Bittersweet Nothings

~ Chapter One ~

Gazing Through The Sands Of Time

By Inuyashas Youkai

A lone shadow gazed through the cold glass of his office window , as his golden eyes unseeing to the world going on in front of him , but were lingering through old timeless stills of a long time passed. Only just finishing up a ton of paperwork that his boss had piled to the hilt the day before, but ever since he saw the woman from his etched in memories earlier, his mind simply could function on anything else without something reminding him of her.

At first , the woman's appearance had surprised him ,because nobody ever really concerned themselves as to what time frame she had actually come from and in the numerous times he, himself ventured to it from his , the prior temperament of what he was ,hadn't allowed that inquiry to surface in the least , until after she was already gone..

Ever since ,those innocent eyes had surfaced , now tainted with age , and wisdom in the knowledge that nothing was really pure , at least the way she had once been , the male couldn't really think of anything else ,but trying to somehow get her to acknowledge him once more ..

Although when he saw her , it wasn't the most opportune moment for such introductions, because the moment he had seen her, was the day that the scent of her blood called to him , out of no where and lead him to the very shrine that so very long ago, had visited..

Once he saw the place that brought back so many memories of the girl that now seemed so much like a grown woman , although he knew that not much time had really passed from the time he had last saw her .

Actually , it was the very same image of Kagome , that he seen when his eyes had once laid upon so very long ago before it happened , at least for him, and it was for the very last time . Tears had appeared to have fallen down past her cheeks , and the whereabouts where the scent of blood originated screamed loudly at him to act , but just the sight had frozen him still.

Although the last time that Inuyasha had seen her , he didn't quite remember the injuries that plagued such more of her once flawless body , as it had at that moment .

Flashing lights were blinking happily from a ambulance vehicle with two that were at one time inside it, were now carrying a version of the one from his thoughts ,laying limply upon a stretcher, and one if he could help it ,to be certain would'nt be seen again.

After a good amount of time , Inuyasha had been distracted from his gaze the moment he could no longer see Kagome anymore accompanied by seeing the vehicle drive away with the woman ,taken away from him because of some stupid bullshit that shouldn't have happened in the first damn place , and with his eyes watching the contraption fade away, made him realize.. .

It reminded him of the same way Kagome had , way back then.

Growling slightly at the thing that began blaring the annoying chirping from his coat pocket , remembering that he forgotten to shut his phone off, and had failed to find another ringtone that was more soothing than a artificial damn bird. Pressing the button to silence it , Inuyasha had then stood to depart from the office , deciding that he had done all that was going to be at the time, and while picking up his things , then venturing out towards his car , after locking up before he left the building entirely .

On the way home , Inuyasha's thoughts had drifted back to what Souta , and Mrs. Higarashi had said once he made his appearance known ,proving to them that he was who he said he was, then the mood all of a sudden for a time , had become grim. The two looked at one another , than turned their gaze to the man that at one time had his demon traits showing proudly, and now coming to them looking completely human, at least until the ring on his finger was removed. It was then that the two , Souta , and his mother had begun speaking more openly about what happened to 'his ' Kagome.

As the words flew from their lips in their telling of what had transpired up to this point , Inuyasha's mouth fell agape in shock. After all this time, everything that it was thought that he once knew, was wrong . Because of him being oblivious to it ,his chances of being with her were being taken away again, tho not from the stupid well closing, nor that she just left because of what happened in the Feudal Era, but because the moment she came back after the nightmare began , Kagome was killed, and in responding to her death, sealed the well.

' No... '

Although , the day of her demise wasn't immediate , but was during the course of the week that she had returned , and because of what had occurred so long ago, before her hasty departure from his time. Inuyasha was too much of a coward to make sure she was safe, knowing that she would return to him , and then they could talk after she had, but when she had not , everyone had gotten worried, even him ,so he went after her. The truth of it slammed him into the ground when the light wasn't there to catch him , and then he knew, Kagome was gone.

Once the well had sealed him from getting to her , the hanyou only thought that it was because she left because of what she knew , but she was wrong as well, but he never had a chance to tell her otherwise back then. Now that Inuyasha knew the reasons why , and something had to be done , it had to be stopped before it was too late , but what could he do to save her this time , especially when he was too late to prevent what caused it.

His phone vibrated again against his hip , as he turned into his driveway , and once he had parked , Inuyasha answered it.

"What! ?"

"Hello Inuyasha , it's Souta .."

The hanyou only now remembering that he gave his number to the Higarashi's so that he could be informed on her current state, as he stared at his once again human reflection in the rear view mirror while they spoke.

" Yeah .. Souta , what's up?"

"It's Kagome. Umm .. I just wanted to see if you wanted , before anything happened, to see her one more time.."

"I do , but why , is something wrong..?"

"The doctors , they've done all they could , Inuyasha, but they can't stop the blood, and they are afraid that she won't make it"

"When !" Inuyasha demanded.

"Huh?"

"When can I come to see her ..?"

"Whenever you want too, Inuyasha .."

"Now , Dammit !"

"Okay , I will have mom make sure to let them here know.."

"Anything else...?"

"Just that it's good to have you back , Inuyasha .. I am sure if my sister knew , she would be happy too.."

At the words , mentioning his sister, being Kagome's name spoken, his body shook with rage , and devastation, as the angry tears fell from his eyes , knowing what he now knew, but what the person that was speaking to him didn't know, was that this time around , Kagome was not going to die. Inuyasha forbade it silently within his mind before he scoffed, hanging up the phone , and then restarted the car , squealing his tires, as he quickly rushed towards the hospital , eagerly to see Kagome again.

TBC...