Behold, the wonderous song "Whisper".
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I'll Save You
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Chapter Six : Whisper
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Kagome stared at the man that had just jumped into the water. What the...? He looked so upset... Looking further up into the water she saw the other people he had called crying out for him and herself.
"Inu...yasha..." she murmured, slowly fading into unconsiousness as the lack of oxygen overcame her.
'Kagome!' Inuyasha growled in his mind, swiming deeper into the water just as she closed her eyes and sealed her fate. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her up to him, clutching her to his chest. In a flash he rocketed up for the surface. 'Hang on, Kagome!' he shouted mentally, finally hitting the surface and taking a deep breath. He scrambled up onto the surface and dragged the drenched Kagome flat onto the ground.
Kagome slowly felt herself moving, but death was much more appealing than the pain she was suffering now. Her soul felt like it was being devoured and her mind felt like it was being torn in two.
Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
Kagome slowly fell back into her mind, allowing her body to slowly die. In her mind she felt numb, and she hear people screaming for her again. Why couldn't they just leave her be? The overpowering silence of death was so comforting...
This truth
Drives me
Into
Madness
I know I can stop the pain
If I will it all away...
If I will it all away!
"Kagome!" Sango screamed, clutching the hysterically screaming and sobbing kitsune to her chest, "No, Kagome, breathe! Breathe, dammit, breathe!"
"Inuyasha, you're going to have to breath for her." Miroku said flatly, staring into the eyes of the inuhanyou.
Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them...)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep, never die!)
A small smile graced Kagome's pale blue lips, slightly contrasting to her sickeningly pale skin. Oh, sweet madness. It was addictive. She wanted to let go, but something kept her from cutting the last thread that connected her to her body. She wanted to fly away so fast...
Suddenly her body gave a slight shudder even though she didn't acknowledge it. Infront of her she saw some barren wasteland, angels strewn across the broken and dead earth. Their backs were bloody where feathers had been plucked mercilessly and there were bloody handprints and footprints covering the dusty ground. Where was she?
I'm frightened
By what I see
But somehow I know
That there's much more to come
Immobilized
By my fear
And soon to be
Blinded by tears
I can stop the pain
If I will it all away...
If I will it all away!
Kagome forced herself not to look, so instead she closed her eyes. 'Let me die!' she screamed in her head, 'Let me die!'
Inuyasha stared down at the girl below him, laying flat and almost dead on the dirt. Slowly he leaned down, pinched her nose closed, and breathed into Kagome's lunged. 'Please, Kagome, live! Please live!' After a second he pulled back and pushed down on her ribcage roughly, trying to spark it into functioning once more. 'Please live, Kagome!'
Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Kagome heard a heartbeat all around her, followed by a pulsing in her body mimicing the heartbeat. What was going on? Her eyes widened as realization hit her. I'm starting to live again! Kagome forced herself not to breathe, she wasn't worth it. Somewhere she heard more people screaming for her.
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them...)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep, never die!)
Sango allowed tears to stream down her face. "Please, Kagome, live! You still have so much ahead of you! Don't let it go away..." Sango squeezed her eyes shut, "Don't leave me alone, Kagome!" Her eyes remained closed as she screamed, "DON'T LEAVE US ALONE, KAGOME!"
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes...
Lying next to me I fear
Kagome stared emotionlessly as Death itself appeared infront of her. The hood dropped, revealing Kikyou in it's place. Both of them stared in stony silence. Somewhere she heard whispers around her, those of the dead. Some of them were good, some of them were evil. It was hard to care anymore.
She beckons me
Shall I give in?
Upon my end
Shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for
I rise to meet the end!
"Is this truly what you wish for, Higurashi Kagome?" Kikyou's voice resounded though she had not moved her mouth.
"Yes, I don't want to live anymore. I cause nothing but pain and despair like that of the Shikon no Tama." Kagome responded, mouth not moving.
"Then come, Kagome, even though you're making the biggest mistake of your life." Kikyou held out a hand to the girl, her scythe gleaming in the other.
Kagome slowly reached out for Kikyou and began to stagger with short, jerky steps towards her.
Don't turn away
(Don't give in to the pain)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
Don't close your eyes
(God knows what lies behind them...)
Don't turn out the light
(Never sleep, never die!)
"Breathe, Kagome!" Inuyasha cried furiously, repeating his makeshift CPR treatment. Each breath he gave her became stronger and stronger. He could've sworn he heard her heart give a half-beat. Just a little more!
Shippou was bawling for his mother, wondering why he was losing his second one.
Don't turn away
(Servatis a pereculum)
(Don't give into the pain)
(Servatis a maleficum)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
"You know," Kikyou said, hand still outstretched, "you are leaving a lot behind."
"Like what?" Kagome said bitterly, slowly making her way towards the miko.
"You're leaving Shippou, you're half-son, Sango, you're sister, Miroku, you're brother, Inuyasha, you're beloved."
"They can go without me, I'm not that important."
Don't close your eyes
(Servatis a pereculum)
(God knows what lies behind them...)
Don't turn out the light
(Servatis a maleficum)
(Never sleep, never die!)
Inuyasha gave a inu-like growl of frusteration and stress as he firmly pressed his mouth onto hers and breathed in more deeply than he ever had before. He was rewarded with one faint heartbeat... then another...
Kagome's eyes flew open, covered in crimson with teal pupils. "What are you doing, half-breed?!" his youkai growled, "The bitch wants to die, let her!"
"Lies!" Sango screamed, "Kagome would never want to die!"
"Oh, is that what you believe? There's a lot you don't know about this miko..." the youkai grinned, giving Kagome's face an unholy look as it slowly tore a rip down the front of her shirt and laid its hand over her heart. "Her heart is dark... much darker than anyone would have expected. I, myself, was quite surprised when I probed it for answers that she refused to give me. A miko, ha! I think not... she's too impure... and she took the life of another. Damned to hell is what she is. A worthless bitch."
Inuyasha growled, "Shut up! You know nothing!"
"Oh really? Would you believe me if I told you that she is close to embracing death, in the form of Kikyou, at this very moment? Yes, she's already in the land between life and death... where all the angels die. As we speak she is blindly staggering towards Kikyou, fully ready to embrace death.
Don't turn away
(Servatis a pereculum)
(Don't give into the pain)
(Servatis a maleficum)
Don't try to hide
(Though they're screaming your name)
"Kagome!" Kikyou growled, jerking her hand towards her, "I don't care what you say, you DON'T want to die!"
"Then why are you welcoming me?!"
"Because I damn well have to! I have no choice, I have to embrace those who wish death! Don't make me kill you, Kagome!"
"Kill me, Kikyou! I have no reason! If I die, the youkai within me can finally be gone!" Kagome screamed, hesitating a bit.
"No, Kagome, he wont! He'll go back to Inuyasha! Do you want that to happen? Do you want that, Higurashi?!"
Kagome froze. She hadn't considered that...
Don't close your eyes
(Servatis a pereculum)
(God knows what lies behind them...)
Don't turn out the light
(Servatis a maleficum)
(Never sleep, never die!)
"You! Shut up and give me back my Kagome!" Inuyasha continued to breath for the girl, hoping and praying to any God that might be listening that Kagome would come back to him.
The youkai struggled in Kagome's body against Inuyasha, trying to refuse him. However, Kagome was slowly coming back into her body, embracing her soul with a newfound purity.
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
"I... Kikyou..." Kagome mumured, taking a step back.
Kikyou smiled with relief, "Yes, Kagome, go back! Go back, please! They need you... Be the person I wasn't able to be."
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
Kagome's eyes squeezed shut, then flew open, revealing her chocolate brown eyes in all their wonder as she rolled over and proceeded to cough up all the water that had entered her lungs. She felt Inuyasha embrace her, and then she lost consiousness.
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
"Thank Buddah she's back." Miroku murmured, relief crossing his features as his hanyou friend picked the young miko up and they all proceeded back to Kaede's.
Servatis a pereculum
Servatis a maleficum
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XD WOOO! What song by Evanescence should be next?!?!