Chapter 5
"Inuyasha!" he turned around, trying to pin point the source of that voice. It sounded familiar. It also sounded like its owner was full of hate. He found a katana pointed at his neck. He turned around, his eyes widened. He took a step back shocked. 'That face, it can't be!' It was Kagome. But she was different, her outfit was different, and the look in her eyes once so soft and loving was hard and full of hatred. "Kagome!" he exclaimed. "Inuyasha, be prepared to die." She said simply, but it him like a ton of bricks.
He stared at her in shock. Everything in front of him was spinning. His world was crumbling right in front of him. Her hatred, it was pointed at him, every last bit of it. His breathing quickened. 'It can't be. It can't be!' He held his head in his hands.
Kagome raised her sword to deliver a final blow. "I'm going to kill you. Traitor." She said that last word with so much venom. His breath caught. 'Traitor? What does that mean?' "Kagome?" "How dare you say my name you swine! After all that you did, you dare say my name?! You dare even speak to me?!" she calmed down, to cool, cold, calm. "Well, I suppose it doesn't matter, I'm going to kill you anyways." "Do it." Kagome could barely hear it, but it shocked her. She could barely believe he said that. Was he not the one who, "Why is it, that when we're about to die, you left me to save your own hide, but now, you face death willingly? Don't tell me that now you are prepared for death." She then scoffed. "Perhaps I am just over estimating you. You probably are pretending to be fearless, thinking that if I feel that you are accepted to die, I would leave you alone. Well that's no fun, come on show me your fear. I want to enjoy every last bit of this."
"Kill me." Inuyasha was calm. 'I deserve this' he thought, 'it's because of me that she's like this, I deserve this punishment.' The calm unnerved Kagome. 'Why, why is he so calm?' "heh, well if you're not prepared to fight, then maybe I will torture your friends instead." He looked up quickly, fear covering his face. Then, it turned to anger, "Leave them out of this." "Then fight me you bastard." "Tell me, why do you hate me? What did I do?" "Ha! Don't make me laugh, you know what you did!" "Tell me then." "Fine, I will. Maybe that will jog your memory, you pathetic mutt!" 'so much hatred. What happened to Kagome? What does she remember?"
Kagome's memories
A huge serpent demon rose out of the ground. It was making its way towards Kagome, she ran for her life. It was too fast, she ended up running to the woods. 'Help me Inuysha!' she thought desperately. But she knew he would never come. The night before he ran to Kikyo again. Behind Kagome's back. Only ten minutes after he kissed Kagome. Ten minutes after he told her his feelings for her. She kept running until she reached a wide creek, she leapt and landed on the other side. She kept running. She snaked through many trees. The demon was still close behind her. She hid behind a tree. That's when she saw them. Inuyasha and Kikyo. "Don't worry Kikyo. Kagome means nothing to me. I only love you. Kagome is just a jewel shard detector. She's disposable. Once I get all of the jewel shards, I'll either kick her down the well, or kill her. I'll say that I tried everything, but couldn't save her. Then we can go away together. We can finally be happy." "Oh Inuyasha." They then kissed passionately. 'Disposable? Jewel shard detector? Get rid of me? Kill me?' horror was on Kagome's face. Then the monster found her. She ran towards the other two. 'They must be kidding. Inuyasha would never do that.' "What a demon?!" "Inuyasha please! Destroy it!" she pleaded. "Sorry Kagome, I find that I value my life. Why don't you kill it?" with that, he picked Kikyo up, and ran off with her. "Inuyasha!" she called. Then a flash of blue light appeared. "Are you alright?" Kagome sank to her knees, crying. Then, she lifted her head up, the last tear falling to the ground. Her eyes were angry, no, more than that, they were filled with something so dark and evil that nothing could describe it. "I'll kill him." She said. She didn't even yell it, she had that much hatred in her heart. "I'll help you." She looked at the man. "Excuse me?" "I ,Chen, will help you slaughter the one you hate. I will help you get your revenge." "Why are you helping me?" "Because those who destroy love, are ones that deserve the worst death."
Back to present
"That's what I thought then. But now, now I know that there is no such thing as love. Love is a fool's fantasy. There is no such thing as love in this world. Those who believe it are fools. Although Inuyahsa, I must thank you. After all, you were the one who brought me out of that dream and into reality, back to the darkness which truly is this world." Inuyasha was shocked. That memory was not real, it never happened. Her eyes, deep down, almost hidden, he could see the look of someone who was in a nightmare. "So Inuyasha, will you fight, or will you see your friends, no, Kikyo get tortured. If you fight I might consider making her death swift and painless." Inuyasha was pushed into a corner, and he knew it. "Fine I'll fight you." Inuyasha's head was focused to the ground. His bangs were covering his eyes.
She lunged at him with her katana. Inuyasha jumped back and pulled out his Tessaiga. He didn't want to use it on her, but he had no choice. She lunged at him again, but Inuyasha knocked it out of her grasp. She pulled the blade out of her hair, the bun fell out and her hair fell to her shoulders. Inuyasha became distracted by it. She made a jab at his face; he tried to move out of the way, but got a scratch on his cheek. He wiped the blood away. "Like it? That was just a warm-up." She was about to strike again when he grabbed the blade and tossed it aside.
"Why don't you fight me? After all that you did, and you still won't fight back! How dare you!" she screamed hysterically. 'Does she want to die?' Kagome slid the two knives out of her sleeves. Inuyasha was surprised, 'how many weapons does she have?' "Inuyasha, if you don't focus I might have to torture Kikyo." His head snapped up. "Leave her out of this Kagome." "So now you pay attention, you really are a swine." She glared at him, then that glare turned into a smirk. She started to walk seductively towards him. Inuyasha eyed her, he felt attracted to her. When she got close enough, she hugged him. 'She still has the same scent. Her heart is broken, everything is changed about her, except for that wonderful scent.' Then she leaned back and made a slice at his cheek.
A burning sensation started at his cheek, then started to spread throughout his whole body. He started to feel as if he was on fire. "The knife I sliced you with had poison on it. I don't expect that you'll be able to move at all soon. The pain will be exquisite. But don't worry it won't kill you. She started to try to pull away, but he wouldn't let go. "Let go of me." She said coldy. "No, I won't." with that he pulled her closer. He held her close to him, 'I was supposed to protect you, but I failed. I'm going to fix this.' He then pushed her back a little. He cupped her chin with his hand, and tilted her chin up. Their eyes met each other. He closed his eyes, and leaned forward. He then kissed her passionately on the lips. He let all of their shared memories pour through his head. When she struggled a bit, he just pulled her closer, and kissed her more passionately.
Memories were flowing through her head, happy memories, times when she and Inuyasha were together. Times when she laughed with Inuyasha, yelled at Inuyasha, times when she cried to and for Inuyasha. Her eyes widened. The pain in her head started to increase, but the pain in her heart subsided. Then, she deepened the kiss with Inuyasha. She held him close. She wanted him to protect her. She wanted him to hold her. She wanted him. Not dead, but alive. She wanted him to love her. And she realized that he did. They held each other closely, as though if they didn't someone would come and separate each other.
Then they did separate. Kagome looked into Inuyasha's eyes. Inuyasha looked into hers. He could see the tears starting to come into Kagome's eyes. "Don't cry Kagome." He said as he wiped them away. "But it's my fault. You're poisoned, you're hurt, and it's all because of me." "No Kagome, it is not your fault. You were tricked, someone changed your memories." "But I let them." He pulled her into his embrace again until her cries stopped, until those shaky breaths calmed down. "None of this is your fault. Don't let anyone ever tell you that."
Then a figure stepped out of the shadows. "Well well well. It seems like she's remembered." It was Chen. "You!" Inuyasha pulled out his sword. "Do you raise your sword at me Inuyasha?" "Yes, I'll kill you for what you did to Kagome." He growled. "Oh I don't want to do that!" Chen was scared you could see it in his eyes. Inuyasha raised his sword, and did the Wind Scar. Chen jumped out of the way. He then created a sword out of water. "Fine if that's what you want. You truly are pathetic. You still rely on hope and love. Don't you see that those are all fantasies? Can't you realize that life is nothing but darkness?" "You say that they are nothing but fantasy. But the thing is, is that they are very real. Those are what keeps you going, they are what give you a reason to live. Your life has no meaning. Because you have no love, you are unnecessary. You're just a ragged doll that no one ever wants to play with." "You're wrong, I have a meaning!" Chen said desperation in his voice. "Really? What is it?" Chen hung his head, "I-I don't know." "See why you need love and hope? Those are what give you meaning to life." With that Inuyasha raised his sword, and ended Chen's life.
A few minutes later, Inuyasha and Kagome were walking back to the camp, hand in hand. "Kagome, I just want you to know. No matter what other people say. No matter what it seems like, I truly do love you." Kagome looked at him. "I know Inuyasha." With that she leaned her head onto his shoulder as they walked on.
THE END
I love using songs to inspire my writing; I was listening to Angel of Darkness while writing this. :)