So, I got this idea from Animegod 197 from Sym-Bionic Titan, so thank you, but I'm doing it a tad different. Alphabet challenge: SAT style. So, first up is A, duh, I hope you enjoy. Without further wait, here is the letter 'A'.
Ambivalent (adjective): feeling both positive and negative emotions about something.
He left for her again, Kikyo. I understand that they had something a while back, but that was 50 years ago, even though he was asleep for it. He's been awake for a while now, so shouldn't the healing have started by now.
I look over at the tree tops where her soul collectors were soaring above the leaves. Sure, I could follow them, but I don't want to invade his business.
I look over to Sango who is looking at me with a look of sympathy, but I'm not in the mood for her sympathy, for anyone's sympathy for that matter.
"Kagome, are you alright? You've been awfully silent since he left, everything okay?" She glanced over at Miroku, who is also looking at me with sympathy.
I gave her an encouraging smile. "I'm fine. How's Kilala from that last battle?" Kilala had gotten a large cut on her right hind leg.
She looked a bit relieved. "She's doing much better, thanks to your remedies from your era." She nodded in thanks, and I did the same.
I brought my hands up behind my back and stretched while looking up at the stars and then stood. "I'm going for a short walk, I should be back soon." Without listening for their reaction, I turned the opposite way that InuYasha went, and tried not to fall on my face.
I thought about InuYasha and Kikyo, about how much love there was, and how they were stronger people because they loved each other. Thinking back on a Madea movie, Madea's Family Reunion, when the older generation was talking to Lisa about her marriage to Carlos. One spoke of a love so strong that he could read her mind and when she'd open her mouth to say something, he'd say the very thing she was about to tell him. I wonder if their love was that strong, and sometimes if my love for him is strong enough to keep him with me even after we defeat Naraku.
I eventually stopped by a random tree stump and sat down on it, hugging my knees to my chest. When we killed Naraku, what would happen to me? Would time allow me to keep traveling back and forth between the eras, or will I have to choose? If I have to choose, which would be better for me? say goodbye to my family, or say goodbye to the man I love?
Before I could ponder more on this, InuYasha's face appeared in front of mine, about a foot away, but I didn't show being startled.
"Sango said you went out for a walk. She was unhappy with me, as was Miroku." He sounded dejected, like he always does after he comes back from talking to her. "They're mad at me and worried for you." He looked at the ground. He was sitting down cross-legged.
"I know." I say, hiding what I was thinking about, but I couldn't fool him.
"You were thinking about something, what was it? Be honest with me."
I sighed. "I was thinking about when we kill Naraku."
He froze but recovered. "What about it?"
"If I'll be able to go back and forth after I do what I was sent here to do in the first place, and if I have to choose, which one. I didn't get a chance to think about it because you got here."
"Well, think about it now. What would you choose?"
"I don't know. I love my mother and gramps and Sota, but I love Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kilala and you too, and I want all of you in my life." I put my chin in my hand and sighed.
It was a while before he spoke again. "I don't want to make you have to choose between me and your family. You should go over to that side of the well and stay there. I know the pain I'm putting you through with these Kikyo visits, and I don't see it getting better in the near future, and I don't want to run you off from your own friends." He looked down.
"InuYasha, do you think I don't like the fact that you and Kikyo were in love? Because I'm glad you and Kikyo loved each other with a love so strong it lasted for fifty years. It made you who you are today, and I'm glad because of it. I'm not going anywhere unless you want me to. If you don't want to see me anymore, just tell me and I'll leave."
He looked up. "You would stay with me even though I put you through this pain? On a regular basis?"
I smiled at him. "Yes, I would stay with you."
He smiled and stood, holding out his hand for me. I took it and he gently pulled me to my feet. As we walked in silence, I realized something: I might not like it when he leaves me, but I'm glad he does, or else he wouldn't get to see her anymore.
The end. Yeah, I'd originally planned to use a different word, but then I got SAT flashcards out, and I couldn't control myself. Anyway, next time, the letter is 'B'. Until next time. :)