Luna: Time for chapter 16!
Veron: I can't believe you let her get away with this for this long
Luna: Well…it should be longer then TSATL. That's for sure.
Veron: No kidding. By now you were leading up to when-
Luna: clamps hand over her mouth Don't give it away for the ppl who haven't read it yet!
Veron: muffled curses
Luna: Anyway, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Just my Chobits dvd and my Emerald City nailpolish. Oh, that and the plot. But the Inuyasha-Gumi belongs to the wonderful chiquita Rumiko Takahashi. HAIL HER GREATNESS INFERIOR MORTALS! ;
Chapter 16: Are you happy?
Kagome blinked uncertainly as she felt her vision become clear once more. Her head ached; her mouth was sandpaper and every part of her body throbbed in pain. Slowly, the miko forced herself to sit up, rubbing her eyes.
Tears sprang in the large stormy depths of her eyes as she stared in shock at what stood before her. Towering over her, its shadow creating shade for her recovering body. Standing, she stepped in front of where it stood. And placed a hand on it, her eyes sliding shut, as her face became tender with memories.
" Goshinboku…" She murmured, running her nimble fingers down the familiar crevices and lines of the aged bark. Kagome inhaled deeply, letting a smile touch her lips as she relished in it's familiar scent. When her eyes snapped open as a familiar presence appeared behind her.
Turning slowly, the tears built up once more as she bit her lip to keep from screaming.
Or crying.
Or laughing.
She couldn't decide which.
" Inu..Inuyasha-Kun?" The raven-haire
d girl whispered softly, daring to not believe what she was seeing. Unknowingly she walked towards him, her hands outstretched to his face. Cupping his face with her hands, she let her fingers remember the feel of his skin beneath her touch.
His gold eyes held that rare glow of emotion. The glow that was only meant for her in the darkness of the night, when he thought she was asleep. But he knew better. And so did she.
A callused hand lifted her face towards his, his thumb sliding beneath her eyes. A worried gleam in his eye.
" Don't cry…" He murmured, his ears drooping in guilt, knowing he was the cause for her tears.
And her resistance broke.
With a strangled cry she threw herself at the boy, holding his body tightly against hers as if she would never let go, sobbing helplessly into his haori.
" I know it wasn't you." She whispered between sobs, clenching the coarse fabric of his sleeves in her hands. " I'm sorry I ever doubted you. I'm so sorry!" Kagome burrowed her face deeper into his chest, crying harder.
Inuyasha's eyes glinted softly before he closed his eyes and embraced her.
" Inuyasha…"
" I know. You don't have to tell me."
" He didn't know…"
" I know."
Silence reigned between the two.
" Are you mad?"
" No…"
"…Then what?"
" Just jealous as hell."
" Why!?"
" He gets to be alive. Better yet, he gets to be alive. With you."
Kagome fell silent.
" But I'm dead anyway. Hell, he took my soul anyway so my fate's sealed. As much as I hate it."
Sealed…
Like I once was…
" Sometimes…
Sometimes I wish I never woke up."
Inuyasha turned and gazed at her, confusion etched on his features.
" Because then…
…I wouldn't hurt so much.
…Because…my heart hurts. Because even if he loves me. He's not you. He's not the one I chose.
It hurts because I'm not with you. In life…or even death." Kagome wasn't even looking at her past love anymore, her fists clenched before her heart as she gazed hopelessly in the distance.
" You didn't…"
" Taste his blood? No."
" Why? If he loves you, you can be happy again!" Inuyasha cried, snarling at her.
" That was the plan wasn't it? We'd be together forever even in different lives!"
" You have a different life…
But I don't.
I wasn't reincarnated Inuyasha-Kun.
You were."
Inuyasha fell silent.
" I'd thought about it. But I can't do it Inuyasha. If I was my reincarnation then maybe I would. But I can't. Because I still remember you. And until I am dead…he's going to have to live with that pain…of not having me."
" No…that' s not how it was supposed to be." Inuyasha whispered, digging his claws into the grass.
Kagome chuckled humorlessly before turning and holding his face with her hand.
" Haven't you realized Inuyasha-kun? By now? When you tried to hate me for keeping the jewel from you? But fell in love with me instead? How I tried to deal with you as emotionlessly as every other being who sought the jewel? But loved you in return? How we were going to use the jewel to have the same life span? The day after the new moon? But died before? You know as well as I do now…
…
Nothing goes according to plan."
Inuyasha winced before taking her face in her hands and kissing her hard on the mouth. Taking her fists and placing them on his chest, above his heart.
Pulling away, she nearly cried at his utter heartbroken and defeated look.
"We weren't allowed to be together then. Or even now, no matter what we did. You may be mine, but…
…
He's your ticket for happiness. I want you to be happy. That's all that matters. That's all that ever mattered to me." He whispered softly, his eyes brimming with emotions that Kagome couldn't name as he gazed at her.
Kagome couldn't speak.
" Rin's power can't hold out for much longer. Even I can get that much. The wench is only a young girl."
Kagome nodded, feeling the tears pool as she realized her time with her lover was ending.
" Don't cry Kagome. If this is the last time I see you…
…
Smile at me."
I want to see you happy Kagome.
" I'll do better then that…" Kagome murmured as she saw herself fading away as was he. Time was short.
" I'll smile…
…
For you."
She smiled through her tears as the fell down her face, as she saw him fading away. His voice saying only one thing.
Don't forget…me…
I won't…I can't…
Because I love you.
"They're coming to!"
The three had stopped floating and had fallen unceremoniously on their beds. Moments later groans of pain could be heard coming from the trio.
Rin was first.
" I'm so sleepy…
…
Did it work?"
Kaede gave her a scalding glare.
" Never do that again."
Rin ignored her.
" Did it work Sesshomaru-sama? Is Kagome happy?"
Sesshomaru looked over at his daughter's hopeful face then to the face of the sleeping miko.
" You will know when she wakes up."
It was a good enough answer. And Rin fell asleep.
Inuyasha was next.
" Shit…my head…what happened?"
" Sleep Inuyasha. You'll need it."
" Feh."
But he obeyed the old hag anyway.
Kagome was last.
She smiled sadly into the window, before turning towards Sesshomaru.
Did it work? Is Kagome happy?
Sesshomaru gazed sternly at her.
" How do you feel?" Kaede asked, placing a cool cloth on the woman's forehead.
" Happy. The happiest I've felt…
…
In ages." Kagome murmured, before falling asleep.
Kaede had long gone, giving instructions to all three. Sango had fallen asleep in her chair, her head on a snoozing Miroku's shoulder beside Kagome's bed.
Sesshomaru knelt beside Rin's bed and had a tinge of a smile on his face. He curled his hand around hers and placed a chaste kiss on her knuckles, before standing and leaving the room.
Did it work? Is Kagome happy?
You'll know when she wakes up.
…Yes Rin, it worked. Kagome…
Is happy.
Luna: Aww…Now I feel all sad….sniffle
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