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MoonGoddessSerenity: Yay! Well I hope there's enough fluff in here, although it's kinda sad fluff. What would that be considered? Wet...fluff? O.o
Animemistress419: Yes, she is experiencing a lot of pain. Poor Kagome. :( I'm evil...
Kody leigh: Mm, but she's not gonna have some mood swings and say, "I can't believe he'd do that to me...oh but he loves me! But he betrayed me...but he loves me!!! However, he did betray me...OMG IS THAT CHOCOLATE?!" Get my point? **winks**
Lady scorpio: **nods** Done and done. Hope you like this chapter. ^_^
Neko-chan: Eek. That's really weird. I thought of this idea on my own, but the thing is...I write as I go along. So I'm not even sure what's going to happen. I know the basic idea, but it's very vague. I don't even remember ever reading Card Captor stories, although I did like the anime for a while. Sakura and Li for lyphe! :p
Alejandra: Awww...that is so sweet! Thank-you!
Lalalalalas: Let's just put it this way: lalalalalala. Jokes, jokes. Here's the next chappie!
AkuReiX: Ooh! I love your name. And I know, like I said earlier, I'm very evil... but enjoy ^_^
Inutikidudez: Dude, done and done! (Sorry, that was lame -_-)
Sakura onto Hitomi: Oh yeah, bring out the ham! We'll teach 'em a lemon! I mean, lesson.
Kohaku27: I totally make it up as I go along. Quite sad, I wish I could go along with what I planned, ah well! Maybe I'll be crazy and do that for my next fic. **laughs to self** Yeah...maybe.
Fanfictiongeek36: Aww! I can't believe I almost made you cry. Sniffles. **buys her a new box of tissues with Inuyasha's autograph on it**
Ladykaa28: Yes, but then where would the conflict be? Wait, did that make sense? **watches everony shake their head no**
Lloyd's Girl: Alex? Well there you go...Alex! O_O
Yogi bear-321: Yep! And for the 3rd time, (Who's counting .) I'm evil!
Darkwitch5: Wow, I didn't think it was captivating, but that's nice of you to say so. ^_^ Glad ya like it!
Mystical-Maiden: Of course it'll all end good! I can't stand to write sad endings. I'm anti-sad endings...they force me to make up my own happy ending...at the end. Yes, I'll go now. . A*N* Wheee! An update...yayayaya! Don't hate me. . And remember kids! Every Villain Is Lemons, aka, EVIL! MWHAHAHAHH!
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Kagome stared at the two men with a sickly pale look. She was scared stiff, and with good reason. With the aid of Inuyasha, they had captured her and were now going to use her for, god knew what.
She almost couldn't come into grips with the whole situation. Everything in the past had been a lie, with Inuyasha. She had come to love him completely, and he had betrayed her.
Pain surged through her body numbly, and she shook carefully in the room. The scene around her began to blur constantly, and she felt very light headed. Someone was calling out to her, or so it seemed.
Was the owner of the voice Inuyasha? Was he calling to her? She couldn't tell. She wouldn't tell.
Kagome's eyes began to feel very heavy, and her eyelids forced her to become blind slowly, before she pushed them up again. She needed to stay away and find an exit to this terrible nightmare.
Soon she would wake up in Inuyasha's arms, the Inuyasha she had always known, the one that cared for her, and had been there for her as long as she could remember. Not the one that stood somewhere around her, and refused to explain anything to her.
But what could he explain? Everything Kimaru and Mikaru spoke had been the truth, evidently Inuyasha refused to mend the fact with lies, and she silently prayed he would, because even that would be better than what she felt right now.
Her eyes pressed together and suddenly everything went dark, she felt herself look balance and the ground swallow her up completely. Was that possible? Could the escape she prayed for really come to her that easily? Doubt clouded her mind and she felt her body fall to the ground.
Kagome's ears rang with a scream that called her name. A male voice, but then again, what else did she expect. There was no female's presence lingering around here. With that said, she began to fumble with a crazy thought.
What if Kimaru was really a woman? Kagome giggled to herself mentally. Just give him really long hair, add some lipstick, a little mascara, a nice pair of boobs and...boy, she was really losing it.
Her arms made contact with another body, and when her eyes mustered the will to open, she found her care being placed in the arms of Inuyasha. If she had the energy, she would push away from him, but right now, she didn't.
Her head pounded endlessly, and she burrowed her eyebrows in frustration at it. She needed a hammer, yeah, a really big one. It would solve all her problems.
She could pound in Kimaru and Mikaru's heads in,that would teach them! Maybe a few times, just for good measure, then go on to...no, she wouldn't pound Inuyasha. Her heart ached, as the plan ran by her head again.
Once the two brothers were down, she would go on to play with her own life. Bash her head a few times; the pain would surely go away then. Her arms hurt a bit too, but she could fix that. This could work!
"Kagome, are you alright?" Kagome heard a worried voice talk to her, and she knew it as well as she knew the alphabet. It was Inuyasha's.
But why was he worrying about her now?
Oh wait, that was right. She wasn't used to her full extent, not yet. Nope, she was still useful, in a slightly deadly sort of way. She played with that fact carefully, and gave more thought to it. Maybe she would die, and revenge would be taken on her small form for something she had done in the past.
She clicked her tongue mentally, now what would she be getting punished for? Nothing seemed to jump out of her memory bank that would result in death, and she lolled her head against Inuyasha's strong shoulder.
Kagome could feel his eyes lingering on her slightly, just slightly. She could almost weigh the guilt he still held, but with good reason. Everything was a lie, it had been a lie.
Gushing tears seemed to prickle her eyes and at that moment, death didn't seem so bad. The pain in her chest began to grow, and it felt like something was digging out of her body, from the inside with a very fine needle, one that could cut through boulders the size of Jupiter's mass.
It was hard to take in. She breathed with shuddered breaths and her body shook violently in his arms. She felt him lose any grip of her hands as she began to slide silently down to the floor. Her ears caught something that was being shot at her, "How disgusting." A snort was followed by it.
If Kagome had the strength, she would have taken much offence, but she had to admit, this was disgusting. Here she was, in the arms of the man she loved; yet the same one that despised and used her. All for what? Getting his parents back.
She felt a ping of pain poke at her sides, a part of her began to understand why he had done it, but the pain overpowered it and she began to argue with herself. How the hell could SHE, a mere human hope to save his parents? They had died, years ago! When she was only a little child. This really didn't make any sense.
Without noticing it, Kagome shook her head lightly. This caused Inuyasha to shake, and he pulled apart just barely, to get a look at her face.
Tears were lingering on her features and her eyes held a nice tint of red. Her cheeks had lines of tears descending down her creamy skin, and her expression continued to change as different thoughts penetrated into her mind. He took in a little breath; he didn't feel very deserving of breathing heavily around her.
He guessed that she didn't have much strength to get up, because she remained in his embrace and didn't look like she was going to move anytime soon. Silently, he thanked god for that, he was at least able to hold her for a little while. And maybe, the minuscule thought tugged at his heart, she didn't want to leave his side?
He knew the chance was very little, she was probably livid with him, although her way of handling that kind of emotion seemed, odd. However, even the least chance that that could be true sent his emotions in a fury. His heart ached at what she must be going through.
Inuyasha's ears twitched at the sound of one of the voices he despised more than anything in the world, "You don't actually think she's going to forgive you, do you Inu?" They toyed with his emotions constantly, and all the blood in his body began to boil with anger at that.
The way they spoke, it was as if they hadn't done anything wrong, when in fact, they had ruined his life, and hurt Kagome. That was something he would not forgive them for, and they were going to pay, finally pay for EVERYTHING that they had done.
Gently, he squeezed Kagome's shoulders and looked at her; he needed to see if he was able to get some kind of emotion out of her. Her gaze trailed down to his chest, and her eyes remained dull. Nothing like the Kagome her knew. Sighing silently, he spoke the first thing that came to mind, "I'm sorry."
She seemed to pick up on it right away as her gaze raised higher to his. He regretted it when the look she gave him pierced at him, like a million arrows. It flashed constantly, with hurt, betrayal, anger, and it varied as neither broke their gaze away.
Finally, the last emotion that seemed to settle within her was sadness, and tears glazed over her eyes quickly. This jabbed him inside even worse, and he flinched as the first tear fell down her cheek. He wished that she would yell at him, and beat at him furiously because even that would have been better than this.
This, this was torture. He couldn't stand to see woman cry, especially ones he loved. And he loved Kagome with all of his heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit. She was his queen. He loved her with all he had, and although she knew this, didn't mirror any hint that she wanted his love.
The rejection continued to eat away at him as previous pain eroded his happiness. But he didn't blame her in the least, she had all the right in the world to hate him and he could accept that, he had to accept that. She was extremely hurt over this, maybe the reason was because she loved him too?
He couldn't rest on that thought very long, he had to deal with other matters first. Carefully, he reached over to Kagome and gently wiped away one of her tears. She physically faltered at this, at his touch. Her eyebrows rose higher and her lower lip began to tremble violently.
"Are you two love birds finished yet?" An annoyed yawn was followed by his voice and Inuyasha looked past Kagome and watched as the two brothers glanced at them shortly.
He growled and pulled Kagome up along with him as he stood up to match their size. He watched closely as the two mirrored his moves and stood up straighter.
"About time. Now, let's get to business." Kimaru snarled before quickly rushing towards Kagome.
Inuyasha let her go and stood in front of her as she limply stood behind him. There was no way he would let anyone harm her, not if he could help it.
Kimaru's fist plunged into Inuyasha's cheek bone and made a direct hit that would have sent him directly into the woman standing behind him, if he didn't forcefully press his feet into the ground and thrust forward into the man thundering violent attacks at him. Kimaru stepped back slightly at this force stepping into him, and a surprised look almost washed over him as he began to tumble backwards slightly.
His fist was lifted out of Inuyasha's face, and just as he was recovering from that attack, a leg was pummeled into Inuyasha's gut, allowing a few traces of blood to be spewed out onto the floor. His throat felt raw and it hurt him, but he swallowed forcefully and placed his hand on top of his stomach while trying to steady himself further.
His eyes glanced behind him and he saw Kagome standing there, her expression had changed and it was now a look of worry that crossed her loving face. He needed to get her out of the way, so that he could fight freely. But where could she go?
"Kago..." He tried to speak, but his voice broke and he fell in a fit of coughs as his knees met with the ground. Why did he feel so weak after just two little hits? It didn't make any sense. He knew that Kimaru and Mikaru were strong, but not this strong! He should have been able to fight back by now, but his body refused any thought of it.
His chin was quickly pushed into the solid ground and it rang with a new sense of pain. His arms twisted at the contact it made with the flat surface his stomach lay into. Inuyasha's breathing came in short breaths, and sometimes even no breaths at all when he felt Mikaru's arm jab into his back several times.
One brother had already knocked him down after three hits, and now another one was taking shots at him? Great, just fucking great. He expected another shot to be ground into his skin, but he didn't feel anything and instead heard a feminine voice shoot out from above him.
"Leave him alone!" The voice was obviously angry, and dead-set on helping Inuyasha.
He turned his body over and watched as Kagome threw her weight at Mikaru, which sent him flying backwards somewhat before stumbling over his own feet and landing roughly on his butt while his arms steadied his figure. This gave Inuyasha enough time to jump up and send a gaping Kimaru into the wall of the room.
He listened to the groan under him and quickly inhaled a breath while sending his angry fist into the jaw of the man that fell before him. He listened to the sound of something cracking and continued to put more force into the punch before his ears picked up the sound of a terrified scream behind him.
His head shot up and his body instinctively rushed over to her, head- butting Mikaru in his stomach and breaking any hold he held on Kagome. Another hole in the wall proved that Inuyasha still had enough energy in him to fight as long as Kagome's life was in danger.
He quickly rushed backed to her, while the two brothers recovered. "Are you ok?" He quickly questioned as he saw her body bent and on the ground. Leaning down he placed a hand on her shoulder, and it warmed his heart when she didn't shrug it off. His heart pounded in his ears as he awaited her answer and watched intently for any sign of it.
She nodded briefly before looking up at him. He took in her glance and saw that the sides of her eyes glistened with tears and it pulled at his heart. Raising his thumb, he stroked it lovingly but watched as she flinched at the contact of his finger. Her expression quickly changed with a look of fear and her move flew open as she saw what transpired behind the man sitting in front of her.
"Inuyasha, watch out!" She quickly yelled before she felt his body topple over her which sent them both flying against the ground. Her body being under, she felt her arms slide against the ground and heat quickly wrapped her skin while ripping through her shirt. Inuyasha's fingers lay gently around her shoulders and he remained on top of her before she whispered out his name softly.
Quickly stirring, he saw that another body was being urged to thrust into the pile of two bodies he and Kagome formed. He pushed his body in front of hers just as he felt someone collide into him fiercely, and a breath coughed out of his mouth, giving him a slight burning feeling in his upper- chest.
He slightly felt Kagome's cold hand reach out and grab hold of his shoulder, as his eyes slowly slid closed and his head began to spin. Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows carefully as a violent scream rushed into his ears and he threw his eyes open. The sight before him caused adrenaline to rush through his body and he raised his now bawled up fists and sent it flying in the evil face of Kimaru.
His body staggered a little, and the grip he held on Kagome's dark tresses slowly broke and she was allowed to slump against the ground again. He watched her groan softly and her hand jumped up against her head, tenderly stroking her hair line that had been violated by the harsh tugging of Kimaru's ruthless aggression.
Inuyasha was breathing heavily, and he couldn't help the tired feeling that continued to surge through his body, but he had to fight! There was no way that he was going to lose now, not after everything that had happened. He blinked shortly, half afraid that his defeated feeling would suck him up completely and he would fall to the ground in a big thud, diminishing all chances he and Kagome had of sharing a life together.
Burning tears made their way at the side of his face before they slung over his cheek and tickled his neck slightly. He had to fight. If not for him, then for Kagome. In taking a huge amount of air that surrounded him, he quickly jumped past Kagome's frail body and headed towards the two brothers, sending random punches and kicks to them simultaneously. He was awarded with a numb feeling in his fists and legs as they made contact with the two men. Their bodies acted like stone walls with his fragile skin, and he could have sworn he saw sight of little specks of blood rushing out of little cracks in his knuckles.
Inuyasha seemed to be keeping the men's attacks at bay before a sharp knee insisted its way into his back and he curved his body back while gasping for a moment. His keen eyes watched as the other brother was planning to send another blow directly in his neck and he pushed his body against the hard ground and heard the cracking sound of someone's fist making an intense amount of impact on something.
His senses weren't up to their full capacity as he took this opportunity to quickly stand up. He threw his two fists together and smacked them right into Mikaru's skull sending him into Kimaru as they both landed on the ground in a mess. Trying to catch his breath, Inuyasha waddled over to them again and kicked for all he was worth.
His arms ached with a sense of tiredness, but he didn't pay much attention to it. His next move seemed a bit childish, but as long as it forced pain into the two bodies that lay under him, he didn't give a fuck. Inuyasha's heavy weight was quickly sent into Kimaru and Mikaru as he began to jump on them endlessly.
He felt the ground under him give away slowly, but that didn't stop him. Grunts and groans could be heard under the crashing sounds and Inuyasha found that to be music to his ears as it gave him more strength to wind his knees together and push himself into them again.
The un-even surface that he stood on finally became too much for him and he fell, successfully landing his weight on Mikaru's back. Kimaru's anger raged and he threw both bodies off of him and onto their own area on the ground. The sounds of footsteps made their way into Inuyasha's ears as his eyes held tightly together.
Dark and light spots danced before his eyes and he felt his body stagger to the right as a big foot was being jammed into his left arm. The pain doubled and he was being pushed in two directions as another body landed to his right, kicking him back to the left and into harms way. This continued for a long time, and Inuyasha wished he could just rip his arms out.
They began to turn numb, and his eyes refused to open again. He could sense Kagome's presence near, but as long as the two people around him still held interest in bringing pain to his body, he didn't care. His arms slumped even further down, as his body began to relax further against the floor. It suddenly began to feel very comforting.
Thoughts of sleep fell into his head and he pressed his eyes closer together, hoping that something would just drown out this pain. He heard various voices around him. Mikaru's, Kimaru's, Kagome's, and...Miramu's. God, how he loved her voice. It was always so peaceful, so calming.
Even as the vicious hits were being pummeled at him one by one, he was almost able to breathe easy as he heard the sharp cry of her voice enter the room. Wait a minute...what?
His eyes cracked open slightly and he got sight of her figure standing there. Suddenly, everything stopped around him. He couldn't feel the pain of any kicks, although they were starting to take effect on his arms as they burned with pain. Were their shoes made of fire or something? Maybe he was on fire!! Mentally he laughed and his lips quirked just barely in a smile.
Miramu's voice shot through that as she shook with a certain fear. "I said stop it!" She screamed, it was one of the first times he had ever heard her raise her voice. His eyes lowered to her hand, she was holding something in her grasp, some kind of jelly...ball? It looked sort of like jello, except it glowed slightly with an odd pinkish light. It looked quite delicious actually. Now if he could just convince Miramu to give it to him...
"Miramu...don't be foolish. Put that down."
Inuyasha listened to the sounds of Mikaru's voice wavering as he took a few steps towards Miramu. She recoiled at once.
"Come any closer and I swear I'll destroy it." Her voice was sharp, and Mikaru evidently agreed as his footsteps stopped. Oh good, maybe now Inuyasha could sleep? He really was tired.
"Kagome..." Miramu called lovingly. She turned to face the younger woman, and started to walk closer to her. As she did so, the light in the jello- like substance began to glow even more. The light was almost blinding. Intently, Inuyasha watched as Kagome stared up at Miramu, while the light shone on her face. She looked beautiful, almost like an angel.
"Touch this, Kagome." A reluctant hand reached up higher and was placed on top of the glowing-jello. Instantly, feeling began to run through Inuyasha, and he could stand up without any pain. His whole body felt amazing, and not even his arms felt numb, not in the slightest bit.
All attention was placed on him as he glanced at his body in awe. He felt Kagome's smile on him, but it was quickly taken back as Miramu's voice spoke up again.
"Just as I thought. You have the power to not only provide power, but heal as well. But no more, I won't allow you, or Inuyasha to be hurt by this awful orb." Her voice was tainted with anger that Inuyasha picked up on quickly.
He urged forward a few steps, past Kimaru and Mikaru, and closer to Miramu and Kagome. "What are you talking about...?" He was confused, and he could tell that Kagome probably was too.
"I'm talking about everything Inuyasha, everything! This stupid orb that I'm holding in my hand right now, it's the cause of everything. It strives on the light that Kagome possesses, and shines much stronger in her presence. That's why Kimaru and Mikaru became stronger right now, because Kagome was giving this energy." She was trying to explain everything, but many gaps already remained in everything.
"But...why?" Kagome questioned, a bit surprised that she even possessed any power to make someone stronger or weaker, or even to heal. Her glance fell short on Inuyasha, and he sensed this, turning to her before she quickly looked away and back to Miramu.
"We're not like you are, Kagome. We weren't born like you were, not quite. We were created. This is the essence that we live off of, the reason that we're like this, in these human forms. If it is broken, then we will surely die."
Mikaru and Kimaru remained in their positions, for Miramu held their fate in her hands, there was nothing they could do now.
"What do I have to do with this though?" Kagome questioned again, obviously feeling safe in Miramu's presence.
"I'm not completely sure. You see, when you were just a little girl Kagome, our leader, Murakumi learned of your powers. And of course, he wanted to use them for evil. He plotted, and schemed to get you, and use you for his evil plans, but because of your tender age, he knew that you wouldn't be able to harness the full extent of your powers. So, in order to carry out his dirty work, he created Kimaru, Mikaru, and myself to do it for him. He told us that once we had your power, we could become real and live on this earth the way the rest of the human population did. At the time, we were very little, so we gave in to his words as they showered us with hope that one day we could be normal human beings. We grew up, watched you closely...but then decided that this wouldn't work and we needed the help of someone your age that could carry out everything for us. That's where Inuyasha came in."
Her voice broke slightly, and everyone watched as tears gushed out of her eyes. "He was randomly chosen, it could just as easily have been anyone else, but we choose him to suffer. We needed to get him away from his parents, though. And as a result...we had to...to..."
Everything fell silent and Miramu broke into a fit of sobs, expressing her regrets for ever getting involved in the whole situation. It was really taking a toll on her emotional strain. But Inuyasha began to piece the last sentence together, he began to realize what had really happened with his parents, and his eyes glazed over with pain.
They had killed his parents on purpose, just for their own personal gain. A large lump began to form, and he swallowed it quickly as all his thoughts about Miramu slowly became tainted. He sighed, obviously defeated...now he knew what Kagome felt like. Although the pain for her was probably much worse.
"I regret that, every single day of my life Inuyasha. Although I didn't partake in the actual accident, I couldn't stop it either. Guilt has been eating away at me, since then, and I vowed that I would help-"
"Help?" He snapped. "Well, you sure took your sweet time doing that. Do you know how LONG it's been since my parents have died? Do you know how long I've been tortured by these two?" He jerked his thumb at the two men standing behind him, almost lifelessly. "And you stood by, just watching everything play out in front of you. You're no better than them Miramu! I trusted you, I looked up to you! You were like a mother to me, the mother that I had never had."
He scoffed bitterly, "And the ironic thing about it is that the mother I thought you were killed the mother I once had!"
She flinched at his harsh words, but didn't do anything to stop him, he was right, and had all the right to say those things. Grasping the orb in her hand, she spoke again, "I can help you now. This orb holds our lives, and once it's destroyed, we will all be destroyed and die. That way, you can live your life without behind help back by everything." The sound of her voice let Inuyasha know that she wasn't going to change her mind about this, and before he got a chance to inject his say, he listened to the sound of glass shattering.
Miramu's hand was tilted slightly, and she smiled grimly at him. "Good-bye Inuyasha."
Her figure began to blur, and Inuyasha thought that it was his senses going back to their previous state, but soon realized that she was fading away. This was not good.
"Miramu! What have you done?" Kimaru's voice was heard from behind him, and he pivoted around to stare at him and his brother. The exact same thing was happening to them, only he couldn't be happier. His glance fell back on Miramu, and his face faltered.
"Miramu..." He began softly, but didn't know what he could tell her now.
She nodded slightly, "It's ok, I know...son." Her warm smile was enough reassurance for him and he just mirrored the smile sadly.
Soon their figures began to fade away into nothing, and silence captured the room tightly as Inuyasha and Kagome were left alone in the big room. For a while, neither said anything. The recent events ran through their minds and found a permanent place there. Neither would ever forget what had happened here.
Was it really all over? Just like that?
Inuyasha shifted his weight to his other foot as it began to get numb, and Kagome turned her gaze to his at this, "Inuyasha, I'm so-" He cut her off curtly, "Let's go outside." He spoke evenly, and began to lead the way back outside.
She nodded quickly, and followed him.
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The cold breeze whisked around at them as they stepped outside. Inuyasha held the door open for Kagome as she lightly stepped into the open. He walked up beside her, and taking a deep breath, turned to face her. It was now or never.
He stepped back unconsciously when he saw that she was already starring at him with an unreadable look on her face. He gulped past a lump that formed in his tight throat as he starred at her. Was she going to speak...? He couldn't really tell if she wanted to tell him something, or continue to stare at him like this. Inuyasha looked at her uncertainly, "Um..."
'Good going genius.' He muttered to himself mentally. That seemed to break her out of the trance she fixated herself in and now it looked like she really did want him to say something. Or at least, that's what he thought.
Women were like puzzles, scratch that. Explosive puzzles. If you made one wrote move, they would indeed explode and you would feel their wrath.
A bead of sweat rolled down Inuyasha's neck, tickling him and he cleared his throat quietly. She looked at him oddly for a second, "What was that?"
He straitened, "Nothing, just clearly my throat."
"Oh." She answered before turning back to face the empty road that lay there.
The silence stretched on as the wind ran past them both and their hair began to fly about. Kagome turned back to Inuyasha and opened her mouth to say something just as he did.
"Kagome, I'm-"
"Inuyasha, I'm-"
They stared at each other, slightly amused before Inuyasha spoke again, "You first."
She shook her head lightly, "No, you first."
He stared at her as if he was challenging her, "Kagome, I asked first. What were you going to say?"
She narrowed her eyes slightly, taking him up on his 'challenge', "Well I asked last. What were you gonna say?"
"You tell me first."
"No, you tell me first."
"Mine wasn't really important..."
"Neither was mine."
"Oh come on, just tell me!"
"No, you tell me!"
Inuyasha sighed a little annoyed, "I'm not gonna talk until you tell me what you were gonna say." He crossed his arms and started at her, slightly pouting.
She rolled her eyes, "Isn't that a little childish?"
Silence...
"Argh, Inuyasha!"
Silence...x2.
"I'm not gonna tell you until you talk."
Silence...x3.
"Alright, fine! Be that way."
Yep, you guessed it. Silence...x4.
Kagome's foot could be heard tapping against the hard ground as it soon became faster, and faster, then stopped.
Inuyasha's reply: Nothing.
A sigh could be heard coming from the now irritated woman, "Now you're just ignoring me."
"I am not ignoring you!" He defended.
"Yes, you are." She replied.
"No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you are."
"I am not ignoring you!"
"Sure you're not."
"How can I be ignoring you if I'm talking to you right now?" Inuyasha scowled.
"Yes, you - I mean..." She paused and thought it over. "Well, you were."
He stepped closer to her and placed his arms around her shoulders, giving her a slight nudge in his direction before looking her in the eye, "What were you going to say, Kagome?"
His voice was almost demanding, in a soft sort of way, and she sighed while tearing her gaze away from him. She didn't say anything for a while, as if thinking over everything, but he waited patiently.
Finally, she turned back to him, "What they said, everything...it was true, wasn't it?" Kagome didn't bother to stop the tears that pricked her eyes and almost drew themselves down her face if it had not been for her quick hand that rushed it out of the way.
He nodded grimly; he didn't want to lie to her anymore. "But you must know that I'm not doing that anymore! I'm not out to get you or anything. This is real."
She sighed and looked at him seriously for a few seconds, "So everything before wasn't real? Everything that you told me, everything you did for me. It was just to get-" She paused and turned her gaze down before sobbing a little. Inuyasha stared at her before she raised her head again to stare at him, her face now stained with tears, "Just to get your parents back, right?"
"Oh crap! No! That's not what I meant." He quickly amended, but she had heard enough.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Her face faltered, "I can't believe you..." And with that she turned on her heel and quickly ran off in the opposite direction.
Inuyasha took a moment to let her words sink in before he ran after her, "Kagome, wait!" Even if she didn't want him to catch her, he was able to reach her side in mere seconds. But she didn't stop; she just continued to run away from him. When he stood in front of her path, she just chose another one to run in.
When he stood in that path and hugged her however, she remained perfectly still.
Kagome's legs hurt and she almost fumbled into his arms, and he raised them higher in order to save her from falling, she just let him. She was just too tired right now, too tired to fight with him, but that didn't stop him from talking.
"Kagome, I'm sorry, ok? I know I messed up! You won't ever know how much I hate myself right now for doing this to you."
"I highly doubt that it's equivalent to how much I hate you." She didn't meet his gaze, but instead looked down at the cold ground.
"No, of course it's not." She looked up at him and quirked an eyebrow higher. This almost intimidated him as he gulped before going on, "Because I hate myself so much more."
"I find that very hard to believe." She challenged evenly, although her red cheeks proved she felt otherwise.
"Well believe it, because it's the truth."
"Do you even know the meaning of that word?" She didn't give him a chance to answer because the moment his mouth gaped open, she spoke harshly, "Here, I'll spell it out for you. Truth is when you actually mean what you say. When you say you're someone's friend, you aren't plotting their demise behind their back. When you become protective of someone, it's not because they're useful for some other scheme that involves personal gain. When you give them stupid little gifts like this!" She raised her arm to reveal the bracelet he had given her, "It's given as a gift, and not a bribe so that I'll like you more and be easier to manipulate."
He injected something sharply, "I know-"
She glared at him, but continued, "AND..." Her tone became softer, "When you say you love someone, you love them because of who they are, not what you can use them for."
He physically winced at this, "Is that what you think?"
"It's what I know." She corrected him.
"Then you obviously don't know very much, Kagome. Because what I feel for you, IS love. I love you with everything I have!"
"No, Inuyasha. You loved me," She stressed loved, "because you thought I could give you something that you didn't have."
"But you can!" He argued.
"I can't give you your parents back. I'm just a little girl! How can you expect me to do something like that?!" She scowled. "I'm sorry, but it's far beyond me, and I don't want a kind of love based on something like that."
"That's not what I meant and you know it."
She scoffed and turned away, "Do I really? How can I believe that now?"
"It's the truth." He told her tightly.
"Nothing's true, not anymore. It never was." She replied tiredly.
Kagome listened to the sound of padded footsteps making their way behind her, before he wrapped his arms around her figure, "Kagome...I love you. I love you because of you, you're something that I've always wanted to be, but never can be. You're happy, always cheerful. Your presence makes me feel good, and I see hope in my life when I'm in it." He sniffed in her scent silently as he rest his head on her soft tresses.
"Whenever I'm apart from you, my heart aches for you. I can't ever get you out of my head, and I will never, ever be able to get you out of my heart, nor will I ever want to. I felt terrible for everything I was doing to you, and I know that you picked up on that. You could tell everytime I was feeling guilty, you can see right through me."
She trembled when she spoke, "I never saw this..."
"And I'm sorry for that, you have to believe that I am. I wish I could pummel myself to a pulp for hurting you like that, but it wouldn't do any good."
"You might look a little funny..." She told him, with a hint of laughter lingering on her voice.
He almost fell at this, "Would it really make you feel better?" Inuyasha inquired, seriously.
"Yes."
"I'm serious, Kagome."
She sighed before answering again, "No."
"That's what I thought. The only thing I can do for you now is spend the rest of my life making it up to you."
There was a slight pause on her part.
"No..." She spoke at a whisper.
"No...?" He echoed just as softly.
"No, you can't do that." Her voice didn't change, and the thought didn't settle very well with him.
"Why the hell not?!" He exploded and turned her around so that he could watch her carefully.
"I don't...I don't want to be hurt again." She told him truthfully, and bit down hard on her lower lip as it trembled.
"I won't hurt you again Kagome, I promise everything you see now is the truth. I'm not keeping anything from you..." He spoke gently.
"I can't believe that..." She told him. "Not after-"
"Yes you can!" He corrected, "I swear to you...I swear on my parent's graces for fuck's sake – I am not lying to you!" His voice never wavered, and she did believe him, but the pain clouded her judgment.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha..." Her eyes pressed closed forcing the few drops of tears to slide down her cheek.
"No, Kagome! Look at me." Inuyasha shook her, "Look at me! Kagome!" She did so. "I LOVE YOU!" He was beginning to sound a bit desperate, but he couldn't just lose her, not after they could be together now.
"No you don't." she whispered.
"No. Don't you dare, don't you fuckin' dare doubt that!" His voice cracked, "I love you with all of my heart! You're my heart! You're my life! I can't lose you!!!!" He told her and pulled her into him so that she couldn't get away from him, "I won't lose you, I swear I won't! I know you love me...you wouldn't be so hurt over this if you didn't. I know I screwed up, but please don't hold it against me forever! Just give me another chance. I won't mess up again."
Kagome knew that he was telling the truth, about everything. She just couldn't shut that little voice that continued to scream out the 'what ifs' at her.
"I believe you." She told him.
"You do...?" He questioned her, as if he didn't believe her.
"Yes. But, I can't give you another chance...not now."
"Why?" He asked her hopelessly. "You love me."
"No. I loved you."
He could almost feel his heart breaking, it ached with so much pain that he couldn't hold onto her any longer and she pulled back to stare at him. His expression seemed distant, and almost lost in a way...
"I'm sorry...Inuyasha."
He didn't stop her when she pulled out of his grasp.
He didn't stop her when she stepped a little distance away from him.
He didn't stop her when endless tears spilled down her cheeks.
He didn't stop her when she waited for him to say something.
And he definitely didn't stop her when she began to run away from him...
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A*N* Awww. I'm sorry for ending it there, but damn! I'm tired. My March break is over and I wanted to get this chapter up before it did...**looks at time** Yep, I did so. Now I'm off to do some last minute studying for my Science test that I will fail...tomorrow!
MoonGoddessSerenity: Yay! Well I hope there's enough fluff in here, although it's kinda sad fluff. What would that be considered? Wet...fluff? O.o
Animemistress419: Yes, she is experiencing a lot of pain. Poor Kagome. :( I'm evil...
Kody leigh: Mm, but she's not gonna have some mood swings and say, "I can't believe he'd do that to me...oh but he loves me! But he betrayed me...but he loves me!!! However, he did betray me...OMG IS THAT CHOCOLATE?!" Get my point? **winks**
Lady scorpio: **nods** Done and done. Hope you like this chapter. ^_^
Neko-chan: Eek. That's really weird. I thought of this idea on my own, but the thing is...I write as I go along. So I'm not even sure what's going to happen. I know the basic idea, but it's very vague. I don't even remember ever reading Card Captor stories, although I did like the anime for a while. Sakura and Li for lyphe! :p
Alejandra: Awww...that is so sweet! Thank-you!
Lalalalalas: Let's just put it this way: lalalalalala. Jokes, jokes. Here's the next chappie!
AkuReiX: Ooh! I love your name. And I know, like I said earlier, I'm very evil... but enjoy ^_^
Inutikidudez: Dude, done and done! (Sorry, that was lame -_-)
Sakura onto Hitomi: Oh yeah, bring out the ham! We'll teach 'em a lemon! I mean, lesson.
Kohaku27: I totally make it up as I go along. Quite sad, I wish I could go along with what I planned, ah well! Maybe I'll be crazy and do that for my next fic. **laughs to self** Yeah...maybe.
Fanfictiongeek36: Aww! I can't believe I almost made you cry. Sniffles. **buys her a new box of tissues with Inuyasha's autograph on it**
Ladykaa28: Yes, but then where would the conflict be? Wait, did that make sense? **watches everony shake their head no**
Lloyd's Girl: Alex? Well there you go...Alex! O_O
Yogi bear-321: Yep! And for the 3rd time, (Who's counting .) I'm evil!
Darkwitch5: Wow, I didn't think it was captivating, but that's nice of you to say so. ^_^ Glad ya like it!
Mystical-Maiden: Of course it'll all end good! I can't stand to write sad endings. I'm anti-sad endings...they force me to make up my own happy ending...at the end. Yes, I'll go now. . A*N* Wheee! An update...yayayaya! Don't hate me. . And remember kids! Every Villain Is Lemons, aka, EVIL! MWHAHAHAHH!
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Kagome stared at the two men with a sickly pale look. She was scared stiff, and with good reason. With the aid of Inuyasha, they had captured her and were now going to use her for, god knew what.
She almost couldn't come into grips with the whole situation. Everything in the past had been a lie, with Inuyasha. She had come to love him completely, and he had betrayed her.
Pain surged through her body numbly, and she shook carefully in the room. The scene around her began to blur constantly, and she felt very light headed. Someone was calling out to her, or so it seemed.
Was the owner of the voice Inuyasha? Was he calling to her? She couldn't tell. She wouldn't tell.
Kagome's eyes began to feel very heavy, and her eyelids forced her to become blind slowly, before she pushed them up again. She needed to stay away and find an exit to this terrible nightmare.
Soon she would wake up in Inuyasha's arms, the Inuyasha she had always known, the one that cared for her, and had been there for her as long as she could remember. Not the one that stood somewhere around her, and refused to explain anything to her.
But what could he explain? Everything Kimaru and Mikaru spoke had been the truth, evidently Inuyasha refused to mend the fact with lies, and she silently prayed he would, because even that would be better than what she felt right now.
Her eyes pressed together and suddenly everything went dark, she felt herself look balance and the ground swallow her up completely. Was that possible? Could the escape she prayed for really come to her that easily? Doubt clouded her mind and she felt her body fall to the ground.
Kagome's ears rang with a scream that called her name. A male voice, but then again, what else did she expect. There was no female's presence lingering around here. With that said, she began to fumble with a crazy thought.
What if Kimaru was really a woman? Kagome giggled to herself mentally. Just give him really long hair, add some lipstick, a little mascara, a nice pair of boobs and...boy, she was really losing it.
Her arms made contact with another body, and when her eyes mustered the will to open, she found her care being placed in the arms of Inuyasha. If she had the energy, she would push away from him, but right now, she didn't.
Her head pounded endlessly, and she burrowed her eyebrows in frustration at it. She needed a hammer, yeah, a really big one. It would solve all her problems.
She could pound in Kimaru and Mikaru's heads in,that would teach them! Maybe a few times, just for good measure, then go on to...no, she wouldn't pound Inuyasha. Her heart ached, as the plan ran by her head again.
Once the two brothers were down, she would go on to play with her own life. Bash her head a few times; the pain would surely go away then. Her arms hurt a bit too, but she could fix that. This could work!
"Kagome, are you alright?" Kagome heard a worried voice talk to her, and she knew it as well as she knew the alphabet. It was Inuyasha's.
But why was he worrying about her now?
Oh wait, that was right. She wasn't used to her full extent, not yet. Nope, she was still useful, in a slightly deadly sort of way. She played with that fact carefully, and gave more thought to it. Maybe she would die, and revenge would be taken on her small form for something she had done in the past.
She clicked her tongue mentally, now what would she be getting punished for? Nothing seemed to jump out of her memory bank that would result in death, and she lolled her head against Inuyasha's strong shoulder.
Kagome could feel his eyes lingering on her slightly, just slightly. She could almost weigh the guilt he still held, but with good reason. Everything was a lie, it had been a lie.
Gushing tears seemed to prickle her eyes and at that moment, death didn't seem so bad. The pain in her chest began to grow, and it felt like something was digging out of her body, from the inside with a very fine needle, one that could cut through boulders the size of Jupiter's mass.
It was hard to take in. She breathed with shuddered breaths and her body shook violently in his arms. She felt him lose any grip of her hands as she began to slide silently down to the floor. Her ears caught something that was being shot at her, "How disgusting." A snort was followed by it.
If Kagome had the strength, she would have taken much offence, but she had to admit, this was disgusting. Here she was, in the arms of the man she loved; yet the same one that despised and used her. All for what? Getting his parents back.
She felt a ping of pain poke at her sides, a part of her began to understand why he had done it, but the pain overpowered it and she began to argue with herself. How the hell could SHE, a mere human hope to save his parents? They had died, years ago! When she was only a little child. This really didn't make any sense.
Without noticing it, Kagome shook her head lightly. This caused Inuyasha to shake, and he pulled apart just barely, to get a look at her face.
Tears were lingering on her features and her eyes held a nice tint of red. Her cheeks had lines of tears descending down her creamy skin, and her expression continued to change as different thoughts penetrated into her mind. He took in a little breath; he didn't feel very deserving of breathing heavily around her.
He guessed that she didn't have much strength to get up, because she remained in his embrace and didn't look like she was going to move anytime soon. Silently, he thanked god for that, he was at least able to hold her for a little while. And maybe, the minuscule thought tugged at his heart, she didn't want to leave his side?
He knew the chance was very little, she was probably livid with him, although her way of handling that kind of emotion seemed, odd. However, even the least chance that that could be true sent his emotions in a fury. His heart ached at what she must be going through.
Inuyasha's ears twitched at the sound of one of the voices he despised more than anything in the world, "You don't actually think she's going to forgive you, do you Inu?" They toyed with his emotions constantly, and all the blood in his body began to boil with anger at that.
The way they spoke, it was as if they hadn't done anything wrong, when in fact, they had ruined his life, and hurt Kagome. That was something he would not forgive them for, and they were going to pay, finally pay for EVERYTHING that they had done.
Gently, he squeezed Kagome's shoulders and looked at her; he needed to see if he was able to get some kind of emotion out of her. Her gaze trailed down to his chest, and her eyes remained dull. Nothing like the Kagome her knew. Sighing silently, he spoke the first thing that came to mind, "I'm sorry."
She seemed to pick up on it right away as her gaze raised higher to his. He regretted it when the look she gave him pierced at him, like a million arrows. It flashed constantly, with hurt, betrayal, anger, and it varied as neither broke their gaze away.
Finally, the last emotion that seemed to settle within her was sadness, and tears glazed over her eyes quickly. This jabbed him inside even worse, and he flinched as the first tear fell down her cheek. He wished that she would yell at him, and beat at him furiously because even that would have been better than this.
This, this was torture. He couldn't stand to see woman cry, especially ones he loved. And he loved Kagome with all of his heart, mind, body, soul, and spirit. She was his queen. He loved her with all he had, and although she knew this, didn't mirror any hint that she wanted his love.
The rejection continued to eat away at him as previous pain eroded his happiness. But he didn't blame her in the least, she had all the right in the world to hate him and he could accept that, he had to accept that. She was extremely hurt over this, maybe the reason was because she loved him too?
He couldn't rest on that thought very long, he had to deal with other matters first. Carefully, he reached over to Kagome and gently wiped away one of her tears. She physically faltered at this, at his touch. Her eyebrows rose higher and her lower lip began to tremble violently.
"Are you two love birds finished yet?" An annoyed yawn was followed by his voice and Inuyasha looked past Kagome and watched as the two brothers glanced at them shortly.
He growled and pulled Kagome up along with him as he stood up to match their size. He watched closely as the two mirrored his moves and stood up straighter.
"About time. Now, let's get to business." Kimaru snarled before quickly rushing towards Kagome.
Inuyasha let her go and stood in front of her as she limply stood behind him. There was no way he would let anyone harm her, not if he could help it.
Kimaru's fist plunged into Inuyasha's cheek bone and made a direct hit that would have sent him directly into the woman standing behind him, if he didn't forcefully press his feet into the ground and thrust forward into the man thundering violent attacks at him. Kimaru stepped back slightly at this force stepping into him, and a surprised look almost washed over him as he began to tumble backwards slightly.
His fist was lifted out of Inuyasha's face, and just as he was recovering from that attack, a leg was pummeled into Inuyasha's gut, allowing a few traces of blood to be spewed out onto the floor. His throat felt raw and it hurt him, but he swallowed forcefully and placed his hand on top of his stomach while trying to steady himself further.
His eyes glanced behind him and he saw Kagome standing there, her expression had changed and it was now a look of worry that crossed her loving face. He needed to get her out of the way, so that he could fight freely. But where could she go?
"Kago..." He tried to speak, but his voice broke and he fell in a fit of coughs as his knees met with the ground. Why did he feel so weak after just two little hits? It didn't make any sense. He knew that Kimaru and Mikaru were strong, but not this strong! He should have been able to fight back by now, but his body refused any thought of it.
His chin was quickly pushed into the solid ground and it rang with a new sense of pain. His arms twisted at the contact it made with the flat surface his stomach lay into. Inuyasha's breathing came in short breaths, and sometimes even no breaths at all when he felt Mikaru's arm jab into his back several times.
One brother had already knocked him down after three hits, and now another one was taking shots at him? Great, just fucking great. He expected another shot to be ground into his skin, but he didn't feel anything and instead heard a feminine voice shoot out from above him.
"Leave him alone!" The voice was obviously angry, and dead-set on helping Inuyasha.
He turned his body over and watched as Kagome threw her weight at Mikaru, which sent him flying backwards somewhat before stumbling over his own feet and landing roughly on his butt while his arms steadied his figure. This gave Inuyasha enough time to jump up and send a gaping Kimaru into the wall of the room.
He listened to the groan under him and quickly inhaled a breath while sending his angry fist into the jaw of the man that fell before him. He listened to the sound of something cracking and continued to put more force into the punch before his ears picked up the sound of a terrified scream behind him.
His head shot up and his body instinctively rushed over to her, head- butting Mikaru in his stomach and breaking any hold he held on Kagome. Another hole in the wall proved that Inuyasha still had enough energy in him to fight as long as Kagome's life was in danger.
He quickly rushed backed to her, while the two brothers recovered. "Are you ok?" He quickly questioned as he saw her body bent and on the ground. Leaning down he placed a hand on her shoulder, and it warmed his heart when she didn't shrug it off. His heart pounded in his ears as he awaited her answer and watched intently for any sign of it.
She nodded briefly before looking up at him. He took in her glance and saw that the sides of her eyes glistened with tears and it pulled at his heart. Raising his thumb, he stroked it lovingly but watched as she flinched at the contact of his finger. Her expression quickly changed with a look of fear and her move flew open as she saw what transpired behind the man sitting in front of her.
"Inuyasha, watch out!" She quickly yelled before she felt his body topple over her which sent them both flying against the ground. Her body being under, she felt her arms slide against the ground and heat quickly wrapped her skin while ripping through her shirt. Inuyasha's fingers lay gently around her shoulders and he remained on top of her before she whispered out his name softly.
Quickly stirring, he saw that another body was being urged to thrust into the pile of two bodies he and Kagome formed. He pushed his body in front of hers just as he felt someone collide into him fiercely, and a breath coughed out of his mouth, giving him a slight burning feeling in his upper- chest.
He slightly felt Kagome's cold hand reach out and grab hold of his shoulder, as his eyes slowly slid closed and his head began to spin. Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows carefully as a violent scream rushed into his ears and he threw his eyes open. The sight before him caused adrenaline to rush through his body and he raised his now bawled up fists and sent it flying in the evil face of Kimaru.
His body staggered a little, and the grip he held on Kagome's dark tresses slowly broke and she was allowed to slump against the ground again. He watched her groan softly and her hand jumped up against her head, tenderly stroking her hair line that had been violated by the harsh tugging of Kimaru's ruthless aggression.
Inuyasha was breathing heavily, and he couldn't help the tired feeling that continued to surge through his body, but he had to fight! There was no way that he was going to lose now, not after everything that had happened. He blinked shortly, half afraid that his defeated feeling would suck him up completely and he would fall to the ground in a big thud, diminishing all chances he and Kagome had of sharing a life together.
Burning tears made their way at the side of his face before they slung over his cheek and tickled his neck slightly. He had to fight. If not for him, then for Kagome. In taking a huge amount of air that surrounded him, he quickly jumped past Kagome's frail body and headed towards the two brothers, sending random punches and kicks to them simultaneously. He was awarded with a numb feeling in his fists and legs as they made contact with the two men. Their bodies acted like stone walls with his fragile skin, and he could have sworn he saw sight of little specks of blood rushing out of little cracks in his knuckles.
Inuyasha seemed to be keeping the men's attacks at bay before a sharp knee insisted its way into his back and he curved his body back while gasping for a moment. His keen eyes watched as the other brother was planning to send another blow directly in his neck and he pushed his body against the hard ground and heard the cracking sound of someone's fist making an intense amount of impact on something.
His senses weren't up to their full capacity as he took this opportunity to quickly stand up. He threw his two fists together and smacked them right into Mikaru's skull sending him into Kimaru as they both landed on the ground in a mess. Trying to catch his breath, Inuyasha waddled over to them again and kicked for all he was worth.
His arms ached with a sense of tiredness, but he didn't pay much attention to it. His next move seemed a bit childish, but as long as it forced pain into the two bodies that lay under him, he didn't give a fuck. Inuyasha's heavy weight was quickly sent into Kimaru and Mikaru as he began to jump on them endlessly.
He felt the ground under him give away slowly, but that didn't stop him. Grunts and groans could be heard under the crashing sounds and Inuyasha found that to be music to his ears as it gave him more strength to wind his knees together and push himself into them again.
The un-even surface that he stood on finally became too much for him and he fell, successfully landing his weight on Mikaru's back. Kimaru's anger raged and he threw both bodies off of him and onto their own area on the ground. The sounds of footsteps made their way into Inuyasha's ears as his eyes held tightly together.
Dark and light spots danced before his eyes and he felt his body stagger to the right as a big foot was being jammed into his left arm. The pain doubled and he was being pushed in two directions as another body landed to his right, kicking him back to the left and into harms way. This continued for a long time, and Inuyasha wished he could just rip his arms out.
They began to turn numb, and his eyes refused to open again. He could sense Kagome's presence near, but as long as the two people around him still held interest in bringing pain to his body, he didn't care. His arms slumped even further down, as his body began to relax further against the floor. It suddenly began to feel very comforting.
Thoughts of sleep fell into his head and he pressed his eyes closer together, hoping that something would just drown out this pain. He heard various voices around him. Mikaru's, Kimaru's, Kagome's, and...Miramu's. God, how he loved her voice. It was always so peaceful, so calming.
Even as the vicious hits were being pummeled at him one by one, he was almost able to breathe easy as he heard the sharp cry of her voice enter the room. Wait a minute...what?
His eyes cracked open slightly and he got sight of her figure standing there. Suddenly, everything stopped around him. He couldn't feel the pain of any kicks, although they were starting to take effect on his arms as they burned with pain. Were their shoes made of fire or something? Maybe he was on fire!! Mentally he laughed and his lips quirked just barely in a smile.
Miramu's voice shot through that as she shook with a certain fear. "I said stop it!" She screamed, it was one of the first times he had ever heard her raise her voice. His eyes lowered to her hand, she was holding something in her grasp, some kind of jelly...ball? It looked sort of like jello, except it glowed slightly with an odd pinkish light. It looked quite delicious actually. Now if he could just convince Miramu to give it to him...
"Miramu...don't be foolish. Put that down."
Inuyasha listened to the sounds of Mikaru's voice wavering as he took a few steps towards Miramu. She recoiled at once.
"Come any closer and I swear I'll destroy it." Her voice was sharp, and Mikaru evidently agreed as his footsteps stopped. Oh good, maybe now Inuyasha could sleep? He really was tired.
"Kagome..." Miramu called lovingly. She turned to face the younger woman, and started to walk closer to her. As she did so, the light in the jello- like substance began to glow even more. The light was almost blinding. Intently, Inuyasha watched as Kagome stared up at Miramu, while the light shone on her face. She looked beautiful, almost like an angel.
"Touch this, Kagome." A reluctant hand reached up higher and was placed on top of the glowing-jello. Instantly, feeling began to run through Inuyasha, and he could stand up without any pain. His whole body felt amazing, and not even his arms felt numb, not in the slightest bit.
All attention was placed on him as he glanced at his body in awe. He felt Kagome's smile on him, but it was quickly taken back as Miramu's voice spoke up again.
"Just as I thought. You have the power to not only provide power, but heal as well. But no more, I won't allow you, or Inuyasha to be hurt by this awful orb." Her voice was tainted with anger that Inuyasha picked up on quickly.
He urged forward a few steps, past Kimaru and Mikaru, and closer to Miramu and Kagome. "What are you talking about...?" He was confused, and he could tell that Kagome probably was too.
"I'm talking about everything Inuyasha, everything! This stupid orb that I'm holding in my hand right now, it's the cause of everything. It strives on the light that Kagome possesses, and shines much stronger in her presence. That's why Kimaru and Mikaru became stronger right now, because Kagome was giving this energy." She was trying to explain everything, but many gaps already remained in everything.
"But...why?" Kagome questioned, a bit surprised that she even possessed any power to make someone stronger or weaker, or even to heal. Her glance fell short on Inuyasha, and he sensed this, turning to her before she quickly looked away and back to Miramu.
"We're not like you are, Kagome. We weren't born like you were, not quite. We were created. This is the essence that we live off of, the reason that we're like this, in these human forms. If it is broken, then we will surely die."
Mikaru and Kimaru remained in their positions, for Miramu held their fate in her hands, there was nothing they could do now.
"What do I have to do with this though?" Kagome questioned again, obviously feeling safe in Miramu's presence.
"I'm not completely sure. You see, when you were just a little girl Kagome, our leader, Murakumi learned of your powers. And of course, he wanted to use them for evil. He plotted, and schemed to get you, and use you for his evil plans, but because of your tender age, he knew that you wouldn't be able to harness the full extent of your powers. So, in order to carry out his dirty work, he created Kimaru, Mikaru, and myself to do it for him. He told us that once we had your power, we could become real and live on this earth the way the rest of the human population did. At the time, we were very little, so we gave in to his words as they showered us with hope that one day we could be normal human beings. We grew up, watched you closely...but then decided that this wouldn't work and we needed the help of someone your age that could carry out everything for us. That's where Inuyasha came in."
Her voice broke slightly, and everyone watched as tears gushed out of her eyes. "He was randomly chosen, it could just as easily have been anyone else, but we choose him to suffer. We needed to get him away from his parents, though. And as a result...we had to...to..."
Everything fell silent and Miramu broke into a fit of sobs, expressing her regrets for ever getting involved in the whole situation. It was really taking a toll on her emotional strain. But Inuyasha began to piece the last sentence together, he began to realize what had really happened with his parents, and his eyes glazed over with pain.
They had killed his parents on purpose, just for their own personal gain. A large lump began to form, and he swallowed it quickly as all his thoughts about Miramu slowly became tainted. He sighed, obviously defeated...now he knew what Kagome felt like. Although the pain for her was probably much worse.
"I regret that, every single day of my life Inuyasha. Although I didn't partake in the actual accident, I couldn't stop it either. Guilt has been eating away at me, since then, and I vowed that I would help-"
"Help?" He snapped. "Well, you sure took your sweet time doing that. Do you know how LONG it's been since my parents have died? Do you know how long I've been tortured by these two?" He jerked his thumb at the two men standing behind him, almost lifelessly. "And you stood by, just watching everything play out in front of you. You're no better than them Miramu! I trusted you, I looked up to you! You were like a mother to me, the mother that I had never had."
He scoffed bitterly, "And the ironic thing about it is that the mother I thought you were killed the mother I once had!"
She flinched at his harsh words, but didn't do anything to stop him, he was right, and had all the right to say those things. Grasping the orb in her hand, she spoke again, "I can help you now. This orb holds our lives, and once it's destroyed, we will all be destroyed and die. That way, you can live your life without behind help back by everything." The sound of her voice let Inuyasha know that she wasn't going to change her mind about this, and before he got a chance to inject his say, he listened to the sound of glass shattering.
Miramu's hand was tilted slightly, and she smiled grimly at him. "Good-bye Inuyasha."
Her figure began to blur, and Inuyasha thought that it was his senses going back to their previous state, but soon realized that she was fading away. This was not good.
"Miramu! What have you done?" Kimaru's voice was heard from behind him, and he pivoted around to stare at him and his brother. The exact same thing was happening to them, only he couldn't be happier. His glance fell back on Miramu, and his face faltered.
"Miramu..." He began softly, but didn't know what he could tell her now.
She nodded slightly, "It's ok, I know...son." Her warm smile was enough reassurance for him and he just mirrored the smile sadly.
Soon their figures began to fade away into nothing, and silence captured the room tightly as Inuyasha and Kagome were left alone in the big room. For a while, neither said anything. The recent events ran through their minds and found a permanent place there. Neither would ever forget what had happened here.
Was it really all over? Just like that?
Inuyasha shifted his weight to his other foot as it began to get numb, and Kagome turned her gaze to his at this, "Inuyasha, I'm so-" He cut her off curtly, "Let's go outside." He spoke evenly, and began to lead the way back outside.
She nodded quickly, and followed him.
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The cold breeze whisked around at them as they stepped outside. Inuyasha held the door open for Kagome as she lightly stepped into the open. He walked up beside her, and taking a deep breath, turned to face her. It was now or never.
He stepped back unconsciously when he saw that she was already starring at him with an unreadable look on her face. He gulped past a lump that formed in his tight throat as he starred at her. Was she going to speak...? He couldn't really tell if she wanted to tell him something, or continue to stare at him like this. Inuyasha looked at her uncertainly, "Um..."
'Good going genius.' He muttered to himself mentally. That seemed to break her out of the trance she fixated herself in and now it looked like she really did want him to say something. Or at least, that's what he thought.
Women were like puzzles, scratch that. Explosive puzzles. If you made one wrote move, they would indeed explode and you would feel their wrath.
A bead of sweat rolled down Inuyasha's neck, tickling him and he cleared his throat quietly. She looked at him oddly for a second, "What was that?"
He straitened, "Nothing, just clearly my throat."
"Oh." She answered before turning back to face the empty road that lay there.
The silence stretched on as the wind ran past them both and their hair began to fly about. Kagome turned back to Inuyasha and opened her mouth to say something just as he did.
"Kagome, I'm-"
"Inuyasha, I'm-"
They stared at each other, slightly amused before Inuyasha spoke again, "You first."
She shook her head lightly, "No, you first."
He stared at her as if he was challenging her, "Kagome, I asked first. What were you going to say?"
She narrowed her eyes slightly, taking him up on his 'challenge', "Well I asked last. What were you gonna say?"
"You tell me first."
"No, you tell me first."
"Mine wasn't really important..."
"Neither was mine."
"Oh come on, just tell me!"
"No, you tell me!"
Inuyasha sighed a little annoyed, "I'm not gonna talk until you tell me what you were gonna say." He crossed his arms and started at her, slightly pouting.
She rolled her eyes, "Isn't that a little childish?"
Silence...
"Argh, Inuyasha!"
Silence...x2.
"I'm not gonna tell you until you talk."
Silence...x3.
"Alright, fine! Be that way."
Yep, you guessed it. Silence...x4.
Kagome's foot could be heard tapping against the hard ground as it soon became faster, and faster, then stopped.
Inuyasha's reply: Nothing.
A sigh could be heard coming from the now irritated woman, "Now you're just ignoring me."
"I am not ignoring you!" He defended.
"Yes, you are." She replied.
"No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you are."
"I am not ignoring you!"
"Sure you're not."
"How can I be ignoring you if I'm talking to you right now?" Inuyasha scowled.
"Yes, you - I mean..." She paused and thought it over. "Well, you were."
He stepped closer to her and placed his arms around her shoulders, giving her a slight nudge in his direction before looking her in the eye, "What were you going to say, Kagome?"
His voice was almost demanding, in a soft sort of way, and she sighed while tearing her gaze away from him. She didn't say anything for a while, as if thinking over everything, but he waited patiently.
Finally, she turned back to him, "What they said, everything...it was true, wasn't it?" Kagome didn't bother to stop the tears that pricked her eyes and almost drew themselves down her face if it had not been for her quick hand that rushed it out of the way.
He nodded grimly; he didn't want to lie to her anymore. "But you must know that I'm not doing that anymore! I'm not out to get you or anything. This is real."
She sighed and looked at him seriously for a few seconds, "So everything before wasn't real? Everything that you told me, everything you did for me. It was just to get-" She paused and turned her gaze down before sobbing a little. Inuyasha stared at her before she raised her head again to stare at him, her face now stained with tears, "Just to get your parents back, right?"
"Oh crap! No! That's not what I meant." He quickly amended, but she had heard enough.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Her face faltered, "I can't believe you..." And with that she turned on her heel and quickly ran off in the opposite direction.
Inuyasha took a moment to let her words sink in before he ran after her, "Kagome, wait!" Even if she didn't want him to catch her, he was able to reach her side in mere seconds. But she didn't stop; she just continued to run away from him. When he stood in front of her path, she just chose another one to run in.
When he stood in that path and hugged her however, she remained perfectly still.
Kagome's legs hurt and she almost fumbled into his arms, and he raised them higher in order to save her from falling, she just let him. She was just too tired right now, too tired to fight with him, but that didn't stop him from talking.
"Kagome, I'm sorry, ok? I know I messed up! You won't ever know how much I hate myself right now for doing this to you."
"I highly doubt that it's equivalent to how much I hate you." She didn't meet his gaze, but instead looked down at the cold ground.
"No, of course it's not." She looked up at him and quirked an eyebrow higher. This almost intimidated him as he gulped before going on, "Because I hate myself so much more."
"I find that very hard to believe." She challenged evenly, although her red cheeks proved she felt otherwise.
"Well believe it, because it's the truth."
"Do you even know the meaning of that word?" She didn't give him a chance to answer because the moment his mouth gaped open, she spoke harshly, "Here, I'll spell it out for you. Truth is when you actually mean what you say. When you say you're someone's friend, you aren't plotting their demise behind their back. When you become protective of someone, it's not because they're useful for some other scheme that involves personal gain. When you give them stupid little gifts like this!" She raised her arm to reveal the bracelet he had given her, "It's given as a gift, and not a bribe so that I'll like you more and be easier to manipulate."
He injected something sharply, "I know-"
She glared at him, but continued, "AND..." Her tone became softer, "When you say you love someone, you love them because of who they are, not what you can use them for."
He physically winced at this, "Is that what you think?"
"It's what I know." She corrected him.
"Then you obviously don't know very much, Kagome. Because what I feel for you, IS love. I love you with everything I have!"
"No, Inuyasha. You loved me," She stressed loved, "because you thought I could give you something that you didn't have."
"But you can!" He argued.
"I can't give you your parents back. I'm just a little girl! How can you expect me to do something like that?!" She scowled. "I'm sorry, but it's far beyond me, and I don't want a kind of love based on something like that."
"That's not what I meant and you know it."
She scoffed and turned away, "Do I really? How can I believe that now?"
"It's the truth." He told her tightly.
"Nothing's true, not anymore. It never was." She replied tiredly.
Kagome listened to the sound of padded footsteps making their way behind her, before he wrapped his arms around her figure, "Kagome...I love you. I love you because of you, you're something that I've always wanted to be, but never can be. You're happy, always cheerful. Your presence makes me feel good, and I see hope in my life when I'm in it." He sniffed in her scent silently as he rest his head on her soft tresses.
"Whenever I'm apart from you, my heart aches for you. I can't ever get you out of my head, and I will never, ever be able to get you out of my heart, nor will I ever want to. I felt terrible for everything I was doing to you, and I know that you picked up on that. You could tell everytime I was feeling guilty, you can see right through me."
She trembled when she spoke, "I never saw this..."
"And I'm sorry for that, you have to believe that I am. I wish I could pummel myself to a pulp for hurting you like that, but it wouldn't do any good."
"You might look a little funny..." She told him, with a hint of laughter lingering on her voice.
He almost fell at this, "Would it really make you feel better?" Inuyasha inquired, seriously.
"Yes."
"I'm serious, Kagome."
She sighed before answering again, "No."
"That's what I thought. The only thing I can do for you now is spend the rest of my life making it up to you."
There was a slight pause on her part.
"No..." She spoke at a whisper.
"No...?" He echoed just as softly.
"No, you can't do that." Her voice didn't change, and the thought didn't settle very well with him.
"Why the hell not?!" He exploded and turned her around so that he could watch her carefully.
"I don't...I don't want to be hurt again." She told him truthfully, and bit down hard on her lower lip as it trembled.
"I won't hurt you again Kagome, I promise everything you see now is the truth. I'm not keeping anything from you..." He spoke gently.
"I can't believe that..." She told him. "Not after-"
"Yes you can!" He corrected, "I swear to you...I swear on my parent's graces for fuck's sake – I am not lying to you!" His voice never wavered, and she did believe him, but the pain clouded her judgment.
"I'm sorry Inuyasha..." Her eyes pressed closed forcing the few drops of tears to slide down her cheek.
"No, Kagome! Look at me." Inuyasha shook her, "Look at me! Kagome!" She did so. "I LOVE YOU!" He was beginning to sound a bit desperate, but he couldn't just lose her, not after they could be together now.
"No you don't." she whispered.
"No. Don't you dare, don't you fuckin' dare doubt that!" His voice cracked, "I love you with all of my heart! You're my heart! You're my life! I can't lose you!!!!" He told her and pulled her into him so that she couldn't get away from him, "I won't lose you, I swear I won't! I know you love me...you wouldn't be so hurt over this if you didn't. I know I screwed up, but please don't hold it against me forever! Just give me another chance. I won't mess up again."
Kagome knew that he was telling the truth, about everything. She just couldn't shut that little voice that continued to scream out the 'what ifs' at her.
"I believe you." She told him.
"You do...?" He questioned her, as if he didn't believe her.
"Yes. But, I can't give you another chance...not now."
"Why?" He asked her hopelessly. "You love me."
"No. I loved you."
He could almost feel his heart breaking, it ached with so much pain that he couldn't hold onto her any longer and she pulled back to stare at him. His expression seemed distant, and almost lost in a way...
"I'm sorry...Inuyasha."
He didn't stop her when she pulled out of his grasp.
He didn't stop her when she stepped a little distance away from him.
He didn't stop her when endless tears spilled down her cheeks.
He didn't stop her when she waited for him to say something.
And he definitely didn't stop her when she began to run away from him...
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A*N* Awww. I'm sorry for ending it there, but damn! I'm tired. My March break is over and I wanted to get this chapter up before it did...**looks at time** Yep, I did so. Now I'm off to do some last minute studying for my Science test that I will fail...tomorrow!