chp 15
Inuyasha felt his heart pound, then stop...
Pound...then stop...
It hurt to beat, hurt to have that sensation. His soul was tortured with every second of the sensation, which only worsened as it continued. He didn't know where he was going, what direction he traveled, or even where it lead...
He just had to get away...
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Naraku smiled, watching the priestess fall under a spell so easily. Her powers were rapidly declining each day she spent with him, and she didn't even realize it. He sucked them up, growing stronger, more powerful...
But he still needed her alive, she couldn't die yet...
He left just a little bit left, just enough to finish this last task. Her eyes were red, completely consumed by his powers. He smiled, and whispered in her ear,"Get the jewel from Kagome's body. Then unpin the arrow, and leave her to find me..."
She nodded, the movement slow and fluid. Her face was blank, dead...
She turned, and walked towards the forest, the barrier non existant around her. Naraku smiled, his plan working better than expected. His switched his vision to Kikyo's eyes, so he could have a front row seat to the action. His vision blackened for a second, and finally he saw a crisp, silver forest ...
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The sounds of the forest echoed in his ears, the little fuzzy animals scurried about, finding little crevices to hide away in. They sensed something, something bad...
Inuyasha jumped ot the safety of a tree, watching...waiting for the evil to reveal itself. Time seemed to trickle by. As impatient as he was, he wouldn't let him get the best of him. He was determined to wait, for this evil was something that would defeat him if he wasn't careful.
Suddenly he heard footsteps coming towards him. He became still as stone, as the soft taping of sandals came nearer and nearer. After a moments waiting, the figure was revealed as a priestess, with a blank face, and cold dead eyes...
Kikyo...
He had to force himself to not gasp, for her appearance shocked him. Her eyes used to be warm, not dead. Her skin was always creamy white, but also had a rosy quality. But now her skin was almost gray, and seemed to be translucent. Her movements were fluid, but not smooth and well though out. They were slow, but not graceful, unlike her former self. Even her smell was different, instead of a fresh flower smell, it smelt like wet soil.
He watched with sad eyes, for he had always hed her in high respect. He thought she was stronger than that. Maybe she was, maybe something had happened...
Like her lack of spiritual energy...
Now that he thought about it, she didn't have anything even close to usual. She usually brimmed over with it, now it seemed there was only be a drop left in her. What happened to her?
He watched her head down a pathway dear to him, something that lead straight to his heart. She walked towards Kagome..
His heart stopped, as he realized that that wasn't Kikyo, at least..not her mind. It took him a second, but no mistake about it, she was possessed. His body wouldn't even react at first, and he stood frozen. But when it did react he sped like a bullet towards Kagome. No! How could I be so stupid!
His anger flared inside him, eating away at his sadness. He was so ready to have that pain gone, that it almost seemed to be a pleasure to feel angry. His fangs clenched, and he growled as he ran...
Straight into a barrier...
At first he didn't even notice had stopped running, until his whole face felt numb. He realize he had been smacked back, and hit the ground flat on his bum. He rubbed his face, his palm stinging his raw face. At first he sat stupidly on the ground, wondering what the hell just happened. Then of course, relaization hit him like a tree trunk. He bounced right back up, and pounded on the barrier with his fists, trying to scratch away at it.
"NO! FUCKING DAMN BITCH..."
The swearing continued as he continued to fail at breaking the barrier...
"KAGOME!" He cried out, with all his heart, all his soul...
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The priestess drifted up to her body, that copy. She reached out, and searched her sleeves for the Jewel. She finally made contact with something hard and round. She slipped her hand into the pocket, and pulled out a shining pink jewel...
And then something happened, no one expected.
The jewel began to burn Kikyo's hand, so much that she dropped it. It fell, almost in slow motion, just so who ever watching could savor the moment. It bounced a little as it hit the ground, only adding to the dramatic effect. It began to emit a white light, that encircled Kagome. The power dissolved the arrow, releasing her from the prisons of the tree. It lifted her up, the rainbow of colors creating a cocoon around her body. Her hair fanned around her, whisping and waving around.
Her soul began to release itself from her body, encircling her, lifting her up as it slowly raised above the ground. She didn't make a sound, her face never made a move. At first, they thought her dead, second they thought her soul was trying to mold with the jewel...
But the reason became very clear now, once Kikyo became affected...
Her soul was trying to purify Naraku's evil in Kikyo...
With them sharing the same soul, it was now quite odd that they survived together without this happening already. Kagome's soul was Kikyo's soul, of course it would protect a body it once knew. The lights lifted them up, along with the jewel.
Three souls, three stories, but in that moment they became one. The jewel split in half, releasing a white orb out of it's containment. A sullen cry was heard, but it was not a cry of pain, it was a cry of freedom. A battle cry of sorts, to shout out that she had won. Another soul cried out, a purple soul seeped with evil. It cried out a cry to frighten, to warn that it was not defeated, that in death it would seek revenge .But with Kagome's soul all around them, the evil within the jewel was purified. Midoriko's soul at long last was freed from the jewel...
The lights began to fade, and Kagome and Kikyo drifted down the the ground. A white hand touched Kagome's dead cheek, for her soul was spent. She would not awaken, she would not ever return to this life...
He saw it all, all of the events taken place. He watched as the ghost touched her cheek lovingly, and watched as Kikyo got up to survey her surroundings. She didn't know what had happened...
But he did...
He didn't want it to be true, he wouldn't accept it. She wasn't dead...not her...
He ran over to her, picking her up tenderly. Her once rosy cheeks were pale now, her soft lips a pale gray-pink. His lips trembled at the sight, his heart pounded in his chest. Pain swallowed him up, as he held her body, held his dead love. His throat tightened up, and his long forgotten memories of tears resurfaced. He pressed her face to his shoulder, cradling her body, crying like a madman..
"You have one wish, good sir..."
He looked up to see the white ghost still there, watching him cry at his dead lover..
"One wish I will grant to you, but I'm sorry to say, that I cannot bring her back..."
He looked at her,"I'll do anything, this is my fault..all my fault..."
He couldn't find it in himself to yell at the ghost, he barely found the strength to blame himself. She was gone, and he had no hope of getting her back..
"Love is more powerful than the jewel. Much more powerful.."
He looked at her, then back at Kagome. Inner knowledge, instinct, what ever you want to call it, he knew that this is what he had to do...
"I can revive her...but there is something you must sacrifice for her life to be restored..."
He understood what she meant by that...
"I wish for her to return to her time, alive and well.."
He walked up to the ghost, kneeling on one knee,"Take what you need..."
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Kagome woke up, her heart beating slowly in her chest. She blinked, feeling as if she just had a magnificent dream she could not recall. She yawned, and got up, walking towards the kitchen,"Morning Mama..."
She smiled,"Hello dear, how did you sleep?"
"Fine, normal I guess.."
"Thats good, come sit down! I've made bacon, eggs, sausage, all your favorites..."
Kagome smiled, sitting down at the kitchen table. She went to pull her chair out, and the top hit her in the chest. Well actually it pressed something againsther chest...
She reached in her pajama's, and found a pink orb tied around her neck. She blinked, wondering where it came from...
When she looked at it, it resurfaced her mind. She remembered it being around her neck, remembered the feel of orb pressed against her. She couldn't figure out her ties to the orb, or why she rememered it so vividly...
"Eggs honey?"
She looked up, seeing her mother with a frying pan filled with golden fluffy eggs. Kagome snapped back to reality,"Yes please..."
Her mother gave her a hearty scoop of eggs, and Kagome grabbed some bacon off a plate,"Where's Souta?"
"Oh he's at a friends house, remember?"
No...I don't remember,"Oh yeh, silly me..."
She took a drink of her orange juice, the taste akward to her. It was like she hadn't had it in ages, it was refreshing in a way. She began to taste her breakfast, almost thinking she would taste fish or something. She was confused, very confused...
"So Kagome what are you going to do today," He grandfather said as he walked into the breakfast room.
"Morning Grandpa, um I don't know..."
"Could you do me a favor?"
She smiled,"Of course."
"I need someone to go water my flowers by the forest's edge. I'd do it myself, but I have to drive your mother to the dentist.."
Mom's going to the dentist?" Um..sure no problem!"
Her grandpa turned to her mother,"Now if you had taken the charm I gave you to ward off evil, you might not have gotten that tooth ache!"
Her mother laughed,"Oh father..."
Kagome felt akward, at her family table. She seemed, misplaced here. She'd never felt that before...
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Awesome, totally awesome. And if anyone's confused, I'll answer any questions I won't answer in the next chapter. So anyway..
Kikyo did shoot Kagome, but through Naraku's manipulation. So techincally he borrowed Kikyo's body and shot Kagome, but you know, I'll answer that in better detail soon...
Also, I have updated my photobucket, and I have a picture of Kagome with the souls all around her and stuff. And also a picture of Midori is in my Silver Scar thing. And for those who don't know, my photobucket link is in my profile. So yea, if you want visual, there ya go!
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