Time
Summary:
Time, it connects all things. It is inescapable, inevitable and unrelenting. It is as incontestable as the very stars in the skies, sometimes time can be your greatest ally and others your gravest fears. Time brought together two unlikely people, but will it also tear them apart? An Inuyasha/Kagome fan fiction. Read and Review please xxxx
Disclaimer:
Kagome: Mandie doesn't own Inuyasha, its characters or any of the lyrics used in this fiction.
-Frantic banging on door-
Miroku: That must be Inuyasha wanting out. How long has he been locked in that room with Jakotsu?
Kagome: -Giggles- He was just put in a couple of minutes ago.
Miroku: -Sweatdrops-
Mandie: -walks over counting birthday money- Hey guys!
Kagome: How long do you plan on keeping Inuyasha in there?
Mandie: Oh I don't know… until I think he has learned his lesson.
With Inuyasha…
Jakotsu: I knew you couldn't stay away long Yashie!
Inuyasha: -Bangs frantically on door- MANDIE! LET ME OUTTA HERE!
Jakotsu: Leaving me so soon? We haven't even gotten around to snuggling yet…
Inuyasha: -Unsheathes Tetsussiaga- GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK! MANDIE!
With Mandie and the gang…
Kagome: -Cringes- I think he has learned his lesson by now Mandie.
Mandie: Mmm… Spoilsport…
Sango: Yeah it was a little harsh, I actually feel sorry for the poor guy.
Miroku: -Gropes Sango-
WHACK
Miroku: -Groan-
Mandie: Maybe I should send you in there ya perve!
Sango: Yeah, it would do you some good! -Cracks knuckles-
Kagome: Err Hem! Inuyasha…
Mandie: Righto… -Clicks fingers and door opens-
Inuyasha: -Stumbles through doorway- O.O
Mandie: Hee hee –dusts of hands and walks away-
Kagome: Inuyasha?
Inuyasha: O.O
Sango: I think he is broken…
Last Chapter
Slowly, Inuyasha lowered Kagome down until he was leaning over her, his silver hair spilling over his shoulders. The couple's eyes were locked onto each others, each searching for the enigmatic truths held within their soulful depths. Inuyasha inched his mouth closer to the Kagome's slightly parted lips, in taking every bit of her intoxicating fragrance. They were inches apart, he could feel the static, and he could almost smell the candy of her lips. With an intake of breath he paused and raised his head, prompting a puzzled look upon Kagome's face. Inuyasha sniffed slightly-
"Kikyou…"
Chapter five: An unwelcome visit and the secrets held in her smile.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King Jr.
Higurashi Shrine: 00.45
"Inuyasha? Did you say Kikyou?" Kagome breathed, her glittering eyes were wide with disbelief. After all they had been through, did he still think of her as Kikyou?
The young woman watched as the bewildering hanyou raised himself gracefully to his feet. Inuyasha sniffed at the air slightly and turned those piercing golden orbs down onto her. Clawed fingers grasped around the miko's delicate hand and pulled her to her feet. Kagome stared at Inuyasha feeling completely confused, why was he acting so strangely? As if he had heard her mind questioning him, Inuyasha then spoke.
"Kikyou is in your era." He revealed, the hanyou's eyes now refused to meet her own.
"How is that possible? I thought that only you and I could pass through the well." Kagome squeaked, "How the hell can she be here?" She added angrily.
"Keh, how the hell am I supposed to know she got here? Why are you so angry anyway?" Inuyasha snapped, agitated at Kagome's angry response.
"What do you care? You had better run off to get her hadn't you?" Kagome snarled, how was it that Kikyou could destroy her chances each and every time with Inuyasha? Why was it that the lifeless clay miko could even beat time?
Inuyasha looked utterly taken-aback by this blatant display of antipathy from Kagome. Without a characteristic retort, he grabbed hold of her waist and jumped over the side of her house. Immediately, the couple started running. Kagome was now feeling a horrible cold stone over take her heart, the scenes that happened only moments before had turned to cinders, and the smouldering ashes of her heart were being stolen by the winds, after everything that had just happened between the couple Inuyasha still left everything for the haunting clay miko Kikyou.
The Higurashi shrine seemed to feel much larger than usual; it had always been her home, only now she felt like she was trespassing. Kikyou often had this effect on her, she had after all, stated that Kagome was unwelcome. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha; some comfort aided her ashen heart as she thought that at least the hanyou wanted her around. The thought quickly faded as they approached the bone-eaters well, flashes of red and white met her dazzling brown eyes and Inuyasha stopped dead, dropping her hand like it had suddenly turned into hot coal.
Kikyou stood just at the doorway of the shrine, her raven tresses flowed with the wind. With a gentle grace the lifeless miko turned her pale face to face Inuyasha and Kagome. Kikyou's emotionless hazel eyes fixed on Kagome and surprisingly she let a smile play upon her face. With this perplexing grin, Kagome's head started to hurt slightly, only one question made fought its way into the open, 'What the hell is going on?'
"Kikyou what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked with complete bewilderment shining in his amber eyes.
"I came to get you." Kikyou replied icily as she approached Kagome. "And speak to her." Kikyou reached a cold hand out and gently ran her fingers through Kagome's silken tresses.
"K-Kikyou...?" Kagome stammered anxiously.
Inuyasha gaped at the women, both of which he loved. How could he choose between the two miko's? Kikyou, the woman he was willing to become human for nearly fifty two years ago, the woman who pinned him to a tree for five decades, and the woman who still haunted his conscience day after day. Then there was Kagome, the light in his perpetual darkness, the warmth in his night and the air in his lungs. She was as wild as the wind yet as gentle as a stream and when she was with him he felt like he knew everything and nothing at all. He was suddenly jolted back to reality with the sound of Kikyou's impassive voice.
"Inuyasha Naraku is up to something." Kikyou said, a sudden fire seemed to consume her hazel eyes.
"What is he doing now?" Inuyasha asked as he instinctively grasped his heirloom blade.
"I am not sure but it is definitely bigger than anything that he has previously tried." Kikyou responded. "He seems to be gathering an army for something."
"An army?" Gasped Kagome as she looked into Inuyasha's eyes. "He needs to be stopped."
"Well you are all up against an army so it will not be easy. You cannot have any misconceptions of how much strength Naraku has." Kikyou replied in an overly harsh tone.
"I know how strong Naraku is Kikyou, I have faced him!" Kagome shot defensively, who was Kikyou to tell her off for the underestimation of Naraku? He had killed Kikyou again hadn't he?
"Is that so?" Kikyou smirked and turned to face a frowning Inuyasha. "I came here to warn you Inuyasha, I suggest you come up with a plan, after all, you cannot hide here forever. You do not belong in this time."
"Kikyou how did you get here?" Inuyasha asked rather bluntly. Kagome stared at the hanyou in a state of astonishment, had Inuyasha just been rude to Kikyou?
"Through the well." Kikyou retorted dryly.
"But how did you break the barrier, only Kagome and I can break through the time's seal." Inuyasha asked again.
"Because Kagome is my reincarnation it allows me to pass freely. It sees Kagome as me I guess." Kikyou responded, a dark look now shrouded her eyes. "This reminds me, Kagome you and I have to talk, alone." Kikyou emphasized the final word to Inuyasha whose eyes met her with growing suspicion.
Kagome nodded and walked a bit away with Kikyou. Once they were far enough from the hanyou's sensitive ears the two women stopped and Kikyou smiled at Kagome. Things stood silently for a few moments, yet they could well have been decades to Kagome. Every time that she had been with Kikyou alone it had ended up with pain on Kagome's part. Eventually the silence was interrupted by the sound of Kagome's weak voice coming out of her quivering lips.
"What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked, frightened of what the response was to be.
"Just a warning for you Kagome." Kikyou smiled, though the smile seemed distorted and malicious.
"A – A warning?" Kagome stammered, she wasn't sure whether or not to walk away. Did she honestly want to hear this right now?
"I am not stupid Kagome, I know that Inuyasha is falling for you." Kikyou snapped, her grin fading from the untouched porcelain skin of her face.
"He is?" Kagome yelped.
"You are the only reason why we aren't together you little wench don't you realise that?"
"But I haven't done anything that prevented Inuyasha going to you." Kagome replied painfully.
"No you are the reason why he is unhappy! He just doesn't know it. If you had just given up my soul then we could both be the way we were instead of going to hell to be together." Kikyou growled. "If you would just die I could get my soul back and I would not have to gather souls for the rest of my life."
"You truly hate me Kikyou…" Kagome whispered, tears slowly started to fill her eyes. "I have done nothing to deserve your hate."
"You live don't you?" Kikyou breathed with such malevolence in her voice that it turned Kagome's blood to ice.
With that, Kikyou turned her back on the young miko and walked away. Kikyou walked straight past Inuyasha and descended the stairway that led to the world Kagome now felt unwelcome in. Tears filled her eyes to the point of bursting as the hanyou walked slowly over, sensing her apparent sorrow. Kagome dragged her tear stained face up to face Inuyasha as he came to a stop, inches away from her. Looking into those glowing golden eyes made her realise something, something that caused her more pain than any torture could bring to her body. It ached so badly; those hate filled words tore her apart inside. The stars sparkled sadly upon her as she recalled the recurring wish that she made upon them every night for almost two years.
With an eloquent glimmering from the light from the North Star shredding what little emotional strength remained in her broken soul, she collapsed into the arms of Inuyasha, who held her weeping form protectively in his comforting embrace. It seemed like years had passed since he had questioned her wish upon the rooftops of her home, she could not help but curse the hateful irony fate had adopted for her. Destiny, it seemed, had a vindictive sense of humour.
'It's funny Inuyasha' she thought agonizingly. 'I wished upon the stars each night for your happiness. I guess that I could never have known that ending my own existence would be the only way of achieving that.'
With this silent revelation she broke free of Inuyasha's loving hold, her eyes matched the ground and her heart had long been buried beneath it. Everything had changed; there was no going back now. After Naraku's defeat she would return to her normal existence. That was all she was after all, Kagome was just a silly girl, chasing a silly fairytale, a tale that should have ended that night Kikyou was resurrected. It was hard but I had to be done, if only for the sake of Inuyasha…
Okay it seems as though my updates are going a little slowly at the moment, mainly because i have just started back at college and already have a crap load of homework... 'sigh' it sucks being me. Nah just kidding! I have you guys! Well that is if you dont attack me after this little number... 'prepares for rotten fruit'
Thank you to all my reviewers, you all mean the world to me.
devils-angel1212: You killed Kikyou? Good on ya! Stick with me just now hunni, I know i seem mean but i have a cunning plan...
inuyashalover1990- Thank you for saying so, hope that this one doesnt put you off hee hee.
BlackParade: 'Checks aftermath' uuuuh, are you okay? You are? Phew... thought that i had lost ya there. Hee hee just kidding. Kikyou should go back to hell, i agree. She would look great sitting between Charles Manson and Hitler... I LOVE YOU BEYOND WORDS YA FLUFFY LITTLE BUTTON! Hee hee mwah!
surfer.teen- Sorry! I promise i will let you know in the future chapters! 'huggles'
xcurlyinuyashax: Please let me know if there is anything you dont understand. I am here to assist remember. Anyways, the fact that things dont run so smoothly makes it seem more like a real relationship, I am so glad you picked up on that. Anyways thank you for being so loveable!
catie- Hey hey! Looking forward to our next chat! I am going to post the address to you poems on my profile so you will get famous like me! Just kidding, you are something special kid. Keep smiling for me xxx
Miko Sakurako: Thank you for being so lovely! Hoping you enjoy the latest xxx
luvinlife56- I like that he is a little more genuine with his emotions, but please let me know if the OOCness gets outta hand.
Hopeless Star Gazer: Thank you! You are so sweet, well if you must know, some of my wishes did come true... i wished for a reviewer as sweet as you! Yay for my rhyming skills ha ha!
kagomesdouble07- Thank you for being so very sweet. 'sends love in a pink envelope' ADORABLE!
Angelofgood: Because Kikyou... wait... are you trying to get me to reveal my twistie storylines? Hee hee just kidding love ya angel xxx
Amaya Mishugosha- Kikyou does have a knack for killing the moment doesnt she?
So i will try to update for Wednesday or Thursday, thanks for reading!
Mandie xxxx