Act IX: Return To The Ancient Tree
(Scene: Within Inu-Yasha's subconcious)
And then there was darkness. No noise, no light, no grey, no light, only darkness. A chill ran through Inu-Yasha as he stood alone in the dark room, what happened? A terrible thought ran through his head, was he dead?
"I wish I could see." He whispered. And so there was light, not a lot, but a spotlight to surround him. It was eerie, what had happened? He remembered Yu with the gun, but nothing else up to his leg being blown out.
He sat down and pondered at the last events he could remember, his leg being shot; then passing out, everything else was a total blur. He could still smeel the fresh blood, but none could be seen or felt, as if it was there but cleaned up in a rush.
"Inu-Yasha..." whispered a ghostly voice.
"Kagome!" He yelled instantly recognizing the person. No response came though. "Kagome! Where are you!?" Still nothing.
"Inu-Yasha..."
"Kagome! Please, where are you!?" He yelled again; now more desperate to find her. What had happened to her after he passed out? Did Yu kill her too perhaps?
Suddenly a warm hand placed itself on his shoulder and he spun around to see who it was. "Kagome." He whispered looking into her warm teary eyes. "What happened? Where are we? What about Yu?"
"Shhh..." Kagome whispered pressing one finger against his lips. "You're fine, just be in the now, not the then." Her warmth seemed to sweep over him as the two stood there, Kagome slowly taking his hand.
A cool breeze briskly ran over them as Kagome drew herself closer... and closer... slowly. Her lips gently met his and the two stood surrounded by darkness sharing a beautiful kiss. Inu-Yasha shut his eyes and drew her close, wrapping her in his red robes. "Kagome..." He repeated softly.
"Kagome?" she replied questioningly, but now, it wasn't Kagome. Inu-Yasha looked into his arms, Kikyo in place now. "I'm not Kagome, how dare you bring up that girl at such a time!" Kikyo shoved him away and stepped back quickly.
"Kikyo? How did you get here?" Inu-Yasha stared confused at the shrine madien before him.
"You said you'd protect me!" She said angrily. "Why are you helping this stupid girl?! I'm the one you said you'd protect. What about me?!"
"Kikyo, I—"
"Silence!" she yelled drawing her bow and arrow to his face. "If I cannot have you, no one can!" The arrow drew taught, pointed at his chest. "DIE INU-YASHA!"
The wooden arrow caught Inu-Yasha where Kikyo's first one ahad caught him and knocked him off his feet. The exact same feeling as when he had first been struck swept over him, a sense of deja va kinda.
Then it ended, hard against a wall. No, a tree, the ancien tree he had been pinned to so many years ago. "What?" He whispered realizing his situation. "No! I don't want to go back to this!" He grabbed franticly at the arrow and yanked on it, but the seal was too strong, the ward burning his palms.
"You will protect me Inu-Yasha." Echoed Kikyo's voice as the cold sleep he had once experienced began to set in again. "You will protect me and only me..."
"Leave him alone!" Yelled another voice. Inu-Yasha's heavy eyes lifted long enough to see Kagome, his salvation, grabbing the arrow and pulling on it with all his might. The glow of the sacred ward disolved in Kagome's gentle yet firm fingers, and the arrow shattered with ease.
"Kagome..."
"Inu-Yasha, please. You have to wake up!" Inu-Yasha propped himself against the tree as she supported him slightly. He stared at her confused as she put her hands on his chest and waited a moment. There was nothing, then she yelled. "Clear!"
A bolt of thunder crashed through his body; sending him into a frenzy fro a moment. Then it happened again. "Clear!" Suddenly there was light, a lot of light, a lot of blinding light.
Two men stood over him as he looked around, light illuminating the entire room as he lie on a cold metal sheet. "Clear!" The same call. He wasn't about to let these people hurt him again, he needed a way out.
With lightning reflexes, he jumped up and kicked two identicle metal pads out of a man's hands. But what he hadn't expected was the pain, the emmence pain that engulfed him the moment he moved and knocked him to the ground. He looked over his arms and legs, steel pins jutting from his flesh and bones. "What is this!?" he yelled angrily.
"Please sir, you must calm down." Said a man in a white mask and seafoam uniform. "You've been through a lot, you must let us help you."
"Help me?!" The half demon yelled regaining his footing. "To hell with you people! I'm outta here!" He turned to a glass wall behind him and shattered it with ine punch. He darted out as the clinking pins and rods echoed inside him. Pain or not, he was going to escape.
"Code white!" Yelled an unseen voice "We have a code white in surgery! I repeat, a code white in surgery!"
Staggering from wall to wall, Inu-Yasha made his way through the building to a plate glass window. Two sets of footsteps raced up behind him and he booted the glass to pieces in a panic. He turned to see a set of men, one muscular, one lean with a pair of handcuffs like he had seen on television, ready to grab him.
"Step away from the window sir!" Yelled one as the other moved closer to him slowly. Inu-Yasha didn't give them a chance to get him, he stepped backwards and fell out the window, landing roughly in a set of bushes.
It was a day like any other, but would quickly become one Sota would never forget. He got up and had his usual bowl of 'Choco Crispy Bacon Puffs' and parked himself in front of the t.v., nothing beat Saturday morning cartoons after a long week of school, and since Kagome was in the Feudal Era, and Grandpa liked to sleep in, the morning was all his.
It was half way through 'Commander Gore's Morning Fightfest' when there was a sudden knock at the door. Sota didn't really expect anyone, but maybe Kagome had come home early.
Sota nearly screamed when he opened the door, but instead he recoiled in fear. There stood Inu-Yasha, covered in blood, bandages, and steel pins jutting from his body. He leaned on the door out of breath and stared at Sota. "Kagome." He panted out "Where?"
Frozen from head to toe, it took a moment for Sota to react. Slowly he pointed one shakey hand at the shed where 'The Bone Eater's Well' was kept. Inu-Yasha nodded in gratitude and staggered inside the nearby hut.
"Well, there's something you don't see everyday."
()
Rain continued to pour as Kagome sat in Kaiede's hut. Three days without Inu-Yasha, three days of absolute bordom. She was regreting that she had left him to the hospital professionals now, she missed him, she wanted to tend to his wounds. But they were beyond her expertice. She knew how to fix a broken arm or leg, and yes she could dress a serious slash or gash, but four mangled limbs? It would take months for him to fully recover, demon or not.
"Ye be concerned for Inu-Yasha's well being I see Kagome. Why not ye pay him a visit?" Kaiede asked preparing her usual green tea.
"I'm sorry that Inu-Yasha got hurt Kagome." Chippou added sitting closely beside her. "He'll be better soon and we'll be back to collecting jewel shards in no time though." Kagome stared blankly through a window, still depressed. "Don't blame yourself, there was nothing you could do."
"I'm going to find some herbs." She whispered bolting out of the hut, Chippou could see the tears beginning to well up in her eyes as she left.
'It was my fault' She thought running through the city. 'I could have stopped it, but I didn't. I could have stopped Yu, but I didn't.' She ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She saw a blur of two people in colored robes, obviously Sango and Miroku from the colors, but she didn't stop as they tried to talk to her, she just ran. She just ran.
The rain soaked her from head to toe as she sped out of town towards the 'Bone Eater's Well', she had to see him again, she had to apologize. 'I should have been hurt, not him. Why didn't I stop Yu? What's wrong with me?!'
"Kagome..."
Kagome immediately found herself on the ground, covered in mud as she came to a complete stop. That voice, could it be...
"Kagome, help me..."
She turned about to the tree Inu-Yasha had once been pinned to and saw a bloody and battered figure leaning upon it. Clad in blue hospital robes and with large rods of steel jutting from his flesh. His snow white hair was splotched with his own blood as she slowly approched him. It was Inu-Yasha.
"Kagome..."
He leaned against the tree upon the very spot she had first seen him. He stared blankly at her as she got right to her feet, the two of them, drenched, clothes sticking to them, and filled with sorrow.
"Inu-Yasha..." Kagome whispered looking at his adapted body. The pain he had been through and suffered continued onto now. "I'm so sorry!" She yelled throwing herself upon him "It was all my fault, I nearly let you die! Please, I'm sorry!"
She could hear his short breathes as her head rested upon his wounded chest, how could he ever return to normal now? "I told Yu the well was here to save you. I let the hospital take you to be saved. Please forgive me."
"Kagome, I..." Inu-Yasha began, he clutched his stomach in pain as she squeezed him tightly, she loosened seeing this and listened closely "Kagome, I don't need to forgive you, I never was angry with you to begin with. I could never hate you, ever." The rain coninued to pelt down as he wrapped him arms around her slowly and held her. "I promise to protect you. I..."
Kagome looked up as his embrace began to weaken, Inu-Yasha's glazed over eyes looked right at her, then suddenly, he collapsed.
"Inu-Yasha!"
Hey! It's me it's me it's Artie of the 'D'
I came up with most of this chapter while listening to 'Bring Me To Life' by 'Evanscence', it sorta fits it I guess. As always, you can reach me at DarkArtimishotmail.com with questions and comments, or just reply. As always now, here is the sneak preview of the next part.
You again?! No, seriously, it's Yu again, and it seems she's teamed up with a new friend. But how did she get to the feudal era, and how is she able to weild her new deadly weapon, the 'Tetsaiga'? There's some totally messed up stuff in the next part, so please return for a very important episode, Act X: "It's Our Time Now!", and enjoy, alright?
Sounds awesome, looks awesome, must be awesome. Please respond from now on, and please join us next time fro another episone of Inu-Yasha's Totally Excellent Adventure.
(Scene: Within Inu-Yasha's subconcious)
And then there was darkness. No noise, no light, no grey, no light, only darkness. A chill ran through Inu-Yasha as he stood alone in the dark room, what happened? A terrible thought ran through his head, was he dead?
"I wish I could see." He whispered. And so there was light, not a lot, but a spotlight to surround him. It was eerie, what had happened? He remembered Yu with the gun, but nothing else up to his leg being blown out.
He sat down and pondered at the last events he could remember, his leg being shot; then passing out, everything else was a total blur. He could still smeel the fresh blood, but none could be seen or felt, as if it was there but cleaned up in a rush.
"Inu-Yasha..." whispered a ghostly voice.
"Kagome!" He yelled instantly recognizing the person. No response came though. "Kagome! Where are you!?" Still nothing.
"Inu-Yasha..."
"Kagome! Please, where are you!?" He yelled again; now more desperate to find her. What had happened to her after he passed out? Did Yu kill her too perhaps?
Suddenly a warm hand placed itself on his shoulder and he spun around to see who it was. "Kagome." He whispered looking into her warm teary eyes. "What happened? Where are we? What about Yu?"
"Shhh..." Kagome whispered pressing one finger against his lips. "You're fine, just be in the now, not the then." Her warmth seemed to sweep over him as the two stood there, Kagome slowly taking his hand.
A cool breeze briskly ran over them as Kagome drew herself closer... and closer... slowly. Her lips gently met his and the two stood surrounded by darkness sharing a beautiful kiss. Inu-Yasha shut his eyes and drew her close, wrapping her in his red robes. "Kagome..." He repeated softly.
"Kagome?" she replied questioningly, but now, it wasn't Kagome. Inu-Yasha looked into his arms, Kikyo in place now. "I'm not Kagome, how dare you bring up that girl at such a time!" Kikyo shoved him away and stepped back quickly.
"Kikyo? How did you get here?" Inu-Yasha stared confused at the shrine madien before him.
"You said you'd protect me!" She said angrily. "Why are you helping this stupid girl?! I'm the one you said you'd protect. What about me?!"
"Kikyo, I—"
"Silence!" she yelled drawing her bow and arrow to his face. "If I cannot have you, no one can!" The arrow drew taught, pointed at his chest. "DIE INU-YASHA!"
The wooden arrow caught Inu-Yasha where Kikyo's first one ahad caught him and knocked him off his feet. The exact same feeling as when he had first been struck swept over him, a sense of deja va kinda.
Then it ended, hard against a wall. No, a tree, the ancien tree he had been pinned to so many years ago. "What?" He whispered realizing his situation. "No! I don't want to go back to this!" He grabbed franticly at the arrow and yanked on it, but the seal was too strong, the ward burning his palms.
"You will protect me Inu-Yasha." Echoed Kikyo's voice as the cold sleep he had once experienced began to set in again. "You will protect me and only me..."
"Leave him alone!" Yelled another voice. Inu-Yasha's heavy eyes lifted long enough to see Kagome, his salvation, grabbing the arrow and pulling on it with all his might. The glow of the sacred ward disolved in Kagome's gentle yet firm fingers, and the arrow shattered with ease.
"Kagome..."
"Inu-Yasha, please. You have to wake up!" Inu-Yasha propped himself against the tree as she supported him slightly. He stared at her confused as she put her hands on his chest and waited a moment. There was nothing, then she yelled. "Clear!"
A bolt of thunder crashed through his body; sending him into a frenzy fro a moment. Then it happened again. "Clear!" Suddenly there was light, a lot of light, a lot of blinding light.
Two men stood over him as he looked around, light illuminating the entire room as he lie on a cold metal sheet. "Clear!" The same call. He wasn't about to let these people hurt him again, he needed a way out.
With lightning reflexes, he jumped up and kicked two identicle metal pads out of a man's hands. But what he hadn't expected was the pain, the emmence pain that engulfed him the moment he moved and knocked him to the ground. He looked over his arms and legs, steel pins jutting from his flesh and bones. "What is this!?" he yelled angrily.
"Please sir, you must calm down." Said a man in a white mask and seafoam uniform. "You've been through a lot, you must let us help you."
"Help me?!" The half demon yelled regaining his footing. "To hell with you people! I'm outta here!" He turned to a glass wall behind him and shattered it with ine punch. He darted out as the clinking pins and rods echoed inside him. Pain or not, he was going to escape.
"Code white!" Yelled an unseen voice "We have a code white in surgery! I repeat, a code white in surgery!"
Staggering from wall to wall, Inu-Yasha made his way through the building to a plate glass window. Two sets of footsteps raced up behind him and he booted the glass to pieces in a panic. He turned to see a set of men, one muscular, one lean with a pair of handcuffs like he had seen on television, ready to grab him.
"Step away from the window sir!" Yelled one as the other moved closer to him slowly. Inu-Yasha didn't give them a chance to get him, he stepped backwards and fell out the window, landing roughly in a set of bushes.
It was a day like any other, but would quickly become one Sota would never forget. He got up and had his usual bowl of 'Choco Crispy Bacon Puffs' and parked himself in front of the t.v., nothing beat Saturday morning cartoons after a long week of school, and since Kagome was in the Feudal Era, and Grandpa liked to sleep in, the morning was all his.
It was half way through 'Commander Gore's Morning Fightfest' when there was a sudden knock at the door. Sota didn't really expect anyone, but maybe Kagome had come home early.
Sota nearly screamed when he opened the door, but instead he recoiled in fear. There stood Inu-Yasha, covered in blood, bandages, and steel pins jutting from his body. He leaned on the door out of breath and stared at Sota. "Kagome." He panted out "Where?"
Frozen from head to toe, it took a moment for Sota to react. Slowly he pointed one shakey hand at the shed where 'The Bone Eater's Well' was kept. Inu-Yasha nodded in gratitude and staggered inside the nearby hut.
"Well, there's something you don't see everyday."
()
Rain continued to pour as Kagome sat in Kaiede's hut. Three days without Inu-Yasha, three days of absolute bordom. She was regreting that she had left him to the hospital professionals now, she missed him, she wanted to tend to his wounds. But they were beyond her expertice. She knew how to fix a broken arm or leg, and yes she could dress a serious slash or gash, but four mangled limbs? It would take months for him to fully recover, demon or not.
"Ye be concerned for Inu-Yasha's well being I see Kagome. Why not ye pay him a visit?" Kaiede asked preparing her usual green tea.
"I'm sorry that Inu-Yasha got hurt Kagome." Chippou added sitting closely beside her. "He'll be better soon and we'll be back to collecting jewel shards in no time though." Kagome stared blankly through a window, still depressed. "Don't blame yourself, there was nothing you could do."
"I'm going to find some herbs." She whispered bolting out of the hut, Chippou could see the tears beginning to well up in her eyes as she left.
'It was my fault' She thought running through the city. 'I could have stopped it, but I didn't. I could have stopped Yu, but I didn't.' She ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She saw a blur of two people in colored robes, obviously Sango and Miroku from the colors, but she didn't stop as they tried to talk to her, she just ran. She just ran.
The rain soaked her from head to toe as she sped out of town towards the 'Bone Eater's Well', she had to see him again, she had to apologize. 'I should have been hurt, not him. Why didn't I stop Yu? What's wrong with me?!'
"Kagome..."
Kagome immediately found herself on the ground, covered in mud as she came to a complete stop. That voice, could it be...
"Kagome, help me..."
She turned about to the tree Inu-Yasha had once been pinned to and saw a bloody and battered figure leaning upon it. Clad in blue hospital robes and with large rods of steel jutting from his flesh. His snow white hair was splotched with his own blood as she slowly approched him. It was Inu-Yasha.
"Kagome..."
He leaned against the tree upon the very spot she had first seen him. He stared blankly at her as she got right to her feet, the two of them, drenched, clothes sticking to them, and filled with sorrow.
"Inu-Yasha..." Kagome whispered looking at his adapted body. The pain he had been through and suffered continued onto now. "I'm so sorry!" She yelled throwing herself upon him "It was all my fault, I nearly let you die! Please, I'm sorry!"
She could hear his short breathes as her head rested upon his wounded chest, how could he ever return to normal now? "I told Yu the well was here to save you. I let the hospital take you to be saved. Please forgive me."
"Kagome, I..." Inu-Yasha began, he clutched his stomach in pain as she squeezed him tightly, she loosened seeing this and listened closely "Kagome, I don't need to forgive you, I never was angry with you to begin with. I could never hate you, ever." The rain coninued to pelt down as he wrapped him arms around her slowly and held her. "I promise to protect you. I..."
Kagome looked up as his embrace began to weaken, Inu-Yasha's glazed over eyes looked right at her, then suddenly, he collapsed.
"Inu-Yasha!"
Hey! It's me it's me it's Artie of the 'D'
I came up with most of this chapter while listening to 'Bring Me To Life' by 'Evanscence', it sorta fits it I guess. As always, you can reach me at DarkArtimishotmail.com with questions and comments, or just reply. As always now, here is the sneak preview of the next part.
You again?! No, seriously, it's Yu again, and it seems she's teamed up with a new friend. But how did she get to the feudal era, and how is she able to weild her new deadly weapon, the 'Tetsaiga'? There's some totally messed up stuff in the next part, so please return for a very important episode, Act X: "It's Our Time Now!", and enjoy, alright?
Sounds awesome, looks awesome, must be awesome. Please respond from now on, and please join us next time fro another episone of Inu-Yasha's Totally Excellent Adventure.