Chapter 4- The Reunion
(This one's going to be short because you know I love suspence)
"Hello Hikaru" Inuyasha growled. Kagome looked from Inuyasha to Hikaru and back again. The girl with cat-like features stood her ground.
"It's been a long time Inuyasha." Her arms hung low so that she could easily access her sword if she needed to. "Too long." This time the words came out almost threateningly.
"Well, I was kind of pinned to a tree for 50 years, sorry I couldn't visit." The corner of his mouth curved up in a smirk, purposely baring his fangs.
This time it was her turn to smirk, "but I did." Inuyasha stepped back clearly startled.
"What?!?!? And you didn't release me?" He asked clenching his fists.
Hikaru scowled, her eyebrows furrowed on her forehead, "Can you blame me? Surely you remember the promise I made you."
"Too well" he growled as his hand inched closer to the Tetsigua.
Kagome stepped in between the half-demons, "Please stop."
"Out of the way Kagome, we have unfinished business."
"No Inuyasha", she stated firmly. "I...I don't know what your history is, but she is here for a reason, we should at least hear her out."
Hikaru looked from Kagome to Inuyasha and back again. After a few tense moments she spoke, "Thank you Kagome, but before I speak I must morn. Excuse me." She side stepped Kagome and walked past her and Inuyasha. She stopped beside him and turned her head, "Have you said your good byes?" She asked him with her eyes on the ground.
He lifted his chin since her comments drew the eyes of his friends to him. "After you." He said defiantly. The half-cat-demon nodded solemnly then walked on down the hill where her comrades were buried earlier in the day.
The group watched as she stood before at least 40 graves that were dug earlier by Inuyasha and Miroku. They watched her look over the graves, then walk between them up two rows then over three graves and kneel before it. Inuyasha knew who was in that grave, he had dug it himself. The scent of the man there was unmistakeable. He closed his eyes to shut out the memories. "Let's let her have her time alone." He said to the others before turning and walking to sit by the fire and the cooking food.
"A half an hour has gone by Inuyasha" Kagome sat beside him, every few moments looking over her shoulder towards Hirkaru. The sun was beginning to set and her form was slowly becoming nothing but a shadow among the heaps of dirt.
"So?" He asked, but it wasn't as harsh as she had expected it to be.
"Should we, I don't know, go talk to her." She persisted.
He sighed and sniffed the air. He smelled the salty tears coming from behind him and shook his head. "She's crying." He said in a soft voice so that only Kagome could hear.
She looked at him with her big brown eyes, he didn't even move. "Fine! If you aren't going to do something I will." She stood up, causing Miroku, Sango, and Shippo to look over. Inuyasha grabbed her wrist lightly but firmly, "I'll go" was all he said. Then he stood and headed toward the scent of tears.
Hikaru heard and smelled Inuyasha before she could feel him standing behind her. The tears had finally stopped flowing but she had not taken the time to dry her cheeks. He didn't feel the need to clear his throat or announce his presence, they knew the other was there.
Hikaru kept her eyes on the grave before her, the one she'd been kneeling at for over a half an hour. "He would have liked you to be here."
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah. I'm sorry I couldn't have stopped it."
Hikaru looked up at him her cheeks still wet but her eyes were on fire. "I couldn't even help them what makes you think I hold you responsible?"
"That isn't what I meant. I'm a different person then I was when last we met."
"So sleeping pinned to a tree for the last 50 years makes you a better person?" She scoffed.
"You wouldn't know anything about what I've been through!" This caused the other half demon to stand and face him. "Do not speak to me in front of my father's grave like this. Show some respect Inuyasha, he practically helped raise you!"
Inuyasha lowered his head and said his prayers. When he finally raised his head he noticed Hikaru looking at him with her large green eyes with cat like slits. Something was different; they weren't filled with the rage that had been there previously. "What?!!?" he asked impatiently.
The right corner of her mouth rose in a smirk, "You are different. You're... more like... the old you." Inwardly she thought, Like the you I fell in love with, so long ago. She had an inward sigh careful not to let him see the effect he used to have on her.
"Come on," he said putting his arm around her shoulders and giving her a gentle squeeze, "let's go back with the others the food is ready." She looked from him to the grave and back again with a nod. Then the two walked back towards the fire. As they got closer she slipped from under Inuyasha's arm. He looked at her stunned and she smiled and winked at him, "I don't want your girlfriend to get jealous." "She's not my girlfriend." He huffed. Hikaru just raised her eyebrow, shook her head and walked up to the fire.
(This one's going to be short because you know I love suspence)
"Hello Hikaru" Inuyasha growled. Kagome looked from Inuyasha to Hikaru and back again. The girl with cat-like features stood her ground.
"It's been a long time Inuyasha." Her arms hung low so that she could easily access her sword if she needed to. "Too long." This time the words came out almost threateningly.
"Well, I was kind of pinned to a tree for 50 years, sorry I couldn't visit." The corner of his mouth curved up in a smirk, purposely baring his fangs.
This time it was her turn to smirk, "but I did." Inuyasha stepped back clearly startled.
"What?!?!? And you didn't release me?" He asked clenching his fists.
Hikaru scowled, her eyebrows furrowed on her forehead, "Can you blame me? Surely you remember the promise I made you."
"Too well" he growled as his hand inched closer to the Tetsigua.
Kagome stepped in between the half-demons, "Please stop."
"Out of the way Kagome, we have unfinished business."
"No Inuyasha", she stated firmly. "I...I don't know what your history is, but she is here for a reason, we should at least hear her out."
Hikaru looked from Kagome to Inuyasha and back again. After a few tense moments she spoke, "Thank you Kagome, but before I speak I must morn. Excuse me." She side stepped Kagome and walked past her and Inuyasha. She stopped beside him and turned her head, "Have you said your good byes?" She asked him with her eyes on the ground.
He lifted his chin since her comments drew the eyes of his friends to him. "After you." He said defiantly. The half-cat-demon nodded solemnly then walked on down the hill where her comrades were buried earlier in the day.
The group watched as she stood before at least 40 graves that were dug earlier by Inuyasha and Miroku. They watched her look over the graves, then walk between them up two rows then over three graves and kneel before it. Inuyasha knew who was in that grave, he had dug it himself. The scent of the man there was unmistakeable. He closed his eyes to shut out the memories. "Let's let her have her time alone." He said to the others before turning and walking to sit by the fire and the cooking food.
"A half an hour has gone by Inuyasha" Kagome sat beside him, every few moments looking over her shoulder towards Hirkaru. The sun was beginning to set and her form was slowly becoming nothing but a shadow among the heaps of dirt.
"So?" He asked, but it wasn't as harsh as she had expected it to be.
"Should we, I don't know, go talk to her." She persisted.
He sighed and sniffed the air. He smelled the salty tears coming from behind him and shook his head. "She's crying." He said in a soft voice so that only Kagome could hear.
She looked at him with her big brown eyes, he didn't even move. "Fine! If you aren't going to do something I will." She stood up, causing Miroku, Sango, and Shippo to look over. Inuyasha grabbed her wrist lightly but firmly, "I'll go" was all he said. Then he stood and headed toward the scent of tears.
Hikaru heard and smelled Inuyasha before she could feel him standing behind her. The tears had finally stopped flowing but she had not taken the time to dry her cheeks. He didn't feel the need to clear his throat or announce his presence, they knew the other was there.
Hikaru kept her eyes on the grave before her, the one she'd been kneeling at for over a half an hour. "He would have liked you to be here."
Inuyasha nodded, "Yeah. I'm sorry I couldn't have stopped it."
Hikaru looked up at him her cheeks still wet but her eyes were on fire. "I couldn't even help them what makes you think I hold you responsible?"
"That isn't what I meant. I'm a different person then I was when last we met."
"So sleeping pinned to a tree for the last 50 years makes you a better person?" She scoffed.
"You wouldn't know anything about what I've been through!" This caused the other half demon to stand and face him. "Do not speak to me in front of my father's grave like this. Show some respect Inuyasha, he practically helped raise you!"
Inuyasha lowered his head and said his prayers. When he finally raised his head he noticed Hikaru looking at him with her large green eyes with cat like slits. Something was different; they weren't filled with the rage that had been there previously. "What?!!?" he asked impatiently.
The right corner of her mouth rose in a smirk, "You are different. You're... more like... the old you." Inwardly she thought, Like the you I fell in love with, so long ago. She had an inward sigh careful not to let him see the effect he used to have on her.
"Come on," he said putting his arm around her shoulders and giving her a gentle squeeze, "let's go back with the others the food is ready." She looked from him to the grave and back again with a nod. Then the two walked back towards the fire. As they got closer she slipped from under Inuyasha's arm. He looked at her stunned and she smiled and winked at him, "I don't want your girlfriend to get jealous." "She's not my girlfriend." He huffed. Hikaru just raised her eyebrow, shook her head and walked up to the fire.