Dearest. (Drabble)
Category: Stories
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Kikyo met Inuyasha when he learned of the sacred jewel of the four soul and was constantly trying to steal it from Kikyo. He never intended to kill Kikyo. After a while it became clear that Kikyo did not intend to kill him, either. They had a mutual bond, and with it came romantic feelings of love and desire. A desire that would never be realized. Kikyo would meet an unnatural death, and Inuyasha would be sealed to a tree 500 years ago in the past.

Kikyo was using the last of her strength to seal him away in a slumber and stayed for 50 years. Kikyo , however, did not wary either. She died on the same day. The two of them torn apart by such deceit - it was betrayal at it's deepest. Kikyo was angry, bitter, and hateful. Onigumo wished to see Kikyo hateful and bitter. He wished to see Kikyo's heart filled with malice and hatred. He knew he could taint the sacred jewel even though there was a priestess guarding it. 

It was during this period where Inuyasha was falling deeply in love with the priestess Kikyo who guarded the sacred jewel. He did not only protect her; he loved her and showed her affection, and although he felt he could trust no one, he felt trust with Kikyo. He felt he could drop his guard down around her, and show affection toward her. She was not the clay and bones from her grave. She was alive and well during this time, and Inuyasha did everything he could to protect her from her battles in life, and even though there was an enemy named Tsubaki who betrayed Kikyo and caused Kaede to lose her left eye as a result, Inuyasha remained loyal to Kikyo and helped mend Kaede's vision. 

Kikyo was a priestess. This was her duty in life and in death. She protected the living from demons and people who would take the lives of others. Demons who would come to steal the sacred jewel from her. At this point in time her powers weakened because she had fallen in love with a half-demon. She did not see the threat that was coming to the village and it cost Kaede her eye. It was something that Kikyo regretted from the start. She did not see it coming and did not want Inuyasha to be hurt because of her profession. She wanted him to leave and get as far away from her as possible, knowing that she was a priestess and it meant danger would be lurking around every corner and around every edge of the mountains in the distance. 

She was somewhat secluded and could not be an ordinary woman until the jewel disappeared. She would protect it no matter what - that is, until the half-demon Naraku managed to get between Kikyo and Inuyasha and set a trap to deceive each other. She hated him after that, she did not know where the hatred came from, but the betrayal became hard to hold back and she would get angry at Inuyasha and blame him for her death. She would also fight off demons that attacked the village at an alarming rate. She dropped her guard at the wrong time at the wrong place and it cost her, her life. Her life was reincarnated as a young girl named Kagome Higurashi. She seemed to have the same intense spiritual powers as Kikyo did in her youth. Not much is known about Kikyo's parents as far as family goes, but there is indication that Kaede is her younger sister. 

Since 50 years have past, Kaede had grown old during the passing Kikyo had. Kaede continued to live in the village as a high priestess and warded off spectars, demons, and even humans that were evil still after the sacred jewel. Kaede was worried that the jewel would come back one day and everyone would be in danger. Kaede protected the village and it's people with her spiritual powers just as Kikyo did in her day of being a priestess. It was somewhat different for Kaede, though; she did not posess the same spiritual powers as her sister, but she did have spiritual powers; just not as strong. She was always admiring her sister and her power. She knew her sister had a good heart and her heart was now tainted with malice and deceit. 

Kikyo would distance herself from Kagome and Inuyasha. She would wander the earth in search of a purpose and would struggle to live in a small village where she could live and grow in peace with a small village. She was dead and a monk by the name of Seikai tried to rid her soul of evil and thought she was a demon and used a demon binding spell on her that she was able to kill him by using her spiritual powers yet again. She was supposed to live longer than she was permitted to, but something tore her and Inuyasha apart and they both suffered the concequences. She felt that love was an unnecessary emotion and that hatred was all she felt for him now. She hated the half-demon for betraying her. She hated him for loving her. She hated him for making her love him like she did and betrayed her. She hated everything about him. She was very angry and the betrayal only made it worse.

It wasn't until Inuyasha came to her and apologized that she softened and became wary of her hatred and wary of her bitterness toward him. He was wounded by Naraku once again and Kagome was the one who changed Inuyasha and his face held a certain softness about him. Kikyo noticed he could put trust in others now, something he could not do before when she was alive.

She was the only one he trusted before, and she understood why. They understood each other, no matter how far apart they were, they thought about one another all the time. There was no place for Kagome there. She was only there to replace the sacred jewel shards and to restore it to its orignal form. It would be the sacred jewel that would say that Kagome was born to fight like Midoriko that was trapped in the sacred jewel that would fight demons eternally forever as she was trapped in the jewel.

Kagome was born for fighting in the jewel and this statement angered Inuyasha and he said he was born for Kagome and Kagome was born for him. Kagome was Kikyo's reincarnation as her last wish to be with Inuyasha and the sacred jewel granted her a second chance as Kagome who would return with the sacred jewel in her body and she would resemble the long and dead Kikyo. 50 years would have passed and the jewel resurfaced once more and became a target for demons to attack and come to claim it. Humans as well to make real their grasping ambitions.

Kagome was traveling with Inuyasha and their group of friends and Kagome taught Inuyasha how to make friends and to rely on those friends and to keep bonds alive and well. He was able to make friends and keep them, knowing they could be trusted, and he could be friends with them. He could find peace with the people where he had met them. Kagome taught him how to trust again, how to make friends, and how to keep them. He learned a lot from being with her, and opened his heart to others as well. Sango and Miroku were somewhat proof that Kagome allowed Inuyasha to make new friends and keep them. Despite having the beads of subjigation beads around his neck, which would be the only way he could be so close to the jewel. Otherwise he would not be allowed to be around it. His threat was deminished around the jewel with them around his neck. 

Kikyo's demise and Inuyasha's parting from a deep slumber; it was almost right out of a fairytale. She was reincarnated, and continued to live on inside Kagome and would continue her mission to collect the shards of the sacred jewel for their group.