Inutaishou's Gift By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 7: Shock and Pain
Kagome's mouth was open in shock. Her eyes were empty, the pupil reduced to a mere speck against her rich brown eyes.
An inward shiver ran through her, then out onto her skin, making her tremble. She was unaware of the pain in her wrist, her mind was blank, excpet for one image playing over and over again.
Inuyasha.
He was. . .covered in flames. . .
Gone.
Inuyasha. . .was. . .gone.
Inuyasha was gone? No. . .no. . .it wasn't right, that was wrong. . .Inuyasha couldn't be gone. . .
Yet her mind screamed, her hands clenched as she saw Jaken burst into laughter. Her entire body shook. Her mouth moved, but no words came out. Her hair obscured her face as she bent her head.
Her entire body suddenly went down, she didn't notice, there was only the feeling of a dull impact in the back of her mind.
She was sweating, her heart rate went through the roof. Everything was in slow motion. Her eyes were veiled in the image though.
The flames, Inuyasha's stunned face. Jaken's maddened laughter. Her hand moving in her line of vision, reaching toward the silver haired speck below her.
She could hear a dull murmuring, but her ears were filled with the drum of her own heart.
Inuyasha was gone.
Suddenly, she could see again. She took a gasp for breath, like she had been underwater. She noticed that she was on the ground, a smooth ground, but hard and cold.
Tears had spilled down her face until she was dizzy from the sudden loss of fluid. Her eyes were still hollow, void of any emotion.
Her heart rate plummeted with her heart itself, down, down, down, past her feet, into the ground and beyond. She couldn't take it, it hurt so much. More tears fell down her face.
She moved her hair to look around. Her eyes were blurry from the tears that came at will without a whimper. She was, as she guessed, in the right eye of Inutaishou's skull. It was bigger and deeper than she thought it would be.
Her tears soaked the ground below her. Her dress and shirt were a little scuffled, but no real harm done. She turned and looked out of the eye socket. Lo, there, below her was Jaken, just now finishing his fire attack.
Her heart fell further, if that was possible. There was not a trace of Inuyasha, just a dark black smudge where the fire had hit the bones of Inutaishou.
Her ears pricked up to hear soft, muffled murmuring behind her.
"The 'Gift'. . .where. . ."
She turned about and saw. . .
Sesshoumaru.
Her mind was filled suddenly with memories, with Inuyasha, with fights, with Sango, and Miroku, Shippo, Totosai. . .
They played over and over, but one image prevailed over the others. Inuyasha was laughing, Shippo had burnt his own tail in a trick. And Inuyasha had. . .laughed. . .a real laugh. . .
Her eyes filled with tears again, and the image became consumed in flames. And Jaken was laughing as Sesshoumaru looked on. Her tears renewed, her heart pounded wildly in anger and hurt, her voice and breath caught in her throat.
She was suddenly on her feet. Her mind was in a rage that she had no control over. Her feet moved, her mind screamed and cursed.
wham!
Her fist connected with taiyoukai. Her tears flowed down her cheeks, her eye shone with anger beyond knowledge. She felt raw power surface, and she willed it into her hands, the more pain she could deal Sesshoumaru, the better she would feel.
Sesshoumaru turned dully toward her as her fists slammed into him. He barely felt the blows. But they slowly grew stronger, until one burnt his cloak. Her entire form was glowing, he could see her aura becoming larger.
His eyes narrowed dangerously as she continued to hit him, yelling, cursing him. "You killed him! You killed him!"
'A miko, hm? That will not do, but she is the only mortal here. . .'
whak!
Sesshoumaru's arm shot out, hitting her across the face.
Kagome flew backward, and hit the ground, landing in a heap of pain.
Her eyes glistened still, her anger was still intact, but she wasn't sure where the extreme power that had kept her going was.
Her lip was bleeding slightly, but she wasn't sure from what. Her mind had blanked in the anger that had overtaken her mind. What had she done?
Her eye flew back up to Sesshoumaru who was still watching her.
"Do not try anything stupid mortal, you are no match for this Sesshoumaru."
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him. What had she done? Why did her cheek hurt? Why was she bleeding?
Her heart suddenly plummeted again as Jaken came in, laughing.
"That hanyou has been disposed of."
Sesshoumaru made no answer, but turned back to the furthest wall of the eye socket.
Jaken turned toward Kagome, and saw her lip, and cheek bleeding. He looked from Sesshoumaru, back to the girl, then back at Sesshoumaru.
Kagome didn't bother to get to her feet, she wasn't sure where'd she go from there.
Jaken finally stopped wondering about the blood and turned away. He was still uncertain about the fact that a mortal was needed for this 'Gift' to appear. But if Lord Sesshoumaru was so certain about it, then it must be true.
He smirked to himself when the memory of his fire attack came back. He, he, Jaken, had had a hand in destroying that annoying hanyou brat!
He peered one last time at the tear-streaked face of Kagome, the blood on her face mixed with the salty tears, creating a nasty mess as it dripped from her chin.
And it seemed to be destroying the girl more. . .something else that delighted him beyond words.
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Yo! Me again! Heh, hope you all liked the chapter. I'll be adding the last chapters today, and then I'll be moving on to updating my other fics, and finally, reading some fics that I've been meaning to read for several months now....
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