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Author: SailorCreative she is the one named sailor creative
""This means talking, ' ' this means thoughts
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To Live by Love
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Scroll 11
The morning sun blinded his eyes as he woke, unsure of his current surroundings until he remembered last night. Currently he was inside of her room and had fallen asleep shortly after she did when it occurred to him that something seemed to be missing.
'The Jewel!' he mouthed. Inuyasha quickly searched for it and found it wrapped in his haori. Breathing a sigh of relief he looked down at Kagome and shrugged. He had what he wanted, should he just leave her there like this without even saying goodbye? The hanyou scratched his head, and then slipped into his clothes, cheeks flushing. Kagome had pretty much been his first for everything concerned. No one had ever made him felt concerned for others, jealous; most of all had never made him feel like he did now.
Quietly he squeezed the jewel between his forefinger and thumb, wondering what he should wish for first. Kagome shifted, murmuring 'Yasha' but most of what she said was incoherent. The woman then rolled over on her back, exposing a little more than what most people got to see. His face turned red once more and wrapped her in the blanket.
'I can't just leave her without saying goodbye... Especially after last night.' He paced, trying to decide what to do. In a few days he would be nothing but a mortal and the entire area would know his weakness. Of course, he could always come back; but why should he? He had what he wanted.
Right?
Instinctively he placed a small peck on her cheek and closed his eyes, etching her sweet fragrance into his mind. Soon memories of last night flooded into his mind, which made it that much more difficult to let go what he had gained. Then, memories of her father rampaged right through his reverie.
'He'd never accept me,' he thought grimly.
Clutching the Shikon no Tama, he listened to its heartbeat, letting the rhythmic pulse enrapture him. Inuyasha's golden orbs reflected a sense of depth he didn't quite understand before, and bit his lower lip drawing a small trickle of blood. 'Kagome, it's for the best.'
Going against everything, he looped the small gold chain around her neck and with much difficulty tied it together. The lavender jewel seemed to glow instantly once he was finished then faded.
The half-demon walked out of her room, only taking one final glance at her. He found that everyone except the guards were still asleep. It took no less than three minutes to find the monk and the demon slayer inside of her respective room, entangled with each other. Shrugging he grabbed a scroll, trying his best not to wake them.
With scroll and 'pen' to write with, he settled underneath a sakura tree, hastily scribbling down his thoughts.
Kagome,
We can never possibly be. Though I love and appreciate you, you must know that I am not leaving for just myself, but for you as well. I know that you don't understand, and you may never will but this is for the best. The main reason I saved you in the first place was because I wanted your jewel, the Shikon no Tama. It was supposed to be this great elaborate plan how I came and seduced you, then once I had the jewel crippled you emotionally, then resided in one of the great domains as a full-fledged demon. I mean, I really thought that you were beautiful, but...
Please know that everything that I did just wasn't based on a gigantic lie, that in the end I really did started to like you in that way, maybe I do. I don't know, but what I do know that is relationships between mortals and demons never end in happy endings. I know all too well.
If you have me I completely and utterly understand. Don't come looking after me, and be careful. Goodbye.
Inuyasha
He stared at the scroll in his hands, and to his surprise it was spotted with hot tears. In the pit of his stomach a pain started to surge and scorch the sides. Soon it became more of a sickness that scrapped his insides with a jagged knife. Quickly he sealed the letter and wrote 'Kagome's Eyes Only'. The hanyou the hastily pressed the scroll up against the tree, and stabbed it with the pen to hold it in place.
'I have to get out here...' he glanced at the rising sun and noticed a few more people finally starting to awake at last. The white-haired hanyou grimaced, 'Before I change... my mind.' With whatever strength he could muster he picked himself up once more to flee. He grunted, his pace slow until he reached the walls that protected this place from minor demons and such. Inuyasha jumped over the obstacle, but landed on one of his legs. 'Damnit! I don't need this!'
Limping, he finally came to the forest edge and looked back passed the walls and doors, searching for her scent for the last time when the hoarse yowls of a demon invaded the premises. Inuyasha turned and reached for his sword, only to have it ripped from his grip as the jagged claws tore at his flesh.
"Damn you!"
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"Damn you!"
Kagome crushed the message between her hands, trembling with mixed emotions. Tears tumbled downward, leaving small trails on her soft, rosy cheeks. "Damn you!" she croaked. Her knees buckled, and she fell, clutching the scroll, holding it against her shattered heart. Light seemed to fade, capturing every ounce of happiness she had ever shared with him and scattered it across the winds.
She longed for death, lying paralyzed now with her face wet with streaks of sorrow flowing from her eyes. Her glow seemed to dim as the life seeped from her fingers. 'Please... just let me... die...' Nothing could have motivated her to move from that spot; as far as she was concerned it might has well been her grave.
'Damn you Inuyasha.... Why did you... make me love you?"
She felt like a fool to have pronounced her love to him as utter despair clung to her soul that begged to be wretched from her body. The grass now spotted with her tears seemed to have been trying to wipe them away, begging the goddess to stop crying.
Anger swelled inside of her chest, as the sun's rays kissed her cheek, trying to comfort her. 'I don't want your pity,' she thought bitterly.
"Curse you... Inuyasha!"
In her rage she found strength she thought to be gone, her determination and will seeming to support her as she stood. She barked an order to one of the archers, demanding a bow and arrow. He nodded and handed them to her, not asking any questions.
Slinging the slew of arrows over her back she ran until she came to the forest's edge, set on finding him and to confront him. A strange gurgling sound reached her ears. Slightly afraid she pulled out her bow and arrow, ready to strike.
"Inuyasha!"
He laid limp in the claws of a strange beast, one she had not encountered in her entire lifetime. Blood covered every inch of his body, his sword noticeably tossed at the side. How could this have happened? Kagome had thought she had spent all her tears, but fresh ones flooded her eyes. Trying to stifle them, she blinked hard and stared at the demon. 'You can't die... not until I find out...'
She pulled it back, aiming it at its heart. It seemed to have finally caught her scent and turned to be pierced in the shoulder. Kagome scowled and reached for another arrow, this time puncturing it in the side. By now it charged her, smoke flaring from its nostrils.
"I won't let you kill him!"
The next arrow she pulled out glowed with a strange lavender-colored aura. She released it, and finally stopped it in its tracks. It screamed, and tried to pull it out but was washed away by the blinding light.
As the light washed away, Inuyasha was on the ground and appeared to have regained consciousness. ".. 'Yasha?"
"Kagome," he grunted. Obviously the strain on his body was too much. She'd 'kill' him later, for now she was glad that she had come in time, that he hadn't left her...
"I told you... not to come for me," he groaned. The weapons dropped to the ground forgotten as she rushed to his side, wiping away some of the blood on his face and stared into his sun-colored eyes.
"I... couldn't let you go," she whispered. The ashen beauty left a small kiss on his lips, and a small flush of pink crawled onto her cheek. "Stubborn."
"Yasha... why... why didn't you stay?" she whispered. He searched her eyes, trying to understand. Was this love? Before all this... could he truly have lived this way? The hanyou shrugged slightly, wincing in pain, "To... let you live. Life would have been tough, I wanted you to be happy here."
"I don't care about that!" she protested, shaking her head.
"I do! Just listen to me-"He stopped, looking into the windows of her soul. "Kagome, please... Don't cry. It makes me sad."
He brought his hand up to her face, trying to brush them away only managing to smear his own blood on her face. She brought her hands up to his, holding them against her face and closed her eyes. It was if she could feel him slip away.
"Kagome?"
"Yes?"
"I love you."
"I know, Yasha... I know..."
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Drama, Drama, Drama! Well, until the next scroll (and final) is posted, I expect $10 million shipped to the following mailing address.... If that is impossible, at least a review or two will do. Much love, and I hope that you will enjoy the ending to this epic tale I've spun.