She was leaving.
I watched her eyes, desperately searching for some sign that she was just kidding. That she didn't mean it. That she was really going to come back to me.
I didn't see what I was looking for.
"Kagome, you have to be joking. You can't just leave like this."
She gave me a sad smile. It broke my heart. "I'm sorry. I just can't be what you really need."
I reached out and grabbed her hand. I didn't want to let her go. Her hands were so soft and warm. I could smell her unique scent of female sweat and exotic soaps that she loved to use so much.
I closed my eyes against that telltale burning in the corners. Hell if I could cry in front of her!
I heard her shift restlessly. While my eyes were closed I was able to concentrate on the smells and noises in the area. The small clearing we were in was quiet except for the rustling of branches overhead. The grass was soft beneath my feet. Birds chirped cheerfully, but they could not sooth the turmoil in my heart.
I tried to pull Kagome closer to me. I wanted to hold her and not let go. I wanted to force her to see what she was doing to me with this talk of leaving me. As I tried, she gently detangled her fingers from mine. Pushing my hands back down to my side, I heard her sigh again. "Its better this way. You and I are far too different. I can't be what you really need. Please understand."
Please understand? Please understand?How was I suppose to understand the woman I loved simply walking out on me, ripping my heart out along with her? How was I to understand all of my plans falling to pieces in my fingers? I opened my eyes again.
"I… Kagome. I can't understand. You-you're leaving me. Us. Why? Do you hate me that much?"
"I don't hate you, silly." Her eyes were kind and almost pitying. I looked, but saw no trace of anything deeper than the caring regard for a friend. I think it was that moment that I knew that my pleas would fall on deaf ears.
"I'm stronger than you. I can make you stay," I said dully, not really putting any force behind the words.
"If you care for me as much as I think you do, then I know you don't mean that." She turned with a smile on her face. It was a bittersweet smile. A smile full of my broken hopes. "We both know that there is someone else for you. We both know who she is. And I bet you that even I could find her, human as I am. I think you should go to her."
She angled towards me one more time, this time to give me a light peck on the cheek. I suppose that was all that I was going to get. "I care for you, truly. You are one of my dearest friends, and I will do anything for you. But we both know that you don't love me, even if you might not realize that yet. In time, you will. I promise."
She sighed, glancing away from me and looking to the tree line. "I have to go now. I promise, it is for the best."
For the best. Right.
I watched her walk away. Even though I was drowning in my own feelings, I couldn't help but notice a musky scent in the air. Immediately, my hackles rose.
Him. I glared into the shadows of the trees as Kagome reached the darkness. I saw a splash of red and silver against the tree trunks. He held my gaze steadily as Kagome walked to him, as if to convey something important. Strangely enough, it wasn't the smirking, overconfident look I expected. It was…. Strange.
The look on Inuyasha's face as he turned to follow her from the clearing was one of painful understanding.
OOOOO
Well, that was try number two at an Inuyasha fic. I know its short, but its one of those moments where you swear you could see a light bulb go off in the dim room that is your skull.
If you couldn't guess, the fic was done in Koga's point of view. Now, I'm really curious. Did I fool anyone into thinking it was Inuyasha at first?
