Triumph of the Heart
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Authors Note:
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This story takes place directly after the last episode, 167 (I believe) so yes there will be spoilers in the story.
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Some notes for those who don't know:
Houshi- Miroku (houshi is monk I believe)
Osuwari- Sit
Youkai- demon
Jyaki- demonic ora's
Hanyou – Half demon/ half-breed
Kazanna- wind tunnel (spelling?)
Hiraikotsu- the name of sango's boomer rang
Kaza No kizu – wind scar
Sama-Chan-Kun ect- titles of respect
Chapter 4: The grip of fear is already here.
Kikyou took a long deep breath of the cold cloggy air, it seemed to be cold out yet, she couldn't feel the difference between her body heat, and the air. Was she really ice cold, would she always be this way until the very last of her days among the living, where she wasn't suppose to be in the first place?
Kikyou yearned for peace, for her soul to be resting in peace, her entire life was spent fighting, and even after she died, she still had to fight, not only for her life, but for Inuyasha, the one who she'd always believed betrayed her, and hurt her so badly, the one who she thought caused her death.
Though Kikyou knows that Inuyasha didn't deceive her, it's hard to believe what the eye doesn't see, what Kikyou saw was Inuyasha betraying her, and it's what she had believed for a long time, awakening 50 years later and still full of a hatred made her cold, not being the living dead.
Kikyou's wish was that Inuyasha would love her again, and that she could love him back, but it would never work, he had Kagome now. He didn't NEED her. She knew that whenever Inuyasha saw her, his expression changed, Kikyou missed him dearly, and now only had the few memories of the time before Kagome, a time of peace, and a time before Naraku.
Kikyou sighed, Inuyasha was right, She couldn't take Naraku on her own, nor could he, everyone would have to work together, but no one would agree, not even Kikyou.
Kikyou looked through the fog, and the fuchsia skyline, touching the ocean.
"The stars… they're timid tonight?" Kikyou said aloud, thus knowing no one could hear her.
The ocean waves broke, and the white foam breached up onto the shore, going over Kikyou's feet, the water was cold but not as cold as Kikyou felt, the water transcended back into the ocean only to be yet again caught in a break of a wave.
"This feeling of regret, and remorse, why is it…so…strong?" Kikyou said as she looked down at her feet.
"Am I feeling another's pain…but… why? It was so long ago. I must've moved on." Kikyou placed her hand on her heart.
"Are you finally going to let me love another, one who isn't Inuyasha? Why must I linger on a past that will never become a future?" Kikyou yelled.
"Please… will I ever be at an ease, or a peace?" Kikyou sighed, and hung her head down, her hatred for Inuyasha had slowly faded away, the only feeling left for him was love, she needed to hide it from him, because she was unsure if he would ever love her back, like the were once before, 50 years ago.
Inuyasha and the others, who had been greeted by Hakudoshi once before, we're trying to find Naraku, when Sango met up with a warrior from her village whom was believed to be dead, Sango offered to take him back to her old village, as on their way Sango told him the story of what happened while he was gone.
Sango told Inuyasha and the others to go and find Naraku, and she'd catch up with them, despite the fact of what she said the group lingered behind, awaiting her return, Kagome, Shippou, and Miroku who'd run out into the woods to get away from Hakudoshi who wanted the last shard that Kagome kept with her, after Kagome and others disappearance, Kikyou came out from no where, she scared away Hakudoshi, and Inuyasha and Kikyou had been alone, just for a moment.
Kikyou reminded Inuyasha about Kagome, and he snapped back into reality and had run after her. The hundreds of Naraku's insects out numbered Kagome and the others, Kagome whom was out of all but one arrow, and Miroku unable to use his Kazanna, they were completely helpless, but of course Inuyasha came to the rescue.
Kagome herself was really cold not in her soul but just from the coldness of the air, she was getting very fidgety, and tired of waiting for Inuyasha's 'okay' to go find Sango.
The wind blew and Kagome stood up she had too move around or she'd freeze to death so she thought, but something wasn't right Inuyasha was just sitting there, quietly, thinking to himself, that was unusual, he's not a thinker! Kagome decided to wake him up from his daydreaming.
"Inuyasha…It's getting late, and Sango's not back yet, it's almost dusk I thought you said she had thirty minutes it's been like an hour and a half and you're just sitting there, you haven't even said a word! What's wrong?" Kagome was very concerned, she stomped her foot on the ground, and you could hear the grass crunch.
"What do you mean what's wrong?" Inuyasha said calmly in response.
Miroku looked up, that wasn't the reaction anyone was expecting.
"Inuyasha… did something happen was it Kikyou?" Kagome jumped to a conclusion.
"Kagome…WE CAN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW! IT'S NOT IMPORTANT! GET A CLUE WOULD YA?" Inuyasha hollered at her.
"IT WAS HER I KNEW IT! OSUWARI!" Kagome yelled right back at him, she looked up towards the sky and crossed her arms.
"HMPH" she sighed.
"Don't you have any regards to what you have done INUYASHA!" Shippou shouted from on top of Inuyasha's head.
"I didn't do anything! Kagome's the one acting like a little girl! NOT MY FAULT!" Inuyasha grunted.
"Inuyasha you should apologize to Kagome! That is no way to talk about her!" Miroku said furious with Inuyasha.
There was a long moment of silence, and a few creaky trees' branches blowing in the wind.
Kagome sat down, it was unsafe to leave not being with Inuyasha, and plus she wasn't as mad at him as she thought she was.
"Uhm… it's getting REALLY dark." Shippou said scared.
Miroku caught his guard quickly he gasped.
"Inuyasha!" he called.
"What Miroku?" Inuyasha answered back.
"Why haven't these insects been attacking us? They're just there watching, and that's it!" Miroku stood up and looked around.
"Ohh you're right! I forgot they were even here!" Kagome said putting her finger to her lip.
"I didn't" Shippou who was now in Kagome's arms, rubbed up against her fore arms to feel a bit more secure.
"Could Izouo have been one of Naraku's traps?" Kagome stood up quickly.
"No I don't think so, it's possible but why would Naraku attack from that angle? He's after your shard isn't he?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome thought for a minute, she gasped.
"Naraku isn't after MY shard!" Kagome said.
Miroku, Shippou and Inuyasha looked at her funny.
"HE'S AFTER KOHAKU'S!" Kagome yelled at them.
"And Naraku wants Sango to take it out for him." Inuyasha looked in the direction of Sango's village.
"Now that we say this I can faintly sense a shikon shard coming from that direction!" Kagome said starting to head that way.
"That's not the only thing, I can smell blood, but it's not Sango's, it had to be a lot if it's coming from her village though, we're a bit a ways from it!" Inuyasha leapt up and was followed by Miroku.
The insects started too attack them now that they had figured it out.
"KAZA NO KIZU!" Inuyasha jumped into the air killing a hundred bugs with one swing, but it merely put a dent in the number.
"I don't have my time to waste on you things!" Inuyasha called out, and did the wind scar once again.
"INUYASHA I'LL USE THE KAZANNA!" Miroku called as he killed a few bugs with his staff.
"DON'T BE A COMPLETE IDIOT MIROKU IF YOU USE THAT STUPID HELL HOLE THING YOU'LL DIE STUPID MONK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RUN FOR IT YOU GUYS!" Inuyasha said as he did the wind scar once more, just getting about a hundred out of the thousand!
"Sango is could be in trouble I have too!" Miroku called.
"MIROKU DON'T MAKE ME SLICE YOUR GOD DAMN ARM OFF, IF YOU USE IT YOU'LL DIE, DON'T BE A FUCKING MORON!" Inuyasha yelled, he was really irritated with Miroku always trying to be the hero.
"But Inuyasha… the only thing we have left to do is run or fight them until they're all dead, we can't kill them all!" Miroku grunted, he faced up towards the sky, the insects were not going down nor were they seizing to attack.
"Well guess what Miroku, we're running cause by the time we finish all these things off, we'll have a lot more blood on our hands. Than we would want!" Inuyasha yelled at Miroku.
"Sango's not an idiot she wouldn't play into Naraku's traps!" Shippou called out hoping they would hurry, and head after Sango despite what he said.
"It might not even be a trap. We don't know for sure!" Inuyasha shouted at Shippou.
"WELL LET'S NOT WAIT TOO FIND OUT!" Kagome joined in on the shouting.
There was a long pause between the group, and then Kagome huffed.
"We can't afford to wait Naraku's scent is getting more vivid as we get closer to the Taija Ya village, which means someone is there, Hakudoshi, Kagura, or Naraku himself! We have to hurry!" Inuyasha said, he had Kagome get onto his back.
Kagome enjoyed riding on Inuyasha's back, he wasn't cold, we was very warm and gave her comfort, as he ran quickly through the woods, though sometimes when you would hear a slight break of stick that he'd have stepped on, it would startle Kagome, but it made her far more alert, she tried too pay attention to the insects but she then zoned out hoping Sango was okay.
A silent stare down between Kohaku and Sango, that each second felt like a minute, and each minute felt like an hour, it gave Sango a few moments to really think hard, infuriated with her brother, and could no longer see that the 'real Kohaku' was there, she thought she could save him if she really really tried, but this game was getting old, there were no new tactics. The real Kohaku died that day, with everyone else. The very thought of having to rid her brother of this world made her sick, the thought that this whole time after everything she did, his only escape was death. Despite if they did defeat Naraku, Kohaku wouldn't be alive by then, Naraku would have gotten bored with his antic, and ended his life using his jewel shard to gain even more power.
'Is it really the only thing I can do?' Sango thought, tears filled her eyes.
Kohaku who listened to her teardrops hitting the floor and felt so unbelievably guilty, he wanted to die right there, right now. He wanted too hug her, and show her that he was really there somewhere hidden under all his vulnerability and grief, all his blankness and emotionless expressions.
'Sister I…' Kohaku was so confused, should he end his life here and now. End his crime, be the last person he'd ever put into the after life? Some parts of Kohaku wanted him to do it, the others were scared. He didn't want to die, but what was there that he could do? Wallow in Naraku's pity? Kill another? Hang his life on a single jewel shard? No, he couldn't do that any longer, he had to die, despite his wish of finish off that scum Naraku, and he didn't want to see his sister or any others in pain, or be the one causing it.
Kohaku raised his sickle high in the air, his mouth was chattering, you could see the fear in his eyes, and that he was the same scared tender loving Kohaku he was once known to be.
Sango looked up unaware of what he was about to do, her vision blurry from crying.
"Ko-ko-koohaku?" Sango said among the air
Kohaku looked at her and slowly closed his eyes, he turned the sickle towards his back where his shard was located, and he was going to take it out.
'He's going to kill himself…I… I CAN'T LET HIM!' Sango thought in her head.
As Kohaku started to too jam the sickle down, Sango moved quickly and blocked it from hitting him getting a large deep cut down the right side of her arm.
"Kohaku!" she said, Sango bit her lip in the pain of the cut.
"SISTER!" Kohaku yelled allowed, he could no longer hold it in.
Sango who was holding onto her arm, gasped in shocked.
"What?" She whispered.
"Kohaku do…you… remember? Do you finally remember?" Sango asked in a low painful whisper.
Kohaku closed his eyes. He turned away from her, his tears dripped down his face. He wanted to remember her, and he did just not the rest.
"I don't know." He said trying to be strong, but he wasn't strong enough on the inside he was breaking into small pieces, he didn't have much left in him to break he wanted everything to be over with.
"I don't want any of this!" Kohaku said in loud up roaring whisper.
'How could I possibly kill Kohaku if he remembers…how could I possibly kill Kohaku period?' Sango thought, it's as though at one second she hated him, and wanted to be rid of his sin, and try to salvage his soul, and the next he was her whole world, if he died, then she would want to be dead with him, she could never kill Kohaku no matter how many times she said she would, especially not now, when he called her sister she felt though time froze and everything was normal once at last, but her moment of rejoice turned into pain when she realized that if he remembered her than he must have remembered everything else.
This one turned out sort of long ha, feed back please!