Oh, you are going to hate me for this...
Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha.
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Forever in Debt
Part One: I Thought...
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His claws pierced my skin...
Those claws shredded my flesh...
Those claws tore my chest open...
Yet...those were the same claws wiped my tears away...
The same claws that protected me...
I don't understand...
Blood seeped through my clothing and oozed all over the ground.
"Why...?" I choked out.
He chuckled darkly while standing over me.
"You truly believed that I loved you? How pathetic..."
Tears ran down my bloody cheeks.
"But I thought..."
"You thought wrong."
I see.
It was a lie.
It was a front. It was reality, but it was an illusion at the same time...
...just out of my grasp...
"I see...Kikyo wanted her soul back...r...right...?"
I could feel my life leaving me.
"Keh. Of course, that soul belongs to her..."
My vision was starting to blur...
"So...you needed to repay her...so you...d...decided...to give...her...s...soul back..."
Inu Yasha smirked. "And now I have. Soon Kikyo will be alive again, and we will spend life together, and then spend eternity with each other when we die."
Oh, how I wished that were me who he was talking about...
My energy was slipping away, but I couldn't die before I finished my thoughts.
"But...y...you have...repaid...K...Kikyo..."
I could faintly see Inu Yasha's smirk widen, as if he were proud of himself. Oh, Inu Yasha...don't get smug yet...
"...Then..."
I began to grow angry, yet sad...but...I couldn't bring myself to hate him...
"...how..."
Things began to grow dark...
"...will..."
No, I can't die yet...!
"...you...repay..."
I took one last breath –
"...me...!?"
The world faded away...
...and so did my dreams...
...but one thing remained...
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Ah, I said you'd hate me. Part two is coming shortly.