It would have been Sweet
By; Hany0u Kagome
Don't own Inuyasha; Rumiko Takahashi does.
It would have been sweet. We could have lived happily, Inuyasha, you and I. No one would have bothered us. I remember that cave you had, the one where you said we would live with our 'puppy,' as you so fondly called it. Whenever I was alone, without the protection of the villagers, you would be there. You wouldn't let me work at all. I could not bend over to retrieve those healing plants that I so desperately needed for the people; you did it for me, saying I was not to put myself at risk with our puppy. So protective.
Why did it go so wrong? Why did I have to care for that creature named Onigumo? Even now, 50 years in the future, I hate myself for doing what I did. Caring for him, pinning you to a tree. If I wasn't dead, I would have died, after shooting my arrow into your chest, Inuyasha. I would have killed myself, knowing only too well that I could not have lived without you.
I remember we had taken that little cave of yours, and fixed it to where it looked like a real home. That darkness in we lived together for less than a week, was the best week of my tragic life. How I regret everything that I did. Well, I guess I shouldn't dwell in the past. As you always say, beloved, 'The past can only bring us down.' How right you are.
"But sometimes the past is what keeps us alive!" you object. I smile, and softly touch your hot face with my cold hand. You close your eyes, and lean into my touch. "You are what keeps my alive, Kikyo," you whisper to softly, that I barely hear you. Sadly, I turn away from you.
"Only my memory keeps you alive, Inuyasha," I say. "My reincarnation keeps you alive, not me." I hear you gasp, and then wrap your arms around me. For several minutes we stay like that, and for several minutes, I truly feel alive again.
Alas, the moment was not to last forever.
That Kagome girl appears from behind a tree, and sees us. The look on her face is so tragic, even I feel sorry for her. A little. Swiftly, she turns and runs. We break apart, and you at first appear to go after her, to say her name, but all sound dies on your lips. You turn back to me.
"I'm ready," you say. At first, I don't know what you are talking about. Confusion appears on my face. Looking down, you continue, "I am ready to go to Hell with you, Kikyo." I chuckle.
"No, you are not, Inuyasha," I reply. Your head snaps up. "You shall never be ready, as long as you love Kagome." Sadness positively drips from my voice. A lump forms in my throat, and the lighting crackles. It always seems to be raining whenever you and I are together. You walk closer to me, until our chests are touching.
"I am ready, Kikyo," you mumble. "I am ready to be with you for all eternity, my Kikyo."
THE END