Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
When Kee fainted and collapsed to the ground Sango's heart almost stopped. Inuyasha had yet to show up and she was not sure the hanyou had heard her in the first place. She slowly turned the still gasping woman over onto her back. Kee's skin had turned an odd, and very terrifying shade of blue. Her eyes had rolled into the back of her head and what Sango could see of them flashed with pink and back energy. Barely contained panic drove her to loosen the high collar of Kee's top in an attempt to ease her labored breathing. Nothing changed and Sango bit her lip in frustration.
"Please Kee don't you dare die on me" she frantically begged the woman as she pulled the last of the collar's buttons apart.
Suddenly Kee's arm lashed out striking Sango across her face, sending her crashing to the ground. Sango quickly pushed herself up in a half sitting position just in time to see Kee's body arch painfully upwards. Her eyes widened in horror as a pulsing dome of warring miko energy grew around the stretched body of her friend. With each pulse of the dome it widened. Unable to force her body to run Sango threw herself to the ground covering her head protectively with her arms as the embattled energies in this shield reached her.
An inferno of emotions and physical pain consumed Sango. She imagined she screamed in agony as wave upon wave of this indescribable torture flowed over and through her. Her mind went blank as another, more powerful mind exploded within her. Sango mentally shied away from this other trying to escape the pain before she was engulfed by it.
~ No...No...I don't want to know this ~ Sango shrieked as her last coherent thought.
~ She was empty, lost, and completely alone. Her pain was unending and unendurable. She was weak, too weak to hold up under the burden of her responsibilities any longer. She was without her foundation to help her weather her hardship; all that she had stood for had been stripped, torn away by cruelty of life itself. She had struggled what seemed like an eternity and been rewarded with only emptiness. It had never allowed her a single moment of peace until she had finally taken it for herself forcefully, far away from this ever-present agony. Yet even in this sacred portion of herself the void and sting of her life hounded her, an intruder of malicious intent. Trying to compel her back from her self imposed exile; back into the harsh realities she was escaping by being where she was now. She resented it to the very core of her being, resented the family she loved/hated for needing her, for wanting her return. She hated her self for even considering going back to that cursed place. She was bereft of her faith in everything. She had yet more grief in her soul that caused her to yearn, even in the throes of utter selfishness, for her comrades. She hated/loved them all for pushing her away, for holding so tightly to her, for defending her and attacking her, for loving her and destroying everything she was all without thought of how breakable she could be. She grieved for their losses for the atrocities that had been committed against every one of them. She tortured herself with the sense of impending loss that she had carried all this time on their behalf. She mourned them everyday becoming more entrenched in her agony the closer she got to them. If there had been a time that she had not felt such bittersweet agony she could not recall it. ~
Sango slammed to the ground as the power released her and a desperate tormented sound escaped her. She sobbed hopelessly into the forest floor.
~ Oh Kagome I never knew...I never imagined...I'm so sorry none of us heard your pain. ~
A split second decision made by Miroku and Inuyasha's reaction to the pulsing dome of miko power was all that saved the hanyou's life.
Miroku ran swiftly behind Inuyasha doing his best to keep up with him. He hated not knowing what was happening. He was so intent on keeping himself moving that by the time he realized Inuyasha had stopped it was too late. He slammed into Inuyasha and both of them crashed to the ground with equally loud protests. Inuyasha pushed Miroku off of him with a mumbled insult. They scrambled to their feet and stared in horror at the rapidly approaching energy.
Miroku glance worriedly over at his friend. Inuyasha was watching the rapidly moving dome a grim look on his face. He knew that if the force hit the hanyou there would be no saving him.
"You will have to get Kagome to the Temple Miroku" Inuyasha stated bravely.
"WE will get her there" Miroku countered stubbornly.
"Don't be stupid" Inuyasha snarled tensing.
Miroku glared at Inuyasha and made his decision. He reached out and grabbed Inuyasha by the collar of his robe. Swinging both himself and Inuyasha around Miroku bent over him covering the hanyou with as much of his body and robes as he possibly could. Inuyasha growled angrily and Miroku tightened his grip as the wave of power reached him. He groaned in pain as it ripped through his Air Rip sending rivulets of fire up into his chest. He fought the affect of the other mind sweeping him up into its pain and stayed mostly aware of what was going on around him. Inuyasha shuddered against him.
"Hold on...just hold on" Miroku hissed through his clenched teeth.
Miroku swallowed convulsively against the tightness in his throat. He was being assailed with emotions he could only assume were from Kagome herself. Tears sprang to his eyes in sympathy for the girl. Many of the thoughts that were circling in his mind she had expressed to him in private and he had always felt she took too much on herself.
With a rush the miko energy dispersed leaving Miroku stunned. For a single moment he refused to open his eyes or move in fear that he had not accomplished what he had intend and Inuyasha had indeed perished from the storm. Then Inuyasha moved weakly trying to remove himself from Miroku's embrace and the monk gasped.
"Let me go fool monk" Inuyasha growled at him.
Miroku would have laughed his relief if he hadn't slipped into unconsciousness at that moment.
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
When Kee fainted and collapsed to the ground Sango's heart almost stopped. Inuyasha had yet to show up and she was not sure the hanyou had heard her in the first place. She slowly turned the still gasping woman over onto her back. Kee's skin had turned an odd, and very terrifying shade of blue. Her eyes had rolled into the back of her head and what Sango could see of them flashed with pink and back energy. Barely contained panic drove her to loosen the high collar of Kee's top in an attempt to ease her labored breathing. Nothing changed and Sango bit her lip in frustration.
"Please Kee don't you dare die on me" she frantically begged the woman as she pulled the last of the collar's buttons apart.
Suddenly Kee's arm lashed out striking Sango across her face, sending her crashing to the ground. Sango quickly pushed herself up in a half sitting position just in time to see Kee's body arch painfully upwards. Her eyes widened in horror as a pulsing dome of warring miko energy grew around the stretched body of her friend. With each pulse of the dome it widened. Unable to force her body to run Sango threw herself to the ground covering her head protectively with her arms as the embattled energies in this shield reached her.
An inferno of emotions and physical pain consumed Sango. She imagined she screamed in agony as wave upon wave of this indescribable torture flowed over and through her. Her mind went blank as another, more powerful mind exploded within her. Sango mentally shied away from this other trying to escape the pain before she was engulfed by it.
~ No...No...I don't want to know this ~ Sango shrieked as her last coherent thought.
~ She was empty, lost, and completely alone. Her pain was unending and unendurable. She was weak, too weak to hold up under the burden of her responsibilities any longer. She was without her foundation to help her weather her hardship; all that she had stood for had been stripped, torn away by cruelty of life itself. She had struggled what seemed like an eternity and been rewarded with only emptiness. It had never allowed her a single moment of peace until she had finally taken it for herself forcefully, far away from this ever-present agony. Yet even in this sacred portion of herself the void and sting of her life hounded her, an intruder of malicious intent. Trying to compel her back from her self imposed exile; back into the harsh realities she was escaping by being where she was now. She resented it to the very core of her being, resented the family she loved/hated for needing her, for wanting her return. She hated her self for even considering going back to that cursed place. She was bereft of her faith in everything. She had yet more grief in her soul that caused her to yearn, even in the throes of utter selfishness, for her comrades. She hated/loved them all for pushing her away, for holding so tightly to her, for defending her and attacking her, for loving her and destroying everything she was all without thought of how breakable she could be. She grieved for their losses for the atrocities that had been committed against every one of them. She tortured herself with the sense of impending loss that she had carried all this time on their behalf. She mourned them everyday becoming more entrenched in her agony the closer she got to them. If there had been a time that she had not felt such bittersweet agony she could not recall it. ~
Sango slammed to the ground as the power released her and a desperate tormented sound escaped her. She sobbed hopelessly into the forest floor.
~ Oh Kagome I never knew...I never imagined...I'm so sorry none of us heard your pain. ~
A split second decision made by Miroku and Inuyasha's reaction to the pulsing dome of miko power was all that saved the hanyou's life.
Miroku ran swiftly behind Inuyasha doing his best to keep up with him. He hated not knowing what was happening. He was so intent on keeping himself moving that by the time he realized Inuyasha had stopped it was too late. He slammed into Inuyasha and both of them crashed to the ground with equally loud protests. Inuyasha pushed Miroku off of him with a mumbled insult. They scrambled to their feet and stared in horror at the rapidly approaching energy.
Miroku glance worriedly over at his friend. Inuyasha was watching the rapidly moving dome a grim look on his face. He knew that if the force hit the hanyou there would be no saving him.
"You will have to get Kagome to the Temple Miroku" Inuyasha stated bravely.
"WE will get her there" Miroku countered stubbornly.
"Don't be stupid" Inuyasha snarled tensing.
Miroku glared at Inuyasha and made his decision. He reached out and grabbed Inuyasha by the collar of his robe. Swinging both himself and Inuyasha around Miroku bent over him covering the hanyou with as much of his body and robes as he possibly could. Inuyasha growled angrily and Miroku tightened his grip as the wave of power reached him. He groaned in pain as it ripped through his Air Rip sending rivulets of fire up into his chest. He fought the affect of the other mind sweeping him up into its pain and stayed mostly aware of what was going on around him. Inuyasha shuddered against him.
"Hold on...just hold on" Miroku hissed through his clenched teeth.
Miroku swallowed convulsively against the tightness in his throat. He was being assailed with emotions he could only assume were from Kagome herself. Tears sprang to his eyes in sympathy for the girl. Many of the thoughts that were circling in his mind she had expressed to him in private and he had always felt she took too much on herself.
With a rush the miko energy dispersed leaving Miroku stunned. For a single moment he refused to open his eyes or move in fear that he had not accomplished what he had intend and Inuyasha had indeed perished from the storm. Then Inuyasha moved weakly trying to remove himself from Miroku's embrace and the monk gasped.
"Let me go fool monk" Inuyasha growled at him.
Miroku would have laughed his relief if he hadn't slipped into unconsciousness at that moment.