Note, I am re writing all my old stories, and once I get enough chapters up I will be removing the old ones. I feel I have grown over the years with some of my writing that I should re do my old ones to make them better. Also, a lot of them are unfinished and I refuse to leave a story undone, I hate it and I know other readers do too. So, enjoy!
PSA: All my stories are rated M for mature, for adult scenes, strong language, and violence. I do not own Inuyasha, I do own the charters I made up for this story, but that's it ! Also this story is a spin off to 'Chasing you down' , let me know what you think !
Te wo tsunaide
(Hold my hand)
"She's the girl that believes that what comes around goes around. The one that hopes for a better day. The one who won't give up on you. She's the girl that's unlike the rest. The one that spent her days smiling, and her nights crying. She's the girl that would love to be loved. The one that looks so damn strong, but feels so weak. She's the girl that picks herself up every time she falls."-Unknown.
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"Stupid Inuyasha, he can never be on time." Grumbled the girl who was dragging countless of bags to the well house. In the beating rays of sunlight, sweat coated her brow as she pushed herself up to the shrine steps to grab the last of the bags.
Ever since they had defeated Naraku, Kagome finally gave up on her hopes of having a life here. Days in school grew more apart, the school could no longer keep her in rolled after so many sick days her grandfather took for her. No matter how much she studied and tried to keep her grades up it was all in vein. Her mother had sat her down months ago and talked her into just dropping out. At first, she did not want to drop out, that would mean she would officially drop her life here. It would mean she would no longer have the choice of where she wanted to be. With her and Inuyasha's relationship not going anywhere after the final battle she wasn't too sure she wanted to live in the past.
After a week of talking to her mother, her mother had told her if she chose to stay in her time. She could always pick up where she left off, no matter the age. Many people had done it and she would be able to get an education even if they took a few years off school.
Kagome finally said her good byes, promises to see her family again as soon as she could. Life in her home had finally taken off for the better. Her mother finally started dating again, she was to be wed to a man who had a bigger heart than Kagome herself. After months after the engagement they had finally sat down and told him the family secret. At first, he thought crazy had run strong in their family. It wasn't till finally meeting the brash Inuyasha and showing him the well he came to terms with it. He had accepted their weird life with a true smile. He had helped in his own way, by buying her a nice sword and some old fashion summer dresses. He and his family came from wealth, he also got her mother a job at a high paying corp. So, her mother's time was now shortened with her work load, Sota was busy with friends and about to enter high school so his time was either sucked up video games with friends or studying. Her grandfather was busy fixing the shrine as he always had done.
Kagome thought it better to keep her stays on the other side of the well to be longer. She would stop in occasionally and stock up on food and anything she needed. The good thing was she didn't have to carry the guilt for needing a good amount of supplies when she came home. It was costly for all the first aid, snacks, food, clothes, and anything else she needed. Now that her family had a good source of income it wasn't a problem getting everything she needed. Even though she lost count on how many times she told her mother it was fine going without. Many times, on the road Inuaysha would never allow her to come home for supplies so she got used to going without. Though her mother would not hear any of that and always made sure to stock away in her room the stuff she would always need.
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Inuyasha finally showed up an hour after he was supposed to show. Instead of asking where he was, since she could have guessed and did not wish to have the rest of the day in an argument. She made him carry more of the load, her form of punishment that he never did pick up on. She learned that she would never fully win the heart of her puppy eared friend. Sometime ago her heart learned to be ok with that, it was the lying that bothered her. Even if he thought he was sparing her feelings, he was truly upsetting her more with the lies. After years of fighting side by side, all the ups and downs she thought she at least deserved the truth, she was his best friend after all.
They were the only two not to have settled down and start a life. Sango had finally agreed to be Miroku's wife, even though everyone knew she couldn't say no anymore. They had wed two moons back, while hoping to be blessed with a first born. Shippo had set off with his training, but not before the teary eyed goodbye and the promise to return to his adoptive mother. Kagome knew she could not hold the young fox kit back from what he needed. It killed her inside for him to leave her, yet she knew it would be for the best for now. She had finally understood the shed tears her mother would cry when she left, it was a mother's heart yearning for their child.
It was a quite trip back besides the mumbling and groaning from Inuyasha time to time. He was a strong demon, yet a few bags made him act as though he was an old man doing labor on a hot day. When they had finally got to her hut the villagers had made her some time back Inuyasha left her to do her cleaning. He would be working in the village today, later she would join him with the women and their food gatherings right before sunset.
The one thing about this time was it would get lonely, Sango was off in the fields training while Miroku awaited Inuyasha's arrival. Leaving her to store more of her goods into her home, she was well stocked for months. Though she did not know what she would do with her life here. She had yet to make a wish on the jewel, which was causing all sort of problems around her. She had taken the roll of protecting the jewel after she put it all back together.
With that title she was given came many problems, with greedy humans and demons lurking about the village. Coming after her at every corner, every shadow it seemed. It was a load of never ending work and problems for her, who once thought of taking it to her time. Thinking it would be safer over there, while she started her life. Yet was sadly reminded that with the jewel on the other side of the well that led five hundred years into the future. That the portal too the two worlds would allow demons to creep over there that was in search of her.
She could not risk the price that would be asked if she were to leave this world for the other with the jewel. The people in her time would not understand what would befall them if the things that went bump in the night here, came there. This time had seemed to fade into old folk tales in her time, to scare children into going to bed. If they only knew that the stories passed down over the generations were true, it would be pure chaos
She didn't regret staying on this side of time, even though she would grow lonely at times. She fit in this era better than her own. The kami had written her fate different than others, she knew she was meant for something, for someone. Even though the Kami were taking their time on showing her what she was supposed to do in this part of her life.
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Rubbing the sweat away from her brow she only managed to get more mud across her skin. She had finally finished planting crops with the women. With the amount of seeds, they had all planted it would be only weeks till they had many crops across the fields.
Excusing herself as the rest of the women finished cleaning up their home-made tools. Kagome left to grab her bathing supplies. In this time humans did not really care for bathing, they would just ignore the sweat and dirt upon their skin for a week or two. Kagome could not though, she was spoiled to hot showers and baths her whole life it was something she would never give up no matter what time she found herself in.
Once she made her way to the springs only a little far off into Inuyasha's forest. She wasted no time striping and slipping into the water. Rubbing the soap over her skin, she washed the dirt that had caked itself on over the hours in the field. She did not take long to wash her hair and the rest of her body, she knew she couldn't stay longer and soak, with night coming so quickly the chances of danger increased.
When she was getting out of the water to dry herself, she found herself frozen in fear. A feeling washed over her, a power she had never felt. Even though it brushed her softly, it had a fearing power behind it. She could tell it was strong, and close somewhere not too far off from her.
Freeing herself from her frozen state she hurried and dressed, paying no mind to her clothes growing damp from the water she forgot to dry off her body. Carrying the bundle in her hands she hurried off back to the safety of the village. Inuyasha would hear her scream, right? Almost breaking into a run, she dodged the trees while taking quick glances behind her hoping that whoever or whatever it was didn't pop up behind her.
It wasn't long till she came to terms with that she was just having a wild imagination the person was following her. It must have been some demon lord passing through. Their presence went unknown in the shadows as they hid themselves in the night time shadows. Cursing to herself she hurried off as quickly as she could without running. She knew this person was not human, and in many cutlers when one ran they became pray. It was all about the chase, she did not want to be the pray tonight, or ever if she had a choice in the matter.
Finally breaking through the tree line, the village came into sights, she was not too far off. That did not stop her quick pace. Finally closing in on the village the presence of the person came back to brush agents her senses. It did not move away, nor did it keep following her it just stayed off in the distance.
She came into her hut finally able to breathe, even though she knew her four walls of wood would do nothing to protect her if a demon attacked. It was the presence of home that finally calmed her racing heart.
Sitting down she started a small fire in her middle of her hut, to shed some light in the dark home of hers. The village was fast asleep, none aware of the presence of the person hovering in the tree lines not far off from all of them. She did not know if she should be worried that the person was just staying there on the outs of the village. She felt no lace of anger, or intensions of wanting to harm anything or anyone. She would leave the person alone, unless it came closer. If the person was still there tomorrow she would go check it out, day light was better to fight in for humans, along with finding any clues on who could be out there. In this time, you never knew what you were getting into. With human eyes, dark was your worst nightmare, it left you defenseless to attacks. For now, she would stay awake to make sure the person did not attack in the middle of the night. They did not need to lose any more people, Kami's know what a loss they had taken so far, this year.