InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ They Say Life Is A Circle ❯ Prologue ( Prologue )

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<>They Say That Life Is A Circle<> - ReginaLucifer

Summary: After the final battle with Naraku, Kagome reabsorbs the Shikon jewel and she is sent back to her time; permanently. Years later, Kagome is in college, hoping to become a history teacher. Not your usual "Kagome is in college" fic.

<> Prologue <> The Final Battle

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She could feel a coldness in the air, seeming to foretell what was to come. They had stopped for the night, unusually quiet and they had retired in the same manner. Everyone was uneasy. There was a foreboding feeling in the air that made them peer into the shadows around the camp, as though expecting something to jump out them at any moment. Every flicker of shadow made them jump; every screech of wind made them tense in anticipation. Nobody got any rest that night. Maybe that had been his plan all along: to make them too exhausted to fight him off effectively. Naraku had planned this day to perfection. All but one factor he had considered: allies.

Kagome knew what would happen but she could do nothing to stop the events about to unfold. Thick, black fog drifted into their clearing, making it hard to breath for all but her. Sango put on her mask to block out the poison while InuYasha and Miroku covered their noses and mouths with their sleeves. Kagome picked up Shippou and the poison around him was purified. He wrapped his arms around her neck and buried his face in fear; expressing each and everyone's fears that they could not show themselves. Kagome slung her quiver over her shoulder and nocked an arrow, ready for the battle that was about to begin.

She aimed in between two trees where she could see the shadows getting darker. It looked as though it was sucking in all the light around it. She had never seen anything like it in her entire life, and you couldn't exactly say hers was normal. Suddenly, a figure stepped out of the shadow that made her shudder. Naraku. The entire group's weapons were trained on him but he continued towards them as though they were merely children threatening him with pebbles. This was odd. He usually kept his distance and that made her ill at ease. He would not take such a risk unless he was certain he would win.

She pulled back, preparing to fire when tentacles suddenly grabbed her wrists, squeezing hard enough to make her release them.

"You thought I would underestimate you for a second time, little priestess?" Naraku asked, a dark amusement colouring his voice.

She didn't answer, continuing to struggle against his iron-like grip. InuYasha bared his fangs in a feral growl, "Let her go, Naraku!"

Naraku did not seem to hear him as he knocked the Tetsusaiga out of his grip. She heard it land a few feet away and watched in mounting horror as InuYasha's fangs lengthen and his eyes bleed red. She saw jagged purple markings appear on his cheeks and his claws extend. His irises turned a haunting green colour and diminished a great deal in size. She struggled with renewed vigour, realising what it was that Naraku's twisted sense of humour had in mind.

Suddenly, glaring red eyes settled themselves on her and she froze in an inexplicable fear. Eyes wide and fully trained on InuYasha, she barely registered what Naraku said: "Let's see if you can stop him from slaughtering you this time." Then he laughed, a terrible, bone chilling laugh that left her insides cold. She restarted her struggle against Naraku as the now demon InuYasha slowly advanced on her.

"Please, InuYasha, don't do this! Don't you remember me?!" She cried, suddenly realising that her cheeks were soaked with tears. "It's me Kagome!" She persisted, hoping he would stop, but no look of recognition crossed his features and he approached still. "Please, InuYasha," she whispered, her face flushed from fear.

Suddenly, a tentacle shot out and pierced him in the chest. She hoped it hadn't pierced his heart but she knew it not to be true. She watched in detached fascination as blood gushed from the wound like a fountain. He would not even have acknowledged the wound, had it not been fatal. He fell to the ground not moving or breathing and she felt it getting harder to breath. She realised absently that Naraku was still laughing, if you could call it a laugh.

Suddenly, there was a bright blur and she was freed. She fell to the ground but she could not move. She watched as Kikyou approached Naraku -who seemed frozen in time- and plucked the shards out of his kimono. Kagome sat there numbly as she gave them to Sesshoumaru, whom she hadn't noticed before then, and she gathered her mystical powers into her hands. The power blasted from her hands like electricity and engulfed Naraku for a few moments until the glow died down. When she could see properly again, she saw that Naraku was gone and a black, gnarled tree was in his place.

All of a sudden, a large hand thrust the remainder of the jewel shards in front of her face, effectively shaking her out of her stupor. Tentatively, she plucked them from the hand and looked up the arm to the face of the arm's owner. It was Sesshoumaru, and his face seemed to be showing concern but she couldn't be sure because she had never been around him other than in battle. Maybe her sleep deprived mind was playing tricks on her.

Without warning, the two separate fragments started to glow and the rose into the air to come together to be whole once again. She was startled to see it start plunging towards her but she couldn't do anything as it embedded itself into her. Then her vision went blank.

Everyone else present saw her eyes glow white as the Jewel of the Four souls found its home inside her body. Her entire being began to glow before multiple beams of white light projected themselves from Kagome toward each one of them present. None of them could move as the beams struck them and they knew no more.

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Kagome woke from her nightmare, breathing hard and dried tears crusted on her cheeks. She sat up, taking a shuddering breath as she ran a shaking hand through her sweat matted hair. She had had that same nightmare ever since it happened but lately it had been happening much more frequently. She desperately wished that she knew what happened to her friends after the Jewel entered her body. She absently fingered the scar that was left from the Jewel re-entering her body and sighed. She glanced at her clock to see it was five in the morning and thought she might as well get up, she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep after that nightmare. She never did.

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