AN: It's been a long time hasn't it? I really don't have any excuses on why I haven't written in so long. I honestly don't know why I haven't posted either. I've had this chapter sitting on my computer for monthes now. I guess I just was not and still am not satisfied with it.
I didn't realize until now that the last part of the last chapter you couldn't really identify who it was (Miroku or Sango) narrating. I apologize. It's Sango. I suppose in my mind the story just played out like a movie and obviously in movies you know a character just by seeing them. Unfortunately, stories don't work that way and it never really occurred to me until I read puptastic25's review. Thanks for pointing it out.
Lastly, this is the final chapter in Completely Pure. I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to doing the uncut version of this. I simply don't have the time. I myself am not very satisfied with the way I ended it. Well, as a final note, the last sentence said at the end is in reference to the dream way back near the beginning of this story. Thanks for reading and please don't kill me 'cause this chapter isn't so good. I've never been good at ending things. D:
-Air Angel
Completely Pure
Chapter 16: Living
My eyes felt heavy, as if they were being weighed down by some...nothing I could think of though. My mind was foggy, I was lying on something hard so I couldn't possibly be in my room.
"I think she's waking up"
My eyes fluttered a bit before a blurry figure appeared in my vision, "Ayame…?"
Ayame smiled down at me, "You're going to be fine Kikyo."
"Fine…?"
"We got you out of the building in time."
"Building…?" My mind suddenly came into focus as I remembered what happened and tried to sit up, "The building!"
"Don't try to sit up so fast! You might get a headache. That gas they used on you might still have some effects on your body."
Lying back down, I turned my head and saw the Shikon Corp. building halfway fallen down, glass shattering as floor after floor crushed the windows with its weight. I closed my eyes again.
The building seemed to be moving beneath my feet and I stumbled forward but quickly regained my balance. Glancing over at Inuyasha, I watched as what seemed to be a jumble of emotions fly across his face before resolve set in. Grabbing my hand, he pulled me along the shaking hallway, picking up pace step after step.
"Where are we going?" I asked curiously.
"We're leaving?" he said while side stepping as a shelf fell over to the right of us, books scattering across the floor.
"I thought we were going to die."
"Well I've changed me mind"
"You can change your mind about dying?" I asked confused, but still following him, trying to keep up with his growing pace.
He seemed to growl before taking a quick turn into a room on our left. Glass windows lined one side of the wall and a large table sat in the middle of the room, chairs tipped or already fallen on their sides. We were by the windows in an instant.
Looking out, I could see the ground coming closer by the second. I took a step back when Inuyasha let go of my hand and grabbed a chair and throwing it out the window, sending pieces of glass shattering and the chair down to the ground. He then proceeded to sweep me up into his arms and ran to the other side of the room.
"What are you doing?" My nerves felt like they were on fire. What was he thinking?
"We're going to jump"
I felt as if my stomach had fallen, "WHAT! Do you know how dangerous that is!" I nearly screeched.
He gave me a half-smile, "I decided there are too many things we have to do so we can't die here."
"And how exactly can you guarantee we won't die from jumping!"
"No idea, but we're going to have to try," he said as he started to race toward the broken window, "Plus, if I die, I at least want to die in style!"
We practically flew out the window, and I couldn't help but glance back over Inuyasha's shoulder as we seemed to fly away from the still falling building. I then turned my head to look where we were going and quickly squeezed my eyes shut. It didn't seem we were in any luck of having a soft landing…
The building lay in ruins, crowds were beginning to form and people were shouting, trying to see if anyone had been caught in the rubble, including myself. Not that I was much of a help as I shifted through the remains as quickly as I could, calling for Inuyasha and Kagome over and over again. Tears blurred my vision as I threw pieces any which way, trying to find them.
A part of me wished I could move faster, that I was strong enough to lift up the larger pieces. If there were alive and caught down in the rubble, who knew how long they would have before they ran out of oxygen, or worse, if they were injured, what if they were bleeding to death at this very moment, and they needed to be saved as soon as possible?
Another part of me was reluctant to try to find them, how much would it hurt to find them and realize they were already dead? That was something I was so afraid of occurring that I began to slow down, choking back sobs as I sat amongst all the ruins.
Warm arms wrapped around me a moment later and I looked up to see Miroku, "Shush…".
"I-I feel so useless Miroku!" I cried harder as I moved further into his embrace.
"It's ok, you're not useless. Remember, he told us to go. He wanted us to at least survive."
"But we… we tried to hard to save them!"
"The others are looking for them as we speak. They might be alright!"
"What are they chances of them surviving that! What if they're dead!"
"What if who's dead?" and all too familiar voice drifted over us and I pulled away from Miroku only to stare for a moment before a fresh onslaught of tears came to my eyes as I stood and ran over to them.
"You're alive!"
I groaned as I tried to sit up. We had landed in a tree of all things. I suppose it was better than landing in a fountain, they weren't that deep and probably would've hurt more. Halfway through the fall I had twisted my body around so that my back would hit whatever we fell on and Kagome wouldn't get hurt. My back now felt like it was in three pieces but I finally managed to sit up.
Kagome lay in my arms still, shaking slightly, "I don't think I ever want to do that again, hurts way too much."
She peeked her eyes open a bit to look at my face before jumping out of my arms and off of me, "Are you alright? Do you hurt anywhere?"
"I'm fine" I lied, rolling my back to see how much damage there was. Surprisingly, it wasn't as bad as I thought, though I probably should still go to see a doctor…if I could convince one to see me without scaring them away or them wanting to experiment on me due to the two new appendages on my head that is.
Sitting down beside me, she sighed, "I'm feeling so tired"
"Probably the adrenaline rush back there wore you out."
She murmured before leaning against my shoulder.
"Hey. Are you falling asleep on me?" I asked slightly irritated. Just because it didn't feel like any bones were broken, didn't mean that it didn't hurt.
When she didn't reply I poked her. After a few more pokes with no response, I sighed and gently moved her so she was lying in my arms again and slowly stood up. My body ached in protest but I ignored it and started heading back towards the fallen building. If the others were looking for us, that's where they would be looking.
I stumbled a few times from the pain but Kagome continued to remain asleep. As I got closer, I noticed two figures huddled together in the rubble and slowly realized it was Miroku and Sango.
"What are they chances of them surviving that! What if they're dead!"
I couldn't help but crack a smile, so they were worried I almost wanted to laugh but instead decided on simply interrupting them instead, "What if who's dead?"
Sango quickly moved away from Miroku and ran towards us, "You're alive!"
"Whoa, whoa, WAIT!" I said taking a step back, "Don't even think about hugging me unless you want me to drop Kagome from pain".
Her eyes quickly went from teary relief to worry as she stopped in front of me, "What happened? How did you get out? Is Kagome ok? What happened to her?"
I huffed, "What kind of question is that? We're alive, isn't that good enough? And Kagome's fine, she just fell asleep…or is unconscious. Either way she's just tired out! I'm the one who took the fall anyways!"
"Fall? Don't tell me you jumped off the building!" she looked at me skeptically.
"It's not like I had much of a choice!"
"You two could've been killed!"
"But we weren't!"
"Now, now, can't we just say that they survived and just be happy with that?" Miroku said interrupting us, "…How DID you two escape anyways?"
"I told you, we jumped! I threw a chair out the window and we jumped! We landed in a tree, which, might I add, hurt a hell of a lot so can we PLEASE get going? I'm in pain here!"
"Now you couldn't possibly have survived such a fall with so little damage, so tell us the truth."
"I AM telling the truth!"
"Welcome to TNN and here's your latest in news. A building owned by the Shikon Corporation exploded yesterday at five o'clock p.m.. Rescue workers continue to dig through the wreckage in search of anyone caught in the fall. Employees of Shikon have reported being warned by a group of teenagers of a bomb and majority of the workers have now been accounted for and alive. Missing still are the owner of Shikon Corporation, Narak-"
"Hey, I was watching that!"
"It's not like you really need to see it, you were there if you can remember that far back" I said, tossing the clicker onto the couch.
Inuyasha grumbled before making a grab for the clicker once again but instead of turning the Tokyo News Network back on, he switched the channel to what appeared to be a sitcom, "It's not like I have anything better to do."
"It's not my fault that you can't go outside right now."
"Does it look like I ASKED for freaking dog ears!"
"Well Kagome seemed to like them."
"Of course she would! She's like a fucking ten year-old!"
"Really? She certainly doesn't LOOK like one to me."
"Miroku. . ."
"Yes?"
"If you make one more unnecessary comment, I'm going to kill you."
"Unnecessary? Wow I didn't know you knew that word!"
I came into the living room only to see Miroku jump over the coffee table in an attempt to get out of Inuyasha's reach. Of course, due to the increased speed Inuyasha had, it was a pretty hopeless attempt.
"I'll show you words you litt-"
"What's going on here?" Sango asked beside me as she moved to put her bag down. We had gone shopping for a few things to help Inuyasha for a little while.
"Sango, darling, honey-bunch!" Miroku wheezed out from the grip Inuyasha had around his neck, "He's trying to kill me!"
"And I wouldn't be surprised if you provoked him to do it."
He just whined as Inuyasha's grip seemed to tighten.
This was when I decided to speak up, "Inuyasha can you put Miroku down now? We bought the hair dye for you."
He quickly let go and walked over to the bag Sango had set down, "What the fuck is this!"
"Black hair dye?" I answered confused on why he was still angry.
Rolling his eyes, he pulling out the dye as well as a hat, "I meant this!"
"A hat."
"Obviously, but why the hell did there have to be THAT on it!" he didn't seem to be very happy about the little cartoon puppy head that was embossed on the hat, "I thought it was cute."
Miroku snickered but quickly stopped as Inuyasha just growled lowly at him, another thing he had picked up after we had returned. . . home.
"Well I don't wear cute."
"Don't worry," Sango cut in beside me, "We got you a plain red one as well."
He grumbled once more before dropping the hat on top of the bag and stomping over to the bathroom with the box of dye.
Sango went over to Miroku to inspect the damage that Inuyasha had inflicted on him (three bruises and counting).
Quickly walking over to the bag, I picked up the hat with the puppy and pulled the red hat out of the bag I held just never set down. Looking at the first hat, I still couldn't help but think that the puppy reminded me of Inuyasha. It's face was in a angry scowl and yet the cartoonish way it was drawn made it look like a cute little puppy.
Hearing a curse in the bathroom I walked over and knocked on the door, "Are you ok?"
A muffled, "Fine" could be heard.
I smiled, he had at least responded without a curse.
"Ne, once you're disguised, can we go to the park?"
The End
