Title: Her Heart's Cry

Author: Priestess Skye

Word Count: 244

Genre: Angst

Pairings: Inu/Kik, Inu/Kag (sort of)

Rating: G

Written for Iyficcontest

Competition theme

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The near silent rustling of leaves in the bushes was the only sign he had returned, sitting against a nearby tree as if he had never left. She closed her eyes tightly, feigning sleep. She was still too emotional to deal with his ignorance, everything was still too fresh in her mind. She knew he never intended to take it this far, torment her time and time again, but then he wouldn't have been her Inuyasha if he had taken care.

But sometimes it hurt the way he would take off without a moment's notice, disappear from her sight without saying a word, as if he vanished like a puff of smoke. Just gone.

She was acting like a petulant child, like she had some claim over him, which she knew to be untrue. She never held claim, she never held his heart. And yet she continued to fight for it hoping that one day he would realize the prize he had in her.

She would never force him though, she knew, and if he decided one day that she wasn't enough, she would let him go, wishing him well along the way while her heart would shatter inside, leaving nothing behind.

She was never his, and something deep inside knew he never would be. It was a battle she couldn't win, and tomorrow night when he left her again, the cycle would begin anew.

The struggle for a heart she could never have.

Disclaimer: Inuyasha does not belong to me, he belongs to Rumiko Takahashi