Hey everybody! This is my first fanfic so please don't be harsh! I want to take this time to say thanks to my friends for supporting me and suggesting that I post this story here! A special thanks to Rose Drop for all of her help! I love you all! Now on with the story! - Please read and review! Always remember: none of these characters belong to me (except Ryu! I made him up). You should thank the incredible creator of InuYasha, Rumiko Takahashi!
Kagome's Decision
By obsessed Kagome lover
'I'm going to die,' she thought miserably as her body slowly drifted closer toward the dangerous waterfall with every passing second. Kagome, the young 15-year-old teenager from present Japan, struggled in the quick, rushing waters of a large river not too far from Kaede's village, hoping against all odds that someone would save her before she plunged into the cold water at the bottom of the falls. She was just too weak to do anything about it; her strength had been entirely drained from her body in an earlier fight with a weaker demon and soon after that, she was flung helplessly into a river, the same river she was now trying to escape from. She mentally insulted herself for being so weak at a time like now, a time when she really needed help. 'This is it,' she thought with a inward sigh as she looked over the edge of the falls, imagining what she would feel when she plummeted into the cold depths of the water below. As she finally neared the edge, she could feel her heart rapidly pounding in her chest and she looked into the sky, wanting to take a glimpse of the beautiful, wondrous sun…one last time. 'I-I just wish that…I could have told Inuyasha…how I really feel…but now…he'll never know…' she thought sadly as she continued staring at the bright sun shining high above her in the vast sky, not wanting to look at the fate that awaited her, memories of Inuyasha and her other friends from the feudal era appearing in her mind, wishing that none of this nightmare was real, the nightmare of her dying so early on in her young life without first finishing what she had started long ago.
It wasn't long before she was over the edge, falling freely over the waves with the wind whipping against her face, her arms spread out, and her hair thrashed about aimlessly behind her as she stared into the deep lake of water far beneath her. Tears appeared in her sparkling brown eyes, eventually streaming down the side of her cheeks and seemed to be suspended in mid-air as she approached her assumed death. She blinked the tears away and closed her eyes tightly, waiting for her body to smash roughly against the water's surface with a loud splash. The moment seemed to be proceeding in slow motion and she clutched the bottle that hung around her neck for support, the shards from the shattered Jewel of Four Souls within it shining a bright pink color as it emitted a field of energy around it. Finally, she reached the large pool and collided with its surface, bringing her slight pain as she instantly sank into the water, her hand releasing its hold on the container, the shard's glow becoming faint and completely faded away in time. To her displeasure, the moment for her to die did not come quickly, but instead it came painfully slow.
She turned onto her back to slightly ease her pain, opening her eyes as she did, and stared at the glistening water above her, waiting for her life to finally end. She felt like her lungs were about to explode from lack of air when, while she was looking upward, suddenly opened her eyes in surprise. Something…or someone was swimming toward her, reaching out their hand to grab hers in an attempt to pull her out of the water…to save her from death. Her breath finally died away and she could feel her life slipping away from her grasp. Her eyes closed and she allowed herself to be carried away…away from everything that surrounded her…away from everything she had ever loved…into nothingness. Then she felt it, a hand clutching hers…and her eyes opened slightly, trying to focus on the figure that was so willing to risk their life to save hers from her watery demise. As of this moment in time, she started to see nothing but blurs of past moments with her family and friends and…a flash of clear, ocean blue eyes, staring down at her, full of despair and determination, urging her to survive as long as she could. Though she knew that, in the end, the attempt would not matter, she tried to stay alive long enough for her to be rescued but her world was soon shrouded in nothing but darkness and she drifted closer to the sand at the bottom, her body limp and lifeless as her mind slowly faded away as the darkness took her away…
Hey y'all! Sorry if this chapter is kind of short and the grammar isn't all that good. That's okay! At least I tried! Well anyway, hoped you liked it! Remember to review and I'll try to update this story ASAP. However, if I don't get enough reviews, I will think about not continuing, even if I have already started most of the upcoming chapter and you'll never find out who the mysterious person who was trying to save Kagome was! That should be fair enough. Hope to hear from you all! Kagome rocks!
-obsessed Kagome lover