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"Waiting For You"

By Night Youkai

The quite of the night swept across the land and the sun set for

the on coming night, but no matter what he would not leave his place.

he missed her; the forest seemed to be emptier with out her

shining face. Staring down from his tree he thought of there first

meeting his heart awoke from a fifty-year sleep. When he was her it

felt like he had been waiting a lot long than 50 years for her. He

denied his heart when he claimed he want nothing more than the

shards from her. No he wanted more from her. Did she resemble his

once love so long ago? Yes her look, but not her soul. Yes she shared

the soul of his love, of long ago, but it had changed it was no longer

sad it want to live to breathe in the joy around her, and share it with

the world. He stared at the silent sky as the stars above awoke for

the night. They reminded him of her eye how the sparkle with

happiness and joy and something he couldn't quite hope for love.

The hanyou, Inuyasha, once fear was now accepted. He knew

along time ago that the love he once shared with the village miko was

not that of love it was the wanting of acceptance more than love. How

was he so blind to that life of submission? The pull of two lonely souls

can convince them-selves that it would be enough. Yet it would be a

hollow life of 'what if' and unsaid regret. Kagome had done more

than set him free she opened his heart and started to heal the pain of

his shattered soul.

Yes he did fight with her about leaving to her own time. She

thought he was selfish for trying to keep her in his forest and demand

she return to the quest hand. Maybe it was selfish, but not for the

reasons she thought. He was afraid to lose the joy he found in her

smile and laughter. The well was the way to her world it had open by

pure accident and each time she jumped through it felt like it might be

his last time he would see her. His pride blocked him from saying the

one thing she wanted to her. Pride or cowardness, which ever you call

it will continue to break their stubborn hearts.

The wind starts to rise and the there is a chill in the air winter is

fast approaching. The winter snow will be hard on their travels she will

want to stay close to her home. He new this meant that he would see

her less and less but he would never waver in his watch for her smile.

He would let the snow and rain fall upon his shoulder as he waited

for her return. He know that he would never leave is watch. For she is

the jewel of his heart. He no longer needed the shards to make in

strong and accepted. He needed her and her love. As the chill deepen

into the night he remembers her smile and caring of others. He can

see her as a loving mother to a pup who had lost more then his hope.

She was the sister to a hurting girl who had nothing left but revenge to

give. She was the voice of reason to the monk who believe in his

death and lacked to have trust in himself and the caring of others.

The leaves start to fall from the mighty tree. Yes he would wait

for her return because she was more than he let her know. Kagome

was more then the shard detector he claimed her to be she was more

that just the miko that healed his wounds. She was the angel that

healed his wounded soul. He loved her. He would wait for her if only

just to see her smile just once just for him. He would wait for her to

love him the way he loved her.

The night is coming to an end as the dawn slowly breaks over

the horizon and still he waits. Over the night's waiting and thinking he

saw what a fool he was to hide from her when all he wanted was to be

with her. The early morning bring the sounds of birds and the waking

of sleepy villages and there is on new sound of the day.

"Inuyasha I'm back!" he abandons his post and reaches the well

in a flash. Before she can say a word she is scooped up in to his

strong arms and kissed her with all the love he had for her. She made

no protests said no words of endearment none were really needed.

Breaking the kiss she stared in to his amber eyes and all her questions

were answered. There was no doubt in what she felt. She felt it down

to her soul. Inuyasha loved her and she loved him. She was home at

last.

"So Inuyasha, what have you been doing while I was gone?"

"I've been right here waiting for you."

The end

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