Disclaimer- Rumiko Takahashi is the writer of Inuyasha
I am just a fan writing a fictional story of it. Please don't sue
Please note that this fic does not follow the story line.
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Cherishing You
Inuyasha ran through the woods in front of the castle, his mind racing. He and Kikyou had just been together and Kagome was a witness to their passionate love. He couldn't believe that he had been so foolish to fall into her arms again. Even worst, Kagome saw everything. He ran in search of her, he knew if he could just find her and talk to her, he could convince her to come back. He had to try to get her back, he needed her and he knew it. Kikyou had fled right after they were together and it wasn't until then he realized his mistake. He still wasn't sure what he felt for Kagome, but he knew he couldn't lose her now.
Kagome ran as fast as she could, tears streaming down her face. She couldn't believe what she had just seen. 'Inuyasha was with her again' she thought leaning against a tree trunk. The images of them together replayed in her mind, over and over. She sighed and wiped her tears.
"It's not like I care…" She said aloud to herself. "I knew from the beginning he loved her… I knew he would never look at me the way he looks at her… he would never love me in that way…" She sighed and looked at the moon. "It's not like I care anyway." She said once more.
"Who are you trying to convince?" He said from the shadows slowly walking towards her.
"What?" Kagome looked at him. "What do you care… it's none of your business. I have to go." She said walking back slowly. He smirked as he watched her legs quiver with each step she took backwards.
"I could care less… you on the other hand… care too much." He stated walking towards her.
"Stay back…" She yelled not sure what she would use to defend herself. "Don't come any closer! I'm warning you!" She yelled picking up a piece of wood that was in front of her and shaking it at him.
"You wench… you dare threaten me…" He growled as he flashed stepped towards her, before she could even do anything he was already holding her up by the neck.
"Go ahead and kill me! What's the point of living…?" She gasped for air. "…If the one you love, only has eyes for someone else." She said as tears fell from her eyes.
"Pathetic… even now that's all you can think of… you are not even worth killing." He snarled throwing her side. She fell onto the ground with a light thud. "You humans… that's the reason why you are all weak… you let yourself be consumed by love and allow your heart and emotions to control you. Never would an Inu- yokai be so foolish and soft to let oneself be controlled by anything."
"You are consumed… by power…" She quickly responded slowly getting on her feet, not letting go of the bat shaped branch in her hand. "Your emotions do control you… you are quick to anger, is that not an emotion? You are quick to follow your heart just as anyone would… Isn't that the reason you search for a worthy opponent… because you want someone to test you, to show how powerful you are? Don't be fooled Sesshomaru… humans aren't the only ones with such foolishness… such weakness." Kagome said smiling expecting him to get mad. Her eyes widened shock evident in her facial expression as she watched Sesshomaru smirk. It was something she had never seen him do, which scared her a bit.
"Well are you not the clever one." He sated walking up to her. "Put that away before you hurt yourself. If I were going to kill you… you would be dead by now." He said walking past her. "Go home… that mutt doesn't need you anymore." He said walking towards the castle.
Kagome fell to her knees. She was at a loss, she looked back to see if he was still there, but he was gone. Sesshomaru manage to make her feel worst then what had she had before. 'Maybe he's right… to love another… is it wrong?' She thought getting back on her feet.
"Kagome wait up!" Inuyasha called from behind her. "I'm sorry… I don't know what got into me Kagome. Please forgive me." He said grabbing her and pulling her into his arms.
"Let go of me. Inuyasha we can never be…" Kagome said pulling always from him, Sesshomaru's words ringing in her ears.
"You love her… you have no need for me. Just… forget about me." Kagome said running away from him.
"Kagome… don't go… I do need you!" Inuyasha yelled running after her.
She stopped, turned and looked at him, "Why?"
"I…" Inuyasha was stumped; he had no answer for her.
"Just like I thought… there's your answer Inuyasha. You don't need me… if you did you would know why." Kagome said walking away slowly. Inuyasha watched as Kagome made her way to the gate and walked out the door without turning back. He slowly walked back inside, Sesshomaru stood watching him.
"What do you want? You gonna tell me something… or you just gonna stand there and watch me?" Inuyasha asked walking up to him.
Sesshomaru pushed him into the wall, his arm across Inuyasha's throat. "You have no shame. Moments ago you were with that Trollop, she saw you and you want her to forgive you. I thought you had some pride… never regret what or who you do Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said releasing him as one of the maids walked into the room.
"My Lord Sesshomaru, sorry to interrupt, you have a phone call." She said bowing towards him.
"Who's calling you this late?" Inuyasha asked in curiosity.
"I'm sorry sir, she wouldn't say…" Sesshomaru walked to his office and picked up the line.
"This better be good, for you to be calling this late." He said to the woman on the line.
"I just wanted to thank you…" She said hanging up the phone. Sesshomaru growled he did not like being hung up on. He redialed the number, but the phone just rang and rang. 'Could it have been?' he thought walking to his room.
"Who was it Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked poking his head out of his room. "…Your girlfriend." Inuyasha laughed, thinking 'yeah right, what girl.'
Sesshomaru knew that tone and hated that Inuyasha always took that tone with him when it came to women.
"No…" Sesshomaru said as he turned the corner,"Yours." Inuyasha jaw hit the floor; his smile left his face quick and ran to the end of the hall to yell his head off at his brother, but Sesshomaru was already gone.
"Damn bastard… thinks he got the last laugh does he…" Inuyasha muttered to himself making his way back to his room. "I'll show him…
tomorrow; Kagome will be back at my side." Inuyasha said as he lay on his bed.
She hung up the phone, she knew he would call back, but she wouldn't answer. She had managed to get home rather quickly thanks to Sesshomaru, who told Jaken to take her.
"Why did he even bother calling Jaken? That was… nice of him. It's not like him to be nice…" Kagome thought as she took a shower.
She walked over to the pile of picture, love notes, and gifts Inuyasha had given her in the past year they had been together. Her eyes began to water and she pushed the pile, causing a picture to fall to the ground. She looked down and picked it up. It was a picture her and Inuyasha from when they went to the beach with Sango and Miroku. She stared hard at the picture, looking into Inuyasha eyes, and wondering how she missed it. The sparkles he once held in his eyes were now gone. They seemed empty, lonely, longing… for something more. Something she couldn't give him, something that only Kikyou could. What they had was just something to pass the time, and now the time for playing games and passing the time was over. She couldn't do it anymore; no she wouldn't. She wouldn't be the girl on the side that he had to pass the time until his love came back from wherever the hell she was or would go. She wouldn't be his lover any longer.
The Next Morning
"Ohhh… Kagome I'm sorry…" Sango said placing her arm around her friend. "He's such a jerk! I'm going to go beat him up." Sango said shaking her fists towards the direction of Inuyasha house.
"Sango…" Kagome giggled. "Don't he's not worth it." She said with a small smile. Sango knew her friend was hurting, that smile she gave her was weak, fake, but she just smiled back, she knew she shouldn't push the conversation.
They sat for a while, in silence, Sango just didn't know what to say. Just as she was about to speak, a black limo pulled up. They both knew who it was. Sango looked at Kagome, her eyes began to water, but she held strong and the seriousness in her face surpassed her teary eyes.
Inuyasha stepped out of the limo; he was wearing black baggy jean, and a navy blue t- shirt. He looked at Kagome and smiled as he took off his shades.
"Kagome…" He started, "We have to talk about this…" He said making his way to her side. "I do need you… why? It's because I love you." He said kissing the palm of her hand.
Kagome shot him glaring eyes making him move back.
"She doesn't want to talk to you Inuyasha. Just leave her alone." Sango said standing up for her friend.
"Sango, butt out. This isn't any of your business." Inuyasha growled at her.
"Shut up, Inuyasha. Don't bother wasting your breath; we're done… so leave." Kagome said getting up and walking down the steps of the shrine.
"Kagome… is this how it ends? You just gonna walk away? After everything we've been through together… that's it?" Inuyasha said walking after her and pulling her by the wrist as she reached the bottom.
"Let go of me! You should have thought about that before you saw her again. You call yourself a man? Oh no that's right; you're only half a man… not even true to yourself. You're pathetic…" Kagome said pulling away from him. Inuyasha without thinking struck her, knocking her to the ground. Sango was in shock, she never thought Inuyasha would hit Kagome.
Inuyasha stepped back, "Kagome… I'm sorry… I"
"Get away from me." Kagome said trying to get back up. She was more surprised than Sango.
"Kagome… I" Inuyasha tried to help her.
"Don't touch her!" Sango yelled punching Inuyasha, catching him of guard. It didn't even faze him, he just watched as Kagome sat up and placed her hand on her lip, it was bleeding and her cheek was swelling up.
"You know what's funny…" Kagome said as she spit out blood and looked up at him, "I never thought you would hit me… guess I know better now." Kagome said getting back on her feet. Inuyasha turned and ran. Myoga followed him in the limo trying to get him to get inside.
"Kagome, let's get you inside." Sango said grabbing her hand as Kagome started to wobble.
"He hit me pretty hard…" Kagome said as she passed out. Sango caught her in time before she hit the ground. Sango called Miroku and off they went to the hospital.
"Is she going to be okay?" Sango asked the doctor.
"She should be fine, but we will have to keep her overnight for observation. She took a pretty good blow to the face; it's hard to believe it was her ex that did this… I'll give her some information on a group that helps battered women. She should be fine, she just needs to rest." The doctor said walking into the next room.
"Kagome… thank goodness you're awake." Miroku was sitting next to her.
"Why am I in the hospital?" Kagome asked grabbing her cheek. "Oh… yeah now I remember."
"He hit you with a lot of force; he could have broken your jaw. Luckily he didn't. The doctor said you will be okay, just have to keep an eye on you." Sango said walking over to them.
"How long… have I been out?" Kagome asked looking out the window, the sun was already setting.
"A few hours…" Miroku said looking at the clock.
"You guys better get home… I'll be okay." Kagome said sitting up.
"You sure you'll be okay?" Sango asked, it was almost 9 and visiting hours were almost over.
"I'll be fine… quit worrying about me. Go, I already ruined your day; don't make me ruin your night too… I couldn't forgive myself if I made you guys stay with me. Now out you go!" Kagome said waving her hands at them.
"Fine… I'll be here in the morning to pick you up okay." Sango said hugging her.
"Yeah… that sounds good." Kagome watched as they walked out of the room.
"You hit her? Why did you?" Sesshomaru asked Inuyasha who turned to him for someone to listen. He wasn't expecting Sesshomaru, of all
people, to get angry. "Damn it! What's wrong with you? You should know better."
"You're the last person to be getting mad!" Inuyasha said pointing at him. "You hit people… including women all the time. So why get all bent out of shape?" Inuyasha growled angry that Sesshomaru didn't give him a good response.
"Fool… you never strike someone you love." Sesshomaru said walking away from him, leaving Inuyasha shocked. "That goes to show you, idiot, you never loved her."
"What?" Inuyasha asked himself sitting on the floor. 'Sesshomaru… is saying that? What the hell's going on?' Inuyasha sat there for hours, looking at the ceiling; he couldn't keep up with all his thoughts. The one person he knew would understand was Kikyou. He pulled out a picture from his pocket took one long glance at it and tore it in half as he ran out of his house.
The picture of him and Kagome fell slowly to the ground.
He picked up the picture and shook his head. 'You always deserved better than him. Then again, you never could see that…' He thought as he walked to his car.
She sat in her hospital bed, crying. She had been crying since the moment Sango and Miroku left. She couldn't help but feel depressed, she was in the hospital because of him, because he hit her, and all she could think of was how much she missed him.
"I am pathetic…" She said looking at the night's sky. "Sesshomaru was right." She shook her head and sighed. "He didn't even hurt me…" She stopped. "Not even the great Sesshomaru… he didn't even grab me hard when he was choking me. Now that I think of it… I could still breathe" She closed her eyes and something she didn't realize until now. "He had his other hand on my waist… He wasn't trying to kill me…" She thought as his words passed through her mind. 'If I were going to kill you… you would be dead by now.' She leaned her head against the pillows. "Why didn't you kill me?" She said aloud.
"What would be the fun in that?" He asked sitting on the window ledge.
"Sesshomaru what are…?" Kagome said quickly sitting up and looking at him, lightly blushing.
"You do realize you're not the only patient in this room right?" A voice came from the curtains. It was a little girl's voice. Kagome turned beet red when she came out and looked at her.
"Rin, why did you wait until now to inform the young lady that you are in here?" Sesshomaru asked walking over to her and picking her up placing her back on her bed, opening the curtain the rest of the way.
"She has been crying… I didn't want to bother her… but since you're here she doesn't have to cry anymore." Rin said looking over at Kagome.
"These are not hours to be visiting, Sesshomaru. What are you doing here?" Kagome asked not sure what this demon was doing in her hospital room and why this little girl knew him.
"Sesshomaru can't come see me during visiting hours because they won't let him. So he has to come after, you won't tell will you?" Rin sighed. "He's my only friend… my only family."
Kagome was taken aback. "What happen to your parents?" Kagome asked walking over to her, causing Rin to cry. Sesshomaru snarled at Kagome, making her step back.
"Why do you have to ask such question? Leave her alone… she does not need another person asking her about that! How about you go back to your bed and cry some more about that idiot. You need help, how about I tell you he doesn't even care he hurt you, and left to go see that whore again, there something new for you to cry about." Sesshomaru said walking in front of her making her step back until she was at her bed.
"Rin… this silly girl did not mean to bring those memories back… so don't cry okay." He said moving the child's hair out of her eyes.
"Okay… its okay lady…" Rin said smiling at her. Kagome sat on her bed and sighed.
"You can still play if you want… but you can't ask any question okay." Rin giggled looking at Sesshomaru who glanced at Kagome.
'Was I too hard on her?' He thought to himself when Kagome didn't move.
"Okay…" Kagome said after a few moments. "I'll play, I'm sorry… Rin, that's your name right." She said walking back to her bed.
"Yeah… Kagome right, I remember your friends said your name. Sesshomaru where's the board game?" Rin asked looking at him with a huge grin. "We got a new player."
"Take it easy on her Rin…" Sesshomaru said pulling out a game from the bag he was holding on to. Kagome and Rin play checkers for a few hours, Sesshomaru just watch and assisted Rin whenever needed.
"I'm just going to check on the patients in room 213 to make sure they're okay." Called a nursed from outside their door.
"I have to go. Behave Rin." He said making his way to the window.
"Okay, will I see you tomorrow night?" She asked watching him leave.
"No… you are being dismissed tomorrow. You will have a new family to take care of you. Good bye Rin." He said jumping out as the nurse walked in.
"Girls what are you doing up this late?" The nurse asked making Kagome go back to her bed.
"You both are being dismissed tomorrow, get some sleep or you're going to be tired." She said tucking Rin back in.
"Where is Rin going?" Kagome asked not even thinking.
"With a foster family… now dear, you have to get some rest too." The nurse said turning the lights back off and walking out of the room.
"Kagome… I want to go with Sesshomaru… why don't they let me?" Rin asked with a sigh. "He saved me… so why they do they think he is a bad person?"
'You really must not know who he is… or what. How ruthless and dangerous he really is… how many human's he has killed, how many he will.' Kagome thought looking out the window.
"It will be okay, Rin. I'm sure your new family will care for you and love you even more then what you think." Kagome said trying to convince her she will be okay.
"I hear them all the time. They always whisper, but I can hear the things they say about him… call him a demon, say he's evil, cold and heartless. It's not true you know." Rin started, she sat back up and looked at Kagome. "If he was 'evil', heartless, he would have left me there, to die. He saved me, comes and visits me to make sure I'm okay, plays games and listens to me. That is more then what any of them have done for me. You saw him Kagome, you know him. So tell me, is he an evil, cold, heartless demon?" Rin asked her, she needed Kagome's answer to be no.
"I… don't think so either." Kagome sighed within; she knew if she told her the truth it would break Rin's heart.
Rin smiled, "Good… thank you Kagome, I'm glad he has you. Good night." Kagome's eyes widen, 'Has me? What does she mean by that?' She looked at Rin; the little girl had already fallen asleep.
"Yeah… Good night." Kagome let out another sigh and slowly fell asleep.
"It's going to okay babe, I'm glad you finally made up your mind and have come with me. We will be happy here; no more trips back and forth to see each other." Kikyou said hugging Inuyasha.
"Yeah, I'm glad too."
"Forget about her, my love. She knew not what she had, but I do and I will never let you go."
Inuyasha smiled and kissed her, he went to Kikyou, and took his bags with him. The next morning he called home.
"Sesshomaru…" He started.
"You do not have to give me any explanation, Inuyasha. You have to be a man, and do what is best for you."
"Thanks, bro., tell her I said good bye, will ya."
The line went dead and Inuyasha laughed. "Jerk"
I hope you all enjoy this fic. I'll try to update soon. See you next time.
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