Chapter 2

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~~~~~~~~~~~A MONTH EARLIER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kikyo gawped enviously at her reincarnated self from behind the thick protection of the trees of the forest. She didn't know what, but she knew something had happened between Inuyasha and Kagome. She could see it in Inuyasha's golden eyes as he looked over at Kagome from time to time.

He was less uptight about his affection for her… well not really, but he was more affectionate with Kagome in front of their mutual friends then he ever was with Kikyo.

He would give her hugs, kiss her on the cheek in front of them, and on a few occasions they would hold hands while walking. If he had to leave the group for any reason, he would specifically ask Kagome if she wanted to join him. This may not have seemed like much to many, but coming from Inuyasha this was a big step in the right direction.

When Inuyasha was with Kikyo, the village could hardly believe that they were going to get married. Inuyasha always treated Kikyo as if she were just a friend.

'Now here he is 50 years later…' Kikyo thought bitterly. Although she knew she was dead her stomach started to churn and she nearly attacked.

Just then a bluish aurora shone at the corner of her eye. She turned, and walked towards it. The light was a little more then a speck, but the speck played the most heavenly music that Kikyo had ever heard and it seemed the closer she got to it, was the more her pain for her lost love Inuyasha was assuaged. The light led her into a dark cave. The cave started to get narrower and narrower, and tortuous around and down, until it seemed that she was at the very core of the earth itself.

The blue aurora led Kikyo into a room filled with gold treasure. In the middle of all the treasure, was a young woman, no older than Kikyo before she had died.

"Come my child, you have been through a lot. My pet has told me so. I will right the injustice that has befallen you." the young woman said.

At this point Kikyo felt nothing and said nothing, she just looked around bewilderedly. She stepped towards the bed the woman was laying on.

"Your pet?" was all Kikyo could manage to ask.

"Isis (A/N: I-sis), the blue light that led you to my realm. She not really a light, just a baby dragon," the woman answered.

At this point Kikyo had finally composed herself into looking bemused. She asked very haughtily, "Who do you think you are, and why do you think I need your help to seek revenge?"

"I am Hathor the revenge demon. I was once revered, but now I have been erased from all Japanese myths."

"I have heard of you. If you're the demon I think you are you massacred many. Why should I trust you?" Kikyo asked eyeing Hathor skeptically.

"Even though I am trapped down here, I am not cut off from the outside world. I have observed you for some time now. You weren't fortunate enough to rest in eternal peace. You have to rely on petty souls to keep your form, your love has found another, and although you are strong, you are not as strong as when you were alive miko." Hathor responded calmly.

"All right, I want you to kill Inuyasha. Once he is dead, what is left of me can finally rest in peace." Kikyo blurted out.

After some time of silence Hathor spoke up, "I can't do that Miko."

"Why not!" Kikyo was ready to charge the bed. She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to talk about Inuyasha.

"I can't kill him because you are still in love with him, some part of you still loves him, and you still feel like you own him. If I kill him I…" Hathor paused for a second to clear her thoughts; " I am also a love demon. A few centuries ago I was regarded as a love goddess. The one I love betrayed me and that is how I came to be a demon. I look fairly young, but I have been around since nearly the beginning of time.

"I can't kill him, but I know how you can get him back. I still have enough power to make you a living being again. It will be as if you were frozen in time. You will look as you did before you died."

"What am I to give you?" Kikyo asked dubiously.

"I want you to split your reincarnation and Inuyasha up. I want you to take over your claim on Inuyasha. He is yours and yours alone. Your reincarnation has watched over him for too long." Hathor commanded.

"That's it?" Kikyo asked.

"I have chosen not to charge you for my services, to rid you of this pain because you remind me so much of me. If you feel that I have lied to you in some way you are free to leave. I will simply find someone else to avenge. My time is precious and I am a busy woman... er demon." Hathor was about to send for her minions to take Kikyo away when Kikyo spoke up.

"Wait, I'll do it," her voice was barely above a whisper.

Hathor's face lit up with glee, "Great! Follow me and we will start the process now."

Kikyo lay in a golden sarcophagus with a white blinding light inside. The outside was written in a foreign language. There were several pictures of dragons and a reoccurring picture of a voluptuous young woman, whom Kikyo believed to be Hathor.

Two weeks later Kikyo emerged from the sarcophagus, and was immediately rushed into a fitting room until she was adorned with the finest clothes Hathor had to offer.

Kikyo wore a silk straight dress with red shoulder straps and a red embodied hem with a silk red obi and gold-colored zori.

"Go my child an make me proud. Get your love back." Hathor spoke gently into Kikyo's forlorn ears. With that, Kikyo bowed out and headed towards the field where she had left Inuyasha.

Isis cocked her head as she crept towards Hathor. Hathor glanced over at her darling and knew what Isis was wondering.

"The sooner Inuyasha and Kagome split up, the better. Not only does my golden portal show me what going on now, but it also shows me into the future. Sometime in the future Kagome shall give birth to a child of Inuyasha. Although the child will only be ¼ demon, she will be one of the strongest demons to have ever lived. Once I escape from here and become all powerful again, this child will kill me."

A young woman of 18 walked up to Hathor, "Wasn't Kagome's soul at one point Kikyo's?"

"Yes Nepthys, but the soul has had time to experience unconditional love and forgiveness, which Kikyo has never really learned. This child will only be born if Kagome conceives her. Kagome and Kikyo are very much the same, and yet different." Hathor answered.

"What do you want me to do?" Nepthys asked as she turned towards Hathor.

"Make sure Kikyo sticks to the plan."

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a LONG TIME! I took like a month off to relax and now I'm BACK! I know you're confused, but trust me everything will be explained later. *Holds out plate of cookies* "Come on you tasty crustations, come one who doesn't like a nice, soft, chewy cookie. Want one? All you gotta do is review. Flame me I dare you! I find it amusing!

-Chocolatedragon15