Blizzard: Crash and Burn

By Archerelf

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Chapter 6- Requiem for a Dream, part One

Inuyasha was falling. Plain and simple. He was falling through space, time, and an eternity of thought, emotion and death. He was falling through darkness, his body paralyzed to do anything about it. He was wandering through the dimensions of his mind like a lost child, wide eyed and purposeless. He was a prisoner of his own mind.

After a seemingly eon of lost dreams, Inuyasha landed in, more snow. But it was illuminated by a fire in the background. His mother was nearby and cradling a baby version of himself. He knew what was happening...His father was in that building fighting his final battle accompanied by the sword Sounga.

'Why did you have to die? Why!' Inuyasha's mother was sobbing uncontrollably as the robe of the fire rat covered them both. Inuyasha's baby form wouldn't stop crying. Izayoi took the red cloth and wrapped up the baby with it. While cradling it with her own body heat she began to hum to him.

"When you feel all alone
And the world has turned it's back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold"

Inuyasha could only watch in horror as his mother lay down in the snow with him, humming while he slept. Blood stained her legs and kimono's from the strenuous birth. As the last bit of the house collapsed to ruin Izayoi screamed out in horror.

"Inutaisho!"

She continued to collapse into a massive wave of tears.

Inuyasha's adult form blinked and the illusion was gone. He could hear his heart beating in his chest, rapidly as a rabbits. Next thing he knew, another vision of horror flashed its animated way across his memory.

He was once again walking across the black darkness but a small scene unfolded before him.

A small child, no bigger than a 10 year old was running as a variety of creatures chased after him. Some were demon, some were human but they all carried the same message.

"Get out half breed!"

"You're scum! Filth!"

"You don't' deserve to live!"

As they gave chase they began throwing stones, bricks and more. Inuyasha remembered that day. That was the first day he began to harden his heart towards everyone. A well placed brick landed in the nape of his neck. The tiny vision of red and silver fell forward. He was unconscious. One human picked up the limp hanyou and threw him against a nearby rock. A tiny pool of blood made its way down the seemingly sleeping half demon's face.

Inuyasha in the present form could feel something near his ears. It was the same blood he had bled that horrible day. It had taken his mother two days two find him. By that time Inuyasha's heart was full of hatred towards them all. He was nearly dead.

Inuyasha's mind began to wonder the cosmos again.

'no…NO….NO!' stop it!' he tried to scream. No sound came out. He fell to his knees and watched as a small, dripping, puddle formed on his left side… His chest began heaving harder than anything. His heart felt heavy and his mind even further plagued by nightmare. Before he stopped falling again for the third time he heard a vile, vicious voice echoed through the vast expanses of his mind.

"You can't save her. You can't even save yourself…"

As Inuyasha landed for the third time he began to asses himself physically. His heart rate was unhealthily high, his body felt numb. His mind simply put, was being beat up beyond all emotional limit. in the dark vastness he landed on grass stained red with blood. Kikyou's blood. Not just hers. Kagome's blood too. Each lay spread eagle on the ground with new plasma blossom through the white of each outfit.

' Inuyasha…. You left me here to die…you promised me. I taught you love..' Kikyo whispered this through clenched teeth. Her eyes clouded with hate as she passed from the world.

Kagome was faring little better than Kikyo. The green of her skirt was a disgusting stain. The thin cotton of the uniform did little to protect from the flow of blood and tears. The salty liquid flowed out of heartbreak and complete pain…

'Inuyasha…you promised me you'd protect me…you promised! I loved you…help me…save me…'

She coughed up the last part, along with some blood. Her eyes became glassy and unfocused.

'you promised...save me..'

Kagome's head slumped over onto the grass as she too passed to the outer realms.

Inuyasha just stood there. His feet were fixed to the ground. He would have torn the skin off of his feet to bits if he could have saved her. Physically, he now felt like he was dying. All of his energy, brain power, and the very breath itself that sustained his now feeble body was failing. Ashes to dust. Cloud to Shadow. And a Requiem. A Requiem for the dreams that plagued his mind. A bitter chorus would do the honors.

Naraku's voice yet again floated in the gloom.

"Your body is breaking hanyou. Lets see if your mind is getting there.."

These dreams, these illusions kept coming. He saw Sesshomaru, he saw Kikyo. He saw himself, bloodshed. A demon. Each lasted a life age. His blood ran cold in his veins. But he felt everything. He felt the anger. He felt the pain. He felt Kikyo's arrow re-pierce his flesh, just missing his heart. His human heart. Sorrow ran from him like a river but he wouldn't cry. To cry would be to give up. His vision was failing but his heart murmured the idea ' It isn't real…' But his head didn't know that. All he saw was illusion, the corrupter of minds. The familiar pain in his stomach told him that he was going some where else. It could be the last him. His organs were shutting down to him, but he was the picture of health. It was all an illusion, but he couldn't see through it.

Unbeknownst to him, Inuyasha landed from his perpetual freefall unto a bed of Sakura. There stood Kagome in front of him. She looked angelic in terms of beauty every day but today that celestial beauty was masked by hatred, horror and the deepest loathing a person could fathom.

The Tetsusaiga lay abandoned a few yards away, in its transformed state.

And there stood Kagome. He had to do a double take. He couldn't remember her being so mad at him. Ever.

" You betrayed me...I trusted you and you betrayed me…You tried to kill me. I can't believe you actually tried to kill me. And for her! You said you didn't care for her anymore.. You lied to me! Your nothing but a filthy demon! NO! Your worse than a demon. You're a filthy half-breed."

Inuyasha's brain listened with despair, sinking to his knees. But his heart perked up.

She said half-breed.

Half

Breed.

But wait…Half-breed?

"Its not real…make it go away." he muttered. She never said half breed.

"Its not real… Its not real! Its not real! ITS NOT REAL! She PROMISED me! She promised me that she'd never call me a half breed! Its NOT REAL!" Inuyasha's voice intensified. Naraku, back in his lair, began to strain himself. The mind spell he cast was dissolving. The Hanyou found a way around it!

Back in the cave, Inuyasha was standing up in the darkness. His pain was dissolving. The black faded to bleached bone white. The white of the tomb. The illusions were gone. It was broken in pieces, like the skulls of the dead on the floor. She had promised him…she…KAGOME! Oh My God where was she? If that was what he was hit with she must not have been faring well at all...all those bad memories for her. Following his nose he stalked outside. There she was. The red pants and raven hair gave it away. She seemed in a troubled sleep too. Kagome who was teetering on the edge of the cliff..

Kagome with no way to save herself, was going to fall.