AN: Hello, again......... ~hEyKyRa13
Review responses:
PurpleRoses: Sorry I didn't get to you last time, but I'm glad you're enjoying it!
UnitX2-5: Well, just because you asked, here's the next chapter!
Sayori-chan: It's true people are getting confused, but at least for once, confusion is what I'm kinda aiming for! And yes, Inuyasha is heartless, but for a different reason than most will think.........
Akaro: I wish I could tell you what was happening, but trust me, it'll be more worth it to wait and find out. If I were to blow it now, the rest of the story would be spoiled. It's the surprising ending that I think really makes it interesting! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unrelished Fate Chapter 3 Confrontations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What's wrong with me?
Kagome sighed, clutching her thin jacket closer as the wind picked up again. With her eyes focused on the ground, she walked, not needing her sight to traverse around the familiar streets.
She frowned. Seriously, though. Hojo is a really nice guy. He's smart, he's athletic, not to mention good-looking......... really good- looking. All the girls are crazy about him......... why not me?
Unexpectedly, a single tear swelled in the corner of her eye, quickly growing heavy enough to break free and cascade down her cheek.
Cause you don't love him.
Suddenly growing furious, Kagome spied a pinecone settled on the ground, and with no reason at all, swung her foot at it. The cone went flying, vanishing behind the roof of a grocery store across the street.
Watching it fall, Kagome furrowed her brows, snorted, and jammed her hands into her jacket pockets, storming away angrily.
"Geez, Kagome, get over yourself!" she exclaimed aloud. "Stop getting so emotional! He didn't care about you, so get over it!"
"Hojo's a really nice guy. No- a great guy. A perfect guy. The guy of any girl's dreams, including yours. So stop being a crybaby and get your butt back to that school!"
With her spirits rejuvenated, Kagome spun around.
"What?"
Kagome's eyes widened.
"I'm......... home."
Unintentionally, by not paying attention to the direction she had been moving, she found herself standing in front of her own house.
Almost scared, Kagome took a step back, startled. It was almost as if her feet betrayed her heart's secrets. Though she tried to trick her mind into thinking otherwise, her feet were not so easily fooled.
Kagome squeezed her eyes shut. Now the tears were coming in full force, a battalion fiercely attacking her quivering eyelids. She couldn't cry. Not now. Not after all she had just said. Crying would only prove that she did care- care that he left her.
Furiously wiping her threatening tears away with her sleeve, she turned and faced the gate.
"I have to go back to the school," she told herself firmly. "I have to get to Hojo."
But her feet resisted. Each step she took toward the exit proved harder than the last. Kagome was weakening. The strength of both her feet and her tears were overwhelming.
Finally, just as she reached the first step, she collapsed to her knees, her face sinking into her hands. With no more will left to fight, she allowed the tears to flow freely, now, finally giving in to the truth. She did care.
"Who am I kidding?" she whispered, chuckling mockingly at herself. "Of course you care, Kagome. You always have."
Placing her hands on the wall, she struggled to pull herself up, failing many times and falling back to the ground before she finally got to her feet, trembling furiously. Forcing her eyes upward, she gazed at the tall tree, standing strong in defiance to her weakness. Through her blurred vision, she saw his face, smiling down at her through the foliage. A second wave of tears overtook her.
"Was it me? Was it me and my stupid weakness that drove you away?" she asked the illusion desparately. "Of course it was. Kikyo was much stronger. She wasn't a crybaby- an immature, sniveling little weakling like I am."
Slowly, her gaze drifted from the tree to the shrine. The door was open, exposing the ancient well within.
Kagome took a step toward it, this time without struggling against her feet for dominance.
"I didn't even put up a fight when she took you," she whispered. "When she took you away from me, I didn't do anything."
What's wrong with me?
***
AN: So, you're finally getting some details about what's going on, but hopefully don't know too much, yet. If I'm lucky, I'll leave you hanging just enough so that at the end (or close enough to the end) you'll find out the truth and be shocked......... *hiss* Heather, don't even say a word......... yeah, and I'm so proud of myself, too, cause I wrote this in the same day as the last chapter! This (for those who don't know me) is incredibly rare, so enjoy it while it lasts. Not to mention I seriously feel like I'm in a writing mood, and might even finish this either today or tomorrow! (Probably tomorrow since I have to leave for work in about two hours.........) But hey! At least you're getting something to read, right?
Review responses:
PurpleRoses: Sorry I didn't get to you last time, but I'm glad you're enjoying it!
UnitX2-5: Well, just because you asked, here's the next chapter!
Sayori-chan: It's true people are getting confused, but at least for once, confusion is what I'm kinda aiming for! And yes, Inuyasha is heartless, but for a different reason than most will think.........
Akaro: I wish I could tell you what was happening, but trust me, it'll be more worth it to wait and find out. If I were to blow it now, the rest of the story would be spoiled. It's the surprising ending that I think really makes it interesting! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An Unrelished Fate Chapter 3 Confrontations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What's wrong with me?
Kagome sighed, clutching her thin jacket closer as the wind picked up again. With her eyes focused on the ground, she walked, not needing her sight to traverse around the familiar streets.
She frowned. Seriously, though. Hojo is a really nice guy. He's smart, he's athletic, not to mention good-looking......... really good- looking. All the girls are crazy about him......... why not me?
Unexpectedly, a single tear swelled in the corner of her eye, quickly growing heavy enough to break free and cascade down her cheek.
Cause you don't love him.
Suddenly growing furious, Kagome spied a pinecone settled on the ground, and with no reason at all, swung her foot at it. The cone went flying, vanishing behind the roof of a grocery store across the street.
Watching it fall, Kagome furrowed her brows, snorted, and jammed her hands into her jacket pockets, storming away angrily.
"Geez, Kagome, get over yourself!" she exclaimed aloud. "Stop getting so emotional! He didn't care about you, so get over it!"
"Hojo's a really nice guy. No- a great guy. A perfect guy. The guy of any girl's dreams, including yours. So stop being a crybaby and get your butt back to that school!"
With her spirits rejuvenated, Kagome spun around.
"What?"
Kagome's eyes widened.
"I'm......... home."
Unintentionally, by not paying attention to the direction she had been moving, she found herself standing in front of her own house.
Almost scared, Kagome took a step back, startled. It was almost as if her feet betrayed her heart's secrets. Though she tried to trick her mind into thinking otherwise, her feet were not so easily fooled.
Kagome squeezed her eyes shut. Now the tears were coming in full force, a battalion fiercely attacking her quivering eyelids. She couldn't cry. Not now. Not after all she had just said. Crying would only prove that she did care- care that he left her.
Furiously wiping her threatening tears away with her sleeve, she turned and faced the gate.
"I have to go back to the school," she told herself firmly. "I have to get to Hojo."
But her feet resisted. Each step she took toward the exit proved harder than the last. Kagome was weakening. The strength of both her feet and her tears were overwhelming.
Finally, just as she reached the first step, she collapsed to her knees, her face sinking into her hands. With no more will left to fight, she allowed the tears to flow freely, now, finally giving in to the truth. She did care.
"Who am I kidding?" she whispered, chuckling mockingly at herself. "Of course you care, Kagome. You always have."
Placing her hands on the wall, she struggled to pull herself up, failing many times and falling back to the ground before she finally got to her feet, trembling furiously. Forcing her eyes upward, she gazed at the tall tree, standing strong in defiance to her weakness. Through her blurred vision, she saw his face, smiling down at her through the foliage. A second wave of tears overtook her.
"Was it me? Was it me and my stupid weakness that drove you away?" she asked the illusion desparately. "Of course it was. Kikyo was much stronger. She wasn't a crybaby- an immature, sniveling little weakling like I am."
Slowly, her gaze drifted from the tree to the shrine. The door was open, exposing the ancient well within.
Kagome took a step toward it, this time without struggling against her feet for dominance.
"I didn't even put up a fight when she took you," she whispered. "When she took you away from me, I didn't do anything."
What's wrong with me?
***
AN: So, you're finally getting some details about what's going on, but hopefully don't know too much, yet. If I'm lucky, I'll leave you hanging just enough so that at the end (or close enough to the end) you'll find out the truth and be shocked......... *hiss* Heather, don't even say a word......... yeah, and I'm so proud of myself, too, cause I wrote this in the same day as the last chapter! This (for those who don't know me) is incredibly rare, so enjoy it while it lasts. Not to mention I seriously feel like I'm in a writing mood, and might even finish this either today or tomorrow! (Probably tomorrow since I have to leave for work in about two hours.........) But hey! At least you're getting something to read, right?