Author's note: Name's Agustina, but you can call me whatever you want ^^ A thing you must know about me is that I find it almost impossible to fantasize out-of-canon. Hence, most of my stories happen within the canon universe.
About this story: Immediatly after the last episode of the series, this is the story of what happened to Kagome and the rest during the five hundred years that separated her from her family, and how she discovered her pain wasn't even close to end. I hope you enjoy it
Disclaimer: unnecessary, isn't it? this is a fanfiction site! Still, Inuyasha belongs to R. Takahashi. Let's all thank her for her awesome job
Prologue
Left behind
As soon as the blue skylight faded, taking Kagome to Inuyasha, Mrs. Higurashi knew she would never see her daughter again.
She sighed and turned to see her father in law and her son, who were wiping away the tears. She knew she could not let her grief show, as much as she knew her daughter did not belong by their side anymore.
"Well," after a long while she started with a soft voice and a smile, "I'm happy for her and you should be too. Let's go inside."
Souta shook his head and his lips trembled as new tears crossed his cheeks. This time he did not move to wipe them away.
The old man by his side placed a heavy, rough hand on his shoulder. "We'll let you have some time for yourself. Your mother and I will be waiting inside."
And so, with slow pace and worried glances, the two adults left the boy alone, who remained still in the darkness.
The well-house smelled like fresh air and grass, an odd scent that he had never felt there before. He sat on one of the steps, staring at the now ordinary wooden well with wet eyes.
Suddenly he stood up and glared at the empty depth with fury.
"So you left us too," he spat with hardly contained rage.
He kicked the wood softly and put his hands in his pockets. His lips pressed into a tight line and he felt the need to deal a stronger blow to the well. And so he did. The tears began to fall again and he clenched his teeth as the kicks' intensity increased. "I hate you!" he yelled as the sole of his foot kept on stomping against the ancient lumber. "How could you leave us alone too? How could you love them more than you loved us!?" He sniffed with wrath in his pupils and tightened fists. "I HATE YOU!" he screamed again and dealt a final hit to the wood, cracking a board in two.
Suddenly he felt guilty, but the rage took away the remorse. He stood there again, but there was no more crying.
He whirled and silently swore to himself he would never think of his sister again.
"Oi, you shouldn't be breaking important stuff like that…"
He started and almost fell back. Inuyasha, the one for whom his sister had left them forever, was standing at the entrance, leaning against the door frame.