Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-Yasha....
"KAGOME!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Kagome!!?"
The calls of her friends did not go unnoticed by Kagome... For her own safety, she could not answer them. Inu-Yasha had taken her to a hill, or rather a cliff that overlooked the village and forest. Kagome's mind was bouncing off the piles upon piles of information she had gathered.
*Flashback*
She saw his fist draw back, and for a moment he stopped, the blow was fast, unexpected. When Kagome realized that he hadn't hit her, she opened her eyes from the wince. Inu-Yasha stood up with his back turned and 'feh-ed'.
"Five years ago...." He started, remembering the memory with sadness, and dispute. "We got into an argument; it seems so foolish now... I-I loved you Kagome... Don't you realize that!?" He turned around anger clearly shone on his face.
"You... Lovebd/b me?" This confused Kagome to no end.... 'He tries to kill all of us, kidnaps me, and then tells me he loved me? What happened Inu-Yasha?'
As if he heard her thoughts he spoke, "But then you betrayed me... All of us... You know you had me going for a while, that game of yours. I know now, and I was foolish, but I will inot/i let myself be fooled again!" With this he grabbed her arm harshly and dragged her out of the cave.
*End Flashback*
"Inu-Yasha, please!" Kagome begged, "I didn't do it... I do not even know what you were talking about... INU-YASHA!" Her eyes pleading.
"NO, I will not falter! You lying bitch!"
"What are you italking/i about?!" She was freely crying now, and his eyes softened for a moment, but it was gone in as fast as it showed.
"I will not listen to your lies..." Inu-Yasha lifted her out over the ledge.
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Shippou was wandering about the forest when a scream pierced the air, 'Kagome!' he ran towards the sound... He was stopped dead in his tracks at the sight; Inu-Yasha had Kagome dangling over the edge, held by the collar of her shirt. He watched in helplessness as the horrifying scene unfolded. "KAGOME!!!!" Shippou cried out as he saw in slow motion the screaming figure fall. There was nothing he could do, if he tried to catch her, the impact could kill both of them; his eyes closed, as he listened for the sickening thud, but it never came. Opening them, Shippou found.... Nothing... He ran over to the place where Kagome would have met her doom, but still nothing. Shippou glanced up to see Inu-Yasha vanish with a disgusted growl.
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'Where am I?' Kagome thought to herself, she remembered the terror of Inu- Yasha dropping her, and falling, and then darkness, 'am I dead?' Little specks of glowing light sprinkled around her, they were everywhere. She reached out to touch one but they flitted out of the way. Kagome felt no warmth, confusion, or hurt, she just...Was... She was floating in an eternity of darkness; but was it dark? No, on the contrary, the light was blindingly bright, all emitted from the beautiful specks. 'I could stay here, where I can just be. No need to worry, I can just continue on here, without Inu-Yasha, Mom, Sango, all of my family and friends....' This world she stood frozen in, was taking its toll on her mind, she was losing her will to go on, her will to live. The emptiness, no longer affecting her, she heard a calm voice call her name... Did she care? The voice became harsher, and a feeling came to her once again, it almost pained her to feel again. Why? Why are they back, I do not want to feel anymore... Her thoughts were flat, devoid of pitch and tone. Kagome felt herself falling, being consumed with the darkness, all was returning...
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~Present~
'Knock, knock, knock'
"One moment Souta," his mother told him, as she went to get the door, "Oh, Mr. Shirosen, are you here to speak with Kagome?"
Konte nodded, keeping a straight face, "yes, is she at home?" Judging by the moment of concern and confusion that paced over the woman's face, she wasn't, and something was not right. "I'm sorry, I'll come by some oth--"
"No," she cut him off hastily, "you should come in" Slight Pause, "I fear for my daughter, and you might be the only one who can help."
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Authors note: I could have been mean, and left it the last chapter there for a while... Just letting you wonder, but I'm not mean, so I didn't, aren't you glad??
"KAGOME!!!!! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Kagome!!?"
The calls of her friends did not go unnoticed by Kagome... For her own safety, she could not answer them. Inu-Yasha had taken her to a hill, or rather a cliff that overlooked the village and forest. Kagome's mind was bouncing off the piles upon piles of information she had gathered.
*Flashback*
She saw his fist draw back, and for a moment he stopped, the blow was fast, unexpected. When Kagome realized that he hadn't hit her, she opened her eyes from the wince. Inu-Yasha stood up with his back turned and 'feh-ed'.
"Five years ago...." He started, remembering the memory with sadness, and dispute. "We got into an argument; it seems so foolish now... I-I loved you Kagome... Don't you realize that!?" He turned around anger clearly shone on his face.
"You... Lovebd/b me?" This confused Kagome to no end.... 'He tries to kill all of us, kidnaps me, and then tells me he loved me? What happened Inu-Yasha?'
As if he heard her thoughts he spoke, "But then you betrayed me... All of us... You know you had me going for a while, that game of yours. I know now, and I was foolish, but I will inot/i let myself be fooled again!" With this he grabbed her arm harshly and dragged her out of the cave.
*End Flashback*
"Inu-Yasha, please!" Kagome begged, "I didn't do it... I do not even know what you were talking about... INU-YASHA!" Her eyes pleading.
"NO, I will not falter! You lying bitch!"
"What are you italking/i about?!" She was freely crying now, and his eyes softened for a moment, but it was gone in as fast as it showed.
"I will not listen to your lies..." Inu-Yasha lifted her out over the ledge.
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Shippou was wandering about the forest when a scream pierced the air, 'Kagome!' he ran towards the sound... He was stopped dead in his tracks at the sight; Inu-Yasha had Kagome dangling over the edge, held by the collar of her shirt. He watched in helplessness as the horrifying scene unfolded. "KAGOME!!!!" Shippou cried out as he saw in slow motion the screaming figure fall. There was nothing he could do, if he tried to catch her, the impact could kill both of them; his eyes closed, as he listened for the sickening thud, but it never came. Opening them, Shippou found.... Nothing... He ran over to the place where Kagome would have met her doom, but still nothing. Shippou glanced up to see Inu-Yasha vanish with a disgusted growl.
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'Where am I?' Kagome thought to herself, she remembered the terror of Inu- Yasha dropping her, and falling, and then darkness, 'am I dead?' Little specks of glowing light sprinkled around her, they were everywhere. She reached out to touch one but they flitted out of the way. Kagome felt no warmth, confusion, or hurt, she just...Was... She was floating in an eternity of darkness; but was it dark? No, on the contrary, the light was blindingly bright, all emitted from the beautiful specks. 'I could stay here, where I can just be. No need to worry, I can just continue on here, without Inu-Yasha, Mom, Sango, all of my family and friends....' This world she stood frozen in, was taking its toll on her mind, she was losing her will to go on, her will to live. The emptiness, no longer affecting her, she heard a calm voice call her name... Did she care? The voice became harsher, and a feeling came to her once again, it almost pained her to feel again. Why? Why are they back, I do not want to feel anymore... Her thoughts were flat, devoid of pitch and tone. Kagome felt herself falling, being consumed with the darkness, all was returning...
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~Present~
'Knock, knock, knock'
"One moment Souta," his mother told him, as she went to get the door, "Oh, Mr. Shirosen, are you here to speak with Kagome?"
Konte nodded, keeping a straight face, "yes, is she at home?" Judging by the moment of concern and confusion that paced over the woman's face, she wasn't, and something was not right. "I'm sorry, I'll come by some oth--"
"No," she cut him off hastily, "you should come in" Slight Pause, "I fear for my daughter, and you might be the only one who can help."
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Authors note: I could have been mean, and left it the last chapter there for a while... Just letting you wonder, but I'm not mean, so I didn't, aren't you glad??