Why They Call It Falling

"It's a hole.

It's a cave.

It's kinda like a grave,

when he tells you that he's found somebody new."

Kikyo took her hand away from the tree, turning slowly around. Through the trees, she knew, she would find Inuyasha. And...

She continued to walk, the stony look implanted on her face. When she had awoken again, she had felt a mere curiosity. Where was she? Who was she? She had a vague feeling... she was named Kikyo, or so the hag called her.

And then she'd seen her. That girl who looked so much like her own face. They stared at each other, in wonder.

Even now, it was hard to believe that the girl, Kagome, was her reincarnation.

And then she'd seen him. That boy... why did he look so familiar? She knew him... somehow. He came closer, and she saw his features. He was very easy on the eyes, and yet she frowned. Something was wrong.

He looked at her, and she looked to the girl. Her soul was growing, full to bursting. Curiously, she gazed at the bright light that was forcing its way out of the young woman in the tub.

Then she heard it... was that her voice? It had to be... but it was saying... "No?"

Why?

Kikyo woke out of her stupor then, frowning at the ground. She wasn't meant to be here. Her soul, tortured as it was, didn't want to leave. It didn't want to leave its new home, in Kagome.

When her soul had come back, she was filled anew. Images ran through her mind, feelings surged.

All at once, the hatred returned, and she looked to her killer.

Kikyo shook her head, her soft tresses falling around her shoulders. Now, of course, she knew that he wasn't her killer. But that didn't satisfy the pain in her soul.

She needed him to die. She needed him to feel the pain that she had felt, laying there, waiting for death to come and take her away.

She peeked around the corner, hoping she wouldn't be sensed. She knew that he could smell her, feel her if she was near. But she didn't want to let that happen. Not today.

And then her eyes found what they sought. There, leaning against some trees, was Inuyasha.

His eyes were closed, and his torso and arms were covered in bandages. She smiled softly at the sight. How many times had she cared for his wounds? She gazed at him a bit longer, knowing that in his weakened state he would not notice her.

She heard movement to her left, and slowly, suspiciously, reached for an arrow. No one would harm Inuyasha. He was hers.

But what she saw instead was Kagome. A smile on her face, she walked toward Inuyasha with medicines of her own. Kikyo tilted her head to the side. She could sense the power in the items she held, but she'd never seen anything like them.

When Kagome was about the same distance that she herself was from Inuyasha, but out in the open, Inuyasha opened his eyes. Kikyo frowned.

What was this? His senses could detect Kagome, even before detecting her? How was this?

A distraction caught Kagome's eyes, and while she looked away, at what looked to be a child kitsune, she saw Inuyasha's eyes roam over Kagome. Kikyo's own eyes widened as he smiled gently and sighed.

The soft looks disappeared though, as Kagome turned back, and they were replaced with a scowl to rival any other. Kikyo struggled to smile. At least that hadn't changed.

But... why? Did he really love this Kagome? More than her? And how was that possible?

With a sigh, she tore her eyes away from the happy scene before her, their words and cries falling onto deaf ears.

Falling in love... falling. She looked up at the sky. That's all it was...

"So why they call it falling,

why they call it falling.

Why they call it falling,

now I know.

Why they call it falling...

now I know..."

Yay! Ariana has created another sad songfic for ya'll! Hip hip hooray.... sigh. Yeah, well, it wasn't as bad as the first one right? Teehee. I just felt like giving Kikyo a little break. Poor girl. She really needs some loving... maybe... well, I'll update everything else soon, I just needed a break. Hey, go to please? Pretty please? Read my stuff there? Pleeease? Same name and everything... pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease? Teehee, I love you guys... -Ariana