Summary:
Inuyasha thought he could be with both, but he soon learned that separation only goes so far before decisions are made about what true love is and finally finding happy endings with a little help from the Shikon Jewel.
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Two to Love
Ch. 2
The Night of Awakenings
"I wish that I could be with both Kikyo and Kagome"
He held out the Shikon shard as if it would explode.
A brilliant light erupted from it as a hooded figure appeared from its midst.
"Is that what you really wish for?"
She removed her hood to reveal a flawless face.
Inuyasha gasped and realized that his senses could not pick up any trace of the girl that stood before him.
She smiled at his stupidity "You can not sense me as I am not real."
"The-then wh-who are you?"
"Why do you tremble boy? I could not harm you even if I tried. I am merely the soul of the Shikon Jewel. I have many forms, but tonight the form you see before you will disappear forever once you make your wish."
She looked deep into his eyes, "Have you thought it over?"
"Thought what over?"
"Your wish."
"Well, I bid you to hurry because I feel another of my forms is rapidly approaching."
"Like I said before, I wish that I could be with both Kikyo and Kagome."
"You already can."
He looked at her like she was insane.
"I suppose I could give you some... information on the girls: One is dying, the other is crying; the one who's in love is loved, but the other you satisfy without result."
"I take it that I did not help you as much as expected." Inuyasha nodded slowly (big words confuse him).
She sighed; "In that case I shall grant your wish"
As he watched, the glow around the girl began to fade and she became translucent.
There were tears in her eyes when she looked up and whispered, "Wish granted."
She nodded and disappeared.
Inuyasha felt like he was being ripped apart, torn between decisions, and he was, but in more ways than one.
She awoke with a start and summoned her servants to her. Kikyo put a hand to where her heart should be, the place where she kept her Shikon shard. It began to glow as a small boy appeared from nowhere.
He kneeled before her. "Lady Kikyo, I am the soul of the Shikon Jewel."
"I have been summoned before you to address the matters of a wish and your future."
"Good spirit," replied Kikyo, "What ever message you must deliver is safe in my company."
The spirit rose and took her hand.
"This way."
"Where are you taking me?" asked a half-asleep Kagome.
The little girl looked back at her and smiled, "My brother is getting the other miko to find your future.
"What is my future and how am I going to find it?"
The girl stopped and stared at Kagome, "Tonight a soul is leaving the shards and must be replaced. You must accept the wish on the shards."
'The... wish?'
They arrived at a clearing with souls floating everywhere. "Select a soul for the shard."
Touching one, Kagome saw someone's life flash before her eyes, and she released the soul in surprise.
It began to float away, but the spirit caught it.
"Foolish girl, you let this one go and it almost escaped."
"Sorry."
Kagome touched another soul and smiled; this person had a beautiful life. The soul glowed happily as she handed it to the little girl.
The spirit looked at it and shook her head "This soul will not due. It is too happy and needs to be reborn before it grows cold.
"Oh...okay" It took a while, but Kagome finally found a small soul. It was that of a child that died early in life. It had a good life, but its young death balanced the scale.
"Here," said Kagome. The spirit looked at it, "This will do"
Kagome simply nodded as the soul was absorbed into the girl.
The spirit took her hand.
"This way."
"Kikyo." said the spirit.
She responded with a small, curt nod.
"It was Inuyasha who made a wish. The wish involved you, but the only way for it to truly be a success is that you must consent to it."
'This wish must involve my own wish for Inuyasha as well.'
"Do you accept?"
"I accept, good spirit."
In a nearby clearing Kagome was asked the same question.
"Do you accept?"
"As long as it makes Inuyasha happy, I accept."
The spirit rolled her eyes. "Very well. You will awaken where I found you, but you must return to the spot where you first met Inuyasha within two days."
"Are there any other conditions?"
"None, but heed my words young Kagome, if you fail to follow these precise instructions...well, lets just say you will deeply regret the outcome."
"Spirit?"
"Yes, impatient one."
"What is going to happen? Will the Shikon Jewel disappear?"
The spirit looked far away into the distance as if reading the future "Worry not about such simple things, for I fear you will see me sooner then you will ever wish to."
"When will that be, Sprit?"
"Soon, but I pray that our paths may not cross again for your sake"
'And mine'
Although Kagome still had a million questions flying through her head, something struck her as important. She tried to speak, but her lips wouldn't move.
She looked up at the spirit, but she was gone, leaving Kagome in a whirl of confusion.
She found herself spinning in all directions and shut her eyes. The next thing she knew Kagome heard her alarm clock ringing.
She was in her bed at home; she was safe. 'Was it all just a dream? Could it have actually happened?"
Kagome suddenly found herself tightly clutching a silver chain. She pried her stiff fingers open to reveal a stunning amulet with emeralds embeded into it.
On the back, it read, 'Never open this amulet until your darkest moment approaches; it will save you when you call to it, and I shall return to you."
I awoke to a pounding headache and opened my eyes slowly.
Starring strait back at me was a pair of golden orbs. I let my eyelids slide shut. This just has to be part of some weird dream.
I opened my eyes again, but the gold ones were still there. I immediately shoved the stranger away from me. What the hell was going on?
Was that...me?
"Ah, so your finally awake Inuyasha."
"Fear not, for everything shall be explained shortly."
A/N Muwahaha! It is the evil cliffy of doom! Fear that I shall delay the next chapter due to a series of writers block. Muwahaha!
Like I said before, I will try to update every other week. So no death threats or curses or else I will skip a week.
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