A/N: (teary eyes) Thank you for all your wonderful reviews! You keep me
writing well and fast! So to save you all from mortal peril.here is the
next chapter! (brace yourselves, there's a lot of angst in this one!)
Bad! Bad authoress! I've forgotten a disclaimer!
Disclaimer: (deep breath) IF I OWNED INU-YASHA I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON ALIVE!!! But, sadly it belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Inu-Yasha is my personal item to torture..(insert evil laughter here)
What you all threatened me for..
Chapter 3 Shattered Spirit
Myouga pushed past the leaves of the bushes shielding the cliff from view. He stepped back in shock and sorrow at the sight he saw there.
Inu-Yasha was on his knees at the very edge of the cliff. His arms were beside his knees supporting his body as tears were streaming down his face and hitting the ground below. Inu-Yasha's shoulders were shaking with sobs and Myoga's heart broke at the sight of his lord.
'Inu-Yasha, I will never forgive who hurt you this way!' He thought with a flash of anger.
Then he hopped toward Inu-Yasha, and, landing in front of him, spoke to the distressed hanyou.
"Inu-Yasha?" He said quietly "Tell this old Myoga what happened."
He looked around and noticed Kagome was missing. Surely she would be the first here after hearing Inu-Yasha'a mournful howl. Besides he had seen her going up that way just an hour ago.
"Inu-Yasha? Where is Kagome-sama?"
Inu-Yasha let out a new wave of despair and only continued to sob harder.
"Is she alright? What happened? Please tell me my Lord!"
Myoga was starting to become afraid. Just then Inu-Yasha spoke. In a pain filled voice he said
"She is fine..."
"Then what is wrong?"
Inu-Yasha continued in a voice just above a whisper as though talking to himself
"She awakened me back to reality. She brought me out of the dream I was in and into the cold, harsh world of truth."
Myoga's eyes widened. "I-I don't understand..what do you mean?"
Myoga closed his eyes, dreading the answer.
"Ka-.she told me of my worth. Of how much she hated me! And how she could not stand my presence any longer!"
Inu-Yasha had turned to face Myoga as his hysterical speech ended in a yell rough with pain. The look in Inu-Yasha's eyes was enough to make Myoga want to cry. In those golden orbs he saw once more the pain of betrayal and the intense vulnerability of Inu-Yasha's heart. He had barely recovered from the pain of Kikyou betraying him..and now Myoga believed Inu-Yasha would never recover.
'Kagome..' Myoga thought with the intense anger born of seeing one you love in pain.
'Kagome, you knew how fragile his heart was! You gave him love, softened his heart, earned his trust and in the end took it all away! This time is worse than Kikyou.you gave him hope! You taught him how to love again! Now you take it away and leave him more in despair and hopelessness than before! Kagome.you shattered his spirit! He will never be the same again and it is all your fault!'
Myoga was startled out of his vengeful thoughts when Inu-Yasha suddenly rose to his feet.
"Lord Inu-Yasha?" He said hesitantly. "Where-"
"I am going to the home my father made for my mother. It is in a cliff face near the village." Inu-Yasha's voice had no life to it, he sounded like one who has lost all reason to live.
"But, my lord, why?" Myoga was shocked and distressed by this turn of events.
Surely Inu-Yasha wished to return to Kaede's house and heal his hurts among friends!
"I am going so that no one else is grieved by my presence. Now that the Shikon no Tama is complete, there is no use for me there anymore."
Inu-Yasha turned away from Myoga and started walking away into the woods.
"Inu-Yasha! Come back with me to the village! Everyone is worried about-"
"Kagome, right?"
"And you my lord! They heard your howl and feared for you!"
"No one needs me anymore.I have no use to anyone. I am merely a being to be used in battle."
"Inu-Yasha you can't believe that!"
Myoga was getting desperate. If Inu-Yasha was to have any hope of recovery he needed to be around ones who cared for him.
"I can, and I do." Inu-Yasha's voice cracked as he fought down tears again.
"I feared Kagome would leave.but, I never expected this. I won't, no, I can't risk that happening again! I don't want to be rejected anymore. It's happened to me all my life because of what I am, a hanyou! A worthless half- demon! Kagome made be believe I had worth, I foolishly thought she loved me but I was only fooling myself. After all who could ever love someone like me!"
With that last anguished speech, Inu-Yasha, tears shining silver in the moon light, leapt into the trees and sped of in an unknown direction, toward the place he had once called home.
'Inu-Yasha..' Myoga feared for Inu-Yasha as his thoughts turned to anger, 'Kagome I will find you and make you pay for what you've done!'
With that resolution Myoga hopped off down the path toward the bone-eater's well, hoping he could find Kagome before it was too late.
~As always, keep up the wonderful reviews! The more reviews I get the faster the chappies come!
Coming soon: Chapter 4: Confrontation
*~Warrior of Forest~*
Bad! Bad authoress! I've forgotten a disclaimer!
Disclaimer: (deep breath) IF I OWNED INU-YASHA I WOULD BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON ALIVE!!! But, sadly it belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. Inu-Yasha is my personal item to torture..(insert evil laughter here)
What you all threatened me for..
Chapter 3 Shattered Spirit
Myouga pushed past the leaves of the bushes shielding the cliff from view. He stepped back in shock and sorrow at the sight he saw there.
Inu-Yasha was on his knees at the very edge of the cliff. His arms were beside his knees supporting his body as tears were streaming down his face and hitting the ground below. Inu-Yasha's shoulders were shaking with sobs and Myoga's heart broke at the sight of his lord.
'Inu-Yasha, I will never forgive who hurt you this way!' He thought with a flash of anger.
Then he hopped toward Inu-Yasha, and, landing in front of him, spoke to the distressed hanyou.
"Inu-Yasha?" He said quietly "Tell this old Myoga what happened."
He looked around and noticed Kagome was missing. Surely she would be the first here after hearing Inu-Yasha'a mournful howl. Besides he had seen her going up that way just an hour ago.
"Inu-Yasha? Where is Kagome-sama?"
Inu-Yasha let out a new wave of despair and only continued to sob harder.
"Is she alright? What happened? Please tell me my Lord!"
Myoga was starting to become afraid. Just then Inu-Yasha spoke. In a pain filled voice he said
"She is fine..."
"Then what is wrong?"
Inu-Yasha continued in a voice just above a whisper as though talking to himself
"She awakened me back to reality. She brought me out of the dream I was in and into the cold, harsh world of truth."
Myoga's eyes widened. "I-I don't understand..what do you mean?"
Myoga closed his eyes, dreading the answer.
"Ka-.she told me of my worth. Of how much she hated me! And how she could not stand my presence any longer!"
Inu-Yasha had turned to face Myoga as his hysterical speech ended in a yell rough with pain. The look in Inu-Yasha's eyes was enough to make Myoga want to cry. In those golden orbs he saw once more the pain of betrayal and the intense vulnerability of Inu-Yasha's heart. He had barely recovered from the pain of Kikyou betraying him..and now Myoga believed Inu-Yasha would never recover.
'Kagome..' Myoga thought with the intense anger born of seeing one you love in pain.
'Kagome, you knew how fragile his heart was! You gave him love, softened his heart, earned his trust and in the end took it all away! This time is worse than Kikyou.you gave him hope! You taught him how to love again! Now you take it away and leave him more in despair and hopelessness than before! Kagome.you shattered his spirit! He will never be the same again and it is all your fault!'
Myoga was startled out of his vengeful thoughts when Inu-Yasha suddenly rose to his feet.
"Lord Inu-Yasha?" He said hesitantly. "Where-"
"I am going to the home my father made for my mother. It is in a cliff face near the village." Inu-Yasha's voice had no life to it, he sounded like one who has lost all reason to live.
"But, my lord, why?" Myoga was shocked and distressed by this turn of events.
Surely Inu-Yasha wished to return to Kaede's house and heal his hurts among friends!
"I am going so that no one else is grieved by my presence. Now that the Shikon no Tama is complete, there is no use for me there anymore."
Inu-Yasha turned away from Myoga and started walking away into the woods.
"Inu-Yasha! Come back with me to the village! Everyone is worried about-"
"Kagome, right?"
"And you my lord! They heard your howl and feared for you!"
"No one needs me anymore.I have no use to anyone. I am merely a being to be used in battle."
"Inu-Yasha you can't believe that!"
Myoga was getting desperate. If Inu-Yasha was to have any hope of recovery he needed to be around ones who cared for him.
"I can, and I do." Inu-Yasha's voice cracked as he fought down tears again.
"I feared Kagome would leave.but, I never expected this. I won't, no, I can't risk that happening again! I don't want to be rejected anymore. It's happened to me all my life because of what I am, a hanyou! A worthless half- demon! Kagome made be believe I had worth, I foolishly thought she loved me but I was only fooling myself. After all who could ever love someone like me!"
With that last anguished speech, Inu-Yasha, tears shining silver in the moon light, leapt into the trees and sped of in an unknown direction, toward the place he had once called home.
'Inu-Yasha..' Myoga feared for Inu-Yasha as his thoughts turned to anger, 'Kagome I will find you and make you pay for what you've done!'
With that resolution Myoga hopped off down the path toward the bone-eater's well, hoping he could find Kagome before it was too late.
~As always, keep up the wonderful reviews! The more reviews I get the faster the chappies come!
Coming soon: Chapter 4: Confrontation
*~Warrior of Forest~*