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--Until Death Do Us Part--
Dark brown blood seeped from the living corpse known as Kikyo. Inuyasha shuddered when he peered through his own yellow orbs to see the rotting creature in his arms. Could he possibly be in love with something so heinous or was Kagome right? How he hated those words, admitting that he was wrong. He shook the thought away and trotted to a clearing deep into the woods.
'I have to get back...I have to!' Kagome thought as she willed herself to move.
Slowly she lifted herself off the ground using her bow to lean on.
"I wish you were here Miroku, you always seemed to know what to do" Kagome whispered.
The wind all around the valley grew quiet and still and the putrid smell of blood and sweat invaded her nose making her wince.
'Why did she have to come back?' Kagome thought as she struggled with her first steps.
The well was visible from where Kagome stood. Towards the edge of the great forest stood a small clearing and what appeared to be an abandoned well. The old wood and seeping vines had become a familiar sight and Kagome wanted nothing more than to return to it.
"My Kikyo" Inuyasha whispered as he lay the gnarled figure on the ground. He wiped the blood that dampened her brow.
Kikyo stirred at his touch. "Inuyasha?" she whispered, her voice raw and raspy.
"I'm here Kikyo" Inuyasha proclaimed as he leaned closer towards her.
The splinters now stained with dirt, blood and the tiny but many incisions made her once smooth creamy face appear ragged and tired.
"I...I want you to kill her" Kikyo spoke as she brought her hand to Inuyasha's face.
He sat dazed, unmoving, and not able to see or hear. 'I cant kill Kagome' he thought ' just the thought alone makes me sick...I...I don't know what to do?"
For the first time in many years Inuyasha felt alone. His already torn heart fought between the decisions of killing the one woman he had grown to like, maybe even love.
Kikyo gazed at the troubled demon at her side. It was perfect; Naraku would finally grow to appreciate her skills...and her. She winced in pain as she brought herself to sit up. Her hair gently rolled through the soft breeze that escaped the trees. Kikyo's gaze reached Inuyasha's troubled eyes. She could see the war that engulfed him. Slowly a smile graced her lips.
"Inuyasha...Inuyasha look at me" her delicate wounded hand reached up.
She gasped when the warmth of his face attacked her skin. It was amazing to feel, how she missed having the luxury of warmth that living things took for granted so often.
Her hand lingered on his face for a brief moment and then continued to trail down to the back of his neck. She massaged it slowly and peered into his blank eyes. "Do it for me...do it for us"
"Kikyo...I want to keep my promise to you but..."he pleaded. Before he could say more the priestess interrupted.
"Inuyasha, look what she did to me! Do you not see?" Kikyo questioned as she pointed to her cavernous wound that bled profusely at her side. "I cant be with you if she's going to insist on being a murderous little wench...I will not stand for it..." Kikyo's harsh voice trailed off "...I love you".
Although they were just words the shock of saying them lingered within the dead heart her body claimed. Inuyasha stared in shock at the woman in front of him. He watched as a soft smile escaped her lips. Her mouth was so beautiful but her eyes; her eyes remained empty and deprived of life. That was his fault.
"Kikyo, I promised you fifty years ago that I would protect you...I failed you once before and I owe you so much" he said as his voice cracked "I will...kill...KAGOME!"
With his words still fresh he ran to where his prey resided leaving a cloud of dust and his dead priestess smiling.
"I'm almost there," Kagome chanted as she urged herself to go on.
A sharp pain jolted up her wounded leg as she stumbled on a large rock engorged in the dirt. Her large flesh wound began to bleed tremendously as she fell and hit the ground.
"SHIT" Kagome yelled in pain as she attempted to tend her wound. Ripping her shirt she tied the light fabric around the torn flesh and tied it tight. "I've got to get back...I...I can't do this...I can't leave him here!"
"KAGOME!" a dark looming figure yelled as he emerged from the thick brush of the forest.
Kagome's gaze turned from her wound that now didn't seem important to the deadly figure of Inuyasha. He stopped at the edge of the forest, his face consumed in shadow. Kagome shook with pain as she rapidly stood.
"I...Inuyasha, let me explain" she whimpered as she fumbled for an arrow.
"There's nothing to explain, you bitch!" he said though clenched teeth "I am held to my word and I must keep her from harm...even if it means killing you"
"Do you not know mercy or forgiveness?" Kagome eagerly questioned
"Ha you want ME to show you forgiveness after what you've done?" Inuyasha retorted "I can't forgive you even if I wanted to...your forgiveness means nothing to me...why you always forgave me Ill never know"
He slowly raised his gaze to meet her hurt expression, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.
'Why did I say that, of course I care if she forgives me' he thought while he lowered his piercing gaze.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, "your not being rational!" she howled as she wiped her tears. Through his painful words she had found a new emotion, one that she feared. It overwhelmed her body, taking control of her hand that fingered the arrow locking it in her grasp.
"I'm sorry Kagome" Inuyasha whispered as he began in a slow jog and broke into a sprint towards Kagome.
A bewildered look crossed her face as she watched Inuyasha rapidly approach her.
'Oh my God, he's going to kill me' Kagome sadly thought 'Soda, Mom, Sango, Miroku will you miss me when I'm gone?'
Inuyasha closed the gap quickly. Kagome in last attempts to save herself she raised her bow and the shining arrow which radiated a sad crimson light. Steadily aiming the bow at the familiar face she shuddered. She was to late. Kagome's eyes shot open in anguish.
"Ahh!" Inuyasha yelled as he strengthened his blow to Kagome's torso. Perspiration slowly crawled off the demons face onto his kimono staining it a blood red.
"Inu...Inuyasha" Kagome shook as droplets of blood formed at the corners of her pink lips. "I forgive yo..."
The wind grew colder and stronger as if it fed off the very disaster that lay before it. Kagome's arms dropped heavily to her side dropping her bow and arrow. The bright crimson flame that once engulfed the arrow soon faded with the darkness that followed. Disgusted with himself Inuyasha pulled his stained clawed hands out of the human flesh, letting Kagome's delicate body fall to the ground with a sickening thud.
"I'm sorry Kagome" Inuyasha whispered as he knelt down to sweep the raven hair off her framed face.
He watched as her breathing became shallower and raspy. Her chest heaved occasionally in last attempt to fill her broken lungs. Inuyasha slowly bent down to do what he never could do...kiss her.
"Oh Kagome, if you only knew. Who would of thought that you would die at my hand?" he said while stroking her forehead and tracing her lips. "Believe me when I tell you this, I wanted to grow old with you, I wanted to be with you but...but when you are so close to getting something that you desperately need there's no substitute.
Her breaths became short and fast as the feeling of shock overwhelmed her body. Inuyasha noticed this and slowly leaned forward to kiss her before death.
"Do not fear death Kagome...for it was always around you" he proclaimed gazing into her empty brown eyes.
He slowly leaned forward, his silver mane creating a curtain around their heads. Her scent was faint and overpowered by the death that would soon consume her. Kagome's pink lips pursed in a last attempt to regain her dignity, it didn't matter dignity left you at death as did everything else. Inuyasha remained gentle and pressed his soft lips against hers. A single tear streamed from her cheek as she became limp and let sweet death take her.
"My Kagome, I'm sorry" Inuyasha sincerely said. How was it that he could be more gentle in death than any other stage of life.
The clouds that lurked above slowly turned a hazy purple consuming all that was above. Inuyasha slowly raised his head away from Kagome to sniff the air. It was the stench of death, the stench of evil.
"Naraku..."Inuyasha growled.
~END CHAPTER~
Procrastinators unite...tomorrow! HAHA. Sorry I took so long to do a update...I've been busy with...stuff (-__-;) Please forgive me it wont happen again (o^_^o) Anywho, I hope you liked this chapter because there will be more...I just don't know when.
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--Until Death Do Us Part--
Dark brown blood seeped from the living corpse known as Kikyo. Inuyasha shuddered when he peered through his own yellow orbs to see the rotting creature in his arms. Could he possibly be in love with something so heinous or was Kagome right? How he hated those words, admitting that he was wrong. He shook the thought away and trotted to a clearing deep into the woods.
'I have to get back...I have to!' Kagome thought as she willed herself to move.
Slowly she lifted herself off the ground using her bow to lean on.
"I wish you were here Miroku, you always seemed to know what to do" Kagome whispered.
The wind all around the valley grew quiet and still and the putrid smell of blood and sweat invaded her nose making her wince.
'Why did she have to come back?' Kagome thought as she struggled with her first steps.
The well was visible from where Kagome stood. Towards the edge of the great forest stood a small clearing and what appeared to be an abandoned well. The old wood and seeping vines had become a familiar sight and Kagome wanted nothing more than to return to it.
"My Kikyo" Inuyasha whispered as he lay the gnarled figure on the ground. He wiped the blood that dampened her brow.
Kikyo stirred at his touch. "Inuyasha?" she whispered, her voice raw and raspy.
"I'm here Kikyo" Inuyasha proclaimed as he leaned closer towards her.
The splinters now stained with dirt, blood and the tiny but many incisions made her once smooth creamy face appear ragged and tired.
"I...I want you to kill her" Kikyo spoke as she brought her hand to Inuyasha's face.
He sat dazed, unmoving, and not able to see or hear. 'I cant kill Kagome' he thought ' just the thought alone makes me sick...I...I don't know what to do?"
For the first time in many years Inuyasha felt alone. His already torn heart fought between the decisions of killing the one woman he had grown to like, maybe even love.
Kikyo gazed at the troubled demon at her side. It was perfect; Naraku would finally grow to appreciate her skills...and her. She winced in pain as she brought herself to sit up. Her hair gently rolled through the soft breeze that escaped the trees. Kikyo's gaze reached Inuyasha's troubled eyes. She could see the war that engulfed him. Slowly a smile graced her lips.
"Inuyasha...Inuyasha look at me" her delicate wounded hand reached up.
She gasped when the warmth of his face attacked her skin. It was amazing to feel, how she missed having the luxury of warmth that living things took for granted so often.
Her hand lingered on his face for a brief moment and then continued to trail down to the back of his neck. She massaged it slowly and peered into his blank eyes. "Do it for me...do it for us"
"Kikyo...I want to keep my promise to you but..."he pleaded. Before he could say more the priestess interrupted.
"Inuyasha, look what she did to me! Do you not see?" Kikyo questioned as she pointed to her cavernous wound that bled profusely at her side. "I cant be with you if she's going to insist on being a murderous little wench...I will not stand for it..." Kikyo's harsh voice trailed off "...I love you".
Although they were just words the shock of saying them lingered within the dead heart her body claimed. Inuyasha stared in shock at the woman in front of him. He watched as a soft smile escaped her lips. Her mouth was so beautiful but her eyes; her eyes remained empty and deprived of life. That was his fault.
"Kikyo, I promised you fifty years ago that I would protect you...I failed you once before and I owe you so much" he said as his voice cracked "I will...kill...KAGOME!"
With his words still fresh he ran to where his prey resided leaving a cloud of dust and his dead priestess smiling.
"I'm almost there," Kagome chanted as she urged herself to go on.
A sharp pain jolted up her wounded leg as she stumbled on a large rock engorged in the dirt. Her large flesh wound began to bleed tremendously as she fell and hit the ground.
"SHIT" Kagome yelled in pain as she attempted to tend her wound. Ripping her shirt she tied the light fabric around the torn flesh and tied it tight. "I've got to get back...I...I can't do this...I can't leave him here!"
"KAGOME!" a dark looming figure yelled as he emerged from the thick brush of the forest.
Kagome's gaze turned from her wound that now didn't seem important to the deadly figure of Inuyasha. He stopped at the edge of the forest, his face consumed in shadow. Kagome shook with pain as she rapidly stood.
"I...Inuyasha, let me explain" she whimpered as she fumbled for an arrow.
"There's nothing to explain, you bitch!" he said though clenched teeth "I am held to my word and I must keep her from harm...even if it means killing you"
"Do you not know mercy or forgiveness?" Kagome eagerly questioned
"Ha you want ME to show you forgiveness after what you've done?" Inuyasha retorted "I can't forgive you even if I wanted to...your forgiveness means nothing to me...why you always forgave me Ill never know"
He slowly raised his gaze to meet her hurt expression, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.
'Why did I say that, of course I care if she forgives me' he thought while he lowered his piercing gaze.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, "your not being rational!" she howled as she wiped her tears. Through his painful words she had found a new emotion, one that she feared. It overwhelmed her body, taking control of her hand that fingered the arrow locking it in her grasp.
"I'm sorry Kagome" Inuyasha whispered as he began in a slow jog and broke into a sprint towards Kagome.
A bewildered look crossed her face as she watched Inuyasha rapidly approach her.
'Oh my God, he's going to kill me' Kagome sadly thought 'Soda, Mom, Sango, Miroku will you miss me when I'm gone?'
Inuyasha closed the gap quickly. Kagome in last attempts to save herself she raised her bow and the shining arrow which radiated a sad crimson light. Steadily aiming the bow at the familiar face she shuddered. She was to late. Kagome's eyes shot open in anguish.
"Ahh!" Inuyasha yelled as he strengthened his blow to Kagome's torso. Perspiration slowly crawled off the demons face onto his kimono staining it a blood red.
"Inu...Inuyasha" Kagome shook as droplets of blood formed at the corners of her pink lips. "I forgive yo..."
The wind grew colder and stronger as if it fed off the very disaster that lay before it. Kagome's arms dropped heavily to her side dropping her bow and arrow. The bright crimson flame that once engulfed the arrow soon faded with the darkness that followed. Disgusted with himself Inuyasha pulled his stained clawed hands out of the human flesh, letting Kagome's delicate body fall to the ground with a sickening thud.
"I'm sorry Kagome" Inuyasha whispered as he knelt down to sweep the raven hair off her framed face.
He watched as her breathing became shallower and raspy. Her chest heaved occasionally in last attempt to fill her broken lungs. Inuyasha slowly bent down to do what he never could do...kiss her.
"Oh Kagome, if you only knew. Who would of thought that you would die at my hand?" he said while stroking her forehead and tracing her lips. "Believe me when I tell you this, I wanted to grow old with you, I wanted to be with you but...but when you are so close to getting something that you desperately need there's no substitute.
Her breaths became short and fast as the feeling of shock overwhelmed her body. Inuyasha noticed this and slowly leaned forward to kiss her before death.
"Do not fear death Kagome...for it was always around you" he proclaimed gazing into her empty brown eyes.
He slowly leaned forward, his silver mane creating a curtain around their heads. Her scent was faint and overpowered by the death that would soon consume her. Kagome's pink lips pursed in a last attempt to regain her dignity, it didn't matter dignity left you at death as did everything else. Inuyasha remained gentle and pressed his soft lips against hers. A single tear streamed from her cheek as she became limp and let sweet death take her.
"My Kagome, I'm sorry" Inuyasha sincerely said. How was it that he could be more gentle in death than any other stage of life.
The clouds that lurked above slowly turned a hazy purple consuming all that was above. Inuyasha slowly raised his head away from Kagome to sniff the air. It was the stench of death, the stench of evil.
"Naraku..."Inuyasha growled.
~END CHAPTER~
Procrastinators unite...tomorrow! HAHA. Sorry I took so long to do a update...I've been busy with...stuff (-__-;) Please forgive me it wont happen again (o^_^o) Anywho, I hope you liked this chapter because there will be more...I just don't know when.
Happy Reading
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