InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forgotten Dream ❯ Waited Arrival ( Chapter 1 )

“~*~” Chapter 1 : Waited Arrival “~*~”

 

Fire!

 

It was everywhere. Screamed, people screamed so much. The pain, the agony; it was unbearable.

 

She hyperventilated as she watched from the above. The thick, black smoke covered the sky. The crackling fire and the crashing of the houses could be heard all over the place.

 

`The baby! Someone please save the baby!' She yelled desperately as she saw a crying infant lying helplessly on the ground.

 

However, nobody could hear her voice. She gasped and covered her mouth with both hands as she realized even she couldn't hear it.

 

“It's Inuyasha!” A villager shouted. Immediately, people screamed in fear and scrambled for their dear lives.

 

“Out of the way!” A man with long silver hair and dog ears jumped from a rooftop to a rooftop, from a tree to a tree.

 

`How did he do that?!' She wondered as she remembered such actions only from the movies.

 

Her gaze followed the bizarre man's movement; he was headed for a temple located at the top of a small mountain behind the village. He jumped over tens of stairway steps to the shrine with a single leap. After him was a group of armed men, desperately trying to regain the peace of the village by removing the intruder.

 

In a blink of an eye, she was on the temple property, in front of a huge tree to be exact. How she got there was beyond her comprehending.

 

“Get him!” One of the villagers yelled as they threw nets and spears at the man in red. He was standing tall on the entrance pole of the shrine. He shot them an angry glare, then scoffed loudly as he dodged all of their attacks with a simple hop.

 

He landed right at the door of the main building, and without hesitance, he entered it - and out of her sight.

 

The villagers, however, were very consistent and eventually caught up with the man who appeared to be a villain in this situation. They surrounded the building, and few followed after the trespasser.

 

Few minutes later, the man jumped out of the building by breaking though the roof with a loud bang. He was running toward this direction, straight into her. Her eyes widened as they were about to collide. With her legs frozen in place, all she could do was nothing but to stare at his familiar, golden eyes.

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

A woman's furious voice rang clearly in the air, and at the same time, the man was shot right on his heart with a glowing arrow. A tight grip he held on a necklace was released by the impact and it dropped on the ground.

 

“K-Kikyo… I thought you…”

 

He was cut off by his heavy eyelids as they closed down on their own will.

 

Witnessing all this left her breathless. He died; he died right in front of her eyes. He was shot dead.

 

Tears rolled down to her cheeks as if she knew who this man was. She couldn't remember, but she knew; he was someone important to her, who she liked very much. The tears kept on coming out, and her heart continued to beat wildly.

 

`No…'

 

She shook her head in denial while she stood on the line between sanity and hysteria.

 

`No…'

 

He wasn't dead. He can't be dead. He couldn't be. He just couldn't.

 

“No!!!”

 

“~*~”

 

“Sweetheart! Wake up! You're only dreaming!”

 

Someone was shaking her.

 

“Mommy…?” She called out, her body shaking badly. She opened her eyes and spotted her mother. She gasped for the air and sobbed.

 

“It's alright, darling, everything is fine,” the mother soothed as she held her daughter close.

 

“What happened?!”

 

With a loud slam on the door, a man entered the room, with his golden eyes bright in concern.

 

It was him; although the dream was extremely fuzzy, she was sure he was the one who had left her. He just left without saying goodbye. It had hurt her so deeply that she couldn't possibly describe it. And here he was, standing all alive and well.

 

So, it was just a nightmare. She was glad; he was here. He didn't leave her.

 

The tears started to flow again. She pushed away from her mother and ran up to him. She hugged him and held on to him tight.

 

And she cried in relief…

 

“~*~”

 

`Keh…'

 

He snorted to find himself dead, killed by that ungrateful bitch. She had betrayed him. After all the thing he had done for her, this was what he got; betrayal, then death.

 

Un - fucking -believable.

 

That would be the last time he would ever trust anyone. Ever!

 

Who was he kidding; he was dead. He was played by her like a fool.

 

“Damn you, Kikyo,” he cursed.

 

He was lying down, with nothing supporting him. It was like floating on the water. And everywhere he looked was nothing but white void.

 

“Hello?” He shouted into the space. The echoes of his voice rang for a while without answer in return.

 

`I thought it was supposed to be in all black or something after you're dead,' he thought, `and follow a light, not covered in light!'

 

With a crash, he landed on a solid ground that could not be seen by his naked eyes. His behind hurt like hell for landing on it.

 

“Well, well, well.” A voice of a child remarked with full of humor. “Guess who finally decided to drop in?!”

 

He soon spotted the child, a girl to be more specific. With her black hair and reddish eyes, she appeared to be an ordinary, human brat, but the elegance of her clothing indicated that she belonged to a wealthy family, with golden earrings and sparkling accessories and all.

 

“What are you staring at?!” She demanded. Her feisty expression ticked him off, and he wasn't in a good mood to let it just slide.

 

With an annoying kid like her being here, he guessed he wasn't dead after all. Besides, wherever he was, it sure didn't look anything like heaven or hell as he expected it to be; it was just fricking empty.

 

“Don't try to convince yourself, Inuyasha,” the girl said flatly.

 

“Don't try to do what?” He asked as he looked around to find something that would give him any hint of where he was.

 

“You know it in your heart, Inuyasha,” she stated.

 

“Know what?!” He demanded, getting pissed off by her puzzling comments.

 

“That you're dead.”




Skylily…

 

Disclaimer: Inuyasha only belong to Rumiko Takahashi! Not me, or that orange cat that's glaring at me for some odd reason! <_<; Fogotten Dream storyline = MINE! Forgotten Dream original characters = MINE! So back off! *hisssssss*

 

A/N: I know the prologue and this chapter are both very short and brief, but they were meant to be the appetizers for the future story to come. n_n