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One Wish	By : Earthnfarie Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 8220 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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When the temple burst into view from the threes that edged ever closer, Kagome wanted to turn around and run. It was real dusk now, and the temple seemed to suck in the gloom that surrounded it. The darkness gathered and clung to it in a way that she knew was wrong. She didn’t want to be here. It took all she had not to flee. She saw the wary glances that Sango shot her, and everything else around, and knew she wasn’t alone. Even Miroku had a stiffened spine, and looked uneasy about this place.
Inuyasha seemed to be the only one unaffected. He took only one look before he bound up the stairs. He pulled open the door while the others slowly approached. Hand clutched weapons, as they began to ascend the stairs.
“Hey! Anybody home!” Inuyasha yelled into the temple. His word echoing back was the only response.
“Inuyasha I don’t like this place, I think we should go.” Kagome told him. Her eyes were darting everywhere, and she kept her back to Sango.
Inuyasha was about to reply when Sango said, “I agree Inuyasha, something is not right here.”
“Keh, stupid humans, don’t be so weak.” He replied, and bound into the temple to search out anything that might be there. He wasn’t gone long before he leaped back into sight. “Ain’t nothing here.”
The others looked at each other, and Miroku was the one to speak up, “Then let us leave here and continue in our travels.”
Inuyasha stared at him for a long moment before he replied. “Ain’t you weak humans tired? We’ll just camp here tonight, and continue in the morning. I don’t need to deal with any of you idiots,” he looked pointedly at Kagome, “tripping, and hurting yourselves. So we stay here.” His tone left no room for argument.
Nervously they made camp always checking over their shoulders for anything. Inuyasha scoffed at their attitudes, and ignored them. Inside he felt the same edginess, but he didn’t allow it to touch the surface. That didn’t stop the others from knowing something was up. They kept their guard up because when else had the hanyou turned down any offer to keep moving? They chewed on some dried meat, and Kagome made some ramen. It was a quiet evening. There was no sound coming from the forest.
When they finally bedded down for the night everyone had their weapons near waiting for what might happen.
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Kagome woke, but stayed still. She could hear voices, lots of them. After determining that they weren’t too near she hazarded opening her eyes. She looked around, and saw no one. She slowly got up, and tried to figure out where the whispers were coming from. She realized with a start that they were coming from everywhere- in the forest, the temple, all around her. Kagome stifled the scream that threatened to burst out of her when she saw that Inuyasha was nowhere to be seen. She walked toward the temple after hearing what she thought was Inuyasha. She silently moved to the door, and peered inside.
She struggled to see, a blackish purple cloud mass seemed to seethe and move. It was difficult to see through. She could distinguish angrier chanting voices in there that seemed to pulse with the moving darkness. Then in a moment it moved enough so that she could see who was in the temple, and her heart sank. Inuyasha- looking very nervous- was with Kikyou. Inuyasha kept looking around, and his ears were twitching in every direction. Kagome did her best to block out the chanting whispers, and focus on them.
“Kikyou, why did we have to come here?”
“You know I don’t have much time left Inuyasha.”
“I know Kikyou, but what information can we get here? This place- it doesn’t feel right.”
Kikyou turned away from him, and went to an altar. There were light candles all over it that had melted and dripped everywhere. Kagome could tell the candles had been there for a long time. Kagome couldn’t really tell the colors, but knew they weren’t light colored candles. Most looked black or a deep bluish to her. Kikyou stood at the altar doing something that Kagome couldn’t make out. Kagome knew this didn’t bode well for her. Kikyou finally spoke, “Inuyasha go get my reincarnation so we can… talk.”
Inuyasha only hesitated for a moment before, like a faithful dog, he went to do her bidding.
Kagome back peddled from the door, but where could she go? She stooped to Sango, and gently shook her awake, and shushed her. She kept her eyes on the temple door, but motioned for Sango to lie back down. Thankfully Sango got the message, and lay down. Kagome rose, and looked around trying to decide what to do.
Inuyasha came through the door to see Kagome up, and looking at him like a deer in headlights. “Kagome why are you awake?” he walked to her, and looked at her scared expression. She seemed scared of him, but why? He had always protected her- always.
“I should ask the same.” Kagome asked in a more scathing tone than she wanted. She wanted to believe that Inuyasha was just a pawn in Kikyou’s game, but that brought the question: how far was he willing to go? She wasn’t sure; she wanted to believe he loved her enough not to do anything too stupid. She wanted to believe he loved her in some way even if it wasn’t the same as her love for him.
Inuyasha had the decency to look ashamed if only slightly. “She’s dying Kagome.”
“She’s already dead!”
Inuyasha looked at her. “Will you at least listen to her tonight? She needs help, that’s why she asked me to bring you here.”
Kagome laughed, how could she not when he was being so foolish. “Open your eyes Inuyasha! This place isn’t sacred! There is something seriously wrong here; you can hear it in the voices!” Kagome sighed, “She wants me here to take my soul back.”
“It was her soul to begin with, but that isn’t what she wants!”
Kagome was oddly calm even in her terror. She would be strong. “Baka. She died, and should have stayed that way if not-”
Inuyasha slapped her hard. “Shut your mouth!” He felt bad for hitting her, but refused to show it. Instead he grabbed her by the arm, and pulled her to the door ignoring her as she wiped away the blood from her lip. He pulled her to where Kikyou was, and let her go. She fell to the floor in a heap. Inuyasha felt his heart clench, but ignored it.
Kikyou watched impassively. “Girl-”
“My name is Kagome.” She looked up defiantly to Kikyou. “Ka. Go. Me.” She was still calm. She wouldn’t go easily. But if Inuyasha asked her- She wouldn’t think of that. Instead she kept her mind thinking of how she might get out of this mess. She wanted to live. She wanted to have more time with Inuyasha even if it was him that was helping in this. She still loved him; she would fight and hope for him.

Kikyou didn’t react, but still refused to use her name. “I don’t have much time left here. This body- the souls are unable to fill it. They are too small and weak.”
“So let go.” Kagome rose to her feet.
Kikyou glanced at Inuyasha knowing where this conversation would lead. She didn’t want him to hear. “Inuyasha leave us to speak.”
Kagome watched horrified now more than ever as Inuyasha left her with Kikyou. She felt so betrayed, but could she expect different? No, she didn’t think so, but it still hurt after all they had been through together. Did she really mean that little to him?

“It isn’t that simple.” Kikyou spoke once Inuyasha was well out of sight.
“No?” Kagome looked into the impassive face, and wondered how Inuyasha could love her. She wasn’t fooled by the bland expression; she saw the hatred in the other miko’s eyes. “All you have to do is let go of the innocent souls you have trapped in your fake body. You died once already, and were meant to stay that way if not for the-” Kagome’s head jerked to the side as she was struck again; this time by Kikyou.
Kikyou glared at Kagome seething inside. “You have no right to judge me or what I do!”
“Oh?” Kagome glared back, she wasn’t about to back down from the miko. “Is it not my soul you seek here tonight? Have I not been through enough lifetimes to make up for your sins, that I can’t say what happens to my soul?” Kagome shot back.
“It was my soul first!”
Kagome let a small smile grace her lips. “Yes, and you died. You lost claim on it long ago. Now you want it back so you can pollute it more?”
Kikyou took a breath to calm herself. “I am not going to pollute it, and what it has been through since I died means nothing as neither of us lived it.”
Kagome nearly sneered at Kikyou. “You are so selfish that you care only about yourself. Pathetic.” Kikyou struck her again. “Do you find it empowering to strike your own reincarnation?”
Kikyou wanted to hit her again, but refrained. “If you cooperate I will make this painless.”
“And if I fight?”
Kikyou laughed. “Fight and it will be painful.”
Kagome glared at Kikyou, “You’re just like Naraku.” She was stuck again. She knew if she made it out alive she would have one hell of a bruise. “Truth hurts huh?”
Kikyou grabbed Kagome by the hair, and propelled her to the altar. “We’ll see how cocky you are when I have your soul and Inuyasha!”
Kagome put up her hands to stop herself from cracking her head on the altar corner. She hissed as her hands were scraped. She stood up straight, and as she did she got a good look at the candles. She stifled the scream that wanted to come. They were indeed black, but the inner wax was blood, and congealed fat. The smell they gave off was somehow sickly sweet. Kagome gagged. She didn’t want to know this; she didn’t want to be here.
Kikyou gripped Kagome’s arm, and spun her around. She shoved her down to the altar, and then she dipped a finger in one of the burning fat candles. She smeared the stuff on Kagome’s head. “Be still girl.”
Just then there was a commotion at the temple door. Kikyou spun, and Kagome’s eyes followed. Kagome was dismayed to find she couldn’t move her body, and even more so to see Sango in the door way. She prayed that the woman might help her, but also that she wouldn’t get hurt. Kagome was afraid that Kikyou was at her breaking point, and there was nothing she wouldn’t do to survive at this point.
Sango was yelling at Inuyasha, something about being blinded, and kept pushing him back. She paused when she saw both Kagome and Kikyou. Sango shoved past Inuyasha, and headed straight toward Kikyou. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” She demanded.
“Retrieving what is rightfully mine.” Kikyou said back softly, and far too calmly.
Dread sunk into Kagome. “Sango get back!” She cried out. It was too late. Sango had glanced over to Kagome, and in that moment Kikyou acted. She put her hands on Sango, and the woman flew back with a burst of dark energy from Kikyou. “Sango!” Kagome looked to Inuyasha hoping he would finally see the truth, but he was staring at Sango stunned. He wasn’t seeing Kikyou’s true self.

“What have you done?!” it was Miroku. He rushed to Sango checking her over for a pulse, followed closely by the Fire Neko, as well as any injuries. He then stood, and glared at Kikyou. Kiara transformed to her large form, and growled at Kikyou. Miroku put a hand on her to calm her.
“She will be fine monk. She is only unconscious. She will wake soon enough.” Kikyou replied as if it were nothing.
Kagome looked to him for help. He would know what to do.
Miroku stepped forward, but Kikyou stopped him with an upraised hand. “Don’t, if you don’t want to end up like her.”
Miroku hesitated. “This isn’t right, and you know it.”
“It’s not? Am I not just taking back what was stolen from me?” Kikyou asked sweetly.
“Kagome was not the one who wronged you.”
“No, but she has what I need to survive, what we all need.” Kikyou turned away from him feeling she was sufficiently safe, and began to work behind Kagome on the altar.
“What do you mean?”
Kikyou let a slight smirk out, he was inching closer. She paused in her actions, and faced him. “She has the power needed to defeat Naraku, but she is unable to access it or control it. She has proved incapable of doing so, and it is control that will be crucial to ending Naraku once and for all. Otherwise Naraku will continue, and he will kill all of you. You will be sucked into the void, and may even take your family with you.” She stepped closer to the monk. “If I have my soul back I can control the power, and we can defeat Naraku.” She smiled. “Don’t you see monk? I am doing this for us all.”
Kagome prayed in her mind that Miroku wouldn’t believe, but she could tell from his face that he was. He wanted to be free to live without his curse too badly. “What will happen to Kagome?”
“Her body will be preserved and safe here. When the deed is done, and Naraku is dead, I will release her soul back to her.” Kikyou said. She loved how naive these fool friends of her reincarnation were. They were making this so easy for her. Just tell them what they want to hear, and let their own greed pave the way for her.
Miroku looked at Kikyou, then Kagome, and then Sango. Kagome knew the choice he would make. He was going to walk away for himself. He was going to let Kikyou do as she wanted so that he could live. Kagome almost couldn’t blame him, but he was supposed to be her friend. He wouldn’t save her, and she knew that no one would.
Kagome was unsurprised when Miroku went to Sango, and picked her up lovingly in his arms. He turned, and failed to meet Kagome’s eyes when he whispered, “I’m sorry Kagome-chan.” Then he left her there to die. Kiara stood a moment, then followed Miroku.
Kagome closed her eyes her pain whelming up in her. Only Sango really cared for her. Miroku and Inuyasha were fakes, and liars. They abandoned and betrayed her when she needed them most.

“Inuyasha!” Kikyou called, and he immediately turned. “Put her up on the altar.” She pointed to Kagome, and stood aside so he could do as bid.
Inuyasha picked up Kagome, avoiding her now open eyes, and laid her on the altar as Kikyou indicated. Then he stepped back.
Kagome felt like she couldn’t breathe, and closed her eyes once more. She wanted to cry so badly for all the pain she was feeling, but she held it in refusing to be weak. She could tell that both Miroku and Inuyasha knew the truth, but were denying it. They knew what was going to happen to her, and that Kikyou wouldn’t give her soul back. They knew as well as she that she was going to die here tonight, but they were willing to do nothing to help her. They wanted to believe Kikyou’s lies because it would be better and easier for them if they were true. Kagome knew that with the plans Kikyou had, there was little chance of her surviving. She was going to die tonight.
“Don’t you want to watch girl?” Kikyou said with a callous laugh.
“No.”
Kikyou laughed again. “Go watch your friends Inuyasha.” Kikyou commanded spiting the word ‘friends’ venomously. She didn’t wait till he was gone before she went to work.
Kagome tried to ignore the sensations rolling through her- the crawling of her skin as Kikyou’s eyes roamed her, her utter terror at knowing her demise was at hand- and did her best to hold onto her soul as Kikyou began tugging on it.
“Why are you doing this?” Kagome gasped out, as Kikyou began to slice her skin open.
“The loss of blood will make you weaker, and you will relinquish my soul much easier that way.”
Kagome squeezed her eyes tighter as the pain rioted through her body. She knew that Kikyou would have never made this painless for her if she had fought or not. “No, why are you stealing my soul?” She managed to get out between clenched teeth.
“My soul,” Kikyou corrected, as she continued. “It should be in me where it belongs. I want it back.”
“Why?” Tears were flowing from Kagome’s eyes, rolling to her ears, and into her hair. Her blood leaked out, pooling on the altar top, and spilling over onto the floor. She was weakening, and was struggling to stay conscious let alone hold her soul.
Kikyou paused, and looked down at the young girl. “Because,” She began softly, “it was unfairly taken from me. All I wanted was a life of my own to live, where I could love, and be happy. I wanted to be able to live, was that so much to ask?”
Kagome heard the pain in her voice, but she knew there was more to it than what she was speaking of. There was something malevolent to this. “You wanted something that wasn’t your destiny-” Kagome’s words ended as the blade cut deeply into her.
“Perhaps,” Kikyou’s voice was cold again, “But that doesn’t matter. I fulfilled my destiny didn’t I? And now I have this perfect opportunity to have what I wanted all along.”
“At- what- cost?” Kagome was in agony, but she didn’t cry out.
Kikyou hesitated for a moment. “It doesn’t matter.” She whispered softly as if trying to convince herself of that. “It doesn’t matter.”
Kagome gasped, “You don’t believe that any more than I do.”

Kikyou ignored the girl. Even if she didn’t believe her own words, and the girl was right, it was too late now. She had lost far too much blood to survive.
“You’ll regret this.” It was barely a whisper; Kagome couldn’t manage anymore than that. She was tired, and wanted do much to give in and just rest. But still she fought. She tried at hold her soul as it was pulled away bit by bit. There wasn’t much left when a final tear fell from her eyes. “Goodbye.” She whispered, but she didn’t know to whom. Blackness claimed her.
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