A/N: Well… here goes the second chapter! (Oh, I've just go to mention that Kagome has clothes under her Miko robes in this chapter, you'll understand why I mentioned this as soon as you read it)
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True Confessions
Pain
Her heart clenched at the thought of Inuyasha;
His eyes...
The first thing she pictured when her mind strayed to the hanyou.
Often getting lost in their beauty... it was the only part of him that really showed her what he was feeling, something the girl found herself wanting to know more about each passing second she spent with him.
His eyes had a great depth and profoundness she could never understand, holding together a body of pure gold.
'I love his whole being really...'
Her long strides slowed;
She was surrounded by trees …
dark shadows.
Kagome could hear the stream clearly now… it was but a few steps away.
She readied herself.
'It's strange really… I am free to think whenever I want, and yet I can only do it freely now…' she had now walked into a clearing and the stream was at her feet.
Staring down at the rippling reflection, she clenched her fists before looking up at its master; the glowing orb that hung so closely to the horizon that night.
'I've just got to accept it…'she couldn't, but…
'He will never forget about her.'
The truth? Perhaps it was…
Shaking... she was shaking... and rubbing her own arms for warmth, she found, did not help.
'Inuyasha … you will never forget Kikyou. Dead or alive… she will always have your heart.'
Gazing up solemnly at the star-filled sky, she knew she had to… 'I have to.'
The winds picked up, sending her ebony strands ahead of her so she could see nothing …hear nothing 'Accept it…'
A dazed feeling swept her, and her eyes grew misty with tears. Looking down she saw her reflection… but she did not see herself.
She saw Kikyou.
Her breath caught in her throat.
Again, all these feelings, all these… emotions.
They were surfacing… but most of all she felt…
Disgust.
'What am I doing? What am I…' She stared down at her robes, her stomach lurching and threatening her to vomit.
With one quick movement, she tore them off, throwing the garments into the fast moving current.
Standing still, her fists clenched tightly next to her sides, she looked after them until they floated out of sight.
The pain became… unbearable.
She collapsed.
All her hurt… previously hidden… the young Miko let it come.
She sobbed.
'How can I love him this much? Why do I love him this much?!' She rose to a kneeling position. 'how? When…' Anger. She felt it.
'He's- OW- such-OW-a jealous- OW-violent,'
"JERK!" she screamed it, and standing up she shook her bloody fist.
"why…."
His heart was racing at and alarming rate as he soared high over treetops.
'She's alive…just when I had given up.'
Landing gracefully on a tree branch he began to smell the area. Picking up the tiniest hint of her old scent, he increased his speed once more.
'She's close by… but… what is that other scent? It's… familiar'He immediately cast away the thought, though, as he landed in a tree that overlooked a small clearing.
A stream ran through it, and near it's edge stood… "Kikyou." He whispered her name disbelievingly; it was a hoarse whisper… almost a hesitant one.
She did not stir, oblivious to her surroundings.
He made to approach her, but was taken aback as he felt once more that familiarity… mixed with the scent of salt.
'Could she be… crying?' the thought was incredulous, yet he immediately felt the need to comfort her. Then, again as he stepped closer, that sweet aroma… he realized to whom it belonged to.
The figure ripped off her clothing and collapsed on the ground.
It was Kagome.
His eyes widened as he heard sobs escaping the girl and even more when she began punching the ground.
'What… what is she doing here? I could not have mistaken her scent for Kikyou's…'"JERK!" she suddenly shouted, standing up and showing off her bloodied fist. "Why?" It was barely above a whisper…
It was Kagome's scent, and that was surely Kagome's voice.
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