Okay, here is what I have planned out for the next few chapters:
We'll stick to the Evanescence-theme, that's for sure. I love how it's been working out so far!
Right now we're gonna visit Kagome (who is dead) and see how she's doing.
Next, we'll see Inuyasha.
Finally, they'll come together.
And that's as far ahead as I've planned XDD;
Read on, my lovelies!
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I'll Save You
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Chapter 10 : If I Try To Touch Her
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Kagome stood unmoving in area that she had awoken to. She was in an elegant hallway made of glass. The ceiling, the walls, even the floor was glass. There was nothing around her, just empty space. It was REALLY unnerving... She sighed heavily, glancing around a bit.
Go...
Kagome stiffened and took a cautious step back. This was like some cheesy horror movie... The girl follows some random feeling, walks forward, then gets chopped into pieces. "Fat chance, asshole." she muttered, standing still and crossing her arms. Glaring, she looked around once more, taking care to examine the area before her. She saw something flicker, but she knew it wouldn't lead to anything good. "Inuyasha," she found herself whispering, only to feel a stabbing pain in her heart.
Death. That's right, she was dead. No wonder she was in some sort of weird room... she was a wandering spirit!
"What a rip-off," Kagome grumbled, rolling her shoulders back, "I atleast expected something more classy then a disembodied glass hallway over a whole bunch of nothingness." She sighed, allowing her arms to hang by her side, "I miss my Inuyasha... I didn't even get to tell him!" Kagome threw her fist sideways into the glass wall, "I didn't get to tell him! Dammit!" Slowly she slumped down against the wall, shaking from both anger and sadness. "He was trying to tell me something... and he cried." She studied her hands as she repeated that last bit, "He cried. For me... Inuyasha cried for me." Her hands curled up into fists, "I left him! I broke my promise and I left him... if I had tried just a little harder maybe I could have found another answer!"
Go...!
Kagome growled, looking up through her thick bangs, "I swear to fucking Buddah if that is the youkai it's in for a WORLD of Whoop-Ass Kagome style...!" She stood up and glared at the flickering light at the "end" of the hovering-for-no-apparent-reason hallway. "Alright, you want me to come? Fine! I'm dead anyway." she said the last part in a bitter mutter as she began walking down the hall.
After about five minutes she entered the end of the hallway which was...
...a disembodied floating-for-no-apparent-reason giant square glass room...
...with a mirror...
...a BIG mirror...
"Dammit, I really hate this." Kagome swore, casting an uncaring glance around her before walking towards the well. Her hands went to her mouth as she gasped, staring into it.
Kikyou! She was there... She was in the mirror! She was... immitating her?
"What the--?! Agh! Dammit, what sort of sick, twisted reality is this!" Kagome shouted to no one, glaring into the mirror, only to see the Kikyou in there follow her every move. "Even dead you have to haunt me, don't you?" Kagome gave her "reflection" a half-smile as she reached forwards toward the mirror.
I've been looking in the mirror for so long
That I've come to believe that my soul's on the other side
All the little pieces falling, shatter
Shards of me
Too sharp to put back together
Too small to matter
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.
Kagome's fingers stopped about an inch from the surface of the mirror. "That's it, isn't it? You're my reflection and I'm yours... So... did part of me go there, too?" Kagome's hand dropped down to her side as she stared into the mirror, haunted by the image of Kikyou that stared back at her.
A moment passed.
Kagome dropped onto her jean-clad knees and watched in numb amazement as Kikyou followed her. "I give up." Kagome reached forwards, eyes widening slightly as her fingers melted into the mirror. "Oh, this is some messed up stuff right here."
Kagome...!
Kagome stared stupidly at the mirror that her hand was half-submerged into. "Sh-She... Y-You! Talked... mouth... not move?" Kagome blabbered on intelligently.
Yes, Kagome, I'm talking to you.
"I... I'm so sorry, Kikyou,"
For what?
"...Killing you..."
Kagome, I should be thanking you. You finally put me to the rest I had craved for so long...! I'm only sorry that now you're dead...
"Speaking of which, why the hell am I here?"
Quite a mouth you have, hmm?
"Ooi, ooi, ooi! Blame Inuyasha for that! After two years it's amazing I haven't gone around calling Kaede-obaasan an old hag and hitting Shippou..."
Kikyou laughed, her image smiling.
I understand...
Kagome took in a sharp breath as the mirror began to pull her in. With a short yelp she disappered into the glass. After a moment she opened one eye, only to be face to face with Kikyou. "W-Where am I?"
"You are in a version of limbo."
"Then shouldn't I really be in the Graveyard?"
Kikyou sighed, putting a hand to her head gently, "That's what we've been trying to figure out. It doesn't make sense that you're here..."
Kagome reached out to touch Kikyou's arm, only to pull her hand back as her skin was torn and began to bleed. "Kuso!"
Kikyou's face saddened, "I forgot to mention that... Since you're in this area you can't touch anything without hurting yourself. It is not your time to be here yet."
"Thanks for the warning." Kagome replied dryly.
Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirit's well
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child
Lie to me
Convince me that I've been sick forever
And all of this
Will make sense when I get better
"Nothing makes sense... I quit school... Everyone back in the modern era probably think I've finally kicked the proverbial bucket...!"
Kikyou raised an eyebrow.
"I just... I just want to be..."
"Normal?" Kikyou offered.
"Yes,"
Kikyou smiled and looked off to the side. "That's what I wanted, too. Being normal seemed like such an amazing refuge from the insanity of the life of a miko. However," Kikyou turned her attention back to Kagome, "If I had been normal, I doubt I would have met Inuyasha."
Kagome blinked, then smiled.
Kikyou reached for Kagome, only to see her hand slip through her. She sighed and continued speaking. "He loves you, Kagome. Don't ever doubt that." Kikyou stared her in the eyes, "I'm sending you to the Graveyard. He's waiting for you...!"
But I know the difference
Between myself and my reflection
I just can't help but to wonder...
Which of us do you love?
So I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breath,
I breathe no...
Kagome flung her hands out as she was pulled backwards, falling headfirst into some unknown area. "KIKYOUUU!"
In moments she was floating in nothingness. Her whole body felt weightless, and for a moment she considered sleep. She couldn't tell if she was upside down, sideways, backwards, nothing. All she knew was that her arms were hanging limply below her and she felt oddly like she was being pushed up very slowly. "Inuyasha... I never told you..." her voice echoed strangely, "I love you."
In a flash of light she was freefalling down towards the barren wasteland that was the Graveyard of the Angels...
...and there was nothing she could do about it.
Bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe,
I breathe --
I breathe no more.
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