Title: A Lover's Kiss
Author: Obi-chan
Disclaimer: not mine.
Category: Romance. And some angst.
Summary: Kagome left for her time and is never seen again. Has some elements of Sleeping Beauty in it. Eh, a bit OOC on IY's part...
Author's notes: this is a three part fic, but like the lazy person that I am, I never quite finished the third. I'm just posting for fun, like all my other IY posts... if anyone is interested, I can try and remember the idea and finish it ;;;
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"Come on, Inuyasha!! Just two weeks!!" Kagome begged in front of the god tree. The answer she got was a snort and the word 'no'. "Please? I've gotta visit my grandpa's friend at another shrine!" Again, the same answer.
Her vein popped. "WELL, TOO BAD! I'M GOING!!" before Inuyasha can grab for her hand... "SIT!" a fitting punishment. "See ya!" and she disappeared into the well... little did she know that it was the last time she will ever cross the well.
--in Kagome's time--
"I'm here!" Kagome jumped into the car. Her mother was sitting in the driver's seat, her grandpa, the one beside it. Sota was sitting on the back seat beside Kagome.
"Are you ready, dear?" Her mom asked.
"As ready as ever!" Kagome replied, a bit out of breath. She peeked behind her just to see if Inuyasha was following. Fortunately, no half-youkai with puppy ears and a very angry face jumped out of the well. She sighed with relief. Finally she can get a vacation.
After a few minutes of conversation with Sota and blushing like a rip apple, Kagome leaned back on the cushioned seat and her mind wondered about what Sota said. His assignment for Language was to read a book called Sleeping Beauty, and he had asked her if Inuyasha was the 'Sleeping Beauty', will she kiss him to wake him up. Her public answer was a big 'no' and 'that's disgusting', but deep down inside, she knew her answer would be 'yes'.
"We're here!" The car skidded to a halt. Kagome opened the door and stepped out. Right in front of her was a group of young-looking girls, waiting in a line that continued to the top of the stairs into the shrine.
"What's this, Grandpa?"
"I don't know, Kagome."
"Come on, Grandpa! Let's go!"
The family climbed up the long stairway and turned toward the temple, careful to avoide the long line of girls to the left. However, Kagome's curiousity got the best of her, and she slowly ventured toward the group.
But when she got there...
GASP
--five minutes later--
Inuyasha leaped onto the temple's roof and growled silently at the band of separating girls who were once in a line for some certain reasons. He just hate it when there are a lot of witness around. Especially the ones that are loud and noisy... like Kagome.
He sighed dreamingly. Kagome... Kagome... Wait! He snapped out of his trance. What was he thinking about? Mentally hitting himself, he reminded himself never to think about Kagome that way again. But then again... He sighed. Kagome.. Kagome.. Grgh!
He moved on. Down onto the now clear ground of the shrine; his search for Kagome had begun. It never took him long to smell the scents and listen for sounds, not only that, his eyes were searching as well. However, he found nothing.
Although there were scents of the girl around, she was nowhere in sight. Hmp. He would not give up easily.
Next target: Sota.
"What? my sis? I donno."
Third target: Kagome's mom.
"Sorry, dear. I don't know where Kagome is. Care to have some tea?"
Tea was nice. Forth target: Her grandpa.
"Kagome? You didn't take Kagome? someone that looked like you took Kagome. Give my grand-daughter back!"
Okay.. weird. After much thinking and day-dreaming, Inuyasha decided to stay and wait for Kagome to come back. Was she going to get a good scolding or what.
However... the sun went down and up again. And again. And again.
Three days... no Kagome. She's gone now. He's been hiding from her family after the first night, because her grandfather declared that he saw him take her away. Inuyasha sighed. He's been searching for a day and a half for her, but all he can sense is his own smell. Nothing more, nothing less. He sighed again. There's no point of searching anymore; Kagome was lost forever.
He leaped from tree to tree, heading for the gate to his time. The phrase repeated in his mind over and over again, each time it pained him even more.
Kagome's lost forever... lost forever... lost forever... lost forever...
Once Inuyasha sighted the shrine, he landed and sighed. Then he took a deep breath, inhaling the old scents of Kagome. Then he walked toward the well, took another last deep breath, and jumped in.
The thought was still in his mind.
Lost forever... forever... forever...
...tbc...