"Kikyo please, I need you to hold on. Don't give up on us just yet. Inuyasha needs you.."
How the demon managed to bring the two mikos isolated in that room, no one would know. But there they were, trapped in an abandoned monastery, atop a mountain, guarded by a powerful barrier not anyone in Inuyasha's group could even puncture.
Kikyo's robe and hakama were almost torn to pieces from the attacks she'd sustained from the dark demon. And though she does not bleed, she needed her souls for her entirety to recuperate. But the barrier did not permit anything past the guarded perimeter, and that left the dead miko too weak to fight alongside Kagome.
Kagome's shape was no different than kikyo. Her school uniform torn and covered with blood, her legs due to lack of clothing bore deeper cuts and wounds.
"Kikyo, you need to lend me everything you have. I can't do this alone. Let me use your powers, I'm begging you." - kagome held kikyo's hand as she cried desperately, pleading for any help the other miko could offer.
They will not die today - The last thing she thought before she released their last arrow.
He wanted to be a full pledged dog demon, now more than ever. Then maybe, just maybe.. if he's more powerful, he could penetrate the barrier that was keeping him away from the two people he cherished the most. But no, he was just a hanyou. And all he could do was hope and pray to whoever god who's listening up there to guide kikyo and kagome to safety.
"We need to have faith in Lady Kagome. We know how much her spiritual powers have grown for the past months. They will be safe, Inuyasha. They will be" - Miroku half heartedly spoke to calm the group, especially the hanyou. Of all the time he's known Inuyasha, he has never once seen the hanyou carry such fear and terror in his eyes like he did that moment. That alone gave him chills.
Moments after, just like a prayer answered, they felt a change of aura in the air and the barrier started to dissipate.
Inuyasha and the group ran as fast as they could. That is until they saw from a distance a figure of someone walking towards them. As the dust settled and the image became clearer, they could only took in the image before them: Kagome was carrying the unconscious Kikyo by the shoulder, struggling to walk, away from the threat they obviously had a hard time to defeat. Both of them, with clothing almost shredded, were covered in both blood and cuts.
"Kagome!!" - Inuyasha shouted as he ran towards the two women. Before reaching them though, Kagome's body collapsed.
Her body felt weak, but she was awoken by a fairly familiar voice. Inuyasha - she thought. He's right here.
She willed to open her eyes to talk to him, as she knew she made him very worried. She wanted to apologize and let him know that she is safe and everything will be okay. But after doing so, what she saw just pained her.
As there was Inuyasha, kneeling on the dirt, holding kikyo in his arms, whispering words she could not make sense of..
"Of course he'll be with her. It will always be her… it has always been her" She almost cried with her thoughts, thankfully even her body was too weak at that moment to grieve. And so with a heavy heart, she allowed herself to sleep, hoping that maybe.. just maybe.. once she woke up, she would not remember this ache.
