The scene in which Kikyo falls off cliff, genderbend version

Kichirou stumbled forward weakly, his dark hair tumbling over his shoulders. Heavy breaths escaping his lips as he dragged his body along trying to leave behind InuYuki and his brother. He had to get away, he had to escape while he still had the energy left before it was too late. He couldn't go back to that place.

"I must distance myself from the boy. Before he can claim the rest of my soul" he panted as he staggered along the cliff-side. Not only had Kagami inherited his strong spiritual abilities but the ability to manipulate and project his soul, putting him in danger. But the mist was so thick and heavy he could barely see in front of him.

Suddenly the ground beneath him crumbled and he lost his step. Tumbling forwards off the edge of a sheer cliff, a bottomless pit of a drop below him. The wind whistling below him. He cried out in shock as he felt himself falling, desperate to stay alive. It couldn't end like this, to suffer the hell of being brought back only to face such a bitter end.

Why? Why did he have to suffer like this? Because he abandoned his duties as a priest to love a demon? Because he had allowed himself to trust her? Or because the love between such creatures was forbidden. That despite them being so alike in their desires, they could never truly be together. It all hurt so much.

Suddenly a hand gripped his wrist, stopping him from the fall. Preventing his demise and all but shocking him out of his trance. A loud "Ugh" sound escaping his lips as the sudden stop. Now dangling in mid hair, his black hair flowing behind him. He looked up slowly and his eyes widened in shock. But this could not be, why would she do such a thing?

Why would she do this for him? Didn't she hate him as much as he did her? Hadn't she betrayed him all those years ago? So why? Why was she doing this for him? It didn't make any sense to him and he couldn't understand her methods. Was she trying to mess with him? Gain control of his trust once more?

InuYuki was gripping to the cliffs edge, digging her claws into the cliff face. Holding onto his arm for dear life, using what little strength she had left to keep him from falling. Her robe of the fire rat burned and ripped from his attack on her earlier, her body covered in wounds and yet here she was still fighting despite being hurt.

"InuYuki" he replied in surprise. He looked up to face her, gazing into her own golden eyes with his deep brown ones. A silent conversation being shared between them. She was holding onto him for dear life, making sure he didn't fall. Showing she still cared for him deeply. Her eyes were filled with pain and sadness, almost as lonely as he.

Why couldn't things have been different, she had loved him with everything she had. Him being the first human she ever cared for and trusted, aside from her mother. They had once had such a strong bond, that it was like they were one being instead of two people. But then everything went wrong and they were betrayed.

"Kichirou, you can't keep going like this any longer. You have to return to Kagami's body" InuYuki begged her tone desperate. Just speaking every word broke her heart into tiny pieces. She loved him so much, just seeing him again made her realize how precious he was to her. But he didn't belong on this plane anymore, he had died many years ago. He was reborn in Kagami.

He was history, a fallen priest that was read about in stories. His grave was located outside of the village now decimated by Urasue. He had long since died and had remained in the afterlife peacefully till now. But a memory she had held onto for the past 50 years, never once being able to forget him no matter how hard she tried.

Kichirou looked up at InuYuki with a pained expression, tears filling his eyes. He couldn't believe she would say something so cruel to him. The same woman he thought once loved him. "You are saying you wish me to die is that it?" he asked in disbelief, his tone filled with hurt and shock. How could the woman he thought loved him say such cruel words to him?

InuYuki gasped, realizing herself the impact of what she was asking him to do. The sacrifice she was asking him to make, but it had to be done. No matter how much she hated the idea. She would never want such a thing, but his time on this earth came to an end long ago. He was dead; forcefully resurrected in a counterfeit body made from bones and graveyard soil.

He couldn't exist in this world, it was too cruel and there was nothing for him here. As much as she wanted him to stay and she had missed him. This was the land of the living and he had long since perished. It was not somewhere he belonged and this needed to be reversed, as much as she hated to admit this.

Kichirou's expression only made the pain worse. A look of pure pain, horror and heartbreak flashing through his face. The words slowly sinking into his heart as he realized it was what she truly wanted. He couldn't believe this was the same InuYuki he had once treasured 50 years before. Knowing she now wanted him to die instead of to live by her side as her mate.

Had everything just been a lie, her love, her promise, her kindness? He never thought that caring for someone as deeply as he had her would hurt so much. Like he was being stabbed in the heart with a blade, his feelings all but slowly overwhelming him. Filling with such despair and sadness at the thought of being apart from her.

"For if my soul were to return to the boy, then I will cease to exist forever. Surely you must know that" he replied coldly. They would part ways once more, never to see each other again. He would simply cease to exist while she continued to live on, able to live out her days in peace while he perished once more.

InuYuki blinked, tears stinging her eyes as these words echoed in her mind. Hearing him say out loud what she was thinking only made it worse for her. It hurt to think about such a thing, but it was the way it had to be. Even if she didn't like it. He didn't belong here, this was unnatural and it needed to come to an end.

"Is that what you want InuYuki?" he asked. She wanted him to die, she didn't want him to exist. She wished for his body to be destroyed and his soul to be locked inside that fleshy prison. For this counterfeit body to be torn apart, returned to ashes and his soul consumed by Kagami, that was the fate she wished for him.

Slowly the shock on Kichirou's face changed into hatred. Anger filling his eyes and bitterness consuming his entire being. Resentful at the treatment he was forced to endure at her hands. Trembling with rage at how much he had to suffer because of her. How far he had fallen at her hands. Growling under his breath as these thoughts swirled through his mind.

Just when he had thought she was different and she truly cared about him. Her true colours and intentions towards him were now coming to light. He felt like such a fool for caring about her. For handing his heart to her and trusting him with the love that had slowly grown and bloomed for her. To only have it crushed in her hands.

He then gripped her wrist with his free hand tightly "I refuse to die!" he snarled angrily. He concentrated his power to his hands, shocking her with every vestige of his power. Meanwhile, InuYuki screamed in pain as the spiritual power ran through her body. Burning her and causing her severe pain. Weakening what strength, she had left in her.

"My soul cannot be at peace, until I see you dead" Kichirou yelled resentfully. She would see the pain he had endured, showing her how much he had suffered in hell as he had in his last moments. He would not allow things to end this way, not when he could do something about it while he still could.