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of Rumiko Takahashi.
What Fate Decides... Part 19:
Kagome watched Inu-Yasha work in the field. He seemed to have adjusted nicely to this place and the people, of Musashi's domain, had accepted him willingly. Something that others hadn't done...
She remembered the teasing and name calling; the long nights talking to him and telling him that there was nothing wrong with being a half-demon - telling him that he was special and that people reacted badly to things they couldn't understand...
She turned her attention back to Kikyo; the young priestess seemed to have taken an interest in Inu-Yasha and if that was the case, Kagome had found the solution to her problem.
"Kagome...I must leave the village for a short time. I will, of course, be back by dusk. Kaede will be accompanying me. I ask that you guard this while I am gone," she said as she placed the shikon jewel into Kagome's hand.
Kagome looked at the small jewel. Kikyo had explained about the jewel and her role as its guardian; it was hard to believe that such a small thing could contain so much power and cause so much trouble.
"Where exactly are you going?" Kagome asked quickly before Kikyo turned to leave.
"To tend to a thief who now resides in some nearby caves. For you see, he sustained injuries that have left him disfigured, scarred and paralyzed...''
"His name?"
"Onigumo."
* * *
Onigumo...that name bothered her. Though she had not met the wild thief - that Kikyo was harboring in a nearby cave - , she could not help but be unsettled; nagging suspicions forming in the back of her mind...
Maybe they were unfounded, but she couldn't help it. He was helpless, and virtually harmless from the description Kikyo had given, but she couldn't seem to shake the feeling.
"Kagome..."
She shook herself from her thoughts and turned her attention towards Inu-Yasha. "Hmm?"
"I haven't forgotten our agreement. It's time to discuss what you have been trying to avoid the past few days..."
"There isn't anything to discuss."
"God dammit, Kagome! You know we have to talk about this...I'm not about to change how I feel towards you! I don't care that you're from another time period. You're here now and that's all that matters...!"
"My existance here is a mistake..." Her voice lowering to a point that it was almost inaudiable, " ...a mistake..."
"That isn't the real reason, is it?!" inu-Yasha growlled. "It's because I'm half-demon, isn't it?!"
Kagome blinked in surprise.
"Well, isn't it?" he demanded angerily, his body visuably shaking in rage. "Don't bother to answer, I'm going for a walk..."
She sat in silence after he left. Inu-Yasha... that wasn't the reason... it really wasn't...
* * *
Kagome walked towards the village shrine; she would return the jewel as it was now past dusk.
Kikyo looked up in surprise as Kagome entered - her demeanor was not cheerful as it usually was.
She quickly handed the jewel to Kikyo.
"Please take care of Inu-Yasha once I'm gone," she whispered before exiting. He was better off with Kikyo - at least, Kikyo was from this time; Kagome's presence was an accident that should have never occurred...
* * *
Kagome tied the strings on her sack - it was time to go. She had left a note on Inu-yasha's futon; she only hoped it gave him enough information so that he would not hate her for what she was about to do...
She moved back the flap from the door and walked out of the hut. She turned and looked back for a moment. It would probably be the last time she would ever see it again...
* * *
Inu-Yasha looked inside the hut. He had let off some steam and was ready to discuss things reasonably - he had overreacted...
Kagome wasn't there. Where was she?!
He spotted the note on his bedding. Carefully picking it up, he began to read it.
He cursed mentally and stormed out the door. He was not going to let her end it this way...! He wasn't going to give up his love for her...
When he found her, he would make her see it!
To be continued...
What Fate Decides... Part 19:
Kagome watched Inu-Yasha work in the field. He seemed to have adjusted nicely to this place and the people, of Musashi's domain, had accepted him willingly. Something that others hadn't done...
She remembered the teasing and name calling; the long nights talking to him and telling him that there was nothing wrong with being a half-demon - telling him that he was special and that people reacted badly to things they couldn't understand...
She turned her attention back to Kikyo; the young priestess seemed to have taken an interest in Inu-Yasha and if that was the case, Kagome had found the solution to her problem.
"Kagome...I must leave the village for a short time. I will, of course, be back by dusk. Kaede will be accompanying me. I ask that you guard this while I am gone," she said as she placed the shikon jewel into Kagome's hand.
Kagome looked at the small jewel. Kikyo had explained about the jewel and her role as its guardian; it was hard to believe that such a small thing could contain so much power and cause so much trouble.
"Where exactly are you going?" Kagome asked quickly before Kikyo turned to leave.
"To tend to a thief who now resides in some nearby caves. For you see, he sustained injuries that have left him disfigured, scarred and paralyzed...''
"His name?"
"Onigumo."
* * *
Onigumo...that name bothered her. Though she had not met the wild thief - that Kikyo was harboring in a nearby cave - , she could not help but be unsettled; nagging suspicions forming in the back of her mind...
Maybe they were unfounded, but she couldn't help it. He was helpless, and virtually harmless from the description Kikyo had given, but she couldn't seem to shake the feeling.
"Kagome..."
She shook herself from her thoughts and turned her attention towards Inu-Yasha. "Hmm?"
"I haven't forgotten our agreement. It's time to discuss what you have been trying to avoid the past few days..."
"There isn't anything to discuss."
"God dammit, Kagome! You know we have to talk about this...I'm not about to change how I feel towards you! I don't care that you're from another time period. You're here now and that's all that matters...!"
"My existance here is a mistake..." Her voice lowering to a point that it was almost inaudiable, " ...a mistake..."
"That isn't the real reason, is it?!" inu-Yasha growlled. "It's because I'm half-demon, isn't it?!"
Kagome blinked in surprise.
"Well, isn't it?" he demanded angerily, his body visuably shaking in rage. "Don't bother to answer, I'm going for a walk..."
She sat in silence after he left. Inu-Yasha... that wasn't the reason... it really wasn't...
* * *
Kagome walked towards the village shrine; she would return the jewel as it was now past dusk.
Kikyo looked up in surprise as Kagome entered - her demeanor was not cheerful as it usually was.
She quickly handed the jewel to Kikyo.
"Please take care of Inu-Yasha once I'm gone," she whispered before exiting. He was better off with Kikyo - at least, Kikyo was from this time; Kagome's presence was an accident that should have never occurred...
* * *
Kagome tied the strings on her sack - it was time to go. She had left a note on Inu-yasha's futon; she only hoped it gave him enough information so that he would not hate her for what she was about to do...
She moved back the flap from the door and walked out of the hut. She turned and looked back for a moment. It would probably be the last time she would ever see it again...
* * *
Inu-Yasha looked inside the hut. He had let off some steam and was ready to discuss things reasonably - he had overreacted...
Kagome wasn't there. Where was she?!
He spotted the note on his bedding. Carefully picking it up, he began to read it.
He cursed mentally and stormed out the door. He was not going to let her end it this way...! He wasn't going to give up his love for her...
When he found her, he would make her see it!
To be continued...
