Aching Heart
DISCLAIMER: Okay, if I owned InuYasha, I wouldn't be writing this sad story, all right? I just only reached a depression at the moment and this came to mind. (Shrugs) He belongs to Rumiko Takahashi (Damn) and I hope you enjoy!
NOTE: This is during the time of InuYasha the Movie 1: Affections Touching Across Time, so if you haven't seen it (American dub version anyway), you won't understand the events that have taken place; although I guess you can pick it up easily. --;;; Just ignore me.
Chapter 1: Bloody Hands
Please…stop…make it stop…She begged as tears coursed down her emotionless face, her red glazed eyes seem to glow in the rain that poured down on her and her prey: InuYasha.
Kill him.
She gritted her teeth as she took a leaf and transformed it in languid motions into a bow with an arrow as she knocked it into position. Her tears collected harder as she took aim at the gasping InuYasha that leaned against the Goshinboku, eyeing at her through his golden eyes through his drenched bangs.
No…NO…She answered back in angry and feared resolve as she pulled the arrow back, the sound making InuYasha's ears twitch at the sound as he looked at her fully with understanding and determined eyes. Oh god, please no…I don't want to do this! I don't want to be like Kikyo! She thought desperately as her puppet-like body took better position, taking the advantage of the winded InuYasha. Her miko robes that Keade-baba had given her stuck to her like second skin. Her long raven hair stuck to her back in waves.
Kill him NOW.
Please…please don't make me do this! She thought as she stretched the bow further.
NOW!
INUYASHA!
Kagome felt her body move again as she flew after the running hanyou who just narrowly escaped her arrow once again. It was like a game really, between him and Menomaru controlling her. She would chase after him, intent on killing him, he would just narrowly escape and the race would start all over again. She hated it. Watching through her own eyes of what was happening. She feared every time her body knocked up another arrow, it would eventually come in contact with its intended mark. Tears blurred her glazed eyes again, but it didn't really seem to matter as her 'master' easily controlled her through his own eyes rather through her as he played his dangerous tune.
Please InuYasha, please just end this! I don't care if I die anymore, just please end this! This is worse than dying!
"Die, InuYasha!" She heard her own voice and Menomaru's blended together cried out as she watched her right hand unleash some more glowing beams at his back.
"Kagome, snap out of it!"
I wish I could, InuYasha…god knows I do…
Her glazed eyes seemed unmoved when InuYasha used the tree as a leverage to jump off of and back her into it roughly, her hands clasped behind her back in a way where she couldn't even use her new powers to get out of. InuYasha panted harshly in her ear as he tried to rejuvenate his body while trying to get through to her,
"You're stronger than this, Kagome! I know you are! Don't give me all of this shit about you being too weak to stop him! I've seen you conquer over those stronger than this bastard was, you can do this! Try, Kagome…try…"
Inside her conscience, Kagome gasped quietly, her hands flying to cover her mouth. InuYasha's…crying…
"Please, Kagome…! Don't be like Kikyo, don't make time repeat itself, I don't know if I could take it! Please, try as hard as you can!" InuYasha stared at her red eyes that seemed to stare into space on the side of them. He squeezed his eyes tightly, the tears mixed with the rain slowly trailed down his face. Kagome, you don't deserve this! Fight it! I know you can! Please…He trembled as he held her tighter, tight enough to leave bruises unknowingly. Don't let us end up like Kikyo and I did all those years ago…don't do this.
"I-I-Inu…Y-Yasha…" His eyes flew open, turning her tightly to him. Her red eyes flickered back to brown continuously. InuYasha held her tightly to him, keeping their eyes locked. He stared deep into her, making Kagome believe he could actually see her, deep into her subconscious. The inner Kagome put her hands together in prayer. Please InuYasha…he's coming back…I can feel him…run…RUN!
"R-R-Run…a-a-away…"
A sickening sound echoed throughout the region. InuYasha let out a tortured scream. Kagome cried harder, putting her hands over her ears. I'M SO SORRY INUYASHA! I CAN'T STOP HIM! InuYasha wrenched himself away from Kagome's body, grasping his stomach with both arms, his blood thickly coating over his deep, damp, red sleeves almost whining like an injured dog making Kagome cry even more. Her body's hands were covered deeply with rich red blood that seemed to give off a deadly aroma.
"Damn you, Menomaru!" InuYasha cursed out loud angrily for every one to hear him. Kagome looked at him, finally turning away from the darkness that surrounded her within her own mind. Leave…LEAVE! INUYASHA, FOR ONCE, LEAVE ME BE!
"L-l-leave…n-now…" InuYasha growled at her angrily and highly annoyed,
"How many times do I have to tell you, Kagome! I'm NOT LEAVING YOU BEHIND! As much as it may irritate you, I'm sticking to it! Live with it!"
The tears ran down more on her dangerously pale face. InuYasha shivered as the chilling wind whipped around them on the rocks they were on, on the dangerously fast river that was flowing. The Kagome in front of him looked completely unharmed by this, as if she her body was made for such cruel conditions. He gasped and started the chase again.
I don't want this! NO!
Kill him, my little puppet.
Kagome put her transparent hands over her ears and screamed. NO! I'M NOBODY'S PUPPET! LEAVE ME ALONE! I WON'T KILL INUYASHA! I WON'T LET YOU!
The voice that of Menomaru's, seemed to chuckle at her in amusement.
I'd just like to see you try, mortal.
Kagome winced as he blew again, the shrill whistle echoing throughout her head; it seemed as if her body was now even unable to give any warnings. No! InuYasha! Look out!
InuYasha's cries echoed again as she tackled him on his back. Her glowing fingers singeing through the fire rat robes and into his skin; he squirmed and struggled to get her off; a sadistic grin appeared on her face as Menomaru and her voice blended together again as she bent over tauntingly to his ear and whispered,
"So, InuYasha, how does it feel to have your lover betray you again? Brings up painful memories, doesn't it?"
"Shut up! Kagome didn't betray me! It's you doing this, you bastard!"
"Oh really, InuYasha? Than how come she hasn't stopped me yet?"
"She's just not powerful yet to get over your spell!"
"Really, I thought you just told her that she was far stronger than me? Could have fooled me…"
InuYasha growled angrily before crying out as Kagome's finger nails dug deeper into his skin.
"GET OFF!"
Angrily, InuYasha took a swipe at Kagome. Not a word or scream echoed out of Kagome when InuYasha's claws tore through her of her miko robes of her abdomen, blood easily seeping through the white garment. InuYasha's eyes widened in horror at the blood on his claws and at Kagome's injury,
"K-Kagome! I'm sorry!"
InuYasha! Just please, get out of here!
Instead, Menomaru started laughing through her, causing an awful feeling to slither up both Kagome and InuYasha's spine from the maliciousness laced with his and her own voice,
"InuYasha, you even attack your lover, how easily you can be turned. How pathetic. I thought you'd be much of a challenge!"
"SHUT UP!"
Kill him, now!
NO!
Kagome's finger tips glowed, not a bright yellow this time, but rather a dark blue as she held her palm face up at InuYasha's direction before it shot out at him. P-Please…n-no…
"Do you feel the pain, InuYasha? When your lover betrays you? Stabbing you in the back? Just like Kikyo."
"She's not betraying me!"
KILL HIM NOW!
INUYASHA!
Kagome screamed as she felt excruciating pain over come her like an overload of dark magic was over coating her.
InuYasha's eyes widened as Kagome shot him square in the chest, effectively knocking him over the rock he was standing on. Ka…gome…
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! INUYASHA!"
Kagome looked around herself, coughing with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, her injuries finally coming to her. She looked around frantically on the boulder she was on, searching blindly for any sign of red.
"InuYasha! InuYasha, InuYasha! Please come up! Please, I'm so sorry!" She cried in anguish, tears mixed with spray from the river on her soaking wet face.
"No…." She stared down at her hands, her bloody hands and cried.
I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough, InuYasha…I'm so sorry.
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Hey everyone! Please review and tell me what you think! (I thought it was crappy for a first chapter, but I can rectify that if I get reviews! Hint hint wink wink) Hope you enjoyed!
Miss Artemis