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Healing a Broken Heart

Chapter 4:
Second Thoughts

Inuyasha opened his eyes. He thought he just heard a noise. Escape! I must go now, what if those bastards are creeping up on me to kill me right now! What? Damn! Morning! I slept late!

Inuyasha got out of his mat and yawned. The door to his room opening caught his attention.

"Who's there?" Inuyasha shouted more than asked.

"It's only me, Kagome, Inuyasha." Sure enough, Kagome was entering the room with a bucket filled with water. "Wash up, Gran is cooking up some morning stew. Would you like to eat in your room or eat with us? Maybe you should walk around a little and come eat with us outside..."

Inuyasha pretended he didn't hear her invite.

For the first time since Kagome had met Inuyasha, her eyes filled with annoyance and her brow furrowed."Inuyasha, I know you heard me." She said hardly.

Inuyasha faced her. "So what if I did. I don't have to stay here if I don't want to and I've decided to leave. Now."

Kagome set the water in front of Inuyasha's mat. "You lost your temper yesterday at Miroku."

Inuyasha refused to say anything. "I'm sorry if I made it seem like I was in a hurry to gain your trust.You will choose the time for when you want to be our friends and I will not hurry you.And I certainly am not in the same clash as Kikyo. Me, Gran, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo all just want to be your friend. Nothing more and we won't be surprised if you decide to never give us your trust. I encourage you to stay here until your wounds are completely healed and the damage you have from Kikyo's spell are healed too, but if you must, you may leave. The only thing I would say is 'Good Luck'. Join us if you wish, Inuyasha. The invite is open always..." Kagome glanced at Inuyasha and smiled. "Well, of course until, it's time to eat our noon food or night food." She joked and winked at Inuyasha, then left.

Inuyasha was speechless. (Was it because of Kagome's bad joke? Oh wait... I made that joke up... And it was bad...)

Breakfast outside-

SLAP

Miroku sighed as he slid to the side of the hut and only watched Sango walk around getting the bowls. Is it just me, or is Sango getting more cheerful because of my hands? Miroku thought happily. His hands started to twitch as he stared at his beautiful Sango get the morning food ready.

"What are you staring at, Miroku?" Shippo asked curiously although he was pretty sure he knew what.

"Wha? Me? What am I staring at? Oh, I'm only staring at the wonderful scenery!" Miroku answered innocently, turning his head to look to his right.

Birds fly and frogs croak

Shippo looked at him dully. "What scenery are trees, trees, and trees?" Shippo shook his head and sighed dramatically. "Lies! All lies! Houshi-sama, don't you ever tell the truth!" He said sarcastically.

Miroku stared at Shippo and gawked. "Since when did you fall in love with me, Shippo? Why would you care for my lies?" He teased as he looked at Shippo with the I-challenge-you-to-say-something-else-to-make-me-look-like-a-real-lecher look.

Shippo pouted and ran all the way to Kaede shouting that Miroku turned wacky and was trying to do something perverted to him.

"So," Sango the demon slayer began, "Kagome, what did our guest, umm, Inuyasha say about staying?"

Kagome shook her head. "Nothing. Even if he did say anything, it's not like we could stop him. Let him be."

"Not like like ye words, Kagome. Has thee other child upset you?"

"No, Kaede. It's just that I think he should be more grateful for our help. If it weren't for us, who knows, he could be dead by now!"

"Yeah! Granny Kaede!" Shippo piped in. "He was so mean to me, he asked me to bet on my life!"

Sango chuckled. "After you annoyed the life out of him, I suppose, Shippo?" she said, raising an eye.

"No! I d--" Shippo was interrupted by a loud racket coming inside of the hut.

"What was that? Kagome, do you think we should see if Inuyasha is really leaving?" Miroku was already getting to his feet and laying down his bowl of stew.

Kagome looked away. "As I said before, it's no use even if we beg him to stay if he doesn't want to. All we can do, is give him our blessings to be safe."

Shippo looked quite fustrated. "Why is Inuyasha so... so ungrateful! We're already being so nice to him! And he pratically bit Miroku's head off!"

My head is only for Sango... Miroku thought to himself.

"Child, ye should probably go and take a look at Inuyasha. We wouldn't want him getting into trouble or ruining our herbs now, would we?" Kaede said, with a twinkle in her eyes as an obvious sign for Kagome to go and check on Inuyasha.

Kagome finally got up and sighed. "I guess. Maybe it's because of his badly wrapped bandages."

"Want me to go with you, Kagome?" Sango asked, concerned. "He might have turned into a full demon or something!"

Kagome laughed. "It's ok, Sango! I ama priestess afterall!"

Inside Hut-

"Inuyasha?" Kagome called out again. "Inuyasha, where are you?" Kagome had entered Inuyasha's room and had found that the room was Inuyasha-less. He really left. Kagome thought. He left without a single thanks.

There was a small trace of white cloth leading out the window. He must have been in a real hurry to leap out the window to leave. Should I try and find him?

Kagome sighed. If she left him, Kikyo would probably find him, and that'd be the end of Inuyasha, considering that Kikyo could put another spell on him. "I guess I'll just see if he's okay." she mumbled.


I made it!

"Ha! Those damn people in the hut probably don't even know I'm gone!" Inuyasha rubbed his bruised shoulder where he had banged it against the window while he was leaving.

Suddenly, Inuyasha thought back on what Kagome had said. "She did say I could leave at anytime... But I'm not leaving cause of her and I will definitley not stay at that place!" Kagome and Kikyo's face suddenly flashed through his mind and he only became angrier.

"I won't let you live, Kikyo!"

Flashback

"Kikyo..." Inuyasha did not continue what he began to stay and wrapped his arms around Kikyo to complete her embrace.

Kikyo lifted her face and smiled at Inuyasha.She looked like an angel to Inuyasha (Ick!)

"Inuyasha, about our relationship..."

"Yes?" Inuyasha loosened the embrace and held Kikyo out so he could look her in the face.

"When shall we marry?" Kikyo asked softly.

Inuyasha felt his heart beat quicken. Did I hear right? Did Kikyo just ask me when we should marry? This was unbelievable to him. He was only a hanyou and Kikyo was a powerful priestess! She wants to spend the rest of her life with me! Inuyasha grinned at Kikyo.

"Since when did we talk about marriage?" He teased.

Kikyo got out of his arms and walked out of the small hut that Inuyasha lived in.

"Inuyasha. There have been many rumours." This time, Kikyo's voice was loud and hard.

"Rumours? What rumours?" Inuyasha demanded. "I haven't heard any rumours!"

"Why are you fretting, Inuyasha. Fretting, means admitting." Kikyo said coldy as she narrowed her eyes at Inuyasha.

"Admi... Admitting what?" Inuyasha had a tint of worry in his voice. First she talks about marriageand then...

How dumb can this half-breed get! Kikyo thought to herself. This'll be easy no matter how dumb he is.

"Inuyasha, why did you go around terrorizing the villagers who made fun of you?" Kikyo said icily and glared at Inuyasha. "I know many don't approve of our relationship, but ignore it! Why did you kill those people, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha laughed uneasily. "Kikyo, what are you talking about? I didn't kill anybody!"

"Don't make up any excuses!" Kikyo said in a fake angry voice, Inuyasha, however, was too fustrated to notice. "I was willing to spend the rest of my life with you, Inuyasha! I was! But I'm afraid our relationship is going to have to stop here!"

But I'm afraid our relationship is going to have to stop here! Stop here! Stop here!

These horrible words echoed in Inuyasha's mind over and over again.

"Kikyo, I didn't kill anybody! If you love me, why won't you believe me!"

Kikyo's face hardened. She snickered, being unable to hold her lie any longer, she glanced at Inuyasha like he was stupid. "Me? In love?" She pointed to herself. "In love with a half-breed who kill people because they don't like him?"

The words half-breed struck Inuyasha like bricks. "Ha...Half-breed?" he choked. "You called me a half-breed!" Inuyasha brought out his claws.

Kikyo smirked. "You want to kill me, Inuyasha? I could easily kill you in one shot." Kikyo picked up her bow and arrow that was tied to her back and pulled back. "Inuyasha, you were foolish enough to believe that I'd fall in love with you! I only did that because you are a half-breed! I am a priestess and should not kill someone who did not do anything and you didn't terrorize the village at first."

"So I had to do what I did. I faked to fall in love with you. By doing this, I would've been able to be close enough to you, to frame you for killing villagers that you despised! Now, I do have a reason to kill you. I was only using you, you fool!"

You fool, you fool, you fool!

"Stop! Stop it, Kikyo! Stop the joke!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Inuyasha, face the fact! This is no joke."

End Flashback

Inuyasha tightened his hand into a fist.

"Killing is not the solution to your problems."

Inuyasha whipped around to face the one and only: Kagome.

"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha snapped.

"I heard a loud racket and decided to check on you. And to my surprise, all I found was a trail of white cloth leading outside the window."

Inuyasha grew red at seeing his bandages all gone. "Well, I'm fine. You can go now!"

"Really," Kagome paused to sigh, "I know you still love Kikyo."

Inuyasha gawked at her. "I what? I despise Kikyo! I loathe her for what she did! I loathe her for betraying me!"

"You do, but you also don't. What Kikyo did was terribly wrong and she broke your trust. You were a half demon and you were teased by both demons and humans, I'm sure of it."

"Stop! I know you're in the same clash as Kikyo! Stop!" Inuyasha shouted. "I don't want to hear another word from you about me!"

"Inuyasha! Listen! You were teased and despised by so many people, however, Kikyo managed to get your trust! She lied for your trust! She lied so that she could kill you sooner and later!" Kagome glanced at Inuyasha, who seemed to be lost in his own thoughts. She continued. "When she betrayed you, you finally knew that you could not trust her, you felt that you could not trust anybody at all anymore! But you can, you can Inuyasha! I have not know you that well, but I know the hurt that you've had. I've felt it. I'll be willing to tell you how, too. But first of all, I have no hidden intentions of why I want you to stay at my hut until you're healed, I only want to become your friend! I only want to help!"

Inuyasha growled. "I don't need you repeating that stupid 'I'm not with Kikyo' talk over and over again! I don't need your help! I don't need anybody, I don't need anybody to give my trust to!"

"You do. Friends are important and I know that. I have great friends and they're your friends too. I'll say this one more time that I'm not in the same clash as Kikyo. You can choose not to give me your trust, but I hope you can try. Try to trust us! I know you really believed in Kikyo and you loved her, but she betrayed you! Please, try to know that there are many people that are not like Kikyo. People that won't toy with trust. I know for sure, that I won't betray you and give you to Kikyo." Kagome said softly.

She added a bit more harshly, "If it wasn't because you kept on not listening to me, I would have no need to keep on repeating myself."

"I know you want to leave. But stay until you're completely healed of your wounds. And during that time, try, just try, to see if we're worth giving your trust to."

Inuyasha paused to think. Could it be that I'm really thinking too deep about Kagome and the others trying to lie to me and kill me? Maybe they are just 'friends'... Just trying to help...

Inuyasha stared at Kagome with interest. "So what's your story, Kagome?"

How was that? I think this chapter was longer... Although it had some more of the 'trust' stuff in it, the next chapter will... reveal some of Kagome's past D Read and review please! Please excuse me for my stupid joke with Kagome...

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