Uh oh! Hard times are brewing.
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Inuyasha
I'm Afraid I'm Not In Hokkaido Anymore
Chapter VI: Megoka's Triumph and Kikyou's Sinful Tears
'Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!'
"Kikyou? Why?" Inyasha demanded, clutching his freshly wounded shoulder. He, never in his wildest dreams, expected Kikyou to deliver a powerful blow to him and causing injury in the process.
"My dear Inuyasha. Did I hurt you?" The subconscious girl mocked in a sardonic tone. Though her demeanor is emotionless her voice contained a hint of pure malice. Inside, her mind was spewing every curses imaginable at Megoka.
"Kikyou why did you attacked me? Are you still upset from earlier tonight? I didn't mean to offend you Kikyou."
"Inuyasha can't you understand my pain?" She whispered seductively, rubbing her hand on his chest. " Share my pain Inuyasha. My love for you is our pain."
"You make a good poet Kokiyu."
'Go to hell.'
"You, you're in love with me?"
"Yes Inuyasha. Please accept me. Please. Only you can make my dreams come true. Inyasha, do you comply to my demands. . ." She paused. ". . .as a knight of honor?" She held him in a tight embrace again.
"Kikyou I cannot. I'm sorry. My heart burns in amour for the queen."
'Inuyasha. . .'
"Wow. He's sentimental, isn't he?"
'Inuyasha. . .'
" Kagome? How could you ignore me? My love for you is far more intense than that of your beloved woman." The girl interrogated with welling tears.
"Kikyou I'm sorry if you feel that way towards me. Although I am a knight, I shall remain true to my deepest feelings."
"Silence. . ." She rose her face to kiss his lips again. Inuyasha's thoughts initiated into a field day. How can something so wrong can feel so good? He unconsciously gave in to his lust. He sunk himself deeper into her kiss and his hands traveled down to her derriere in a loving manner.
"Kikyou. . ."
"Oh. He really needs to learn how to keeps his hands to himself."
'Inuyasha do not succumb into temptation! I'm going to kill you! Please, you must release me and retreat!'
"Don't you know he cannot hear you by now? You're under my influence."
"Kikyou why are you doing this? Did you felt this way when you first laid eyes on me?"
"How could I forget. I hated you when I first saw you."
"Huh?"
"And I hate you even now! Now die!" Suddenly she gave the hanyou a punch to his abdomen. The surprise attack was so powerful that Inuyasha faltered far away and slammed into a tree.
'Oh my god!'
"Damn you have a mean left body blow. Now it's time for your debut Malevolent Priestess Kikyou!"
The subconscious girl levitated in the air and begins to swirl about like a torrent. When she ceased the spinning movement her hospital clothes were gone, only to be replaced by a white and red priestess garments. She hovered back to the earth and summoned a flaring sword of blue flames. Inuyasha finally became aware that she was possessed by a mysterious power. In reluctant grandeur, he runs away from her, leading her to anywhere as long as he can manage to keep the possessed girl away from his friends at the hut.
'That witch must have somehow took control of Kikyou's mind? Damn her! I will not forgive her for what she has done to Kikyou.' Inuyasha thought angrily. He heads to the destroyed section of the village in which Megoka inflicted earlier.
"Oh Inuyasha. . ." Taunted the subconscious Kikyou. The phantom like girl rummage around for the hanyou among the devastated edifices. Fortunately for him she didn't possess an incredible keen sense of smell like he does. Otherwise, she'll find him in a whim. What really gave him the creeps was the incredible rapier she possess in her hands. That sword, did it really came from the deepest pits of her soul? Is she really capable of such power? Most importantly is it the power which was retold in countless legends and is that power enough to defeat Megoka? Well apparently that what he's about to find out.
"Inuyasha, where are you?" The wraith uttered in a seductive tone. "Inuyasha why do you run from me? Afraid that your pride is going to be shattered by a young lady such as I? You make me laugh, 'hanyou'.
Damn her! Her psychological tactics were indeed effectual. Inuyasha nearly revealed himself as she continued to taunt him about his proud ego. "My, my! A knight of valor cowering from a little girl? Shall I tell the queen about this before I kill her too?" Inuyasha snapped at her jeers.
"You! Just leave Kagome out of this!" He raged, popping out from a basement underneath a ruin house. Kikyou scoffed at his bravery. "Amusing little hanyou. Now it's time for your demise." She out stretch her arm and spread her palm allowing a high intensity purple beam to blast at the hanyou. Inuyasha successfully avoided the blast by jumping high into the air and landing on another desolate structure. Kikyou's demeanor still remained callous despite the malice she was inflicting. Thanks to Megoka.
"Ah. Swift and graceful as a cat, eh? Heed my words that will not save you from me."
"Kikyou! Snap out of it! That wench's doing this! C'mon pull through!"
"Your words are useless! Now die!" Kikyou declared. A of a sudden her once emotionless eyes widened in surprise, shock, and fear. "Wha-what's the meaning of this!?" She begins to scream at the top of her lungs as she clutches her head in agony.
"Kikyou?"
'Wha. . .?'
"Kikyou, can you hear me now?"
'Am I recovering from her spell?'
"Inuyasha! Forgive me! I'm not doing any of this!"
"Kikyou, you can hear me! Is Megoka near by?"
"Nah ah ah! No fair cheating."
"Inuyasha you must-Ah! It's happening again!!!!" She fell on her knees trying to her best to suppress the throbbing pain in her head. "Get out! Get out! GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"
"Don't give in to her power, Kikyou! Resist the darkness!" Inuyasha urged.
"AHHH! Inu I can't! It's far too strong!!"
'Why Megoka!?'
". . ."
"Kikyou!"
"You called?" Kikyou returned to wraith mode, her face once again emotionless and voice full of impiety. "Inuyasha there's nothing I can do to resist this evil. There's nothing I can do to stop the urge of killing you!" Though her face was unemotional tears still cascaded down her cheeks.
'Inuyasha! Forgive me! I tried!'
"Oh Inuyasha forgive me! I tried"
'Stop mocking me!'
"Now let us resume our little game shall we, Inuyasha." She hurled her ghastly sword at the knight and it struck him like a powerful bolt of lightning. Inuyasha growled in pain from the impact as he flew in the air again.
'Inuyasha!!!'
" After him! He's heading towards the tavern!"
* * *
"Girl I tell you! There's no such thing as a good man!"
"You're telling me!"
"Preach on!"
"Shampoo like current conversation!"
"Tell it how it is Ukyo!"
"They ain't shit!"
Our friends at Pandora's Box are having a dispute about the opposite sex. Unfortunately, neither of them agreed to the idea that there is a such thing as a good man. The feminists! Maybe it's the alcohol doing the talking for them. Ukyo stood behind a podium in among the congregation of young woman like a parson she currently was.
"They only thing they're good for is sex!" A brunette exclaimed.
"Yeah! They like to stare at my breast and regard me as a crash dummy!" Shouted a blonde. Well at least her swollen eye she received from Shampoo was recovering.
"True that!" Raged a young brown girl with long corn rolls on her head. " If there is any such thing, then that means he must have fallen from the heavens! If that really were to happen then I'll start untwisting these braids. It's a pain too."
At that moment, a knight in red garbs crashed through the roof of the lounge. All the girls gasped in shock.
"Well. . ." Kagura suggested. "I guess you can start loosening your braids now."
"Wow! He's cute!" Yura exclaimed euphorically. "Isn't he a knight at the castle?"
"Hey it's that half demon." Ukyo acknowledged. "Inuyasha's his name. He's a knight right? What is he doing in a place like this?"
"Me don't care who knight is. Shampoo grabs and make love to him." Shampoo declared.
"Move along. He's mine." Warned a female's voice. The now wraithlike Kikyou descended into the lounge. The girls was happy to see her return in such good shape.
"Our friend Kikyou returns!"
"Kikyou, were you able to fend off that vile man in the monkey's carcass?" Ukyo inquired.
"This man among us must die!" Kikyou affirmed.
"What has he done to you?" Ukyo demanded. " Did he bother you in any way?"
Inuyasha pried himself off the lounge's floor and met the hot glares of many women surrounding him. He grew timid as he noticed most of them were cracking their knuckles.
"May I help you ladies?" He asked sheepishly.
"You arrogant bastard!" Ukyo accused. "How dare you perpetrate the role of a heroic knight and take advantage of our friend Kikyou? You hooligan! You're the lowest of the low! You do not deserve the breath you breathe!" After Ukyo's indictment Kikyou charged at the unsuspecting hanyou with her soul sword drawn. At the very last minute he unsheathes his saber and block her attack in a lock of cross swords.
"Kikyou you got to overpower her!" Inuyasha pleaded.
"Get him! Get his ass, Kikyou!"
"Show the bastard the power of a woman!"
"Will you wenches shut the fuck up!!" Inuyasha snapped at the cheering women.
"Wenches!!!?"
"Who you're calling wenches! Get him!" The throng of women began their assault on him along with their friend, Kikyou. Fortunately for Inuyasha the cat demon, Kirara arrive just in time to facilitate the wrath of the enraged women. Kirara roared to scare off the women so she can rescue Inuyasha. Kagome, Sangou, and Miroku showed up as well.
"I'm glad you caught Inuyasha's scent Kirara. Otherwise he'll be dead by now." Sangou flattered her friend.
"I'm in heaven. Thank god for this moment for it will forever has a place in my heart." Miroku praised his eyes welling with tears of mirth. Sangou rapped him on his head.
"Hentai. . ."
"Kagome!" Inuyasha struggled. "Kikyou's under a mind spell. She's under Megoka's influences."
"Inuyasha we're coming to help." Kagome assured.
"Hurry! Kikyou's is hell of a lot powerful!"
"Silence you foolish little devil." Kikyou murmured, applying more pressure onto the lock of the swords. Inuyasha was quickly loosing his composure against her. "I have to admit Kikyou that you're far stronger than I've ever imagined. I'd never truly thought that there be a kid this strong."
'Inuyasha?'
"Inu. . .Inuyasha. . ." Kikyou stammered. Struggling with her senses.
"This time you better pull through, kid!" He commanded, hoping he can get to her mind. The wraith trembled, her teeth clenching and her eyes glowing an eerie shade of lavender. She pounded the ground with her fist that was followed by a small tremor which shook the tavern. Obviously she was displaying more of her power.
"Inuyasha. . .I, I. . .I can't!" Kikyou cried. She cause the ground to tremble again with her fist causing blood to spew out from her busted knuckles. She faltered to her knees on the floor, weeping with absolute despondence. Inuyasha cradled her into his arms.
"C'mon! You can do it!"
'Is this working? I got to struggle on! I must put an end to this nightmare!'
"Inuyasha, hold me. . . don't let me go."
"Okay just don't succumb to her again."
"Oh no you don't!!!"
'Megoka! That's not fair!!'
"Insolent brat! There's no such thing as fair play!"
"Inuyasha. . ."
"Kikyou did you made it?"
"Suffer. . ." She whacked him with a powerful right to his face and sent him undulating down the staircase to the main floor. "Ouch. . .it's that right of hers again." Inuyasha moaned. He mounted himself off the ground and noticed his brother was at the bar counter with a reticent expression on his face as usual.
"The hell you're looking at?" He spat out some blood from his loose teeth.
"Girl troubles, little brother?"
"Keh. Why do you care?"
"Because the woman you're dealing with is impending as we speak."
"Huh? Ah!" Kikyou flew in the room and punched him again, sending the knight flying outside the tavern. Damn those fist of hers. Damn Megoka!
"Fatal attractions. He will never learn." Sesshoumaru muttered.
"Damn it Kikyou. I'm really getting tired of this."
"Oh. What are you going to do about it?"
Inuyasha hoisted himself off the ground and ran. "I'm going to kill the source of your troubles! That's what I'm going to do about it!"
"This shall prove to be fun. A dog fleeing from a little kitty cat." Kikyou taunted. She followed the knight in hot pursuit. Inuyasha made it outside the village in no time. He was now making his way through the forest where he first saw Megoka. He heard Kikyou's mischievous laughter echoing throughout the forest. She was not far behind. The destruction of the trees and explosions proved it.
"Your defeat is imminent mighty knight of Geisha. Fleeing from me is futile." She launched a ball of flame at the scampering knight. The flare hit it's target causing him to ram into a huge tree from the impact. Finally he was battered and rendered helpless. 'Damn you, Megoka!' Kikyou landed near him in evil satisfactory. Death was impending on him.
"Damn. I've never imagined that it would end this way. To die at the hands of a beautiful young woman? Isn't that a bitch?" He growled with a sardonic smile on his face.
"Any last words you mouse? And here I thought that you were a demon, well at least a man." She leaned in a gave him a long seductive kiss on his lips. His farewell kiss.
"Yeah, I got one more thing to do." Inuyasha requested.
"I'm listening. . ."
*SLAP!!*
Kikyou's callous eyes widened in pure shock. He'd just slap her! HARD! She had a pink hand print to prove it too. "Very well, half demon. . ." She abruptly pushed him into the try and started to pound him mercilessly. Inuyasha grunted at every punch that landed on his body. Kikyou was literally beating him to death.
'Stop this! You're going to kill him!!'
"That's the point toots!"
'Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! Dear god, please forgive me!!!'
"Rest in pieces, half demon!"
'Megako! Damn you! You disgusting animal!'
"Looks who's talking? Apparently you're doing the mauling!"
'You devil! It's all because of you! You're making me do this!'
The wraith halted her assault on Inuyasha. She allowed him to suffer more before she finally decides to kill him. Inuyasha was mortally wounded and battered. He could hardly see now. Miraculously he smiled in the face of death.
"What are you waiting for you coward? You came this far. . .now kill me. I've tried Kikyou. . .I've actually tried to rescue you from that bitch, Megoka."
Kikyou conjured the dreaded sword from within her soul again and brought it up to his jugular. She lifted him into the air by his neck. "As you wish. . .Godspeed, my one true love."
'Iya! I won't! I will not kill him!'
"Now it's time for the coup de grace!"
'Oh my god! This can't be true! IIYYAAAAAAAAA!!!!'
"Kikyou don't!!" Kagome screamed as she finally approached them along with Sangou and Miroku.
"Kikyou! You can't do this!" Sangou pleaded.
"Kikyou snap out of it!" Miroku added.
"Silence. Once I am done with him I will come to end your lives as well." Kikyou declared.
"Kikyou. . .please. Free yourself from Megoka's grasp." Kagome encouraged.
"I said shut up!!" Kikyou retorted angrily. Her eyes glowing again along with her trembling body. She, once again, struggled for control of her body. "You fools! Why do you persist in releasing me from my true powers!?"
"Kikyou. . ."Inuyasha groaned, taking out a long purple ribbon from his pocket. "I...I believe this belongs to you. I've found it earlier today." He smiled before finally blacking out. Kikyou gasped in horror.
'My ribbon? That's the memento from my late grandmother. Oh thank you, Inuyasha!'
"Huh? What is this?"
'Arigato Inuyasha! I'm sorry for it to end this way. . .'
"What!? You haven't killed him yet! Finish him now!!"
'Thank you. . .I I adore you Inuyasha. . .'
"Kill that pathetic creature now!!"
'NO!!!'
"NO!!!"
"This cannot be! You're actually breaking away from my control!? Damn you Kokiyu!"
"AH! GO AWAY! BE GONE!"
"Arrogant child! I will not let you get away so easily!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
"YOU! This isn't the last you hear from me!!"
"Megoka! This is it! I've had enough!" Kikyou writhes on the ground in agony.
"You've won. . .for now."
'It's over. Inuyasha it's finally over.'
Kikyou rose herself from the ground. She looks at Kagome, Sangou, and Miroku with pleading eyes. They returned her gaze sympathetically. "I've managed. I've finally managed to convalesce from that horribly nightmare!"
"It's okay Kikyou. It's okay." Kagome commiserated.
"No! No Kagome! It's not okay! I inflicted too much pain onto Inuyasha!" Kikyou sobbed. She turns around a gazed at him leaning unto the tree with his life hanging by a thread. She gasped and her hands clasped over her mouth in condolence. "Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! I've finally succeeded in freeing myself from Megoka's bale. But look at you! You could die any moment now!"
"Kikyou. . ." Kagome called out.
"No! I'm sorry. I'm leaving for good! If I stay here any longer I will only inflict more pain to all of you!"
"Kikyou don't go!" Kagome wailed.
"No! Kagome can't you see!? I'm not a heroine! I'm just a pawn to the evils to this world! Please forgive me!" Kikyou bawled. She makes her leave.
"Kikyou!" Sangou halted her. "Is that it? Is it like that? You're just going to leave this world just like that forever? Kikyou I'm appalled! I can't believe your cowering away. How could you!?"
Kikyou look back at her despondently. "Sangou, don't you get it? I haven't done anything heroic since I stepped foot unto this kingdom. Stop it! Stop it! I let you all down! I must leave. . .forever!"
Sangou gasped at Kikyou's retreating form. "Kagome. . .did she mean any of that?"
"I do not know Sangou. If she's really intending on never returning then that means our kingdom faces total oblivion. All is lost."
"Kagome what about the other hero in legends? Can he help us if he ever shows up?" Sangou implored.
"That is, if the other hero does appear. But even so I'm afraid his power will not be enough alone. Not without Kikyou." Kagome elucidated.
"Kagome sama. Shall I go after her?" Miroku requested.
"No Miroku. She's must battle her inner demons as well. That way she may return far stronger than before. That, I hopefully shall happen."
"Don't worry. . ." Inuyasha grunted, trying to walk. ". . .Kikyou will return. I just know it."
"Inuyasha. . ."
***
Kikyou leaned on the rim of the well in the shack. She felt worse than before. Her pains seem to have heightened along with her grief. She sobbed miserably as she reminisce on the current events in that strange world on the other side of the well. Did she meant what she said? Will she let Geisha fall into the hands of that odious monster, Megoka!
"Kagome. . .Inuyasha. . .Sangou. . .Miroku. . .I'm sorry. I shall never be a burden to all of you anymore. Never again." She cried herself into an uneasy sleep.
'Never again. . .'
Next Chapter: Lamentation and Repentance
A/N: I've guess the story is taking a sad turn for now. Will Kikyou ever return to the doomed world of Geisha. If not, who is the other 'legendary hero'? If so, can this hero really put an end to Megoka's tyranny even without the heroine assistance?
