Fallen Petals ,Broken Stem
Chapter Two
A Pack Left Behind
By Inuyashas Youkai
The images of that night kept running thru the hanyou' s mind while going about his routine of scouting out the area they were currently camping at . Inuyasha for sure thought that Kagome had gone back through the well after the confrontation between himself and the miko's but was shot down when her mother had seen her and her scent was over weeks old. The fact stood out as soon as her entered the well into her time and slammed him like a ton of bricks harder than any sit would have. The fear of what happened to her was palpable and could slice it with a knife it was so thick. After Shippo had came back running telling about the news from the friendly stranger that was hanging around the well,claiming that Kagome was no more.
Thus which was why the well was now sealed away from the world of the present. At that point the fear, regret , and devastaion was quickly bred from within the half demon. The hanyou now only wondered if that maybe what he told her the last night he saw her was right to say. The pain that was eating at his heart in his chest ,if it was any inclination,truth be told deep down ,Inuyasha didn't think so. Not only for what happened in result but because it wasn't true,and now he would have Kagome's blood on his hands if the mysterious persons words ever rang true.
It wasn't only the hanyou that felt the sting of the news of the recently departed miko that became so much to all of them. Sango had lost another family member as she mused on her dead sister,what happened ,how did she die,and who attacked her,was on her mind and it further forced the anger for the hanyou to grow. Miroku was also saddened by the news but knew he had to be strong for the pack and step in where the miko normally did to keep them together so he kept his hurt to himself. Shippo took it the hardest seeing the blood dried along the blades of grass now smashed to the ground and dried with dark crimson near the well,the fox kit took it as truth. The little fox child now cried nonstop unless that he was asleep for weeks.
Unbeknownst to everyone except the hanyou ,which he found accidently when spotting the one who made it for her standing next to a memorial stone for Kagome. The sight in it self drove the point home that Kagome was indeed gone or at least away from him,and that was very uncomfortable feeling for the hanyou. After she left ,Inuyasha had snuck into the area and kneeled down in front of it and cried ,wanting the pain to leave ,but it never would .Placing some flowers down like he had done for his mother and sighing against the stone ,lightly stroking its edges. In a raspy voice that wasn't his own,Inuyasha spoke softly to it.
" Kagome ,I was wrong I am sorry so please come back to me so I could tell you..Please don't leave me anymore I want you to come back please don't let it be so ,don't be dead.."
Torn from his musings a soft footfalls upon the grass made him turn towards the noise with a broken look within his eyes. The woman looked on him with a scowl on her face and had another with her, a little girl with her holding a mirror facing him. Within the smooth surface of the reflective glass he saw his worst nightmare play out in front of him,the fear from it only made him scoot away from the sight to pretend within his mind that it didn't happen. The mirror showed him Kagome running from him after their conversation , then being torn limb from limb ,left for dead,and then dying in the well. Alone. The woman smirked then brought his attention to her face.
" Haha ,what's the matter puppy did you lost your master?"
"Shuddup Wench,what do you want anyway!"
" No worries, mutt she's not dead at least in how you think but she is dead to you. She isn't the same and right now I would stay away from her .Kagome isn't Kagome anymore and won't be able to help you anymore .See ya around soon."
" Naraku better not touch her ! If I see any thing out of place on her I will kill you!"
" I assure you what has become is all your doing .My advice to you is stay away from her and let the big boys handle the bitch.! Will see you again soon when we have her convinced what you've already started is what she should follow. "
You bitch ! Hey come back here! "Inuyasha jumped up to follow them but they were already gone
It was only his surprise to find Kikyo coming from the direction that they left and stopping short in front of him.
"Is it true that Kagome is gone?"
"For now yes "
" Very well, then I guess I don't have any worries about her interfering will still uphold your word. I will wait for the moment you join me in hell."Kikyo left to rejoin with the scent of Naraku nearby,waiting somewhere in the direction that she was waiting.
Within the trees ,while waiting for the Priestess to follow Naraku mused that it was fact that even the hanyou didn't know of the miko Kagome's whereabouts ,and in a possibility without a trace of her scent of her could be found near or away from the could very well be his head in excitement thinking up a way to use this to destroy the hanyou as well as to covet the power of jewel that was at the present time without it's guardian. Once Kikyo was in his sights Naraku turned and laughed in his signature cakle,leaving the scene..
"KUKUKUKU!"
The hanyou walked slowly back into the village where his friends awaited him and thought in meloncholy that once again the woman that he once loved ,loved her still,had once again betrayed him ,and in the process Inuyasha ended up betraying another ,one that loved him unselfishly until the end..When he found his friends sitting amongst the campfire ,Inuyasha had plopped down against a nearby tree,and painfully sighed. Once he had gotten their attention in a small broken voice of his own Inuyasha spoke aloud softly more to himself than to anyone but wanted them to know how he felt.
"I am sorry that I did this I let you guys down .I let her down.."
"Inuyasha we don't blame you " Miroku replied
" Yes ,but I blame me .."
"Why? " Sango asked
"Because I let her go"
Everything grew quiet but something came out of the silence a silent sudden hum through his Tetsuseiga ,trying to tell him something but then it stopped. Thinking it was Sesshomeru , Inuyasha had ignored it after he started to pace toward it and disappeared. The thoughts on everyone's mind were on the girl that had become like family ,like pack ,and with her gone from it ,nothing felt the same.
TBC...