Well, I did one chapter's review in math...Out of 4... -grumble- Oh well, the math will just have to wait! XP
Disclaimer: Whoo, I own Inuyasha!!! -wakes up, looks around- Darn, it was just a dream -sigh-
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Chapter 4: Always
When Kagome finally reached the town she had been pulled from five years ago, the first place she headed was, surprisingly, not her own house.
Scaling a trellis with familiarity she hadn't lost over the years, she pulled herself in through Inuyasha's window...And nearly fell back out when she saw him lying in bed, a girl who looked shockingly like her curled up in his arms.
Inuyasha's ears twitched, picking up Kagome's soft gasp. His eyes drifted slowly open, focusing with bluury eyes on the dark-haired figure in the window. For a moment he thought he was dreaming...Kagome was gone, after all. For good. But...He blinked. "Ka...gome?"
It was indeed his Kagome, he knew, when she shifted slightly and the light hit her eyes, deep chocolate brown like he remembered, but not filled with her familiar fire, rather filled with a sort of pain he had never seen there before. As the tears welled up in her eyes she turned and slipped back through the window. I won't give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry.
"Kagome!" He said more loudly, his voice and sudden leap from the bed rousing the girl beside him. "Inuyasha?" She said sleepily. "Where are you going?"
"Stay here, Kikyo," he called over his shoulder as he leaped through the open window after Kagome. "I'll be back soon."
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Kagome ran with all the speed she could muster through the woods surrounding Inuyasha's house, towards the meadow that was so familiar to her. She ran blindly, the headlong flight of an animal seeking refuge from a predator, from the pain that had been inflicted upon it, with no idea where she was heading until she arrived. Finally her legs could take no more, and she collapsed beneath a tree, spent.
Gasping for breath, she didn't hear Inuyasha approaching until he was upon her. "Kagome...." He said, his voice a mixture of surprise, awe, and stunned happiness. "What are you doing here? I thought I'd never see you again!"
She snorted. "From what I've seen, you never wanted to." She glared up at him. "You could have at least picked someone who didn't look like my twin sister. Bastard."
Confusion flashed across his face. "But I thought..." He knelt down beside her. "Kagome, I thought you were gone for good...I thought you were dead." The moon reflected in his amber eyes, giving them an even more animalistic glint as he looked into hers. "If I had known..." He shook his head.
She looked away. "And how many others have there been, Inuyasha? Did they all look like me?"
He surprised her by replying, "none. There were none before Kikyo."
Still she stared off into space, willing the tears not to come. "Do you love her?"
He blinked. "Love...Kikyo?"
Her gaze turned back to Inuyasha's, hard and cold. "It's a simple question, Inuyasha. Are you in love with Kikyo?" She asked, her tone matching her gaze in coldness.
He shook his head. "No. Not with Kikyo."
"Then who? You said there were no others."
He sighed. "Aw c'mon, don't make me say it."
"Say what?" She asked, feigning indifference.
He grumbled and muttered something under his breath.
"What's that? You're going to have to speak up." Kagome fought to contain a grin at his embarrassment. He may be a stupid hanyou, but he's just so cute sometimes!
He sighed and grumbled again, but his eyes slid up to meet hers at last. "You know it's you, Kagome....It's always been you, since we were kids. How could you even think that I'd forget you?"
"Of course I knew. But I had to make you say it, now didn't I?" She said with an evil grin.
He sighed. "Of course." He couldn't help smiling, though. Kagome hadn't changed a bit. Whether that was good or bad, however...
He slipped an arm around her shoulders as they gazed up at the full moon, making the night seem almost as bright as day.
"Uh oh..." He said a moment later with a gulp. "What am I going to do about Kikyo?"
- - - -cracks up- Hm, I wonder what he's going to do O.o Meh, I'll figure something out :P -trudges off to do another chapter of math review, sigh-
Disclaimer: Whoo, I own Inuyasha!!! -wakes up, looks around- Darn, it was just a dream -sigh-
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Chapter 4: Always
When Kagome finally reached the town she had been pulled from five years ago, the first place she headed was, surprisingly, not her own house.
Scaling a trellis with familiarity she hadn't lost over the years, she pulled herself in through Inuyasha's window...And nearly fell back out when she saw him lying in bed, a girl who looked shockingly like her curled up in his arms.
Inuyasha's ears twitched, picking up Kagome's soft gasp. His eyes drifted slowly open, focusing with bluury eyes on the dark-haired figure in the window. For a moment he thought he was dreaming...Kagome was gone, after all. For good. But...He blinked. "Ka...gome?"
It was indeed his Kagome, he knew, when she shifted slightly and the light hit her eyes, deep chocolate brown like he remembered, but not filled with her familiar fire, rather filled with a sort of pain he had never seen there before. As the tears welled up in her eyes she turned and slipped back through the window. I won't give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry.
"Kagome!" He said more loudly, his voice and sudden leap from the bed rousing the girl beside him. "Inuyasha?" She said sleepily. "Where are you going?"
"Stay here, Kikyo," he called over his shoulder as he leaped through the open window after Kagome. "I'll be back soon."
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Kagome ran with all the speed she could muster through the woods surrounding Inuyasha's house, towards the meadow that was so familiar to her. She ran blindly, the headlong flight of an animal seeking refuge from a predator, from the pain that had been inflicted upon it, with no idea where she was heading until she arrived. Finally her legs could take no more, and she collapsed beneath a tree, spent.
Gasping for breath, she didn't hear Inuyasha approaching until he was upon her. "Kagome...." He said, his voice a mixture of surprise, awe, and stunned happiness. "What are you doing here? I thought I'd never see you again!"
She snorted. "From what I've seen, you never wanted to." She glared up at him. "You could have at least picked someone who didn't look like my twin sister. Bastard."
Confusion flashed across his face. "But I thought..." He knelt down beside her. "Kagome, I thought you were gone for good...I thought you were dead." The moon reflected in his amber eyes, giving them an even more animalistic glint as he looked into hers. "If I had known..." He shook his head.
She looked away. "And how many others have there been, Inuyasha? Did they all look like me?"
He surprised her by replying, "none. There were none before Kikyo."
Still she stared off into space, willing the tears not to come. "Do you love her?"
He blinked. "Love...Kikyo?"
Her gaze turned back to Inuyasha's, hard and cold. "It's a simple question, Inuyasha. Are you in love with Kikyo?" She asked, her tone matching her gaze in coldness.
He shook his head. "No. Not with Kikyo."
"Then who? You said there were no others."
He sighed. "Aw c'mon, don't make me say it."
"Say what?" She asked, feigning indifference.
He grumbled and muttered something under his breath.
"What's that? You're going to have to speak up." Kagome fought to contain a grin at his embarrassment. He may be a stupid hanyou, but he's just so cute sometimes!
He sighed and grumbled again, but his eyes slid up to meet hers at last. "You know it's you, Kagome....It's always been you, since we were kids. How could you even think that I'd forget you?"
"Of course I knew. But I had to make you say it, now didn't I?" She said with an evil grin.
He sighed. "Of course." He couldn't help smiling, though. Kagome hadn't changed a bit. Whether that was good or bad, however...
He slipped an arm around her shoulders as they gazed up at the full moon, making the night seem almost as bright as day.
"Uh oh..." He said a moment later with a gulp. "What am I going to do about Kikyo?"
- - - -cracks up- Hm, I wonder what he's going to do O.o Meh, I'll figure something out :P -trudges off to do another chapter of math review, sigh-