Chapter 3: the decision
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After they left Inuyasha's forest, the group headed for Kaede's hut for the night. Surprisingly, Inuyasha had not complained about staying in the old priestess hut. Kaede had cleaned and bandaged kagome's wound and offered her a tea to soothe the pain, the girl accepted it and tried not to make a face because of its bitter taste. Once she had finished her tea she said goodbye to the other two occupants of the hut and went to sleep.
Kagome was currently staring at the ceiling. It was very difficult for her to go to sleep after the events of today.
She let out a weary sigh.
She moved to one side trying to find the perfect sleeping position. She had to rest a lot, since tomorrow she would return to her time to explain everything to her family.
Out of the corner of her eye, Kagome saw Inuyasha exit silently out of the hut.
Carefully not to wake the old lady she went outside to look for the hanyou.
Involuntarily kagome brought her hand to her pocket to touch the pearl. She sighed with relief, it was still in her possession.
Following Inuyasha in the dark was no longer a good idea. If it weren't for his red haori kagome would have lost sight of him a long time ago.
"Where is he going?" She asked curiously to herself.
With each step, Kagome was beginning to recognize the place where they were. "Is he going to the sacred tree?" The girl's eyes widened in surprise when Inuyasha started to gently stroked the trunk of the tree, right where Kikyo had sealed him.
Kagome was debating internally if she should leave him alone when Inuyasha stopped touching the tree.
"Why are you following me?" He asked grimly without looking away from the tree.
" I forgot he could smell me" Kagome thought as she came out from behind a tree.
"I'm sorry, I could not sleep. I didn't mean to intrude" She offered him a shy smile.
Inuyasha snorted and walked towards her. "Listen. If you not here to give me the pearl, Leave "
Kagome frowned. She had forgotten how harsh inuyasha used to be.
"I just wanted to talk with you"
"Heh. Talk? "The boy chuckled. "I already told you, if you not here to give me the pearl you better go"
He turned to leave but Kagome's voice stopped him.
"If I could I would give it to you," the girl admitted. "But this pearl only brings misfortune" she said, remembering Kikyo's death.
"What do you know about the pearl?!" He asked raising his voice. "You just arrived today. You don't know anything" he said in a softer tone.
"You suffered because of the pearl, right?" She said in a tone of sympathy. "And yet you want to possess it. Why?"
"It's not your problem"
"It is, because I have the pearl now"
Inuyasha clenched his fists. " You wouldn't understand"
It was her imagination or Inuyasha sounded sad.
"How can I understand if you don't talk to me?"
He opened his mouth to speak but shut it and frowned. "It's none of your business"
"You wanted power?" The girl asked, but he did not answer.
"I see. You just confirmed my theory "
"What theory?"
"That all youkais just want power. " She touched the pearl in her pocket. "That's why I have to destroy it"
Her words caused shock in the hanyou who only reacted to hold her by the shoulders. "You wouldn't dare"
" I would dare, I don't want to bring more misfortune to this world because you don't want me to destroy the pearl"
It was true. She was planning on destroying the pearl as soon as she returned from her time. That way there would be no Naraku, Kikyo wouldn't be revived, Shippou's father would still live and Kohaku and Sango would have their family. In her eyes the pearl only brought evil to those who possessed some of its fragments.
Inuyasha's grip tightened and his eyes filled with anger. "Give me the pearl"
"Inuyasha, you're hurting me"
He snorts but let her go. "I won't let you do it," he said before moving away and getting lost in the immense darkness of the forest.
When he had disappeared from her sight, Kagome let out a trembling breath and her legs gave up.
"You did the right thing" she reminded herself. Never in her life had she been so frightened. Kagome always thought that Inuyasha would be incapable of hurting her, but now she wasn't so sure.
They weren't friends yet, they only had met for a couple of hours and so far, she was the girl who looked like Kikyo and wanted to destroy the pearl.
Kagome returned to the hut and let out a sigh of relief when she noted that the hanyou was not there. She stepped inside and sat in a corner, took one of the blankets Kaede had given her and wrapped herself in it. She closed her eyes to try to forget the tired day she had.
"I'll talk to him tomorrow" she promised herself before she fell asleep.
In the morning Kagome was awakened by a gentle touch on her shoulder. When she opened her eyes she saw Kaede's worried face. "Have you seen Inuyasha?" the older woman asked.
Kagome shook her head. " We fought yesterday"
Kaede nodded and gave her a sympathetic smile. "Breakfast is ready. Eat, we have to go to the well "
(...)
I should definitely put a ladder in here. Kagome was already in modern Tokyo. The girl smiled when she heard the voices of her grandfather and Sota.
"I'm Here!" she announced coming out of the well scaring them.
"Sis!" sota exclaimed.
"Kagome, we were so worried. What happened?"
She smiled and began to tell her story.
(...)
"Kagome, will you return to the feudal era?" Her mother asked in a worried tone.
She nodded. Out of the corner of her eye Kagome could see the worry in her mother's face. She stopped packing things and turned to face her mother, taking her hands Kagome smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I have a duty to fulfill "
Eiko wiped the tears from her eyes and tightened her hold to calm herself. "I understand, but please be careful"
"I will"
Once again Kagome was on the other side of the well.
She could hear a familiar voice from outside. She gasped in surprise as she recognized the voice. Her good humor vanished as she stepped out of the well and met Inuyasha's stare.
"What?" She asked grudgingly throwing her backpack in the grass and siting on the edge of the well to talk to him.
"Where did you go?"
Kagome smiled. "Home"
Inuyasha's eyes widened. "You live in the well?" He asked in surprise.
She screamed in exasperation. "Sit boy!"
She stood up ignoring Inuyasha's muffled screams and started walking toward the village. She wanted to ask Kaede if she knew a way to destroy the pearl.
"Wait! Was that for? "He shouted, but Kagome ignored him.
(...)
"Destroy the pearl?" Kaede asked in surprise. "Why do you want to do it"
Kagome sipped her tea before answering. "In my eyes, the pearl only brings pain and suffering." She glanced at the hanyou next to her who just snorted. "We are capable of hurting others by a fragment of the shikon no tama. This is a time of war, I don't want to bring more suffering "
Kaede watched the exchange between the two of them and thought about Kagome's words and wondered if Inuyasha had told her what had happened 50 years ago. "Your decision is very noble. The only thing that I can think of is to shatter the pearl "
"Excellent! There is a huge stone outside- "
"Kagome, only a supernatural sword can cut the pearl"
"Oh"
"Tessaiga"
Kagome leaned over to Inuyasha with a smile. They still had hope.
"I'm not going to help you"
"Please"
"No"
Time for plan b.
"Don't tell me you don't have a sword"
Inuyasha's left eye twitched.
"So the mighty Inuyasha doesn't have a mighty sword. What a shame, I thought you were the most powerful demon "
"Agh Shut up!"
Inuyasha suddenly slapped his neck. That could only mean one thing.
"Master Inuyasha that was unnecessary"
"Agh what do you want myoga?"
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