Disclaimer: It's almost too painful to say I don't own Inuyasha, but I don't, he is the creation of Rumiko-sama's imagination. Wahhh!
Heh…I really do have to start working on chapter length, don't I?
Chapter 13
Flashback
Kikyo had disappeared into the night sky on the backs of the soul skimmers. Kami had heard Kikyo shout something about being alive and with Inuyasha again before she vanished.
End Flashback
Kami knew Kikyo was telling the truth. The frightened look left her face. "You wanted that ball badly, didn't you, Kikyo?" she asked softly. "You said so. That night in the clearing, remember? That you wanted to use the Pokeball's power to wish yourself alive again."
Kikyo had stopped glaring at Kami. Her eyes were sad and angry at the same time. "Yes. I did. Either to wish myself alive or to wish him to Hell with me. Do you understand now, little girl? Or must I tell you again?"
"Y-yes."
"Then will you give me the ball?"
"Never allow anyone to use it." Those were her mother's words. Kami hesitated. Kikyo looked so sad…but then; Kami took a good look at her eyes. Mother always said that you could tell the person's true intentions through their eyes, the windows to the soul. And Kami had always been very perceptive.
Inside the dark orbs were grief mixed with fear, anger, confusion, jealousy, hatred, and the smallest hint of real love. Not only that, the emotions were mixed with others of the dead souls that Kikyo gathered to stay on the Earth. Kami's grip on the Pokeball hardened. She would not give her most prized treasure to a woman with so much negativity inside her who took others' souls. "No."
"Come now, child, you've heard my story. Do you not feel pity for me?"
She's trying to play you, Kami, she thought. Don't ever be fooled by a show. "I feel pity for you all right, Kikyo. Pity that you don't understand and never did understand real love, that it was just an excuse to get your hands on the Pokeball, and that you want Inuyasha to go with you no matter what. You're a jealous, soulless witch who'll do anything to get what she wants no matter who she has to hurt in the process. You don't deserve a guy like Inuyasha! He belongs to Kagome!"
Kikyo's eyes turned red. "How dare you speak to me this way! And don't ever mention Kagome that little bitch again!" Purple energy blazed from Kikyo. "You don't know. You don't know what love is because you've never felt it!"
"Yes I have! I haven't found a someone just for me yet, but I know what it's like to love someone! I had a mother and an aunt who cared about me!"
"No! You just don't understand!" Kikyo screamed, still wrapped in purple light. "And now you'll die!"
"Kikyo!" Naraku ran in. "Come with me. I have much to discuss with you." He hastily grabbed her arm, canceling the miko energy with his own demonic energy and led her outside. "Guard her, Akiro."
"You must not let your temper get out of control! I have yet to figure out how the orb works and you must cooperate or you'll never get your wish!" he snapped at her once they were safely out of earshot.
Back in the room, Kami was shaking visibly. She had narrowly avoided death again. She saw Akiro, still holding her Pokeballs in his iron grasp. "Hey you," she said. "Don't you ever get tired of carrying out orders for that power-hungry moron?"
Akiro glared at her. "I obey only Naraku. I carry out whatever he wants."
"You don't have to," said Kami, managing a shaky smile. Maybe if I'm nice to him he'll let me go. "He gave you a heart and mind, didn't he? He made it so that you could think on your own, not like a mindless zombie."
Akiro's expression softened a little. He thought back to when Naraku first made him. He had been conscious to know what Naraku was telling him, even as he lay unmoving and seeming to be asleep.
Flashback
Naraku looked down at the motionless boy on the floor. He had dressed him and breathed life into him. It would only be a matter of minutes before his latest incarnation would fully wake up. "You shall be called Akiro. You'll be even more powerful than Juromaru and Kageromaru and Goshinki. But there is one thing you must never do. You must never fall in love with anyone. Should that happen, should you declare you love someone, your body will be separated from mine forever and be rendered one of a useless mortal. We don't want that now do we?"
End Flashback
Kami looked at Akiro. He turned to her and said gruffly, "You're the first person to show me any sort of kindness, you know that?"
Kami was taken aback. "Is that a bad thing?"
"I guess not."
Kagome and Co.'s POV
"Smell anything, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome from Kirara's back in the sky.
"No. Wait. I've found it. The scent of Kikyo and the girl!" Inuyasha pointed west.
Kirara sped up. Kami, with any luck we'll be seeing you soon, thought Kagome. Just hang in awhile and we'll find you!
Longer than my usual chapters, or should they be even longer? Things are starting to heat up between Kami and Akiro, huh? If you please, give me a couple of suggestions as to how their conversation should go and how he should tell her he loves her, please!
Bye bye!
Wendy-Chan
Heh…I really do have to start working on chapter length, don't I?
Chapter 13
Flashback
Kikyo had disappeared into the night sky on the backs of the soul skimmers. Kami had heard Kikyo shout something about being alive and with Inuyasha again before she vanished.
End Flashback
Kami knew Kikyo was telling the truth. The frightened look left her face. "You wanted that ball badly, didn't you, Kikyo?" she asked softly. "You said so. That night in the clearing, remember? That you wanted to use the Pokeball's power to wish yourself alive again."
Kikyo had stopped glaring at Kami. Her eyes were sad and angry at the same time. "Yes. I did. Either to wish myself alive or to wish him to Hell with me. Do you understand now, little girl? Or must I tell you again?"
"Y-yes."
"Then will you give me the ball?"
"Never allow anyone to use it." Those were her mother's words. Kami hesitated. Kikyo looked so sad…but then; Kami took a good look at her eyes. Mother always said that you could tell the person's true intentions through their eyes, the windows to the soul. And Kami had always been very perceptive.
Inside the dark orbs were grief mixed with fear, anger, confusion, jealousy, hatred, and the smallest hint of real love. Not only that, the emotions were mixed with others of the dead souls that Kikyo gathered to stay on the Earth. Kami's grip on the Pokeball hardened. She would not give her most prized treasure to a woman with so much negativity inside her who took others' souls. "No."
"Come now, child, you've heard my story. Do you not feel pity for me?"
She's trying to play you, Kami, she thought. Don't ever be fooled by a show. "I feel pity for you all right, Kikyo. Pity that you don't understand and never did understand real love, that it was just an excuse to get your hands on the Pokeball, and that you want Inuyasha to go with you no matter what. You're a jealous, soulless witch who'll do anything to get what she wants no matter who she has to hurt in the process. You don't deserve a guy like Inuyasha! He belongs to Kagome!"
Kikyo's eyes turned red. "How dare you speak to me this way! And don't ever mention Kagome that little bitch again!" Purple energy blazed from Kikyo. "You don't know. You don't know what love is because you've never felt it!"
"Yes I have! I haven't found a someone just for me yet, but I know what it's like to love someone! I had a mother and an aunt who cared about me!"
"No! You just don't understand!" Kikyo screamed, still wrapped in purple light. "And now you'll die!"
"Kikyo!" Naraku ran in. "Come with me. I have much to discuss with you." He hastily grabbed her arm, canceling the miko energy with his own demonic energy and led her outside. "Guard her, Akiro."
"You must not let your temper get out of control! I have yet to figure out how the orb works and you must cooperate or you'll never get your wish!" he snapped at her once they were safely out of earshot.
Back in the room, Kami was shaking visibly. She had narrowly avoided death again. She saw Akiro, still holding her Pokeballs in his iron grasp. "Hey you," she said. "Don't you ever get tired of carrying out orders for that power-hungry moron?"
Akiro glared at her. "I obey only Naraku. I carry out whatever he wants."
"You don't have to," said Kami, managing a shaky smile. Maybe if I'm nice to him he'll let me go. "He gave you a heart and mind, didn't he? He made it so that you could think on your own, not like a mindless zombie."
Akiro's expression softened a little. He thought back to when Naraku first made him. He had been conscious to know what Naraku was telling him, even as he lay unmoving and seeming to be asleep.
Flashback
Naraku looked down at the motionless boy on the floor. He had dressed him and breathed life into him. It would only be a matter of minutes before his latest incarnation would fully wake up. "You shall be called Akiro. You'll be even more powerful than Juromaru and Kageromaru and Goshinki. But there is one thing you must never do. You must never fall in love with anyone. Should that happen, should you declare you love someone, your body will be separated from mine forever and be rendered one of a useless mortal. We don't want that now do we?"
End Flashback
Kami looked at Akiro. He turned to her and said gruffly, "You're the first person to show me any sort of kindness, you know that?"
Kami was taken aback. "Is that a bad thing?"
"I guess not."
Kagome and Co.'s POV
"Smell anything, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome from Kirara's back in the sky.
"No. Wait. I've found it. The scent of Kikyo and the girl!" Inuyasha pointed west.
Kirara sped up. Kami, with any luck we'll be seeing you soon, thought Kagome. Just hang in awhile and we'll find you!
Longer than my usual chapters, or should they be even longer? Things are starting to heat up between Kami and Akiro, huh? If you please, give me a couple of suggestions as to how their conversation should go and how he should tell her he loves her, please!
Bye bye!
Wendy-Chan