InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkangel ❯ Songs in the Dark ( Chapter 15 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

AN: Sorry for not updating for so long. I got caught up with homework and writing other stories. Hee hee! This story close to its end! It'll be my first finished story!

"So, do you plan in answering me?"

Kagome's eyes shot up. She was so caught up in her own thoughts, she had nearly forgotten.

"Where did you get this drink?" he asked again.

She looked at him unsteadily. "The duarough."

"What?" His brows furrowed as he frowned.

"The duarough, Myouga."

"Myouga? Hey, that name sounds famil--" He stopped. His lips released an inarticulate sound before his eyes widen as his hand flew to his throat. His skin went waxy and his wings poised tensely. His face twisted in pain as he wrapped an arm around his torso and pointed accusingly at Kagome. "You bitch! There was poison in the chalice! You-you poisoned me!"

He fell to his knees, eyes tightly shut. Kagome shrank back. She had no idea that it would come to this. She didn't know that it would leave him on his knees, grasping painfully for breath. She thought he would just fall insensate once he drank it. His necklace clinked as his head jerked up with wide wild eyes.

"Is this how you repay me?" he cried angrily with pain. "I take you in and let you live when I should have killed you. You-" He was cut off by another gasp of pain. Kagome bit her lip and pressed her hands over her mouth to keep from screaming. He looked up at her again, his eyes wild and delirious. "I won't let you get away with this," he managed to say through clenched teeth.

He struggled to his feet, his wings thrashing out wildly. The window curtains whipped through the air and Kagome's shiromuki flattened against her body. He clutched at the bedpost with a hand outstretched towards Kagome, leaning forward to engulf her with his wings.

[AN: Shiromuki is a basically a wedding kimono. Sorry for interrupting. Keep on reading!]

Kagome backed away, throwing up her arms in attempt to keep him away. She felt the darkangel enclose his cold biting arm around her wrist. She screamed as he dragged her towards him. She glanced at his eyes and immediately looked away. They were crazy and furious with red fire. His lips curled to reveal fangs peeking out the corners of his mouth. Kagome screamed again as she tried helplessly to free herself from his grasp.

She knew what he was going to do. He was going to do what he did before. He was prepared to do what he did when she ran away that day. He was going to bite her. She remembered feeling the pain. The agonizing, blinding pain. She could already feel the freezing cold bite on her neck where her scar laid.

Kagome groped for the sword that lay hidden beneath her gown. But before she could get it, the wraiths appeared.

Swiftly, but silently, they emerged from the shadows and curtain folds. Kagome felt the icarus's grip loosened. He was surprised. She slipped her arm away and scrambled away as the wraiths formed a ring around him, keeping him away from Kagome. The vampyre cried out in surprise and spun frantically around as the wraiths closed it at him.

"What are you doing here?" he shouted. " Get out!"

The wraiths took a step closer. "No, we will not. You chose us so we belong to you."

"You're too ugly to look at! All of you! Why are you all so ugly?!" He sank to his knees.

"You stole our souls. What else could we have become but ugly?"

"You're all goddamn traitors," he gasped. "I chose you out of all others."

"You torn out our hearts and drank our blood," the wraiths hissed. "Look what your 'choice' had brought us. You liar."

"Murderer."

"Thief."

The vampyre leaned over nauseously, with one hand supporting his weight and the other clutching his side. His body shook as he made motions to puke, but nothing came out. A light of last defiance gleamed in his eye. "It doesn't matter," he whispered. "You're all nothing but worthless beings. I am a darkangel; a thousand times above you. I'll rule the world, soon. My mother promised..."

"Never," they said, silencing him.

The vampyre slumped forward onto the floor. As he did, the glass vials around his neck shattered against the cold hard floor and thin tendrils of mist slithered from them. Kagome peered through the circle of wraiths and saw him struggling to stand. His wings were dull and crumpled. Gradually, his body started to relax and his gasps grew fainter as his breathing slowed. He sighed heavily as his eyes closed and did not open again.

His breathing was light and barely audible. Kagome let out a shuddering sigh as she slumped forward with only her arms to support her. She slid back against the cold wall and drew up her knees. She wrapped her arms around them and hid her face. She didn't want to see the darkangel. She was too scared and felt so alone.

Then she felt something glow warmly against her chest. Her hand groped for the object and stopped when she found it. She held it to her face and saw that it was her pendant. It was warm compared to the cold room she was in.

Don't be afraid...

What?

"Just sing this song...

...Song?

And think of happy memories...

Memories...why did this sound so familiar?

Then you won't be alone anymore.

Renko. It was Renko who had told her this. It was years ago, but it only seemed like yesterday.

They were playing in the mountains when they got lost. The day was ebbing away and night was soon to come. There were strange noises everywhere that Kagome couldn't help but be scare out of her wits. There was no light. Dark creepy shadows lurked everywhere. Scary creepy noises were coming from everywhere. What sane eleven year old wouldn't get scared?

Renko eventually found a small empty cave and was able to produce a sufficient fire. Quite an accomplishment for an thirteen year-old, actually. Yet, Kagome was still scared out of her wits, twitching and jumping at every little sudden noise. She remembered Renko's toothy smile and comforting hug. She told Kagome to not be afraid anymore, because they were together and not separated.

Renko took out her pendant as Kagome did the same.

"Mama told me that if I ever got scared and felt alone, think of happy things and sing a song," said Renko with a grin. "So she taught me this song, and sang it to me." Kagome glanced at Renko. That old witch could sing? "You should do the same."

Kagome clutched the pendant tightly in her hand as the cold wall behind her sent chills up and down her back. It had been so long since she had sang it. How did it go?

She subconsciously started to trace the outline of her pendant as she tried to recall the melody. She remembered it was slow and peaceful. It seemed to fit perfectly to Renko's sweet, bell-like voice. But then again, most songs did. Slowly, she caught herself humming the tune. As she did so, the words streamed into her mind. Kagome opened her mouth to sing, then stopped. She never heard herself sing, but she was pretty sure it wasn't that good. But then again, no one was exactly around. The darkangel was out and the wraiths were probably too deaf to hear her.

Kagome slowly drew breath. She closed her eyes and gave in to the enchanting melody caged in her mind, ready to be sang out.

The tendrils of mist grew an eerie golden glow; a glow that started to grow stronger each second as the Charter marks grew clearer. It grew longer and taller.

The golden souls escaped their glass prisons from the vampyre's necklace and glided to the ring of wraiths who stood motionless yet aware of the lingering souls' presence.

The glowing souls slowly glided to their owners, streaming their way in the wraiths' withered mouths. Once they had disappeared, the wraiths themselves started to shine their own golden light. Charter marks raced through the light, dancing wildly as if they were full of life.

The wraiths' bodies fell away into dust and into a pile of dust below them. The golden light replaced their bodies and renew their beautiful features.

Kagome paused. She couldn't remember the next words. It was as if her mind had stopped and suddenly decided to blank out. But before she could tear through her brain for the words, a clear voice cut through the thin air. It had the chime and sweetness of a bell. It sounded like a thousand angels singing in unison, soft and endearing.

Kagome's head snapped up in recognition to the voice. A voice she hadn't heard for almost a year. A voice she had longed to hear from the first day she had stepped into this castle.

There, in front of her, stood a beautiful young woman. Her long, soft hair laid loose and wild as it did most of the time and her flowing kimono flowed in the unseen wind. Her features were sketched out with impossible perfectness and her sapphire eyes seemed to outshine the golden glow that wrapped itself around her. The mass of Charter marks swirled around her so quickly that they seemed more like strips of pure golden light; yet the strips moved like a slow dustdevil. But Kagome's focus wasn't on the marks; it was on the maiden that they were surrounding. The maiden smiled softly and sang again, with encouragement in her voice.

Kagome bit her lip since it was the only thing that was keeping her from bursting out into tears. Behind her old friend stood twelve other young maidens - all wrapped in golden light. Behind them laid piles of dust and bits of bones.

All of the maidens smiled at her, their expressions gentle and grateful. Kagome shook her head and rubbed her eyes furiously. This couldn't be happening! It had to all be a dream! Kagome stopped rubbing her eyes when warm hands encircled themselves around her arms and pulled gently. Kagome hesitantly looked up into the blue eyes that gazed peculiarly at her. The maiden's face changed into a familiar expression as she asked.

"Kagome-chan. What are you doing?"

"Renko," Kagome whispered over again and again. This was real. She wasn't hallucinating. "Oh, god, Renko."

"What's wrong, Kagome-chan?"

Kagome shook her head, unable to speak. Tears of happiness ran their way down her cheeks as her eyes stared at the person in front her incredulously. Kagome lurched forward and swung her arms around her lost friend, ignoring the golden Charter marks and sparks that erupted wildly from Renko's body. Finally able to speak again, Kagome spoke hoarsely.

"Oh god, Renko. I missed you so much."

Renko smiled gently as she patted Kagome's trembling body.

"I know. I know, Kagome. But I was always here. Here, watching you grow into the woman you are now." Renko squeezed Kagome gently and said the words that Kagome could only wish to hear.

"I'm so proud of you."

End of Chapter 15

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AN: Okay, so I'm a sucker for Celine Dion songs...big whoop. If you haven't noticed, it's a tad similar to her song, "A New Day Has Come."

Well, this chapter isn't as long as I wanted it to be. Oh well. I'll try to make the next one longer.

Meaning the next update will probably take a very long time. Sorry guys, so much has been happening. I barely have time for myself nowadays. I'll try to make it up during the summer.

Last Chapter - "Purification" I think I'm actually gonna stick with this one.