Ha, had some extra time today to update the next chapter! Sorry guys, it's a little shorter than the other ones, but I think it's a pretty good one, so check it out. Please tell me what you think. Ah! Moon smurf, you are so smart! It does involve Kikyo.... muah ha ha! Very clever of you to figure that out! But I also thank YunFei and EvilVidel for reviewing! Thanks for sticking with me guys!
*disclaimer: ah... evil disclaimer... making me realize my hopes of ever owning Inuyasha are futile... *sigh*
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Miroku had found an exhausted Sango, and was carrying her on his back as he came up to Inuyasha. Little Shippo had also come down from his tree and took up a vigil at Kagome's side. The little fox demon was doing his best not to cry, because he knew Inuyasha would make fun of him. But he could not help a few tears when he saw Kagome's placid face.
"Her soul has undergone a huge traumatic experience. It may take a while, possibly an hour or more, for it to recover and return to her body. She could have died doing that. But Lady Kagome has saved us all," Miroku said after examining her and the floating orbs of her soul above her.
"The rest of the women here are frightened, and they do not know what is going on. I will do my best to help them get back to their villages. You watch over Kagome and Sango, Inuyasha." Miroku had a familiar gleam in his eye as he walked off to the help the women. Inuyasha was too absorbed with Kagome to make a comment on how perverted Miroku was, and poor Sango was too tired to even muster up so much as a glare. Inuyasha did however look over when he heard a scream and then the sound of a hand slapping flesh. Miroku looked sheepish and the crowd of women were walking away.
"I guess they know where they're going... " Miroku sat and turned his head away so that Inuyasha and Sango didn't have a direct view of the bright red hand print on his cheek. Inuyasha snickered and then turned back to Kagome.
He was still holding her while they waited for her souls to return to her. He looked into her face.
'It seems like this has been happening a lot lately. Me holding you, and you completely unconscious. Kagome... she's so pale, and cold. She looks so fragile. But she defeated that demon when the rest of us couldn't.' Inuyasha reflected, 'What has this girl done to me? My only wish in the whole world right now is for you to wake up, Kagome...Why aren't the souls returning yet? This is taking so long. I won't lose you Kagome. I will stay right here and protect you until you wake up.' Inuyasha's thoughts startled him. 'I will protect her? What about.... Kikyo?'
Almost as if his thought had summoned it, one of Kikyo's soul collectors drifted by! He gently laid Kagome down and stood up. His eyes widened, and then he drew tetsusaiga and slashed the soul collector before it made off with one of Kagome's souls.
"What the hell's going on here?" He demanded. He didn't have to wait long for an explanation.
"Kik-Kikyo!" Inuyasha and the others were startled.
"Inuyasha," Kikyo addressed him with an icy cold voice.
"What.. what are you doing here?"
"Do I need an excuse to see you now?" She sounded amused. Inuyasha didn't have an answer, he only stared. Then he noticed Kikyo's soul collectors gathering up Kagome's souls.
"Hey! What are they doing?! Those are Kagome's souls!"
"Inuyasha. Have you already forgotten they were originally mine? She is only a reincarnation." Kikyo looked at him with cold undead eyes.
Inuyasha looked taken aback. "But, but you can't just take them! She needs them to live!"
"But don't you see Inuyasha, so do I."
Inuyasha stared again. "What do you mean?"
"Don't you want me to live again, Inuyasha? If I take her souls, I will be alive again. Isn't that your wish?"
"Kikyo... But what will happen to Kagome?"
Kikyo's eyes hardened at the sound of Kagome's name. "It really isn't your concern, is it? Your life belongs to me, remember? You promised Inuyasha."
"I-I...."
"Does this really mean that pathetic little girl means more to you than I do? Answer carefully, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked torn. Poor lifeless Kagome lay on the ground, and a cold and calculating Kikyo stood before him, demanding an answer to the question that had been plaguing him for so long. The question that he didn't have an answer to.
"You fail to answer Inuyasha. But I really do not care anymore. I was just curious. I think I know what the answer is in your heart. Even still, it will not divert me from obtaining my initial goal."
"Kikyo... wait..." But Inuyasha's plea was ignored. Kikyo looked at him with an evil smile, and then her soul collectors began gathering Kagome's souls.
"No! Wait Kikyo! Kagome will die!"
Kikyo stood as all of the souls were being returned to her.
"Don't you see, Inuyasha? My only wish is to walk among the living again. And with all of my soul returned to me I will be alive."
Inuyasha looked worriedly over at Kagome. She was still pale and lifeless. It was just like the time when the witch, Orasuwai, had first resurrected Kikyo to life. He looked at Kikyo, who was being given the last glowing orb. She looked triumphant. But her smile faded as she cried out in pain and grabbed her shoulder. Blood began to drip everywhere.
"No, my- my wound. Inuyasha...." She looked up and glared at him.
"Remember Kikyo. It wasn't me."
"It doesn't matter now, does it? I am alive... and I will never have to deal with you again. But first I must make sure that my souls do not return." Kikyo stood, and though she was wounded, she strung her bow with an arrow.
"What? Kikyo... don't shoot me! I told you this before! I didn't betray you!"
"Did you not listen Inuyasha? I am not aiming for you."
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Wow, I guess I really just like to leave the characters in peril. But it's so much fun! What will happen next?! Another chapter coming soon! ^_^
*disclaimer: ah... evil disclaimer... making me realize my hopes of ever owning Inuyasha are futile... *sigh*
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Miroku had found an exhausted Sango, and was carrying her on his back as he came up to Inuyasha. Little Shippo had also come down from his tree and took up a vigil at Kagome's side. The little fox demon was doing his best not to cry, because he knew Inuyasha would make fun of him. But he could not help a few tears when he saw Kagome's placid face.
"Her soul has undergone a huge traumatic experience. It may take a while, possibly an hour or more, for it to recover and return to her body. She could have died doing that. But Lady Kagome has saved us all," Miroku said after examining her and the floating orbs of her soul above her.
"The rest of the women here are frightened, and they do not know what is going on. I will do my best to help them get back to their villages. You watch over Kagome and Sango, Inuyasha." Miroku had a familiar gleam in his eye as he walked off to the help the women. Inuyasha was too absorbed with Kagome to make a comment on how perverted Miroku was, and poor Sango was too tired to even muster up so much as a glare. Inuyasha did however look over when he heard a scream and then the sound of a hand slapping flesh. Miroku looked sheepish and the crowd of women were walking away.
"I guess they know where they're going... " Miroku sat and turned his head away so that Inuyasha and Sango didn't have a direct view of the bright red hand print on his cheek. Inuyasha snickered and then turned back to Kagome.
He was still holding her while they waited for her souls to return to her. He looked into her face.
'It seems like this has been happening a lot lately. Me holding you, and you completely unconscious. Kagome... she's so pale, and cold. She looks so fragile. But she defeated that demon when the rest of us couldn't.' Inuyasha reflected, 'What has this girl done to me? My only wish in the whole world right now is for you to wake up, Kagome...Why aren't the souls returning yet? This is taking so long. I won't lose you Kagome. I will stay right here and protect you until you wake up.' Inuyasha's thoughts startled him. 'I will protect her? What about.... Kikyo?'
Almost as if his thought had summoned it, one of Kikyo's soul collectors drifted by! He gently laid Kagome down and stood up. His eyes widened, and then he drew tetsusaiga and slashed the soul collector before it made off with one of Kagome's souls.
"What the hell's going on here?" He demanded. He didn't have to wait long for an explanation.
"Kik-Kikyo!" Inuyasha and the others were startled.
"Inuyasha," Kikyo addressed him with an icy cold voice.
"What.. what are you doing here?"
"Do I need an excuse to see you now?" She sounded amused. Inuyasha didn't have an answer, he only stared. Then he noticed Kikyo's soul collectors gathering up Kagome's souls.
"Hey! What are they doing?! Those are Kagome's souls!"
"Inuyasha. Have you already forgotten they were originally mine? She is only a reincarnation." Kikyo looked at him with cold undead eyes.
Inuyasha looked taken aback. "But, but you can't just take them! She needs them to live!"
"But don't you see Inuyasha, so do I."
Inuyasha stared again. "What do you mean?"
"Don't you want me to live again, Inuyasha? If I take her souls, I will be alive again. Isn't that your wish?"
"Kikyo... But what will happen to Kagome?"
Kikyo's eyes hardened at the sound of Kagome's name. "It really isn't your concern, is it? Your life belongs to me, remember? You promised Inuyasha."
"I-I...."
"Does this really mean that pathetic little girl means more to you than I do? Answer carefully, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked torn. Poor lifeless Kagome lay on the ground, and a cold and calculating Kikyo stood before him, demanding an answer to the question that had been plaguing him for so long. The question that he didn't have an answer to.
"You fail to answer Inuyasha. But I really do not care anymore. I was just curious. I think I know what the answer is in your heart. Even still, it will not divert me from obtaining my initial goal."
"Kikyo... wait..." But Inuyasha's plea was ignored. Kikyo looked at him with an evil smile, and then her soul collectors began gathering Kagome's souls.
"No! Wait Kikyo! Kagome will die!"
Kikyo stood as all of the souls were being returned to her.
"Don't you see, Inuyasha? My only wish is to walk among the living again. And with all of my soul returned to me I will be alive."
Inuyasha looked worriedly over at Kagome. She was still pale and lifeless. It was just like the time when the witch, Orasuwai, had first resurrected Kikyo to life. He looked at Kikyo, who was being given the last glowing orb. She looked triumphant. But her smile faded as she cried out in pain and grabbed her shoulder. Blood began to drip everywhere.
"No, my- my wound. Inuyasha...." She looked up and glared at him.
"Remember Kikyo. It wasn't me."
"It doesn't matter now, does it? I am alive... and I will never have to deal with you again. But first I must make sure that my souls do not return." Kikyo stood, and though she was wounded, she strung her bow with an arrow.
"What? Kikyo... don't shoot me! I told you this before! I didn't betray you!"
"Did you not listen Inuyasha? I am not aiming for you."
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Wow, I guess I really just like to leave the characters in peril. But it's so much fun! What will happen next?! Another chapter coming soon! ^_^