Forgive, Forget, then Move On
Chapter 1: Silver Lining
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the rest of the gang in this story. Yet. (evil laugh)
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A/N: Well this is my first fanfic so I would like to hear what people think of this. Sorry if the editing isn't great, I wrote this whole thing on my iPod. Please Review!!
'words like this are thoughts'
"words like this are spoken"
words like this are part of a flashback
And so the story begins......
Kagome
This was it. She had finally had enough of the lies he fed her and the promises he broke. It stung, no it was more than stinging, to admit it but his love for Kikyo was stronger than any feelings he had for her. Pain tore through her breaking heart every time she thought about them, together. The grass crunched underneath her shoes as she walked to tell him the decision she had made. She knew in her heart that it was stupid to go to him. It would only turn into an argument between herself and Inuyasha. Her final memory of him would be of shouting and angry tears. But it was still better than her last memory of him being the sight of him locked in an embrace Kikyo. And it would be a chance to see the dog-eared boy one more time.
Inuyasha
'Where the hell had she gone to this time?' Inuyasha thought angrily to himself. If she got hurt or lost the jewel shards during one of her 'I just need to be alone right now' mindsets he was going to be pissed. If it was up to him he would have tracked her down and brought her back kicking and screaming if that's what it took to keep her, and the jewel shards, safe. But of course he had been ordered by Miroku and Sango to let her come back on her own. He recalled the little chat they had as they discussed the situation
Flashback
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Sango screamed at Inuyasha, "Once again you have hurt and angered Kagome by going to see a DEAD Kikyo!" The group, minus Kagome, was sitting around the fire inside of Kaede's hut. Inuyasha had recently returned without Kagome from the inner depths of the forest. Shippo was refusing to talk or look at the hanyou who had taken away Kagome from him. Miroku sat against the wall, hands folded into his purple and black attire as he watched the argument in front of him unfold. Sango stood above the silver and red figure whose ears had flattened against his head in an attempt to relieve himself from the noise of shouting. "Why does it matter?" he retaliated. "I mean it's not like I did anything with Kikyo!" "Inuyasha, are you sure you didn't do anything that would upset Kagome?" Miroku inquired calmly. "All we did was talk and then maybe hugged a little." Not meeting anyone's eyes, Inuyasha replied awkwardly. "That would be enough to get me mad."Sango glared meaningfully at Miroku. Miroku ignored Sango's look and instead looked again to Inuyasha,"And Kagome saw you do this?" Inuyasha nodded and said, a hint of anger creeping into his voice. "Yeah, she was watching from the bushes upwind of me like some kind of spy." "Well than it looks like we are stuck here until she decides to return." Miroku responded closing his eyes with a sigh. "Why?" Inuyasha, arrogant as always, started to make his way to the door."We all know I could easily sniff her out and bring that ungrateful wench back." "Ah yes, than we would listen to the bickering of you two, followed by 4 or 5 sits from Kagome, and finally Kagome departing us to go back to her own time. Sound familiar?" Miroku answered with a snarky undertone. "Feh" was the dog hanyou's best comeback. "One way or the Inuyasha, you will not be bringing Kagome back here against her will." Sango ordered while placing her weapon across the door. "Fine, but if any danger should befall her I won't be the one coming to her rescue," Inuyasha's eyes were cold at he said these words and he returned to a slumped position against a wall in the hut. "Yeah, I'd like to see that," muttered Shippo, thinking it to be a cold day in hell before the overprotective hanyou actually would refuse to rush to Kagome's aid.
So now here they sat awaiting the return of a hurt and angry miko. Inuyasha gladly returned the three cold glares he was getting from a demon slayer, monk, and young kitsune. He didn't understand what he had done to provoke Kagome to this point. Well there might be one tiny thing, he thought darkly as he mulled over her likely reaction if she had seen the little detail he had kept from Miroku, Sango and Shippo.
Flashback
"Kikyo, I swore to you that I would protect you from that bastard Naraku and I'm going to hold to that promise until my dying breath." he whispered into her ear. "Oh Inuyasha, how can you protect both I and my reincarnation at the same time?" she asked without emotion, staring into two trusting amber eyes. "Kikyo, nothing will come between me in my obligation to protect you!" He said without a note of uncertainty in his voice as he took the pale girl into his arms. "Nothing on this earth will stop me." He murmured softly and pressed his lips against the dead miko's.
Flashback End
Had Kagome seen him kissing Kikyo? Even worse, had she heard him talking to her emotionless double? Maybe that's what had her so upset. Maybe he was more to blame than he originally thought. It would have depressed her deeply to hear him say those words to Kikyo. Inuyasha recalled his promises to protect Kagome. He didn't really consider them when telling Kikyo that nothing would stop him from protecting her. It basically overruled any promise he had made to Kagome. Even though Kikyo had reminded him of her reincarnation he had paid no mind. Inuyasha had told Kikyo exactly what he wanted to say but in the process, had totally forgotten Kagome. Unfortunately, he realized sadly, even with Kagome in the picture he had meant everything he said. Right?
Kagome
Just then Kagome pushed through the door, her expression unreadable. Her eyes scanned over the faces of her most trusted friends until finally coming to rest upon the one she had lost trust in. His ears twitched under her icy gaze, and his eyes widened in fear as he got ready for the inevitable 'Sit' command. 'How am I going to do this?' she thought to herself bitterly.
"Inuyasha, come with me." she said with little emotion, only the smallest bit of sadness leaked into her voice.
"Why should I wench? I ain't got nothing to say to you." He retorted, pissed that she was obviously getting ready to sit him to hell. Her expression hardened with cold anger and the fire returned to her eyes.
"Fine than. I'll just go. Goodbye!" she yelled and left the hut and a perplexed hanyou. A low chuckle left her throat as she realized that stupid dog would never know the extent of which she despised his wench nickname for her. She had left many angry words unsaid in an attempt to improve her last moments with her companions and the boy who had stolen her heart. How could he be so damn ignorant that he never saw the feelings she had for him? Unless of course he preferred to stay with Kikyo, which regrettably he did. That stupid, deceiving hanyou had stolen any chance of a normal life for herself and along with all that, her heart. 'I want it back. He never returned my feelings for him. I want back the heart he took from me! As of right now I no longer have any feelings for Inuyasha!' she screamed insider her mind.
Who was she kidding? It's not possible to just stop loving someone like that. But he had broken her heart last night with that terrible promise he had made to Kikyo. And now she had no shoulder to cry on, no one to help her put back together the broken pieces of her heart. She collapsed in front of the tree where they had first met. Was it a coincidence that she always ended up here? Did this tree call to her in times where she needed comfort? Well if this tree was so powerful than maybe it could help her.
"Oh, Sacred Tree," she whispered, "I wish you could make Inuyasha experience what I'm feeling right now." And with those words she began to sob into her hands
Inuyasha
It felt like she had just abruptly ended the disastrous argument that had been occurring. No sits or hateful words. Just a curt and chilling but otherwise polite parting and then she was gone. The rest of the group was surprised at Inuyasha's cold refusal to Kagome's request that she speak to him alone. But what had really shocked them was that Kagome had backed down so easily and left with a frigid "Goodbye."
"Inuyasha, why are you not following her?" Miroku gave Inuyasha a hard stare.
"What happened to your request that I let her come to me?" he gave the monk a triumphant smirk.
"Did you see how upset she was? And all you can do is gloat about is the fact that we now agree that you should go get Kagome? No wonder she would want to leave such a thick-skilled bastard like you!" Sango screeched.
"Forget what we said, Inuyasha. Hurry to her before it's too late!" Miroku said as he shoved the stubborn hanyou out of the hut with the combined help of Shippo and Sango.
Kagome
Her tears started to dry as she realized that she should be back in her own time by now. She had cried enough in this era for the cheating silver haired boy. A few remaining sobs racked through her body as she heard footsteps approaching. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a flash of silver, confirming her guess. It had to be Inuyasha. Well, she didn't need his apology and the lies he would tell her to make her forgive him and return to the seemingly endless jewel hunt. All she was good for was finding the damn Shikon jewel shards. In his mind she was nothing but a jewel detector and Inuyasha didn't care how much he hurt her. Now was her chance to clear her head of everything she needed to scream at him.
"What the hell have I done to deserve this? The whole time I have spent in this era while fighting those damn demons I have been by your side! And what do I get in return? You hurry off to the woods and do gods know what with that DEAD BITCH KIKYO! I have given up my safe life for you so I could return to this demon infested hell! And I'm done being your damn jewel detector! That's all I've ever been good for isn't! Well that's it you lying, cheating son of a bitch! I'm gone and I'm never coming back! Have fun in hell!" That was probably the longest angry rant she had ever gotten through without breaking down crying and it was the best feeling in the world to have that off her shoulders.
"Well, no begging for me to come back? No snippy little comeback?" she asked coldly. She was met with stunned silence. "So I'm not even worth a response anymore? Do you like making me infuriated? Because you sure know how to do it! So why don't you just leave me alone and SIT BOY!" She shrieked.
Instead of hearing the echoing BANG and the creation of a crater that usually followed the command, she heard a soft whoosh of grass as the figure behind her plopped down behind her into the grass.
"Look I'm no saint but I don't think I've done anything to deserve THAT," the figure said talking slightly too fast in a voice that was most defiantly not Inuyasha's, "Hell, I don't even know you. And what does telling me to sit do?"
Kagome turned to see a boy who resembled Inuyasha in only one aspect. His hair was silver. It hung low just above two piercing blue eyes. Unlike Inuyasha the boy's hair stopped at his neck. But the most surprising thing about the victim of her crazed rant was his clothing. He was adorned in a blue shirt with a white stripe that ran across it and had faded blue jeans for pants. The shoes he wore seemed to be some type of Nike (I do not own) track shoes. Over his shoulder he had slung a black bag that seemed to be almost empty.
"By the way do you know where the hell we are? I was at this shrine place and..." His explanation was cut off by the girl in front of him.
"Wait, wait, wait, you've been to the shrine? You're from the future too? You're not Inuyasha? Who the hell are you?" She asked hysterically. Then it registered that she had just screamed her heart out at a boy who most likely didn't deserve it. "Oh gosh! I'm so sorry I took out my anger on you! Nothing I said was meant for you!"
"I figured as much seeing as we have never met," he muttered still watching Kagome intently, "And to answer your questions yeah I was that deserted shrine," he now regarded her somewhat suspiciously. His mind took a moment to register the gravity of her second question, "And if I'm from the future is this the past?" he asked his blue eyes widening slightly. 'Mmmhh...I could get lost in those eyes,' Kagome thought. They resembled twin chips of ice being that pale shade of blue. Instead of looking as cold as the frozen water they mirrored, she found something comforting in them. But they still held a certain feeling of scarred hardness, like he could easily be as chilling as the hue of his eyes suggested. 'At least this guy has got his hair cut in his life unlike a silver haired hanyou I know.' Her expression froze. She had been so caught up in the arrival of this boy that she had forgotten about him...she had forgotten Inuyasha.
"Hello? Earth to girl I just met?" The boy said in a sing songy way while snapping his fingers in front of her.
She refocused and tears sprung into her eyes. A sob worked its way into her throat and shook her whole being. Thoughts of the boy with silver dog ears came into her mind as the wound in her heart began to bleed with sadness once more.
"Aw shit, don't cry. Look I don't know what this guy you meant to scream at did to you but it'll be okay. Anyone who makes someone cry like that doesn't deserve them in the first place," Not really knowing how to deal with this distraught girl; he tried to think of what his sister would say, "Umm... So cheer up, girl, your heart might be broken but it can't get much worse from this point on, right?"
She looked up into his blue eyes and seeing only sympathy she collapsed into his arms.
Boy from Future (A/N: I'll get to his name next chapter)
This had been one of the weirdest days of his life. First the odd shrine that contained a hidden well. Then hearing those gut-retching sobs that seemed to be at the bottom of the well. But going down the waterless well only brought him here to this amazing forest. And to top it all off the weeping had come from this girl who was now clinging to him for dear life while spilling more tears than he thought possible. She had her arms wrapped around his back and her head pressed against his neck with her teary eyes closed. It was hard for him to imagine the bastard who could make a girl cry like this. What kind of heartless jerk could hurt a girl to the point where she threw herself into the arms of a random stranger? Not that he minded having her pressed against him like this. The moment would improve without the tears though.
His blue eyes closed while he inhaled her scent. It was so powerful with her so close. She smelt like cherries and lilac and it was heavenly. Her sobbing stopped and she eased out of his arms, sniffling pitifully. Chocolate baby deer eyes that begged to be comforted opened and glanced at him, embarrassed.
"I'm sorry; I don't know what came over me." Red flushes appeared on either side of her face.
"No problem," The embarrassed feeling was obviously mutual as his face turned red as well. "But can you tell me the way out of here? I'm not looking for an extended stay in the past."
"Sure, I was just going there myself." A small smile began to play on her lips but it didn't reach her eyes that still held deep sadness.
"Great maybe we can catch a cup of coffee later," He suggested casually. This chick sure as hell needed something to cheer her up. Her eyes widened at the offer but she nodded.
"Yeah maybe... but we need to find our way back to the well first." With that she began walking purposefully through the overgrown woods. Not the best idea while still shaking uncontrollably from the leftover coughing she had to deal with for crying so hard. After two steps she fell flat on her face after catching her foot on a root. Angry grumbling came from her mouth as she struggled to get up. One of her ankles wasn't too happy about having to support her weight, her knees buckled and once again her face met grass.
"Well it looks like you can't walk a straight line just yet. Were you drowning your sorrows in a bottle of sake before I arrived?" He said jokingly while picking her up bridal style and continuing through the forest.
"I am not drunk! Eeeee!! Put me down! I can walk just fine!!" she whined as they approached the Bone Eater's well.
"Ok...," he relented and gently set her down, "Just lean on me ok? I don't want you getting hurt when we go down." She nodded and pressed herself against him and hopped to the edge of the portal back to her time. He lifted himself and passenger up onto the brim of the seemingly bottomless hole.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Ready!" she answered and boy and girl, both not knowing the other's name disappeared in a bright flash.
Nothing witnessed this odd pair hurl themselves into darkness. Nothing except for the bright emerald eyes of an orange-haired fox kit.
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A/N: Hmm.....what will Shippo do now that he knows about Kagome's whereabouts? I don't know yet but I'll think of something! This is defiantly not my best work and I am guessing that's due to the many fluffy scenes. Particularly the one with Inuyasha and Kikyo. Yuck. But it had to be written to suit the story. InuxKag all the way!! So how was my first fanfic? Review! Review! Review!