Chapter 7- Revenge is bittersweet
A.N: Okay, I didn't get any reviews...so I'll write another chapter and if I don't get any, then I'm going to take a long break with this story and concentrate on my Hermione/Snape fic for Harry Potter, called "Falls on me" inspired by the Fuel song. So enjoy this chapter, it might be the last for a while...I had about 19 chapters planned out for this story, but I don't know how far it'll go now...so enjoy and please review!
Inuyasha jumped through the trees and thoughts of what Naraku could be doing to Kagome ran through his mind.
'Just hang on, Kagome. Please hold on'
Just below Inuyasha was Miroku, Sango and Shippo riding on Kilala. Shippo was still sniffling and Sango looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Are you going to be okay, Shippo?"
Shippo nodded and wiped his eyes slowly. The wind was ruffling the litte fox's hair and he looked really tired and worn out.
"Do you think Kagome will be alright?"
Sango frowned and looked at Miroku sadly.
"I hope so. She's really strong and I know she can take care of herself, right Miroku?"
Miroku was silent and he seemed to be choosing his words really carefully because he knew Inuyasha could hear them.
"The sooner we find her, the better."
Sango nodded and looked up to where Inuyasha was leaping from branch to branch. She felt really sorry for him and could sympathize with the hanyou.
"Poor Inuyasha, he must think this is all his fault."
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he caught Sango's words. He frowned and looked at where the sun was peeking over the horizon. The sky was red though, red like blood. A griding feeling hit his stomach and he felt like he was going to throw up.
'It is my fault. If I hadn't been thinking of a certain body part, we wouldn't be in this mess and Kagome would be safe.'
Another thought entered Inuyasha's mind...what if Naraku would be too powerful for he himself to handle if it came down to a big battle? Inuyasha could get overly confident at times, but this time he felt numb and weak. He could've stopped Kikyou from knocking out Kagome, only if he had been a little faster, a little smarter.
'Maybe...if the time comes, I could let go of Tetsusiga and...'
Inuyasha shook his head. He couldn't lose more of his human soul, it was too risky to attempt, but if it came down to life and death of the woman he loved, then to hell with the risks. Inuyasha nodded and decided.
He jumped off of a thick branch and soared over the treetops and spotted a blue spirit barrier around a part of forest and a castle top. The faint smell of miasma cloaked the air and he knew that they were very close. He looked down at the others and pointed to the bubble.
"There, I think that's the castle. Miroku, will you be able to break a hole through the barrier?"
Miroku closed his eyes, pointed his staph in the direction of the barrier and seemed to be meditating.
"I may be able to break a small hole, but only long enough for one person to go through."
"Fine...get ready then!"
Inuyasha leapt out of sight and landed outside the barrier.
'Please, Kagome...be safe.'
Inuyasha waited for the others and when they came, Miroku jumped off of Kilala, threw his staph into the ground, clasped his hands in prayer, then threw a spirit ward at the barrier. A small hole appeared at grew to the size for someone to step through.
Inuyasha leapt through the hole, unaware that someone else had followed him in.
"Kilala!" Sango yelled and Inuyasha looked back and saw Kilala in her other form following him. He smiled weakliy and nodded to her.
"C'mon. I'm going to need all the help I can get."
Kilala meowed and it turned into a roar as she tranformed and started to run with Inuyasha. They made their way through the thick, dense brush and trees. Inuyasha jumped over a huge fallen log and Kilala was suddenly under him. He looked down and saw a deep, wide canyon that he knew he wouldn't had made it across.
"Thanks."
Kilala purred and flew with incredible speed to the castle's courtyard, where Inuyasha jumped off and started to run the open castle door. Wait...open. Inuyasha halted and stared at the open door.
"Something doesn't smell right, Kilala."
Kilala growled in agreement and she looked around for anyone hidden and Inuyasha watched the open door with readiness. He half expected Kagura, Kanna, Kikyou, or Naraku himself to emerge from it, so he grasped the hilt of Tetsusiga, ready for an attack and Kilala stood beside him.
Suddenly, Inuyasha heard footsteps coming from inside and his ears twitched with curiousity. Those footsteps were very familiar and he grasped Tetsusgia's hilt tighter. Kilala growled near him and he saw a shadow in the doorway.
"Come out here and fight! Give Kagome back to me, you bastard!"
The shadow didn't respond, but stepped forward and Inuyasha's eyes widened with horror...
"Are you sure you can't open a hole again, Miroku?"
Miroku nodded and he sat in the grass with Sango and Shippo. The wind picked up and he looked to where the castle was. He narrowed his eyes and a terrible feeling gnawed at his gut.
"Do you feel that, Sango?"
Sango followed his gaze and her eyes widened. She stood and watched the castle nervously.
"Oh my god..."
Shippo leapt onto her shoulder and peered at the castle with her, but clearly couldn't sense what she did.
"What is it Sango?"
Miroku answered for her...
"A terrible evil energy has surronded outside the castle, such terrible pain and sorrow...like someone...
"Kagome."
Inuyasha stared at the doorway with horror and Kilala half growled and whined with sadness. Kagome stood in the doorway, pointing an arrow at Inuyasha. Her eyes held no emotion and she had a dark glow around her.
"K-kagome...what..."
"How dare you...you-you despicable beast!"
Inuyasha looked at her with confusion and stepped forward to her. Tears with streaming down her cheeks and the bow quivered.
"Don't come any closer or I'll kill you!"
"B-but why? I've come to save you..."
"LIAR! I saw you with Kikyou, you bastard. After everything you said to me, you go and choose her after I thought you had chosen me. Was everything you said to me a lie? Is my heart not that important to you, Inuyasha!?"
Inuyasha was beyond confused...she was making any sense.
"Kagome, you aren't making any sense." (A.n: see?)
Kagome shook her head and Inuyasha finally saw the pain in her eyes, but it was brought with a look a pure hatred for him.
" I loved you, Inuyasha, but it seems that wasn't good enough for you. I was just a shadow...a copy, nothing more than a toy for your emotions...nothing more than a jewel shard detector."
"That's not true, Kagome. I love-"
"NO! You love Kikyou...you've always loved her. You always will. Go join her in hell, Inuyasha because that's where you belong...IN HELL!"
The arrow quivered and Inuyasha heard someone laugh echo the courtyard. He realized it was Kikyou's laugh.
"No, Kagome! What did Naraku and Kikyou do to you! What did they tell you?"
Kagome shook her head and the tears flowed from her almond eyes. Inuyasha could see a blackness around her and he knew Naraku had something to do with this.
"It doesn't matter anymore, none of this matters. I don't matter..."
"Kagome, stop! I love you and I'll love you until I die"
"Then today will be that day!"
The arrow was threatening to be released and Inuyasha knew she could do it, but wouldn't she had already?
"Kagome, please listen to me..."
"No! No more of your meaningless lies...I hate you...hate you with every fiber in my body."
Inuyasha's heart ached and he told himself that her words weren't real, that Naraku put her under some sort of spell. All was silent and Inuyasha realized that Kilala had gotten if front of him slightly.
Kikyou's laugh echoed again and he growled with anger.
"How ironic this is, Inuyasha...wouldn't you agree? Revenge is bittersweet. As Kagome said before that she is me and I am getting my revenge this way...so either way...I win. Being killed again by the woman you love...oh I love how fate plays it's game."
Kikyou appeared behind Kagome and Inuyasha stepped passed Kilala. He shook all over with anger and Inuyasha could see the arrow still quivering. Kikyou bent forward and whispered into Kagome's ear.
"Kill him. Kill Inuyasha...he deserves it. He deserves to be in hell, where he'll rot away with his sins."
Kagome nodded, but her tears keapt flowing. Inuyasha eyes widened as he saw Kagome's fingers release the arrow.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha...sorry that I ever laid eyes on you..."
The arrow sped forward and Inuyasha was helpless.
(Inuyasha: WHAT THE HELL! ARE YOU OUT TO TORTURE THE CRAP OUT OF ME?????!!!!
MM2005: No, but I needed to give the readers something to read because I haven't got any reviews...maybe this will spark them.
Inuyasha growls fiercely and leaps at MM2005, who dodges him and writes quickly "Inuyasha gets distracted by some butterflies." Suddenly, three butterflies appear and Inuyasha's eyes widen and ears perk up with excitment. He begins to hop on all fours and chase the little butterflies.
MM2005: Ah, that should keep him distracted for a while...PLEASE REVIEW!)
A.N: Okay, I didn't get any reviews...so I'll write another chapter and if I don't get any, then I'm going to take a long break with this story and concentrate on my Hermione/Snape fic for Harry Potter, called "Falls on me" inspired by the Fuel song. So enjoy this chapter, it might be the last for a while...I had about 19 chapters planned out for this story, but I don't know how far it'll go now...so enjoy and please review!
Inuyasha jumped through the trees and thoughts of what Naraku could be doing to Kagome ran through his mind.
'Just hang on, Kagome. Please hold on'
Just below Inuyasha was Miroku, Sango and Shippo riding on Kilala. Shippo was still sniffling and Sango looked at him out of the corner of her eye.
"Are you going to be okay, Shippo?"
Shippo nodded and wiped his eyes slowly. The wind was ruffling the litte fox's hair and he looked really tired and worn out.
"Do you think Kagome will be alright?"
Sango frowned and looked at Miroku sadly.
"I hope so. She's really strong and I know she can take care of herself, right Miroku?"
Miroku was silent and he seemed to be choosing his words really carefully because he knew Inuyasha could hear them.
"The sooner we find her, the better."
Sango nodded and looked up to where Inuyasha was leaping from branch to branch. She felt really sorry for him and could sympathize with the hanyou.
"Poor Inuyasha, he must think this is all his fault."
Inuyasha's ears twitched as he caught Sango's words. He frowned and looked at where the sun was peeking over the horizon. The sky was red though, red like blood. A griding feeling hit his stomach and he felt like he was going to throw up.
'It is my fault. If I hadn't been thinking of a certain body part, we wouldn't be in this mess and Kagome would be safe.'
Another thought entered Inuyasha's mind...what if Naraku would be too powerful for he himself to handle if it came down to a big battle? Inuyasha could get overly confident at times, but this time he felt numb and weak. He could've stopped Kikyou from knocking out Kagome, only if he had been a little faster, a little smarter.
'Maybe...if the time comes, I could let go of Tetsusiga and...'
Inuyasha shook his head. He couldn't lose more of his human soul, it was too risky to attempt, but if it came down to life and death of the woman he loved, then to hell with the risks. Inuyasha nodded and decided.
He jumped off of a thick branch and soared over the treetops and spotted a blue spirit barrier around a part of forest and a castle top. The faint smell of miasma cloaked the air and he knew that they were very close. He looked down at the others and pointed to the bubble.
"There, I think that's the castle. Miroku, will you be able to break a hole through the barrier?"
Miroku closed his eyes, pointed his staph in the direction of the barrier and seemed to be meditating.
"I may be able to break a small hole, but only long enough for one person to go through."
"Fine...get ready then!"
Inuyasha leapt out of sight and landed outside the barrier.
'Please, Kagome...be safe.'
Inuyasha waited for the others and when they came, Miroku jumped off of Kilala, threw his staph into the ground, clasped his hands in prayer, then threw a spirit ward at the barrier. A small hole appeared at grew to the size for someone to step through.
Inuyasha leapt through the hole, unaware that someone else had followed him in.
"Kilala!" Sango yelled and Inuyasha looked back and saw Kilala in her other form following him. He smiled weakliy and nodded to her.
"C'mon. I'm going to need all the help I can get."
Kilala meowed and it turned into a roar as she tranformed and started to run with Inuyasha. They made their way through the thick, dense brush and trees. Inuyasha jumped over a huge fallen log and Kilala was suddenly under him. He looked down and saw a deep, wide canyon that he knew he wouldn't had made it across.
"Thanks."
Kilala purred and flew with incredible speed to the castle's courtyard, where Inuyasha jumped off and started to run the open castle door. Wait...open. Inuyasha halted and stared at the open door.
"Something doesn't smell right, Kilala."
Kilala growled in agreement and she looked around for anyone hidden and Inuyasha watched the open door with readiness. He half expected Kagura, Kanna, Kikyou, or Naraku himself to emerge from it, so he grasped the hilt of Tetsusiga, ready for an attack and Kilala stood beside him.
Suddenly, Inuyasha heard footsteps coming from inside and his ears twitched with curiousity. Those footsteps were very familiar and he grasped Tetsusgia's hilt tighter. Kilala growled near him and he saw a shadow in the doorway.
"Come out here and fight! Give Kagome back to me, you bastard!"
The shadow didn't respond, but stepped forward and Inuyasha's eyes widened with horror...
"Are you sure you can't open a hole again, Miroku?"
Miroku nodded and he sat in the grass with Sango and Shippo. The wind picked up and he looked to where the castle was. He narrowed his eyes and a terrible feeling gnawed at his gut.
"Do you feel that, Sango?"
Sango followed his gaze and her eyes widened. She stood and watched the castle nervously.
"Oh my god..."
Shippo leapt onto her shoulder and peered at the castle with her, but clearly couldn't sense what she did.
"What is it Sango?"
Miroku answered for her...
"A terrible evil energy has surronded outside the castle, such terrible pain and sorrow...like someone...
"Kagome."
Inuyasha stared at the doorway with horror and Kilala half growled and whined with sadness. Kagome stood in the doorway, pointing an arrow at Inuyasha. Her eyes held no emotion and she had a dark glow around her.
"K-kagome...what..."
"How dare you...you-you despicable beast!"
Inuyasha looked at her with confusion and stepped forward to her. Tears with streaming down her cheeks and the bow quivered.
"Don't come any closer or I'll kill you!"
"B-but why? I've come to save you..."
"LIAR! I saw you with Kikyou, you bastard. After everything you said to me, you go and choose her after I thought you had chosen me. Was everything you said to me a lie? Is my heart not that important to you, Inuyasha!?"
Inuyasha was beyond confused...she was making any sense.
"Kagome, you aren't making any sense." (A.n: see?)
Kagome shook her head and Inuyasha finally saw the pain in her eyes, but it was brought with a look a pure hatred for him.
" I loved you, Inuyasha, but it seems that wasn't good enough for you. I was just a shadow...a copy, nothing more than a toy for your emotions...nothing more than a jewel shard detector."
"That's not true, Kagome. I love-"
"NO! You love Kikyou...you've always loved her. You always will. Go join her in hell, Inuyasha because that's where you belong...IN HELL!"
The arrow quivered and Inuyasha heard someone laugh echo the courtyard. He realized it was Kikyou's laugh.
"No, Kagome! What did Naraku and Kikyou do to you! What did they tell you?"
Kagome shook her head and the tears flowed from her almond eyes. Inuyasha could see a blackness around her and he knew Naraku had something to do with this.
"It doesn't matter anymore, none of this matters. I don't matter..."
"Kagome, stop! I love you and I'll love you until I die"
"Then today will be that day!"
The arrow was threatening to be released and Inuyasha knew she could do it, but wouldn't she had already?
"Kagome, please listen to me..."
"No! No more of your meaningless lies...I hate you...hate you with every fiber in my body."
Inuyasha's heart ached and he told himself that her words weren't real, that Naraku put her under some sort of spell. All was silent and Inuyasha realized that Kilala had gotten if front of him slightly.
Kikyou's laugh echoed again and he growled with anger.
"How ironic this is, Inuyasha...wouldn't you agree? Revenge is bittersweet. As Kagome said before that she is me and I am getting my revenge this way...so either way...I win. Being killed again by the woman you love...oh I love how fate plays it's game."
Kikyou appeared behind Kagome and Inuyasha stepped passed Kilala. He shook all over with anger and Inuyasha could see the arrow still quivering. Kikyou bent forward and whispered into Kagome's ear.
"Kill him. Kill Inuyasha...he deserves it. He deserves to be in hell, where he'll rot away with his sins."
Kagome nodded, but her tears keapt flowing. Inuyasha eyes widened as he saw Kagome's fingers release the arrow.
"I'm sorry, Inuyasha...sorry that I ever laid eyes on you..."
The arrow sped forward and Inuyasha was helpless.
(Inuyasha: WHAT THE HELL! ARE YOU OUT TO TORTURE THE CRAP OUT OF ME?????!!!!
MM2005: No, but I needed to give the readers something to read because I haven't got any reviews...maybe this will spark them.
Inuyasha growls fiercely and leaps at MM2005, who dodges him and writes quickly "Inuyasha gets distracted by some butterflies." Suddenly, three butterflies appear and Inuyasha's eyes widen and ears perk up with excitment. He begins to hop on all fours and chase the little butterflies.
MM2005: Ah, that should keep him distracted for a while...PLEASE REVIEW!)