A Wish

Chapter Two: His Undying Love, Her Broken Heart

Kagome walked through the forest till dawn trying to find Inuyasha or Kikyo. She was exhausted and was contemplating giving up and traveling to the demon slayer village to call on the help of Sango and Miroku, but a part of her thought that if she turned around now, Inuyasha would die. Pausing in the middle of path she was on she looked around her to see any signs of Inuyasha or Kikyo but there was non. She tried to hold back the tears as she looked around the empty forest. She tried to find the youkai inside Inuyasha knowing it would be stronger now that the sun was up but there was nothing. She sighed and decided if she had made it this far and had found nothing she should go back to the village and get her supplies and head out to the demon slayer village. She turned and started walking in the direction of Kaede's village. She had been walking for an hour when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. Quickly she turned and ran toward the spot of red that seemed so obvious now. As she approached it her heart instantly broke. Hidden partly under a rock and some dirt were Inuyasha's clothes and a wad of his hair, all covered in blood. Kagome kneeled down and picked up his shirt and tried so see if maybe there were signs of what had happened. Starting to panic she looked around and called out Inuyasha's name. She stood up and turned and came face to face with Kikyo.

"So you finally found me." Kikyo said as she took a few steps forward and leaned against a nearby tree.

"Where is Inuyasha, Kikyo? What have you done with him?"

"I haven't done anything with him. I have very little to do with this situation actually."

"What does that even mean? Just tell me where Inuyasha is!"

Kikyo smirked. "Soon enough you'll know. You thought Naraku was evil? You haven't seen the half of it."

"What are you talking about? We destroyed Naraku and there has been no other problems in weeks! Your just trying to stall to distract me from what you did with Inuyasha! Now tell me or I swear to god Kikyo, you'll be sorry!" Kagome shouted as she pulled out her sword.

"Oh, am I supposed to be scared of you? What are you? A piece of me. A less powerful piece might I add, or you might have already found Inuyasha, or what's left of him."

"Just shut up you bitch! What did you do with Inuyasha!"

Kikyo smiled and turned to walk away. Kagomes mind was racing, 'what's left hat possible? He really kill Inuyasha? How is that possible? Even in his human form he wasn't that weak, even against a miko as powerful as Kikyo.' She ground her teeth and screamed loudly after Kikyo, "I swear to god if you did anything to Inuyasha I will kill you right this minute!"

For a moment Kikyo stopped. Then Kagome heard the small sound of laughter floating in the air. Before she even knew what she was doing Kagome leapt towards Kikyo and swung her sword broadside against the side of Kikyo's head. Kikyo fell to the ground and gasped loudly as the unexpected blow caused searing pain to roll through her whole body.

Kagome shoved the point of the sword through Kikyo's hand and yelled, "Where is Inuyasha!"

Grunting from the pain, Kikyo looked up at Kagome's face and spit blood at her. "You'll rot in hell before I ever tell you where that useless half-breed is." And with that Kikyo twisted her body and kicked Kagome in the knee, causing her legs to buckle and fall over. As Kagome fell to the ground Kikyo grabbed the sword and pulled it up off her hand, screaming in pain and she pulled. Tossing the blade to the side she kicked Kagome in the stomach and laughed as she writhed in pain on the ground. "You think you can face me? Your only the useless parts of me. You cant do anything to me! Your pathetic!"

Feeling her anger growing out of control Kagome shot out a orb of light at Kikyo and watched as it shot her back a few feet. Trying to regain her balance and stand she called out, "Now tell me where Inuyasha is or I will kill you!"

Struggling to get to her feet, Kikyo smiled and grunted a little as she regained her balance. "You really want to know? Do you really wish to know what has become of that useless half-breed? You found all that is left of him. He was given the choice of your life, or his life as a full demon. What a foolish man, to choose you over his own life."

Kagome felt her heart shattering inside her chest as Kikyo's words rang in her head over and over again. It had to be a lie, Inuyasha wanted to be a full demon more than anything, he wouldn't have picked her over his dream, would he? Kagome felt the anger and pain growing inside her as she tried to wrap her mind around the reality, that Inuyasha was gone and she alone again with no one to keep her sane. She felt herself loosing control, and for a moment she was scared at the power building inside her, but before she knew what she was doing, she was gone. She grabbed her sword and started swinging it around aimlessly trying to find Kikyo, her power surging through the blade as she brought it down with each swing. She fought with Kikyo for what seemed like hours, but minutes later she collapsed Kikyo came over to her limp body.

"Soon you're soul will be mine. Just wait, the worst is yet to come."

And with that Kikyo kicked Kagome in the stomach and walked away. Kagome followed her with her eyes till they started to get blurry and she blacked out.