A New Life
Chapter Six
Goodbye Forever
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Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes.
He sat up and looked around. Naomi was lying down with the sheet covering her whole body.
"You awake?" Naomi asked softly, her voice muffled.
"Yes." Inuyasha said. He sat up against the tree. The same tree Kikyou had pinned him against. It sent chills down his spine. "I've been thinking." He said nervously.
I think it's time to tell her how I feel, he thought silently to himself.
"Really?" Naomi asked, still under the sheets. "Me too."
Inuyasha didn't move. Did she feel the same way?
"You first." He said.
Naomi removed the sheet from her body and glanced at Inuyasha coldly.
"I'm just wondering when you were going to tell me that you were half demon." She said bitterly.
Inuyasha widened his eyes. "How did you?"
"How didn't I?" Naomi snapped. "When you were going to tell me Inuyasha? I can't believe you lied to me this whole time!"
"But—"
"Shut up!" Naomi said. "What were you going to tell me now? Let me help clear your memory, maybe that arrow Kikyou shot at you got to your brain." She shouted.
Inuyasha sat uncomfortably against the tree.
"Let me tell you this Inuyasha, Kikyou was no bitch! You told me she was evil! SHE WASN'T! SHE WAS THE PROTECTOR OF THE TOWN INUYASHA! It was YOU who was the evil one! You want the stupid jewel to become a full demon! And Kikyou killed you before you could!" she shrieked.
"Naomi, please—"
"Let me finish." She snapped. "50 years later, you thought Kikyou was back and you wanted revenge didn't you? Damn straight, it was NO magic powers that brought you back. You wanted to kill her! And it wasn't even Kikyou that you smelled, it was Kagome. And you tried to kill her once you knew she had the jewel!!"
Inuyasha stood up.
"You would still be like that if it weren't for her!" Naomi shouted. "She turned you into a better person!" Tears streamed down her cheeks. "You lied to me." She said in a solemn whisper. "Why?" she cried, face full of tears. She grabbed Inuyasha's shirt. "WHY DID YOU LIE?"
Inuyasha didn't respond. He stared at Naomi as silent tears fell down onto his hands.
"You're probably wondering how I know." Naomi snarled. "Kagome came to visit you last night. Too bad you were asleep. If you weren't, I bet you would have stopped her from telling me this whole story."
Inuyasha stared at her. "Naomi, I'm sorry."
She pushed him away. "Sorry for what exactly? I met someone I liked and I realize he's like everyone else. A FUCKING LIAR!!!"
Inuyasha looked at the ground. "I just didn't want you to be scared. You were the only person I had to confine in. If I told you that I was part demon you wouldn't like me anymore."
Naomi wiped off her tears. "That's beside the point Inuyasha. If you liked me too, then you could have told me! You could have trusted me! But you didn't. YOU DIDN'T!! And I'm leaving now. I'm leaving and I'm never coming back." She pulled off her backpack and threw Inuyasha his robes.
"Take it back. And you can keep those clothes, to remind you of how you lost another."
Naomi jerked her head back and walked away. "Goodbye Inuyasha. Goodbye forever."
Inuyasha lifted his head and watched Naomi walk away. He lifted his clothes to his nose. It smelled nice. It sort of smelled like flowers.
She cleaned it for me, he realized. She got out all the bloodstains and the dirt.
She did it because she cared for me.
"Damnit!" screamed Inuyasha. He walked over to a tree and punched it, causing it to tilt and fall. "I screwed up!" he tried to hold his tears back, but was unsuccessful. "I'm such a fucking idiot!" he cried.
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He lay down by the big tree, dressed back in his robes that Naomi had washed for him.
Why didn't I tell her? He wondered. Would it have been so crucial for her to know? She would have understood. I know it.
He rolled over.
"I wish Kagome was still here." Inuyasha thought out loud. "If she hadn't died, I would never have met Naomi, and this never would have happened."
"I'm disappointed in you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked up and saw Kagome's figure, shadowed by a dark cloud.
"Kagome!" he cried happily. He reached out for her, but she floated away.
"Why didn't you tell her?" Kagome asked. "She liked you, she told me herself. You haven't changed, Inuyasha. You haven't changed one bit."
Inuyasha just felt like he had been stabbed.
Kagome hates me. And Naomi hates me. What have I done?
Kagome crossed her arms. "The question is, Inuyasha, what have you not done?"
He widened his eyes.
"What the?"
"Yes Inuyasha, being dead has its advantages. I can read minds. I could do things that I never thought I could have done." Kagome explained.
"So you knew?" Inuyasha cried.
"I knew you didn't tell her yet. It's true." Kagome said. "But I just didn't think that you would screw up so badly."
"She liked me, didn't she?" Inuyasha said, guiltily.
"She did." Kagome sneered. "And you blew it. You didn't tell her you biggest darkest secret, and you blew it. You blew it bad."
"You hate me now, don't you?" Inuyasha asked bitterly.
"I hate you for doing this to yourself." Kagome said, not making eye contact. "I'm going now."
"Go then." Inuyasha said coldly.
"But before I go, I have one more thing to say to you." Kagome said innocently.
"And what's that?" Inuyasha said angrily.
"Sit boy."
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Inuyasha lay in the spot where he had hit. He'd been there for at least an hour now. He was thinking about Kagome the whole time.
Kagome's pissed off. She's really pissed off. So is Naomi, and it's my entire fault. I was so stupid.
Inuyasha stood up. He carefully folded the modern clothes that Naomi had left him and carried them.
"I have to go apologize. I have to hope for the best." Inuyasha got up and started towards the well.
"Ow!" he cried, "Damn tree." He looked around. "Where is the portal?" It was gone.
He stood on the edge and looked down.
"It's time." He said. Then he jumped.
He was falling, falling, falling. When will I ever stop? He asked himself. Or will I just be falling forever?
Suddenly, he heard a sickening crack of bones as he landed on his feet. Every time he took a step forward there would be another crack. He looked up and jumped until he reached the top.
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I'm here, he thought to himself. I'm in the modern time. I remember it now. I haven't been here in such a long time.
Inuyasha climbed out of the well and started out the door. He still had the clothes in his hands and smelled them to pick up a scent. Then, he sniffed around to find a match.
He found one.
He quickly ran as fast as he could and found Naomi's house. He climbed up a tree and peered through the window. It was looking in Naomi's room.
I remember it, it looks the same. It smells the same, too. He looked around and spotted Naomi.
There she is!
She was dressed in a long t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts. It was as simple as that.
There was a barking in the background. Her little puppy came into the room.
"Hey Rocky!" she cried. The dog started jumping around and was barking furiously. He started clawing at the bed.
"Sit boy." She ordered. "Sit." The dog obeyed and she picked him up. She almost dropped the dog as she heard a crash.
Naomi gasped and had an angry look on her face as she pulled on a robe and ran downstairs. She opened the door and slowly walked outside. She turned the corner and saw Inuyasha flat on his face.
"I'm surprised you gut was big enough to even show your face to me." She said coldly. "You're a real sick pervert. I can't believe you have been spying on me. It's sick, real sick."
Inuyasha stood up. "I didn't spy on you! I just arrived! I came to apologize!"
"Inuyasha, I hope you realize that I don't have feelings for you anymore." She said bitterly.
Inuyasha's feelings switched around.
"Why are you being such a bitch?" he yelled. "I came over to apologize, and here you are saying you don't care and your accusing me of spying on you!"
Naomi was sobbing. "Apologize? APOLOGIZE??" She raised her face to him. "HOW CAN YOU APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE DAMAGE YOU'VE DONE?"
"You're right." Inuyasha muttered. "I can't apologize for it, but I was willing to make it up."
"I'm sorry Inuyasha." She said turning her head away. "I've already cried too many tears for you."
Inuyasha stood up. "Fine then!" he yelled. He threw the clothes at Naomi's feet. "Take your stupid clothes back and don't visit me ever again! You're not welcome!" He stormed away cursing to himself.
Naomi's lip quivered. "I hate you Inuyasha. I hate you...." And she started to cry.
Chapter Six
Goodbye Forever
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Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes.
He sat up and looked around. Naomi was lying down with the sheet covering her whole body.
"You awake?" Naomi asked softly, her voice muffled.
"Yes." Inuyasha said. He sat up against the tree. The same tree Kikyou had pinned him against. It sent chills down his spine. "I've been thinking." He said nervously.
I think it's time to tell her how I feel, he thought silently to himself.
"Really?" Naomi asked, still under the sheets. "Me too."
Inuyasha didn't move. Did she feel the same way?
"You first." He said.
Naomi removed the sheet from her body and glanced at Inuyasha coldly.
"I'm just wondering when you were going to tell me that you were half demon." She said bitterly.
Inuyasha widened his eyes. "How did you?"
"How didn't I?" Naomi snapped. "When you were going to tell me Inuyasha? I can't believe you lied to me this whole time!"
"But—"
"Shut up!" Naomi said. "What were you going to tell me now? Let me help clear your memory, maybe that arrow Kikyou shot at you got to your brain." She shouted.
Inuyasha sat uncomfortably against the tree.
"Let me tell you this Inuyasha, Kikyou was no bitch! You told me she was evil! SHE WASN'T! SHE WAS THE PROTECTOR OF THE TOWN INUYASHA! It was YOU who was the evil one! You want the stupid jewel to become a full demon! And Kikyou killed you before you could!" she shrieked.
"Naomi, please—"
"Let me finish." She snapped. "50 years later, you thought Kikyou was back and you wanted revenge didn't you? Damn straight, it was NO magic powers that brought you back. You wanted to kill her! And it wasn't even Kikyou that you smelled, it was Kagome. And you tried to kill her once you knew she had the jewel!!"
Inuyasha stood up.
"You would still be like that if it weren't for her!" Naomi shouted. "She turned you into a better person!" Tears streamed down her cheeks. "You lied to me." She said in a solemn whisper. "Why?" she cried, face full of tears. She grabbed Inuyasha's shirt. "WHY DID YOU LIE?"
Inuyasha didn't respond. He stared at Naomi as silent tears fell down onto his hands.
"You're probably wondering how I know." Naomi snarled. "Kagome came to visit you last night. Too bad you were asleep. If you weren't, I bet you would have stopped her from telling me this whole story."
Inuyasha stared at her. "Naomi, I'm sorry."
She pushed him away. "Sorry for what exactly? I met someone I liked and I realize he's like everyone else. A FUCKING LIAR!!!"
Inuyasha looked at the ground. "I just didn't want you to be scared. You were the only person I had to confine in. If I told you that I was part demon you wouldn't like me anymore."
Naomi wiped off her tears. "That's beside the point Inuyasha. If you liked me too, then you could have told me! You could have trusted me! But you didn't. YOU DIDN'T!! And I'm leaving now. I'm leaving and I'm never coming back." She pulled off her backpack and threw Inuyasha his robes.
"Take it back. And you can keep those clothes, to remind you of how you lost another."
Naomi jerked her head back and walked away. "Goodbye Inuyasha. Goodbye forever."
Inuyasha lifted his head and watched Naomi walk away. He lifted his clothes to his nose. It smelled nice. It sort of smelled like flowers.
She cleaned it for me, he realized. She got out all the bloodstains and the dirt.
She did it because she cared for me.
"Damnit!" screamed Inuyasha. He walked over to a tree and punched it, causing it to tilt and fall. "I screwed up!" he tried to hold his tears back, but was unsuccessful. "I'm such a fucking idiot!" he cried.
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He lay down by the big tree, dressed back in his robes that Naomi had washed for him.
Why didn't I tell her? He wondered. Would it have been so crucial for her to know? She would have understood. I know it.
He rolled over.
"I wish Kagome was still here." Inuyasha thought out loud. "If she hadn't died, I would never have met Naomi, and this never would have happened."
"I'm disappointed in you Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked up and saw Kagome's figure, shadowed by a dark cloud.
"Kagome!" he cried happily. He reached out for her, but she floated away.
"Why didn't you tell her?" Kagome asked. "She liked you, she told me herself. You haven't changed, Inuyasha. You haven't changed one bit."
Inuyasha just felt like he had been stabbed.
Kagome hates me. And Naomi hates me. What have I done?
Kagome crossed her arms. "The question is, Inuyasha, what have you not done?"
He widened his eyes.
"What the?"
"Yes Inuyasha, being dead has its advantages. I can read minds. I could do things that I never thought I could have done." Kagome explained.
"So you knew?" Inuyasha cried.
"I knew you didn't tell her yet. It's true." Kagome said. "But I just didn't think that you would screw up so badly."
"She liked me, didn't she?" Inuyasha said, guiltily.
"She did." Kagome sneered. "And you blew it. You didn't tell her you biggest darkest secret, and you blew it. You blew it bad."
"You hate me now, don't you?" Inuyasha asked bitterly.
"I hate you for doing this to yourself." Kagome said, not making eye contact. "I'm going now."
"Go then." Inuyasha said coldly.
"But before I go, I have one more thing to say to you." Kagome said innocently.
"And what's that?" Inuyasha said angrily.
"Sit boy."
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Inuyasha lay in the spot where he had hit. He'd been there for at least an hour now. He was thinking about Kagome the whole time.
Kagome's pissed off. She's really pissed off. So is Naomi, and it's my entire fault. I was so stupid.
Inuyasha stood up. He carefully folded the modern clothes that Naomi had left him and carried them.
"I have to go apologize. I have to hope for the best." Inuyasha got up and started towards the well.
"Ow!" he cried, "Damn tree." He looked around. "Where is the portal?" It was gone.
He stood on the edge and looked down.
"It's time." He said. Then he jumped.
He was falling, falling, falling. When will I ever stop? He asked himself. Or will I just be falling forever?
Suddenly, he heard a sickening crack of bones as he landed on his feet. Every time he took a step forward there would be another crack. He looked up and jumped until he reached the top.
#%#%#%
I'm here, he thought to himself. I'm in the modern time. I remember it now. I haven't been here in such a long time.
Inuyasha climbed out of the well and started out the door. He still had the clothes in his hands and smelled them to pick up a scent. Then, he sniffed around to find a match.
He found one.
He quickly ran as fast as he could and found Naomi's house. He climbed up a tree and peered through the window. It was looking in Naomi's room.
I remember it, it looks the same. It smells the same, too. He looked around and spotted Naomi.
There she is!
She was dressed in a long t-shirt and a pair of denim shorts. It was as simple as that.
There was a barking in the background. Her little puppy came into the room.
"Hey Rocky!" she cried. The dog started jumping around and was barking furiously. He started clawing at the bed.
"Sit boy." She ordered. "Sit." The dog obeyed and she picked him up. She almost dropped the dog as she heard a crash.
Naomi gasped and had an angry look on her face as she pulled on a robe and ran downstairs. She opened the door and slowly walked outside. She turned the corner and saw Inuyasha flat on his face.
"I'm surprised you gut was big enough to even show your face to me." She said coldly. "You're a real sick pervert. I can't believe you have been spying on me. It's sick, real sick."
Inuyasha stood up. "I didn't spy on you! I just arrived! I came to apologize!"
"Inuyasha, I hope you realize that I don't have feelings for you anymore." She said bitterly.
Inuyasha's feelings switched around.
"Why are you being such a bitch?" he yelled. "I came over to apologize, and here you are saying you don't care and your accusing me of spying on you!"
Naomi was sobbing. "Apologize? APOLOGIZE??" She raised her face to him. "HOW CAN YOU APOLOGIZE FOR ALL THE DAMAGE YOU'VE DONE?"
"You're right." Inuyasha muttered. "I can't apologize for it, but I was willing to make it up."
"I'm sorry Inuyasha." She said turning her head away. "I've already cried too many tears for you."
Inuyasha stood up. "Fine then!" he yelled. He threw the clothes at Naomi's feet. "Take your stupid clothes back and don't visit me ever again! You're not welcome!" He stormed away cursing to himself.
Naomi's lip quivered. "I hate you Inuyasha. I hate you...." And she started to cry.