The Sickness chaper 2
Something was wrong with Kagome. When her best friend dropped her off the night before, she had looked... sad. She had always been happy, full of life. Now, she was... half-dead. Something had happened.
And now, this morning, she did not get up out of bed. She did not want to go to school. Her eyes were pleading, sorrowful. She looked like she had not slept at all. Her mother suggested she go visit Inuyasha.
Was she ready to face him, yet? She had been so horrible to him... he could have died in the night, she did not know. That was harder than the realization that he was dying: the not-knowing. She had known something was wrong, and she... did nothing. No, she blew him off. He had no reason to forgive her.
Her mother came in a while later, with some soup. Kagome had not eaten anything all day, but she was not hungry even now. "Kagome? Are you alright? I'm worried about you, baby. Why don't I take you to the doctor?"
"I'm fine. No, really, mom, I'm not sick."
"Then what's wrong?"
"I'm not the one who is sick. I should be. I should be the one dying, not him."
"Who... Inuyasha?"
"He told me yesterday. He's dying. I... I yelled at him... he left, mad at me... I was so horrible to him..."
"Oh, honey, I think you need to talk to him. Poor baby."
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Kagome stared at the well for a long, long time. She was not sure she could do it...
'Kagome, get ahold of yourself! It's INUYASHA!! He won't hate you!'
'He hates me already. I know he does.'
'Feh. He loves you!'
The other thing he had whispered had not quite registered until then. She realized that he DID love her, that he always had. And furthermore, that she loved him. Nothing could change that. She closed her eyes and jumped in the well...
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Inuyasha had fallen ill again. He knew that Kagome did not love him. She would have followed him if she did. HE had said what he needed to say,and all that was left was to choose how and where he would die. He decided, when the pain of the illness took him again, that he wanted to die as he had preferred to live: alone. He thought of making a last tribute to Kagome. Yes, that would be fitting. The well... the symbol of their... friendship. It was no more than that to her. He had to face facts. And he had to face death, as well. So, it was decided then. He would go to the well, at all costs. He could sense that death was not far off. But he would stay on this side, not crossing to her world. It was fitting to die in the time period he had been born. So, desprately, she crawled to the well.
Kagome exited the well, and saw a figure hunched over, not 10 feet away, silloetted against the setting sun. He struggled to rise, faltering, to his feet. He stood, and looked at her, and then fell to the ground. As he fell, the light finally hit him, and she reognised Inuyasha. She ran to hum, and cradled his dying body in her arms.
"Oh, Inuyasha, I love you, I'm sorry, I need you, don't die, please don't die, oh Inuyasha..." She could not say more for the tears in her eyes.
"Kagome...I love you..."
And with that, Inuyasha died.
CLIFFHANGER!!! WHAT WILL KAGOME DO NEXT???? :-( Soo sad! I better write the nextr chap... and u better REVIEW!!!!
Something was wrong with Kagome. When her best friend dropped her off the night before, she had looked... sad. She had always been happy, full of life. Now, she was... half-dead. Something had happened.
And now, this morning, she did not get up out of bed. She did not want to go to school. Her eyes were pleading, sorrowful. She looked like she had not slept at all. Her mother suggested she go visit Inuyasha.
Was she ready to face him, yet? She had been so horrible to him... he could have died in the night, she did not know. That was harder than the realization that he was dying: the not-knowing. She had known something was wrong, and she... did nothing. No, she blew him off. He had no reason to forgive her.
Her mother came in a while later, with some soup. Kagome had not eaten anything all day, but she was not hungry even now. "Kagome? Are you alright? I'm worried about you, baby. Why don't I take you to the doctor?"
"I'm fine. No, really, mom, I'm not sick."
"Then what's wrong?"
"I'm not the one who is sick. I should be. I should be the one dying, not him."
"Who... Inuyasha?"
"He told me yesterday. He's dying. I... I yelled at him... he left, mad at me... I was so horrible to him..."
"Oh, honey, I think you need to talk to him. Poor baby."
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Kagome stared at the well for a long, long time. She was not sure she could do it...
'Kagome, get ahold of yourself! It's INUYASHA!! He won't hate you!'
'He hates me already. I know he does.'
'Feh. He loves you!'
The other thing he had whispered had not quite registered until then. She realized that he DID love her, that he always had. And furthermore, that she loved him. Nothing could change that. She closed her eyes and jumped in the well...
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Inuyasha had fallen ill again. He knew that Kagome did not love him. She would have followed him if she did. HE had said what he needed to say,and all that was left was to choose how and where he would die. He decided, when the pain of the illness took him again, that he wanted to die as he had preferred to live: alone. He thought of making a last tribute to Kagome. Yes, that would be fitting. The well... the symbol of their... friendship. It was no more than that to her. He had to face facts. And he had to face death, as well. So, it was decided then. He would go to the well, at all costs. He could sense that death was not far off. But he would stay on this side, not crossing to her world. It was fitting to die in the time period he had been born. So, desprately, she crawled to the well.
Kagome exited the well, and saw a figure hunched over, not 10 feet away, silloetted against the setting sun. He struggled to rise, faltering, to his feet. He stood, and looked at her, and then fell to the ground. As he fell, the light finally hit him, and she reognised Inuyasha. She ran to hum, and cradled his dying body in her arms.
"Oh, Inuyasha, I love you, I'm sorry, I need you, don't die, please don't die, oh Inuyasha..." She could not say more for the tears in her eyes.
"Kagome...I love you..."
And with that, Inuyasha died.
CLIFFHANGER!!! WHAT WILL KAGOME DO NEXT???? :-( Soo sad! I better write the nextr chap... and u better REVIEW!!!!