Cherrie: A bit late I know, but please enjoy the filler chapter and REVIEW! Thnx!
Summary: (Set right after eps. 126- Change Heartache into Courage) One night Kagome wakes up crying and sweating from a nightmare. Inuyasha comes down and comforts her, but their comforting eventually leads to Inuyasha marking her. When Kagome wakes up in the middle of the night, she runs away. Why? Is she rejecting Inuyasha?
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
"…" Speech
'…' Thoughts
(Italics) Flashback/Dream
'(Italics)' Inuyasha's Demon-side's thoughts
From Chapter 3
"Kagome…" he whispered looking down at the top of her head since she refused to look at him.
"I… I don't want you…" she whispered out.
'Not when I'm used as a replacement, a substitute…' she continued mentally.
"You don't mean that…" Inuyasha said out, desperately, his claws digging into her shoulder, "Please Kagome, tell me you didn't mean that!"
Tears were now glistening, but he refused to let them fall, he would not cry in front of the wolf.
"I-I'm sorry Inuyasha, I think this is the end, but I will give you the whole jewel once I find it again." She said softly, not once did her voice crack.
"No… Kagome please! Stay with me! Onegai…" he whispered.
Kagome stayed silent, and Inuyasha knew that it was over. Whatever he did had hurt Kagome and she would never be with him again. Sluggishly he walked out of the cave, to think of what he had done wrong.
Substitute Love
Chapter 4
Inuyasha's POV
'What have I done? I chased the most important person in my life away. How could I have done that? Baka, BAKA!'
I felt as if I could rip my hair out, I walked sluggishly back down to the forests. I would not leave Kagome here with Koga no matter what, she is MINE and I refuse to give her up. Even though she does not want to see me, I have to be near her, if I'm not then she'll die. The bond is too strong to be broken, being down here already is pulling at my heart and I know that she feels the pain too. I know that she loves me; I refuse to believe otherwise. For now, I'll just keep a vigil over her until she accepts that I love her too much for words.
At the Cave (Normal POV)
Kagome slumped down the cave wall and sat in the floor, tears streaming down her eyes. Inuyasha has finally left her. She was in pain; the distance away from Inuyasha was causing her physical pain. Her mate left her, and she was the one that pushed him away.
'How could I?' she thought, 'I pushed away the only important person in my life, but-but then again, it was for his happiness and if he's happy then I'll have no regrets. Yes, I will hurt but I will have no regrets.'
Decisions made Kagome felt a whole burden being lifted from her shoulders; she could give up her happiness if it gave him happiness. Plastering a pained smile of acceptance on her face she turned to Kouga,
"Thank you. Let's start looking for those jewels now shall we?" she asked.
"Sure Kagome, but are you sure you don't want to go with Inuyasha?" he asked.
Kagome frowned.
Kouga quickly added, "I mean its not that I mind you here, it's just that as much as I hate the mutt he does seem to care about you, your scent, it's filled with the fact that you belong to him, I don't think it would ever fade away, and I know that dog face did it on purpose. Maybe you should just go back to him."
Kagome replied, "Kouga, as much as I love him, I can't go back. I want to give him a second chance with Kikyo, he deserves it. I don't want him to live the rest of his life with me thinking 'what if', I want him to be sure of something for once in his live. As much as it hurts I know I can get over it, and even if I can't, at least I'll know that I did the right thing." She smiled as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Kouga walked forward and wiped the tears from her eyes; he understood he really did. That's the same thing he did for Kagome; he let her go. He smiled softly at her and she pounced on him and cried on his shoulder, the pain flowing through her tears. Kouga stayed still, his arms cradling her softly like a friend.
Soon Kagome cried herself to sleep. Kouga picked her up and put her on the furs to rest.
It was time to find mutt face.
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Quickly Kouga made his way down to the forest where he knew Inuyasha was waiting. Boy did that mutt have a lot to explain!
Kouga found Inuyasha sitting on a thick branch; deep in thought. He called up to him,
"Oi! Mutt-face!"
Inuyasha snarled, "What do you want now?"
"I want to talk and I want to talk now." He replied, sounding very serious.
Feeling his tone, Inuyasha leapt gracefully from the branch and land five feet away from Kouga.
"What is it?" he asked impatiently and snuck a glance at the entrance of the cave, 'Nope no Kagome' he thought sadly.
"I want to talk to you about Kagome." Kouga replied.
Inuyasha stiffened, " There's nothing to talk about... she left me but I will stay with her. End of story."
Kouga smiled, a sad smile.
"Do you not know how much Kagome loves you?"
"She doesn't, she doesn't even love me enough to stay the night after we mated Kouga… SHE FUCKING LEFT!" he yelled.
Kouga smiled and shook his head from side to side, "Kagome loves you very much, if she didn't then she would have left you a LONG time ago, not after mating you and hearing you declare your love for someone else. You take too many things for granted dog-face."
Inuyasha was shocked; Kouga was never nice and civil, what happened to him? Inuyasha raised an eyebrow unbelievingly.
"What do you want from me? He asked.
"I want you to make it better with Kagome, I will admit that I have lost but I refuse to let Kagome suffer from you insolence." Kouga replied, serious.
Inuyasha was confused again, now he sounded like Sesshomaru!
"And what makes you think that I will listen to you?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Because this involves Kagome and you will do whatever you can to make your mate take you back." He replied smugly.
Inuyasha was shocked, Kouga was right. He would do anything in his power to have Kagome near him again. He bowed his head slightly, there was no way to talk himself out of this, he needed it and so did Kagome, she would wither away without him.
"How am I supposed to do this Kouga? Or have you forgot that she doesn't want to be anywhere near me?" he whispered harshly, each word burning into his flesh
"I will tell Kagome that you will be shard-hunting with us, she will have to agree. You will then somehow to get her to forgive you." He stated, obviously his plan wasn't well developed.
"I wish it were that simple Kouga." Inuyasha sighed, "I don't even know what I did."
Kouga smiled again, "Trust me mutt, just do what you think is right, she will come around soon, Kagome is forgiving."
"I hope you're right" Inuyasha replied.
Cherrie: Yes I know I know, I said that I would update by the first week of July but summer school has come up and has taken A LOT of my time, I am truly sorry and I know I have no excuse all I can hope for is that you'll forgive me. This story is short because it leads us to the BIG InuKag moment! I hope you guys like this chapter even though its just a filler. Sorry about that and please REVIEW! I am hoping for some comments on your thoughts of this story! Thank you!