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Inuyasha Fanfic To Lose the One I Love
By: Chiruken
Chapter 10
He glanced down at her bowed head. "What for? That's the way it is and there's nothin' that'll change it." He shrugged carelessly and turned his gaze up to the sky to watch the birds circling lazily overhead. "So let's get goin' already. We got shards to find." He turned on his heel and headed back towards camp and their waiting comrades. When she didn't follow he looked over his shoulder. "Oi, you comin'?"
"I'm coming." Sighing softly as she shook her head Kagome hurried to follow the retreating figure of the hanyou. Nothing's been resolved…nothing at all. I still don't know how he really feels about me…and I haven't told him how I feel. I'm not a coward…but would it be fair to either of us to admit anything now when I'll just have to return to my own time for good someday soon? I don't think I could live like that…knowing that Inuyasha loves me but I can never be with him. And what of Inuyasha? What would happen to him if he knew how much he means to me? Would he be able to move on? And what about Kikyo? She sighed again and quickened her pace to catch up to Inuyasha. It's better this way…this way no one gets hurt. It'll be easier to move on once all the shards are found and the Shikon no Tama has been restored. I'll go home and never return…my purpose here will be over. I'll study, take the entrance exams and go to high school. Eventually I'll get into university and start a career…but what about Inuyasha? What will become of him? She glanced at him from the corner of her eye. I don't want to leave him…he needs me. I know he does, no matter what he says he needs me. And I need him. But… She shook her head and blinked back tears. There's no use thinking about it, Kagome. What ifs and maybes have no place in reality. They're only good for dreams…and eventually I'll have to wake up. It doesn't matter how much I wish things were different soon I'll have to leave and never seen him again. To dwell on it will only make it hurt more and for longer.
Inuyasha's ears drooped forlornly as he glanced at his silent companion. She looks so sad… He closed his hands into fists at his sides and gritted his teeth. Is it my fault? Did I make her sad? His ultra sensitive nose picked up the unmistakable scent of her tears. I hate it when she cries! Chikusho…why's she cryin'? "Kagome…" He began hesitantly, unsure of what he was going to say, but knowing that he couldn't just leave things as they were. He had to try to fix things between them. She looked at him, her eyes over bright with unshed tears. He stepped in front of her halting her progress, hands waving in front of her. "Oi! Don't cry!"
Kagome sniffed and swiped at her eyes. "I'm not crying." She whispered softly and tried to force a smile to her trembling lips.
"You are, too." He leaned closer until his nose touched hers. "I don't like it when you cry, so stop it already!"
Narrowing her eyes in annoyance she shoved at his shoulders, pushing him away from her. "I'm not crying!" She shouted. "And even if I was, it isn't that easy to stop, you know. You can't just go around shouting out 'stop crying'…it isn't like a tap that can be turned off!"
He folded his arms over his chest and smirked down at her. "Yeah? Then why'd it work, huh?"
"What?" She blinked in surprise, realizing that he was right. Her tears had stopped. In her anger she'd forgotten her melancholy and as a consequence she'd stopped crying as well. "Mou…Inuyasha, you can be a real jerk sometimes." Tossing her head she strode passed him and continued towards the clearing where they'd made camp the night before. She'd taken no more than five steps before she stopped and turned. "I almost forgot." She sent him a withering glare and pointed directly at him. "Inuyasha, sit!" She turned away, not bothering to stay to watch him be magically dragged to the ground by the rosary around his neck. It was enough to hear his startled shout and the subsequent crash of his body impacting with the ground with crushing force. "Inuyasha no baka!" She muttered under her breath as she stormed away, furious at his amazing lack of sensitivity towards her feelings.
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**To Be Continued…**
Definitions:
Oi: Hey
Hanyou: Half human, half youkai
Youkai: Demon
Chikusho: Damn it!
Mou: Sound of frustration
Inuyasha no baka: Stupid Inuyasha