Tender Passion
I actually thought this chapter through before writing it, which is pretty rare for me. I usually just write as I go.
Rating: M for Mature
Warnings: Sexual Content; Extreme Violence; Offensive language
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters associated with the anime series or manga.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
"Recollections"
Recap: A small mumble was heard and Kagome turned to see that Sango was opening her eyes. Another mumble, and another, and another. Everyone began to open their eyes and let in the morning sun. Kagome stopped and waited. They all stared at her. End Recap
Chapter 2: Seeing You Again
"K... Kagome!" Shippo and the others all sat up immediately. Suddenly Kagome did not feel so brave. Seeing their faces. They all seemed different in some way and they were looking at her in complete and utter shock. She gulped back the lump in her throat. She has missed them, all of them. She could feel her heart just aching to cry out. "Kagome!" Sango and Shippo jumped up and grabbed her in a hug. she was surprised and did not react at first as they cried into her shoulders.
"You're alive..." Miroku said from the side. Kagome did not expect those words. 'As in they thought I was dead...' She bit her lip. Now she felt twice as guilty. All this time they had been hurting for her because they thought she was dead. If only she had come back they would not have suffered this pain.
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After Kagome had sat down and explained her story to them they decided it was time to tell her about what had been going on while she was gone.
"We thought you died." Sango informed sadly.
"Ye were gone for so long and when Inuyasha came back..." Kaede trailed off.
"Inuyasha looked like he had already died. He was moping and covered in blood." Shippo continued. "For days when we were getting better Inuyasha was rebuilding homes for the people who's lives he destroyed. The whole time he did this he did not talk or even pay attention to anything besides building. He was always frowning." Shippo took a deep breath. "When I was well enough I tried talking to him and he just ignored me. And... and... when I asked how you were doing..." Shippo hesitated. "He... his face contorted to anger instead of depression and he snapped at me. He yelled that you were dead and he left."
"Once he left he did not come back. We've seen him staring into the well every now and than." Sango finished. "Kagome he thinks he killed you." They all watched as Kagome immediately stood. 'He thinks he... he...' She covered her mouth with her hand. To think you killed a dear friend would be absolutely horrible. She had to find him and soon. She hoped it was not to late.
Kagome turned and ran to the exit.
"Where are you going?" Sango asked quickly.
"I have to find Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled back. "I'm going to the well!"
Meanwhile
Inuyasha walked in the darkness of the shade in the forest. Still he could not get over this. He would never. Everytime he closed his eyes he saw her face and everytime she was wearing a different expression. Happy, sad, scared, hopeful, encouraging, and so on.
He missed the way she always looked. He missed her warming smell and conforting, trusting voice. What had he done? He recalled flashes of hitting her and wounding her. Everytime he had these memories his head pounded and his heart ripped farther. 'Kagome...' He had cried. The first day he thought that she was dead, but after that he had turned basically mute.
Inuyasha had returned to being a hanyou after two days in his demon and as soon as he was back to his normal self he searched for Kagome. When he went to the spot her body was not there. Only a trace of blood. When he returned to the village she wasn't there and when he searched her time she was not there either. So his only assumption was he had been her murderer and he would never forgive himself.
He stopped in front of the well and stared down into it. He came there often to just think and try to smell traces of her scent. Inuyasha slammed his fist into the ground and growled. 'She... she loved me and I hurt her... I killed her... The person who taught me trust...' He grabbed his forehead as more memories of her poured into his mind. 'Kagome... Kagome...' That must have been the ten-thousandth time he thought her name within the last four months. He couldn't help it. He just missed her so much. It was unbearable. He wouldn't have minded dying, but he knew Kagome was totally against it and that was all the kept him from seriously dying.
Inuyasha leaned his head down on the well. Her scent was now even gone from this. He wanted to go back to her time and find something, anything that smelt like her, but there would be to many questions from her family. Her family did not know. Inuyasha did not tell them. He couldn't.
It was then when he smelt Kagome full force, but she wasn't coming from in front of him, behind him. He ignored it and let it pass as his mind paying tricks on him.
"Inuyasha..." He heard her voice whisper. He ignored it again and kept his head to the well. "I'm sorry." There was a long moment of silence. Not once had Kagome said that in his mind over the last four months. That was a new one. "Inuyasha! Can you hear me!" Kagome's voice grew louder and Inuyasha's eyes widened. That smell... it was real and that voice... it was Kagome's. She was alive!
Inuyasha turned his head quickly from the well and looked in the direction of the voice. Kagome was standing there. She looked worried and out of breath. She looked fleshy and real. Her body had slightly matured and her hair had grown out more. She was more beautiful than ever.
Inuyasha stared at her, not knowing what to think of this. Where had she come from? How was she alive? Was this real? Or was it just another trick being played on his mind. She was staring at him in the same way he was looking at her.
"K..." His voice was so dry, since it had barely been used over the last four months he could barely get words out. "Kagome..." The girl came closer to him and she seemed very nervous.
"Inuyasha."
Sorry I know this was short, but I needed to stop it here for a reason. It has nothing to do with me wanting to make a cliff hanger or anything. It's just I had the next chapter planned to start at this point.
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