Hello again! Hope you liked my first chapter... I'm gonna keep on going, PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! okay... I do not own...blah, blah, blah... okay next chapter! No! the lawyer monkeys! "I do not own inuyasha!" okay... 2nd time i said it... it's killing... me... gurgle... monkeys leave while following a banana lawsuit truck um...right Inus lil Miko
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Feudal Fidelity
Chapter II "Kikyo"
'I'll keep that in mind,' Inuyasha thought. They walked a little farther when Inuyasha broke the silence, "Kagome...I.." he never got to finish his sentence because he smelled a familiar scent in the air. "Kagome, stay here, and don't follow me!" With that, Inuyasha ran deeper into the forest.
Kagome whispered one, simple, painful word, "Kikyo..."
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Kagome watched as the silver haired hanyou disappeared into the forest. 'He still loves Kikyo...and...I can't come in between that...' Tears started flowing down Kagome's cheeks. "Inuyasha..." All Kagome could do was stare at the place where he left her sight, the place where he turned his back on her, the place where he, once again, crushed her heart. 'Why can't I stay with you?' She fell to her knees and hugged them tightly, 'Kikyo died for you... I can't compete with that...' Her sight became completely blurred as she sobbed, "I wish, I had died for you too...would you love me then, Inuyasha?"
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"Kikyo, where are you?" Inuyasha whispered. He knew he smelt her, it was the unmistakable smell of clay and bones. It was just another reminder that she was dead, the thought pained him.
"I'm right here Inuyasha," a cold emotionless voice stated.
Inuyasha turned toward the sound and found a very beautiful, yet ghostly looking miko, "Kikyo." His throat went dry, he couldn't think of words to say to her, and he wanted... needed to say something, "Kikyo...I...I'm sorry..."
A cold hearted laugh erupted from the miko, "You're sorry? Ha! I'm sorry too Inuyasha, I should have never followed you into death," Kikyo knew what words could hurt him the most, "I sacrificed my life for you...to be with you in death, yet you still live, and I walk this earth nothing but dirt and bones," she frowned,"and you say you're 'sorry?'"
"Kikyo, I know all the pain I caused you..."
"You know nothing of pain, Inuyasha!" she yelled spitting out his name as in disgust, "pain is not being able to feel the morning breeze, pain is never feeling warm under the sunlight, pain is...,"she paused and walked towards the hanyou,"pain is...," her hand cupped his face,"not being with you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's eyes widened from her actions, and even more from her words, "Kikyo, I..."
Her finger pressed against his lips, "shhhh," she cooed him, and yet Inuyasha never felt calm. "You know what could free me from this pain that you gave me Inuyasha?" He just stood stunned at everything that was going on all at once, "Come to hell with me Inuyasha, and keep your promise, and I'll keep mine."
"I am yours...and you...you are mine," Inuyasha repeated recalling the day he spoke those words to her.
Kikyo smiled at his words, "come with me..." the ground started to sink in as Kikyo's face started to get closer to Inuyasha's,"...my love." Kikyo kissed Inuyasha with her cold hard lips.
'Kikyo...I can't...' he wanted to say, but he couldn't move, 'shit, not again!' he thought. His body started to sink into the ground and smoke erupted from the cracks in the earth, 'it's really hot...' he thought. He started to slip out of conscienceness from the enraged inferno, but one word he held onto, "Kagome..."
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Kagome was still crying on the forest floor when she heard a low rumbling noise. She then heard her name, a soft whisper of desperation that resonated in her head. "Inuyasha!" She got up and ran after in the direction he left her. "Inuyasha, please be okay!" She tried in vain to wipe away the tears that blocked her vision. The noise started getting louder and louder, "I'm almost there Inuyasha!"
Kagome burst into a clearing, and at that moment, a painful light surrounded what seemed like two people, very close together,'Inuyasha!' Kagome realized scared, then she felt the unbearable heat as she ran forward. She grew more desperate, then flames surrounded the two figures, and Kagome smelt burnt flesh, "INUYASHA!" she screamed as flames danced mockingly around them.
"Ka..go...me?" Inuyasha regained his memory and movement only to be tortured by the heat, "Kagome!" realization struck hard as he searched franticly for the girl.
"Don't worry Inuyasha, that copy, won't interfere," Kikyo reminded the hanyou of his situation with her spiteful voice. He was going to hell, and he would never see Kagome again.
"Never..."
"What?" Kikyo gasped.
"Never..." he said again, "Never! I will never go to hell with you Kikyou! Not while Kagome needs me...and not while I need Kagome!" Inuyasha lashed about trying to free himself from hell's grip.
Kikyo laughed coldly, "It's too late now Inuyasha, your going to be with me forever," She smiled crookedly and lacthed onto his body, "Whether you like it or not!"
Inuyasha struggled, but Kikyou had the grip of the devil himself, "No! No...Kagome!" Inuyasha roared full of frustration.
"Inuyasha!" a small hand erupted from outside the flames, "Inuyasha grab on!" Inuyasha reached for Kagome's hand.
"No!" Kikyo screamed, "Inuyasha, don't leave me again!" Inuyasha felt a pang of regret but it left as soon as it came. He grabbed Kagome's hand, and felt himself being pulled out of the inferno, "NO!" Kikyo screamed.
"Inuyasha! Don't let go!" Kagome yelled as she pulled him from the grips of hell. "Oh, no..." she noticed the hole into earth was getting smaller, dragging Inuyasha in with it. With one last heave she succeeded in pulling Inuyasha free and he landed onto her with a thud, "Inuyasha!"
"Kagome, you witch!" Kikyo yelled, "I will be back," the hole was almost completely gone,"Inuyasha will be mine!" She yelled one final scream of desperation as hell closed it's doors trapping her in the earth once again.
"Kikyo..." Inuyasha felt remorse course though his veins. Then he felt a soft warm hand touch his shoulder.
"Inuyasha? Are you all right?" Kagome asked. Her voice was so tender and compassionate. Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore, he wrapped up Kagome in his arms giving her the biggest hug in her life.
"I thought...I thought I'd never see you again, Kagome, I was so scared,"
Kagome's eyes widened in shock, "Inuyasha..." She returned his embrace with equal strength, "I was scared too, but not that I'd never see you again..." she gently pushed him away to look at his face, her eyes were full of happiness, yet sadness dwelled in her chocolate brown depths, "I thought that you'd forget about me...and that scared me." Her face leaned in closer to Inuyasha's. But then, she suddenly collapsed in his arms.
"Kagome!" That's when he noticed it. Her hands, and the front half of her body was covered in burns. "Kagome, hold on, I'll bring you to Kaede," and with that he picked her up bridal style and ran as fast as could back to Kaede's hut. She might have saved his life, but her life was still in danger.
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Kikyo's gone... or is she? She said she'll be back... but can she truly escape hell itself, she's done it before. Will Kagome make it back to the village, will her wish come true? Will Inuyasha get there in time? And what of thier relationship? Check It out next time in "Feudal Fidelity!"
Inus lil Miko