InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ I still need you.. ❯ Waging War ( Chapter 20 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: luna_sea 
Inu yasha confronts Kikyou while Kagome has to confront a pain of her own..
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.26.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Work In Progress
Inu yasha confronts Kikyou while Kagome has to confront a pain of her own..
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Hentai / Action | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 08.26.2004 | Pages: 4 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Work In Progress
I Still Need you...
Chapter 20 Waging War
Rating : PG
Author : Sami-chan (AkA Belldandy-chan ^.~)
Author's Notes : Oi Minna-san! How are things?? Well, here is the next chapter of ISNY. I await your praise and/or ridicule ^^;; Hopefully more praise... ::giggles:: Anywho! As I said in many a chapter before this, I hope you all like the story. I think its starting to pick up but even I'm not all that sure ^^;; I kinda write these as I go along. I have a beginning and an end. The middle just fills in its self ^^
Anywho! Much luv to you all r/r if you got the time! Thanks for stopping in to read my bit ^^ I'm glad that for but a moment I could entertain you all ^^
ja mata~~
~~Sami-chan
Disclaimer : So my big Inu fund jar got raided last week by my husband so he could buy batteries for his walkman ~.~ Obviously, his priorities are **Very** screwed up...
So I still don't own Inu yasha...
@>~~~^~~~~
"But I don't want to stay here!!"
Inu yasha growled as he turned back to his mate, stopping both of them just short of the well house entrance. "I said stay here and I mean it Kagome! I have some things to take care of and I can't be looking out for you and the pup! Now just wait here!"
Kagome growled back, not the least bit intimidated by the large inu hanyou looming over her. "And I said that I'm going with you because I can take care of myself! What the hell are you going to do that I can't come with you any way!?"
"Just stay here!"
"NO! OSUWARI!"
"GACK!"
Inu yasha looked up from his self-formed crater to glare at Kagome. "What the hell was that for woman?!"
"For being an ass! Osuwari!"
"GACK!! KAGOME! CUT IT OUT!"
Kagome stooped down until she was closer to the hanyou's current height. "Then tell me why I can't go with you?"
Inu yasha mumbled a few choice words about an old priestess and magic beads before pulling himself up into a sitting position on the ground. He reached out and pulled Kagome into his lap, startling a small squeak out of her. He gently nuzzled his nose against the curve of her shoulder, feeling the small scarred bumps of his impromptu marking on her neck.
"Inu yasha?" she questioned, bringing him back from his happy place.
He sighed and squeezed his mate closer to him. "I'm going back to find Kikyou."
Kagome blinked a bit, surprised, and turned to her mate. "Why?"
He noticed the slight glimmer of hurt flicker in her eyes, but only for a moment, and sighed inwardly. Would she never get over he and Kikyou? No.. he supposed not. But who did he have to blame for that other then himself?
"I need to put her to rest, before she manages to hurt you and the pup."
"You're going to go kill her?"
Inu yasha nodded. "Hai. That's why I want you to stay here. I don't want her using you against me."
Kagome sighed, allowing her self to relax against Inu yasha's strong chest. "How long will you be gone?"
"I dunno. A week? Maybe two?"
"No more then two, all right?" Her hands gently rested over his, slender fingers caressing calloused knuckles as his hand rest on her swollen abdomen. "Come back to let me know you're ok?"
He nodded. "Fine, no more then two weeks."
Kagome sighed. "And why can't I stay with Sango and the others?"
"Because I don't want Kikyou getting to you before I can get to her. Besides, you and the pup will be safer here then back home. Just take it as a gift?" He chuckled, "How often am I really going to *make* you stay in the future??"
Kagome smiled and giggled a bit. "True.. I guess this way I can get caught up at school. I only have a bit more before I'm totally finished any way..."
"Then it's settled." Inu yasha stood with a grunt, pulling Kagome up with him so she was standing just in front of him. "I'll be back in two weeks to check on you and the pup." He laid a gentle hand on her stomach. "So don't you two get into any trouble while I'm gone?"
Kagome laughed and kissed him softly on the lips. "We won't. Be safe koi."
He smiled and kissed her cheek before bending down and placing a soft kiss on her swollen abdomen. "I will. I'll see you in two weeks at the latest." He turned and headed towards the well.
"Any later and I come looking for you." she warned.
He chuckled. "Bitch.." and with that he disappeared into the abyss of time..
Kagome's hands trailed down a new silver chain to finger the glittering jewel around her neck, taking absent notice of the tiny break in its surface. She sighed and wiped a single tear from her cheek. "Baka..."
@>~~~^~~~~
The wind blew through his hair, long brilliant waves of silver on an ocean of air. The rich sunlight that managed to filter through the thick canopy danced and sparkled in it, casting it in gold like a rich jewel. Golden eyes focused on the forest ahead while twitching white ears focused on the forest surrounding him, looking and feeling for any hint of his prey.
He's been away from his mate for a week and though he had made a good bit of head way in his search he had yet to find Kikyou. He was slowly running out of time. He needed to find Kikyou before she could do any more damage.
With a deep sigh, Inu yasha sped up. Suddenly, his nose twitched.
He had a scent.
Skidding to a near stop, the hanyou made a sudden left turn and headed deeper into the forest. She was close.
The forest moved past him at a blinding speed, nothing but a blur to his left and right. Suddenly the distorted greens and browns gave way to the summer blue of the sky. He'd run into a clearing.
Stopping then, he glanced around, looking for possible signs of his prey or immediate danger. He spotted her easily enough, leaning casually in the branches of a high tree. Her eyes were closed and she made no move to open them, leading him to believe she had yet to notice his presence in the field. He took a step forward, being as quiet as possible to keep her from noticing.
"It's nice to see you again Inu yasha."
He cursed under his breath, stopping midstep.
"To what do I owe the pleasure?" she asked, still not opening her eyes. "Have you finally given up on my reincarnation and realized where your true loyalties lie?"
Inu yasha growl. "Bull! I owe you nothing!"
Her eyes opened at this and she ever so gracefully made her way down from her tree to stand just ahead of the hanyou about 5 meters or so. Her lips were turned down in a very uncharactistic pout that didn't quite reach her eyes. It was more like a rueful child trying to force their way.
"You owe me your life, and the life of that bitch you've taken instead of me."
He growled, his clawed hands flexing at his side. "Kagome is none of your concern. I won't let you hurt her!"
"Is she that important to you?!" Kikyou barked angrily. "More important then me and your promises??!"
"Yes!" He stopped. He hadn't meant to sound so mean about it. It had just come out and as he watched the dead miko's pouting face give way to a look of semi-shock he couldn't help but feel just a bit guilty. Then images of a bloody Kagome and Kikyou's bloodstained hands entered his mind...
He didn't feel guilty for long.
He growled again, changing his stance and gripping the hilt of tetsusagai. "I avenged your death, I kill Naraku. I protected you and tried to help you rest in peace but all you've done is cause me to regret and hurt. No more! I deserve to be happy too Kikyou!"
A frown marred her beautiful face. With a flick of her wrist, a long blue serpent appeared, handing her a bow and quiver of arrows. "So," she said readying the shot. "It's come back to this has it?"
He nodded, his hand gripping tighter around the hilt. "I can't let you hurt Kagome any more. Not her, not our pup."
If this news shock Kikyou it didn't show. Once again her features betrayed nothing of her inner emotions. She was blank, unreadable and unfeeling. The way she had been in life as Inu yasha had known her.
The two stood facing each other, eyes locked, weapons at the ready. Neither moved as they waited, even their breathing stilled. They were waiting for some unknown signal as they stared deep into each others eyes, molten gold into unfeeling brown.
An arrow released, a sword was drawn, and the battle began...
@>~~~^~~~~
Kagome shivered and her arms came up to hug herself in an attempt to warm away the cold feeling. Shaking her head she looked back at the half finished homework assignment on her desk and sighed. She had no desire to finish it now..
Turning in her chair, she stood and headed over to her warm bed. Her eyes gazed lazily out the side window, staring out at the evening sun. A glance at her clock confirm that it was still too early to go to bed, even a bit too early for dinner, but she was so tired and so lonely. At least in her dreams Inu yasha would be there, holding her lovingly, and there would be no problems to take him away from her.
The week had been hard but she had pulled though somehow, mostly throwing herself into the last bits of schoolwork left before she graduated. It was all she could do to keep her mind off Inu yasha but still, some how he always entered her thoughts and made his way into the lettering for her geometry homework. (A/N: If 'i' is equal to 'n' then 'u' is to 'y' as....)
With a deep sigh, Kagome reached out and took hold of her alarm clock, setting it to go off in an hour. She only wanted a short nap.
She curled up with her warm pink comforter, the blanket she and Inu yasha had last shared, and buried her face in the warm fabric. She could still smell him, gentle rain and fresh forest soil calming her into a light sleep.
@>~~~^~~~
Inu yasha panted softly, tetsusaiga at the ready. A small trail of blood was visible through a rip in his sleeve, seeping from a slight gash on his upper arm where an arrow had barely missed its target. His golden eyes locked on the dark hair woman across from him, her arrow drawn and ready to send him to hell where she would gladly meet him. He growled.
"Damn it Kikyou! Can't you just fuckin' rest in peace!?"
She ignored him, allowing the arrow to slip though her finger and towards the hanyou. He moved left to avoid it but it seemed she had compensated for that fact, the arrow hitting him in the left shoulder.
He gave a grunt of pain as it sunk deep into the flesh, stopping at the bone. It was painful, but not purifying... He was sure now.
She was playing with him.
A very small smirk pulled at the corner of her mouth as she lowered her bow. "Why Inu yasha? What ever is the matter?"
@>~~~^~~~~
Kagome awoke with a start. Something wasn't right.
Again the pain that had torn her from her slumber ripped through her low stomach and she doubled over in pain. Something was defiantly wrong and now she was sure of it.
Panic gripped her, a deep fear for her unborn pup taking hold of her mind and body. She cried out into the empty room, screaming the first name that came to mind.
"Inu yasha!"
Of course, her mate was not there but still she continued to call for him. Wave after wave of pain racked her small body, giving more and more urgency to her cries, covering her small body in a thin layer of sweat from the effort.
The door to her room flew open suddenly, drawing the young girl's eyes up from her fisted hands over her swollen belly. Her mother stood, panting lightly, in the doorway.
"Kagome?" she rushed to her daughter's side. "Kagome?! What's wrong?!"
"It hurts mama!" she managed though gritted teeth. "Mama, it hurts so bad!"
"What hurts baby?"
"My," she panted, "stomach." A blood-stopping cry ripped through the room nearly deafening the older woman at her side. "Oh Kami mama! Make it stop!"
"Come on Kagome, we need to get you to a doctor fast!" Mrs. Higurashi moved to lift her from the bed bridal style but only successed in ripping another agonizing cry from the young woman.
"Oh Kami mama! Am I gonna-" She let out a painful cry. "Am I gonna lose the baby??"
Mrs. Higurashi remained calm but on the inside she was shaking. Her baby girl was in so much pain and there was nothing she could do.
Her gentle hand reached out and lightly brushed away Kagome's sweat drenched hair from her face. "No baby, not if I can help it. Just lay back," she gently pushed her daughter back onto the bed. "Just stay calm and try to relax. Take deep breaths. I'm going to go call the doctor, all right?"
Kagome nodded, trying her best to do as her mother said but finding it difficult at the moment.
Her mother wasted not another moment, taking off at a dead run to her room at the end of the hall and picked up the phone. In minutes she had explained the situation to the emergency dispatcher and an ambulance was on its way. It was then that everything began to sink in.
She didn't even notice when her knees gave out and she found herself suddenly on the bedroom floor, hands before her in prayer.
"Who ever is out there listening... Kami-sama, Megami-sama... Please," a tear ran down her cheek. "Please take care of my little girl and her baby. Don't take them away...Please kami-" she choked on her tears and fell to the bedroom floor, a sobbing mess.
"Oh Kami," she muttered into the floor. "Give her the strength for battle..."
@>~~~^~~~~
His breath came in deep pants, and his eyes could barely focus with all the blood he had lost over the hour long battle but it was finally over.
He stared out over the crater covered battle field, his eyes finally coming to rest upon the dried up ash and grave soil that had once been the clay body of *her*.
Kikyou was finally dead.
The battle had been hard and long but he had finally won, though at what cost he wondered..
His knees finally gave out under the ungodly weight of his body and he tumbled to the ground, landing in a scattered heap in a pool of his own blood. Slowly, his eyes closed, his mind becoming a darkened dreamscape with no light to guide him but..
That was a good thing. Right?
It wouldn't have mattered. He had no say in the matter. His body, at this point, refused to obey.
With a deep sigh, he wondered briefly if darkness might be better then the blinding light the sun was casting into his eyes. Or was it the sun? He really couldn't tell anymore..
There was something he had to remember though.. Something- no- Some*ONE* important, waiting on him. He slowly pushed himself onto his knees, drawing his rusty sword and sheath to his aid.
Every so slowly, he made his way from the battlefield, fighting a nearly losing battle against his own body but he knew he had to go on.
"Don't worry Kagome," he wished hoarsely on the evening breeze, "I'll be home soon."
@>~~~^~~~~
Two wars waged on, one unbeknownst to the other. Hatred fighting Hatred, fueled by undying fear...
@>~~~^~~~~
Japanese translations:
oyasumi nasai (Or the short version 'Oyasumi') : Good night
honto/honto ne : Really? (or Really.)
jii-chan : Grandpa
nee-chan or onee-chan : sister
nii-chan or onii-chan : brother
ja ne : see ya
hanyou : half breed
youkai : demon
jaki : evil air/that stuff that Naraku's always throwing around ^^;;
koiishi : lover
daisuki : (I think I spelled that right) I love you. Not quite as hardcore a confession as Aishitaru but still ^^; It's pronounced 'Dai skee' (the su is really soft and hardly pronounced)
hai : yes
kitsune : fox demon
miko : priestess, unusally a virgin woman
otouto : brother
baka : idiot, stupid, you're an idoit/stupid...
Arigato : thank you ^^
Kami : Kami is the word of 'God' or 'God(s)' in japanese. It is both purlar and singlar but in my stories you can assume it is the purlar.
Megami : the word for 'goddess', megumi, is just like the word kami in that it is both pular and singlar. If you are talking about *both* gods and goddesses you would just use the word 'Kami' for Gods.
minna-san : Everyone (formal)
Gomen nasai : I am very sorry
Gomen : I'm sorry
Anataka suki desu, (name here). Itsumo. Itsumademo : I love you, (name here) I always have. I always will.
Shikon no Tama : Jewel of Four Souls
Goshinboku : God Tree
Kuso : Shit
Sengoku Jidai : Feudal Age
inu : dog (together with hanyou we have half dog demon ^^)
hime : princess (with sama added as a term of respect)
oi : hey
Ohiyou gozimasu : Good Morning (Ohiyou would just be like " Morning!" but is not the word for Morning.. that would be asu ^^ )
mou : the word that accompanies a pout (example : "Mou!" she pouted. )
daijobu : are you all right, it'll be all right, it is all right. Depending on puncation.
taijiya : demon exterminator
houshin : monk
neko : cat
iie : no ( I was told recently that this is actually a disrepectful term in Japan but I do use it in some of my chapters so here is the basic translation and no I didn't mean it in a disrespectful way when I wrote the chapters.)
onegai : please
aniyome : sister in law
ginkei : brother in law
ookami : wolf
Chapter 20 Waging War
Rating : PG
Author : Sami-chan (AkA Belldandy-chan ^.~)
Author's Notes : Oi Minna-san! How are things?? Well, here is the next chapter of ISNY. I await your praise and/or ridicule ^^;; Hopefully more praise... ::giggles:: Anywho! As I said in many a chapter before this, I hope you all like the story. I think its starting to pick up but even I'm not all that sure ^^;; I kinda write these as I go along. I have a beginning and an end. The middle just fills in its self ^^
Anywho! Much luv to you all r/r if you got the time! Thanks for stopping in to read my bit ^^ I'm glad that for but a moment I could entertain you all ^^
ja mata~~
~~Sami-chan
Disclaimer : So my big Inu fund jar got raided last week by my husband so he could buy batteries for his walkman ~.~ Obviously, his priorities are **Very** screwed up...
So I still don't own Inu yasha...
@>~~~^~~~~
"But I don't want to stay here!!"
Inu yasha growled as he turned back to his mate, stopping both of them just short of the well house entrance. "I said stay here and I mean it Kagome! I have some things to take care of and I can't be looking out for you and the pup! Now just wait here!"
Kagome growled back, not the least bit intimidated by the large inu hanyou looming over her. "And I said that I'm going with you because I can take care of myself! What the hell are you going to do that I can't come with you any way!?"
"Just stay here!"
"NO! OSUWARI!"
"GACK!"
Inu yasha looked up from his self-formed crater to glare at Kagome. "What the hell was that for woman?!"
"For being an ass! Osuwari!"
"GACK!! KAGOME! CUT IT OUT!"
Kagome stooped down until she was closer to the hanyou's current height. "Then tell me why I can't go with you?"
Inu yasha mumbled a few choice words about an old priestess and magic beads before pulling himself up into a sitting position on the ground. He reached out and pulled Kagome into his lap, startling a small squeak out of her. He gently nuzzled his nose against the curve of her shoulder, feeling the small scarred bumps of his impromptu marking on her neck.
"Inu yasha?" she questioned, bringing him back from his happy place.
He sighed and squeezed his mate closer to him. "I'm going back to find Kikyou."
Kagome blinked a bit, surprised, and turned to her mate. "Why?"
He noticed the slight glimmer of hurt flicker in her eyes, but only for a moment, and sighed inwardly. Would she never get over he and Kikyou? No.. he supposed not. But who did he have to blame for that other then himself?
"I need to put her to rest, before she manages to hurt you and the pup."
"You're going to go kill her?"
Inu yasha nodded. "Hai. That's why I want you to stay here. I don't want her using you against me."
Kagome sighed, allowing her self to relax against Inu yasha's strong chest. "How long will you be gone?"
"I dunno. A week? Maybe two?"
"No more then two, all right?" Her hands gently rested over his, slender fingers caressing calloused knuckles as his hand rest on her swollen abdomen. "Come back to let me know you're ok?"
He nodded. "Fine, no more then two weeks."
Kagome sighed. "And why can't I stay with Sango and the others?"
"Because I don't want Kikyou getting to you before I can get to her. Besides, you and the pup will be safer here then back home. Just take it as a gift?" He chuckled, "How often am I really going to *make* you stay in the future??"
Kagome smiled and giggled a bit. "True.. I guess this way I can get caught up at school. I only have a bit more before I'm totally finished any way..."
"Then it's settled." Inu yasha stood with a grunt, pulling Kagome up with him so she was standing just in front of him. "I'll be back in two weeks to check on you and the pup." He laid a gentle hand on her stomach. "So don't you two get into any trouble while I'm gone?"
Kagome laughed and kissed him softly on the lips. "We won't. Be safe koi."
He smiled and kissed her cheek before bending down and placing a soft kiss on her swollen abdomen. "I will. I'll see you in two weeks at the latest." He turned and headed towards the well.
"Any later and I come looking for you." she warned.
He chuckled. "Bitch.." and with that he disappeared into the abyss of time..
Kagome's hands trailed down a new silver chain to finger the glittering jewel around her neck, taking absent notice of the tiny break in its surface. She sighed and wiped a single tear from her cheek. "Baka..."
@>~~~^~~~~
The wind blew through his hair, long brilliant waves of silver on an ocean of air. The rich sunlight that managed to filter through the thick canopy danced and sparkled in it, casting it in gold like a rich jewel. Golden eyes focused on the forest ahead while twitching white ears focused on the forest surrounding him, looking and feeling for any hint of his prey.
He's been away from his mate for a week and though he had made a good bit of head way in his search he had yet to find Kikyou. He was slowly running out of time. He needed to find Kikyou before she could do any more damage.
With a deep sigh, Inu yasha sped up. Suddenly, his nose twitched.
He had a scent.
Skidding to a near stop, the hanyou made a sudden left turn and headed deeper into the forest. She was close.
The forest moved past him at a blinding speed, nothing but a blur to his left and right. Suddenly the distorted greens and browns gave way to the summer blue of the sky. He'd run into a clearing.
Stopping then, he glanced around, looking for possible signs of his prey or immediate danger. He spotted her easily enough, leaning casually in the branches of a high tree. Her eyes were closed and she made no move to open them, leading him to believe she had yet to notice his presence in the field. He took a step forward, being as quiet as possible to keep her from noticing.
"It's nice to see you again Inu yasha."
He cursed under his breath, stopping midstep.
"To what do I owe the pleasure?" she asked, still not opening her eyes. "Have you finally given up on my reincarnation and realized where your true loyalties lie?"
Inu yasha growl. "Bull! I owe you nothing!"
Her eyes opened at this and she ever so gracefully made her way down from her tree to stand just ahead of the hanyou about 5 meters or so. Her lips were turned down in a very uncharactistic pout that didn't quite reach her eyes. It was more like a rueful child trying to force their way.
"You owe me your life, and the life of that bitch you've taken instead of me."
He growled, his clawed hands flexing at his side. "Kagome is none of your concern. I won't let you hurt her!"
"Is she that important to you?!" Kikyou barked angrily. "More important then me and your promises??!"
"Yes!" He stopped. He hadn't meant to sound so mean about it. It had just come out and as he watched the dead miko's pouting face give way to a look of semi-shock he couldn't help but feel just a bit guilty. Then images of a bloody Kagome and Kikyou's bloodstained hands entered his mind...
He didn't feel guilty for long.
He growled again, changing his stance and gripping the hilt of tetsusagai. "I avenged your death, I kill Naraku. I protected you and tried to help you rest in peace but all you've done is cause me to regret and hurt. No more! I deserve to be happy too Kikyou!"
A frown marred her beautiful face. With a flick of her wrist, a long blue serpent appeared, handing her a bow and quiver of arrows. "So," she said readying the shot. "It's come back to this has it?"
He nodded, his hand gripping tighter around the hilt. "I can't let you hurt Kagome any more. Not her, not our pup."
If this news shock Kikyou it didn't show. Once again her features betrayed nothing of her inner emotions. She was blank, unreadable and unfeeling. The way she had been in life as Inu yasha had known her.
The two stood facing each other, eyes locked, weapons at the ready. Neither moved as they waited, even their breathing stilled. They were waiting for some unknown signal as they stared deep into each others eyes, molten gold into unfeeling brown.
An arrow released, a sword was drawn, and the battle began...
@>~~~^~~~~
Kagome shivered and her arms came up to hug herself in an attempt to warm away the cold feeling. Shaking her head she looked back at the half finished homework assignment on her desk and sighed. She had no desire to finish it now..
Turning in her chair, she stood and headed over to her warm bed. Her eyes gazed lazily out the side window, staring out at the evening sun. A glance at her clock confirm that it was still too early to go to bed, even a bit too early for dinner, but she was so tired and so lonely. At least in her dreams Inu yasha would be there, holding her lovingly, and there would be no problems to take him away from her.
The week had been hard but she had pulled though somehow, mostly throwing herself into the last bits of schoolwork left before she graduated. It was all she could do to keep her mind off Inu yasha but still, some how he always entered her thoughts and made his way into the lettering for her geometry homework. (A/N: If 'i' is equal to 'n' then 'u' is to 'y' as....)
With a deep sigh, Kagome reached out and took hold of her alarm clock, setting it to go off in an hour. She only wanted a short nap.
She curled up with her warm pink comforter, the blanket she and Inu yasha had last shared, and buried her face in the warm fabric. She could still smell him, gentle rain and fresh forest soil calming her into a light sleep.
@>~~~^~~~
Inu yasha panted softly, tetsusaiga at the ready. A small trail of blood was visible through a rip in his sleeve, seeping from a slight gash on his upper arm where an arrow had barely missed its target. His golden eyes locked on the dark hair woman across from him, her arrow drawn and ready to send him to hell where she would gladly meet him. He growled.
"Damn it Kikyou! Can't you just fuckin' rest in peace!?"
She ignored him, allowing the arrow to slip though her finger and towards the hanyou. He moved left to avoid it but it seemed she had compensated for that fact, the arrow hitting him in the left shoulder.
He gave a grunt of pain as it sunk deep into the flesh, stopping at the bone. It was painful, but not purifying... He was sure now.
She was playing with him.
A very small smirk pulled at the corner of her mouth as she lowered her bow. "Why Inu yasha? What ever is the matter?"
@>~~~^~~~~
Kagome awoke with a start. Something wasn't right.
Again the pain that had torn her from her slumber ripped through her low stomach and she doubled over in pain. Something was defiantly wrong and now she was sure of it.
Panic gripped her, a deep fear for her unborn pup taking hold of her mind and body. She cried out into the empty room, screaming the first name that came to mind.
"Inu yasha!"
Of course, her mate was not there but still she continued to call for him. Wave after wave of pain racked her small body, giving more and more urgency to her cries, covering her small body in a thin layer of sweat from the effort.
The door to her room flew open suddenly, drawing the young girl's eyes up from her fisted hands over her swollen belly. Her mother stood, panting lightly, in the doorway.
"Kagome?" she rushed to her daughter's side. "Kagome?! What's wrong?!"
"It hurts mama!" she managed though gritted teeth. "Mama, it hurts so bad!"
"What hurts baby?"
"My," she panted, "stomach." A blood-stopping cry ripped through the room nearly deafening the older woman at her side. "Oh Kami mama! Make it stop!"
"Come on Kagome, we need to get you to a doctor fast!" Mrs. Higurashi moved to lift her from the bed bridal style but only successed in ripping another agonizing cry from the young woman.
"Oh Kami mama! Am I gonna-" She let out a painful cry. "Am I gonna lose the baby??"
Mrs. Higurashi remained calm but on the inside she was shaking. Her baby girl was in so much pain and there was nothing she could do.
Her gentle hand reached out and lightly brushed away Kagome's sweat drenched hair from her face. "No baby, not if I can help it. Just lay back," she gently pushed her daughter back onto the bed. "Just stay calm and try to relax. Take deep breaths. I'm going to go call the doctor, all right?"
Kagome nodded, trying her best to do as her mother said but finding it difficult at the moment.
Her mother wasted not another moment, taking off at a dead run to her room at the end of the hall and picked up the phone. In minutes she had explained the situation to the emergency dispatcher and an ambulance was on its way. It was then that everything began to sink in.
She didn't even notice when her knees gave out and she found herself suddenly on the bedroom floor, hands before her in prayer.
"Who ever is out there listening... Kami-sama, Megami-sama... Please," a tear ran down her cheek. "Please take care of my little girl and her baby. Don't take them away...Please kami-" she choked on her tears and fell to the bedroom floor, a sobbing mess.
"Oh Kami," she muttered into the floor. "Give her the strength for battle..."
@>~~~^~~~~
His breath came in deep pants, and his eyes could barely focus with all the blood he had lost over the hour long battle but it was finally over.
He stared out over the crater covered battle field, his eyes finally coming to rest upon the dried up ash and grave soil that had once been the clay body of *her*.
Kikyou was finally dead.
The battle had been hard and long but he had finally won, though at what cost he wondered..
His knees finally gave out under the ungodly weight of his body and he tumbled to the ground, landing in a scattered heap in a pool of his own blood. Slowly, his eyes closed, his mind becoming a darkened dreamscape with no light to guide him but..
That was a good thing. Right?
It wouldn't have mattered. He had no say in the matter. His body, at this point, refused to obey.
With a deep sigh, he wondered briefly if darkness might be better then the blinding light the sun was casting into his eyes. Or was it the sun? He really couldn't tell anymore..
There was something he had to remember though.. Something- no- Some*ONE* important, waiting on him. He slowly pushed himself onto his knees, drawing his rusty sword and sheath to his aid.
Every so slowly, he made his way from the battlefield, fighting a nearly losing battle against his own body but he knew he had to go on.
"Don't worry Kagome," he wished hoarsely on the evening breeze, "I'll be home soon."
@>~~~^~~~~
Two wars waged on, one unbeknownst to the other. Hatred fighting Hatred, fueled by undying fear...
@>~~~^~~~~
Japanese translations:
oyasumi nasai (Or the short version 'Oyasumi') : Good night
honto/honto ne : Really? (or Really.)
jii-chan : Grandpa
nee-chan or onee-chan : sister
nii-chan or onii-chan : brother
ja ne : see ya
hanyou : half breed
youkai : demon
jaki : evil air/that stuff that Naraku's always throwing around ^^;;
koiishi : lover
daisuki : (I think I spelled that right) I love you. Not quite as hardcore a confession as Aishitaru but still ^^; It's pronounced 'Dai skee' (the su is really soft and hardly pronounced)
hai : yes
kitsune : fox demon
miko : priestess, unusally a virgin woman
otouto : brother
baka : idiot, stupid, you're an idoit/stupid...
Arigato : thank you ^^
Kami : Kami is the word of 'God' or 'God(s)' in japanese. It is both purlar and singlar but in my stories you can assume it is the purlar.
Megami : the word for 'goddess', megumi, is just like the word kami in that it is both pular and singlar. If you are talking about *both* gods and goddesses you would just use the word 'Kami' for Gods.
minna-san : Everyone (formal)
Gomen nasai : I am very sorry
Gomen : I'm sorry
Anataka suki desu, (name here). Itsumo. Itsumademo : I love you, (name here) I always have. I always will.
Shikon no Tama : Jewel of Four Souls
Goshinboku : God Tree
Kuso : Shit
Sengoku Jidai : Feudal Age
inu : dog (together with hanyou we have half dog demon ^^)
hime : princess (with sama added as a term of respect)
oi : hey
Ohiyou gozimasu : Good Morning (Ohiyou would just be like " Morning!" but is not the word for Morning.. that would be asu ^^ )
mou : the word that accompanies a pout (example : "Mou!" she pouted. )
daijobu : are you all right, it'll be all right, it is all right. Depending on puncation.
taijiya : demon exterminator
houshin : monk
neko : cat
iie : no ( I was told recently that this is actually a disrepectful term in Japan but I do use it in some of my chapters so here is the basic translation and no I didn't mean it in a disrespectful way when I wrote the chapters.)
onegai : please
aniyome : sister in law
ginkei : brother in law
ookami : wolf