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==============Chapter Twenty-two==============
When InuYasha got close enough the person collapsed into his arms. His heart froze, and deep sorrow filled him, as it had felt before.
The person that had collapsed into his arms was not Kagome, but......Kikyo
"K...Kikyo....." InuYasha said, ~Kagome....I have to find her....~
"Kikyo, I'm sorry......but....."
"InuYasha......"Kikyo whispered weakly, "Naraku......took away my soul......and wounded me, but not badly.....leave me here, I am fine"
~Shit, what am I supposed to do now....I can't just leave Kikyo here...nor can I leave Kagome, she might be alive. And even.....if Kagome is not.....i still have to find her. My mind won't rest until I do~ InuYasha thought, looking down at Kikyo who lay in his arms.
~And now I am expected to chose, aren't I......to chose either Kikyo or Kagome.....IS THIS TO BE MY FATE?! To chose forever until one of them dies?!~ InuYasha thought angrily.
Kikyo saw InuYasha in distress, she knew that he was worrying about Kagome. She didn't want InuYasha's forced attention. Kikyo stood up weakly.
"I do not want your forced attention....if there is something more important for you to do....I shall not bother you...." Kikyo whispered with her back to InuYasha. She walked weakly away.
"K...Kikyo! Wait! You can't leave looking like that! You're hurt! Don't leave me!" InuYasha yelled. But Kikyo ignored him, she continued to walk away, until she faded out of sight, into the darkness of the pouring rain.
Kagome watched from the tree she lay under. The shadow of the tree shadowing over her. She saw everything, but heard nothing since she was too far away. She had seen InuYasha holding Kikyo.....
~He's more worried for Kikyo......then of me~ Kagome thought, her fingers digging into the soil.
~I feel......so shattered......so jealous. I......can't believe my life has turned out like this!!!!!~ Kagome clenched the soil in her hand. Her nails dug into her palm as red blood trickled down her wrist.
~Why does love have to hurt so much....it feels like a dagger that has been pushed deep into my heart. Why does it tear away at my soul, leaving me sad and vulnerable, so vulnerable that I would die for that person....when he would never think of me, and be dying uselessly....that any time he ignores me, it feels like I want to die. I once thought that love would make you happy and make you feel as if you had everything in the world, but really, I feel cold, alone and I feel as if I have nothing. My heart is full of unrequited love for him, full of pain....and I know that my heart will never mend, or forget of him, no matter how much I try....just like InuYasha's love for Kikyo....~
~Heh, Kikyo. I really don't understand InuYasha. How can he love a woman like that, a woman who once tried to kill him. Love can't change faces so easily as Kikyo's did. First love, then hate. But then again, what is love....love is strange....tragic.....and damned.....I wish I had no heart~
~If I ever make it alive, I will try to fight the truth, that love will never dissapear. I will stop loving InuYasha......~
Naraku looked at Kagome, who lay curled up on the grass, with puddles of blood surrounding her. ~I will not let Kikyo get Kagome, with Kagome, Kikyo will become strong. That is the last thing I want. But if I get Kagome first, if Kagome becomes under my control.....then, Kikyo would not be able to kill her with all the strength I shall give her....~Naraku thought as he walked over to Kagome. He looked down at the black Shikon Jewel Shard in his palm. ~You are vulnerable, Kagome. I could feel the darkness of your heart filling this place. That's a good girl. If I insert this jewel in you, since you are so pure, it may take a while to go deep enough for me to control you. But when it does......hmhmhmhmhm, I will get my job done so much more easily. And I shall also get that Shikon jewel from Kikyo that she stole from you..You should also thank me, Kagome, you shall heal more faster with this jewel, though I shall poison your mind with hate for InuYasha, I shall poison your dreams as well........~
Kagome looked at InuYasha who was still standing there, but then she felt something pierce into her neck. Kagome choked from the pain, as her sight started to fade away, and her body soaked from the continuing rain. She could see her hand in front of her that was stretched out to InuYasha's figure from a distance. "Inu.....Yasha....."
~And for my revenge on you, InuYasha.......~ Naraku thought.
Inu Yasha leaned his head against a tree. His head throbbing from depression. Kagome's name continued to echo in his mind.
"Why the fuck isn't it stop raining?!" InuYasha growled, clawing the tree bark in anger.
~I want to go find Kagome.....~ InuYasha fell on his knees, "Kagome..." he quietly cried in pain. She's dead, a voice said in his mind, because you chose Kikyo......
"Damn my life! I screw up all the lives of the people I get to know and start to care for.....Damn my fuckin life!" InuYasha bitterly cursed.
InuYasha heard someone walking towards him. InuYasha looked up to see a figure clothed in long white fur with a baboon's mask on his face.
"Naraku!" InuYasha growled taking out his Tetsusaiga to attack.
"I would not do that" Naraku muttered. "Not that it would matter if you tried to kill me or not, since this is another of my puppets. But you would be killing this girl" he said, pulling away his fur cloak. The rain stopped pouring.
InuYasha stared at Kagome who was all soaked in rain and blood. Laying unconsciously in Naraku's arm with a dagger pierced in her shoulders.
"K-KAGOME!" InuYasha cried. "You fucking bitch! YOU did this to her!!"
"Now, now, InuYasha. Do not jump into conclusions. I actually saved kagome from being all rotted up and dying that way from no one finding her. I had to keep her away from a certain, SOMEONE" Naraku said, throughing Kagome's body onto the floor. Kagome's body landed in a thud as it rolled close to InuYasha.
"Sayonara, I have other business to do" Naraku said as he disappeared into the dark.
InuYasha dropped to his knees. He gently touched Kagome's bloody cheeks. "Kagome......" InuYasha whispered. No answer. "KAGOME!" InuYasha cried out more desperately, now holding her tightly, with his cheeks pressed against hers. "I wish it was me this had happened to, not you. I would die a thousand times than seeing you like this....."InuYasha whispered. The he backed away, feeling something hard. A dagger. InuYasha gently pulled it out, and turned pale.
~This is.........Kikyo's dagger......~ InuYasha thought, sweating a bit. He held the dagger tightly in his hands then let it go, as it fell to the ground. ~No, I'm not going to believe it, Kikyo would never do this. NEVER! Kikyo....is not this kind of person...This is another of Naraku's traps....~ InuYasha picked Kagome gently up and held her in his arms.
~Kagome.....I'm never leaving you again....after seeing this happen to you.....I'm afraid now to leave your side, I Just hope I'll remember that the next time I see Kikyo~
"INUYASHA!" called his friends as they all came running to him. They all halted, causing Miroku to fall over Sango. Sango slowly stumbled towards Kagome with her hands covering her mouth.
"K...Kagome....what happened to you..." Sango whispered, as a tear ran down her cheeks. ~If it hadn't been for Kagome....I would never have stayed in this group and became friends with the others. Without Kagome.....My life would have ended as a tragedy of searching for Kahuku....who has now disappeared back to Naraku's power.....Kagome....don't die on us......~
Miroku looked at InuYasha who looked as if were in some pain. Miroku asked to hold Kagome. InuYasha, after a minuet of arguing, gave up.
Miroku and the rest walked ahead of InuYasha, a little pissed at him for ditching Kagome for Kikyo. Miroku looked down at Kagome, one of the wound he had seen on her forehead was slowly closing up. Miroku frowned. ~I sense that there is dark magic having to do with this......but I had better not say until everyone has calmed from this shock......~
Everyone turned to look at InuYasha when they heard something collapse to the ground. They turned to see InuYasha on his knees, who was clutching his wound and looked in great pain. Sango ran over and held out her hand.
"InuYasha...." Sango said.
InuYasha ignored her hand, not excepting any help as usual. He used all his strength and got up.
**************************** "Kagome....." InuYasha muttered, sitting next to Kagome who was still unconscious, and had been for two days. He moved a strand of hair from her face. InuYasha looked away. He had gotten worried sick when many times she had started to cough out blood. He dared not leave her side, afraid that if he left, she would die without him.
~I always get you into shit......and worse, I never manage to get you out....~ InuYasha thought as painful memories flashed through his mind. Memories of when Kagome had almost died, but was saved by Kouga, the time he could have killed Kagome in his full youkai form, and now this.
~Keh, even Naraku would manage to take better care of you~ InuYasha thought bitterly. InuYasha's face turned from bitterness to sad happiness, ~and yet you are always beside me....no matter what....why Kagome.....why......I don't deserve it, you deserve to be happy. Being with me will only make you miserable.....Kagome. I always thought that my life was unfair, but I'm being selfish. You had a great life until you met me.....hadn't you. Sorry Kagome~ InuYasha thought as he held Kagome's cold hands. InuYasha frowned, ~Your hands are still cold.....~
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Kagome stood next to InuYasha under the cherry blossoms, as they blew in the wind.
"Kagome....." InuYasha said.
"Yah?"
"You're gunu have to leave"
".....What are you talking about? " Kagome asked, her heart starting to race.
"I don't need you anymore. I got Kikyo now, she can detect Shikon Shards. You can go back to your own world now" he said in a normal tone.
"I thought....I meant more to you then a Jewel Shard detector ..... InuYasha, STOP PLAYING AROUND!"
"Hey, why would I joke around? I'm telling the truth. With you around, you'll just be another bother when I fight. I always have to look back to see if you're alive. But Kikyo, even with her weak state, she can handle trouble. And also, I love her. I chose her, not you"
Kagome stared at InuYasha, ~Kill me now~
"Anyway, I can't have you around, Kikyo doesn't want you around. So...return back to your world, isn't that what you wanted?"
Kagome stared at InuYasha and tears filled in her eyes.
"Keh, you're such a baby. Seriously, what's up with you. You're always crying, Kikyo never cried before. She always kept strong and never let her emotions get in the way. You really have to try to mature, Kagome"
"ME?! You mean YOU!!" Kagome cried, shocked at what was happening. ~Does he care for me that little?!~ Kagome closed her eyes, to shut out what was happening. She opened her eyes again. But InuYasha was gone. Kagome looked around for him. But he was nowhere to be seen.
Kagome looked around the place, it looked different. The cherry blossoms that were falling were no longer white, but black.
"Huh?" Kagome muttered, she turned around to see another scene. She was standing behind a tree, it was night and had the glowing dead souls floating in the air.
"I love you" said a voice. Kagome saw that it was InuYasha's. She looked at the person he was saying it to. Kikyo.
Kikyo closed up and kissed him back, "I love you too.....what about that girl, Kagome?"
"Keh, her?! She means nothing to me. You're the one whom I have chosen, the only one I could care and love for...."
The scene flashed into a different scene. Everywhere was pitch black, she stepped back and felt herself falling off a cliff.
She saw Kikyo falling off at the other side. Then she saw InuYasha.
"InuYasha!!!!" Kagome cried for help.
"InuYasha!" Kikyo cried for help as well.
InuYasha merely glanced at Kagome and turned to Kikyo.
"KIKYO!" he cried as he grabbed Kikyo's hand and pulled her up, and embraced her. "Kikyo....you're safe.....I would kill myself if I lost you"
Kagome watched InuYasha holding Kikyo, as the image slowly faded away. As she fell further into the blackness.
Now all Kagome could see was pitch black. As she fell further down, she felt an evil aurora of evilness getting stronger.
"Come to my world. I will help you escape the pain of life, all you have to do is let the darkness in your soul take over....give up" said a cold familiar voice.
"No...no....NO" Kagome cried. Kagome saw herself wearing Kikyo's clothing and shooting a bow at InuYasha. Her lips automatically spoke, "I HATE YOU INUYASHA!"
Kagome opened her eyes, to see InuYasha looking down at her.
"Kagome? You....alright?" he asked.
Kagome sat up and sighed. "It was all a dream"
"I'm sorry Kagome..." he said.
"Why?" Kagome asked, relieved that it was all a dream.
"I can't have you staying here...."
"Wha...what are you talking about?!"
"I just realized....a few minuets ago while watching you sleep...that....you have fallen in love with me..."
Kagome looked away. "Is that the reason you are making me leave?"
InuYasha held her hands. "Kinda, I don't want to break your heart. Cuz I care for you, that's all. But...I can never love you, my heart is only filled with love for Kikyo. I only care for you. But Kikyo is more important. If you stay, Kikyo and I cannot be together. You understand, don't you Kagome?!"
Kagome shut her eyes tightly as tears ran down her cheeks. Suddenly, she felt someone shaking her gently. "Kagome, wake up" she heard someone's voice echo in her mind. The voice kept calling.
Kagome woke up to see Sango gently shaking her awake and InuYasha looking over at her in a worried and VERY sad look. Kagome backed away, looking all confused. She felt pain aching all over her body.
"What's going on?!" Kagome cried, her cheeks still damp from all the tears she had shed.
"You've been crying for a long time, so InuYasha finally thought that we should wake you up from your dream" Sango softly replied.
Miroku only frowned, also looking a bit worried. Shippo was still asleep, even if it was early in the morning.
InuYasha walked towards her and crouched next to her.
"Kagome....you feeling better? You don't really look that well right now"
Kagome stared at InuYasha, her frail heart trembling now. Afraid that it would break again.
Kagome backed away, and slightly grimaced from the great pain on her shoulder, and the headache. She stood up from her spot and walked away, leaving InuYasha confused and hurt.
Sango and Miroku looked at each other in shock an confusion. Never in all the time they had seen her with InuYasha (which had been MANY times since they had a thing for spying on them) Kagome had never ignored InuYasha when he was being caring. And now, InuYasha had certainly been caring. They found InuYasha innocent from what they had observed. Every look he gave her and every word he had said, had been all warm. But Kagome had looked at him as if he had stabbed her.
Sango looked down at InuYasha in sympathy. ~For almost the whole night InuYasha had been watching over Kagome, waiting for her to wake up. Going out in his weak state and getting water, warming it and lowering Kagome' s fever. There must be some reason for this.....And what we had heard Kagome mutter in her dreams..~
**************************** Everyone sat outside, under a tree for breakfast. Kagome secretly glanced over at InuYasha, to see if his wounds had healed, her memory of yesterday had returned. Of how InuYasha had left her for Kikyo, of how she was attacked, of how she saw InuYasha sulking over Kikyo's wound when she was dying. But what had happened after that?
InuYasha glanced at Kagome from the corner of his eyes. On usual days Kagome would have been bright and talkative. But today was different. Kagome caught his gaze, he would have usual looked away, but today he kept looking at her. Kagome looked coldly away. InuYasha frowned. That had been unusual as well.
Sango looked over at Miroku who was looking at Kagome suspiciously.
"What is it?" Sango asked under her breath.
"Have you.....noticed how fast Kagome's wounds are healing?"
Sango studied Kagome and her eyes widened in realization.
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Kagome sat near the river, staring blankly at the fishes. All alone, with no thoughts but of InuYasha and Kikyo.
Kagome gasped a little when she saw InuYasha coming over and then hesitantly sitting next to her.
"Kagome....what's wrong?" he asked.
"......." Kagome looked away. ~Forget about him!~ a part of her mind said, ~he's not worth your time, he's not worth it to love....~ But the other part of her mind said, ~you love him, you can't forget about him.....~
A scene of Kikyo and InuYasha kissing each other flashed in her mind.
"Nothing's wrong" Kagome muttered, still staring at the river. Kagome looked away, trying to hide the tears that was streaming down her cheeks.
"Kagome....You can't say nothing's wrong. What were you dreaming about? It was something about me wasn't it? I heard what you muttered, are they true Kagome, what you had muttered, are they true?" InuYasha asked in calm sadness.
"What....did I say?"
"That.....you hated me"
**~~ Aw, it's.....almost 1 a.m. n I'm really tired. But I wanted to finish this chapter so badly. Sorry if it's not that good. SORRY. I'm getting to interestings parts. N yah.....hey, check out my other fics, though they're only one shots^^ ~~**
==============Chapter Twenty-two==============
When InuYasha got close enough the person collapsed into his arms. His heart froze, and deep sorrow filled him, as it had felt before.
The person that had collapsed into his arms was not Kagome, but......Kikyo
"K...Kikyo....." InuYasha said, ~Kagome....I have to find her....~
"Kikyo, I'm sorry......but....."
"InuYasha......"Kikyo whispered weakly, "Naraku......took away my soul......and wounded me, but not badly.....leave me here, I am fine"
~Shit, what am I supposed to do now....I can't just leave Kikyo here...nor can I leave Kagome, she might be alive. And even.....if Kagome is not.....i still have to find her. My mind won't rest until I do~ InuYasha thought, looking down at Kikyo who lay in his arms.
~And now I am expected to chose, aren't I......to chose either Kikyo or Kagome.....IS THIS TO BE MY FATE?! To chose forever until one of them dies?!~ InuYasha thought angrily.
Kikyo saw InuYasha in distress, she knew that he was worrying about Kagome. She didn't want InuYasha's forced attention. Kikyo stood up weakly.
"I do not want your forced attention....if there is something more important for you to do....I shall not bother you...." Kikyo whispered with her back to InuYasha. She walked weakly away.
"K...Kikyo! Wait! You can't leave looking like that! You're hurt! Don't leave me!" InuYasha yelled. But Kikyo ignored him, she continued to walk away, until she faded out of sight, into the darkness of the pouring rain.
Kagome watched from the tree she lay under. The shadow of the tree shadowing over her. She saw everything, but heard nothing since she was too far away. She had seen InuYasha holding Kikyo.....
~He's more worried for Kikyo......then of me~ Kagome thought, her fingers digging into the soil.
~I feel......so shattered......so jealous. I......can't believe my life has turned out like this!!!!!~ Kagome clenched the soil in her hand. Her nails dug into her palm as red blood trickled down her wrist.
~Why does love have to hurt so much....it feels like a dagger that has been pushed deep into my heart. Why does it tear away at my soul, leaving me sad and vulnerable, so vulnerable that I would die for that person....when he would never think of me, and be dying uselessly....that any time he ignores me, it feels like I want to die. I once thought that love would make you happy and make you feel as if you had everything in the world, but really, I feel cold, alone and I feel as if I have nothing. My heart is full of unrequited love for him, full of pain....and I know that my heart will never mend, or forget of him, no matter how much I try....just like InuYasha's love for Kikyo....~
~Heh, Kikyo. I really don't understand InuYasha. How can he love a woman like that, a woman who once tried to kill him. Love can't change faces so easily as Kikyo's did. First love, then hate. But then again, what is love....love is strange....tragic.....and damned.....I wish I had no heart~
~If I ever make it alive, I will try to fight the truth, that love will never dissapear. I will stop loving InuYasha......~
Naraku looked at Kagome, who lay curled up on the grass, with puddles of blood surrounding her. ~I will not let Kikyo get Kagome, with Kagome, Kikyo will become strong. That is the last thing I want. But if I get Kagome first, if Kagome becomes under my control.....then, Kikyo would not be able to kill her with all the strength I shall give her....~Naraku thought as he walked over to Kagome. He looked down at the black Shikon Jewel Shard in his palm. ~You are vulnerable, Kagome. I could feel the darkness of your heart filling this place. That's a good girl. If I insert this jewel in you, since you are so pure, it may take a while to go deep enough for me to control you. But when it does......hmhmhmhmhm, I will get my job done so much more easily. And I shall also get that Shikon jewel from Kikyo that she stole from you..You should also thank me, Kagome, you shall heal more faster with this jewel, though I shall poison your mind with hate for InuYasha, I shall poison your dreams as well........~
Kagome looked at InuYasha who was still standing there, but then she felt something pierce into her neck. Kagome choked from the pain, as her sight started to fade away, and her body soaked from the continuing rain. She could see her hand in front of her that was stretched out to InuYasha's figure from a distance. "Inu.....Yasha....."
~And for my revenge on you, InuYasha.......~ Naraku thought.
Inu Yasha leaned his head against a tree. His head throbbing from depression. Kagome's name continued to echo in his mind.
"Why the fuck isn't it stop raining?!" InuYasha growled, clawing the tree bark in anger.
~I want to go find Kagome.....~ InuYasha fell on his knees, "Kagome..." he quietly cried in pain. She's dead, a voice said in his mind, because you chose Kikyo......
"Damn my life! I screw up all the lives of the people I get to know and start to care for.....Damn my fuckin life!" InuYasha bitterly cursed.
InuYasha heard someone walking towards him. InuYasha looked up to see a figure clothed in long white fur with a baboon's mask on his face.
"Naraku!" InuYasha growled taking out his Tetsusaiga to attack.
"I would not do that" Naraku muttered. "Not that it would matter if you tried to kill me or not, since this is another of my puppets. But you would be killing this girl" he said, pulling away his fur cloak. The rain stopped pouring.
InuYasha stared at Kagome who was all soaked in rain and blood. Laying unconsciously in Naraku's arm with a dagger pierced in her shoulders.
"K-KAGOME!" InuYasha cried. "You fucking bitch! YOU did this to her!!"
"Now, now, InuYasha. Do not jump into conclusions. I actually saved kagome from being all rotted up and dying that way from no one finding her. I had to keep her away from a certain, SOMEONE" Naraku said, throughing Kagome's body onto the floor. Kagome's body landed in a thud as it rolled close to InuYasha.
"Sayonara, I have other business to do" Naraku said as he disappeared into the dark.
InuYasha dropped to his knees. He gently touched Kagome's bloody cheeks. "Kagome......" InuYasha whispered. No answer. "KAGOME!" InuYasha cried out more desperately, now holding her tightly, with his cheeks pressed against hers. "I wish it was me this had happened to, not you. I would die a thousand times than seeing you like this....."InuYasha whispered. The he backed away, feeling something hard. A dagger. InuYasha gently pulled it out, and turned pale.
~This is.........Kikyo's dagger......~ InuYasha thought, sweating a bit. He held the dagger tightly in his hands then let it go, as it fell to the ground. ~No, I'm not going to believe it, Kikyo would never do this. NEVER! Kikyo....is not this kind of person...This is another of Naraku's traps....~ InuYasha picked Kagome gently up and held her in his arms.
~Kagome.....I'm never leaving you again....after seeing this happen to you.....I'm afraid now to leave your side, I Just hope I'll remember that the next time I see Kikyo~
"INUYASHA!" called his friends as they all came running to him. They all halted, causing Miroku to fall over Sango. Sango slowly stumbled towards Kagome with her hands covering her mouth.
"K...Kagome....what happened to you..." Sango whispered, as a tear ran down her cheeks. ~If it hadn't been for Kagome....I would never have stayed in this group and became friends with the others. Without Kagome.....My life would have ended as a tragedy of searching for Kahuku....who has now disappeared back to Naraku's power.....Kagome....don't die on us......~
Miroku looked at InuYasha who looked as if were in some pain. Miroku asked to hold Kagome. InuYasha, after a minuet of arguing, gave up.
Miroku and the rest walked ahead of InuYasha, a little pissed at him for ditching Kagome for Kikyo. Miroku looked down at Kagome, one of the wound he had seen on her forehead was slowly closing up. Miroku frowned. ~I sense that there is dark magic having to do with this......but I had better not say until everyone has calmed from this shock......~
Everyone turned to look at InuYasha when they heard something collapse to the ground. They turned to see InuYasha on his knees, who was clutching his wound and looked in great pain. Sango ran over and held out her hand.
"InuYasha...." Sango said.
InuYasha ignored her hand, not excepting any help as usual. He used all his strength and got up.
**************************** "Kagome....." InuYasha muttered, sitting next to Kagome who was still unconscious, and had been for two days. He moved a strand of hair from her face. InuYasha looked away. He had gotten worried sick when many times she had started to cough out blood. He dared not leave her side, afraid that if he left, she would die without him.
~I always get you into shit......and worse, I never manage to get you out....~ InuYasha thought as painful memories flashed through his mind. Memories of when Kagome had almost died, but was saved by Kouga, the time he could have killed Kagome in his full youkai form, and now this.
~Keh, even Naraku would manage to take better care of you~ InuYasha thought bitterly. InuYasha's face turned from bitterness to sad happiness, ~and yet you are always beside me....no matter what....why Kagome.....why......I don't deserve it, you deserve to be happy. Being with me will only make you miserable.....Kagome. I always thought that my life was unfair, but I'm being selfish. You had a great life until you met me.....hadn't you. Sorry Kagome~ InuYasha thought as he held Kagome's cold hands. InuYasha frowned, ~Your hands are still cold.....~
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Kagome stood next to InuYasha under the cherry blossoms, as they blew in the wind.
"Kagome....." InuYasha said.
"Yah?"
"You're gunu have to leave"
".....What are you talking about? " Kagome asked, her heart starting to race.
"I don't need you anymore. I got Kikyo now, she can detect Shikon Shards. You can go back to your own world now" he said in a normal tone.
"I thought....I meant more to you then a Jewel Shard detector ..... InuYasha, STOP PLAYING AROUND!"
"Hey, why would I joke around? I'm telling the truth. With you around, you'll just be another bother when I fight. I always have to look back to see if you're alive. But Kikyo, even with her weak state, she can handle trouble. And also, I love her. I chose her, not you"
Kagome stared at InuYasha, ~Kill me now~
"Anyway, I can't have you around, Kikyo doesn't want you around. So...return back to your world, isn't that what you wanted?"
Kagome stared at InuYasha and tears filled in her eyes.
"Keh, you're such a baby. Seriously, what's up with you. You're always crying, Kikyo never cried before. She always kept strong and never let her emotions get in the way. You really have to try to mature, Kagome"
"ME?! You mean YOU!!" Kagome cried, shocked at what was happening. ~Does he care for me that little?!~ Kagome closed her eyes, to shut out what was happening. She opened her eyes again. But InuYasha was gone. Kagome looked around for him. But he was nowhere to be seen.
Kagome looked around the place, it looked different. The cherry blossoms that were falling were no longer white, but black.
"Huh?" Kagome muttered, she turned around to see another scene. She was standing behind a tree, it was night and had the glowing dead souls floating in the air.
"I love you" said a voice. Kagome saw that it was InuYasha's. She looked at the person he was saying it to. Kikyo.
Kikyo closed up and kissed him back, "I love you too.....what about that girl, Kagome?"
"Keh, her?! She means nothing to me. You're the one whom I have chosen, the only one I could care and love for...."
The scene flashed into a different scene. Everywhere was pitch black, she stepped back and felt herself falling off a cliff.
She saw Kikyo falling off at the other side. Then she saw InuYasha.
"InuYasha!!!!" Kagome cried for help.
"InuYasha!" Kikyo cried for help as well.
InuYasha merely glanced at Kagome and turned to Kikyo.
"KIKYO!" he cried as he grabbed Kikyo's hand and pulled her up, and embraced her. "Kikyo....you're safe.....I would kill myself if I lost you"
Kagome watched InuYasha holding Kikyo, as the image slowly faded away. As she fell further into the blackness.
Now all Kagome could see was pitch black. As she fell further down, she felt an evil aurora of evilness getting stronger.
"Come to my world. I will help you escape the pain of life, all you have to do is let the darkness in your soul take over....give up" said a cold familiar voice.
"No...no....NO" Kagome cried. Kagome saw herself wearing Kikyo's clothing and shooting a bow at InuYasha. Her lips automatically spoke, "I HATE YOU INUYASHA!"
Kagome opened her eyes, to see InuYasha looking down at her.
"Kagome? You....alright?" he asked.
Kagome sat up and sighed. "It was all a dream"
"I'm sorry Kagome..." he said.
"Why?" Kagome asked, relieved that it was all a dream.
"I can't have you staying here...."
"Wha...what are you talking about?!"
"I just realized....a few minuets ago while watching you sleep...that....you have fallen in love with me..."
Kagome looked away. "Is that the reason you are making me leave?"
InuYasha held her hands. "Kinda, I don't want to break your heart. Cuz I care for you, that's all. But...I can never love you, my heart is only filled with love for Kikyo. I only care for you. But Kikyo is more important. If you stay, Kikyo and I cannot be together. You understand, don't you Kagome?!"
Kagome shut her eyes tightly as tears ran down her cheeks. Suddenly, she felt someone shaking her gently. "Kagome, wake up" she heard someone's voice echo in her mind. The voice kept calling.
Kagome woke up to see Sango gently shaking her awake and InuYasha looking over at her in a worried and VERY sad look. Kagome backed away, looking all confused. She felt pain aching all over her body.
"What's going on?!" Kagome cried, her cheeks still damp from all the tears she had shed.
"You've been crying for a long time, so InuYasha finally thought that we should wake you up from your dream" Sango softly replied.
Miroku only frowned, also looking a bit worried. Shippo was still asleep, even if it was early in the morning.
InuYasha walked towards her and crouched next to her.
"Kagome....you feeling better? You don't really look that well right now"
Kagome stared at InuYasha, her frail heart trembling now. Afraid that it would break again.
Kagome backed away, and slightly grimaced from the great pain on her shoulder, and the headache. She stood up from her spot and walked away, leaving InuYasha confused and hurt.
Sango and Miroku looked at each other in shock an confusion. Never in all the time they had seen her with InuYasha (which had been MANY times since they had a thing for spying on them) Kagome had never ignored InuYasha when he was being caring. And now, InuYasha had certainly been caring. They found InuYasha innocent from what they had observed. Every look he gave her and every word he had said, had been all warm. But Kagome had looked at him as if he had stabbed her.
Sango looked down at InuYasha in sympathy. ~For almost the whole night InuYasha had been watching over Kagome, waiting for her to wake up. Going out in his weak state and getting water, warming it and lowering Kagome' s fever. There must be some reason for this.....And what we had heard Kagome mutter in her dreams..~
**************************** Everyone sat outside, under a tree for breakfast. Kagome secretly glanced over at InuYasha, to see if his wounds had healed, her memory of yesterday had returned. Of how InuYasha had left her for Kikyo, of how she was attacked, of how she saw InuYasha sulking over Kikyo's wound when she was dying. But what had happened after that?
InuYasha glanced at Kagome from the corner of his eyes. On usual days Kagome would have been bright and talkative. But today was different. Kagome caught his gaze, he would have usual looked away, but today he kept looking at her. Kagome looked coldly away. InuYasha frowned. That had been unusual as well.
Sango looked over at Miroku who was looking at Kagome suspiciously.
"What is it?" Sango asked under her breath.
"Have you.....noticed how fast Kagome's wounds are healing?"
Sango studied Kagome and her eyes widened in realization.
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Kagome sat near the river, staring blankly at the fishes. All alone, with no thoughts but of InuYasha and Kikyo.
Kagome gasped a little when she saw InuYasha coming over and then hesitantly sitting next to her.
"Kagome....what's wrong?" he asked.
"......." Kagome looked away. ~Forget about him!~ a part of her mind said, ~he's not worth your time, he's not worth it to love....~ But the other part of her mind said, ~you love him, you can't forget about him.....~
A scene of Kikyo and InuYasha kissing each other flashed in her mind.
"Nothing's wrong" Kagome muttered, still staring at the river. Kagome looked away, trying to hide the tears that was streaming down her cheeks.
"Kagome....You can't say nothing's wrong. What were you dreaming about? It was something about me wasn't it? I heard what you muttered, are they true Kagome, what you had muttered, are they true?" InuYasha asked in calm sadness.
"What....did I say?"
"That.....you hated me"
**~~ Aw, it's.....almost 1 a.m. n I'm really tired. But I wanted to finish this chapter so badly. Sorry if it's not that good. SORRY. I'm getting to interestings parts. N yah.....hey, check out my other fics, though they're only one shots^^ ~~**