Title: Nothing Else Matters
Author: landofthekwt
Genre: Angst/Romance
Universe: Canon
Pairing: Inuyasha/Kaogme, reference to Inuyasha/.Kikyou
Word Count: 477 (including song lyrics)
Warning:Spoiler for Chapter 124 Inuyasha Songfic Contest-Week 1-Nothing Else Matters-Metallica Song lyrics in bold. Inuyasha Quote in Italics
Summary: Inuyasha struggles to explain to Kagome that she is the only thing that matters to him after the Illusory Death almost kills them.
Disclaimer: The author does not own or profit from Inuyasha et al or Nothing else Matters. These properties belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Metallica and the parties which own them or have the right to their use.
He stared that at the illusion of Kikyo becoming vines. Such a fool he had been. The illusion had almost sucked him into accepting death willingly He had willing to die with Kikyou even the illusory Kikyou rather than face life alone.
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
It had only been the vision of Kagome telling him that he was not alone that had saved him. Kagome the woman who had given him back his soul. Kagmone The woman that he longed to live with not the woman with whom he longed to die.
Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
And nothing else matters
He must make Kagome realize that he needed her. She believed that his love for Kikyou would prevent him from saving her. Somehow he must let her know that she had saved him from death and had returned his soul to him. Without her he would have chosen death to being alone.
Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters
She must be able to trust in him just as his trust in her had freed him the Illusory Death. He must show her that he would always save her. Kikyou was already dead. To follow her was to acceptdeath. Kagome was life. She had given back his life and his soul and he was not about to give up.
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know
He knew that Kagome still had doubts about him. Even though he had just saved her from the pit into which Kikyou's soul stealers had tried to drop her she somehow believed that he preferred Kikyou to her. What must he do to show her that she was the one he wanted?
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters
He grabbed her hands in his hands and held them tightly between the two of them. Staring deeply into those haunting gray-blue eyes he made his impassioned plea to her. " Please try to trust just a little bit more."
So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters
He had never been good at expressing himself. Being alone for so many years had meant that he never had to express what he felt about another human being. He hoped that Kagome would realize what she meant to him. She had offered him back life and hope again. Nothing else matttered in world. Not Kikyou. Not Naraku. Not the Jewel. Not his new friends. Only Kagome mattered.