Author's Notes: HA! You all probly thought that my next story was gonna be 'The Demon's Reign,' like I said it would be, didn't ya? well, guess what! i surprised ya! I know a lot of ppl have written fics to the Evanescence CD 'Fallen', and since Evanescence is the greatest band of all time, an' all that, I decided to do somethin a little different: write a songfic for the chapters of Evanescence's new cd, 'Anywhere But Home: Evanescence, Live in Paris'. Since during the concert the bonus song "Missing" is last and the awesome song "Hello" was not performed, they will be added in randomly... (basically whenever I feel like writin' 'em, dammit! I'm authoress don't ask questions!)
side note: this is how it's gonna be:
/song lyrics/
'thoughts'
"speach"
Chapter 1: Haunted
/Long lost words whisper slowly..to me...
Still can't find what keeps me here/
Kikyo wandered, her soul stealers swirling and coalescing through the midnight air. The darkness suited her now. She was souless... heartless.. Aimless.. And it was all thanks to Naraku
/When all this time, I've been so hollow inside
. . I know you're still there/
"Onigumo..." She muttered his despised named aloud, and turned to where the demon himself stood, shaded by the thick oaks, shrouded in blackness. He was following her-- hunting her, stalking her. It disturbed Kikyo greatly...
/Watching me, Wanting me, I can feel you pull me down
Fearing you, Loving you, I won't let you pull me down/
She couldn't kill him; no--what was left of her damned sympathy for the brigand Onigumo prevented her from being so rash. That, and she wasn't completely certain she had the strength--at least not alone...
Inu-Yasha couldn't mistake that scent...Kikyo's scent! He stopped his current activity (a walk to let Kagome cool down), and followed the smell to the source. The forest was thick, so the going was very slow.
/Hunting you, I can smell you...Alive!
Your heart pounding in my head/
"Why are you following me!" Kikyo turned to the monster called Naraku angrily.
"Because you're fun to annoy." The snake-like voice sent shivers up her spine. His aura was suffocating her; engulfing her. She could feel it on her skin and it made her flesh crawl. It bothered her, how very easily her made her cringe.
/Watching me, wanting me.. I can feel you pull me down
Saving me, Raping me.. I won't let you pull me down/
"Kikyo..." She turned to where Inu-Yasha stood, looking shocked.
'Not now, of all times...' Kikyo mentally sighed at his prescence.
"Inu-Yasha, how very amusing." Naraku smirked in that disgusting way of his.
/(watching me, wanting me.. I can) Aahhhhhh! Aahhhh! FEEL YOU PULL ME DOWN!
(fearing you, loving you..I won't) Aahhhhh! Aahhhhh! LET YOU PULL ME DOWN/
"Stop it! This is not the time, nor the place!" Kikyo's voice snapped through the night.
"B-But! He's..It's! Naraku!" The hanyou's golden eagle eyes flashed with hatred.
"There is no need for a fight!" Kikyo's eyes were pleading. She wrapped her arms around
Inu-Yasha.
"How quaint... Until next time, then..." Naraku's laughter faded away into the dying nighttime blackness. Daytime approached and the sky gleamed with a rainbow of colors in memory of the time the Sacred Jewel Shards, mirroring the explosion's appearance.
"I've missed you, Inu-Yasha.." Kikyo pulled him close, into a deep embrace.
"Kikyo.." He breathed her name and returned her gesture.
Kagome stumbled blindly...and angrily...through the forest. She stiffled a yawn and pushed a holly's unruly branch out of her face. She happened upon a clearing, or, more accurately, tripped, tumbled, and landed flat on her face into a clearing. But what she saw hurt her far worse than a few bruises and scrapes.
"Inu-Yasha..." Her eyes watered and the tears came. The hanyou and Kikyo were locked in warm embrace. Kagome didn't move...or even breathe; she just stared.
Inu-Yasha felt someone's gaze and turned slowly, to meet Kagome's eyes. She looked absolutely heartbroken.
"Kagome...!" her name was a shocked sigh against Dawn's cold winds.
The future girl stood on trembling legs, praying to whoever the hell was listening that her knees didn't give out and she was able to run as far away from here as possible. Her feet pounded the ground, her breathing came in short rasps. She tripped once, hitting the ground hard, and choked out a curse through her desperate sobs.
'Why do I even bother!' She ran on to Edo, to the Bone-Eaters' Well.
Author's Notes:
HEEE! this fic is totally unlike 'Shadowfox' and I'm hopin' to shock ya with 'The Demon's Reign,' too... whenever I get around to posting the (unfinished) first chapter... ((cough)) ermm... HEY WHO'S WORKING THOSE PARENTHESIS!
Kitsune: lazy...Go back to Shadowfox.. I'm in there
DSK: Stupid, conceited, airheaded, worthless excuse for a ---
Kitsune: y'don't hafta be insulting... T.T
DSK: I'M SO SOWWY MY POOR WIDDLE MUSE! ((cuddles him))
Well, anyway I forgot this at the beginning so here it is
Disclaimer: I do not own Evanescence or Inu-Yasha but the people who do are jus' rakin' in the cash so I wish I did...
Kitsune: and that stuff about the dawn... very deeeeeeeeeeep... it made me feel so emotional!
DSK: ((smacks him)) smartass...
