A/N: I don't own Inuyasha. I left you on a cliffy so I'm going to make
this quick.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ch 8 wounded wind dying~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A/N: was that quick or what? Ok I'm just kidding! Now...on to ch 8!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ch 8 wounded wind dying~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~Kouga POV~~~
Ichi was now floating into the air. She screamed drawing every ones attention. Her flesh tore as she bled and started to fall to the ground "ICHI!!" I screamed. The attack that Inuyasha had used had missed Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru had come running over when he heard her scream. I had caught Ichi before she reached the ground. "Ichi...? Can you here me?" I was cradling her bloody body in my arms. "K-kouga? What happened? It hurts" she looked so helpless, confused, and of course, in pain. "what happened to her?" Sesshomaru asked cooly from behind me. "I don't know. She just got stiff and then this..." the two human girls came in close. "let us go wrap the wounds" "fine"
~~~Kagome POV~~~
"These wounds...where did they come from? How could she have gotten these wounds when the fight wasn't even near her?" I asked extremely confused. "Kagome? Did you feel that power coming from her as Inuyasha was attacking Sesshomaru with the wound of the wind?" "yeah..." apparently Kouga was waiting just beyond the trees, because he came over looking very serious. "what was Inuyasha's attack called?" he asked. "wound of the wind. Why?" I answered for him. "It's not like his attack did anything to her or anything" Sango said. "no you don't understand...Ichi basically is the wind" "Huh!? How?!" Sango and I said at once. "When I first meet Ichi, as a human, she had astounding powers using wind. That's all I thought they were was powers. But now that this has happened, I'm pretty convinced that she is the wind" "how can she actually be the wind?" Sango wondered out loud. I had noticed that Kouga had looked over to Ichi. She had cuts all over her. At least 4 cuts on her left arm, 2 big cuts on her other arm, and 5-10 on each leg. She also had 1 single scratch that we hadn't covered up yet on her face. Kouga walked over to her form and bent down. The cut on her cheek had started to bleed again. He wiped away the blood and gave her a quick peck on the lips before walking away. "wow...he really cares about her..." Sango said "I envy Ichi. She has a guy would probably do anything for her, and isn't afraid to show her his feeling around other people. Even if she isn't conscious" Sango added admiringly. "yeah. There aren't too many guys like that" Then we went back to treating her wounds.
~~~Kouga POV~~~
'yeah...I'm the 'perfect guy' pft... If I was...I would have found a way to stop whatever happened to Ichi...' I sighed deeply and wandered into the woods.
I sat down on a tree stump. I sat there for a long time deep in my thoughts. Then Sesshomaru ran into the clearing in which I sat. "Ichi is becoming worse...she's dying" he said sadly. "what...?" before anything could be said I ran to her, ran to her weak form, ran to a girl that I had barely even gotten to know, ran to the young woman with a beautiful soul...the woman that I had fallen deeply in love with.
I got to where everyone was. I ran over to her. "Ichi?! Ichi!! Say something! Anything! Just let me know that you live!" she didn't respond. She had obviously been coughing up blood. I wiped the blood away. Maki was on the verge of tears. As were the other girls and fox. All of her wounds had somehow reopened and she was bleeding to death. "you can't die on me now!" I pulled her into my embrace. "please..." I whispered into her ear "please live. I can't go on without you. "I'm...sorry..." she was awake. "It's not your fault...Kouga please. Do not mourn my death. I want you to be happy..." I was about to cry from frustration. She had a smile on her face. It pained her to smile. I could see it in her now blurring blue eyes. "no!" I said. I brought her up to me and kissed her. She deepened into my kiss. I could taste her blood. I didn't have to be this close to taste it though. I tasted I when I was on the other side of the field. A little girl was here now. She was crying too. I paid her no heed though. My thoughts, heart, and soul were all on Ichi. She then went limp in my hold. I pulled away. She had a peaceful look on her face. It was as if she awaited death. "no... no! NO!!! ICHI!!!!!! Please don't leave me like this! I love you! You weren't supposed to die!!" she opened her eye. Peering over at me. "I'm sorry...I love you too..." then she was gone. There was no coming back now. Sesshomaru had just arrived. "you can revive her" he said not being phased at all. "how?" I asked hopefully. " there is more than one way. The first way would be the tenseiga" he said pointing to his sword. "and the second way?" I asked. "the realm of life" "why not just use the sword?" Miroku asked. It might not work on demons. Just as the tesiega doesn't work on humans" "but she's human at heart!" Maki said. "that might not matter" "try it though!" Maki insisted. He nodded and walked forward. I set Ichi down on her back. He swung his sword at those whom are invisible to us. Nothing happened. "Then the realm of life?" I said more than asked. He nodded. I will escort you there. We only have three days" "why three?" Maki looked confused. "her soul will leave within three to four days" Miroku said. " let's go" I said. "right" we ran off into the woods. He was leading me south.
"Where exactly is the realm of life?" I questioned. "on a small island just off the south cost Japan" "great, we're in the northern area. Isn't it going to take us more than three days to get there?" "not if we barely stop" 'this is for Ichi, so I'll do whatever it takes to get her life back' We speed through the woods. We were getting to where a demon horde lie. 'If we stop to fight then we might not make it in time!'
We had made it half way through the forest with no signs if any demons. Then smells from demon came in from all sides of us, there was no wind to make it seem as if they only came in from one side. There had been no wind since Ichi's death. Sesshomaru had noticed that we were surrounded as well. "go on ahead" "what? I'm not going to let you take on all the demons that are here!" "GO! Do it for Ichi's sake! If you don't go, there won't be any hope for her being resurrected. Now GO!!" I had to leave now. I had to make it for her.
~~~Sesshomaru POV~~~
'I have to fight all of these demons. I know how much he cares for her. I love somebody as well...Maki'
~~~Maki POV~~~
'Ichi! Just hold on! Kouga and Sesshomaru will make it!' I couldn't stand to look at my friends' dead form. "I'm going to the river for a while...ok?" "sure" Kagome said. I could tell that she knew how I felt at the time. I headed off to the river.
When I got there I decided to hang my feet into the water. I had stepped on thorns without so much as a flinch. I didn't care what was going on around me. I saw fish swim by. Then...they all swan the other way away from the middle of the river. 'what's going on?' Then a form arose from the water in front of me. She looked at me in wonder. "Maki? Is that you?" She seemed very familiar. 'Yoshimi!' "What are you doing here?" I asked her curiously. "I don't know. Why are you here?" she asked back. "I don't know either...but...the only person I think might have a clue is Ichi, but..." I trailed off. "but what?" she questioned oblivious to what was going on. "...she...died..." I started to tear a little. "How did she die? Was she murdered?" she just kept throwing questions at me. "I think that I might have an idea of how she died but it's just a guess. She is the wind right now. And this guy that we met used an attack on his sword called 'wound of the wind' It hurt her even though it wasn't directed at her" "so she was murdered?" "not quite...I don't think that he knows that it was his fault..." she looked at me. "Where is she?" I pointed down the way that I had come. Then she finally noticed my tail and pointed ears. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU??!?!!?!?" "huh? Oh you mean my tail and stuff! I was turned into a demon" "no fair! How?" I told her every last detail. "oww..." "yeah" "can I become a demon too? ^-^" "Hold it! We are supposed to be mourning Ichi's death right now!!!" I screamed out at her. "sorry..." she said a little embarrassed. We left for where everyone was.
When we got there, it felt like everyone else was dead as well. 'Everyone is so sad...and for person they only know the name of basically...'
~~~Yoshimi POV~~~
I saw her. The cold, bloody, battered, lifeless body of my friend. I walked over and knelt down. Her hair had grown longer since I had seen her. 'I guess this is where Ichi and Maki had disappeared to. It had been at least a week since she was reported missing. Maki only had about four days for her missing report' I had been out of town for around a week or so. 'she looks so sad. She has tear streaks down her face... I wonder what it was like for her to come back here and be stuck here without either of us?' I decided to take my mind off of her for now. A single tear rolled off my face and onto the ground. A small pool suddenly appeared where my tear fell. The water that was in the pool came up around Ichi and wiped away all the blood and dirt. When it left though...she was completely dry! "You have the powers as well Yoshimi?" Maki asked me curiously. "what powers?" "Ichi has the power of wind. I have the power of fire. And now you have water powers..." "just like how we pretend back at home!" "I guess we weren't just kidding around!" Maki said. "Hey," she tried to smile "Let me introduce you to everyone"
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'Where am I? I don't feel anything' I opened my eyes. I was meet be a bright white light. Then a figure came into sight. "Hello? Who are you?" It came closer to reveal that it was a teenager of about sixteen. "I am the Goddess of Life. You, Ichi Goddess of Wind, have died. In the past, this has happened. Without one of the elements in the world, it will collapse. We have tried to change the past three times so that you won't die...but it is no use. Then we created the realm of life. Where I can give you back your life..." "what do you mean by 'we'?" I asked curiously. "The other goddesses. The Goddess of Death, the Goddess of Earth, the Celestial Goddess, and two of your friends, Maki the Goddess of fire, and Yoshimi the Goddess of Water. But as I was saying before, I can bring you back to life. The only problem is that I can't bring you back to life if your soul is not there...and your soul can't be there if it is here now" I gasped. "Is Kouga going there right now?!" she looked at m as if I were crazy. "He is the one who is worried most about you! He is almost there. If he gets there and your soul is not there..." "what? What will happen to him?" "The realm of life will take his life instead of giving back yours..." "NO!" "then leave and save him" with that she sent me back to my body.
I flew out of my body seeing everyone stare at me. I was just a flying soul, which just happened to be silver instead of blue like normal peoples' souls. I had no time to stop. I could fly just barely faster than Kouga could run. 'it's going to be a close call!' I had one day to catch up with him.
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I was almost there. All I had to do was cross a rivers worth of ocean.
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'I can already smell the salt water!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I swam with all I had left. I could see a good place to get to the building.
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'It's the ocean! I'm almost there! Just don't make that wish!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I got on to the small island and walked briskly toward the structure. 'Ichi! I will save you!'
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'half way there! I can make it!!!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I walked up to a small praying bed. I knelt down and began to ask for the spirits to bring back Ichi's life back. 'Please spirits...'
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'just a little further!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
'...thank you"
~~~Ichi POV~~~
"KOUGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he was trembling. He looked like he was in pain. Then...he looked at me "what's happening?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end ch 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: another cliffy! I love to make you people wait! ^-^ O.O Look at how few reviews I have!!!! That's just pathetic...I guess I might stop writing if you don't like it...
~~~Kouga POV~~~
Ichi was now floating into the air. She screamed drawing every ones attention. Her flesh tore as she bled and started to fall to the ground "ICHI!!" I screamed. The attack that Inuyasha had used had missed Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru had come running over when he heard her scream. I had caught Ichi before she reached the ground. "Ichi...? Can you here me?" I was cradling her bloody body in my arms. "K-kouga? What happened? It hurts" she looked so helpless, confused, and of course, in pain. "what happened to her?" Sesshomaru asked cooly from behind me. "I don't know. She just got stiff and then this..." the two human girls came in close. "let us go wrap the wounds" "fine"
~~~Kagome POV~~~
"These wounds...where did they come from? How could she have gotten these wounds when the fight wasn't even near her?" I asked extremely confused. "Kagome? Did you feel that power coming from her as Inuyasha was attacking Sesshomaru with the wound of the wind?" "yeah..." apparently Kouga was waiting just beyond the trees, because he came over looking very serious. "what was Inuyasha's attack called?" he asked. "wound of the wind. Why?" I answered for him. "It's not like his attack did anything to her or anything" Sango said. "no you don't understand...Ichi basically is the wind" "Huh!? How?!" Sango and I said at once. "When I first meet Ichi, as a human, she had astounding powers using wind. That's all I thought they were was powers. But now that this has happened, I'm pretty convinced that she is the wind" "how can she actually be the wind?" Sango wondered out loud. I had noticed that Kouga had looked over to Ichi. She had cuts all over her. At least 4 cuts on her left arm, 2 big cuts on her other arm, and 5-10 on each leg. She also had 1 single scratch that we hadn't covered up yet on her face. Kouga walked over to her form and bent down. The cut on her cheek had started to bleed again. He wiped away the blood and gave her a quick peck on the lips before walking away. "wow...he really cares about her..." Sango said "I envy Ichi. She has a guy would probably do anything for her, and isn't afraid to show her his feeling around other people. Even if she isn't conscious" Sango added admiringly. "yeah. There aren't too many guys like that" Then we went back to treating her wounds.
~~~Kouga POV~~~
'yeah...I'm the 'perfect guy' pft... If I was...I would have found a way to stop whatever happened to Ichi...' I sighed deeply and wandered into the woods.
I sat down on a tree stump. I sat there for a long time deep in my thoughts. Then Sesshomaru ran into the clearing in which I sat. "Ichi is becoming worse...she's dying" he said sadly. "what...?" before anything could be said I ran to her, ran to her weak form, ran to a girl that I had barely even gotten to know, ran to the young woman with a beautiful soul...the woman that I had fallen deeply in love with.
I got to where everyone was. I ran over to her. "Ichi?! Ichi!! Say something! Anything! Just let me know that you live!" she didn't respond. She had obviously been coughing up blood. I wiped the blood away. Maki was on the verge of tears. As were the other girls and fox. All of her wounds had somehow reopened and she was bleeding to death. "you can't die on me now!" I pulled her into my embrace. "please..." I whispered into her ear "please live. I can't go on without you. "I'm...sorry..." she was awake. "It's not your fault...Kouga please. Do not mourn my death. I want you to be happy..." I was about to cry from frustration. She had a smile on her face. It pained her to smile. I could see it in her now blurring blue eyes. "no!" I said. I brought her up to me and kissed her. She deepened into my kiss. I could taste her blood. I didn't have to be this close to taste it though. I tasted I when I was on the other side of the field. A little girl was here now. She was crying too. I paid her no heed though. My thoughts, heart, and soul were all on Ichi. She then went limp in my hold. I pulled away. She had a peaceful look on her face. It was as if she awaited death. "no... no! NO!!! ICHI!!!!!! Please don't leave me like this! I love you! You weren't supposed to die!!" she opened her eye. Peering over at me. "I'm sorry...I love you too..." then she was gone. There was no coming back now. Sesshomaru had just arrived. "you can revive her" he said not being phased at all. "how?" I asked hopefully. " there is more than one way. The first way would be the tenseiga" he said pointing to his sword. "and the second way?" I asked. "the realm of life" "why not just use the sword?" Miroku asked. It might not work on demons. Just as the tesiega doesn't work on humans" "but she's human at heart!" Maki said. "that might not matter" "try it though!" Maki insisted. He nodded and walked forward. I set Ichi down on her back. He swung his sword at those whom are invisible to us. Nothing happened. "Then the realm of life?" I said more than asked. He nodded. I will escort you there. We only have three days" "why three?" Maki looked confused. "her soul will leave within three to four days" Miroku said. " let's go" I said. "right" we ran off into the woods. He was leading me south.
"Where exactly is the realm of life?" I questioned. "on a small island just off the south cost Japan" "great, we're in the northern area. Isn't it going to take us more than three days to get there?" "not if we barely stop" 'this is for Ichi, so I'll do whatever it takes to get her life back' We speed through the woods. We were getting to where a demon horde lie. 'If we stop to fight then we might not make it in time!'
We had made it half way through the forest with no signs if any demons. Then smells from demon came in from all sides of us, there was no wind to make it seem as if they only came in from one side. There had been no wind since Ichi's death. Sesshomaru had noticed that we were surrounded as well. "go on ahead" "what? I'm not going to let you take on all the demons that are here!" "GO! Do it for Ichi's sake! If you don't go, there won't be any hope for her being resurrected. Now GO!!" I had to leave now. I had to make it for her.
~~~Sesshomaru POV~~~
'I have to fight all of these demons. I know how much he cares for her. I love somebody as well...Maki'
~~~Maki POV~~~
'Ichi! Just hold on! Kouga and Sesshomaru will make it!' I couldn't stand to look at my friends' dead form. "I'm going to the river for a while...ok?" "sure" Kagome said. I could tell that she knew how I felt at the time. I headed off to the river.
When I got there I decided to hang my feet into the water. I had stepped on thorns without so much as a flinch. I didn't care what was going on around me. I saw fish swim by. Then...they all swan the other way away from the middle of the river. 'what's going on?' Then a form arose from the water in front of me. She looked at me in wonder. "Maki? Is that you?" She seemed very familiar. 'Yoshimi!' "What are you doing here?" I asked her curiously. "I don't know. Why are you here?" she asked back. "I don't know either...but...the only person I think might have a clue is Ichi, but..." I trailed off. "but what?" she questioned oblivious to what was going on. "...she...died..." I started to tear a little. "How did she die? Was she murdered?" she just kept throwing questions at me. "I think that I might have an idea of how she died but it's just a guess. She is the wind right now. And this guy that we met used an attack on his sword called 'wound of the wind' It hurt her even though it wasn't directed at her" "so she was murdered?" "not quite...I don't think that he knows that it was his fault..." she looked at me. "Where is she?" I pointed down the way that I had come. Then she finally noticed my tail and pointed ears. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU??!?!!?!?" "huh? Oh you mean my tail and stuff! I was turned into a demon" "no fair! How?" I told her every last detail. "oww..." "yeah" "can I become a demon too? ^-^" "Hold it! We are supposed to be mourning Ichi's death right now!!!" I screamed out at her. "sorry..." she said a little embarrassed. We left for where everyone was.
When we got there, it felt like everyone else was dead as well. 'Everyone is so sad...and for person they only know the name of basically...'
~~~Yoshimi POV~~~
I saw her. The cold, bloody, battered, lifeless body of my friend. I walked over and knelt down. Her hair had grown longer since I had seen her. 'I guess this is where Ichi and Maki had disappeared to. It had been at least a week since she was reported missing. Maki only had about four days for her missing report' I had been out of town for around a week or so. 'she looks so sad. She has tear streaks down her face... I wonder what it was like for her to come back here and be stuck here without either of us?' I decided to take my mind off of her for now. A single tear rolled off my face and onto the ground. A small pool suddenly appeared where my tear fell. The water that was in the pool came up around Ichi and wiped away all the blood and dirt. When it left though...she was completely dry! "You have the powers as well Yoshimi?" Maki asked me curiously. "what powers?" "Ichi has the power of wind. I have the power of fire. And now you have water powers..." "just like how we pretend back at home!" "I guess we weren't just kidding around!" Maki said. "Hey," she tried to smile "Let me introduce you to everyone"
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'Where am I? I don't feel anything' I opened my eyes. I was meet be a bright white light. Then a figure came into sight. "Hello? Who are you?" It came closer to reveal that it was a teenager of about sixteen. "I am the Goddess of Life. You, Ichi Goddess of Wind, have died. In the past, this has happened. Without one of the elements in the world, it will collapse. We have tried to change the past three times so that you won't die...but it is no use. Then we created the realm of life. Where I can give you back your life..." "what do you mean by 'we'?" I asked curiously. "The other goddesses. The Goddess of Death, the Goddess of Earth, the Celestial Goddess, and two of your friends, Maki the Goddess of fire, and Yoshimi the Goddess of Water. But as I was saying before, I can bring you back to life. The only problem is that I can't bring you back to life if your soul is not there...and your soul can't be there if it is here now" I gasped. "Is Kouga going there right now?!" she looked at m as if I were crazy. "He is the one who is worried most about you! He is almost there. If he gets there and your soul is not there..." "what? What will happen to him?" "The realm of life will take his life instead of giving back yours..." "NO!" "then leave and save him" with that she sent me back to my body.
I flew out of my body seeing everyone stare at me. I was just a flying soul, which just happened to be silver instead of blue like normal peoples' souls. I had no time to stop. I could fly just barely faster than Kouga could run. 'it's going to be a close call!' I had one day to catch up with him.
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I was almost there. All I had to do was cross a rivers worth of ocean.
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'I can already smell the salt water!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I swam with all I had left. I could see a good place to get to the building.
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'It's the ocean! I'm almost there! Just don't make that wish!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I got on to the small island and walked briskly toward the structure. 'Ichi! I will save you!'
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'half way there! I can make it!!!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
I walked up to a small praying bed. I knelt down and began to ask for the spirits to bring back Ichi's life back. 'Please spirits...'
~~~Ichi POV~~~
'just a little further!'
~~~Kouga POV~~~
'...thank you"
~~~Ichi POV~~~
"KOUGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he was trembling. He looked like he was in pain. Then...he looked at me "what's happening?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end ch 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: another cliffy! I love to make you people wait! ^-^ O.O Look at how few reviews I have!!!! That's just pathetic...I guess I might stop writing if you don't like it...