I must continue this story while my muse still is with me! Lmbo. My poor reviewers have a lot to read this update. ON WITH THE STORY!
(P.S hara-kiri is a samurai's suicide. I got it from the book 'Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees' by Lensey Namioka. It's a very good book, and I highly recommend it)
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"I wish you could have met Kagome, Mitsukai. I think you two would have been really close." Miroku commented, looking down at the sleeping girl.
"Yes, and Inu Yasha would have gotten huffy and jealous!" Sango added with a slight laugh. "If only things hadn't turned out as they are. Without Kagome around…well, I'm sorry you had to see Inu Yasha like that. He used to be so sweet." Sango leaned over to pick up her pet cat Kirara and sighed.
"I'm still trying to figure out what made him freak out like that." Miroku mumbled, looking at the unconscious hanyou. "Why anyone would want to commit hara-kiri is beyond me."
Mitsukai was looking sadly down at Inu Yasha, and it seemed that she wasn't paying any attention at all to the conversation around her. I still can't help but feel that this is all my fault… she thought. I hope there is something I can do to help them.
"Mitsukai? Is something wrong?" Miroku asked her worriedly, snapping her away from her thoughts of guilt.
"I uh…. no, thanks for worrying Miroku." Mitsukai said, blushing slightly. She stood up and walked over to Kagome to check her fever. She reached over to touch Kagome's forehead when- '…it feels like I'm being torn apart Inu-' Mitsukai gasped and jerked her hand away.
"What was that?!" Mitsukai cried out, shocked. Miroku and Sango quickly turned to face her, surprised at her sudden outburst.
"Just then…. I heard a girls' voice. I think it was Kagome's because she said something about an Inu…" Mitsukai rambled, sounding and feeling a bit feverish.
Miroku put his hands on her shoulder and shook her slightly. "Calm down Mitsukai! Now, from the beginning, what is going on?"
Mitsukai closed her eyes and took a deep breath of air. "When I put my hand on her forehead, I suddenly felt like I was looking through someone else's eyes. I was in a field of beautiful flowers, and in front of me was Inu Yasha, at least a human Inu Yasha. I told him that I felt like I was 'being torn apart'…" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Kagome, why do you sleep? Why can't you just wake up? I mean, your body has been healed, why is it that your soul stays in Evermore?' Inu Yasha asked me, concern in his thoughts. I looked sadly at the man who I had loved in life.
'I don't know what's wrong with me or why I am here anymore. Sometimes it feels like I'm being torn apart Inu-' I gasped and opened my eyes wide, clutching at my shirt, panic filling my heart.
'Kagome? What's wrong?' Inu Yasha asked me, a worried look on his face.
'Just now. It felt like someone was in my mind…or something! It's gone now though…' I answered, calming down a little.
Inu Yasha embraced me tightly. 'Don't scare me like that!' He told me, holding me close. I sighed and buried my head into his kimono. 'Sorry…'
"Why don't you try to communicate with her Mitsukai? It's worth a try isn't it?" Sango suggested lightly, fascinated by what had happened to the priestess.
"Mmm…" Mitsukai mumbled, reaching over to touch Kagome's forehead again. A blush quickly spread across her face and she once again removed her hand. "Ahem. I think I'll leave her alone for awhile…" She said, laughing nervously.
"Oh really? What was happening?" Miroku asked, sounding a little over eager for the information, which earned him a well-deserved smack in the face from Sango.
"Miroku you pervert!" Sango yelled at him, crossing her arms and glaring at the monk.
"No! I really wanted to know!" he said, quickly to cover up his eagerness.
"Uh huh. Suuuuure." Sango said, not leaving off of her glare.
"Kagome was...err…never mind. But it wasn't what you were thinking of Miroku." Mitsukai declared, also giving the letch an evil stare.
"Don't I get any respect at all anymore?" Miroku whined, cringing at the combined force of the glares.
"You don't deserve what little we give you." Sango said sighing. She picked up Kirara again and screamed when a small voice said "Hello!" Dropping the cat demon and clutching at her heart, Sango lay on the ground panting. "Don't scare me like that Myouga!" she shrieked, attempting to calm herself down.
"Err…sorry." The little flea remarked, jumping off of Kirara's back. "Where is Inu Yasha-sam….oh dear." Myouga had just noticed the bandaged Inu Yasha, who was laying on the floor not to far away from where he was.
"Inu Yasha-sama! What have you done to yourself?" Myouga said, hopping onto the said demon's forehead. "Most likely resting in the in between place now I suppose. –sigh- I hope you are happy there…" Myouga mumbled to himself. "Should have known losing Lady Kagome would cause this…."
Mitsukai sat up straight, something sounded a bit familiar about this piece of information. "Wait a second flea-demon, what is the 'in between place' ?" Mitsukai asked, leaning forward eagerly.
Myouga glanced at her and sighed. "Really, how uneducated you young people are these days. The in between place is where a soul of a badly wounded or sick person rests before it passes on or, in some cases, returns to the body. Some people call it Evermore, although it has other names too. I was just assuming that Inu Yasha and Kagome's soul would both be there, judging by the state of their bodies…"
Mitsukai was quiet for a while before asking, "What does Evermore look like? Does it have a large field of flowers with an oak tree in the middle?"
Myouga jumped in surprise. "Why, yes. It does look like that. Have you by chance been there young priestess?"
"You could put it like that I guess." Mitsukai answered politely, before telling the flea the whole story of what had happened to her today, with help from Miroku and Sango.
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'I' m sorry that I went to find Kikyou, Kagome. It's my fault that you're here. In fact, it's my fault both of us are here.' Inu Yasha silently told me. I smiled and brushed some stray black hair away from his face.
'It's fine Inu Yasha. No one can bother us here. We can stay here for an eternity instead of passing on if you like.' I told him, looking softly into his eyes. 'No one can force us to leave.'
Inu Yasha lay back in the wildflowers and stared at the pure blue sky. 'I wouldn't want to keep you from heaven Kagome. Besides, how do we know that it is possible to stay here for that long?'
'Mmm…true.' I said, lowering my head sadly. I suppose we can never truly be together Inu Yasha, except through reincarnations. That must be why Kikyou chose to be reincarnated in me.'
'But here, wouldn't your mind become Kikyou's again? How were you able to stay Kagome when your soul belongs to her?' Inu Yasha gently grabbed my chin and tilted it up to look in his face. 'Is it because you and Kikyou are so different?'
'I'm not sure.' I thought, leaning close to his body so that my head rested on his chest. 'Some of Kikyou's memories are still here, but I lose more of them everyday. I'm afraid of loosing my memory too…'
Inu Yasha wrapped his arms around me. 'Even if you completely forget who I am Kagome, or even who you are, I will always love you. Reincarnated or not. I could never forget you.'
Just then I once again felt someone touch my mind. I gripped Inu Yasha's kimono tightly. 'That person is in my mind again Inu Yasha...' I told him, slightly afraid.
'What do you want with Kagome?!' Inu Yasha demanded, holding me tighter in response.
I heard the person speak to my mind, the words coming out of my mouth. 'I want to help you both return to the world of the living, so you can be happy.' The voice sounded strange to me, I could not recognize it, but it seemed Inu Yasha did.
'Mitsukai? How are you getting into Kagome's mind? And how do you know we want to go back?' Inu Yasha asked, pulling away from me. I felt strangely alone.
'You two cannot stay in the in between place. Whether you like it or not, you must pass on.'
'Answer my question! How are you doing this to Kagome?!' Inu Yasha demanded, sounding a bit worried.
Mitsukai sighed through me. 'I'm not quite sure, but whenever I touch her forehead I see through her eyes.' I felt myself begin to drift away from what was happening. A feeling of fright drifted over me like a fog. What was going on?!
'Please, leave my mind!' I whispered painfully. 'It hurts…' My body shuddered.
'Get out of here Mitsukai! Leave Kagome alone!' Inu Yasha cried out in his mind, pulling me into a hug.
The feeling of her touch on my mind vanished and I began to weep softly, tears streaming down my face. 'Shh…Don't cry Kagome…'Inu Yasha told me, cradling me in his arms.
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There you have it. The 6th Chapter! Huzzah for I am on a role! And I am also planning a cruel little twist in my story so that I can drag it out a few more chapters. Can Mitsukai bring both Kagome and Inu Yasha back to the living? And where has Shippou been?(I just realized that I have neither killed or included him in this fiction. Poor little Kitsune. Oh well, I will find him a part soon if I can.) Find out in the later chapters that I shall begin writing soon! Bwahahaha! Or now. Whichever. Please, PLEASE review!!!!
(P.S hara-kiri is a samurai's suicide. I got it from the book 'Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees' by Lensey Namioka. It's a very good book, and I highly recommend it)
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"I wish you could have met Kagome, Mitsukai. I think you two would have been really close." Miroku commented, looking down at the sleeping girl.
"Yes, and Inu Yasha would have gotten huffy and jealous!" Sango added with a slight laugh. "If only things hadn't turned out as they are. Without Kagome around…well, I'm sorry you had to see Inu Yasha like that. He used to be so sweet." Sango leaned over to pick up her pet cat Kirara and sighed.
"I'm still trying to figure out what made him freak out like that." Miroku mumbled, looking at the unconscious hanyou. "Why anyone would want to commit hara-kiri is beyond me."
Mitsukai was looking sadly down at Inu Yasha, and it seemed that she wasn't paying any attention at all to the conversation around her. I still can't help but feel that this is all my fault… she thought. I hope there is something I can do to help them.
"Mitsukai? Is something wrong?" Miroku asked her worriedly, snapping her away from her thoughts of guilt.
"I uh…. no, thanks for worrying Miroku." Mitsukai said, blushing slightly. She stood up and walked over to Kagome to check her fever. She reached over to touch Kagome's forehead when- '…it feels like I'm being torn apart Inu-' Mitsukai gasped and jerked her hand away.
"What was that?!" Mitsukai cried out, shocked. Miroku and Sango quickly turned to face her, surprised at her sudden outburst.
"Just then…. I heard a girls' voice. I think it was Kagome's because she said something about an Inu…" Mitsukai rambled, sounding and feeling a bit feverish.
Miroku put his hands on her shoulder and shook her slightly. "Calm down Mitsukai! Now, from the beginning, what is going on?"
Mitsukai closed her eyes and took a deep breath of air. "When I put my hand on her forehead, I suddenly felt like I was looking through someone else's eyes. I was in a field of beautiful flowers, and in front of me was Inu Yasha, at least a human Inu Yasha. I told him that I felt like I was 'being torn apart'…" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Kagome, why do you sleep? Why can't you just wake up? I mean, your body has been healed, why is it that your soul stays in Evermore?' Inu Yasha asked me, concern in his thoughts. I looked sadly at the man who I had loved in life.
'I don't know what's wrong with me or why I am here anymore. Sometimes it feels like I'm being torn apart Inu-' I gasped and opened my eyes wide, clutching at my shirt, panic filling my heart.
'Kagome? What's wrong?' Inu Yasha asked me, a worried look on his face.
'Just now. It felt like someone was in my mind…or something! It's gone now though…' I answered, calming down a little.
Inu Yasha embraced me tightly. 'Don't scare me like that!' He told me, holding me close. I sighed and buried my head into his kimono. 'Sorry…'
"Why don't you try to communicate with her Mitsukai? It's worth a try isn't it?" Sango suggested lightly, fascinated by what had happened to the priestess.
"Mmm…" Mitsukai mumbled, reaching over to touch Kagome's forehead again. A blush quickly spread across her face and she once again removed her hand. "Ahem. I think I'll leave her alone for awhile…" She said, laughing nervously.
"Oh really? What was happening?" Miroku asked, sounding a little over eager for the information, which earned him a well-deserved smack in the face from Sango.
"Miroku you pervert!" Sango yelled at him, crossing her arms and glaring at the monk.
"No! I really wanted to know!" he said, quickly to cover up his eagerness.
"Uh huh. Suuuuure." Sango said, not leaving off of her glare.
"Kagome was...err…never mind. But it wasn't what you were thinking of Miroku." Mitsukai declared, also giving the letch an evil stare.
"Don't I get any respect at all anymore?" Miroku whined, cringing at the combined force of the glares.
"You don't deserve what little we give you." Sango said sighing. She picked up Kirara again and screamed when a small voice said "Hello!" Dropping the cat demon and clutching at her heart, Sango lay on the ground panting. "Don't scare me like that Myouga!" she shrieked, attempting to calm herself down.
"Err…sorry." The little flea remarked, jumping off of Kirara's back. "Where is Inu Yasha-sam….oh dear." Myouga had just noticed the bandaged Inu Yasha, who was laying on the floor not to far away from where he was.
"Inu Yasha-sama! What have you done to yourself?" Myouga said, hopping onto the said demon's forehead. "Most likely resting in the in between place now I suppose. –sigh- I hope you are happy there…" Myouga mumbled to himself. "Should have known losing Lady Kagome would cause this…."
Mitsukai sat up straight, something sounded a bit familiar about this piece of information. "Wait a second flea-demon, what is the 'in between place' ?" Mitsukai asked, leaning forward eagerly.
Myouga glanced at her and sighed. "Really, how uneducated you young people are these days. The in between place is where a soul of a badly wounded or sick person rests before it passes on or, in some cases, returns to the body. Some people call it Evermore, although it has other names too. I was just assuming that Inu Yasha and Kagome's soul would both be there, judging by the state of their bodies…"
Mitsukai was quiet for a while before asking, "What does Evermore look like? Does it have a large field of flowers with an oak tree in the middle?"
Myouga jumped in surprise. "Why, yes. It does look like that. Have you by chance been there young priestess?"
"You could put it like that I guess." Mitsukai answered politely, before telling the flea the whole story of what had happened to her today, with help from Miroku and Sango.
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'I' m sorry that I went to find Kikyou, Kagome. It's my fault that you're here. In fact, it's my fault both of us are here.' Inu Yasha silently told me. I smiled and brushed some stray black hair away from his face.
'It's fine Inu Yasha. No one can bother us here. We can stay here for an eternity instead of passing on if you like.' I told him, looking softly into his eyes. 'No one can force us to leave.'
Inu Yasha lay back in the wildflowers and stared at the pure blue sky. 'I wouldn't want to keep you from heaven Kagome. Besides, how do we know that it is possible to stay here for that long?'
'Mmm…true.' I said, lowering my head sadly. I suppose we can never truly be together Inu Yasha, except through reincarnations. That must be why Kikyou chose to be reincarnated in me.'
'But here, wouldn't your mind become Kikyou's again? How were you able to stay Kagome when your soul belongs to her?' Inu Yasha gently grabbed my chin and tilted it up to look in his face. 'Is it because you and Kikyou are so different?'
'I'm not sure.' I thought, leaning close to his body so that my head rested on his chest. 'Some of Kikyou's memories are still here, but I lose more of them everyday. I'm afraid of loosing my memory too…'
Inu Yasha wrapped his arms around me. 'Even if you completely forget who I am Kagome, or even who you are, I will always love you. Reincarnated or not. I could never forget you.'
Just then I once again felt someone touch my mind. I gripped Inu Yasha's kimono tightly. 'That person is in my mind again Inu Yasha...' I told him, slightly afraid.
'What do you want with Kagome?!' Inu Yasha demanded, holding me tighter in response.
I heard the person speak to my mind, the words coming out of my mouth. 'I want to help you both return to the world of the living, so you can be happy.' The voice sounded strange to me, I could not recognize it, but it seemed Inu Yasha did.
'Mitsukai? How are you getting into Kagome's mind? And how do you know we want to go back?' Inu Yasha asked, pulling away from me. I felt strangely alone.
'You two cannot stay in the in between place. Whether you like it or not, you must pass on.'
'Answer my question! How are you doing this to Kagome?!' Inu Yasha demanded, sounding a bit worried.
Mitsukai sighed through me. 'I'm not quite sure, but whenever I touch her forehead I see through her eyes.' I felt myself begin to drift away from what was happening. A feeling of fright drifted over me like a fog. What was going on?!
'Please, leave my mind!' I whispered painfully. 'It hurts…' My body shuddered.
'Get out of here Mitsukai! Leave Kagome alone!' Inu Yasha cried out in his mind, pulling me into a hug.
The feeling of her touch on my mind vanished and I began to weep softly, tears streaming down my face. 'Shh…Don't cry Kagome…'Inu Yasha told me, cradling me in his arms.
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There you have it. The 6th Chapter! Huzzah for I am on a role! And I am also planning a cruel little twist in my story so that I can drag it out a few more chapters. Can Mitsukai bring both Kagome and Inu Yasha back to the living? And where has Shippou been?(I just realized that I have neither killed or included him in this fiction. Poor little Kitsune. Oh well, I will find him a part soon if I can.) Find out in the later chapters that I shall begin writing soon! Bwahahaha! Or now. Whichever. Please, PLEASE review!!!!