b Title:/b Clawsbr
b Author's notes:/b I know it has been quite a while since your dearest writer has updated, and I appologize sincerly. For the past three months I have been lacking an Internet service, only being able to visit the local library. brStill lacking Internet, I must sneak a disk into the local library to update, and with all my new chapters it would require a few disks, which is risky. So..in turn, my chapters have been rotting on stella's computer for months, without a reader. Enjoy it, Enjoy it I say! For there might not be a new chapter soon if this internet tragedy continues.br
b Disclaimer:/b I don't, nor will I have much chance to ever, own InuYasha and all related characters...Although Sesshoumaru sama is apparently my brother-in-law!
pB ~Chapter eight /b
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pIt had been three days since Kagome's incident, and still no one could get her to remember anything. Kagome noticed that InuYasha was trying his very best to be nice, so she was a little grateful.
p"Do you think it had anything to do with Youkai?" InuYasha asked Miroku Curiously .
pThe two had been whispering back and forth quietly in their own little world for a while, not even seeming to acknowledge Kagome was still standing there.
p"Youkai?" Kagome asked curiously.
p"Yes, there are alot of them around here. InuYasha over there is only half, but sometimes.." Sango slowly faded off "Maybe I'd best not.."
p"What!?" Kagome sat down quickly next to sango,her sparkling innocent eyes trying to persuade sango to continue.
p"Well..InuYasha can transform..into a full Youkai form, due to his father's blood overpowering his hanyou blood." Sango started to explain.
p"His father's blood?" Kagome whispered, still puzzled.
p"Yes. His father, Inu no Taisho, was an InuTaiYoukai, a very great demon lord. Probably amongst the most powerful of any youkai." Sango replied smoothly
p"Wow...InuYasha must be very powerful then!" Kagome smiled while remarking the obvious.
p"Yes, he is. And you, are the key to it." She winked and shot smile towards her "You are his inspiration for using it, Kagome!"
pKagome blushed immensely, almost turning as red as InuYasha's outfit. "Uhh..so..What about this Youkai form, what's the big deal with it?" She asked quickly, trying to change the subject to something less about herself.
p"When InuYasha transforms, He is not himself. It's like it's not even him. The only thing he desires is to kill anything and everything living around him, and he will proceed to do so until he is stopped..or in other words..Killed." Sango's voice became grave and serious. "I shouldn't say anymore for now, but you should be cautious Kagome..Lets just leave it at that."
pSango stood to her feet and picked something up from the ground next to the tree Kagome had previously "collided" with.
p"Here, You may need this for protection from the scary youkai" Sango laughed.
p"Hmm?" Kagome gazed at what Sango held out to her. It was a bow and arrow..as far as she had known..she'd never used one of those things in her life! She took it any way, looking at it up and down.
p"Boy..there is so much to explain. Where do I begin?" Sango Sighed.
p"Begin at the very beginning. When I came to this place! I've got time." Kagome leaned back languidly against a tree trunk, waiting for sango to begin. Even though Sango was not there from the very beginning, she tried her best to repeat what she had been told herself.
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p"Perhaps" Miroku pondered "But there is no way we can tell unless Kagome can remember!"
p"Damn" InuYasha whined "She is so clueless..it's annoying!"
pMiroku chuckled "She will most likely remember in time."
p"I miss the old Kagome!" Shippou whined.
p"Hmm?" InuYasha looked up to find Shippou dangling from a tree branch upside down. "What are you doing up there?"
p"I'm staying away from Kagome" He sighed
p"Why?" InuYasha raised an eyebrow.
p"Every time she see's me she attacks me and tells me how cute I look!" Shippou shivered.
pInuYasha wanted to find out what Sango and Kagome were chatting about. They seemed to be pretty secretive over there.
p"Oh hello InuYasha" Kagome sighed. "Figure anything out yet?"
p"No, You have to remember or we have nothing." InuYasha shrugged his shoulders "You better get it together"
p"What?" Kagome's anger rose a little "You act like it is my fault or something!"
p"How are we supposed to defeat Naraku when you are so clue less!?" InuYasha growled, becoming a bit overly aggitated.
p"Naraku...That's that person from Sango's story" Kagome mumbled p"But..there is something..something about him..so familiar..it's like someone doesn't want me to remember something about him.."
pInuYasha plopped down next to her on the cold earth.
p"So..then Naraku did this to you?" He asked, trying to hide the new interest in his voice.
p"I don't know!..there is just something on the tip of my tongue about him..something I can't think of..that's all." Kagome sighed deeply. "I feel so out of place and in the way!"
pKagome started to sob from Frustration.
p"Wait..Don't cry! Your not in the way at all!" InuYasha tried to soothe her, but was pretty bad at it. "You can just be annoying sometimes..But-we need you here."
p"You mean it?" Kagome looked up from her tears hopefully "Then it must be true!" Her face lit up and the tears instantly stopped.
p"What?" InuYasha's suspicion started to rise.
p" I really iam/i Important to you!" Kagome's eyes sparkled brightly.
p"Wh-what! Who told you that?" InuYasha started to blush a tiny bit.
p"I don't remember..I do remember someone said it..and you just proved to me that it was true." Her smile grew even more.
p"Just because I said we needed you? That doesn't prove anything!" InuYasha crossed his arms stubbornly.
p"What ever you say, InuYasha." She smirked. "What ever you say."
p"What were you and Sango talking about?"InuYasha asked, being a bit of a nosey puppy (^^)
p"She was explaining things to me..about here..and.." Kagome trailed off.
p"And what?" InuYasha asked, interested even more by the moment.
p"And..You." Kagome continued
p"Me? So it iwas/i Sango who said that!" InuYasha muttered angrily to himself, loud enough for Kagome to hear.
p"No..she did say something similar to it though!" Kagome smiled again "She said that I was your inspiration..for your power..Is that true?"
pInuYasha looked at her for a moment, unsure if she were serious. It was hard enough for him to admit it to Kagome when she were herself, he wasn't sure if he should now..it was like she was whole different person!
p"Well?" She sighed impatiently.
pInuYasha sighed deeply. "Well..I guess that is true..but don't you dare get all mushy about it or I'll- bHey/b, stop that smiling! "
pKagome's eyes sparkled with Satisfaction, and she loved it even more that it bothered him.
p"That's it" InuYasha hopped straight up from the spot he stood to high branch in the tree behind him.
p"He's kinda Immature" Kagome mumbled quietly.
p"I bheard/b that!"
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pKagome wandered over to Sango once more, sitting down .
p"How do I get home?" She asked, trying to sound disinterested.
p"The same way you came" Sango replied cooly, not even taking her Eyes of Hiraikotsu, which she was polishing.
p"The well, then" She said more to herself than anyone.
pKagome got up and headed for the well, if this dream wasn't going to end, she was going to leave it. When kagome reached the bone eater's well, she was unsure. After all, if something went wrong she could fall to her doom and perhaps kill herself!
pThat's when she felt it. A weird sensation crept over her, that in some weird way, felt familar to her-Like she should know what it meant, but no matter how hard she picked her brain, she could not place it. pTurning around sharply, she found nothing. It made her feel quite uncomfortable, she could almost feel the presence of something..or someone for that matter...but she couldn't see it.
pQuickly, Kagome started to flee back to the place where InuYasha and the others were, but was cut off by something strange. A creature..a ibaboon/i? When she took closer look she could see that it wasn't a baboon..it was only a pelt of a baboon..someone was hiding underneath it,The feeling she felt a few moments ago became much stronger and it made her as uncomfortable as ever, the fear inside her rising quickly.
p"What's the matter, Kagome? Seem to forget what you were doing?" The man beneath the pelt laughed a deep horrible laugh. "Your even more helpless then ever..This wasn't my plan. But it will do." He chuckled.
p"Who are you!" Kagome yelled,keeping her distance from the creep.
p"Me? Forgive my rudeness!" He smirked "My name is Naraku."
p"Naraku? You evil man, Sango told me all about you!" She growled.
p"I haven't time for anymore introduction" He sighed, coming closer to her. "You'd best not make this difficult."
p"Make What difficult?" The fear was showing even more Kagome's voice.
p"You are very important to InuYasha, are you not?" Naraku repeated from his last visit, Toying with Kagome's head. "Without you, I'll be able to be rid of that mutt once and for all. I shall have Kikyou, and the shikon no tama. No longer shall you be in the way. No need to worry, I will wait til your precious InuYasha comes."
p"Don't you hurt InuYasha!" She screamed "Or me.." She added timidly.
InuYasha came shooting from behind Naraku,skidding in the dirt to a halt next to Kagome.
p"Naraku" He growled, Kagome could hardly believe the hatrid in his voice as he said this.
p"Your here." He smirked "Let the fun begin."
pA dark, thick cloud surrounded them, making Kagome's lungs feel as if they were being squeezed violently.
p"Inu-Ya-sh-a.." Kagome gasped for air, but the air was too thick, that she couldn't see InuYasha, but she could hear him. It sounded as if he were struggling with something.
p"Oh no..InuYasha..B..Be carefu-" She couldn't breathe anymore, peverything became darker than it was before and she felt as if she were ready to pass out. She had to get out, but she couldn't find a way! She was almost ready to drop to her knee's when something white and furry came shooting through the deadly fog. The thing let her grab hold, pulling her out of the cloud.
pWhen Kagome's eyes finally focused, she could see that is was Kirara!
p"Kirara" She whispered, trying to find her voice. That's when it dawned on her. "Kirara! I remember you! I can slowly remember things now!!!"
pKagome lept up from the spot on the ground she had fallen on after letting go of Kirara, and pulled her into a big Hug. This seemed to please Kirara very much.
p"Now to save InuYasha!" Kagome called out,sounding more confident then she actually was. After all, she had been told of her "Great Miko powers" And "Sacred arrows" but had no Idea how to use her powers, and as far as she was concerned, she'd never shot an arrow in her entire lifetime!
p"Wait..the bow and arrows!' Kagome remembered the bow and arrows that Sango had given to her earlier, she had layed them down back at camp. Kagome ptried her best to run through the fog with some assitance from Kirara in search of the bow and arrows. She let out of a sigh of relief when she found them lying next to the tree She and InuYasha spoke under. pShe quickly snatched them up and headed back to the miasma, when she got there however, what she saw made her drop her newly retrieved bow and let the arrows spill out all over the ground. The look on Naraku's face was no longer smug, but showed a small trace..of fear! InuYasha was not himself, he was much scarier looking than he was previously(^_~). His eyes were red and blood thirsty, his fangs had grown quite alot, and there were new markings on his face.
pi'This must be what Sango had warned me about!'/i
pNaraku shot towards Kagome with incredible speed. Kagome screamed rather loudly, but when she opened her eyes, Naraku was on the ground two feet from her and InuYasha was standing over him. Kagome could see blood running down his arms. Naraku's blood.
pi'I thought he was supposed to be a cruel heartless creature when he transformed'/i She thought i'He saved me!!'/i
p"How did you- I didn't-" Naraku Stammered. "Nevermind..I'll make you pay for that, you worthless half breed."
pNaraku held his hand out to InuYasha, with a blinding light, InuYasha went flying backwards.
p"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs, lunging towards the fallen Inu-chan.
pInuYasha shot upwards from his spot on the ground, brushing right past Kagome, and towards Naraku once more.
pHis eyes showed a even deeper thirst for blood and his claws seemed to get even longer! He swung at Naraku several times with his claws, missing, and then sent backwards with another blinding light. He did this a few times, but the last he did not return, He smashed his head hard against the tree, and was out cold.
pKagome looked back. Miroku and Sango were just standing there!!! It seemed as if Naraku knew exactly what she were thinking.
p"They couldn't penetrate my barrior." he smirked "Now that you are cornered and are about to die-"
p"I Remember!" Kagome screamed outloud " I remember! You evil monster!"
p"Really? Hmm..odd." Naraku pondered for a few moments and seemed to shrug whatever he were thinking off. "I am finally going to be rid of you. You have no Idea how hard I have been trying."
pKagome looked at him with the same hatred InuYasha had before he had transformed.
p"If you were wondering, which I am sure you were. It was indeed your precious InuYasha that killed all those innocent people, without a second thought, he slaughtered those poor defenseless villagers. With the power of the jewel, it's a wonder what you can do."
Naraku pulled something out from beneath the pelt.
pi'The Shikon no tama..It's almost full!!!!'/i
P"All I need now are the shards you possess, and with the power of the jewel I was able to lure InuYasha out the one night and place my own spell upon him. I was able to make him transform into his Youkai self whenever I wished! I tried to make you lose trust in him and leave, and I also tried the alternative of making him kill you himself, but when that failed, you left. Which was perfect! I sent my minion to kill you and your friends. But alas, that worthless half-breed had to show up and ruin everything! This made me very angry. in which I hatched a new plan,aside from planting those dreams, I wiped away your memory and was to kill you myself!" Naraku stared coldy at her.
p"The thing about Villans on Tv is, that they always seem to describe their master plan, and then, the hero Kills them!" Kagome raised her bow, notching an arrow and firing it, missing Naraku only by an inch, which seemed to amuse him to the point of laughter! This enraged her even more.
p"I don't know of this..Tv in which you speak..but YOU, my dear, are no hero! You are going to die along with your dog friend!" Naraku laughed.
pKagome notched another arrow and aimed for Naraku's heart. Before she could release it however, another arrow came shooting from the opposite direction, pericing right through Naraku's back! Naraku looked back, a pained look in his cold, evil, and slightly disappointed eyes.
p"How did you peirce my barrior..Kik-" Naraku cut off, a blue light surrounding him, and with a scream Naraku's body seemed to wither away before her!
pKagome looked straight into the eyes of her savior. The one whom she thought had hated her, no-..idespised/i her, stood opposite from her.
p"Kikyou.." Kagome's lips tried to say, only releasing a sort of sigh in the attempt.
pKikyou walked calmly over to where Kagome stood in shock. Slowly, She reached out and pulled the small jar that contained the Jewel shards out of a hidden pocket Kagome had forgotten she even had! She retrieved the shards from the jar and placed them with the rest of the jewel that she had stollen from Naraku's remains. The Shikon no tama glowed in her hands! When the glowing had died down, Kagome marvled at the now whole jewel!!!
pTo Kagome's surprise, Kikyou held it out to her, motioning for her to take it!
p"Kikyou, what are you doing?" Kagome asked, looking into Kikyou's eyes questioningly.
p"I am dead,and have been. I admit, You are now the rightful owner of the jewel. Protect it with your life,for I obviously cannot. I iknow/i that You and InuYasha will." She replied monotonously
p"Me and InuYasha..I..." Kagome blushed, searching frantically for words.
p"Its alright, I understand. No one could love someone who is not there, I am just dirt and ashes..A remembrance of the Living Kikyou. You and InuYasha will be happy together." To kagome's Surprise, Kikyou smiled warmly. She'd never seen her to do this, perhaps her restless soul was finally finding forgiveness.
pReluctantly, Kagome took the jewel from Kikyou and looked at it in awe, she couldn't believe after all their adventures, that the jewel was finally whole! Kikyou seemed to glide over to the unconscious InuYasha.p She bent down next to him and the second her cold gentle hand touched his cheek, he returned to his hanyou form. She bent forward and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
p" As far as my knowlage extends, Naraku has been defeated, and now, after all this time,I can bring myself to forgive you InuYasha.iPlease/i, never forget me. good-bye." She whispered to him, he seemed as if he could hear her, although he was clearly still unconscious.
pShe stood up and looked up to the sky with out-strechted arms, the souls of the dead she had collected previously fled from her body into the sky, the endless stream of shining lights seemed to last forever. pAs Kagome gazed at the once gentle, beautiful face of Kikyou, she could see the newly formed bags underneath her gentle brown eyes, and watched as the color disappeared from her face and once red lips. The last of the soul that retreated from Kikyou's body went to Kagome, herself. She felt strange for a few moments as the soul settled within her body. Kagome looked once more at the beautiful maiden Priestess, a smile formed on her lips for the very last time, before she closed her bloodshot eyes and her body reduced to ash, pKikyou was no more.
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bBe forwarned, this is not the end. Just thought I'd mention that..I have two more chapters lined up and ready to be..written..br
I only procrastinate, so I'll have something to do tomorrow..../b
b Author's notes:/b I know it has been quite a while since your dearest writer has updated, and I appologize sincerly. For the past three months I have been lacking an Internet service, only being able to visit the local library. brStill lacking Internet, I must sneak a disk into the local library to update, and with all my new chapters it would require a few disks, which is risky. So..in turn, my chapters have been rotting on stella's computer for months, without a reader. Enjoy it, Enjoy it I say! For there might not be a new chapter soon if this internet tragedy continues.br
b Disclaimer:/b I don't, nor will I have much chance to ever, own InuYasha and all related characters...Although Sesshoumaru sama is apparently my brother-in-law!
pB ~Chapter eight /b
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pIt had been three days since Kagome's incident, and still no one could get her to remember anything. Kagome noticed that InuYasha was trying his very best to be nice, so she was a little grateful.
p"Do you think it had anything to do with Youkai?" InuYasha asked Miroku Curiously .
pThe two had been whispering back and forth quietly in their own little world for a while, not even seeming to acknowledge Kagome was still standing there.
p"Youkai?" Kagome asked curiously.
p"Yes, there are alot of them around here. InuYasha over there is only half, but sometimes.." Sango slowly faded off "Maybe I'd best not.."
p"What!?" Kagome sat down quickly next to sango,her sparkling innocent eyes trying to persuade sango to continue.
p"Well..InuYasha can transform..into a full Youkai form, due to his father's blood overpowering his hanyou blood." Sango started to explain.
p"His father's blood?" Kagome whispered, still puzzled.
p"Yes. His father, Inu no Taisho, was an InuTaiYoukai, a very great demon lord. Probably amongst the most powerful of any youkai." Sango replied smoothly
p"Wow...InuYasha must be very powerful then!" Kagome smiled while remarking the obvious.
p"Yes, he is. And you, are the key to it." She winked and shot smile towards her "You are his inspiration for using it, Kagome!"
pKagome blushed immensely, almost turning as red as InuYasha's outfit. "Uhh..so..What about this Youkai form, what's the big deal with it?" She asked quickly, trying to change the subject to something less about herself.
p"When InuYasha transforms, He is not himself. It's like it's not even him. The only thing he desires is to kill anything and everything living around him, and he will proceed to do so until he is stopped..or in other words..Killed." Sango's voice became grave and serious. "I shouldn't say anymore for now, but you should be cautious Kagome..Lets just leave it at that."
pSango stood to her feet and picked something up from the ground next to the tree Kagome had previously "collided" with.
p"Here, You may need this for protection from the scary youkai" Sango laughed.
p"Hmm?" Kagome gazed at what Sango held out to her. It was a bow and arrow..as far as she had known..she'd never used one of those things in her life! She took it any way, looking at it up and down.
p"Boy..there is so much to explain. Where do I begin?" Sango Sighed.
p"Begin at the very beginning. When I came to this place! I've got time." Kagome leaned back languidly against a tree trunk, waiting for sango to begin. Even though Sango was not there from the very beginning, she tried her best to repeat what she had been told herself.
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p"Perhaps" Miroku pondered "But there is no way we can tell unless Kagome can remember!"
p"Damn" InuYasha whined "She is so clueless..it's annoying!"
pMiroku chuckled "She will most likely remember in time."
p"I miss the old Kagome!" Shippou whined.
p"Hmm?" InuYasha looked up to find Shippou dangling from a tree branch upside down. "What are you doing up there?"
p"I'm staying away from Kagome" He sighed
p"Why?" InuYasha raised an eyebrow.
p"Every time she see's me she attacks me and tells me how cute I look!" Shippou shivered.
pInuYasha wanted to find out what Sango and Kagome were chatting about. They seemed to be pretty secretive over there.
p"Oh hello InuYasha" Kagome sighed. "Figure anything out yet?"
p"No, You have to remember or we have nothing." InuYasha shrugged his shoulders "You better get it together"
p"What?" Kagome's anger rose a little "You act like it is my fault or something!"
p"How are we supposed to defeat Naraku when you are so clue less!?" InuYasha growled, becoming a bit overly aggitated.
p"Naraku...That's that person from Sango's story" Kagome mumbled p"But..there is something..something about him..so familiar..it's like someone doesn't want me to remember something about him.."
pInuYasha plopped down next to her on the cold earth.
p"So..then Naraku did this to you?" He asked, trying to hide the new interest in his voice.
p"I don't know!..there is just something on the tip of my tongue about him..something I can't think of..that's all." Kagome sighed deeply. "I feel so out of place and in the way!"
pKagome started to sob from Frustration.
p"Wait..Don't cry! Your not in the way at all!" InuYasha tried to soothe her, but was pretty bad at it. "You can just be annoying sometimes..But-we need you here."
p"You mean it?" Kagome looked up from her tears hopefully "Then it must be true!" Her face lit up and the tears instantly stopped.
p"What?" InuYasha's suspicion started to rise.
p" I really iam/i Important to you!" Kagome's eyes sparkled brightly.
p"Wh-what! Who told you that?" InuYasha started to blush a tiny bit.
p"I don't remember..I do remember someone said it..and you just proved to me that it was true." Her smile grew even more.
p"Just because I said we needed you? That doesn't prove anything!" InuYasha crossed his arms stubbornly.
p"What ever you say, InuYasha." She smirked. "What ever you say."
p"What were you and Sango talking about?"InuYasha asked, being a bit of a nosey puppy (^^)
p"She was explaining things to me..about here..and.." Kagome trailed off.
p"And what?" InuYasha asked, interested even more by the moment.
p"And..You." Kagome continued
p"Me? So it iwas/i Sango who said that!" InuYasha muttered angrily to himself, loud enough for Kagome to hear.
p"No..she did say something similar to it though!" Kagome smiled again "She said that I was your inspiration..for your power..Is that true?"
pInuYasha looked at her for a moment, unsure if she were serious. It was hard enough for him to admit it to Kagome when she were herself, he wasn't sure if he should now..it was like she was whole different person!
p"Well?" She sighed impatiently.
pInuYasha sighed deeply. "Well..I guess that is true..but don't you dare get all mushy about it or I'll- bHey/b, stop that smiling! "
pKagome's eyes sparkled with Satisfaction, and she loved it even more that it bothered him.
p"That's it" InuYasha hopped straight up from the spot he stood to high branch in the tree behind him.
p"He's kinda Immature" Kagome mumbled quietly.
p"I bheard/b that!"
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pKagome wandered over to Sango once more, sitting down .
p"How do I get home?" She asked, trying to sound disinterested.
p"The same way you came" Sango replied cooly, not even taking her Eyes of Hiraikotsu, which she was polishing.
p"The well, then" She said more to herself than anyone.
pKagome got up and headed for the well, if this dream wasn't going to end, she was going to leave it. When kagome reached the bone eater's well, she was unsure. After all, if something went wrong she could fall to her doom and perhaps kill herself!
pThat's when she felt it. A weird sensation crept over her, that in some weird way, felt familar to her-Like she should know what it meant, but no matter how hard she picked her brain, she could not place it. pTurning around sharply, she found nothing. It made her feel quite uncomfortable, she could almost feel the presence of something..or someone for that matter...but she couldn't see it.
pQuickly, Kagome started to flee back to the place where InuYasha and the others were, but was cut off by something strange. A creature..a ibaboon/i? When she took closer look she could see that it wasn't a baboon..it was only a pelt of a baboon..someone was hiding underneath it,The feeling she felt a few moments ago became much stronger and it made her as uncomfortable as ever, the fear inside her rising quickly.
p"What's the matter, Kagome? Seem to forget what you were doing?" The man beneath the pelt laughed a deep horrible laugh. "Your even more helpless then ever..This wasn't my plan. But it will do." He chuckled.
p"Who are you!" Kagome yelled,keeping her distance from the creep.
p"Me? Forgive my rudeness!" He smirked "My name is Naraku."
p"Naraku? You evil man, Sango told me all about you!" She growled.
p"I haven't time for anymore introduction" He sighed, coming closer to her. "You'd best not make this difficult."
p"Make What difficult?" The fear was showing even more Kagome's voice.
p"You are very important to InuYasha, are you not?" Naraku repeated from his last visit, Toying with Kagome's head. "Without you, I'll be able to be rid of that mutt once and for all. I shall have Kikyou, and the shikon no tama. No longer shall you be in the way. No need to worry, I will wait til your precious InuYasha comes."
p"Don't you hurt InuYasha!" She screamed "Or me.." She added timidly.
InuYasha came shooting from behind Naraku,skidding in the dirt to a halt next to Kagome.
p"Naraku" He growled, Kagome could hardly believe the hatrid in his voice as he said this.
p"Your here." He smirked "Let the fun begin."
pA dark, thick cloud surrounded them, making Kagome's lungs feel as if they were being squeezed violently.
p"Inu-Ya-sh-a.." Kagome gasped for air, but the air was too thick, that she couldn't see InuYasha, but she could hear him. It sounded as if he were struggling with something.
p"Oh no..InuYasha..B..Be carefu-" She couldn't breathe anymore, peverything became darker than it was before and she felt as if she were ready to pass out. She had to get out, but she couldn't find a way! She was almost ready to drop to her knee's when something white and furry came shooting through the deadly fog. The thing let her grab hold, pulling her out of the cloud.
pWhen Kagome's eyes finally focused, she could see that is was Kirara!
p"Kirara" She whispered, trying to find her voice. That's when it dawned on her. "Kirara! I remember you! I can slowly remember things now!!!"
pKagome lept up from the spot on the ground she had fallen on after letting go of Kirara, and pulled her into a big Hug. This seemed to please Kirara very much.
p"Now to save InuYasha!" Kagome called out,sounding more confident then she actually was. After all, she had been told of her "Great Miko powers" And "Sacred arrows" but had no Idea how to use her powers, and as far as she was concerned, she'd never shot an arrow in her entire lifetime!
p"Wait..the bow and arrows!' Kagome remembered the bow and arrows that Sango had given to her earlier, she had layed them down back at camp. Kagome ptried her best to run through the fog with some assitance from Kirara in search of the bow and arrows. She let out of a sigh of relief when she found them lying next to the tree She and InuYasha spoke under. pShe quickly snatched them up and headed back to the miasma, when she got there however, what she saw made her drop her newly retrieved bow and let the arrows spill out all over the ground. The look on Naraku's face was no longer smug, but showed a small trace..of fear! InuYasha was not himself, he was much scarier looking than he was previously(^_~). His eyes were red and blood thirsty, his fangs had grown quite alot, and there were new markings on his face.
pi'This must be what Sango had warned me about!'/i
pNaraku shot towards Kagome with incredible speed. Kagome screamed rather loudly, but when she opened her eyes, Naraku was on the ground two feet from her and InuYasha was standing over him. Kagome could see blood running down his arms. Naraku's blood.
pi'I thought he was supposed to be a cruel heartless creature when he transformed'/i She thought i'He saved me!!'/i
p"How did you- I didn't-" Naraku Stammered. "Nevermind..I'll make you pay for that, you worthless half breed."
pNaraku held his hand out to InuYasha, with a blinding light, InuYasha went flying backwards.
p"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed at the top of her lungs, lunging towards the fallen Inu-chan.
pInuYasha shot upwards from his spot on the ground, brushing right past Kagome, and towards Naraku once more.
pHis eyes showed a even deeper thirst for blood and his claws seemed to get even longer! He swung at Naraku several times with his claws, missing, and then sent backwards with another blinding light. He did this a few times, but the last he did not return, He smashed his head hard against the tree, and was out cold.
pKagome looked back. Miroku and Sango were just standing there!!! It seemed as if Naraku knew exactly what she were thinking.
p"They couldn't penetrate my barrior." he smirked "Now that you are cornered and are about to die-"
p"I Remember!" Kagome screamed outloud " I remember! You evil monster!"
p"Really? Hmm..odd." Naraku pondered for a few moments and seemed to shrug whatever he were thinking off. "I am finally going to be rid of you. You have no Idea how hard I have been trying."
pKagome looked at him with the same hatred InuYasha had before he had transformed.
p"If you were wondering, which I am sure you were. It was indeed your precious InuYasha that killed all those innocent people, without a second thought, he slaughtered those poor defenseless villagers. With the power of the jewel, it's a wonder what you can do."
Naraku pulled something out from beneath the pelt.
pi'The Shikon no tama..It's almost full!!!!'/i
P"All I need now are the shards you possess, and with the power of the jewel I was able to lure InuYasha out the one night and place my own spell upon him. I was able to make him transform into his Youkai self whenever I wished! I tried to make you lose trust in him and leave, and I also tried the alternative of making him kill you himself, but when that failed, you left. Which was perfect! I sent my minion to kill you and your friends. But alas, that worthless half-breed had to show up and ruin everything! This made me very angry. in which I hatched a new plan,aside from planting those dreams, I wiped away your memory and was to kill you myself!" Naraku stared coldy at her.
p"The thing about Villans on Tv is, that they always seem to describe their master plan, and then, the hero Kills them!" Kagome raised her bow, notching an arrow and firing it, missing Naraku only by an inch, which seemed to amuse him to the point of laughter! This enraged her even more.
p"I don't know of this..Tv in which you speak..but YOU, my dear, are no hero! You are going to die along with your dog friend!" Naraku laughed.
pKagome notched another arrow and aimed for Naraku's heart. Before she could release it however, another arrow came shooting from the opposite direction, pericing right through Naraku's back! Naraku looked back, a pained look in his cold, evil, and slightly disappointed eyes.
p"How did you peirce my barrior..Kik-" Naraku cut off, a blue light surrounding him, and with a scream Naraku's body seemed to wither away before her!
pKagome looked straight into the eyes of her savior. The one whom she thought had hated her, no-..idespised/i her, stood opposite from her.
p"Kikyou.." Kagome's lips tried to say, only releasing a sort of sigh in the attempt.
pKikyou walked calmly over to where Kagome stood in shock. Slowly, She reached out and pulled the small jar that contained the Jewel shards out of a hidden pocket Kagome had forgotten she even had! She retrieved the shards from the jar and placed them with the rest of the jewel that she had stollen from Naraku's remains. The Shikon no tama glowed in her hands! When the glowing had died down, Kagome marvled at the now whole jewel!!!
pTo Kagome's surprise, Kikyou held it out to her, motioning for her to take it!
p"Kikyou, what are you doing?" Kagome asked, looking into Kikyou's eyes questioningly.
p"I am dead,and have been. I admit, You are now the rightful owner of the jewel. Protect it with your life,for I obviously cannot. I iknow/i that You and InuYasha will." She replied monotonously
p"Me and InuYasha..I..." Kagome blushed, searching frantically for words.
p"Its alright, I understand. No one could love someone who is not there, I am just dirt and ashes..A remembrance of the Living Kikyou. You and InuYasha will be happy together." To kagome's Surprise, Kikyou smiled warmly. She'd never seen her to do this, perhaps her restless soul was finally finding forgiveness.
pReluctantly, Kagome took the jewel from Kikyou and looked at it in awe, she couldn't believe after all their adventures, that the jewel was finally whole! Kikyou seemed to glide over to the unconscious InuYasha.p She bent down next to him and the second her cold gentle hand touched his cheek, he returned to his hanyou form. She bent forward and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
p" As far as my knowlage extends, Naraku has been defeated, and now, after all this time,I can bring myself to forgive you InuYasha.iPlease/i, never forget me. good-bye." She whispered to him, he seemed as if he could hear her, although he was clearly still unconscious.
pShe stood up and looked up to the sky with out-strechted arms, the souls of the dead she had collected previously fled from her body into the sky, the endless stream of shining lights seemed to last forever. pAs Kagome gazed at the once gentle, beautiful face of Kikyou, she could see the newly formed bags underneath her gentle brown eyes, and watched as the color disappeared from her face and once red lips. The last of the soul that retreated from Kikyou's body went to Kagome, herself. She felt strange for a few moments as the soul settled within her body. Kagome looked once more at the beautiful maiden Priestess, a smile formed on her lips for the very last time, before she closed her bloodshot eyes and her body reduced to ash, pKikyou was no more.
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bBe forwarned, this is not the end. Just thought I'd mention that..I have two more chapters lined up and ready to be..written..br
I only procrastinate, so I'll have something to do tomorrow..../b