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When the Darkness Takes Over ForestSprite Chapter 19
She sat at the edge of her bed thoughtfully, Kirara in her small state rested on her lap allowing her to pet her whiched oddly enough seemed to soothe her. She paused as she was struck with a thought. "Do you think that I am being unfair to them?" she asked quietly to the fire cat. Kirara looked up at her through slitted eyes of contentment cocking her head to the side as if to say 'Not sure but keep up the petting.' A small smile tugged at her lips as she returned to pet the demon cat. Listening to her soft soothing purrs her eyes began to drift shut and she fell asleep.
Her eyes drifted open slowly to find herself standing by the old well. She held back a startled gasp at the sight of the familiar well standing out in front of her. Eyes drawn together in worry she slowly reached forward and touched her hand to the top of it. Blue sparks came from where her hand was and she drew back quickly as though she'd been burned. "What am I doing here?" she asked quietly to herself, her voice seemed amplified in the well house as her voice echoed back repeating her question over and over.
"Now that's just a tad bit creepy." she murmured just a tad bit freaked. She turned from the well to look at the old doorway. It seemed just like it has always been, some paper on it to "seal" in other demons Grandpa had told her should they try to pass over to her time. Of course it had never worked because if it had Inuyasha should never had been able to get through. Should he? Kaede had said once that the only reason Inuyasha was the only one allowed through the portal was because of his prayer necklace that tied him to her, but... Somehow it didn't seem right. Maybe there was more to it then just that.
She took a tentive step toward the doorway her arms stretched out before her she walked into it her arms pushing the doorway back and out of her way.
She was in a bright field filled with all kinds of flowers. Beautiful ones that she hadn't seen since she had been forced to return from the feudal era. She bent down to scoop up some flowers bringing them to her nose to take in the delicate scent. A snapping twig behind her caught her attention and she dropped the flowers quickly to see.... Inuyasha. Tears pricked at her eyes. It was her Inuyasha, cocky smile, warm golden eyes. This was the Inuyasha she had known before the last minutes of her last time in the feudal era. "Feh!" he smirked. "What's wrong? Aren't you gonna greet me?" he asked.
"Inuyasha!!" she cried out happily as she ran straight at him into his arms where he caught her tightly against him and brushed his clawed hands through her long silky hair. She buried her face into his chest as tears leaked from her eyes. "I thought I lost you forever." she sobbed silently.
He froze for a moment and she pulled back to look up at him confused. He had a dazed look about him. "Inuyasha what's wrong?" she asked startling him back into himself.
"Feh, nothing's wrong with me." he smirked. "I'll never leave you." he vowed.
Another sob tore at her throat as she hugged tighter to him and he hugged her back just as tightly. "I'm sorry." he murmured after a time while she was resting contently in his arms.
"Why? What for?" she asked him tiredly.
"I really don't want to do this. You gotta believe me." His grip on her was getting tighter and tighter. Almost painful. "Inuyasha what's wrong? You're hurting me." she gasped. "I can't stop him. I can't escape him. Even in death." his voice was now desperate.
"Inuyasha what's wrong with you?" she cried as she looked up at him through pain filled eyes to find him looking about bewildered and lost.
"You have to stop me this time Kagome. Permanently." "What are you talking about?" she begged of him wanting to understand but not able to actually comprehend.
"Kagome this isn't just a dream. Please you got to help me escape from him. I didn't want to hurt you back then. I swear it. I loved you then and I still love you now. Please don't let me hurt you again. Naraku... he's controlling me. You have to be strong." "No. No oh please no." She shook her head desperately. Her best friend, whom she had loved for so long and never had the feeling returned. He was telling her now that he loved her. How could she do what he wanted her to do.
"You have to do it Kagome. If you don't do it here and now you'll have to face me back there once more." he jerked his head to the well house that stood in the middle of the once beautiful flower field which was now just a desolate waste land.
"So he is back there. I knew it the whole time." she murmured softly. "But what about you? How do you all tie into this?" "Remember during the battle how that freak show was using those tentacle things of his?" she nodded slowly. "Well one of them got lodged into my arm. When we destroyed his actual body the thing took on a life of its own and burrowed into my own body and it was like I was shoved into the back of my head. All I could do was watch as if it was one of those t.v. things you have in your time. He used what he knew would hurt you the most. The knowledge that things between Kikyo, you and myself had never really gotten settled." "What about now?" she asked desperately.
"When I was killed by the others that part of him that was able to escaped into my body to survive escaped once again just as I was dying and went on to other people. He kept on like that for the longest time, it would take him over 350 years to get even half the strength he had when he was in good condition. As he gained strength and power he began to collect more demons to him again and he brought me back to life. It's me but it's not. He has my soul sealed in my body but I'm blocked off from actually doing anything except watching. He wants me to kill you." "Naraku." she gasped "No not Naraku." Inuyasha said. "Someone else who has been working behind the curtains this whole time. I don't know who he is though." he shook his head confused.
"I can't do that." she gasped sadly her face falling into her hands as tears slid down her face. "I just can't." strong arms pulled her hands from her face and lifted her chin up to face warm golden eyes.
"Please Kagome. For me?" she looked at him into his steady eyes and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "I thank you my love." he lifted her up higher to him and kissed her soundly on the lips which she returned fully her hands tangling into his silver tresses as tears fell down her face once again. They broke apart and he set her firmly on the ground. She gave a small sniffle and looked up at him in reproof. "You finally kiss me after you're dead?" she asked incredulous.
He gave a soft laugh. "That's the Kagome that I know and love. How is Shippo? I've always thought of him like a younger brother but I wouldn't have minded seeing him as a son some day." he sighed wistfully.
"He's growing up beautifully." she said with a small smile. "He's even got some of your characteristics." "Yeah? How so?" "He jumps in without thinking." she replied smirking.
"Ouch. I deserved that. What about the other one? He seems like a bigger handful then the other one." "He is but I can handle it." "I have noticed as much. I noticed you've made some new friends. How about that short, ornery spiky one?" he asked dryly. "Seems like you're quite taken with him." She blushed slightly then glared at him. "As if I could ever be taken with that pompous good for nothing, short, three eyed freak." she growled annoyed.
He held his hands before him defensively. "Don't take it so hard Kagome. As glad as it would make me to know that no guy would ever or could ever have you, try to give some of them a chance. He might be your real road to happiness and I won't bregudge anybody that. I hate seeing you this way and knowing it's partly my fault makes me sick." She looked up at him wistfully. "But I've only ever loved you." He smiled. "You have no idea how glad I am to hear that." he took her hand in his. "Now you need to move on though. I want you to move on and maybe if you can't.... If I see that things aren't happening as they should for you I'll return again some day for you. So we can right our wrongs." "That sounds like some corny line out of a really bad peace of poetry or a really bad play." she giggled softly.
He smiled ruefully. "I see what you mean. Try to make your life better. The end draws near and I have no idea what kind of ending it will be." he wrinkled his nose distastefully. "As much as I hate to say it too I think that the short midget will be good for you. Oh and maybe one day when my niece doesn't hate me anymore can you tell her that she made a good choice and she's lucky to have such an understanding dad?" She looked at him curiously. "Well if Rin was my daughter I wouldn't want any kitsune around her especially a full grown silver one. Let me tell you kitsunes tend to have one thing on their mind and they are rarely ashamed of it. You really are gonna have problems with those two young boys." She choked on her laughter as tears sprung to her eyes again. This was finally going to be the end. He tilted her head up to him again with one hand the other grabbing her other he pressed something into it. "Don't say good-bye yet, this isn't really a good-bye. They tend to mean forever. How about see you later? Kagome I want you to stay strong for me." he drew back.
"Yes." she chocked out through the lump in her throat. "See you later." He stood before her waiting as she brought her arms before her gathering her energy together. Then she let it go.
"Ai sheturou." (sp?) he murmured as the blast struck straight at him.
"Ai sheturou Inuyasha. My first love." she murmured tears streaming down her face.
She woke up with a start, shooting straight out of her bed startling poor Kirara who'd been laying right on top of her. "It was just a dream." she murmured softly as she recognized her temporary home for the time being. Her face felt oddly sticky so she reached up with her hand and brushed at her cheeks to come away with water.
Tears.
She had been crying. "That's weird." she said. She looked to her left hand which was clutching something as if for dear life. "What's this?" she opened her hand to find a pure jewel shard in it. "Inuyasha." she said softly. "It wasn't just a dream, was it Kirara?" she looked at the cat who mewed softly, sadly to her. "You're gone now Inuyasha but now you're resting peacefully. I'll be strong for you. Inuyasha." she clutched her pillow tightly to her as she cried anew Kirara climbing up by her again curling tightly against her to offer her comfort.
Inuyasha looked down on her a small sad smile on his lips. "Did I do the right thing?" he asked softly as he turned to look at the huge giant of a man that had helped get him away from the psycho demon to contact Kagome.
"What do you think?" he asked in turn, his voice a deep rumble.
He looked down again as Kirara curled up against her and they drifted off again. "It wasn't right of me to let her cling onto the past right?" he looked again to the man hoping he'd give him a straightforward answer this time.
The man smiled warmly down at the anxious half-demon almost like a little kid wanting approval. "That's the best thing you could have done for her." "Then yes I think I did do the right thing even if it means letting another have her." he turned back to her watching as she slept fitfully. "Now what?" "Now I take you to rest finally." he replied.
"I'll love you forever Kagome." he murmured softly to the slumbering miko. "Lead the way. I think I'm finally ready."
End chapter
so what do you guys all think? I didn't really want to leave Inuyasha as a bad guy. I truly do love the guy though it's hard to tell sometimes by my stories but honest to goodness I do. Can anyone guess who the man is? lol cookie to the person who figures it out
ForestSprite
When the Darkness Takes Over ForestSprite Chapter 19
She sat at the edge of her bed thoughtfully, Kirara in her small state rested on her lap allowing her to pet her whiched oddly enough seemed to soothe her. She paused as she was struck with a thought. "Do you think that I am being unfair to them?" she asked quietly to the fire cat. Kirara looked up at her through slitted eyes of contentment cocking her head to the side as if to say 'Not sure but keep up the petting.' A small smile tugged at her lips as she returned to pet the demon cat. Listening to her soft soothing purrs her eyes began to drift shut and she fell asleep.
Her eyes drifted open slowly to find herself standing by the old well. She held back a startled gasp at the sight of the familiar well standing out in front of her. Eyes drawn together in worry she slowly reached forward and touched her hand to the top of it. Blue sparks came from where her hand was and she drew back quickly as though she'd been burned. "What am I doing here?" she asked quietly to herself, her voice seemed amplified in the well house as her voice echoed back repeating her question over and over.
"Now that's just a tad bit creepy." she murmured just a tad bit freaked. She turned from the well to look at the old doorway. It seemed just like it has always been, some paper on it to "seal" in other demons Grandpa had told her should they try to pass over to her time. Of course it had never worked because if it had Inuyasha should never had been able to get through. Should he? Kaede had said once that the only reason Inuyasha was the only one allowed through the portal was because of his prayer necklace that tied him to her, but... Somehow it didn't seem right. Maybe there was more to it then just that.
She took a tentive step toward the doorway her arms stretched out before her she walked into it her arms pushing the doorway back and out of her way.
She was in a bright field filled with all kinds of flowers. Beautiful ones that she hadn't seen since she had been forced to return from the feudal era. She bent down to scoop up some flowers bringing them to her nose to take in the delicate scent. A snapping twig behind her caught her attention and she dropped the flowers quickly to see.... Inuyasha. Tears pricked at her eyes. It was her Inuyasha, cocky smile, warm golden eyes. This was the Inuyasha she had known before the last minutes of her last time in the feudal era. "Feh!" he smirked. "What's wrong? Aren't you gonna greet me?" he asked.
"Inuyasha!!" she cried out happily as she ran straight at him into his arms where he caught her tightly against him and brushed his clawed hands through her long silky hair. She buried her face into his chest as tears leaked from her eyes. "I thought I lost you forever." she sobbed silently.
He froze for a moment and she pulled back to look up at him confused. He had a dazed look about him. "Inuyasha what's wrong?" she asked startling him back into himself.
"Feh, nothing's wrong with me." he smirked. "I'll never leave you." he vowed.
Another sob tore at her throat as she hugged tighter to him and he hugged her back just as tightly. "I'm sorry." he murmured after a time while she was resting contently in his arms.
"Why? What for?" she asked him tiredly.
"I really don't want to do this. You gotta believe me." His grip on her was getting tighter and tighter. Almost painful. "Inuyasha what's wrong? You're hurting me." she gasped. "I can't stop him. I can't escape him. Even in death." his voice was now desperate.
"Inuyasha what's wrong with you?" she cried as she looked up at him through pain filled eyes to find him looking about bewildered and lost.
"You have to stop me this time Kagome. Permanently." "What are you talking about?" she begged of him wanting to understand but not able to actually comprehend.
"Kagome this isn't just a dream. Please you got to help me escape from him. I didn't want to hurt you back then. I swear it. I loved you then and I still love you now. Please don't let me hurt you again. Naraku... he's controlling me. You have to be strong." "No. No oh please no." She shook her head desperately. Her best friend, whom she had loved for so long and never had the feeling returned. He was telling her now that he loved her. How could she do what he wanted her to do.
"You have to do it Kagome. If you don't do it here and now you'll have to face me back there once more." he jerked his head to the well house that stood in the middle of the once beautiful flower field which was now just a desolate waste land.
"So he is back there. I knew it the whole time." she murmured softly. "But what about you? How do you all tie into this?" "Remember during the battle how that freak show was using those tentacle things of his?" she nodded slowly. "Well one of them got lodged into my arm. When we destroyed his actual body the thing took on a life of its own and burrowed into my own body and it was like I was shoved into the back of my head. All I could do was watch as if it was one of those t.v. things you have in your time. He used what he knew would hurt you the most. The knowledge that things between Kikyo, you and myself had never really gotten settled." "What about now?" she asked desperately.
"When I was killed by the others that part of him that was able to escaped into my body to survive escaped once again just as I was dying and went on to other people. He kept on like that for the longest time, it would take him over 350 years to get even half the strength he had when he was in good condition. As he gained strength and power he began to collect more demons to him again and he brought me back to life. It's me but it's not. He has my soul sealed in my body but I'm blocked off from actually doing anything except watching. He wants me to kill you." "Naraku." she gasped "No not Naraku." Inuyasha said. "Someone else who has been working behind the curtains this whole time. I don't know who he is though." he shook his head confused.
"I can't do that." she gasped sadly her face falling into her hands as tears slid down her face. "I just can't." strong arms pulled her hands from her face and lifted her chin up to face warm golden eyes.
"Please Kagome. For me?" she looked at him into his steady eyes and wiped away the tears from her eyes. "I thank you my love." he lifted her up higher to him and kissed her soundly on the lips which she returned fully her hands tangling into his silver tresses as tears fell down her face once again. They broke apart and he set her firmly on the ground. She gave a small sniffle and looked up at him in reproof. "You finally kiss me after you're dead?" she asked incredulous.
He gave a soft laugh. "That's the Kagome that I know and love. How is Shippo? I've always thought of him like a younger brother but I wouldn't have minded seeing him as a son some day." he sighed wistfully.
"He's growing up beautifully." she said with a small smile. "He's even got some of your characteristics." "Yeah? How so?" "He jumps in without thinking." she replied smirking.
"Ouch. I deserved that. What about the other one? He seems like a bigger handful then the other one." "He is but I can handle it." "I have noticed as much. I noticed you've made some new friends. How about that short, ornery spiky one?" he asked dryly. "Seems like you're quite taken with him." She blushed slightly then glared at him. "As if I could ever be taken with that pompous good for nothing, short, three eyed freak." she growled annoyed.
He held his hands before him defensively. "Don't take it so hard Kagome. As glad as it would make me to know that no guy would ever or could ever have you, try to give some of them a chance. He might be your real road to happiness and I won't bregudge anybody that. I hate seeing you this way and knowing it's partly my fault makes me sick." She looked up at him wistfully. "But I've only ever loved you." He smiled. "You have no idea how glad I am to hear that." he took her hand in his. "Now you need to move on though. I want you to move on and maybe if you can't.... If I see that things aren't happening as they should for you I'll return again some day for you. So we can right our wrongs." "That sounds like some corny line out of a really bad peace of poetry or a really bad play." she giggled softly.
He smiled ruefully. "I see what you mean. Try to make your life better. The end draws near and I have no idea what kind of ending it will be." he wrinkled his nose distastefully. "As much as I hate to say it too I think that the short midget will be good for you. Oh and maybe one day when my niece doesn't hate me anymore can you tell her that she made a good choice and she's lucky to have such an understanding dad?" She looked at him curiously. "Well if Rin was my daughter I wouldn't want any kitsune around her especially a full grown silver one. Let me tell you kitsunes tend to have one thing on their mind and they are rarely ashamed of it. You really are gonna have problems with those two young boys." She choked on her laughter as tears sprung to her eyes again. This was finally going to be the end. He tilted her head up to him again with one hand the other grabbing her other he pressed something into it. "Don't say good-bye yet, this isn't really a good-bye. They tend to mean forever. How about see you later? Kagome I want you to stay strong for me." he drew back.
"Yes." she chocked out through the lump in her throat. "See you later." He stood before her waiting as she brought her arms before her gathering her energy together. Then she let it go.
"Ai sheturou." (sp?) he murmured as the blast struck straight at him.
"Ai sheturou Inuyasha. My first love." she murmured tears streaming down her face.
She woke up with a start, shooting straight out of her bed startling poor Kirara who'd been laying right on top of her. "It was just a dream." she murmured softly as she recognized her temporary home for the time being. Her face felt oddly sticky so she reached up with her hand and brushed at her cheeks to come away with water.
Tears.
She had been crying. "That's weird." she said. She looked to her left hand which was clutching something as if for dear life. "What's this?" she opened her hand to find a pure jewel shard in it. "Inuyasha." she said softly. "It wasn't just a dream, was it Kirara?" she looked at the cat who mewed softly, sadly to her. "You're gone now Inuyasha but now you're resting peacefully. I'll be strong for you. Inuyasha." she clutched her pillow tightly to her as she cried anew Kirara climbing up by her again curling tightly against her to offer her comfort.
Inuyasha looked down on her a small sad smile on his lips. "Did I do the right thing?" he asked softly as he turned to look at the huge giant of a man that had helped get him away from the psycho demon to contact Kagome.
"What do you think?" he asked in turn, his voice a deep rumble.
He looked down again as Kirara curled up against her and they drifted off again. "It wasn't right of me to let her cling onto the past right?" he looked again to the man hoping he'd give him a straightforward answer this time.
The man smiled warmly down at the anxious half-demon almost like a little kid wanting approval. "That's the best thing you could have done for her." "Then yes I think I did do the right thing even if it means letting another have her." he turned back to her watching as she slept fitfully. "Now what?" "Now I take you to rest finally." he replied.
"I'll love you forever Kagome." he murmured softly to the slumbering miko. "Lead the way. I think I'm finally ready."
End chapter
so what do you guys all think? I didn't really want to leave Inuyasha as a bad guy. I truly do love the guy though it's hard to tell sometimes by my stories but honest to goodness I do. Can anyone guess who the man is? lol cookie to the person who figures it out
ForestSprite