A/N: hey minna!! Okies, I noticed that my other Inuyasha fic and this one
both kinda circle around my first Inuyasha fic, As the Past Catches Up, but
I couldn't help it!! this fic is the ORIGINAL idea I had for As the Past
Catches Up!!! The other fic, Too Late To Say Goodbye was a contest fic that
is an extension or just a lil different version. I'm really excited for
this fic and I hope all of u enjoy it too!! im sorry for the lack of
creativity though..i actually had another idea, but I'll handle one fic at
a time lol!! This fic will have a lot of similarities with ATPCU but it'll
start going in its own direction after the first 2 or 3 chapters.
Disclaimer: seriously, what do you think?
"..." are spoken words
'...' are thoughts
Chapter 1
~*AUTHOR'S POV*~
She sat there; admiring the way the jewel shimmered in the quickly fading sunlight. "Less than a quarter left to go," she sighed. "Three years. Three whole years, I can't believe it's already been so long!"
A light blush covered her cheeks when she thought about what had happened yesterday. 'H-he had asked me to be his MATE!! HIS MATE!!' Her blush deepened and she giggled when she remember how much trouble he had trying to ask her. He stuttered over ever other word and was already turning around in rejection before she had answered!! It had taken him a full minute to realize she had said yes and when he did, his whole face lit up and he had scooped her up in his arms.
Kagome was abruptly shaken from her thoughts when she felt a strange aura nearby, AND it had a shard!!! Kagome jumped up immediately and made her way into the forest. Inuyasha was already there; she had sensed him there from the start. But why didn't he make a move? What was he waiting for? Neither of them were doing anything.
She pushed her way through bushes and undergrowth, until all that blocked her way was a thick hedge, just a few inches taller than her. She moved around but soon realized that Inuyasha was somehow in a clearing completely surrounded by the thick hedge. Kagome reached forward to push aside some of the branches but drew back her hand immediately. Her once smooth skin was now bleeding from some gashes. The stupid hedge had thorns!! Kagome looked around frantically for something she could use to push apart the offending bushes until she heard Inuyasha begin to speak.
"Ki-Kikyou!" Kagome froze in her place. 'He didn't just say, K-Kikyou, did he?!!?' she mentally exclaimed.
Ignoring the sharp thorns and the painful way they dug into her, she used both hands and pushed apart some branches. In the middle of the clearing was Inuyasha staring at Kikyou with a bewildered look on his face.
"Kikyou, I thought you had died!" Inuyasha said disbelievingly.
Kikyou smirked, "No, I survived the fall from the cliff because of one sustaining thought. I would get to be with you again," she stated smoothly, waiting for Inuyasha's reaction.
His eyes widened and he paled. "W-what?" he whispered.
"I want to be with you Inuyasha. See, now that we're together, we can both go in search of the shards! Then you can become human like you promised all those years ago. And we can be together, forever," she said, walking up to Inuyasha.
'No, this, this can't be happening!!' Kagome cried mentally, not noticing the tears, already flowing down her cheeks.
Inuyasha's gaze softened as he looked at Kikyou, their faces getting closer and closer by the second, until they finally met. Kagome couldn't take anymore of this. Her heart, which she had given so willingly, had just been torn up mercilessly, ground and stomped on, and throw back into her face. Kikyou, opened her eyes, and looked directly at Kagome.
'He's mine! Leave and NEVER come back, you're not welcome in this time. Go back to your own time and mate with some idiot like you. Hn, trust me, I'm not gonna give you another chance to leave. Alive." Kikyou mentally threatened to Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened in horror as she took a step back.
Kikyou pulled away from Inuyasha. "I love you, Inuyasha," she whispered.
"I-I love you, K-" he was cut off. Kagome couldn't hold back her heart wrenching sobs anymore and they broke free. Inuyasha turned around immediately after he heard the sobs and the scent of fresh tears assaulted his nose, manifesting his trepidation. It was hard, but he made out a girl's form from behind the hedges. "Kagome..."
"Inuyasha!" she called out forcefully, her voice wavered and was slightly hoarse, "How could you?" She demanded accusingly. "Y-you, I-I can't believe you! You told me, you told me you loved me!" she yelled, waiting for him to do something. Anything, just to make her believe that this wasn't real and he still loved her. He didn't reply.
"I see, so this is how it's gonna be? I-I guess I really was JUST a substitute for Kikyou, huh?" she laughed bitterly to herself. "Well, I just hope that you're h-happy with your choice, Inuyasha. I just hope you didn't do this because you doubted me, because I had loved you from the start," she finished, drying up her tears. She gave him one last glance before turning and running away.
His hand slowly reached out towards her retreating form. "Inuyasha?" Kikyou asked, a slender eyebrow slightly raised. This wasn't what she had prepared for, but it worked just fine. Inuyasha clenched his fist tightly, drawing blood, he turned around to face Kikyou, but her Shinidamachuu was already carrying her away, their long snake-like bodies wrapping around Kikyou's slim one as they carried her up. "Inuyasha! I'll be back later for you!" she laughed to herself.
"Y-you bitch!" Inuyasha yelled as he jumped up for the kill. One of Kikyou's Shinidamachuu unraveled itself from its master and wrapped tightly around Inuyasha, suspending him in the air as it waited for its master's orders.
"Tsk, tsk, Inu honey. You wouldn't wanna do anything rash would you?" Kikyou laughed again. She didn't notice Inuyasha pulling out his Tetsusaiga and could only watch in horror as Inuyasha brought his sword down on her. A blinding whitish-blue light flared then he was all alone. He blinked a few times to clear his sight. Then jumped down and chased down Kagome's scent.
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After running away from Kikyou and Inuyasha, Kagome had run back to Kaede's hut. "Miroku, where's my bag?" she asked hurriedly.
"It's right over there, Kagome-sama, what's the matter?" he inquired.
"Kagome!! Why were you crying? Oh my god! What happened to your hands? They're covered in blood and cuts!!! " Sango exclaimed, her eyebrows knit in worry.
Kagome rushed and hugged Sango tightly. "Sango I'm sorry, I need to go now," Kagome sniffed, holding back another flood of tears.
"What are you talking about? Another test? Or is it something else?" she asked as Kagome scooped up Shippou, hugging him tightly.
"Yea, Kagome, what's wrong?" he asked, concerned about his surrogate mother.
"I'm so sorry Shippou, I need to go-" Kagome began, her eyes watering.
"Oh, another one of those tests things right? You'll only be gone for one wee-" cut off Shippou who in turn was cut off by Kagome.
"No, it's not a test. I'm not coming back," she said softly, but firmly as she set him down and picked up her bag.
"I-it was Inuyasha wasn't it?" he demanded angrily, holding back his own tears. 'Inuyasha said boys don't cry, remember?' He kept reminding himself. Kagome flinched when he had said Inuyasha and didn't answer, her gaze on the floor of the hut. "It was him!! I cant believe him! I hate-"
"No! Shippou, you don't hate Inuyasha. You're only upset, please don't blame him for this. I need to go now, bye everyone," she said cutting off Shippou again as she ran out the door.
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The well. It was only a yard away. Kagome threw her backpack into it and prepared to jump in when a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, pulling her back out.
"Kagome! Please! You don't understand! I-" began Inuyasha frantically.
"No, I don't want to hear it! You chose Kikyou, end of story! I'm not mad ok? I understand completely! Just let me go, please," she finished, growing weak.
"No, Kagome, you don't understand! I didn't choose her! I-I love you. No one could ever-" he tried explaining again but to deaf ears.
"Don't you dare start that with me! Do you know how much it hurt to see you two together? You were so h-happy. I told you I loved you, meaning I will do anything to make you happy, and obviously, that means that I need to be out of the picture, so just-" Kagome continued, hot tears burned down her cheeks.
"No, I'm not gonna let you go! I need y-"
"NO!! LET ME GO!!!!" Kagome screamed, a burst of purple light came from her, shoving Inuyasha away and sending him flying into a tree. Kagome, shocked at what just happened was about to run to his side but instead took advantage of this moment when he began to get up shakily. "I'm sorry," she said ripping off the necklace holding the Shikon no Tama. She pulled off a shard before throwing the jewel at him and jumped into the well.
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Kagome climbed out of the other side hastily. She reached into her backpack and got out her bow and an arrow. She took the shard she had kept and jammed it into the head of the arrow and quickly shot it down into the well. As soon as it hit the sandy bottom a brilliant purple light burst up, pushing her back a few feet before disappearing.
Kagome ran over to the well as soon as the light subsided and looked it. The well was sealed, she could tell because every few seconds the sand would glow a light purple, obviously it was Inuyasha trying to get through. "Goodbye, Inuyasha," she whispered into the darkness before collapsing onto the floor, her energy drained.
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A/N: well how'd you guys like it? Please review!! Hmmmm, I want 1000 reviews before I continue!!! ^___________^ hehe, just kidding, at least 10 please, although 1000 would be nice.....lol!
Disclaimer: seriously, what do you think?
"..." are spoken words
'...' are thoughts
Chapter 1
~*AUTHOR'S POV*~
She sat there; admiring the way the jewel shimmered in the quickly fading sunlight. "Less than a quarter left to go," she sighed. "Three years. Three whole years, I can't believe it's already been so long!"
A light blush covered her cheeks when she thought about what had happened yesterday. 'H-he had asked me to be his MATE!! HIS MATE!!' Her blush deepened and she giggled when she remember how much trouble he had trying to ask her. He stuttered over ever other word and was already turning around in rejection before she had answered!! It had taken him a full minute to realize she had said yes and when he did, his whole face lit up and he had scooped her up in his arms.
Kagome was abruptly shaken from her thoughts when she felt a strange aura nearby, AND it had a shard!!! Kagome jumped up immediately and made her way into the forest. Inuyasha was already there; she had sensed him there from the start. But why didn't he make a move? What was he waiting for? Neither of them were doing anything.
She pushed her way through bushes and undergrowth, until all that blocked her way was a thick hedge, just a few inches taller than her. She moved around but soon realized that Inuyasha was somehow in a clearing completely surrounded by the thick hedge. Kagome reached forward to push aside some of the branches but drew back her hand immediately. Her once smooth skin was now bleeding from some gashes. The stupid hedge had thorns!! Kagome looked around frantically for something she could use to push apart the offending bushes until she heard Inuyasha begin to speak.
"Ki-Kikyou!" Kagome froze in her place. 'He didn't just say, K-Kikyou, did he?!!?' she mentally exclaimed.
Ignoring the sharp thorns and the painful way they dug into her, she used both hands and pushed apart some branches. In the middle of the clearing was Inuyasha staring at Kikyou with a bewildered look on his face.
"Kikyou, I thought you had died!" Inuyasha said disbelievingly.
Kikyou smirked, "No, I survived the fall from the cliff because of one sustaining thought. I would get to be with you again," she stated smoothly, waiting for Inuyasha's reaction.
His eyes widened and he paled. "W-what?" he whispered.
"I want to be with you Inuyasha. See, now that we're together, we can both go in search of the shards! Then you can become human like you promised all those years ago. And we can be together, forever," she said, walking up to Inuyasha.
'No, this, this can't be happening!!' Kagome cried mentally, not noticing the tears, already flowing down her cheeks.
Inuyasha's gaze softened as he looked at Kikyou, their faces getting closer and closer by the second, until they finally met. Kagome couldn't take anymore of this. Her heart, which she had given so willingly, had just been torn up mercilessly, ground and stomped on, and throw back into her face. Kikyou, opened her eyes, and looked directly at Kagome.
'He's mine! Leave and NEVER come back, you're not welcome in this time. Go back to your own time and mate with some idiot like you. Hn, trust me, I'm not gonna give you another chance to leave. Alive." Kikyou mentally threatened to Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened in horror as she took a step back.
Kikyou pulled away from Inuyasha. "I love you, Inuyasha," she whispered.
"I-I love you, K-" he was cut off. Kagome couldn't hold back her heart wrenching sobs anymore and they broke free. Inuyasha turned around immediately after he heard the sobs and the scent of fresh tears assaulted his nose, manifesting his trepidation. It was hard, but he made out a girl's form from behind the hedges. "Kagome..."
"Inuyasha!" she called out forcefully, her voice wavered and was slightly hoarse, "How could you?" She demanded accusingly. "Y-you, I-I can't believe you! You told me, you told me you loved me!" she yelled, waiting for him to do something. Anything, just to make her believe that this wasn't real and he still loved her. He didn't reply.
"I see, so this is how it's gonna be? I-I guess I really was JUST a substitute for Kikyou, huh?" she laughed bitterly to herself. "Well, I just hope that you're h-happy with your choice, Inuyasha. I just hope you didn't do this because you doubted me, because I had loved you from the start," she finished, drying up her tears. She gave him one last glance before turning and running away.
His hand slowly reached out towards her retreating form. "Inuyasha?" Kikyou asked, a slender eyebrow slightly raised. This wasn't what she had prepared for, but it worked just fine. Inuyasha clenched his fist tightly, drawing blood, he turned around to face Kikyou, but her Shinidamachuu was already carrying her away, their long snake-like bodies wrapping around Kikyou's slim one as they carried her up. "Inuyasha! I'll be back later for you!" she laughed to herself.
"Y-you bitch!" Inuyasha yelled as he jumped up for the kill. One of Kikyou's Shinidamachuu unraveled itself from its master and wrapped tightly around Inuyasha, suspending him in the air as it waited for its master's orders.
"Tsk, tsk, Inu honey. You wouldn't wanna do anything rash would you?" Kikyou laughed again. She didn't notice Inuyasha pulling out his Tetsusaiga and could only watch in horror as Inuyasha brought his sword down on her. A blinding whitish-blue light flared then he was all alone. He blinked a few times to clear his sight. Then jumped down and chased down Kagome's scent.
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After running away from Kikyou and Inuyasha, Kagome had run back to Kaede's hut. "Miroku, where's my bag?" she asked hurriedly.
"It's right over there, Kagome-sama, what's the matter?" he inquired.
"Kagome!! Why were you crying? Oh my god! What happened to your hands? They're covered in blood and cuts!!! " Sango exclaimed, her eyebrows knit in worry.
Kagome rushed and hugged Sango tightly. "Sango I'm sorry, I need to go now," Kagome sniffed, holding back another flood of tears.
"What are you talking about? Another test? Or is it something else?" she asked as Kagome scooped up Shippou, hugging him tightly.
"Yea, Kagome, what's wrong?" he asked, concerned about his surrogate mother.
"I'm so sorry Shippou, I need to go-" Kagome began, her eyes watering.
"Oh, another one of those tests things right? You'll only be gone for one wee-" cut off Shippou who in turn was cut off by Kagome.
"No, it's not a test. I'm not coming back," she said softly, but firmly as she set him down and picked up her bag.
"I-it was Inuyasha wasn't it?" he demanded angrily, holding back his own tears. 'Inuyasha said boys don't cry, remember?' He kept reminding himself. Kagome flinched when he had said Inuyasha and didn't answer, her gaze on the floor of the hut. "It was him!! I cant believe him! I hate-"
"No! Shippou, you don't hate Inuyasha. You're only upset, please don't blame him for this. I need to go now, bye everyone," she said cutting off Shippou again as she ran out the door.
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The well. It was only a yard away. Kagome threw her backpack into it and prepared to jump in when a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist, pulling her back out.
"Kagome! Please! You don't understand! I-" began Inuyasha frantically.
"No, I don't want to hear it! You chose Kikyou, end of story! I'm not mad ok? I understand completely! Just let me go, please," she finished, growing weak.
"No, Kagome, you don't understand! I didn't choose her! I-I love you. No one could ever-" he tried explaining again but to deaf ears.
"Don't you dare start that with me! Do you know how much it hurt to see you two together? You were so h-happy. I told you I loved you, meaning I will do anything to make you happy, and obviously, that means that I need to be out of the picture, so just-" Kagome continued, hot tears burned down her cheeks.
"No, I'm not gonna let you go! I need y-"
"NO!! LET ME GO!!!!" Kagome screamed, a burst of purple light came from her, shoving Inuyasha away and sending him flying into a tree. Kagome, shocked at what just happened was about to run to his side but instead took advantage of this moment when he began to get up shakily. "I'm sorry," she said ripping off the necklace holding the Shikon no Tama. She pulled off a shard before throwing the jewel at him and jumped into the well.
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Kagome climbed out of the other side hastily. She reached into her backpack and got out her bow and an arrow. She took the shard she had kept and jammed it into the head of the arrow and quickly shot it down into the well. As soon as it hit the sandy bottom a brilliant purple light burst up, pushing her back a few feet before disappearing.
Kagome ran over to the well as soon as the light subsided and looked it. The well was sealed, she could tell because every few seconds the sand would glow a light purple, obviously it was Inuyasha trying to get through. "Goodbye, Inuyasha," she whispered into the darkness before collapsing onto the floor, her energy drained.
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A/N: well how'd you guys like it? Please review!! Hmmmm, I want 1000 reviews before I continue!!! ^___________^ hehe, just kidding, at least 10 please, although 1000 would be nice.....lol!
