Chapter 2: Onee-chan, Why Do We Cry For Those Who Are Lost?
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK"Souta? Do you remember when our parents died?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. I do. Naraku sent his servants to kill them." Souta's bangs covered his eyes. "You hid your sadness from me. I thought you didn't care. So I ran off. Then a girl named Kanna captured me. I barely made it away from her. Then I spent months by myself before I met Kohaku."
"I WAS sad Souta. I had to be strong for you." Kagome was crying freely now.
"Onee-chan, why is there pain in our hearts? Why do we cry for those who are lost? We know that we can never see them again but yet we continue to cry and mourn for them. Why is it this way? Why can't we forget about those who we care about?" Souta asked.
Kagome embraced her brother. "Otooto, we have pain in our hearts because that makes us human. We cry for those who are lost because we don't want to forget them. We continue to cry and mourn for them because we refuse to forget them. It's this way because we're human. We can't forget those who we care about because we love them."
"Onee-chan… what about those who aren't human? Like youkai? Do they cry for those who are lost? Do they refuse to forget who have died?" Souta asked.
"I don't know, Souta. I know of human emotions and human ways. This is the life of a human. And for future reference, you shouldn't push your life away nor block it out. Instead, you should embrace it, and except it with all your heart and soul." Kagome told him.
"Onee-chan… Thank you." Souta said.
Kagome nodded and walked away.
"Onee-chan… you are a wise girl. Why did you have to go and get yourself involved in business that is not yours?" Souta began to cry. Salty tears poured down his face, and he willed Kagome to turn back, embrace him, and tell him everything was going to be okay.
She didn't.
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Kagome, Souta, Kohaku, Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, Rin, Rui, and several others Kagome did not know were gathered in a room. A messenger stood in front of them all, talking quickly.
"And news on Hakata Kikyou's mission." Inuyasha's ears perked up as he stared at the messenger who began to talk rapidly again. "Hakata Kikyou failed her mission and was found dead in a park not very long ago… arrrrrrrrghhhh."
Inuyasha was holding him up by his throat.
"Inuyasha!" the silvery haired man in the corner said sharply. "Put him down and let him finish the report. We'll talk later." He said the last sentence as if it was the end of the discussion.
Disdainfully, Inuyasha dropped the messenger and glared at the man. Rui and Rin rushed to help the messenger.
Inuyasha left the room, and Kagome managed to slip out behind him.
"Inuyasha! I want to talk to you!" Kagome called.
"Go away!" He snapped at her.
"No." She replied strongly. "I won't until you listen to what I have to say."
He grumbled something not understandable and sat cross-legged on the ground. "What?" He growled at her.
"We have pain in our hearts because it makes us able to understand others." She began. "We mourn and cry for those who are permanently lost because we refuse to forget them. We can't forget about those who we care about because we love them and hold them close to our hearts."
"Are you finished talking idiocy?" Inuyasha asked.
"No I'm not finished talking and its not idiocy." Kagome replied. "You think of others as bothers because of the way you were- and are treated. Just because one person comes along and understands you, doesn't mean it was meant to be. Everything happens for a reason- even death."
"What do you know of such things?!" Inuyasha asked angrily.
Kagome shook her head sadly, tears falling down her face silently. "My parents were killed not very long ago. A year or two I suppose. I loved them so much. I told them I loved them every day and I would hug them goodbye. One day we were home, enjoying each other's company, and Naraku's servants burst in. They killed my parents. In a desperate attempt to save them, I tried to fight the demons. However, my parents threw me aside and made me take Souta away. I ran for miles and I didn't stop until Souta began to complain about being tired. He was eight then, and he didn't fully understand the way of dying."
Inuyasha looked at her with new found respect. However that respect didn't last long. "Very touching, however, you still don't understand. I loved her."
"… I understand that is a different type of love. However, the feelings when they die is the same. Never ending sorrow." Kagome told him.
Inuyasha turned away from her, silent tears rolling down his cheeks.
Silently, Kagome walked away from him, tears in her own eyes, her heart searching for comfort she knew could not be found.
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A/N: Yay. It's done. Next chapter is coming soon. Soon as I find some ideas. I'm sure they'll come to me soon.