Everlasting Pain
Disclaimer- no, I do not own Inuyasha, and nobody gave him to me even though it WAS my birthday. Oh well.
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Inuyasha stood vigil over Kagome, refusing to do anything while she was like this. He was sure if he waited long enough, he would wake up to her sweet voice asking him to wake up, and he would staring at her creamy skin and bright eyes, and sweep her into his arms and never let her go. But his hopes went unmet as she stayed in her sleep-like position.
Sango stared, watching in horror as her best friend stayed in her unnatural sleep. Tears slid down her ivory cheeks, until there were no tears left to cry. When that happened, she just stayed, staring at her friend and into space, trying to quell the hurt that welled up in her. She had already lost so many people, her village, her family and her beloved brother, Kohaku. Was fate cruel enough to make her lose her best friend too?
'Life is cruel like that.' She thought sadly, with more than a hint of anger at the unfairness. 'It deceives you into thinking that everything will end up ok, and it usually does, but then fate hits you with a cold burst of reality, rendering you powerless against it's storm, waiting for it to finally finish with you and then leave you to pick up the pieces of your old life. Sometimes you can, and others, its hard to tell if you'll ever be able to go back to normal again.'
And so in her private thoughts, Sango drifted sometimes allowing herself to brush with reality, but the pain usually forced herself back into separation. Miroku stayed by her trying to coax some thought of life into her, but she soon became as lifeless as Kagome. Her eyes became blank, devoid of emotion except for the tears that trickled down her cheeks. It hurt Miroku to see her this; cracking his heart more than it already had.
So that was how the four stayed, listening and staying by each other trying to comfort one another and console, and try to convince themselves that everything would be ok, but it was getting harder and harder. Sometimes Kagome's shrieks would wake them from their silence, and they would look up, only to have their hopes forced down again as she remained in the same condition.
"I can't take this anymore!" Inuyasha yelled one day, finally having snapped inside. "I'm going crazy. Why can't we fix this?" but no one could answer his question, and it nagged at them, a guilty pang that spread throughout their bodies. Why couldn't they save her, and why wouldn't they try.
"I think I know how," a small voice called out, and Inuyasha felt a familiar bug on his nose sucking out his blood. Inuyasha didn't even have time to squish him, but instead grabbed him up, bringing him up to his face so that Myoga could look into his fear stricken eyes, hoping that he could not see the glimmer of hope in them.
"I have been studying her, and her sleep is actually just sleep, but she is trapped in sleep. Someone powerful has trapped her in a dream dimension," he spoke with absolute certainty.
"What's a dream dimension?" Inuyasha asked, anxious to get to answers as soon as possible so that he could save Kagome.
"A dream dimension is an alternate reality, and it is accessed through dreams, but it can only be used when a person is lured into sleep because of intense pain and suffering. The person is then put into the dream dimension unable to escape. Only an extremely powerful person can trap someone there, like a priestess." Miroku spoke finally, weary in both mind and body.
"You think Kikyo did this?" Inuyasha's voice was dangerously low. Miroku nodded, unwilling to get into an argument when they were all so scared and upset.
"She is the only one with enough power, but she would have needed help, and so I have reason to believe that Naraku is helping her." Miroku explained quietly. Inuyasha took a moment to ponder what the monk was saying, and his mind wandered, but finally he found that emotion long since hurled down deep inside him. Anger and hatred all directed at Kikyo!
"How do we wake Kagome up?" Inuyasha asked hurridly, scared of losing even a few seconds of time that they needed in order to save her.
"Kikyo is obviously using something to help her keep Kagome trapped, because Kagome is too strong. It is probably a stone like black opal, which enhances her power. If you find Kikyo and break the stone, Kagome will be free, but only if she is with you when you break the stone. Otherwise she will remain trapped, and if she is not set fourth within the next full moon, she will be trapped there forever," Myoga's words hung with a sense of forbidding, which sent chills scurrying down Inuyasha's spine.
"So let's find her!" Inuyasha spoke forcefully, and then stopped when he saw a figure rise in front of him. Sango was clad in her demon slaying armor, her eyes bright and focused for the first time since Kagome had been like she was.
"Let's bring Kagome back!" Sango told them fiercely, every ounce of determination she had pulsing through her body. Inuyasha went over and picked up Kagome's body, holding her close to him and his heart.
"Let's go!"
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Kikyo untangled herself from the sheets, and went to stood up, but was pulled back down by a smiling Naraku. She stared at him with hatred, hating herself too for her weakness in allowing him in her bed. She stared at the bruises that dotted her skin. He had taken special pleasure in causing her as much pain as possible. The place inside her legs ached, for her had been rough and hard, thrusting his body into hers. Her muscles ached with hidden pain, but she never showed it, keeping her face blank as a canvas.
"Where are you going?" He asked her with a wicked smile. His smile, was delicious taking in her unclothed form, with hidden messages lingering for her to find.
"I'm getting up," She was furious at herself for having accepted him, and she was ready to take out her frustrations on the wench she had trapped. He grabbed her arm, and traced her delicate skin, watching her wince slightly as he pressed on some of her bruises. He grabbed the black stone around her neck, feeling the evil emanating from it.
"Have fun my dear," he told her, watching her features narrow in dislike. He blew her a kiss, and she stomped off furious. He sat back in bed. 'What a beautiful woman' he sighed, scenes running through his mind from last night. 'Very beautiful'
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Author's note- WOW!!!! I love you all, I got so many reviews for my story. Thank you all so much, I really appreciate it. Thanks also for your happy birthdays and review this chapter please!
Now I have a question? Did I only get those reviews because it was my birthday? Or does my story really suck that much because I posted a new chapter, and I've gotten 1 review. I mean I have 8 people with me on their fave list and 6 on author alert, I figured I'd get more than one review. I don't know, maybe I'm wallowing too much in self pity, but it would really mean a lot if people would review, cause at the moment I don't really feel like writing, so maybe I'll just have this story become like others that just never update because no one will review. I'm kind of thinking about it.
So if you want to change my mind, well Review, and maybe I'll remember the reason why I love to write.
