InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kuro no Fuyu ❯ Tying up Lose Ends and Beginnings a New ( Chapter 5 )

~*~Hey everyone!~*~   I think you all heard that I don’t own Inuyasha enough…   Well this is it the last chapter, but at least the last chapter I typed up gave me an idea for another Inuyasha fiction. I have also taken a look into a career that I might want to pursue, aside from perhaps an author I hope to become a Manga Artist. I read my own tiny collection of Ruruoni Kenshin, Yu Yu Hakusho and Case Closed (a.k.a Detective Conan) that I have become inspired to try to be a Manga Artist. That is once I learn Japanese, take a few years of art classes and brush up on my Japanese history.   Oh and to my reviewer Neko-Yuff16  you didn’t make me work harder on the last chapter, if anything you HELPED me. I had such a case of writers block that I didn’t know what I was going to put in to brush away from Inuyasha and Kagome for a while, and it got me to do something different I’ve never done Sango and Miroku before so it was a fun change for me.   Okay there are spoilers in this chapter too, Terri Botta’s story “The Lucky Ones” helped me once again with this story and at trying to get Kikyo’s personality since she had Kikyo doing something a lot like this, I wanted to tie together this little piece of the plot was all and I really had no idea of how to do it.      ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~   Kuro no Fuyu   Title Translation: Black Winter   Epilogue: Tying up Lose Ends and Beginnings a New        &n bsp;        Inuyasha glanced around the forest and leaned against the bark of the god tree, it was spring now and the god tree was now covered in thousands of pink blossoms. Kagome had left the other day saying that she had some project she had to do for school; it was odd how she could get so stressed out with that school thing and tests and clearly hated it. It didn’t make sense to keep going back then did it? Inuyasha shook his head; maybe it was one of those girl things that as a guy he would never understand. He was just glad that winter was finally over; the season had been one for events for the Hanyou. Along with the random fights with demons the group managed to collect three jewel shards, there were two life or death events that had been good for his and Kagome’s relationship aside from getting both worried for the others well being. A few months ago a blizzard hit and got the group separated and it almost got Kagome killed, Inuyasha was able to save her and reunited with Miroku and Shippo as Sango and Kirara were at the slayers village fixing her weapons.              ;  A month after that another storm hit but with more nearly disastrous results, Kagura had attacked them splitting up the group and leaving Inuyasha badly injured on the night of the new moon. To make matters worst of the situation a blizzard worst then the one that hit a month ago began blowing, Inuyasha with his injures and his demon blood disappearing due to the new moon could not stand up to the harsh weather and collapsed. He had awoke to find that Kagome had gotten them to shelter and had saved him from what could have been his death, on the day after the blizzard and Inuyasha’s condition was better he and Kagome had confessed to one another their feelings. That was the only good thing that had happened that he was happy about, he just wished that his and Kagome’s first moment together concerning blizzards had not included her almost dieing of that Hypothermia sickness.            &nbs p;  <What time did Kagome say she was going to be back again?> Inuyasha wondered looking up at the sky, he hated Kagome going back home more then ever now since they had confessed to one another. It wasn’t his fault it was a dog demon thing, no even if it wasn’t his dog demon instincts kicking and telling him that in her time that she could get hurt he would still be worried. The Noh Mask incident and that time with the ghost of that girl was evidence enough that even with very few demons in her era she could still get hurt or even killed, and he said few demons because of that Noh Mask wanting her jewel shards. He would be damned if he let anyone or anything hurt his Kagome, Inuyasha leaned over to look at the well in the distance as a light breeze picked up. As he caught a whiff of the wind he froze at what he smelled, he clinched his hands into fists and jumped out off the tree and took of in the direction of the scent.   Kagome’s Time              ;         <Ramen for Inuyasha, candy for Shippo, medical supplies, my homework and text books, cloths, bathing supplies, the bottle of shards . Am I missing anything?> Kagome packed her things into her back pack trying to think what it was that she could have forgotten, she yanked the back onto her back and almost fell over from the weight but gained her balance. “Mom, Souta, Grampa I’m leaving now!” Kagome called heading to the door, “Kagome” her mother called from the living room. “What is it mom?” Kagome called back running to the living room. She got to the living room and saw her mother holding her bow and quiver full of arrows, “You wouldn’t want to forget these” Ms. Higurashi said handing her daughter the bow and quiver, “I knew I forgot something! I can’t believe I almost left these behind thanks mom” Kagome gave her mother a quick hug before she was out the door running to the old well house. She opened the doors and jumped into the well, a familiar blue light surrounded her as she was sent 500 years into the past.             &n bsp; She landed softly on the bottom of the well and looked up to see the blue sky, after a few second she wondered where Inuyasha was. Normally he would wait at the well in a tree or sit by the well until she returned, by now he would have appeared and help her out of the well and walk with her to the village. She grabbed the vines that were growing on the walls of the well and climbed up trying not to fall due to the weight of her bag, she finally got to the top and shoved the bag out of the well and swung her leg over the edge of the well and sat down on the cool grass catching her breath. <Where is Inuyasha? Did he forget that today I was coming back? No way would he forget that…> she stood up deciding not to lug the heavy pack with her and headed out to see where Inuyasha had gone, she had only gone a little past the god tree before she heard voices, one of them being Inuyasha’s. Quietly she walked to were she heard the voices and saw a small clearing ahead were the voices were coming, she saw Inuyasha standing in the middle of the clearing and was talking to someone, she moved to see who it was and her heart stopped.   <K…Kikyo? Why is she here? And why is Inuyasha with her?> Kagome’s heart thundered in her chest as she looked on at the pair in the clearing, Kikyo standing in her white and red miko robes with her bow strung on her shoulder and quiver strapped on her back, her soul catchers gliding around in the air in eerie silent. Inuyasha stood with his back facing her, his arms crossed and his silver white hair moving in the breeze. Kagome moved closer hoping Inuyasha wouldn’t smell her as she hide behind a tree as close to them as she could get, “Inuyasha, are you ready to come with me?” Kagome heard Kikyo say as she got to the tree. “No” Inuyasha said sternly stepping away as Kikyo took a step towards him, “Inuyasha you made a promise” Kikyo said sounding forceful. “I made a promise to Kikyo not you” Inuyasha said still in the same stern voice, “What are you talking about, I’m Kikyo” Kikyo said sounding angry.   “No your not, at least not the Kikyo I knew!” Inuyasha nearly yelled. “The Kikyo I knew was not the hatful thing you are, she may not have loved me but she was someone I could relate to” Inuyasha said, “I do love you!” Kikyo yelled, “No you don’t! If you did love me you would have accepted me for who I am and what I am, not try and make me change! You would want me to be happy... You tried to kill Kagome once knowing how I felt about her, you tried to kill her since she was in your way to me! If you really love me then show it by leaving me and Kagome alone!” Inuyasha said and turned to leave, Kagome was about to start running to not be caught but seeing Kikyo raise an arrow to her bow made her quickly draw her own. Just as Kikyo shot her arrow Kagome shot her own seeing Inuyasha’s shocked expression as her arrow flew passed him and hit Kikyo’s arrow, the clearing was surrounded in pink miko energy as Kagome’s arrow cut right through Kikyo’s arrow and pierce Kikyo’s shoulder.   As Kikyo clutched her injured shoulder Inuyasha who now saw that Kagome was there ran over to protect her incase Kikyo attacked again, “Kagome why are you here?” Inuyasha asked sounding worried, “You didn’t meet me at the well so I…” before Kagome could finish she threw herself to the ground taking Inuyasha with her as another arrow flew passed them hitting a tree. “Saving me a lot lately haven’t you Kagome?” Inuyasha said sounding playful but at the same time serious due to the current situation they were in, Inuyasha stood and grabbed the hilt of Tetsusaiga but did not remove it from its sheath as Kagome readied another arrow. “You dare to threaten me?!” Kikyo yelled letting fly another arrow, Inuyasha dodged the arrow and charged at her. Her soul collectors began pushing him back as he began slicing through them, Kagome grabbed another arrow as Inuyasha cut through the last of the soul collectors and stood looking Kikyo firmly in the eye “Kikyo leave, don’t make me have to attack you. If you keep trying to hurt Kagome or me then I will attack you” Inuyasha said drawing his sword in front of him showing that his threat was real.             &n bsp; “Is that so?” Kikyo said taking a few steps toward Kagome and Inuyasha, the Hanyou stood in front of her blocking Kagome from any attack Kikyo might throw. “Inuyasha” Kikyo said looking in the eye “Is this what you have finally chosen?” she asked surprising the Hanyou and the human girl he was shielding from harm, Inuyasha just nodded his head. Kikyo gave one of her ghostly smiles as new soul collectors appeared from the trees “Then what I set out to accomplish is done” she said turning around, “Kikyo” Inuyasha called sheathing his sword and taking a few steps towards her. “What did you mean by that?” he asked, Kikyo turned around and looked at him. “Remember when I told you that when used by some one with good influence the jewel will be pure, but when used by some one with dark influence the jewel becomes tainted” Kikyo asked, Inuyasha nodded. “All those years ago when I asked you to use the jewel to become human, I did not realize before until I was resurrected that using the jewel to do that would have killed us” Kikyo said.             &n bsp; “Killed us?” Inuyasha said as Kagome’s eyes widened in shock Kikyo nodded, “Inuyasha back then I did love you, but not as a Hanyou. Forcing a loved one to change is not a pure wish but a selfish and tainted one, because of my tainted feelings of wanting you to be human the jewel would have destroyed us both” Kikyo said holding out her hands. “Inuyasha, as a half demon you are hated and hunted because of your mixed blood. Because of what I have become now I have more then an idea of what you went through, I’m seen as something to remove from this world. On more then one occasion has a monk tried put me to rest, but my driven hatred for you was what kept me going on” Kikyo withdrew her hands and placed them to her chest, she closed her eyes “In a way I see it as a punishment for my selfish act”   “Inuyasha back then we thought that the other betrayed the other, but it was Naraku using our distrust for each other to try to get to me and the jewel. In these times I am the one who betrayed you on more then once” Kikyo looked at Kagome and smiled, not one of her ghostly smiles a real one “As you said I attacked Kagome commanding my soul collectors to drop her into the miasma, I in my arrogant gave Naraku the shards of the jewel I held, in doing that not only did I betray you but I betrayed what I was sworn to do in life which was keep the jewel out of the hands of demons. With the shards he got from me he unleashed new minions for you to face and further complicate your quest, it is also my fault Naraku has that new body and even more power” Kikyo’s eyes suddenly went soft “Inuyasha in making you make that promise to me I have yet again been unfair to you, I have made you keep yourself from living your life, your new life” Kikyo looked at Inuyasha, “I have kept you from Kagome and had you make a promise to a Kikyo who no loner exists in this world by normal purposes, what I meant when I said I have accomplish what I set out to do, I had accomplish making sure that Kagome’s love was true and that your love was strong. Judging by how you acted when I attacked and that you would have actually attack me, it is obvious that there is nothing tainted in your love like it was in ours”   Kikyo once again turned to Kagome “Kagome could you please come here” she asked, Kagome who had felt it rude to interrupt and was already feeling like she should leave to give them privacy, was now surprised at the dead miko addressing her asking her to come forward. She looked at Inuyasha who had also turned to her before she slowly walked over to the miko, “Kagome you have proven yourself more then fit to be with Inuyasha and to be the new guardian of the Shikon Jewel, you stayed with him after everything that has happened, you saved me from the Priestess Eater despite how I once tried to kill you and make things more difficult for you” Kikyo reached into her robes and pulled out a white ribbon and began tying it in Kagome’s hair, “Kagome you love Inuyasha for what he is and healed the wounds of his past, don’t make the same mistake I made Kagome”  Kikyo whispered. Kagome felt the ribbon in her hair that kept her hair in a pony tail and nodded “I never will, you can trust me on that” she said and Kikyo nodded “Inuyasha, you are free of your promise to me. Be happy with Kagome at your side” with that she started to walk off into the woods before Kagome called out.   “Kikyo!”   The dead miko turned around to look at the girl of the future once more “You can visit us in the village if you like, anytime you want”  Kagome said smiling, Kikyo returned her smile “Allowing your lovers old love to visit, you have a lot of trust in others despite everything” Kikyo said and then left her soul collectors gliding along beside her. Kagome heard Inuyasha walk up to her and felt him wrap his arms around her. “You always did have a lot of trust in people Kagome” he said holding her close and nuzzling her hair, Kagome smiled “The village was the only place she ever really could call home, why not allow her to visit or maybe even live there if she wants. Her sister lives there too she might want to visit to see Kaede too” Kagome said holding Inuyasha hand, “We should get back, the others will be wondering what’s taking us” Inuyasha said and Kagome nodded “Yah we don’t want a repeat of last week” Kagome said giggling as Inuyasha blushed “I still want to kill Shippo for taking that picture with your camera that day” Inuyasha said, “Inuyasha it wasn’t that bad was it?” Kagome asked giggling at the look on his face “He caught us while you were petting my ears and my foot was kicking” Inuyasha said with an angry pout on his face.   “Don’t worry Inuyasha, I took the picture from him before he could show the others and burned it in the fire pit in Kaede’s hut. Your tough guy image is still safe” she said walking in the direction of the well, she heard him mutter something under his breath that sounded similar to “feh” before she heard him start walking. She nearly screamed when she felt Inuyasha pick her up and began running towards the well. “Inuyasha!” Kagome laughed holding on tightly to his fire rat robe, “Come on before the others show up” Inuyasha said in a playful tone “Inuyasha you and your pride!” she said back in the same playful tone. As they sped off to the to collect Kagome’s bag then head to the village, a new future was in their path a new beginning in their lives with the other beside them.   The End               & nbsp;      ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ &nb sp; ~*~ Well that’s it, I know all of you might be annoyed of how I portrayed Kikyo but lets look at the facts. Looking back at all the previous Inuyasha episodes didn’t it seem like Kikyo was hated for what she was? A monk did try to put her to rest and every time she visited a village she had to hide what she was, when she was found out she always had to leave. And by helping Naraku all those times she was betraying Inuyasha, I really racked my brain with this and I had to do some deep thinking on things and look back on previous episodes. The episode “Kikyo and Kagome Alone in the  Cave” also helped me see a little more into Kikyo, I have never disliked Kikyo for anything other then how she is keeping Inuyasha from Kagome and the things she has done to make things worse for the group~*~