Her funeral was small. Her family…and him. Most shied their eyes away from him, as though he were a disease. He kept his eyes down…only to bring them back up as he walked over to her coffin. He brushed the fringe from her face, knocking her glasses askew. He just wanted to see her face, fully for the final time. His heart ached. He wanted to bring her back. He suddenly felt a hot surge of betrayal.
He left the funeral, without a single tear shed. He was angry. She had betrayed him. He was sitting in his room, cursing her for betraying him. He looked to the left and saw the music box lying on his desk. Suddenly…..he heard a voice.
It will only be ten years. Ten years….you'll find me…and we'll be together again.
It was her. The one he loved so much. He desperately wanted her back. He still felt the betrayal flow through him. It was enough to make him stop. He closed the box……leaving the room silent. 6 Years LaterIn the years that had followed her death, InuYasha became cold, uncaring, and cruel. Almost as stoic and icy as his brother, not caring what anyone thought. The death still tortured him, he never loved another woman. Never laid eyes on one with any profound interest. Sure he went out, but only to watch the girls squirm as they tried to talk with him. He still kept her warning….and he counted each day down, till he could hold her again.
The years had been slow. There had not been a day where he hadn't taken the music box and cradled it. He listened to it's song, silently lamenting his loss, and crying in frustration of her betrayal. He could not get over the fact that she had tried to kill him. He knew it wasn't actually her….but somehow that just didn't do the whole thing justice. What did was letting himself believe that she wanted him to die. Letting the betrayal sink in was the easier thing to do. It made him want to see her. To be able to make her repay.
" InuYasha?"
" Miroku…what are you doing here?"
" I live here. Or is your being a hermit making you forget who you live with?"
" Sorry. I was just thinking about her."
" Again? Dude, it's been six years. And ever since I've known you…she's all you've ever talked about…thought about…and I don't even know her. All you've said is, ' She's long gone now.' Isn't there more to it? Why is she all you've ever thought about?"
InuYasha's face went white. In all of this time, he never once wanted to tell Miroku. It was easier to keep it private. He slowly got up.
He had met Miroku two years after her death. When they moved into the same apartment for college, Miroku was a decent enough guy. The trouble had been that the very same night after moving in, Miroku had asked if he had a girlfriend. His face went white, as it was now, and he had simply said:
" She's long gone now."
Now four years later, he was bringing it all back up. InuYasha's face made him look as though he had fought with a ghost and lost. He looked at Miroku who had began to look scared.
" She died okay?"
"…"
" It was an accident. She was a Goddess, and I don't mean your beautiful chick, no she was an honest-to-God Goddess. Goddess of Rain. Eventually, when she was 17 and I was 18, she was badly hurt for her powers. She didn't wake up, at first, then when she did, she drove to my house. Her mom was frantic searching for her. Then…she tried to kill me. It wasn't really her. She was being controlled. Then, when she tried to fight it, she turned the gun on herself….and she died."
" Look, I never meant to pry….."
" Yes you did. Her name was Kagome. She was the most beautiful girl in the entire world….and I lost her. And ever since…I hadn't spoken of her. Not even mentioned her name. Until today that is."
" I just thought….she was away from you……I didn't think she was dead! I'm really sorry I brought it up."
" No, I keep thinking about her because 6 years ago she promised me in ten years, she'd come back so I could see her again."
Miroku left InuYasha's room. He opened the music box once more, and slowly closed his eyes, and the mournful tune played over and over,
Only a few more years……just a few more years…and I will be waiting for you. I will wait for you forever.
