~*To love is to be able to let go*~
Chapter 6
An uncomfortable atmosphere had settled between Inuyasha and Kagome when the got on the harpy which was flying them to the palace. Inuyasha turned his head around slightly to look at Kagome only to find her staring for in some other direction with a far away look as if she was deep in thought about something. With a sigh he turned his head back to the front. He wasn't sure how he got on the harpy but from the looks of it Kagome had helped him on and placed him in front of her so that he wouldn't fall off. He only managed to regain conscious a little while ago and when he did wake up he felt the tense and awkward atmosphere that was around him. Kagome still doesn't know that he was awake and maybe that's why she is still deep in thought.
True she came back to save them after all that has happened. He had hurt her. Betrayed her trust yet she chose to believe in what Inuyasha told her. She chose to go back to him again. Or it could've been that she sensed the Shikon no tama and was just chasing after it instead and saving them had been a side thing she thought she might as well do. Inuyasha sighed in defeat as he could not understand at all what she is thinking. With all his heart he did wish that she came back to them but the chances to him are slim. He had done nothing to hurt her so why would she come back after all she doesn't need his protection now. She is probably way stronger then him. 'Oh well at least one good thing came out of this, it got rid of Kikyo.' Inuyasha thought as he sighed again but this time in relief.
Kagome's concentration was snapped when she heard Inuyasha sigh the second time. She moved a bit so that she could see Inuyasha's face instead of his back. She thought that he was still knocked out from the blood loss. 'It seems that I have forgotten his fast healing abilities as a hanyou' Kagome thought with a soft smile. Kagome tapped him on his shoulder and waited for him to turn around. A few seconds latter Inuyasha turned around to see Kagome smiling at him softly, instantly making him all fuzzy.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome began.
"No, Kagome let me ask you something first. I know I have been an idiot. I know I have hurt you but trust me I didn't want to do it. I know I'm overall stupid and act like I can do everything by myself not needing any help. But I can't. I need you to be here with me, to be by my side when I am fighting, to be there for me. I know you probably hate me but even that I would rather you be here with me and hate me instead of you away from me. Please Kagome; please come back if not for me for the rest of the group. Sango and Miroku and Shippo miss you terribly… for them." Inuyasha said looking down at the hand; he is holding that he took from Kagome sometime in his speech.
"Inuyasha…. You really are an idiot." Kagome said softly. She had originally planned to stay with them regardless of whether or not Kikyo was there. She realized that she needed to be there for Shippo as a mother and as a supporter and as a friend for Sango and Miroku. She could've asked them to join her but she couldn't do that to Inuyasha. To take away his only friends and now see him with out his barriers only strengthened her resolve. Inuyasha really was still stuck as the insecure little boy from back then.
Inuyasha's head snapped up at Kagome's words. He had hoped that she would come back in the group even if she hated him to be there for the rest of them. Now it seems like it was all useless. She had just called him an idiot. After he nearly bared his whole heart to her she calls him an idiot. All at once the emotions that he had be all pent up inside him from ever since Kagome left him came all back to him at full blast. The hurt, the shame, the longing, and everything else but most of all the love he felt for her seems to him that it had just been rejected.
"I….see…." Inuyasha replied broken as he bent his head down again when his eyes where getting watery.
"I was planning to come back anyway whether or not Kikyo was there." Kagome said giving him a gentle smile while giving his hand a gentle squeeze.
"Really?" Inuyasha exclaimed softly as if he had talked any louder everything will fade away like a dream.
Kagome stared into his amber eyes on the verge of crying. The expressions on his face so which she would like it to repeat but the face of him looking broken was something that she would never want to see again. He looks so vulnerable right now and if she said something wrong he really would be broken.
"Inuyasha, you are an idiot because no matter what I will always return to you. I can't leave Sango behind. I can't leave Miroku behind. I can't leave my baby Shippo behind but most of all I can't leave you. Even if you break my heart into little pieces I would always want to see you again. To be by you side." Kagome said this time holding both of Inuyasha's clawed hands in her own. Inuyasha stared at her in shock then he crushed her to his chest pulling her in an extremely tight hug when he finally registered in his mind what she just said.
"Gods… Kagome…don't ever leave me again…. I" Inuyasha said as he rubbed his cheek to her head while taking her scent in once again. "Kagome… I … I lo…. I lost you once and now I know life would not be life if you're not here with me. I missed you so much." Inuyasha said this time really crying in her hair. He couldn't say it. He couldn't say those three little words that matters the most.
"I missed you too Inuyasha." Kagome by now is crying too. This is the closest that she would get from Inuyasha that he actually cared about her in more than a friend's way. I just made her very happy to know that she did indeed chose the right decision to stay by his side. Even if it will kill her she would be there for Inuyasha if he had wanted her to be by his side when Kikyo was still around. She would do it for him and for the part of her that will always say that she needs to see him although he was with another person.
Fortunately for Inuyasha because they were flying in the air nobody else noticed their little moment which meant there was no 'awww' from any of his companions. The only other person that was there to witness it was the harpy they were riding on who could not exactly tell anyone right now. Inuyasha finally happy with the way things turned out picked Kagome up and situated her on his lap so that she was leaning on his back.
"Ne Kagome what were you thinking back then before we started talking. I mean you looked really deep in thought." Inuyasha questioned.
"Eh? Oh that I was just communicating with Mi-chan." Kagome answered. Seeing Inuyasha's confused face she continued on.
"You know Midoriko the originator of the Shikon no tama? Well she was just telling me about all demons that are planning to rebel against the Lord of the Southern Land. It seems that the Lord of the Eastern Lands is getting a little bit too greedy as he wants to take of the Southern Lands as well. From the sounds of it he isn't alone in this. There is at least all his men in the Eastern Land and the greater evil that Midoriko was talking about which I am pretty certain is Naraku." Kagome explained. It would be one hell of a fight for her if all the demons of the Eastern Lands are ganging up together. That alone is bad enough but with Naraku! It just gets worse and worse.
"So what if all the demons are ganging up? If you are staying to protect the Southern Lands then so would I Kagome. I am not leaving your side just as you promised that you will not leave mine. There is no way that you are thinking to fight this fight by yourself. You maybe all powerful now but I don't care because I will always be around to protect you." Inuyasha said stubbornly.
"Inuyasha that's so sweet but I can't let you put yourself in danger" Kagome answered sadly.
"Kagome since when did you listen to me when it was too dangerous to fight with me. You always ignore what I say and come anyway. Plus since when do I listen to you, wench?" Inuyasha retorted. Kagome stared at Inuyasha for a while thinking how impossible he is being but then again it has always been better to fight together then alone. Instead of answering him back she just hugged his arms that are around her. For the whole ride Inuyasha and Kagome just spent their time cuddling up to each other.
The palace itself is quite guarded from nearly all youkai. It was perched on the highest mountain of the Southern Lands where it was high up in the sky with the clouds. Surrounding the palace is a lot of steep and treacherous mountains. The palace stood there on the mountain in all its glory with little puffs of white clouds floating among it. It wasn't very hard to stay as the Demon Lord when the place they live is highly protected by nature.
"Kagome-chan!" Sango screamed as their landed on to the grounds of the palace. Kagome quickly got out of Inuyasha's embrace much to his disappointment and headed towards Sango. She gave the girl a hug and seconds afterwards a ball of orange fur went flying into her chest. A few moments later Miroku went to Kagome's side and surprising did not feel her up as he gave her a brotherly hug.
"Kagome-sama we have all missed you very, very much. Please stay with us this time?" Miroku asked her. Sango and Shippo both looked at her with hopeful looks on their faces as they waited for Kagome's reply.
"Miroku-sama I could never leave you peoples… my best friends alone for too long. I myself will miss you too much to even think about it. I can't leave you, Sango-chan. I can't leave you, Shippo-chan nor can I leave you, Miroku-sama." Kagome replied them. Sango and Shippo unable to hold it in anymore hugged Kagome with all their might while Miroku was looking at her strangely.
"I see Kagome-sama. You couldn't leave us even though Inuyasha hasn't been nice to you or treated you fairly yet you will still come back." Miroku said his thoughts out loud. Turning serious he took Kagome's hands in his.
"In that case then Kagome-sama, it will bring me great pleasure if you will bear my child." Kagome stared at him deadpan after the times they have been together he still dares to ask her that question. She took it rather calmly however Sango and Inuyasha had other reactions.
"HENTAI!" Sango screamed as she bonked Miroku on the head with her boomerang. Inuyasha picked him and pulled him straight to his face.
"Listen up you perverted monk! You dare pull anything on Kagome again I will personally pull you apart limb by limb that is after I cut of a certain part of the body that allows you to produce heirs." Inuyasha managed to growl out. The rest of them watched as they sweat-dropped. It was at this moment Kazuaki decided to make his presence noticed after waiting for them to finish with their reunion.
"Ahem… if you all would, please follow me so that you can come and meet Father. He is currently in a meeting so if u don't mind please come so we could all wait in the dinning room for a snack for I am sure you are all hungry by now." Kazuaki said as he moved towards the direction where the dinning room is. The girls and Shippo followed and soon after Inuyasha followed with Miroku tailing behind with a couple of lumps on his head curtsy to a certain hanyou and demon exterminator.
A/N: I'm sorry about the late update… sorry kinda got stuck as to what to write. Anyway I hope you like it and please review! You all know I love reviews =D