High school still officially sucks, but... peace out and enjoy chapter four. Basically, it's just filler, but it should promise to be a key part in the ongoing epic and should be pretty good, depending on you r perspective on life.
~WARNING~ this chapter may be more than a little morbid, also depends on your perspective
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Chapter 4: The Dreams
There was a soft light shining in his eyes. He tried to ignore it, and go back to sleep, but as he did, it seemed to only grow brighter. Opening his eyes, he saw Kagome enveloped in blue flames. As real, as lifelike, and she even had the same scent. The only real difference was the face that he could sort of see through her and that she was only about. "Kagome," he whispered, "is it really you?"
The being shook her head; a pained look appeared on her face. "No. No I'm not, but I am from Kagome, and I carry a message."
They waited a few seconds... "Well, what is it?" Inu-Yasha asked a little impatiently.
"You cannot rescue me from where I am," the being began. "I cannot tell you where I am, only that if you come, you will be putting both of us in very grave danger. If you come, we will both, most likely, die. I have to find a way out myself. I promise that somehow, I will come back. Just, please, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. At least for the time being," she started to become harder to see. "I love you..." she whispered, and was gone, a wisp of smoke was all that remained of her coming and going.
"No!" he yelled, as if Kagome could hear him. "No, damn it! There must be a way to save you! Come back!"
Sango was awoken by his heartbroken yells. She got up and went to him, laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. "What is it?" she asked his softly.
"I...I saw Kagome," he said. He sounded very confused, very hurt, very tired.
"Was it a dream?" Sango asked.
"No. I really saw her, but she was about this high," he held his hands about six inches apart to show her, "and she was wrapped in blue flames. She had a message for me. She told me not to come and try to find or save her, because if I do, we will both be killed. That she would have to find a way back to us by herself. She wouldn't tell me who was keeping her prisoner, or where either. But how am I supposed to just sit around and wait for her when I don't know if she is really safe, or how long she'll be alive?" he looked up at the questioning face that Sango had on, adding, "I KNOW it was her. She even smelled the same," he shook his head.
Sango stood there with him for a few moments, and realizing that Inu-Yasha was done talking, went to talk with Miroku, who was up and wanted to know what was wrong. "He says that Kagome came to tell him not to come look for her or they would both be killed, and that she would find a way to escape. He seems to have..." she searched for the words "...given up hope, I guess you could say," she sighed and fell silent. "YOU PERVERT!" she yelled at Miroku. Who, it seemed had taken lady opportunity by the hand, and rubbed her bottom when her back was turned. "THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THAT STUFF, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NEVER!" there was a dull ~whump~ as her boomerang bone hit him solidly on the head.
He took her hand, planning to appease her with an apology and the earnest look on his face, but his face only put more on guard that she had already been. "Forgive me, Lady Sango. And...um... Will you bear my child?"
"Get away from me," her tone was very calm, and that scared Miroku more than if she would have yelled at him. "You disgust me," she turned around and started to walk away when she her Miroku try to creep up on her from behind. Another solid thump on the back of his head by her boomerang bone put him out cold where he stood. (Well, actually, he's more lying on the ground, face down, than anything else right now.)
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He felt strange, weak, didn't know where he was, so he walked. He walked for a while, when a mirror appeared. Looking into it, he saw that he wasn't himself at all. He was a farmer, dressed in rags, dirt and mud smeared on his face from a hard days' work in the field. He could hear footsteps in the distance, turn in the direction of the noise. "Who's there? Show yourself!"
"You really shouldn't be so rude to the Lord of the Eastern Lands, human," said a very familiar voice. He saw himself step out from the shadows. "But, you will not live long enough to regret it," he saw the Sesshoumaru in front of him raise his claws, which seemed to grow extremely long, and slash down. There was only a moment's pain before he felt a floating sensation, and he was in the perspective of his demon self once more. He held the toukijin in his hand; it was covered in blood. Looking up, he saw Inu-Yasha lying at Kagome's feet, dead. Her bow was raised, pointed at his heart. He smirked at her and then laughed. "Do you really think that one puny arrow can defeat ME?" he asked sardonically.
"DIE SESSHOUMARU!" he heard her yell. The arrow's path was true. It hit him full in the chest and then a flash of light swallowed him...
He woke up, drenched in sweat, breathing heavily. "What was that?" he asked himself.
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This was the deciding battle. The battle to end all others, the battle with the ultimate sacrifice. The loser would also be the one to die. It was brother versus brother in a fight to the death that had already gone on for at least three or four hours, and there was no ending in sight. The two demons seemed to have an unending amount of energy. Neither looked like he was even close to spent; neither looked as though he was about to give up, they each felt that they would be the victor, and, therefore, the last one standing.
It was getting darker outside, and as fast as the light was going, so went Inu-Yasha's demon powers. It was the night of the new moon, and Kagome's heart filled with dread at the realization of it. How could they have been so stupid as to have not known that this was coming? What were they going to do?
She looked closely at them both. Inu-Yasha's hair was all black; his ears were gone. He was breathing heavily and not moving as fast a before. The transformation was complete. Sesshoumaru was also beginning to show signs of wear, albeit the fact that he was a demon and had more stamina than the now mortal Inu-Yasha was apparent. He raised the toukijin, slashed downwards, from his brother's right shoulder to his left hip. It all happened so slowly. She saw everything unfold in what seemed like four times longer than it actually should have taken. Inu-Yasha opened his mouth in surprise at the attack, his hands going to his open wound. He started to waver, dropped to his knees, and then fell face first to the ground.
Ignoring the danger of the situation that had now presented itself, Kagome ran to Inu-Yasha's side, rolled him over and placed his head on her lap. She smoothed his ruffled hair away from his face, wiped the sweat from his forehead with her hand. "Inu-Yasha," she began, a tear rolled down her cheek, and more came to her eyes, filling them and then overflowing down her dust-covered cheeks, leaving trails as they traveled down her face. "Inu-Yasha, please don't leave me," she whispered. Her voice was filled with pain. She would lose too much if he left her. She heard his breath rattle in his chest, could hear how hard he was trying to stay alive. "Please, Inu-Yasha, I love you. You can't leave me. Not yet. I need you. I need to you look out for me. I need you to protect me. I need you to keep me company. I can't lose you," she could see his eyes start to glaze over.
He drew in a breath. "Please...don't...cry...Kagome...I...love...you...too," he said with obvious difficulty. "Please... don't cry..." he let go his breath, but did not take another one.
Kagome hugged his still, lifeless figure to her chest; didn't want to let him go, didn't want his life to go. "NO!" she sobbed. "You can't leave me! You can't! It's not possible."
"Ah, miko, but it is, but it is," stated a voice from behind her. "And soon, you will join him in death."
Carefully moving his head to the ground she stood up and fit her last arrow into her bow. Tears streamed down her face unheeded, for they did not impede her vision. "How could you?" she asked his bitterly, drawing the bowstring as tight as was possible. "How could you kill your own brother? Your own flesh and blood?"
"And what do you plan to do about it, little miko?" he asked, trying to goad her into attacking with a revenge that would cloud her judgment. But, that would not happen. She knew that there was a time when she would be able to grieve for Inu-Yasha, and as much as she wanted to, this wasn't it. "Surely you don't plan to try and kill me with only one arrow, do you? Because it will take a lot more then that to get rid of me," he looked at her critically and then made a decision. "Very well, then. I will give you one chance to defend yourself before I kill you," he smirked. "Fire, miko, if you dare."
She felt so empty. Inu-Yasha was gone. What else was there? All that she had left to do was go home and forget that anything ever happened. She shook her head. No. No, I can't do that. I must honor his memory, and therefore, I must kill the one who killed him. Please, she thought, praying a silent prayer to whosoever would be listening, please, let my arrow fly true. Let me avenge his death. She looked up a Sesshoumaru, once again pointed her arrow at his heart. "DIE SESSHOUMARU!" she yelled, loosing the arrow. It flew towards its target, never veered from its path. When it hit Sesshoumaru square in the chest, a bright, blue-white light flared. When she could see again, there was not a trace of him, except for the ashes that now drifted on the wind. Exhausted, she collapsed on the ground next to Inu-Yasha's body and wept for the one whom she had loved and then lost. All alone, she thought, I'm all alone.
"Please, don't cry," she heard a whisper in the wind. It sounded so much like Inu-Yasha. "Please, don't cry, Kagome..."
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She woke up, drenched in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. Please, let that be a nightmare," she whispered to herself. "Let that just be a nightmare." Noticing that she was shivering, she went to got put on something warmer and decided to go for a walk to cool her nerves.
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I hope you likey. I know it wasn't very long, but a lot happened in this chapter, and I've been working on it for a couple hours now, so I thought that it was long enough. I pretty much have only one thing to say: High School really sucks. There are way too may book, and my locker has gotten jammed at least five times in the past TWO days. That shouldn't even be possible. It should be illegal, or something. I swear, the other day, I couldn't put any of my books in my locker and so I was stuck carrying around at least six LARGE high school textbooks. Then, yesterday, I put all of my books in my locker before first period, and so didn't have any books to take to my classes or any of my books to take home to do for homework. Okay... so that had nothing to do with my chapter, but I just had to get it out. So... do you like the chapter? Do you not? Please, review my chapter! I really need them! Well...um...Inu-Yasha's about to come on, so's I gots to go and watch. C-ya! Peace out and cream filling. Oh, yeah, and baby bunnies are cute!
~Star Shine Dragon
~WARNING~ this chapter may be more than a little morbid, also depends on your perspective
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Chapter 4: The Dreams
There was a soft light shining in his eyes. He tried to ignore it, and go back to sleep, but as he did, it seemed to only grow brighter. Opening his eyes, he saw Kagome enveloped in blue flames. As real, as lifelike, and she even had the same scent. The only real difference was the face that he could sort of see through her and that she was only about. "Kagome," he whispered, "is it really you?"
The being shook her head; a pained look appeared on her face. "No. No I'm not, but I am from Kagome, and I carry a message."
They waited a few seconds... "Well, what is it?" Inu-Yasha asked a little impatiently.
"You cannot rescue me from where I am," the being began. "I cannot tell you where I am, only that if you come, you will be putting both of us in very grave danger. If you come, we will both, most likely, die. I have to find a way out myself. I promise that somehow, I will come back. Just, please, don't worry about me. I'll be fine. At least for the time being," she started to become harder to see. "I love you..." she whispered, and was gone, a wisp of smoke was all that remained of her coming and going.
"No!" he yelled, as if Kagome could hear him. "No, damn it! There must be a way to save you! Come back!"
Sango was awoken by his heartbroken yells. She got up and went to him, laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. "What is it?" she asked his softly.
"I...I saw Kagome," he said. He sounded very confused, very hurt, very tired.
"Was it a dream?" Sango asked.
"No. I really saw her, but she was about this high," he held his hands about six inches apart to show her, "and she was wrapped in blue flames. She had a message for me. She told me not to come and try to find or save her, because if I do, we will both be killed. That she would have to find a way back to us by herself. She wouldn't tell me who was keeping her prisoner, or where either. But how am I supposed to just sit around and wait for her when I don't know if she is really safe, or how long she'll be alive?" he looked up at the questioning face that Sango had on, adding, "I KNOW it was her. She even smelled the same," he shook his head.
Sango stood there with him for a few moments, and realizing that Inu-Yasha was done talking, went to talk with Miroku, who was up and wanted to know what was wrong. "He says that Kagome came to tell him not to come look for her or they would both be killed, and that she would find a way to escape. He seems to have..." she searched for the words "...given up hope, I guess you could say," she sighed and fell silent. "YOU PERVERT!" she yelled at Miroku. Who, it seemed had taken lady opportunity by the hand, and rubbed her bottom when her back was turned. "THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THAT STUFF, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NEVER!" there was a dull ~whump~ as her boomerang bone hit him solidly on the head.
He took her hand, planning to appease her with an apology and the earnest look on his face, but his face only put more on guard that she had already been. "Forgive me, Lady Sango. And...um... Will you bear my child?"
"Get away from me," her tone was very calm, and that scared Miroku more than if she would have yelled at him. "You disgust me," she turned around and started to walk away when she her Miroku try to creep up on her from behind. Another solid thump on the back of his head by her boomerang bone put him out cold where he stood. (Well, actually, he's more lying on the ground, face down, than anything else right now.)
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He felt strange, weak, didn't know where he was, so he walked. He walked for a while, when a mirror appeared. Looking into it, he saw that he wasn't himself at all. He was a farmer, dressed in rags, dirt and mud smeared on his face from a hard days' work in the field. He could hear footsteps in the distance, turn in the direction of the noise. "Who's there? Show yourself!"
"You really shouldn't be so rude to the Lord of the Eastern Lands, human," said a very familiar voice. He saw himself step out from the shadows. "But, you will not live long enough to regret it," he saw the Sesshoumaru in front of him raise his claws, which seemed to grow extremely long, and slash down. There was only a moment's pain before he felt a floating sensation, and he was in the perspective of his demon self once more. He held the toukijin in his hand; it was covered in blood. Looking up, he saw Inu-Yasha lying at Kagome's feet, dead. Her bow was raised, pointed at his heart. He smirked at her and then laughed. "Do you really think that one puny arrow can defeat ME?" he asked sardonically.
"DIE SESSHOUMARU!" he heard her yell. The arrow's path was true. It hit him full in the chest and then a flash of light swallowed him...
He woke up, drenched in sweat, breathing heavily. "What was that?" he asked himself.
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This was the deciding battle. The battle to end all others, the battle with the ultimate sacrifice. The loser would also be the one to die. It was brother versus brother in a fight to the death that had already gone on for at least three or four hours, and there was no ending in sight. The two demons seemed to have an unending amount of energy. Neither looked like he was even close to spent; neither looked as though he was about to give up, they each felt that they would be the victor, and, therefore, the last one standing.
It was getting darker outside, and as fast as the light was going, so went Inu-Yasha's demon powers. It was the night of the new moon, and Kagome's heart filled with dread at the realization of it. How could they have been so stupid as to have not known that this was coming? What were they going to do?
She looked closely at them both. Inu-Yasha's hair was all black; his ears were gone. He was breathing heavily and not moving as fast a before. The transformation was complete. Sesshoumaru was also beginning to show signs of wear, albeit the fact that he was a demon and had more stamina than the now mortal Inu-Yasha was apparent. He raised the toukijin, slashed downwards, from his brother's right shoulder to his left hip. It all happened so slowly. She saw everything unfold in what seemed like four times longer than it actually should have taken. Inu-Yasha opened his mouth in surprise at the attack, his hands going to his open wound. He started to waver, dropped to his knees, and then fell face first to the ground.
Ignoring the danger of the situation that had now presented itself, Kagome ran to Inu-Yasha's side, rolled him over and placed his head on her lap. She smoothed his ruffled hair away from his face, wiped the sweat from his forehead with her hand. "Inu-Yasha," she began, a tear rolled down her cheek, and more came to her eyes, filling them and then overflowing down her dust-covered cheeks, leaving trails as they traveled down her face. "Inu-Yasha, please don't leave me," she whispered. Her voice was filled with pain. She would lose too much if he left her. She heard his breath rattle in his chest, could hear how hard he was trying to stay alive. "Please, Inu-Yasha, I love you. You can't leave me. Not yet. I need you. I need to you look out for me. I need you to protect me. I need you to keep me company. I can't lose you," she could see his eyes start to glaze over.
He drew in a breath. "Please...don't...cry...Kagome...I...love...you...too," he said with obvious difficulty. "Please... don't cry..." he let go his breath, but did not take another one.
Kagome hugged his still, lifeless figure to her chest; didn't want to let him go, didn't want his life to go. "NO!" she sobbed. "You can't leave me! You can't! It's not possible."
"Ah, miko, but it is, but it is," stated a voice from behind her. "And soon, you will join him in death."
Carefully moving his head to the ground she stood up and fit her last arrow into her bow. Tears streamed down her face unheeded, for they did not impede her vision. "How could you?" she asked his bitterly, drawing the bowstring as tight as was possible. "How could you kill your own brother? Your own flesh and blood?"
"And what do you plan to do about it, little miko?" he asked, trying to goad her into attacking with a revenge that would cloud her judgment. But, that would not happen. She knew that there was a time when she would be able to grieve for Inu-Yasha, and as much as she wanted to, this wasn't it. "Surely you don't plan to try and kill me with only one arrow, do you? Because it will take a lot more then that to get rid of me," he looked at her critically and then made a decision. "Very well, then. I will give you one chance to defend yourself before I kill you," he smirked. "Fire, miko, if you dare."
She felt so empty. Inu-Yasha was gone. What else was there? All that she had left to do was go home and forget that anything ever happened. She shook her head. No. No, I can't do that. I must honor his memory, and therefore, I must kill the one who killed him. Please, she thought, praying a silent prayer to whosoever would be listening, please, let my arrow fly true. Let me avenge his death. She looked up a Sesshoumaru, once again pointed her arrow at his heart. "DIE SESSHOUMARU!" she yelled, loosing the arrow. It flew towards its target, never veered from its path. When it hit Sesshoumaru square in the chest, a bright, blue-white light flared. When she could see again, there was not a trace of him, except for the ashes that now drifted on the wind. Exhausted, she collapsed on the ground next to Inu-Yasha's body and wept for the one whom she had loved and then lost. All alone, she thought, I'm all alone.
"Please, don't cry," she heard a whisper in the wind. It sounded so much like Inu-Yasha. "Please, don't cry, Kagome..."
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She woke up, drenched in a cold sweat and breathing heavily. Please, let that be a nightmare," she whispered to herself. "Let that just be a nightmare." Noticing that she was shivering, she went to got put on something warmer and decided to go for a walk to cool her nerves.
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I hope you likey. I know it wasn't very long, but a lot happened in this chapter, and I've been working on it for a couple hours now, so I thought that it was long enough. I pretty much have only one thing to say: High School really sucks. There are way too may book, and my locker has gotten jammed at least five times in the past TWO days. That shouldn't even be possible. It should be illegal, or something. I swear, the other day, I couldn't put any of my books in my locker and so I was stuck carrying around at least six LARGE high school textbooks. Then, yesterday, I put all of my books in my locker before first period, and so didn't have any books to take to my classes or any of my books to take home to do for homework. Okay... so that had nothing to do with my chapter, but I just had to get it out. So... do you like the chapter? Do you not? Please, review my chapter! I really need them! Well...um...Inu-Yasha's about to come on, so's I gots to go and watch. C-ya! Peace out and cream filling. Oh, yeah, and baby bunnies are cute!
~Star Shine Dragon