Friday, July 15, 2005

Two Hearts: The last of the seven
*episode 6*

“…die Inuyasha.”
Suddenly Inuyasha’s whole body freezes. His muscles begin to go rigid, and with the last of his strength he looks down. An ornate knife is sticking out of his chest; some kind of spell is engraved on the handle. As he stares, the girl rises to her feet. His heart is crushed by wave after wave of raw emotion; not to mention centimeter after centimeter of cold steel. His thoughts are a raging torrent, “How could she…not again…but I thought…this can’t be…Kagome I…help me…I should have…what the…no!!!” None of this is vocalized as his voice is paralyzed along with the rest of him. She reaches out her hand to his chin and tilts his head up so that he gets his first look at her eyes. It is then that he first suspects that things may not be as they appeared. Her eyes are black, from lid to lid. There is no trace of white or brown or any other color. Her entire eye is gleaming black. She puts her hands on his shoulders and knocks him on his back. Standing over him she says, “Weak…pathetic…I can’t believe I ever loved you.” She bends down and gently lays her fingers on the knife’s hilt. “Do you like it?” she asks. “I made it just to kill you with. That spell will hold you immobile and it won’t allow the wound to heal. You’ll bleed to death, eventually.” That said, she grabs the knife and thrusts it deeper into his chest. A voice says, “That’s enough! He hasn’t suffered nearly enough yet.” The speaker, Naraku, steps into Inuyasha’s range of vision. “Hello Inuyasha.” he says. “I intend to savior your demise for quite some time. I suppose there are a few questions you’d like to ask but are understandably unable to. Let me try to answer some of them. First of all, let me tell you that this is not Kagome.” The girl says, “I am Kagome!” Naraku says, “Not yet you’re not.” Turning back to Inuyasha, he says, “Technically, she is one of my incarnations. However, she has an exact replica of Kikyo’s soul. You remember when they clay counterfeit gave me all the shards you had collected, don’t you? Well I saved one, which held an imprint of both Kikyo and Kagome from the moment when the one betrayed the other. Around it, I slowly crafted a body, taking great care to mimic that lovely maiden in every regard. All I needed to bring it to life was your voice.” Naraku turns to the girl, “You need a name.” She says, “I already told you, I’m Kagome; Ka-go-me! You got that?!?” Naraku smirks, “As long as that girl is still alive, you cannot be Kagome.” She says, “Well, in that case, I’ll kill her.” Naraku reaches out and takes her chin in his hand. He says, “I’ll have to teach you patients; among other things. Now, pick a name.” Shaking her head free, she pauses in thought. “Da-ku,” she says, “Da-ku Koneko.” Naraku smiles and turns back to Inuyasha, “Well, Da-ku and I have some things to discuses in privet. I hope you won’t mind waiting, not that you have a choice.” Da-ku rolls her eyes. “That’s not how you deal with his kind; watch. Inuyasha, sit boy.” Already on the ground, Inuyasha is thrust downward by the spell. She says, “Now stay.” Da-ku walks off toward the tree which Kikyo pined Inuyasha to 50 years ago with Naraku fallowing. When she reaches the tree, she turns to face the demon, letting herself recline against the tree. Naraku drops a cloth parcel as he steps toward her. He says, “I brought you clothing which I thought appropriate.” She asks, “You want me to get dressed?” Closing the distance between them, Naraku says, “Not yet. But I don’t want the mutt seeing you like this again. This,” he looks down and back up her body, “belongs to me.” She asks, “What makes you think I’ll have you?” He says, “Because I have power. Where Inuyasha is weak, I am strong. That’s why.” As he reaches out to her, she says, “Good point.” Naraku asks, “Shouldn’t you be asking why I’d be interested in you?” Da-ku smirks and says, “Well that’s obvious. You still have Onigumo’s heart. Above all things, he lusted after Kikyo. I’m her reincarnation.” He bends to kiss her. When they break, he says, “No, you’re better.”
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