursed with a spell by Kaede for the damn words that sent him flying onto the dirt because of it....~ InuYasha had a vision of a Chibi Kagome running around in a circle around InuYasha shouting 'SIT' came to his mind, and he sighed.
"I miss everything about you........Why do I miss you so bad.....when you're just here. You're the only person I miss so much when they're only steps away..... But even though you're here, your heart is far"
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Miroku looked down at his hands, where his cursed wind tunnel was...sealed up by the rosary.
He held his palm,
~It's getting a little by little bigger each month.....then the months will turn into weeks, the weeks into days.....until I'm sucked in whole~
Sango looked at Miroku who was sitting under a tall tree. She walked over and sat quietly next to him....
"Houshi-sama....what seems to be the problem? You look disturbed" Sango said.
"I don't know....how long I'll last before I'm sucked in...... "Miroku distantly replied.
Sango felt her heart beating painfully at the thought of the possibility of loosing Miroku.
"I don't.....want to loose you....Houshi-sama" Sango whispered.
Miroku held her hands. She could feel the warmth of his hands, melting her heart.
"You wont...I promise. As long as we don't give up"
"Hai"
Sango looked up at Miroku and saw him gazing down at her, she bit her lips and looked away.
"Sango I.....I like you....I like you a lot" Miroku confessed, but unable to express the extent of his love...
Sango felt her heart thumping fast as she looked away, unable to look him in the eyes. Afraid that she'd see a lie. She could feel her face burning hot red.
Miroku gently turned her face towards him,
"Sango-chan....I....really like you" Miroku whispered.
"Me too....." Sango shyly whispered back.
~But....liking isn't love is it......if only it were~ Miroku thought as well as Sango.
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Shippo observed Kagome and InuYasha who had been acting very , VERY distant. It was now the afternoon, and they only got worse.
Kagome sat on the floor of the hut, studying (or more like just staring) at her school text book to study from, while InuYasha sat far across on the other side of the hut.
Kagome felt her heart still pounding in hurt, whenever InuYasha got near, her heart pounded, wanting to be near him.....but that would be wrong, to a person who had treated her so unfairly,
InuYasha tried his best not to look up and gaze over at Kagome which his eyes hungered to see. He cold from unable to being able to hold Kagome's warm self, for her warm smile to melt his cold heart......without her, he felt cold.....
~What did I do to hurt Kagome....~ InuYasha kept wondering, but never found an answer. All day he had tried to say one word to Kagome, but she would sadly turn away from him.....
It hurted.
Today, Kouga had come for a quick visit to Kagome. He had told Kagome that he had met a new person that was perfect for him. A female from his tribe named Ayamie (right?)
InuYasha wondered if Kagome might have fallen out of love with him.....
Maybe Kikyo had convinced her out of love...
InuYasha's heart began to panic, he didn't want to loose Kagome. That was one ting he couldn't live without. The one thing he wouldn't be able to give up....the only thing he loved so much on this earth......She was everything to him.
~Kagome had been acting strangely, and I can't figure out why~ If Kagome was angry, she never missed the opportunity to 'sit' him. In fact, to InuYasha's way of thinking, there were only two ways Kagome responded.
If she was furious with him, Kagome would sit InuYasha several times and proceed to bitch about him for several hours. If she was beyond fury, she'd make her way to the well without anything apart from an "I'm going home".
And there was the third way.....which happened when it seriously wounded the heart. Kagome would turn all sad and quiet.....and secretive. The pain eating away at her, he didn't want that to happen to her...
Kagome glanced up and caught InuYasha's gaze, but quickly looked away. She stood up and walked out of the, unable to bear being in the presence of him without not being able to smile at him.....
InuYasha stood up and walked after her. Shippo looked at everyone in confusion. They seemed to have all got it except for him.
Kagome gave a quick gasp of surprise, feeling someone taking a hold of her wrist. She turned to see it was InuYasha.
"What do you want" Kagome quietly asked.
"What do I want? How did it come to needing a reason to just be with you? What's going on Kagome? Tell me what I did wrong" InuYasha asked.
"Kikyo told me everything......." Kagome whispered.
"Told you what?!" InuYasha asked in torment.
"You and her......never mind" Kagome pulled her wrist out of his grasp, "just leave me alone.....I'll get back to normal in time"
"Kagome!" InuYasha said in annoyance, "what did I do?! I'm sorry whatever it is, can't I make up for it or something......since you wont tell me"
"You can't make up for something that has already happened......"
"What already happened? Kagome, I'm lost" InuYasha said.
"Just..go away! Leave me the hell alone, OK! I don't need you !" Kagome yelled and hurried away.
InuYasha stood there, his heart ripped apart.
~She doesn't need me......like Kikyo never needed me. They both had been fine on there own.....until I came.......~
"Kagome........" InuYasha whispered, "but.....I need you"
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"The time has come to retrieve the last shard.......from InuYasha" Naraku muttered.
"Does this mean it shall be the last battle....." Kikyo asked,
"Maybe.......but if neither of us dies, the last battle shall come later on. The last battle will be when I go to defeat InuYasha. At this moment.......I just want that shard they have........The last battle.......I can feel it......is when InuYasha and Lord Seshoumaru join forces"
Kikyo frowned, "Seshoumaru and InuYasha hate each other....."
"They are brothers.......and Seshoumaru does care for InuYasha though he never reveals it. He is ashamed of who his little brother is, a half demon. But even from when they were little, he always had protected InuYasha......."
"I see......" Kikyo muttered.
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"What's up with you and Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Keh, none of your business" InuYasha muttered.
Miroku continued to stare at InuYasha.
"Nanda?!" InuYasha asked, getting freaked with Miroku just staring at him.
"What did you do to her to hurt her?" Miroku asked.
"NANI?! Why am I always the bad guy?!" InuYasha asked, kind of hurt by being blamed, "I don't even know what the hell I did wrong! If I did, I wouldn't be this stubborn to not apologies dammit!"
Miroku frowned, "then......you do not know?"
"No! Hell no! I tried asking, but she only talks stuff I don't get......It might have to do with Kikyo......Kikyo had been talking with her"
"Oh yes, I remember......." Miroku sighed, "I should have warned you the about the cost of two timing"
"Stop talking as if I'm some pay boy like you. I loved them both, I didn't want to cheat on any of them.......UNLIKE YOU! You don't love any of the girls you million times on. So don't give me any advice, I don't want it from someone who never loved before" InuYasha snapped.
Silence.
"I do love someone........" Miroku quietly replied. InuYasha slowly turned his head to see Miroku looking at Sango and Kagome who were far away on the field.
InuYasha turned and looked suspiciously at Miroku,
"Are you....looking at Kagome?!" InuYasha asked.
"AHHHhhhh, no! No!" Miroku said hurriedly, "I was looking at Sango-"
"Oh, so you love her" InuYasha muttered.
"Do you think I should tell her......the really deep feeling I have for her?"
InuYasha sighed, "Oh God, why are we talking about stuff like this. We're turning into females" InuYasha muttered to himself,
"WELL, that depends on HOW you show Sango. As long as you can tell her with your dirty hands to yourself, I'm sure it'll go fine" InuYasha muttered.
"I wasn't asking on how I should ask, if it would be right for me to ask. We confessed to each other that we liked each other........But not our love. Do you think she loves me?" Miroku asked.
"H- How the hell am I supposed to know?!" InuYasha asked.
"I guess you are right.......It all depends on me"
"Keh, yah, whatever"
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The morning light slowly started to fade away, as the sky got a bit darker every hour. Thick fog draped the land.
InuYasha watched Kagome all day, watching her every move, her every word. Missing her more and more. He felt as if he were invisible in Kagome's eye. It hurted......as if she had never loved him. She just ignored him, all he could see was pain hidden away inside her.
InuYasha took his eyes away from Kagome, his heart empty with Kagome's name echoing inside his heart.
InuYasha walked through the fog, staring ahead blankly at nothing. His mind and heart only thinking of Kagome.
~Is Kagome suffering as I am......?~ InuYasha wondered.
Kagome shut her eyes tightly, her heart still pounding in pain. She missed InuYasha so much. She missed they way he would tease her, the way he would look at her......everything.
InuYasha sighed, as he leaned his head against a tree. He stared at the tree,
"Kagome......" InuYasha whispered.
~What if Kagome doesn't love me anymore....~
~Is this how Kagome felt......When I didn't love her......when I had thought that it was Kikyo I loved most.....Is this the pain she had to go through day by day, the pain she bared for my sake of being happy.....Even going through such pain she didn't give up on me.......This is the pain I made her go through~
InuYasha closed his eyes, as an image of Kagome appeared in his mind. He tried to reach out and hold her, but she faded away.
"I don't know what to do.....to get you back" InuYasha whispered sadly.
Sango was hiding behind a tree, she had seen InuYasha leave the hut, and wondered where he was going....wondering if it was Kikyo he was going out to meet. But.....it wasn't.
"Kagome......what did I do wrong" she heard InuYasha whispering to himself. She felt a pang of sharp pity and sadness piercing her heart.
All Kagome had told her was that InuYasha had betrayed her by becoming one with Kikyo and not even telling her. As hard as she wanted to believe Kagome, and be on her side and get all pissed over at InuYasha, she couldn't.....she could just feel something wrong.
It seemed that Kagome's pain made her blind her heart. Making her unable to think clearly......Didn't she think of the possibility that maybe all was not as it seemed?
Suddenly, Sango felt a hand on her back. She gasped and spun around to see Miroku.
"H- houshi-sama!" Sango whispered a cry.
"Kaede sensed strong dark forces not far away....even I too sense it. Why does InuYasha not sense the aurora of the Youkai's?" Miroku asked.
"His pain is blinding his mind......."
"Hm....I see.....well we must get to the source.....InuYasha!" Miroku called.
InuYasha had his hands on his sword, getting ready to slice anything that got near him.
"It's just us, Miroku and Sango" Miroku said.
"What do you want" InuYasha asked in a weak tone.
"There are youkai's....not so far away"
"Let's go then...."InuYasha muttered.
"Ok, bring Kilala and Kagome" Miroku told Sango.
InuYasha froze, hearing Kagome's name being mentioned.
"We're bringing....Kagome?" InuYasha asked.
"Well yah.....she's part of the team. But Shippo doesn't count at this moment. He's too little to fight" Miroku said.
"Yah, whatever" InuYasha muttered as he walked ahead.
After a few minuets, Sango and Kagome came flying towards them. Miroku jumped onto Kilala, as InuYasha leaped into the air away from them as they headed to where that evil aurora was.
During their journey there, it felt too painful for InuYasha to look at Kagome. It was the same for Kagome.
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They now stood in the middle of a large, empty battle field that had skeletons of the dead ancient soldiers littering the area.
Kagome swallowed hard, the eerie place freaking her out. But then a bit of sadness filled her, she wasn't able to cling to InuYasha as she had always done before, where InuYasha would just say, "keh, you're such a baby" and would act as if he didn't really care.... But now she couldn't.....she was alone.
"I don't see no damn Youkai's anywhere" InuYasha muttered, looking across the dead land, but thick fog was draped over it.
"Shit......" InuYasha muttered.
"What?!" Sango asked, her heart thumping fast.
From the fog, figures started to appear as it got closer. The closer it got, the more they all realized that there wasn't only one youkai....but an army full of them.
Sango gasped seeing her brother, Kohaku among them.
InuYasha and Miroku frowned in shock seeing Naraku in his true form, and a hundred or so of his Youkai's, including Seiyamie, Kagura and Kanna.
Naraku and his helpers stood a distant away from them,
"If you hand the shard over to me, I shall spare all your lives" Naraku said.
InuYasha glanced to the side at Kagome, he didn't want her to get hurt. He could just give up the shard....it meant nothing much to him any more...IF it meant that it would cost one of his friend's life.
Kagome walked over and placed the shard into his palm. If they lost this.....she'd never be able to get home....she'd never see her family again.
InuYasha's heart quickened, he didn't know what to do....
Miroku looked at him and nodded his head, as did Sango. They wanted to fight.
Sango glared at Naraku, ~I will have revenge on what you did to my family~
Miroku looked down at his Wind Tunnel, ~Finally, this will be gone....and I will have revenge on what you did to my past generation~
InuYasha looked over at Kagome, ~She has no reason to fight.....Naraku has never done anything to her......~
"Kagome....You don't have to fight" InuYasha whispered to her.
She looked away from him, "I'm not going to let you guys suffer alone.... We're in this together" she whispered back. Kagome so dearly wanted hold InuYasha, and tell him that she loved him..... But couldn't.
~How much do you love me...InuYasha?~ Kagome wanted to ask. A question....she would soon find out.
Miroku looked at Sango,
~What if there is no tomorrow.....what if I never get to tell her my true feelings for her if I wait till tomorrow....?~ Miroku wondered. He took Sango's cold hands in his. She looked up at him in surprise. The words wouldn't come out, so he just held her hands.
InuYasha felt his heart pounding in sorrow. He felt as if he'd never see Kagome again if he let her go......He wanted to hold Kagome....to relieve the dark pain in his heart. But Kagome.....would reject him.
"Any time now! I don't have forever to wait for your answer!" Naraku yelled.
"No.....I wont give it over" InuYasha yelled back.
"So desu Ka......Fine.....then prepare to go to hell" Naraku hissed, "Kill them all"
Naraku's figure disappeared through the mob of Youkais rushing towards them with swords, claws, and their other weapons at them.
Among the rush of Youkais was Kohaku, his eyes vacant and wearing his armor.
Sango just stood staring at him,
"Kohaku....." Sango whispered. But ran away from his attack and fought the other Youkais, away from Kohaku, not wanting to accidentally kill him.
She got her Boomerang and threw it as it cut off the head off twenty Youkais and came back into her grasp with blood smeared all over it.
She took out her sword and started to fight.
Miroku unsealed his Wind tunnel, but Naraku started to laugh as the poisonous bees filled the air.
"Shit!" Miroku muttered as he quickly sealed it back up. A youkai started to run towards him, he got his staff and cut the demon into half.
He saw from a distance away, Youkais closing into Sango as she fought determinedly, trying to get out.
He ran towards her, and helped her out.
"Arigato" she said weakly.
"Leave InuYasha to me!" Seiyamie yelled as the youkais backed away and headed for Kagome.
"Kagome!" InuYasha yelled.
Naraku smiled, ~I have found many of your weaknesses.....and the main one being Kagome...~
Kagome shot her arrows at the Youkais as the crashed to the ground, and Kilala slashed her claws through them and ripped them apart with her fangs. Blood spilling every where.
Kagura didn't want to be a part of anything..... She no longer had the heart to kill any of these people. Now....everyone against Naraku....was not her enemy. Especially Kagome....when she thought of how kind Kagome had been to her, she felt something warm in her heart. A feeling she had never felt before, something Kagome had said was called friendship.....
Kanna did not fight as well, seeing that her sister was not fighting or commanding her.
Naraku frowned at their lack of work.
"Kanna! Go reflect all of Kagome's attacks!" he commanded.
"Hai" Kanna distantly replied.
Kagome ran towards Naraku with her arrow and bow in hand,
"I'll end you right here!" Kagome yelled, when she was not that far from him, she let go of the arrow.
It shot towards Naraku, but Kanna stepped in front and went into her mirror. It started to shake as Kanna tried to reverse it. It didn't work.
"Then I'll just get rid of you..." Naraku muttered as he raised his arms to Kagome as his arms extended, shooting out towards Kagome. Kagome watched in shock.
Kagura tightly shut her eyes,
*****Flashback[from Chap.28]*****
"Let's be friends" Kagome offered. Kagura turned pale.
"Friends.......? "
"Yes, friends!" Kagome said with a warm smile that "almost" melted Kagura's frozen cold heart.
Kagura backed away, "I do not accept friendship from a person that I will someday betray"
*****End of Flashback*****
Kagome's eyes widened..... Her attack went through....Kagura who jumped in front of her. Kagome could see Naraku's hands pierced through Kagura as red blood spilled out.
Naraku retrieved his arms back to normal and frowned in surprise,
"I knew you hated me....but I thought hate was all you could have. It's disgusting to know that my creations could grow to have kind feelings" Naraku muttered.
Kagura dropped to the ground.
"Kagura!" Kagome cried, even though she had never really known Kagura, there had always been something about her that made her want to help her.
"I haven't...betrayed you...." Kagura whispered, blood streaking down her chin, "It's surprising......that a bad guy like me.....would do this"
"No, stop talking, you'll be fine!" Kagome cried, ~Why do I cry for my enemy....~
Kagura raised her hands up a bit,
~I feel free.....as if I was free from a burden of darkness
"Let us.....be friends" Kagura whispered.
Kagome held her hands,
"Sure" Kagome said, sniffing from her tears a little.
Naraku grimaced in disgust, he squeezed his hands tightly into a fist, stopping Kagura's heart from beating.
Kagura- ~ I now feel free....my soul now feels like the wind that blows across the land.....the thing I have always wanted.....I have now gained....finally~
"Kagura....." Kagome whispered.
"Why....." Kanna asked.
"Do you want to be next?" Naraku asked coolly. Unaffected by what had happened.
An unexpected arrow shot into Naraku's shoulder. He felt the purity of it burning against his flesh.
He growled in pain and pulled it out and glared at Kagome who was glaring back at him with bitter tears in her eyes.
~I cannot kill you.....because of Onigumo's damn heart.....but I can hurt you, both physically and emotionally...but I know you, it'll hurt more if it was more emotional.....I have the perfect plan. I never intended to kill InuYasha today, but I will now~ Naraku smiled,
Seiyamie swung his sword at InuYasha as he blocked the blades from slicing into him by his Tetsusaiga. Their Blades clashing together.
Seiyamie kicked InuYasha on the stomach, and InuYasha fell to the ground in shock, he had not been expecting that. Seiyamie knew so many of the moves he was making. He remembered that Seiyamie had told him that he was able to read his mind a bit.
InuYasha back flipped away, just in time before Seiyamie's sword had been pushed down through his neck. But he had read InuYasha's mind and swung his sword again, cutting through InuYasha's stomach as blood spilled out.
InuYasha landed roughly on the ground, clutching his wound.
InuYasha ran towards Seiyamie again with his sword at swung it, Seiyamie blocked it with his blade, but InuYasha pushed passed it as it cut into Seiyamie's face.
He gave a loud cry of pain.
He attacked InuYasha again, but InuYasha jumped high into the air and kicked Seiyamie down to the ground.
~He still has become weaker for some reason...~ Seiyamie noticed.
He jumped up, and moved away from InuYasha's claws, but another claw slashed across his shoulder. Slicing his armor off to reveal a bare shoulder deeply gashed.
"Shit..." Seiyamie hissed as blood spilled out. He turned his sword into a whip and whipped it at InuYasha as it wrapped around his neck.
InuYasha tried to unloose the thin tight whip that was wrapped around his neck, but he couldn't.
Seiyamie pulled his whip high into the air, and slammed it onto the ground, causing InuYasha to crash deep into the earth.
Seiyamie raised his whip high up, InuYasha coughed from the whip tightly wrapped around his neck, it cutting into his skin, as blood streaked down his neck.
Kagome watched in horror, trying to go and help InuYasha, But Naraku had some kind of roots holding in her place. And had put a slight spell on her so that she wouldn't be able to speak or cry out his name.
"Showing him that you cared would have helped him a lot....." Naraku told Kagome coldly.
~InuYasha!!!!~
"So sad....having to depart with him on such bad terms... InuYasha probably thinks that you don't love him anymore....."
~No! InuYasha.....did I really make you think that?! No, it can't be, I didn't make you think that I didn't love you, did I?!~ Kagome wondered desperately.
She watched in terror as InuYasha was being tormented to death. Unable to use up all his strength hidden within him.....his heart unable to work from the painful memories of Kagome.
InuYasha couldn't even see Kagome since she was too far away from him.
Sango and Miroku were both covered in blood as they continued to fight off the youkai's.
"You alright?" Miroku asked.
"Hai"
Suddenly Sango stopped fighting, she saw Kohaku coming towards them.
"No....no..." Sango whispered in a cry, she didn't want to imagine what she was to do. Did she have to kill Kohaku?
He raised his arms and swung his weapon and let go of it. Sango just stood there,
"Kohaku....it's me..." Sango whispered, watching Kohaku as the blade of his weapon flew towards her.
Miroku ran in front of her and caught the blade that was flying in the air. The sharp blade cut into the flesh of his skin.
"Houshi-sama....." Sango cried, ~What have I done....all because I wanted to be with Kohaku....and didn't try to defend myself, he had to get hurt~
"I'm fine!" Miroku assured her.
Kohaku's eyes flashed back to his normal state. Tears rushed down his face, as he walked over to Sango.
Memories flashed through his mind. Being on the battlefield made him remember many things...
"Sister....." Kohaku cried.
Sango's eyes widened, ~ he remembers?!~
"Sister...." he cried again, then a memory flashed through his mind, of him swinging his blade in the air....and his blade stabbing his sister....Sango. And also doing that to many other of his friends.
"I'm so....sorry" Kohaku cried, standing away from Sango, afraid of what he may do next. ~All because of me....people are dying.....and getting hurt....and I am living on that Shard inside me.....~
Sango stared at Kohaku,
"You.....remember me...."
Kohaku retrieved his weapon and stepped away. He looked sadly at Sango,
"It's better this way....." Kohaku whispered as he raised his weapon.
Miroku frowned and stepped in front of Sango, thinking that Kohaku was going to hurt Sango.
Kohaku closed his eyes,
"Sayonara..." he whispered as he stabbed his blade into his back where the Tainted Shikon Shard was placed in. Blood spilled out as the shard dropped to the ground.
And then he looked at Sango for the last time and gave her a warm smile,
"I'm finally.....back" Kohaku whispered then dropped to the ground.
"KOHAKU!" Sango yelled, "NO!" as she ran towards him.
She slumped over his lifeless body and wept.
Miroku felt his heart pounding in sorrow. He closed his eyes,
"Rest in peace"
He placed his hands on Sango's shoulder,
"This was bound to happen someday....I'm sorry Sango"
Sango shook her head, "he didn't deserve this...how can I live without him?! HOW?! Houshi-sama....please end my life! I want to be with him again in heaven! I give up......on life. I'm all alone now, I no longer have any more family"
Miroku pulled Sango up and held her in his arms, she gave a gasp of surprise.
"Don't give up....You're not alone. I'll be with you...as will the others. Sango...please.....I- I love you so much...How would I live if you left" Miroku whispered painfully in a strained voice, "your brother would have wished you to live......and not follow the tragic fate your family had gone through"
Sango's heart pounded,
"You.....love me?"
"Yes.....But I never got to tell you"
Sango buried her head in his shoulders and started to cry,
"I love you too" she whispered. Miroku smiled in sad happiness.
They moved apart, as a new strength appeared in them.
"We shall give your brother a proper burial" Miroku said, standing over Kohaku protectively.
"Hai" Sango said as she bent down and picked up the black shard and pressed it close to her heart,
"Kohaku.....finally you are at peace"
The continued to fight the Youkai's that were running towards them. There were barely any more left.
Naraku looked at Kagome who had tears rushing down her face. Naraku watched in bored amusement at InuYasha who continued to fight, countless times getting wounded and collapsing to the ground from the lack of strength. He was practically fighting having to drag his wounded body around.
~InuYasha....Please stop fighting~ Kagome cried, with tears in her eyes.
"He's stubborn and will never give in...." Naraku said, ~I have no time for this. He has the shard and I must take it....~
He looked around for Kohaku and saw him lying dead on the ground with her sister and the priest fighting in front of him.
"Damn...Now I must get two. DAMMIT!"
Naraku smiled as his body started to sprout with roots piercing out of him.
Kagome's eyes widened.
"I shall go kill your dear InuYasha....." Naraku muttered.
He ran towards InuYasha who was fighting far away.
A tear glittered down her cheeks,
~INUYASHA!~ Kagome cried, suddenly, she felt that strange miko energy in her. She broke free from the roots and ran towards InuYasha. But Naraku was far ahead of her. She ran with tears streaming down her face, she couldn't yell to warn him, for her lips were still sealed with Naraku's short term spell.
InuYasha clutched his wound as his body shuddered, and began to loose strength as he weakly dodged an attack and stumbled onto the ground.
"Weak Hanyou" Seiyamie muttered as he pulled InuYasha cruelly up by the hair. InuYasha growled in pain. InuYasha got his hands and pushed it through Seiyamie's body.
He let go of InuYasha as he stumbled back.
InuYasha unsteadily stood up and raised his sword to run it through Seiyamie....
~InuYasha!~
InuYasha froze, he could feel someone calling in his echoing heart.
Kagome's eyes opened wider and wider as Naraku now stood almost right behind InuYasha. The roots moved back and shot towards InuYasha.
Kagome ran weakly towards InuYasha as the many roots pierced into InuYasha's wounded body. The roots on the other side was dripping in blood.
InuYasha stared blankly in front of himself.
He could feel his blood soaking into his Haori.
Kagome's seal on her mouth broke as she started to call his name. But InuYasha was too wounded to hear anything.
Naraku withdrew as InuYasha fell to his knees. He slowly fell towards the ground, but felt someone's hands catch him.
He opened his eyes to see Kagome..... InuYasha closed his eyes, he could feel no pain in her arms. All he could think of was her sweet scent and warmth. He opened his eyes to see a blurry figure of Kagome.
Naraku watched the scene in great humor.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
Kagome looked tearfully down at InuYasha's face, all smeared in blood and deep gashes, his forehead bleeding continuously.
"InuYasha...are you alright?" Kagome asked.
InuYasha could now feel the pain throughout his body. He couldn't hear a word Kagome was saying, he could just see her lips moving, but heard nothing.
"InuYasha, you're alright, right?!" Kagome asked, but also realized that he couldn't concentrate on her voice, thus didn't hear a word she had said. ~He thinks that I lost a bit of my love for him.....~
"I'm sorry Kagome...Don't know....what I did to hurt..you. But....I'm sorry..... I understand..now how you felt....when I thought it was Kikyo...I loved...and thus never returned my love to you...Now I understand...how it is to...feel invisible. You don't have to....forgive me....."
He saw her lips moving again, but heard not a word.
"InuYasha! I don't care anymore of becoming one with Kikyo, Please, InuYasha! Ilove you InuYasha, I love you so much" Kagome cried.
Naraku chuckled in humor, never had he had so much fun.
InuYasha moved away from Kagome's lap and held his wound as he weakly stood up,
"My...fate is...to get rid of...Naraku....and get all the...shards" InuYasha said weakly, picking up his Tetsusaiga again, he glanced back at Kagome who was staring at him in shock, unbelief and horror.
"His obsession over the shards will kill him" Naraku laughed, "and his revenge for his dear Kikyo...."
Kagome closed her eyes tightly, ~that's why....he wants to keep on going so bad...for the shards and for Kikyo......the person he belongs to~
InuYasha glared at Naraku,
~This is for you Kagome....for all the pain he has caused you...and Kikyo. With him gone....You'll be happier....~
Naraku saw a flick of red flash through InuYasha's eyes.
~Did I see what I just saw.....InuYasha's full demon form? Maybe the battle to kill him will be more harder than I thought~
Naraku smiled, the earth started to shake, as out of the bog came a hundred more of the youkai.
Sango, Miroku and Kilala all came running over.
"Why the hell does he need this much more Youkais?" Sango asked Miroku.
He shrugged.
All three of them; Kilala, Sango and Miroku were badly wounded.
InuYasha closed his eyes, regaining a bit more of his energy from seeing Kagome and wanting to live to see her one more time....to tell her that he was very sorry again.
Kagome glared at Naraku bitterly and took out an arrow and ran towards Naraku who was facing his backs to them, looking out towards his Youkai's. Hshe didn't have a bow, so she decided to just stab it into him for what he had done to InuYasha.
"Foolish girl..." Naraku muttered, sensing her presence, he turned around and swung his arms.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa" Kagome cried as she went flying into the air and crashed into the ground.
"KAGOME-CHAN!" Sango cried as she ran over towards her.
InuYasha's eyes shot open hearing Kagome's name. He saw her lying unconscious on the ground.
InuYasha stumbled over to her, leaving a trail of blood behind him. His body burning from pain.
He fell to the ground next to her, he gently raised her head towards him, she was out.
"Kagome...." InuYasha whispered.
InuYasha tightly held his fingers into a fist,
"Get Kagome out of here..." InuYasha said.
"N- Nani?! And leave you here to fight by yourself? Your state is as good as dead right now!" Miroku yelled.
"I said, get her out. Let me finish what I have started....just get her out!" InuYasha yelled weakly.
Sango felt a tear run down her face,
"InuYasha...." She whispered painfully, "Kilala can take her, and we'll fight with you"
"Hai, that would be more sensible" Miroku said. ~By looking at his state, if he can leave, he will surely live.......But if he is wounded more, which he will be if he stays......he'll die~
"No....JUST GO! You guys wont live this through...."
"If you leave this to us and leave, you'll surely live!" Miroku said.
InuYasha looked away, "live for what.....I hurted Kagome one too many time. At least.....I'll be doing something that is worth a difference for once"
"Baka...." Sango cried out loud.
Kagome slowly began to regain her senses.
"GO!" InuYasha yelled, seeing the Youkais marching closer towards them.
"You're the most infatuated fool I've ever seen....." Miroku whispered, "we must go then, staying here will cause us to loose more lives...."
Kilala stood in front of Sango who forcedly got herself on, holding her brother, Kohaku onto Kilala as well. Miroku picked Kagome up.
"You're....sure about this?" Miroku asked, wanting to just tie InuYasha up and take him away. But if he did.....InuYasha would have regretted leaving for the rest of his life. His soul would be caged with the thought, "what if". "What if I had stayed, I could have won" "What if I had won, I would have helped" "What if"
As Miroku was lifting Kagome up, she felt InuYasha near her. She slowly opened her eyes to feel herself being carried up. She grasped InuYasha's hands in confusion.
He looked sadly down at her.
Kagome was now held in Miroku's arms on Kilala.
"Kagome....." InuYasha whispered, he looked down at her pure hands that were holding his bloody hands. InuYasha closed his eyes, ~Will this be the very last time I see you.....~
"Go" InuYasha whispered.
Everyone stared sadly down at him as Kilala slowly began to rise into the air.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried out loud, still holding onto his hands tightly, "don't let go, bring me down with you, I want to be with you!!"
Their hands slowly slipped away.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled again as Kilala was now higher in the air. Miroku had to hold Kagome from pushing herself off.
InuYasha stared up at Kagome, leaving him.....
"YOU PROMISED!" Kagome cried, "that you'd never let go!!!!"
"Save yourself and be happy..." InuYasha whispered, "Happiness it seems....is something I was never good at giving you. Gomen"
They watched as the Youkai's slowly circled around InuYasha and began to close in.
His form disappearing among the demons attacking him.
"INUYASHA!" Kagome cried, tears over whelming her. She continued to scream his name. But no reply came, only the sound of weapons hitting each other
Kilala flew away, now unable to hear anything or see anything to do with the battle. Everyone stayed silent with a very heavy heart. Sorrow of what the had lost draped over them.
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Seshoumaru stopped in his tracks, causing Rin and Jacken to slam into him.
"Oh, Gomen, Gomen" Jacken said, backing off and bowing continuously at him.
Seshoumaru frowned and looked at the distantly at the lands.
He felt Rin tugging at him, he looked down.
"What is wrong, Seshoumaru?" Rin asked.
He looked back up, why was his heart pounding so fast.....
He froze, the only time he actually felt something in his heart was when he was with Rin.......and InuYasha.
He realized that something really bad was happening, or had happened to InuYasha.
He dashed towards the direction where he picked up InuYasha's blood....and he caught a lot.
Leaving Rin and Jacken to argue over who's fault it was.
"InuYasha...stay alive for a little longer......my brother"
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Kagome stared blankly at the night sky.
She couldn't believe what had happened.
She bit her lips from the pain in her heart, as she could taste the blood in her mouth.
She stood at the banks of the river, alone as her heart felt.
She gave a loud cry of agony, as hot and bitter tears ran down her face. She fell to her knees and hands and cried. Her tears soaking into the soil. Her nails dug into the ground. She rested her forehead on the ground and cried as she had never did.
He was gone.
Departed.
Dead.
**~~ NOT THE END. Ok der ya go, told ya, very angsty......Yah, Well kep reading to find out more!!!!!! Dun worry, it DEFFINATELY will NOT be a tragedy. Yay, review!~~**