I Still Want You By My Side Chapter 5: Robbed of Love 1, an inuyasha fanfic

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Suzu – (crying) Aaaaaaaauuuuuuugggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! You guys make me so happy with all of your reviews! I just hope I can satisfy my readers. I'm not experienced, so go easy on me. (Hopefully, I don't sound pathetic) Plus, there are some mistakes that I find out about when it's too late, so sorry. I'm still glad about the God tree correction, though. Also, I don't have much time on the web or the computer each day, so I might not be able to read all of your fanfics, but I'll see what I can do... ,

Kodaku – (eating onigiri) ...

Suzu – By the way, it's sure surprising that someone out there is like a clone to me (and vice-versa). It's really nice to know, though. School's almost starting, too. I'm gonna be in 8th grade!!!!! I think I'm buying my school supplies on my trip to Canada next week. That's somewhat depressing.

Suzu – Please note: It might be a little 'angsty', but it just makes the outcome better, don't ya think? I personally don't like sad endings, so don't worry, all those reviewers who are. So pleaz hang on.

Thank you, reviewers! Every author must get their daily reviews!

AzureHart: Pop a vein????? Please don't.

Oroko: Yea! You're my clone! (And vise-versa) Thanks for the really nice reviews. It always makes me feel good.

Uniquechic: It's good to know that someone out there knows how I feel. Thanks a lot for the review!

Ganheim: Thanks for pointing out mistakes! It's nice to learn more about Inuyasha

Princess22: Thanks so much! I hope I do update soon (hmmmm)

Kagome21379: I'll update!!!! I promise! (To self: I'd better before I die)

Shadow's Fire: I guess I might write more...but I must finish this fanfic first.

Blind Raven: muses to self: What will become of Inuyasha? Should he commit suicide? (Don't freak out, I think I'm just kidding)

Candace: (Dresses up with a sword and cap) Yes! We shall overcome the evil writer's block!!!!!!!! Thanks for being with me in my despair!

Suaru: (sweatdrop) Eehh???? Thanks for the review, although I'm much too young to die...- I always try to kill Kodaku, so I don't blame you.

Starfilite: Yeah, I know. Poor Inuyasha and Kagome, but things'll probably turn out okay. (You never know what my split personality might think of next) I'm so glad you like my fic and decided to put it on favorites.

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Mika: Do not despair!!!!! And read the notice at the top of the page.

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Last time:

The well behind Kagome started suck at her. Suddenly, Kagome's two legs were flung back into the well. "No!" she screeched. (A/N I prefer screamed) "What's happening?" Tears spilled unheeded down her face. Shippo made a grab for her hand, but missed. The last thing that she saw was Inuyasha's face, contorted with horror, and his eyes full of sorrow and anguish. That look told her everything she needed to know. "Inuyasha..." she whispered.

Her world blacked out.

Chapter 5:

Inuyasha just stood there, dumbfounded, horrified, and suddenly angry. He couldn't exactly grasp the fact that Kagome had just been sucked in the well. The things she'd said beforehand had also cut him like a knife, but nothing mattered more than how Kagome had been sucked into the well.

Numbly, Inuyasha looked at Shippo, who was staring just like he was. "Inuyasha," Shippo whimpered. "She's gone. Kagome's gone."

"No, it can't be," the stricken hanyou breathed. Not daring to believe in the unmistakable, he lunged into the well, willing himself to go through.

Whamm!! The hanyou hit solid ground. Shaking, he lifted himself from the dirt bottom. Shippo peeped his tear stained head through the opening of the well to see what had happened to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, are you all right?" the kitsune asked. His voice cracked in a way that made people sorry for the poor orphaned runt.

"Shippo. Look, just go, okay? I think I need to be alone right now." The hanyou sat down on the dirt floor and waited for something to happen, anything, which would bring Kagome back.

Kagome, the girl who could make him happy, sad, and altogether a better person. The girl who'd had her heart broken over him so many times. The Kagome who forgave him for all the times he'd let her down. A tear slid down the hanyou's face, which he quickly wiped away with his hoari sleeve.

Shippo had jumped down into the well too and was sitting with his small back against Inuyasha's. He was sobbing freely.

"Why'd that stupid wrench have to use up the Shikon No Tama? Damn her." Inuyasha said through clenched teeth. That, however, was the last thing on his mind. 'Darn It all, 'thought the hanyou.

"Inuyasha, Kagome's gone. Is the Shikon Jewel really all you can think about?" Shippo squealed. The kitsune jumped up and faced Inuyasha, who was avoiding eye contact. "Kagome loved you! And all you basically did was break promises and break her heart. And I actually thought that with Kikyo gone, you two could get back together!" Shippo said fiercely, looking Inuyasha in the eye.

Inuyasha gave up avoiding Shippo's stare and looked back at the kitsune with tired, forsaken eyes.

"Why, Shippo? All I ever wanted was for her to be happy."

Shippo felt a pang of sharp pity for Inuyasha. They were alike. Both of them had lost the most important aspect of their life. The kitsune took a deep breath.

"Inuyasha, did you--do you--love Kagome?" The young fox demon stared hard at the hanyou in front of him. He had to get an answer, for reasons he did not know.

Inuyasha stared at Shippo, who was staring back harder, jade eyes focused on amber ones. The hanyou's mouth turned dry, he gulped once. 'Do I l-love Kagome?'

Inuyasha turned away from the kitsune. He put all of his willpower into the next words, willing them to be true. An image of Kagome crying entered his mind. 'I just wish that I'll never see you again!!!!' She had said. Inuyasha clenched his hands together. "Of course...n-not. All I wanted was the Shikon No Tama," he managed to choke out.

Shippo stood there, gaping at the words he'd just heard. The young kitsune started shaking. "I-Inuyasha...I-I thought you loved Kagome. But I guess I was w-wrong. You are just an insensitive hanyou after all!" With that the young fox demon jumped out of the well and left the hanyou by himself to brood.

Inuyasha squeezed his eyes shut. 'Kagome...Kagome loved me? But I'm just a hanyou.' Another thought came to his mind. 'Kagome loved you as a hanyou, idiot.' The hanyou's eyes opened wide.

The hanyou started trembling madly. 'She loved me the way I was. Finally, one person loves me the way I am and I lose her, hurt her. All because of my stupid pride, I refused to admit how I felt.' Inuyasha crouched down lower as tears started making their way down his usually passive, or just masked, face. 'I loved her too. I finally found someone I love that actually loves me back for what I am, and I lose her.'

Kikyo had wanted Inuyasha to change and become human, but Kagome had loved everything about him. 'I love Kagome too.'

Devastated and alone, the hanyou's walls crumpled.

Suzu- This was a short chapter, but please tune in next time to see Kagome's side of the story. Don't worry, the aftermath of the storm is always more beautiful than the time before it.

Kodaku- Everybody gotta love a good cry.

Suzu –Yup. So please just hang in there. Don't sharpen those knives just yet.

Kodaku – If anyone gets that pleasure, it gotta be me.

Suzu – (Eyes Kodaku suspiciously) Well, that's a wrap! Please leave comments in your reviews. (Waves goodbye with Kodaku.)