Dilemma
Chapter One - Truth
It was a blazing sunny morning and all the birds seemed to sing the same song, like a choral. Trees with sparkling green leaves were full of fruits, a rainbow of colors dancing the life's ballet. But one man was living a dilemma that made all colors become black.
The happiest sunshine of his entire life that should be. Finally, the strongest, the most evil enemy had been defeated by his own hands. Revenge was completed.
Of course he had truthful friends that helped him in this hazardous mission and without them he certainly would have perished. Now, because of the most powerful team in the world, life could go on in peace.
However, his despair was just starting. Victory is a good sensation, but it gives you some responsibilities, burdens you have to carry. Justice has to be settled down by your own hands and difficult decisions have to be made.
An awesome jewel gleamed with the first sun rays. Its shine was able to blind a person, making someone to forget life, friendship and love. The power of this small sphere resonated through the air, achieving the highest peaks, through the water, reaching the deepest abysses, through thoughts, taking over the most resistant people.
And now it was there, in his hands, glowing with pureness. He knew whatever was his decision, it had to be made fast, because sooner than they could imagine that jewel would start again to be stained with world's sinfulness, starting from his own.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, getting close to him. They were next to Kaede's village, in the border of the forest. He closed his hand around the Shikon no Tama and turned around, staring at the young woman that helped him so much in that painful mission. Inuyasha knew she strangled her own feelings to accompanies him all the way to kill Naraku. After all, Kagome risked her life to protect him in the ultimate battle and it was her miraculous arrow combined with the most powerful Inuyasha's attack that destroyed Naraku. Nonetheless, the fight was already ended and he knew she deserved an answer for her question.
"Inuyasha. Will you love me and live with me for the rest of our life?"
"Will you.?"
"love me and live with me.?"
"Will you.?"
She made that decisive question just after they beat Naraku. Inuyasha hold her in his arms, happy with the victory, and then Kagome asked. His first reaction was to be mute, wordless, but she wasn't joking and asked again. Her eyes were fulfilled with tears of anxiety, happiness, fear and a thousand other feelings she couldn't explain.
"Are you asking me to marry you.?"
"to marry you."
"to marry you."
"to marry you.'
The second reaction was to confirm if he wasn't misunderstanding her words. His mind was being devastated by a thunderstorm of different, opposite feelings and thoughts. His hands were shaking, he was more nervous than when he was fighting Naraku.
"If you want to put in these words, yes, I am,"
He couldn't answer anything to Kagome. First of all, he couldn't barely talk and was seriously injured. To worse the situation, the faithful, loveable, uneasy way that Kagome looked to him was making his heart to stop and his legs to weaken. Miroku and Sango arrived at the just moment he almost fainted, and rushed to stop the hemorrhage in Inuyasha's stomach.
They carried him to Kaede's village and she took care of him for one full day and one full night. No one could talk or see him, and for more two days she kept Inuyasha in an isolated area. Because of that treatment, it was the first time he met Kagome again after the question.
"Are you feeling better?" Kagome asked with kindness, "Kaede told us you aren't totally healed yet,"
"I'm okay," he answered, "She worries too much,"
A deep silence grew between them and they could listen to the small noises of nature.
"I want you to know that I didn't mean to corner you," Kagome started, insecure of her own words, "I just said what I was feeling,"
"I know, Kagome," he said in a calm manner, "It was difficult for you all that battle and I know how you suffered. Part of this suffering was my fault,"
"No! It wasn't!" Kagome retorted.
"You don't need to lie. You had to be quiet when you wanted to scream, had to smile when you wanted to cry, and this was really my fault,"
"It's all past now," she said, "I want to think about future,"
"I owe you an answer, but before I say anything I have to tell you a part of the story you don't know,"
Inuyasha opened his hand in front of Kagome's eyes, revealing the bright Shikon no Tama. She looked dazzled to it, but started to be confuse.
"Why.? How." she mumbled, "I remember Naraku told us that someone had stole the Shikon no Tama from him, but. it was you?! Why didn't he try to get it back?"
"Because it wasn't me," Inuyasha said, "Until yesterday night I didn't even know where it was,"
"I can't understand." Kagome was perplexed, "How did you get it, then?"
"Yesterday, I was locked in Kaede's isolated area."
And she protected that place with her priestess's powers. Anyone else than Kaede could enter that area without being caught and electrocuted. However, every rule has an exception, and that night someone penetrated the protected perimeter.
Inuyasha was walking under the moonlight and thinking about everything that happened to him since he was awaked by Kagome. He was pondering about what he would say to her in the next day when a well-known voice called his name, making him turning around immediately.
"Kikyou." he muttered in surprise.
"Inuyasha." she said softly, "So we've had our vengeance,"
"Yes, that bastard is forever dead," Inuyasha confirmed.
"I don't think you can use the expression 'forever dead' when you talk with me," Kikyou grinned at him, "I'm the proof that."
"Stop," he asked, putting a finger against her mouth, "I don't want to hear it,"
"Right, because I didn't come here to blab about my situation," she started, "I'm here to handle you a thing,"
After she said that, Kikyou opened her right hand and showed the Shikon no Tama. It had been purified, and seemed to be one of the stars that shone in the sky.
"I did my best to purify it," she said, "And it was really tainted with Naraku's wicked power,"
She opened Inuyasha's hand and put the Shikon no Tama in his palm, giving him a tender glance.
"I think you deserve it, you're the hero after all," Kikyou whispered in his ear.
"What do you want with this?" he asked suspicious.
"Do you remember when I said that it was too late for us to return to how we were?"
"Yes,"
"Well, I've changed my mind," she said with a tiny smile, "Now we have the Shikon no Tama again, and Naraku is defeated. Destiny is giving us a second chance,"
Inuyasha was completely confuse. In so little time, he was asked in marriage two times! And the most frightening was he didn't know what he would do.
"It's simple, Inuyasha," Kikyou said, leaning towards him, "the Shikon no Tama can no longer exist, so you have to use it to become human. After it, we can live together until the day you die and so we'll go together to the world of dead,"
"But Kagome." he started.
"You're definitely not polite, Inuyasha," she retorted, caressing his chest , "How do you dare to speak her name in my front?"
"I'm sorry, but as you, Kagome is part of my life. I can't pretend she doesn't exist,"
"And what's the matter with her?" Kikyou mumbled while embracing him.
"It'll be a hard decision for me, Kikyou," he said honestly, "I don't want to hurt any of you,"
"I'm afraid to say it's impossible, dear," she told him as she untied his kimono, "One of us will certainly be heartbroken very soon,"
Inuyasha was baffled, but as Kikyou started to touch his skin he got even worse. He couldn't think clearly and her smell was making him feel tipsy.
"If you don't stop I won't be able to make any decision," he pointed out.
"I don't want you to think of it now. If you decide to stay with me, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow afternoon at the tree you spent 50 years sealed. If you decide to be with her, so we won't see each other again,"
She laid him in the ground, naked, and then started to undress. Inuyasha got dazzled when he saw Kikyou's body again after so many years. She had the most soft peach-color skin and her scent was from fresh flowers. Kikyou kissed him, felling his arousal, urging to be his once more. Inuyasha lost all his control when he felt her body against his, their most intimate parts touching each other. He kissed gentle her breasts, toying with her hardened nipples. There wasn't no way back, they already were just one being.
"At least I have to agree with her in one point," Kagome said, crying, "You're definitely not polite, Inuyasha. How do you dare to tell me this, including all those cruel, sordid details!" "Sorry, Kagome, but I couldn't lie to you. I didn't want to omit anything, you deserved to know the whole truth,"
Chapter One - Truth
It was a blazing sunny morning and all the birds seemed to sing the same song, like a choral. Trees with sparkling green leaves were full of fruits, a rainbow of colors dancing the life's ballet. But one man was living a dilemma that made all colors become black.
The happiest sunshine of his entire life that should be. Finally, the strongest, the most evil enemy had been defeated by his own hands. Revenge was completed.
Of course he had truthful friends that helped him in this hazardous mission and without them he certainly would have perished. Now, because of the most powerful team in the world, life could go on in peace.
However, his despair was just starting. Victory is a good sensation, but it gives you some responsibilities, burdens you have to carry. Justice has to be settled down by your own hands and difficult decisions have to be made.
An awesome jewel gleamed with the first sun rays. Its shine was able to blind a person, making someone to forget life, friendship and love. The power of this small sphere resonated through the air, achieving the highest peaks, through the water, reaching the deepest abysses, through thoughts, taking over the most resistant people.
And now it was there, in his hands, glowing with pureness. He knew whatever was his decision, it had to be made fast, because sooner than they could imagine that jewel would start again to be stained with world's sinfulness, starting from his own.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, getting close to him. They were next to Kaede's village, in the border of the forest. He closed his hand around the Shikon no Tama and turned around, staring at the young woman that helped him so much in that painful mission. Inuyasha knew she strangled her own feelings to accompanies him all the way to kill Naraku. After all, Kagome risked her life to protect him in the ultimate battle and it was her miraculous arrow combined with the most powerful Inuyasha's attack that destroyed Naraku. Nonetheless, the fight was already ended and he knew she deserved an answer for her question.
"Inuyasha. Will you love me and live with me for the rest of our life?"
"Will you.?"
"love me and live with me.?"
"Will you.?"
She made that decisive question just after they beat Naraku. Inuyasha hold her in his arms, happy with the victory, and then Kagome asked. His first reaction was to be mute, wordless, but she wasn't joking and asked again. Her eyes were fulfilled with tears of anxiety, happiness, fear and a thousand other feelings she couldn't explain.
"Are you asking me to marry you.?"
"to marry you."
"to marry you."
"to marry you.'
The second reaction was to confirm if he wasn't misunderstanding her words. His mind was being devastated by a thunderstorm of different, opposite feelings and thoughts. His hands were shaking, he was more nervous than when he was fighting Naraku.
"If you want to put in these words, yes, I am,"
He couldn't answer anything to Kagome. First of all, he couldn't barely talk and was seriously injured. To worse the situation, the faithful, loveable, uneasy way that Kagome looked to him was making his heart to stop and his legs to weaken. Miroku and Sango arrived at the just moment he almost fainted, and rushed to stop the hemorrhage in Inuyasha's stomach.
They carried him to Kaede's village and she took care of him for one full day and one full night. No one could talk or see him, and for more two days she kept Inuyasha in an isolated area. Because of that treatment, it was the first time he met Kagome again after the question.
"Are you feeling better?" Kagome asked with kindness, "Kaede told us you aren't totally healed yet,"
"I'm okay," he answered, "She worries too much,"
A deep silence grew between them and they could listen to the small noises of nature.
"I want you to know that I didn't mean to corner you," Kagome started, insecure of her own words, "I just said what I was feeling,"
"I know, Kagome," he said in a calm manner, "It was difficult for you all that battle and I know how you suffered. Part of this suffering was my fault,"
"No! It wasn't!" Kagome retorted.
"You don't need to lie. You had to be quiet when you wanted to scream, had to smile when you wanted to cry, and this was really my fault,"
"It's all past now," she said, "I want to think about future,"
"I owe you an answer, but before I say anything I have to tell you a part of the story you don't know,"
Inuyasha opened his hand in front of Kagome's eyes, revealing the bright Shikon no Tama. She looked dazzled to it, but started to be confuse.
"Why.? How." she mumbled, "I remember Naraku told us that someone had stole the Shikon no Tama from him, but. it was you?! Why didn't he try to get it back?"
"Because it wasn't me," Inuyasha said, "Until yesterday night I didn't even know where it was,"
"I can't understand." Kagome was perplexed, "How did you get it, then?"
"Yesterday, I was locked in Kaede's isolated area."
And she protected that place with her priestess's powers. Anyone else than Kaede could enter that area without being caught and electrocuted. However, every rule has an exception, and that night someone penetrated the protected perimeter.
Inuyasha was walking under the moonlight and thinking about everything that happened to him since he was awaked by Kagome. He was pondering about what he would say to her in the next day when a well-known voice called his name, making him turning around immediately.
"Kikyou." he muttered in surprise.
"Inuyasha." she said softly, "So we've had our vengeance,"
"Yes, that bastard is forever dead," Inuyasha confirmed.
"I don't think you can use the expression 'forever dead' when you talk with me," Kikyou grinned at him, "I'm the proof that."
"Stop," he asked, putting a finger against her mouth, "I don't want to hear it,"
"Right, because I didn't come here to blab about my situation," she started, "I'm here to handle you a thing,"
After she said that, Kikyou opened her right hand and showed the Shikon no Tama. It had been purified, and seemed to be one of the stars that shone in the sky.
"I did my best to purify it," she said, "And it was really tainted with Naraku's wicked power,"
She opened Inuyasha's hand and put the Shikon no Tama in his palm, giving him a tender glance.
"I think you deserve it, you're the hero after all," Kikyou whispered in his ear.
"What do you want with this?" he asked suspicious.
"Do you remember when I said that it was too late for us to return to how we were?"
"Yes,"
"Well, I've changed my mind," she said with a tiny smile, "Now we have the Shikon no Tama again, and Naraku is defeated. Destiny is giving us a second chance,"
Inuyasha was completely confuse. In so little time, he was asked in marriage two times! And the most frightening was he didn't know what he would do.
"It's simple, Inuyasha," Kikyou said, leaning towards him, "the Shikon no Tama can no longer exist, so you have to use it to become human. After it, we can live together until the day you die and so we'll go together to the world of dead,"
"But Kagome." he started.
"You're definitely not polite, Inuyasha," she retorted, caressing his chest , "How do you dare to speak her name in my front?"
"I'm sorry, but as you, Kagome is part of my life. I can't pretend she doesn't exist,"
"And what's the matter with her?" Kikyou mumbled while embracing him.
"It'll be a hard decision for me, Kikyou," he said honestly, "I don't want to hurt any of you,"
"I'm afraid to say it's impossible, dear," she told him as she untied his kimono, "One of us will certainly be heartbroken very soon,"
Inuyasha was baffled, but as Kikyou started to touch his skin he got even worse. He couldn't think clearly and her smell was making him feel tipsy.
"If you don't stop I won't be able to make any decision," he pointed out.
"I don't want you to think of it now. If you decide to stay with me, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow afternoon at the tree you spent 50 years sealed. If you decide to be with her, so we won't see each other again,"
She laid him in the ground, naked, and then started to undress. Inuyasha got dazzled when he saw Kikyou's body again after so many years. She had the most soft peach-color skin and her scent was from fresh flowers. Kikyou kissed him, felling his arousal, urging to be his once more. Inuyasha lost all his control when he felt her body against his, their most intimate parts touching each other. He kissed gentle her breasts, toying with her hardened nipples. There wasn't no way back, they already were just one being.
"At least I have to agree with her in one point," Kagome said, crying, "You're definitely not polite, Inuyasha. How do you dare to tell me this, including all those cruel, sordid details!" "Sorry, Kagome, but I couldn't lie to you. I didn't want to omit anything, you deserved to know the whole truth,"