My Reflection
Chapter 6: Light vs. Dark
The rain poured down hard and pelted InuYasha on the head, soaking his hair and plastering it to his face. The wind had also picked up a lot and was making the atmosphere colder than it already was. InuYasha screamed out for Shadow, but he continued to call her by Kagome.
"Kagome! Kagome! KKAAGGOOMMEE!" InuYasha's voice echoed through the forest. The cut on his chest burned with more ferocity as he yelled her name. The pain was almost unbearable, but still he pressed on, yelling her name. InuYasha's speed began to decrease and he began to pant. His white undershirt was beginning to stain a dark crimson red. The cut had opened even deeper than before, and was more of a gash than a cut. InuYasha winced as the sweat and rain dripped into his gash. He began to slow down even more. His vision began to go blurry as he felt his body temperature drop.
I can't be dying; I have to find…Kagome…Kagome…
InuYasha fell down on his knees and then collapsed onto his back. As his vision blurred even more, he saw the outline of a person standing above him. He whispered, "Kagome…" The gash on his chest burned one last time, before he passed out.
The cold dampness of a towel pressed onto InuYasha's chest. He whimpered and his eyes shot open. He looked up and saw the darkness of a cave. The dampness continued to splotch his chest. He grabbed whatever was dabbing his chest. It felt soft and twitched under his touch. He let go and slowly sat up. The gash on his chest began to throb. The object that he grabbed moved away and sat down some where.
"Please do not sit up; your wound will open up again." Said a voice out of the darkness. It was fair and soft to the ears, like a chorus singing a happy melody. InuYasha's ears twitched, this was a voice he hadn't heard before.
"Who are you? Show yourself" InuYasha's voice rang out through the small area. There was a flicker of flame in the corner and InuYasha squinted to see what was sitting by the fire. He caught a glimpse of the back of a young woman, about seventeen with short blonde hair that appeared to be black.
"Kagome…." InuYasha breathed, as he got up.
He slowly limped towards Kagome. He got within 3 inches of her and realized something…this was not Kagome.
The young woman turned around, her dagger drawn "Don't come any closer! I have a sword!" She said, looking straight into his eyes.
InuYasha sat down in front of the fire, "I thought you were my friend Kagome...well she was my friend, until I got mad at her. I just didn't want her to get hurt." He looked deep into the orange inferno and thought.
The young woman sat down across from InuYasha and stared into his eyes. The glowing fire reflected in his eyes, and the girl smirked. InuYasha looked up from the fire and stared.
"I never did ask you, what is your name girl?" InuYasha said, the strictness of his voice higher than he wanted it to be. She got up and dusted off her short training shorts.
"Hikari, my name is Hikari." Said the girl, she turned and looked directly at InuYasha. He smirked; he realized why her name was Hikari. Her hair was a light sun-bleached blonde. Her eyes were and eerie light blue, calm and inviting and also sharp as knives. Her skin was a soft creamy white and glowed in the light. Hikari half smiled as InuYasha studied her body. Her training outfit was a long creamy white shirt, tucked into the front of her short blue shorts. There was a small glimmer of silver on her chest, and under closer inspection, InuYasha found it to be a small silver dragon necklace. She had a silver dragon on the back of her blue jacket, which she was currently using as a pillow.
"You are from the Dragon Clan, are you not?" said InuYasha as he moved around the fire and came closer towards Hikari. She put her dagger away, slowly realizing that he would not hurt her. She clasped her hands in front of her and bent down to InuYasha.
"Yes, I am Hikari of The Dragon Clan, I am on my pilgrimage, expanding my horizons as a mage. I've been traveling for quite some time, and I haven't seen another half demon. You are the first I've come across."
InuYasha gave Hikari a weird look and then slowly looked up on top of her head. Sure enough, in the midst of her sun bleached hair, were two dog ears, as white as snow. He smiled and Hikari giggled, they had some thing in common. Suddenly Hikari's ears began to twitch.
"Something is near!" she said, her facial expression changing from a happy smile, to a fierce battle face. She bent down and picked up a long katana that she had hidden under her make-shift pillow. It was long and covered in a smooth black case. Painted in white on her sword was her name. As she started to move, something on her sword clacked. InuYasha looked closer and saw it was beautifully painted butterfly charms, for good luck, probably from her family. Inu Yasha grabbed for his tetsuiga but it wasn't on its normal place. He looked over by where he was sleeping and found that it wasn't anywhere around. He followed Hikari and kept an eye out for his sword.
When he reached the surface, he found that it was still raining, but the sun was shining. Hikari was standing in a battle stance and her sword was gleaming in the sun. She looked back at InuYasha for a second and then it hit. A large black Shadow hit in front of Hikari. She did a back flip away from the shadowed being and landed right next to him. She drew a second sword from behind her shirt. It was InuYasha's sword. He blushed at the sight of her chest, but quickly snapped out of it as she began to run off with his sword.
"Stay here! You are not well and will not last if you fight!" said Hikari as she ran back to the shadowed monster. She leaned forward and kissed InuYasha on the cheek. He looked at her funnily as she ran off. He felt power spread from her kiss into his body. She had put a binding spell on him.
"Wait Hikari!" yelled InuYasha as he tried to run after her, but his wound and the spell stopped him from doing so. All he could do was watch as Hikari ran off to battle this monster. InuYasha felt a strange power coming off Hikari and the Shadow. Suddenly he thought of Kagome, and wondered. Is that…no…it couldn't be…Kagome?
Hikari charged at the monster, her two swords drawn. She stuck her two swords in the ground and pushed off of them, into the air. Her hair flapped around in the wind as her blue eyes slowly turned a hot bright white, power seeped everywhere into her body. She held her arms out and moved them around in a wide circle, her two pointer fingers meeting at the end of the circle. They were pointed directly at the two swords and they too began to glow a brilliant white.
From where he was standing, InuYasha had the look of an awestruck child. He stared at Hikari until his eyes hurt to do so. He covered his eyes as best as he could, with out blocking his view of what was happening. From what little he could see, he saw Hikari open her mouth to say something.
"BIND!" she yelled. White Energy began to pour out of her fingers in a straight line, towards the two swords. They shot up out of the air and a brilliant blue light filled the sky, it grew brighter and brighter till you had to look away.
The shadow demon winced and let out a shriek. Hikari fell to the ground and held out her hand. The blue light landed in her hands and started to fade. It began to take the shape of a large jagged sword. The Shadow Demon, who had been staring at Hikari, looked her in the eyes, its yellow eyes like two stars on its night black body.
Hikari took her new sword and charged. By the time she was inches in front of the Monster, her sword had stopped glowing and could be seen clearly. It was a bright blue and white. It had jagged curves that were sharper than a new blade, and more durable than a ten thousand diamonds. It was practically seeping raw energy and power.
Hikari jumped in the air and flipped so that her foot was going to hit the monster straight in the head. Then something strange happened, the monster shrank from its demon shape, into that of a teenage girl with short black hair and baggy clothes.
"KAGOME!" yelled InuYasha, trying to move closer to her. Shadow looked over towards where InuYasha was, and didn't see Hikari's foot.
There was a thumping sound as Shadow hit the ground, landing on her back in a hideous way. She winced at the pain and got up.
"BITCH!" she yelled at Hikari, who floated down and charged at Shadow again. Shadow drew her swords and charged at Hikari. They were running at each other in break neck speed.
Hikari let out a battle cry at the same time as Shadow. They were coming closer and closer to each other, neither one looking like they were going to back down. InuYasha continued to look at the two fighters, not wanting either one to get hurt, especially Kagome.
Shadow drew her sword back and was prepared to strike, when Hikari sped up and hit Kagome dead center in her heart, impaling her. Hikari's sword was gleaming with blood as it dripped down her sword.
"KAGOME!" InuYasha screamed in horror, as he dropped to his knees. All that filled his heart right now was sadness and hatred. Sadness for the loss of a woman that loved him for who he was, and hatred for the bitch that killed her.
HAHAHAHAHA! I am the shiz-nite! lol well sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out, I was working on my amv's! I'm glad to say I've really gotten better D! lol check out my next chapter coming at ya soon!
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