Winter
Chapter 3
By: Pinkjasmine
As I woke up... I saw Kikyo? No, it wasn't her. Even though she looked exactly like Kikyo, her voice was different, and she had a different scent. Not like the natural fragrance of peach blossoms Kikyo had. That azure-eyed witch, wearing an outrageously short kimono, harboured a mysterious aroma. Something that earthly flowers could not produce.
I looked at her, and my memories drifted towards Kikyo's smiling face. Even though I knew she wasn't Kikyo, a part of me wanted to believe that she was Kikyo. I wanted her to be Kikyo, then we could go back and start over again.
But as I tried to move, Kikyo's sacred arrow restricted my movements, and bitterness entered my heart once more. How could I ever love the one who pinned me to a tree? But a part of me longed for her, wanted to hold her. I unconsciously called out her name, "Kikyo."
The girl looked at me curiously, "I'm not Kikyo. My name is Kagome."
Suddenly a gentle breeze carrying the fragrance of peach blossoms blew towards me and Kikyo's face returned to me.
"Of course you're Kikyo, you smell like her." I slowly took another sniff, the breeze had subside, so the air was once again contaminated by a strange scent.
The girl's cerulean eyes flashed and she said very slowly and clearly, "I'm KA-GO-ME!"
Just then, a giant centipede came and attacked her. And the shikon jewel flew out of her body. I felt my eyes widen in shock. How? Why? Wasn't Kikyo the one who held the jewel?
When the idiotic villagers arrived, they started shrieking incoherent sentences. "Inuyasha...awakened...Lady Kaede...."
As I watched the centipede devour the shikon jewel, just within my grasp, I turned to the girl. "Hey, could you pull the arrow out?"
I observed her struggle to reach the arrow while being squashed against me by the centipede's body.
Just as she touched the arrow, it vanished with a flash of light. I was completely bewildered. Kikyo's sacred arrows were not easily removed. It takes a person whose spiritual powers either equal or surpass Kikyo's to dispose of it.
I grinned as I was able to move freely, and flexed my claws, then I slashed the pitiful excuse of a demon.
I turned to the girl and reached for the shikon jewel. She started to run away from me. Another sign to prove that she wasn't Kikyo. Kikyo would never back away from a battle, especially a battle for the control of the shikon jewel.
When we got to the bridge, the old hag Kaede placed a subduing spell onto a rosary, which forced me to be its owner. Then that girl Kagome continuously muttered that stupid word 'sit.' So I was unable to claim the shikon jewel for myself.
Then they literally dragged me to the old hag's hut to discuss the girl's "past" life. Kaede insisted that Kagome was Kikyo's reincarnate. But that can't be true! Kikyo can't be dead!
But Kaede claimed that Kikyo died the day I was pinned to the Goshinboku tree. And Kikyo told Kaede to burn the shikon jewel with her body.
So, the one I used to love died, and was reincarnated into this...girl from the "future" as she claimed. That explained a lot of things, like her extremely short kimono, and her scent.
After the stupid wench broke the shikon jewel into hundreds of separate fragments, Kaede informed us that we had to work together to gather all the jewel shards.
I was so frustrated at the futuristic girl, she literally gave half the corrupt demon population a fragment of the shikon jewel, in which Kikyo sacrificed herself to protect from tainted hands.
But we did journey together to collect the shards, and we met a few friends on the way, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango.
During the journey, I don't know why, but I felt more and more attracted to her. Kagome helped me erase the pain of my past life, and she taught me to love again.
Kagome was slowly opening my closed and embittered heart.
Sometimes I wonder why I thought of her was Kikyo, because they were different in so many ways. Kagome was more open, cheerful, talkative, and optimistic, while Kikyo was silent and independent.
After we accumulated most of the jewel fragments, we battled Naraku and we won with Kagome's sacred arrow.
Finally after 3 years of searching for the pieces of the jewel, the Shikon no Tama was completed and purified.
Our quest was finished, Kagome was free to go home and stay there.
But I didn't want her to go. I realized that I loved her, even more than Kikyo. I don't know why. Perhaps it was because Kagome didn't care if I was a hanyou or a human. Kikyo wanted me to become human before she would fully accept me.
On the day Kagome decided to leave for her time and never come back, I wasn't there to say goodbye. I couldn't bear it. Instead I found myself at the Goshinboku tree.
It was the place where I was bound to by a woman whom I used to love, and awakened by a girl I learned to love.
I don't know whether the tree was a blessing or a curse. It pushed away a woman whom I could have lived with. And it sent a girl who doesn't belong in this era.
Just then, I heard leaves rustle beneath someone's foot. I turned around and saw Kagome. Her vivid eyes were brimming with tears. She dropped her bags and hugged me tightly. She then declared that she was going to stay with me forever.
I was delighted. I had never felt so happy and loved in my entire life before. Words can never describe how that one moment, that one sentence, made me feel. To me, everything seemed more beautiful. The world wasn't as bleak and dark as before. Everything seemed so full of life, love, and hope. Especially Kagome.
Shortly after Sango and Miroku's marriage, we too, were married.
Since we weren't going to be married in Kagome's time with her wearing a westernized bridal gown, she decided to be married in elegant traditional Japanese style.
Surprisingly, Sesshoumaru attended our wedding, bring Rin along. He gave us a lavish gift of materials we needed for a new home. When asked why he bothered to come, since e despised me and humans so much. Sesshoumaru merely stated that his appearance was in honour of father.
But I think the real reason he came was to show his acceptance of me and Kagome. He didn't think half-breeds and humans were weak anymore, not after we defeated Naraku. And Sesshoumaru abandoned some of his coldness after he adopted Rin.
Me and Kagome lived happily and peacefully together. But we were childless, even after five years of marriage.
So, on one of Kagome's occasional visits to her time, she decided to see the doctor.
The doctor informed her that due to one of her bodily functions, she was unable to bear children.
But that was fine with me, I didn't want brats running around screaming anyways. As long as we were happy together, nothing could ever destroy that happiness.
Chapter 3
By: Pinkjasmine
As I woke up... I saw Kikyo? No, it wasn't her. Even though she looked exactly like Kikyo, her voice was different, and she had a different scent. Not like the natural fragrance of peach blossoms Kikyo had. That azure-eyed witch, wearing an outrageously short kimono, harboured a mysterious aroma. Something that earthly flowers could not produce.
I looked at her, and my memories drifted towards Kikyo's smiling face. Even though I knew she wasn't Kikyo, a part of me wanted to believe that she was Kikyo. I wanted her to be Kikyo, then we could go back and start over again.
But as I tried to move, Kikyo's sacred arrow restricted my movements, and bitterness entered my heart once more. How could I ever love the one who pinned me to a tree? But a part of me longed for her, wanted to hold her. I unconsciously called out her name, "Kikyo."
The girl looked at me curiously, "I'm not Kikyo. My name is Kagome."
Suddenly a gentle breeze carrying the fragrance of peach blossoms blew towards me and Kikyo's face returned to me.
"Of course you're Kikyo, you smell like her." I slowly took another sniff, the breeze had subside, so the air was once again contaminated by a strange scent.
The girl's cerulean eyes flashed and she said very slowly and clearly, "I'm KA-GO-ME!"
Just then, a giant centipede came and attacked her. And the shikon jewel flew out of her body. I felt my eyes widen in shock. How? Why? Wasn't Kikyo the one who held the jewel?
When the idiotic villagers arrived, they started shrieking incoherent sentences. "Inuyasha...awakened...Lady Kaede...."
As I watched the centipede devour the shikon jewel, just within my grasp, I turned to the girl. "Hey, could you pull the arrow out?"
I observed her struggle to reach the arrow while being squashed against me by the centipede's body.
Just as she touched the arrow, it vanished with a flash of light. I was completely bewildered. Kikyo's sacred arrows were not easily removed. It takes a person whose spiritual powers either equal or surpass Kikyo's to dispose of it.
I grinned as I was able to move freely, and flexed my claws, then I slashed the pitiful excuse of a demon.
I turned to the girl and reached for the shikon jewel. She started to run away from me. Another sign to prove that she wasn't Kikyo. Kikyo would never back away from a battle, especially a battle for the control of the shikon jewel.
When we got to the bridge, the old hag Kaede placed a subduing spell onto a rosary, which forced me to be its owner. Then that girl Kagome continuously muttered that stupid word 'sit.' So I was unable to claim the shikon jewel for myself.
Then they literally dragged me to the old hag's hut to discuss the girl's "past" life. Kaede insisted that Kagome was Kikyo's reincarnate. But that can't be true! Kikyo can't be dead!
But Kaede claimed that Kikyo died the day I was pinned to the Goshinboku tree. And Kikyo told Kaede to burn the shikon jewel with her body.
So, the one I used to love died, and was reincarnated into this...girl from the "future" as she claimed. That explained a lot of things, like her extremely short kimono, and her scent.
After the stupid wench broke the shikon jewel into hundreds of separate fragments, Kaede informed us that we had to work together to gather all the jewel shards.
I was so frustrated at the futuristic girl, she literally gave half the corrupt demon population a fragment of the shikon jewel, in which Kikyo sacrificed herself to protect from tainted hands.
But we did journey together to collect the shards, and we met a few friends on the way, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango.
During the journey, I don't know why, but I felt more and more attracted to her. Kagome helped me erase the pain of my past life, and she taught me to love again.
Kagome was slowly opening my closed and embittered heart.
Sometimes I wonder why I thought of her was Kikyo, because they were different in so many ways. Kagome was more open, cheerful, talkative, and optimistic, while Kikyo was silent and independent.
After we accumulated most of the jewel fragments, we battled Naraku and we won with Kagome's sacred arrow.
Finally after 3 years of searching for the pieces of the jewel, the Shikon no Tama was completed and purified.
Our quest was finished, Kagome was free to go home and stay there.
But I didn't want her to go. I realized that I loved her, even more than Kikyo. I don't know why. Perhaps it was because Kagome didn't care if I was a hanyou or a human. Kikyo wanted me to become human before she would fully accept me.
On the day Kagome decided to leave for her time and never come back, I wasn't there to say goodbye. I couldn't bear it. Instead I found myself at the Goshinboku tree.
It was the place where I was bound to by a woman whom I used to love, and awakened by a girl I learned to love.
I don't know whether the tree was a blessing or a curse. It pushed away a woman whom I could have lived with. And it sent a girl who doesn't belong in this era.
Just then, I heard leaves rustle beneath someone's foot. I turned around and saw Kagome. Her vivid eyes were brimming with tears. She dropped her bags and hugged me tightly. She then declared that she was going to stay with me forever.
I was delighted. I had never felt so happy and loved in my entire life before. Words can never describe how that one moment, that one sentence, made me feel. To me, everything seemed more beautiful. The world wasn't as bleak and dark as before. Everything seemed so full of life, love, and hope. Especially Kagome.
Shortly after Sango and Miroku's marriage, we too, were married.
Since we weren't going to be married in Kagome's time with her wearing a westernized bridal gown, she decided to be married in elegant traditional Japanese style.
Surprisingly, Sesshoumaru attended our wedding, bring Rin along. He gave us a lavish gift of materials we needed for a new home. When asked why he bothered to come, since e despised me and humans so much. Sesshoumaru merely stated that his appearance was in honour of father.
But I think the real reason he came was to show his acceptance of me and Kagome. He didn't think half-breeds and humans were weak anymore, not after we defeated Naraku. And Sesshoumaru abandoned some of his coldness after he adopted Rin.
Me and Kagome lived happily and peacefully together. But we were childless, even after five years of marriage.
So, on one of Kagome's occasional visits to her time, she decided to see the doctor.
The doctor informed her that due to one of her bodily functions, she was unable to bear children.
But that was fine with me, I didn't want brats running around screaming anyways. As long as we were happy together, nothing could ever destroy that happiness.
