BACKGROUND INFO: Inuyasha, Kagome, and company have just (and I mean just,
as in hours ago) defeated Naraku. During the last adrenaline-filled
moments of the battle, as Naraku's life force finally slipped away,
Inuyasha, who had exhausted all of his strength, fell into unconsciousness.
SETTING: When the scene opens at dusk on the gory battle site, which is littered with dismembered demon body parts, the sky glows a dark red- orange, reflecting the bloody field, as the top of the sun disappears beyond the horizon. Miroku sits on a tree stump, eyes closed and looking pensive, resting his chin on his hand; nearby, Sango, in full battle attire, leans against an old oak tree (one of about three that survived the carnage), her expression reflecting the need for sleep. Inuyasha is sprawled on the ground yards away, with Tetsusaiga laying idly in his limp right hand; Kagome kneels close to him with Shippo asleep in her arms, and her originally white and green school uniform is now unrecognizable, red and drenched with blood. Kikyo stands far off from them in her barely stained miko outfit, staring off into the sunset. (Anyone else who had been there for the battle has either left to tend their wounds elsewhere or is dead, buried among the remains of Naraku's army.)
Disclaimer: As you are all aware of, the wonderful and brilliant Rumiko Takahashi retains all rights to the "InuYasha" characters. I own none of them (though Fluffy resides in my heart...) and do not wish to be sued, nor would it be beneficial to anyone to sue me, for I haven't any money. - " "means dialogue - * * will be used to denote thoughts
"Ugh..." Finally awaking, the first sight to meet Inuyasha's bright golden eyes was a pair of dark brown ones. Brown eyes swimming with worry, relief, sadness, happiness, and, most of all, love.
"Kagome..." He breathed.
"Inuyasha! You're awake!" Kagome clapped her hands together and smiled softly, relief written all over her face. "I was so afraid," she whispered, tears welling up in her dark eyes. "I – I thought you might have – that I was going to – Oh Inuyasha!" Unable to put words to her fear, she abruptly flung her arms open and pulled Inuyasha into an awkward hug, dropping and waking Shippo in the process. Inuyasha laid motionless for a moment, eyes wide with surprise and a blush starting on his cheeks, until slowly wrapping his arms around her, returning the hug.
Miroku opened his eyes, stared for a moment, jumped off the stump, and ran to meet his friends. Sango did the same, and they surrounded Inuyasha and Kagome's intertwined forms, jabbering excitedly about how happy they were that Inuyasha was all right and how worried they had been. Shippo rubbed his eyes sleepily and yawned before realizing what was going on. He then jumped onto Inuyasha and Kagome to be part of the hug.
*What a little fool that girl is...* Kikyo mused from her post, turning to look at the happy little group. *Inuyasha belongs to me. His life and his love are mine and, soon, he will join me in hell. The fact that she thinks she can convince him to leave me – that she could rekindle his will to live so much that he will refuse to come to hell with me – is laughable.* Kikyo chuckled softly to herself and turned her gaze back to the horizon, pondering when would be best for her to reclaim Inuyasha.
Inuyasha and Kagome slowly and reluctantly broke the hug, knowing that if they hung on for too long, it would look suspicious and would be even more embarrassing.
Looking at the two, Sango sighed and thought *If Miroku would only stop being such a pervert...I know he's got a good heart...* Just then, she felt something crawling up her behind. Before she met Inuyasha and friends, her first instinct would have been *spider!*, but now she knew exactly what it was. "Hentai!!!" She screamed and gave Miroku a piece of her mind. That is, a piece of her mind that left a huge, red, painful-looking hand print on his cheek, as he just sat there with a goofy grin on his face. *Sigh. But I guess that'll never happen...*
Inuyasha looked into Kagome's eyes and quickly gave her a weak smile, then made an attempt to sit up. Kagome, noting the trouble he was having with his injuries, place a hand on his back and assisted in propping him up. "Are you okay, Inuyasha?" She asked with concern in her voice.
"Yeah. Uh, thanks," he added, reluctant to admit that he had needed help doing something as simple as sitting up. *I don't care if I am injured!* He thought stubbornly. *I'm part demon. I shouldn't need the help of a human girl. Even if I do have feelings for... No! No, I love Kikyo! It's partly my fault she died and I will go with her to the underworld after I have said my farewells...But, Kagome...* As a war was waging in Inuyasha's heart and in his mind, a pained look marred his face. Kagome noticed, but assumed it was from the injuries and decided not to pursue it.
Inuyasha turned his head, with some difficulty, to take a look at the setting he was in. That's when he caught a glimpse of Kikyo, who, feeling his gaze on her back, turned slightly to meet his eyes with his. As it does so often in the anime show, the breeze kicked up at just the right moment, and, combined with the sunset, cast Kikyo in a very flattering light. At this, Inuyasha gasped. *She – She's so beautiful*
When Kagome realized Inuyasha was staring at Kikyo with stars in his eyes, her heart suddenly felt heavy and it was as if a dark cloud had just come to rain on her "Inuyasha's alive!" parade. Feeling her eyes burning with tears, she stood up with inhuman speed and, without a word, stomped in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, she didn't really know where she was going, but anywhere was better...better than the imminent heartbreak in the direction from which she had come. In anger, she thought aloud to herself as she moved further and further away from her friends. "How could he?! After all I've done for him and all that we've been through... Kikyo tried to KILL HIM!!! SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!!! He said he loved me, but I saw the look he was giving her. Those big, loving puppy eyes...Oh, Kami-sama, how I wish he would look at me like that! But no, not while she's around, he won't, because I'm nothing but her reincarnation – a copy that didn't come out quite as good as the original." Kagome kept walking and talking, her now fiery eyes practically burning a hole in the ground.
Behind her, the gang stared in confusion. "Um, what just happened?" Sango asked.
Miroku thought for a moment, looked at Inuyasha, looked at Kikyo, then looked back at Inuyasha and nodded in understanding. "Inuyasha...I don't suppose you were...daydreaming about Kikyo again, were you?"
Inuyasha, who was now sitting cross-legged and slouching, looked at the ground with his patented frustrated look. "Not daydreaming so much as...looking..." he mumbled.
"Inuyasha! You're so stupid!!!" Shippo whined. "Why do you keep doing that to Kagome???" He slapped Inuyasha in the back of the head, which turned out to be a very unwise move; Inuyasha hit him back, ten times as hard. "Ow!!! Sango, Miroku, Kagome-chan is going to come back, right?" He directed his query to the monk and the exterminator, with fear and sorrow in his big, innocent eyes.
Sango scooped him into her arms and tried to comfort him, "Of course Shippo," but she wasn't really sure herself. What if Inuyasha had gone too far this time? What if that was the straw that broke the camel's back? *I don't want to lose Kagome, but I can definitely understand her point of view if she decides that enough's enough and that she doesn't want to return to Inuyasha....he'd probably only hurt her again. What a jerk! And as for Kikyo...* She cursed Kikyo internally and shot the undead miko a death glare that went unnoticed by anyone but Miroku, who silently agreed.
Will Kagome return, or will she leave her friends to try to find someone who will appreciate her more?
I would greatly appreciate input on whether this should be an Inu/Kag fic or a Sess/Kag fic because I have ideas for both. Sess/Kag would probably end up being more chapters though...(so if you think I suck and you don't want to read a whole lot of crap from me, I would recommend voting for that, lol, j/k)
PLEASE READ & REVIEW!!! THANKS LOADS!
SETTING: When the scene opens at dusk on the gory battle site, which is littered with dismembered demon body parts, the sky glows a dark red- orange, reflecting the bloody field, as the top of the sun disappears beyond the horizon. Miroku sits on a tree stump, eyes closed and looking pensive, resting his chin on his hand; nearby, Sango, in full battle attire, leans against an old oak tree (one of about three that survived the carnage), her expression reflecting the need for sleep. Inuyasha is sprawled on the ground yards away, with Tetsusaiga laying idly in his limp right hand; Kagome kneels close to him with Shippo asleep in her arms, and her originally white and green school uniform is now unrecognizable, red and drenched with blood. Kikyo stands far off from them in her barely stained miko outfit, staring off into the sunset. (Anyone else who had been there for the battle has either left to tend their wounds elsewhere or is dead, buried among the remains of Naraku's army.)
Disclaimer: As you are all aware of, the wonderful and brilliant Rumiko Takahashi retains all rights to the "InuYasha" characters. I own none of them (though Fluffy resides in my heart...) and do not wish to be sued, nor would it be beneficial to anyone to sue me, for I haven't any money. - " "means dialogue - * * will be used to denote thoughts
"Ugh..." Finally awaking, the first sight to meet Inuyasha's bright golden eyes was a pair of dark brown ones. Brown eyes swimming with worry, relief, sadness, happiness, and, most of all, love.
"Kagome..." He breathed.
"Inuyasha! You're awake!" Kagome clapped her hands together and smiled softly, relief written all over her face. "I was so afraid," she whispered, tears welling up in her dark eyes. "I – I thought you might have – that I was going to – Oh Inuyasha!" Unable to put words to her fear, she abruptly flung her arms open and pulled Inuyasha into an awkward hug, dropping and waking Shippo in the process. Inuyasha laid motionless for a moment, eyes wide with surprise and a blush starting on his cheeks, until slowly wrapping his arms around her, returning the hug.
Miroku opened his eyes, stared for a moment, jumped off the stump, and ran to meet his friends. Sango did the same, and they surrounded Inuyasha and Kagome's intertwined forms, jabbering excitedly about how happy they were that Inuyasha was all right and how worried they had been. Shippo rubbed his eyes sleepily and yawned before realizing what was going on. He then jumped onto Inuyasha and Kagome to be part of the hug.
*What a little fool that girl is...* Kikyo mused from her post, turning to look at the happy little group. *Inuyasha belongs to me. His life and his love are mine and, soon, he will join me in hell. The fact that she thinks she can convince him to leave me – that she could rekindle his will to live so much that he will refuse to come to hell with me – is laughable.* Kikyo chuckled softly to herself and turned her gaze back to the horizon, pondering when would be best for her to reclaim Inuyasha.
Inuyasha and Kagome slowly and reluctantly broke the hug, knowing that if they hung on for too long, it would look suspicious and would be even more embarrassing.
Looking at the two, Sango sighed and thought *If Miroku would only stop being such a pervert...I know he's got a good heart...* Just then, she felt something crawling up her behind. Before she met Inuyasha and friends, her first instinct would have been *spider!*, but now she knew exactly what it was. "Hentai!!!" She screamed and gave Miroku a piece of her mind. That is, a piece of her mind that left a huge, red, painful-looking hand print on his cheek, as he just sat there with a goofy grin on his face. *Sigh. But I guess that'll never happen...*
Inuyasha looked into Kagome's eyes and quickly gave her a weak smile, then made an attempt to sit up. Kagome, noting the trouble he was having with his injuries, place a hand on his back and assisted in propping him up. "Are you okay, Inuyasha?" She asked with concern in her voice.
"Yeah. Uh, thanks," he added, reluctant to admit that he had needed help doing something as simple as sitting up. *I don't care if I am injured!* He thought stubbornly. *I'm part demon. I shouldn't need the help of a human girl. Even if I do have feelings for... No! No, I love Kikyo! It's partly my fault she died and I will go with her to the underworld after I have said my farewells...But, Kagome...* As a war was waging in Inuyasha's heart and in his mind, a pained look marred his face. Kagome noticed, but assumed it was from the injuries and decided not to pursue it.
Inuyasha turned his head, with some difficulty, to take a look at the setting he was in. That's when he caught a glimpse of Kikyo, who, feeling his gaze on her back, turned slightly to meet his eyes with his. As it does so often in the anime show, the breeze kicked up at just the right moment, and, combined with the sunset, cast Kikyo in a very flattering light. At this, Inuyasha gasped. *She – She's so beautiful*
When Kagome realized Inuyasha was staring at Kikyo with stars in his eyes, her heart suddenly felt heavy and it was as if a dark cloud had just come to rain on her "Inuyasha's alive!" parade. Feeling her eyes burning with tears, she stood up with inhuman speed and, without a word, stomped in the opposite direction. Unfortunately, she didn't really know where she was going, but anywhere was better...better than the imminent heartbreak in the direction from which she had come. In anger, she thought aloud to herself as she moved further and further away from her friends. "How could he?! After all I've done for him and all that we've been through... Kikyo tried to KILL HIM!!! SHE TRIED TO KILL ME!!! He said he loved me, but I saw the look he was giving her. Those big, loving puppy eyes...Oh, Kami-sama, how I wish he would look at me like that! But no, not while she's around, he won't, because I'm nothing but her reincarnation – a copy that didn't come out quite as good as the original." Kagome kept walking and talking, her now fiery eyes practically burning a hole in the ground.
Behind her, the gang stared in confusion. "Um, what just happened?" Sango asked.
Miroku thought for a moment, looked at Inuyasha, looked at Kikyo, then looked back at Inuyasha and nodded in understanding. "Inuyasha...I don't suppose you were...daydreaming about Kikyo again, were you?"
Inuyasha, who was now sitting cross-legged and slouching, looked at the ground with his patented frustrated look. "Not daydreaming so much as...looking..." he mumbled.
"Inuyasha! You're so stupid!!!" Shippo whined. "Why do you keep doing that to Kagome???" He slapped Inuyasha in the back of the head, which turned out to be a very unwise move; Inuyasha hit him back, ten times as hard. "Ow!!! Sango, Miroku, Kagome-chan is going to come back, right?" He directed his query to the monk and the exterminator, with fear and sorrow in his big, innocent eyes.
Sango scooped him into her arms and tried to comfort him, "Of course Shippo," but she wasn't really sure herself. What if Inuyasha had gone too far this time? What if that was the straw that broke the camel's back? *I don't want to lose Kagome, but I can definitely understand her point of view if she decides that enough's enough and that she doesn't want to return to Inuyasha....he'd probably only hurt her again. What a jerk! And as for Kikyo...* She cursed Kikyo internally and shot the undead miko a death glare that went unnoticed by anyone but Miroku, who silently agreed.
Will Kagome return, or will she leave her friends to try to find someone who will appreciate her more?
I would greatly appreciate input on whether this should be an Inu/Kag fic or a Sess/Kag fic because I have ideas for both. Sess/Kag would probably end up being more chapters though...(so if you think I suck and you don't want to read a whole lot of crap from me, I would recommend voting for that, lol, j/k)
PLEASE READ & REVIEW!!! THANKS LOADS!