Aurora Whisperwind: Hello! This is my very first Inuyasha fic! I hope you like it! Italics indicate thoughts or flashbacks.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. The characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
"Inuyasha, sit boy!" screamed Kagome for the umpteenth time, as the white haired hanyou pummeled into the ground again. It was the same old argument, Kagome wanted to go home, and Inuyasha wanted to keep looking for the shards. "I'm leaving, dog boy. But I will be back in a week!" she said, jumping in before he could protest. She did hear-"KAGOME! JUST YOU WAIT WENCH! I'LL-" the rest of his yells were cut off.
At the bottom of the well in her own time, she laughed to herself. Inuyasha was so stubborn sometimes. "Kagome! Is that you?" Souta's voice called out. Within minutes she was out, back in her own world, filled with normal things like cars, microwaves and hot baths. She greeted her mother and grandpa and finding out that she was at hospital because of Rickets, headed off for a bath. She only hoped that her friends wouldn't ask why her legs weren't bent.
She stepped into the tub, her thoughts full of Inuyasha now. 'Was he really hurt?' Nah, she assured herself, he couldn't have been if he could bellow at her like that. She giggled, then sobered up. It was funny, what she felt for him now. When did he stop being the immature creep who wouldn't call her by name and become just the man she fell in love with? When did her feelings for him change? She still remembered the night she caught him promising Kikiyo that he would protect her. That incident still stood out clearly in her mind, and all the pain she had felt then came back. Kikiyo. Her heart wrenched at the thought that she would never really have Inuyasha, one day he'd leave her and everyone else.
The water became colder and colder and the bubbles slowly disappeared. 'Is that why I wish for this quest for the shards to never end?' she asked herself. 'No' argued her brain but her heart knew it was lying. 'I'll lose Inuyasha. He chose Kikiyo. His heart belongs to her. I'll always be a friend, nothing more.' An unexpected tear escaped her, rolling down her cheekbone and hitting the opaque water. She shook her head stubbornly. 'No. I won't cry. I'm strong. I can accept that.' She knew that if she started to cry, she wouldn't be able to stop.
She stepped out and dressed, now thoroughly depressed. She looked at herself in the mirror, and her sad face looked back at her. 'Kikiyo is so beautiful. I look like a stupid giggly schoolgirl, which is exactly what I am.' She went up to her bedroom, and clutched a pillow, burying half her face in it. She looked out of the window, into the fading sunlight. Birds flew; probably back to their homes at the end of a long day. Her wet hair hung about her, and she sighed again. 'Kikiyo probably never sat Inuyasha either.' She made a resolution not to 'sit' Inuyasha until it was absolutely necessary.
"Kagome" her mother called from below "Dinner time!" She slowly made her way downstairs. Her mother seemed to sense that something was wrong, but didn't say anything. Souta and grandpa talked, but she hardly listened to anything, her mind was else where. She went back up to her room after dinner and tried to study.
'It's no use…. I can't concentrate. I'll study tomorrow' she decided, and shut her books. She went up to the window again, and looked out at the crescent moon in the silent night. She wondered briefly if Inuyasha was looking at the sky. The moon…. The night of the new moon was drawing close now, in a fortnight. She knew those nights were dangerous, but always found herself wishing for this night to come soon. She liked it when he was human. She liked to look into his eyes and see something there. 'He does feel something for me. Why would he bother about Kouga flirting with me otherwise?' And reassuring herself that there was something, she fell asleep.
The morning dawned, and she found herself almost disappointed that she had to go to school. But there was an important test in two days and she really had to catch up quite a lot of things. She met up with her friends at the end of the day, and they hung out. They talked about her 'rude boyfriend' and she found herself defending Inuyasha like hell.
It was on her way back home that she wondered how it would have been if she hadn't fallen into the well. 'I would have a normal life. I would have probably dated Hojo and studied regularly.' But deep inside she knew she didn't want that. She had never really felt anything for Hojo, and probably wouldn't have been that happy. 'I wouldn't have met Miroku or Sango or Shippou. I wouldn't have met Inuyasha. I would rather have Inuyasha as a friend than not have him at all'
Six more days till she went back to the feudal period. She briefly flirted with the thought of going two days early and surprising them. 'I'll see… let the test be over first' she decided and sat down to study again, blocking off all other thoughts.
I know nothing much happened and all, but I wanted to establish Kagome's thoughts and feelings at this stage. If I was a little too melodramatic or if this chapter was choppy, please let me know. Comments and flames are welcome. Review please!