NOTE: Not edited, not proofread.
Kura-Chan15 – Hey! Sorry If I didn't make it clear, but here's how it is. 9 months later after the incident, Kagome bore a child and married Kouga a month later. Three days later after her wedding and spending time with her almost a year old baby, Kaede called her up to testify for the trial. And yes, Kagome did sleep with Inuyasha, that's why Kouga's so mad at her. I read it over everything and I didn't get it myself! Sorry if I made it unclear, I'll fix it when I have the time. Thanks for pointing it out to me!
InuSpirit – Yeah, I guess I did rush some parts; I was excited to finish it and post it after so long. Sorry hehe! But it would be great if you could point out the part I rushed on so I could fix it real fast! Thanks for pointing that out!
Her ears were ringing, her heart was pounding and her feet were aching from the inconsistent pounding it made with each step she took closer into the office. Her surroundings were a big blur, and whoever she had knocked aside in order to get through did not matter in her mind. She had only one objective.
Get to the phone.
The sound of a continuous ringing reached her ears, and her speed quickened, her heart rate too. Inuyasha, Inuyasha… his name kept ringing in her ears. That was what the officer had informed her… Inuyasha was calling for her.
Was it possible? Five years later and he's calling. How was he? Is he a different person? Will he decide on a new life? A job? A family? Questions were already resurfacing in her head as she approached the chiming object, and a sudden self-cautiousness enveloped her as she neared it. Is he still mad at her? Should she pretend she didn't recognize him?
Slowly, she shakily reached for the ringing receiver and lifted it off its hook. She brought it up to her ear and swallowed, "H-Hello?"
She closed her eyes, waiting for his husky, confident voice to fill her ears. But the only thing that she could hear was a faint static sounding in the background.
She curled her fists, tears threatening to spill. Five whole years and he was finally calling. And now he won't even say anything to her. Did he despise her that much?
She knew Inuyasha. Knew his inferior exterior and knew his arrogant personality. She knew how to get him to speak, and she will do it with challenge hanging on her tone. "What… have no courage to speak to me?"
"You can't do it."
Kagome's eyes flew open as a familiar voice came from the other line. Inuyasha? Is it really you?
"Inuyasha?"
"You will not forget me," his voice continued, monotone and dead. "My father, my brother and me. You will not forget them. You will not forget me."
Click.
You will not forget me… you will not forget me… his message kept ringing in her ears as the line went dead on her. Her mind was in shock and her body was numb, but somehow she had managed to put the receiver back onto its hook. Oh Inuyasha… tears fell from her eyes and dribbled pathetically down her cheek as she closed her eyes and tried to imagine the happy times she and Inuyasha shared. But those moments seemed to far away and now she didn't know if she even knew him anymore.
Kagome's head spun, and her emotions were mixed. What did he mean…?
Kagome stared at the phone, sitting innocently on the table. She prayed with all her might that Inuyasha would call back, and tell her it was all a misunderstanding.
But after staring at it for another half an hour, Kagome knew he wasn't going to call back.
Slowly, an exhausted Kagome dragged her feet down the path, her heart heavy, her body drained physically and emotionally. Nowadays, everything she did was so hard for her and she knew she was suffering from depression. It was hard on Kouga too, now that the newspapers had sailed and he knew that she had slept with another man, a criminal to be exact. She hadn't seen him in days, since she had been staying at the academy, too afraid to face him. But her heart ached for love, and she hoped seeing her baby and Kouga would ease the pain eating her heart.
As she climbed those slow and agonizing steps up to the porch, her baby's familiar crying was heard inside. Suddenly awake, Kagome burst through the door in panic, wondering what was wrong. To her surprise, there sat Kouga with the baby three feet away from him, doing nothing to stop the baby's frantic cries.
"Kouga, what're you doing?" Kagome quickly rushed towards her wailing infant and scooped the poor thing into her arms, cradling it lovingly. "The baby is crying and it hasn't been changed. Why didn't you change it?"
"Why should I change it?"
Kagome looked up, surprise evidently etched on her face. Kouga sat there, bent over, bangs covering his face, voice low and tired. "Excuse me…?"
He suddenly bolted up, startling Kagome. His face read anger and betrayal, and a familiar pain flickering through his azure orbs which reminded her of Inuyasha so very much. But she couldn't turn away when he said his next words, "I said, why should I change it!"
"Why! You're his father! You should take care…"
"I'm not the father of that goddamn baby! Why the hell should I change it? Why the hell should I care for it!"
Kagome opened her mouth to counter back before what he said finally registered in his mind. What did he say? "What did you… say?"
Kouga smashed his fist against the table and dropped helplessly into the chair as the baby burst out in tears, upset that he had been awakened. Kagome watched in dread as her husband buried his face into big hands and shook his head in them. "I said… " his voice had dropped the rage bouncing off his tone, and was now replaced by dark sadness. "I'm not the father of the baby. He's not mine. He's his."
Kagome dropped her to knees, no longer able to hear the baby's cries. Her eyes were wide as she emotionlessly dropped her head in shock. He's not mine… he's his.
He's his.
His.
Inuyasha…
"Kouga…"
Kouga didn't answer her, and the silence invited her to continue. She swallowed, and tears slowly rolled down her pale cheek as she struggled for her next words, "I-I never knew about the baby. I never knew. I always thought… always thought he was yours. I'm… I'm so sorry…"
"I don't need to hear this crap anymore Kagome!" he suddenly interrupted as he shot up from his seat. It was then Kagome got a good look at him. His usual silky jet-black hair, tangled and unkempt, his flawless tanned complexion now stained with an unhealthy color of paleness from not going outside for days, his normally confident, bright blue eyes, now dead and corrupted with evident sadness. "I knew something was wrong from the beginning! So I took a DNA test, and do you know what they told me? I was not the father of this child, he was not my kid, HE IS NOT MINE!"
He let out a cry in agony as he pointed in disgust in the crying child wrapped tightly in Kagome's arms, "I can't believe you did this to me! What did I do wrong! What did I do to make you do this to me?" he yelled, his own unshed tears shining in his frustrated eyes and the only thing she could do was helplessly stare at the floor. "I forgave you for sleeping with another man, but now, the baby's not mine! How? Why!"
Unexpectedly, Kouga flew from his seat and down to his knees, at Kagome's level. He roughly grabbed onto her arms and shook her violently, as the baby cried harder and Kagome's head dropped lower. "Tell me what I did wrong! Did I neglect you! How could you do this to me!" He dropped his arms and Kagome looked up at him. A gasp escaped her mouth as she watched Kouga slap himself. "I was blind! I was stupid! I was blind and stupid not to see that you didn't love me anymore! The way you would hesitate whenever I bring up the topic, kids, love, marriage. I was stupid! I'm a jerk!"
Mindlessly, Kouga continued to slap himself, harder and harder, faster and faster with each time his own hand made a blow to his face. Finally, Kagome couldn't watch any longer, and she dropped the baby in her lap and grabbed his hands. "Stop, Kouga! Stop hurting yourself! You're not stupid, you're not blind, you're not a jerk!" she cried, tears streaming down her face endlessly.
"Don't touch me you filthy whore!" he screamed as he flung her arms away and got up, walking away from her.
"Kouga, no!" she tried to reach for him, but he only threw her back, disgusted and betrayed.
Kagome was about to get up, run and hug him before he suddenly stood still. She watched as his head dropped, his shoulders sag. After a long, painful silence, he finally spoke, his voice quiet and emotionless. "I came to give you back your baby. After that, I will leave. The moment I step out this door… we don't know each other." He reached beside him to the coffee table and grabbed some papers, throwing at her carelessly. She watched as the scattered papers slowly floated to the ground and she looked at them.
LAWYERS MARC AND BEN'S CO.
"Kouga… why do you need lawy…"
"I've already filed for a divorce. The only thing we need is your signature. After that, we can move on with her lives and start new ones." He turned to her; the anger completely gone from his face as he wearily smiled a hollow smile at her. It broke her heart. "It was nice getting to know you, Kagome."
Kagome stared at him for a couple of moments, before a small smile appeared on her face too. Kouga was forgiving her and he was also letting go. It hurt her to see him like this and leave on her and the baby, but it was for the best. Slowly, she got up with the baby in her arms and made her way up to Kouga who had no intention of moving away. She smiled genuinely as she nodded sincerely at him. "I'm sorry for ever hurting you Kouga. I never meant it. I hope one day, we can become friends again."
He laid his hand on her slender shoulder and smiled back at her, "We already are, Kagome."
Kagome signed the papers, and she started to turn and leave. Before she reached for the door, she looked back at Kouga, who was standing in the middle of the room with a longing expression on his face. She smiled at him again and nodded, "Thank you, Kouga."
He smiled back at her and waved, "Anytime, Kags, anytime."
Slowly, Kagome opened the door with her baby who had fallen asleep in her arms and walked out of the cabin, down the stairs and across the field. Kouga had forgiven her and even gave her a chance to start a new life. She was grateful to him, and she couldn't help but let a small smile grace her features as she made her way down the path. I hope you can find true happiness in a woman that truly loves you Kouga… you deserve it.
Suddenly, out of the blue, a figure appeared next to Kagome and something hard knocked her down onto the ground. She cried out in pain as she fell with full impact onto the hard cold dirt, also jolting her baby awake in the process. Before she could jump up, something cold and steely was jabbed against her temple.
"Don't move."
Kagome froze. His voice. It was so husky. So familiar. It couldn't be…
Inuyasha.
He was the same as the last time she saw him, long silvery hair, and intense amber eyes. But he looked very different at the same time. His eyes were still that beautiful color of amber, but darkness had unmistakably tinted that once pure gold and his features were hard and rugged, as if he had grown through hell and back. His face was dirty, caked his mud and dirt, his dull bland gray clothing ripped and worn out. Next to him was the figure that had attacked her, Sesshomaru, also rough looking and worn.
Kagome gasped at the sight of them both, more shocked of Inuyasha's appearance but didn't show it. It was wise to obliged to his orders with that dangerous gun pointed at her head so she silently stayed still.
"Get up, slowly."
Obeying his commands, Kagome slowly started to get into a crouch. But before Inuyasha could grab onto her, she quickly brought her knee into his stomach and rammed into it hard. A grunt sounded from him and Kagome wasted no time. Within the blink of an eye, Kagome had flown away from the gasping Inuyasha that had crumpled onto the ground and was running straight towards her cabin.
"Kouga! Kouga! Open up! Kouga!" she continuously shouted as she ran as fast as she could without dropping her baby.
She ran up the wooden stairs and burst into the open house with Kouga staring surprisingly at her. "What's going…"
"No time to explain! Take the baby! Hurry!" Kagome quickly ordered as she shoved the wailing infant into his arms and ran towards the couch.
"What's gotten into you!" he shouted, but did what she told him to do and put the baby onto the bed.
"Help me with this, quick!" she grunted as she dragged the heavy sofa towards the door. Kouga quickly followed and together they lifted the table off of the floor and slammed it flat against the door.
He looked at her in panic, "What's going on, Kagome?"
Before she could answer him, something rammed against the wooden door. Both Kouga and Kagome quickly jerked their heads towards the source of noise, and Kouga turned back to Kagome questioningly. She looked at him apologetically and was about to explain when the sound of gunshot pierced into the atmosphere.
Bullets shot through the wooden door, pushing both occupants onto the ground. Kagome cried out in surprise as she hit the ground, but was not injured. She quickly turned to see if Kouga was alright, and scene before her was her worst nightmare.
There laid Kouga, motionless with blood trickling down his chest and sides.
"KOUGA!"
Kagome shrieked as she scrambled up and quickly rushed to Kouga's battered body. She grabbed onto his shoulders and shook him, hoping he would wake from his semi-sleepy state as he wearily looked up at her. "Kouga! Are you alright! Speak to me! Speak to me!"
"Kagome…" his raspy voice reached her ears as he struggled to lift his hand up to her face drenched with her own tears. He tried hard to smile at her, but his smile wavered when his face suddenly contorted with pain. Kagome gasped and grabbed onto his trembling hand, "Kouga, wait! Kouga…"
Then Kagome watched, as her ex-beloved, fall dead into her arms. "Kouga…"
Before Kagome could do anything, two figures barged into the room, one aiming the gun right at her. Kagome looked up in surprise as Sesshomaru fired, missing her head by an inch. Without missing a beat, she grabbed her baby and made a run towards the window, dodging another bullet by another few inches.
Kagome grabbed onto the window sill and hesitated. The sound of a gun firing rang into the air and she realized that the bullet had hit the ceiling instead of her. She quickly turned back to see why Sesshomaru had missed by so much, and was shocked to see Inuyasha's hand holding onto Sesshomaru's. The elder brother had looked at the younger one for a second before turning back to Kagome and raising the gun at her head. Quickly, Kagome threw herself and the baby over the window sill, and plunged into the icy cold lake water.
She gasped as she swam to the surface at a distance from her cabin and quickly brought her baby up to her chest, cuddling it with warmth. She treaded through the waters, not wasting the time to look back and quickly looked at her baby.
"Oh no…"
To her horror, her baby's eyes were closed and his lips were a bluish purple in color. She quickly felt his pulse and was relieved to feel it was there, but at a very faint beat. "Baby, mommy's here… just hold on…"
Kagome scanned the surroundings and squinted to see a shore just a couple of meters away from her. She quickly swam to it and ran out, not waiting for Inuyasha and Sesshomaru to catch up to her.
When she reached ashore, she noticed a broken down shack in the distance and started making her way towards it. But when she stepped onto the soft sand, the skies suddenly started pouring rain on her. She gasped as she broke into a wild run and ran towards the rundown hut and broke in, not caring if anybody else lived in there.
When she got inside, there were only about two rooms and it was empty. She quickly grabbed onto the swinging door and slammed it shut, blocking out the thundering sounds of the upcoming storm.
She stared at the closed door and her muscles finally gave in. She dropped to the ground with unsteady breaths as her body started to shiver in coldness. She brought her hands up to her face and felt the clammy coldness radiating off her skin and knew she was getting hypothermia, along with her poor baby.
Without knowing it, she had gotten up and made her way towards the door. Cautiously opening it just a slight bit, she looked out into the dark rainy night as the rain beat down heavily against the soaking sand. Kagome turned away and slowly sank into the ground against the wall, her eyes heavy and her body soaking wet.
She slowly turned her head back outside and she tiredly rubbed her face with her hand. Her emotions were tangled and her mind couldn't think properly, but she couldn't help but let that one question linger in her head.
She sighed sadly, as her warm tears resurfaced and trickled down her cold cheek.
Inuyasha… I'm sorry.
Author's Note: HEY GUYS! What a surprise eh? This isn't my best work but it's late and to be honest, I'm lazy -.- Don't mind the rushed parts at the end, I honestly started slacking off during the middle of the chapter. I prolly won't update in another one million years, or unless I'm bored and can think of s'more ideas for the next chapter. But I'm not expecting any reviews or anything, just writing for fun hurr P so anyways, how you guys been? Still remember me? ;)
