Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
Ferlias bound after Kagome's body with a sense of anticipation. After all this time, after everything that he had dealt with, finally he would get his vengeance. The miko's body hit the ground with a bone-rattling thud that had to have caused her great pain. Despite that fact she rolled over attempting to regain her footing. Even as she scrambled lethargically Ferlias raised his weapon above his head, planning on cutting her in half with one blow. Her face turned to him; her eyes regarded his nearness with something akin to grim determination and he hated her all the more for not even giving him the satisfaction of her fear.
"Kagome!" yelled the half-breed, his voice frantic with horror.
The other two companions giving voice to their own denial of what was about to happen followed his voice. He was disappointed to not hear Tosh's outrage as well.
~ A small price to pay for a blood debt ~ He thought to himself
He was so caught up in his impending victory that he failed to notice the wind pick up, causing Kagome's hair to fly about her head. The outline of something large standing over the girl appeared from nowhere and slowly began to materialize. Ferlias ignored this and went to bring his weapon down upon Kagome's upturned face. Kagome's arms finally flew up in a defensive motion. Ferlias began to laugh his triumph only to have it cut off abruptly as his sword sank into something solid that should not have been there.
He stared at his intended target in disbelief. Her arms were down again and she was staring up. He followed her gaze, his eyes widening with apprehension and furry to meet the glowing red orbs of a giant dog youkai in full form. His sword was embedded into the youkai's leg, but no blood seeped from the wound.
"Inutashio" Ferlias breathed flabbergasted.
The youkai growled, displaying its enormous teeth threateningly. Ferlias ripped his sword from Inutashio's flesh and jumped back out of danger. The dog youkai followed his motion staying protectively over the young miko, moving only enough to keep Ferlias in sight.
~ Did you really think I would allow you to kill her? ~ Inutashio asked in his mind.
~ This is not allowed! ~ Ferlias roared at him.
Inutashio chuckled darkly ~ You have been breaking the rules for centuries Ferlias, what made you imagine you were the only one who could do so? ~
~ You would risk being banished to the void for this...this human? ~ Ferlias asked beyond comprehension.
~ For her...for my son...for what they represent to all that know them...for this world and the next...yes I would risk even oblivion for these things. You know nothing of what I would do and have done without hesitation for those that matter to me. ~ Inutashio replied.
~ Even disrupt their destinies? Wasn't it you who lectured me about that? ~ Ferlias snipped.
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* Flashback*
Ferlias gazed across an open field at the great dog youkai and the tiny miko who stood against him. He did not know it at the time but she was only the first of many who would seal him to the void. For now he glared unbelievingly at Inutashio whom he had respected for so long.
"Why would you stand with her against me?" He asked.
"Because it is right Ferlias, because I must. You do not understand what you disrupt with your ideas of glory. You do not understand that this world is not for you. You cannot change someone's destiny and expect to escape unscathed. By being born into this world as a youkai you submitted yourself to its rules, by being born at all you have ripped the stream of destiny. It must be repaired, you must be sealed away now before it is to late for any of us." Inutashio informed him his voice grim.
Why did he feel this deep sense of betrayal, did he actually think Inutashio would submit to him as overlord? No he should have expected this reaction, the dog youkai was only looking out for him self as any self- respecting youkai would. Inutashio held many lands under his control already and would not give these things up so easily. His eyes caught the tiniest of movements behind the miko and smiled to himself. Even if he was sealed into the void she would not live to see another day, betrayed by the one person she trusted whole-heartedly. He had seen to that and it had been a simple thing.
"Submit to her Ferlias, you owe her that. She would not be as she is if you had stayed where you were. Let us end this with some degree of pride." Inutashio insisted.
"I don't think so Inutashio" Ferlias snapped.
"So be it." the tiny miko intoned then rushed at him with a speed he was unprepared for.
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~ You made your choice then as you have now Ferlias. This meeting is destiny, all the souls here are owed a blood debt that must be paid before there can be any resolution. This will be the last battle if I have to swallow you whole in order to make it so ~ Inutashio growled in his head.
"Then come old man...let us see if you are still worthy of your title!" Ferlias hissed.
Inutashio's growl escalated until Ferlias could feel it reverberating within his chest but the dog youkai did not move. Beneath him Kagome had stood up and was gazing at Ferlias dispassionately.
~ They always have that same distant expression ~ Ferlias thought idly.
Kagome stepped forward, her hand going out to rest upon the dog youkai's leg. She did not lean on him for support but seemed to only crave the contact to steady her self. Her eyes no longer misted with combined powers. She was dusty and disheveled, her hair laying flat, matted with blood from her neck injury. She bled openly from several places, her outfit having reappeared when her powers depleted had returned to Kee's outfit and was torn from the battle. Beneath her eyes were dark circles of exhaustion, her face pale from blood loss and exertion. And yet she did not look defeated in any way.
Ferlias looked questioningly at her, for some reason uncertain facing this human who by all rights should be dead.
"What you took from them you had no right to take" Kagome said quietly though he could hear her clearly "What you have done in the name of your own survival was not yours to do. You interrupted the destiny of the child that should have been born to that youkai female and you shall repay your blood debt to her, not to me, or Tosh, or anyone else. Only her who was to be born the day you usurped her body and mangled it to make it your own. This wasn't our debt to collect...it was her's. Didn't you ever wonder where mikos came from Ferlias?"
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
Ferlias bound after Kagome's body with a sense of anticipation. After all this time, after everything that he had dealt with, finally he would get his vengeance. The miko's body hit the ground with a bone-rattling thud that had to have caused her great pain. Despite that fact she rolled over attempting to regain her footing. Even as she scrambled lethargically Ferlias raised his weapon above his head, planning on cutting her in half with one blow. Her face turned to him; her eyes regarded his nearness with something akin to grim determination and he hated her all the more for not even giving him the satisfaction of her fear.
"Kagome!" yelled the half-breed, his voice frantic with horror.
The other two companions giving voice to their own denial of what was about to happen followed his voice. He was disappointed to not hear Tosh's outrage as well.
~ A small price to pay for a blood debt ~ He thought to himself
He was so caught up in his impending victory that he failed to notice the wind pick up, causing Kagome's hair to fly about her head. The outline of something large standing over the girl appeared from nowhere and slowly began to materialize. Ferlias ignored this and went to bring his weapon down upon Kagome's upturned face. Kagome's arms finally flew up in a defensive motion. Ferlias began to laugh his triumph only to have it cut off abruptly as his sword sank into something solid that should not have been there.
He stared at his intended target in disbelief. Her arms were down again and she was staring up. He followed her gaze, his eyes widening with apprehension and furry to meet the glowing red orbs of a giant dog youkai in full form. His sword was embedded into the youkai's leg, but no blood seeped from the wound.
"Inutashio" Ferlias breathed flabbergasted.
The youkai growled, displaying its enormous teeth threateningly. Ferlias ripped his sword from Inutashio's flesh and jumped back out of danger. The dog youkai followed his motion staying protectively over the young miko, moving only enough to keep Ferlias in sight.
~ Did you really think I would allow you to kill her? ~ Inutashio asked in his mind.
~ This is not allowed! ~ Ferlias roared at him.
Inutashio chuckled darkly ~ You have been breaking the rules for centuries Ferlias, what made you imagine you were the only one who could do so? ~
~ You would risk being banished to the void for this...this human? ~ Ferlias asked beyond comprehension.
~ For her...for my son...for what they represent to all that know them...for this world and the next...yes I would risk even oblivion for these things. You know nothing of what I would do and have done without hesitation for those that matter to me. ~ Inutashio replied.
~ Even disrupt their destinies? Wasn't it you who lectured me about that? ~ Ferlias snipped.
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* Flashback*
Ferlias gazed across an open field at the great dog youkai and the tiny miko who stood against him. He did not know it at the time but she was only the first of many who would seal him to the void. For now he glared unbelievingly at Inutashio whom he had respected for so long.
"Why would you stand with her against me?" He asked.
"Because it is right Ferlias, because I must. You do not understand what you disrupt with your ideas of glory. You do not understand that this world is not for you. You cannot change someone's destiny and expect to escape unscathed. By being born into this world as a youkai you submitted yourself to its rules, by being born at all you have ripped the stream of destiny. It must be repaired, you must be sealed away now before it is to late for any of us." Inutashio informed him his voice grim.
Why did he feel this deep sense of betrayal, did he actually think Inutashio would submit to him as overlord? No he should have expected this reaction, the dog youkai was only looking out for him self as any self- respecting youkai would. Inutashio held many lands under his control already and would not give these things up so easily. His eyes caught the tiniest of movements behind the miko and smiled to himself. Even if he was sealed into the void she would not live to see another day, betrayed by the one person she trusted whole-heartedly. He had seen to that and it had been a simple thing.
"Submit to her Ferlias, you owe her that. She would not be as she is if you had stayed where you were. Let us end this with some degree of pride." Inutashio insisted.
"I don't think so Inutashio" Ferlias snapped.
"So be it." the tiny miko intoned then rushed at him with a speed he was unprepared for.
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~ You made your choice then as you have now Ferlias. This meeting is destiny, all the souls here are owed a blood debt that must be paid before there can be any resolution. This will be the last battle if I have to swallow you whole in order to make it so ~ Inutashio growled in his head.
"Then come old man...let us see if you are still worthy of your title!" Ferlias hissed.
Inutashio's growl escalated until Ferlias could feel it reverberating within his chest but the dog youkai did not move. Beneath him Kagome had stood up and was gazing at Ferlias dispassionately.
~ They always have that same distant expression ~ Ferlias thought idly.
Kagome stepped forward, her hand going out to rest upon the dog youkai's leg. She did not lean on him for support but seemed to only crave the contact to steady her self. Her eyes no longer misted with combined powers. She was dusty and disheveled, her hair laying flat, matted with blood from her neck injury. She bled openly from several places, her outfit having reappeared when her powers depleted had returned to Kee's outfit and was torn from the battle. Beneath her eyes were dark circles of exhaustion, her face pale from blood loss and exertion. And yet she did not look defeated in any way.
Ferlias looked questioningly at her, for some reason uncertain facing this human who by all rights should be dead.
"What you took from them you had no right to take" Kagome said quietly though he could hear her clearly "What you have done in the name of your own survival was not yours to do. You interrupted the destiny of the child that should have been born to that youkai female and you shall repay your blood debt to her, not to me, or Tosh, or anyone else. Only her who was to be born the day you usurped her body and mangled it to make it your own. This wasn't our debt to collect...it was her's. Didn't you ever wonder where mikos came from Ferlias?"