InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Silver Tears and Puppy Ears ❯ Kagome verses Kikyo ( Chapter 6 )

Kagome verses Kikyo

Miroku glanced around, watching the energy crackle throughout the barrier; his abilities would not be enough to break through it. If only Kagome was back. Miroku looked back at Kikyo, she sat meditating, completely ignoring the man she had captured. He sat on the ground and contemplated ways to survive this.

"Monk"

"What Kikyo"

"Answer one question, and I will let you leave"

"…Ok…"

"The girls abilities, do they rival mine, if I were to go after her, would she survive"

"I do not know what game you are playing this time Kikyo, but no matter how powerful you are, you could not defeat Kagome"

"We will see, now leave, before I change my mind"

`What does she mean, "we will see" have I just caused more trouble than helped?'

Miroku walked towards the space she opened in the barrier and turned around when he was half way out to face Kikyo,

"What are you planning, going after Kagome serves you no purpose"

"Leave monk"

"KIKYO"

Miroku and Kikyo turned to see Inu Yasha and Kagome; Miroku silently hoped that they heard some of Kikyo's words. Kagome slowly slid down off of Inu Yasha's back, and then followed him into the barrier. Kagome looked at Miroku, she could sense how nervous he was. Miroku noticed Kagome's ears but felt now was not the time to ask her why she had hanyo traits, before he could say a word, Kagome placed a hand on Miroku's shoulder and shoved him out of the barrier as the space Kikyo had opened closed. Miroku tried to get back in but the barrier sent him reeling into a tree. He looked desperately at the barrier, unsure of what would happen in he there he ran back to the village.

"Inu Yasha" Kikyo said as she approached the two. Inu Yasha stepped protectively in front of Kagome; he knew not to trust Kikyo. Kagome gripped Inu Yasha's haiori waiting for Kikyo's actions.

"I have found something in Naraku's castle during our recent battle"

"What?"

"The shikon no tama, he is only missing the shards that you have collected, all of the shards have been found."

Kagome immediately wondered about Kohaku and Kouga, they had shards, what did he do to them.

"I went there to kill him, I was unsuccessful, and he spared me, because he still has Onigumo's heart, but revealed to me that he was coming for you soon to retrieve the last of the shikon no tama."

Kikyo glanced at Kagome, who wasn't even remotely afraid of Kikyo's presence, the girl had no sense. Kikyo had decided that she was a threat after their experience in that cave. She would have left the girl to die to save herself but that girl was so powerful, she was able to move and carry her, when Kikyo could barley move. She knew that if she could take back the rest of her soul, then she would be powerful enough to kill Naraku.

"Inu Yasha, if I have all of my soul, I could destroy Naraku, allow me to take my soul back from this girl, I will return it, if I die, it will go back to her at my death"

Kagome couldn't believe Kikyo would ask that, she would never willingly let that, person, have her soul again. Kagome looked at Inu Yasha praying he would not let her down.

"Willingly let you have Kagome's soul" Inu Yasha said more to himself then Kikyo.

"Yes, so that Naraku can be defeated, she lacks the training I have"

"Shut up Kikyo, the way you speak, if you returned the rest of my soul to me, I'd be power enough to defeat Naraku as well"

Inu Yasha knew that both were right, having the soul separated weakened their chances again Naraku, but Kikyo, how could she ask me to choose.

"So Inu Yasha will you stand in my way, or give me the soul, temporarily"

Kagome stepped out from behind Inu Yasha and walked towards Kikyo, Inu Yasha tried to stop her, but Kagome held her hand out to keep him from interfering.

"Kikyo, there must be a way to determine who is more powerful"

"There is" Kikyo said with disinterest.

"Tell me"

"We must fight"

"Very well"

"One of us could die"

"Its simple Kikyo, we wont shoot the arrows to kill, just to take the soul."

Inu Yasha did not like this, he didn't believe that Kikyo would not try to kill Kagome, if that arrow defeated Kagome's; he would save her before it hit.

Kikyo and Kagome drew their bows, and aimed their arrows, focusing their energy into them, Inu Yasha watched in despair as they released their arrows, the ground shook as they met, Inu Yasha had to draw tessaiga and plunge it into the ground to keep from flying into the wall of the barrier.

The two women stared each other down, drawing their second arrows, the barrier began to disappear as the second arrows hit. The four arrows floated there, miko energy swirling around, both struggling to reach their mark. Kagome could sense that Kikyo was losing energy and noticed a soul collector gliding towards Kikyo with a soul. Kagome focused her energy and erected a new barrier that would keep the soul collectors out. Kagome's arrow began to push back Kikyo's, Kikyo desperately shot a third arrow as the two headed towards her. Kikyo's three arrows pushed Kagome's back, and Kikyo reached into her kimono and took out a jewel shard, Kagome realized what she was doing, and took two more arrows, and focused all of her power into them, and the two arrows hit Kikyo's three and they disintegrated. Kiyo screamed in horror as the arrows hit her, going completely through her clay body. She collapsed to the ground and Kagome fell to her knees, dropping her bow and placing her hands on the ground for support.

Inu Yasha sheathed tessaiga and ran to Kagome, scooping her up into his arms to try and calm her restless body. Very soon the rest of her soul would return, the part Kikyo had, he prayed Kikyo had not tainted it.

Kikyo could feel her body weakening, the soul trying to leave, she had made that very bit she had held onto so powerful, that girl would be unstoppable. She saw that the barrier was still up, and without her soul collectors to give her new souls; she would die, again, as soon as her soul left. She pushed herself up, only to see Inu Yasha holding and soothing that girl, the girl lost so much energy when she shot those arrows, she put part of herself into them. I have more of her soul now then she does. If I can get away and hold onto my soul long enough, the spell from the arrow will be defeated and then I can kill her and Naraku. As the barrier came down Kikyo's soul collectors rushed to deliver the vital souls Kikyo needed. Inu Yasha heard them coming, he knew Kikyo had lied; she knew Kagome was strong, but was not going to up Kagome's soul.

`She is not the Kikyo I loved, I have to end this'

Inu Yasha gently laid Kagome on the ground, kissed her forehead and approached Kikyo.

"Inu Yasha help me I'm dying" Kikyo begged, hoping he would change his mind.

Inu Yasha knelt next to Kikyo and lifted her from the ground, so she could lean against a tree. He turned from her and unsheathed tessaiga and destroyed the soul collectors. Kikyo could only watch in horror as Inu Yasha severed her last chance to survive. He looked back at her, and finally said what his heart had told him.

"You are no longer the Kikyo I loved, you are bitter and cruel, I know you've tried to kill Kagome, and you were going to again today. The Kikyo I loved would not steal the souls of others in order to remain with the living for the soul purpose of dragging someone to hell with her. You are un-pure, and I'm going to make sure that your soul, Kagome's soul, is free to be pure and free, the way it was meant to be."

Kikyo began to sob as she felt a tug inside of her knowing that these were her last moments she looked hopelessly at Inu Yasha and shrieked as her soul left her body.

Inu Yasha ran to Kagome as the soul entered her body, he held her tight as a torrent of energy swirled around her. When everything was clam, Kagome opened her eyes and looked at Inu Yasha, and then over to where Kikyo should be, but the only thing there was a pile of dust and Kikyo's kimono. Kagome jumped over to the pile retrieved the shards Kikyo had, and placed them in the vial with hers. She jumped back to Inu Yasha and fell into his arms.

"I'm really tired, could we go see Kaede now"

Inu Yasha lifted her into his arms bridal style and ran to the village. As the two entered Kaede's hut, they met the curious looks of Kaede, Miroku, and a very annoyed Shippo. Inu Yasha walked in and sat down, shifting Kagome so she was sitting in his lap.

"Umm Kagome, why do you have ears like Inu Yasha's?" Shippo asked intrigued.

"Yes I noticed that earlier, but before you explain your change, what happened with Kikyo" Miroku asked.

"She is gone, her soul returned to Kagome" Inu Yasha answered bluntly, he didn't think Kagome wanted to talk about the battle yet. Kagome looked over at Miroku and Shippo, she wanted to talk to Kaede, but without them there.

"Miroku could you take Shippo and go find Sango please" Kagome requested.

Miroku understood that Kagome and Inu Yasha needed to speak with Kaede so he picked up the kit and went to find Sango. Shippo complained and coughed the entire way out of the hut.

"Child what's wrong" Kaede asked, not once looking away from her ears. Kagome slowly pulled her hair away from her neck, revealing the mark on her neck.

"After he made this mark, and we mated, I changed into a hanyo."

"Hm, well in some of the more power youkai tribes, especially inu-youkai, when a youkai or hanyo mates with a human, the human becomes a demon of the same level. That may be why Kagome has changed. The youkai blood in Inu Yasha's veins is so strong, it was able to change you"

"Then why was my mother not changed Kaede-baba"

"Well I cannot be sure, perhaps your father did not want to change her, as a pure blooded youkai, he could control the mating, and was able to prevent your mother from changing"

Inu Yasha was distracted from continuing the conversation by a sound outside; mere seconds later Miroku and Shippo came crashing into the hut.

"Kagome, Inu Yasha, Sango is gone, we found her weapon on the ground abandoned in the forest" Miroku gasped out.

"Yeah, I found her scent there, and it just stopped" Shippo piped in. Before anything else was said Inu Yasha sniffed the air and ran towards the forest, Miroku and Shippo struggling to keep up. Kagome having no problem, she did not know specific smells yet, she only had control over running and jumping; she hadn't tried anything else yet. As the four got to the spot Sango's weapon had been Inu Yasha growled.

"Yeah, this is where she was, her scent stops here, because it goes up into the air, with… Naraku's" Inu Yasha said in shock.

Authors note:

I may not be able to update for a while, the next chapter is really intense. If you don't like violence and rape, it mite be a bit much for you, so I'll warn before the rape scenes, the violence will be difficult to warn, so I apologize for those of you who don't like violence.

Preview Chapter 7

Sango's Corruption

Naraku grinned as he watched the wounds he inflicted drip blood. Her body shook from pain. Her clothes were torn exposing her battered body. She spit blood at him and he slapped her, sending her reeling into the wall.

"Don't make me tighten your bonds bitch" Naraku threatened as he wiped the bloody spit from his face.

"I don't care what you do to me, disgusting bastard" Sango spat back.