InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Part Two: For Whom the Bell Tolls ❯ Echo ( Chapter 13 )
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By: lil_rei_chan 
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.01.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 188 | Status: Completed
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Psychological / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 02.01.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 188 | Status: Completed
Chapter 13: Echo
Twilight was well upon them when they decided to head back to the hut. The sky was alight in vibrant hues at the horizon while further out stretching towards the opposite horizon and everything below was cast in shadow. The gray tones made everything look ashen, as if the entire forest had burned, and all that remained were the ashes left undisturbed for not even the wind dared move it. The shadows cast by the setting sun made it difficult to walk, but they were used to it.
The day had been spent under the god tree where the group, after learning of the nature of their hanyou friend’s demise, came to terms with everything and mourned. And in their mourning for their long lost friend, they reminisced, laughing and crying about good times and bad. It was with heavy, yet relieved, hearts that they decided to return to the old woman’s hut. The trip back to the hut had been a silent one, each in their own thoughts. Kagome, however, seemed to be on a completely different planet, often tripping over roots and rocks that she should have missed had she been completely aware of her surroundings.
By the time they reached the hut, Kagome was once again on the verge of tears, her friends could only assume it had been the events leading up to Inuyasha’s death. They had no clue there was so much more to it. They had no clue she was being visited by his brother in her dreams. As they were about to enter, Kagome having been in the lead, she whipped around, mumbling something incoherent to her friends before she sped off into the night. With her demonic speed she reached the God Tree in seconds and with a grace unknown to her, she lept to its highest branches, comfortably nestling herself there. She could understand why he was always in trees. It was very liberating. But that was not why she was there. Actually, she didn’t even really have a reason to be there. In her confusion and extreme guilt she had found her way here, to this accursed tree. She felt so very guilty. She couldn’t understand why she felt so at peace with Inuyasha’s death but was so torn up over his brother’s. The guilt over that was tearing her apart. She felt as though she was betraying one of her best friends.
She sighed softly as a forlorn wind caressed and beat her cheeks, cooling the hot tears to the point where they felt like ice on her wet cheeks. This went unnoticed to her however, because she was too caught up in her musings to notice. An unconscious shiver ran through her body and she nestled closer to the tree. With an almost desperate tenacity she clung to the tree, shivering and crying, but taking note of none of it, her lost, clouded eyes staring straight ahead of her. There were many things she did not know at this point, could not figure out, but the one thing she did know was that she didn’t want to go back to the hut and her friends. They would pity her and try to console her when all she wanted right now was solitude.
For hours she sat there, staring at everything around her and yet seeing nothing. When she was finally pulled from her thoughts, she realized that the moon had almost reached its zenith and her teeth were chattering. She began to nod off after that, but still she remained in the beloved tree. She refused to move from her perch. Several more moments passed and her eyes slid shut, her breath steadied; she was asleep at last.
~X~
//I think about your faceAnd how I fall into your eyesThe outline that I traceAround the one that I call mine//
She shivered slightly, feeling the cool breeze brush against her body running its sensuous fingers through her hair. Gently the tendrils moved from the crown of her head, smoothing her hair and slowly making its way to her face, caressing her cheeks in a loving touch. She sighed softly, almost contently. A familiar presence made itself known behind her. Startlingly warm, strong arms wrapped around her small frame. She, however, did not move, rather she melted into the embrace sighing happily at the contrasting warmth.
"I've been waiting for you," a sweet smooth voice whispered in her ear, the person's hot breath tickling her neck and ear pleasantly.
"I know," she whispered back softly, almost sullenly as some of the contented pleasure drained from her posture.
//Time that called for spaceUnclear where you drew the lineI don't need to solve this caseAnd I don't need to look behind//
"You sound troubled," he whispered back. "What's wrong?"
Sighing, Kagome gently, reluctantly pried herself from the man's almost loving embrace. "It's difficult, you wouldn't understand."
"Then explain it to me," he gently prodded, trying to goad her into tell him her woes.
"What if I don't want to?" she exclaimed. "What if I can't?" Violently she whipped around as she uttered this last question, begging him with her eyes to understand, to let the subject lie. Tears welled in her eyes and as they fell down her cheeks they burst into flame, snuffing out when they hit the ground below her feet. "What if I don't want this to end?" she screamed. "What if I l-" here she halted in her tirade as if struck. Realization dawned in her blazing blue eyes, as she looked upon Sesshoumaru in a new light. Slowly, a trembling hand went to her throat as she began to back away from him. "When did that happen?" she whispered softly to herself, but no answer was forth coming from herself and the perplexed demon lord.
//Close my eyesLet the whole thing pass me by//
He watched her, arching his eyebrow in confusion. This woman truly intrigued him.Over time, while their souls had bonded in this dream realm he had come to care for her. The respect he had had for her in the living world had grown to like, and eventually a platonic love, but could it be that he saw her as more than just a friend? Slowly he shook his head, trying to clean it of such ridiculous thoughts as he reached out to her, to his friend.
"Kagome, tell me what is wrong," he whispered as he began advancing towards her retreating form.
"NO!" she cried, violently shaking her head and backing away at a faster pace as tears streamed down her cheeks. "There's no way! This is just a dream! You're not real!... Why? Why you? Why me?"
//There is no timeTo waste asking why//
Though he did not outwardly show it, her confusion and fear, her incoherent words and even her tears cut him. It deeply hurt him to see her in such a state. This was something he didn't understand, but he just knew that it did.
"You're dead!" she cried trying to will his image away, trying desperately to rationalize the love she felt for him away. "And even if you weren't, you're a heartless bastard! None of this is or ever will be real!"
//Before this echo can subsideDo I expect to changeThe past I hold insideWith all the words I sayRepeating over in my mind//
Her last statement cut him more deeply than any of the aforementioned. She hated him, this he could now see and it was unbearable. He felt a deep sorrow building deep within his breast as his heart was shattered as the Shikon Jewel. His defrosted heart bled as it slowly began to freeze over once more. She hurt him deeply, so he reacted the only way he knew how.
Her head snapped to the side and she slowly rose a hand to touch the forming bruise on her cheek. Her eyes teared with the stinging pain of the wound and she stared at him in wide-eyed disbelief. Neither could believe that he had struck her, but the rapidly forming bruise was proof enough.
//Some things you can't eraseNo matter how hard you tryAn exit to escapeIs all there is left to find//
Slowly he backed away, his eyes wide in an uncharacteristic display of shocked disbelief. He watched as the tears formed and overflowed from their prision. Eventually he backed into a tree and he stayed there even after she turned and ran, fading from the mists of the dream world.
~X~
She jerked awake with a sharp gasp, her hand flying to her cheek. She could feel the heat emanating from the bruise that she knew was here. In that moment, her precious balance was lost and she went tumbling headlong to the ground below. She squeezed her eyes shut, bracing for the impact when a blast of power stopped her in mid descent. She felt a loving warmth surround her and she realized that she had instinctually manifested her powers. "No Sesshoumaru to catch me this time," she grumbled. "I have got to get a better handle on these powers of mine," she thought to herself as she slowly finished her descent to the ground. "Where did all that training go?"
~X~
After he was so rudely ejected from Kagome's dream, Sesshoumaru sullenly made his way back to the nether world. There he was greeted by an irate woman with crimson hair and flamed wings. He enraged glare was enough to set him on edge as she stiffly turned and led him back to his current dwelling. Hell hath no furth like a woman's scorn... this was going to be a very strenuous training session, he knew.
~X~
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Twilight was well upon them when they decided to head back to the hut. The sky was alight in vibrant hues at the horizon while further out stretching towards the opposite horizon and everything below was cast in shadow. The gray tones made everything look ashen, as if the entire forest had burned, and all that remained were the ashes left undisturbed for not even the wind dared move it. The shadows cast by the setting sun made it difficult to walk, but they were used to it.
The day had been spent under the god tree where the group, after learning of the nature of their hanyou friend’s demise, came to terms with everything and mourned. And in their mourning for their long lost friend, they reminisced, laughing and crying about good times and bad. It was with heavy, yet relieved, hearts that they decided to return to the old woman’s hut. The trip back to the hut had been a silent one, each in their own thoughts. Kagome, however, seemed to be on a completely different planet, often tripping over roots and rocks that she should have missed had she been completely aware of her surroundings.
By the time they reached the hut, Kagome was once again on the verge of tears, her friends could only assume it had been the events leading up to Inuyasha’s death. They had no clue there was so much more to it. They had no clue she was being visited by his brother in her dreams. As they were about to enter, Kagome having been in the lead, she whipped around, mumbling something incoherent to her friends before she sped off into the night. With her demonic speed she reached the God Tree in seconds and with a grace unknown to her, she lept to its highest branches, comfortably nestling herself there. She could understand why he was always in trees. It was very liberating. But that was not why she was there. Actually, she didn’t even really have a reason to be there. In her confusion and extreme guilt she had found her way here, to this accursed tree. She felt so very guilty. She couldn’t understand why she felt so at peace with Inuyasha’s death but was so torn up over his brother’s. The guilt over that was tearing her apart. She felt as though she was betraying one of her best friends.
She sighed softly as a forlorn wind caressed and beat her cheeks, cooling the hot tears to the point where they felt like ice on her wet cheeks. This went unnoticed to her however, because she was too caught up in her musings to notice. An unconscious shiver ran through her body and she nestled closer to the tree. With an almost desperate tenacity she clung to the tree, shivering and crying, but taking note of none of it, her lost, clouded eyes staring straight ahead of her. There were many things she did not know at this point, could not figure out, but the one thing she did know was that she didn’t want to go back to the hut and her friends. They would pity her and try to console her when all she wanted right now was solitude.
For hours she sat there, staring at everything around her and yet seeing nothing. When she was finally pulled from her thoughts, she realized that the moon had almost reached its zenith and her teeth were chattering. She began to nod off after that, but still she remained in the beloved tree. She refused to move from her perch. Several more moments passed and her eyes slid shut, her breath steadied; she was asleep at last.
~X~
//I think about your faceAnd how I fall into your eyesThe outline that I traceAround the one that I call mine//
She shivered slightly, feeling the cool breeze brush against her body running its sensuous fingers through her hair. Gently the tendrils moved from the crown of her head, smoothing her hair and slowly making its way to her face, caressing her cheeks in a loving touch. She sighed softly, almost contently. A familiar presence made itself known behind her. Startlingly warm, strong arms wrapped around her small frame. She, however, did not move, rather she melted into the embrace sighing happily at the contrasting warmth.
"I've been waiting for you," a sweet smooth voice whispered in her ear, the person's hot breath tickling her neck and ear pleasantly.
"I know," she whispered back softly, almost sullenly as some of the contented pleasure drained from her posture.
//Time that called for spaceUnclear where you drew the lineI don't need to solve this caseAnd I don't need to look behind//
"You sound troubled," he whispered back. "What's wrong?"
Sighing, Kagome gently, reluctantly pried herself from the man's almost loving embrace. "It's difficult, you wouldn't understand."
"Then explain it to me," he gently prodded, trying to goad her into tell him her woes.
"What if I don't want to?" she exclaimed. "What if I can't?" Violently she whipped around as she uttered this last question, begging him with her eyes to understand, to let the subject lie. Tears welled in her eyes and as they fell down her cheeks they burst into flame, snuffing out when they hit the ground below her feet. "What if I don't want this to end?" she screamed. "What if I l-" here she halted in her tirade as if struck. Realization dawned in her blazing blue eyes, as she looked upon Sesshoumaru in a new light. Slowly, a trembling hand went to her throat as she began to back away from him. "When did that happen?" she whispered softly to herself, but no answer was forth coming from herself and the perplexed demon lord.
//Close my eyesLet the whole thing pass me by//
He watched her, arching his eyebrow in confusion. This woman truly intrigued him.Over time, while their souls had bonded in this dream realm he had come to care for her. The respect he had had for her in the living world had grown to like, and eventually a platonic love, but could it be that he saw her as more than just a friend? Slowly he shook his head, trying to clean it of such ridiculous thoughts as he reached out to her, to his friend.
"Kagome, tell me what is wrong," he whispered as he began advancing towards her retreating form.
"NO!" she cried, violently shaking her head and backing away at a faster pace as tears streamed down her cheeks. "There's no way! This is just a dream! You're not real!... Why? Why you? Why me?"
//There is no timeTo waste asking why//
Though he did not outwardly show it, her confusion and fear, her incoherent words and even her tears cut him. It deeply hurt him to see her in such a state. This was something he didn't understand, but he just knew that it did.
"You're dead!" she cried trying to will his image away, trying desperately to rationalize the love she felt for him away. "And even if you weren't, you're a heartless bastard! None of this is or ever will be real!"
//Before this echo can subsideDo I expect to changeThe past I hold insideWith all the words I sayRepeating over in my mind//
Her last statement cut him more deeply than any of the aforementioned. She hated him, this he could now see and it was unbearable. He felt a deep sorrow building deep within his breast as his heart was shattered as the Shikon Jewel. His defrosted heart bled as it slowly began to freeze over once more. She hurt him deeply, so he reacted the only way he knew how.
Her head snapped to the side and she slowly rose a hand to touch the forming bruise on her cheek. Her eyes teared with the stinging pain of the wound and she stared at him in wide-eyed disbelief. Neither could believe that he had struck her, but the rapidly forming bruise was proof enough.
//Some things you can't eraseNo matter how hard you tryAn exit to escapeIs all there is left to find//
Slowly he backed away, his eyes wide in an uncharacteristic display of shocked disbelief. He watched as the tears formed and overflowed from their prision. Eventually he backed into a tree and he stayed there even after she turned and ran, fading from the mists of the dream world.
~X~
She jerked awake with a sharp gasp, her hand flying to her cheek. She could feel the heat emanating from the bruise that she knew was here. In that moment, her precious balance was lost and she went tumbling headlong to the ground below. She squeezed her eyes shut, bracing for the impact when a blast of power stopped her in mid descent. She felt a loving warmth surround her and she realized that she had instinctually manifested her powers. "No Sesshoumaru to catch me this time," she grumbled. "I have got to get a better handle on these powers of mine," she thought to herself as she slowly finished her descent to the ground. "Where did all that training go?"
~X~
After he was so rudely ejected from Kagome's dream, Sesshoumaru sullenly made his way back to the nether world. There he was greeted by an irate woman with crimson hair and flamed wings. He enraged glare was enough to set him on edge as she stiffly turned and led him back to his current dwelling. Hell hath no furth like a woman's scorn... this was going to be a very strenuous training session, he knew.
~X~
OH MY GOD GUYS! I AM SO SORRY IT HAS TAKEN ME SO LONG TO UPDATE! It's been a rather eventful passed few weeks. My computer died shortly after my last update and I was living off my sister's computer, which meant i could only use it for homework. So i just got a new computer and .. yea. This is my first opportunity to update.
AND A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY FAITHFUL READERS AND REVIEWERS. I LOVE YA LOTS.
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