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Kagome's Wish
Chapter 20 / Epilogue – Between Love and Hate
By: inuyashasgirl789
She stumbled down the stairs in a daze, her mind drifting off to what she was trying to comprehend. Had her talk with Kikyou just been pleasant and normal instead of the usual argument that centered around Inuyasha? Did she just walk away unscathed without as much as a scratch on her face or a bruise on her arm?
She went down the stairs one at a time, her legs automatically carrying her safely to the bottom as she exited the building still looking stunned. Kikyou had told her to go to Inuyasha while she stayed up there to just remain alone, and Kagome hadn't objected. She couldn't understand unrequited love after all.
"I think I'm dreaming," she muttered as she finally blinked after intense minutes of her eyes remaining wide open. All those things that had happened to her wouldn't happen to any ordinary teenager after all, right? But was she normal? Was any of this normal? Was she different?
Different was only defined by what one would characterize normal...
And in her standards, normal was everything under the sun.
"Welcome to reality, Kagome," she whispered quietly to herself as she felt the warm rays of the sun caress her cheeks tenderly. "Welcome to a life that will only be your own..."
Kagome opened her eyes and smiled, accepting that this was how everything would be like. This wasn't different. This was normal, and nothing could or would change that.
"I was looking everywhere for you," someone commented in a slightly irritated manner and Kagome turned around, her blue eyes landing upon the object of her desires. Her smile turned even wider.
"Inuyasha," she stated simply as he walked towards her, a frown on his face and his arms crossed angrily across his chest.
"You just disappeared. What if some crazy psycho carries you off to be his lab rat?" he questioned.
Kagome couldn't decide whether he was serious or not. She just answered, "I doubt that."
"Well, considering recent occurrences, I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen." There was a slight twinkle behind the boy's eyes and Kagome realized he hadn't been serious (or she would have worried slightly). "Where were you?" he asked, changing subjects.
Kagome faltered a bit, pondering what was the best answer to give to Inuyasha without startling him or giving the topic of discussion away. "I was talking with...a friend about her problems and some of my own as well," she resolved, smirking secretly to herself at the answer. If Inuyasha really knew it was Kikyou she had been talking to, how would he react?
"Oh, well, you could have told me," he said as they started walking away from the building, with Kagome half-conscious that Kikyou was watching them that very moment, on top of the roof. Was this killing her...?
"It doesn't really concern you that much, so I thought it didn't matter." Complete lie.
"But, I'm telling you again. You may not care now, but when that psycho comes for you..."
"I'm not weak."
Inuyasha nodded as if he was talking to a child. "Of course you're not."
Kagome punched him lightly on the arm, and watched as he pretended that it had hurt. She rolled her eyes at his whining and walked on ahead, the smile still on her face as she resisted the urge to laugh. Laugh for what?
Perhaps, just for living.
Inuyasha quickly caught up to her and walked next to Kagome, before saying nonchalantly, "Miroku and Sango broke up..."
Kagome stopped walking and stared at him, startled, a shocked "What!?" coming from her mouth as she gaped with her mouth wide at Inuyasha. "They broke up...?!" she cried, bewildered, before adding, "...Already!?"
Inuyasha actually had the nerve to chuckle as he continued walking this time with Kagome trotting alongside him, gawking like a goldfish. "Don't worry,'" he reassured and was about to continue talking before Kagome abruptly disrupted him.
"It was Miroku...wasn't it? I just know it was Miroku!"
"Big surprise," Inuyasha commented, before shrugging. "But like I said, don't worry. They got back together like...twenty seconds later."
There was silence.
"Oh."
"He had just been hitting on some girl in a short skirt and Sango slapped him hard---" Inuyasha adopted a high, fake girly voice, "'I can't take you! We're through!' " ---Back to normal voice --- "Then Miroku begs like a true beggar and they get back twenty seconds later."
"Should I be surprised?"
"Maybe?"
"I'm not."
Inuyasha chuckled again. "You can tell they're going to last."
"Oh yes..." Kagome answered softly as she continued the enigmatic smile of hers. Inuyasha didn't miss that smile, and he stared at her slightly.
"Why are you smiling?"
Kagome shrugged. "I really don't know," she replied truthfully, and they began walking in silence again, passing several students who whispered like everyone else on campus. The two ignored them, trying to walk to the cafeteria in peace before World War 3 erupted between Miroku and Sango there.
Who knew peace was such a fickle thing?
"Hey Inuyasha?" Kagome started, deciding to break the tension. At a cock of his head towards her, she continued, "Do you...think we will last?"
Inuyasha didn't answer for a while, taking his time to think through the question and answer carefully. However, after a while, he replied confidently, "We'll never know, but I hope so."
Kagome smiled wider as she closed her eyes serenely and slipped her hands into Inuyasha's larger one, feeling his warmth travel to her own flesh. She leaned slightly against him, walking slower as they enjoyed each other's presence. "I'm glad."
Inuyasha felt a small feeling of warmness rush through him at that simple sentence, and he sighted a small shaded tree in the small greenery area of the school. Well, it wasn't like anyone would notice two people sitting under it ... right? "Kagome, want to sit down for a while before going to meet Miroku and Sango?"
Kagome nodded gently and they both went over to the tree, leaning against the trunk with their hands intertwined and resting on Inuyasha's lap. Kagome sat next to him and laid her head on the crook of his shoulders, realizing that her head fitted perfectly. In turn, Inuyasha laid his head on the side of hers and sighed happily, hearing the leaves rustle slightly above them from the cool wind.
It was a peaceful silence that stretched between the couple, both drinking in the essence that was the other. There weren't many of these moments, and they just wanted to enjoy it.
"Sango yelling at Miroku kind of reminds me of you and I a few weeks ago," Inuyasha commented as he played with Kagome's fingers, feeling her smooth skin under his touch. "Except I retaliated instead of begged."
Kagome giggled a bit as she nodded in her position. "Isn't it strange? We use to hate each other so much..."
"And now?"
"...Now?" Kagome asked slowly, her heart beating slightly faster at the confession he was asking of her. He wanted to know her feelings? Did she want to say it in words?
"Yes..."
Kagome closed her eyes again, taking in a whiff of the gentle yet dominant scent that belonged to Inuyasha. Was she willing to drown herself in him for as long as this would last? Was she ready to commit? "Inuyasha?"
"What?"
Kagome pointed to his right, away from her direction. "What's that?"
He turned to look immediately, out of curiosity. He saw nothing, but felt her lift her head from his shoulders. Confused, he turned back. "I don't see an---"
He felt a small peck on his cheek, and as sudden as it had begun, he felt the warmth leave his cheek, only to intensify and spread throughout his body. It left him feeling weak, even sitting down, and he turned to face a pink Kagome, a shocked expression still on his face. "What was that?" he asked, although he knew full well it had been a kiss --- one that had been short, but had meant so much.
She only snuggled her head into the crook of his shoulders again and answered simply, "I don't know what you are talking about."
The corner of his lips spread up as he realized she was trying to avoid the exact wordings he was trying to get from her. However, it was enough. That kiss, those words, had all concluded the answer for him already, and he would wait for the first time when he would hear the precise words from her. In any case, he might have an entire lifetime. He just had no idea it would be sooner than he thought. "Have I told you lately, sometimes I just hate you and your actions?" he said, although a hint of mockery was laced in his voice.
Kagome only sighed happily, as she nodded to his answer.
If these emotions he got from her were real, then she could stop avoiding it right? She could stay forever frozen in this moment, and only with Inuyasha and no one else. This was their moment, and she wished it to be theirs...forever.
"I hate you too, Inuyasha..."
And that smile on her face was only for him. Only him.
"...And I love you just as much..."
After all, there is only a thin line between love and hate...right...?
Author's Notes: THE END. Yes. Finite. Zippo. El Fin. This is the last chapter/epilogue of Kagome's Wish. In case any of you ask, the last dialogue line was spoken by Kagome (some would actually ask that!).
Kagome's Wish
Chapter 20 / Epilogue – Between Love and Hate
By: inuyashasgirl789
She stumbled down the stairs in a daze, her mind drifting off to what she was trying to comprehend. Had her talk with Kikyou just been pleasant and normal instead of the usual argument that centered around Inuyasha? Did she just walk away unscathed without as much as a scratch on her face or a bruise on her arm?
She went down the stairs one at a time, her legs automatically carrying her safely to the bottom as she exited the building still looking stunned. Kikyou had told her to go to Inuyasha while she stayed up there to just remain alone, and Kagome hadn't objected. She couldn't understand unrequited love after all.
"I think I'm dreaming," she muttered as she finally blinked after intense minutes of her eyes remaining wide open. All those things that had happened to her wouldn't happen to any ordinary teenager after all, right? But was she normal? Was any of this normal? Was she different?
Different was only defined by what one would characterize normal...
And in her standards, normal was everything under the sun.
"Welcome to reality, Kagome," she whispered quietly to herself as she felt the warm rays of the sun caress her cheeks tenderly. "Welcome to a life that will only be your own..."
Kagome opened her eyes and smiled, accepting that this was how everything would be like. This wasn't different. This was normal, and nothing could or would change that.
"I was looking everywhere for you," someone commented in a slightly irritated manner and Kagome turned around, her blue eyes landing upon the object of her desires. Her smile turned even wider.
"Inuyasha," she stated simply as he walked towards her, a frown on his face and his arms crossed angrily across his chest.
"You just disappeared. What if some crazy psycho carries you off to be his lab rat?" he questioned.
Kagome couldn't decide whether he was serious or not. She just answered, "I doubt that."
"Well, considering recent occurrences, I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen." There was a slight twinkle behind the boy's eyes and Kagome realized he hadn't been serious (or she would have worried slightly). "Where were you?" he asked, changing subjects.
Kagome faltered a bit, pondering what was the best answer to give to Inuyasha without startling him or giving the topic of discussion away. "I was talking with...a friend about her problems and some of my own as well," she resolved, smirking secretly to herself at the answer. If Inuyasha really knew it was Kikyou she had been talking to, how would he react?
"Oh, well, you could have told me," he said as they started walking away from the building, with Kagome half-conscious that Kikyou was watching them that very moment, on top of the roof. Was this killing her...?
"It doesn't really concern you that much, so I thought it didn't matter." Complete lie.
"But, I'm telling you again. You may not care now, but when that psycho comes for you..."
"I'm not weak."
Inuyasha nodded as if he was talking to a child. "Of course you're not."
Kagome punched him lightly on the arm, and watched as he pretended that it had hurt. She rolled her eyes at his whining and walked on ahead, the smile still on her face as she resisted the urge to laugh. Laugh for what?
Perhaps, just for living.
Inuyasha quickly caught up to her and walked next to Kagome, before saying nonchalantly, "Miroku and Sango broke up..."
Kagome stopped walking and stared at him, startled, a shocked "What!?" coming from her mouth as she gaped with her mouth wide at Inuyasha. "They broke up...?!" she cried, bewildered, before adding, "...Already!?"
Inuyasha actually had the nerve to chuckle as he continued walking this time with Kagome trotting alongside him, gawking like a goldfish. "Don't worry,'" he reassured and was about to continue talking before Kagome abruptly disrupted him.
"It was Miroku...wasn't it? I just know it was Miroku!"
"Big surprise," Inuyasha commented, before shrugging. "But like I said, don't worry. They got back together like...twenty seconds later."
There was silence.
"Oh."
"He had just been hitting on some girl in a short skirt and Sango slapped him hard---" Inuyasha adopted a high, fake girly voice, "'I can't take you! We're through!' " ---Back to normal voice --- "Then Miroku begs like a true beggar and they get back twenty seconds later."
"Should I be surprised?"
"Maybe?"
"I'm not."
Inuyasha chuckled again. "You can tell they're going to last."
"Oh yes..." Kagome answered softly as she continued the enigmatic smile of hers. Inuyasha didn't miss that smile, and he stared at her slightly.
"Why are you smiling?"
Kagome shrugged. "I really don't know," she replied truthfully, and they began walking in silence again, passing several students who whispered like everyone else on campus. The two ignored them, trying to walk to the cafeteria in peace before World War 3 erupted between Miroku and Sango there.
Who knew peace was such a fickle thing?
"Hey Inuyasha?" Kagome started, deciding to break the tension. At a cock of his head towards her, she continued, "Do you...think we will last?"
Inuyasha didn't answer for a while, taking his time to think through the question and answer carefully. However, after a while, he replied confidently, "We'll never know, but I hope so."
Kagome smiled wider as she closed her eyes serenely and slipped her hands into Inuyasha's larger one, feeling his warmth travel to her own flesh. She leaned slightly against him, walking slower as they enjoyed each other's presence. "I'm glad."
Inuyasha felt a small feeling of warmness rush through him at that simple sentence, and he sighted a small shaded tree in the small greenery area of the school. Well, it wasn't like anyone would notice two people sitting under it ... right? "Kagome, want to sit down for a while before going to meet Miroku and Sango?"
Kagome nodded gently and they both went over to the tree, leaning against the trunk with their hands intertwined and resting on Inuyasha's lap. Kagome sat next to him and laid her head on the crook of his shoulders, realizing that her head fitted perfectly. In turn, Inuyasha laid his head on the side of hers and sighed happily, hearing the leaves rustle slightly above them from the cool wind.
It was a peaceful silence that stretched between the couple, both drinking in the essence that was the other. There weren't many of these moments, and they just wanted to enjoy it.
"Sango yelling at Miroku kind of reminds me of you and I a few weeks ago," Inuyasha commented as he played with Kagome's fingers, feeling her smooth skin under his touch. "Except I retaliated instead of begged."
Kagome giggled a bit as she nodded in her position. "Isn't it strange? We use to hate each other so much..."
"And now?"
"...Now?" Kagome asked slowly, her heart beating slightly faster at the confession he was asking of her. He wanted to know her feelings? Did she want to say it in words?
"Yes..."
Kagome closed her eyes again, taking in a whiff of the gentle yet dominant scent that belonged to Inuyasha. Was she willing to drown herself in him for as long as this would last? Was she ready to commit? "Inuyasha?"
"What?"
Kagome pointed to his right, away from her direction. "What's that?"
He turned to look immediately, out of curiosity. He saw nothing, but felt her lift her head from his shoulders. Confused, he turned back. "I don't see an---"
He felt a small peck on his cheek, and as sudden as it had begun, he felt the warmth leave his cheek, only to intensify and spread throughout his body. It left him feeling weak, even sitting down, and he turned to face a pink Kagome, a shocked expression still on his face. "What was that?" he asked, although he knew full well it had been a kiss --- one that had been short, but had meant so much.
She only snuggled her head into the crook of his shoulders again and answered simply, "I don't know what you are talking about."
The corner of his lips spread up as he realized she was trying to avoid the exact wordings he was trying to get from her. However, it was enough. That kiss, those words, had all concluded the answer for him already, and he would wait for the first time when he would hear the precise words from her. In any case, he might have an entire lifetime. He just had no idea it would be sooner than he thought. "Have I told you lately, sometimes I just hate you and your actions?" he said, although a hint of mockery was laced in his voice.
Kagome only sighed happily, as she nodded to his answer.
If these emotions he got from her were real, then she could stop avoiding it right? She could stay forever frozen in this moment, and only with Inuyasha and no one else. This was their moment, and she wished it to be theirs...forever.
"I hate you too, Inuyasha..."
And that smile on her face was only for him. Only him.
"...And I love you just as much..."
After all, there is only a thin line between love and hate...right...?
Author's Notes: THE END. Yes. Finite. Zippo. El Fin. This is the last chapter/epilogue of Kagome's Wish. In case any of you ask, the last dialogue line was spoken by Kagome (some would actually ask that!).