Love beyond the Western Lands

Chapter 14: True Feelings Revealed into the Air!

Kikyou froze in her tracks. Kagome did so also. They stared at each other. "Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. "Let's go!" Kikyou's body pulsated. Hatred and vengeance filled her heart once again. Inuyasha began to run towards Kagome. "No, Inuyasha, don't!" Sesshoumaru turned around. "Kikyou?" he called, sounding troubled. "Kikyou!" He started to run towards and then stopped when he saw Inuyasha and Kagome. Sesshoumaru looked at Kikyou. "What are they doing here?" Sesshoumaru brain messaged Kikyou. "I don't know, but they made one HELL of a mistake to come here!" She held out a hand and something started to take form in it… one of her Sais… "No, Kikyou, don't! Don't do anything baka!" Sesshoumaru thought frantically.

The Sais fully took form and Kikyou gripped on it. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed, raising her dagger, running towards Inuyasha. Kagome tried to block Kikyou, but was shoved out of the way.

Kikyou leapt into the air. "INUYASHA! PERISH!" She lunged the Sais down hard. "…Kikyou!" Inuyasha cried, as he pulled out his transformed Tetsusaiga, blocking the stab. Suddenly, Kikyou began to scream. "AAAAAIIIGH!" She screwed her eyes up in pain. "What… What is it? What is this… this pain? It hurts… bad! Am… am I alive now? I AM!" she thought.

Suddenly, the pain intensified, making Kikyou scream even louder, and having her rebound off the Tetsusaiga and into Sesshoumaru's arms. "Inuyasha!" Kagome cried. She ran over to him. "What did I do?" Inuyasha said to himself.

Kikyou's heart was beating fast. "Are you alright (Sometimes I use Japanese for the phrases I know, but… so what! )?" Sesshoumaru said, clutching Kikyou. "I… I feel numb…" Kikyou said weakly, "But… I'll be fine. I'm alive now."

"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha yelled with fury, holding Tetsusaiga at Sesshoumaru. "Get your dirty hands off her!" "I don't think I am bothered by that!" Kikyou screams, as she got up. Inuyasha was flabbergasted. "W…What!" He droops Tetsusaiga a bit. Kikyou drew her Ni Hon out of thin air.

"You love me don't you?" Kikyou said. "Then sheath your blade! Sheath Tetsusaiga and leave me be!" Inuyasha could not believe his ears. His Tetsusaiga dropped onto the floor as the blade cut into the dirt ground. He lowered his head until his eyes could not be seen. "Are…are you…are you saying… that you would rather be with Sesshoumaru than with me?" Inuyasha's voice quivered.

Kikyou gripped her Ni Hon tighter. "Fine," Inuyasha said softly, but curtly. He sheathed Tetsusaiga. He raised his head, tears slightly brimming his eyes. His face should of great anger and sorrow. He leaped into the air and jetted towards Sesshoumaru with his claws. "WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THEN!" Inuyasha yelled, shoving Kikyou out of his path. "Augh!" Kikyou yelled.

"SESSHOUMARU!" Inuyasha screamed. "I'll kill you for taking Kikyou!" Sesshoumaru was not flabbergasted by this; he knew Inuyasha would get out of control when Kikyou spoke those words. He dodged it quickly. "Inuyasha…" Kagome whispered as she hid behind a pillar. "If I can only help you… If I ONLY had a bow with me… AH! There!" She ran over to a pile of wooden sticks. She picked one up. She took off the choker she was wearing and unraveled it and pulled off the yin-yang symbol. She attached the string to the stick and now had make-shift bow. She pulled off the white strip which held her ponytail in a bun and wrapped it around the most bent part.

She ran into an archery shop and took a quiver of arrows and slung them on the bag. "Oh crap, I snagged my kimono!" she groaned. "Oh well…" She slung an arrow to her bow. "Inuyasha!" she called, as the arrow began to slip out of her fingers. "I will help you!" She released her arrow. "No…" Kikyou thought. The arrow soared. From her sharp eyesight, it would tear a part of Inuyasha's top, but hit Sesshoumaru smack-dab in the left shoulder. "That's not good!" Kikyou thought frantically as she ran side-by-side with the arrow.

She raised her Ni Hon. "No, you shall NOT!" as her Ni Hon sliced the arrow cleanly in half. Kagome gasped. "Your fight shall be with me!" The Ni Hon was gone and on her back was a quiver of maple arrows with silver tips. In her hand was a cherrywood bow.

"No…" Kagome said softly as she walked backwards and broke into a run. "NO!" Kikyou did not chase after her. She stood in her place and drew her bow as it began to snow. "Arrow of binding!" She yelled. The arrow began to glow… a lavender… It pulsated. She released the arrow. Purplish-lavender sparkles fell from the flying arrows. "AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Kagome screamed. The arrow closed in on Kagome. The arrow split into 6 silvery vines. It held Kagome by the wrists, ankles and around her body. "Huah?" She gasped as the vines tightened. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She fell onto the now snowy ground, with her makeshift bow still in hand. "AAAAAAGH!" Kagome screamed. "Inuyasha! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIGH!" The vines on Kagome's back began to sprout wings and took air. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed.

Inuyasha spun around briefly from the battle. "Kagome!" He yelled. "Where are your paying attention to?" Sesshoumaru said menacingly, as raised his hand and struck Inuyasha on the face and sent him flying into a wall. "UGH!" Inuyasha groaned. The wings began to carry Kagome away. "Inuyasha!" she screamed. "KAGOME!"

"Do not worry, Inuyasha," Kikyou said. "Where the wings shall carry her, is a place where no harm shall be done to her." "Kikyou… you little… YOU!" He ran towards Kikyou, as Kikyou braced herself for the attack. But then his direction changed.

"YAAAAAAAAAH!" he yelled as he struck Sesshoumaru in the stomach. Sesshoumaru groaned as he slid backwards. "SANKON TETSUOU (Iron reaver soul stealer)!" He yelled as he swished his claw bared hands, slashing Sesshoumaru's silk yukata and his face. He kicked Sesshoumaru in the stomach, which now impaired him from moving as he lay still on the snowy ground. He coughed up blood as the red liquid stained the silver snow. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Kikyou cried as tears filled her eyes. "YOU BASTARD!" She slung another arrow. "ARROW OF SECRECY!" The arrow pulsated once again and now emanated an aqua blue. She released the arrow as more blue light exploded out of the tip the arrow and enveloped the entire arrow.

Inuyasha leapt to a safe distance as the arrow exploded safely in front of him. "Forgive me, Kikyou," Inuyasha said as he drew Tetsusaiga once again. Wind began to envelope the blade.

"Oh no… Kaze no kizu (I think it means Wind Scar… Forgot heh… sorry! ")!" The wind stopped enveloping the blade as Inuyasha raised it. "KAZE NO KIZU!" he screamed.

He threw it back down hard into the snow. Golden streaks began to cut into the ground and move, targeting Sesshoumaru. "No, Sesshoumaru, MOVE!" Kikyou started to run towards Sesshoumaru. "No… no… too weak… can't move anymore!" Sesshoumaru choked out from his blood-coughing. Kikyou ran faster towards Sesshoumaru's bloody body and threw down her bow. She clasped him in her arms. "No… Kikyou… no, just go… save yourself!" Sesshoumaru groaned. "No, Kikyou!" Inuyasha screamed.

Kikyou ran her fingers through Sesshoumaru's silvery hair. "If we die, we die together…" Kikyou said softly to Sesshoumaru. The golden streaks were closing in on the couple. "AISHITERU!" They both screamed in unison, as the streaks were about to kill them. But something happened… something special… a purple-blue aura shot up into the air… protecting Kikyou and Sesshoumaru.

To be continued…