Well, here's what I came up with so far.
*= past
~= present
Disclaimer: No I do not own Inuyasha ~sniff~
A Single Red Rose
She continued her journey through the forest towards a small stream that she knew was nearby. The faint sound of rushing water was the proof she was going the right way.
She continued the steady path towards her destination, still thinking of what had happened earlier that day.
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Kogome's eye's were brimmed with tear's when she saw Inuyasha's lip's touch Kikyou's. 'I can't cry now' she thought,'Then he'll know I'm here.'
She then, as quietly as possible, headed back towards Kaeda's hut.
When the canopy of the forest no longer gave her cover, she stopped and allowed one lone tear to skim the side of her face, trace her jaw bone and fall to the ground. Her eye's went blurry while she stood, watching the dirt consume the salty tear, taking it within it's depths, drinking it like the earth would never have more than that.
'Why did I have to fall in love with him?' She silently berated herself for being so foolish to believe that Inuyasha could have such feeling's towards her.'He love's Kikyou....I've known that.'
She let another tear mirror the first, 'But, why does it hurt so much?' Kogome closed her eye's as she willed the other's not to follow.
She didn't want Inuyasha to smell that she had been crying. And she didn't want her skin to turn red from the exposure to moisture, because then her companions would ask questions.
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By now her step's had reached the water's edge. She hadn't seen the bruise yet and was wondering how bad it looked.
She slowly bent over to gaze at her reflection, and upon seeing a large purple bruise on her left cheek, cringed. From what she could see, with the small amount of silver moonlight she had, it was a throbbing navy blue around the edges, a deep black in the center, and rest was a violot color.
She hadn't noticed she was bleeding until now either. But the dried crimson colored liquid, mixed with her tears, was a noticeable contrast on ivory skin from the crack on her lip to her collar bone.
She quickly removed her shirt, so it wouldn't be stained, washed the blood and tears from her skin, then, looked again to see if anything could be done about the bruise.
Seeing nothing could help it, she sat back on her heel's and watched the ripple's on the water while sinking back to her thought's
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Once back inside Kaeda's hut she quickly skimmed over her friend's to make sure they were still sleeping. Once confirming that they were, she made a quick, and quiet, detour to her bag.
She searched for a moment and pulled out a bottle of scented lotion and rubbed it on her hand's and face to hide the only evidence of tear's.
She finished applying the product just in time. Because, as the lid snapped shut, Inuyasha appeared in the doorway. She had her back towards the door, but didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
"Feh....what are you doing up so early wench?"
She felt like she was going to cry again at the sound of his voice, but she willed the tears away once again. Her heart felt as if it was going to stop beating or explode, one or the other. Part of her wished it would.
"I...."
She composed herself and made her face like stone as she thought of an excuse.
"I was going to-" she looked around quickly without moving her head and thought of a reasonable excuse to get away from him,"-go take a bath!"
She picked the contents that she needed from her pack, and stood.
"What is it with you and bathing?"
"I like to be clean," she said, as she brushed past him, and walked out the door.
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Kogome shivered as she was pulled from her thought's by a cold wind on her bare back. She had forgotten she had taken her shirt off, so she quickly found and pulled the soft white fabric over her chilled skin.
It immediately gave her some limited, yet welcomed warmth.
She decided that she wouldn't go home that night. She would find some safe shelter and stay there while she sorted her thought's.
She stood, stretched, and chose a direction to travel in and started walking.
She thought it would be best not to think of anything at the moment. But to focus on her surrounding's.
With out her friends and Inuyasha she was helpless, and had to pay full attention to the forest. At least until she came to some type of housing wher she could lose herself once again in the day's events.
A Single Red Rose
She continued her journey through the forest towards a small stream that she knew was nearby. The faint sound of rushing water was the proof she was going the right way.
She continued the steady path towards her destination, still thinking of what had happened earlier that day.
****************
Kogome's eye's were brimmed with tear's when she saw Inuyasha's lip's touch Kikyou's. 'I can't cry now' she thought,'Then he'll know I'm here.'
She then, as quietly as possible, headed back towards Kaeda's hut.
When the canopy of the forest no longer gave her cover, she stopped and allowed one lone tear to skim the side of her face, trace her jaw bone and fall to the ground. Her eye's went blurry while she stood, watching the dirt consume the salty tear, taking it within it's depths, drinking it like the earth would never have more than that.
'Why did I have to fall in love with him?' She silently berated herself for being so foolish to believe that Inuyasha could have such feeling's towards her.'He love's Kikyou....I've known that.'
She let another tear mirror the first, 'But, why does it hurt so much?' Kogome closed her eye's as she willed the other's not to follow.
She didn't want Inuyasha to smell that she had been crying. And she didn't want her skin to turn red from the exposure to moisture, because then her companions would ask questions.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By now her step's had reached the water's edge. She hadn't seen the bruise yet and was wondering how bad it looked.
She slowly bent over to gaze at her reflection, and upon seeing a large purple bruise on her left cheek, cringed. From what she could see, with the small amount of silver moonlight she had, it was a throbbing navy blue around the edges, a deep black in the center, and rest was a violot color.
She hadn't noticed she was bleeding until now either. But the dried crimson colored liquid, mixed with her tears, was a noticeable contrast on ivory skin from the crack on her lip to her collar bone.
She quickly removed her shirt, so it wouldn't be stained, washed the blood and tears from her skin, then, looked again to see if anything could be done about the bruise.
Seeing nothing could help it, she sat back on her heel's and watched the ripple's on the water while sinking back to her thought's
****************
Once back inside Kaeda's hut she quickly skimmed over her friend's to make sure they were still sleeping. Once confirming that they were, she made a quick, and quiet, detour to her bag.
She searched for a moment and pulled out a bottle of scented lotion and rubbed it on her hand's and face to hide the only evidence of tear's.
She finished applying the product just in time. Because, as the lid snapped shut, Inuyasha appeared in the doorway. She had her back towards the door, but didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
"Feh....what are you doing up so early wench?"
She felt like she was going to cry again at the sound of his voice, but she willed the tears away once again. Her heart felt as if it was going to stop beating or explode, one or the other. Part of her wished it would.
"I...."
She composed herself and made her face like stone as she thought of an excuse.
"I was going to-" she looked around quickly without moving her head and thought of a reasonable excuse to get away from him,"-go take a bath!"
She picked the contents that she needed from her pack, and stood.
"What is it with you and bathing?"
"I like to be clean," she said, as she brushed past him, and walked out the door.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kogome shivered as she was pulled from her thought's by a cold wind on her bare back. She had forgotten she had taken her shirt off, so she quickly found and pulled the soft white fabric over her chilled skin.
It immediately gave her some limited, yet welcomed warmth.
She decided that she wouldn't go home that night. She would find some safe shelter and stay there while she sorted her thought's.
She stood, stretched, and chose a direction to travel in and started walking.
She thought it would be best not to think of anything at the moment. But to focus on her surrounding's.
With out her friends and Inuyasha she was helpless, and had to pay full attention to the forest. At least until she came to some type of housing wher she could lose herself once again in the day's events.
