a/n: Oh my gosh, I am so sorry for not updating for so long! I promise, I will try to update more often!
Shippo: Took you long enough!
Me: I know! Will you ever forgive me?
Shippo: Only if you stop babbling and let us get on with the story!
Me: Shutting up now.
Kagome woke with a start, panic overtaking her senses. She knew something was horribly wrong. It felt like half of her heart had withered up and died inside of her. She suddenly noticed the small package in her hand. The fabric looked suspiciously similar to Inuyasha's robe of the Fire rat.
She frantically opened the package, a lump forming in her throat and foreboding descended upon her body as she saw the small fang and note folded up in fabric. She quickly opened the note and read the unfamiliar handwriting. Kagome felt tears prick at the back of her eyes as she read.
Kagome,
I need you to understand that I can't stay here any longer. I don't want you to come after me, where I'm going isn't safe for you. I'll always love you Kagome. Please understand that I wouldn't leave if it weren't absolutely necessary. I understand if you would like to go back to your own time. Don't forget about he too much. Ha Ha. No really. You'll always be on my mind. I love you.
Inuyasha
By the end of the letter, Kagome was sobbing hard. Tears streamed down her face, and she dropped the note, bringing her hands to her face. Shippo crawled out from under Kagome, yawning. He froze once he saw the tears streaming down her face.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" He asked, concerned. He'd never seen her act like this before. He noticed the note on the ground and quickly read the letter to see what had caused her so much pain. He started to shake in anger, furious at the hanyou.
"I didn't think Inuyasha was this dumb. Boy did he prove me wrong! What was he thinking the-" Shippo was cut off as Kagome's vocal chords came back to life with an ear piercing scream. Shippo looked back up at his surrogate mother, his heart swelling up in compassion towards the girl. He wanted to help her, desperately, but there didn't seem much he could do…
"Sango!" He sighed softly, taking off towards the village. He quickly sprinted as fast as his little legs would carry him towards Sango and Miroku's hut, letter in hand. Boy, was he glad for all the practice he's had in running! He sighed in relief when He saw Sango and Miroku's hut come into view.
"SANGO! MIROKU! Wake up!" He screamed as loud as he could. When there was no response, he screamed again. "Kagome's in trouble!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, banging against the door of the hut.
He held his breath long enough to hear people scrambling around the hut, before once again having the noise being covered by his labored breathing. Damn, had he ran fast! It was hard for him to get his breath back. Sango burst out of the hut, donned in her demon-fighting outfit, hiraikotsu in hand and a transformed kirara by her side. Miroku followed seconds after, staff in hand. Sango looked down at Shippo, while Miroku scanned the horizon for demonic auras.
"What's wrong Shippo? Where's Kagome?" Sango asked worriedly, grabbing Shippo from the ground and jumped on to Kirara. "Miroku, Come on!" Sango shouted impatiently at the sleepy monk. He quickly turned his attention back on to Sango, and hoped on silently.
"Kirara. Go that way!" Shippo pointed. Kirara roared and took off hurriedly in the direction she smelt Kagome. Or rather her tears. "Shippo, what's wrong with Kagome?" Sango demanded again. Shippo simply handed her the note.
"See for yourselves." He said, turning his sad eyes back to the horizon, waiting for the horrid sight he knew was to come. Sango quickly read through the note.
"THAT COMPLETE BAKA!" Sango suddenly screamed, startling Miroku so much that he almost fell off. Shippo would have smiled, if he knew that Inuyasha would be coming back. He was in for a hell of a lot of trouble if he did come back.
"That Idiot left?! And after Kagome had given up so much for him!?" Sango fumed. Miroku quickly snatched the note from Sango's hand and back away as much as he could. An angry Sango was NOT something he wanted turned against him. He shuddered before reading the letter. He felt anger rise through him as well.
'How dare he do that to lady Kagome?' He grit his teeth together. When he saw Inuyasha next… He was in for one hell of a headache.
"How could he ever give up something he loved? I know I could never do it." Miroku looked over at Sango lovingly. "Ever pull something like this against me, Houshi, and you will never be able to sire children again, you hear me?" Sango seethed, and Miroku gulped. "Yes Dear…" Suddenly, Kagome's shattered cries reached their ears as they approached the meadow, and they all looked at each other, despair in their hearts.
Never, NEVER had they ever heard Kagome so heart broken before.
Kagome looked down at her bloody hand through watery eyes, noticing that Inuyasha's fang had become imbedded in it. 'Damn metaphor to my heart' Kagome thought grimly. She closed her eyes and moaned. This was just too much to take. If she never wanted to see him again, she would have gone home though the well and wished the jewel away. She loved Inuyasha and wanted to be with him more than anything. Didn't he know that? Wasn't it as obvious as her friends had said?
"Inuyasha." She cried, the tears staining her face. How was it possible to feel like this? She felt like she had been buried alive. The rays of the sun didn't hit her face, fresh air didn't reach her lungs, and the happy atmosphere couldn't puncture her black aura. She just wanted to curl up, and die.
"Kagome!" She heard a voice call, and she looked up to see her friends coming towards her. She wiped away the tears and smiled weakly, trying desperately to hide her pain. Sango didn't deserve to hear her problems when she had just started a new life with Miroku.
"S-sango." Kagome said weakly, and tried to keep in the tears burning the back of her eyes and throat from falling. Sango jumped off Kirara as soon as her huge paws touched the ground and Sango wrapped her friend in a humongous hug,
"He left Sango, He left me." Kagome cried, unable to will her tears from falling anymore. Sango smiled at her friend reassuringly.
"Don't worry. We'll get that idiot back." 'Even if I have to drag him back by his ears,,, actually that's not a bad idea. I'll teach him for hurting Kagome like this!' Sango felt something wet on her arm, and noticed that Kagome was bleeding badly from her hand. She reached into one of her shoulder pads and pulled out an ointment and some cloth. Kagome barely flinched as Sango pulled the fang from her hand; she was too lost in the pain within her heart. Sango gently placed the bloody fang back on the piece of cloth it had resided in before. Kagome shook her head dully.
"He'd have stayed if he had wanted to stay." She murmured in a monotone very much like Kana's. Sango looked at her friend sadly, then sighed,
"Whatever you want Kagome. But if you want me to drag his sorry but back here, I'll gladly do it." 'But he might not be in one piece by the time I get back.' Sango helped Kagome to stand and walk over to Kirara. Miroku yawned and stretched his arms.
"You got us all worried for this?" Miroku whispered to Shippo, who crossed his arms. "Excuse me!" Shippo exclaimed, hitting the baka monk on the head. "Hey! What was th-" Miroku was silenced by the death glare emanating from his new wife.
"Miroku! Pick up Kagome's sleeping bag and her bow and arrows!" She said with a look that said, 'refuse me, and you'll be dead faster than you can say "I'm sorry".' Sango gently hoisted Kagome onto Kirara and stuffed the fang and note into her pocket, before jumping up onto Kirara herself. She rolled her eyes as she saw Miroku slowly trudging towards Kagome's things.
"Do you think you could bring Miroku back for me Shippo?" Sango asked softly, and Shippo nodded looking at his mom with concerned eyes. He jumped off Kirara and ran over to the still grumbling Miroku.
"Let's go back to the village Kirara." Kirara growled and jumped up into the air, and the wind blew Sango's hair around her face. They rode in silence and Sango looked back at her friend reassuringly. She was met by Kagome's empty and hollow eyes, which once had held warmth and love. The sight shook Sango right down to her core. 'What has he done to her?' Sango concentrated on getting to Kaede's hut, trying to get Kagome's haunted eyes from her mind.
Kagome felt hollow. Life no longer had any meaning to it. Inuyasha had made up so much of her being, that when he left there was hardly anything left or her soul. She felt Kirara touch down and knew that they had arrived at Kaede's hut.
"Kaede? Are you awake?" Sango called out, and Kagome saw her slip off Kirara's back. The old women appeared in the doorway and taking one look at Kagome, knew something horrible happened.
" What's wrong with ye child?" Kaede asked, and Kagome shook her head.
"Not know. I just want to be alone. Is there an extra hut I could stay in?" Kagome said slowly, slipping off Kirara's back. Kaede nodded.
"Aye. Ye can stay in there." Kaede pointed to the hut beside hers. "Thank you." Kagome forced a smile onto her face and quickly ran into the hut. As the curtain stopped swinging, Kaede turned to Sango.
"What happened to Kagome?" The old women couldn't imagine what could have caused the amount of pain she had seen on the girl's face. And she was almost afraid to find out. Sango shook her head.
"Let's talk about it inside." Sango said, and walked into the hut, Kaede following her. In the other hut, Kagome gratefully grabbed her bag from a still sleepy Miroku and sat down on the futon. She unwrapped her hand, and surveyed it quietly before reaching into her bag for her medical kit.
"If I was back home, I'd probably need stitches." She laughed hollowly and taped the wound back together with a butterfly band-aid. She wrapped her hand with fresh gauze, not even having enough energy to wince as pain shot up her arm. She flopped back on the futon, and curled up into a ball, trying to keep herself from falling apart. She had to escape this pain that ripped and tore through her body.
'Sleep. The pain will go away then.' She thought to herself and closed her eyes, willing her body to fulfill her wishes. Suddenly, a pink light surrounded her body.
"If you want to kill me, do it fast. Erase my pain forever." She called out. A musical laugh rang out, and Kagome opened her eyes in surprise. She hadn't thought her attacker would be female.
"Why is it that you feel such pain at being away from that boy?" The voice asked, her voice ringing out like bells. Kagome scowled and sat up, looking around for the source of the voice. "
Where are we?" Kagome asked. She knew it wasn't this dark in the hut. The voice laughed again.
"Answer my question, and I will do the same for you." It called out again. Kagome squinted out into the dark, looking for something, anything to identify where they could be. "
I love him. He said he loved me. Inuyasha also said he would never leave me. And his leaving now feels so much more… permanent then it has ever been before. He doesn't want me to find him." Kagome's voice cracked, and she tried to swallow the molten tears burning in her throat. Tears spilled out of her eyes despite her efforts to conceal them. The voice was silent for a moment. Kagome put her head in her hands, and closed her eyes.
"Will you answer my question now?" Kagome whispered. "
You are clearly devoted to him," The voice said, ignoring her question. "And all this pain for a mere half-demon. You might as well be his mate." Kagome stood up, her eyes blazing with fury.
"Do NOT call Inuyasha a mere half-demon! He's better than you will ever be, and I would love to be his mate, anyways!" She growled, and she raised her fist, spiritual power crackling dangerously around it. A figure suddenly appeared, walking towards the enraged miko. Kagome gasped, eyes wide. She dropped her fist and attempted to unglue her jaw from the ground.
"Mi-Midoriko?"
A/N: There! I hope you liked it, and if you can find it in your hearts to forgive me, please review!!
~SilverWolf~
