Chapter 6: On My Own
The sun shined through the window glass, illuminating reflections of a tender yellow, flooding Kagome and Inuyasha's bodies. Kagome awoken. She lay still for a few moments, snuggling into a warm mass of muscle and cloth. Then it hit her.
Kagome opened her eyes slowly, fluttering her eye lashes and lifted her chin up to find silver hair entwined in her raven black. She scooted back a bit to examine him.
'On my own, pretending he's beside me...' She thought. Kagome touched his cheek with her hand and traced the outline of his soft lips. 'All alone, I walk with him, 'till morning...' She then realized that they were holding each other. 'Without him, I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way I close my eyes, and he has found me...' Kagome didn't want to move, but she felt like she had to. She gently took a hold of his arms and lay them down on the bed before slowly rising out of the bed.
Kagome almost skipped out of her room she felt so good. She ran down the stairs and out of the house. It was drizzling rain, and the sun was now covered with clouds.
"In the rain, the pavement shines like silver. All the lights, are misty in the river." Kagome sang to herself, and hopped into puddles, splashing mud and dirt onto her bare legs. Her hair fluttered in the wind, damp with sparkling raindrops.
"In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight, and all I see is him and me forever and forever..." Kagome looked up to the clouds as rain starting pouring down, soaking into her pale skin. Her heart began beating faster as she sung the notes louder and broader.
"And I know, it's only in my mind. That I'm talking to myself, and not to him. And although, I know that he is blind..." Kagome closed her eyes and spun slowly around, only to find herself face to face with the God Tree, where she first saw Inuyasha. "Still I say, there's a way for us..." She held her hand up to the bark of the tree where Inuyasha had been shot with the arrow, and held her head down. She began to cry.
After a few minutes of tears, Kagome looked up, eyes glazed with sadness, cheeks stained with red.
"I love him, but when the night is over, he is gone. The river's just a river." She fell to the wet ground, sending a sputter of mud to her body. She looked up again, mud stained her face.
"Without him, the world around me changes, the trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers!" Kagome sang very loudly and stood up, hair sticking to her face.
"I love him, but everyday I'm learning." Kagome reached her hands to the sky and held her head back, rain spattering her face. She sung louder and louder. "All my life, I've only been pretending!" She reached her loudest point and collapsed onto the ground again. The clouds moved some and sunlight shimmered down to her kneeling, muddy body.
"Without me, his world will go on turning, a world that's full of happiness, that I have never known..." She looked up to the trees again, her eyes daring to shed her tears. She breathed in heavily, sputtering to get air from how loud she was singing.
"I love him..." Kagome whispered. "I love him...I love him..." Kagome stood up, face focused on the tree. "But only on my own..." She stopped singing, taking in gasps of breath. She stood there for what seemed like an eternity.
"Kagome..." Kagome spun around, her wet hair stinging her face and splashing water everywhere. Inuyasha stared calmly at her form her front door.
"Inuyasha...I..." Kagome stuttered. She was cut off of her words when Inuyasha began to walk slowly over to her.
He peered into her eyes, his hair becoming wet with the still pouring rain. The sun beamed through the clouds, washing over the two.
"Kagome...did you mean everything you said?" He asked, locking his gaze with hers.
"I...I...I have to go!" Kagome shouted and ran towards the well. Thunder was heard softly, rolling across the sky.
"Kagome, wait!" Inuyasha shouted, following after her. Kagome had already jumped into the well and was on her way to the feudal era. Inuyasha leaped in after her.
Kagome quickly climber up the wall of the well using the vines on the side of it, and ran dumbfounded towards nowhere in particular.
"Kagome! Stop running! Wait!" Inuyasha yelled and chased Kagome across a meadow full of blooming flowers. It was luckily not raining in this era.
When they reached the peak of the meadow, Inuyasha had finally caught up to her, pouncing on top of her like a lion would do to its prey. They began rolling down the hill, wailing and huffing when they tumbled over each bump.
The two finally stopped rolling. They were now at the bottom of the hill. Inuyasha lay on top of Kagome. He looked down into her eyes, and she looked up into his.
They were both speechless and neither of them said anything. A light gust of wind blew and the tall grass and flowers fluttered around them.
'Oh my God...look at her... she's absolutely beautiful...' Inuyasha thought mysteriously. Kagome's wet hair was spread out under her body. Her arms were above her head, her hands holding each other. Her creamy cheeks were stained with blushing pink as well as her nose. Her eyes glimmered with unshed tears. Mud was sprinkled all over her body.
'I have to do this...' Inuyasha thought and began to lean down to her face. Kagome's heart skipped a beat and she laid still, her eyes open, waiting for it.
The sun shined through the window glass, illuminating reflections of a tender yellow, flooding Kagome and Inuyasha's bodies. Kagome awoken. She lay still for a few moments, snuggling into a warm mass of muscle and cloth. Then it hit her.
Kagome opened her eyes slowly, fluttering her eye lashes and lifted her chin up to find silver hair entwined in her raven black. She scooted back a bit to examine him.
'On my own, pretending he's beside me...' She thought. Kagome touched his cheek with her hand and traced the outline of his soft lips. 'All alone, I walk with him, 'till morning...' She then realized that they were holding each other. 'Without him, I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way I close my eyes, and he has found me...' Kagome didn't want to move, but she felt like she had to. She gently took a hold of his arms and lay them down on the bed before slowly rising out of the bed.
Kagome almost skipped out of her room she felt so good. She ran down the stairs and out of the house. It was drizzling rain, and the sun was now covered with clouds.
"In the rain, the pavement shines like silver. All the lights, are misty in the river." Kagome sang to herself, and hopped into puddles, splashing mud and dirt onto her bare legs. Her hair fluttered in the wind, damp with sparkling raindrops.
"In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight, and all I see is him and me forever and forever..." Kagome looked up to the clouds as rain starting pouring down, soaking into her pale skin. Her heart began beating faster as she sung the notes louder and broader.
"And I know, it's only in my mind. That I'm talking to myself, and not to him. And although, I know that he is blind..." Kagome closed her eyes and spun slowly around, only to find herself face to face with the God Tree, where she first saw Inuyasha. "Still I say, there's a way for us..." She held her hand up to the bark of the tree where Inuyasha had been shot with the arrow, and held her head down. She began to cry.
After a few minutes of tears, Kagome looked up, eyes glazed with sadness, cheeks stained with red.
"I love him, but when the night is over, he is gone. The river's just a river." She fell to the wet ground, sending a sputter of mud to her body. She looked up again, mud stained her face.
"Without him, the world around me changes, the trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers!" Kagome sang very loudly and stood up, hair sticking to her face.
"I love him, but everyday I'm learning." Kagome reached her hands to the sky and held her head back, rain spattering her face. She sung louder and louder. "All my life, I've only been pretending!" She reached her loudest point and collapsed onto the ground again. The clouds moved some and sunlight shimmered down to her kneeling, muddy body.
"Without me, his world will go on turning, a world that's full of happiness, that I have never known..." She looked up to the trees again, her eyes daring to shed her tears. She breathed in heavily, sputtering to get air from how loud she was singing.
"I love him..." Kagome whispered. "I love him...I love him..." Kagome stood up, face focused on the tree. "But only on my own..." She stopped singing, taking in gasps of breath. She stood there for what seemed like an eternity.
"Kagome..." Kagome spun around, her wet hair stinging her face and splashing water everywhere. Inuyasha stared calmly at her form her front door.
"Inuyasha...I..." Kagome stuttered. She was cut off of her words when Inuyasha began to walk slowly over to her.
He peered into her eyes, his hair becoming wet with the still pouring rain. The sun beamed through the clouds, washing over the two.
"Kagome...did you mean everything you said?" He asked, locking his gaze with hers.
"I...I...I have to go!" Kagome shouted and ran towards the well. Thunder was heard softly, rolling across the sky.
"Kagome, wait!" Inuyasha shouted, following after her. Kagome had already jumped into the well and was on her way to the feudal era. Inuyasha leaped in after her.
Kagome quickly climber up the wall of the well using the vines on the side of it, and ran dumbfounded towards nowhere in particular.
"Kagome! Stop running! Wait!" Inuyasha yelled and chased Kagome across a meadow full of blooming flowers. It was luckily not raining in this era.
When they reached the peak of the meadow, Inuyasha had finally caught up to her, pouncing on top of her like a lion would do to its prey. They began rolling down the hill, wailing and huffing when they tumbled over each bump.
The two finally stopped rolling. They were now at the bottom of the hill. Inuyasha lay on top of Kagome. He looked down into her eyes, and she looked up into his.
They were both speechless and neither of them said anything. A light gust of wind blew and the tall grass and flowers fluttered around them.
'Oh my God...look at her... she's absolutely beautiful...' Inuyasha thought mysteriously. Kagome's wet hair was spread out under her body. Her arms were above her head, her hands holding each other. Her creamy cheeks were stained with blushing pink as well as her nose. Her eyes glimmered with unshed tears. Mud was sprinkled all over her body.
'I have to do this...' Inuyasha thought and began to lean down to her face. Kagome's heart skipped a beat and she laid still, her eyes open, waiting for it.