InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ This is Me ❯ Foreshadowing ( Chapter 3 )

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Well I left this story for about a week and it's about time I get on with it eh? A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL YOU REVIEWERS! As I said before, this is my first fic so I want to see if ppl like this! I tell ya the reviewers just made my day!

I have decided what coupling this would feature and it's . . . drumroll please . . . inu/kag! Most of you have voted for this couple so this is it. And since I'm in such a good mood today, I'll tell you that I'll start a sess/kag fic today and post it within the next couple days. I have such a good idea for it but I won't spill the juicy details yet. You'll just have to wait. I will also update "Freedom of the Fire Bird". I will change the title "Freedom of the Fire Bird" to "The Last Phoenix Demon Trilogy Part 1: Freedom of the Fire Bird". Anyway on with the fic.

`This is Me'

By Fenikkusu Ice

Chapter 3: Foreshadowing

The group of travelers slept peacefully, completely unaware of the events that already occurred during the moonless night. The silver haired hanyou on the tree was immune to the sights and sounds of the forest named after him. To a passing traveler, had the moon been out that night, Inuyasha would look like he was in a deep sleep. In his mind however he was anything but.

Inuyasha was running. He was puzzled as to why he was running in the first place. He could not explain the feeling. Somehow in the depths of his mind and his heart, he could sense that something would go horribly wrong. There was a mist around as he ran. It was a dark place. The ground was solid black and very hard against his feet. His chest was aching as if he had run for hours.

Suddenly the mist slowly lifted to reveal a figure in the shadows. Inuyasha cautiously approached the figure. Another feeling came to him: he knew this person. The person in question stepped out of the shadows and instantly he recognized who it was. There was no mistaking the miko clothes, the red pants and the white top; it was Kikyou. Her intense gaze seemed to bore holes in his head. He remembered those eyes so well. The eyes that were once warm and caring are now cold and mysterious. There was one thing that didn't change about her eyes though; they had always shown sadness and loneliness. There was one emotion that disturbed him somewhat. He could never understand how she could love him and hate him at the same time.

She continued to stare at him as she read his emotions from his own expressive eyes. Inuyasha finally found his voice and so he whispered, "Kikyou."

She walked until her face was only inches from his. She said, "Come with me."

He knew what she meant. She had tried to take him to hell with her once before. At the time, he was thinking too deeply about her well being and how much she had meant to him. Sure he cared about her, but he did not love her like he did fifty years ago. He had a lot of time to think about the events that occurred on the fateful day when Kikyou sealed him to the Goshinboku tree. He realized that their love was not strong enough. If their love had been strong, then Kikyou would not have doubted him and would have believed him when he said that he did not betray her. If their trust had been strong, he in turn would not have believed that she would try to kill him before sealing him to the tree. They were just two lonely souls who needed someone to understand them, to care for them. He now knew that he did not love her in the romantic sense, but in more of a friend; he had no one to care for him ever since his mother had died and had thought he loved Kikyou as a mate would.

"I cannot," he said, silently pleading with his golden eyes as they gazed into her own brown ones. One of the other reasons that he came to her time and time again was that he felt guilty for thinking she had betrayed him on that day even though he knew it was Naraku's fault. He did not want to leave her alone. He also knew that his friends and Kagome felt no sympathy for Kikyou and felt that Kikyou did not deserve her fate.

Kikyou saw his emotions as they played in his eyes. She had also seen one emotion that displayed so clearly, love; though not for her. Inside she was trembling with rage. She would not be able to drag Inuyasha to hell with her if he wasn't vulnerable. On the outside she was calm, her eyes and face were emotionless as she whispered, "My reincarnation is nothing but a mirror. I will shatter that mirror and reclaim what's rightfully mine." With that said, she turned and walked away, disappearing back into the shadows.

She had spoken so softly that even with Inuyasha's youkai hearing ability, he had to strain to hear what she said. Inuyasha's mind was in a state of confusion as he stood there, replaying the words again and again in his mind. `My reincarnation is nothing but a mirror. I will shatter that mirror and reclaim what's rightfully mine.' His mind slowly realized what she had meant by those words as his eyes widened. `Oh shit. She's going to hurt Kagome and in one way or another, make sure that I arrive in hell with her.'

It was then a bright light erupted from the shadows and Inuyasha had to use his robe to shield his eyes. It was then he chose to spring out of his dream and back into reality.

He was still in the tree he had slept in. Miroku and Sango were still sleeping since it was still the early hours of the morning.

What Inuyasha first noticed when he shot out from his dream was that the girl who had slept near the base of the tree was gone and so was the kitsune, Shippo.

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There you have it. The third chapter of `This is Me' is done. I'm thinking of adding a song in a later chapter so I'll be happy to take some suggestions. Hope you like this chapter. READ and REVIEW!

See ya later,

Fenikkusu Ice