InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ I don't care anymore ( Chapter 15 )

 

Somewhere else not far…

“Miroku-san!!! Do you see that?!”

Inside the dark subterranean fortress, the blonde girl by the name of Usagi thrashed violently while asleep on her bed.

“Niraya-sama?!”

To Be Continued…

 

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Sailor Moon or anything else that you recognize. Only a few fragments of this chapter are translations I extracted from the Inuyasha manga. I'm not making any money out of this; the writing of this story is just to vent some stress and for my personal pleasure.

 

 

WARNING:Major MANGASPOILERS in this chapter. Read on at your own cost…

 

 

Chapter Fourteen.

 

 

A horrified Kikyo saw how thousands of new threads that had shot from the sky enveloped the form of the little girl, making her fall to the ground motionless; her still open eyes dull and pupil-less…

 

 

“Saki?! What is it? Wake up!” She watched as the mother of the child tried to revive her daughter in vain. People around looked on curiously; however, it was obvious neither them nor the mother had seen the mysterious threads that had attacked her in the barest of seconds.

 

 

“Get back!” she shouted to the woman as she made her way towards the little girl.

 

 

“Miko-sama?!”

 

 

`It's a trap from Naraku, I know it… He's using this innocent child just to force me to touch those threads…or whatever they are'

 

 

Opening a fold of paper, the priestess took a breath and blew away the tinier pieces of paper inside, which turned into butterflies that flew to the girl and purified the invisible threads, freeing her back into consciousness.

 

 

But what Kikyo hadn't realized was that she had stepped away from the barrier that shielded her and Kohaku. She didn't realize it until it was too late and more threads fell from the sky, this time exploding in a spider web-like pattern that enveloped her own form.

 

 

`OH NO!'

 

 

“Kikyo-sama?!” a clueless Kohaku shouted her name when he saw her stumble…

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile not far from there…

 

 

“It's that way, Inuyasha!” an alarmed Kagome pointed to the hanyou who was running fast with her already nestled on his back towards that direction “It looks like huge spits of viscous thread falling from the sky!”

 

 

`This is… it's Kikyo's scent!' a rushing Inuyasha thought worriedly.

 

 

 

 

 

“Yes… It was just an hour ago” the same woman was explaining to the group of shard hunters “My daughter fainted out of the blue and that priestess that was passing by healed her. Then it seemed as if she wasn't feeling very well either, so she left, saying that she'd become contaminated and was going to the temple near the village to try and cleanse herself”

 

 

“Inuyasha?! Where are you going, wait for us!!”

 

 

 

 

Away from there, a young taijiya was pondering the priestess' words.

 

 

“Kohaku, I will have to leave again… I've been polluted by Naraku's evil! Until I cleanse myself, you must stay with Kouchou and Asuka and keep away from me; if you don't your shikon shard could become corrupted. Go with them, Kohaku, their barrier will protect you; your shikon shard must not become tainted again or you'll be back under his control!”

 

 

“What is happening… to Kikyo-sama?” the boy wondered as he continued to follow the two shikigami.

 

 

`I hope she is alright'

 

 

 

 

“Even when I purify these threads, they still come to wrap around me…”

 

 

“With this Shikon no Tama… I will become a true demon!”

 

“--INUYASHA!!!”

―a voice yelledhis name before an arrow piercedhis heart―

 

…incredulous eyes sawa woman's face full of anger and betrayal…

 

“K- Kikyo…!”

 

In a corner of the room inside the temple, the strained, struggling web-covered priestess gasped.

 

 

“Naraku?! Even now you show me this vision?! Of what happened back then, in that moment? With what purpose?!”

 

 

`Are you trying to confuse my heart again? To corrupt it with your darkness…so I am unable to use my purifying powers and destroy you? …Is that what you're attempting to do?'

 

 

A sizzling pain on her right shoulder made her look down and notice that there was something very wrong with her old wound from the dark hanyou's poison.

 

 

It was spreading…

 

 

Struck by realization, the raven haired woman gave a half-bitter smile.

 

 

`--So this is… …the real purpose of your going back there. You knew then…that without Onigumo's dark emotions you couldn't overpower me, not when I had Midoriko-sama's help to aid me'

 

 

A few tears fell from the angry miko' eyes as she gave a bitter laugh. `I saw it coming `this' time'

 

 

“You went there, to recover Onigumo's jealousy and lust… to gather enough darkness just so you could once again attempt to taint and murder me?!”

 

 

Inside her head, a malicious dark voice chuckled.

 

 

“That is right, woman… Isn't it ironic? That the samehuman heart that I once so despised, because it stoppedme from hurting you,is the very thing that now allows me to kill you once and for all?”

 

 

With another gasp, the priestess' eyes widened in shock.

 

 

“NANI, NARAKU?!!” `He was talking to her in her mind?! How could it be possible--??!!'

 

 

“It's alright, Kikyo. You're not hallucinating”the voice of the evil hanyou told her in a condescending tone “I've become more powerful recently, than I have ever been…It makes petty little tasks like this one, of formingtelepathic conversationswith thepreys of my web-trap, not so difficult to carry outanymore……< b>Buttell me, priestess, why so silent all of a sudden?”

 

 

Managing to catch her voice, she asked the only question she could come up with.

 

 

“How?”

 

 

“Kikyo, my dear little Kikyo…you know that already; after all you've been spying on me, haven't you?”

 

 

`That monstrous, evil presence…'

 

 

“…Your pitiful `Midoriko-sama' is not going to save you now…Neither will Kagomeor Inuyasha, even though they're running to rescue you right now”

 

 

`Inuyasha and Kagome?!!' “You scum! You've led them here, haven't you?! You want to also get them to fall into your trap!” she shouted.

 

 

“That I have done. Once Kagome walks into that temple, my threads will taint her too, weakening her spiritual powers; she won't be able tohealyou with them like last time”

 

 

“Naraku, you're not getting away with this! I haven't been defeated yet! I will find a way to stop you!”

 

 

She heard his amused laughter. “Don'tgettoo hopeful, I dare say; though you're welcome to try. Perhaps I'll drop by to enjoy the showmeanwhile,if you don't mind”

 

 

This time, the miko couldn't contain the tears.

 

 

“Bastard” `I hate you so much…'

 

 

“I know, Kikyo” he said as if he had heard her thought “…and I don't carenow…”

 

 

He didn't say anymore for a long while. She'd thought he was over with her, when she heard his last whisper…

 

 

“…Because I have Her”

 

 

To Be Continued.