-1A/N: I do not own Inuyasha, nor anything affiliated with it. The following is my quote, do not steal it.
-Is it so hard to be loved? hold me close...And never let go.
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Part I
I thought...
It wasn't as if she could turn back time.
Everything she had done up until now had been for nothing. It was all a lie. She had been cast aside, tossed out like yesterdays trash. It felt...terrible. But how else was it supposed to feel?
She didn't know what to do with herself. For days she moped beneath the tree, that fateful meeting place, listlessly plucking at the lifeless hem of her blouse as she perched on the edge of Goshinboku's roots in silent sorrow.
How could he just use her like that?
It was a disgrace. She felt ashamed of herself. She hated that she had believed his lies. "I'll protect you," he had said. "Don't worry," he had told her. "I love you," he had promised. But he was nothing more than a two-faced liar.
I thought...
Everything she had hoped for had dissolved into little more than a fantasy she could carry along with her in her heart or hearts. It was foolish to think they could ever be together. Not when she was around.
It seemed as though he cast her aside whenever that...That girl showed her face. Granted, they might have been mirror images, but she was not beneath insulting her beauty and her innocence. She always felt as though he loved her more. Inside, she knew it. But she did not want to admit it.
Inside, she kept hoping, and wishing, and dreaming that someday, maybe someday, they could be together. Someday he would run back into her arms and whisper sweet nothings once again. False promises she could bear, a painful embrace she could endure. But letting him go?
I thought...
Never.
And so it was that she allowed herself to fade away. Her soul fled silently, receding back into the darkness from whence it came. And Kikyou was at last resting in peace. But deep down inside, in her dreams and her long forgotten mind, she an Inuyasha still held one another tightly. Locked in an eternal embrace, they vanished into the depths of hell to be forgotten by all.
And to her fading regret, the only name that was ever on his lips was... "Kagome..."
I thought...You loved me...
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A/N: Ah, a one-shot. Just a thought that popped into my mind one day. For some reason, the words cut deeper than they should have...
