Here's the first chapter of 'Loss of Love'. Enjoy.
I don't own Inuyasha at all. If I did I'd have Sesshoumaru as my protective, cuddly bigbrother and Inuyasha would do my every bidding. As for Kikyo she would be burning in Hell where she belongs!
Chapter 1: The Fateful Night
Hands caressing the other lovingly, and carefully.
Bodies touching intimate places with the utmost care.
Lips moving to form kisses, and small words of love.
Kagome finally knew what she felt towards her silver-haired Hanyou.
Love.
Only one word was necessary to describe her feelings for Inuyasha.
She loved his eyes.
She loved his ears. Well… maybe adored was the correct word there but anyways!
She loved his strength.
She loved his gentleness.
She loved his body.
She loved his arrogance.
But most of all… she loved his Soul.
His beautiful, fantastic Soul, which made her heart, beat just a little bit faster than usual. It made her feel happy that the two of them finally joined like this.
She had been afraid at first, but there was no need for such silly feelings.
'Inuyasha will make sure I'm safe…' she had thought when he had signaled that he wanted her the same way she wanted him.
For so long they had both been confused, unsure of themselves, and most of all embarrassed to show their affection for each other.
It had started out simply enough with a few kisses one night, and then it had grown. It had grown to something much more beautiful, and fantastic, than Kagome or Inuyasha had ever dreamt about.
They had grown bolder. Started to touch each other with gentleness when the others were asleep, or away, or if they were alone in Kagome's home.
Now they were finally joining in the most beautiful way Kagome could think of.
"Inuyasha…" she started when she pulled away from him, and sat up to gaze upon his sweat-covered body, and his beautiful glowing eyes, but he stopped her by laying a finger on her lips, and he pulled her down to his arms again.
"Shh… don't say anything." he whispered quietly, and Kagome giggled softly as she snuggled closer to his chest, and soon Kagome's eyes grew heavy.
Not long after a light snore could be heard from her and Inuyasha sighed lightly, not wanting to wake her up. He saw the Shikon no Tama-shards from the little bottle around her neck, and carefully removed it from said body-part.
Then he tangled himself out of her light grip on his Fire Rat-haori before he walked away, leaving her alone in the dark woods.
OXO
Sango sat in front of the campfire with an anxious look in her eyes. She kept fiddling with Hiraikotsu to great annoyance for Miroku, Shippou, and Kirara who all glared at her with irritated glares and annoyed mewls from Kirara.
"Sango don't worry! Kagome-sama and Inuyasha has been away for a few hours, and so what? They usually do this when they think that we're all asleep." Miroku said as he scooted closer to his female companion, who glared at him with a murderous look in her eyes, and moved over to the other side of the fire.
"Miroku's right, Sango! Inuyasha won't let anything happen to Kagome! You know him better than that!" Shippou said happily in an attempt to lighten the mood, and Sango nodded slowly.
"I… I know, Shippou, but still. I'm worried." Sango muttered as she looked into the fire, just as a branch was broken behind her.
In almost no time at all, Sango had swung Hiraikotsu towards the person behind her only to be rewarded with a surprised sound, and then followed a lot of oaths and swears from behind a bush.
"…the hell is that woman's problem? Oi Sango, did ya have to throw the damn thing so hard?" Inuyasha's voice sounded from the bush, and he appeared with Hiraikotsu in one hand, and the other hand pressed against a bloody wound in his forehead.
"Inuyasha, what're you doing here? Where's Kagome?" Shippou asked as he jumped over to the still-swearing Hanyou, who only looked at Shippou a few seconds before he snorted in arrogance.
"Why would I care about that wench? She's nothing but trouble anyway. I left her close to the Well if you must know." Inuyasha looked like he was bored by their questions, and when he saw the shocked expressions on his companions faces, he raised an eyebrow as he waited for an explanation. And an explanation he got.
"What is wrong with you? You left Kagome-chan all alone in the forest?! What if a Youkai attacked her?" Sango shouted in fury before she prepared to dart out after her friend, when Inuyasha's hand gripped her wrist and snarled menacing at the Taijiya who widened her eyes while staring at her friend.
"If you as much as try to help her, I'll rip out your throat! Leave her to me, and prepare to move. We are going to find Kikyou, and ask her to help us so forget everything about that pathetic girl." Inuyasha growled, and shoved Sango back towards Miroku who quickly caught her.
"Baka! What do you think you're doing Inuyasha? We all know that you love Kagome, so why'd you say that Kikyou was going to be here instead of Kagome?" Shippou cried, as he glared up at the Hanyou with his little hands fisted.
"I love Kagome? Where in the seven Hells did you get that idea from? I am going to be with Kikyou when the Shikon no Tama is complete, and there's nothing that will prevent me from doing so!" Inuyasha snarled, and then disappeared into the forest again.
Sango's body was shaking violently while she had watched how Inuyasha had spoken to Shippou about Kagome.
She brought her shaking hand up to her mouth as tears ran down her cheeks, and for once Miroku didn't seem to have his mind set on perverted things. Instead he drew her into his arms, and started stroking her hair soothingly.
"W-why Houshi-sama? Why is Inuyasha like this?" Sango whispered as tears ran down her cheeks, but Miroku didn't answer her at all.
A thick silence that not even Shippou's vague attempts could break spread in the clearing and not long after Miroku released Sango from his embrace, before he stood up with a soft groan.
"Well… we better do as he says. I don't want to deal with Inuyasha when he's like this. Something must have happened between him, and Kagome-sama to make him act like this." he mumbled as he started packing the few belongings around the camp and then prepared to leave, but Sango stood up and glared at him angrily.
"Why are you doing this Houshi-sama? Does Kagome-chan mean nothing to you?" she shouted and Shippou nodded, before he jumped up on Sango's shoulder as if to defy Miroku.
"Kagome-sama means a great deal to me, but I'd rather live and maybe have a chance seeing her again than having my throat ripped out by Inuyasha, and first see her when she moves on to the next life, Sango." Miroku said, and laid his hands on Sango's shoulders.
"Kagome-sama is strong, and she'll likely go to her own world, that lies beyond the Well. You know that." He added and smiled at Sango who turned her gaze to the ground, and after a while she nodded.
"You're right… She'll be alright. Even Inuyasha can't be heartless enough to hurt – or even worse kill – her." She muttered, and swung Hiraikotsu on her back.
Only Shippou was conflicted. He didn't want to leave the girl who had adopted him as her own son behind, even if it meant that he would be gravely injured.
"I don't wanna!" he shouted angrily and jumped down from Sango's shoulder, only to turn his back on the others and start sniffling.
"I'm staying here for Kagome! I don't wanna leave her here!" Shippou argued, and Miroku sighed heavily before he knelt down behind the little Kitsune, and the monk said: "Shippou… what usually happens when Kagome-sama and Inuyasha gets in a fight?"
"She goes home…" Shippou started, and Miroku ruffled his hair a bit before he lifted the Kitsune up on his own shoulder and said: "Yes that's right. And what does Inuyasha do every time?"
"He tries to get her back in the end." Shippou muttered even lower than before, and Miroku nodded as he sat the Kitsune down on Kirara's back.
"That's right. So Inuyasha just needs to cool down from whatever fight they've been having, and then Kagome-sama will come here again. I promise you."
OXO
Kagome stirred slightly when she moved her arms to try and find Inuyasha's warm body, but he was nowhere to be found.
All of a sudden her clothes were thrown in her face, and spluttering – not to mention confused – she tore them away from her head.
Inuyasha was standing in front of her with a fierce scowl on his face, and for some reason the look on his face made Kagome want to crawl into a hole in the ground and hide.
"I-Inuyasha what's the matter? Is it Naraku?" asked Kagome as she started looking around, but then Inuyasha walked over her and harshly yanked her up by grabbing her forearm in an irongrip.
"HEY! That hurt!" Kagome snapped but was rewarded with an evil short laughter, before Inuyasha's golden eyes glowed dangerously as he walked closer to her.
"Did you honestly think that I cared about you the least? You could go die for all I care, and I wouldn't even let a tear drop." he snarled, and Kagome froze at his harsh words.
"W-what are you talking about Inu? I… I love you." She whispered, and reached out towards him but Inuyasha slapped away her hands, and whispered menacingly: "When did I ever say that I loved you? You were nothing else but my Shard Detector."
"You don't mean that…" Kagome continued, but Inuyasha wasn't finished yet.
"You're naïve, clumsier than a crippled, but most of all you're nothing but a whore. You gave yourself to me, a Youkai, who only took your offer because you were the closest I could get my hands on."
Kagome froze as his words started breaking her heart.
"P-please don't…" she started but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Inuyasha glared at her with those unforgiving, cold, and heartless eyes which were looking at her without a trace of mercy in their golden depths. As he stood there looming over her, she felt her heart start to crack even faster than before.
"Inuyasha…" she tried one last time, but Inuyasha just snorted and glared at her before he used his last card.
"Kikyou would never have disappointed me like you did. You really are a worthless copy… whore."
Kagome felt her heart shatter to tiny pieces as she stood up, and turned around so he wouldn't see her cry.
"I see…" she whispered as her voice started becoming more reserved, and she turned her heard slightly to watch her former crush's over her shoulder.
"Goodbye then… Inuyasha…"
Kagome started walking away as tears ran down her cheeks, and she headed towards their camp.
It was empty when she got there, except for the glowing embers of their fire, and she found her backpack standing alone beside the fire. On top of it were a neatly folded piece of paper, and even more tears started running down her cheeks when she saw what was written on the blank side of it.
"Please come back soon – Shippou"
Kagome smiled softly as she looked at the drawing of them all together, but her gaze darkened when they spotted Inuyasha who was smirking like crazy at the picture with Tetsusaiga swung over his shoulder. Her body started shaking as she hugged the drawing close to her chest, and then she walked towards the Well not even sparing a single glance back towards the dark where she knew that Inuyasha was watching her intensely.
"I did as you asked of me, Kikyou… now you have to uphold your part of the deal." the Hanyou whispered sadly as he watched the love of his life walk away from him, and he felt his heart shatter for every step she took.
Kikyou smirked as she let her arms circle around his waist, and Inuyasha stiffened slightly but she didn't notice it at all as she pressed her cold lips against his muscular back.
"Good Inuyasha… soon we will be together forever. Now I want you to make me yours." The undead Miko muttered huskily, and Inuyasha's dignity fell to the ground with a crash, as he felt his body react to her sensual ministrations.
OXO
"Finally home…" Kagome muttered as she landed on her side of the Well, and started climbing up the rope-ladder hanging on the side of it.
She quietly got out of the Well-shack and then made her way to her house across the Shrine-grounds, just as the heavens opened the waterworks, and rain started pouring down instantly soaking her to the bone.
"Oh darn it! Why did it have to rain at a time like this?" Kagome muttered as she held her backpack over her head to shield herself from the rain, and finally she reached the doors to her house.
She quickly ran up to her room, and started unpacking everything she had put in her yellow bag no more than three days ago.
With a sigh she looked at the drawing from Shippou that now was drenched, and the colors had faded into a big mishmash of strange color combinations.
She looked at the black and purple figure of Miroku, who had his arm down by the faded Sango-figure's behind. The drawing of Sango was holding Hiraikotsu above his head, and Kagome had to suppress a laugh so she wouldn't wake anybody up as she examined the well-known picture.
Then her eyes fell on Kirara and Shippou who was floating in the air above the rest of them, and Kagome felt her eyes water at the sight of Shippou's big grin. Even if it was just a picture of him, he kept on cheering her up.
That was when she finally saw her own little faded picture. She was holding what seemed like a bow in one hand, and her other hand was occupied by the hand the Inuyasha-person on the drawing didn't use to hold the Tetsusaiga.
The smile that had occupied her face a few seconds before faded into nothing. Tears started rolling down her cold cheeks once again, and this time she let her sobs be heard. Inuyasha had not just abandoned her. He had also taken her most guarded treasure. She couldn't even pass through the Well – not that she would ever do that, mind you – anymore, but no matter how much she tried then she couldn't hate him. She still harbored feelings for the silver-haired, foul-mouthed, short-tempered Hanyou who had stolen her heart so long ago.
"I just can't… I just can't hate you Inuyasha." she whispered completely oblivious to the person just outside her window.
Inuyasha's eyes widened when her words reached his sensitive ears, and he felt his eyes burn when he refused to let any tears fall.
"I'm doing this to keep you safe Kagome… please… I'm begging you… please forgive me." he whispered before he ran across the Shrine and jumped in the Well where he was enveloped by the currents of time, and disappeared into the past.
Yeah I know that I probably just killed about half the hopes for a happily-ever-after-story but hey this is the first chapter and I tend to get a little dramatic at times so yeah… REVIEW!