Chapter
2~Got What You Wanted
-About a week later-
Kagome sighed
and shoved her books into her bag. It was back to school. Enough
falsified illnesses, she thought. I haven't been going back to see
Inuyasha so...
Her thoughts
halted there, and she immediately broke down, sobbing.
"Kagome?"
Her mother asked, rather concerned. "Are you okay? Are you sure you
should go to school today?"
"I have to
mom..." She sniffed. "I have exams..."
"You don't
look like you're in any shape to go to school." She placed a cool hand on
her forhead. "You feel warm."
"It's just a
little bit of heartbreak." Kagome smiled sadly. She had explained
to her mother what had happened, and her mother had listened understanding.
"You're
staying home. Don't worry, I'll call the school. Your grandfather
is terrible at lying."
Kagome
laughed dryly. "Yeah, I don't want everyone to think I have HIV now."
Mrs.
Higurashi chuckled as she lifted the phone off the hook. "Hello, yes,
this is Mrs. Higurashi, at the Sun Set Shrine. My daughter isn't feeling
well..." She paused, listening to the principal speek. "No it's not
any of those. She's just very depressed. She has been for a
while..." She paused again. "Her grandfather likes
to...exaggerate..."
Kagome smiled
weakly at her mother, and walked to her room. She flopped down on the
bed, and began to sob silently. He never cared about me...she thought,
angry with herself for ever believing he had.
You smell
good...
I'd never
forget you.
I-It's not like
that...
Yeah...she
thought. You were in love with her. You always had been.
It'll be
strange, covered in blood and all...
She closed her
eyes and fell into a deep, but restless sleep. "But it wasn't...because
it was his blood..."
Inuyasha still
sat in the God tree several days later. He wasn't sulking. He was
thinking. He had been thinking.
Kikyou stared
up at him, a blank expression on her face. "Inuyasha!" She called
up to him.
"I'm
thinking, Kikyou." He said, barely loud enough for her to hear.
"Well,"
She frowned. "I'm leaving some food down here for you." She set the
bowls of sake and rice on the ground and walked away.
When she was
gone, more tears fell down his cheeks. I'm such an asshole, he
thought. I find a perfectly kind girl, and turn my back on her...and then
realize...that I loved her...
He stared up
into the sky, tears rolling down her cheeks. I wonder if she's okay...I
want to see her again...
Kagome sighed and
pulled on a tanktop. Her mother had insisted on taking her out
shopping. This little heartbreak had made the mother daughter pair grow
closer.
Still, she
wanted to see Inuyasha. Her pride had finally fled her when she wondered
if he was okay.
"Come on,
honey, the cabs here!" Mrs. Higurashi called up to her.
"Okay, mom,
I'll be right there!"
She smiled at
her reflection. I hope you're happy, Inuyasha. I guess I should at
least hope YOU are.
She sighed,
mentally kicking herself for thinking of him, and ran down to where her mom
waited. "Let's go." She said, forcing a smile.
Inuyasha snuck to
the well. I have to check on her...he thought. Please, be okay...
He jumped in,
knowing no one was watching him. He fell through time, and came out on
the other side of the well. He saw an arrow jabbed into the top, as if it
had been used speciffically for that purpose. He crawled out of the well,
cautiously, not to knock the arrow down.
She tried to
seal the well...he though, sadly. I don't blame her. I was a
jerk. A world-class one.
He peeked out
of the door, and saw Kagome and her mother climbing into some large metal
contraption.
Kagome looked
longingly over towards the well-house. What she saw there, suprised her.
Inuyasha was
peeking out the door.
I thought I
sensed you...she thought, sadly. She climbed into the car, and pretended
she didn't see him. I don't want to see him, right now...It'll only ruin
mom and I's girls day out.
She'd looked
right at him.
He could
tell, although she'd turned away, to sheild the hurt in her eyes. He'd
caught the pain, a second before she turned away.
Biting his
lip, he snuck to her house, climbing in though her window. She'd seen
him, and hadn't even waved. She must be angry...
He sat on her
bed a while, sniffing the air that it had been too long since he smelled.
It made him
dizzy, giving him a better high than fighting. He sadly looked around her
room.
There was
something added to the smell of the room, though. Not like another
person. The smell was distincltly hers. It was the faint smell of
salt.
She'd been
crying. Alot, from the magnitude of the smell.
He hung his
head. I'm sory, Kagome, he thought. I didn't know...
Kagome laughed as
she and her mother entered the house. "We need to do that more often,
mom. That was fun." She sighed, sinking down to the cushion on the
floor.
"You're
right." Her mother chuckled. "I haven't had this much fun in a
while."
Kagome smiled
over at her, then glanced at her watch. "I outta go to bed." She
stood, streching. "Goodnight, mom."
"Goodnight,
baby."
Inuyasha hid
behind her door, as Kagome climbed up the stairs to her room. I have to
talk to her, he thought anxiously.
As her door
swung open, Kagome walked inside, yawning, and looking remarkably happy.
She turned to close the door, and saw a familiar dog-demon standing there.
"Inuyasha..."
She whispered, her hand falling from the doorknob.
He pushed the
door closed and stepped from behind the door. "I'm-"
"Go
away." She felt tears clouding her eyes. Why now?! Her mind
screamed. After such a wonderful day, why does my heart have to be broken
again?!
He stepped
towards her, obviously sad. "Please, hear me out." He whispered
softly.
He looked so sad,
in fact, that Kagome felt her own heart breaking again. "I don't know if
I should..."
"But you
will?" He stood infront of her, clasping her shoulders in his hands
gently. "Please, I'm begging you!"
Kagome stared
at him. "Why did you come here?"
"I had to see
if you were okay."
"I'm
fine." She forced herself to remain neutral. I'm not crying over
him, anymore.
He let his
head hang. "The others were worried."
"Tell them,
I'm sorry." She pulled away from his hands. "Now, go back to Kikyou.
I'm sure she's worried."
"Do you
really want me gone?"
"It'll hurt
me less to know you love her with you gone, so yes. I do." She
stared up at him, feeling her facade slipping. She wanted to run into his
arms, and hold him against her. She wanted him to hold her...
"Kagome..."
He looked genuinely hurt. "I'm sorry." He approached her
again. "I didn't mean to hurt you..."
"Well, you
failed miserably." She said staring up at him, feeling tears falling
again, and cursing softly. "Please, just go, Inuyasha. Just go."
She saw two
tears dampen his cheeks. "Fine." He whispered, moving towards her
open window.
"Why are you
crying?" She asked, moving between him and the window. "After all,
you love Kikyou!" She watched more tears soak his cheeks. "You have
the one you love."
"No, I
don't." He said, moving around her and jumping from the window.
"No. I don't."