Chancery
Saved by the Devil
Hmm...going to attempt another Sess/Kag story.
This time, Naraku is also in the fray of this complicated relationship. I'm a
fan of Nar/Kag too, though I find it hard to believe they have any future ... Oh
well, hope this fic will not be too shabby.
by Kikyou. An unexpected savior nursed her back to health, while she deals with
the pain of Inuyasha's betrayal. Will another hanyou steal her heart? Wait, why
is a certain youkai interested in obtaining her too?
Rated for Violence, might have adult content in
future.
belong to Rumiko Takahashi sensei and the respective producers. I claim no
ownership of any characters used throughout this non-profit work of fanfiction,
or any plot reference to the original story. Any original characters, and
original plot is solely my own and is not related to the original story in
anyway. All original content shall not be reused by anyone else without
permission. (This disclaimer applies to all chapters of this fanfict)Basic terms you must know to read my fic:
hanyou: half demon
youkai: demon
shikon no tama: jewel of four souls"Blahblah" - Dialogue
-------- Scene change [may go back in time a little to incorporate the POV of
another character during the same time.]
/Blahblah/ - thoughts
[Blahblah] - AN & translations / explanationsChancery
~ The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own
plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction. - Aesop (620
BC - 560 BC), The Eagle and the ArrowChapter 1
Saved by the Devil
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*Drip. Drop.
Drip. Drop.*
She listened to the rhythmic chime of her blood
hitting the water, soft and hypnotic.
/Is this my end ...?/
She watched the diluted pinkish swirls her blood
made in the calm waters of the lake, waving about in a languid dance.
at all?/She had sacrificed her comfortable normal life to
trespass in a time where she did not belong, tied and burdened with a sense of
duty for shattering the jewel and by the unrequited love she had for her hanyou
companion. /I am such a fool.../
Where had it gotten her? She gave and gave,
tolerated and suffered emotional turmoil again and again, for what? Look where
it landed her, slowing bleeding to death while the one she loved abandoned her
to pursue her murderer.
/I am nothing in his eyes. Nothing! The second
she appears it's like I don't exist anymore!/
She gave a bitter laugh, which choked off into a
cough as she spit up more blood. The gaping wound in her side has long since
became numb, the deep lashes which covered her body no longer throbbing with
pain. She felt weak, but not scared. She was calm and composed, waiting for her
death; she saw no meaning to her life anyway.
/I should have left, I should have gotten the
hint when he left me for her again and again. I thought to stay as a shard
detector, to help gather and right my mistake, but even that little bit of
usefulness seemed futile in trying to elevate my status in his mind. I will
always remain a shadow, second best, to be looked upon like a photo when the
original isn't around./
here, discarded like a ragged doll when the owner is no longer interested.
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Flashback*-------------------------------------------------
pointed, feeling the telltale pull on her senses. However, there was also an
equally telltale pull on her soul, alerting her to the fact exactly who was
around."What are you waiting for? Let's go!"
She barely managed to grab on to his back as Inuyasha took off. Miroku, Sango
and Shippou following on a transformed Kirara.They rushed in the direction which she pointed,
lead by Inuyasha by his typical hot-headed way of charging into battle. However,
they soon felt that something was off as the shard seem to moved further and
further from them, drawing them somewhere. Usually, demons with shards would
charge towards them in seek of more shards.
Then Kagome sensed something amiss behind her,
and turned back to see ... nothing. No fire cat carrying her friends was
following them, no trees, no land. Immediately, she whipped her head back to
warn Inuyasha of the situation, only to feel herself falling to the ground as
the hanyou abruptly came to a halt and straightened up tensely, letting go of
her. Without Inuyasha bending down to provide her with a slope to lean on, and
his hands to support her legs, she could not hold on to her position on his
back.
suddenly, when she saw her. She stood regal in the midst of gray
nothingness, looking straight at the hanyou who had dropped her.
"...Kikyou..." She heard Inuyasha's
pained whisper. He was intently staring at her, seeming to have forgotten about
everything else, and of course, had forgotten her.
"Looking for this, Inuyasha?" Kikyou
asked softly, holding out a jewel shard, the shard which Kagome had felt.
her!" Kagome yelled at Inuyasha. She tried to run to him, to shake him and
make him see her. But that was not to be, as Inuyasha and Kikyou moved further
and further no matter how hard she ran.
As she ran, Kikyou's soul stealers rushed at her,
causing deep lacerations as they whipped against her. Kagome kept running,
ignoring the burning pain as they kept coming at her. Then Kikyou's dead gaze
turned to her, as she raised her bow to aim an arrow at her.
With a triumphant smirk, she let it fly, tipped
with dark miko energy. "Goodbye, my dear reincarnation." she said, as
the arrow zipped past Inuyasha and tore into her side. Inuyasha did not even
flinch as the arrow whizzed past his side.
which went right through her flesh, leaving a deep hole and charred flesh in
it's wake. Kagome crumpled to the ground, unable to withstand the onslaught of
pain and dizziness from loss of blood.
Kneeling on the ground, one hand pressed against
the wound in her side, blood effusing through her fingers, could only watch as
Kikyou turned her attention back to the hanyou and beckon him. Inuyasha started
to walk forward, then stopped as his nose twitched.
"Kagome...?" he mutter softly, confused
at the scent of blood floating around him.
"Inu...ya...sha..." Kagome tried to
scream, but it only came out as a broken whisper. She stretched out her bloodied
hand towards her love in desperation, hoping against hope that he would turn
around, that he would not abandon her.
Inuyasha's head started to turn, but was stopped
by Kikyou's voice.
said, voice filled with affected sadness.
"Of course I do, I've always loved you, only
you, my Kikyou ..." Inuyasha's attention was once again focused solely on
the object of his first love, Kagome flung entirely out of his mind.
"Then come to me, my love. Why do you leave
me alone to wander these lands in despair as you go to my reincarnation?"
She prodded him, accusation colouring her words.
"No, Kikyou, it's not like that! She just
tags along as a shard detector because she thinks it's her duty to restore the
jewel, since she's the one who broke it." Inuyasha exclaimed, desperate to
appease his past lover.
with tear filled eyes. /Am I only of that little value to you? Inuyasha.../Out of nowhere, dark tentacles burst out from
behind Kikyou to wrap around her and drag her backwards and away from Inuyasha."Inuyasha!" Kikyou screamed, holding
out a hand to him."Kikyou!" Inuyasha roared and leaped
after her, unsheathing and brandishing Tessaiga as he went.Kagome watched as he left her to die, watched as
he completely obliterated her from his mind because the original copy is around.
She could almost hear her heart breaking, deep crack by deep crack.
Crippled and crushed, she fall on her side to the
ground. As they left her sight, the grayness around her cleared to show a small
lake surrounded by trees. She had fallen slightly over the edge of the pool, her
blood trickling down her arm to send ripples across its tranquil surface.
/How could you, when you have sworn to protect
me. Damn you, Inuyasha!!/ She screamed in her mind viciously.
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Flashback*-------------------------------------------------
running down her cheeks in fiery streams. Soon, she began to lose consciousness.
She let her mind shut down, slowly being taken over by blessed darkness./Goodbye, everyone. I'm sorry .../ However, before she fell into the welcoming
embrace of eternal slumber, she felt a slight breeze and swish of fabric by her
face. She felt strong hard left her up gently, cradling her against a firm
chest./Who ...? Have the angels came to claim me?/Using the last of her strength, she forced her
eyes open. Fiery red eyes, midnight black tresses, billowing
against a darkened backdrop. The sight that greeted her sight caused her a
momentary pause to rethink her earlier assumption. Then she cracked a cynical
smile at herself./No, it seemed that even the devil himself has
pitied me./
With that thought, she gratefully succumbed to
the haze taking over her, and knew no more.
Hope that was ok. I personally thought it was pretty good,
what do you think? Now, before you start thinking I'm going to write Inuyasha as
the typical "I love you Kikyou, I don't care about Kagome" that's not
my view at all. I believe that his true love is on Kagome, but he is too stuck
on the memory of his love with Kikyou. Why he behaved this way in this chapter
will be revealed as the story progresses. ^.^
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