Kikyou did not live to see the corpse of Naraku parish and she was still unsure that he did. Even though the heart of Onigumo was cast away out of the demon's body, Kikyou knew it had not been easy for Naraku to get rid of his human heart. He must have scarified much for such a powerful body. But there was one person who had witnessed it all, and that was Inuyasha. How she despised asking him for help, but she knew it was the only way of covering the mystery. And if Naraku still existed, Kikyou had the right to be warned.
It did not take long for the priestess to arrive at Kaede's hut. She could already sense the presence of Inuyasha and Kagome before she even entered the village. Kikyou did not want to just barge in and demand for her formal lover, so she hid in a near by bush and watched them. Nothing had really changed much. Kagome was still being an immature young school girl, sitting Inuyasha whenever he screamed at her face. The loud bangs as Inuyasha hit the ground for so many times made Kikyou's heart ache in pity. But even though Kagome would still punish the poor hanyou, she could see the girl was being much gentler. They were no longer just friends, Kikyou observed, they were mates.
She had seen enough, so the miko emerged from the bush and walked carefully towards the couple, her face as hard as stone. Inuyasha was the first one to spot her, he gasped. Kagome soon turned around and gasped as well. How well they match, both so equally pathetic. Kikyou smirked slightly.
"Hello, Inuyasha," she greeted them as they were her old pals, "Hello, Kagome."
"Hello Kagome!" Kagome mocked in a high pitched voice, earning a weak laugh from her lover and a death glare from Kikyou.
"If you do not wish to greet me respectfully, you shouldn't have said anything at all," Kikyou said coolly. It wasn't at all unexpected that this childish girl would say something like that.
"What do you want, Kikyou?" Inuyasha asked, making her name sound like some cuss word he just wanted to spit out of his mouth.
Kikyou scowled at his hatred-filled response, "I came here to learn about the death of Naraku."
"Naraku? Why do you want to know about him?" Inuyasha asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"I have my reasons," Kikyou answered plainly.
"Tell me or I am not going to say a single word about Naraku's death!" Inuyasha demanded.
Kikyou was running out of patience. She wondered how she had ever fallen in love with him. He was so irrigating. "Couldn't you do me a favor at all? Am I nothing in your eyes?" Kikyou questioned.
"Sure, you're just a ghost from the past that will never stop haunting me!" the stubborn half-demon snapped.
Kagome let out a loud giggle which drove Kikyou to the edge. She spied a bow and arrows Kagome was playing with and quickly reached for them. It took her barely a second to set an arrow on the bow and aiming the deadly peak at Inuyasha's forehead. The arrow glowed in crimson red and vibrated dangerously in the angry miko's hands. "Tell me now or die!" she demanded.
Inuyasha unsheathed his precious sword and held it in front of him, "Come and try." He grinned. It was an ugly smile.
Kagome on the other hand seemed to become Inuyasha's personal cheer leader. She bounced up and down on her toes and screamed, "INUYASHA! INUYASHA!" the noise was killing Kikyou. She wrinkled her nose at her reincarnation's pitchy voice, but it did no harm to her concentration.
"Here it comes," Kikyou whispered under her breath and released the arrow which seemed to be on fire.
It flew to the half-demon which seemed to be too busy showing-off at his whore and just barely defended his ground. "BITCH!" he shouted. But before he could say anything else, two more arrows were fired at him, one aiming at his head and the other to his chest. He blocked the one in front of his chest, but the other arrow grazed his left cheek and blood began pouring down his face and neck. He immediately realized that this priestess wasn't that easy to take care of, so he charged stupidly to her, hoping that his out-stretched sword would throw her off guard. As always, he was wrong. Before he knew what was happening, four arrows pinned him to a tree just like the good old times. The difference was, this time Kikyou didn't mind wasting her arrows.
"Damn you, bitch!" the pissed-off half-demon screamed as he struggled against the arrows that were holding him in place.
Kikyou said nothing back. Her response was clear enough when she picked out a single arrow and place it on her bow. Aiming its direction right to the hanyou's heart, her elbow pulled back and the frightful weapon was set in place. Inuyasha struggled even more. Kagome on the other hand just came to a conclusion that her mate wasn't going to win this fight after all, so she gasped in utter surprise. There was one last thing that she could do before the priestess sent her beautiful lover to the depth of hell and that was pleading. The foolish girl dropped to her knee and cried for forgiveness.
"Oh, Priestess Kikyou! You are the most kind and generous miko in the whole wide world! Please don't hurt Inuyasha. He was just being a childish baka for ever challenging you! Please, please, I'll do anything if you would just let him live!"
Kikyou sighed and shook her head in disappointment. She couldn't believe this idiotic human girl was her very own reincarnation. How shameful! But then again, she might put her to use after all. "All right, Kagome, if you tell me exactly what happened to Naraku, I'll let your baka no hanyou go," Kikyou said.
"Okay, I'll tell you every single detail!" Kagome smiled widely as if she just won the lottery.
"KAGOME, YOU BAKA! DON'T TELL HER ANYTHING!" Inuyasha screamed, now trying to tear open his clothing to break free.
"Shut up, Inuyasha! I'm doing this for your own good!" Kagome screamed back.
Kikyou covered her mouth, trying to control her laughter. This was like an extra sweet candy she could just suck on all day long and it just keeps getting better and better. The two bickered for god knows how long, both completely ignoring the red-faced miko who didn't dared to speak, because she feared what came out wouldn't be words. Finally, when Kikyou had enough of this shit, she yelled, "Please, just tell me about Naraku's death already!"
"Oh yeah," Kagome snapped around, "I have no idea, actually we both have no idea. Naraku wasn't killed by our hands actually, even though we did injure him badly…"
"W…what!" Kikyou shouted, "You have no idea what happened to the body of Naraku!"
"That's exactly why I didn't want to help you, miko bitch!" Inuyasha reasoned.
"Argh…" Kikyou growled under her breathe, "You both are just so stupid!"
"Hey, don't look at me!" Kagome held out a hand at the insult, "It was all Inuyasha's fault!"
"What the hell are you talking about!" Inuyasha shouted…
But before he could say anything else, Kikyou was already gone.