Woo, guess which song it is this time?
Going Under! XD
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I'll Save You
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Chapter Five : Going Under
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Kagome stared hollowly into the water before her. She had gone off to bathe, but somehow she couldn't bring herself to. All she could see was her murderous reflection, now flecked with bits of crimson and teal-hinted pupils. She wanted to blame Inuyasha, but she couldn't. She had taken some of the youkai. She had kept it within her.
Slowly Kagome looked at her hands. She could still see the image of Kikyou's terrified face before her, silently screaming for mercy. Kagome couldn't ever be half the miko Kikyou was now. She was tainted. Impure. Unholy. Unworthy.
In a fit of rage Kagome struck the water with her hand and made her reflection disappear. Kagome slowly slid back in a traditional Japanese sitting position, letting her fingertips rest in the water as her head layed itself on the ground. She didn't deserve to be among her pure friends anymore. She didn't belong.
Bitch! How can you leave the pack?! You're the alpha female!
I'm a murderer! I'm weak and unworthy! I should've been able to control you so you wouldn't take her life... I'm a worthless female...
The youkai let out a howl of rage in defiance.
Mate, you are NOT leaving the pack! I forbid it.
Forbid my ass, I can't stay around them! I don't know when I might lose control...
Then let me go back to the damn hanyou! Atleast HE could--
Shut UP! I won't let you torment him anymore!
Kagome slowly leaned forward and layed on her stomach, allowing her arms to become submerged in the warm water. She didn't care if her school uniform became wet.
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
Fifty-thousand tears I've cried
Screaming, deceiving, and bleeding for you
And you... still won't hear me
Going under...
Don't want you hand this time
I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once (wake up for once...)
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I
Thought I'd reached the bottom!
I'm... dying... again!
Kagome felt something grip roughly at her heart and she gasped in sheer white-hot pain. What was happening?
I refuse to let you leave!
Wh-What are y-you doing?!
Taming you.
Kagome let out a strangled choking cry as her heart was squeezed. Kagome twisted madly in pain, writhing on the ground until she fell into the hotspring. Slowly she fell into the depths of the scorching water, air becoming an intangible fantasy quickly.
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under!
Kagome was twisting and turning in the water, her clothes clinging to her and seemingly not existing at the same time. She was choking and there was nothing she could do about it. The youkai had complete control over her and she could do NOTHING. How hopeless was she?
Let me go.
Who was thinking anymore? Was it herself or the youkai? Was she the youkai? Who WAS she?
'I'm Higurashi Kagome,' her mind supplied wearily, 'I just recently celebrated by 16th birthday. I go to school, have friends, and there's a boy at school who's head-over-heels for me. Even though I try, I'm close to failing school. Why? Because I'm traveling 500 years into Japan's past, during the Sengoku Jidai period, to collect the Shikon no Kakera because a little over a year ago I shattered the jewel.'
Am I really? Am I doing all that?
'I've banded together with the weirdest group of people you'll ever see. There's Inuyasha, the son of the great Inutaishou. He's a hanyou, by the way, the son of a youkai and human mother. He is rough around the edges but he's a true softy at heart. Then there's Miroku, the Buddist houshi. He may seem innocent, but he's a real pervert. When the going gets tough, though, he's always there for his friends. Unfortunately, this man is cursed with the Kazaana, a deadly air-rip in his hand that will eventually consume him if he doesn't kill the person who cursed him.'
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
So I don't know what's real
So I don't know what's real and what's not
What's real and what's not?
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore!
Do I really know these people?
'Along with those two there's the taijiya, Sango. She's a trained slayer of youkai with a tormented past. Her own family was killed by an evil hanyou and her only living relative, and member of her village, is her brother, Kohaku. He is currently under the hanyou's control. She's got a boomerang bone, the Hiraikotsu, that deals a deadly blow. Even though she doesn't admit it she really does love Miroku. Her companion is a fire nekoyoukai by the name of Kirara.'
Why am I thinking this...
'After her is Shippou, my "son". He is attached to me and vice versa. He is a kitsune and is always picking on Inuyasha, who does the same to him. Even when he has his annoying moments, I do love him.'
I have a son?
'We have all gathered together to piece the Shikon no Tama back together and destroy Naraku, the one who has caused us all pain in one form or another.'
That's right...
I'm... dying... again!
Kagome opened her eyes slightly only to see herself slowly floating along the bottom of the hotspring. Apparently it was A LOT deeper than she had thought. All around her was water and for a moment she thought that she was dead. She was well aware that she couldn't breathe and she knew why. Damn youkai.
'KAGOME!'
What was that? She heard a voice... somewhere above her maybe? Kagome's eyes opened about half way as she looked up at the surface of the water in a half-interested daze. Someone was up there, looking down at her. Was that person upset? It looked like a male, but the shimmering surface of the water prevented any identification. He's calling someone... who is Kagome? Oh, that's right, I am. Now he's calling someone else... Who are all those other people?
I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm...
Now all those people were upset... Great. Kagome's eyes opened up a little more. They were trying to get into the water... why couldn't they? Was she offensive? Squinting a bit she saw that the first person, a male she assumed, was yelling and crying at the same time, trying to reach into the water but hitting a... barrier?
"Inuyasha..." she heard herself whisper, but instead she saw a few air bubbles escape her mouth and slowly drift up to the surface. Hmm... what was she doing down here, anyway?
You were going to die.
How do you know this?
Because I'm killing you.
Kagome's eyebrows knit together in confusion but was then replaced with calm serenity. If she died then that person wouldn't have to worry about her anymore... She hated being a bother to people and she always managed to do it, too.
So go on and scream!
Scream at me
I'm so far away...
I won't be broken again!
I've got to breathe...!
I can't keep going under!
Kagome felt a stinging sensation in her chest and it made her gasp and take large amounts of water into her lungs. Before her eyes she saw the last remains of the oxygen she had kept within her lungs run off in a large burst of bubbles. Tracing it with her eyes she watched it hit the flimsy liquid surface and she heard more people screaming her names but she felt deaf. The water was muffling the cries and pleas like they were contained in cotton. What a wonderful silence... Kagome found herself choking as two or three very small groups of air bubbles escapes and hit the surface.
Was this how she would die?
Kagome felt cold... like ice. Was this how dying felt? Was she supposed to be alone? Who were those people?
'INUYASHA! MIROKU! SANGO! SHIPPOU! KIRARA!' her mind screamed hysterically.
Shut up! This is how it ends!
Yes, this is how it would end.
I'm... dying... again!
She would die again, second time in one era. That had to be a record, right? Would anyone mourn for her? Would she walk the realm of the living like Kikyou did?
Kikyou...
Kagome's eyes tried to well up with tears but they simply mixed with the water. She knew now why she had to die... She had murdered someone. No one deserved to live and she didn't want to tarnish her friends innocent and pure souls.
I'm going under
Drowning in you
Kagome's mind drifted as her final moments rushed upon her. Inuyasha... she could've drowned in his eyes. So lovely...
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
'I have to live! I have to see Inuyasha! Now isn't the time to die... I have to help put the Shikon no Tama back together. I'm the only one left to purify it... I need to help destroy Naraku!'
I'm going under!
Going under...
No, you are going to DIE!
Going under...
Drowning in you...
I'm going under!
Inuyasha stared into the water. He could see Kagome, eyes open and staring up at the surface, only a few feet below him! "Kagome!" he screamed again, voice hoarse and scratchy. He tried to reach forward, but a sharp electric sting enveloped his arm and sent him howling. "I have to get her, I have to get Kagome!"
"Inuyasha, we can't get to her..." Sango said softly, looking down at her friend. "The barrier..."
"To hell with the barrier! I need to get my Kagome! She's gonna di-" he stoped as he saw her mouth form his name, only to allow precious oxygen to float to the surface of the water. "KAGOME!" A few moments passed as more air bubbled to the surface. Through the water Inuyasha saw his beloved's face start to pale and her lips tinge blue. "KAGOME!!!" Inuyasha tore off his upper haori, set Tessaiga to the side, sheath and all, and charged the barrier. After a bit of hoarse cries of pain, he managed to slip through and dive into the water. He almost gasped when he saw that Kagome was really deeper into the water than he thought...
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BWHAHAHAHAHA... CLIFFIE! XDDD
I'm not really this mean n.n The next chapter will be up in about an hour or so... I promise...