The Icarus Factor

by lyrainthedark

Those who fly too close to the sun on fragile wings are doomed to fall; sometimes, Time is nothing more than a bright light. COMPLETE.

21. Divided

- Drabble Collection: The Icarus Factor -

XXI.

Divided

A year passes, and then two. Kagome is overwhelmed by the successes expected of her by two worlds, two eras, two families. She spends longer and longer in the past at a time, returns home for brief hours, sometimes a day, and then dives back through time.

Her heart is Inuyasha's now – she wants to be with him, to be beside him; she dreams still of the fire of Hojou's kiss, but the eyes she sees are gold, not red.

Part of the reason she is avoiding the future is to avoid the split in her feelings, her desires.

Part of the reason is the battle that must be won.