InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Jewel of Four Souls ❯ A Blessing Through the Curse ( Chapter 15 )

Happy Anniversary! Today, we celebrate the one year anniversary of when this story was first posted! And to celebrate, I give you a rather interesting chapter. One that ought to leave some of you stunned and amazed. Perhaps even raising a few questions or realizations. So, without further adue… enjoy the 1 year anniversary chapter!

 

Disclaimer: Nope, all I own is the plot line and OC's… and maybe this little celebration.

 

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Chapter 15 “A Blessing Through the Curse”

 

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He had said it. InuYasha had said the very thing no one would ever thought he'd admit. That he loved Kagome. Though a lot still remained unclear, it was possible to perhaps piece together all that has happened and even perhaps figure out why he acted the way he had been over the years. Though no one knew how long he felt so strongly for the miko from the future, or even Kikyo for that matter, it was definitely progress in any case.

 

InuYasha disappeared into the darkness, leaving the group to ponder about all that had been discussed. Little did any of them realize a certain miko was listening in nearby. A small smile crept to her face as she too retreated into the forest.

 

 

Sometime during the next afternoon, a tranquil breeze blew over the unusually warm winter day. The weather, sunny, pleasant, and definitely welcomed throughout the chilled lands. Almost felt like spring as opposed to the early winter.

 

Standing out in the lone field, a pair of figures stood. One, having been there nearly all morning, stood, blankly into the sky, as he thought and wondered. Still trying to piece together the events of his young life. That is, until he felt, or rather smelt, a familiar and new presence. He didn't need long to know who it was.

 

“Have you come to take me with you?”

 

“No. I won't talk you to Hell with me InuYasha.”

 

“What?” InuYasha seemed suddenly defenseless as he was at a loss for words. Kikyo really floored him with that remark. All this time that's exactly what she wanted…for them to die together. Now she said no?

 

“InuYasha, I am but a dead priestess. Given a second chance at life…a chance that was forced unto me. All that truly remains is a part of my soul. A part that I no longer truly possess.”

 

“Kikyo…”

 

“InuYasha, do you remember when we first met? You were but a mere half-demon, looking for a place to fit in. While I, a priestess looked for a way to have a normal life.” Kikyo reached into her kimono and pulled out a small pink orb. InuYasha's face went into complete shock as he saw the very thing that had caused such turmoil in his life, in so many lives: The Jewel of Four Souls. Kikyo somehow possessed the cursed object that he thought had disappeared for good.

 

“This is the very object that bound our lives. You needed it to become what you desired, a full-fledged demon. While I was stuck protecting it, trying to find a way to rid myself of this burden so I could be free to live a normal life. All the while, I fell under a curse placed upon me. The dark priestess, Tsubaki, had opened my heart and made me fall deeper into my desires. I wanted to be normal. I wanted to love. But couldn't since I was bound to my duties.”

 

Kikyo paused as she placed a hand on InuYasha's chest.

 

“I began to fall in love…with you. And though you tried to steal the jewel, I couldn't bring myself to kill you for that reason.”

 

“That's why you never finished me off.” InuYasha said surprisingly calm, hanging on her words as the past was once again put before him. But, this time it seemed different. This time, he knew the truth.

 

Kikyo nodded, “After I learned that you were only a half-demon, I began to realize there was a way to finally rid myself of the jewel.”

 

InuYasha looked closely at her as she removed her hand from his chest.

 

“However, though I did love you, I couldn't love you the way you were. And I feared that my life, even yours, wouldn't be normal if anyone knew about us if you were to remain a half-demon. And that's when I decided to use the jewel to make you human. I'd rid myself of the cursed burden and make you completely acceptable for me, and society. And so, I proposed to use the jewel to you on that day.”

 

He looked a little pained as Kikyo confessed her intentions all those years ago. Yet, what she said was beginning to make sense. She didn't love him as a half-demon. She loved him as a mortal human. Did she perhaps fear him as a hanyou? He didn't know.

 

“Being a priestess, I couldn't love. For if I did my powers would weaken. And so it did…leading to my demise. Kagome, however, is the complete opposite. It is her love for you that enhances her powers. It's what makes her strong.” `And it's what makes her mind, body, and soul so warm. The burning desire of her love.'

 

“That's why she couldn't put up much of a fight against Naraku.” InuYasha fully realized and confirmed now.

 

“That's why I warned you she shouldn't fight. Her spiritual powers were too weak. Yet during the fight, knowing she was about to die, she silently forgave you. And her powers returned in a large surge. Enough to finally put an end to Naraku.”

 

“Damn…” InuYasha cursed under his breath. Kagome's pain diminished her powers greatly. And upon her death… she forgave him. Kagome knew she was about to die, and forgave him in order to get her power back. No, that wasn't it. She forgave him because she truly loved him. She wanted to have a pure mind, a pure heart, trying to be happy for the short time she was with him. To find peace, even in death. InuYasha began to feel terrible, to put it simply, at all these realizations. Things he's been trying for a month to piece together, Kikyo helped solve in seconds.

 

“The jewel had come to me after you revived her. It must have sensed its purpose is through here and came to me. However, I think there is one more thing it must do.”

 

“Kikyo…” His face showed a panicky fear.

 

“Tell me, do you love her?”

 

InuYasha stared at Kikyo completely dumbfounded. That wasn't exactly what he expected. But how could he possibly answer? How could he answer the very woman he said he loved all but a month and a half ago?

 

“I do.” He said before his mind could even try to come up with anything else.

 

Kikyo smiled. She actually smiled, which really surprised the hanyou. In fact, it was almost creepy.

 

“I can't love you the way she does InuYasha. This is what brought her to this era and brought you two together.” Kikyo said holding up the jewel. “I opened your heart InuYasha. I showed you that you could be loved and accepted. Kagome is the one who truly loves you for who you are. She accepts you for who you are. She loves you as a hanyou InuYasha. Take this, and speak from your heart. Kagome will forgive you in due time.”

 

“Kikyo…” InuYasha said unable to form words. Kikyo placed the jewel in his hands. She held her hand over the jewel and over his. He looked down at her hand and his own. Kikyo had confessed how she truly felt. How she didn't love him for what he was as Kagome did. Her voice rang out on the times that she, the young miko, had actually said that…

 

`I love you as a hanyou InuYasha.'

 

`Kagome…'

 

`To be honest, I like you just the way you are…'

 

`Why did you leave? Did I push you away?'

 

“What…what will you do?” InuYasha asked.

 

“I shall stay in the village and tend to my sister until you return.”

 

She leaned up and gave a light kiss to his lips. “Farewell InuYasha.”

 

InuYasha stared as Kikyo slowly vanished from view. He knew he'd see her again, but for once he was happy to end a meeting on a good note. No threats, no promises, no hurting anyone. Her voice rang out in a lulling way as it drifted with the wind.

 

“Though we are different, a part of me will still always be with you in my reincarnation. Don't regret the past, InuYasha…live for the future. Live for Kagome.”

 

With that, all traces of Kikyo had vanished for the time being. InuYasha clutched the almost pure jewel in his hands before making a tear for the well. He knew what he had to do. He had to get Kagome's forgiveness. He had to get her back by his side. His only worry was that he did too much damage for her to forgive him this time. But he couldn't stop. He kept running for the well. With a leap, he dove into the well and transported himself to the other side. To the era in which she lived. It was too late to turn back now…

 

 

 

 

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