This chapter is going to be a songfic to "Simple and Clean," as promised, though I'm choosing to sort of twist the events of Kingdom Hearts up a little, though it basically won't alter the story. The Heartless will be in here, but any other characters will not appear (but again, if you want me to write something like that, I'm all ears for any suggestion on stories that anyone might have!). Here's chapter 2!
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"What in the hell is that?" Inuyasha looked up at the sky momentarily, seeing a red sphere begin to materialize in the sky, hellish glowing flames and darkness intertwining with themselves as the orb seemed to grow rapidly. His attention turned to the village, to which he had just reached. He sped off toward Kaede's hut, almost numb to the villagers that all crowded around to look at the growing dark sphere in the sky mumbling amongst themselves about what sort of demon that could have possibly done this to their village. Though he had wondered this himself, he was much too worried about his friends to care at the moment. He continued to push through the thick crowd of villagers to advance towards Kaede's hut, sniffing frantically for his companions' scents in the cluster of villagers' own scents.
"KAGOME! KAGOMEWHERE ARE YOU? KAGOME!" He called out over the roar of the fierce wind that was picking up. The wind continued to lash out wildly, catching his hair and sleeves, causing them to flail around wildly as he raced towards his destination.
Upon reaching the hut, his golden amber orbs filled with fear at the sight before him. It looked like his friends had put up a fight, and a fierce one at that. The hut had large gashes in the wood, ones so deep that they could have been done only by a demon, the bamboo curtain that served as a door was hardly hanging on by a sliver of the rope it was tied to, billowing freely in the raging wind. The dirt all around the hut was kicked up; deep marks that were cut into the ground lined the earth, as if someone had been dragged away while they tried fighting off their attackers.
Fear and uneasiness knotted his stomach as he rushed into the hut, only to be greeted by Kagome's yellow backpack, torn into shreds, its contents spilled all across the floor as if it were flung off of its owner. No… don't let it be…don't let it be… His mind pleaded frantically as he tried picking up a scent other than that of his friends, perhaps a demonic scent, or a scent that seemed unfamiliar to the hanyou.
There was none.
Now he was puzzled, as well as frightened. Never had he come across any demon that had no scent, or left no trace of a demonic aura in its wake…no…this was not the work of a demon, but if not a demon, then…what?
He raced out of the hut, but skidded to a sudden stop. Something wasn't right here…where did everyone go…? The whole village had turned into a ghost town, not a soul in sight. Where had the crowd of them gone to? He couldn't even pick up any of the scents of the villagers or anything, so he knew that they weren't inside their homes, or anything. What also disturbed him was the wind, which had blown so cold, so fiercely only moments ago, was nonexistent, leaving the air heavy and still. It was dead quiet in the village…
…and he didn't like it when it was quiet...not like this.
His sharp eyes snapped over to the ground as he swore he saw something flash past him on the earth floor. He whipped his head in the opposite direction as he saw another dark figure move ahead of him. He knew that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him; something was definitely up. His right hand snapped to the hilt of the Tetsusaiga, his knees bent and his legs parted shoulder length so that he was in combat stance.
His eyes were pulled to the dirt floor a yard away from his position as at least twelve shadows materialized from the ground, each revealing two tiny glowing yellow dots that he assumed were their eyes. Two jagged antennae fidgeted constantly atop each of their heads as their small bodies, which were about the size of Shippo, began to twitch and dance recklessly. Inuyasha's eyes widened at the realization that he had seen these creatures before, in his nightmare. He refused to let the memory flood back in his mind, as he pulled Tetsusaiga out of its sheath, cocking the great fang in front of him in a striking position. He wasn't about to leave anything to chance with these things…especially if they were as dark and morbid as they were in his nightmare. The creatures seemed unfazed by his offensive position, continuing their strange rhythmic patterns of twitching and shuddering.
Without a warning, they attacked. Though they were weak and small, they were quick, reversing to disappear and reappear to his side or behind him to take a cheap shot or two with their tiny claws. One of the creatures managed to catch Inuyasha in the middle of a mighty swing of his Steel Cleaving Fang, and lashed out at him to dodge the blade, bringing out a clawed, deformed hand and scratched his right cheek. The attack left three tiny claw marks on his right cheek bone, though he remained unaffected by it, he still became irritated with the nuisance. He cracked his knuckles and raised a clawed hand, much bigger and stronger than that of the creature's own.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" Golden tips flew from his claws, slicing through the creature, which evaporated into a dark puff of fog before disappearing.
"I don't have time for the rest of you!" He brought his blade down, striking the earth with such an impact that some of the rock was cracked off of the ground and was lifted to slant towards the blade. The force of the impact caused the other eleven creatures to befall the same fate as the first.
What really bothered Inuyasha was not the fact of what they looked like, but what they were. He picked up no demonic aura, nor any type of scent…it was as if each creature was hardly even existing, its body the only proof of its being. They seemed to be remains of something; and empty shell of something that once was…but the question still remained- what were they?
He picked up a single scent…a slightly weak scent, but he knew it all too well. Vanilla and Rose pedals…a scent that he couldn't get enough of…
"KAGOME, I'M COMING! JUST HANG ON!" He called out as he backtracked to the Goshinboku, the direction of her scent.
You're giving me too many things lately,
You're all I need.
You smiled at me, and said…
He almost swore his feet left the ground as he broke into a mad dash to the sacred tree. The forest blurred to almost one wave of a deep green hue, one flash, one instant before he quickly found himself tracing the path to the sacred tree once again. He stopped at the edge of the clearing around the said tree, seeing her face it, her back to him. The wind had not picked up, and the entire clearing seemed to be deathly silent.
He was worried, to say the very least. Her scent, usually powerful alluring, soothing him even if he were a raging youkai, was weak, timid, almost nonexistent, even from this distance and with his powerful nose. Was she hurt? Did something happen to her while they were separated? He'd kill the bastard that did something to her, regardless of what it was, demon, human, or otherwise! No one put a hand on his Kagome- no one!
Don't get me wrong, I love you,
But does that mean I have to meet your father?
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said "no,"
I don't think life is quite that simple.
"Kagome!" Though he hadn't truly shouted her name, his voice seemed to echo off of the forest's walls. She slowly turned to face him, her eyes down cast before swooping up painfully to meet his. He cringed as his amber eyes bore into her hazel ones. Her beautiful brown eyes, so full of life, full of spark, emotions, passion, kindness…were now smoky…clouded over in pain and anguish. The expression of pain and torture were not fitting of her beautiful features, it contrasted who she was in every way the hanyou could think of at that moment.
"Inu…yasha…" Her voice was strained, as if there were some invisible force draining her energy away from her. He stepped toward her, worry and concern deeply etched in his features. She fully faced him, stumbling a bit as she did, struggling to stand. Her eyes searched him longingly, painfully as she ever so slowly reached out to him.
When you walk away,
You don't hear me say,
Please, oh baby don't go,
Simple and Clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight.
It's hard to let it go.
A sudden darkness threw her forward, sweeping her off of her feet and straight toward Inuyasha. He reached his arms out, catching her in his embrace as she felt her face gently land on a warm, toned chest, two powerful arms enveloping her, holding her tightly yet lovingly. He knelt to the floor, cradling her in his arms. More of those dark creatures appeared around them, circling them slowly. He only held her closer to himself, whispering comforting words into her ear. He was too worried about Kagome to leave her to fight the nuisance away.
Hold me,
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on.
Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all.
Nothing's like before.
The shadows, rather that attack them, merged into the ground, slithering underneath the couple, temporarily disappearing. A pool of darkness suddenly began to form underneath them, vines of blackness creeping up Inuyasha's knees. Rather than continue to creep up his body, the wisps of darkness branched out from his bent legs to wrap themselves around Kagome's weak, struggling frame, as if they were trying to pry the two apart. "No! Get away from her, bastards!" He shouted fruitlessly at the coils of darkness latching themselves onto his Kagome's body, wrapping around her, consuming her in darkness. He wouldn't let the darkness have its way with her; she was too pure to be treated like that. He pulled her closer to him, feeling the darkness pull back, trying to drag her into the portal of emptiness beneath them.
"I-Inu…yasha…d-don't…don't go…" She whispered in between desperate gasps to maintain consciousness. Inuyasha simply held her closer, letting her head rest on his left shoulder while his arms tightened around her frame. 'No, don't take her from me! Kami-sama, don't do this to me!" The darkness was spreading up to her neck, reaching their tips to her jaw line. There was nothing he could do…he couldn't protect her…he couldn't protect her…
Hold me,
Whatever lies beyond this morning
Is a little later on.
Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all.
Nothing's like before.
"No…don't give up. Dammit don't you give up on me!" He shouted as the darkness began to pull her down into its black base below him. He refused to let her go, so in return the darkness dragged him down as well. He could feel his heart quickly giving into the darkness's will as Kagome's frame faded into the black, the wisps of darkness quickly widening into a wave that surrounded her body, pushing his away as she disappeared. He felt her body leave his as he clutched the darkness in a vain attempt to hold her again.
Should we take the boy as well?
His eyes scanned around him frantically. Who said that? There was no definite voice, but the words were clearly there, not in a text…just sort of…existed. He couldn't even tell if the voice belonged to a male or female, human or demon…
No, we shall make them both suffer.
He growled at that voice, another voice, one he knew all too well; Naraku. He couldn't explain how he knew…but there was something about that voice, that being that made him certain that it was the evil hanyou.
Inuyasha! Please help me! INUYASHA!
KAGOME! She was in trouble! But, where was she? Oh gods, where was she? His hands searched frantically around for her, trying to find what his eyes couldn't.
Hurry, Miroku! We're losing him!
I'm almost there…I just need to reach him…if I can get that far, he'll be alright…
Sango and Miroku…? They were trying to free him? No, he wasn't leaving! Not without Kagome! She was in danger! She needed him!
Inuyasha…Inu…ya…sha…
KAGOME! KAGOME NO! SANGO, MIROKU, DAMMIT FORGET ABOUT ME! JUST SAVE KAGOME!
His world began to faded away as he faintly heard Miroku say in a tired, exasperated voice,
I did it…he's going to be okay.
Something hit the back of his head as he was jerked upward, into a blindingly white light, and he knew no more.
No…Miroku…save Kagome…Kagome…
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Like I said- just the main idea and story line is taken from the game. I just changed everything else! I'm also doing a sequel, you know, like Kingdom Hearts 2, only with Inuyasha characters, done in the same sort of way- same general idea, different events in the story, similar conclusion. See ya around!