Inuyasha sat on top of Kaede's hut. Dammit why won't the sun rise? He thought impatiently. It had been two hours or so since he had placed Kagome's book where he found it.
Inuyasha's head jerked up as a new and all too familiar scent filled the air. Kikyou... He thought. He looked over to where the scent was coming from. Sure enough he saw her soul collectors. Inuyasha jumped up and started to run toward the source of the smell. What are you doing? A voice inside him screamed. Think of Kagome dammit! Think of that passage about Kikyou! Inuyasha thought back to one line that had caught his attention. I'd rather him be alone than be with Kikyou. Inuyasha instantly felt guilty but continued running toward Kikyou.
Inuyasha burst into a clearing and saw Kikyou walking slowly towards him. "Kik...Kikyou." Inuyasha said. Kikyou looked up unsurprised. She hadn't changed. She never did. Her think hair was still pulled back and hung down her back. Her smokey grey eyes still had pain, resentment, and anger in them.
"Inuyasha. It's been a while." She said with a small smile. A soul collector passed by Inuyasha and dropped the soul on Kikyou. She glowed for a few seconds then returned to her normal color. Inuyasha didn't say anything, just watched her gather herbs and place them in a bag. He'd always wondered what he had been doing since the jewel shards had been collected and Naraku had died.
"Inuyasha why do you stare and yet say nothing?" She asked him in her beautiful voice.
"Kikyou, what have been up to these last past years." Kikyou smiled then let out a rare laugh.
"I thought that would be obvious to you." She said. "I'm waiting for you. I have all the time in the world. I hated you once. Hated you so bad that I wanted you dead. I still want you dead, but I don't hate you anymore." Kikyou finished. Inuyasha found it hard to breath. That was a major difference between Kagome and Kikyou. Kikyou told her deepest feelings without blushing. Kagome sealed her feelings to herself and only told that blue book what she thought. Another passage came to Inuyasha's head.
My mom pulled me aside today. She said it was obvious that I had deep deep feelings for Inuyasha, and I should tell him so. What did I do? I denied it and told her she was being silly. She shook her head and told me it wasn't healthy to keep my feelings bottled up inside me. But I don't keep my feelings bottled up inside, I confess everything here and after I write, even if it isn't anything deep, I feel this weight come off me.
That had been dated a few months ago. Inuyasha remembered Kagome's mom pulling her aside. He had pulled her far away enough that he couldn't hear them.
"Kikyou, you shouldn't...I mean I'm not important enough-" He was cut off by Kikyou.
"I should and you are. Inuyasha you and I are destined to fall in love no matter what the consequence. I know you are in love with my incarnate and I know she's in love with you."
Suddenly Kanna appeared next to Kikyou. Kikyou smiled at the young girl and gently placed her hand on top of her head. Kanna's mirror shook and an image of Kagome appeared. She was still asleep, her chest moving up and down in a gently rhythm.
"What? How? When?" Inuyasha sputtered out. Why didn't he smell Kanna?
"Inuyasha Kanna is always around you. You are no longer able to smell her because Naraku is dead. She has no scent. I always know what you and my incarnate are doing and I will know when Kagome is gone and you will come to me."
Inuyasha got mad. She was spying on him! Him! It just wasn't done! As silently as she had come, Kanna drifted back into the woods. "Inuyasha don't be mad. Wouldn't you do the same?"
"No! I wouldn't!" Inuyasha yelled. Kikyou laughed.
"You wouldn't? Not even to make sure I was safe? Alive? In danger?" Inuyasha stopped. How the hell was he supposed to respond to that? The sun rose and Inuyasha glanced behind him. He wanted to get back to Kagome, and with that thought Inuyasha knew his love for Kagome surpassed his love for Kikyou. He looked at Kikyou. She was outlined by the sun "I'm leaving." Inuyasha said.
"Okay go back to my incarnate, but remember Inuyasha. She's part of me. Without me there would have never been a Kagome." Inuyasha shivered and started to run the opposite direction. It was unnerving to know that Kikyou used Kanna to spy on himself and possible all of his friends.
Inuyasha got to Kaede's hut just as Kagome was coming out of it. Was she really Kikyou?
Kagome woke up when the sun shining in her eyes became unbearable. She laid on her mat for a while, not doing anything just relaxing. Becoming bored Kagome reached over and grabbed her journal. She opened it up and was about to write when she noticed something was off. She kept a birthday card Shippo made her on the page of her birthday entry. It was now in the beginning of her journal. That was weird. She didn't think she moved it, but maybe if fell out and she just stuffed it in there without thinking.
Kagome lost the urge to write and tossed her journal in her bag again. Feeling a little gross Kagome got up and grabbed the towel she always used in this time. She would go the well in the center of town and wash her face, and brush her teeth she decided grabbing her toothbrush and toothpaste also.
Coming out of the hut she nearly ran into Inuyasha. She smiled at him but it faded as she saw the look on her face. He looked mad and a little anxious. "Anything wrong Inuyasha?" She asked.
"No! What is it with you? Your always asking me is something's wrong" He said, mimicking her. Kagome raised an eyebrow.
"Fine. I won't ever ask again." She said. She walked past him and continued to the well. She was just finishing cleaning up when something moved from the corner of her eye. A soul collector! Kikyou was somewhere close. Maybe Inuyasha had seen her. That would explain his strange attitude.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelled. Kagome turned around and saw the fox demon running toward her. Laughing Kagome opened her arms for Shippo to jump into. "Kagome will you play with me?" Shippo asked his eyes pleading with her.
"Of course. Say it's getting really warm, you want to go the river and swim?" Shippo gave a shout of joy.
"Yea I was hoping you'd say something like that!"
"Alright Shippo go put on those swim trunks I gave you and meet me here in ten minuets." Shippo nodded and ran off to Miroku's hut. Ten minuets later Kagome was walking to the well again wearing her swim suit under a floppy tee shirt and some gym shorts. She had her stylish sun glasses perched on top of her head and she was rubbing sun tan lotion on her arms.
"Kagome what are you doing?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome looked up and realized Inuyasha was dressed to swim too. He had the swim trunks that she bought for him on.
"You coming too?" She asked. Shippo grunted.
"Yes he's coming too. I didn't want to tell him but he wanted to know where we were going." Shippo had a huge bump on his head and Kagome knew how Inuyasha got Shippo to tell him what was planned. Kagome shrugged and said,
"Okay then lets go."
O man how did I get myself into this? Inuyasha thought. He was in the river trying to teach the runt how to swim, while Kagome sat on the shore and read. She had those weird dark glasses on her face. He wondered absently how she could see out of those things. She had a two piece swimsuit, or so she called it, on. It was purple and brown. It showed so much skin, much more that Inuyasha was used to seeing.
"Hey Inuyasha! Help me swim over there!" Shippo said pointing to the other side of the river.
"You know runt you should really learn how to swim yourself." Inuyasha grunted but did as Shippo wanted. When he got to Shippo's desired location, Inuyasha looked back to where Kagome was. She wasn't there! Where was she?
Inuyasha looked around sniffing the air for her scent. When he couldn't find it Shippo yelled, "Something touched me!" Inuyasha looked at him then a few feet away Kagome burst through the surface.
"Got ya Shippo!" She said gleefully.
"If I could swim, you'd be in big trouble!" Shippo said shaking his fist. Kagome and Inuyasha laughed and they spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the river. Inuyasha looked at Kagome every now and then just taking in her beauty. Tonight he would tell her how he felt. Tonight...
Well that's the end of that chapter! Sorry it took longer for me to update, but I've been busy all week. Thank you for all the reviews I've gotten! I hope I get some more! For those of you waiting for fluff...next chapter I promise! Well rr and tell me what you think!
