Ooh, you guys are pretty feisty. NOW the threats are coming in! Bwahaha! Ow, my head. I have a major headache right now... Not cool. Oh, and I finally remembered what I had typed. Yay for you! The dividers in between are from a song by ATC. ;) That last chapter got a nasty little cliffhanger, eh?
Chapter – Mistake No. 2
Inuyasha shook his head. He was scared like fuck, and he was speechless for a second.
"You're not dying! Hang in there," Inuyasha half-shouted.
"Who's that behind you...?" Kagome asked softly. Her voice was getting weak. Inuyasha stared at her with confusion.
"God, you're seeing things..." His eyes widened when he finally knew what she was talking about. A voice rang out from behind him.
"Did you miss me?"
&& It's a cruel, cruel world, so conventional...sometimes love just wins you over...
Kagome grunted as she regained consciousness. Her eyesight was still a little blurry, but she could she the whiteness of the person's clothes that was kneeling next to her. Where am I?
Kagome groaned as a major headache rushed back to her head. She tried to get up, but every limb and bone in her body ached in searing pain. She fell backwards and soon enough her vision cleared.
"Kanna? Where am I?" She croaked. Her throat felt scratchy and weak. Kanna shifted uneasily.
"You shouldn't move," Kanna answered. Kagome looked down at what she was wearing. It was the same robes; only it wasn't drenched in blood. She lifted her shirt and immediately saw the bandages wrapped around her body.
"What happened? Where am I?" Kagome rubbed her head. Visions cleared in her mind and she saw a flash of someone's clothes. Inuyasha...
"You shouldn't twitch like that either-"Kanna said, but Kagome cut her off. Her hands were clutching at her head, trying to remember every last detail of what just happened.
"Inuyasha? Where is he? I need to go find him!" Kagome started to get up, but the pain kept her down. She grunted as she heaved herself up despite the pain she was receiving. Kanna shifted her gaze at her mirror.
"Look..." Kanna lifted up her mirror and showed the images inside to Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened with fear as she watched every breathtaking scene... she watched herself get shot with the arrows... and that was it. The images were no longer there inside the mirror. What happened after she got shot? Did she black out? Where was Inuyasha?
"I need to go," Kagome said as she limped toward the door. Her legs ached, but she was still able to move. Kanna held up her hand to motion her to stop.
"He's closer than you think."
Kagome stopped. What did she mean by that? Was he close by, or just close to death? She turned to ask, but Kanna was no longer behind her.
&& I've come to life it's true, it's not intentional every time when we move closer...
"What kind of joke is this?" Inuyasha growled. Naraku smiled smugly as he looked at his hand. Inuyasha let Kagome down gently as he stood up to face Naraku. Naraku let out a small chuckle.
"You sure that's her?" Naraku let out a little chuckle. Inuyasha made a face.
"What?" Inuyasha didn't like the way this was going. Naraku let out a laugh.
"The girl, you idiot! Are you sure that's her?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome. He turned back at Naraku and arched his eyebrows.
"Yes, I'm very sure that's her," Inuyasha said slowly. Naraku arched his eyebrows back at him.
"Open your eyes, you dolt."
Inuyasha looked back at Kagome. Her hair was frizzy, and her miko robes seemed ok, if it weren't for the dried blood. Dried blood? Surely that was normal... right? He looked into her now dull eyes. Then it hit him. This girl wasn't Kagome. Kagome's eyes were normally brown... this girl's eyes were gray.
"Kikyou...!" Inuyasha sputtered. His eyes couldn't believe it... Kikyou grinned evilly and stood up. She let the red and white miko robes slip off, and revealed black robes. Kikyou pulled off a wig and her neat hair fell down.
"Finally, after all these years... you don't know how much pain you've caused me. But now, it's all going to end." Kikyou's hands glowed with a red power. Inuyasha reached for his sword at his hip, but it was no longer there. He patted his hip to make sure he wasn't imagining things. Yup. It was gone all right.
"Looking for this?" Kikyou held up Inuyasha's Tetsuaiga. There was a rumble behind her, and Inuyasha looked straightforward. Sesshomaru and the rest were catching up, but Kagura was nowhere to be found. Sango was back on her feet, and Miroku had this stern look.
"Ah, the group from before! I believed that I remember you, Miroku. It's all in a matter of... hands, if you daresay," Naraku chuckled. Miroku growled as he clenched his fists. He grabbed his beads around his right hand. Sango eyed him.
'What's going on? He never told me about what happened with him and Naraku...' She wondered. She snapped back when she heard Miroku shout, "GET BACK!" She watched in awe as Miroku showed something she never saw before.
"WIND TUNNEL!!"
&&I'll take the fall, a twist I know, you just see right through me...
Kagome searched all around the room. Her eyes landed on a rusted pink bike. She had one just like it, if only someone didn't have stolen it. She climbed on it quickly, ignoring the pain that jolted through her fragile body. She quickly pedaled on the bike, but as she rode she came to a slow stop. Where are they?
She rode straight, until she came to a big building. It looked familiar, so she climbed off the bike. There was something happening on one of the rooftops, but she couldn't see what. She tilted her head back, and saw a clash of swords. A clash of swords?
&& It may be wrong all along, it keeps on turning, turning...
Naraku got out of the way before he could get sucked in the void. He quickly took out a small ball and threw it at Miroku. Instantly, huge insects flew out, flying into the wind that was being sucked into Miroku's arm. He gave out a small grunt as he closed the void and wrapped the beads around his arm. Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead as the poison started to take place.
"Miroku!" Sango ran over to his side and cradled his head in her arms. Her eyes were filled with shock, angst, and sadness.
"It's not the end, Sango. Stop crying..." Miroku wheezed. "This poison is nothing... compared to the loving you gave me. It fills my heart up."
Sango silently prayed as she smiled down on him. "I love you."
Miroku smiled. "I know." Miroku gave out a sharp cry as pain shifted throughout his body. Sango didn't know what to do. "Go get help," Miroku said. Sango nodded. She needed someone with medical skills... but it was not going to be easy to find her.
Inuyasha turned to Naraku. "What did you do to him?"
Naraku smiled. "Miroku's great-grandfather tried to kill me... so I cursed him and all his soon-to-be grandsons with a wind tunnel in their right hands, to be passed from generation to generation. Their own void sucked up each one of them. Soon enough, your friend will too... if the poison doesn't kill him," Naraku let out a chuckle like laugh.
"You bastard..." Inuyasha said through gritted teeth.
"That's my name, don't wear it out," Naraku said as he took his fighting stance.
&& I could walk away now, end it perfectly, and just say your words are not affecting me...
Kagome continued to look up at the building, trying to figure out a way to get up there. She didn't want to take any stairs, and she was very certain that the elevator might collapse, seeing as this building is as dirty as her. She heard a low rumble in the far distance, but she didn't know what it was. She was scared... lost... and most of all, lonely. She let out a small cry as she tripped and tumbled downwards, waiting for the cold wet ground to make her day. No one was here to catch her fall now, no one but the ground, that is.
&& Somewhere deep inside, I know it may be wrong, but I'm ready to commit... Mistake No. 2...
Inuyasha hurled himself toward Naraku. Naraku dodged this and then jumped out of the way of Sango's boomerang. He growled deeply and then snapped hid fingers. Instantly, Sango was surrounded by demons of all sorts... Kagura being one of them. But what Sango didn't know was that she didn't come here to fight. Kirara rushed through the demons, leaving Sango and a slightly weak Miroku to fight all the demons. Sango watched her furry friend fly down to the bottom of the building, but she couldn't leave and look where her cat demon was going. She was going to stay side by side next to Miroku, like the girlfriend she was. Even if they didn't make it, they'd be in it together, and Sango wasn't going to back down one bit!
"STAY WITH ME MIROKU!" Sango shouted. Miroku smiled weakly.
"I will Sango. I will," Miroku said through clenched teeth. Demons rushed in from every corner, circling them with a huge ring of demons. There had to be at least a thousand of them, but Sango and Miroku could take them.
Sango hurled her boomerang at them, killing at least 30 demons with one swing, but it wasn't enough. Miroku tried to use his wind tunnel, but the same poisonous insects lingered there. Miroku whipped out several white sheets of paper from inside his holy monk robes.
"Evil Sticky Note of Doom?" Sango asked as she caught her giant weapon and hurled it again. Miroku nodded.
"GO EVIL STICKY NOTE OF DOOOOOOM!!!" He said as he threw all of the papers at the demons.
&& Must have heard it once; a million times, from everyone; the perfect line...
Kagome heard a low growl behind her. She turned around swiftly and came face to face with Kirara. Kagome smiled with happiness as she patted Kirara's head. She climbed on her back, and they took off. Kagome was determined to get there, and she couldn't wait to find out what had happened to her. Her and Inuyasha.
'Wait... Inuyasha... I'm coming for you....' She glanced up at the top again, and she actually couldn't wait to get there.
&& But you're the one to recognize, these are the things I need in my life...
Inuyasha turned to Kikyou. It wasn't like him to hit girls, but he needed his sword. He made a grab for it, but Kikyou sidestepped and jerked her hand the other way. They were so close to the edge of the roof, any hard shove will make him or Kikyou falling off the ridge. He pushed Kikyou slightly in the middle of the rooftop, but as she fell she let go of the sword. Inuyasha watched in horror as he watched his weapon disappear over the edge. He could feel his anger boil up, but he couldn't take it out on Kikyou. So he turned to Naraku. Naraku glared at him as Inuyasha walked closer and closer towards him.
"What's wrong, something flew up your butt, or maybe you just love glaring at me," Inuyasha said icily. Naraku laughed under his breath as he looked down from the rooftop and below.
"She's here."
Inuyasha looked quizzically at him and looked down below. He saw something white approaching, but he couldn't make it out. Was it Kirara? Or was it... the real Kagome? The figure went higher and higher, until it came to a certain point of which Inuyasha could now see whom he was talking about. It was Kagome.
&& So I'll take the fall, a twist, I know, it keeps on turning, turning...
Kagome continued to look upwards at the top. She saw two figures staring down at her, and she began to feel uneasy. Did these two goons have some kind of staring problem? Or maybe they're here to welcome her? Was she going to die when she reached the top? There were a lot of unanswered questions. She saw something thin fall, and as it got closer, it appeared to look like a sword. She grabbed it and examined it. It looked familiar...
"K'gome... welcome. I see you're still alive and running," She heard Naraku's voice, and she immediately knew things weren't ok. She glared at him.
"You! Why in the hell did you shoot me five times?!" Kagome shouted at him. "Surely either something possessed you, or maybe you just felt like it!" Naraku gave her a laugh.
"Something... possessed me?" Naraku said as he turned to the man that was staring down at her as well.
"Inuyasha...?" She whispered. She knew that he could hear him, but she wasn't sure if Naraku had that good of a hearing.
Inuyasha shook his head. Maybe he was imagining things. After all the tricks he had been through tonight, this had got to be one. He was sure of it. Her pure white clothes made her look like an angel from above, and her face wasn't dirty to him. It looked beautiful and radiant, like she had always had. Was this girl really her? Is this the real Kagome at last? Or was she dead, and he would never see her again?
He heard her whisper his name, and all his senses were clear. His jumbled up mind had gone blank, as he could no longer feel his body. It was like all time around him had stopped, and the only ones moving was him and Kagome.
"Kagome..." Inuyasha said softly. He didn't even know he said it, but it just rolled off the tip of his tongue.
"I-Inuyasha! You're alive!" Kagome was happy for a moment. Inuyasha wanted to smile, but he couldn't bring himself to it. He was shocked to see her again...
"Kagome! You're not dead!" Sango finally caught notice. She grinned happily then pulled her away. Kagome stopped Sango. She needed to talk to Inuyasha.
"Kagome, Miroku's sick-!" Kagome cut Sango off. Sango nodded and understood. She rushed back to Miroku and left Kagome to talk.
&& I could walk away now, end it perfectly, and just say your words are not affecting me...
"I thought you were dead." Kikyou muttered under her breath. Since when did Kagome make those heroic appearances? She thought Naraku had already killed her when he shot Kagome with all those arrows. Then, she had taken Kagome's place once Inuyasha's back had turned. Kagura had come at once to take Kagome to Kanna. Kikyou was oddly suspicious of Kagura, and she didn't trust her. Neither did Kagura. Kagura didn't like her as much as Naraku did, but Kikyou wasn't sure if Naraku liked her as well. Was this all a scheme just to get revenge? Or to get the jewel?
Kikyou was once the protector of the same jewel. But she got fired once they found out she was affiliating with their enemy. Ever since then, she'd be scheming on how to get back at them. When she found out Kagome had taken over her job, she was furious. Kikyou was jealous of Kagome, for stealing her job, her loved one, and most of all, her good looks.
She turned back to the scene. Inuyasha looked odd, but he was standing his ground far away from where Kagome was standing. What had happened between them? Why were they acting like this? She would usually love to see them like this, but somehow... she felt sorry for the two. Didn't they love each other?
&& Somewhere deep inside, I know it may be wrong, but I'm ready to commit Mistake No. 2...
"Well, well, well. Isn't this pretty fun? The two get reunited, they beat the bad guy, and they live together happily ever after. But I wonder, who's the bad guy?" Naraku let out his famous chuckle. Inuyasha snorted.
"You are, you idiot." Inuyasha said hotly. Kagome clenched her fist at her sides. Her eyes were covered by her bangs, and the jewel around her neck shined with radiant light.
"Who, me? I'm just trying to get the jewel," Naraku shot a glance at Kagome and widened his eyes. Inuyasha looked over at her and was amazed and shocked at the same time.
"Kagome... What's wrong?" Inuyasha was very worried. He tried to look her in the eyes, but it was useless.
"I can't... move..." Kagome breathed. Naraku gave out a laugh.
"Why not?" Inuyasha asked. He saw his sword in Kagome's hands. Her fists were grasped over it so tightly, it looked impossible to pry it out of her hands.
"Because I'm controlling her."
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