Because of You
Part Two
By: Pasta-Head
Disclaimer: Don't own it. So there.
~*~*
Now that you do this
You ask for forgivness
Doctor would you be my preist
"Kagome," Kikyo called from outside the hut, "I'm here to kill you."
Quickly, as the group had never been parted, the picked up their arms. Miroku and Sango raced outside. As Kagome rushed to join them, Sango put a restraining arm on hers.
"Stay with Inuyasha. We'll take care of Kikyo."
The raven haired miko nodded reluctantly. She sped quickly back to the hanyou's still form, grabbing her bow on the way back. As the battle continued to rage outside, Shippo came over quietly and hid in Kagome's skirt.
Kagome could only hear the cries of her friends. She heard Sango's "hikarastu" cut short in mid yell, and Miroku's curse towards the undead preistess. She listened intently as Miroku stood to face Kikyo. However, with only a wave of her hand, the monk went flying. Then, silence. The only thing that Kagome could hear now was the thump of her heart beating.
Kagome looked down on Inuyasha's still form. She smiled wistfully at him, and rose to her feet.
"Forgive me, Inuyasha," she whispered. Shippo rolled away from her, fear showing in his eyes.
Before Kagome could go outside, however, the door was opened to reveal Kikyo, surrounded by her soul collectors.
"Its time to give him up," the undead miko monotoned. "You never had him anyway."
Kagome raised her bow, and to her suprise her grip never wavered. The arrow she pointed at Kikyo was steady and true.
"I will never give him up, not so long as I live."
Kikyo's expression was as steady as the arrow pointed at her.
"I know," she responded. "That's why I've come to kill you."
Kagome let the arrow fly. The only thing that the sacred weapon did, however, was glance off the sheild the Shikon Jewel formed around Kikyo.
The undead preistess laughed slightly. "You cannot hurt me, girl. Nor can you resist."
The older miko raised her hand, then swung it towards the right. It never touched Kagome, but the younger girl felt as if Naraku himself had slapped her. She flew acrossed the room and crashed into the far wall, landing in a crumpled heap.
"All too easy," Kikyo muttered as she approached Inuyasha's still form. His breathing had stilled; he was nearly hers. Suddenly, a sharp pain, eminating from her abdomen, caused her to double over in excruciating pain. Gasping, Kikyo glanced at the heap of fallen girl in the corner, only to see Kagome's fierce brown eyes glaring back at her.
"We have the same powers, Kikyo," she stated, stumbling to her feet, "Only this soul has had years to perfect them."
And even with the protective field the Shikon Jewel provided, Kikyo fell to her knees in exquisite agony. Kagome slowly made her way to were the other woman kneeled and walked through the barrier. As Kikyo was paralyzed, Kagome gently plucked the Shikon Jewel from her grasp.
Now unarmed, Kikyo was becoming desperate.
"You'll never know where to find his soul. I have it, and you will never be able to recover it if you kill me."
"You forget, Kikyo," Kagome knelt to Inuyahsa's side. "I am you." And with that, Kagome exerted a force previously unknown to her. She used all of her strength to call Inuyasha's soul back to his body. His breathing, though small and feeble, had begun again. His heart beat weakly in his chest.
"You lose, Kikyo."
Kagome turned to face her suddenly, and the hut virtually exploded from the force of her will. The winds swirled madly against the two mikos as they circled each other for this final battle. For the possesion of the soul they both had. And for another soul, one lying helpless off to the side of this determining battle.
You say you're mistaken
But look what its taken
You laugh as you lie through your teeth
Two women circled each other madly, looking for any weaknesses in the other's defenses. Both had discarded their weapons and were using their miko powers. Kagome's burned a brilliant white while Kikyo's was a blinding pale blue. The wind formed a cyclone around the figures and obscured all but them from the battle.
They had the symptoms of blood rage begining, especially Kagome. Her eyes had turned black and her fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she stalked Kikyo 'round their battlefield. Kikyo's own eyes were narrowed in concentration. She knew her opponent had the upper hand, and she needed to find a weakness.
"It is time to put an end to you, Kikyo!" Kagome shouted in anger and frustration, "You have held dominion over Inuyasha for too long!"
Her miko powers suddenly surged. The entire battlefeild was enveloped in her rage. At the last moment, Kikyo grabbed the hanyou's comatose form and used it as a sheild.
"Coward!" Kagome screamed, her anger boiling over. "Fight me! Stop hiding behind him!"
Suddenly, Kagome understood. All this time, while the undead preistess walked this land, she hid behind the oath that Inuyasha made to her. But something else was keeping her here. She was using Inuyasha. But for what end?
Kikyo smiled from behind Inuyasha's shoulder. "You think I'm hiding behind him,do you? If he were conscience right now, who do you think he would sheild from the other's blast?"
"Leave him out of this! Your fight is with me! Its always been with me, over the torn soul that we share!"
Ignoring her pleas, Kikyo fluttered a hand over Inuyasha's placid face. Suddenly, his golden eyes shot open, and he immediatly clutched his side in pain.
"You have five seconds to chose between myself and that slip of a girl over there." Kikyo whispered into the hanyou's ear as she pushed him away. Stumbling, he caught himself as he glanced over towards Kagome.
Kagome's blast was out of control. Her rage was near imploding, she could feel it radiating off her skin. Smiling, Kikyo drew her bow and aimed a sacred arrow at the enraged girl.
"Stop! Kikyo!" Kagome screamed. "No matter what I chose, Inuyasha will still die," she thought. "If he blocks my blow or hers, the outcome will still be the same."
Kagome knew bitterly what she had to do.
For what you do
Becuase of you
I know I can't be there
Its time that you go
I swore not to come
But I'm here after all
I know by the look
That I see in you eye
I can't stand around
And I can't watch you die
As Kikyo released the arrow, Inuyasha instinctivly tried to block it. But without the testuaiga, he was sorely pushed back.
"Get out of the way!" Kagome screamed. The hanyou glared over his shoulder at the young miko, and dodged the arrow at the last moment. Kikyo grinned, the knowledge that Inuyasha would die defending her was comforting. But instead of the crushing blow that she expected, Kagome's power flamed high once again, then suddenly died down, leaving only a flicker of the brilliant white in her eyes. The sacred arrow bounced harmlessly off to the side.
"Its not possible," Kikyo whispered, her bow dropping to the ground. Her soul collectors faded away, one by one, dissapeared into nothingness. She felt all the souls that she had collected seeping from her body.
Weakened, the undead preistess fell to her knees, gasping for air.
"How..." she rasped, using the last of her strength to face Kagome, who was now advancing upon her.
"I'm just taking back what's mine," she stated flatly, but with an underlying malice. Glancing down to the shikon jewel and then to Inuyasha, she gave a feral grin. "All of it."
As she said that, Kagome put a hand on the miko's head. That half a soul that was taken from Kagome to give this undead Kikyo life was relcaimed to its rightful owner in a flash of blinding porportions.
Sheilding his eyes from the display, Inuyasha missed seeing Kikyo's body disintegrate into what it was formed of: bone and earth. The wind died down, and Kagome, bruised and battered, walked out of the now blackened circle of battle and over to Inuyasha.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Feh," he snorted. Then, he looked down into her eyes and asked, "Why did you come back?"
Kagome sighed. "I didn't want you to die. Especially at the hands of Kikyo. And the vision I had was so real..."
She trailed off has she felt his arms wrap around hers. Kagome then answered honestly.
"Because of you. I came back because of you."
Oswarii
A.N. So, whadduya think? Like? Hate? Should I give up now and go hide in a darkened corner in shame? Sorry for that late update, but I had an awesome Christmas. I got a horse! My boyfriend got me an honest to god horse! I love him, he's so good to me! Sorry, off topic, but I had to share. Come on peeps, feed the beast!
PS. The song is on the new Nickeback album, named "The Long Road", which I highly recomend. The title of said song if aptly named "Because of You".
Part Two
By: Pasta-Head
Disclaimer: Don't own it. So there.
~*~*
Now that you do this
You ask for forgivness
Doctor would you be my preist
"Kagome," Kikyo called from outside the hut, "I'm here to kill you."
Quickly, as the group had never been parted, the picked up their arms. Miroku and Sango raced outside. As Kagome rushed to join them, Sango put a restraining arm on hers.
"Stay with Inuyasha. We'll take care of Kikyo."
The raven haired miko nodded reluctantly. She sped quickly back to the hanyou's still form, grabbing her bow on the way back. As the battle continued to rage outside, Shippo came over quietly and hid in Kagome's skirt.
Kagome could only hear the cries of her friends. She heard Sango's "hikarastu" cut short in mid yell, and Miroku's curse towards the undead preistess. She listened intently as Miroku stood to face Kikyo. However, with only a wave of her hand, the monk went flying. Then, silence. The only thing that Kagome could hear now was the thump of her heart beating.
Kagome looked down on Inuyasha's still form. She smiled wistfully at him, and rose to her feet.
"Forgive me, Inuyasha," she whispered. Shippo rolled away from her, fear showing in his eyes.
Before Kagome could go outside, however, the door was opened to reveal Kikyo, surrounded by her soul collectors.
"Its time to give him up," the undead miko monotoned. "You never had him anyway."
Kagome raised her bow, and to her suprise her grip never wavered. The arrow she pointed at Kikyo was steady and true.
"I will never give him up, not so long as I live."
Kikyo's expression was as steady as the arrow pointed at her.
"I know," she responded. "That's why I've come to kill you."
Kagome let the arrow fly. The only thing that the sacred weapon did, however, was glance off the sheild the Shikon Jewel formed around Kikyo.
The undead preistess laughed slightly. "You cannot hurt me, girl. Nor can you resist."
The older miko raised her hand, then swung it towards the right. It never touched Kagome, but the younger girl felt as if Naraku himself had slapped her. She flew acrossed the room and crashed into the far wall, landing in a crumpled heap.
"All too easy," Kikyo muttered as she approached Inuyasha's still form. His breathing had stilled; he was nearly hers. Suddenly, a sharp pain, eminating from her abdomen, caused her to double over in excruciating pain. Gasping, Kikyo glanced at the heap of fallen girl in the corner, only to see Kagome's fierce brown eyes glaring back at her.
"We have the same powers, Kikyo," she stated, stumbling to her feet, "Only this soul has had years to perfect them."
And even with the protective field the Shikon Jewel provided, Kikyo fell to her knees in exquisite agony. Kagome slowly made her way to were the other woman kneeled and walked through the barrier. As Kikyo was paralyzed, Kagome gently plucked the Shikon Jewel from her grasp.
Now unarmed, Kikyo was becoming desperate.
"You'll never know where to find his soul. I have it, and you will never be able to recover it if you kill me."
"You forget, Kikyo," Kagome knelt to Inuyahsa's side. "I am you." And with that, Kagome exerted a force previously unknown to her. She used all of her strength to call Inuyasha's soul back to his body. His breathing, though small and feeble, had begun again. His heart beat weakly in his chest.
"You lose, Kikyo."
Kagome turned to face her suddenly, and the hut virtually exploded from the force of her will. The winds swirled madly against the two mikos as they circled each other for this final battle. For the possesion of the soul they both had. And for another soul, one lying helpless off to the side of this determining battle.
You say you're mistaken
But look what its taken
You laugh as you lie through your teeth
Two women circled each other madly, looking for any weaknesses in the other's defenses. Both had discarded their weapons and were using their miko powers. Kagome's burned a brilliant white while Kikyo's was a blinding pale blue. The wind formed a cyclone around the figures and obscured all but them from the battle.
They had the symptoms of blood rage begining, especially Kagome. Her eyes had turned black and her fists were clenched tightly at her sides as she stalked Kikyo 'round their battlefield. Kikyo's own eyes were narrowed in concentration. She knew her opponent had the upper hand, and she needed to find a weakness.
"It is time to put an end to you, Kikyo!" Kagome shouted in anger and frustration, "You have held dominion over Inuyasha for too long!"
Her miko powers suddenly surged. The entire battlefeild was enveloped in her rage. At the last moment, Kikyo grabbed the hanyou's comatose form and used it as a sheild.
"Coward!" Kagome screamed, her anger boiling over. "Fight me! Stop hiding behind him!"
Suddenly, Kagome understood. All this time, while the undead preistess walked this land, she hid behind the oath that Inuyasha made to her. But something else was keeping her here. She was using Inuyasha. But for what end?
Kikyo smiled from behind Inuyasha's shoulder. "You think I'm hiding behind him,do you? If he were conscience right now, who do you think he would sheild from the other's blast?"
"Leave him out of this! Your fight is with me! Its always been with me, over the torn soul that we share!"
Ignoring her pleas, Kikyo fluttered a hand over Inuyasha's placid face. Suddenly, his golden eyes shot open, and he immediatly clutched his side in pain.
"You have five seconds to chose between myself and that slip of a girl over there." Kikyo whispered into the hanyou's ear as she pushed him away. Stumbling, he caught himself as he glanced over towards Kagome.
Kagome's blast was out of control. Her rage was near imploding, she could feel it radiating off her skin. Smiling, Kikyo drew her bow and aimed a sacred arrow at the enraged girl.
"Stop! Kikyo!" Kagome screamed. "No matter what I chose, Inuyasha will still die," she thought. "If he blocks my blow or hers, the outcome will still be the same."
Kagome knew bitterly what she had to do.
For what you do
Becuase of you
I know I can't be there
Its time that you go
I swore not to come
But I'm here after all
I know by the look
That I see in you eye
I can't stand around
And I can't watch you die
As Kikyo released the arrow, Inuyasha instinctivly tried to block it. But without the testuaiga, he was sorely pushed back.
"Get out of the way!" Kagome screamed. The hanyou glared over his shoulder at the young miko, and dodged the arrow at the last moment. Kikyo grinned, the knowledge that Inuyasha would die defending her was comforting. But instead of the crushing blow that she expected, Kagome's power flamed high once again, then suddenly died down, leaving only a flicker of the brilliant white in her eyes. The sacred arrow bounced harmlessly off to the side.
"Its not possible," Kikyo whispered, her bow dropping to the ground. Her soul collectors faded away, one by one, dissapeared into nothingness. She felt all the souls that she had collected seeping from her body.
Weakened, the undead preistess fell to her knees, gasping for air.
"How..." she rasped, using the last of her strength to face Kagome, who was now advancing upon her.
"I'm just taking back what's mine," she stated flatly, but with an underlying malice. Glancing down to the shikon jewel and then to Inuyasha, she gave a feral grin. "All of it."
As she said that, Kagome put a hand on the miko's head. That half a soul that was taken from Kagome to give this undead Kikyo life was relcaimed to its rightful owner in a flash of blinding porportions.
Sheilding his eyes from the display, Inuyasha missed seeing Kikyo's body disintegrate into what it was formed of: bone and earth. The wind died down, and Kagome, bruised and battered, walked out of the now blackened circle of battle and over to Inuyasha.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Feh," he snorted. Then, he looked down into her eyes and asked, "Why did you come back?"
Kagome sighed. "I didn't want you to die. Especially at the hands of Kikyo. And the vision I had was so real..."
She trailed off has she felt his arms wrap around hers. Kagome then answered honestly.
"Because of you. I came back because of you."
Oswarii
A.N. So, whadduya think? Like? Hate? Should I give up now and go hide in a darkened corner in shame? Sorry for that late update, but I had an awesome Christmas. I got a horse! My boyfriend got me an honest to god horse! I love him, he's so good to me! Sorry, off topic, but I had to share. Come on peeps, feed the beast!
PS. The song is on the new Nickeback album, named "The Long Road", which I highly recomend. The title of said song if aptly named "Because of You".