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Is There no Hope?
Chaper 3
***
Kagome got off of Kilala with tear-stained eyes. She gave Kilala a hug and thanked her.
"You can go back to Sango now. Thanks for the ride, Kilala," she whispered into her fur. She watched as the cat demon flew back, and then turned her attention back to the well. She walked over to it and sat on it's edge. She watched as her feet dangled from the side. "Goodbye everyone..." With that she jumped in.
She climbed out of the well and waked quietly inside her house. She looked around and saw noone there. She went up to her room and stood in front of her bed thinking about what had just happened. Then she started to scream.
"INUYASHA! HOW COULD YOU!" she screamed. She picked up her pillow and threw it at the wall. "You lied to me! You lead me on! I can't believe I fell for such a bastard!" she screamed and cried her heart out. "I can't believe that your doing this! She's only going to break your heart in the end like you did to me! All this time you've been deceiving me!" By the time she was done, her room was a mess and she had broken her window. She crashed down on her bed exhausted and started to cry. "And I have to go back to it all," she said in between sobs. She got up and wiped her tears away. She started to pick her stuff up and put it back where it went.
"I have to complete the jewel shard." She packed her stuff again and left a note telling her mother about the window. She walked over to the well and sat down on the edge. "I can't believe I'm going back. But I can' be selfish." With that she jumped in the well and walked to Kaede's village.
"Child," Kaede said when she saw Kagome. "What are you doing here? Where is everyone else?"
"I came here alone. They should be here in a while anyway," Kagome said and walked away. She sat down by the lake and fell asleep.
Kagome woke up in the morning and walked back to the village. She was Sango and Miroku there. She walked over, and they looked surprised to see her.
"Kagome! I thought that you had gone home!" Sango said running up to her.
"I did, but I came back. I decided to wait until Naraku is dead before I leave."
"Well we're just glad your back," Miroku said. Just then they heard shouting from the forest.
"Inuyasha you idiot!" Shippou shouted. "Go back and get Kagome now!"
"I told you runt!" Inuyasha shouted over the kitsune. "She'll come back when she's ready, and not before!" Then Shippou came flying out of the woods and landed at Kagome's feet.
"Stupid Inuyasha," the kitsune mumbled. "Doesn't know anything." Just then he looked at the feet he was under and gasped. He looked up and saw Kagome. "Kagome!" Shippou shouted. "Your back! Please don't do that again. I thought you were never coming back."
"Shh," Kagome comforted. "It's ok. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Then Inuyasha came forward. Kagome gave him a cold look.
"I've come back to help Sango, Miroku, and Shippou," she said looking him right in the eye. "After we've collected all the jewel shards and defeated Naraku, I'm leaving. I decided it would be selfish of me to leave Sango here without helping her with Kohaku, to leave Miroku here without helping him get rid of the wind tunnel, and Shippou because he still doesn't have a family. After that I'm leaving and never coming back." Everyone started at her, but didn't say anything.
"I understand," Inuyasha finally said. He then walked away.
"So what are we doing today?" Sango asked trying to change the subject.
"I guess we can rest after that long trek back," Miroku suggested.
***
"Inuyasha, you didn't come to me last night," Kikyou said. They were in the field.
"I'm sorry Kikyou. I told Kagome about us yesterday." Kikyou nodded in understanding.
"How did she take it?"
"She says that she'll be staying until we get all the jewel shards and kill Naraku."
"And after we kill Naraku, you'll go to hell with me right?" Kikyou said. Inuyasha brought her into a hug and whispered at her.
"Anything you want I'll do."
"Good," Kikyou said with a smile.
***
"Alright let's go," Inuyasha said. The group left the village and started walking down the road to where Kagome had last spotted the jewel shards. The group walked in an uncomfortable silence until dusk, when they set up camp. Kagome laid out her sleeping back and tried to sleep.
K: //What if he goes to see Her again tonight?//
She rolled over.
K: //It's not like I care. He can do anything he wants to.//
She then drifted off to sleep. If Inuyasha did sneak off again that night, she didn't know about it.
***
1 month later...
It had been a month since Kagome had told them they would leave after they had defeated Naraku. Now only the jewel shards that he obtained were left. The group had started talking to each other again, but Kagome and Inuyasha still stayed distant. Every now and then everyone except Kagome would catch Inuyasha giving Kagome regretful looks.
"He really wants to talk to her," Sango whispered to Miroku after catching another of his glimpses.
"I know," Miroku said just as quietly. "Maybe we should leave them so they can have some alone time together," he suggested.
"I think your right. But if they think that we're doing this on purpose they might not talk."
"Your right. Since we're about to make camp anyway I'll say I'm going into the forest to get wood for the fire with Shippou. After a while you and Kilala come in after us. That way they won't suspect anything." Miroku said.
"Ok."
After they set up camp, Miroku and Shippou left, and the Sango and Kilala left after them as planned. Inuyasha and Kagome sat next to the fire quietly.
"So...," Inuyasha attempted at conversation. He couldn't think of anything though.
I: //Dammit! I really want to be able to talk to her again! But I don't know what to say! I'm such and idiot!//
K: //He's trying to talk to me. Should I talk back? I really want to talk to him though!//
"Naraku has the rest of the jewel shards..." Kagome said.
K: //It's better than nothing...//
"Yeah. That means you'll be...leaving soon," he said quietly.
"Yeah..."
"Kagome I just want to say that I'm sorry," Inuyasha blurted out. "I know that you don't want to hear it, but please I don't like not being able to talk to you."
"Me either. I'm sorry too, Inuyasha."
"For what?"
"For not talking to you." Sango, Miroku, and Shippou looked on happy.
"It's alright." Just then everyone came back.
"What took you guys so long?" Kagome asked.
"Sorry," Miroku said. "I got lost."
"And then I got lost trying to find him so I found him, but then we had to find our way back," Sango explained.
"Well I'm tired," Miroku said. "Goodnight everyone.
"Me too, goodnight."
"Goodnight."
"'Night."
***
"So Naraku has the rest of the jewel shards?" Kikyou asked.
"Yeah. This is the end of the trip. After Naraku is dead, everything will be over." Inuyasha said.
"Why don't you give me the jewel shards Inuyasha? I can get them from Naraku too so you'll have the completed Shikon no Tama."
"I can't give you Kagome's piece of the jewel shards," Inuyasha said. "But you can get the rest of them from Naraku and I'll give them to Kagome."
"You would give them to Kagome, but not me?" Kikyou said hurt.
"It's not that!" Inuyasha said quickly. "It's just that I'm not going to take the jewel shards from Kagome, and I don't think that she'd give them to me to give to you anyway."
"Then don't say that your going to give them to me. Just say that you want them," Kikyou tried to reason. Inuyasha shook his head no.
"I'm not going to lie to her. I'll never lie or deceive her again."
"Fine then. I must go now Inuyasha." With that, Kikyou took left.
***
"Well I guess it's to Naraku's place now," Kagome said.
"This is it," Miroku said. "The chance I've been waiting for to get rid of this accursed wind tunnel." He lifted up his hand and examined it.
"And the chance for revenge," Sango added. Inuyasha remained quiet. He wasn't thinking about Kikyou or the chance to finally get his revenge, he was thinking of Kagome leaving him forever.
I: //It's not like it matter's seeing how I'm going to be in hell anyway.//
After a full day of walking the group finally settled down for camp. When they finally started to sleep, Kagome watched Inuyasha.
K: //I'm going to follow him tonight. I just want to tell Kikyou that... that there are no hard feelings.//
She waited patiently until Inuyasha made his move. She got up and followed him into the forest.
I: //Tonight is going to be my last night alive. I want to tell Kikyou... I don't know yet, but I can't wait to see her.//
His heart swelled thinking about her. He ran out into the clearing and saw Kikyou with her bow. As soon as she saw him she turned aiming it at him.
"Hello Inuyasha," she said calmly.
***
To Be Continued...
So what did you think? I know it's a short pathetic chapter and I'm sorry. So Kikyou has an arrow aimed at Inuyasha. What did that idiot do now? Thank's for all of the reviews and I'll update soon. Don't forget to REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW my story!
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Is There no Hope?
Chaper 3
***
Kagome got off of Kilala with tear-stained eyes. She gave Kilala a hug and thanked her.
"You can go back to Sango now. Thanks for the ride, Kilala," she whispered into her fur. She watched as the cat demon flew back, and then turned her attention back to the well. She walked over to it and sat on it's edge. She watched as her feet dangled from the side. "Goodbye everyone..." With that she jumped in.
She climbed out of the well and waked quietly inside her house. She looked around and saw noone there. She went up to her room and stood in front of her bed thinking about what had just happened. Then she started to scream.
"INUYASHA! HOW COULD YOU!" she screamed. She picked up her pillow and threw it at the wall. "You lied to me! You lead me on! I can't believe I fell for such a bastard!" she screamed and cried her heart out. "I can't believe that your doing this! She's only going to break your heart in the end like you did to me! All this time you've been deceiving me!" By the time she was done, her room was a mess and she had broken her window. She crashed down on her bed exhausted and started to cry. "And I have to go back to it all," she said in between sobs. She got up and wiped her tears away. She started to pick her stuff up and put it back where it went.
"I have to complete the jewel shard." She packed her stuff again and left a note telling her mother about the window. She walked over to the well and sat down on the edge. "I can't believe I'm going back. But I can' be selfish." With that she jumped in the well and walked to Kaede's village.
"Child," Kaede said when she saw Kagome. "What are you doing here? Where is everyone else?"
"I came here alone. They should be here in a while anyway," Kagome said and walked away. She sat down by the lake and fell asleep.
Kagome woke up in the morning and walked back to the village. She was Sango and Miroku there. She walked over, and they looked surprised to see her.
"Kagome! I thought that you had gone home!" Sango said running up to her.
"I did, but I came back. I decided to wait until Naraku is dead before I leave."
"Well we're just glad your back," Miroku said. Just then they heard shouting from the forest.
"Inuyasha you idiot!" Shippou shouted. "Go back and get Kagome now!"
"I told you runt!" Inuyasha shouted over the kitsune. "She'll come back when she's ready, and not before!" Then Shippou came flying out of the woods and landed at Kagome's feet.
"Stupid Inuyasha," the kitsune mumbled. "Doesn't know anything." Just then he looked at the feet he was under and gasped. He looked up and saw Kagome. "Kagome!" Shippou shouted. "Your back! Please don't do that again. I thought you were never coming back."
"Shh," Kagome comforted. "It's ok. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
Then Inuyasha came forward. Kagome gave him a cold look.
"I've come back to help Sango, Miroku, and Shippou," she said looking him right in the eye. "After we've collected all the jewel shards and defeated Naraku, I'm leaving. I decided it would be selfish of me to leave Sango here without helping her with Kohaku, to leave Miroku here without helping him get rid of the wind tunnel, and Shippou because he still doesn't have a family. After that I'm leaving and never coming back." Everyone started at her, but didn't say anything.
"I understand," Inuyasha finally said. He then walked away.
"So what are we doing today?" Sango asked trying to change the subject.
"I guess we can rest after that long trek back," Miroku suggested.
***
"Inuyasha, you didn't come to me last night," Kikyou said. They were in the field.
"I'm sorry Kikyou. I told Kagome about us yesterday." Kikyou nodded in understanding.
"How did she take it?"
"She says that she'll be staying until we get all the jewel shards and kill Naraku."
"And after we kill Naraku, you'll go to hell with me right?" Kikyou said. Inuyasha brought her into a hug and whispered at her.
"Anything you want I'll do."
"Good," Kikyou said with a smile.
***
"Alright let's go," Inuyasha said. The group left the village and started walking down the road to where Kagome had last spotted the jewel shards. The group walked in an uncomfortable silence until dusk, when they set up camp. Kagome laid out her sleeping back and tried to sleep.
K: //What if he goes to see Her again tonight?//
She rolled over.
K: //It's not like I care. He can do anything he wants to.//
She then drifted off to sleep. If Inuyasha did sneak off again that night, she didn't know about it.
***
1 month later...
It had been a month since Kagome had told them they would leave after they had defeated Naraku. Now only the jewel shards that he obtained were left. The group had started talking to each other again, but Kagome and Inuyasha still stayed distant. Every now and then everyone except Kagome would catch Inuyasha giving Kagome regretful looks.
"He really wants to talk to her," Sango whispered to Miroku after catching another of his glimpses.
"I know," Miroku said just as quietly. "Maybe we should leave them so they can have some alone time together," he suggested.
"I think your right. But if they think that we're doing this on purpose they might not talk."
"Your right. Since we're about to make camp anyway I'll say I'm going into the forest to get wood for the fire with Shippou. After a while you and Kilala come in after us. That way they won't suspect anything." Miroku said.
"Ok."
After they set up camp, Miroku and Shippou left, and the Sango and Kilala left after them as planned. Inuyasha and Kagome sat next to the fire quietly.
"So...," Inuyasha attempted at conversation. He couldn't think of anything though.
I: //Dammit! I really want to be able to talk to her again! But I don't know what to say! I'm such and idiot!//
K: //He's trying to talk to me. Should I talk back? I really want to talk to him though!//
"Naraku has the rest of the jewel shards..." Kagome said.
K: //It's better than nothing...//
"Yeah. That means you'll be...leaving soon," he said quietly.
"Yeah..."
"Kagome I just want to say that I'm sorry," Inuyasha blurted out. "I know that you don't want to hear it, but please I don't like not being able to talk to you."
"Me either. I'm sorry too, Inuyasha."
"For what?"
"For not talking to you." Sango, Miroku, and Shippou looked on happy.
"It's alright." Just then everyone came back.
"What took you guys so long?" Kagome asked.
"Sorry," Miroku said. "I got lost."
"And then I got lost trying to find him so I found him, but then we had to find our way back," Sango explained.
"Well I'm tired," Miroku said. "Goodnight everyone.
"Me too, goodnight."
"Goodnight."
"'Night."
***
"So Naraku has the rest of the jewel shards?" Kikyou asked.
"Yeah. This is the end of the trip. After Naraku is dead, everything will be over." Inuyasha said.
"Why don't you give me the jewel shards Inuyasha? I can get them from Naraku too so you'll have the completed Shikon no Tama."
"I can't give you Kagome's piece of the jewel shards," Inuyasha said. "But you can get the rest of them from Naraku and I'll give them to Kagome."
"You would give them to Kagome, but not me?" Kikyou said hurt.
"It's not that!" Inuyasha said quickly. "It's just that I'm not going to take the jewel shards from Kagome, and I don't think that she'd give them to me to give to you anyway."
"Then don't say that your going to give them to me. Just say that you want them," Kikyou tried to reason. Inuyasha shook his head no.
"I'm not going to lie to her. I'll never lie or deceive her again."
"Fine then. I must go now Inuyasha." With that, Kikyou took left.
***
"Well I guess it's to Naraku's place now," Kagome said.
"This is it," Miroku said. "The chance I've been waiting for to get rid of this accursed wind tunnel." He lifted up his hand and examined it.
"And the chance for revenge," Sango added. Inuyasha remained quiet. He wasn't thinking about Kikyou or the chance to finally get his revenge, he was thinking of Kagome leaving him forever.
I: //It's not like it matter's seeing how I'm going to be in hell anyway.//
After a full day of walking the group finally settled down for camp. When they finally started to sleep, Kagome watched Inuyasha.
K: //I'm going to follow him tonight. I just want to tell Kikyou that... that there are no hard feelings.//
She waited patiently until Inuyasha made his move. She got up and followed him into the forest.
I: //Tonight is going to be my last night alive. I want to tell Kikyou... I don't know yet, but I can't wait to see her.//
His heart swelled thinking about her. He ran out into the clearing and saw Kikyou with her bow. As soon as she saw him she turned aiming it at him.
"Hello Inuyasha," she said calmly.
***
To Be Continued...
So what did you think? I know it's a short pathetic chapter and I'm sorry. So Kikyou has an arrow aimed at Inuyasha. What did that idiot do now? Thank's for all of the reviews and I'll update soon. Don't forget to REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW my story!
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