Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha…sigh
Deeper Than Hatred
Written by: x0xDark-Angelx0x
Chapter One: Never Have, Never Will
Again and again and again. That's all that they were doing. Fighting demons left and right and most of them don't even have a freaking shard. Kami! She was so sick of all of this. It was all bull crap.
Usually Kagome walked with Inuyasha and Shippo but today she chose to stay behind. Shippo continually ran back to her but she just stayed quiet no matter what he did or said.
Shippo then ran back to Inuyasha
"Inuyasha" He said and tugged at his clothes.
"What?"
He turned to look at the little fox demon. "Why is Kagome's so quiet? And she isn't walking with us today... what's wrong?" For a moment Shippo thought he saw worry on Inuyasha's face but that disappeared quickly.
"Feh... humans are weak, she's probably got a headache or something." He said and turned back to look ahead of the road.
"But--" Shippo said but Inuyasha just ignored him.
But Inuyasha was thinking about Kagome too, she had been unusually quiet the last few days... and she seemed to be avoiding him. Or was he just imagining things? He had probably done something to make her really mad. Maybe she was mad because of what he did the last time he'd come to pick her up in her time.
He had seen her talking to a good-looking human male. Inuyasha had instantly gotten jealous and just had to butt-in. He went and put himself between them and began screaming at the boy. He cursed so much that even a nun would say damn. But of course when that poor human boy saw Inuyasha's ears and claws he had gotten really afraid and ran off... poor weak human boy, oh well... Kagome should be grateful! He helped her! If she had gotten pups with that human they would probably end up being weak cowards, so he really did her a favor! She shouldn't be mad at him for that... but still... there had to be something she was angry about.
Inuyasha groaned and shook his head, all this was making his head hurt! He turned to look at Kagome... she was way back... as far away from him as possibly, so he decided to get closer.
He made a jump and landed before her. "Hey!" He yelled and she lifted her head to look at him. "Why are you walking back here? And not in the front?" He asked her. She was silent for a while and then she turned her face away.
"I wanted to be alone for a while..." She said and sighed. He looked at her for a while.
"You're angry at me aren't you? For what I did before?" She looked at him confused
"What?"
He was surprised, she didn't remember it!
"Well if you don't remember it, it can't be the reason why you're so mad at me..." He said and folded his arms.
Kagome chuckled humorlessly. But of course he wouldn't know, he never knew anything. Pathetic. It's been a freaking five years since she fell down that damn well and he still hasn't matured, even slightly. She was 20 years old now, was traveling with a half-demon, and searching for magical shards because if she didn't Japan was doomed because another certain half-demon wants to rule the world. What the hell happened to her life?!
God, she was so frustrated and angry. She wasted five years of her life falling in love with a stupid half-demon who would rather spend his time rutting with a god damned walking corpse. UGH!
"Inuyasha if you are speaking of when you most rudely scared the hell out of my friend, then no, I am no longer mad at you for that." She said. "And to answer your question to why I am not walking with you, it's because I happen to like to be able to think in peace for once."
"And what the fuck is that supposed to mean?!" yelled Inuyasha.
"That you can never shut up" she said simply.
"Why you-!" he started.
"See? Even now you can't keep your mouth shut." She said.
Inuyasha glared at her and turned away with a grunt. Suddenly he stopped walking, causing Kagome to crash into him and lose her balance. With a thump she landed on the ground. Inuyasha looked down at her with a sneer on his face.
"Damn, you are such a klutz, you'll never be as graceful as Kikyou."
She groaned and got off the floor. She turned around and looked at him with such hatred that he took a step back.
"You are such a jerk, Inuyasha!" she screamed. "Why can't you ever grow up and be like the guys in my time?!"
He glared at her.
"You mean you're seeing other guys in your time!?! Who told you that you were allowed to do that!?" He yelled at her.
There was silence for a few moments. A silence so cold and dark, that the demon slayer, monk, fox child, and fire cat shivered. Kagome stared at Inuyasha with glinting brown eyes. When she spoke her words rang clear and were as sharp as a knife.
"How dare you." She said.
"How dare you say that to me? This is my life half-breed and I shall do what I please. You never have, and never will fully know me. If it were not for the fact that I love Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara like family, and that I want to fix the jewel, then I would have left years ago. You're nothing to me anymore."
Kagome said this with such venom that Inuyasha was shocked, sure he had seen her angry before, and calling him jerk and things like that... but this time... she had just said that she didn't care about him... that she just cared about the rest of the gang. That she would have left him years ago if it were not for the jewel. She called him half-breed.
"K-Kagome... d-do you mean that?" He asked her carefully.
Kagome gave a short cruel laugh.
"Do you accuse me of lying? I thought that even your pathetic mind would be able to follow along. Excuse me for being mistaken. Of course I mean it! You are nothing to me, just as I am apparently nothing to you!"
Inuyasha looked at her startled. "What are you talking about? I care about you!"
"Apparently not a whole much. Did you think I didn't see you rutting Kikyou two days ago? Did you think I would not be able to sense that whore and your aura? Did you believe that my powers are that feeble? Hah. That bitch stinks so much that even I could pick up her scent! And if I could smell it, then poor Shippo must be in agony!" she screamed.
Inuyasha's eyes and face was filled with heartbreak and despair.
He watched as she went toward Sango and Miroku and picked up her backpack and put it on her shoulder.
Sango turned toward her and asked her in a soft voice where she was going.
"Don't worry Sango. I'll be okay. We'll see each other again." She said and turned toward Miroku.
"Take care of them while I'm gone Miroku." He looked at her with sad eyes and nodded his head, understanding what she was trying to tell him.
Kagome turned again, this time toward Shippo. He looked at her with eyes full of tears.
"Come here, my sweet boy." Shippo ran to her and jumped in her arms. "I won't be gone forever," she whispered in his ear. "I could never leave my son, now could I? Remember Shippo, no matter what, I love you okay? You're the man in charge now. Goodbye for now Shippo." And with a soft squeeze, she turned and walked away.
They watched as she walked away from them, until they could see her no more.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha whispered. "Kagome..." Inuyasha said again and ran into the forest. He jumped higher and higher onto a tree, trying desperately to escape the pain filling his chest. The others didn't go after him, didn't even look in the direction he had went off to... they were too busy with their own feelings at the moment.
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