Somewhere off in the woods near the campsite Inuyasha was getting awfully edgy. ?Where is she? She should have been done and back by now!? He ground his teeth and paced back and forth.
Shippou watched him with flicking eyes as he reclined on Miroku?s lap licking a lolli-pop. ?Maybe you scared her off again! What did you do this time you big fat-head?!? he exclaimed.
That resulted in a smack and a big round bump on the kitsune cub?s head. ?Shut up you foul-mouthed little bugger!? the hanyou snarled at him. ?I didn?t do a thing this time! I swear it!?
?Mmm?I agree, Kagome-chan has been gone for an awfully long time.? Sango piped up from the fire pit where she was busy frying up some fish on skewers.
?Well I?ll go check on her and see if she?s all right then, shall I?? Miroku offered with a grin and began to stand up till he was suddenly walloped on the head by the Hiraikotsu.
?OH no you won?t Houshi-sama. You dirty pervert. I?ll go look for her. No way would she appreciate you staring at her if she?s all right and just soaking.? But as the tajiya set off to find the missing miko at the springs Inuyasha?s hand gripped her arm to stop her from going. She blinked and looked at the hanyou.
?Don?t?I think I have to go find her.? He said in a low growl. When Sango was about to protest and say that Kagome had specifically asked that he not look for her while she was bathing he cut her off before she could speak. ?I smell Kikyou?? that was all he said before he let go of Sango and leapt off.
Sango blinked and backed up a bit, looking back at Miroku. ?Kikyou?? She asked with an arched brow.
Miroku pressed his lips together and shook his head with a shrug. Shippou muttered something behind the monk?s back. ?Damn fool?That?s probably the very reason she hasn?t come back yet.?
Meanwhile the hanyou was racing towards the scent of the shibito miko-which now he could tell was severely intertwined and tangled with the tangible sweet smell of Kagome. What was going on here? Suddenly just as he reached the edge of the spring where their scents were strongest a huge bright white light burst from the waters causing a slight tsunami to raise up and slosh across the shore. ?What in the seven-?!?
In the springs Kagome and Kikyou were wrapped in an intense embrace in the center of the light. A slight moan escaped each one and unexpectedly both of their eyes shot wide open and their irises became as black as sackcloth as their heads flew back and they stared sightlessly into the sky.
Inuyasha regained his footing in time to see the light explode a second time and then wane down to a dwindling nothing. He blinked covering his face with his suiken sleeve as it happened. The scent of Kikyou gradually vanished with the light-or more seemed to mix in with the scent that was left, Kagome?s scent. As soon as the light was gone completely he leapt towards the water. ?KAGOME!?
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The euphoric feeling around her faded slowly. She felt Kikyou all around her; it was heavier then an embrace, what she was feeling. All she could describe it as was that she was feeling Kikyou. All of Kikyou, in every possible way. And slowly as the euphoria faded she felt the miko vanish sort of, or more melt into her, as if she was becoming her.
Gradually Kagome came to understand what the crimson miko had been saying to her at last.
?If you are to have my soul?then I am to have your body??
The words echoed in the girl?s mind as she slipped back into the springs, face down. Yes. She finally understood. And now, Kikyou had her body, and she had Kikyou?s soul and things were no longer asunder but as they should have been, always should have been. Never to have been broken in the first place.
Save for one thing:
The hanyou?s voice called out across the waters to her loud and clear. He was looking for her. Under the waters surface a wicked smile crossed her lips, and she slowly lifted her face from the water, her eyes glowing a little red in their depths.
?Inuyasha?Everything must die. And you still will, with me??
Yes, Kikyou had her body, and Kagome had her soul.
The End.
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A.N. Creepy and disturbing ending huh? Yea, I know it?s really twisted-but I?ll tell you one thing that should bring hope: She doesn?t plan to kill him. More like die naturally with him this time. Second chance at a happy life for the poor deceased miko, and Kagome.
Next fic up is the Naraku Survivor fic. It's light. Keep watch!
