Title: Between Heartbeats
Theme: Wish
Rating: G
Genre: Introspection /
Romance
Character/s: Kagome, InuYasha
Warnings: None
Word
Count: 283
Summary: Kagome realizes that promises are as large a
burden as wishes themselves.
She had honestly begun to believe that this day would not come. She held in her hand the completed Jewel, warm in her palm as her fingers curled around it slightly. It was softly pink despite having been so coal black when fused with the now deceased Naraku, and looked to be without flaw ... though not without danger.
She had promised him that once they had gathered all the shards that she would give it to him; he was there at her side waiting patiently right now as a matter of fact. She could feel the anxiousness roll off of him in waves as he wondered what would happen now. Would she remember her promise?
Kagome had never forgotten it, nor the wish that InuYasha had wanted in his naiveté, to become a full fledged demon like his brother Sesshoumaru. But he'd grown since then, hadn't he? Hadn't he learned that she loved him just as he was? She wondered as her hand became a fist if she was the one that hadn't grown ... then between heartbeats she turned to him and handed him the Jewel, heart in her eyes.
"I trust you, InuYasha."
A knot seemed to loosen itself from around her heart then, freeing her to breathe as she placed the orb in his palm instead, her fingers gentle on his and smoothing down the length of them. She found once the words had come out that they were true, she did trust him. So she smiled at him warmly and stepped back, watching with wide eyes to see just what the love of her life would wish for. She hoped ... she wished ... that it would be quick, whatever it was.