A/N: I realize the legal crap and the disclaimer's been on vacation for a
while...well, here it goes for the 3rd time...I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA! IF I DID,
I WOULD'VE MADE A REAL-LIFE CLONE OF HIM AND WE WOULD'VE TAKEN OVER THE
WORLD ALREADY! lol, j/k about taking over the world...that'll be a little
later...
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Chapter Twenty One: Cold Hearts
Kikyo arrived back in a dark hollow where her soul snatchers placed her. The moment they had dropped her off, they had flown off to get fresh souls for her. She smiled grimly, but as soon as the memories of recent events flowed back to her, her feeble smile faded. Her eyes burned with hatred and betrayal.
"It seems that my reincarnation and his sister have changed him...and he betrayed me...he intentionally hurt me...even when he has said he loves me more than anything...I see now...it's so perfectly clear...his love is true but not to me anymore...he loves my reincarnation...he is mine, and he will go to hell with me. I will not let him fall into the arms of another...especially those of my reincarnation..." She said angrily.
~**Back with Inuyasha and Co.**~
"Mei Lhi! Inuyasha!" Kagome called. "Oh where have those two gone?!"
She was getting frustrated. Ever since they arrived back at the village, Inuyasha and Mei Lhi had disappeared.
* * *
Mei Lhi was in one of the branches of the Goshinboku Tree. Inuyasha was on the opposite side.
"Onii-san..." Mei Lhi said.
"What?" Inuyasha answered.
"Why..."
"Why what?"
"Why do you love her?"
"Who?"
"Kikyo, baka!"
Inuyasha fell silent.
"She's just...so odd...and really, I hate her..." Mei Lhi continued.
"I don't know why, ok?" Inuyasha said finally.
"Onii-san, Kikyo died. Fifty years ago. She's not the same from when she was alive. She's changed. You know this, but you just don't want to admit it. But then you love Kagome-"
"I what?!!"
"Shut up and let me finish!"
"Feh. Fine..."
"Anyway, you love Kagome too, Kikyo's reincarnation, but you're so stubborn. You're in love with two girls. Kikyo and Kagome. If I were you, I'd choose Kagome. She's alive! She doesn't need souls to survive! Plus, she's way different than Kikyo and she really cares for you! Kikyo, well, I don't know about her...she just...creeps me out...you need to move on...get over Kikyo, put her to rest."
"Don't tell me how to settle my problems!"
"I'm not telling you, Onii-san! I'm just suggesting that you take the most reasonable course of action!"
"I don't need your help or your suggestions to stay out of what doesn't concern you!"
Inuyasha jumped from the tree, leaping from tree to tree until he was a reasonable distance from Mei Lhi.
"She's right, you know, Inuyasha-sama." came a small voice near his neck.
"Myouga-jijii!" Inuyasha said suddenly, clapping a hand to his neck. "What're you doing here?"
"You see, Inuyasha-sama, I was trying to deliver a message to you from Toutousai, but Kikyo-sama and Mei Lhi-sama were engaged in a fight, so I decided to wait until now to deliver your message."
"Meaning you ran away and hid until we got back to the village?"
Myouga wailed and started crying.
"Hai, Inuyasha-sama! Myouga ran away in fear! I'm nothing but a coward! Forgive me Inuyasha-sama!"
"Myouga-jijii..."
"Hai, Inuyasha-sama?"
"You annoy me..."
Inuyasha squeezed Myouga between his thumb and index finger and tossed him aside into the grass.
"But what about my message from Toutousai?" Myouga called from the green blades.
"Tell me later!" Inuyasha replied, irritation showing in his voice.
* * *
'Damn it, Onii-san! I try to help you, but look what I get! I just get it thrown back in my face! I swear I'm never helping him with relationships ever again!' Mei Lhi thought furiously.
She sighed and rolled her eyes.
'He is so hopeless...'
* * *
Inuyasha sat in the tree, thinking.
'Mei Lhi's right...I should get over Kikyo...but I can't just forget her. I'm bound by a promise...but if I were to be with Kagome, she might just think I just see her as Kikyo, and not for herself...no I'm being stupid...Kagome doesn't love me...does she?'
* * *
Kagome had walked all around, and had given up her search for the two hanyous. She sighed and walked into Kaede's hut. She sat by the fire, resting her chin in her hands.
"They'll come back on their own, don't worry, Kagome-chan." Sango said.
"I know...I just can't help but worry..." Kagome replied.
"How are things? Between you and Inuyasha..."
"What do you mean, Sango-chan?"
Kagome was blushing a vivid red.
"You know what I mean..."
"He loves Kikyo...not me...if he did, he would quit seeing her."
"I'm not so sure about that..."
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Chapter Twenty One: Cold Hearts
Kikyo arrived back in a dark hollow where her soul snatchers placed her. The moment they had dropped her off, they had flown off to get fresh souls for her. She smiled grimly, but as soon as the memories of recent events flowed back to her, her feeble smile faded. Her eyes burned with hatred and betrayal.
"It seems that my reincarnation and his sister have changed him...and he betrayed me...he intentionally hurt me...even when he has said he loves me more than anything...I see now...it's so perfectly clear...his love is true but not to me anymore...he loves my reincarnation...he is mine, and he will go to hell with me. I will not let him fall into the arms of another...especially those of my reincarnation..." She said angrily.
~**Back with Inuyasha and Co.**~
"Mei Lhi! Inuyasha!" Kagome called. "Oh where have those two gone?!"
She was getting frustrated. Ever since they arrived back at the village, Inuyasha and Mei Lhi had disappeared.
* * *
Mei Lhi was in one of the branches of the Goshinboku Tree. Inuyasha was on the opposite side.
"Onii-san..." Mei Lhi said.
"What?" Inuyasha answered.
"Why..."
"Why what?"
"Why do you love her?"
"Who?"
"Kikyo, baka!"
Inuyasha fell silent.
"She's just...so odd...and really, I hate her..." Mei Lhi continued.
"I don't know why, ok?" Inuyasha said finally.
"Onii-san, Kikyo died. Fifty years ago. She's not the same from when she was alive. She's changed. You know this, but you just don't want to admit it. But then you love Kagome-"
"I what?!!"
"Shut up and let me finish!"
"Feh. Fine..."
"Anyway, you love Kagome too, Kikyo's reincarnation, but you're so stubborn. You're in love with two girls. Kikyo and Kagome. If I were you, I'd choose Kagome. She's alive! She doesn't need souls to survive! Plus, she's way different than Kikyo and she really cares for you! Kikyo, well, I don't know about her...she just...creeps me out...you need to move on...get over Kikyo, put her to rest."
"Don't tell me how to settle my problems!"
"I'm not telling you, Onii-san! I'm just suggesting that you take the most reasonable course of action!"
"I don't need your help or your suggestions to stay out of what doesn't concern you!"
Inuyasha jumped from the tree, leaping from tree to tree until he was a reasonable distance from Mei Lhi.
"She's right, you know, Inuyasha-sama." came a small voice near his neck.
"Myouga-jijii!" Inuyasha said suddenly, clapping a hand to his neck. "What're you doing here?"
"You see, Inuyasha-sama, I was trying to deliver a message to you from Toutousai, but Kikyo-sama and Mei Lhi-sama were engaged in a fight, so I decided to wait until now to deliver your message."
"Meaning you ran away and hid until we got back to the village?"
Myouga wailed and started crying.
"Hai, Inuyasha-sama! Myouga ran away in fear! I'm nothing but a coward! Forgive me Inuyasha-sama!"
"Myouga-jijii..."
"Hai, Inuyasha-sama?"
"You annoy me..."
Inuyasha squeezed Myouga between his thumb and index finger and tossed him aside into the grass.
"But what about my message from Toutousai?" Myouga called from the green blades.
"Tell me later!" Inuyasha replied, irritation showing in his voice.
* * *
'Damn it, Onii-san! I try to help you, but look what I get! I just get it thrown back in my face! I swear I'm never helping him with relationships ever again!' Mei Lhi thought furiously.
She sighed and rolled her eyes.
'He is so hopeless...'
* * *
Inuyasha sat in the tree, thinking.
'Mei Lhi's right...I should get over Kikyo...but I can't just forget her. I'm bound by a promise...but if I were to be with Kagome, she might just think I just see her as Kikyo, and not for herself...no I'm being stupid...Kagome doesn't love me...does she?'
* * *
Kagome had walked all around, and had given up her search for the two hanyous. She sighed and walked into Kaede's hut. She sat by the fire, resting her chin in her hands.
"They'll come back on their own, don't worry, Kagome-chan." Sango said.
"I know...I just can't help but worry..." Kagome replied.
"How are things? Between you and Inuyasha..."
"What do you mean, Sango-chan?"
Kagome was blushing a vivid red.
"You know what I mean..."
"He loves Kikyo...not me...if he did, he would quit seeing her."
"I'm not so sure about that..."