Chapter Seventeen- Break free Serenity
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Kagomes blood ran cold in her veins. She couldnt believe what she had heard. Did Narahiko say he wanted her to kill Inuyasha?! Her body became heavy and her eyes widened in fear. She looked at Inuyasha, whos eyes were just as wide, and then to Narahiko, who had a sadistic smile on his face with the shadow of Serenity behind him.
"K-kill Inu-Inuyasha...?"
She croaked out, unbelievingly that Narahiko could ask her to do such a thing. Inuyasha, the only guy she ever loved, though maybe not the only one that had claimed to love her. The one she had given her heart, her soul to, and got everything back in return. Inuyasha, the hanyou who had tried to kill her the first time they met, who had chosen Kikyou over her at first, and then had said he loved her. Inuyasha, the father of her child. Her beautiful daughter, Serenity. It was unthinkable that she could or would do such a thing.
But...Serenity...
Her heart was torn. She knew she couldnt kill Inuyasha, it was mentally and physically impossible for her to do so. She couldnt. But she couldnt allow Narahiko to destroy her daughter in return. She knew that even Inuyasha, knowing what he knows now, even though he had not been there her entire life, which was not by his will, that he would not let Narahiko destroy Serenity. She needed time. She had to think of a way out.
Narahiko grew impatient of her pondering and a small black ball appeared in his hand. He squeezed it lightly and a scream rang through out the forest. Serenity dropped to her knees, clutching her chest by her heart. Sweat poured down her forehead, her eyes widened and her body began shake. Kagome took one look at her daughter and tears sprang to her eyes and she turned towards Narahiko in rage and hate.
"Stop it!"
She yelled but he seemed to pay her no mind.
"Stop it now! I beg you!"
The scream eased and Serenity got to her feet, her head hung low, her long black hair falling into her eyes, beads of sweat shinning on her skin. Kagome wanted to run towards her and hold her, but at that moment it was not doable. All she could do was watch as Serenity returned to Narahiko's shadow.
"That is but a taste of the pain i can cause your daughter. Thanks to the serpents kiss i control her every being. I can have her kill you and i can kill her in return. Do not cross me miko, or i shall. Now do as i have commanded if you want to save your daughters life. Kill that damned hanyou Inuyasha!"
Narahiko screamed at Kagome, his voice echoing around them. Solemnly she bent down and picked up her bow and arrow, tears falling down her face freely. She didnt know what she was going to do, but whatever it was she had to think of it fast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The three wolf youkais stopped before a large cliff, looking over a vast forest. A strange cloud surrounded the top of it, a sickening purple color that gave off the foul scent of miasma. Kouga recognized this scent, he recognized this cloud, but he was baffled at how it could have formed. Naraku was dead. Kagome had killed him long ago. But if Naraku is dead then who else can form the miasma cloud? Kouga growled, wanting badly to know the answer to this, but at the same time scared to find out, thinking that some how maybe Naraku had come back. Naraku was a terrible enemy, a foul youkai, hanyou, that could manipulate and destroy any one that stood against him. But yet, he had feared Kagome. A simple untrained miko, and some how it had been her that destroyed him.
"Father?"
Mina's soft voice echoed in Kougas sensitive ears, bringing him back from his thoughts of the past. He grunted to show he was listening, never once taking his eyes from the swirling cloud of poison. Mina took a deep breath and stated what she wanted to say.
"Father, what is that strange cloud down there? Who is responsible for it? Is the Shikon no tama inside it?"
Three questions, all said as fast as she could. Silence. It didnt seem like Kouga was going to answer her and she sighed, used to it. When surprisingly Kougas voice sounded out.
"When you were young, i told you of the story of the Shikon jewel. I told you of the untrained miko who had appeared almost 50 years after it disappeared. And i have told you of the hanyou, the mutt, that was proclaimed her protector....and i told you that i once met this miko when she took the shards from me..."
He paused and Mina and Akirou looked at each other confused. Was he going to continue?
"But..."
He started, stopping once more. Wondering if he should tell them the entire truth. But, if they were to go with him, they needed to know.
"But....i have not told you everything. The story of my involvement in the hunt of the Shikon shards....."
He turned to them, a look in his eyes that they had never seen before. A look of mixed feelings, of sadness and regret, even some anger. Conflict within his soul is what they saw. Kouga plopped to the ground in a sitting position, calling them to do the same. When they were sitted in a circle, he began to tell them his part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rin sighed as she fell backwards into the tall grass. Sesshoumaru had been gone a long time, though this was not the longest ever. Some times he would leave Rin for days on end, but always provided her with food and somehow kept all the dangerous youkais away from her. Indeed, he was good to her. But he was always so busy and Rin missed him. She sighed and closed her eyes.
Guess thats what happens when you are as important as Lord Sesshoumaru-sama is....
She thought bitterly. Rin was now classified as an adult, a young woman. She ached for Sesshoumaru to see that. She loved him, more then anything. Had sense the first day she had seen him, almost thirteen years ago when he was injured. She brought him food, though he had refused to eat it, she checked on him every chance she got. She remembered the shinning of his hair, even though it had blood in it. She remembered the scary look in his eyes, as they turned to red the first time he set his gaze on her. But she could see pass that. The hard exterior he put out. Inside she saw sorrow and even some kindness, which he had shown her over the years and even once back then, after the wolfs had killed her, it was Sesshoumaru who used his Tenseiga to revive her, and has kept her by his side ever sense.
Why he did this, even she was not sure. He had never given off any feelings that he could be in love with her, or even love her like she was his child. But he was kind to her, and even if he was mean to her she didnt care. She loved him. She couldnt understand why everyone called him evil and mean. Rin sighed, thinking that maybe one day Sesshoumaru would proclaim her his mate and they would live happily till the day she died. She smiled. The ranting of a little girl. But she choose to believe one day this might happen, she wanted to keep hoping.
She could hear Jaken coming up the hill. Living with a youkai for thirteen years had its advantages. She was probably the most skilled human around these villages. She could hear extremely well, and she could pick up scents and even find water from miles around by either smelling it, or hearing it running underground. She shivered as she thought of how she had learned to do these things. Sesshoumaru had left her in a forest, without his scent upon her, telling her she must fend for herself for a month. She was only seven then, and a scared little girl. She cried for days after he had flown off, before hunger took her over and she searched for food. It was then that she had learned to use her senses, not as well as a youkai for she was just a human, but as well as a human could.
Sesshoumaru had come back, as he promised, after the month was over. And there she was, sitting by the fire, curled into a ball with food on one side and a bucket of water on the other, even a little sharp rock she had carved for protection. It was then that Sesshoumaru had given her, her first smile. She awoke to see him standing there, the pale moonlight reflecting off his silver hair, and his eyes glinting their golden color, and on his lips was a real smile.
Jaken was almost up the hill now, cursing loudly and kicking rocks. Now any normal human could hear him as he tripped over a rock he meant to kick and fell flat on his face, his voice echoing a cuss word out loudly. Rin sent up and giggled, her long black hair falling over one shoulder and strains of it in her eyes. She picked the flowers back up, the ones she had picked for Sesshoumaru, though ever time she didnt have the courage to give them to him. Daisies. She rose to her feet and walked to where Jaken was, still face down in the mud. She looked at him and laughed. It was a funny sight. She bent down towards him and smiled.
"What are you doing in there Jaken?"
She paused and looked around.
"And where is Lord Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Jaken muttered something through the mud and Rin sighed. He had never liked her, not sense she was a little girl. But it made no mind, she didnt like him either. Rin's face scrunched up and she looked at Jaken in anger before rising to her feet. She understood perfectly well through the mud bubbles what he meant. Taking a deep breathe she gave him a glare and walked on him towards the two headed dragon horse, leaving him now even deeper in the mud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha watched in shock as Kagome bent down and gathered her bow and arrows, stringing one. Was she really planning on shooting him? Her words echoed in his mind at that moment.
I left because I didnt love you!
Those words had stung him, and hard. Shaken his very core with every syllable. He didnt believe it then, or maybe didnt want to. But now...he was not so sure. She would sacrifice him to save their daughter, and in the end Narahiko would kill her anyway. Inuyasha shook his head.
No, Kagome would never kill him. Even if she doesnt love me anymore, she would never kill me.
Inuyasha glanced behind him, to his still unconscious friends. At least they seemed to be safe, under the guard of Kirara, and away from the real danger. Inuyasha closed his eyes and picked up the Tetsusaiga. He loved Kagome, he did. But he wouldnt let her arrow kill him, or pin him to a tree for the next 50 years as Kikyou's had done. He wouldnt harm her. No, he couldnt. This was just for protection.
Kagomes mind was racing. Everything was becoming a blur and she could barely stand on her own two feet. She strung an arrow, her arm shaking violently. She had to think of something. Then her eyes widened as a thought, an idea, came to her. But she would need Inuyasha's help, and she didnt know if he would be willing to do what she had in mind. Earlier she recalled, Serenity could not harm her, that was how she knew that some of her beloved daughter was still there. If she could wrench her once more, maybe Serenity could break free of Narahiko's hold. She was going to have to act like she was going to kill Inuyasha.
She turned to him, her face hard and cold. Blocking the emotion of pain and love from her eyes. Which was hard to do, from the look Inuyasha was giving her at that moment. Kagome tore her eyes from Inuyasha and looked at Narahiko.
"Fine, if you want a dead hanyou, then that is what you will get."
She said, her voice sounding nothing like her own. Inuyasha gasped, as did Narahiko, who apparently didnt think that she would go through with it, and was kinda hoping she wouldnt, so he could have Serenity kill them both. But this was better. How better to destroy a miko's spirit and power then by having her kill the one she loved. Narahiko smiled, his red eyes shinning as he set back to watch.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha, her face hard once more.
"Prepare yourself Inuyasha. Today she be your last light."
She said, without a hint of emotion in her voice, though she was screaming in her head. She had to go through with this. She had to make Inuyasha kill her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DUN DUN DUN!!!!!! I know im soooo evil leaving it like this, with ANOTHER cliffy. *Smiles sweetly, trying to hide her devil horns.* ;; But I promise to have the next chappie up soon, I seem to be on a roll, it only took me about two and a half days to write this, considering how much time I get the computer a day and the fact that I have been having writers block on this story for the LONGEST time. The question I ask you! DO YOU THINK INUYASHA WILL REALLY GO THROUGH WITH WHAT KAGOME HAS PLANNED? (Refer to the last sentence of the chapter, though its not exactly as it seems) I know the title of this chapter does really go with it, but its were it starts, next chapter will be better, me promise! ^_^ Now to reviews.
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~Shadow Amaya~
Kagomes blood ran cold in her veins. She couldnt believe what she had heard. Did Narahiko say he wanted her to kill Inuyasha?! Her body became heavy and her eyes widened in fear. She looked at Inuyasha, whos eyes were just as wide, and then to Narahiko, who had a sadistic smile on his face with the shadow of Serenity behind him.
"K-kill Inu-Inuyasha...?"
She croaked out, unbelievingly that Narahiko could ask her to do such a thing. Inuyasha, the only guy she ever loved, though maybe not the only one that had claimed to love her. The one she had given her heart, her soul to, and got everything back in return. Inuyasha, the hanyou who had tried to kill her the first time they met, who had chosen Kikyou over her at first, and then had said he loved her. Inuyasha, the father of her child. Her beautiful daughter, Serenity. It was unthinkable that she could or would do such a thing.
But...Serenity...
Her heart was torn. She knew she couldnt kill Inuyasha, it was mentally and physically impossible for her to do so. She couldnt. But she couldnt allow Narahiko to destroy her daughter in return. She knew that even Inuyasha, knowing what he knows now, even though he had not been there her entire life, which was not by his will, that he would not let Narahiko destroy Serenity. She needed time. She had to think of a way out.
Narahiko grew impatient of her pondering and a small black ball appeared in his hand. He squeezed it lightly and a scream rang through out the forest. Serenity dropped to her knees, clutching her chest by her heart. Sweat poured down her forehead, her eyes widened and her body began shake. Kagome took one look at her daughter and tears sprang to her eyes and she turned towards Narahiko in rage and hate.
"Stop it!"
She yelled but he seemed to pay her no mind.
"Stop it now! I beg you!"
The scream eased and Serenity got to her feet, her head hung low, her long black hair falling into her eyes, beads of sweat shinning on her skin. Kagome wanted to run towards her and hold her, but at that moment it was not doable. All she could do was watch as Serenity returned to Narahiko's shadow.
"That is but a taste of the pain i can cause your daughter. Thanks to the serpents kiss i control her every being. I can have her kill you and i can kill her in return. Do not cross me miko, or i shall. Now do as i have commanded if you want to save your daughters life. Kill that damned hanyou Inuyasha!"
Narahiko screamed at Kagome, his voice echoing around them. Solemnly she bent down and picked up her bow and arrow, tears falling down her face freely. She didnt know what she was going to do, but whatever it was she had to think of it fast. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The three wolf youkais stopped before a large cliff, looking over a vast forest. A strange cloud surrounded the top of it, a sickening purple color that gave off the foul scent of miasma. Kouga recognized this scent, he recognized this cloud, but he was baffled at how it could have formed. Naraku was dead. Kagome had killed him long ago. But if Naraku is dead then who else can form the miasma cloud? Kouga growled, wanting badly to know the answer to this, but at the same time scared to find out, thinking that some how maybe Naraku had come back. Naraku was a terrible enemy, a foul youkai, hanyou, that could manipulate and destroy any one that stood against him. But yet, he had feared Kagome. A simple untrained miko, and some how it had been her that destroyed him.
"Father?"
Mina's soft voice echoed in Kougas sensitive ears, bringing him back from his thoughts of the past. He grunted to show he was listening, never once taking his eyes from the swirling cloud of poison. Mina took a deep breath and stated what she wanted to say.
"Father, what is that strange cloud down there? Who is responsible for it? Is the Shikon no tama inside it?"
Three questions, all said as fast as she could. Silence. It didnt seem like Kouga was going to answer her and she sighed, used to it. When surprisingly Kougas voice sounded out.
"When you were young, i told you of the story of the Shikon jewel. I told you of the untrained miko who had appeared almost 50 years after it disappeared. And i have told you of the hanyou, the mutt, that was proclaimed her protector....and i told you that i once met this miko when she took the shards from me..."
He paused and Mina and Akirou looked at each other confused. Was he going to continue?
"But..."
He started, stopping once more. Wondering if he should tell them the entire truth. But, if they were to go with him, they needed to know.
"But....i have not told you everything. The story of my involvement in the hunt of the Shikon shards....."
He turned to them, a look in his eyes that they had never seen before. A look of mixed feelings, of sadness and regret, even some anger. Conflict within his soul is what they saw. Kouga plopped to the ground in a sitting position, calling them to do the same. When they were sitted in a circle, he began to tell them his part. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rin sighed as she fell backwards into the tall grass. Sesshoumaru had been gone a long time, though this was not the longest ever. Some times he would leave Rin for days on end, but always provided her with food and somehow kept all the dangerous youkais away from her. Indeed, he was good to her. But he was always so busy and Rin missed him. She sighed and closed her eyes.
Guess thats what happens when you are as important as Lord Sesshoumaru-sama is....
She thought bitterly. Rin was now classified as an adult, a young woman. She ached for Sesshoumaru to see that. She loved him, more then anything. Had sense the first day she had seen him, almost thirteen years ago when he was injured. She brought him food, though he had refused to eat it, she checked on him every chance she got. She remembered the shinning of his hair, even though it had blood in it. She remembered the scary look in his eyes, as they turned to red the first time he set his gaze on her. But she could see pass that. The hard exterior he put out. Inside she saw sorrow and even some kindness, which he had shown her over the years and even once back then, after the wolfs had killed her, it was Sesshoumaru who used his Tenseiga to revive her, and has kept her by his side ever sense.
Why he did this, even she was not sure. He had never given off any feelings that he could be in love with her, or even love her like she was his child. But he was kind to her, and even if he was mean to her she didnt care. She loved him. She couldnt understand why everyone called him evil and mean. Rin sighed, thinking that maybe one day Sesshoumaru would proclaim her his mate and they would live happily till the day she died. She smiled. The ranting of a little girl. But she choose to believe one day this might happen, she wanted to keep hoping.
She could hear Jaken coming up the hill. Living with a youkai for thirteen years had its advantages. She was probably the most skilled human around these villages. She could hear extremely well, and she could pick up scents and even find water from miles around by either smelling it, or hearing it running underground. She shivered as she thought of how she had learned to do these things. Sesshoumaru had left her in a forest, without his scent upon her, telling her she must fend for herself for a month. She was only seven then, and a scared little girl. She cried for days after he had flown off, before hunger took her over and she searched for food. It was then that she had learned to use her senses, not as well as a youkai for she was just a human, but as well as a human could.
Sesshoumaru had come back, as he promised, after the month was over. And there she was, sitting by the fire, curled into a ball with food on one side and a bucket of water on the other, even a little sharp rock she had carved for protection. It was then that Sesshoumaru had given her, her first smile. She awoke to see him standing there, the pale moonlight reflecting off his silver hair, and his eyes glinting their golden color, and on his lips was a real smile.
Jaken was almost up the hill now, cursing loudly and kicking rocks. Now any normal human could hear him as he tripped over a rock he meant to kick and fell flat on his face, his voice echoing a cuss word out loudly. Rin sent up and giggled, her long black hair falling over one shoulder and strains of it in her eyes. She picked the flowers back up, the ones she had picked for Sesshoumaru, though ever time she didnt have the courage to give them to him. Daisies. She rose to her feet and walked to where Jaken was, still face down in the mud. She looked at him and laughed. It was a funny sight. She bent down towards him and smiled.
"What are you doing in there Jaken?"
She paused and looked around.
"And where is Lord Sesshoumaru-sama?"
Jaken muttered something through the mud and Rin sighed. He had never liked her, not sense she was a little girl. But it made no mind, she didnt like him either. Rin's face scrunched up and she looked at Jaken in anger before rising to her feet. She understood perfectly well through the mud bubbles what he meant. Taking a deep breathe she gave him a glare and walked on him towards the two headed dragon horse, leaving him now even deeper in the mud. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha watched in shock as Kagome bent down and gathered her bow and arrows, stringing one. Was she really planning on shooting him? Her words echoed in his mind at that moment.
I left because I didnt love you!
Those words had stung him, and hard. Shaken his very core with every syllable. He didnt believe it then, or maybe didnt want to. But now...he was not so sure. She would sacrifice him to save their daughter, and in the end Narahiko would kill her anyway. Inuyasha shook his head.
No, Kagome would never kill him. Even if she doesnt love me anymore, she would never kill me.
Inuyasha glanced behind him, to his still unconscious friends. At least they seemed to be safe, under the guard of Kirara, and away from the real danger. Inuyasha closed his eyes and picked up the Tetsusaiga. He loved Kagome, he did. But he wouldnt let her arrow kill him, or pin him to a tree for the next 50 years as Kikyou's had done. He wouldnt harm her. No, he couldnt. This was just for protection.
Kagomes mind was racing. Everything was becoming a blur and she could barely stand on her own two feet. She strung an arrow, her arm shaking violently. She had to think of something. Then her eyes widened as a thought, an idea, came to her. But she would need Inuyasha's help, and she didnt know if he would be willing to do what she had in mind. Earlier she recalled, Serenity could not harm her, that was how she knew that some of her beloved daughter was still there. If she could wrench her once more, maybe Serenity could break free of Narahiko's hold. She was going to have to act like she was going to kill Inuyasha.
She turned to him, her face hard and cold. Blocking the emotion of pain and love from her eyes. Which was hard to do, from the look Inuyasha was giving her at that moment. Kagome tore her eyes from Inuyasha and looked at Narahiko.
"Fine, if you want a dead hanyou, then that is what you will get."
She said, her voice sounding nothing like her own. Inuyasha gasped, as did Narahiko, who apparently didnt think that she would go through with it, and was kinda hoping she wouldnt, so he could have Serenity kill them both. But this was better. How better to destroy a miko's spirit and power then by having her kill the one she loved. Narahiko smiled, his red eyes shinning as he set back to watch.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha, her face hard once more.
"Prepare yourself Inuyasha. Today she be your last light."
She said, without a hint of emotion in her voice, though she was screaming in her head. She had to go through with this. She had to make Inuyasha kill her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DUN DUN DUN!!!!!! I know im soooo evil leaving it like this, with ANOTHER cliffy. *Smiles sweetly, trying to hide her devil horns.* ;; But I promise to have the next chappie up soon, I seem to be on a roll, it only took me about two and a half days to write this, considering how much time I get the computer a day and the fact that I have been having writers block on this story for the LONGEST time. The question I ask you! DO YOU THINK INUYASHA WILL REALLY GO THROUGH WITH WHAT KAGOME HAS PLANNED? (Refer to the last sentence of the chapter, though its not exactly as it seems) I know the title of this chapter does really go with it, but its were it starts, next chapter will be better, me promise! ^_^ Now to reviews.
Princess of Darkness and me- aww, be loyal reviewer. Yes, Kouga is here and yes Kikyou is dead in my story. Kagome is the reincarnation of Midoriko, or so ive heard so im going with it. Thanks for r/r ^_^
the hitokiri battousai himura- confusing? You think? What confused you?
LadyKoneko- Thank you ^_^
Maru-sha- lol, yup ^_^
Chels-Dawg- yup Kouga has FINALLY arrived. ^_^
angel400- I will ^_^
And thats it for the reviews! Thank you for reveiwing and im being rushed off so ill update as soon as I can! ^_^
~Shadow Amaya~