a/n: This is a very sad story, so if you're going to read the whole thing,
you might want to have a box of tissues handy.
Disclaimer: I'm only gonna say this once. I do not own Inuyasha and I do not own the song lyrics in this fanfiction. The lyrics are from 'I'm Already There' by Lone Star.
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Already There
Chapter One
Painful Memories
// I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beating in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there till the end\\
Golden eyes clouded over, and closed. A girl with black hair hugged their owner, and began to sob.
"Please don't leave me. I love you. I've always loved you, since the first time I met you. Don't go."
A man with black hair kneeled down, and put a comforting hand on the sobbing girl's shoulder.
"I'm sorry Kagome. There's nothing we could have done. Inuyasha's gone."
Kagome woke with a start, and sat up. She leaned over, and looked at her alarm clock. 3:00 AM. In a mere four hours, her alarm clock would go off, signaling yet another long day of high school.
Why do I keep having that dream'?' she wondered as she climbed out of bed, and walked over to the window. 'It's been nearly a year.'
She stared out the window at the moonless sky. Tears welled in her eyes, and she did nothing to stop them from falling. They silently fell onto the windowsill, as painful memories came flooding back.
She had been a normal teenage girl. Well, as normal as possible concidering that she turned back in time to Feudal Japan to help the half-demon, Inuyasha to collect pieces of a sacred jewel. Kagome winced at the thought of Inuyasha. Even after nearly a year, thinking about him still made her heart ache.
They had finally found all the jewel shards, and Naraku was dead. The whole gang-except Inuyasha- was seated around a blazing campfire, in a clearing near the Bone Eater's well on that terrible night.
~`~`~ Flashback ~`~`~
"Where's Inuyasha?" asked Kagome. She hadn't seen him sense they had set up camp.
"Who cares," replied Shippo happily, "as long as he's not beating me up!"
Sango glared at Shippo. "It's a new moon, so he's probably close by," said Sango, turning to face Kagome. "Why don't you go look for him?"
"I think I will." With that Kagome got up, and walked out of the clearing.
Meanwhile.
Inuyasha looked up at the starry sky. He brushed a stray strand of black hair out of his eyes.
'Hmph. Black hair,' he smiled to himself. 'Only a few hours ago it had been silver, not black.'
He sighed and went back to staring at the stars. A twig snapped somewhere, and he nearly fell off his low perch. Oh, how he missed his youkai senses.
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Kagome walked deeper into the forest. As she walked, she scanned the trees; trying to find Inuyasha. Obviously she hadn't had much luck.
'I should have asked if anyone had seen where he went,' she thought bitterly.
She walked into yet another clearing.
'I must be walking around in circles. This looks like the last clearing.'
Kagome sighed, and looked around anyway. On a low branch in the tree in front of her sat Inuyasha.
"There you are, Inuyasha!" she exclaimed happily. She walked up to the base of the tree, not noticing the coiled snake.
~`~`~ End of Chapter ~`~`~
Disclaimer: I'm only gonna say this once. I do not own Inuyasha and I do not own the song lyrics in this fanfiction. The lyrics are from 'I'm Already There' by Lone Star.
~`~`~ ~`~`~ ~`~`~
Already There
Chapter One
Painful Memories
// I'm already there
Don't make a sound
I'm the beating in your heart
I'm the moonlight shining down
I'm the whisper in the wind
And I'll be there till the end\\
Golden eyes clouded over, and closed. A girl with black hair hugged their owner, and began to sob.
"Please don't leave me. I love you. I've always loved you, since the first time I met you. Don't go."
A man with black hair kneeled down, and put a comforting hand on the sobbing girl's shoulder.
"I'm sorry Kagome. There's nothing we could have done. Inuyasha's gone."
Kagome woke with a start, and sat up. She leaned over, and looked at her alarm clock. 3:00 AM. In a mere four hours, her alarm clock would go off, signaling yet another long day of high school.
Why do I keep having that dream'?' she wondered as she climbed out of bed, and walked over to the window. 'It's been nearly a year.'
She stared out the window at the moonless sky. Tears welled in her eyes, and she did nothing to stop them from falling. They silently fell onto the windowsill, as painful memories came flooding back.
She had been a normal teenage girl. Well, as normal as possible concidering that she turned back in time to Feudal Japan to help the half-demon, Inuyasha to collect pieces of a sacred jewel. Kagome winced at the thought of Inuyasha. Even after nearly a year, thinking about him still made her heart ache.
They had finally found all the jewel shards, and Naraku was dead. The whole gang-except Inuyasha- was seated around a blazing campfire, in a clearing near the Bone Eater's well on that terrible night.
~`~`~ Flashback ~`~`~
"Where's Inuyasha?" asked Kagome. She hadn't seen him sense they had set up camp.
"Who cares," replied Shippo happily, "as long as he's not beating me up!"
Sango glared at Shippo. "It's a new moon, so he's probably close by," said Sango, turning to face Kagome. "Why don't you go look for him?"
"I think I will." With that Kagome got up, and walked out of the clearing.
Meanwhile.
Inuyasha looked up at the starry sky. He brushed a stray strand of black hair out of his eyes.
'Hmph. Black hair,' he smiled to himself. 'Only a few hours ago it had been silver, not black.'
He sighed and went back to staring at the stars. A twig snapped somewhere, and he nearly fell off his low perch. Oh, how he missed his youkai senses.
~`~`~ ~`~`~ ~`~`~
Kagome walked deeper into the forest. As she walked, she scanned the trees; trying to find Inuyasha. Obviously she hadn't had much luck.
'I should have asked if anyone had seen where he went,' she thought bitterly.
She walked into yet another clearing.
'I must be walking around in circles. This looks like the last clearing.'
Kagome sighed, and looked around anyway. On a low branch in the tree in front of her sat Inuyasha.
"There you are, Inuyasha!" she exclaimed happily. She walked up to the base of the tree, not noticing the coiled snake.
~`~`~ End of Chapter ~`~`~