InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Wandering Souls ❯ Lea Enraged ( Chapter 12 )
Deep within the keep, Lea came upon a gruesome sight. Kagome lay upon a black marble table positioned along one of the walls, dark blood dripped around it gushing from an unseen wound in her failing body. She was twisting in anguish, pain wracking her body as moan after pain filled moan escaped her. Kikyo stood beside the table, her hands raised over the dying girl's chest.
With Marie's miko power flowing through her, Lea could see the power being drained from Kagome; suddenly a bright ball of pure light tore from the girl and hover over her body. It was as though some force held it suspended it above her. To Lea's horror the ball shimmered a moment telling Lea that it was indeed Kagome's very soul as it rushed forward to embed itself into Kikyo's chest. Lea heard a loud sigh escape Kagome's lips then her entire body fell limp.
Lea tried to race forward to stop what she was seeing but something seemed to be holding her back, time standing still in the process.
"Kagome!" Lea screamed out the girl's name, tears brimming in her bright eyes. "No!! Kagome!" Her fury grew as she heard Kikyo laughing, the hateful Miko turning those dead eyes to the enraged hanyou.
"You're too late, pathetic hanyou. I have my soul back and soon Naraku will have all of us where he wants us." Kikyo told her coldly, excepting the fate of getting her soul back.
Lea could not reply, could not think as she lunged toward the deranged miko. Kikyo just stepped out of the way and formed her bow from thin air.
"Time to purify you Bitch!" Kikyo screamed angrily. How dare this impertinent hanyou attack me, the great Kikyo!" Kikyo fumed thinking Lea was almost as bad as that detestable Inuyasha who had betrayed her so many times.
"You're finished!" Lea growled through bared fangs, bringing her sword up. Deep within her, Lea knew that Marie's powers would not let Kikyo purify her, but she also knew without a doubt that it was going to hurt like hell.
Lea let the powers swell through her, the adrenalin rush heightening her senses as she dodged another of Kikyo's arrows. As Lea lunged toward her the two came together with a great force of miko powers and sword and claws. Kikyo's bow was a long-range weapon and it was useless to her now as Lea closed the distance between them, but Kikyo used her powers to continually attack the enraged hanyou girl.
Finally, Kikyo managed to knock the sword away from Lea, but lea twisted around surprising the miko with a high kick to the stomach.
Both girls bled from numerous wounds that covered their bodies but Lea was feeling more energized with each passing moment, while Kikyo seemed to be tiring.
She's human again. Lea thought suddenly and realized that Kagome was slipping away.
Lea heard the moment Inuyasha entered the room and began yelling for Kagome. When he found her body lying in a pool of her own blood, He screamed her name and gathered the girl into his arms.
"Kagome! Kagome!" He cried tears streaming unchecked from his eyes. "Speak to me." Her blood began to soak through his clothing, as he located the large gash in Kagome's side. Desperately he pushed against the wound, trying to keep her life's blood from spilling anymore then it already had, but even in his deep grief the boy sensed that he maybe too late. "Kagome, please don't leave me. You promised you'd never truly leave me."
From the corner of his eyes he saw, Lea fighting against Kikyo and his eyes narrowed in anger and hatred of the woman he once loved.
"Fucking Bitch! What did you do to Kagome?" Inuyasha cried loudly, his voice echoing though the walls of the keep. He gently laid the young miko back on the table and rushed forward toward Kikyo.
Hearing his anguished cry laughed, knocking Lea against a wall. "Why Inuyasha, my love, have you come to join me in hell?"
"Give me back Kagome, bitch." He growled attacking his former love. "I'll kill you for this."
"Why Inuyasha, you promised to protect me," Kikyo's silken voice drifted over him in painful memories. "Well now that I have my soul back you can protect both of us. Together." She laughed as he bounced off the barrier that surrounded her. Lea drew herself up from the floor and retrieved her sword in time to see Kikyo drawing back the miko bow to take a shot at Inuyasha. He did not notice as he continued to try and break the barrier that surrounded the miko, his eyes bleeding to a shade of red.
"You're not the same Kikyo I cared about so long ago." He growled.
"Then she shall meet us in hell Inuyasha." Kikyo yelled back
"Never!" He screamed releasing another blast from his sword toward her.
"Inuyasha! Look out!" Lea screamed slamming into him. He flew back crashing into the wall beside Kagome and sliding down. Seconds after a miko arrow buried itself deep into the wall just above his head.
Lea dove forward instantly, the barrier having no effect on her. "Take care of Kagome!" she yelled back at him. "This bitch is mine!"
Lea had taken the miko by surprise when she walked easily through the barrier and she punched Kikyo with all her strength. Kikyo stumbled back a few paces as she released a wave of miko spikes toward Lea. One of the bolts sank deep within Lea's arm and she gasped as the power tried to fight against Marie's in an attempted to purify her demon blood. Lea felt her anger increase to a hundred fold and she let it flow through her releasing its fury on the miko before her.
Nothing mattered to Lea in the instant but destroying the undead woman who had caused them so much pain. Lea swung her sword towards the woman feeling it tear its way through flesh to become lodged in Kikyo's ribcage. Lea let go of the hilt, her claws extending and swiped at the dying miko continually till Lea was covered in the strange blood. Severed limbs fell to the ground with a sickly thud and Lea watched fascinated as several souls escaped from the disintegrating body. The largest soul emerged whole and raced toward the still form in Inuyasha's arms.
Leas watched as it hovered over Kagome as if in thought then lightly touch the girl's chest. Lea followed standing on the other side of Kagome and watched quietly, forcing back the call of Marie's power that still coursed though her veins. Soon she would release it again to tear apart the keep in search of Naraku, but now she needed to know about Kagome.
"Inu…Inu…Inuyasha," Came Kagome's weak voice. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she struggled to open her eyes. "Please…don't…cry."
She stretched out her hand toward his cheek where slowly wipe away the tears that fell silently, his golden eyes locked with her bright blue ones. He was unashamed of his tears now; in his heart he knew what he had wanted all along.
"Kagome, hold on. We'll get you some help. Please," he begged. "Please don't leave us, leave me." His voice dropped lower as his emotions filled his voice. "I love you, Kagome."
Tears filled Lea's eyes as she listened to the boy speak of his love for the dying girl. She had loved Inuyasha as well as Kagome, but would never let the hanyou know of because of her friend. Now as she watched the two together, Lea prayed that Kagome would forgive her for the love she felt for him. She also loved her friend and did not want to see her go.
"I…I'm sorry," Kagome whispered her voice becoming softer. "I love you too Inuyasha. Tell the others I love them as well…" Kagome's body convulsed as she became caught up in a bone-wrenching cough.
"Kagome!" Sango cried racing to her friend's side. Miroku and Kirara following close behind. Shippo had stayed outside to watch over a semi conscious Marie.
"I…m glad I got to see you one last time," Kagome gave them all a weak smile, her eyes slowly becoming unfocused. Lea gripped the edge of the table so hard chunks of it crumbled in her hands.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha, "I will always love you, Inuyasha, please remember that." Slowly her eyes slide shut and she sighed deeply once more. Lea could see Kagome's soul detach itself from her body and slowly circle around the small group. It rested lightly on each of them in turn giving them the feeling of warmth and love they had always associated with the young girl.
Her soul rested longest on Inuyasha and for a brief moment his face portrayed a peace he had never shown before. Then she was gone lost to her friends forever and Lea had seen her leave.
"Kagome!!" the two hanyous cried in unison, and Lea pushed away from the others crying, She began pacing furiously back and forth across the vast room.
"No she can't be gone!" Inuyasha cried. "Naraku! I'm gonna kill you for this!" In one day he had lost both the girl's he'd loved and his heart ached. He gathered Kagome in his arms grief etched plainly on his handsome features. He glared at the pacing Lea anger building in him as he heard the words she chanted over and over again.
"I'm going to kill him, Naraku is so dead when I get a hold of him." The young hanyou kept snarling as she paced back and forth. With each step her anger and feeling of loss grew.
"Come on I have to take Kagome home." Inuyasha snarled. "Sango gather Kikyo's ashes together so we can take them back to her sister Kaeda. She's free now."
"What!" Lea raged at hearing him then demanded. "How could you possible want to bury her after what she did to Kagome? She betrayed you and her!"
"She couldn't help it!" Inuyasha snapped. He felt he owned it to the woman he once knew. He could at least make sure that she rested.
Sango and Miroku nodded going about collecting the ashes in a small bag they had found in one of the adjoining rooms, but Lea continued her pacing. Anger filled her at what Inuyasha wanted to do but she was not about to argue the point with him. After all he did know her before she turned into a hateful bitch. Lea mused angrily trying to justify his actions to herself.
"Fine, you take them back but I'm going to find Naraku and tear him limb from limb." Lea shouted and raced off deeper into the keep.
