An Era Apart
Promises
Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha
"InuYasha, sit!"
"Oof. Ow. Kagome Please, let me--"
"NO! I am so sick of you, and your lame excuses!" cried Kagome.
InuYasha peeled himself up off the hard ground and stood up to face Kagome.
Kagome was surprised at the pained look she was receiving from the Inu Hanyou. It almost made her feel guilty for her choice of words. But only for a second. The trembling priestess stood, rooted to the spot, not knowing where to turn, who to run to, or what to say. All she knew was that the feelings of being let down, that she was experiencing right now, were not fun. Right now, she only had room for one emotion.
InuYasha so the gap in their argument, and decided to take the bait.
"Kagome I--"
"NO! I don't care!" Screamed Kagome.
InuYasha's sensitive ears flattened against his head. He tried desperately to find the right words to say. He searched for any kind of warmth he might find in the depths of Kagome's wounded expression. He looked for the usual cheery, kindness that showed in her beautiful brown hues, but there was nothing. The only smart choice he could make right now was to admit defeat.
But, knowing InuYasha. Do you recall him ever making a smart choice in a situation like this?
No.
'Kagome'
"Don't give me that look, InuYasha. Why don't you run along back to Kikyou." She half laughed. InuYasha knew she would give anything to be out of this situation right now. He knew the laugh that was coming from her was not happiness, but suffering.
InuYasha gulped as he felt the waves of pure hatred hitting him. They radiated off of Kagome so powerfully, that he was convinced that this really wasn't Kagome.
'Kagome, was never capable of hating so intensely. She was always a friend, never a foe. She saw the good in people. She was always there for me, and the others, when we needed her. She was our faithful, and rightful leader; Not me. She never acted this way before. Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever smelt her hate before now.'
Kagome stared at InuYasha dejectedly.
"Finish, what you started." She concluded in a dangerously low voice.
InuYasha was about to argue when Kagome said something, that he never thought he hear leave her lips.
"Goodbye." She said as a single tear fell from her eye. "my InuYasha."
She whispered the last part, knowing he would hear anyway.
Without a last glance at the now very confused hanyou, she jumped over the edge of the old well, and vanished in a flash of awesome light.
InuYasha raced to the edge of the well, and looked down, trying to see past the dirt covered dead bottom. There was nothing there, let alone, Kagome. She was gone.
It hadn't been the regular, "Goodbye, I'll see yah later!" It was a "Goodbye forever" kind of goodbye. InuYasha was still confused. He didn't know what to think anymore.
With one last look into the well, to make sure that it was empty, his ears drooped and he whispered his last words to her.
"Goodbye, my Kagome."
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"Hey…InuYasha? I, uhh. Saw the whole thing."
InuYasha looked up at the fox demon child that had just jumped into his lap.
"Kagome was scary. That wasn't really Kagome was it? She scared me!" cried Shippou.
"Yeah. It was her."
"Will she ever come back?" Shippou asked while settling into a comfortable position on InuYasha's lap. "Will she ever come back to us?"
InuYasha let out a small whimper at the thought. His ears drooped even more so, and his downcast eyes fell to the ground, the amber looking dull and dead.
"No. She isn't coming back." he said flatly.
Shippou turned to face InuYasha with a sad look on his face.
'This is even worse for him then it is for me. Kagome's been with us for two years. Shippou lost his dad, and probably his mom too. Kagome was his mom while she was here. And now, he has no one. But me, really.'
'I want mommy to come back." cried Shippou. He grasped InuYasha's Haori in his small hands and hugged himself tightly to the older and stronger hanyou. InuYasha wrapped an arm around the shaking fox demon and let out a long, long sigh.
"But you still have daddy." InuYasha smiled down at Shippou, who looked up at him with hopeful eyes.
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Shippou was too overwhelmed with joy that he didn't notice Sango and Miroku coming in on Kirara.
InuYasha knew he wasn't really shippou's dad, but to Shippou, this was real. He really had nobody. And InuYasha felt that way too right now. So in a way, having a pretend son, might make him feel a little less lonely.
InuYasha looked up at the sparkling sky.
' I wonder what she's doing right now.'
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