Dark Divinity [An Inuyasha Fan Fiction Story]

Chapter 3 The Choice

When you have died and returned to the living, the only thing left for you is to die once more.

Chapter 3: The Choice

It was the middle of the night yet the Kagome was still awake. The fire in front of her was slowly dying that she took a few blocks of wood and threw it into the fire to keep it burning. The sound of the thrown wood woke the sleeping kitsune (fox demon) beside her, slowly opening his eyes. The demon fox kid rubbed his eyes, sat up and saw the fire still burning. He looked beside him with drowsy eyes and saw the miko still awake.

"Kagome, why are you still awake at this time?" the young demon asked her.

The miko looked to her side and saw the sleepy kitsune awake.

"Oh, its you Shippo." The miko acknowledged his presence beside her. "I'm sorry if I disturbed you."

"It's okay." The young demon said to her yawning, then again, rubbed his eyes to stop himself from sleeping even for just a little while.

The miko looked at him and knew that he was still sleepy.

"Shippo, Why don't you go back to sleep? It's the middle of the night." She said to him like a mother," Kids like you should have a long good night sleep for them to have more energy for tomorrow."

"But what about you?" he asked, concerned for the miko.

"Don't worry about me. I'm not yet sleepy. Go to sleep and I'll follow. Okay?"

"Okay. But you'll sleep too, tight?"

"Yes, I'll sleep too. Now, good night." The miko kissed the young demon's forehead.

"Good night."

And so, the kitsune yawned once more and returned to his slumber. However, the miko did not sleep. She continued to stay awake, waiting for the time for her to do something that was unknown to her companions.

As she waited, she recalled the time after Kikyo's death when they have returned to Old Kaede's village. All of them were glad to return except for Inuyasha whose mind was flying somewhere else. Since they have returned in the village, the hanyo would most of the time be alone and would look at the sky blankly. The miko thought that he might still be into the other miko's death. Because nothing can make him act like that except the death of his beloved. The last time that Naraku killed Kikyo, at Mt. Hakure, he had also been like that, mindless of everything around him. She would ask him to help her with some chores but then he would go away and help the others instead. Whenever they eat. She would give her the food but then he already got some for himself. She wanted to talk to him about why he was doing that. Once she had a chance to speak to him alone as he was seating on his favorite tree. She walked up towards the tree and called him. But then he didn't hear her because he was thinking of something else. But Kagome did not lose hope. She continued to make him know that even though Kikyo was dead, she was still there for him. At one time, while the hanyo was lying on the grassy plaid of land looking at the sky. She approached him.

"Pleasant day isn't it?" the miko asked as she was face to face with the hanyo lying on the grass as she stood. Her shadow was covering him. "May I seat with you?"

The hanyo was surprised to see her there. He really wanted her to be with him but of course, his hard side would always heat things up.

"Now, why would I want you to seat with me?" The hanyo said to her in his usual stubborn behavior, "No can do." He sat up and looked away from the miko.

As a normal reaction towards his stubbornness, Kagome got irritated that she suddenly thought of…well you know what it is.

"INUYASHA…"the miko said his name in an angry and shaken voice, "OSOUWARI (Sit)!"