InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Shades of Gray ❯ Conspiracy ( Chapter 4 )

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Shades of Gray

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Chapter 4: Conspiracy

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

[Kagome's World]

Kagome could only blink more as he pulled her into a tight embrace. She felt his hands tighten around her waist, as she could only stand there in wonder.

Though, she managed to snake her own arms around his middle, and lean her head into his shoulder.

She stood there with him, in silence, loving the mere contact with him.

She could feel the warmth radiate through his shirt, his heart, his being.

She loved him for all he was, and she fought back tears as she hugged him a bit tighter, realizing she would never be able to have this for herself.

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[InuYasha's World]

He pulled her in tighter, as she looped her arms around his middle and lay her head on his chest. His heart skipped a beat and he closed his eyes, breathing deep.

He took in her scent, of cherry blossoms and flowers, as it took over his mind and brought him to a state of peace.

He lay his chin on the top of her head as he held her there, as if she would disappear if he let go. He didn't ever want to break contact, didn't want to let go.

But he knew he had to.

He felt her reluctantly pull out of his embrace and he looked down at her with sad eyes.

She didn't look up at him, merely stared at his chest, as if she saw right through it and beyond. She kept her head down as she turned so her back was to his chest, and gently touched his hand.

She started to walk away, and slowly wrapped her small hand around his. He walked to her side, and she finally looked at him.

Her eyes were a world of emotions to him, filled with sadness, loneliness, pain...and somewhere in there, was love. He felt a twinge of guilt and sadness pull at him, at his very soul, and he silently resolved to never hurt her again.

He intertwined their fingers, and smiled down at her, almost sadly if anything, and she smiled back just the same. She lay her head on his arm as they walked slowly in silence back to the hut.

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Across the land, a hanyou sat in the darkness. He was always in the darkness, now. In his hand, he held a nearly complete fragment of the Shikon jewel. (AU: I think you guys know who it is ^.--)

A tiny glimmer of pink shone out and he snarled and closed his hand on it tightly. When he re-opened it, all that could be seen was a dull, dark purple.

A woman entered the room. He acknowlegded her prescence, yet he did not turn to look at her. He knew who it was, and he had seen enough of her to remember her face.

"Naraku." She stated.

"Kikyo." He returned. Nothing about the two was formal. They just refused to address eachother properly, to help eachother in any way. Yet they would, this one time. To achieve eachother's goals.

Both had been dwelling on the lives of two different people. Kikyo, obviously on InuYasha. She wanted to kill him, to end his existance, to drag him with her to hell. She would go, too of course...eventually. She wanted him to feel the pain, to burn with loneliness and grief.

Naraku, thought also wanting to see InuYasha's demise, was after another on the other hand. The girl Kagome. She had become quite a nuinsance, with her increasingly stronger miko powers, and purifying arrows. He wanted to break her. He wanted to shatter her soul and dreams. And he wanted to see it done by the pathetic hanyou she loved. Of course, once he did that, he could just as easily take control of her to find the remaining shards. Since he would be destroying Kikyo soon enough...

They stood in silent agreement. They would help eachother, this once, with no favours owing. It was mutual. They hated eachother, true enough. But they would make an exception.

They talked out their plan, Kikyo mainly contributing the location and puppets needed to make a succesful play.

Naraku would merely put that play into action.

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