A/N: Hello! This is my first fanfic EVER sooooo... please be kind nya =3
Kagome's eyes were brimming with tears as she witnessed Inuyasha's betrayal. This was not the first time. How many times had she seen him sneaking of from camp in the dead of the night, just to seek out Kikyo? Many, too many times. Moonlight shone on the pair as Kagome took in the whole thing. The hanyou's arms were wrapped protectively around the undead miko. He murmured sweet nothings into her ears as he rubbed circles on the small of her back. Even though she was just a human, she could clearly hear what the hanyou was saying.
"You know that Kagome was never your replacement. She is just a shard detector," Kagome felt as if she was being stabbed directly through her heart. After all he has said… I guess he never loved me…
As if he could read her thoughts, he continued, "You know you are the only one for me… I love you and only you, Kikyo." Following that, the hanyou brought his lips to Kikyo's and attempted to kiss her. Kikyo brought up her hands and gently, but firmly, pushed on his chest, effectively stopping him from coming any closer. Inuyasha looked at her, confused.
"I just confessed my love to you. Isn't that what you always wanted?" Kikyo chuckled darkly before answering.
"I heard you confess more than a million times, Inuyasha. However, I cannot love you as I did before." She stopped Inuyasha from interrupting with a wave of her hand. "Look at my body. I am, but dirt and soil. My soul is taken, if not stolen, from my reincarnation, and I feed on the souls of dead women to continue walking this Earth. I am not myself anymore, Inuyasha. I cannot love you in this form."
" Then how, Kikyo? How can we live happily forever?"
"Follow me to hell, Inuyasha, my love. Then we can be reincarnated together and start anew in our next lives as humans. That's what we always wanted, isn't it?"
Kagome's eyes widened. How dare Kikyo demand that Inuyasha accompany her to hell? It's bad enough that she is going to hell, but to drag Inuyasha along is just... just... selfish! Kagome could not hold in her outrage at Kikyo's words. She unmasked her aura and emerged from her hiding spot behind a tree. Kikyo saw her and gasped. Inuyasha, sensing Kagome's aura, turned his head towards her. "Kagome..."
"Inuyasha! I can't believe you let her TRICK you into going to hell with her! You actually believe that by going to hell, she would love you once more? Wake up, Inuyasha!" Fury and hurt emanated from her in waves. Inuyasha stiffened upon hearing those words. His face slowly scrunched up in rage. He spat back at Kagome, "Shut up! Kikyo isn't trying to trick me! If I go to hell with her, we'll... we'll..."
"We'll what, Inuyasha? Suffer together? That is her aim! To make you suffer!" Kagome threw her arms into the air in exasperation.
This time, Kikyo opened her mouth to speak. "Kagome. What I am saying makes perfect sense. Inuyasha follows me to hell, we get reincarnated together, and we will lead a happy life together as humans."
In a fit of rage, Kagome blurted out the next words without thinking. "SHUT UP CLAY POT! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO WALK THE EARTH ANY LONGER. YOU ARE LIVING OFF SOULS, MY SOUL, YOU SOUL-STEALER! IF YOU ARE GOING TO HELL, GO ALONE!" As soon as she finished her rash statement, she regretted it. Inuyasha literally flew towards her and gave a harsh slap across her face. "Keep your filthy mouth shut, wench. Kikyo being resurrected was a punishment itself. You think she wanted to get a second chance at life as an empty shell?" Inuyasha... slapped me? Kagome opened her mouth to retort, but words died as soon as they got on to the tip of her tongue. Inuyasha smirked. "Nothing to say eh, wench?" Kagome was terribly insulted and hurt at his term. "You... NEVER call me a wench!" If there was anything she could not tolerate, it was the calling of names.
"SIT!" Without warning, Inuyasha slammed face-first into the ground. "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" Kagome screeched at the top of her lungs. He repeatedly kissed the dirt as Kagome continued her 'verbal assault'. As soon as she got her anger vented out, she stopped. Kikyo immediately ran to his side and helped him up. His face, blackened with dirt, had a scowl plastered on. "Whaddiya do that for?" he shouted, rather unsuccessfully with the soil in his mouth. He got onto his feet and told Kikyo, "One more thing to look forward to. You will help me take this subjugation necklace off when you regain your miko abilities, won't you?" Kikyo nodded sweetly, that is, if a face without emotions can be sweet. Looking at the scene before her, she was caught between disgust, hatred, anger and hurt.
"I HATE YOU INUYASHA. AND YOU TOO, KIKYO. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE FUN IN HELL." She turned her back on both of them and stormed towards camp.
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Back at camp, the rest of the Inu-tachi were wondering where Inuyasha and Kagome was. "I hope Kagome didn't get hurt or anything," Sango mumbled under her breath as she slapped away another one of Miroku's groping hands. Miroku put on a dejected face and whined. "But I have GOT to see if that behind of yours is really as supple as it looks!" Sango glared at the lecherous monk. "I'm really worried, houshi-sama. Kagome and Inuyasha have been gone for so long. What if something happened to them?" Miroku sighed and ran his hand through his hair.
Inuyasha very quietly left the camp a few hours before. Being as observant as he was, he roughly knew what he was up to. Again. And Kagome had probably gone off to find him... He really felt sorry for the poor girl. She definitely deserved a better person than Inuyasha.
Shippo roused from his slumber the instant he heard Kagome's name. The kitsune looked around camp and noticed Kagome's absence. He rubbed his bleary eyes and asked, "Where is Kagome?" Sango and Miroku shrugged their shoulders. "I think they would be coming back soon." They? Oh! He finally realised that Inuyasha was not around too. Like I care about him...
Miroku decided to keep this piece of information to himself. God knows what Sango would do if she found out that Inuyasha was betraying Kagome. Visions of her swinging her hiraikotsu around madly filled his head. When that happens, he would probably fear for Inuyasha's life more than hers. When she was angry, half-demons were like harmless puppies compared to her. "Don't worry, Sango. Kagome is more than capable of defending herself. Remember those lessons she took from Kaede last month?" Sango nodded, feeling relieved. Kagome had learnt to channel her miko energy outside her body, allowing her to attack without her bow and arrows.
A few feet away from camp, a black cloud was visible. Oh shit. She saw them. Miroku braced himself for Kagome's fury. True to his words, a very pissed Kagome was stomping her way to camp. It was the devil himself! Or herself, in this case. Kagome opened her mouth and started her 'rant'.
"To think I trusted that idiotic hanyou! And Kikyo! He actually believed Kikyo! Go to hell with her!" She threw up her arms for effect. "Who would do that?! I mean, that's just plain stupid. Who would, if they truly love you, want to drag to HELL with them?! Is that love? That's..that's... ARGHHH!!!" She flung herself onto the ground.
Now for the waterworks. Anytime now... the monk started a mental countdown. Three...two...one. "WAHHHHH!!!" Kagome broke down and cried. Sango and Shippo ran to the wailing miko, trying to comfort her. "He's a jerk; he really is! I mean, he knows I would walk through hell and back if it meant saving him! I just feel... cheated! Three years! Three years of loving that bastard!" Tears were produced anew as she said that.
"Hush, hush! Kagome, shhhh... Inuyasha is a jerk! Tears shouldn't be wasted on him!" Sango tried frantically to calm her friend down; she roughly guessed what had happened, while Shippo lent her his tail as a handkerchief. Sort of. Kagome took his furry tail and bawled into it, soaking it with salt water. "He... he... after everything I've done..." Sango patted Kagome's back and rubbed soothing circles. Miroku sighed. This is going to take some time...
After Kagome calmed down ( with some sacrifices made by Shippo – his tail got so soaked he needed to wring it dry ) she hugged her knees and sniffed. Sango was still by her side, comforting her whenever she may need it. She was tired now; it was now in the wee hours of the morning. Even the crickets were asleep. Kagome noticed her friend's eyelids fighting to stay open. Shippo had already given in to sleep a long time ago. Miroku, after persuading Sango to get some rest, was sleeping rather soundly next to Kirara. Funny how the neko had managed to stay in dreamland, when it supposedly had sensitive hearing.
"Sango," Kagome said softly. The demon slayer looked at her, worry on her face. "Are you alright?" She nodded. "Get some rest, I'm fine now. Thanks for earlier." Sango shook her head.
"No. Not until you sleep that is."
"Sango, I'm really okay. You should-" Sango cut her off.
"Sleep!" Looking at her determined face, Kagome decided that Sango was pretty serious this time. "Okay... but you promise to sleep if I sleep?" Sango merely glared back at her with her heavy-lidded eyes. Kagome heaved a sigh and settled down on the soft patch of grass, faking a yawn as she did so. She lay on her side, face away from the taijiya, before producing weird, strangled sounds that probably sounded like snores to Sango. She must be dead tired for her to fall asleep so quickly... I guess it's time to keep up my end of the bargain!
Sango more-than-willingly complied to that. She plopped down beside the supposedly sleeping miko and sighed happily. Dreamland, here I come! As soon as her eyelids drew shut, her mouth slackened and she started emitting snores, a sign that she was in a land of fluffy clouds and candy. Or Mirokus and hiraikotsus and slapping noises as a background music.
Kagome, hearing that her friend was asleep, rose from her position and sat up. She glanced at Sango and thanked her silently. The demon slayer was her closest friend and also, in a way, her sister.
She thought about the times Inuyasha had caused her heart to break; Sango had been the one to apply soothing balms to her emotional wounds. She always had a listening ear and Kagome had taken advantage of that; she poured out her woes to Sango. Oddly enough, she actually listened to her, and even gave her own comments, which, on more than one occasion, made her feel much better.
Her thought's took a less pleasant plunge, and she started thinking about what happened today. "You know that Kagome was never your replacement. She is just a shard detector," Inuyasha had said to Kikyo. Just a shard detector? That wasn't what he had been telling her for the past three years she had been travelling with him. If only she didn't follow Inuyasha this time. That would have saved her a lot of tears and another heartbreak.
She had seen Inuyasha get up into a sitting position and glancing at the sleeping group, making sure no one saw him leave. Seems like you didn't check thoroughly enough. Kagome thought grimly. After checking, he leapt into the forest. Kagome already suspected that he had gone to see Kikyo; after all, wasn't this a rather common 'practice'? Making as little noise as possible, she, too, got up, masked her aura and followed Inuyasha's familiar one.
As expected, he got into a clearing. Kikyo's soul collectors hovered around the borders, lingering around since they apparently were not required to collect souls. Yet. Kagome then decided to stick around and see what they would do. She actually hoped that Inuyasha had came to break up with her. No, she wasn't jealous of the undead miko, but she was afraid that Inuyasha would be tricked into going to hell with her. She always felt that Kikyo had a heart filled with vengeance and hatred; that was definitely NOT a heart that could love. Of course, Inuyasha had not wanted to break up with Kikyo. Leading to another round of hurt. Which eventually lead to Inuyasha hitting her and calling her names.
Damn. The tears are coming back. Very unfortunately, Inuyasha chose this time to return to camp. Kagome furiously rubbed her tears and glared at him with reddish eyes. Inuyasha spared her no more than a glance before sitting down and closing his eyes.
Kagome looked at him in disbelief. After all that just now, he has nothing to say? Nothing? No apologies? She felt tears begin to well up again. "Shit..." she muttered as she tried to remove the evidence of her hurt at Inuyasha's actions.
That IDIOTIC wench...she made Kikyo get upset! Kikyo had left immediately after helping him get up. Well, not really immediately…
Flashback-
"I HATE YOU INUYASHA. AND YOU TOO,KIKYO. I HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE FUN IN HELL." Kagome then turned and stormed away. Inuyasha looked at Kikyo; her eyes had became emotionless pits of murky brown. He reached for Kikyo's face, hoping to comfort her with a caress. She slapped his hand away and bit out, "I will never accept you in your hanyou form. And you tell that miko of yours to stay out of our business. That is, if you want to have a future with me, not my reincarnation." She hissed the last part out menacingly. She called forth her soul collectors and left, leaving Inuyasha with a final sentence, "I despise her."
A shocked Inuyasha stood very still in that spot, processing what Kikyo just said. Never accept you... despise Kagome... Rusty gears whirred in his head, trying to make sense of those words. Of course, being the foolish hanyou he was, he came to a stupid conclusion. Kagome is causing Kikyo to hate me! That cursed onna…
Present-
In the midst of his 'problem solving', Kagome had went beside him and pulled on one of his dog ears. Putting her mouth beside it, she hollered, "Nothing to say?! At least say you're sorry!" Inuyasha flinched away from the loud sound and growled at her. "What was that for, wench?"
Again! He said it again! "I told you to NOT call me a wench!" she screeched. Inuyasha snarled.
"I'm your alpha and I will do as I like." Again with the alpha thing. She hated being dominated.
"You are NOT my alpha and therefore, YOU CANNOT DO WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE DOING!"
Inuyasha was taken aback by her sudden intensity and was at a loss for words. He blurted out whatever came to his mind, praying that it would be enough to let her back down.
"WHY?!" Kagome felt tears of anger forming. (Her tear-ducts were quite efficient) "What, I ask you, have! I! Done?!"
"KIKYO HATES ME BECAUSE YOU CAUSED HER TO!"
"And how did I do that?!" Shit… why didn't I think of that? Inuyasha just glared fiercely at her, but when Kagome was in 'that mood', glaring competitions were useless. Faced with her signature don't-mess-with-me-or-I-will-beat-the-shit-out-of-you look, Inuyasha didn't really last long. He turned his back on her with his arms crossed and 'hmph'-ed. Two seconds later, he smelled the salty scent of tears in the air. Crying…again. Weak.
"Stop crying! It's irritating and gets on my nerves." Kagome's widened as she heard him say that. She spat back at him, "Well, sorry that you find it such!" She got up, placed herself as far as possible away from Inuyasha and settled down. Her shaky breaths slowly, gradually got steadier as she cried herself asleep.
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"Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru!" An annoying, high-pitched voice hurt his sensitive ears. He stopped in his tracks and Jaken, not able to react quickly enough, bumped into him. Apparently the bump caused him to become a little muddled. "Uhh... Rin... uhh... Jaken...removed...gone..."the imp continued stuttering incoherent nonsense. The Dai's ears picked up the two very important words. He held Jaken up by his neck and bit out in his icy tone.
"You will tell this Sesshomaru what happened to Rin." Upon hearing his lord's voice, he was jolted back into his head and started to babble at an amazing speed.
"I was trying to get rid of her," Sesshomaru narrowed his amber orbs at that. "since she was not only stopping you in your quest for power, but also highly irritating! She was sure fast for a ningen child. She climbed up one of the walls and escaped."
"And you did not follow her?" he was glaring daggers at Jaken. He swallowed a lump in his throat before shaking his head.
"But I helped to remove one of your weaknesses! Rin being here was a wea-" Sesshomaru silenced him with a cold look before dropping him on the floor and saying, "This Sesshomaru does not have weaknesses. Be thankful that this Sesshomaru did not decide to end your miserable life."
Jaken stared at his lord, wide-eyed with shock. Didn't he just did his lord a great favour? Maybe... Milord as other uses for her... yes, that must be it. Milord knows the best. After reassuring himself, he scurried back on his feet, eager to follow his lord. Where- Jaken checked his surroundings. His lord had left without him!
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Rin was running blindly through the woods. Jaken will find me and kill me for sure! The seven year-old accidentally tripped over a log lying on a pile of dead leaves. "Oww..." She checked her knee for any injuries. To her dismay, there was a small cut on her knee. A small trail of blood was oozing out of the wound. Rin contemplated about going back to the castle, but thoughts of Jaken prevented her from returning. After all, Sesshomaru-sama will find Rin... I hope.
Dawn was approaching and birds seemed to flock around Rin. She giggled happily as she played with the birds, temporarily forgetting her situation. She chased the birds for a good one hour, before they decided to leave in search of food. Rin sighed and sat down on the forest floor. Then, a question popped into her mind. Where is Rin?
A pair of small, beady eyes watched the little girl from behind some bushes as she cocked her head innocently to one side. The youkai immediately recognised her as the InuDaiyoukai's ward. How much would the icy lord give to have his little girl back?
A/N: So how was it?
Kagome: I can't believe you made me cry that much.
Seshomaru: And why did this Sesshomaru only get one part in this chapter?
SWEETSx3: errrr... heh *sweat drops* look! a bunch of puppies! *points to the sky*
Kikyo: I do not hate Kagome... She is my friend...
SWEETSx3, Kagome: GAHH! Where did you come from?!
Kikyo: The sky. *SWEETSx3 nods*
SWEETSx3: Is that true, Kags?
Kagome: Err yea... We're best-buds.
*everyone except sesshy screams*
Kikyo: So I demand that you change my personality! Or I will steal your soul.
SWEETSx3: You wouldn't!
*Soul collectors hovering nearby*
SWEETSx3: *shakes voilently* err... hey! Tell you what, there's this hanyou over there.*points to temple*
Kags, Kikyo and Sess: GET HIM!!!
SWEETSx3: phew! so until then... please review! *ooo. green. so preeeetty*