Chapter Five: Song of Sorrow
Makai holds up his hand as well and blasts dark light at her. Sumiko flies into the wall, Makai quickly throws her sword at her stomach; pinning her to the wall. Blood drips down and she mumbles something softly. Her hands move to the sword and tries to pull out the sword, but she grows weak and her arms fall to her side. Her head tilts to the side and her eyes slowly close. "Artemis..." blood drips from her mouth. Makai grins and turns to Inuyasha and Koga. Serenity walks over into the light, she has pale skin and blue gray eyes. She has a blue cape with white fur on the collar. Her smile is cold and wicked like a snake. Serenity looks to Inuyasha, "Inuyasha, do you wish to see Kagome?"
Inuyasha growls and points to Sumiko, "I swear if she is like that I will kill you!"
"She is fine, for now." she disappears and her voice echoes through the room. "Come, fine her." she laughs and her voice fades out.
Makai smiles, "I'll be waiting in the Chapel." he disappears. Inuyasha turns his head and looks back to the figure pinned to the wall. He walks over to her and studies the features of her pale face. Koga walks over to Inuyasha and stands next to him.
"She is still breathing... we should end her suffering..."
"No." Koga stares at him then Inuyasha continues, "She is going to live, she is a half demon." Inuyasha pulls out the sword in her stomach and catches her before she hits the ground. He picks her up and carries her in his arms. Koga growls and is about to yell at Inuyasha, but then sees Inuyasha is no longer in the room.
Kagome opens her eyes and quickly sits up. She is in a bedroom, everything in the room is red, gold, and black. The walls have paintings of death and blood red dragons flying through the night sky. The windows are stained glass and small candles hang in between each one. She looks up and sees a giant mirror. Kagome climbs out of the bed and walks to the door. She pushes the door and it slowly opens. Kagome cautiously walks out of the room and down a narrow hallway. On the sides of the walls there are giant stained glass windows and each window has a different picture. One of the windows catches her eye, its of an angel holding a small crystal. The angel somewhat looks like her. She turns to it and reaches her hand to touch it.
"You weren't suppose to wake up til later." Kagome jumps and quickly turns around to see Serenity smiling at her. Serenity walks up to her with Yumi following, "I wanted you to wake up when we had killed Inuyasha. That way you could wake up and see your love's lifeless body beside you." Kagome's eyes widen and she looks around for a weapon of some sort. She sees a rusty sword leaning against the wall on the other side. She quickly runs over and grabs it.
"Don't come any closer! I'm warning you!" Yumi laughs at her and throws her ball at Kagome. She panics and drops to the ground before it can hit her. She looks up and sees a huge hole in the wall from the ball. Her eye's widen and her mouth drops open. She suddenly becomes filled with rage and stands up, "Hey that almost hit me!" Yumi throws the ball again, but this time Kagome uses the sword like a bat and sends the ball falling back at her. Yumi gets smacked by the ball and falls to the ground. Serenity glares at her then turns to see Kagome running away. Serenity shakes her head then grabs Yumi by the neck and pulls her up. "You better not make any stupid mistakes like that again!"
Kagome continues to run, but then stops when she reaches three doors. They are labeled past, present, and future. She is opens the door that says future and runs inside. She quickly closes the door and locks it. She turns around and sees only a small window with bars on it and a mirror leaning against the wall. The mirror is long and narrow, it starts to glow. Kagome touches the it and an image appears on the it. She sees herself, older about twenty, she is walking next to Inuyasha. He is carrying a boy, about the age of two, on his back. She sees herself carrying a small bundle in her arms. Kagome starts to blush when she takes notice that the bundle is in fact a baby. Kagome takes her hand off the mirror she feels a hand touch her shoulder. She quickly turns around and smiles. "Inuyasha!" she throws her arms around his neck.
"Kagome." she squeezes him tightly and she starts to cry.
"Inuyasha are you alright? What happened? Are you hurt?" Kagome looks up to look into his eyes. She gasps and sees his eyes are blood red, one of the eyes has three scars over it. "Makai!" she pushes trying to get away, but his tightens the grip on her arms. The image of Inuyasha disappears and Makai turns back into his real form.
"If you are worried about Inuyasha and Koga, they aren't dead yet." he grabs her by her jaw and lifts her off the ground. "Would you like to see Inuyasha's death?" Kagome's eyes fill with tears. Makai smiles and drops her. She stands up and punches him, he grabs her fist and throws her into the wall. She winces then forces herself back up. She picks up the sword she had earlier and tries to stab him. He lets himself get stabbed, she stares at him in shock. Makai walks backwards letting the sword slide out of him. He knocks the sword out of her hands then punches her in the stomach. Kagome drops to the ground and whispers Inuyasha's name. Makai picks her up after she passes out and disappears.
Inuyasha busts open the Chapel doors holding Sumiko in his arms. He looks ahead and sees Kagome laying on the floor. He pushes Sumiko into Koga's arms and runs to Kagome. "Kagome!" He drops down next to her and pulls her into an embrace. "Kagome..." he smiles and brushes the hair out of her face. Her eyes slowly open. Inuyasha holds her close, "Kagome... are you-" he feels a sharp pain scream through his chest. Inuyasha pushes her down and looks to her eyes, they are black. "Kagome!" She stands up and Makai appears beside her. Inuyasha clutches his chest, the blood oozes out. He growls, "What did you do to Kagome!" Koga is about to set Sumiko down when he sees she is awake. Sumiko glares at Makai, and she pushes Koga away. Sumiko drops to one knee then slowly walks over next to Inuyasha.
"You're alive..." Makai glares at Sumiko.
"Makai... I'll kill you...and after I kill you... I'll kill everyone else here..." Inuyasha turns to her, her eyes are black like Kagome's. Sumiko charges at Makai and punches him as hard as she could. He stumbles back and throws a small dagger at her. It hits her shoulder, but she continues to run at him. Kagome whimpers and walks toward Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha... am I not important to you...?" her eyes flash from black to their original color then back to black. Inuyasha bites his lip trying to decide what to do. Koga sniffs the air and picks up Serenity's scent. Her runs past Makai and Sumiko fighting, and to the giant dragon statue. He sees Serenity sitting on its head, she doesn't see him standing there. Koga leaps up and claws at her, he rips off a small bag on her side. Serenity gasps and falls back. She reaches for the bag, but Koga grabs it before she can get it. He looks at the bag, she jumps up and tries to get it from him. He holds it up and acts as if he were going to crush it. Serenity backs away and she shakes her no. Koga looks inside and sees small crystals.
"What are these for? They must be important." He picks up a small white crystal that is glowing. Serenity panics and tries again to get it, but Koga softly puts pressure onto the crystal. Serenity backs away, Koga sees the crystal is glowing more. His ears twitch and he hears Kagome gasp, he squeezes the crystal again. Kagome's body seems to glow when he does. Koga turns around and jumps off the statue. He then runs to Inuyasha, "Hey mutt! I think this is somehow connected to Kagome. Inuyasha takes the crystal and looks to Kagome. She stares at the crystal and she mumbles something. Inuyasha runs to Kagome and takes her hand.
Serenity screams, "No!" Inuyasha looks up then presses the crystal into her hand. The crystal glows brightly, a black shadow flies out of Kagome's mouth. Her eyes go back to normal.
"Inuyasha...?" he smiles then looks up to Serenity. She glares at him and disappears. Koga runs up to them.
"Hey, what are we going to do about Sumiko and Makai?" They look over and see they are still fighting. Makai is bleeding a lot, he is very weak. Sumiko is in about the same condition. Inuyasha looks to Kagome then to Sumiko.
"Sumiko... her eyes are black like Kagome's were." they watch Sumiko fight, she is winning. Makai holds his hands out and Sumiko does the same.
Kagome backs away, "I have a bad feeling. Come on lets get out of here!" they run out of the room. Inuyasha turns and looks once more at Sumiko then follows the others out. They run down the hallway, suddenly they hear the windows shatter behind them.