Chapter 7-Pain, Love, Disbelief, Anger
Kagome and Kikyo were the last to enter the small hut as Inuyasha and Callisto started to explain how they met each other in the time that Inuyasha was away from themof later part ofthe past two years. "So you only meteach otherseveral days ago?" said Sango amazed at how fast the two fell in love.
"Yes. Callisto was being attack by four stupid drunk men. Needless to say they won't have to worry about being sober anytime soon," said Inuyasha who cracked a little smile at the end of that sentence as he remembered what he did to the last of his four victims.
"That's...uh...reassuring," said Miroku nervously since he was the second closest to Inuyasha and made a ental note not to touch Callisto in an inaapropriate manner for fear of the repercussions.
Kagome and Kikyo were tied for first as they had maneuvered themselves to be the closest to Inuyasha while still keeping their space from Callisto. "You should have stayed with us Inuyasha. That way we could have helped you deal with your problems sooner rather then later," said Kagome as she focused on hiding most of her jealousy and concentrating more on what exactly Callisto was hiding from them.
"Perhaps you could have Kagome, but in doing so...I would never had met Callisto and my heart and soul would still be...empty inside," said Inuyasha with tired eyes.
Callisto looked at Inuyasha direction with her eyes. "You are tired my beloved from the strain of coming here. You should rest and sleep," said Callisto feeling Inuyasha getting somewhat weaker in hisbreathing as a sign of fatigue.
"Yes it has been some time since I did sleep and I do feel tired," said Inuyasha as he began to feel sleepy.
Callisto rested Inuyasha back against the wall so he could sleep and put a blanket next to her over him. "What did you do to him just now?" said Kagome when she was sure Inuyasha was asleep.
"What are you talking about? I did nothing to him. He is exhausted from everything that has happened recently. Even half-demons like Inuyasha can become tired after enduring so much in such a short time," said Callisto as she parted some hair on the side of Inuyasha face.
"We should leave. Inuyasha does look exhausted and it would be rude to awaken him," said Miroku who got up and left immediately followed by Shippo, Kilala, and Sango who were all in agreement.
"Yes we should go. We do him a disservice by speaking like this while he sleeps now while he regains his strength," said Callisto who kissed Inuyasha on the cheek and left the house while being followed closely by a cautious Kikyo and an angry Kagome.
"I'll ask you again Callisto. What did you do to Inuyasha?" said Kagome who was fuming with anger...and jealousy over Callisto.
"I told you I did nothing to him. I could never do anything to my beloved that was harmful. Inuyasha has been under much stress and strain ever since he left here two years ago to deal with the pain that was inflicted upon him by betraying his former master," said Callisto as she remembered what she saw when she looked at Inuyashas soul and saw his face.
"I don't believe you. How could you remotely understand what Inuyasha could feel? You know nothing of what he's been through," said Kagome.
Callisto looked in Kagomes direction. "Now I understand why my belovedcould never truly love you as he thought he could. You are too narrow minded to even understand what it means to feel someone's pain on a spiritual level. I have felt Inuyashas pain as he has felt mine since the moment he defended me from those attackers when we first met. You cannot see what I see in him just I cannot see what you see about him...physically," said Callisto who could tell that she hit a very nasty subject as she heard a small noise coming from Kagome who was obviously angry with Callisto more then ever.
"What are you talking about when you speak of feeling someone's pain on a spiritual level?" said Kikyo.
"It is a technique I learned when I was a child. When Inuyasha attacked those four men I could see him with my spiritual sight and what I saw astounded me," said Callisto.
"What did you see?" said Miroku as he and Sango held Kagome back from doing something...harsh.
"When I saw him fight I saw someone with wounds like none I had ever seen or felt before. These wounds could not be seen by others who could not see them as I do. When Inuyasha fought those men he was unleashing his pain and suffering from his heart upon those men. To fight with so much pain in your heart and soul shows true strength and will to keep going no matter how much you want to. That is why I love him Kikyo. I love Inuyasha because he refuses to stop giving up even when his body and soul can take no more forms of punishment," said Callisto who looked back at the hut where Inuyasha was sleeping.
"I don't believe you. You're hiding some sort of secret or something I want to know what it is?" said a still angry Kagome who finally overpowered Miroku and Sango to speak her voices.
Callisto looked at Kagome direction and where she could sense from a spiritual power point of view. "You are right to suspect something Kagome with my powers though holy hold something else in them as well. Something I have kept a secret from almost everyone in my life," said Callisto.
"Almost everyone," said Sango curiously
"This secret I keep from all of you now I have no intention of ever telling you because as you do not trust me I do not trust you. The only other person I have ever shared it with is my beloved...Inuyasha. And he has made sacred promised to me that he would never reveal it to you either...unless I asked," said Callisto as she remembered the night before.
(Flashback: The night before.)
Inuyasha and Callisto were getting closer to Kaedes village with every step they took. At that moment though Callisto was tired and Inuyasha was still wide awake so he carried her quietly in his arms so they could get their faster. "If you want I can put you down and we could sleep till morning?" said Inuyasha as he ran through the trees on their way to the village.
"No Inuyasha I just need to rest in your arms. To me you make the perfect bed," said Callisto making Inuyasha blush a little.
"I hope my old friends will except you as you are and not as some sort of half-breed like me," said Inuyasha as he stopped on a thick tree branch for a moment and looked at Callisto as she got more sleepy every second that passed and then continued on again.
"No!" said Callisto suddenly when she heard that.
"No what?" said Inuyasha confused as he stopped again
"Inuyasha you can't tell them I am spiritually a half-breed with both light and dark powers living inside me," said Callisto worried, but still tired voice.
"But...why?" said Inuyasha curiously
"I have seen people's reaction to me when they learned who I was. I can't...I can't face such hatred from others. You must promise me Inuyasha. Promise me you won't say anything to them," said Callisto in an even more tired voice.
"I promise you Callisto. You havemy word that will tell them nothing. I swear it," said Inuyasha as slowlyCallisto went to sleep in his arms.
(End Flashback)
"Asked or command?" said Kagome questioning whether or not it was love that made Inuyasha loyal to her.
Callisto broke away from remembering the night before as she looked back at Kagome with a small scowl on her face implying she took offense to the young girl's remark "If you are implying that my spiritual powers can bend others to my will then you are sadly mistaken. I have no such power at my disposal and even if I did I would never use it on Inuyasha. Even if I tried his will is too strong for me try and break much less bend to my own. You would have to be one of the Gods to break him," said Callisto.
"Yeah well I..." said Kagome, but was cut of by a sudden rumbling beneath them as the ground crack and split all around them.
"What the...?" said Shippo as giant snake demon appeared followed by little look a like snake demons beneath it.
"Where issssssssssss the half-breed? Where is the half-breed who killed my mate? Where isssssssss the one known asssssssss...Inuyasssssssssha?" said the snake demon.
"What are you talking about?" said Kagome.
"Don't be stupid human girl. I know for a fact that Inuyassssssha killed my mate several daysssssssss ago in a village far from here. The area where my mate was killed still reekssssssssss with tracessssssssss of miasssssssssma from the half-breedssssssssss own body," said the snake demon.
"Miasma?" said Miroku
"Yessssss I tracked him to a cave where hissssssssssss scent had changed, but was ssssssssssstill recognizable only to find it was different yet again a few dayssssssss later. Now I find hissssss sssssssssscent hasssssssss led me here to thisssssssssss very village and it goesssssssssss nowhere else. Ssssssso where isssssssss he?" said the snake demon impatiently.
"I have a better idea. Go back to your hole where you belong," said Callisto out of nowhere in a tone the oldInuyasha would have used.
The snake demon looked at Callisto and sniffed the air around the priestess. "Hmmmmm. You have the sssssstench of Inuyassssssssha all over you. Interessssssssting. If I cannot attack Inuyassssssssha I jussssssst have to ssssssssssettle...for you!" said the snake demon as it attacked Callisto with fangs exposed.
"You won't be settling for anything!Either meor my beloved" said Callisto as she used her spiritual powers and created a white barrier wall in front of her that blocked and repelled the snake demons attack.
The snake demon went back only to regain his composure and looked at Callisto in astonishment. "You! You're no ordinary priessssssstesssssssssss. Even for a blind one sssssuch as you," said the snake demon that was more curious then angry.
"What's your point?" said Callisto who still had the clear white wall up in front of her.
"No point...except THIS!" said the snake demon who swung his tail around the wall hitting Callisto in the side sending her flying passed the house behind her. The one where Inuyasha was sleeping.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Callisto said screaming in pain as the spiritual wall Callisto set up left as quickly as it had appeared.
"We should help her Kikyo," said Miroku, but was stopped by Kikyo.
"No she is a priestess like me. She should be able to handle the pain like anyone else," said Kikyo who wanted to see what would happen to this person who captured Inuyasha heart. She also wanted to see if her suspicions about Callisto were true or some remnant of love for Inuyasha reaching the surface.
Callisto found the left side of her ribs hurting from where the snake demon had attacked her as it now loomed over her ready to strike. "The spiritual wall you created only worksssss asss a barrier for everything in front of you. It doesssssss not protect you from attacksssss from the sssssssides or attackssssss behind you," said the snake demon as it attacked again.
"BELOVED!" said Callisto knowing her death was at hand as she was unable to call upon the power she needed to create a spiritual defense.
Their was a loud boom of sound from the hut Inuyasha was in as a great force left the house and picked up Callisto from the ground just as the snake demon was about to reach it target. "WHAT? WHO DEPRIVED ME OF MY PRAY?" said an angry snake demon as it finally looked over and saw his original target holding the priestess in his arms.
"Are you all right Callisto? Are you hurt?" Inuyasha said as he held Callisto in his arms.
"My ribs! I think he broke them," said Callisto as she winced in pain and tears rolled down her white blind eyes as she held a hand over where pain in her ribs was.
At first Kagome saw compassion and sorrow in Inuyashas face as he held her in his arms as they started walking over to them. These were things Inuyasha very rarely showed as long as she knew him. "He almost looks...human!" thought Kagome as she looked at Inuyasha face filled with sorrow.
However, when Inuyasha approached Miroku and handed Callisto to him to protect she could see the expression and the look on his face that was hidden to everyone else except Miroku due to the half-demon hair. Inuyasha was angry. Angrier then she had ever seen Inuyasha become in their journey's together with Miroku and the others. Kagome knew from experience that Inuyasha was not someone to mess with when filled with rage at an enemy. And at that moment the giant snake demon was his enemy for what it had done to Callisto. "Tonight! I will feast upon your flesh as well as your childrens flesh!" said Inuyasha as his eyes glowed red and his hair started moving around a little in an unholy wind that appeared out of nowhere.
"You wouldn't?" said the snake demon.
"I've done a lot of things in my life I thought I'd never do. What's one more going to do me?" said Inuyasha showing a little smile as he drew Tetsuigia from it's sheathe.
"KILL HIM!" yelled the snake demon as its small army of children started attacking.
"Now you'll see what true pain IS! Now you will see what it means to show...NO MERCY!" said Inuyasha as he systematically sliced, diced, cut, clawed, and Wind Scared his way through everyone of the snake demons children.
"Inuyasha..." said Callisto who winced in pain from her wound.
Kagome and the others couldn't move nor could they speak at what they saw as Inuyasha continued to slaughter the snakes as they fell before him one by one...till there was only their creator. "NO! All my children. You bastard!" said the snake demon enraged.
"Takes one to know one. Of course you look more to me like a whiny BITCH!" said Inuyasha as he walked through the fire and carnage he had created with those red eyes glowing with an unholy fury. Inuyasha even stepped on a snakes head that was in his path and made it go "crunch" in the ground along with the brain inside.
"I'LL KILL YOU HALF-BREED!" said the snake demon as it charged in a fit of range with fangs exposed to sink them into Inuyasha flesh.
"Maybe in another life..., but not now," said Inuyasha as he move slight to the left and swung Tetsuigia directly in the side of the giant snake demons mouth. At the same time he ignited the Wind Scar causing the snake demon to burst into flames from the energy released from Tetsuigia.
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