Zarbok:
This has just shaken up things a bit, well more than a bit.
So the baka Hanyou was spying on Kagome and the ookami and if I know Inuyasha he is going to be jealous as hell.
So the ookami finaly got it throu his thick skull that Kagome doesn't love him more than just a friend.
To Inuyasha: So you do care about her and you still run...FEH!
Mayby you should considere stopping and listening to her ya damn baka.
To surmize a good update and I hope you continue writing at this level.
Signed
Zarbok
Inuyasha: Why should I listen?! She fucking kissed him!
Kagome: If you would listen, maybe you'd get it!
Haunt: But Kagome, he never listens...thanks for the wonderful review, Zarbok! And just so ya know, it's gettin' worse...
tHe-aRisTocRatiC-aSSaSSiN:
:'( (This was all that she wrote but FFnet doesn't like italicized smilies...go figure...)
Inu-tachi and Haunt: ::Slow, collective blink::
priestessmykala:
oh yes he would most definalty get mad about that!! men!! or dogs whichever and i hate your cliffys but love the rest
Inuyasha: ::Turns face away with that stupid little 'unhappy' face:: I'm not mad.
Haunt: No, he's just crushed.
Inuyasha: I am not!
Haunt:........Yeah, you are. And I hate that expression. And, yes, Priestess, men. They are very very territorial and they get hurt easily. They are also bakas.
Kagome:....Inuyasha?
PisxiePam:
That was sad and very good way to end the chapter. Not really a cliffy but just kind of a way for you to wonder when Inuyasha is going to come around and stop hiding and tell Kagome how he feels about her. That chapter will be my all time fav. Can't wait till your next update. I will be thinking about this story for days. Bye Bye! UPDATE SOON!
Inuyasha: Come around?! She fucking loves that damn wolf!
Kagome:No, I don't!
Koga:......Inuyasha no Baka.
Haunt: Wow....I really loved this review. Thank you, Pisxie!
Terrasina Dragonwagon:
Aw...(again)...poor Kagome...thwaps Inuyasha You baka. Look what you did.
Yes, well. Update soon!
Inuyasha: What I did?! What I did?! Dammit, you bunch of bakas, I didn't do anything! And I'm fucking sick of getting blamed for everything! She kissed him! I have done NOTHING!!!
Haunt: Uh, guys, he's pissed off right now...
inuyashasgirl12:
I love this story! Don't ever stop writing! I wanna know what Inuyasha is gonna feel!
Haunt: He'll feel hurt, betrayed...yeah. That stuff. XD
Ceridwen83:
I really like what you have going here so far and i cant wait to see what happens next. :)
Haunt: Ahh....I believe that, in a moment, you'll wish you hadn't read this chapter. It's not exactly happy...or fluffy....
Yeee, this story is more popular than With You, my other story. At this rate I'll have way more reviews than just 37(With You's final count) by the time it's over! Thanks, everyone! Love you all!
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I'm alone, I'm alone, I'm fucking alone again...
The hanyou could hear the steady swoosh of Kirara's paws sweeping through the air. All of his senses picked up the miko's upset. He knew she was following, knew she was going to try and catch him, but frankly, he didn't give a damn.
Maybe I'll let her see me tonight, the hanyou thought as he sprang through the brush. He was heading to his nightly check on the girl; but as he neared the spot where her scent emanated from, the sound of voices gave him pause.
Inuyasha slowed, then crept through the trees, winding silently through the leaves until he reached the edge. Remaining in the shadow, amber optics fell upon the girl and the ookami. Koinu ears strained to catch the conversation, but all he could hear was:
"...y'know? 'Cause he told me not to tell you that he was here."
That baka ookami! He told her!
The silence stretched thick. Inuyasha waited, watching the miko for her reaction. Kagome's mouth moved, but the fluffy triangles atop his head didn't catch what she said.
Then something happened that made his bowels tighten. The girl stepped forward--and...
She kissed him...
The hanyou felt as if he could hardly breathe. He sucked in a puff of air and held it, gritting his teeth and willing away the image of that kiss. Though it had only been on the cheek...it still...it still hurt. It stung. It knocked the wind out of him. It twisted the knife that had been stuck in his gut since Kikyo had died.
I...I can't. I can't stay here...
Uncaring as to whether or not he ever saw either of them again, the inu-hanyou turned away, casting a final dark glance toward Kagome and the wolf. Kagome...
A shake of his head, then Inuyasha bolted.
He hadn't stopped. His feet hurt and cut on stones and twigs, his chest screamed for mercy, but fatigue didn't give the hanyou even a second of hiatus. He had to escape. He couldn't deal. The world was closing in around him; crushing him, suffocating him, killing him.
I can't.
What Inuyasha had always been afraid of, the only thing that had ever made the hanyou truly scared, was losing Kagome. Her scent held his sanity, her voice held him from toppling off the precipice of darkness that forever threatened to engulf him. And now it had. Now the fear, the eternal terror, had been realized; he had lost her.
He had lost Kagome...
I pushed her away too much. I should have known that she'd...I did know. That's why I always pushed her away. Because I knew. I knew that she could never...that no one could ever...
No one since his mother had loved him as he was, as a hanyou. And he had lost his mother when he was a mere child; he had watched her be killed. That familiar anguish crashed over him and his throat closed, blocked by a mass of sadness.
Inuyasha shook his head and swallowed, closing pained, tawny orbs. There was no way. I knew that she couldn't. So why did I hope? Why did I keep going back? I left because I knew she couldn't love me, but she followed me. Why? Did she do it just to spite me? That thought shattered him, completely destroyed every piece of happiness he had ever felt. He was empty and raw; utterly vulnerable. Kagome...
I can't even ask you those questions now. I can't even look at you. I...I'm sorry. If it was my fault...if it was because I kept going back to Kikyo...you're better off with Koga, anyway. The stinking asshole could protect you better, could treat you better. It doesn't matter anymore, anyway. Stay with him.
Rage. Hate. Familiar emotions, but unfamiliar when directed toward his light, his Kagome...no, Koga's Kagome. The wounds inflicted so long ago were torn open, bleeding once again. I hoped...
Everything that the inu-hanyou had ever hoped had never turned out. He had just stopped hoping after the whole predicament fifty years ago. But with Kagome...
The miko had made him hope again. He felt happier than he had ever in his life with her. But that...no. Inuyasha couldn't even bear to face her. A thousand questions milled within his head, within his very soul, but none of them would be answered; none would ever even be asked. I can't. I can't ask you anything. I can't even speak to you. It hurts...
The girl could never understand how much it hurt him. To see...to feel it all come crashing down around him. It was....indescribable. Painful. Awful.
"Inuyasha!"
Glancing up, the hanyou scowled when he saw that Kirara had gained. Both miko and pyro-neko were on his tail and following fast.
"Stay away from me!" Inuyasha snarled, not even pausing. The soles of his feet were bruised and bloody by now, and he heard the girl suck in a breath at the harshness of his words. He was sure that she was gasping also because of the thick red of his footprints upon the damp soil.
"Inuyasha, listen--it wasn't like that!"
"Fuck you!" the hanyou snarled back.
Kirara's pawsweeps stopped and keen ears caught the soft tmp of the cat's paws hitting the ground. Fury pounded hard in Inuyasha's stomach and temples as he continued to run; away from the agony, away from his life, away from her. Away from every bit of pain as pieces of his being fell away, as he returned to the emotionless, hateful shell of a man that he had been before meeting Kagome. It was ironic, he realized suddenly: the girl had healed his heart and then torn it open again.
-.-.-
The pyro-neko landed lightly upon the ground. The miko stared after the hanyou, watching with an anguished gaze as he vanished into the distance. He...he said...he's really angry at me, isn't he?
Kagome couldn't see for the tears. She could hardly feel the bitterness, the shock of wetness that rolled down her cheeks, dampening her transport's fur. She clenched her fists in the creamy softness, the thick lump in her throat dissolving and forcing sobs from her chest.
The miko's delicate body began to shake. She was crying, her head hanging, pain ripping through her. Never, never, never. I'll never see him again...
He hates me. I heard that in his voice, too. He hates me, he really does.
"I...I'm so sorry, Inuyasha...how could I do this to you?" The racking cries subsided as the girl let out a hoarse apology.
"Rurf," Kirara growled. It was a sound that soothed the teenager. Kagome knew that the neko was suggesting that they follow him.
"I-I know, Kirara. But...I can't talk to him yet. I'll let him cool down." The girl replied, voice quiet.
The neko growled as Kagome leapt down from her back. Her legs were jelly; she sank to her knees, closing her eyes and wiping away more tears. I'm so sorry, Inuyasha...