The grass blew through the depths of the darkened meadow as the shadowed trees stood still beyond the heart of a darkened forest. The wind's howl moved the very soul of air between the sky's view of the new moon. Inuyasha grasped Kikyo close in his arms, he could feel her tears wound his heart, nothing could bring him to tell Kikyo the very visage she longed for so long ago was not permanent, just as their dream to be side by side was a mere illusion.
" Kikyo, long ago, we made a decision to be together for our remaining days. Regardless of what surfaced with Naraku, I decided to use the jewel, once purified to become human for life. To this day,, I'll never live down my promise. Even with Naraku's heinous stain on our lives, I can't forget you Kikyo, but…"
" Inuyasha, what you said to me long ago, do you remember?"
"Don't be absurd, Kikyo, I told you. Under a setting sun one day, after talking in the field nearby the sacred tree, I took a bonded oath. No matter what, you'd belong in my heart forever Kikyo, and no matter what, you'd exhist within me. Added with Naraku's threats opposed on both of us, that existence inside me is stronger than life itself. I'd never forget you, Kikyo, and since that day, I never will." Kikyo's eyes mourned with tears. She set loose from Inuyasha, knelt down facing him.
" I've always known you've cared for my well-being, Inuyasha. The fact that you must consider is, beside being a half demon or human, I could care less what you're characterized as. That you love me is what I want from you." Inuyasha's eyes gazed at Kikyo, her hand motioned on his shoulder. " I don't need miko power to sense you want to confess something about tonight. You also said that day, we'd also be truthful."
Inuyasha motioned his gaze off Kikyo's concerned eyes. The breeze from the forest's thickets flourished through the meadow, carrying the night's cold chill through the paths of the dew-drenched grass.
" Kikuyu…long have you wished me to discard my demon side and relinquish the human inside my heart. You're now witnessed what I appear as a human, however Kikyo; like our dream to be side by side with corruption of the jewel and Onigumo, my human form tonight is not permanent." Kikyo's expression transfigured not to anger or sadness, but to a sense of understanding.
" Like mentioned earlier, we're born what we're destined to be. Fifty years back, my request was to help you make a choice because you were lost, and it's the choice you grasped to become human that makes you what you truly are. Whether or not you stay human for one night or one millennium does not affect the true belief I share of you tonight."
" Ki-Kikyo?"
" It's that I can see you and see someone who, though possesses instincts of a demon, also has a human heart. For that, I can not distribute anger to you, Inuyasha." Kikyo bent closer into Inuyasha's lap, throwing her arms across him like before." Promise me something. No matter what overtakes us , we'll both continue to try and destroy Naraku. That we'll fulfill our promise and kill him, together."
"Kikyo, I couldn't have…"
" Inuyasha, remember also one other thing, I'm not of this world any longer. I've a purpose to destroy the one evil that killed both our lives that darkened day years back, and finally descend into eternal peace, with knowing I'm compete." Inuyasha tore apart Kikyo, a lust of anger staggering in his eyes.
" Kikyo! Don't ever say you're not of this world! I can see and hold you, therefore, you're of this universe, damn it! I won't cooperate with you telling me this, because for you it's equal, just like you said; I have demon instincts but harbor a human heart. Understanding yourself that you possesses a clay body, yet your soul lives within you. We carry equal situations, Kikyo." Inuyasha then darted for Kikyo once again, not realizing her soul stealers had returned from the depths of the forest.
" Inuyasha…we'll always love each other, even if we're betrayed countless times again, we can't forget the memory that's still there. That contains our love. However, you must come to grips with what I've said, while you will no doubt ever be able to forget me, and I you, I've already decided to evaporate into heaven once the one person who stained our lives is destroyed. While what I said earlier was foolish, I am not the only one who harbors feelings for you, Inuyasha.
"Ki--Kikyo?"

TO BE CONTINUED!