It Could Never Be
By: Martinii
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha.
There was a point in time where she was madly in love with him, a point in time where her world was where he was. Before, when they were together, she was happy, so blissfully happy with him. Her family hated him, for in their eyes he was unworthy to love her. She came from a strong Chinese background, but broke traditions and loved someone not of her race. To love someone from a different race, and give them your purity, was taboo in her family's eyes. She feared abandonment from her family, but still stood up for her love. She would stand to the head of her family and defend him with every part of her being.
They met at her workplace, she was the assistant manager and he was just a sales associate. He had just been hired by the general manger and never had a chance to meet him before his first day. However, when she walked in and made eye contact with him, it was love at first sight. She was never to be the one to believe in such nonsense, until the day she had met him. They flirted; she giggled but never made a move, her co-workers laughed at her antics, for she was never the type to be shy around any man.
When they finally started to date, she was in paradise, and he could do no wrong. He called her, told her he loved her, told her he couldn't be away from her for a moment, made promises of marriage, and to take her away from all the pain. He promised travel and he would always take of her, and he did…at first. Slowly, they started to fight but she gave in no matter how right she felt, because she loved him. Then one day, he broke it off, and she cried for hours not knowing what else to do. He called her the next day telling her how sorry he was, that he made a mistake, how much he loved her, and without a second thought she took him back
They fought, not very often, but when they did, he was always right and she had gotten used to that. Her family told her to be careful and how he was bad news for her, but she ignored the warnings, and just kept loving him with everything she had. She would call in to work when he wanted her to, took care of him when he was sick but never asked the same from him. She would please him every way he wanted but he never went out of his way for her as she did for him. It never bothered her and he knew that, he took advantage of it, and she knew it well. He would tell her to do something and she would follow obediently and in return, he would show her love back.
Then one day they fought over his brother and his brother's girlfriend while they were drinking with friends. You see, his brother's girlfriend, Kikyo, had left or only an hour and she was already calling Inu Yasha to know where he was, leading them to an argument. When he stopped answering his phone, she resorted to calling Sesshomaru, who, as everyone knew, had a great distaste for the woman and refused to answer her calls. She then started to call Kagome, who she had gotten very close with, much to Sesshomaru dislike. Kagome answered, not liking being in the middle, she gave the phone to Inu Yasha. That's when he started to get mad at her.
"Why are you giving him the phone?" he yelled at her in front of everyone. The room got silent and everyone stared at the couple. "Why would even answer the phone?" he yelled again at her.
"I didn't know what she wanted." Kagome whispered softly as Inu Yasha slowly handed back her phone. Sesshomaru gruffed and turned to sit on the other side of the room.
Inu Yasha slowly approached Kagome, "hey, sorry about this, I didn't mean to get you two fighting."
She gave him a sad smile, "it's ok, don't worry about it." Kagome tried to approach Sesshomaru but before she could reach him, her cell phone rang again. When she looked at the display screen it read 'unknown caller', so think it was someone else she answered. Realizing who it was, Kagome tried hard to say no to the crying Kikyo on the other line but having her heart, she handed the phone back to Inu Yasha.
Sesshomaru stood up and walked away from the group of people. Kagome fallowed him into the other room where he turned to face her, eyes showing pure anger. "Are you fucking stupid?" he yelled at her harshly.
Kagome could feel her heart get tight and her breathing harder, she was so mad but hurt at the same time. "What would you expect me do, I didn't know who it was?" she snapped back.
He looked at her, "you could have said no or hung up or just not have given him the phone!" She fidgeted with her hands and walked back to sit with everyone else.
"Calm down man, she's just trying to be nice." Miruko, a close friend of theirs, tried to defend Kagome.
"No, everyone is thinking but I'm the only one who has the guts to say anything about her." Sesshomaru replied stubbornly. He then looked at Inu Yasha, "we're taking her home."
Kagome snapped her neck to look at him, hurt filled her eyes. Noticing Miruko looked at Sesshomaru, "why does she have to go home so early?"
Sesshomaru glared at him, "because I said so." He slowly got up and got his stuff ready.
Kagome looked at Inu Yasha, "can you unlock your car please?" Inu Yasha looked at her, pity in his eyes, and just nodded. Kagome stepped out of the apartment and proceeded to run down the stairs and into the passenger seat of Inu Yasha's car.
She, Inu Yasha, Miruko, and Sesshomaru sat in an awkward silence, feeling the tension between the fighting couple. "I have to fill up my tank," Inu Yasha announced to everyone in the car, then looked at Kagome, "can you come in with me, just incase I don't have enough?" Kagome nodded, stepped out of the car and followed Inu Yasha into the store. He then turned to look at her, "give your phone and let me talk to Kikyo." Kagome just nodded and handed him her cell phone. "Kikyo, you have to stop calling me, you got Kagome and Inu Yasha into a fight because of us," Inu Yasha explained sternly to her, "I'm going to be with Miruko and Kagome all night." Kagome could hear a sigh of defeat come from Kikyo through the phone.
When they got back on the road, Kagome turned to look at Inu Yasha, "can I go home last?" Inu Yasha gave her a side-glance and nodded understanding. When the got to Sesshomaru's house, he stepped out the car and said nothing to her.
Miruko was shocked, "not even a good bye to you."
Kagome just shrugged, "he's a really mad at me, you know." She looked ay him as he entered his house, not even glancing back at her.
Inu Yasha piped up, "you don't have to go home if you don't want to." Kagome looked at him in shock, "you're our friend and right now you need us."
Kagome nodded and gave him a small smile, "thank you." He nodded as they headed back to the apartment.
They relaxed and talked for a couple of hours, then Inu Yasha pulled out his phone and dialed his brother's number. Putting it on speaker everyone sat quietly and waited for an answer, "hello?" they heard Sesshomaru voice come from the little device.
"Hey Sesshomaru, you want to come back out?" Inu Yasha asked casually, while across from him Kagome freaked out silently. They heard Sesshomaru sigh and say he was too tired to come back out. "So what's the deal with you and Kagome?" He asked casually again, "she was really upset bro."
Sesshomaru grew silent, "is she still with you?" he asked somewhat irritated. Inu Yasha replied no, saying how she just wanted to go home. Sesshomaru sighed again "We're juts not going to work out." Kagome gasp quietly as tears started to fall from her eyes. Miruko looked at her in pity and hugged her shoulders. "Ok, well I'm going back to bed, night." Sesshomaru hung up.
She could feel her world slowly starting to crumble; everything she knew was starting to leave her. "I should go home." Miruko said trying to get out of the mess.
When they dropped Miruko home, Inu Yasha looked at Kagome, who now looked dead. "You can stay with me tonight if you want," before she could say no Inu Yasha cut in, "you're like my sister now ok?" Kagome nodded, both, in understanding and agreement.
They drove all night, and Kagome just sat in the passenger seat and cried her heart out. Inu Yasha did the best to comfort her as best as he could while driving, but he knew that she was in so much pain. "You know by tomorrow this will be all over, it's just the alcohol talking, ok?" he tried to comfort her, "he loves you more then you know." Kagome nodded signaling that she heard but she kept on crying and he let her get it out of her system.
