I'M SO SORRY!!!!! I just looked on my account yesterday, and I realized I
haven't updated since New Year's. I'm an awful awful person.
Well, I'm back now and still among the land of the living so here is the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I used to own Inu Yasha...then I died and was reincarnated as a fan fiction writer (I thought of that last night)
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Kagome watched atop the hill as Inu Yasha continued his anguish-ridden rampage. She couldn't stand the destruction any longer, and yet for the first time in her life, she was afraid to approach someone. 'It's not like he can hurt you...you'll heal within five minutes flat. This feeling...it's so foreign.' She thought to herself. But perhaps it wasn't the fear of a physical wound that kept her at bay. Maybe, just maybe, she was afraid of rejection.
The dawn began to rise over the hill she sat upon and Inu Yasha still hadn't cooled off. Wait a moment. DAWN! 'That's impossible! That means...there is only one more day.' A now more painfully familiar emotion grabbed her and she hadn't felt quite like this since her family died. Sadness.
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Try as he might, Inu Yasha could not get rid of the anger that had boiled inside of him. Perhaps if he tried a moving target, such as Kouga maybe? Where was it he lived again, in the mountains? No. Not even that would be able to work out his anger.
Maybe he shouldn't have wished to see her again. Maybe everything would have turned out all right if he had- 'No,' Inu Yasha cut off his own thoughts, 'you would have chosen to see her. No ifs, ands, or buts.'
Though he couldn't help but place the blame on someone. The first person that came to his mind was Kagome, but to unleash his wrath upon her would be like buying a one-way ticket to Hell. Literally. Then the name mentioned only yesterday flitted through his mind. Naraku. He had caused all the misfortune that followed him since Kikyo's death. What had happened to him after the murder? Kagome had never told him exactly. He turned to the rising sun to see the person he was just thinking about watching him from the hilltop. He looked at her face and saw an emotion he had rarely, if ever, seen upon the Angel's face. Sadness.
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With a single bound he leapt up the hill and landed gracefully next to her. He stared at her coldly and in a monotonous voice asked, "Where is Naraku now?"
Kagome slightly stiffened at the name and answered equally dull, "Can you not guess from the information I have given you? The blood of Hades was running through his veins, there was no way for him to escape the wrath of Hell. Ironic, no? The reason he killed Kikyo was to be with her forever and while she is now in the heavens, he rots like the cockroach he is in Hell. Forever and for always."
"So he is sentenced to eternal damnation? I guess that's better than any pain I could have inflicted." A small smile quirked his lips, "Very ironic indeed." Inu Yasha said.
"You know my time with you is limited. Tonight I will cease to exist from your life. Is there anything more you would like to know?" Try as she might, Kagome could not keep the sadness that laced her words. 'I guess the Almighty is right. I have fallen in Love.' She thought to herself.
"Do you remember, like a day or something before we came through the mural, I asked of your family and you looked ready to slash my throat? What happened to them?" He asked.
"My family was the same as any other. Except that we lived in a shrine. My grandfather constantly told stories of the history of something or another. And between my little brother, Souta, and me she was constantly at wits end with us. And then there was Buyo, our fat cat who never seemed to be able to land on his feet. We all lead somewhat hectic lives in our own sense, yet we always found time for one another and were generally happy 98% of the time.
"But this all changed when I came home from school one day. It was a time before cars so I had to walk, I was lucky they even allowed me to go to school but my grandfather said he could see a light inside of me brighter than the North Star, and he wanted his only granddaughter to be as smart as any man, or more some, "Tears began to dwell in the bottom of her eyes as she continued, "He always called me his little 'Star' and told me one day I would shine brighter in the heavens than any other celestial body. Where he learned a word like celestial was beyond me, but I grew accustomed to it.
"Maybe if I hadn't gone to school that day, I would have been able to prevent that fire," Unshed tears began to make a golden river down her face, and she tried to turn her head away from Inu Yasha only to have the Sun shine brightly in her face, "I could have helped them, or at least perish with them. Even Buyo was gone.
"I didn't know what to do with myself. I had no home, no longer had a family, and I sure wasn't going to live in a foster home so that people could take pity on me. So I turned to the only option I could think of. Suicide. Looking back I wish I hadn't been so rash in my decision, but the utter loneliness I was in became too mush to bear.
"I was punished for my action in the next life, though since I had generally helped so many throughout my short life of 15 years, they found a more suitable punishment for me. A life of eternity without love. And that meant I couldn't see my family even in this life.
At first it wasn't so bad, I thought I could even adapt to it, but to no avail, in the long run my life of detachedness turned my life into a routine. I could never get truly close to any of my assignments and many times I would have gone to Hell just to escape the torture. I was often reassigned if the Almighty sensed a love beginning to grow between my assignment and me.
"And that is where I am today, still unable to express a bit of emotion and still unable to end my torment. Even Angels, who can perform miracles, cannot commit a suicide." She wavered off on her own tale as the memories flooded back to her. They were all there Gramps, Mama, Souta, and Buyo. If only, if only.
Inu Yasha looked at her dumbfounded at a loss of what to say, so he just kept quiet. And maybe that is the wisest thing he has done in a long time.
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Wow I just wrote this in an hour. I'm sorry again for the long lull between updates. Please forgive me.
AS always review. And if you find the time.... review again;)
See ya'll (been since a long time since I've said that) soon (hopefully)
Well, I'm back now and still among the land of the living so here is the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I used to own Inu Yasha...then I died and was reincarnated as a fan fiction writer (I thought of that last night)
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Kagome watched atop the hill as Inu Yasha continued his anguish-ridden rampage. She couldn't stand the destruction any longer, and yet for the first time in her life, she was afraid to approach someone. 'It's not like he can hurt you...you'll heal within five minutes flat. This feeling...it's so foreign.' She thought to herself. But perhaps it wasn't the fear of a physical wound that kept her at bay. Maybe, just maybe, she was afraid of rejection.
The dawn began to rise over the hill she sat upon and Inu Yasha still hadn't cooled off. Wait a moment. DAWN! 'That's impossible! That means...there is only one more day.' A now more painfully familiar emotion grabbed her and she hadn't felt quite like this since her family died. Sadness.
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Try as he might, Inu Yasha could not get rid of the anger that had boiled inside of him. Perhaps if he tried a moving target, such as Kouga maybe? Where was it he lived again, in the mountains? No. Not even that would be able to work out his anger.
Maybe he shouldn't have wished to see her again. Maybe everything would have turned out all right if he had- 'No,' Inu Yasha cut off his own thoughts, 'you would have chosen to see her. No ifs, ands, or buts.'
Though he couldn't help but place the blame on someone. The first person that came to his mind was Kagome, but to unleash his wrath upon her would be like buying a one-way ticket to Hell. Literally. Then the name mentioned only yesterday flitted through his mind. Naraku. He had caused all the misfortune that followed him since Kikyo's death. What had happened to him after the murder? Kagome had never told him exactly. He turned to the rising sun to see the person he was just thinking about watching him from the hilltop. He looked at her face and saw an emotion he had rarely, if ever, seen upon the Angel's face. Sadness.
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With a single bound he leapt up the hill and landed gracefully next to her. He stared at her coldly and in a monotonous voice asked, "Where is Naraku now?"
Kagome slightly stiffened at the name and answered equally dull, "Can you not guess from the information I have given you? The blood of Hades was running through his veins, there was no way for him to escape the wrath of Hell. Ironic, no? The reason he killed Kikyo was to be with her forever and while she is now in the heavens, he rots like the cockroach he is in Hell. Forever and for always."
"So he is sentenced to eternal damnation? I guess that's better than any pain I could have inflicted." A small smile quirked his lips, "Very ironic indeed." Inu Yasha said.
"You know my time with you is limited. Tonight I will cease to exist from your life. Is there anything more you would like to know?" Try as she might, Kagome could not keep the sadness that laced her words. 'I guess the Almighty is right. I have fallen in Love.' She thought to herself.
"Do you remember, like a day or something before we came through the mural, I asked of your family and you looked ready to slash my throat? What happened to them?" He asked.
"My family was the same as any other. Except that we lived in a shrine. My grandfather constantly told stories of the history of something or another. And between my little brother, Souta, and me she was constantly at wits end with us. And then there was Buyo, our fat cat who never seemed to be able to land on his feet. We all lead somewhat hectic lives in our own sense, yet we always found time for one another and were generally happy 98% of the time.
"But this all changed when I came home from school one day. It was a time before cars so I had to walk, I was lucky they even allowed me to go to school but my grandfather said he could see a light inside of me brighter than the North Star, and he wanted his only granddaughter to be as smart as any man, or more some, "Tears began to dwell in the bottom of her eyes as she continued, "He always called me his little 'Star' and told me one day I would shine brighter in the heavens than any other celestial body. Where he learned a word like celestial was beyond me, but I grew accustomed to it.
"Maybe if I hadn't gone to school that day, I would have been able to prevent that fire," Unshed tears began to make a golden river down her face, and she tried to turn her head away from Inu Yasha only to have the Sun shine brightly in her face, "I could have helped them, or at least perish with them. Even Buyo was gone.
"I didn't know what to do with myself. I had no home, no longer had a family, and I sure wasn't going to live in a foster home so that people could take pity on me. So I turned to the only option I could think of. Suicide. Looking back I wish I hadn't been so rash in my decision, but the utter loneliness I was in became too mush to bear.
"I was punished for my action in the next life, though since I had generally helped so many throughout my short life of 15 years, they found a more suitable punishment for me. A life of eternity without love. And that meant I couldn't see my family even in this life.
At first it wasn't so bad, I thought I could even adapt to it, but to no avail, in the long run my life of detachedness turned my life into a routine. I could never get truly close to any of my assignments and many times I would have gone to Hell just to escape the torture. I was often reassigned if the Almighty sensed a love beginning to grow between my assignment and me.
"And that is where I am today, still unable to express a bit of emotion and still unable to end my torment. Even Angels, who can perform miracles, cannot commit a suicide." She wavered off on her own tale as the memories flooded back to her. They were all there Gramps, Mama, Souta, and Buyo. If only, if only.
Inu Yasha looked at her dumbfounded at a loss of what to say, so he just kept quiet. And maybe that is the wisest thing he has done in a long time.
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Wow I just wrote this in an hour. I'm sorry again for the long lull between updates. Please forgive me.
AS always review. And if you find the time.... review again;)
See ya'll (been since a long time since I've said that) soon (hopefully)