Full Summary: Being dead sucks. That's all there is to it. Inuyasha gets this lesson smack dab in the face, and gets one chance to get back to Kagome and fix everything. Except karma can really bite you in the arse at the worst moments... Rated R for Inu-chan's bad mouth.
Teh Legend, yo.
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The White Cat's Blues
Farewell... Ooh, Pretty Light! (Prologue)
It had been a normal day for Inuyasha. Well, as normal as one of his days could get. Naraku, that fucking bastard, was finally dead. The Shikon no Tama was complete. Miroku and Sango finally had gotten married, and Kohaku was repenting. Somewhere. Inuyasha wasn't quite sure where the kid had gone, but he bet that he'd come back eventually. Yep, everything had gone perfectly normal for the day... Including Kagome going back to her time for that stupid 'skool' thing, the fight that always followed, and the stupid, fucking osuwari. Like usual, Inuyasha had 'gone into a sulk that would put most young children to shame'. According to Miroku, that is. But Inuyasha never listened to the fucking bouzou anyway. So Inuyasha stormed off much to everyone's amusement and let his feet pick the direction.
.Why in the fucking hells had he never seen this clearing before?
He looked over the quiet and nice clearing warily. He knew his forest like the back of his hand — after all, it was his territory — but this place was entirely new to him. Either he had walked out of the forest into a different one without noticing, or he had missed this place on his rounds. He didn't like either idea. Deciding that leaving was the best choice, he started to turn around when he saw a flicker of red and white out of the corner of his eye.
"K... Kikyou?"
The dead priestess smiled coldly, but there seemed to be some peace in her eyes that Inuyasha had never really seen before. Utterly confused, her turned around and scowled. What the hell is she doing here? And WHY didn't I fucking smell her? Kikyou began to walk slowly towards him, and Inuyasha noticed that she seemed horrid. She didn't look all that different, but small things stood out like blood on snow. She had bags under her eyes as if she hadn't gotten sleep in a long time, her clothes were scratched and ripped in various places, and she was limping slightly. Inuyasha rushed to help her and noticed that she had been downwind, most likely so he wouldn't smell and see her before she wanted him to. But why...?
"Hello, Inuyasha. You were led here because I needed to see you. You promised me that you would go to hell with me, and I am ready to take your promise now. Are you ready to give it?" She held her hand out to him. "I have no more reason to stay on this plane. I have let go of the trapped souls so they can have an afterlife. Come, Inuyasha. Come, and we'll go to hell together, live together for eternity." Kikyou smiled again, the bone and dirt form more gentle than Inuyasha had ever seen it before. He stared at her hand. Was this it? Was he to go to hell without saying anything to his — dare he say it — friends, without saying anything to Kagome? He wanted to see her one last time, but he didn't think that he could go to hell with Kikyou peacefully if he did. I am notafraid to die. I promised Kikyou, and I will keep that promise. He slowly raised his hand and took Kikyou's hand, who fell into his arms and embraced him. The ground began to quickly swallow them up, and Inuyasha closed his eyes. This was probably going to get ugly....
"INUYASHA!!!"
He whipped his head up and stared at Kagome, who was rushing to the middle of the clearing with everyone behind her. He knew she knew that she was too late. Apparently everyone else did, too. Sango and Miroku held her back, out of fear that she would also be dragged down to hell if she got too close. The girl was in hysterics, struggling and crying and screaming his name. The ground was up to his chin now, Kikyou all the way in the small crater she was making for their trip to hell. He looked at Kagome with rust-gold eyes, feeling terrible that he was putting her through that.
"Kagome..."
Kikyou snapped open her eyes and stared at him. She mouthed something to him with a shocked expression on her face, and that was the last thing he remembered before a blazing, hot light came and engulfed him.
AN: Phwee.... Cliffie! X3 Yes, this is the prolog. I hope I didn't make it too short! I never want to write as Kikyou again... But jeez, is Inuyasha an idiot. X3;;; Next chapter there's guardian angels, dead pissed off hanyous (if that makes sense...), and STRIP GO! Please R&R and give me suggestions for my writing, since I am still learning and would love any comments. Flames shall be stranded at the North Pole. 3 Thank you Halfling Rogue for being my Beta for this chapter! All of my authors notes and disclaimers will be at the bottom of the chapter. Ja ja everyone!
Disclaimer: I do not in any way, shape, or form own Inuyasha. Although torturing them is pretty dang fun.