Act XV: The Rift

"Good-bye Inu-Yasha..."

The 'Tetsusaiga' glowed as Inu-Yasha hung his head, almost in shame. This was it, he could return to being with Kikyo, as if nothing ahd happened to either of them over five hundred years ago. They could all be in peace, and Kagome could return to her normal life.

Yu smiled as Inu-Yasha extended his 'Tetsaiga' to her. She held out her 'Tetsaiga' and allowed the two tips to touch for a brief moment. A glint of light pierced through the darkness as she watched on.

A gust of wind blew through them all as the light slowly grew between the identical blades. Both swords glowed an eerie pale light as the energy between the two seemed to cut a hole in the very fabric of reality.

"Yes..." Yu murmered as the hole grew slowly "This is what I have lived for. To control all of space and time.

"I'm sorry Kagome..." Inu-Yasha muttered. If he fought back, Kagome would die, if he let Yu have her way, he would return to a time with Kikyo, he was damned either way. "I'm sorry..."

The hole glistened and seemed to be covered in a black gloss, as if made of glass. Yu put out one hand and retracted her 'Tetsusaiga'. "It's more beautiful than I imagined it." She whispered smoothly sliding one hand over the slick surface. "And it's all mine."

She looked over at Kagome and saw the tears streaming down her face, nearly taking pity for a moment. "Don't worry Kagome." She said moving to the other side of the two dimentional object. "In mere moments, you won't know anything about feudal Japan. It'll be nothing more than something in a history book to you."Her words didn't seem to ease her though, they seemed to make it worse.

Kikyo smiled as Inu-Yasha stood only a few feet from her. He would be her's again and not this abomination of an incarnations. She could live the life she always wanted with him, a life of peace.

Yu touched the rift again and pressed her hand against it. Her fingers slowly pushed their way into it and through to another world. "I'd love to stay," she began looking back at the group "But I have an entire reality to explore, good-bye."

She pushed through the barrier and vanished into the ink blackness of the hole as the others stood back and watched on. That's when it happened.

"GODDAMMIT!"

Inu-Yasha picked up his 'Tetsusaiga' and swung around to Kikyo. There was a 'twang', a 'slash' and it was over. The final aftermath stood before Inu-Yasha who was the last man standing.

Kikyo lie dead, a large gash through her chest, her spirit pouring our of her in a brilliant light show. And Kagome, dead, Kikyo's arrow embedded in her head from the rear.

Inu-Yasha looked on, blank, frozen in shock and fear. "Kagome..." a weak whisper escaped his throat. He fell to the ground, his blade clattering aside him, and cradled Kagome's body in his arms.

"I couldn't protect you... I couldn't..." tears fell down his cheeks onto her as he knelt there in horror and disbelief. "I couldn't protect you... I'm sorry Kagome...I'm so sorry."

"KAGOME!!!!!!!!!!"

He lie her body down and draped his robe over her body, still in shock of what had happened. Kagome was dead. Kikyo was dead. Yu had escaped.

"And there's not a damn thing I can do..."

Inu-Yasha stood over Kagome's body and turned back to his sword. Then he saw it, his hope, his salvation, his savior. The rift still stood there.

A tear ran down his face in sudden realization of what he could do. He turned back to Kagome's body and pecked her cold face on the cheek. "I promise Kagome." He uttered "I'll fix this. I promise..."

He turned back to the rift holding 'Tetsaiga' and quickly forced one arm into it, a chill ran down his spine and raised every hair on his body. He had little time, he needed to act quick.

Inu-Yasha turned back to Kagome one more time as his legs began to enter the dimention. "I promise I'll fix this Kagome."

Inu-Yasha whizzed through time and space watching universes fly by like a blot of light. Multiple timelines of what could have been appeared before him as he looked franticly for his foe.

Then he saw it. Amongst all the chaos he saw a tiny ball of light. He extended a hand towards it and touched it with a single finger. A shock bolted through his body and instantaniously transported him inside.

It was nearly too bright to see anything, but Inu-Yasha could smell the demon near, Yu was here. His eyes slowly adjusted to the nothingness, then, in a single blink, he could see just fine, as if somone had turned down the lights just enough.

He saw her then, standing only a few feet off from him, Yu. But she was different than before now. Clad in the purest white robes with the transformed 'Tetsusaiga' before her, she almost seemed to be waiting for him.

"Inu-Yasha, what are you doing here? Did you follow me?" Inu-Yasha went to reply, but there wasn't a need since Yu did it for him "Of course you followed me, you want to change time so that Kagome would live. You also wanted to stop me from returning you to your proper time. Quite noble."

"And now I'm going to kick your ass." He said clutching The 'Tetsusaiga' tightly "This was my father's gift to me, and now I'm going to use it to have you through."

Yu's 'Tetsusaiga' clattered on the ground and slowly raised up off the ground. "It's amazing what all the knowledge in the cosmos can teach you to do." She whispered, a smirk on her face as Inu-Yasha watched on. "I have evolved in mere moments to no longer need a body to fight. But if you still want to fight, then you've got something else coming."

"Whadda you mean?" Inu-Yasha asked.

"I have seen everything that there has to be seen." Yu whispered as her blade floated around effortlessly. "I can predict your every move and kill you whenever I feel like it. You're a fool to fight me and my infinate wisdom."

"I may be a fool, but I'm fueled by something you'll never understand." He swung the 'Tetsusaiga' effortlessly and prepared for battle. "I'm a fool fueled by a strong hatred for you, and a love for Kagome. You're going to die Yu, and there's nothing you can do, I promise you that."

"Love. I noble cause indeed, But I assure you there is still no chance you will survive my onslaught. I am superior. I am vast. I am all. I am a god." Yu blinked for the first time since Inu-Yasha arrived and the 'Tetsusaiga' twitched in her control. "I hope you've lived a life without regret Inu-Yasha, for I promise that this will be your final resting place, my dimention I made, just for us to fight in."

"The only thing I regret is that I couldn't protect Kagome." Inu-Yasha whispered "But I will make things right now. I'm gonna kick you ass Yu!"

"Then let us begin."

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What a wild chapter. Now the stage is set for perhaps the greatest battle these two can offer. Sorry I haven't written in a while, I've been working on my site for anyone who's interested in seeeing it, you can see it at and as always, for any questions of comments, you can reach me at But forget that crap, here's the next preview!

Inu-Yasha and Yu's big showdown! But what tricks has Yu learned, I mean, all the knowledge in the universe is bound to teach you a thing of two. And does Inu-Yasha really have a hope of surviving this to save Kagome? He is battling someone who knows his every move now. Prepare for the next action-packed installment in Act XVI: Return To Nowhere.

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