a/n: This is set Before the first chapter. Sorry for any confusion.
Winds of Change
jodyle1
Chapter Three
The world was silent as the moon gazed upon the forrest, bathing everything in a breathtaking silver light. The subtle wind gently combed through ebony hair, dancing to and fro in the starless night sky. Looking without seeing, Kikyou stood motionless in the grassy meadow where Inuyasha had betrayed her. Her dead, flat eyes, once full of burning curiosity, could not see through the haze of anger and hate that had forcefully cultivated within her heart, her monotonous existence now fueled by her lust for revenge.
Snake-like soul collectors swam through the air around her, each holding a brilliant, glowing sphere, feeding her subconscious with the lost souls of others.
The solemn, pearly moon was directly overhead when Kikyou felt the familiar prickling against her powerful barrier, sending a wave of unease through her senses. Without hesitating, Kikyou created a gap in the barrier exterior, allowing passage for the Hanyou she now served. It was not long before he reached her, his pungent, suffocating scent filling her lungs and overpowering her senses.
"Why have you come here Naraku?" Her steady, lifeless voice rang through the meadow.
"Kikyou" he whispered. "The object of the obsessions of that fool Onigumo for so many years. You grow more beautiful with each passing moment." His words snaked through the air, hissing in Kikyou's ears unpleasantly as he spoke to her back.
"Why have you come?" she repeated. Naraku sighed heavily.
"Must you be so ignorant of my attempts at flattery?" He paused, as if waiting for a response although none came. He sighed again. "I require your assistance in a pressing matter. Surely it has not escaped your notice that the half-wit and his priestess companion have grown quite, lets just say, 'close' in recent months. I believe that their connection gives them both strength, and so, I wish to severe their bond. And I thought to myself, who better to crush that irritating Hanyou than the very woman he loves?" Naraku's words were like honey, sickly sweet and thick, as they wormed their way into Kikyou's mind, realization dawning on her. He wanted her to help him destroy Inuyasha and her feeble reincarnation. If Kikyou still had a heart, and her soul was all her own, she may have felt a painful stab of misery at the request, but as it was, all she knew was an eternal emptiness that filled her and the all-consuming thirst to exact her vengeance on the half demon who corrupted her.
"What will you have me do? Shoot the Hanyou with a sacred arrow? That did not work so well before."
"No, you shall not harm Inuyasha or his friends." He responded.
"Then how do you plan to destroy him?"
"It seems to me that Inuyasha has forgotten about his love for you, beautiful Kikyou. I shall merely demonstrate his lingering affection for you by forcing him to choose between you, and his current young priestess."
"And if he doesn't choose me?" she sneered.
"He will choose you, or he and that worthless woman will perish."
A bittersweet smile spread over Kikyou's colourless lips. All she had ever wanted was an untroubled life with Inuyasha by her side and her conscience free of her duty to the Sacred Jewel, and now she had an opportunity to spend an eternity with him in hell. She would see to it that when she left this world once more, Inuyasha would follow closely behind, once she had satisfied her bloodlust that was.