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Updated: 02/28/10


Chapter Two

Kagome's Reminiscence


"KIKYOU!," InuYasha shouted. 'NO! I won't make it!'

"Too late, InuYasha!" He heard Naraku's shout and his own cry of desperation. His eyes locked on Kikyou's falling body.

'No! Kikyou... I... I didn't... I couldn't... I'll KILL NARAKU FOR THAT!' In his anger, InuYasha felt the pull of his demon blood and didn't bother to fight it. Through the bloody haze that clouded his vision, he didn't see the wooden doll that lay where Kikyou's body should have been. The only thing running through his mind was 'Blood..... Kill... destroy. KILL!!!!'


"KIKYOU!"

Tears streamed down an otherwise peaceful face. No matter how hard she tried to stop them, the tears came. It was the same every night. The group would all go to sleep inside the hut, and when he thought everyone was asleep he'd creep outside and sit on the roof before falling asleep a while later, only to wake-up screaming for Kikyou. She hadn't slept since the battle. But of course nobody knew. If they knew they would want to know why. If they knew why, it would worry them. She hated when people worried. Even more so, when they worried over her.

InuYasha... had gone Youkai. He didn't remember and he wasn't himself so she didn't blame him... but it still hurt...

All she could feel was pain. Pain in her shoulder... pain in her heart.


FLASHBACK


No one had expected Naraku's attack

She had felt a phantom pain in her back. there was no injury so she dismissed it. She had gotten up to keep attacking when she heard it. She could hear his voice in her head. The voice of the man she and all her friends hated, if he was a man at all. 'He can't save you.' As he sent his tentacles at Miroku and Sango, she saw his eyes flash towards her. She fired an arrow. His smirk widened as it blew through his shoulder. 'No... that's not true...' He stood still, regenerating, facing her. InuYasha summoned the Red Tetsusaiga. Kagome and Kikyou shot their arrows. Miroku and Sango regrouped off to the side. Naraku's barrier held strong.

InuYasha leapt back to land beside Kikyou. Before asking her if she was alright. Her eyes flicked over to the pair near the edge of the cliff. She tried to ignore the pang she felt in her chest and pushed the image out of her mind before turning back, bow raised, to find Naraku exactly where he was a moment ago. 'He won't save you.'

She hadn't understood. Ha. Just goes to show you. If she had known she might have shielded herself better. Saved herself all this pain.

Seeing the look of confusion on her face he chuckled out loud, aware that the Houshi, and the Taijiya were creeping behind him while InuYasha and 'Kikyou' closed in from the front. He heard the cursed Houshi call out, "Naraku! We've got you surrounded! You can't escape!". How foolish they all were. He turned to InuYasha, offering a few insults and taunts, but his attention was still focused on his Miko. 'What's worse is that when he doesn't save you...' Without warning, he shot three tentacles from his body. One headed for his puppet Kikyou, and two headed for Kagome.

She saw the Tentacles shoot towards her. One headed straight for her chest the second following the first, a few feet behind.

She heard InuYasha call out in fear for the one he tried to save as he didn't try to save her. 'He won't save you' Great. She should be trying to save herself not sulking over the truth of Naraku's words. She was being attacked by two tentacles instead of one. Not Kikyou. InuYasha had been closer to her. Not Kikyou. She was alive. Not Kikyou.

But still, he went to save her.

She wondered how nobody else seemed to have heard the thundering CRACK that resonated through the air.

It had only been the sound of something fragile breaking almost into halves. Almost, but not entirely. The halves were still connected... by a thread of spider silk. Strong but, oh, so very delicate.

She hoped no one heard it. She hoped HE hadn't heard it. She didn't want him to know how much it really hurt when he brushed her aside.

Her eyes shifted to Naraku, who was staring intently at her, smirk still in place. His tentacle now practically inches from her chest. Her eyes widened as Naraku sent her one last message before his tentacle veered off to the right and pierced her shoulder.

'What's worse is that when he doesn't save you...

...I'll be there to pick-up the pieces'


END FLASHBACK


She sighed and sat up in her sleeping bag. Wincing as her shoulder protested to the movement. Silently she got up and crept over to her bow and arrows in the back corner of the room. She would need them for what she was about to do. She knew it wasn't smart. She could get killed. But she needed to do this. InuYasha wouldn't believe them at first when they told him that Kikyou was alive. It took some time, but Kagome had convinced him that if Kikyou was truly dead once again, then Kagome would have her soul back. The information lessened his worries, but only just.

She hated when InuYasha was sad. She'd rather have the thin string connecting the halves of her heart cut than see InuYasha in this state of misery.

People were always telling her she was selfless. If her friends knew what she was about to do, they'd tell her so again. But she didn't think so. And even if she was, she would be selfish now. She would act selfishly on her selfish desire to have InuYasha happy even if her happiness was cast aside. Here was proof that she wasn't selfless. But it really didn't matter now.

She had a priestess to find.


Blacklight: OOOOKAY! before we see the cast I need to say some stuff.

1)THANK YOU TO ALL MY REVIEWERS! AND FAVORITERS!

YOUR ALL AWESOME!!!

I Know this chapter is still pretty short but I think I want to put a break there. The Next chapter should move faster sorry about the pre-story stuff. and I know the first chapter SUCKED! I'm going to go back and fix it A.S.A.P.

OH! By the way! If you see any spelling or whatever mistakes or something that makes no sense, tell me PLEASE so I can fix it ^_^

OKAY! now that that's done ^_^ what do you all think of the paring?

InuYasha: Hey! That ain't fair Kagome's my--

Kagome: Just be quiet! You only said ONE LINE in this chapter Mr. Name-sake! besides, I don't see how on earth it matters what we think. We don't have a CHOICE!

Sesshomaru: Hn.

Blacklight: No. No you don't.

Shippou: If the story is a SessXKag does that make Sesshomaru my new papa?

Sesshomaru: ...

Kagome: Yes. Yes it does, sweetheart.

Naraku: Ohhhhhh.... You're in for it now!

Blacklight: !!!!!! YOU SAID MY THING!!!!!!!! JUST FOR THAT You can't be in the next Cast Corner!

Kagome: But--

Blacklight: NO BUTS!

Kagome: Awwwww...

Blacklight: BYTHE WAY!: If anybody's really confused. the CC's of the two versions of my stories fit together. i'm pretty sure you dont need to read them to make sense but just incase you wanna know it does work (SessXKag Prologue --then-- KouXKag Prologue --then-- SessXKag Chapter 1 --then-- KouXKag Chapter 1 Queserasera!)

Inuyasha: Keh! It's etcetera idiot! Que Sera Sera is a song!

Blacklight: Whatever Inuyasha i'm the author and i can MAKE Queserasera mean etcetera! (i wish)