AN: OK, well, I think the last one was a bit short so I'll compensate with this one. Ok, this one kinda becomes a bit of a song fic. I don't own the song by the way. Ok, one more thing, VOTE FOR PAIRINGS!!!!!! KOUGA/ KAGOME or INUYASHA/KAGOME. Ok? Ok. If you don't vote the ending will be very annoying, believe me!
Disclaimer: I think the word alone speaks for itself!
CHAPTER 12
…CONVERSATIONS AND RELIZATIONS…
Sara sat with Anè and a few of the other village children, telling them stories of days when she and Li had fought demons and other things like that. Her words seem to mesmerize the young ones; their eyes wide and intent on her as though every word she spoke were the absolute truth and law. She just continued, smiling at parts that held special meaning, and rolling her eyes at parts she could have lived without.
Sara was half way through the story of the time she and Li met up with Kite and Suki, when she saw the wolf pack that Li had come to be the alpha of, coming her way. She stood, smiling as warmly as she could manage, when they were about six feet from her, most stopped, and one came forward.
He was taller than her by at least two feet, and Sara was at least 5 feet herself. He had long hair, not held back, and he seemed to be a tad unhappy. He gave her a nod that was meant to be a bow and said,
"Excuse me Sara, but we were wondering; when is our leader coming back to us?" the man said, Sara smiled weakly and said,
"I really couldn't tell you, I'm sorry. He went to a sword smith to get a blade for himself; he didn't say when he'd return." Her reply brought a frown to his face, and then he gave Sara a real bow.
"His pack should have accompanied him to this, 'sword smith'. If anything should happen to him while he is away, we take full responsibility Sara, and I will personally see you are protected." Here he hesitated, and said, rather reluctantly, "May I ask you a rather, well, I suppose you might say, personal question?" Sara blinked and then nodded,
"Sure." He nodded, though still reluctantly, and said,
"Are you…should we consider you our Alpha female, is that what you would be considered by Li?" Sara blushed; she could guess what he was getting at.
"Well, not exactly that, but… yes, I suppose that is what you should see me as, yeah." She muttered blushing heavily, the wolf nodded, seemingly not noticing her discomfort.
"Good, well then, what should we do? Usually we scout out the village and near by the village, but I am afraid most of it is demon infested anyway, but if you think we should continue…" he trailed off, Sara thought for a moment before saying,
"Do you remember Nireku's sent?" she asked, the wolf nodded, "Then here is what I want you to do." she said, "send a few wolves out in different directions to search for Nireku's sent, that way you can have more wolves around here to protect the village if it's attacked by any other demons got it?" the wolf nodded, and said,
"We call that sent scouting, it takes less time and groups of wolves can be smaller, just so you know. We'll get right to it." And then he went back to the wolves and they split up almost immediately, Sara sighed, looking to the children.
"Well, you'll want me to finish this story right? Ok, so this is what happened…"
Kagome watched as Sara spoke with a wolf from Li's pack, after a time the wolf left and Sara went to continue the story she'd been telling the children. Kagome remembered doing the same thing so long ago herself. Sitting there telling the village children stories of her adventures with Inuyasha searching for jewel shards. Kouga sat beside her; he was trying to ignore the other wolves around him that didn't belong to his own pack. It was barely working for him. He growled when they came to close, or he just growled in annoyance with the world in general.
"Kagome, is something wrong?" Kouga suddenly asked, she turned to the wolf leader, his eyes held a concern that she hadn't seen in quite a while. She shook her head,
"Naw Kouga, I'm fine, just worried I guess. Li's been gone for a few weeks you know." she said, Kouga scoffed,
"He will be fine cause people like him always are." He muttered, Kagome glanced his way,
"What do you mean?" she asked, Kouga shrugged,
"I liked his father just about the same amount as Li right? And no matter what horrible situation, or seemingly fatal situation mutt face found him self in, he always managed to survive, somehow. If Li's his son, he'll be just as unnatural." Kagome just stared at Kouga for a moment, not sure if that had been a compliment or not.
She was just about to ask when Inuyasha tapped her on the shoulder. She turned to him, Kouga growling beside her,
"Yes Inuyasha?" she asked, he looked rather unhappy; he just nodded to the forest not saying a word.
Kagome frowned before remembering that when Inuyasha did this it meant for her to follow, and usually that something bad was about to happen. So she stood and said,
"Kouga I'll be right back I promise." The wolf growled and said nothing. Kagome chuckled and followed Inuyasha into the forest.
Another turning point,
A
fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist,
Directs you where to go
Kagome looked at the hanyou beside her. He walked with that ever strong powerful stance, and that confidante step. He really hadn't changed. Or had he? His eyes were cooler now. Less arrogant fire, calmer outer aurora, he was different. He'd grown up. The man she'd known so long ago seemed to have almost fully disappeared. He was a new person. Suddenly, Kagome wanted answers. She wanted to know why she had been forced to live without him for so long, why had she fallen out of the loop? Why did he just run off on her? What had happened? Why, why, why!?
So make the best of this test,
And
don't ask why
It's not a question,
But a lesson learned in time
Inuyasha stopped her when they reached the God Tree. Kagome smiled, this was where she had first met Inuyasha, gods, how long ago that had been! She turned to Inuyasha, he was watching her, his face not betraying even a bit of emotion.
"Kagome." He whispered, she nodded,
"Yeah?" she asked, cocking her head, "what's up Inuyasha, is something wrong?" Inuyasha smiled very softly,
"No, I, I just wanted to ask you something, do you mind?" he asked, she shrugged,
"I wasn't doing anything important. Why did you think I was?" Inuyasha gave her a wry smile,
"I just figured since you were with Kouga." He replied, Kagome shrugged,
"We were just talking, now what were you wondering?" she asked, Inuyasha asked very softly,
"I was wondering if you would mind if I told you good-bye?" his voice was steady, but held a lot of emotion in it. Kagome felt like she was suddenly drowning.
It's something unpredictable,
But in the end is right,
I hope you had the time of your life
"Good-bye?" she croaked, he nodded,
"I never told you good-bye when I left last time, you deserved one, but I didn't have the time. You were asleep when I said good-bye, and now that you have Kouga, I just figured I owed you another one." He said, watching her closely.
Kagome was speechless. Her mind reeled.
Why is he doing this? Wait, why do I have a problem with it? Why is this so hard? Why do I still care? She thought, her mind was tipsy, somehow though, after a very long silence, she managed a soft nod.
So take the photographs,
And
still frames in your mind,
Hang it on a shelf in good health and
good time.
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial,
For
what it's worth, it was worth all the while.
Inuyasha took a few steps closer to Kagome pulling her into a hug. Her body was tense for a moment, before she relaxed,
"I'm sorry Kagome, I never meant any harm to you, in fact that's what I left you for, to protect you, please believe me." He whispered, Kagome nodded but said nothing. Inuyasha pulled back a little and kissed her forehead, "Good-bye Kagome." He whispered, and stepped back to leave. Kagome's head reeled again, and then acted on its own.
In one swift motion, she pulled Inuyasha's head to hers and pressed her lips to his.
It's something unpredictable,
But
in the end is right,
I hope you had the time of your life.
Inuyasha was stunned for a moment, before pulling Kagome to him once again and kissing her back. They stood there for a moment, just kissing like they used to, and for a moment, both were in the past. Before Kagome was suddenly jerked out of it by Kouga's image in her mind.
Kagome pulled away from Inuyasha quickly, taking a few steps back away from him.
"N, no." she muttered, "No. I, I can't." she whispered, and then ran away heading back to the village. Inuyasha just stood there watching her go…
It's something unpredictable,
But in the end is right,
I
hope you had the time of your life.
Kanna and Sara ate together in Li's old hut, one plate between them. Both had their minds on a certain dog boy who was out who knows where maybe fighting or dieing or something else terrible and evil. Both women were thinking this; however they neither said a word about it. Kanna watched the rain that had begun falling steadily at mid day. The grey sky above them reflected the mood of both of them.
Sara sighed and stood going outside without a word. Rey, who was also in the little hut, stood to follow, however, Kanna shook her head and he sat back down.
Sara went out side, the rain falling on her face and arms, however, she didn't care. She kept walking through it. Her feet kept her moving until she got to her mother's home. There her other brother and sisters were amusing themselves indoors. As far as she could se they hardly noticed her. She walked past the house and let her feet guide her farther on.
I know now that I love Li, but he's been gone so long, I don't think that is what's bothering me, what is this bad feeling I'm getting? She thought as she kept walking.
Suddenly there were two wolves at her side. The actual animal not the human like demons. She stopped and looked at them, they stopped, looked both ways and then to her.
"What is it?" she asked, "why are you two here?" they didn't understand of course, and just stared up at her, she sighed, "well I guess I could use the company." She muttered, and then continued walking.
After a time she felt herself stop, and looked up to see where her feet had led her to stop. She was standing at the base of the God Tree. She smiled,
"How ironic. The same place I went to the day before I met Li. I spent the night in these branches. Maybe this means he's going to be coming home soon eh?" she asked the wolves, and then sat on the roots, the branches of the tree protecting her from the rain itself. The wolves lay beside, her warming her with their bodies, and she soon found herself thinking back on her adventures so far…
Li and I met, I guess that's where it began really, if I hadn't met up with him none of this would have ever happened. But then again, maybe it would have, surly he would have met up with Nireku anyway, yeah, but what about Kanna? No, he wouldn't have met with her, I was the one who thought of the BRILLIANT plan to go and get LOST in the Western forests. Yeah, she'd still be there. And he would probably never have met Inuyasha, and he wouldn't have ever gone off on this little escapade that I sent him on. But I didn't really. I just told him that we could bond; he was the idiot that decided to run off and get stronger all of a sudden. Yeah. And Kikyou, I bet he'd have met up with that little evil……person one way or another, I think she sought him out to be truthful. But he would have totally spilt his guts to her when she met him if I hadn't been there. That is a truth I guess.
Suddenly it occurred to Sara that she and Li had changed quite a bit just by meeting each other, and probably even more so by falling in love, and tons more when they had decided to travel together. With these thoughts on her mind soon Sara fell into a deep sleep. Her last thought before fading into sleep consisted of a certain dog boy that was grinning at her. She smiled as the night claimed her mind…
Morning hit with a bang. An entire hut went up in flame. Kagome shot up, her head hitting Kouga's shoulder as she did so. He looked out the window to see Nireku attacking the villagers. Along with him was a herd of demons. With a growl he stood and Kagome followed.
As soon as the two left the hut, they found that Sango's entire family was already out there, Sara was running in from the forest, a couple wolves with her, Li's entire wolf pack, and Kanna and Sesshomaru, as well as Inuyasha all stood ready to fight. Li was still no where to be found.
Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows. Inuyasha had drawn his Tetsaiga, and the others all had their weapons at the ready. The battle royal began.
Nireku was easily taking on Inuyasha; Kouga had taken on a bunch of demons, joined by his and Li's pack. Sara seemed to have a personal fight with Kikyou, and Kanna was taking on Suki in a similar fashion. Kagome found her self picking off demons with the others, however, this seemed wrong. Something was terribly wrong.
Suddenly Nireku knocked Inuyasha away across the entire village, and Sesshomaru took his place, something was wrong, Nireku was much too strong all of a sudden. Sesshomaru soon joined Inuyasha across the village, and then Nireku went after Kagome.
She dodged away from him, his moves were nothing like Naraku's had been however for soon he had her in one of his long tentacles. Suddenly there was a flash of light and Sara cut Kagome loose, Kanna providing a momentary distraction for Kikyou having kicked Suki away. Suki however soon attacked again and Kanna was fighting.
Sara was almost his with Kikyou's arrow; she dodged and then was flying at the woman again. Kagome was running from Nireku, she couldn't find anywhere safe. Just then Nireku turned as Sara knocked Kikyou unconscious. Enraged Nireku flew at her, when he was only a few inches from her, there was another flash.
Nireku was thrown away in the blast, rubble and dust flew every where, Nireku was thoroughly banged up. And when the dust cleared, Li stood in front of them, a huge sword in one hand. He smiled a bit evilly,
"Hey guys, did ya miss me?"
AN: ok did ya like? I got a question from Lionessisrin again, and then answer is,
AR: ok, so this story will be ending in about three or four chappies, however, this is a rather ruff estimate, so ya never know!
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