InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strawberry Gashes ❯ Chapter 1

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

turn her over
a candle is lit i see through her
blow it out andall her ashes for me
examined kagome's bloody body, with a cold look. the villiagers had brought her in about five minutes ago, the unconscious girl limp in their grasp as they ran. her arms, legs, torso, even her neck, were covered in pink cuts, not to mention the brown scars that adorned other places. kikyou lit a candle, the light it provided, not exactly what she needed, but she supposed it would do. on closer examination, kikyou winced, as the girl had become very thin since last they had met. the bones of her hips and wrists stuck out, and her knees were even knobbier than usual. kikyou cleansed, and in in a few cases, sewed shut kagome's wounds, before blowing out the candle to sleep...no sense in worrying....not that she CARED if the silly little thing died...

curse me
sold her
the poison that runs it's course through herwhite skin with, strawberry gashes
all over, all over
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woke up the next morning, and moved to kneel near kagome's head. she looked down puzzledly at the other miko, not really understanding what she was seeing. she did not know why, but she couldn't help feeling...that somehow....this was her fault...she traced one of the cuts, jagged and infected as it was, with her fingertip. she wiped that fingertip on her red pants, sighing, as it came away with the liquid that indicated sickness...the young girl laying before her....had always seemed so full of life. she could hardly beleive that she was seeing her so very sick at this moment...started as the girl before her started to stir. those wide brown eyes opened, to look apon similarly extended (from surprise) brown eyes.said kagome, her voice hoarse from disuse and anxiety.took care...of me?'smiled, and kikyou's heart filled with warmth, though she fought not to show it on her face.you...kikyou...ano...i thought you...hated me...'kikyou was saddened by the sheepish smile on kagome's face...only reason i would hate you...is because you are me...and yet...' she picked kagome's hand up in her own, feeling the warmth against her own cool digitsaren't...are you?'guess...i really can't answer you on that...'got a sad look on her face, and kagome was puzzled as to it's origin...
'...because...we look the same...and our soul--we share a soul...but...we can't be the same person...because...we're so different.'face became sad again...we really that different?'smiled, putting her other hand over kikyou's.are different, and yet the same.'paused, and then smiled back, and though the smile was akward, from lack of use, it was definately genuine.
me fault her
you're living like a disaster
she said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes
all over, all over, yeah
tried to get up, but kikyou pushed her back down, much more gently than she would have done with any other patient. should not be moving, kagome-chan'looked surprised, and flashed another brilliant smile, that kikyou was starting to grow fond of.called me...kagome-chan...'smiled softly, this one more natural than the first, but still akward. said before...i do not hate you...you are almost like a little sister...'smiled again, and kikyou shifted, all this smiling making her uncomfortable.as i was saying, you should not be moving. you're going to kill yourself at this rate'got a bone crushingly sad look on her face, entire vissage falling slightly, as she looked at her scarred hands in her lap.like that...'smiled.

called her over
and asked her if she was improvingsaid, feels finewonderful, wonderful here
the next few weeks, kagome's condition improved, though kikyou could not drag out of her what had caused it. the two grew closer, and soon, the villiagers would have veiwed it odd to see one without the other, walking down the roads, or through the fields looking for herbs, even playing with children. as time passed, kikyou began to wonder where the other four that kagome usually travelled with were, however, every time she asked, kagome's smile would fade, and she would go back to what she was doing silently. afternoon, the two were together, about a mile from the villiage, having walked there, the two sat in a peaceful meadow, silently. kikyou watched, rather bemused as kagome braided flower stems together, to make a crown. she was rather surprised, when kagome put the pink and white wreath apon her head.kikyou-chan'smiled, and started another wreath for herself, while kikyou watched, trying to hold back a blush. the wreath of flowers made her happy. the fact that they were from her kagome-chan made her happier...'her'...kagome-chan? she paused and reflected on that thought for a few seconds, but this was interruped when kagome started laughing, and brushed one of kikyou's soul bugs away from her hair. kikyou blushed a bit, as kagome's fingertips brushed her hair, causing her insides to melt like candle wax.of the soul bugs landed on kagome's shoulder, it's reptilian face nuzzling against kagome's cheek. she giggled, and stroked it's head, as kikyou watched, blushing.know kikyou, it's funny....it used to be that i couldn't help hateing you...everytime you came around, inuyasha just seemed to forget that i existed.' kagome paused, letting the soul insect go, as she brushed a lock of black brown hair from her eyes.

hex me, told her
i dreampt of a devil that knew her
pale white skin with
strawberry gashes all over all over
sighed, hesitating before she drew the smaller, younger girl into her lap like a child. 'kagome.....kagome....i never hated you...it is just that....inuyasha was supposed to die....i cannot lie to you, telling you that i still love him...because i do not...kagome...' she paused, before she kissed the younger girl's mouth softly, almost instantly drawing away, as she blushed.and more, i find that it is inuyasha i hate....because you love him...and i know you cannot love me, the way i love you...and also....' she blushed, pushing aside kagome's hakui, her small pink tongue coming out to lick at a long scar that traveled the width of her shoulder. 'i hate him, because i know in my heart that he did this....he was the cause....and for that i will never forgive him...'shivered under kikyou's tongue, half in revulsion, and half in curiosity.also can't forgive him....for being able to touch you when i cannot....the answer is....i do not hold my death against inuyasha...not now...now i have dreams of you and inuyasha together....and instead of being jealous of you, i'm jealous of HIM...he can know you in a way that would be...unholy...were i to do it.' kikyou moved to kagome's neck, unable to stop herself from sucking gently on the soft skin

watch me fault herliving like a disastersaid kill me fasterstrawberry gashes all overover me
you'll never accept me as a substitute, will you kagome?' asked kikyou, as she suckled kagome's earlobe into her mouth, massaging it with her tongue. 'he's your fairy tale knight...you love him, but he makes you sad....he doesn't seem to love you...when he kisses you, you don't wake up from a deep sleep and live happily ever after...when he kisses you, it makes you want to die...' kikyou pushed kagome's hakui down farther, stroking her cold fingers against kagome's stomache. 'but kagome....that's not enough' kikyou breathed into her ear ' inuyasha may love you...but i'm addicted to you' gasped, her cheeks red as she started to cry. 'kikyou...we can't do this...i love inuyasha--' kikyou smiled tenderly to kagome. 'just once...i'd like to be able to love you kagome....the way he does...' kagome shivered in revulsion as kikyou rubbed her fingers insistantly against kagome's nipples that had hardened in the cold. kagome's mind started to rebel, though her body seemed paralyzed. in the back of her mind a little voice could be heard
'kagome...you deserve this...you're not good enough...never were...'
oh god....inuyasha...save me...
kagome started to cry harder, pushing at kikyou softly. kikyou didn't seem to notice and continued what she was doing.TESSOU'cried out, huge scratches blooming bloodily on her shoulder. kagome turned white, clutching her hakui to herself as she stared numbly at the bleeding kikyou.god...' kagome stood, backing up unknowingly to a thirty foot drop.god....oh god...'let out a mournful wail, before stepping off the edge, and screaming.screamed, and inuyasha turned, just in time to see his love fall screaming. he ran to the edge, just in time to catch her hand. she looked up at him, tears streaming down her face as her hand went limp. 'i'm sorry inuyasha....i love you' she said, before letting go. inuyasha looked down in numb horror as she fell, her progress only being stopped by a rock, which was quite sharp. the rock went through her torso, a red flower of blood blooming from between her breasts as her scream was cut sickeningly short.

i lay quiet
waiting for her voice to say
some things you lose
and somethings you just give away
fell to the ground, his legs tangling in a boneless heap. tears started to form in his eyes, as his breathing became more labored. peered over the edge, before her face lost all it's blood, turning paper white as she started to cry.kikyou screamed mournfully as her power raged around her. inuyasha jumped up, and hopped over the cliff, landing softly, as he picked up kagome. kagome coughed, blood trickling out her mouth, before her eyes closed, and she stopped breathing.

curse me, failed her
if only, i'd held on tighter
to that pale white skin, that
twisted and withered away from me
way from me
Inuyasha cradled kagome's dead body against his chest, sobbing softly. his strength seemed to drain from him, as he looked at her. he hadn't even the vigour to be angry. he just cried pitifully against her hair.sorry....this is all my fault...god...kagome...'arrow wizzed by his ear, burning it, and causing him to yelp. turned to see an angry kikyou, looking murderously at him.

watch me lose her
it's almost like losing myself
give her my soul, and let them
take somebody else
get away from me
drew the string of the bow back, but let it fall limp, tears running down her face. she dropped both bow, and arrow, sinking to her knees...ground beneath her broke, buckling violently, and cracking, a long chain coming up and wrapping around her torso, and drawing the soul out of the flesh, and downward...and so it was, that kikyou was dragged to hell...and inuyasha was left alone...
me fault her
you're living like a disaster
she said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes
all over, all over, yeah
scream could be heard for miles. birds were startled from their roosts, and animals fled. the sobbing hanyou lay down near his love....
next morning, villiagers found the three, inuyasha, having clawed his heart from his own chest, and kagome leaning against him, with kikyou laying across them both.....
so ended the story of inuyasha....