Chapter two:
The thin line between love + hate
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Recap:
Even though Kagome didn't wish to returned with Inuyasha, she had no choice, she had no other place to go. No other place to go... Or so she though
Finally after what had seemed the longest night in existence, the sun shot up, shining gold upon the world.
Kagome, even after the ordeal was finished hadn't spoken or slept that night. Sango and the others worried, she had refused to eat and to speak.
Did something happen last night? Sango asked herself, gazing upon the sight of Kagome sitting at the edge of a cliff. She hugged her knees to her chest, looking like she was once more going to break out in tears. "Kagome..." Sango's almost silent voice reminded her of how Kouga had first called out to her last night. "Is everything okay?" Sango asked gingerly. Kagome made the slightest notion that the words had been heard.
"Yeah, of course everything's going fine!" She smiled in response, but Kagome couldn't keep it on for long, soon it faded away.
"What happened last night?" Sango asked directly afterwards.
"Well nothing really, I just caught Inuyasha and Kikyo together in forest. I ran away as fast as I could. Sometime afterwards..." She paused and thought of the comforting Prince. "Kouga found me, I told him what had happened and just when I thought I had done the worst thing a imaginable, Kouga remained calm and took me straight to Inuyasha. They had a really big argument and Kouga ran off." Sango remained silent after Kagome had finished.
"As far as I can see... Kouga was just helping." Sango replied after sometime. "What I find strange was that Kouga didn't kill Inuyasha..." She recalled their last few deadly encounters.
"I don't know but when I looked into his eyes, it seemed that his anger had diminished." She recollected the goings on of last night.
"Well good that's all behinds us!" Sango said confidently. "Right Kagome?"
"Yeah, right." She quieted her voice as she spoke that last word. She knew that it would take a long time before she even looked Inuyasha in the eyes, more time even before she spoke to him. Perhaps that time would come a little sooner that she thought.
Nightfall again... Kagome said to herself as the blanket of swart engulfed the azure sky. No longer was the moon full, tonight there would be no moon only a spot of pitch darkness. And also a special occasion would be that Inuyasha turned full human this night, the more sensitive, more caring, more loving part of Inuyasha. Although she still enjoyed it more how Kouga made her feel: loved, cared for, and something besides a jewel shard detector; how Inuyasha acted when he was human and hanyou paled in comparison. But what she had now was Human Inuyasha, The only problem was that she still hadn't forgiven Inuyasha, they hadn't spoken in two days. Kagome was going for the record this time, making sure he never forgot this lesson.
"Kagome-chan, dinners ready..." Miroku called from a what to him was a safe distance. She brushed the hair out of her face and followed him.
From the pitch background you almost couldn't tell it was the loveable hanyou. The only thing that remained the same was his red kimono and his usual bowl of Ramen for dinner. He, like the others, had noticed that Kagome hadn't said a word to him.
Maybe I should of thought of this more... The noodles he was slurping stopped for a short moment. Perhaps he should tell her something, but decided not to because of the main fact that something about Kikyo might pop into the conversation.
"..." He opened his mouth to say something but his mouth just wouldn't work. He concluded that he'd wait till later to night to apologize, right now was just to early.
Midnight and Inuyasha still hadn't told her anything, he was running out of time. Inuyasha had to tell her something but the fear of being sited to the Earth's core was interfering. The mind-numbing thoughts ran though his head as her approached the silent figure that was Kagome.
"Kagome..." He called out as silently as his voice could be. Her eyes once closed, flashed open at
the hearing of Inuyasha's voice. "Kagome." He called out, slightly louder this time. She still didn't reply. It looked like Inuyasha was the one who had to straighten this out.
"I'm sorry..." He slowly stated, tongue tied. She edged closer to him. He unwillingly took a seat by her. What was he doing sitting on the edge of a cliff with a woman that hated his guts right now and could sit him or push him off?
"So." She continued their interface. "So what?" He asked, stupidly. As he did so she growled under her breath.
"SAYING SORRY DOESN'T MEAN A FUCKING THING!" She cussed as the top of her lungs, now at a full standing position, yelling to Inuyasha still sitting in surprised by her course language. This was the first time he'd heard her cuss."HOW DO I KNOW YOU REALLY MEAN IT! HUH! ANSWER ME!"
He stayed silent as she continued her rampage. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN! OF COURSE I MEAN IT!" He yelled back after the second of silence.
"So how do you expect me to know you meant it, after all anyone can say 'I'm sorry'!" She answered his question. He didn't answer after that, he remained mute even after she had darted off in anger.
Why didn't I answer? He asked himself. Stupid human form. He blamed his hanyou-self. If I was demon I could of told her...
"Man!" He yelled in his frustration. He buried his head in hands. "Relationship problems?" Miroku asked taking a seat by the infuriated human Inuyasha.
"What did you do to make Kagome-chan so angry?" Miroku asked, noticing her mute and anger like behavior. "She caught you, didn't she!" Miroku guessed the nasty predicament.
"Yeah, she did and I don't know what to tell her..." He answered. "Don't worry Kagome-chan will get over it, some day..." He silenced his tone as he finished his sentence. Inuyasha remained his quiet self, and did so the rest of the night. Until morning came and his human form was no more, replaced by the stubborn, over-confident Hanyou once more.
Like he had done last night he approached Kagome, who as usual was at the edge of a cliff: the golden sun rays glowing off her radiant features. He was at halt with her beauty, he had never seen her like this, she was always beautiful but never as radiant as this. The only thing that reminded him of the happenings of the other night were her sagging and lazed eyes, that held sorrow in the mirrors of their pupils. Such eyes reminded him of the dead Miko: Kikyo, his love, but also the one who was tearing him and Kagome apart.
"Kagome- chan..." He said quietly, his tongue still tied into knots. "Yes, Inuyasha..." She answered him in a muffled voice. "Kagome I'm really sorry, I didn't think that... I didn't try to hurt you on purpose.." The words he had searched for finally came out. "Now that's what I was talking about last night... anybody can say their sorry." She made him understand the concept she had spoke of that night.
Inuyasha sighed largely in relieve, every hole in their relationship quilt seemed to be patched up and holding stronger than ever, maybe too strong. In his newly found quilt free position he leaned back in comfort, breathing easy.
Kagome released her sorrowed eyes and had her joy filled one return to their rightful place. She desired to try something Inuyasha had always seemed to do with Kikyo. She crawled over to him on all fours, ever nearing her face to his. He looked to her with confusion, not knowing exactly what she was trying to do. Before long she had reached his too close for comfort zone and was still advancing. She didn't stop till their faces were at least two inches apart. He didn't dare lean back, suspecting this was just one of Kagome's tricks. She was smiling greatly while his mouth edged downwards slightly. He knew he was blushing, he just couldn't stop himself, she was possibly blushing more than him: all he knew was that he was redder that a cherry. "Why are you scared?" Kagome asked him getting closer to him. "I...I'm.. not..." He would regret the next words he would say. "I'm not scared... Kikyo..." Kagome jolted back at the hearing of the words.
I not scared kikyo, kikyo, kikyo. The unforgettable name of the Miko echoed in her thoughts, not willing to stop. Inuyasha wide-eyed, only now realizing the words he had spoken, the fear he had the other night now became a nightmare in its truest form. "Wait Kagome!" He exclaimed as he watched her fade in the distance. "I DIDN'T MEAN IT!" The words weren't heard by the emotionally ramshackle schoolgirl, who was running her bleeding heart out.
Again she found herself in the gorgeous meadow, followed by the vision of the wolf prince. He didn't seemed surprised by her presence in the meadow once more. "Kagome..." He asked in a softened voice. She could no longer hold in the overcoming tears, she broke into a crying frenzy. Worse than the time before.
Kagome found herself in Kouga arms. He didn't flinch, not caring if she was crying of an unknown reason, just knowing naturally that she needed to be comforted.
How come Kouga always seemed to be the first person that comforted her? Kouga had been there that night, he'd found her some how. And now he was here, knowing very well that he could let go of her and just run. But he was here, holding her, and not afraid like Inuyasha to be close to her, not fearing the sensation of his body touching hers..
Kagome, in his arms made her feel like she always wish Inuyasha would make her feel, but never did. Kouga hadn't asked or said anything about why she was crying, he remained calming as the minutes seemed to drag on. She felt his rocking motion, something you did naturally when you had a malaise person in your arms.
"Kagome, are you ok?" He asked after her crying had almost diminished. "No." She answered immedatly. "What's wrong?" He asked, combing her silky mane with his fingers. "Inuyasha... he..."
"He what..." Not the slightest hint of anger in his tone. "He called me... called me... Kikyo!" His relaxed muscles became strained and tense, Kagome could feel his shaking arms. Nether the less he still held her with the passion he always had.
"Kagome, I don't encourage you returned to that cheating hanyou..." His hands shook as he said the words. " But it isn't my choice, I would recommend you to stay with me for a while," His strained chest muscles unstrain as much as they could. Kagome like the though of staying with Kouga for a while, her heart was broken and he's the one that had the super-glue and as far as she knew no one knew had to do it better than him. "Maybe it is for the best that I stay with you..." She confirmed his idea. "Yes I believe it would be a good plan."
"Good," He swept her off her feet and carried her bridal style.
As the surrounding landscape turned to a blur Kagome thought of the situation at hand, she truly didn't wish to hurt Inuyasha, but he had brought it upon himself by calling her that name. How could he, every time it seemed that they were making up, Kikyo somehow how found herself into the conversation and ruined it.
Cursed wench, Sorrow became apparent in her character, She was glad that the words hadn't escaped her mouth. She did hate Kikyo but it never was enough to really hate her. Right now Kouga seemed to have more rage towards her, and he'd never even meet her. Kagome and Kikyo's relationship was the least thought Kagome was worried about, the thing that worried her most was the fact that Kouga was treating her so good and she'd rather think and by with Inuyasha. She did like Kouga and the way her treated her but she didn't Like him like him.
Does that make any sense? Kagome wondered as the slurred visuals around her became more vivid and clear. Hmmm, I suppose it does... She ended the thought with that last statement, that fact was that she'd never be able to control of who she loved, in the end that fact would become evident. She could only play one card to win this game of love, and she had two of them, she didn't know which one would win her the game. Because either of them seemed to be able to, but only one card would win it for sure.
Ok that's the end, hears readers cheer Narrows eyes Of the chapter... Cheering ceases This one was a little short but I just wanted to get this chapter over with. So pleaze review, I begging here! I don't care it you leave a negative review, after all people learn from their mistakes. If you have a problem just email me or review, because if you don't tell what's wrong with it I won't be able to fix it, now will I? Looks around Okay, next chpt coming soon. Also I have some art on under the name Kurisutaru, so check it out. L&ters!
