Scroll Six
Best Friends—once Again
Kagome rode on Shippou until they reached the clearing. He beckoned to her to get off (she did so) and he led her to where Sango was, asleep. "Sango- chan. Sango-chan?"
The maroon eyes opened, and they were as extensive as ever. "K...Kagome- chan?" The taijiya got up, and she greeted her best friend fondly. "You're back..." The tears were drizzling on Kagome's head.
"Sango-chan...I...I want to see Inuyasha...I want to see him," Kagome whispered to her best friend.
"What you ask for, my dear friend, is not too much right now. I'll let you do anything you want...but are you sure?"
"Hai. He has gone through enough, and I have gone through enough. We are ready to see each other again...oh...and Sango-chan? Kaede-bachan told me to give you this message: 'you should not hurt him anymore...if you are to give him a taste of his own medicine, then...you should not. The one you gave him is bitter enough.' What does that mean, Sango-chan?"
"Oh...I...Nothing...Kagome-chan. It's in the past. We can put the past behind us, can't we?"
"I guess," Kagome answered. But she was much distressed by the way everyone looked. Sango looked relatively the same, save a sparse wrinkles on the side of her mouth. 'She's aged...she's gotten older...I wonder...the same number of years passed for all of us...but I haven't changed...everyone else has...even Shippou-chan...I feel like...I missed out on something. Inuyasha? Has he changed, too?' "Sango-chan, has Inuyasha changed any?"
"Him? Well, he's a youkai, that's a big difference--," Sango answered, but Kagome fleetly cut her off.
"Sango-chan," she said, softly but adamantly. The word 'youkai' now brought stings to her heart, reminding her of the painful reminiscence.
"He...he is much thinner, Kagome-chan...and...he...he killed Kouga...he's much stronger now, much stronger..."
"What did you just say?" Kagome interrupted bluntly. Sango stared at her. Kagome was transuding.
"I just said that 'he's much stronger now, much stronger...'" answered Sango. Kagome shook her head.
"No! Before that! He...he killed Kouga-kun?! When?!" Kagome shouted. Although she had felt no unfeigned love for Kouga, she had regarded him as one of her best friends, and she knew that sometimes he could act...odd and over- possessive, as Inuyasha was prone to do when the mood struck him, but she had really loved him...but not loved him as she had loved Inuyasha.
There are three kinds of love in this mysterious, mixed-up world. They are: friendship love, man-woman (or boy-girl) love, and family love. Kagome loved Sota because he was her little brother (although she never showed this love, everyone knew of it. If anyone reading this has a sibling, you know what I mean). Kagome loved Sango because the taijiya was her best friend. And...and she loved Inuyasha...because he was...because he was her first love.
Kagome breathed at the sky heavily. She had cherished Kouga, too. As a friend? She was not sure...but she knew she would punish Inuyasha when she first saw him. Maybe not for Kouga's sake...maybe that was just an excuse...but Kouga's restless soul in heaven or the land of jigoku, wherever it was, whether it be haunting the land of the Sengoku Jidai like Kikyo was doing, or resting in peace in heaven, it would settled down again from the comfort of knowing that Kagome cared for him. Maybe not in the way that he wanted her to, but it was good enough.
"Kagome-chan? Are you okay?" Sango asked with due precautions. Kagome snapped awake from her thinking.
"Hai, of course I'm okay! What makes you think I'm not?" Kagome asked. Sango pointed. Kagome felt, and the impromptu moisture of the tear on her skin surprised her. She put her finger in her mouth.
"You're crying...Kagome-chan...are you sure?" Sango asked softly. Kagome nodded and turned around and let a few tears fall to the ground.
Then she turned around again to face Sango and smiled bravely. "I'm...fine...it's just that...Kouga-kun's been around for a long time...I just can't imagine him as dead."
"I know what you mean..." Sango sighed. "Kohaku..." She turned around to meet Kagome's eyes. "Best friends?"
"Best friends," Kagome answered without thinking. But later, as she thought it over, she realized how they sounded so much like Miroku and Inuyasha. And she cried.
Whoopsies I forgot to put the disclaimer. Ah, but who cares anyway. Reviews, remember!
Kagome rode on Shippou until they reached the clearing. He beckoned to her to get off (she did so) and he led her to where Sango was, asleep. "Sango- chan. Sango-chan?"
The maroon eyes opened, and they were as extensive as ever. "K...Kagome- chan?" The taijiya got up, and she greeted her best friend fondly. "You're back..." The tears were drizzling on Kagome's head.
"Sango-chan...I...I want to see Inuyasha...I want to see him," Kagome whispered to her best friend.
"What you ask for, my dear friend, is not too much right now. I'll let you do anything you want...but are you sure?"
"Hai. He has gone through enough, and I have gone through enough. We are ready to see each other again...oh...and Sango-chan? Kaede-bachan told me to give you this message: 'you should not hurt him anymore...if you are to give him a taste of his own medicine, then...you should not. The one you gave him is bitter enough.' What does that mean, Sango-chan?"
"Oh...I...Nothing...Kagome-chan. It's in the past. We can put the past behind us, can't we?"
"I guess," Kagome answered. But she was much distressed by the way everyone looked. Sango looked relatively the same, save a sparse wrinkles on the side of her mouth. 'She's aged...she's gotten older...I wonder...the same number of years passed for all of us...but I haven't changed...everyone else has...even Shippou-chan...I feel like...I missed out on something. Inuyasha? Has he changed, too?' "Sango-chan, has Inuyasha changed any?"
"Him? Well, he's a youkai, that's a big difference--," Sango answered, but Kagome fleetly cut her off.
"Sango-chan," she said, softly but adamantly. The word 'youkai' now brought stings to her heart, reminding her of the painful reminiscence.
"He...he is much thinner, Kagome-chan...and...he...he killed Kouga...he's much stronger now, much stronger..."
"What did you just say?" Kagome interrupted bluntly. Sango stared at her. Kagome was transuding.
"I just said that 'he's much stronger now, much stronger...'" answered Sango. Kagome shook her head.
"No! Before that! He...he killed Kouga-kun?! When?!" Kagome shouted. Although she had felt no unfeigned love for Kouga, she had regarded him as one of her best friends, and she knew that sometimes he could act...odd and over- possessive, as Inuyasha was prone to do when the mood struck him, but she had really loved him...but not loved him as she had loved Inuyasha.
There are three kinds of love in this mysterious, mixed-up world. They are: friendship love, man-woman (or boy-girl) love, and family love. Kagome loved Sota because he was her little brother (although she never showed this love, everyone knew of it. If anyone reading this has a sibling, you know what I mean). Kagome loved Sango because the taijiya was her best friend. And...and she loved Inuyasha...because he was...because he was her first love.
Kagome breathed at the sky heavily. She had cherished Kouga, too. As a friend? She was not sure...but she knew she would punish Inuyasha when she first saw him. Maybe not for Kouga's sake...maybe that was just an excuse...but Kouga's restless soul in heaven or the land of jigoku, wherever it was, whether it be haunting the land of the Sengoku Jidai like Kikyo was doing, or resting in peace in heaven, it would settled down again from the comfort of knowing that Kagome cared for him. Maybe not in the way that he wanted her to, but it was good enough.
"Kagome-chan? Are you okay?" Sango asked with due precautions. Kagome snapped awake from her thinking.
"Hai, of course I'm okay! What makes you think I'm not?" Kagome asked. Sango pointed. Kagome felt, and the impromptu moisture of the tear on her skin surprised her. She put her finger in her mouth.
"You're crying...Kagome-chan...are you sure?" Sango asked softly. Kagome nodded and turned around and let a few tears fall to the ground.
Then she turned around again to face Sango and smiled bravely. "I'm...fine...it's just that...Kouga-kun's been around for a long time...I just can't imagine him as dead."
"I know what you mean..." Sango sighed. "Kohaku..." She turned around to meet Kagome's eyes. "Best friends?"
"Best friends," Kagome answered without thinking. But later, as she thought it over, she realized how they sounded so much like Miroku and Inuyasha. And she cried.
Whoopsies I forgot to put the disclaimer. Ah, but who cares anyway. Reviews, remember!