InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Dying Tree ❯ The Dying Tree ( Chapter 1 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Vapidbreath 
Kikyo and Inuyasha come to terms with the change in their life.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 09.17.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 654 | Visits: 410 | Status: Completed
Kikyo and Inuyasha come to terms with the change in their life.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Romance / Angst | Type: One Shot | Uploaded On: 09.17.2004 | Pages: 1 | Words: 654 | Visits: 410 | Status: Completed
Title: The Dying Tree
Author: Vapid B.
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any other anime.
E-mail: Vapidfemale@aol.com
Warning(s): None
Type/Genre(s): Romance(?), Angst(?)
Spoiler(s): None
Author's Notes: The reason for the question marks is that I don't really know what type it is. It is pretty short, so if you want a quick read this is fine.
The Dying Tree
There was once a tree that was so strong. The brown of its bark still rich. Its leaves a deep emerald and not one leaf touched the ground. Its branches were many. Some long and thick. Others short and thin. The soul of the tree made it stand out from the rest. It was loving and remorseful. It gave shade to the hot, food to the hungry, and a place to sit for the tired.
This tree was expected to survive the strongest winds, heaviest rains, driest summer, and the coldest winter. For a long time it did. For over fifty years it stood strong. Then one storm came and the life of the tree would be no more.
It stood as a wall of the forest. And like most walls it had a story to tell...
Far away, in another time, there sat two people. Beneath a tree that had a soul, they sat together on the greenest grass throughout the land.
"Things will never go back to how they were, Inuyasha."
"I know." For a moment the two sat in silence. Listening to the breeze as it brushed the leaves of the tree above them. Again she spoke.
"Do understand why?"
"Because of her."
Everything had changed when she came along. He wanted to blame her for what happened. He couldn't though. She wasn't the one at fault. His love for the woman before him would always be the reason for the hurt and sadness in the other young girl's eyes.
Every time you look into her eyes, you will always think of the betrayal that fell upon you. The past cannot be changed." It would always hurt. Every time he thought about it, the pain would be unbearable.
"Then it should be forgotten." No more words fell from the lips of either person. The wide eyes of the woman and the shedding tears of the man were enough.
As Inuyasha stood and began walking back to his friends, a single leaf fell from the tree. As the woman stood and went in the opposite direction the rest began to follow the first. Soon the tree was bare.
The summers grew drier and the winters colder. The storms grew stronger and as the season continued to pass, the branches began to rot. As the years went by the tree fell down. Never to stand again.
Just like the hanyou whose death came from falling down a cliff.
Just like the woman whose heart was pierced by an arrow.
Just like a young girl who, even in death, couldn't put back the pieces of a broken heart.
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Ending Author's Notes: Just in case someone doesn't know, here is some of the info for the story: The tree is the tree Inuyasha was sealed to, even though it isn't as lively as I made it. Inuyasha is talking to Kikyo under the tree. They're talking about Kagome and how Inuyasha would always see Kikyo in Kagome. Inuyasha jumped of a cliff because he didn't want to hurt Kagome by not loving her. Kikyo committed suicide because she wanted to be with Inuyasha, even in Hell.
Author: Vapid B.
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or any other anime.
E-mail: Vapidfemale@aol.com
Warning(s): None
Type/Genre(s): Romance(?), Angst(?)
Spoiler(s): None
Author's Notes: The reason for the question marks is that I don't really know what type it is. It is pretty short, so if you want a quick read this is fine.
The Dying Tree
There was once a tree that was so strong. The brown of its bark still rich. Its leaves a deep emerald and not one leaf touched the ground. Its branches were many. Some long and thick. Others short and thin. The soul of the tree made it stand out from the rest. It was loving and remorseful. It gave shade to the hot, food to the hungry, and a place to sit for the tired.
This tree was expected to survive the strongest winds, heaviest rains, driest summer, and the coldest winter. For a long time it did. For over fifty years it stood strong. Then one storm came and the life of the tree would be no more.
It stood as a wall of the forest. And like most walls it had a story to tell...
Far away, in another time, there sat two people. Beneath a tree that had a soul, they sat together on the greenest grass throughout the land.
"Things will never go back to how they were, Inuyasha."
"I know." For a moment the two sat in silence. Listening to the breeze as it brushed the leaves of the tree above them. Again she spoke.
"Do understand why?"
"Because of her."
Everything had changed when she came along. He wanted to blame her for what happened. He couldn't though. She wasn't the one at fault. His love for the woman before him would always be the reason for the hurt and sadness in the other young girl's eyes.
Every time you look into her eyes, you will always think of the betrayal that fell upon you. The past cannot be changed." It would always hurt. Every time he thought about it, the pain would be unbearable.
"Then it should be forgotten." No more words fell from the lips of either person. The wide eyes of the woman and the shedding tears of the man were enough.
As Inuyasha stood and began walking back to his friends, a single leaf fell from the tree. As the woman stood and went in the opposite direction the rest began to follow the first. Soon the tree was bare.
The summers grew drier and the winters colder. The storms grew stronger and as the season continued to pass, the branches began to rot. As the years went by the tree fell down. Never to stand again.
Just like the hanyou whose death came from falling down a cliff.
Just like the woman whose heart was pierced by an arrow.
Just like a young girl who, even in death, couldn't put back the pieces of a broken heart.
*****************************************
Ending Author's Notes: Just in case someone doesn't know, here is some of the info for the story: The tree is the tree Inuyasha was sealed to, even though it isn't as lively as I made it. Inuyasha is talking to Kikyo under the tree. They're talking about Kagome and how Inuyasha would always see Kikyo in Kagome. Inuyasha jumped of a cliff because he didn't want to hurt Kagome by not loving her. Kikyo committed suicide because she wanted to be with Inuyasha, even in Hell.