A Journey to the End, By: Yanira Adamson
Ch. 2 InuYasha's Choice
(InuYasha belongs to me! HANDS OFF!)
"Sis, wake up," Sota said shaking her shoulder. "You're going to be late for school again."
(Kagome's eyes opened, she jumped out of bed and ran to her closet to get her uniform out)
"Sota get out." Kagome said pulling out her school uniform.
"You don't have to tell me twice." Sota said leaving.
(Kagome grabbed her yellow backpack, and headed downstairs to the kitchen.)
"Here you go dear." Ms. Higurashi said handing her a bagged lunch. "Have a good day."
"Thanks, bye mom." She said running out the door. "I'm going to be late, I better hurry." Kagome said to herself as she started to run.
(Heading towards school.)
"Kagome, Kagome wait up." All three of her friends, Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka yelled trying to catch up with her.
"Happy late Birthday Kagome." Yuka said handing her a birthday bag. "We all pitched in, and bought it for you, it must've been horrible having bunion surgery on your birthday."
(Sigh)
"Oh, grampa why can't you ever come up with a normal sickness?" She thought to herself.
"Oh, look its Hojo let's see what your boyfriend got you today Kagome." Eri said looking at her.
"He's not my boy-…." Kagome started to say to her friends, but Hojo was right behind her.
"Hey Kagome, sorry you had bunion surgery on your birthday, but this might make you feel better." Hojo said giving her a gift wrapped box with a huge red bow on it.
"Thanks Hojo, you really didn't have to." Kagome said opening it. "Oh, umm you really didn't have to."
"I wanted to," He said looking at her, "It's a special cream that helps prevent bunions."
"Thanks." Kagome said putting the cream into her yellow backpack. "You'd think that after grampa made up all those horrible diseases, he would stop liking me." She thought to herself.
"Hey Kagome, would you like to go out for dinner?" Hojo said looking a little nervous. "I was going to ask you on your birthday, but your grandfather told me about the surgery and I decided to ask you when I saw you again."
"Sure why not, it's not like I have anything better to do." Kagome said with a smile on her face.
"Great I'll pick you up at seven tonight." Hojo said, waving goodbye to them heading towards the school.
"Kagome, aren't you happy, your going on a date with the most popular guy in school."
Ayumi said, staring at her.
"Yeah it's great."
(Last class of the day.)
"I was supposed to go back to the feudal era tonight, InuYasha's probably already at my house." She thought to herself. "I wonder what he's going to do when he finds out I have a date with Hojo tonight.
(Ring, ring, ring.)
"Huh, class is over already!" Kagome said to herself, getting up off her seat gathering all her books into her backpack.
(Higurashi Shrine)
"I wonder what's taking Kagome so long?" InuYasha said to himself, while playing with Buyo. "She knows we're going back today.
"I'm home." Kagome said as soon as she walked inside her house. "Hey Sota, is InuYasha here?"
"Yeah, he's waiting for you in your room." Sota said, looking away from the TV to answer Kagomes question.
"Thanks Sota." Kagome said climbing the stairs to her room.
"Finally!" InuYasha said getting up. "What took you so long, the others are waiting for us on the other side of the well."
"I can't go." Kagome said looking at InuYasha.
"Why not?" InuYasha asked. "You said the last one of those exam things ended today, so you don't have an excuse."
"I….."
"Kagome, Hojo just called to make sure you were well enough to go on your date." Sota said, holding the phone in his hand. "What should I tell him?"
"Tell him I'm feeling great." Kagome told Sota. "Sota can you excuse us for a minute?"
"Sure." Sota said walking downstairs telling Hojo what Kagome had told him to say.
"A DATE!" InuYasha yelled at Kagome. "WITH WHO?" InuYasha asked.
"A guy from school." Kagome said hoping InuYasha would go back without her. "So just go ahead, I'll go back later tonight."
"Kagome…" InuYasha said looking angry. "Do what you want, it's not like I care." He said turning his back at her. "I can always get Kikyo to help me find the jewel shards!" InuYasha said turning back to look at her.
She was looking down, all InuYasha could see was a single tear fall to the ground.
"Kagome?" InuYasha said feeling stupid for saying that. "I didn't mean it, I..." InuYasha said embracing her, but she pulled away from him.
"InuYasha, I got to get ready for my date. Go downstairs with Sota." She said pushing him out the door before slamming it in his face.
(30min. later.)
"So InuYasha what do you think?" Kagome asked InuYasha.
InuYasha turned to look at her, his eye's widening "You…you look beautiful." InuYasha said blushing.
"Thank you InuYasha." Kagome said smiling.
(Ding Dong)
"Kagome," Sota called out, "Hojo's here."
"That's him, I got to go." Kagome said, heading for the door. "Go back, I'll meet up with you at Kaede's hut." She said to InuYasha before leaving.
"Bye Kagome." InuYasha said thinking of Kagome and that boy from her school. "What if Kagome likes him, what if she decides to leave me for him?" InuYasha thought to himself. "I should just go back and wait for her, I don't want her to tell me to "sit" again, nine times is enough for one week!" InuYashas said to himself climbing in the well.
(Feudal Era)
"Hey InuYasha, where's Kagome?" Shippo asked looking in the well.
"She went on a date." InuYasha said heading towards Kaede's hut.
"Surely you didn't let her go." Miroku said to InuYasha. "That boy could try to take advantage of poor Kagome."
"Like you do with every girl that you see." Sango said getting irritated.
"Sango that is not true." Miroku said simply.
"Oh?" Sango and Shippo said looking at him.
"Not every girl, just the pretty ones." Miroku said looking at a young maiden from the village. "Excuse me miss, but you are so beautiful I could not help myself, may I ask you a question?"
"Yes." The maiden said to Miroku.
"Will you bare my children?" Miroku asked, looking back at an angry Sango.
"Monk!" Sango said throwing her weapon at Miroku.
"We'll talk later." Miroku said falling to the ground.
"So InuYasha, you just let her go?" Shippo asked him.
"Yeah, it's not like I care…huh?" InuYasha said distracted by a smell in the air. "That's Kikyo's scent!" He said running towards the forest.
"Hey Inuyasha come back where are you going?" Shippo asked, looking at InuYasha run into the forest out of sight, and turning back to Sango and Miroku.
"You pervert!" Sango yelled at Miroku.
"Sango it wasn't my fault it was the cursed hand." Miroku said, trying to get up.
"I'm so sure monk, come on Shippo lets wait for Kagome at Kaede's hut." Sango said picking Shippo up into her arms.
(Sigh.)
"He'll never learn will he?" Shippo said, looking up at Sango.
"Most likely… no…" Sango said, looking down at Kirara.
(Modern Day Tokyo, Japan)
"Kagome, is something wrong?" Hojo asked, looking at Kagome who looked very depressed.
"Huh? Oh…no, nothings wrong." Kagome said lying to Hojo.
"Are you sure, cause if your feeling sick then maybe I should take you home." Hojo said looking a bit depressed himself.
"No, really I'm ok." Kagome lied again. "I wonder what InuYasha's doing right now?" Kagome asked herself, ignoring Hojo but nodding a few times so he would think she was listening. "He's probably with Kikyo." She said to herself. "No, he's with Sango, Miroku, and Shippo at Kaede's hut, but what he said earlier really hurt."
(Flashback)
"Do what you want, it's not like I care." "I can always get Kikyo to help me find the jewel shards."
(End of Flashback)
"Would InuYasha really replace me with Kikyo?" Kagome said to herself, feeling really depressed now. "Maybe I should just go back now, I'll just tell Hojo that I'm not feeling well.
"Kagome do you want dessert?" Hojo asked with a wide smile on his face.
"No, but you were right I do feel a little ill, can you take me home?" Kagome asked, looking at Hojo.
"Sure." Hojo said, getting up grabbing Kagomes coat and putting it on her.
"Thank you Hojo and I'm sorry I ruined your evening." Kagome said apologizing to him.
"It's okay, maybe next time." He said hopefully.
"Yeah, maybe next time." She said as they walked out of the restaurant.
(Feudal Era)
"Kikyo where are you, I know you're here." InuYasha thought to himself jumping from tree to tree. "That's one of Kikyo's soul collectors!" InuYasha said following them through the forest, until he found her. "Kikyo, what are you doing here?" InuYasha asked, starring at Kikyo. "Were you waiting for me?"
"Yes," She said turning to him. "I was, I needed to speak with you." Kikyo said, looking at InuYasha.
"About what?" InuYasha asked.
"About that girl." Kikyo said walking towards him.
"Who, Kagome?" InuYasha asked her.
"Yes Kagome." Kikyo said looking up at the night sky. "InuYasha what i'm going to ask you may be hard, but you must choose." She said looking into his golden eyes.
"Choose? Choose what?" He said walking towards her.
"Between me and that girl Kagome." He stoped moving, shocked to hear what she had just said. "Choose who you want to be with InuYasha."
"Kikyo, I…I can't do that." InuYasha said, looking away from her. "I can't choose between you and Kagome."
"InuYasha, you cannot care for us equally." Kikyo said, "Come InuYasha." He followed her to a near by river "InuYasha look into the water."
"I don't see anything." InuYasha said looking back at her.
"InuYasha the river reflects the night sky." Kikyo said, bending down to stroke the water. "It looks the same, but it is different." She said getting up to look at him.
"She's right, Kikyo and Kagome do look alike, but they're different." InuYasha thought to himself.
"InuYasha you have a choice." Kikyo said. "You can stay with me but I am already dead, I cannot give you children, I have no warmth, I can't live without the souls of dead women.
"Kikyo, I…" InuYasha began to say.
"InuYasha let me finish what I have to say." Kikyo said putting a finger over his lips. "InuYasha you have another choice." Kikyo said looking away. "You can choose her. She's alive, she can give you children, her body has warmth, she is everything I cannot give you" Kikyo looked back at him with a smile. "InuYasha you know you cannot be happy with me, I am dead and can no longer stand between you and the life I know you want."
(Higurashi Shrine)
"Thanks Hojo, I'll see you later. Bye." Kagome said heading towards the shrine. "I'm home, but I got to go back to the feudal era so I can't stay long."
"Kagome, here mom packed you backpack while you were out." Sota said, handing her the yellow bag.
"Thanks Sota, thank mom for me I got to go." Kagome said heading towards the well. "InuYasha, I'm coming." Kagome said to herself jumping into the well.
(Feudal Era)
"Wow the sky looks beautiful tonight." Kagome said climbing out of the well. She looked around at the trees and saw something moving through them. "Aren't those Kikyo's soul collectors?" She said looking toward the river. "InuYasha's probably with her right now." She thought to herself. "Maybe I should go check." Kagome told herself walking into the forest, following one of the soul collectors.
"InuYasha I love you, but I cannot make you happy." Kikyo said, looking up at him. "You love Kagome and I can't stand in between you two anymore."
InuYasha smiled, Kikyo was right again. He did love Kagome, his guilt for Kikyo was holding him from being happy with her but not anymore.
"Thank you Kikyo, for giving me the chance to be happy with Kagome." InuYasha said embracing her in his arms for what would be the last time.
"I knew it, he was with her." Kagome thought to herself hiding behind a tree, starting to cry. "He's never going to forget about her." She stepped back and snapped a branch. "I should let them be together, I don't belong here I never did." Kagome said running towards the well.
"Kagome?" InuYasha said watching her run away.
"Go to her InuYasha." Kikyo said.
"Okay." InuYasha said running after Kagome.
"InuYasha, we will not see each other again until Naraku's demise." Kikyo said to herself, fading away into the forest.
"I should just go home, Kikyo can help them find the jewel shards, that's what InuYasha wants." Kagome thought to herself, still crying.
"KAGOME, Kagome." InuYasha yelled trying to catch up with her. "Hold on."
"Why should I?" Kagome asked InuYasha, angry at him for leaving her for Kikyo again. "So you can tell me you will never do it again, and then run off again as soon as you know she's near."
"Kagome I'm sorry, but you need to let me explain." InuYasha said walking towards her.
"NO, stay away from me!" Kagome said, taking the bottle with the jewel shards. "You and her love each other, she can help you find the remaining jewel shards." She said throwing the bottle at InuYasha.
"Kagome, I don't care about these anymore." InuYasha said dropping the jewel shards on the ground, as he walked towards her. "I don't love Kikyo," He said pulling her close to him, "I love you Kagome, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." InuYasha said holding her.
"I love you InuYasha." Kagome said, crying into his chest. "I always did." She said holding on to him, not wanting to ever let go.
(A/N – Ok, this chapter is going to please some people and make others mad. But this chapter is necessary for the the story to work. Thanks for reading ^-^ !)