InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Raiden no Ai ❯ Confessions of the Heart ( Chapter 22 )

Here it is! The revelation! It’s the ending of the battle, but is it the ending of the fanfic? Nope not really. Why you may ask? You’ll see ^_^ I hope you like the outcome!

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Chapter 22: Confessions of the Heart

Akina ran over the rocks, accidentally tripping on one of them. She tore the bottom of her silken yukata, but cared more about Hiten’s life then she did the clothes he had stolen from her.

Inuyasha drew his fist back and it promptly made contact with Hiten’s jaw, making some spit fly from Hiten’s mouth. His head flinging backwards, almost seeming to detach itself.

Hiten went catapulting back into a rock, smashing the earth and the rock below it.

“Not bad for a half breed, aye Hiten?” Inuyasha boasted.

While Inuyasha was boasting, Hiten was working on getting up, once he was up, he held his face and rubbed his jaw line.

“I’ve never been struck in the face before, and I refuse to let it happen again!” Hiten yelled, insulted by the fact that a mere half breed could get away with striking him in the face.

Hiten pulled the Rageki-jin behind him, as if he were going to strike Inuyasha again.

“I’ll see you in hell, you swine!” He shouted.

He went forward with the Rageki-jin, trying to strike the hanyou down, but he yet again was able to block with the powerful sword sheath. The elder brother was determined to kill the hanyou below him and he could hear the sheath cracking.

“I’ll relish your death more then any other, half breed.” Hiten spied Kagome and Shippou over towards Inuyasha’s direction. He decided to get rid of the two annoyances, so he mouth blasted them, a power that he had gained from his brother.

The two lay on the ground, they appeared dead. Inuyasha seemed to snap into the rage that Hiten was in. He yelled several obstinacies at the youkai and talked about how he should be sorry for killing his friends. Hiten? Sorry for killing his friends? What friends? Friends cannot constitute for the death of someone who was flesh and blood. That cannot replace a brother’s love and understanding..

No.

Nothing can replace that.

The blades clash once more, and this time, the Tetsusaiga is called to Inuyasha’s hand.

Akina huffed as she neared them, she saw Inuyasha and Hiten, the Tetsusaiga raised, about to strike the youthful youkai in the head. Her eyes widened in fear.

“ HITEN!!” She shrieked as the sword blade came crashing down. Hiten was caught off guard as he turned to see Akina standing there, the blade missed his head, but got him in the chest. It was a deep wound.

“Akina!” He replied.

“What the hell?” Inuyasha wrinkled his face, he seemed puzzled by the sudden change of events.

The red haired girl ran over to Hiten.

Hiten was so surprised by her appearance that his shock overcame his pain. The Thunder youkai’s once cold eyes shone with something deep, he could feel the red fluid running down his chest, soaking his clothes and weakening him. He looked at both of his hands, his precious Rageki-jin had been broken in half.

“A-Akina, what....are you doing here?” He said, slightly after his eyes closed and he came crashing to the ground.

Akina ran over and caught him before he hit the ground. She held him close, as a mother would her child.

“Hey! What did you do that for?” Inuyasha asked. “I almost had him.”

“Please, Mr. Inuyasha-sama sir. Don’t kill him.” Akina asked on the verge of tears.

“Why not?” The hanyou’s rough voice asked. “He killed Kagome and Shippou.”

“No he didn’t, look.” Akina pointed to the schoolgirl and the kitsune, who got up wearily from the ground. They stood up slowly, as the hanyou watched.

“Kagome!” He shouted back at the schoolgirl and the kitsune.

“Inuyasha!” She turned to look at the hanyou and saw something she had not expected.

“Akina!”

The red haired maiden looked back at her. “Kagome.”

“Akina, you’ve got to listen to me. Hiten doesn’t really love you!” Kagome shouted.

“He’s just using you!”

“Nani?” Akina looked as if someone had cracked her heart with a nut cracker.

“I know you don’t want to believe it, but it’s true. He said it himself!” Kagome replied.

A small crystalline tear escaped Akina’s eye, venturing down her cheek and ultimately falling on the youkai’s face.

Hiten gently shifted in Akina’s arms, then half way opened his eyes to look at her. She was crying. Crying for him.

“Hmm....Akina..” He whispered.

The young girl looked down at him. “You don’t love me, do you? It was all just a game, wasn’t it? “

Hiten could feel tears form in his own eyes, and he didn’t know why. It hurt him inside to hear Akina speak of those things, it hurt even more then the laceration he had sustained in battle.

“Akina...” The youkai whispered once more. “That’s far from the truth. I care about you, more then you could ever know, I was just too foolish to except it. My heart said yes, but my mind said no. I was dwelling on the fact that I was a youkai and you a human. Nothing ever got past that. Now I see, that love doesn’t care...What an ironic time to figure it out, huh?”

“Hiten..” Akina’s tears doubled in production as she leaned in a bit towards the youkai.

Inuyasha and Kagome stood there, looking a bit confused. The hanyou hadn’t expected his battle to turn out quite like this, and was still debating on whether to kill Hiten or not. He did have the Shikon on Tama shards and he had abducted Kagome and possibly tried to kill her.

Hiten had once told him that no woman was worth fighting for, but the true question was...Did he mean it?.. Surely not.

“Akina...” Hiten continued. “I wanted to win the fight and return to you. I wanted to tell you that I love you. “ The youkai smiled. He finally smiled a pain filled smile. A smile of love and happiness

Inuyasha walked over to the two and raised the Tetsusaiga in the striking position. Akina hugged Hiten tightly, this was it. They were going to die together.

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*evil laughter * Yeah, I know, I know I stopped at a very evil place and I will try and update as soon as I can. I’m not sure about what I want to happen as of yet. I could have Hiten jump in the way or maybe have Kagome “Sit/Osuwari” Inuyasha. What do you all think?

Please R&R!!