Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha but yes I do wish I owned it **sighs dreamily** This is my first time writing an Inuyasha Fan fic so please be gentle. This is gonna take place after episode 124. There you go, enjoy and review please ^_^ Arigato
By the way: The following pairings are being done. Inuyasha&Kagome, Miroku&Sango. In this first chapter its just going to be a reflect for Inuyasha, so don't jump to conclusions hehe Arigato once again.
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The scenery was beautiful. The wind blew softly against the earth, brushing off the leaves of the trees. A familiar hanyou sat on one of the braches of the trees. He was deep in thought and seemed like he was stiff as a statue. The wind continued to cross through the scene, bringing some cool relief to the atmosphere. The hanyou leaned against the base of the tree, sighing to himself.
"Inuyasha…" A voice came from below.
Inuyasha looked down and at first the figure below was blurry.
"K-Kagome?" Inuyasha thought.
After saying her name, the prayer beads appeared around his neck. The tetsusaiga then appeared, tied to his side.
"Inuyasha? What's keeping you up there?" The voice said again.
Inuyasha's ears started to twitch. The voice was extremely familiar to him and yet it sounded very faint and distorted. Inuyasha stood up and gracefully fell to the ground, the wind raising his hair up. Inuyasha tried to pick up a smell but it was still very faint. Inuyasha landed on his knees, kneeling near the figure.
"Inuyasha, please come join me." The figure said walking up to him.
The figure got closer and closer to him, soon he heard the last few rustles of the grass, telling him that the steps had stopped. And as he looked up, he looked surprised knowing now who the figure was.
"K-Kikyo." Inuyasha stammered.
"Come join me Inuyasha. I have been waiting for you for some time now." Kikyo said.
Inuyasha looked at her and sensed something strange. He looked into her eyes, not seeing the hatred which he thought she held against him. The look in her eyes were filled with love, compassion, but with a hint of loneliness. Her hair flowed with the wind, being as long as it was, still tied up in the same usual way it always was in. Inuyasha looked around and saw cherry blossoms starting to fall around the scene. What a dream this was…what a vision. Inuyasha got up from kneeling and stood in front of Kikyo. A very confused look stayed on his face as he looked at her. Kikyo then smiled at him. Her smile was very soft and loving to Inuyasha. Kikyo lifted up her hand and proceeded to place it on Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha hesistated at first but he let her hand graze on his face soon enough. The touch was soft and warm. Inuyasha lifted up his hand and placed it on hers. The warmth consumed his mind and for a moment he felt that his world was complete.
"Inuyasha…" Kikyo said with much love in her voice.
"She's not as cold like before…this is real flesh and warmth. Not clay and coldness at all." Inuyasha thought astounded.
With that one thought going through his mind, the scenery changed. It grew dark, sinister, and grimy. A ripping sound came from the shoulders of her clothes. Blood started seeping from her shoulder. She writhed in pain as she sank down to her knees.
"Inuyasha! Why? Why did you do this to me?!" Kikyo screamed.
Kikyo's hand was still in his, and he started to notice that her warmth was turning colder. Inuyasha then was blown back by Kikyo's priestess powers, the shining purple light came from her hand. Inuyasha recovered quickly and started to panic as the blood grew more. It soon dried up, but the cut was still gashed deep in her shoulder. The scenery changed once more, to Mount. Hakurei. Kikyo stayed knelt down, she was right near the edge of the ridge. Inuyasha clenched his fists in anger and quickly took out tetsusaiga.
"Naraku! Where is that ? I'll slit his throat for doing this to you Kikyo!" Inuyasha snarled.
"Don't…Inuyasha, he's long gone." Kikyo replied softly.
Kikyo stood up, holding on to her shoulder for a second as she felt pain sting through it. Purple bulbs of light came from her shoulder, slowly the dead souls were escaping from her body. She started to make her way over to Inuyasha. Inuyasha stuck tetsusaiga down in the ground and went over to her, holding her close to his heart. Kikyo trembled a bit and soon put her arms around his shoulders, despite the pain in her one shoulder. She rested her head near his neck.
"This is how I died Inuyasha…this is how I died for the second time, by the same person." Kikyo whispered, keeping her head near his neck.
"Kikyo…" Inuyasha said tightening the grip he had on her.
"Why didn't you come to save me Inuyasha? I thought that you would always protect me…just like you promised." Kikyo whispered again, her voice breaking.
Inuyasha stood in his place frozen. He didn't know what to say. He lowered his head, his bangs covering his eyes. He felt Kikyo's breath against his chest slowly starting to disappear. Kikyo closed her eyes and took in one deep breath for air.
"I don't resent you for it Inuyasha. You had someone else to protect. Someone much more dearer to you then myself." Kikyo whispered once again.
Inuyasha still remained silent. He was concerned about her breathing, which was decreasing more by each word she said.
"Now I have to say goodbye once again Inuyasha. You must live well…you must not be alone." Kikyo said softly, while coughing.
Kikyo quivered slightly as the pain stung her once again. Inuyasha's head was directly intact with hers.
"How can I? Kikyo, 50 years ago my plan in life was to spend it with you…" Inuyasha whispered in her ear.
"Well that changed, we both know that." Kikyo replied.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked.
"Even right now as you're holding me close to your heart Inuyasha…I know I am not the one you truly love…what is love to us anyway? We were just fools who were blind to see the reality of our situation." Kikyo said.
"What are you trying to say?" Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha…when I was alive, why did you fall in love with me?" Kikyo said softly.
"I-…" Inuyasha trailed off.
Kikyo smirked "You only fell for me to fill in my void of loneliness because you had the same feeling in your heart too. That was the only thing was had in common." She said.
"How could I not feel sorry for you…when you looked at me with your lonely and sad filled eyes, all I could think about was you. How maybe if I stood by you, you would help me fill in my void as I was for you." Inuyasha said.
"We needn't worry about it anymore. Your heart has been swayed by another. I can feel it." Kikyo said.
"My heart has always been swayed by you." Inuyasha said.
"And yet your heart lingers for someone else…why are you hesitating?" Kikyo asked.
"I-I should be with you…but I-" Inuyasha began.
He couldn't finish his sentence though. Is this really what he felt? One part of him screamed that this is really what he felt. But something inside him told him that really, this wasn't the path of choice he wanted at all.
"The answer is within yourself. I want you to be happy. I want you to die loved and not alone. Die with…" Kikyo said.
"Die with who?" Inuyasha asked quickly
Kikyo slipped down from his arms and out of his grip over to the tip of the ridge.
"Goodbye Inuyasha…" Kikyo said softly.
"Kikyo…KIKYO!" Inuyasha screamed.
Kikyo closed her eyes and placed her hands together on her stomach. She closed her eyes and gracefully fell backwards into Naraku's miasma pit, her eternal grave. Inuyasha watched her body sink in, glowing light was coming from her body as it sank deep into the miasma. A glistening light shown with a vision of Kikyo and then it disappeared within a heart beat. Inuyasha knelt down,s mahing his hands on the ground. He had failed to save Kikyo once again. Deep in his heart and mind though, he was greatful. Kikyo could finally move on into the next world. She could finally rest in peace.
"Goodbye…Kikyo…forever." He said softly.
"INUYASHA!" A voice screamed from below in the pit.
Inuyasha looked down quickly and saw Kagome, holding on to the edge of the cliff. She held tight afraid that she was going to fall and meet the same fate as Kikyo did. Rocks were falling from where she was holding on to. She looked up to him terrified.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled down.
Inuyasha jumped down and quickly grabbed her around the waist, jumping back up to safety. A bow and arrow set from Kagome fell off just as they came back up, falling into the miasma and it melted instantly. He looked down to Kagome, her eyes were closed and her hair was all over her face. He delicately pushed some off away from her face, his heart rate beating faster. He held her in his arms for a while. Kagome's head rested on his chest, her breathing was slow, as if she were asleep. Inuyasha rested his head on top of hers. Closing his eyes, grateful that she was safe. He was grateful that right at the moment he knew she was safe in his arms, safe from harms way.
"Why was she down there?" Inuyasha wondered. "Well…at least she's safe now…if I didn't hear her voice soon enough though…I would've lost her too."
"Thank you…Inuyasha." Kagome said softly.
"Inuyasha looked down and saw that she was snuggling against him. One hand rested on his shoulder, and her body was tilted to the side. A smile formed on Kagome's lips and Inuyasha could still feel his heart rate growing more rapidly.
"I want to be with you always. Let's stay like this forever. If I had the chance to choose my way of life I'd want to stay in your arms forever…" Kagome said softly.
"K-Kagome…I want to…I want…" Inuyasha began.
Suddenly Kagome disappeared from his vision and out of his arms. The scenery was changing again, a bright light now was shining and a voice rang in Inuyasha's mind. Shippou appeared calling for him to get up…Inuyasha was awake. He looked around and saw that he was resting in a small hut.
"Inuyasha wake up already the sun is up- AHHHHH!" Shippou screamed.
The poor little fox was on the ground being pounded on the head by Inuyasha's fist. Inuyasha growled with each punch he sent to Shippou's head.
"KAGOME HELP!!" Shippou screamed.
Inuyasha heard the rustle of the door from the front of the hut and in came Kagome, with her backpack on her back. She looked at the sight of Inuyasha holding Shippou's small body down to the ground and seemed to be fuming with aggravation. Inuyasha looked over to her, stopped punching Shippou, and feared what was coming next.
"IN…U…YA…SHA…" Kagome said testingly, as she clenched her fists.
"Wait! Kagome! Please!" Inuyasha yelled panicking.
"OSUWARI!(sit)" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha screamed as the prayer beads around his neck threw him down to the ground. His face met with the ever familiar floor once again.
"Damn it K-Kagome." Inuyasha strained to say.
Shippou jumped on to Kagome's shoulder. She leaned forward offering a helping hand to Inuyasha.
"Come on, I made us all lunch today, you must be starving." Kagome said getting Inuyasha up on his feet again.
"Feh." Inuyasha replied, following Kagome as he stuffed his arms in his sleeves.
As Inuyasha followed her, the Kagome from his dream flashed in front of his eyes again.
"I want to be with you always…" Kagome's voice rang in his mind.
"She's said it before…but…how can I…how do I…why am I hesitating?" Inuyasha thought.
Kagome sighed to herself as she grabbed onto the bottle that was attached to her necklace. It held just one piece of the shikon no tama. This was the only source that would get her to the warring states era and her own present time. Kagome turned around and looked at Inuyasha's expression as he was looking down to the ground.
"He's deep in thought again…could he have thinking about…get a hold of yourself Kagome. Don't think like this." Kagome thought as she shook her head.
"Kagome." Inuyasha called after her.
Kagome turned around and faced Inuyasha.
"What Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"I need to talk to you…alone." Inuyasha said as he looked at Shippou.
"I have every right to stay here Inuyasha! Why can't I listen?" Shippou whined.
"Be quiet!" Inuyasha said, hitting Shippou on the head. "Just go Shippou."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said, comforting the crying Shippou.
"Kagome, look I really need to talk to you alone." Inuyasha said.
"Well can it wait until after we eat?" Shippou asked.
Inuyasha sighed and looked at Kagome, he looked straight into her eyes giving her one of the looks that scared her. One of his rare looks that she was always surprised to see. Kagome felt her face growing warm.
"Ok…ok Inuyasha we can talk after lunch alright?" Kagome said.
"Bring down my lunch for me. We'll talk then." Inuyasha said walking ahead of her.
"Kagome…is everything ok between you and Inuyasha?" Shippou asked.
"Yes…nothing to worry about Shippou-chan, he probably just wants to talk about our tactics for Naraku." Kagome said, putting a smile on her face.
Kagome continued to walk with Shippou still on her shoulder. She sighed and looked in front of her, as Inuyasha continued to walk.
"That's what I want to believe…just about Naraku…but why do I have a feeling that's that it at all?" Kagome wondered.
And that is the end of Chapter 1. Remember this is the first time I made an Inuyasha story. It may be a little off base now but soon there is gonna be tons of drama, battles, romance ^_~, and of course you can never forget the kawaii moments. Ok so review please and give me your comments! I'm open to them all. I'll update a.s.a.p. if wanted ^_^
By the way: The following pairings are being done. Inuyasha&Kagome, Miroku&Sango. In this first chapter its just going to be a reflect for Inuyasha, so don't jump to conclusions hehe Arigato once again.
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The scenery was beautiful. The wind blew softly against the earth, brushing off the leaves of the trees. A familiar hanyou sat on one of the braches of the trees. He was deep in thought and seemed like he was stiff as a statue. The wind continued to cross through the scene, bringing some cool relief to the atmosphere. The hanyou leaned against the base of the tree, sighing to himself.
"Inuyasha…" A voice came from below.
Inuyasha looked down and at first the figure below was blurry.
"K-Kagome?" Inuyasha thought.
After saying her name, the prayer beads appeared around his neck. The tetsusaiga then appeared, tied to his side.
"Inuyasha? What's keeping you up there?" The voice said again.
Inuyasha's ears started to twitch. The voice was extremely familiar to him and yet it sounded very faint and distorted. Inuyasha stood up and gracefully fell to the ground, the wind raising his hair up. Inuyasha tried to pick up a smell but it was still very faint. Inuyasha landed on his knees, kneeling near the figure.
"Inuyasha, please come join me." The figure said walking up to him.
The figure got closer and closer to him, soon he heard the last few rustles of the grass, telling him that the steps had stopped. And as he looked up, he looked surprised knowing now who the figure was.
"K-Kikyo." Inuyasha stammered.
"Come join me Inuyasha. I have been waiting for you for some time now." Kikyo said.
Inuyasha looked at her and sensed something strange. He looked into her eyes, not seeing the hatred which he thought she held against him. The look in her eyes were filled with love, compassion, but with a hint of loneliness. Her hair flowed with the wind, being as long as it was, still tied up in the same usual way it always was in. Inuyasha looked around and saw cherry blossoms starting to fall around the scene. What a dream this was…what a vision. Inuyasha got up from kneeling and stood in front of Kikyo. A very confused look stayed on his face as he looked at her. Kikyo then smiled at him. Her smile was very soft and loving to Inuyasha. Kikyo lifted up her hand and proceeded to place it on Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha hesistated at first but he let her hand graze on his face soon enough. The touch was soft and warm. Inuyasha lifted up his hand and placed it on hers. The warmth consumed his mind and for a moment he felt that his world was complete.
"Inuyasha…" Kikyo said with much love in her voice.
"She's not as cold like before…this is real flesh and warmth. Not clay and coldness at all." Inuyasha thought astounded.
With that one thought going through his mind, the scenery changed. It grew dark, sinister, and grimy. A ripping sound came from the shoulders of her clothes. Blood started seeping from her shoulder. She writhed in pain as she sank down to her knees.
"Inuyasha! Why? Why did you do this to me?!" Kikyo screamed.
Kikyo's hand was still in his, and he started to notice that her warmth was turning colder. Inuyasha then was blown back by Kikyo's priestess powers, the shining purple light came from her hand. Inuyasha recovered quickly and started to panic as the blood grew more. It soon dried up, but the cut was still gashed deep in her shoulder. The scenery changed once more, to Mount. Hakurei. Kikyo stayed knelt down, she was right near the edge of the ridge. Inuyasha clenched his fists in anger and quickly took out tetsusaiga.
"Naraku! Where is that ? I'll slit his throat for doing this to you Kikyo!" Inuyasha snarled.
"Don't…Inuyasha, he's long gone." Kikyo replied softly.
Kikyo stood up, holding on to her shoulder for a second as she felt pain sting through it. Purple bulbs of light came from her shoulder, slowly the dead souls were escaping from her body. She started to make her way over to Inuyasha. Inuyasha stuck tetsusaiga down in the ground and went over to her, holding her close to his heart. Kikyo trembled a bit and soon put her arms around his shoulders, despite the pain in her one shoulder. She rested her head near his neck.
"This is how I died Inuyasha…this is how I died for the second time, by the same person." Kikyo whispered, keeping her head near his neck.
"Kikyo…" Inuyasha said tightening the grip he had on her.
"Why didn't you come to save me Inuyasha? I thought that you would always protect me…just like you promised." Kikyo whispered again, her voice breaking.
Inuyasha stood in his place frozen. He didn't know what to say. He lowered his head, his bangs covering his eyes. He felt Kikyo's breath against his chest slowly starting to disappear. Kikyo closed her eyes and took in one deep breath for air.
"I don't resent you for it Inuyasha. You had someone else to protect. Someone much more dearer to you then myself." Kikyo whispered once again.
Inuyasha still remained silent. He was concerned about her breathing, which was decreasing more by each word she said.
"Now I have to say goodbye once again Inuyasha. You must live well…you must not be alone." Kikyo said softly, while coughing.
Kikyo quivered slightly as the pain stung her once again. Inuyasha's head was directly intact with hers.
"How can I? Kikyo, 50 years ago my plan in life was to spend it with you…" Inuyasha whispered in her ear.
"Well that changed, we both know that." Kikyo replied.
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked.
"Even right now as you're holding me close to your heart Inuyasha…I know I am not the one you truly love…what is love to us anyway? We were just fools who were blind to see the reality of our situation." Kikyo said.
"What are you trying to say?" Inuyasha said.
"Inuyasha…when I was alive, why did you fall in love with me?" Kikyo said softly.
"I-…" Inuyasha trailed off.
Kikyo smirked "You only fell for me to fill in my void of loneliness because you had the same feeling in your heart too. That was the only thing was had in common." She said.
"How could I not feel sorry for you…when you looked at me with your lonely and sad filled eyes, all I could think about was you. How maybe if I stood by you, you would help me fill in my void as I was for you." Inuyasha said.
"We needn't worry about it anymore. Your heart has been swayed by another. I can feel it." Kikyo said.
"My heart has always been swayed by you." Inuyasha said.
"And yet your heart lingers for someone else…why are you hesitating?" Kikyo asked.
"I-I should be with you…but I-" Inuyasha began.
He couldn't finish his sentence though. Is this really what he felt? One part of him screamed that this is really what he felt. But something inside him told him that really, this wasn't the path of choice he wanted at all.
"The answer is within yourself. I want you to be happy. I want you to die loved and not alone. Die with…" Kikyo said.
"Die with who?" Inuyasha asked quickly
Kikyo slipped down from his arms and out of his grip over to the tip of the ridge.
"Goodbye Inuyasha…" Kikyo said softly.
"Kikyo…KIKYO!" Inuyasha screamed.
Kikyo closed her eyes and placed her hands together on her stomach. She closed her eyes and gracefully fell backwards into Naraku's miasma pit, her eternal grave. Inuyasha watched her body sink in, glowing light was coming from her body as it sank deep into the miasma. A glistening light shown with a vision of Kikyo and then it disappeared within a heart beat. Inuyasha knelt down,s mahing his hands on the ground. He had failed to save Kikyo once again. Deep in his heart and mind though, he was greatful. Kikyo could finally move on into the next world. She could finally rest in peace.
"Goodbye…Kikyo…forever." He said softly.
"INUYASHA!" A voice screamed from below in the pit.
Inuyasha looked down quickly and saw Kagome, holding on to the edge of the cliff. She held tight afraid that she was going to fall and meet the same fate as Kikyo did. Rocks were falling from where she was holding on to. She looked up to him terrified.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled down.
Inuyasha jumped down and quickly grabbed her around the waist, jumping back up to safety. A bow and arrow set from Kagome fell off just as they came back up, falling into the miasma and it melted instantly. He looked down to Kagome, her eyes were closed and her hair was all over her face. He delicately pushed some off away from her face, his heart rate beating faster. He held her in his arms for a while. Kagome's head rested on his chest, her breathing was slow, as if she were asleep. Inuyasha rested his head on top of hers. Closing his eyes, grateful that she was safe. He was grateful that right at the moment he knew she was safe in his arms, safe from harms way.
"Why was she down there?" Inuyasha wondered. "Well…at least she's safe now…if I didn't hear her voice soon enough though…I would've lost her too."
"Thank you…Inuyasha." Kagome said softly.
"Inuyasha looked down and saw that she was snuggling against him. One hand rested on his shoulder, and her body was tilted to the side. A smile formed on Kagome's lips and Inuyasha could still feel his heart rate growing more rapidly.
"I want to be with you always. Let's stay like this forever. If I had the chance to choose my way of life I'd want to stay in your arms forever…" Kagome said softly.
"K-Kagome…I want to…I want…" Inuyasha began.
Suddenly Kagome disappeared from his vision and out of his arms. The scenery was changing again, a bright light now was shining and a voice rang in Inuyasha's mind. Shippou appeared calling for him to get up…Inuyasha was awake. He looked around and saw that he was resting in a small hut.
"Inuyasha wake up already the sun is up- AHHHHH!" Shippou screamed.
The poor little fox was on the ground being pounded on the head by Inuyasha's fist. Inuyasha growled with each punch he sent to Shippou's head.
"KAGOME HELP!!" Shippou screamed.
Inuyasha heard the rustle of the door from the front of the hut and in came Kagome, with her backpack on her back. She looked at the sight of Inuyasha holding Shippou's small body down to the ground and seemed to be fuming with aggravation. Inuyasha looked over to her, stopped punching Shippou, and feared what was coming next.
"IN…U…YA…SHA…" Kagome said testingly, as she clenched her fists.
"Wait! Kagome! Please!" Inuyasha yelled panicking.
"OSUWARI!(sit)" Kagome yelled.
Inuyasha screamed as the prayer beads around his neck threw him down to the ground. His face met with the ever familiar floor once again.
"Damn it K-Kagome." Inuyasha strained to say.
Shippou jumped on to Kagome's shoulder. She leaned forward offering a helping hand to Inuyasha.
"Come on, I made us all lunch today, you must be starving." Kagome said getting Inuyasha up on his feet again.
"Feh." Inuyasha replied, following Kagome as he stuffed his arms in his sleeves.
As Inuyasha followed her, the Kagome from his dream flashed in front of his eyes again.
"I want to be with you always…" Kagome's voice rang in his mind.
"She's said it before…but…how can I…how do I…why am I hesitating?" Inuyasha thought.
Kagome sighed to herself as she grabbed onto the bottle that was attached to her necklace. It held just one piece of the shikon no tama. This was the only source that would get her to the warring states era and her own present time. Kagome turned around and looked at Inuyasha's expression as he was looking down to the ground.
"He's deep in thought again…could he have thinking about…get a hold of yourself Kagome. Don't think like this." Kagome thought as she shook her head.
"Kagome." Inuyasha called after her.
Kagome turned around and faced Inuyasha.
"What Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"I need to talk to you…alone." Inuyasha said as he looked at Shippou.
"I have every right to stay here Inuyasha! Why can't I listen?" Shippou whined.
"Be quiet!" Inuyasha said, hitting Shippou on the head. "Just go Shippou."
"Inuyasha!" Kagome said, comforting the crying Shippou.
"Kagome, look I really need to talk to you alone." Inuyasha said.
"Well can it wait until after we eat?" Shippou asked.
Inuyasha sighed and looked at Kagome, he looked straight into her eyes giving her one of the looks that scared her. One of his rare looks that she was always surprised to see. Kagome felt her face growing warm.
"Ok…ok Inuyasha we can talk after lunch alright?" Kagome said.
"Bring down my lunch for me. We'll talk then." Inuyasha said walking ahead of her.
"Kagome…is everything ok between you and Inuyasha?" Shippou asked.
"Yes…nothing to worry about Shippou-chan, he probably just wants to talk about our tactics for Naraku." Kagome said, putting a smile on her face.
Kagome continued to walk with Shippou still on her shoulder. She sighed and looked in front of her, as Inuyasha continued to walk.
"That's what I want to believe…just about Naraku…but why do I have a feeling that's that it at all?" Kagome wondered.
And that is the end of Chapter 1. Remember this is the first time I made an Inuyasha story. It may be a little off base now but soon there is gonna be tons of drama, battles, romance ^_~, and of course you can never forget the kawaii moments. Ok so review please and give me your comments! I'm open to them all. I'll update a.s.a.p. if wanted ^_^