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Dwelling Amongst the Living
(Sequel to Laying Amongst the Dead)
NOTE: I'm not sure if I like this starting point, yet, so bare with me. I need you guys to tell me if you like it or if I should toss it. I love you guys so much. Thanks for all your help and lovely reviews. Any pointers as to how I should start out will help so much and be greatly appreciated. Love yas.
Dee Zuki
Chapter Two
Tears ran from the corner of my eyes as I looked up at him and I realized that he was…beautiful. He looked so much younger and attractive. Nothing like the worn out shell of a man that had first brought me here. His skin was now pale creamed colored and full, flawless even. It didn't look grey and meatless anymore. His lips were pale pink and full, kissable lips now. He was so different…How could I have not noticed it?
"Don't leave," My voice was barely audible over the crackling of the small fireplace. I wanted to say so much more, but that was the only thing that came out of my mouth.
I watched as a tear rolled down his flawless cheek and felt it drip onto my own cheek. "Oh how I longed to hear your voice," he breathed, leaning down and pressing his forehead against mine, "I thought I would never hear it again. I'll do anything in my power for you, Kagome, as long as you don't do that again. It scared me and nothing has scared me in over hundred years."
I blinked past my shock and looked at his closed eyes as silent tears continued to spill from his eyes. "I'm stuck here…aren't I?" I asked, my voice hoarse and scratchy still. I cleared my throat and winced.
He pulled back and opened his eyes. Anger dwelled in those eyes now along with the guilt and pain. "Yes," he breathed.
I looked away and stared into the flames of a small fireplace not too far away. I watched as the orange flames licked the air and wished I was like the fire. Free to dance or die. "How long," I paused to clear my throat again, "how long has it been?" I asked, my mind drifting towards that empty place I stayed in again.
He sighed and laid back onto top of me, his warm cheek laying against my shoulder, his face turned towards the fire as well. "Two years," he mumbled.
Panic hit me hard enough to make my heart pick up. Two years? Has it really been that long? How could I have been in the blissful darkness for two long years? Had they moved on already? Had they forgotten me already? I blinked through my haze of tears and looked away from the fire and its free dancing flames.
"Has it really been two years?" I asked absently.
"They wouldn't have forgotten you, love, if that's what's troubling you, but they would have moved on by now," he sighed, hugging me to him, "all humans do. In all the two hundred and some odd years that I had lived as Death, I had never loved. Never wanted to. Humans hurt themselves more in love then in war. People committed suicide daily all over the world because the one they loved did something to hurt them. The ones that survive, move on, and forget all those they had loved for some new love." His voice sounded confused and wistfully, again.
I frowned deeply and rolled his words around in my head. InuYasha had still loved Kikyo even after all the crap she did to him. Sesshomaru never loved InuYasha or considered him a brother, but he took care of Rin. My stomach tightened at the picture of Sesshomaru watching Rin run through a field of flowers. His amber colored eyes watching her every move. His long silver hair flowing around his body as the breeze blew by him. He was so beautiful. His skin paler then milk and his body harder then stone, but as soft as silk.
"Not everyone forgets those they love. Some clung to their memories until the day they wither and die. Not all mortal's minds forget those that meant the most to them," I croaked, squeezing my eyes shut.
"You loved him, didn't you?" he asked, turning his head so that his face was hidden in my neck again.
I let the barest sob out and regretted it. "Yes," I sobbed, the keening noises followed and I couldn't smother them out this time.
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Well, that's all for chapter two. Good or no? I hope its okay. Figuring out how to start a story is always the trickest part. I never know if its good or not. Well, say yah or nah. I'd love to hear your opinions. Love yas.
Dee Zuki
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