Disclaimer: If you think I own Inuyasha, you are like love. Flattering, but very, very stupid.
I swore to protect you.
I promised you, Kagome, that no one would hurt you.
Inuyasha stared at the river's rushing water. Between the ripples where
his rams disappeared beneath the water, he could see the reflection of
his face. His amber eyes, which were colder now than they had been,
only a year ago. A lot had happened. Most of the innocence was gone,
replaced with a world weariness which would never leave the hanyou's
heart.
I promised I would never let you be hurt.
Can't you see that he can't promise the same thing?
That he won't?
Can't you see that he will only hurt you?
In his reflection, the purple stripes that had been slowly darkening for weeks reached their full color.
Can't you see?
His reflection was shattered by a hand, breaking the surface, weakly
pushing at him. He didn't yeild at all. The pressure faded, disappeared.
"INUYASHA!"
The hanyou was pushed into the water by the older youkai. He looked back at Koga, pulling Kagome out of the water.
She looked more beautiful there than he had ever seen her, the water
trailing in shining diamonds off her hair, her chin tilted back,
lifeless eyes staring at the sky. Koga held her in his arms, where she
had chosen to be.
I can't protect you when you flee to there.
Koga carried her slowly to the bank, laying her on the soft grass. He
shook her shoulder gently. Inuyasha's ears were able to pick up
whispered words, meant for no one but Koga's beloved.
"Kagome… wake up… he can't have hurt you…please, Kagome, wake up. Wake UP!"
The last word was shouted, not that it made any difference. The youkai turned to Inuyasha, Kagome's killer.
"You! Why would you? How could you?"
But Inuyasha was gone, disappeared into the forest. Koga did not go
after him, choosing to stay by Kagome's side. Choosing to hope.
Inuyasha jumped from one tree to the next, his red kimono clashing with
the soft blue of the sky. His eyes filled with tears, tears for Kagome,
tears for himself.
I swore to protect you.
I did my best, Kagome.
No one will hurt you ever again.
No one can hurt you now.
The tears slowed, stopped, and within minutes the red eyes that surveyed the ground were dry.
Yay for one shots. See, that took me about four minutes and I feel much better.
I havn't returned to my natural angst niche, and am starting to act
angsty in real life. (That is the purpose of my writing, to assure I
show no emotion in real life.)
Thanks for reading
melissa