Disclaimer: Song Lyrics are by Feul, all other quotes are from the Viz translations of Inuyasha Graphic Novels #5 and #6. The only thing that is mine is the idea to put them together. No money is being made, this is simply the result of listening to music at work.

Shimmer

*50 years ago*

She calls me from the cold

"Inu-yasha. You're there, aren't you?"

Just when I was low, feeling short of stable

"Why don't you come down?"

And all that she intends

"We've never stood so close, have we?"

"What of it?"

And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label

"Inu-yasha... What do I look like to you? Do I look human?"

"What... What garbage are you spouting now?"

She say's she's ashamed

"I am human. But I must not BE human."

And can she take me for a while

"Do you think I'm a human?"

"You ARE! Half human, at least."

And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past

"You and I are the same, Inu-yasha. You too fight for your humanity..."

But maybe I'm not able

"Feh! What do I care for your whining? I'm not like you."

And I break at the bend

"No. I suppose... ...you're not."

*At Urasue's place*

We're here and now, but will we ever be again

"Let me go, Inu-yasha... It's too late..."

'Cause I have found

"My soul... cannot move from that spot... So long as you live I cannot rest!"

All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade

"Kikyo... It cannot stay this way... Go back inside Kagome."

Away again

"You dare to ask me... To die...?"

*back, 50 years ago.*

She dreams a champagne dream

"If it is used to make you human... the jewel shall be purified... and shall most likely vanish into air."

Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper

"Kikyo... What will happen to you?"

Lavender and cream

"I am she who guards the jewel... if there is no jewel..."

Fields of butterflies, reality escapes her

"I shall become but a woman."

She says that love is for fools that fall behind

"If you wish to become human, Inu-yasha..."

And I'm somewhere in between

"... use the Shikon Jewel."

I never really know

"Tomorrow at dawn,"

A killer from a savior

"To this place..."

'Til I break at the bend

"I will bring the Shikon Jewel."

*Battle at Urasue's place*

It's too far away for me to hold

"So long as you are alive, I cannot rest!"

It's too far away...

"...What of my elder sister...?

Falling from such a height... there's no chance...

"I'm sorry... I couldn't save her..."

Guess I'll let it go

Rest in peace, Kikyo.

Fin.

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