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Chapter 2 – Unhappy mate

Kagome felt numb. She stood unwaveringly in front of the Goshinboku, Inuyasha's and her tree. The tree that marked the start of her quest with her lover, Inuyasha. The wind blew strands of her raven hair.

She stood there, watching the target of her once released arrow, Inuyasha. He was still sleeping soundly, like the last time she was here, stuck in the very same tree and the wind playing with his hair. There was no blood anymore in this Inuyasha, the rain had washed it away, and his red fire rat haori was no longer tattered, having mended itself during these past years.

Kagome, with the same design of traditional Miko garb, looked a little different herself, no longer a girl but a grown woman. Her hair was slightly longer, grown until her waist and tied in a long ponytail with tendrils dangling in each side of her lovely face. Her body was slimmer and curvy. Hints of sadness tinged in her deep chocolate eye.

"Inuyasha.. I see that you are doing well.." she stretched out an arm to touch his face. "Shippou has kept his promise all these years." She touched Inuyasha's face, stroked his hair, and rubbed his ears. Laughing slightly. "I almost forget how it's felt to rub your puppy ears. How many years has it been Inuyasha? Is it three?" Her face darkened suddenly. "Three years for nothing… Inuyasha… I have tried so hard. I have done everything in my power to bring you back, but… I still failed…" She was sobbing, hugging the body of her frozen love.

"Every second I think of you, every minute I think on how to set you free from death's clutches, every hour I pick up my broken self and soul and will myself to stay strong, and every night… every night I beg him to take me." She couldn't stop the flow of her tears. "I beg him to take me to his room… our room… and be done with it. So I could fulfill the end of my deal, so he would set you free, so… so you could come back to live again." She buried her face deeper in Inuyasha's chest "So I would see you again, so I could hear your voice again and feel your warm touch."

"Every night was a torture. I… I… would wake up each morning in his arms, crying and hoping that it would be the last time." Her voice hitched in her throat. "He is not happy with me. He always said that tears are the sign of weakness. He is right you know... I am weak. What is wrong with me Inuyasha? Am I too weak to carry a youkai child? I know there is no little number of women who could carry and birth hanyou children. Even your mother was one of them. But why couldn't I?! Why Inuyasha?? It has been three years!! And every night I have tried!! But… but…" Kagome stopped her ranting, tryied to control her sobs. "He once said that I am powerful, the most powerful female he has ever met, and our child would be powerful... That's all in his head Inuyasha. Power! To have a powerful mate, powerful heir, powerful kingdom… He sacrifices our love to gain his power."

"But you know, I am not strong as he thinks. If I'm strong then we would not be standing here right now. You would be free and maybe we would have been married and living happily in the village. "She smiled a little thinking about her dream life with the hanyou she loved beside her. "After all of this, do you think we still could be together one day? You know I would leave him for you, but would you still want me then?" She continued crying desperately, hugging Inuyasha's body.

She sobbed unaware of the time, only aware of Inuyasha's red haori that was getting damp with all of her tears, until she felt a powerful youki approaching fast. She smiled bitterly, "He has found me."

Kagome turned her head to watch him walking closer, "My lord Sesshoumaru…" And he didn't look happy.

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AN: Thank you so much for all of you who have spent your time to review or at least read my first chapter! I'm feeling more confident to continue it now! Originally I was thinking to write a short story, but there are lots of plot inside my head now that makes this story impossible to finished soon. So yes, maybe this will be a long one.

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I've redone this chapter also!

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