On that subject, here's a disclaimer; Don't sue me. I don't own them. e.e Very simple.
Chapter One -- Lost Boys and Golden Girls
It was chilly tonight, made moreso by her absence.
A light breeze whispered through the trees; the only thing stirring in the entire village. How fitting, that it and he be the only things awake at this time of night.. a breeze, a Hanyou, and a surfeit of bugs and mice -- it seemed, for a moment, that they all belonged together.
Which, he decided, was just about the stupidest thought he'd ever had.
Snarling at his inner turmoil, Inuyasha leapt down from the branch he'd previously occupied, landing with scarcely a sound. He straightened, automatically turning towards the silent, dark shape of the Bone-Eater's Well. He snarled again when he realized it and quite deliberately turned the other way, marching off alone into the forest.
Kagome.. why are you so stupid sometimes? He raged internally, glaring at various inoffensive bits of shrubbery as he stomped along, in a perfectly foul mood. It's not like I ask for too much. This whole thing was her fucking fault, anyway -- it started when she shattered the damn Jewel.
..Maybe it even started.. when she brought it back with her.
What if she had never come?
That thought made him stop short, and he turned and looked consideringly at the Well, now only a faint, dark shape in the distance. If she had never come back.. I'd still be pinned to that fucking tree..
And what of Kikyo?
Well, she'd be dead.
...Wouldn't she?
No.. Urasue acted of her own will, apart from us. She would have resurrected Kikyo regardless of whether we were here or not.
So would Kikyo have come to see him? Would he perhaps have been awakened by her, instead of Kagome?
And I was still angry with her, not knowing that it was fucking Naraku and his games..
They would have fought, immediately, both of them vying for a revenge that was never theirs to take.. Or would she have just killed him on the spot, not bothering to remove the enchantment? Either way, Naraku's plans would have finally been brought to fruition. Except..
The Jewel. The Shikon no Tama was gone, taken with Kikyo.. Put into Kagome when her soul was.. reincarnated.. That's right! Her soul was reincarnated into Kagome, and without that soul, Kikyo could have never been reanimated by Urasue.
So, if Kikyo hadn't died, Kagome would never have lived.. but if Kagome never lived, Kikyo would still be dead?
They owe their lives to each other..?
He supposed that was his fault, too. If he'd been able to trust Kikyo, she wouldn't have died, and Kagome wouldn't have been born.. But because he couldn't, Kikyo died, and Kagome lived?
Kagome's life for Kikyo's death.. Was that a fair trade?
So I'm responsible for both of them, now? He stood there for a undeterminable amount of time, anger momentarily lost in a thoughtful calm.
Either way, Naraku's plan would have failed.. because he didn't plan on Kikyo dying. But, even if Kikyo had died and Kagome had never come back, she would have lived all her life with the Jewel inside her, never knowing that she was so special..
Never in danger..
He snorted, folding his arms in irritation. It would certainly be fine with her if she never came back -- always whining about her exams and her friends and her family -- it was as if her friends in this time didn't matter at all. She would scream at him that he could never understand, but she'd never stop long enough to explain it to him.
Besides, it's not like he didn't understand that she had her own life, her own friends, her own family. She had them outside of the well, away from the others, away from the quest -- Away from him. He understood that perfectly.
He just really fucking hated it, that's all.