Chapter Nine
Note: I am absolutely not done. I have at least two chapters left. But it may get a little more heart breaking from this point. Thanks for the readers who decided to stick with the story even if it has a bad ending.
I'm trapped. Where am I? I break through the delicate clay. I feel a plant. I grab it. I slowly begin to break out of this imprisonment. I see freedom as I lift the herb to my chest. I can not move. I can not do a thing. What's wrong with me? I see an old woman in front of me talking, but I cannot understand her. With a spell she lifts me off the ground and onto my feet. I can't stand. I fell over for what seemed like an eternity. I hit the ground with a thud. The old woman pulls my hair and I my limp body force me to let her. She drops me to the ground. Why am I here? Who am I?
I hear yelling from outside. "Inuyasha, they're coming from behind!"
"Hold on ladies. This swing bridge is about to live up to its name." It's him! "Iron reaver soul stealer!" I must see if it's him. I have to see if it's the man who killed me. I got up with all my strength to look out the window. The woman was amazed. She tells me to get dressed. I obey. I will not kill the man I despise while I'm naked.
I walk outside and see a young girl in interesting clothing in a tub of green liquid. I heard the old woman say that she was almost my double. Idiot! This girl looks nothing like me. (At least that's what I think) I saw that she possessed a shard of the Shikon jewel. WHAT! It stills remains on this earth! There was no mistake. That is a shard of the Shikon jewel. What happened to it? It's broken. That fool! She broke my precious jewel.
"Who is she?" asked the young girl.
"So, you're dressed, the attire of a priestess is flattering and brings out your good looks." Well obviously. "I have done well to reshape your body with human bones and grave yard soil. Now all you require is a human soul.
"What are you talking about?"
"My magic herbal potion will soon suck the soul from your very body. Kikyo shall have her soul and you will be among the living dead." I finally understood. She was bringing back to life. In the distance I saw three figures running towards me. Oh, no. It's Inuyasha! Wait! I don't want to be alive. I don't want to have feelings of hurt from Inuyasha. I don't want to live on the same planet with him knowing what he might do to me. I want to remain dead. I don't want to deal with any of this.
"Kikyo is there." said another old woman.
"Help Inuyasha."
"What you survived the deadly fall?"
"It is her."Do not call for me. Do not call out my name. Too late. "Ki Kikyo." My heart skipped a beat. I felt my soul was thrashing back into my body.
"Her soul is emerging" said the first old woman.
"Kagome!" yelled Inuyasha.
"The moment you called out her name her heart skipped a beat and Kikyo soul sprang forth. " I was tossed into the air. No, I don't want to live! I touched my face to feel if it was true. My skin felt cold, but if I can feel that means I'm alive. Damn it. My feet touch the ground and I remain standing up. That means everything went perfectly.
"Kagome spirit has entered Kikyo's body." said Inuyasha.
"Kagome don't leave us. Wake up!" said a small demon.
"You're wasting your time talking to a soulless lump of flesh, but I don't have no bones about having her later for dinner."
"You fiend Urasua. How dare you desecrate her grave to use her remains!"
"My creation is wondrous is it not? I used her remains and grave side soil to recreate her as living flesh and blood. As such I am her creator nay her birth mother. And proof to her elegances to me she shall follow my every command. Now come and use your powers to rid us of…" I was tired of her talking. I didn't want to be brought back to life. I blame her. I despised her as much as Inuyasha for bring me back. I lay my hands on her shoulder. With all my energy I zapped a spell through her body to purify her. I did not look at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, why are you still alive? I bound you to a tree with a sacred arrow."
"Yeah, you sure did. And I stayed there for fifty years, but as you can see I'm still alive and ready to take you on again." I was about to cry with frustration.
"You vile beast. I despise you, you loathsome half-man." At that moment my wounds were reopened. It was the same fatal wound he had inflicted on me Fifty years ago.
"Huh, got a problem, Kikyo?" asked Inuyasha in mock concern. I grabbed my shoulder. It was moist with blood. I looked down at my hand and screamed.
"Why did you betray me, Inuyasha!"
"What's going on? Where'd all that blood coming from?" That made me even madder. What a liar. He knows what he did to me.
"Look, Inuyasha." said the other woman. "Is that not the fatal wound ye inflicted on Kikyo?"
"I inflicted! What are you saying? That I was the one who killed Kikyo."
"Yes, it was your wound that sealed her faint and insured her demise."
"There must be some kind of mistake of some sort. I didn't kill her. I don't even remember wounding her."
"Can ye be certain that these wounds did not come from your hand? Think hard, try to remember. If not you then who slew my sister?"
"You are more vile than I thought making up such feeble excuses. Please, most unflattering Inuyasha, stop it." I shivered. "Inuyasha, do you not remember when you told me you wish to become human?"
"Impossible, he wants to become a demon."
"You said you wanted to become human." I continued like I wasn't interrupted. "I believed you words. That day I carried the Shikon jewel and went to you." I replayed the memory of that day in my head.
"But Kikyo, I cannot believe that Inuyasha could have committed such a heinous crime."
"Are you suggesting that I was the one who betrayed you?" True I did cheat on him, but that wasn't the point.
"You know it's true. That is why I used that last vestige of my strength and bound you to the tree with my sacred arrow." I was walking towards him.
"Kikyo."
"You and I were fated never to meet again." I zapped him like the witch.
"Stop this assault Kikyo."
"Who are you?"
"I am your younger sister, Kaede. My looks have altered because fifty years have passed since your demise."
"Then explain why you would speak on Inuyasha behalf. Give me this!' I took my sisters arrows. I aimed a deadly shot at Inuyasha. I missed the first time.
"Kikyo…"
"This time I won't miss."
"Feh. You do hate me, don't you?"
"Kagome… What's gonna happen to Kagome?" asked the little demon. I shot again at Inuyasha. He blocked it with his sword. I was shocked. But then it purified it and it grew smaller. It was still going after him. It began to pierce his heart when it happened. The girl was regaining control over her soul.
"NO!" I screamed. "NOT YET!" While Inuyasha was fondling over the girl I made my escape. If I remain near "her" the rest of my soul shall be drawn back into her as well.
I must get away. I slipped and fell over a cliff. Some one caught me.
"Kikyo." I looked back at him. "Kikyo, it can not stay this way. Go back inside Kagome."
"You dare ask me…to die?" He looked shocked. "To return into that woman…means I shall be no longer who I am. That is what you want…eh…Inuyasha?" He said nothing. "I…will…not! I have told you already! The day I die is the day you die!" I zapped him once again.
"Fool…Stop it!" He let go of me. "Kikyo!" I screamed back at him. When I came to I was near stream.
"Heh, I'm alive, Inuyasha."