Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. but man wouldn't I love too! What
a dream that would be!
*Here's the most recent chapter to the story so far.the next one I've planned up is supposed to be good, so tell me what you think of this one for now. The next one is going to make this story even more mysterious than it already is!*
Chapter 16
"So.you say you met Kikyo when you were trying to attack the village." Kojika repeated, sounding out Kikyo's name under her breath.
"Yeah." Inuyasha replied, whipping some tall grass out of his way with a stick he had found a while back. It served well its purpose of knocking away the grubby weeds from their pant bottoms.
"And at the moment she should be dead.but a demon Urusawae returned her to life using clay and ash from her grave?"
"Yeah."
"Urusawae.I heard of her some years back. She was a vile user of black magic.and dangerous maiden if given the right ashes for her magic. I'm glad she's dead." Kojika replied.
"I agree. Unfortenately, had she been taken care of sooner, Kikyo wouldn't be fated to walk to earth searching to kill me."
"Very true." Kojika answered, plucking two apples from an apple tree fresh in bloom.
She handed one to Inuyasha before taking a bite. He looked it over in his hands, instinctively suspicious, and then took his bite of the luscious red apple.
"So you say.as well.that Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation?"
Inuyasha nodded, mouth full of apple. "This isn't good. Reincarnation and original are not meant to meet each other's eyes. Danger can only come from it. You must keep
Kagome from getting to close to Kikyo. For the fact that Kikyo hates you so.and Kagome does not.and that they share the same soul.Kikyo may be able to convince her into hating as much as she does.and two miko's are far to powerful for one such as yourself to hold off."
"What do you mean at the fact that they have the same souls? They're both too different." Inuyasha inquired, taking another bite of his apple.
Kojika stared at the one in her hand, thinking a moment.
"What I mean Inuyasha, is that Kikyo has been dead for a grand total of fifty years.but she died with regrets and hatred. But now that she has been revived, and carries a piece of Kagome's soul in her.she can easily find a way to turn the rest of the soul that was once hers back into what she was. She can make Kagome feel the same way she does.for that bond between them.and then you will not only have the woman you once loved.but the one you love now fighting you."
Inuyasha spat out the apple in his mouth when Kojika told him "the one you love now".
"I don't love Kagome!" He shouted once he recovered from his short shock.
"Well then.you show it very well." Kojika mocked, taking a bite of her apple and pushing some reaching branches from her face of a nearby tree.
"I don't love Kagome!" He repeated. "I only protect her because she's our shard detector! That's it!"
Kojika stopped to stare at Inuyasha. She had a twinkle in her eye and a modest smile. She was up to something.
Inuyasha realized it too late. She was scavenging his mind.looking for his true feelings, and she found them before he could cover them up with other thoughts.
"You do love her Inuyasha. And at times you wish to get to know her better.but you find it difficult to do so. You knew that people seeing you talking kindly to her would start getting ideas and demons would think you soft. In order to keep strong you keep her away from your heart.but not your mind."
"Yeah so." Inuyasha mumbled, staring at his red apple with fury. He knew she was right.and she was the only real person that could confirm it too.
Kojika suddenly stopped, causing Inuyasha to turn around to look back at her, quizzically.
She was frowning softly, but there was amusement in her eyes.
"Inuyasha. Love is no weakness. Even you have noticed the power of strength in your arms and confidence when you find she is in trouble. When she isn't there to give you strength, you don't fight at maximum. Love is the greatest strength in the world. Take it from an ancient Draymon who has seen many great loves die in an attempt to meet others expectations. I have seen destruction.love turn to hate.desire turn to devestation.I hate having to see it happen to you. Love.is a very thin and fine path Inuyasha. To step off of it is sure courage.and too many steps away and you may never find that path again. Be careful where you step." Kojika smiled.and continued walking.leaving a hazy Inuyasha behind to think of the riddle she had just played for him. A fine path.two many steps and you lose it.he had done that with Kikyo.and now he would never find that path again. Perhaps he kept thinking.that the further he walked on Kagome's path.the closer to Kikyo's he would get.but he realized now.that that was sure not to ever happen.Kikyo's path was thinner than Kagome's.and it was gone from him now.
But thinking of such things.how did Kojika come upon such wisdom to tell him this.Had she experienced such a loss before in her life.?
Inuyasha shook his head as he trotted to catch up with his old mentor as they came to a large pond. They were quiet for a moment, until Inuyasha witnessed Kojika's head snap to the path they had just taken.
She never moved so fast unless there was something wrong.something terrible coming to attack.
"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked, tossing his apple from his hands at the same time Kojika did.
"Trouble."
"By everyone!" Kagome announced, picking up her backpack. She was going back far earlier than she thought.finding that the work she was given was only review for the last test's of the ninth grade. She had finished everything in one afternoon, and now it was nearly night time and she was heading back.
She was down the well.loaded yellow pack on over her shoulder and the bright blue light had enveloped her just as her little cousin Jole came running out.a small vile of Shikon shards in her hand.
"Kagome! Wait! You forgot these!" But Kagome was gone. "I have to get these to Kagome soon or she might get in trouble." Jole whispered to herself as Souta, Miss Higurashi, and Grandpa Higurashi left the yard to a warm home.
Jole sighed.ran to the well.and leapt in.squinting her eyes as the bright blue vortex pulled her in and landed her softly on the soil of the well in Feudal Japan.
*What do you think? Review me on what you like and dislike.*
*Here's the most recent chapter to the story so far.the next one I've planned up is supposed to be good, so tell me what you think of this one for now. The next one is going to make this story even more mysterious than it already is!*
Chapter 16
"So.you say you met Kikyo when you were trying to attack the village." Kojika repeated, sounding out Kikyo's name under her breath.
"Yeah." Inuyasha replied, whipping some tall grass out of his way with a stick he had found a while back. It served well its purpose of knocking away the grubby weeds from their pant bottoms.
"And at the moment she should be dead.but a demon Urusawae returned her to life using clay and ash from her grave?"
"Yeah."
"Urusawae.I heard of her some years back. She was a vile user of black magic.and dangerous maiden if given the right ashes for her magic. I'm glad she's dead." Kojika replied.
"I agree. Unfortenately, had she been taken care of sooner, Kikyo wouldn't be fated to walk to earth searching to kill me."
"Very true." Kojika answered, plucking two apples from an apple tree fresh in bloom.
She handed one to Inuyasha before taking a bite. He looked it over in his hands, instinctively suspicious, and then took his bite of the luscious red apple.
"So you say.as well.that Kagome is Kikyo's reincarnation?"
Inuyasha nodded, mouth full of apple. "This isn't good. Reincarnation and original are not meant to meet each other's eyes. Danger can only come from it. You must keep
Kagome from getting to close to Kikyo. For the fact that Kikyo hates you so.and Kagome does not.and that they share the same soul.Kikyo may be able to convince her into hating as much as she does.and two miko's are far to powerful for one such as yourself to hold off."
"What do you mean at the fact that they have the same souls? They're both too different." Inuyasha inquired, taking another bite of his apple.
Kojika stared at the one in her hand, thinking a moment.
"What I mean Inuyasha, is that Kikyo has been dead for a grand total of fifty years.but she died with regrets and hatred. But now that she has been revived, and carries a piece of Kagome's soul in her.she can easily find a way to turn the rest of the soul that was once hers back into what she was. She can make Kagome feel the same way she does.for that bond between them.and then you will not only have the woman you once loved.but the one you love now fighting you."
Inuyasha spat out the apple in his mouth when Kojika told him "the one you love now".
"I don't love Kagome!" He shouted once he recovered from his short shock.
"Well then.you show it very well." Kojika mocked, taking a bite of her apple and pushing some reaching branches from her face of a nearby tree.
"I don't love Kagome!" He repeated. "I only protect her because she's our shard detector! That's it!"
Kojika stopped to stare at Inuyasha. She had a twinkle in her eye and a modest smile. She was up to something.
Inuyasha realized it too late. She was scavenging his mind.looking for his true feelings, and she found them before he could cover them up with other thoughts.
"You do love her Inuyasha. And at times you wish to get to know her better.but you find it difficult to do so. You knew that people seeing you talking kindly to her would start getting ideas and demons would think you soft. In order to keep strong you keep her away from your heart.but not your mind."
"Yeah so." Inuyasha mumbled, staring at his red apple with fury. He knew she was right.and she was the only real person that could confirm it too.
Kojika suddenly stopped, causing Inuyasha to turn around to look back at her, quizzically.
She was frowning softly, but there was amusement in her eyes.
"Inuyasha. Love is no weakness. Even you have noticed the power of strength in your arms and confidence when you find she is in trouble. When she isn't there to give you strength, you don't fight at maximum. Love is the greatest strength in the world. Take it from an ancient Draymon who has seen many great loves die in an attempt to meet others expectations. I have seen destruction.love turn to hate.desire turn to devestation.I hate having to see it happen to you. Love.is a very thin and fine path Inuyasha. To step off of it is sure courage.and too many steps away and you may never find that path again. Be careful where you step." Kojika smiled.and continued walking.leaving a hazy Inuyasha behind to think of the riddle she had just played for him. A fine path.two many steps and you lose it.he had done that with Kikyo.and now he would never find that path again. Perhaps he kept thinking.that the further he walked on Kagome's path.the closer to Kikyo's he would get.but he realized now.that that was sure not to ever happen.Kikyo's path was thinner than Kagome's.and it was gone from him now.
But thinking of such things.how did Kojika come upon such wisdom to tell him this.Had she experienced such a loss before in her life.?
Inuyasha shook his head as he trotted to catch up with his old mentor as they came to a large pond. They were quiet for a moment, until Inuyasha witnessed Kojika's head snap to the path they had just taken.
She never moved so fast unless there was something wrong.something terrible coming to attack.
"What's wrong?" Inuyasha asked, tossing his apple from his hands at the same time Kojika did.
"Trouble."
"By everyone!" Kagome announced, picking up her backpack. She was going back far earlier than she thought.finding that the work she was given was only review for the last test's of the ninth grade. She had finished everything in one afternoon, and now it was nearly night time and she was heading back.
She was down the well.loaded yellow pack on over her shoulder and the bright blue light had enveloped her just as her little cousin Jole came running out.a small vile of Shikon shards in her hand.
"Kagome! Wait! You forgot these!" But Kagome was gone. "I have to get these to Kagome soon or she might get in trouble." Jole whispered to herself as Souta, Miss Higurashi, and Grandpa Higurashi left the yard to a warm home.
Jole sighed.ran to the well.and leapt in.squinting her eyes as the bright blue vortex pulled her in and landed her softly on the soil of the well in Feudal Japan.
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