Chapter Reveiw- In our last Chapter of Serenity, Inuyasha swallows his pride and starts to ask Kouga for help. Serenity uses up the last of her Miko power and blasts both her and Narahiko with it. Miroku brings the blade down upon Kagome. Now the question is. Is Serenity okay? Will Kouga agree to help Inuyasha? And did Miroku really kill Kagome?! Read and find out!
A/N- So far i got one life threat ;;;; hehe.......but please do not reveiw just to give me grammer remarks, i get enough of those from my English teacher ; and to answer a reveiwers question, in any sane fanfic Serenity would be only a quarter youkai, but seen as how i am anything BUT sane, (which can be backed up on by numerous friends and family) i made her half and half. Enjoy!
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Chapter Twenty-Eighy
Reawakening
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"Forgive me, Kagome..."
He whispered as he brought the dagger down...
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"Hurry up Jakken!"
Rin yelled in a giggly tone as she ran down the slopping hill, jumping the rest of the way she landed on her heel and twirled around to see Jakken falling rather then running behind her. She giggled as he landed with a loud THUMP infront of her. She giggled again and bent down to lightly thump him on the head. Silly Jakken, she thought to herself as she saw the x's that were his eyes. She lifted up, the wind catching her midnight black hair and blowing it behind her. She had long ago pulled her hair from the ponytail it was usually kept in, yet refusing to put it in a ribbon at the base of her neck or in a cloth over her head like most girls her age did, she let it hang loosly at her shoulders, loving it when the wind would catch it just like this and blow it wildly about. Her eyes had not changed in all the years she had been traveling with her Lord, they were still a honey brown, only deeper and with more knowledge then before. She no longer wore her checkered Kimono, for she had grown out of it, insted she wore a silk one that her Lord had given her. As white as the snow, with an obi of a soft grey. He had even given her shoes, but she had refused to wear them. She didn't like shoes whether they had come from him or not, she would rather walk barefoot and feel the earth beneath her toes.
"Lord Jakken? Are you okay?"
She said in a sweet voice as she tapped him on his shoulder. He squeaked a bit and lifted his face from the dirt, his green skin covered in the brown earth. He rose, grabbing his staff and shook the dirt from his face. He looked at her, she was so much taller then him now, and he had grown accustom to her. She had after all been traveling with them for about fourteen years now, and in that time she had grown from a strawny little girl into a beauty of about twenty-one. He no longer minded watching her really, although he agreed with Rin, she didn't need watching.
"I'm fine, Rin."
He said in his usual sour manner, dusting his own kimono off. He held the Staff of Skulls by his side and looked around. Where was his Lord? He looked around for a moment before realizing he stood alone. Wait..where was Rin!
"Rin!"
He called in an axious tone. Lord Sesshoumaru would kill him if he lost her.
"I'm over here!"
He heard her call from his right and he squeented his eyes to see her in the not far distance, heading into the forest. With his short legs he ran towards her. Panting he nearly fell at her feet.
"Where are you going?!"
He demanded as she helped him up and handed him back his staff he had droped.
"To my Lord Sesshoumaru."
She answered as matter of factly, looking down at him. Jakken looked around for a moment. The village was the other way, and surely that was where Lord Sesshoumaru had said he was going.
"Your going the wrong way Rin."
He said, pointing to his left to the path that led to the village.
"The village is that way."
Rin nodded slowly and looked back towards the path she was following.
"But My'Lord is this way."
"How do you know?"
Jakken said in his annoyed tone, but Rin only smiled and looked back at him.
"Because..i can smell his scent coming from this direction.."
She said as she started to walk back down it.
"And i can feel him.."
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Kouga's brown orbs widened as he heard what Inuyasha had to say, never once Inuyasha lifting his claws up from Kouga's throat. So much he had missed! Yet, as he heard what Kagome had forced Inuyasha to do, his anger rose again. He would never have done such a thing to his Kagome! Whether she had told him to or not, whether she would have shot him with an arrow or not! He would never have struck her. Half of him wanted to rip Inuyasha's head off, while the other half wanted to rip Narahiko's black heart out. But what Inuyasha had proposed made sense, Kouga silently admitted to himself. After...he smiled...after they destroyed Narahiko, Kouga would put an end to Inuyasha's life as well. He growled up at Inuyasha, then moved his eyes towards the miasma cloud. He could sense then...and a shiver ran down his spine as he felt the miko power grow.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he too felt it. He lifted his claws from Kouga throat and took a step back, looking up at the miasma cloud. He trembled as Serenity built up her power and his eyes widened as he saw the blast of purple power, sending both Narahiko and Serenity falling at a rapid speed towards the ground. He saw her hit the tree, cringing as she cried out and fell towards the ground. Forgetting Kouga, Inuyasha jumped and glided over to the nearly broken tree that held Serenity's body underneath it. She looked broken and battered when he laid his golden eyes on her. He moved cautiously towards her, feeling the blood still pumping in her veins. He froze suddently, his body in one large tremble, as he saw her entire body pulse, felt it through every bone in his body, felt it in his heart.
"No...."
He muttered in shock, as the last trace of Kagome he could feel within her slowly started to disappear. She had used all the remaining Miko power in her to blast Narahiko, and now there was none to keep her inu-youkai blood in check. She was pulsing. She was hurting. Her...his curse...passed to her....Her inu-blood was taking over...she was becoming as he once was...a monster.
Her entire body hurt, she felt just like one big ache. Even her toenails hurt it seemed. She felt something changing within her, something deep within, but what was it? Something was shifting..she felt it inside....she felt herself...weakening..yet growing in strength ...everything around her was fading. She was beginning to feel...free....when in reality..she was very much trapped. The images..one by one were leaving her. First her friends..their smiling images infront of her face..Hakura and Usagi....and it was as if they were erased from her mind as they faded....then Kyla and Anthony....after a moment they too disappeared....then her Uncle Souta, his smiling face faded from her mind as well....then Inuyasha...who she had just learned was her father...he too was gone..all that was left was her mother....the image of the sweet smiling image of her beautiful mother..
She found herself running after her image, screaming, crying for her to stop to wait. She felt like she was small again, running after her mother at their shrine, only this time she couldn't catch her, Kagome didn't stop. She smiled back at Serenity and then faded into the darkness..leaving Serenity...utterly alone. She felt her blood start to boil, her sense run amuck. Every inch of her power hightened. She could smell the blood on her, both hers and her enemies. Enemy, the very word made her smile. She wanted to feel his blood upon her claws, she wanted to lick it off her fingers, to watch the life fade from his eyes....lovely death for him...she chuckled to herself as she slowly opened her eyes, her appearance changing once more. The purple strips on her cheeks, stained with her red blood, were now a sickening midnight blue. Her eyes, no longer the red they had been, faded to black, as black as the night sky. Her hair, silver like before, was now streaked with black and stained red with blood.
The first thing she saw was the shocked image of Inuyasha. But everything she had once known, had faded away with her power. The only thing she remembered is what she had wanted to do. Kill Narahiko. And that, she would do. She lifted to her feet as though she felt no pain, as though there was no wound in her sides. As though she was not dripping with crimson liquid. Her eyes flickered over towards Inuyasha, sending a wave of fear down his spine. Is that was Sesshoumaru felt when Inuyasha had changed, so long ago? He did not move, he stood before her, tembling, but intent on stopping her.
"Serenity..."
He said lowly, hoping that her name would halt her step. His hope was in vain, as she continued her slow steps forward.
"Move.."
She said in a firm lethal voice, as she continued forward. Inuyasha again did not move. She stoped but an inch from him, looking at him with her dark black eyes. Should she slay him? He was in her way. But something was nagging at the edge of her mind. Something that told her not to strike him. Giving him an almost sadistic smile, she jumped clean upward, away from Inuyasha. He watched in horror as he saw what she was jumping towards. Floating among the now disappearing miasma cloud, was Narahiko, looking unscaved by Serenity's former attack.
"Serenity...."
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"Forgive me Kagome.."
As soon as the words left his lips, and he blade plunged downward, he felt a twisting in his chest. He had done it. He had killed Kagome...
"M-Miroku.."
His teary eyes opened and widened as he saw who had halted the blade in his hand, not having realized it before. His dark stormy blue eyes dripped with unshed tears, landing smoothly on Kagomes face, as her eyes fluttered open, her hand clutched around his and the blade.
"Kagome.."
He said, as the breath he held in let out in a whisper. He let the blade drop from his hand and grabbed Kagomes, as if not believing she was real. That she was alive. He brought her fingers to his face, closing his eyes he let her touch the flesh of his face, before he broke into tears once more.
Kagome managed a smile towards Miroku, tracing her fingers along his cheek. He had always been there for her.....
"Serenity..."
She said in a low but firm voice, letting her hand drop from hi grasp to push herself up. Instinctivly Miroku pushed her back down, his face back to the calm monk she had always known.
"No, you need to rest."
He said quietly.
"Serenity will be fine. Inuyasha is with her."
"Inuyasha..."
Kagome shook her head and moved Miroku's hand from her shoulder, and again lifted up, wincing slightly.
"Kagome you can't.."
Miroku began when he was cut off by a gasp behind him. Both pairs of eyes looked to see Sango there, eyes wide, hand over her mouth in shock. She recovered from her shock quick enough and rushed to Kagomes side, crying.
"Kagome!"
She flung her arms around Kagomes shoulders and cried into Kagome's already soiled Miko outfit. Kagome wrapped her free arm around Sango and smiled.
"Sango.."
She felt a small nudge to her other arm and looked down to see Kirara in her small kitten form, eyes wide and nudging into her hand. Kagome smiled and picked her hand up, scratching Kirara behind the ears.
"Kirara...i need a favor."
"meow?"
She looked at Sango, her eyes set.
"I need Kirara to take me back..to take me to Inuyasha."
"Kagome.."
"Shh Houshi."
Sango said firmly. She understood Kagome's resonsibilty to her family, Sango herself being a mother. She would not leave her child out to fight and possibly be killed.
"Of course you can borrow Kirara.."
Sango said, lifting up and grabbing her boomerang.
"But i'm coming with you."
Kagome smiled at Sango and lifted herself up, with the help of Miroku.
"I expected no less.."
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-peeks out of her hole- see i didn't kill Kagome! In fact i'm putting her back in!
I know this is a quick update, but sense my site is down i have free time and inspiration. no reveiws to answer right now, i'll update asap. Thank you for R&R
Shadow
A/N- So far i got one life threat ;;;; hehe.......but please do not reveiw just to give me grammer remarks, i get enough of those from my English teacher ; and to answer a reveiwers question, in any sane fanfic Serenity would be only a quarter youkai, but seen as how i am anything BUT sane, (which can be backed up on by numerous friends and family) i made her half and half. Enjoy!
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Chapter Twenty-Eighy
Reawakening
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"Forgive me, Kagome..."
He whispered as he brought the dagger down...
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"Hurry up Jakken!"
Rin yelled in a giggly tone as she ran down the slopping hill, jumping the rest of the way she landed on her heel and twirled around to see Jakken falling rather then running behind her. She giggled as he landed with a loud THUMP infront of her. She giggled again and bent down to lightly thump him on the head. Silly Jakken, she thought to herself as she saw the x's that were his eyes. She lifted up, the wind catching her midnight black hair and blowing it behind her. She had long ago pulled her hair from the ponytail it was usually kept in, yet refusing to put it in a ribbon at the base of her neck or in a cloth over her head like most girls her age did, she let it hang loosly at her shoulders, loving it when the wind would catch it just like this and blow it wildly about. Her eyes had not changed in all the years she had been traveling with her Lord, they were still a honey brown, only deeper and with more knowledge then before. She no longer wore her checkered Kimono, for she had grown out of it, insted she wore a silk one that her Lord had given her. As white as the snow, with an obi of a soft grey. He had even given her shoes, but she had refused to wear them. She didn't like shoes whether they had come from him or not, she would rather walk barefoot and feel the earth beneath her toes.
"Lord Jakken? Are you okay?"
She said in a sweet voice as she tapped him on his shoulder. He squeaked a bit and lifted his face from the dirt, his green skin covered in the brown earth. He rose, grabbing his staff and shook the dirt from his face. He looked at her, she was so much taller then him now, and he had grown accustom to her. She had after all been traveling with them for about fourteen years now, and in that time she had grown from a strawny little girl into a beauty of about twenty-one. He no longer minded watching her really, although he agreed with Rin, she didn't need watching.
"I'm fine, Rin."
He said in his usual sour manner, dusting his own kimono off. He held the Staff of Skulls by his side and looked around. Where was his Lord? He looked around for a moment before realizing he stood alone. Wait..where was Rin!
"Rin!"
He called in an axious tone. Lord Sesshoumaru would kill him if he lost her.
"I'm over here!"
He heard her call from his right and he squeented his eyes to see her in the not far distance, heading into the forest. With his short legs he ran towards her. Panting he nearly fell at her feet.
"Where are you going?!"
He demanded as she helped him up and handed him back his staff he had droped.
"To my Lord Sesshoumaru."
She answered as matter of factly, looking down at him. Jakken looked around for a moment. The village was the other way, and surely that was where Lord Sesshoumaru had said he was going.
"Your going the wrong way Rin."
He said, pointing to his left to the path that led to the village.
"The village is that way."
Rin nodded slowly and looked back towards the path she was following.
"But My'Lord is this way."
"How do you know?"
Jakken said in his annoyed tone, but Rin only smiled and looked back at him.
"Because..i can smell his scent coming from this direction.."
She said as she started to walk back down it.
"And i can feel him.."
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Kouga's brown orbs widened as he heard what Inuyasha had to say, never once Inuyasha lifting his claws up from Kouga's throat. So much he had missed! Yet, as he heard what Kagome had forced Inuyasha to do, his anger rose again. He would never have done such a thing to his Kagome! Whether she had told him to or not, whether she would have shot him with an arrow or not! He would never have struck her. Half of him wanted to rip Inuyasha's head off, while the other half wanted to rip Narahiko's black heart out. But what Inuyasha had proposed made sense, Kouga silently admitted to himself. After...he smiled...after they destroyed Narahiko, Kouga would put an end to Inuyasha's life as well. He growled up at Inuyasha, then moved his eyes towards the miasma cloud. He could sense then...and a shiver ran down his spine as he felt the miko power grow.
Inuyasha's eyes widened as he too felt it. He lifted his claws from Kouga throat and took a step back, looking up at the miasma cloud. He trembled as Serenity built up her power and his eyes widened as he saw the blast of purple power, sending both Narahiko and Serenity falling at a rapid speed towards the ground. He saw her hit the tree, cringing as she cried out and fell towards the ground. Forgetting Kouga, Inuyasha jumped and glided over to the nearly broken tree that held Serenity's body underneath it. She looked broken and battered when he laid his golden eyes on her. He moved cautiously towards her, feeling the blood still pumping in her veins. He froze suddently, his body in one large tremble, as he saw her entire body pulse, felt it through every bone in his body, felt it in his heart.
"No...."
He muttered in shock, as the last trace of Kagome he could feel within her slowly started to disappear. She had used all the remaining Miko power in her to blast Narahiko, and now there was none to keep her inu-youkai blood in check. She was pulsing. She was hurting. Her...his curse...passed to her....Her inu-blood was taking over...she was becoming as he once was...a monster.
Her entire body hurt, she felt just like one big ache. Even her toenails hurt it seemed. She felt something changing within her, something deep within, but what was it? Something was shifting..she felt it inside....she felt herself...weakening..yet growing in strength ...everything around her was fading. She was beginning to feel...free....when in reality..she was very much trapped. The images..one by one were leaving her. First her friends..their smiling images infront of her face..Hakura and Usagi....and it was as if they were erased from her mind as they faded....then Kyla and Anthony....after a moment they too disappeared....then her Uncle Souta, his smiling face faded from her mind as well....then Inuyasha...who she had just learned was her father...he too was gone..all that was left was her mother....the image of the sweet smiling image of her beautiful mother..
She found herself running after her image, screaming, crying for her to stop to wait. She felt like she was small again, running after her mother at their shrine, only this time she couldn't catch her, Kagome didn't stop. She smiled back at Serenity and then faded into the darkness..leaving Serenity...utterly alone. She felt her blood start to boil, her sense run amuck. Every inch of her power hightened. She could smell the blood on her, both hers and her enemies. Enemy, the very word made her smile. She wanted to feel his blood upon her claws, she wanted to lick it off her fingers, to watch the life fade from his eyes....lovely death for him...she chuckled to herself as she slowly opened her eyes, her appearance changing once more. The purple strips on her cheeks, stained with her red blood, were now a sickening midnight blue. Her eyes, no longer the red they had been, faded to black, as black as the night sky. Her hair, silver like before, was now streaked with black and stained red with blood.
The first thing she saw was the shocked image of Inuyasha. But everything she had once known, had faded away with her power. The only thing she remembered is what she had wanted to do. Kill Narahiko. And that, she would do. She lifted to her feet as though she felt no pain, as though there was no wound in her sides. As though she was not dripping with crimson liquid. Her eyes flickered over towards Inuyasha, sending a wave of fear down his spine. Is that was Sesshoumaru felt when Inuyasha had changed, so long ago? He did not move, he stood before her, tembling, but intent on stopping her.
"Serenity..."
He said lowly, hoping that her name would halt her step. His hope was in vain, as she continued her slow steps forward.
"Move.."
She said in a firm lethal voice, as she continued forward. Inuyasha again did not move. She stoped but an inch from him, looking at him with her dark black eyes. Should she slay him? He was in her way. But something was nagging at the edge of her mind. Something that told her not to strike him. Giving him an almost sadistic smile, she jumped clean upward, away from Inuyasha. He watched in horror as he saw what she was jumping towards. Floating among the now disappearing miasma cloud, was Narahiko, looking unscaved by Serenity's former attack.
"Serenity...."
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"Forgive me Kagome.."
As soon as the words left his lips, and he blade plunged downward, he felt a twisting in his chest. He had done it. He had killed Kagome...
"M-Miroku.."
His teary eyes opened and widened as he saw who had halted the blade in his hand, not having realized it before. His dark stormy blue eyes dripped with unshed tears, landing smoothly on Kagomes face, as her eyes fluttered open, her hand clutched around his and the blade.
"Kagome.."
He said, as the breath he held in let out in a whisper. He let the blade drop from his hand and grabbed Kagomes, as if not believing she was real. That she was alive. He brought her fingers to his face, closing his eyes he let her touch the flesh of his face, before he broke into tears once more.
Kagome managed a smile towards Miroku, tracing her fingers along his cheek. He had always been there for her.....
"Serenity..."
She said in a low but firm voice, letting her hand drop from hi grasp to push herself up. Instinctivly Miroku pushed her back down, his face back to the calm monk she had always known.
"No, you need to rest."
He said quietly.
"Serenity will be fine. Inuyasha is with her."
"Inuyasha..."
Kagome shook her head and moved Miroku's hand from her shoulder, and again lifted up, wincing slightly.
"Kagome you can't.."
Miroku began when he was cut off by a gasp behind him. Both pairs of eyes looked to see Sango there, eyes wide, hand over her mouth in shock. She recovered from her shock quick enough and rushed to Kagomes side, crying.
"Kagome!"
She flung her arms around Kagomes shoulders and cried into Kagome's already soiled Miko outfit. Kagome wrapped her free arm around Sango and smiled.
"Sango.."
She felt a small nudge to her other arm and looked down to see Kirara in her small kitten form, eyes wide and nudging into her hand. Kagome smiled and picked her hand up, scratching Kirara behind the ears.
"Kirara...i need a favor."
"meow?"
She looked at Sango, her eyes set.
"I need Kirara to take me back..to take me to Inuyasha."
"Kagome.."
"Shh Houshi."
Sango said firmly. She understood Kagome's resonsibilty to her family, Sango herself being a mother. She would not leave her child out to fight and possibly be killed.
"Of course you can borrow Kirara.."
Sango said, lifting up and grabbing her boomerang.
"But i'm coming with you."
Kagome smiled at Sango and lifted herself up, with the help of Miroku.
"I expected no less.."
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-peeks out of her hole- see i didn't kill Kagome! In fact i'm putting her back in!
I know this is a quick update, but sense my site is down i have free time and inspiration. no reveiws to answer right now, i'll update asap. Thank you for R&R
Shadow