InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Good bye ( Chapter 32 )

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…Did I forget anyone?

 

 

Oh, whatever. You get the idea.

 

 

On with the fic!

 

 

Chapter Thirty One.

 

 

`Good Bye'

 

 

“Very good, Usagi. It is obvious that you're slowly getting better… If this keeps up, you will become quite skilled in no time. Should Kikyo Onee-sama be alive, she would say you're a natural…” Kaede said with her arms crossed, giving her an approving nod as she watched her “apprentice” slowly begin to make growing use of her purity, aided with her arrows and bow.

 

 

At this particular stage of her learning, it didn't yet matter whether she managed to hit the target or not… ―which was good since the blonde's arrows seemed to lack any sense of direction whatsoever― what mattered most was that the arrows became imbibed with her powers… and so far so good.

 

 

The bow which Usagi was currently using was a much simpler, baser bow for practice, which was a lot less sturdy than the bows usually used in actual combat. Kaede had found out the hard way that her student didn't have the enough strength to properly handle one of those; at least not yet, because when she did, nothing but accidents were prone to happen… The route taken by Usagi's arrows, then, became totally unpredictable, ending in the most improper of places with an aim so capriciously embarrassing that the older priestess was sometimes tempted to think the bow had been bewitched by a mischievous, naughty spirit.

 

 

She would never forget that time one of the blonde's wayward arrows had accidentally gotten a male peasant in the backside as he was walking away… the utter mortification she'd felt as she apologized profusely to the rather speechless, red-faced man again and again, on behalf of her clumsy student, attempting to excuse her as he wordlessly turned their way. She remembered how afraid she'd been to remove the projectile for fear of causing more pain… and the complete aghast expression on his face as he realized what'd happened … It'd only made matters worse for Kaede when not long afterwards she realized that she, as the head priestess of the shrine, would be the one `entrusted' (stuck and screwed) with the delicate job of the removal of the arrow and the treating of such awkward wound with the aid of her medicinal herbs… the application of which had too required the introduction of her fingers inside the patient's er…private place, `ahem'… ―a fact that'd quite chagrined both the poor, very unfortunate adult male and herself; for most obvious reasons―

 

 

Needless to say, from that day on the people of the village, the men specially, had taken to avoid that area near the forest that they knew she had reserved explicitly for the training of Togebuki `Danger Aim' Usagi, as she'd been nicknamed since then…

 

 

Taking her mind off those uncomfortable memories, Kaede's shoulders slumped, feeling her lips giving into an involuntary grimace.

 

 

…Despite that as a consequence of the last happenings, she seriously doubted now whether she'd be ever able to turn her student into an average good archer, and even if it killed her… she'd already vowed firmly to herself that the girl wouldn't leave this village without at least having learned the way to present all supernatural evils around with a difficult encounter…

 

 

 

 

Somewhere else, in a darkened room, another subject's private thoughts were set on the very same person as the thoughts of the grey haired priestess were…

 

 

“My Angel… I miss you…”

 

 

He missed her so damn much.

 

 

--Flashback—

 

 

`Such afrailcreature' the long haired hanyou thought as he inspected the unconscious female he'djustbrought into his lairnot long ago `… is the one that houses this incredible amount of power?'

 

 

He carefully placed the naked form on a futon by the door, taking the time to slowly disengage his fingers from the tangled mass ofgolden tresses…

 

 

…So soft…

 

 

Half lidded eyes focused on pink rosy lips, and it was at that moment, that she opened her eyes.

 

 

Sapphire blue clashed with ruby red.

 

 

“W-Where am I..?”

 

 

Before giving him the opportunity to respond though, she frownedat herself.

 

 

“…Who am I?”she asked of him then in a pleading voice; the unexpected question made him pause, crimson orbswidening in realization.

 

 

At the trusting look he saw within her eyes, he feltthe beginnings of something unknown inside him startto stir

 

 

“…You're …safe…”

 

 

--End flashback—

 

 

“Usagi…” Naraku whispered with a slow veiled breath.

 

 

He almost felt stupid for having sent her away now…The truth was, in a way, it'd completely taken him by surprise; he hadn't known her absence would affect him so greatly…

 

 

It was torture.

 

 

“Show her to me” once more he found himself giving this particular order to Kanna; the Void child immediately raised her small mirror to comply with his wishes.

 

 

“The priestess… is teaching her to use her power” the albino girl whispered “she's already started the path towards her awakening”

 

 

Even though she'd continued talking, she knew the Master was only half listening as he slithered closer to the image, his red eyes fixated on the blonde's figure very intently, as if wanting to drink her in… and snickering mildly at her many antics.

 

 

Then the Hanyou Lord raised a hand to touch the golden-haired reflection with some hard-restrained emotion.

 

 

`Hurry up, Butterfly… I need… to see you… I want you back…'

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown to the Dark Hanyou, bi-colored crimson and purple eyes had been spying on the entire scene from outside through the slightly ajar door with undisguised, uncontrollable fury…

 

 

In her anger, one female detachment could feel the chilling grip of her jealousy boiling through her veins…hotter than molten lava.

 

 

She hated that girl so damn much…

 

 

Even though she'd been looking forward to putting her little scheme into action, she still hadn't found the most appropriate moment yet… not with her Master watching over the wretched girl day in and day out…

 

 

Tsumi knew she was growing restless.

 

 

If she didn't manage to control herself, she would eventually snap.

 

 

`Why her, by the demons; why… Why her and not me?!' she thought with utter misery and heartbreak, watching the fall of her outraged tears.

 

 

She angrily wiped them away…

 

 

`I would have given him everything'

 

 

But she wouldn't be defeated. Not yet… ―Tsumi tightened her fists. She wouldn't give up… she couldn't.

 

 

…She wouldn't let that wretched human girl defeat her! She'd send her to the deepest pits of Hell before allowing for that to happen.

 

 

“I will kill her with my own bare hands if I have to!!”

 

 

“…Then you're more foolish than I thought” a haughty voice answered unexpectedly from behind her.

 

 

The female incarnation swiftly shifted around.

 

 

When she spotted the one who'd spoken, she scowled.

 

 

“You… the eternal eavesdropper, I should have guessed” she snorted with unrepressed disdain “Stay out of it, this doesn't concern you…Byakuya”

 

 

“Really? Because I find it all to be very interesting” he toyed with her unscrupulously “what do you think Naraku-sama might do… if he happened to catch rumor that you're planning the assassination of his precious `Butterfly'…?” the male detachment stressed the last word quite intentionally, grinning.

 

 

She wouldn't be intimidated, though. “Then that'd give me a good reason to cut your head off… wouldn't it?”

 

 

Her fellow incarnation laughed well humouredly at that.

 

 

“Oh, but there is no need to be so violent, my darling” quicker than lightning, he grabbed her harshly by the wrists and pushed her against the wall, boxing her in.

 

 

Satisfied to see her trapped, he grinned down at her smugly as he openly leered at her body, black bottomless eyes running all over in an appreciative manner while he smiled.

 

 

“I don't see why we couldn't work this out between ourselves” he told her meaningfully.

 

 

“Go to Hell” she answered as she attempted to push him off her.

 

 

“Tsk tsk tsk… such temper” he reprimanded, easily pushing her back down “when I was nothing but agreeable… offering to keep your dirty little secret and acting all nice to you…” he shook his head at her in mock lecture.

 

 

“What the hell do you want” she asked with already lost patience, through her greeted teeth.

 

 

“Isn't it obvious?” he said mildly surprised.

 

 

“I don't set for second best” she told him acidly in an equally scalding tone “you should know that already. I've proved it to you many times”

 

 

“But I didn't have something to blackmail you with back then at all those previous times, did I?” he smirked in amusement, leaning in to lick her lips, taking joy in her discomfort as she struggled against him.

 

 

“Are you threatening me?”

 

 

“Only if you want to see it that way…darling… Think about it; you know where to find me…”

 

 

With those words, he gave her chin one last lick before finally removing himself from her, letting her go.

 

 

Then he left the lavender haired detachment all alone with her thoughts in the solitary hall.

 

 

“I told you… I don't set for seconds…” she heard herself whispering to no one.

 

 

May be…not fooling anyone either.

 

 

However, she'd still made up her mind.

 

 

So…

 

 

“This isn't over yet… `Golden girl'…” her roughed up voice grunted.

 

 

 

 

Back in the clearing by the village; “We're done for the day, Usagi” the withered woman told her, and Usagi couldn't have been happier.

 

 

Which was partly due to her current state of tiredness, and partly due to the a flickering shaft of reflecting light, the sight of which she'd caught minutes earlier, emitting a familiar signal.

 

 

`Kanna's mirror' she knew the incarnation wanted to speak to her.

 

 

It could be important.

 

 

“Kaede-Baba, if you're going back to the village, I hope you don't mind that I stay for a while here to take a stroll around the forest? I just need a bit of fresh air… I promise I won't go far”

 

 

Deeming her prepared enough for the moment, the woman assented.

 

 

“Make sure you come back safely, child” she started the long walk back towards her hut.

 

 

The blonde turned to stare at the dense grove before her.

 

 

`I'm coming, Kanna…'

 

 

 

 

Minutes later, not far from there, in a nearby clearing, the golden haired girl found the one she was seeking.

 

 

“You wanted to see me?”

 

 

“Yes” the void child nodded “I carry another message from Lord Niraya”

 

 

“Oh?” the girl blinked “what did he say?”

 

 

“He wants you to be back in a week or so” the small detachment told her evenly “He wants you to quicken your learning as much as possible so you can return”

 

 

“Oh… I see…” now that the issue had finally been mentioned, the blonde wasn't sure she wanted to so readily live the village anymore, and leave all the wonderful new people she had met… but she also didn't want to be away from her `former' loved ones.

 

 

She felt torn.

 

 

“There's something I also wanted to tell you… I came to say Good-bye, Usagi-san”

 

 

Usagi's head snapped up.

 

 

“Huh? What do you mean? Are you going somewhere?”

 

 

The incarnation assented.

 

 

“The Master's sent me on a special mission regarding his enemies, and I know this time…I won't come back alive…” she said with no emotion.

 

 

“W-What? What are you saying, Kanna?!”

 

 

“…This will be the last time we see each other”

 

 

“NANI?!”

 

 

“I just wanted to say good bye…”

 

 

“B- B - but!!-”

 

 

“I'm glad I met you, Usagi-san… I will tell my sister, Kagura, about you, when we are reunited” not saying anything more, the void incarnation turned to walk away from her.

 

 

“…WAIT, KANNA!” the shocked blonde ran after the white haired Void child, who slowly turned around “…WHY…?!”

 

 

She didn't know what she was asking; there were so many different questions…

 

 

Why does this have to happen now?!

 

 

…Do you even have to go there… do you really have to die?

 

 

Why do you have to die?!

 

 

…And why did you choose… to tell `me'…?

 

 

As if reading her thoughts, the void child rewarded her, before definitely departing from there, with an answer that left the young girl completely frozen in place, since it was one she would never have expected to hear from the emotionless being in a thousand years.

 

 

“…Because I thought you'd be the only one…who would care…”

 

 

To Be Continued.