Well I got rid of the old opening to this and am now rewriting the chapter. Along with other first chapters for other fan fiction. My how young and stupid you can be. Wait, why the hell am I putting myself down because a couple of other people might think I'm young and immature! Well screw you if you think that!
Evil Jazz7: Finished? And I think they think your crazy now.
Jazz7: Like I care! I'm just tired of continuously wondering if people like my writing or not. From now on I'll write how I like and and when I like. And if want to include some weird comedy crap at the end and beginning of this then so be it!
Good Jazz7: So were comedy spoofs now? Yay!
Jazz7: Okay so maybe this isn't as good as the writing is. Enjoy Sora getting drunk and my comments on Ansem and everything else like in Kingdom Hearts: Soul Taker. But it will do.
Disclaimer: (talks like a valley girl) Oh my god, I like own them! Wait a minute, I like soooo don't
"Words will be surrounded by these", 'and thoughts by these', but just like in My Will not all thoughts will be surrounded in 'these'.
Oh and I have only seen the horrible English dub(I don't live in Japan and I don't know Japanese.) and I haven't been keeping upwith the episodes, since they're horrible to watch now, so lets just pretend that this takes place when nothings happening or something.
Also I couldn't think about a good title and since it does focus around Kikyou, "Kikyou" will be the title until I can think of anything else. And if some names and places are wrong, that's either for the story line or I can't remember.
Kikyou: Ch 1: A broken eternal rest.
Inuyasha had asked to meet her. Inuyasha had asked her to meet him in order to discuss Naraku's future plans. This was the first time that he had asked to meet again and not her. Kikyou was quite shocked. Not only had he asked her, but he had said it in a gravely serious voice and look. Not like he wasn't serious before, but this time it seemed that he was worried about something.
Maybe Naraku had hatched up something more deadly than before and Inuyasha had faced it or Naraku, or one of his many creations, had gloated about it. It wouldn't have been the first time.
Whatever the case, here she was. Standing by the Bone Eaters Well and waiting for him.
Kikyou looked left and right, wondering where he was. Inuyasha had invited her to meet him, so why wasn't he there to meet her? Had he stood her up? Even suggesting that brought back sad and angry memories about his "betrayal". That and it reminded her of her pervious goal.
Kikyou had done a lot of thinking, a lot of thinking about what she planned to do after Naraku was dead. The question: "Could I live without Inuyasha?" invaded her thoughts many times. Kikyou knew that he had no intention of keeping his promise to die with her so they could go to hell. Even if he thought he meant it, he didn't. Inuyasha had a new chance at life, so did she. Now he had experianced more of the world, had friends, and was even accepted in her village. And Kikyou herself now didn't to be bound my duty to her village. Once Naraku was gone, they could think up a way to destroy the jewel so no one would have to ever be burdened by it ever again.
That would leave just her and Inuyasha. Even if she was dead, even if she wasn't whole, maybe things could work. Maybe this time they could work.
"Kikyou?"
Kikyou looked up at the sound of Inuyasha calling her name. Just him saying her name gave her mixed feelings. Feelings of anger, love, hate,and sadness. Maybe if she could just wish away the anger...
"Inuyasha, I was starting to wonder if you had stood me up." Kikyou replied with a slight smile, making Inuyasha scracth the back of his head.
"Well you see...Kagome and me-and the others-were sort of having a early dinner and-"
"I understand, you still feel like you're sneaking out of the house." Kikyou said, narrowing her eyes at what her former lover had been transformed into. Always worrying about Kagome. Had Kagome or him ever heard of the saying: "If you love something, you'll set it free?" Here he was actting like he was on house arrest! Or maybe that guilty expression was for something else. "What is it you wanted to see me about? Has Naraku-"
"This isn't just about Naraku."
Kikyou's eyes widen slightly in suprised and then quickly turned back to normal. Inuyasha had caught her off guard by saying that. For a minute she thought he said "this isn't about Naraku". Not "this isn't just about Naraku."
"If this isn't just about Naraku, then what is it about?" Kikyou asked, her tone of voice becoming wary and slightly suspecious. Inuyasha walked toward her, grabbed her by the shoulders, and pulled her toward him in a clumsy embrace. "Inu...yasha?"
"Kikyou...why does us meeting always have to be about Naraku. Can't it be about you, about us?" Inuyasha whispered to her, pauseing to enhale her scent he added: "Can't you see thatI need you, now more than ever?"
"Why now," Kikyou asked. She was willing to forgive and forget now that he had decided to stay with her, to love her. But still, something seemed out of place. Wasn't this just a little too...conveniant? "Why after all this time are y ou ready to embrace me? Isbecause my copy, Kagome, refused you? Or is it something else?"
"Heh, so suspecious..."
"Excuse me?" For a minute there, Kikyou was quite certain that he sounded like someone else.
"Nothing, and no, this has nothing to do with Kagome. Just hear me out. Kagome and the others are quite certain that there are no more jewel shards to find. Naraku and us now each have a equal half of the Shikon no Tama. This war, it's finally ending. But I need your help Kikyou."
"My help?" Kikyou asked, wondering all the while why she didn't see that this had nothing to do with their pervious relationship. He had just been buttering her up.
"Yes. Only you and Kagome can kill Naraku. Your combined powers should be able to make sure that Naraku stays dead. We have a plan, but it's will only work if you help." Inuyasha explained. Kikyou turned her eyes to look over his shoulder instead of at him. Something just sounded off. She couldn't quite place it though.
"Kikyou, ple-"
"I'll help. But I'm not doing it for you or Kagome. I'm doing it for myself."
Inuyasha smiled and leaned down to kiss her. It wasn't a very passionate kiss, it was more of a "sealing the deal" kiss more than anything. Even though it was just a friendly, quick kiss, Kikyou still felt herself melting into it.
"Thank you, I promise, when this is all over me and you will live happily together."
"Naruku!"
That had been several days ago. And now what Inuyasha had promised had came true. Naraku's name, thanks to Kagome, had suddenly become a battle cry. Time seemed to freeze.
Out of the corner Kikyou could see Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru attacking Naruku. Its funny how when nothing else matters you can find a ally in the most surprising places. Or maybe, just like her, he promised him something also.
Kikyoucould also see Kagura attack her creator with a carefully concealed dagger. "Naraku, just like you I too can be cunning. You shouldn't be so surprised that I would stand up for myself once more." The wind witch had finally decided to take action and take control of her life, even if it meant dieing for that life. Her wind powers, and the dagger could only wound him. And just like her sister, she ended up dieing after all her efforts.
Kagome took aim with her bow amd gathered up her energy.Her arrowmanaged to not miss this time. Half of Naruku's body was torn in half from Kagome's power, as Kagome herselffell to the ground out of energy crying Kikyou's name: "Kikyou!"
That was her cue to finish Naruku off. As it was in their agreement. She andKagome would work together,one half and then the other.Time moved as slow as a leaf falling to the ground as Kikyou pointed her bow at what was left of Naruku. She notched a arrow in her bow. Kikyou was about to let it fly, but found that she couldn't. Somehow, she managed to pause. Maybe this was a time for reflection, after all this...Could she be feeling pity after all this?
"Kikyou, what are you waiting for!" she could hear everyone shout at her. Only her and Kagome's power could finish him off once and for all. Kagome couldn't kill Naruku and neither could herself.
'Shoot him Kikyou, shoot dammit.' it was her own voice inside her head.
'Kikyou please shoot.' that one was her own mother's, a voice that she could never forget.
'Kikyou free us at last.' it was the voice of the devoured womens' souls that were all inside her, pushing her to do the right thing. But how the hell did they know what the right thing was? Who on this earth was the judge of that? Who was to say that she was doing the wrong thing? They didn't know her, so they could not judge her actions! To hell with them, she was doing this for herself and they could rot in hell for all she cared, she would join them in a minute as soon as she finished it.
'I want to be the best priestess in Japan!' Kikyou's eyes watered at the voice in her head. It was her as a little girl. She had told her mother that on the day that she had finally been accepted as a priestess, by her mother was fixing her priestess uniform. Even now, the memories of her former life, even before she met Inuyasha, haunted her. If all this had never happened...
Kikyou bowed her head, letting her bangs come in front of her eyes and shadows race across her face. "I can no longer be the priestess I once was," Kikyou explainedas she slowly raised her head and narrowed her eyes at Naruku." I can no longer be the best priestess in Japan. But I do want something to celebrate. I shuffled my arrows myself so theres no one else to blame, all I need is one final chance, one last arrow to end it all. To win this battle. So give me something I can celebrate."
Kikyou let the arrow go and it filled with all her energy. Naruku made a almost animal scream as it hit him, a scream which no one in the area would forget. Kikyou fell to her knees then to the ground, landing on her stomach. The world seemed to be spinning as Kikyou looked in front of her to see a now melting Naruku. He reached out a melting tentacle/hand out for her and it came just inches from her face.
Kikyou whispered to herself before closing her eyes. "Just die you bastard, just die..." Just die and let everything, the past included, die with you. That was all she wanted now, more than ever.
She felt a half-demons arms around her as she closed her eyes. She found herself being picked up by him. She looked through half closed eyes to see Inuyasha and then past him to see Kagome standing.Kagome was standingwith aalmost amused gaze.Kikyou felt shocked by it, but at the same time she didn't feel a thing. Maybe she would look the same if Inuyasha had choosen Kagome over her. Maybe she would feel the irony of it all if that had happened.
'There's something they're not telling you.' Said her own voice inside her head. A voice thatthrough all of her years, living and dead,hadgiven her good counsel.Kikyou looked up into Inuyasha's golden eyes to see a emotion she hadn't even know could exists in his eyes: Regret.
"Kikyou, I'm going with Kagome." Kikyou's heart broke as she heard the words she knew she would have to hear someday but denied all this time. She was stupid very stupid to believe that he was going to keep his promise. He was after all a demon, and demons never keep their word. Even half demons. Why couldn't she see the double meaning in his words that distant day.
"Do you still love me Inuyasha?" asked Kikyou in a broken voice. It was a voice which she had hoped never to talk in, but couldn't help too. The voice was the weak side of her that she couldn't afford to show. Her heart had been broken once again by the same person. A person that had once again hurt her.
Inuyasha shook his head and his and his white hair shook with it. "I still love you, or I did at one time. I'm sorry about this Kikyou." His arms tightened around her and he gripped her shoulders as he let her drop from his arms, so that she was being held up by him. Kikyou was about to say "sorry about what?" when she was slammed into the ruff bark of the same tree that she had pinned Inuyasha to 50 years ago. So this is what they weren't telling her...
Kagome picked up the jewel out of Naraku's remains and walked over to where they were. The others had left and it left only them. Kikyou saw Kagome over Inuyasha's shoulder say a spell, one of the ancient ones that only Kikyou and Keade had known.It seemed that Kikyou's little sister had in the end chooseto betrayher, or maybe Kagome had learned the spell by force.The tree in back of Kikyouslowly melted and twisted around her body until it was holding her in place. Kagome smiled happilyabout the end resultsby Kikyou narrowed her eyes.
"Sorry Kikyou but its better this way. Really it is. See you get to still have your half of my soul and you don't need souls anymore since you will live off of the jewels energy." Kagomesaidwith anothersmile.
"Damn you." Kikyou said, her voice full of hatered. Of course, it was Kagome that had twisted Inuyasha's mind. If Kikyou herself had been able to change Inuyasha all those years ago, then so could her reincarnation, but this time for the worst.
"Do you want that to be your last words?" said Kagome. Before Kikyou could reply, she stepped up to her and put the Shikon jewel around her neck while muttering another ancientspell. Kikyou felt her neck constrict like someone was chocking her, then a crushing pain around her voice box as blood came up in her mouth and slowly slid down the corner. Inuyasha stepped up to her and wiped it away and thenkissed her on the cheek as Kagome muttered yet another spell.
ThenInuyasha stepped back with Kagome to let the spell run its course after another quick glance at Kikyou. Kikyou felt herself falling asleep as she realized it was the same spell she had used on Inuyasha so long ago. She tried asking him why, but she found she couldn't speak as a faint feeling of fear came over her.
Through half closed eyes she saw Inuyasha walk away with his arms around Kagome, as she finally fell asleep.
'I have no one to blame but myself, after all if I had seen through his lie in his kiss. I would have pointed the arrow at him, thats why I hesitated. I have no one to blame...but myself...'
"And thus, we think this new project..."
Whatever was being said, was being listened to with only a 1/2amount of interest. This afternoon meeting might have really been a bad idea. Seto really had more patience in the morning. Whether this made him a morning person or not was yet to be decided.
"blah blah, something about a machine, new new blah blah." That was exactly how it sounded to him. Couldn't they try to make their sentences a little more interesting? Or maybe Seto was expecting to much. Looking around, he could see that he wasn't the only one bored.
'God, someone just please shut him up. Or tell him to get to the point at least...' That was the third time Seto had thought this. Today it seemed he really had no patience. Or maybe it was that today just seemed like something was out of place, but Seto didn't know what. And that was what bothered him most of all besides the meeting.
"Mr. Kiaba? Sir?"
"Hm, oh, that was a brillent idea. Start working on it tomorrow. Meeting dismissed." Seto quickly said and stood upfrom the table to head for the door. Finally he could get out of this room with all these stupid white collar workers. Nothing against them personally, someone had to do it, but they were all whether dull and quite a little dumb. Well more than quite a little.
The rest of the people in the meeting just stared in mild shock as Seto left the room. The man that had been talking just rubbed the back of his head and muttered to himself, Seto hadn't even heard what the final idea was. But nevertheless, the idea would have to be put into production. Seto Kaiba was quite a diffecult man to figure out.
After leaving the meeting room, Seto started heading toward the main exit. Maybe some fresh air would clear his mind. Walking was really the best thing to do right now, or maybe it wasn't. Either way, he needed to be left alone with his thoughts.
Halfway through the hallway he was currently walking through, Seto stopped quite suddenly. He just had a feeling of deja vu, it felt like he had just walked past this hallway before or maybe he had done something before that he had failed to do this time.
But what? Was it a contract that he had forgot to sign? No that wasn't it, he had finished his work and that was why he was leaving the building. Well actually he didn't know if he had finished his work. But he was the boss, so work was whenever he felt like doing it. And there was no"school" work since school was out for the summer. Not like he needed to go to school. Now he really just took online courses. But still, that feeling wouldn't go away.
'Maybe,' said a voice in the back of his head, 'you're missing something in your life.' He frowned at the voice and stopped to think. What could he be missing? Maybe making a list of his good fortune would help.
He had a brother who adored him, more cash then the president(Overstatement.), a billion dollar company, cars, land, cards, "friends" well they weren't really friends, clothes, houses? or did that go with land, and he had a bunch of junk that he didn't need also, so what was missing?
Setoput it out of his mind as he stopped at a end table by the front door tolook into a little glass tray sitting on the table which he always put his keys in. Seto grabbed his keys out of it andwalked through the glass front doors andinto the most overly happy sunshine.Seto looked as his car and at the car keys in his pocket then decided to walk instead. He had no real destination in mind, until one popped into his head. The park. He hadn't been there in ages, since he was a little kid. Sometimes he took Mokuba, but now he was at the age where going to the park was babyish. He didn't know why but he had just decided to go, just to people watch maybe.
The park was overly crowed with overly happy people. It was almost a scene in a bad movie if you thought about it. Seto passed a women sitting on a bench with her little boy asking if he could get a ice cream or a balloon. She laughed and gave him a one dollar bill so he could get both and the little kid almost crashed into him.
"Sorry mister." and with that the kid took off. Seto was too lost in his thoughts to care about the little brat.
'Whats missing? Wait why do I care anyway?' This brought up another good thought, was the something he was missing something that other people had? That thought just brought the voice back.
'Maybe your missing a girl-'started a voice in his head, but Seto stopped it with a warning growl as several people stopped and stared. He didn't need a girl anything. The last thing he needed was some gold digging witch that just wanted some of his company, body, and money. Ignoring the other stareing and muttering people, Seto continued. Screw them if they thought he was crazy. Screw them.
After Seto forced himself to put it out of his mind he stopped in front of the entrance to the woods part of the park. It almost looked like the woods in some mindless fairy tale with it'sdark evergreen trees and shadowed depths. There was a sign next thetheentrance that said: "Everlasingforest".That wassomething new,Seto was quitesure that he had never noticed that sign before. Or maybe that was because whenhe was little him and Mokuba just raced past it.A giggling happy couple in front of him washolding hands and entering the forest to probably make out.Seto walked after them, if this was suppost to be a walk down memory lane, then so be it.
Seto quickly became annoyed at the lovely lovely crap. Why was it that everything was goinghorribly wrong today.And whywas it that couplesthought it was cute to go outside a flant theirlovers in everybodies face.Whynot just wear a sign saying: "Hey, I'm sleeping with this Man/orWoman!" Seto finally said under his breath, "That is pathtic..." The women hanging on her boyfriendheard him and looked over her shoulder to glare at him. He gave her one of his evil sexy smiles, a smile that sent the message:"I really don't give a shit if I'm making youuncomfortable bitch. Sodon't test me."The woman blushed and looked away by holding on tighter to her boyfriend. Seto rolled his eyes. Like he was actually going to do anything, she was hardly worth his time.
Finally they came to a intersection in the path. The couple took a sunny path to the right while Seto took the dark path on the left. He passed by a half covered sign that said: "Do not enter. Path unfinished up ahead."
'So what if it's' unfinished. My lifes unfinished and this day sucks, might as well tempt fate further.' With that thought Seto stepped into the almost dark unfinished path, oblivous to what the concequences for such a act would be.
As the part of the path that was paved disappeared, Setoheard the sound of running water. Seto frowned and turned his head to the right, where he could see through the trees a sunny waterfall seemed to appear. As soon as he saw it, for a second, the waterfall and his surroundings turned lavander colored. Then, quickly, the moment passed. Maybe it was just his eyes playing tricks on him from finally seeing bright light after allthis time. But the waterfall, that was no trick.
'There can't be a waterfall here.I've covered every part of these woods with Mokuba. Maybe it's a added attraction.' Seto thought to himself as he stepped to the right, around the trees in front of him,and into the lakeside by a waterfall.
Setilooked around him at the bright green grass and at the clear blue, bubbling, lakecoming from the constant flow of the waterfall. The lack itself wasn't that deep and there were several large stepping stones leading to the other side. Tempting fate further, Seto stepped on one and then another until he was on the other side.After looking over his shoulder once, Setocontinued walking until he came to a clearing.
The clearing had only one tall, thick, ancient tree in the middle of it. On the tree, numberous Kikyou flowers were growing. Alot more thought were growing on the ground, so much that grass was barely seen. This was one of the moments, besides on tv or in a flower shop or green house, that Seto had ever seen this many flowers. The landscaper must be pretty good, that was the only way to explain such a thing like this being possible. Seto looked away from the flowers at his feet and back at the tree as the feeling of not being alone seemed to was over him.
Seto was right, he wasn't alone. What he saw made him do a double take and then finally mutter: "...What?" Entangled within the tree was a women. She looked to be no more then 17or 18 , she had pale, milky white skin, and long, dustby timeraven hair tiedback in a tradition ponytail with two loops of hair left out. She was wearing a old red and white priestess uniform that seemed to worn with time.Around her neck was a glittering lavender jewel that was about the size of a hood ornament on a car. Maybe smaller.. The women appeared to not be moving at all. It was almost like she was asleep...
While Seto was staring at her transfixed, his limbs moved of their own accord.. Seto's arms reached up and his fingertipstouchedthe jewel around her neck. It glowed once, a bright lavander glow,then the tree let go the women and she fell right into him. Seto, caught off guard by the strange sequence of events, tripped as her weight added to his own. The both of them fell down on the ground. Seto landed on his back and the woman remained on his chest.
The woman, Kikyou, felt herself awakening. She stiffly lifted her head from someone's chest and looked into the face of the one who had awakened her. Dark brown eyes met equally dark blue ones. His expression mirrored hers, one of surprise, but besides that nothing else could be read.
Kikyou rolled off of him and tried to sit up, as Kikyou sat up as the stranger sat up and for a few minutes nothing was heard incept the sounds of the forest. Then Seto broke the silence.
"Who are you?" Not "What were you doing there hanging from a tree?" Just "Who are you?". For a human he was a bold one. At least he wasn't confused and rambleing, he seemed to just be taking things as they where with out wondering why. For the time being at least.
Kikyou was about to reply when she put a hand to her throat. She tried forming words but nothing but a mouse like squeak came out.
"What's wrong, you can't speak?" Seto asked her. Well this was one of the things to add to the new experiances list.
Kikyou looked at him like he was the stupidest person in the world and then stood up. She stood for a few seconds then fell on her side to the ground. Kikyou tried getting up but found she couldn't. From the looks of his clothing, she had been asleep for over a thousand years. Her limbs would need some time for them to work properly. She couldn't even fix her clothes, since the clothes that she had been wearing had started to deteriate.
'Just great. I still can't talk and I'm stuck in the woods with this stranger. Well you know what? I don't care, let him do what he wants, I wish I was still asleep.' Kikyou thought to herself. From the frying pan and into the fire. Why was tis happening to him.
Seto stood up and looked down at her. Kikyou looked up at him and tried to speak, which resulted in another squeak. The more Seto looked at her, the more her emotionless eyes seemed to drill holes through him. Even though he wouldn't admit it to himself, it was a little creepy. Maybe only because there was someone in this world that could perfect that look besides him. Or maybe it was because she was a beautiful woman, and in these parts the handsome man is suppost to...suppost to do what? Was he impliying on taking advantage of her? He would never sink that low. Even say, if she did owe him her life. But why else was she looking at him like that, that look that said that she was expecting something from him. Something unproper. Did she think that low of him. But then again, she didn't really know him, so she probably was...Was what?
Did one of the construction workers or wackos around here take her here, did something to her voice or because she was a mute did something to her. Maybe the person that did this to her tied her up in that tree, which Seto was starting to think was fake or machanical, and run away because the person heard him coming. It was possible. You had sick people like that in the world. And the outfit she was in, which seemed to be revealing to much because of how loose it was, seemed to be suggesting, even though it was suppost to be a cerimonial robe, things. Yes suggesting things that a sick person would get off on.
'Are you a sick person Kaiba? Are you getting off on this?' Said yet another one of those not helping voices in his head. Seto smacked a fist into the middle of his forehead. What kind of question was that? Wasn't your consence suppose to be your guide. Not the creepy guy sitting on your shoulder asking you if your happy to see her of if you starched your pants wrong this morning.
Another voice said: 'Don't listen to him!You're not that mean!Just because this has the setting of a porn movie doesn't mean you can just run wild! You weren't raise by wolfs! Or were you?' Seto got annoyed and yelled at both of the voices in his head: 'Shut up already! Just because she and I are in the woods doesn't mean a damn thing!'
Yes, maybe this morning what his feelings were trying to tell him was that he should get some mental help. Seto, quite sure that the voices had finally been chased off.
Seto turned around as Kikyou picked up a kikyou flower after decideing that he wasn't going to do anything, Kikyou had decided to give him her name.Seto looked atthe flowerthen back at her.
"Your name's Kikyou, isn't it?" Kikyou nodded and stood up. She almost fell one or two times, but she finallystood up and let the flower drop from her fingers. Seto sighed and decided to walk away. She could walk now so she could take herself to the police. There had been enough weird events today thank you very much. Unfortantly for him, Kikyou wasn't done with him yet. Having no where else to go because of the changes done to the settings around her, Kikyou had decided to follow him.
If Seto noticed he didn't say anything until they got to the middle of the path of stepping stones.When Seto suddenly stopped, Kikyou was caught off guard by the actionand her foot slipped.Seto managed to turn around and catch her before she could fall into the icy depths of the lake. Through he didn't do it to be nice.
"Stop following me!" Seto yelled at Kikyou by still holding her. He tried not to notice that his arms were around her waist and the situation they were in. What he did try to notice is that she was annoying him. Why couldn't they go their seperate ways. What Seto didn't realize by trying to ignore everything was that this was the only way out of the clearing. And that there was more going on here then perverts and lost mute woman.
'I wish I could.' thought Kikyou. There was no way she could let herself wonder around this time with out knowing anything aboutit. It seemed thatInuyasha had really screwed her over.Finally Kikyou realized how close they were and started at him.Seto let her go and turned around. Kikyou paused for a minute, thinking back on how good it felt to be held after all this time. Finally Kikyou put it out of her mind and followed Seto, decideding instead to think about how he could have freed her.
'How could he have freed me without some high level of magic? He must have some magic then! But even if he did, his magic level would have to match the level of a high priestess or priest. But how can that be?' Kikyou thought to herself by she studied the man in front of her. This matter puzzled Kikyou. The spell put on Inuyasha by her was only undone because Kagome was Kikyou's reincarnation and because of it had some high level of magic, even if she didn't know how to properly use it. The spell Kagome put on her worked in much the same way. So in order for Seto to had freed her he would need a level as high or higher then Kikyou herself. But she didn't sense anything about him. In fact she didn't sense anything at all...
'My powers...' Kikyou thought to herself sadly as they left the forest. 'They're gone. I can feel that they have left me. If I still had them I wouldn't feel so...out of place. Or maybe I still would?' It seemed Kagome really wanted to leave her powerless. Her spell didn't just take away her voice it took away her powers as well.
When they were half way out of the park Seto turned to look at her, decided that now would be a good time to pop a question: "How were you tied to that tree?"
Kikyou didn't answer,instead she pointed to her throat.There was no way she could answer his question as it was now. In her time sign language hadn't been invented yet and, since there was no sign language teacher popping out of the ground ready to teach, there was nothing she could tell him.
"So you're reallymute then?" Seto sighed and let her follow him out of the park. First he would need a few things before he could ask her questions. First of two would be new clothes. He didn't like how everyone in the park were looking at them. Usually he ignored strange looks, but when you have a strange tree dangleing priestess following you like a puppy you couldn't really ignore them. That and doing something nice for her might make her want to talk more. Second of all, he would need a notepad and pencil. Seto didn't know sign language either. Hadn't wanted or been forced to learn unlike most other languages that he had learned already. That and he doubted if she knew what sign language was for some reason.
Kikyou looked at herself in the mirror. It was one thing to free her from a thousand year old sleep, it was another to buy her clothes. Kikyou twirled in front of the mirror then stopped and put a hand to her chin. The clothes mirrored the ones she had worn before, incept for the skirt. It seemed that kimono tops were in style and so were broom skirts. Instead of socks and sandles, Kikyou was now wearing white, short dress socks and black mary jane type dress shoes.
The woman working thecash registersmiled at Seto and handed him the bill. He looked at it and paid her, as Kikyou jumped down from the stool she was standing on.
Kikyou followed him as the next stop in what he called a "Mall" was a general store. He looked down the aisles as Kikyou looked around in amazement at the modern convinces until he found what he was looking for. A small pocket notepad. He looked up to see Kikyou looking at someone familiar when he found out that the person was Yugi.Seto grabbed Kikyou's arm and dragged her down another aisle.
They paid for the items and got out of the store when theyran into Yugi and his friends.
"Hi Kaiba, I hadn't expected to find you here and whose this?" said Yugi with a small smile. Kikyou was about to try to reply when she saw the icy look that Seto was giving her and stopped.
"I bet shes his girlfriend!" Said Joey. Kikyou leaned into Seto and looked up at him as a vain popped up on his forehead. After all just because she had to stay with him a little while until she got her bearings didn't mean she had to make it easy for him.
"She's not my girlfriend and her names Kikyou." Seto leaned away from Kikyou,hopeing she would stop leaning on him,but she continiuedleanedon him.
"Yeah right." Joey said, unconvienced. He was just trying to hide his feelings in front of his girlfriend. Another one of his trying to be cool acts.
"Don't make fun of him and his girlfriend, its rude." Said Tea, unknowing that "girlfriend" had suddenly become a tabo word. Seto looked angrily down at Kikyou, grabbed her by the shoulders, and pushed her away from him.
"Let me spell it out to you so you all can understand. S-h-e-is-not-my-g-i-r-l-f-r-i-e-n-d. Got that? Good. Kikyou were leaving."Seto angrily spelled out.He grabbed Kikyou again by the armand quickly fastwalked away.
"Bye Kaiba! Bye Kikyou! It was nice meeting you!" Yugi yelledafter while waving goodybe. Kikyou waved back at him, making Joey laugh and Tea try to conceil a smile.
Some howSeto hada feeling that things were about to change, and they weren't going to change for the better.
Sorry Kaiba fans, I just couldn't help it. That was so funny! Well at least I found that funny. Also when Kikyou's saying her last words to Naruku, I took some of the words and switched them around with the lyrics from a English Yu-Gi-Oh song. Thanks And I would tell you which one but I forgot, so find out on your own.
And on the part where Seto frees Kikyou you should listen to "Let me be with you" from the Chobits soundtrack. Its always better to make the story come to life with music and some of the lyrics match the story. Like the part in the song that says, "To make sure the two of us meet, I cast a spell." Kagome did cast a spell right and it did make them meet. And the words in the song, "Until now, unable to say it, I've just been hiding it. I'm only acting strong, that's all it is, please see through it." Well Kikyou can't talk and they both act like their strong. Or maybe I watch too much Inuyasha and Chobits too much and have just been listening to "Let me be with you" too many times.
I also think the characters, especially Seto, were ooc. But that will change, but you have to think of several things that would make Kikyou or Kaiba seem ooc.
1. I haven't been watching the show in a long while.
2. Kikyou is mute, so she will have to deal more with her emotions.
3. They will be living together.
Thats right, I said living together. Lets see how that turns out.
Seto: Living together? Is that suppose to be a joke, well it's not funny. Just like your other stupid jokes!
Jazz7: Why you little...I don't care if your cute, you are getting such a beating for that. My jokes are too funny!
Seto: No they suck, just like you!
Jazz7: (growls then attacks him)
Kikyou: Before I die again, from laughter please review. Ha ha ha, wait till I spread the word Seto that you got beat up by a girl!
Seto: Shut up, you're suppose to be mute! Now please review so this crazy girl can leave me alone. (runs away as the "crazy girl" comes at him with a bat.)
Other side of Jazz7: Yes please review. And don't mind me, I like making you laugh. Or making myself laugh at least. :)
Edited flamers comment: You know that for ever jackass in the world their is a smart person? I'm that smart person. And this is how I'm going to handle a flamer called "you are a dumb ass bitch" and others that review this chapter and others.
First off all: I find it amazeing that you review over a comment that I put at the end of "Gift Of Humanity", just to see if you can piss me off. Well you didn't, in fact you actually gave me a good laugh.
Second of all: I find your use of the word "bitch" both vaguer and unnecessary. If the only way you can get out your anger is to use the word bitch then I feel pretty damn sorry for you. I also feel sorry that you get mad as a monkey about one little piece of fanfiction. Whoever you are I have a piece of advice for you: Don't go into politics, stay away from other people, and live your life in a bubble if you can't stand other people's opinions or threats toward people like you.That was there for a reason, to warn you. Because one of my hobbies is pointing out flamers faults. And yours are plenty.
Third of all: You didn't really say anything at all that was crappy about my writing. There is nothing "shitty" about it. I've seen worse fanfiction and worse writing. Like your writing. What do you think you're trying to do? Scare someone? Oh look I'm shaking in my boots, oh wait, I'm not wearing boots! lamo
Forth of all: People that just assume things about people's lives when they know 0.5 of them are a bunch of shitty fifth rate psychologist. I'm not a little girl, I'm not a "whore", I've probably been in more fights (verbal and physical) than you ever will be, and I'm not afraid to get locked up after rightfully kicking you lame ass across the solar system. So yeah, give me your zip code, your address, hell even you phone number, and if I think (which I don't) that you're worth my time then I'll call, I'll send you a pie and a letter of sympathy for your parents which had to put up with your worthless existence for half of their life, and if you give my your email I'll send you Spam and viruses. :) Oh and just for the record, nobody is a nobody, even you. As long as one person or thing has your name you're something. I'm far from a nobody, I'm a person. Just like you are a lieing sack of crap that wastes precious oxygen and resources on our plant with your pointlessness.
And last of all: I'm still laughing at your pathetic flame, one of the most horrible flames I had the chance to see and read. You couldn't even summon enough courage to leave anything to "tell me" about you. Which shows that you're nothing but a dunce. I'm glad I'm a Kikyou fan and a writer, really glad. Oh and if you review again I'll delete your review just like I'm about to do now. I really don't care about getting in touch with you because I have things to do in my life and that comment at the end was over two years old. I have now ruined 5 lives. lamoSo get a larger vocabulary and a life, "dumb ass". And as if to prove how much of a dumb ass you are, you wrote a review with a comment I put in it from a completely different story. This is "Kikyou", the one you're looking for is "Gift of Humanity". --
Oh and for the rest of you, I'll put your name up to if you send me a flame. I don't care how long this page stretches. I really don't. So come on, bring it. Because nothing brightens my day like flames and toast. :)
I have deleted the flame, but I'll keep on posting my responses to future flamers. I think it was good that I did do that, because that's one less piece of trash in the universe.