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Learn to be Lonely

Torne

Child of the wilderness
Born into emptiness

Inu yasha sat up in a tall oak tree, the moon was full and gleaming. The wind blew through the trees branches making the leaves chime together. Nights like this, though beautiful beyond compare, were the most painful. Nights like these when all was silent save for the winds gentle caresses of the earth, Inu yasha was left alone, with nothing but his thoughts and memories.

Learn to be lonely
Learn to find your way in darkness

He watched in silence as the long grass rolled in great waves, it was like looking out into an endless sea broken only by the faint glow of the embers that lay slowly suffocating. Kagome lay beside Sango and Kirara sleeping peacefully. Her skin was a creamy white, the moon's light only seemed to enhance her already beautiful features. Her dark hair cascaded over her cheek and spilled onto the ground. How he longed to feel her warm skin beneath his finger tips, but it couldn't be, she was forever out of his reach. Her lips ever so soft and pink parted just so slightly, many nights he had envisioned himself kissing those lips. Fate had been so cruel.

Who will be there for you
Comfort and care for you

No matter how much he cared for her, she would never be his. She didn't belong here and he could never ask her to give up her home and family for him. Even if she did forsake everything for him, he would not submit her to the pains of being mate to a demon, even if he was half human as well. None of that mattered to humans or demons alike, they would pursue them and seek to kill them both, just as they had Inu yasha's mother. No he simply couldn't. Even if he were to go to her world to live, he would never truly belong there. It was better for him to keep his distance and push her away, than to risk hurting her worse in the long run.

Learn to be lonely
Learn to be your one companion

Kagome's face began to contort into fear and anger. Her mutterings were unclear but one thing he was sure of was that she was in an argument with someone.

"In yasha….sit…."

Inu yasha's falling form shattered nature's tranquility. He silently cursed the beads around his neck. None of his friends stirred, perhaps they were so accustomed to his 'sits' that they could now sleep through them with ease. Once the spell had worn off Inu yasha sat up. Kagome's face looked so sad, how he wanted to wake her up and comfort her.

Ever dreamed out in the world
There are arms to hold you?

Inu yasha could bear it no longer, even if it was just a dream, he couldn't bear to see Kagome so upset. He reached out his clawed hand and stroked her cheek softly. She seemed to calm down a bit. He knew he should stop but he couldn't seem to pull back. Kagome began to smile. Inu yasha blushed, he used his claw to pull her raven locks from her face, he tucked them behind her ear and smiled.

You've always known
Your heart was on its own

Kagome began to whisper in her sleep, though her words were soft and timid Inu yasha could hear them clearly.

"Inu yasha…..Inu yasha…."

She was dreaming about him. He wondered if it was he, whom in her dreams, had caused her to be so afraid.

"Just as well…" Inu yasha finally pulled back his hand.

So laugh in your loneliness
Child of the wilderness

"Inu yasha…please don't leave me…"

For a moment he feared she was awake, but the sight of her even breathing assured him that she was still in a very deep sleep.

"I'm not going anywhere Kagome…"

Learn to be lonely
Learn how to love life that is lived alone

"Inu yasha…I love you…"

Inu yasha was taken back. He sighed and did the only thing he could think to do. He quietly leaned forward and pressed his lips softly against Kagomes. This kiss, he knew to well, would most likely be the most intimate moment that he and Kagome would share. In the morning she would awake alone as always, he would have long since returned to his tree, and she would be non the wiser of her little confession and of Inu yasha's actions, and tomorrow night when all was quiet Inu yasha would again be alone with no one but his thoughts. But for now all he had was this moment, and he knew that he must cherish it.

"I love you too Kagome…"

Learn to be lonely
life can be lived
life can be loved
Alone.

A/N: THE END! Please reveiw and tell me what you think.

Love Torne