Always My Soul
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
Kagome braced herself behind Ferlias holding her weapon high, aware that Hiraikotsu was headed directly for the youkai, understanding the weapon's intentions automatically. She set her teeth as everything inside of her responded to the eminent impact, the strange throbbing caused by Inutashio's energies only increasing as Kee's finally committed her powers fully, warping the internal force into an even more dangerous and complete destructive strength. Sweat stood out on her brow as the energies struggled to be released before it was time. It churned inside of her clawing and ripping at her to have its potential realized. Her entire body trembled with the ferocity of the withheld power.
Ferlias was shoved backwards violently. She stepped forward into the youkai lord's movement. The sword entered the flesh with no resistance up to the hilt. Blood gushed over her hand; the rapture that filled her left her breathless. Part of her that remained only her was disturbed by the reaction, uncomfortable with such joy coming out of so much pain. A few other of the personalities reacted with the same deep sense of reproach. She felt these others on the verge of stepping away from the fight their personalities requiring them to not involve themselves in so base of an emotion.
~ No...we are of one mind, our task is not finished. You will not remove yourselves from the others until it is done. Though we may not approve that is not what we are here for mikos. ~ Midoriko reminded them, her own disgust quite apparent in her tone.
A general agreement swept through Kagome and with it came the unplanned release of the energies, which exploded from her so enthusiastically that she gasped out loud in shock. Sweat now poured down the sides of her face and she could feel it soaking her outfit thoroughly. Ferlias bellowed in agony as he was bombarded with the terrible new power that Kagome now could feel racing through him. She felt his blood catch fire with it, his body being consumed from the inside.
Ferlias's mind opened to her and she was subjected to the nightmare that was the youkai lord's legacy. The blood drenched memories that had been Ferlias's response to this plane of existence revolted her to the very core of her soul, atrocities unlike any she had encountered assailed her mind and still she could not bring herself to find joy in the creature's destruction. The helpless cries of Ferlias's countless victims reverberated inside of her, colored by the nauseating pleasure he found in such things. His mind played out every act of betrayal against the individual mikos that he had a hand in, his many successes only adding to his enjoyment of the things he could do to cause pain in any way. Kagome's mind reeled with the perverted truths that occupied Ferlias's mind. He had never come to this plane with any other concept then to destroy everything that neared him, even those that opted to join him in the blood bath were not immune to his hunger for the agony that could only be derived from living things. There was nothing in him at all that could be called a higher being, nothing that even closely brought to mind that he ever had been one in the first place. All that Ferlias was inside could only be described as a vast pair of vicious teeth that hungered to be fed though feeding such a thing would not satisfy its want for more, for all eternity it yearned for what could not possibly sate it.
~ Kill it! ~ Hissed the mikos that still found pleasure in this death.
~ BE SILENT! ~ Kagome ordered them firmly, finished with their pettiness. ~ I am not like you; I only do this because it has to be done not because I need revenge. If I were as you wish me to be then I would have sought my revenge for what I am against all of you! ~
There came a stillness inside of her that left a definite impression that the mikos though shocked by her words understood her meaning completely. From Midoriko there came a sense of approval and admiration. Kagome pushed away the flutter of self-pride that rose inside of her turning her attention back to destroying Ferlias.
The youkai's robes were blackening slowly. What she could see of his skin was cracked and bleeding profusely, flares of energy sparked from the splits from time to time searing more and more of it. She wanted to stop, unable to cope with the damage she was causing, but she was encouraged by the mikos who knew this must be done, understood her aversion to it, and yet compelled her to finish this task.
With an ear-piercing roar Ferlias ripped himself away from Kagome who stumbled forward as she lost her grip on her sword and fell to her hands and knees. She did not allow herself to interrupt the flow of energies, finding it simple to keep sending it into the youkai's body. Ferlias's face was covered with the same fissures that she had seen on his neck, blood ran from each one, his skin bubbled and fell away as he glared hatefully at her.
"I...will...never...let you...win" Ferlias growled in pain.
Kagome ignored him, standing slowly and forcing herself to witness the totality of what her powers did to him. She had no desire to speak with him, to attempt any show of exchanging banter. She was just as sickened by herself as she was by him and there was no possibility for her to discard the knowledge of her transgression against another being, even if that being happened to be one such as Ferlias.
She noted that there were tiny wisps of smoke coming from Ferlias now and was not surprised when suddenly he was ablaze with a fire that burned ferociously. She watched this, coldly accepting the censure of some of the mikos for caring at all how Ferlias died. All that mattered to them was that he suffered; all that mattered to Kagome was that she was the cause of what made him suffer. She felt tears of remorse slip down her cheeks. His agonized bellows cut her deeply, each sound tearing at her soul but she refused to turn away.
She was so caught up in her emotions that when Ferlias's hand reached out and grasped her she did not react. Only when the flames of her own power began to consume her as well did she attempt to fight back weakly. Ferlias drew her into an unbreakable, intimate embrace. She was consumed with him barely noticing the pain, emptying herself of the powers inside of her that she now loathed.
By: dragonfly-rising
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters
Kagome braced herself behind Ferlias holding her weapon high, aware that Hiraikotsu was headed directly for the youkai, understanding the weapon's intentions automatically. She set her teeth as everything inside of her responded to the eminent impact, the strange throbbing caused by Inutashio's energies only increasing as Kee's finally committed her powers fully, warping the internal force into an even more dangerous and complete destructive strength. Sweat stood out on her brow as the energies struggled to be released before it was time. It churned inside of her clawing and ripping at her to have its potential realized. Her entire body trembled with the ferocity of the withheld power.
Ferlias was shoved backwards violently. She stepped forward into the youkai lord's movement. The sword entered the flesh with no resistance up to the hilt. Blood gushed over her hand; the rapture that filled her left her breathless. Part of her that remained only her was disturbed by the reaction, uncomfortable with such joy coming out of so much pain. A few other of the personalities reacted with the same deep sense of reproach. She felt these others on the verge of stepping away from the fight their personalities requiring them to not involve themselves in so base of an emotion.
~ No...we are of one mind, our task is not finished. You will not remove yourselves from the others until it is done. Though we may not approve that is not what we are here for mikos. ~ Midoriko reminded them, her own disgust quite apparent in her tone.
A general agreement swept through Kagome and with it came the unplanned release of the energies, which exploded from her so enthusiastically that she gasped out loud in shock. Sweat now poured down the sides of her face and she could feel it soaking her outfit thoroughly. Ferlias bellowed in agony as he was bombarded with the terrible new power that Kagome now could feel racing through him. She felt his blood catch fire with it, his body being consumed from the inside.
Ferlias's mind opened to her and she was subjected to the nightmare that was the youkai lord's legacy. The blood drenched memories that had been Ferlias's response to this plane of existence revolted her to the very core of her soul, atrocities unlike any she had encountered assailed her mind and still she could not bring herself to find joy in the creature's destruction. The helpless cries of Ferlias's countless victims reverberated inside of her, colored by the nauseating pleasure he found in such things. His mind played out every act of betrayal against the individual mikos that he had a hand in, his many successes only adding to his enjoyment of the things he could do to cause pain in any way. Kagome's mind reeled with the perverted truths that occupied Ferlias's mind. He had never come to this plane with any other concept then to destroy everything that neared him, even those that opted to join him in the blood bath were not immune to his hunger for the agony that could only be derived from living things. There was nothing in him at all that could be called a higher being, nothing that even closely brought to mind that he ever had been one in the first place. All that Ferlias was inside could only be described as a vast pair of vicious teeth that hungered to be fed though feeding such a thing would not satisfy its want for more, for all eternity it yearned for what could not possibly sate it.
~ Kill it! ~ Hissed the mikos that still found pleasure in this death.
~ BE SILENT! ~ Kagome ordered them firmly, finished with their pettiness. ~ I am not like you; I only do this because it has to be done not because I need revenge. If I were as you wish me to be then I would have sought my revenge for what I am against all of you! ~
There came a stillness inside of her that left a definite impression that the mikos though shocked by her words understood her meaning completely. From Midoriko there came a sense of approval and admiration. Kagome pushed away the flutter of self-pride that rose inside of her turning her attention back to destroying Ferlias.
The youkai's robes were blackening slowly. What she could see of his skin was cracked and bleeding profusely, flares of energy sparked from the splits from time to time searing more and more of it. She wanted to stop, unable to cope with the damage she was causing, but she was encouraged by the mikos who knew this must be done, understood her aversion to it, and yet compelled her to finish this task.
With an ear-piercing roar Ferlias ripped himself away from Kagome who stumbled forward as she lost her grip on her sword and fell to her hands and knees. She did not allow herself to interrupt the flow of energies, finding it simple to keep sending it into the youkai's body. Ferlias's face was covered with the same fissures that she had seen on his neck, blood ran from each one, his skin bubbled and fell away as he glared hatefully at her.
"I...will...never...let you...win" Ferlias growled in pain.
Kagome ignored him, standing slowly and forcing herself to witness the totality of what her powers did to him. She had no desire to speak with him, to attempt any show of exchanging banter. She was just as sickened by herself as she was by him and there was no possibility for her to discard the knowledge of her transgression against another being, even if that being happened to be one such as Ferlias.
She noted that there were tiny wisps of smoke coming from Ferlias now and was not surprised when suddenly he was ablaze with a fire that burned ferociously. She watched this, coldly accepting the censure of some of the mikos for caring at all how Ferlias died. All that mattered to them was that he suffered; all that mattered to Kagome was that she was the cause of what made him suffer. She felt tears of remorse slip down her cheeks. His agonized bellows cut her deeply, each sound tearing at her soul but she refused to turn away.
She was so caught up in her emotions that when Ferlias's hand reached out and grasped her she did not react. Only when the flames of her own power began to consume her as well did she attempt to fight back weakly. Ferlias drew her into an unbreakable, intimate embrace. She was consumed with him barely noticing the pain, emptying herself of the powers inside of her that she now loathed.