Chapter 2: Runaway Heart
Mizu treated them to dinner and told them where the rooms were. Kagome looked at the young eight year old girl, "Why are you still here Mizu of everyone left?" The girl looked at her, her black cat ears twitching. "Well I have to protect the forbidden jewel and... I don't have anywhere to go." Smiling sadly at Kagome. Inuyasha forced himself to swallow the lump that was building in his throat. He knew when he was young how hard it was growing up all alone having to fend for yourself. He shook his head, he couldn't do this! He walked outside surprised at the wave of loneliness he was feeling and the building sorrow he hadn't felt in years. How was this happening?! How was this little girl finding his way into his heart?! No one ever was let near there yet, he he was almost in the verge of tears feeling sorry for the poor child cause he knew what it was like. He hadn't even noticed that she came up behind him. "Are you alright?" He jumped seeing her. "Y-Yeah I'm fine." His voice wavered his feelings clouding his judgement. "I never learned you name." She smiled up at him. He locked eyes with her as the lump in his throat got worse. How could she look so happy yet be so sad at the same time?! "I-Inuyasha." She smiled, "I love it! Its beautiful! Your mom picked a wonderful name!" Inuyasha froze staring at her not sure what to say except... "H-How did you know I had a mother?!" She smiled, "Easy only our human mothers would stick by us in the end. Mine did but she died from a horrible sickness that couldn't be cured. My dad... I have no idea what happened to him." Inuyasha couldn't speak he felt his heart nudging him to tell about what happened to his mother but he didn't want to go there. It was still too painful. "Inu-chan your shaking?" The concerned girl spoke up. His eyes wide with shock as he realized she was right. He couldn't do this not here and now! He ran cause he knew he was about to show his weaker side and he did not want his friends to see him like that. Mizu watched him leave and looked at Kagome once who nodded her head to go after him. Mizu shot after the half-demon worried for him and his heart.
Inuyasha was as far as he could go his breathing wavered as his pain was building to a breaking point. "Why? Why now when it was so long ago? I thought I let this go!" Slammed his fist into a rock wall as tears made their way down his face. "Let what go?" He jolted spinning around seeing her there."No no no! She can't be here! Please no!" He thought to himself in a panic. "Go back Mizu please." His voice shaking when he told her to leave. The small cat half-breed reach for his hand and held it. "No, you need someone to be there with you. You don't want me to go. Your scared and don't want to do this alone... Again." Inuyasha chocked up shaking wildly out of control as a her words hit his heart like daggers to his heart knowing she was right. "I... I... *hic*... Can't have you... See me like... This!" The sobbing was starting to come out and he didn't know what to do! She couldn't be here for his breakdown. "Inu-chan I know that, but I don't want to leave you! I want to help you! I want to stay with you!" Upon hearing those words he lost it he slid to the ground sobbing covering his face in his knees. He felt a squeeze in his hand and looked up. To his surprise Mizu was crying too. She slowly smiled at him cupping his face gently. "I'm here for you." He suddenly didn't know why but he held her and gripped tight letting out all the hurt he ever felt. He thought all this should be the other way around but he felt thankful that the little girl was there for him. After about an hour his crying fit stopped. He wiped his tears with his sleep. " I won't tell." He looked at her and lightly teased. "You better not." He got up and walked back with her. Mizu looked at him. "Um can I come with you on your adventure Inu-chan?" Personally Inuyasha didn't want her to get hurt but she had no one else so he slowly smiled. "As long as you stay by Kagome and don't go near the fighting." She smiled big with joy. "Absolutely!" She rushed inside to tell them and pack the forbidden jewel as a necklace. Inuyasha didn't what he felt for the girl but... How could he let her get that near his heart?! He feared if he got to attached he'd get hurt again and lose her. That was something he knew he could never handle again. He had to watch himself or else he would end up worse in the end... Or so he thought.
