Farewell

The following morning found Inuyasha before the grave where Kikyo's remains were buried. Although her undead form had been returned to the grave for two years, he often thought of her. Kikyo had been the first human other than his mother to accept him and he was so lonely he found himself attached to the miko, even after their fateful confrontation with Naraku.

Once he was awakened from his eternal slumber, Inuyasha was increasingly beginning to wonder if he was confusing companionship with love as his feelings for Kagome were much different, much more intense. He gripped a bouquet of flowers as he spoke, regret and sadness and guilt in his voice. But the young hanyou, after listening to Miroku's words, had come to a crossroads. It was time to stop his foolishness and start making decisions. It was time to become a man.

"Kikyo, I've hung on to you longer than I should have. I need to move on for both of our sakes. But I will never forget you. You were the first human other than my mother to show me compassion and friendship. You taught me to feel again, to have hope. Maybe if the circumstances were different things could have been better for the both of us. I just wish we had trusted each other more," Inuyasha paused, sniffling a little.

That is a mistake I will never make again, Inuyasha vowed. Back then he did not know companionship. He dared not trust another person for it could mean death. "I hope you can finally rest in peace. Goodbye forever, my Kikyo." Inuyasha dropped the flowers onto the grave and slowly walked away. He was wiping the tears on the back of his hand quickly so no one would see his brief show of emotion when he saw the monk.

Not now, I'm in no mood for this! Emotions often left him frustrated and flustered. Kagome understood this, and often left him alone to calm down, something he was grateful for.

"Inuyasha, what are doing?"

"Something I should have done a long time ago," he replied as he walked past Miroku, determination in his voice.

"You better not hurt Kagome." Before the monk could defend himself, Inuyasha grabbed the front of his robes and shoved him into a tree.

"What do you know? Passing judgment on the both of us like that. This is between Kagome and me. Stay out of it!" Inuyasha released a very surprised monk and stormed off towards the well.


Short and sweet. Not all chapters need to be long. Next chapter is the good one!