Chapter Sixteen
The Flame
Sesshoumaru lay in the rumble of broken rocks and dust, his vision hazy and his mind was in disarray, he couldn't believe she had that much power as to throw him through three cave walls. The ringing in his ears had began to slowly ebb away but as it did he heard a somber feminine voice.....singing, the words to him were somewhat odd but none the less it was a beautiful song. As she began again he listened closely
"I was five and he was six.... We rode on horses made of sticks.... He wore black and I wore white He would always win the fight"
Her voice was even tone showing no emotion in her music
"Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the ground Bang bang, that...awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down"
"Seasons came and changed the time When I grew up I called him mine He would always laugh and say 'Remember when we used to play' "
Her tone was changing into an angry lyrical breeze, he was caught in her painful symphony, hypnotized be the bittersweet melody.
"Bang bang, I shot you down Bang bang, you hit the ground Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, I used to shoot you down"
"Music played and people sang Just for me the church bells rang"
"Now he's gone I don't know why Until this day, sometimes I cry He didn't even say goodbye He didn't take the time to lie"
Then there was another shift in her emotions Sesshoumaru swore he felt sadness radiating from the room he was once in.
"Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the ground Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down"
Sesshoumaru pulled himself from the rumble and dusted away the dirt revealing his pure white attire once again. As he focused his view to the next room he say Inuyasha with his eyes wide in horror and disbelief staring down at the floor as blood dripped from his shoulder for the wound on his neck had already healed. Sesshoumaru's gaze shifted to Kagome/Kurayami his mouth dropped what he saw hurt him but also aroused him.
Kagome held a knife soaked in blood to her mouth and as her tongue extended she began to lick the scarlet essence from the blade a soft stream of blood began to glad softly down the side of her mouth. Sesshoumaru watched unmoved his heart pained that his sweet innocent Kagome had tasted her enemy's blood therefore instilling a severe bloodlust in her that would be difficult to surpass.
"I knew those rocks wouldn't keep you down for long my dear Sesshoumaru, I apologize for being so forceful but frankly you were boring me with your oh so noble attitude" Kurayami looked in his direction as Sesshoumaru floated gracefully towards her.
"No harm is done although I should punish you for that attack" Sesshou spoke with his usual plain even tone.
"You fucking asshole" Inuyasha stuttered out causing his brother's and Kurayami's gaze to shift to his suddenly.
"Me or Sesshoumaru?" Kurayami used to the knife in her hand to raise his chin to her.
"I could say both.... But for now my rage is focused on him" Inuyasha glared reddened eyes at his sibling.
"You've always held contempt for me little brother what is the difference now" Sesshoumaru had finally adjusted to the habitat around him and his cool-calm façade resurfaced once again strong as always.
"How can you let her take away your satisfaction of killing me? Isn't what she's doing the very thing you waited years to do to me?" Inuyasha raised his voice ever so slightly to get his point across.
"God questions Inu, what is your answer to that inquiry my dear one" Kurayami stepped forward placing a clawed hand on Sesshoumaru's chest looking up at him with a smile her pale face was stained on the side of her mouth were the blood had been.
"I have no wish to stop your torture of Inuyasha Kurayami..." Sesshoumaru was interrupted by growling coming from Inuyasha, Sesshou was distracted for one moment as Kurayami slapped him across the face.
"Now what were you saying lover" She gazed at him with chaotic but still eyes almost like an inside-out tornado...calm on the outside but destructive within.
"I said that I have no wish to stop your torture of Inuyasha but I do wish that you stop torturing Kagome's body this way" She removed her hand and walked away from him slowly looking towards the floor.
"I thought I told you Sesshou.... I am what Kagome wants, she AGEERD to this union. And to top it off I was part of her to begin with she just wasn't at the level to release me before. However when this fucker here decided to betray her love and trust all of the sadness and pain he had caused her with his words and absent displays of affections caused her to lose her fucking mind. The stress dug so deep into her, she was too weak to deal with it and that's when her soul called out for 'Me' and when I came to her with the proposal of a joining she agreed." Kurayami voice expressed plenty of emotions...mainly anger...but her face remained blank of any sensation. She slowly drew her black katanas from their sheaths and approached the hanyou. Inuyasha looked fearless as she raised the left sword to his neck.
Sesshoumaru stepped in front of her and lowered the sword. He then suddenly pulled her into an embrace burying her head in his chest.
"Allow me to speak to my Kagome" Kurayami shuddered and then a soft whimper was heard.
"Yes Sesshoumaru" He pulled away from her but only enough so he could look into her eyes.
Looking back at him were the same brown eyes that he gazed into so many nights ago when he found her in the woods.
"Kagome?" he whispered softly
"Yes, what do you want Sesshoumaru" She had an expressionless face and eyes but he didn't care.
"Stop this please stop what your doing and come home with me" Sesshoumaru held her tight not wanting to let go.
"And what will be waiting for me when I get there." She asked coldly.
"Your friends, Rin, your little Kitsune, and.... Me" Kagome eyes began to water although they still held no emotion.
"I can't do that Sesshoumaru no matter how much I want to be with you or my friends, this revenge will eat at me, it's something I must have You should understand that Sesshoumaru." He looked at her as tears began to fall but no emotions flowed with them, just a silent cold face.
"I understand but I didn't let it eat at me, just let out you emotions Kagome please, that was the one thing that caused me to..." He caught himself, he didn't want to say anything yet for some strange reason he couldn't allow himself to say it.
"What? Say it...What is the one thing that caused you to...to what Sesshoumaru?" Kagome looked deep into his eyes with anticipation, but Sesshoumaru couldn't tell her he just looked at her speechless.
"Oh, I see you can't tell me" She pushed him away from her "Well then...I can't stop" Sesshoumaru looked on in disbelief as two black wings sprung from her back.
"I know that you have something to tell me Sesshoumaru and when your ready I'll be waiting" Then she shifted her gaze to the hanyou. "And as for you, I'll allow you to heal for the next time you see me I want a good fight out of you." Inuyasha growled at her before he was dropped painfully to the floor.
The roof above the cave began to rumble and crack as rocks gave way to an opening, the sun shone through as the boulders and rubble covered Kagome. Sesshoumaru stood worried that she had gotten hurt but as everything fell silent a soft rumble began to grow and finally an explosion as the black- winged priestess burst forth from the boulders into the awaiting sun.
Sesshoumaru looked on in amazement. She had become another being, and to him it began to look like an impossible task to bring forth his Kagome or at least the way she was before.
FARTHER AWAY NEAR THE OUTSKIRTS OF INUYASHA'S FOREST
"So Midoriko told you all of this Miroku" Sango said as they walked.
"Yes and she said we'll have to go towards the Yamainu Mountains, she said we'll find what we need there. Miroku stopped suddenly.
"What is it Miroku?" Shippo asked as he clung to Sango.
"Where is Kikyo" Miroku looked around quickly.
"The last time I saw her she was in a trance saying 'No he couldn't' over and over again." Sango hugged Shippo to her lovingly.
"I think it would be best for us to get on Kirara's back and fly most the way" Sango nodded and hopped on Kirara's back with Miroku in front of her as they took off a pair of cold dead eyes watched them.
"So they're going to the Yamainu Mountains, I'll get that Kagome once and for all and drag Inuyasha to hell with me. I will have my revenge." Kikyo launched off her soul-stealers carrying her in the direction of the mountains.
The Flame
Sesshoumaru lay in the rumble of broken rocks and dust, his vision hazy and his mind was in disarray, he couldn't believe she had that much power as to throw him through three cave walls. The ringing in his ears had began to slowly ebb away but as it did he heard a somber feminine voice.....singing, the words to him were somewhat odd but none the less it was a beautiful song. As she began again he listened closely
"I was five and he was six.... We rode on horses made of sticks.... He wore black and I wore white He would always win the fight"
Her voice was even tone showing no emotion in her music
"Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the ground Bang bang, that...awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down"
"Seasons came and changed the time When I grew up I called him mine He would always laugh and say 'Remember when we used to play' "
Her tone was changing into an angry lyrical breeze, he was caught in her painful symphony, hypnotized be the bittersweet melody.
"Bang bang, I shot you down Bang bang, you hit the ground Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, I used to shoot you down"
"Music played and people sang Just for me the church bells rang"
"Now he's gone I don't know why Until this day, sometimes I cry He didn't even say goodbye He didn't take the time to lie"
Then there was another shift in her emotions Sesshoumaru swore he felt sadness radiating from the room he was once in.
"Bang bang, he shot me down Bang bang, I hit the ground Bang bang, that awful sound Bang bang, my baby shot me down"
Sesshoumaru pulled himself from the rumble and dusted away the dirt revealing his pure white attire once again. As he focused his view to the next room he say Inuyasha with his eyes wide in horror and disbelief staring down at the floor as blood dripped from his shoulder for the wound on his neck had already healed. Sesshoumaru's gaze shifted to Kagome/Kurayami his mouth dropped what he saw hurt him but also aroused him.
Kagome held a knife soaked in blood to her mouth and as her tongue extended she began to lick the scarlet essence from the blade a soft stream of blood began to glad softly down the side of her mouth. Sesshoumaru watched unmoved his heart pained that his sweet innocent Kagome had tasted her enemy's blood therefore instilling a severe bloodlust in her that would be difficult to surpass.
"I knew those rocks wouldn't keep you down for long my dear Sesshoumaru, I apologize for being so forceful but frankly you were boring me with your oh so noble attitude" Kurayami looked in his direction as Sesshoumaru floated gracefully towards her.
"No harm is done although I should punish you for that attack" Sesshou spoke with his usual plain even tone.
"You fucking asshole" Inuyasha stuttered out causing his brother's and Kurayami's gaze to shift to his suddenly.
"Me or Sesshoumaru?" Kurayami used to the knife in her hand to raise his chin to her.
"I could say both.... But for now my rage is focused on him" Inuyasha glared reddened eyes at his sibling.
"You've always held contempt for me little brother what is the difference now" Sesshoumaru had finally adjusted to the habitat around him and his cool-calm façade resurfaced once again strong as always.
"How can you let her take away your satisfaction of killing me? Isn't what she's doing the very thing you waited years to do to me?" Inuyasha raised his voice ever so slightly to get his point across.
"God questions Inu, what is your answer to that inquiry my dear one" Kurayami stepped forward placing a clawed hand on Sesshoumaru's chest looking up at him with a smile her pale face was stained on the side of her mouth were the blood had been.
"I have no wish to stop your torture of Inuyasha Kurayami..." Sesshoumaru was interrupted by growling coming from Inuyasha, Sesshou was distracted for one moment as Kurayami slapped him across the face.
"Now what were you saying lover" She gazed at him with chaotic but still eyes almost like an inside-out tornado...calm on the outside but destructive within.
"I said that I have no wish to stop your torture of Inuyasha but I do wish that you stop torturing Kagome's body this way" She removed her hand and walked away from him slowly looking towards the floor.
"I thought I told you Sesshou.... I am what Kagome wants, she AGEERD to this union. And to top it off I was part of her to begin with she just wasn't at the level to release me before. However when this fucker here decided to betray her love and trust all of the sadness and pain he had caused her with his words and absent displays of affections caused her to lose her fucking mind. The stress dug so deep into her, she was too weak to deal with it and that's when her soul called out for 'Me' and when I came to her with the proposal of a joining she agreed." Kurayami voice expressed plenty of emotions...mainly anger...but her face remained blank of any sensation. She slowly drew her black katanas from their sheaths and approached the hanyou. Inuyasha looked fearless as she raised the left sword to his neck.
Sesshoumaru stepped in front of her and lowered the sword. He then suddenly pulled her into an embrace burying her head in his chest.
"Allow me to speak to my Kagome" Kurayami shuddered and then a soft whimper was heard.
"Yes Sesshoumaru" He pulled away from her but only enough so he could look into her eyes.
Looking back at him were the same brown eyes that he gazed into so many nights ago when he found her in the woods.
"Kagome?" he whispered softly
"Yes, what do you want Sesshoumaru" She had an expressionless face and eyes but he didn't care.
"Stop this please stop what your doing and come home with me" Sesshoumaru held her tight not wanting to let go.
"And what will be waiting for me when I get there." She asked coldly.
"Your friends, Rin, your little Kitsune, and.... Me" Kagome eyes began to water although they still held no emotion.
"I can't do that Sesshoumaru no matter how much I want to be with you or my friends, this revenge will eat at me, it's something I must have You should understand that Sesshoumaru." He looked at her as tears began to fall but no emotions flowed with them, just a silent cold face.
"I understand but I didn't let it eat at me, just let out you emotions Kagome please, that was the one thing that caused me to..." He caught himself, he didn't want to say anything yet for some strange reason he couldn't allow himself to say it.
"What? Say it...What is the one thing that caused you to...to what Sesshoumaru?" Kagome looked deep into his eyes with anticipation, but Sesshoumaru couldn't tell her he just looked at her speechless.
"Oh, I see you can't tell me" She pushed him away from her "Well then...I can't stop" Sesshoumaru looked on in disbelief as two black wings sprung from her back.
"I know that you have something to tell me Sesshoumaru and when your ready I'll be waiting" Then she shifted her gaze to the hanyou. "And as for you, I'll allow you to heal for the next time you see me I want a good fight out of you." Inuyasha growled at her before he was dropped painfully to the floor.
The roof above the cave began to rumble and crack as rocks gave way to an opening, the sun shone through as the boulders and rubble covered Kagome. Sesshoumaru stood worried that she had gotten hurt but as everything fell silent a soft rumble began to grow and finally an explosion as the black- winged priestess burst forth from the boulders into the awaiting sun.
Sesshoumaru looked on in amazement. She had become another being, and to him it began to look like an impossible task to bring forth his Kagome or at least the way she was before.
FARTHER AWAY NEAR THE OUTSKIRTS OF INUYASHA'S FOREST
"So Midoriko told you all of this Miroku" Sango said as they walked.
"Yes and she said we'll have to go towards the Yamainu Mountains, she said we'll find what we need there. Miroku stopped suddenly.
"What is it Miroku?" Shippo asked as he clung to Sango.
"Where is Kikyo" Miroku looked around quickly.
"The last time I saw her she was in a trance saying 'No he couldn't' over and over again." Sango hugged Shippo to her lovingly.
"I think it would be best for us to get on Kirara's back and fly most the way" Sango nodded and hopped on Kirara's back with Miroku in front of her as they took off a pair of cold dead eyes watched them.
"So they're going to the Yamainu Mountains, I'll get that Kagome once and for all and drag Inuyasha to hell with me. I will have my revenge." Kikyo launched off her soul-stealers carrying her in the direction of the mountains.