Author's Notes: I'm sooooo sorry I haven't updated in about 3 monthes but I PROMISE I'll be a better author on FF.net or you guys can flame me! Eeek, I bet all of you guys left FF.net now or something. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry!!! *sobs*
Ok, with that being over, let us read this *coughhorriblecoughcough* chapter! ^^;;
Kagome awoke, quite suddenly. There was a golden, hazy sun that was setting off into the distance, bathing everything in a gold light. Harry, who was in front of her, truly looked like the 'Golden Boy' everyone made him out to be. The sun's rays seemed to be his own aura and the peaceful look on his face just added to it.
"Muh…" Her lips were parched. She licked her lips and gasped for water. Harry seemed to snap out of his peaceful reverie and nodded, passing her a canteen of water. Kagome drank it thirstily.
"Thank you. What happened?" Kagome asked, after rubbing away grit from her eyes.
"You blacked out." Harry replied simply, taking a swig of water himself.
"Oh." Just then, Kagome realized she was in a tent with Harry, heavy blankets over her. She touched her forehead and realized it was hot with sweat. She clambered out awkwardly from underneath the sweltering blankets.
"What's the plan?" She asked.
"Plan?"
"You know, the plan. To kill N-Voldemort."
"I'm going to kill him."
"Yes but how?"
"With a wand."
"Alright then."
There was a pause.
"Correct me if I'm mistaken but this is your plan: kill Voldemort, one of the greatest dark wizards of the age, kill his hundreds of loyal Death Eaters, and restore the human race?"
"Yeah."
There was another disbelieving pause.
"You know that's unreasonable, Harry." Kagome told him gently. He was obviously not in his right mind at the moment. He was staring at the sun, his back rigid, his features hardened.
"I don't care."
"Well your carelessness if going to get you killed so quit feeling sorry for yourself and let's plan this out." Kagome said briskly, forming a new austere exterior to hide the despair she was feeling for all the dead souls.
"That's harsh, Kagome."
"Life is harsh. I speak from experience and you know it's true."
"Fine."
"Ok, we'll probably need to plan a surprise attack of some sort, we're definitely going to need an army, and…" Kagome rattled on and on about her plans while Harry stayed silent.
Finally he spoke.
"Look around you, Kagome." Kagome fell silent and looked around. Just dry, barren wasteland, she thought. It was as though Harry had read them.
"Exactly." He said. "Do you even see another human or animal in sight besides us? No. Why? Because there is no one else! The only people I know that survived is you, me, and Professor Lupin. Lupin's gone to search for other survivors so within a week, he'll probably be dead too! Open your eyes, Kagome! We can't do it. I can't do it." He fell to his knees, sobbing openly. Silently, Kagome crept over to him and hugged him rather awkwardly.
"They're all gone…" Harry wept. "Everyone. Everyone! Voldemort
keeps on making my life more and more miserable! They killed the parents
I never had a chance to know. The friends that died, protecting my worthless
life. Everything I've ever known just crashed on me. It's worse than dying.
Everything else dies but you know you can't. You can't."
Kagome sighed inwardly. So this is what Harry had been thinking.
She knew exactly how it felt. After all, everyone she had ever known and
loved too was now gone. She stroked his hair, her tears mingling with his
own.
How could this happen? Why was this all happening? Now, more than ever, Kagome wished that she was completely normal in every sense. Perhaps then she could've had a chance to grow up, figure out a few things. Have a successful life.
Now, all this was lost to her. Because of Naraku.
And now, how was she supposed to fight him? Suddenly, she had a thought. It was stupid and conceited but it was a good thought. A great thought.
I'm the reincarnation of the great priestess Kikyou. I have priestess abilities to mix with my witch side. I'm possibly the strongest woman in the world. Especially now that everyone else is gone. And Harry. He's the Boy-Who-Lived whose thwarted Naraku nearly as many times as I have. With us combined, it may be enough to have the strength of a hundred skilled sorcerers.
Kagome grew more and more excited.
"Harry!" She whispered in his ear happily. "Harry…I think we've
got a chance. I really think we've got a chance to win this."
"What?" Harry said, his voice that of disbelief.
"No, really, I think we do. We're both extremely strong right? And once you think about it, all of Voldemort's followers are so weak, that's why they have to look up to Voldemort! I can take care of his army and you…" Kagome trailed off. Harry knew what she meant. This time, yet again, in the end, it would be up to him. All up to him.
"Um…I'll help you when I'm done getting rid of his lackeys!" Kagome volunteered. Harry just looked at her, amazed at the blazing fire in her eyes; the spirit that had not been broken despite the fact that everything around them had.
"Kagome…" Harry's voice was soft.
"What is it?" Kagome asked.
"Do you think he's still alive?" Kagome was startled at the sudden change of subject.
"Who?"
"Sess-something. The one demon that you taught with."
"Sesshoumaru." She corrected him automatically.
"Yeah, him. Do you think he's still alive?"
"Sesshoumaru?" At once, tears sprang to Kagome's eyes. She stood, eyes downcast, her face blank.
"I-I…Probably not. Whatever Voldemort did, it probably wiped out all the demons too. I don't think he's still alive. He can't be." Ducking into the tent, Kagome clambered underneath the heavy blankets. She was sweating and hot and hungry but she didn't care. Hot, streams of tears looked like crystal ribbons.
"Kagome?" Harry's voice was uncertain. He really didn't know how to deal with girls.
"J-just leave me alone!" Kagome choked out. "I'm tired and I need to…to think about the plan a bit more! Leave me alone for a bit…"
Harry said nothing, just gazed into the tent, down upon the shape of the young woman he had grown to love.
TBC...
Author's Notes (continued): Ok, you guys can flame me now! :P