An Ever Changing Love
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(A/n) Revised. Enjoy!
The sun had promised so much warmth that day, the baby-blue sky had sung a song of joy; yet everything seemed to come crashing down on Kagome as InuYasha confronted her after the group had taken a rest in a village they had stumbled upon. "Look, Kagome. . .please, don't be angry with me." Already, Kagome knew she wasn't going to like what she heard.
"What is it?"
InuYasha seemed to hesitate, his eyes of an ambiguous color. The silver-white of his hair seemed to glow in the sunlight, looking vivid in Kagome's eyes. While InuYasha struggled to find the right words, Kagome let her eyes scrutinize the young male. His skin seemed to have gotten tanner on their journey of the jewel shards, and he seemed to have matured quite a bit over the last few months.
"Kagome? Did you hear me?"
"Hm?" The girl blinked, coming from her thoughts to shake her head. "No, sorry I didn't. What'd you say?" A slender eye-brow was arched in an inquisitive manner, only making InuYasha fidget.
"I. . .well," The silver-haired male grunted, obviously frustrated with his dilemma. "I love Kikyo, Kagome. I. . .was with her the other night, when you were looking for me." He muttered lowly, his eyes drifting from the raven-haired girl's. "I know you told me how you felt. . .and that I that I felt the same, but. . .after I saw Kikyo. . .well," He trailed off, and was met with silence. This made him nervous and he looked up cautiously at Kagome whose eyes were hidden by her long bangs.
"InuYasha. . .," she began slowly. "Sit!" She growled, watching as a cloud of dust floated into the air, where InuYasha had just managed to make a crater. "I. . .I gave you my heart, I told you how I felt. . .and you still went back to that. . .that clay-pot!" She cried, her heart felt as though it had been shattered, much in the same fashion as the jewel had.
"I hate you!" She shouted, whipping around to run back towards the group with tears threatening to spill from her eyes. Where had she gone wrong?
Kagome had thought she would be enough for InuYasha, she traveled with him, put up with his irking temper tantrums, and comforted him when the time called for it; what did Kikyo have that she didn't? What was so great about the dead corpse? She was alive, breathing, she could offer him so much more than she could- so why was he still with her?
The more she thought about it, the more it hurt, and she just didn't want to deal with InuYasha anymore. She wanted to run away, back to her time period. She deserved a vacation, especially after this. By the time she'd found Miroku and Sango (Shippo had been off playing with a little village girl) both had agreed that she should spend some time at home.
"Don't worry Kagome, we understand." Sango said reassuringly, sad to see the girl she considered a very close friend hurting so much over a man that just didn't deserve it.
"Yes, please, take all the time you need, Kagome. We'll stay here." Miroku concurred, nodding his head and smiling slightly at the sniffling girl.
Kagome nodded, wiping her eyes one last time with the sleeve of her long-sleeve, school uniform shirt and smiled half-heartedly at both of her friends, and gave them each a long hug. "Tell Shippo I'll miss him a lot, and that I'll try to be back as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, we will." Sango said, then looked down to Kilala, giving her a nod. The demon transformed in a burst of bright flames and roared, offering her back to Kagome.
"I'll see you all soon. Please, take care!" She called, waving as she grabbed her large yellow sac, and jumped onto Kilala's back. Immediately, the cat-demon pounced into the sky gracefully, and disappeared. Kagome had nuzzled herself into Kilala's fur, her arms wrapped tightly around the soft cream-colored fur surrounding her. Maybe time away will do me some good. It's not like InuYasha's going to miss me. Kagome thought bitterly, and dozed into a light sleep as Kilala flew her back to the magic well.
It seemed like only a minute of having fallen asleep, when Kagome woke to Kilala rumbling and hissing softly to wake her up. Feeling lethargic, and a little numb, Kagome slid off of Kilala's back and smiled sadly at her. "Take care of everyone, okay?" She leaned forward, kissing her nose lightly, which earned her a gentle growl and an affectionate lick to her cheek, before she watched the demon return to the skies to meet up with Sango and Miroku, and everyone else most likely.
With a heavy sigh, Kagome looked towards the well and strode towards it slowly. She let the tips of her fingers trace over the aged wood, green vines curling up like claws at the gaping mouth. She peered down into the darkness that would soon surround her in a familiar warm light of lavender, and closed her eyes. I wish. . .I didn't have to hurt over you InuYasha. . .I wish. . .I could fall in love with someone else. Kagome's eyes fluttered open, a brief wind caressing her skin.
Canting her head to the side at the odd wind, the young priestess in training shrugged her shoulders, brushing it off and clenched one of the straps of her rugged bag tightly, before pushing herself up onto the lips of the well, then let herself fall into it's abysmal depths. Something was different about this journey though, the light of lavender she knew so well no longer flashed in her eyes. Instead a pale-blue engulfed her. This is different. She pondered over the odd light, and sighed when her shoes touched earth. She flipped her hair from her face and looked up.
Light peered down at her, light that shouldn't have belonged. Confusion took place over Kagome's face and she grunted as she threw her bag out of the well, and heard it land with a thud on earth. She climbed her way up with minor difficulties and gasped when she was met with the sight of trees that stretched for miles. The sacred tree wasn't as big as it had been when she'd first encountered InuYasha, it was still so young, still growing.
"What. . .what happened?" Kagome whimpered, feeling helpless. "Why am I back here?" She asked herself quietly, hoping, wishing that something would give her the answer to her question, but it was left unanswered. Simply floating in the air to be forgotten.
A faint rustling met her ears, and her eyes darted about. She didn't have her arrows with her, and no body was around to protect her. She gulped, the padding of nimble feet surrounding her. "Who's there!" She questioned with a shaky voice, silence met her ears and just when she thought she'd scared off the creature that she had heard walking through the forest, a man walked through the brush. Kagome's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. This man, he resembled Sesshomaru and InuYasha. . .but, it couldn't be either of the demons. What time period had she landed in?
(A/n) Alright! That's the first chapter. I hope you all liked this version better. I'm re-writing the whole story, and making tons of corrections. Same plot-line though, just more details added! Well, I'll update soon!
