Just so you know, I deleted "A New Leader" but its only temporary. I realized that it wasn't that popular, so I took it down in order to rewrite parts of it. Hopefully it will be for the better. However, I want to wait before I do that, since I want to devote a bit more effort into "Undeniable Love" and maybe work on an entirely different fan fiction as well.
I think everyone will be slightly surprised at the fan fiction I'm planning. While it is not an unfamiliar idea in novels, I have not seen a fan fiction that is entirely like it. Similar in some aspects, but not that similar.
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Undeniable Love
Chapter 6 - Goodbye, Kikyo
By: Scaevola
Published 8/25/05
Updated 9/11/05
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Koga rolled his eyes as he heard Kagome's sniffling. She'd been sobbing and pounding on his shoulder ever since he had taken her, screaming at him to put her down. He smiled as the scenery changed from a forested area to a more hilly area. His den was near.
Koga almost laughed at how well his plan had worked. Kagome was his, and that miko had InuYasha to herself. InuYasha probably didn't even know that Kagome was gone, and when he did realize, it would be too late - Kagome would already be Koga's mate.
Even if InuYasha did realize, that miko assured Koga that she'd take care of the hanyou herself, and take him to hell with her.
The scent of fellow wolves nearby made Koga increase his pace. It wasn't long before he was at the entrance to his den, surrounded by his pack. Hakaku and Ginta quickly stood and approached him.
"Koga! You're back!" exclaimed Ginta.
"Yeah, and look who I brought with me." smirked Koga. He put Kagome down, who wasted no time and immediately slapped Koga.
"Bring me back to InuYasha now!" she shouted, glaring at him.
Koga was furious with Kagome for slapping him, but didn't have a chance to respond when a familiar scent assaulted his nose.
He growled when he realized who was coming and looked to Ginta and Hakaku. "Keep my mate safe in the den. I'll be back in a bit."
Ginta and Hakaku nodded before grabbing Kagome's arms and dragging her to the den. They gave her sympathetic looks from the entrance they were guarding as she began to weep. What Koga was doing was wrong, but they didn't dare disobey their leader.
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InuYasha slowed to a walk when he was a safe distance away from Kaede's. He needed some time to think before he told Sango and Miroku what had happened. He leapt into a tree and sat down on one of it's larger branches, leaning against the trunk for support.
He sighed and closed his eyes as he began to think about Kagome. Her words from before were still replaying in his head. In all the time he'd known Kagome, she'd never acted like that. She was always so kind hearted, so open and forgiving.
Inuyasha thought about all the times he had angered Kagome, and she had forgiven him when he had really been the one at fault. He heart knew no boundaries, or so he thought. He realized that he'd taken Kagome for granted.
The irony of the situation was that he would be the one forgiving her even though it wasn't entirely his fault. He had never agreed with Kikyo's words from before. She had assumed that he did though.
Inuyasha knew that even if Kagome did hate him now, he wouldn't give up on her. He cared for her too much. He'd make sure that no harm came to Kagome for as long as he lived.
Inuyasha jumped down from the tree, and was about to head back to Kagome's time, but stopped when he saw Kikyo coming towards him. He growled as she approached him.
Kikyo was the cause of all of this. He never realized it before, but Kikyo had always been working to get him away from Kagome. If only he'd known sooner, he could have put an end to this.
"What are you doing here, Kikyo?" he growled.
The miko slowed and stopped a safe distance away from Inuyasha. She could sense the anger rolling off of him in waves. She smiled inwardly, knowing that soon he'd been in hell with her, and away from that girl.
"I wanted to apologize." She said calmly. "I have not been myself lately, and I what I've said was wrong."
Inuyasha eyes widened in shock. Kikyo was acting entirely different from how she had acted that night at the well, and the meeting before that.
Kikyo slowly approached the hanyou and reached out to caress his cheek with her hand. "Can you forgive me?" she asked.
Inuyasha, despite his instincts screaming at him, felt himself give her a slight nod.
Kikyo gave him a smile. "I'm glad." Suddenly, she pulled out a piece of cloth that had been drenched with ink before and held it to his nose.
Inuyasha's senses were immediately shot, and he could feel himself falling to the ground before darkness consumed him.
The miko smirked and stepped away from the now unconscious hanyou. She quickly gathered the materials she needed to perform the ritual that would allow her and Inuyasha to descend to hell.
Though her soul was already prepared for the descent, she had to prepare Inuyasha's. She knelt over him and place a rosary over his neck while praying. She then opened his haori and pulled out a knife.
Kikyo held no emotion as she carved a symbol into Inuyasha's chest, the blood slowly running out of the wound and pooling at the ground beneath him. Kikyo then drew similar symbols in the ground around Inuyasha and herself with a stick, marking the area in which the entrance to hell would appear.
She rose and admired her work before she began to chant her incantation. The ceremony was something few humans knew of, kept secret by only the very highest ranking of demons and the dead.
Kikyo had, of course, managed to learn the skill during her time in death, and had managed to retain the knowledge from her afterlife.
Immediately after initiation the process, the wound in Inuyasha's chest began to glow a bright red, and the symbols on the ground seemed to shoot up in flames.
Kikyo continued her incantation, her voice growing louder with excitement as she proceeded. Soon this would be over, and this pitiful existence on earth would end. She and Inuyasha would be together in Hell.
Suddenly, a scream was heard in the distance, "INUYASHA!". The said hanyou's eyes shot open at the sound. He turned his head to take in his surroundings, his gaze landing on Kikyo.
The hanyou knew what was happening, He slowly rose to face the know scared Kikyo, who quickened her incantation, trying to speed the process along.
A deep growl rose from Inuyasha's throat. His youkai fought to get out as he realized what was happening. He grabbed Tetsusaiga, calming the raging youkai in his blood, before he stuck at Kikyo with his claws. She screamed out before she died, slowling crumbling into dirt. Inuyasha was surprised when he didn't feel any remorse for his actions. 'Kagome, I'm coming!' was all he though as he thought as he turned and hurried off in the direction that he had heard Kagome scream.
