No, don't,
Leave me to die here
There was a mirror. A tall, black glass mirror, cleverly hidden behind a broken wall within the ruins, covered in vines, to be kept away from those who will fall prey to its evil. But he found that out a little too late, when she, the one he swore to protect, stared deep into her reflection…
"Inuyasha."
"Kagome…?" He asked tentatively taking a faltering step forward, the stone beneath his feet suddenly icy cold. The air had shifted, an ominous darkness now loomed in the sky, and the scent of evil filled the stone room.
An undulating wave of evil pulsed from her body, making him step back. His thumb flicked at the rim of his Tetsusaiga, his hand instantly gripping the tattered handle. "Who the hell are you? Where's Kagome?"
"I am Kagome," she said with a wicked grin as she turned to face him. A small rush of wind from her movement ruffled past him, the smell of death on the currents. It may look like her, but it sure in hell didn't smell like her.
"I'm not going to ask you again," he said menacingly. He tugged at his sword, the blade scratching against its scabbard as he pulled it out from its sheath, a flash of blinding golden light following as it transformed into its Fang form.
"So you're willing to cut me to bits, even after I told you that I am Kagome?"
"You aren't Kagome!" He growled, tightening his grip on the handle of Tetsusaiga.
"Yet you don't attack," she said pointedly. "If I am not Kagome, then why don't you strike, Inuyasha?"
He hesitated…
"Exactly," she said triumphantly, lifting her chin.
He took a step forward, then broke into a run, Tetsusaiga trailing behind him as he ran towards her at a threatening speed. She just stared at him with her brown eyes, watching him intently. She took a step forward as he swung…but he stopped himself, taken aback from her sudden gesture, halting his attack. A deadly smirk crossed her lips, twisting her angelic features into…a demon.Because of his hesitation, she suddenly struck even faster than he had. Her blurred figure appeared in front of him, her hand clasping his fist curling on his Tetsusaiga, her nails digging into his wrist as she forced the blade back into its sheath. A sharp light exploded into his ribs that made him stumble backwards. He was able to catch himself, balancing on his feet before he could fall. As he turned, she struck again, this time, an even sharper pain cut through his chest; near his heart as her slender fingers plunged through the cloth of his yukata and deep into his skin. He winced at the pain, as he stared her dead in the face…She looked like Kagome, but there was this unimaginable cold emanating from her being…this couldn't be her…
Her fingers dug deeper, embedding deep into his skin. "You see, Inuyasha. There is a dark side to every one of us…some are well hidden, others are already surfaced…but some you have to pry out. Did you ever notice the darkness within me?"
Inside his chest, he could feel that her fingers dug open his wounds so that her palm was brushing against his heart. His claws grabbed onto her shoulders, trying to keep himself steady as his vision blurred. A sudden coldness, flared up within his chest that made him shudder violently. Kagome began to retract her hand slowly, causing him more pain that he couldn't express with a scream. She smiled at him and he could see her blackened heart through her once life-like eyes…now she stared at him with a cold, dead, blankness. "You will understand soon enough."
"What…have…you…?"The last inch of her fingers jerked from his chest that made him wince, then drop to his knees. He stared up at her, his vision blurring his image of her. A sudden nausea tickled the back of his throat, a dizziness washing over him as he rested his cheek against her stomach, breathing in her scent of death.
No, don't,
Leave me to die here,
Help me survive here.
"That darkness of you true demon form isn't the half of it, Inuyasha," she said as she backed away from him. His claws caught her sleeves of her school uniform, trying to prevent her from leaving. Trying to pull her back to him… but she slipped out of his grasp and he crashed to the floor, soaking in his own blood. "You'll become what you've always wanted to become…just open your heart to the complete darkness within you. I have."
Her laugh pierced a hole even deeper than the one in his chest. "Ka…gome."
Fly
over me evil angel.
Why can't I breathe evil angel?
He rolled onto his back, choking back blood gurgling in his throat. Kagome stood over him. Even though blurred, he saw two black wings stretch out from behind her back, a foggy mist seething from the feathers expanding over the skeletal frame of the wings. Black feathers fell around him as she took flight, through the broken roof of the ruins.
His breath became ragged as he struggled to breathe. Finally his breath faded. His vision began to haze, and then little by little, the night turned black, with only an image of an evil angel in his minds eye.
Put
me to sleep evil angel.
Open your wings evil angel.