Stay Chapter 13: Don't Leave Me Here, an inuyasha fanfic

A/N: Sorry for taking soooooooooo long. School is really killing me! And then, I came up with another Inuyasha story so I had to type that first. You could check it in my profile if you want to read it. It's already finished actually but I'm really considering an epilogue chapter. Of course, Inu/Kag once again. I know it's really annoying on your part because you have to wait so long… Please bear with me… I really need patient readers…

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(Suddenly, Inuyasha appears out of nowhere, beside Miara while she was typing this chappie…)

Inuyasha: Oi! wench!

Miara: What did you just call me?!

Inuyasha: I just called you wench, baka!

Miara: Fine! I'm really going to make you act a lot more like a jerk in this chapter! evil grin

Inuyasha: You can't do that! (with terrified eyes)

Miara: Of course I can. smirk

Inuyasha: Hey, what are those names doing in this chapter? (trying to change the subject to make Miara forget that he just called her wench)

Miara: Them? smiles proudly They're my lovable readers! See! Many people like reading my story so don't try to stop me. I'm really going to love this chapter… Kagome will too… Since you'll be very kind to her this time…

Inuyasha: Creepy bitch! Since when did I become nice to that wench?!

Miara: (ignores Inuyasha's ranting) Kagome's really going to enjoy this chapter… (looks to her readers) Review afterwards, ne? Inuyasha is really grumpy right now… Maybe I should give him ramen… What d'ya think?

Chapter 13

Don' t Leave Me Here…

"Why are you still up?" Inuyasha asked Kagome, still not tearing his eyes away from hers.

"I can't sleep anymore." Kagome replied, sitting up slowly so she wouldn't wake up Shippou, who was—as usual—sleeping beside her. "Aren't you going to get some sleep?" She asked, her heart still kept on racing.

"Keh!" Inuyasha scoffed. "My body's a lot tougher than yours so I don't have to sleep that often! Besides, I'm not sleepy." He told her, looking away from her.

Slowly, Kagome's heartbeat began to slow down—to her relief. She stood up and walked her way towards Inuyasha's tree. "Do you mind if I join you then? I'm not sleepy too anyway." She said, smiling her beautiful smile—the smile Inuyasha missed so much when she had been away.

Inuyasha's heart was always relieved by that smile. That smile that always told him he was not alone and that everything would be fine… "Are you sure you're not sleepy anymore?" Inuyasha asked, looking at her with disbelieving eyes.

"Are you saying that I can't join you?!" Kagome demanded, not liking the look on Inuyasha's eyes.

"I'm just saying that you should be sleeping instead!" Inuyasha replied, raising his voice just a little so he wouldn't disturb their sleeping companions.

"So you don't like me to join you…" Kagome's voice was obviously hurt and disappointed.

Of all the things Inuyasha hated so much, seeing Kagome cry was definitely on the first five things—maybe even the first thing. Before that thing happened, he immediately left his branch and went down to Kagome's side. Muttering something about being pushed around by stupid bitches, he quickly scooped her from the ground and bounded back to his nest up on the tree.

Kagome's breath got stuck in her lungs so she wasn't able to utter any sound. When she had finally recovered from her surprise, she glared at Inuyasha. "Why did you do that?!" She asked.

"Do what?" Inuyasha said, looking at her with confused eyes.

"Why did you take me up here?!" Kagome demanded.

Inuyasha rolled his beautiful golden eyes at her. "You said you wanted to join me." He pointed out.

"But I thought you didn't want—"

"Aargh! Will you stop saying that crap?!" Inuyasha ranted in frustration. "If you really want to join me then I'm not going to stop you, okay?" He crossed his arms in front of him arrogantly and said, "But I really think you must be sleeping instead, you know."

"I told you I'm not sleepy anymore." Kagome repeated to Inuyasha slowly to make the words clear to him. She began swinging her legs languidly as she started to feel comfortable about being up on a tree. She felt herself smiling contentedly as she looked down at the others. "It must be really great to be always up here. You get to see everyone perfectly well." She said, her smile widening.

Inuyasha leaned back on the trunk of the tree and pillowed his head on his hands. "Maybe…" He muttered, not quite understanding why Kagome was very happy about being up on a tree. "She really acts like a child sometimes…" thought Inuyasha to himself.

"I guess you don't enjoy being up here much like I do then," said Kagome, looking at Inuyasha for a while then turning her gaze towards the star-filled sky.

"I just enjoy staying here because I could have my own space and I could guard all of you when you are sleeping." Inuyasha said to her listlessly.

"Don't you get tired that you have to stay up the whole night?" asked Kagome curiously, not looking at Inuyasha but instead, she began counting the bright stars above her. "It's probably boring too, since you're all alone…" She added softly as she continued her counting.

"Not really…" Inuyasha replied, looking at her closely. "Especially since I always enjoy watching you sleep." His mouth itched to say. Realizing what he had actually thought of saying to Kagome, Inuyasha mentally slapped himself. "Jerk! You had actually admitted that you liked to watch Kagome while she slept!!!" Inuyasha blushed at the thought and sighed gratefully because Kagome wasn't looking at his direction. "Wait!" Inuyasha thought, pausing to replay the things he just thought a while ago. "Admitted?!" He repeated to himself. "I take that back! I'm not actually watching her! DAMN IT!" He cursed mentally for saying something so shitty. Then his blush increased when he realized what he was actually doing that very moment… He was watching her—again!

Kagome turned her head to look at Inuyasha with interest. "Anything wrong?" She asked, tilting her head on one side as she examined Inuyasha's face. "You seem to be tense." She observed.

"No, I'm not!" Inuyasha denied hurriedly. "Are you sure you don't want to sleep?" He asked again, hoping she'd finally sleep instead of bugging his mind with annoying thoughts.

"Do you really want to dispatch me that much?" Kagome asked, pouting her lips. "Aren't you happy that you've got someone to talk to?"

"Keh!" He said as he looked away from her and placed his hands inside the sleeves of his red coat. "If you're expecting me to thank you for joining me up here, you've got another thing coming."

"So you really don't like me here, don't you?!" Kagome asked, shooting deadly glares at the ungrateful bastard in front of her.

"I'm just telling you that you should be sleeping instead!" Inuyasha answered in defense. "Why do you always get mad?!" He looked at her like she was being too cruel to him.

"Because you're hurting my feelings, you know!" Kagome hissed, trying to calm herself. "I don't understand why I had stayed with you until now, I must be crazy back when I sill had my memory to be able to endure you so much!"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome for a while, thinking about the words she had said. He felt his lips curling into a smirk when the words finally sunk in to him. "Yeah, I don't understand either." He said, the words sinking in more painfully. "Maybe you are crazy…" He muttered more to himself, even though his eyes were fixed on Kagome, as if trying to find the answer to his question.

Kagome suddenly felt guilt in her heart for saying those words. She wished hard that she could turn back time so she wouldn't have to say those words anymore. It was evident in his eyes—Inuyasha was hurt. "Sorry…" Kagome whispered to make up for what she had said, but still the guilt never left her. It was like she had done something really bad and there was no way to fix it anymore. She hated herself for casting that sadness in Inuyasha's eyes. Why did she have to do something so heartless? "I guess I'll just have to sleep already…" Kagome said, averting her gaze from his. "Um, could you help me go down?" She was really pathetic. After she had hurt him, she was expecting him to help her?!

"No." Inuyasha simply said.

"See?" Kagome thought, scolding herself. "He's mad at you, stupid! He wouldn't help you!"

"Stay here."

"Wha…?" Kagome raised her eyes to question Inuyasha. "Did he just say… stay?"

"You don't need to go." Inuyasha said, avoiding her eyes. "It will be morning soon so you wouldn't have enough time to sleep anymore. It will be pointless to sleep now."

"Okay." She whispered in return.

Silence followed afterwards. A silence that only increased the guilt Kagome felt.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome said, glancing at Inuyasha.

"…"

"I'm really sorry about—"

"It's all right. I know you didn't mean it." Inuyasha interrupted, not meeting her eyes.

Kagome's heart felt relieved of its burden. He had forgiven her—he understood. "Maybe that's what made me stay here with him…" She mused, smiling a little. "If I still had my memory with me, I'm sure I wouldn't be saying those words to you." She said, looking at Inuyasha with a bright smile.

Inuyasha smirked in return. "You probably would, especially when I push you to your limits." He said. "Actually, you still act like Kagome even though you lost your memory."

Kagome smiled back. "At least, I know I'm acting normal…" "He's really unpredictable sometimes…" She thought, watching Inuyasha silently. Then she suddenly remembered something that she should ask to Inuyasha. "Can I ask you something?" She inquired hesitantly.

Inuyasha looked at her with full attention, waiting for her to continue.

"Do you know what are these?" Kagome touched the bottle of Shikon shards hanging around her neck. "They've been with me ever since I woke up… and they give me a certain feeling. I don't know exactly what it is… but it's very distinct…" She looked up at Inuyasha, hoping for an answer.

"Shikon shards, that's what they are called." Inuyasha explained patiently like a father would to a small pup. "These are parts of the Shikon no Tama."

"Shikon no what?" Kagome asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I said Shikon no Tama." Inuyasha repeated. "It's a jewel that grants a wish of whoever possesses it. That's why we must collect the jewel so it won't fall into wrong hands."

"So why am I keeping them exactly?" She asked, still unable to understand everything.

"You can purify the jewel and you are the one who can sense them." Inuyasha told her. "The feeling you are sensing is the aura of the shards. So if you feel something like it, it means that a shard is nearby."

"Oh, now I understand." Kagome said, looking down at the pink shards inside the bottle. "After we complete the jewel, what will happen?"

"I will wish on the jewel so I can become a full youkai." Inuyasha stated matter-of-factly.

"You want to become a full youkai?" Kagome looked at him in surprise. "Why?" She asked innocently.

"You know I really hate you for losing your memory." Inuyasha muttered, growling lowly.

"You don't need to answer me if you don't want to…" Kagome said, looking at Inuyasha with worry in her eyes.

"Damn those eyes!" Inuyasha thought. "They always make me say everything to Kagome. Because she always listens…" And this time was no exemption. He sighed and replied calmly, "Because I hate being weak."

Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a cringed forehead. "You're not weak." She said.

"Keh! You just don't know how much I blame myself for everything that has happened. If I weren't weak, I could have protected Kikyou… If I weren't weak, I could have protected you. Hell, if I weren't weak, you wouldn't be like this!" Inuyasha said in his mind. "You don't know anything." He finally said.

"Maybe I know just a little, but still I know something," said Kagome softly. "I know you're always there to protect me." She smiled at him to reassure his worries. "I believe in you, so even though you're weak or what, it's okay."

"Kagome…" Inuyasha looked into Kagome's eyes and saw nothing but warmth. That was what he loved in her eyes; they were warm like the gentle sunlight. Under those eyes, he never felt cold and alone—never.

"By the time we finish the jewel," said Kagome, changing the topic. "Will it still be necessary for me to go here? You said I don't actually live here so…" Her voice trailed off.

After a moment of silence, Inuyasha asked, "You want to go home already?" His golden eyes weren't looking at Kagome, a trace of loneliness and sadness in them.

Kagome was silent for a while. Actually, she was not sure why she had asked that. Maybe because a part of her heart was compelling her to do so… But the reason why? She didn't know it yet. But somehow, she suddenly felt fear of leaving this place. Fear of leaving Inuyasha—and not seeing him again. "Why?" She wondered.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome from the corner of his eyes nervously, waiting for her important answer. His heart had a certain feeling. What was it? "Fear." Inuyasha told himself mentally. "I don't like Kagome to leave. I want her to stay… always stay by my side. Now that her memory is gone, will she still choose to stay? She promised to stay before... will she change her mind?" Inuyasha gathered all the courage he could muster and took a deep breath. "Kagome—"

"Look! The sun is finally up!" She cried out, pointing to the yellow line that marked the horizon. The sky began to change its color from pitch black to warm colors of yellow, pink and orange. "Finally!" Kagome said, stretching her arms high. She turned to Inuyasha and smiled, "You were saying something?"

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes on her. "Never mind." He muttered, unable to believe what was happening. "She's really fucking annoying when she does that. Ever since she lost her memory, she would always ask stupid questions that make my brain split into two. Irritating wench!" Inuyasha thought, looking at Kagome.

Kagome looked back at Inuyasha like a curious little kid would. "Inuyasha? Is there anything wrong?" She inquired.

"Nothing, believe me." Inuyasha replied with pure sarcasm. "It's just that you left me hanging and waiting for your damn answer!" He wanted to say but he was also afraid to know that she would leave him—and never return anymore. "Maybe it's better not to know for a while…"

"Okay, if that's what you say…" said Kagome, studying Inuyasha's face for a while before finally giving up. "So could you put me down?" She beamed brightly.

Inuyasha sighed. "But something tells me, I wouldn't be able to sleep if I wouldn't know her answer soon." He thought as he helped Kagome go down.

It was already noon when the group had reached the village. Kaede was pretty shocked to know about Kagome's situation but she told them that there was a big chance that Kagome would be able to recover her memory because she was able to remember some stuff from time to time.

"So Kaede-sama, what do you think should we do?" Miroku asked, looking attentively to the old priestess.

"Kagome, I think you should go back to your time." Kaede suggested seriously.

"WHAT?!" Shippou exclaimed, jumping to Kagome's lap. "Why does she need to do that?"

"That is a good idea," commented Miroku, nodding to Kaede. "Kagome-sama will be able to remember a lot of things if she'll go back to her home. At least, her family will know her condition and they'll be able to help her too."

"But can't we just help Kagome ourselves?" Shippou asked, definitely not wanting Kagome to be away from them.

"Shippou, Kagome-chan also has her family on the other side of the well that is worrying about her. We will be selfish if we won't inform them about her situation, don't you think?" Sango explained to convince Shippou.

"But…" Shippou bowed his head in depression. "I don't want Kagome to go…"

"Shippou-chan, I'm not going away that long," said Kagome to cheer up the little kitsune. "And besides, I really want to get my memory back so we have to do everything it takes, right?" She flashed a soft smile.

"Okay." Shippou agreed at last.

"Inuyasha," Kaede said, looking at the hanyou who was leaning on the wall with his eyes closed.

Inuyasha's ears twitched but he didn't open his eyes. "What?" He asked gruffly.

"Will you take Kagome home for us?" Kaede asked.

Finally, he opened his eyes and sat up properly. "Why do I have to take her home?! She can walk herself." He reasoned out, looking at Kagome sideways. "Well, it's not that I don't like to take her home…"

"If you want Kagome to walk through the forest alone—so Naraku can get her again—well, I guess that won't be a problem." Kaede said uncaringly. "Probably that will help Kagome remember something." She added.

Inuyasha felt shivers down his spine by the mention of Naraku's name. "That bastard! No way in hell will I let him near Kagome again!" He stood up slowly and picked up Kagome's bag on the floor. "Kagome, let's go." He said, walking towards the exit.

Kagome nodded quickly then stood up to follow Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha!" Kaede called out before they went any further.

"I'm already taking her home, old hag!" Inuyasha shouted. "So will you shut up?!"

"I'm just going to tell you that you should take her personally to her family. She might go wandering to the wrong people." Kaede said then muttered something about grumpy cocky hanyous.

"Whatever!" Inuyasha yelled back and they were off.

Kaede sighed then shook her head from side to side. Well at least, she convinced Inuyasha to take Kagome home...

Inuyasha and Kagome were now standing in front of the Bone-Eater's Well.

"Let's go?" Inuyasha said, looking at Kagome, who was standing beside him.

"Okay." She nodded, approaching the well.

They were settled on the mouth of the well, Kagome staring deep down the well. "Are you sure this is safe?" She asked Inuyasha tentatively. "I don't feel so sure about this…" She shivered a little.

"Keh!" Inuyasha said. "Idiot! You always jump here and now you're scared?!"

"I lost my memory, remember?!" Kagome reasoned out, glaring a little at Inuyasha. "Such an annoying git!" She thought to herself.

"Just fucking jump!" Inuyasha told her. "You won't get killed there, you know!"

But still Kagome looked undecided. "But..." She didn't finish her sentence anymore, taking another examining look at the bottom of the well. "It's creepy..." She whispered with nervous eyes.

"You're such a coward!" Inuyasha scorned, getting her hand that was resting on the wooden brim and holding it tight. "Come on, we'll jump together, okay?" He said reassuringly to her.

Kagome swallowed but she nodded. "Okay." She said meekly.

The two jumped into the well, their hands joined together.

"Kagome,"

Kagome finally opened her tightly shut eyes and looked around. It was dark. "Where are we?" She asked, seeing Inuyasha's golden orbs in the dim surroundings.

"We're inside the well." Inuyasha told her.

"Shall we go out?" Kagome suggested.

"Okay." Inuyasha agreed.

"Um, Inuyasha?" Kagome looked into his eyes shyly.

"Huh?" Inuyasha looked at her with confusion.

"My hand…" She mumbled in a low voice. She could feel her cheeks reddening while she spoke.

Inuyasha looked down and saw that he was still clutching her hand safely in his. He quickly took his hand away and muttered, "Keh!" "Damn it! Why do I always get into embarrassing situations with Kagome lately?!?!" He wondered while blushing furiously.

"Thank you…" Kagome whispered, trying to steady the beating of her heart. "Why do I always have a problem with my heartbeat whenever Inuyasha's around?!?!" She pondered as she made her way to the ladder on the side of the well. But then, she suddenly remembered that she was wearing a skirt. She turned to Inuyasha once more and said, "Turn around."

"What?" Inuyasha said, unable to understand.

"I'm going to go up so you need to turn around!" Kagome snapped impatiently.

"And she told me she trusted me…" Inuyasha thought, sighing mentally. "Do you think I'd do something horrible like that perverted monk does?!" He shouted at her.

"Hey! You're a boy after all!" Kagome pointed out.

"I'm not a perverted boy, okay?!" Inuyasha replied.

"You're wasting our time, you know!" Kagome scolded, placing her hands on her waist.

"You are wasting my time." Inuyasha corrected, pulling Kagome close to him and springing up to the surface.

Once more, Kagome wasn't able to shout or make any sound because her breath was caught—this time in her throat. "You should stop surprising me like that, you know!" Kagome said, pushing herself away from him while glowering at him. "You're going to give me a heart attack sooner or later!" She complained.

"Whatever." Inuyasha said dismissively as he went towards the door of the well house.

"Hey! Wait up!" Kagome called, running to catch up with Inuyasha.

"Inu no niichan!" Souta exclaimed when he saw Inuyasha standing beside his chair.

"Inuyasha! Finally you stopped!" Kagome sighed in relief when she reached the room, gasping for air, probably because she had been running to catch up with Inuyasha.

"Kagome?" Her mother blinked, looking puzzled by their sudden arrival.

Kagome inched closer to Inuyasha, looking diffidently at her family.

"Kagome, is something wrong?" Her grandfather asked, seeing Kagome's unusual behavior. She never gave them that look—a look that made them think that she saw them as strangers.

"Kagome has lost her memory." Inuyasha told them grimly.

"What?!" Souta uttered in surprise, looking at Inuyasha with wide eyes then at Kagome.

Mrs. Higurashi looked at Kagome worriedly and asked her, "Is that true, Kagome?"

Kagome nodded slowly, not opening her mouth to speak.

"Don't you even recognize us?" Her grandfather said, hoping that she would say that she did remember them somehow.

Kagome looked at them closely one by one, trying very hard to remember something. But to their disappointment, she shook her apologetically at them. "Sorry…" She whispered.

Her grandfather and brother frowned in defeat, looking worriedly at Kagome. Her mother stood up and walked towards Kagome. "That's all right, dear." She assured her daughter, smiling sweetly at her. "I'm sure you'll get your memory back soon." She pulled Kagome into her arms and embraced her tightly. "Don't worry, we'll help you." She whispered in her ear.

Kagome felt her heart calm down when she saw that smile. "This woman… she's really nice…" Kagome thought, feeling warm as her mother hugged her tighter.

"Inu no niichan, are you going already?" Kagome heard Souta ask Inuyasha.

There was no reply but Kagome could hear Inuyasha's footsteps—fading away.

Kagome broke away from her mother gently. "Please excuse me for a while." She said hurriedly then ran after Inuyasha.

Inuyasha was now outside the house, making his way towards the well house.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out, running towards him.

Inuyasha froze in his tracks but he didn't turn around to face her. "Stupid wench!" He barked angrily. "Why did you leave your house?!"

Kagome was standing behind Inuyasha, breathing rapidly. "Because you left me there!" She replied. "I thought you were staying here with me…" She said; a hint of disappointment could be traced in her voice.

"You have your family here; you're safe here," said Inuyasha. "So you don't need me here." He stated, clenching his fist tightly the moment he had said those words. He didn't know those words would cause him pain. "You don't need me…" He repeated the words in his mind. He hated those words very much. He wanted to stay by Kagome's side—always wanted to do something for her sake.

"Of course I need you here!" Kagome told him with pure honesty. "It's not that I don't trust them… but I would feel safer with you here with me." She said softly. "Please stay?"

Inuyasha could feel his heart speed up. Kagome had just asked him to stay... It was almost like the time she asked if she could stay with him—only this time, she lost her memory. "Keh!" Inuyasha scorned, taking another step towards the well house. "You'll get used to them soon." He said but something stopped him from moving away.

Kagome held to Inuyasha's sleeves tightly. "Don't leave me here…" She said almost like a whisper.

Inuyasha couldn't believe it! For the first time, Kagome didn't want to be left alone in her time! Normally, she would push Inuyasha to go back to the other side and leave her alone. But of course this was a different situation… He took Kagome's hands away from his coat sleeves gently and turned around to look at Kagome—to explain to her that everything would be all right. "Kagome, you don't need to worry—" Inuyasha paused when he met Kagome's eyes. They were pleading to him, like a lost puppy that needed a home. Somehow, it reminded him of how his own eyes looked like when her mother died. He got no place to go back then… but Kagome came and everything had changed. He had found his home.

"Don't leave me here…" She repeated with the same kind of voice, her eyes pleading to him. "Please." She added, looking firmly into his golden yellow eyes.

A/N: Yes! I'm back with another chapter—AND another cliffie! Update will be next week as long as I get 20 reviews for this one okay? If not, maybe I'll post after a month? Just kidding! Just review okay? looks around the room I wonder where Inuyasha went… Probably he went off to Kagome since he already misses her! - He was really grumpy the whole time I was typing the chapter… Anyway, do you think he'll stay with Kagome? Hm… I guess I'll ask him later when he comes back. But of course, if he doesn't stay… I'm still going to make him stay! Lol! Of course, he'll stay! Once again, review please! Make them long, ne?