InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions ❯ Chapter 3

Decisions

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any characters associated with it.

 

 

Chapter Three

 

---A Few Hours Later---

 

Kagome was startled awake by someone yelling above her. She wanted to tell the person to not be so loud but decided that it would hurt too much. She looked around and saw that she had somehow found her way to a tree before passing out from loss of energy. She concentrated for a moment and determined that, while she wasn't up to her full strength just yet, she did have a little energy.

 

“YOU, GIRL!” Wake up!” Kikyo demanded. “Where is Inuyasha?!”

 

Kagome looked away and bit her lip, suddenly forgetting all about her headache. “He died in the fight with Naraku.”

 

Kikyo looked shocked. “He can't die. He hasn't suffered nearly enough! He is supposed to be dragged to Hell with me!”

 

For some reason, Kagome finally got it as she stared at Kikyo, who was still ranting and raving about the fact that the pleasure of dragging Inuyasha to Hell with her had been denied. Maybe it was all that soul searching she did in the week before, maybe it was her speech to Naraku, but she finally understood what was wrong with Kikyo. She had always wondered why she couldn't begin to understand someone who was once a part of her own soul. She understood the Kikyo that everyone described to her before Naraku came into being. She even understood why she sealed Inuyasha. But she had never been able to understand how someone so full of love and kindness in life could be so full of hatred and bitterness now. Especially toward someone who was as much of a victim of Naraku's deceit as she was. But now Kagome finally understood.

 

Kagome pushed herself up into sitting position with a little effort. “Kikyo I finally figured something out. I guess while Naraku was around I was too distracted to really think about it but it was always there, staring me in the face. Although I denied being anything like you, we have to be similar. We share the same soul, so you are a part of me. I always wondered how someone who had been a part of me for almost my entire life could be such a mystery to me. I saw flashes of the person that you used to be when you helped out in villages, but then you would show up and cause trouble for us. It was almost as if you had split personalities. But I know me and, like it or not, you were a part of me for years, throughout all of our past lives up until now, so I know you too. You would never try to hurt others as you do now. You wouldn't use innocent girls' souls and condemn them just so that you could stay `alive' to carry out your vengeance. It's just like I told Naraku, I couldn't live with myself if I hurt innocent people for my own selfish reasons. I know now why I never understood you…the part of my soul that animates your body was contaminated. First it was done by that old ogress, then with every soul that you took from your soul catchers took, it was further contaminated. You are not you. It is just like the shikon shards that have been with Naraku for so long. The evil that you surrounded yourself with turned your soul black. You might have been able to purify it yourself if you had more than just a small part of a soul, but the tiny bit that you have was not enough to fight the evil that corrupted it. I know that you are still good Kikyo…please let me help you be the person that you once were. Then you wouldn't have to go to Hell. Please, let me help you by purifying your soul. I don't have the energy to do it if you don't help me.” Kagome was close to tears as she pleaded with Kikyo to let her help.

 

Kikyo just stood there for a moment, struggling with the darkness inside her. Kikyo knew that her reincarnation was right, she had always suspected it in the corner of her mind, but the darkness didn't want to be purified. It is a trick. She just wants you to let your guard down so that she can kill you. She knows that she couldn't take you in a fair battle, so she wants to trick you. KILL her before she gets the chance! Kikyo struggled with the dark voice inside her head. It didn't help that the darkness sounded so convincing. Why do dark thoughts always sound so reasonable at the time?

 

Kagome could see Kikyo struggling with herself. “Kikyo, you should know that I don't have it in me to kill you, anymore than you have it in you to kill me. You have had a lot of chances to do so before, but you never did. I may be naïve, but I don't think that you were trying very hard. If one of us killed the other, it would be like killing our self. We are a part of each other. We are the same person. The only thing that separates us is time and only our different experiences make us different, although we do seem to have very different personalities, I mean you have no sense of humor…but back to the point. When you get down to our very essence we are the same. You know that I could never hurt you. I trust you. Will you trust me, just a little bit?”

 

Kikyo seemed to struggle a little bit more before slowly reaching her hand out to Kagome to help her up.

 

Kagome took Kikyo's hand and stood to face her. “Let's do this. I don't know how long I can hold the darkness back.” Kikyo said.

 

With that, Kagome put her hands on the sides of Kikyo's head and Kikyo put her hands on top of Kagome's. Together they summoned their miko power and closed their eyes. They pictured Kikyo's soul. It was a dark frothing ball with bits of white peaking through. The darkness seemed to be eating other balls of white that were the young girls' souls. Together Kagome and Kikyo forced the darkness out of Kikyo's soul until it was a pure white. The souls of the young girls were released and made their way to where they were supposed to go before they were caught by the soul catchers.

 

They both opened their eyes and looked at each other and smiled before Kagome started to sway a little and said, “I think that I used too much energy again. Don't let me hit my head this time.” With that Kagome passed out for the second time that day. Luckily Kikyo wasn't as wiped out and could catch her.

 

Kikyo looked down at her reincarnation and one-time enemy and rival. She had always thought, well the darkness had thought, that her reincarnation was weak and not worth saving. Well, now they knew differently. “You saved me and now I need to save you.” She started to chant something when a movement from the corner of her eye made her turn and gasp.

 

 

Sorry if this story is a little too sappy and sentimental. It may be a little stupid also…but I'll leave the judgment up to you.

 

***In regards to the comment about Kikyo having no sense of humor, I just had to put that in there. I know that it seems out of place but the voices inside my head demanded it. Plus I just got finished reading an anti-Kikyo fanfiction, but I try not to let that affect me too much. Although, she does get on my nerves a lot sometimes…but she is not going to be like that in this story. She is going to start being more like Kagome.

 

Things to think about: Who did Kikyo see? What does she think is wrong with Kagome? Well, until next chapter…See ya!

 

P.S. I warn you…my author's notes in the next chapter go a little crazy…I've already written it.