Ohmyfluffy X3 I got a review from Tobias-san ( http : www. fanfiction .net / u / 371741 ) with the suggestion for "Lies" by Evanescence from their first REAL album "Origin" n.n
Are there any other Evanescence song suggestions/situations? I am open to any and all n.n Just nothing hentai e.e I don't do that stuff...
I already have the big battle of Inuyasha vs Youkai Posessed Kagome planned out n.n Thank you to Inuyeasha ( http : www. fanfiction .net / u / 722564 /) for the idea! I'll make... one or two more chapters to this before I do the final battle...
Please, any suggestions I WARMLY welcome!
Except flames.
I flame back on the flames xD
So, without further ado, here is "Lies", chapter 7 of "I'll Save You"
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I'll Save You
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Chapter 7 : I Fight For The Chance
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Kagome layed on the floor of Kaede's hut once more, unmoving and unconsious. Inuyasha and the others were beginning to worry. After all, she had almost died two days ago in the hotspring.
"Inuyasha," Kaede spoke gently.
"I don't want to hear it, Kaede-baba."
Kaede's face became stern, much like a mother would do for a child that was throwing a temper tantrum. "Hanyou Inuyasha you will mind your manners and listen to me this instant young man! You are not, and never will be, too old or too big for me to take you right over my knee and smack your rear!"
Everyone stared in awe at the old miko.
Kaede shifted her sitting position a bit and sent a steady glare Inuyasha's way. "Will you listen to me now?"
"H-Ha-Hai, Kaede-obaasan." Inuyasha replied politely.
"Good." Kaede paused, as if gathering her thoughts, "We've seen the... side effects... that Kagome-sama has suffered through since she took part of your youkai. She destroyed Kikyou's body, nearly killed Inuyasha, and has almost died herself. I've even caught her talking to herself like some crazed person! Even with her now whole soul and her immense spiritual gifts and powers, I'm afraid that her body just can't take it anymore. Little by little our small Kagome is wasting away to protect Inuyasha and the rest of us." Kaede sighed heavily. The next part would cause an outrage, she was positive. "I think it would be best to... leave... Kagome."
Sango gawked openly, "LEAVE Kagome-chan?! What do you mean LEAVE!?"
"I mean leave her out in the open and let nature take its course." Kaede replied quietly.
"You want us to abandon her like... like..." Sango stuttered, not even able to think properly.
"Like a hanyou?" Inuyasha supplied coldly, "Cast her out because she's different now? What is WRONG with you, hag?! Kagome is risking her life for us and we can't do a DAMN THING! The only reason why she almost died was because she was trying to save us from the youkai escaping! So to repay her kindness you want to abandon her like a mistake?"
"I have to agree with Inuyasha on this one, Kaede." Miroku said calmly, masking his rage, "Leaving Kagome would solve nothing but damn us all to hell for abandoning not only someone true of heart, but a friend in need at that. How many times has she put herself at risk to save us, not only from ourselves but from humans and youkai alike? You owe her much, Kaede. Remember when there was the outbreak of sickness and you knew of no cure? Kagome brought you medicines from her own time of her own free will and gave them to you, not even asking for anything in return! She even went BEYOND the call of a miko and helped you heal the villagers! Or what about when you were almost killed by a rouge youkai? Was it not she that ran head-on infront of the attack and saved you?"
"I understand that, Miroku-dono, but look at her!" Kaede gestured harshly at the unconsious girl beside her, "Even you can sense that she is slowly fading! Why make her suffer? Why not let her die quickly and spare her?"
Unnoticed by her friends, Kagome's eyes had opened and she heard the whole thing. "I-Is that it then? I'm going to be left to be eaten?" she said softly, voice barely a whisper.
"I won't let you, hag!" Inuyasha growled, pulling Kagome to his chest.
"Inuyasha," the raven-haired girl murmured, eyes becoming unfocused.
"Inuyasha, don't make her suffer. Don't make her die so slowly." Kaede muttered.
"I am perfectly capable of killing myself, Kaede-obaasan." Kagome replied softly, not forgetting her manners, even towards the one person that wanted her dead.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango gasped, "You would never do that...!"
"I almost did, Sango-chan." Kagome murmured, staring at the wall, "When I saw Death... when I saw Kikyou. I was so close... the silence... Oh, the beautiful silence. I was numb, not a care. All I saw was sweet release from the world and for a moment I didn't care if I went to Hell or not."
"Kagome," Inuyasha whispered, stroking her hair gently with one clawed hand.
Kagome's face twisted into confusion as she seemed to be hearing something only she could hear. "Wh-What?"
"What's wrong, Kagome?" Miroku asked carefully.
Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Seal with the lies through so many tears
Lost from within
Pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again!
"I... I can't move... Oh, Kami, I can't move!" she said aloud, panic overtaking her. "I can't see... Where am I? Why am I back at the dead place?"
"The dead place?" Sango repeated.
"She's talking about the area between life and death, the Graveyard of the Angels." Kaede responded solemnly.
"No... no... let me live! Please, youkai, let me live! Even if I have to be lied to... Atleast then I can believe."
She let out a yelp, only to have a fresh wound appear on her arm.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelped, tugging up the sleeve of her shirt only to reveal long, deep claw marks embedded in her skin. The wound bled freely, dripping carelessly onto the floor.
"What's going on?" Sango whispered, both in shock and in awe.
You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never concieved in love
You will not rise above
"STOP IT!" Kagome screamed, writhing in pain within Inuyasha's strong grasp, "Stop telling me these... these... THINGS. I..." she stopped, mouth hanging open in a silent scream. "No..." she finally whispered, "they wouldn't..."
"Kagome! Kagome, listen to me! What's wrong?" Inuyasha said frantically, shaking the poor girl in his arms.
"N-No... they wouldn't ever replace me with Kikyou... STOP LYING TO ME!" she screamed madly, arms thrashing madly. It took both Sango and Miroku to keep the frightened miko still. Her head turned back and forth, sweat glistening on her forehead. "Stop telling me this... please... Stop telling me things I already know!"
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me...
-With Kagome-
Kagome was sprawled out on the dead and broken earth beneath her, the bodies of the slain angels around her. Her eyes stared out into nothingness, unblinking and empty.
"Did you really think they cared for you?" the youkai, who had taken Inuyasha's form, said above her. "Did you really think that you could ever match up to Kikyou's strength? Her beauty? Her wisdom? Her grace?"
"..no..." she whispered, "I never thought that. I didn't ever want to."
"But you did, Kagome, oh, you did. What do you think your friends think of when they think about or see you?" the figure murmured against her ear, making her shiver in revulsion.
"I... I don't know. I shouldn't ever know. It's not my place."
"But I know what they were thinking... They were imagining how worthless you were. Haven't you noticed? You don't fit in, my weak mate, you never did. You don't belong."
"Don't belong?" she whimpered, eyes stinging with tears, "I knew I didn't belong but... I hoped maybe..."
"What? That they would welcome you?"
"...Yes..."
"They've been plotting your downfall, koishii, you were never wanted. All they needed you for was to see the kakera no Shikon. After the battle you were going to be forced back to your own time. But, of course, you already knew that."
Kagome cried as the youkai kicked her in the side, sending her both flying and rolling over onto the body of a dead angel. She reached over and gently caressed it's face. "How did you fall so far?" she asked.
But through my tears breaks a blinding light
Birthing a dawn to this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree
-With the Others-
Inuyasha's eyes widened as Kagome's unseeing eyes stared up into his own, pupilless. Her small hands reached up and cupped his cheeks, a thumb brushing over the rough sunkissed skin.
"How did you fall so far?" she murmured, oblivious to the confused stares directed at her.
"W-Wh-What?" Inuyasha managed to spit out.
Kagome's face saddened. "I want to see Inuyasha before I go... the real Inuyasha. Oh, angels, grant me just this one wish." Her eyes widened, then softened in sadness. "Goshinboku... it bleeds with the pain of Kikyou's Sacred Arrow. Is this the pain you took for Inuyasha...?"
Inuyasha's eyes softened a little as he nudged her hands with his cheek, "Kagome, don't give up. Come back, Kagome."
-With Kagome-
The moment she touched the angels face it began to move once more. Slowly, the wings repaired themselves and the holy one flew off into the darkened sky that was covered in dark clouds and red lightening. As soon as the being melted into the sky a light shone down onto Kagome, then slowly expanded. A few feet away from her stood a mirage of the mighty Goshinboku, blood trailing from the indentation of Inuyasha's 50-year slumber on its trunk.
The youkai snarled, "Worthless mate, what are you doing?"
"Goshinboku," she whispered, sorrow overcoming her senses, "it bleeds with the pain of Kikyou's Sacred Arrow. Is this the pain you took for Inuyasha...?" Again she felt the violent pulsing deep within her body. "What is this feeling?"
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in my and I vow to you
I will never forsake you!
-With Inuyasha and the Others-
Inuyasha's eyes stung, but he refused to let that show. He didn't even care if the rest of his pack saw him openly display affection for the little miko before him. The hanyou pulled Kagome closer to his chest and shook with some cross between fear and love. "Kagome, please, don't leave me. I don't want you to have to suffer because of me! Please, I'll live and die for you. I'd give up everything just to make you happy. I won't ever forsake our love, Kagome, please, come back to me! I... I need you."
"Kagome, we need you, too!" Sango added, worry overwhelming her.
-With Kagome-
Her face twisted into worry. "Someone needs me..." her eyes flew wide open, "My friends! How could I have left them? I need to get back to my Inuyasha, my friends!"
'Kagome, please, don't leave me. I don't want you to have to suffer because of me! Please, I'll live and die for you. I'd give up everything just to make you happy. I won't ever forsake our love, Kagome, please, come back to me! I... I need you.'
"Inuyasha!" Kagome cried, curling her hands up into fists and wearily pushing herself up, "I need to get back to him! They all need me!"
"This isn't the end, miko," the youkai snarled, "I refuse to let go!"
Kagome turned, hair falling over her eyes slightly. "Go to hell." she spat as she slowly disappeared from the Graveyard of the Angels and slowly arrived back into sanity and consiousness.
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me...
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me...
Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in my and I vow to you
I will never forsake you!
They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me...
-With Everyone-
Kagome's eyes regained their centers as she blinked a few times and stared up at the relieved hanyou above her. "Inu... yasha...?"
"Kagome!" he cried, crushing her small body to his as a shaky sigh of thankfulness escaped him, "Thank Kami... Thank whatever being was listening to us..."
"K-Ka-Kagome... don't you... EVER... do that to us again!" Sango said, smiling in relief.
Kagome gave a weak smile. "I... I'm afraid I can't promise that, Sango-chan." she murmured, "Kaede-obaasan is right... I'm a danger to everyone." The young miko sighed, hands dropping from Inuyasha's face and falling with a soft thud on the floor.
"What do you mean, Kagome-sama?" Miroku asked quietly.
"The youkai... there will be a fight soon. I'll lose control again," she looked up at Inuyasha, "and when I do, you must fight me like I mean nothing. Beat me, make me bleed, anything. You must prove to the youkai that you can beat him. Only then will he back down enough for me to safely seal him away."
"Ka-Kagome! I can't fight you... I couldn't ever..."
Kagome felt the youkai squeeze at her heart, and her eyes widened in pain as she took in a sharp breath, letting out a soft squeak of pain. "Please... please, Inuyasha..."
The hanyou stared down at his koishii just as she went into a hysterical coughing fit, flecks of blood staining her white school shirt.
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