Summary: After the mysterious disappearance of the love of his life, Inuyasha has taken a new image. But when a new girl enters his life, will he be able to let his guard and let her in?
Out with the old, In with the new
By: Kikyo's Lova
AN: Wow...OWTO, IWTN hasn't been updated since December 10, 2006. Err..I'm sorry, in all honesty, and haven't update simply because I couldn't find the time to, not because of my other problem that I discussed earlier. Well, my tasks are through (finally!) and I can update the story now! Well, as a reminder, the story left off with Inuyasha and Kikyou fighting Kanna, giving Naraku a decoy. Well, I think my Kikyou fans will like this chapter, and my Kagome fans would like it too...
P.S.- This is part 1 of "Willfully Eliminated". The original chapter was about 14 pages, so I kinda split it. The chapter is also a bit sexually hinted.
As usual, read and review
Out with the old, In with the new:
Chapter 37: Willfully Eliminated (Pt. 1)
"So where were you two at?" asked Miroku, watching Inuyasha and Kikyou sit down at the lunch table.
Kikyou and Inuyasha arrived back on campus about two hours after their encounter with the demon Kanna. Now after unsuccessfully sneaking back onto campus without being noticed, Inuyasha and Kikyou were at the pit of Miroku's questions and rage.
"Nothing and nowhere," muttered Inuyasha, trying to keep his voice down. He darted his eyes across the cafe, looking for that certain girl. He then sighed and looked back at Miroku, whose icy stare gave him a minor chill.
"You answered the question incorrectly," growled Miroku, voice starting to ascend with power. "Where were you at?"
"Can you hush your mouth for a minute!" whispered Inuyasha harshly, getting angry. "Kagome may overhear..."
"Overhear what?" asked Kagome quietly, walking towards the group. Inuyasha turned a bright maroon. He had no defense for her question.
"About where Kikyou and Inuyasha went all day," said Miroku in a mocking voice. Inuyasha glared at him with hatred.
Kagome sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh that? I could really care less about it Miroku."
Sango, Inuyasha, and Miroku stared at Kagome with shocked expressions on their faces. Perhaps the most shocked of the gang was Inuyasha, as he and Kagome kissed a number of times the previous night prior to this.
"What?" asked Sango, puncturing the thick cloud of tension that Kagome had created from one sentence. She herself couldn't believe the words that came out of her best friends mouth. "What did you say?"
"I said that I could really care less anymore Sango. You didn't hear me incorrectly."
"So you don't care anymore Kagome?" asked Inuyasha, voice tight, finally summoning the courage to talk to Kagome directly. He didn't want to believe Kagome's words.
"Nope...kinda strange, isn't it? I no longer care if you mess with Kikyou anymore. You can have her."
"And our engagement?"
"Off."
"What's changed? What's changed so much that you could just end our 4-5 year relationship like that?"
"I've just realized what's the point in fighting for something that I already had? I can find be a man to love me and care for me. Not a fuckin' joke that hops between one girl and another."
"So it's done Kagome?" asked Kikyou. Kagome understood what Kikyou was talking about; their little contest. Kagome had to be pulling some type of stunt.
"Yeah, I forfeit. Quit. I submit to you, Kikyou. You've won."
"No! You can quit. You better fight for him, Kagome! I don't want to get Inuyasha like this! Not without a fight!"
"I'm sorry Kikyou but I just can't stand getting hurt anymore. You're strong enough for that. I can't take it; a year and counting? Forget it now."
"You think that you're the only girl that was getting hurt throughout this whole escapade? And what about me?"
"What about you?" asked Kagome coolly, now looking into Kikyou's eyes. "You've won. I'm not in the way anymore."
"Bitch, you better fight for him," snarled Kikyou, her anger getting the best of her.
Kagome grinned and began to walk away from the table.
"I hope that you and Inuyasha last longer than we did..."
She quickly halted, walked back to the table and kissed Inuyasha on his cheek.
"I love you...but I just can't be with you any longer. I'm so sorry for prolonging the inevitable."
With that, Kagome left the foursome of Kikyou, Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku with themselves alone at their lunch table to brood on the event...the event they thought would never happen...that happened.
"Is Kagome out of my life now?"
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"I just can't believe that Kagome would give up on Inuyasha...and I know that this CAN'T be a trick by her," said Sango, gossiping to her fiancé about the event that just happened an hour ago. She still couldn't believe that Kagome would've just given up on Inuyasha, after everything they've been through.
"She said that she was tired of getting hurt...isn't that what she told Kikyou?" asked Miroku who could honestly care less. The point of him going to the library was to have a kissing session with Sango, not gossip like little kids about Inuyasha's problems.
"It's a bitch too...Inuyasha now has only one choice-Kikyou. Kagome eliminated herself so the question IS...will Inuyasha now be provoked to go and chase after Kagome, or just remain neutral and go with Kikyou?"
"I guess Inuyasha has a choice on his hands. Now can we-?"
"He sure does," said Sango, unknowingly ignoring her fiancé's plea. "And he's so damn two-faced. I really don't know what he's going to do."
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The cool breeze that swept through the hot college campus was a blessing to both Kikyou and Inuyasha, who were both sitting side by side with each on the steamy September night. Kikyou's eyes, sparkling with anticipation, reflected the bright moon that was staring among the two lovers. They were both shy, unable to approach each other without a sense of embarrassment. Kikyou finally fought through the courage and looked at Inuyasha. He didn't deny her as he looked back into her eyes, so that she could see his black irises within his beautiful amber eyes.
"What are we going to do?" she asked, hoping that we wouldn't end the conversation with a 'nothing'. A 'nothing' right now would destroy her already fragile state of mind.
"What do you suggest? That we just get back together now that Kagome doesn't want me anymore?"
"That's not what I was thinking Inuyasha," she replied softly, closing her eyes to allow a breeze to collide with her face with its cool, smooth feel. She sighed as she tried to patch the words that came to her head. "I don't wanna get back with you because of that; you're making it seem like a little revenge plot against Kagome."
Inuyasha glanced at the full moon. He had to appreciate something so majestic like that just sitting in the sky, looking upon half of the world while the other is graced by the sun. He wished that the moon could remain like this instead of going into its new moon stage, in which he would unwillingly give up his powers to regress to a much weaker state...a human. He turned his attention back to something he viewed as more beautiful, stunning, and majestic-Kikyou.
"I do want to be with you again Kikyou-?"
Inuyasha speech was suddenly halted by Kikyou's anger.
"Then take me!" she interjected angrily, forcing Inuyasha to once again look back into her eyes. "Take me! Dammit Inuyasha, do you know how long I've been waiting for you to say that?! Now take me!"
Inuyasha again didn't immediately answer Kikyou but instead looked at the image of the angel sitting before him. It occurred to him that he usually didn't take time to actually see things for what they're really worth, and knew that towards the future, he would have to change that fact.
He first turned his attention to the beautiful raven black hair that fell from her head to her shoulders. The beautiful raven black hair that Kikyou wanted him to stroke so much, but he so consistantly denied. He took his hand and let it merge with Kikyou's hair, in which she closed her eyes to enjoy the feeling of it.
"Why are you doing this now?" she whispered softly.
"I've never really took the time to see how beautiful your hair really is."
"You that that its yours, right?"
Inuyasha grinned and in his usually cocky, but somewhat sweet voice managed to say-
"Yeah, I know."
"So why aren't I yours?"
"Because I don't want everyone to think that you're the rebound because Kagome left me. I don't want people to belittle you because of me going with you 8 hours after Kagome said her words.
"Isn't that what everyone thought when you first had me, Inuyasha? That I was Kagome's replacement? Didn't prove them wrong? Didn't I make my mark? What makes you think that I give a damn about what everyone thinks about our relationship?"
Inuyasha had to appreciate Kikyou's desire to be with him, willing to give up her image for him. It just occurred to him that that was the type of girl he so desperately wanted.
"Are you sure Kikyou? Are you sure that you'll remain with me for good, regardless of the shit that we go through?"
"Haven't I already proved that?"
Inuyasha snatched Kikyou unexpectedly and slammed her body against a tree trunk that was near the two, intentionally hoping to cause a searing amount of pain to her. Kikyou's moan was an affirmative, and he proceeded to do what he had planned-please his...
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(Kinda short 4 my comeback? The truth is...I just wanted to post a new chapter up. If you guys were reading "Hopelessly Devoted 2 U", I'll update tomorrow (I hope!!). Part 2 of "Willfully Eliminated" will be up tomorrow too. So...it's good to be back!!)