A/N: Hey people. In this chapter Kikyo will set off to kill Kohaku. Will Inuyasha and the others be able to stop her and foil her plans? Will they even find out about her plan? We'll soon see.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha.
Chapter 6
It was a bright and sunny day, but Kohaku wasn't in the brightest of moods. Truth be told he hadn't been in a good mood since he regained his memories.
He had come to terms with what he had done to his father and the other demon exterminators, but he was still upset about what he'd done to his sister Sango. He couldn't stand the fact that he was still being used to hurt her. He knew that there was nothing he could do about it on his own, but he hated being trapped without a way out.
He came to a small stream and decided that he should wash his face off. He had killed a couple of demons that morning and he still had dried demon blood on his face. So he kneeled down and started splashing his face with the cool water. It was refreshing to him, but he rushed through it. The water was clear enough to where he could see his reflection and he didn't want to see it, knowing he wouldn't recognize the person he had become. It was better for him to avoid things that would make him think about the terrible things he did almost everyday.
He splashed his face a few more times and then stood. He soon heard a rustling in the bushes behind him, but he didn't pay any attention to it. His thoughts had taken a dark turn and he was trying to push the images of him killing his father away. In truth he hadn't completely come to terms with what he'd done as much as he thought he had.
Kohaku was terribly distracted by this and he didn't notice that someone was aiming an arrow towards the jewel shard in his back.
He also didn't realize that someone else was watching him.
Rin stood behind a tree by the stream. She was watching her friend Kohaku. She could see that he was troubled and she wanted to see if she could help, but that was when the arrow shot from the bushes.
Luckily, Kohaku had moved far away enough not to get shot in the back with it. However, Kohaku was injured. The arrow had pierced his left arm. He hurriedly pulled it out and grabbed his own weapon.
"Show yourself," he shouted glaring at the bushes.
A woman stood, it was Kikyo.
Rin recognized the woman from when Lord Sesshomaru had spoken with her that one time and from the time that the preistess had saved her from Suicotsu, who had been part of the band of seven.
"Who are you?" Kohaku asked. Rin turned her attention to the scene.
"I am Kikyo," was all she said before she attacked Kohaku again.
This time Kohaku was ready, he attacked her with his weapon. He was too slow though. Kikyo's powers had grown because of her hatred of Kagome. She was able to avoid his attack easily.
In her robe, Kikyo held a knife and was prepared to plunge it through Kohaku's heart.
Poor Rin watched in terror as Kikyo injured her friend. She didn't understand why the woman was trying to kill Kohaku.
"What do you want from me," Kohaku asked sinking to the ground after managing to get away from Kikyo's attack partially unscathed. The woman had slashed his right arm. Kikyo had gotten hurt too, her own arm being cut by Kohaku's weapon, but she wasn't in any kind of pain whatsoever.
"I want the jewel shard in your back," Kikyo told the boy calmly.
The fear was evident in Kohaku's eyes. He knew that it was only because of the jewel shard that he lived. Rin knew that too and she grew even more terrified she watched blood trickle down Kohaku's arms.
"Kohaku," she thought in despair.
Meanwhile, Kohaku was looking for a way to escape. He didn't want to die here, not like this.
"Prepare to die," Kikyo said without a trace of emotion.
"Kohaku no," Rin screamed in her mind unable to say a word as Kikyo prepared for her final attack. Kohaku tried to attack Kikyo once more, but it didn't work.
The young boy even tried to run away, but it was useless for him to try. Kikyo merely laughed at his sad attempt of survival, she even let him run for a few seconds before she finally positioned her arrow toward the spot on his back.
"This is the end for you," Kikyo whispered releasing her arrow. Kohaku didn't see the arrow coming. All of his thoughts had been to get to his sister just before the arrow hit the mark.
The arrow tore through his body. He soon had a gaping hole in his chest and the jewel shard lay on the ground in front of him.
"Sango," he whispered just before he fell into the tall blades of grass.
"No," Rin gasped quietly slowly sinking to the ground as she looked on at Kohaku, who lay in a pool of blood.
He was dead.
In that exact moment.
"No," Sango gasped. She and Miroku had been riding on Kirara, looking for signs of Kikyo.
"Sango what's wrong," Miroku asked. Sango's sudden outburst had worried him considerably.
"It's Kohaku, something,…something terrible has happened," Sango said as she stared wide eyed at the land below them. In that moment she had wanted to jump off of Kirara and fall to her death. She couldn't explain how she knew, but she knew that Kohaku was gone.
Meanwhile
Inuyasha, while carrying Kagome and Shippo, ran through the forest hastily. He and Kagome were searching for Kohaku, but the scent of Kikyo came to him. He had wanted to go after it, but he shook the thought away. He had Kagome now, he didn't need Kikyo.
So he continued running while ignoring Kikyo's scent until he smelled blood.
Kohaku's blood.
A terrible thought crossed his mind as he abruptly changed direction. He desperately hoped that what he thought had happened didn't.
"Inuyasha, what's wrong did you catch on to Kohaku's scent," Kagome asked.
"Yeah, but I also smell blood," Inuyasha replied not telling her that he had also caught on to Kikyo's scent.
"Do you think Naraku already killed Kohaku," Kagome asked worriedly.
"I don't know, but we have to hurry," Inuyasha told her picking up the pace.
"Something is wrong," he thought, "something is really wrong."
A/N: Wuhahahahahahahahahha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I killed Kohaku off. Hope you won't be too upset about it. I had to kill him so that I could build up the drama.