Okay, I might or might not have Inuyasha in this chappie. It might be just Kagome again, because I'm going to have her talking with her friends and all, and there might be a few flashbacks… I'm not sure. Okay, just read and find out! LOL
Disclaimer: You know, it's pretty cruel to keep making me think about not owning Inu-chan, so stop! -cries- Inu-chan!!!!!!!
One Last Chance
Chapter 4- Goodnight
Kagome arrived at Wacdnald's to see her friends saving their usual table for her. "Hey guys…" she said weakly, it was still hard for her to talk without crying, so she figured she'd try to pass it off as a cold… They had thought she was sick after all! She frowned slightly at the thought of lying to her friends, and began to consider telling them about the well. 'No! You can't tell them, they'll think you're crazy. Even if they are your friends, you can't tell anyone, then tons of people will be flocking to the well, and somebody might even have it destroyed.' She winced, she hated lying to her friends, but she was right. 'Wow, what's wrong with me… Am I a schizo? No… you're just answering your thoughts Kagome, get a hold of yourself!' The whole time she was having her little 'inner conversation' her friends were staring at her with a look of concern crossing their faces. "Kagome… are you alright? Maybe you should go back home and rest…" Ayumi said it sadly, and Eri and Yuuka just nodded their heads. It was so hard on them, their friend being so sick all the time, she'd been sick almost all the time since her 15th birthday. Kagome snapped her head up. "No, no I'm fine you guys, I was just thinking about…" her mind went blank, what could she tell them she was thinking about? She didn't want to bring up the subject of Inuyasha, and she couldn't say the feudal era… "About how I've hardly seen any of you lately, I've missed you guys so much!" Her friends looked at her questioningly, but seemed to buy it, after all, they knew that if it had anything to do with that guy of hers, she wouldn't want to talk about it. "We've missed you, too, Kagome," Yuuka said sliding over for Kagome to sit down.
'I wonder how the others are doing right now… I bet Shippo's crying, Sango's close to, and Miroku's sitting around trying to be strong… And Inuyasha…' Kagome shook her head, trying to stop the oncoming tears, but couldn't. "I-I've gotta go!" and with that she took off out the door. Not stopping at her friends worried voices, she just kept running. 'Even when he's not here, he still manages to break my heart… How am I ever going to get on with my life like this?' Kagome came to a park, and sat down on a bench and just stared into the distance, letting her tears flow freely, not caring if anybody saw. 'Inuyasha… why do you torment me like this?'
Inuyasha came down from the Goshinboku tree to eat lunch with the others, he didn't seem to notice though, it was just out of habit. He hadn't seemed to notice anything for a while, all of his senses seemed to be numb, and he knew why. 'It's because of you Kagome… Kami, I want to see you so much, to tell you how sorry I am…' He looked up from the ground as he walked into Kaede's hut, Shippo was clinging to Sango's shoulder, in silent tears, with Sango half-heartedly stirring her cup of soup, she seemed to be thinking about something… Most likely Kagome. Miroku sat in the same corner he had been in that morning, eating quietly, staring into nothing. As Inuyasha stepped in, they all looked up hopefully, but then turned their gaze away from him. Kaede walked into the room and handed Inuyasha a cup of soup, then left to continue gathering herbs behind the hut. Inuyasha sat down on the opposite side of the hut as Miroku, and began to eat, staring at the others. 'Why isn't anybody talking to me?' he thought glancing around. 'I never did anything to them…'
They all sat, for what seemed like forever to Inuyasha, when Sango finally spoke up. "She left because of you, you know…" A pained expression crossed Inuyasha's face. Standing up, he left the hut calmly. Normally, he would have gotten pissed off and started screaming in their faces, instead he just left, still pretty numb to his usual self. He walked over to the well, and stared up into the sky, watching the sunset, the sky a canvas, smudged with purples, oranges, and pinks. "The new moon will be tomorrow, maybe I should go see Kagome then, we seem to get along better when I'm in my human form…" He nodded his head, "Yes, I'll go tomorrow… Goodnight Kagome… Please forgive me… I-" he stopped speaking, not wanting to make himself jump into the well right then. 'I love you…'
Kagome found herself back at the shrine, watching the sunset. The sky was beautiful… She remembered when she was little, longing to become part of the sky, just so she could be so beautiful. 'But that was before I knew what love was… Before I knew how beautiful that could be…' A tear rolled down her cheek. "Love?" She walked into the wellhouse and looked down into its empty depths. 'If this is what love is… Then they weren't kidding when they said love hurts…I miss him so much… but I can't go back, I'll be hurt again.' Sitting down on the side of the well, she looked back into it, this time as if it was a person. "If only he loved me instead of Kikyo," she spat the name out as if her mouth was filled with a vile taste. "If I'm supposed to be her reincarnation, you'd think he'd love me, too…" A tear spilled into the well. "Goodnight Inuyasha… I-" her voice broke as a sob escaped her throat. "I love you…" She added in a whisper.
Aw! How sad? I guess I did wind up putting Inuyasha in this chappie. Well, I guess they're going to be re-united in the next chappie, huh? I wonder how it'll go…
-Mari