She's back. And she's blah. That's right. I'm feelin' rather passive… but I'm in a holiday happy mood because I just hid and wrapped presents. YAY! Alright. I think I'll have the rape either this chapter or next… Next probably. Who knows. ME! Hahaha… yeah. I'm a little crazy. Buckle ye seatbelts kiddies. We're going to have a BuMpY ride. HAH!
Disclaimer: No Kirara plushie for Manda. Makes her sad. u.u Now I own nothing of Inuyasha. Accept for a bunch of tapes with rather random numbers of episodes Inuyasha… YAY!
Three days had passed since Kagome had mysteriously disappeared into her own Era, the Era of the Millennium. Sango sat silently, stroking silently the fur of her small fire cat. Kirara 'poi'ed in unhappiness, and Shippo sat silently. The group was incomplete without Kagome, and everyone knew it, especially since Inuyasha was always away when she was gone. It was just too, in a way, too quiet.
"Miroku?" Sango asked quietly, her chocolate brown eyes met Miroku's almost velvety violet ones.
"Yes Sango?" He asked, staring truthfully at her. This was going to be a conversation about Kagome that would end in a very unhappy way, he could already feel it.
"What… do you think Inuyasha did? He says she left to take tests, but that can't be true. She would have said 'Good-bye' at least, or even just informed. That, and Inuyasha wouldn't be so cranky. He's always… blah when she's gone, but how he's acting right now is just downright weird." She stated, and Miroku sighed deeply.
"Inuyasha… Inuyasha loves Kagome. You and I both see that, but Kagome… Kagome doesn't believe it enough to realize what's right in front of her. And I doubt Inuyasha will let his guard down enough to tell her. He's changed since I met him… Kagome somehow squirmed into his life and softened him… only to a point, though. But he messed up, and she's insecure. Damn… I wish one of us could go and get her. Inuyasha won't budge from his decision to let her come back on her own, and I fear that she won't come back without being convinced that Inuyasha didn't mean what he did." Miroku choked out, choosing his words carefully. One wrong move and Sango would believe he was at his lecherous ways again.
"Are you sure that he messed up that bad? I mean, Kagome's insecure, and still isn't used to how our demon friend acts… it's not in her culture." Sango asked, her eyes filling with tears. She hoped to the Gods that Miroku wouldn't ruin this perfectly innocent conversation.
"Believe me, even when Inuyasha messes up, she sits him and leaves. If he had done something small, he'd be complaining about the sits, and about how the 'wench' always leaves when he wanted to search for the shards. Have you heard a word of that yet?" Miroku asked, and Kirara jumped up, hissing.
"Kirara? What's wrong?" Sango asked, looking at the door.
Kagome's friends had reminisced about the marks on her face for three days now, and she was getting tired of it.
"Guys, I tell you, I broke a glass. I know, odd that the marks are in a certain patter, BUT IT'S MERE QUINCIDENCE!" Kagome said loudly, trying to make her point.
"We know, we know, but it's odd. They almost look like claw marks." Yuka gasped out in realization, Kagome's face sunk.
"Now who do we know with claws? Animals wouldn't be that smart…" Eri wondered aloud to herself, and Kagome grew red with anger.
"NO HUMAN HAS CLAWS ALRIGHT! IT WAS GLASS! NOW LAY OFF!" Kagome screeched angrily, but sadly also truthfully. She wouldn't accept that Inuyasha was human, he was half-demon. She had wanted to keep Inuyasha out of her mind, but her friends weren't letting her. They just weren't.
The bell rang, announcing that the school day was over, and Kagome was more than 'very thankful' for that. She walked a very different route home, one that she knew no one would travel. One that she knew would be quiet. She had had a terrible day, but putting up with the fuss of her friends over the claw marks on her face had been by far the worst.
The sounds and smells of Tokyo had practically disappeared from around Kagome as she walked down the dimly lit ally way. The air was cool and crisp, and all that could be heard was the distant shouts and honks of impatient drivers. The ally reminded her, almost exactly, of the Feudal Era, and all its sorrows and joys.
"Finally, time alone. I can think." Kagome said aloud to herself, fixating on the issue of Inuyasha.
'They didn't mean to remind me of Inuyasha , but they did. My friends don't even know he exists, yet I can't get him out of my mind. Why is this haunting me?' Kagome let out a deep sigh of distress, closing her eyes while walking momentarily. Bringing her hand slowly up to her face, she cringed at the pain of even the lightest touch brought. 'I've admitted I love Inuyasha to myself, so why is this haunting me so? If only I hadn't followed Buyo into the well house… Everything would be much better. I'd have a steady relationship, friends, a future…' Kagome stopped herself dead in her tracks.
"You have all of those." She whispered, tears dripping from her face. 'All of them in the Feudal Era.' She would go back at the end of the week. "Then, I won't have to come back for school, summer will be in session, and Inu… no one will be able to whine bout my having to come back." Kagome smiled to herself, reaching the end of the ally. She knew she'd have to take that path much more often, as she reached the back entrance of the shrine.
"MEW!" A small white kitten mewed at Kagome, causing her to smile and bend down to pet the kitten. "Mew…" The kitten cried again, Kagome smiled even more.
"You remind me of my friend's kitty. Do you know… of course you don't." Kagome sighed. 'Kirara's 500 years back, probably laying happily in Sango's arms. Me? I'm sitting here talking to a cat. I'M TALKING TO A CAT! MY GOD I'M TALKING TO A CAT!' Kagome screeched at herself silently, sighing unhappily. She missed Sango, Kirara, Miroku and Shippo already. She missed Inuyasha the most, but wouldn't allow herself to think of that. 'Not after what he did. I don't know him anymore, the Inuyasha I knew wouldn't strike me.'
Kagome entered the house slowly, shutting the door behind her, collapsing on the long blue couch. She didn't bother remove the cat from under her, Kagome knew that Buyo would move just in time, which he did.
"MOM! I'M HOME! I'M GONNA TAKE A NAP BEFORE I START ON HOMEWORK!" She shouted to her mother, who was in the kitchen before trudging up the stairs.
The bed practically became one with Kagome, as she fell asleep almost instantly, trying to avoid putting pressure on the left side of her face.
Kagome's mother sighed, sitting down at the table, sipping on a cup of green tea politely.
"Dad, Kagome's been very withdrawn. Something happened between her and Inuyasha. Something big." She sighed, taking a large drink before averting her eyes to her father, a man with many grey hairs, wearing shrine robes.
"It's because of that demon. He's got no control of the demon blood, and you and I both know that. We've had this conversation before, dear. This is why…" The old man sighed deeply before his grandson came bounding into the room.
"Hi Mom! Hi Gramps! How was your guys' day? Mine was great, but I have a lot of homework so I've got to go. Bye!" He said, not pausing for a single breath, and not stopping to acknowledge either of them, just catching their eyes with his own before running up the stairs and shutting the door of his room.
"Yeah… sure…" The man said, slightly shaken up by the boy's quick run through.
"Inuyasha is a great bo… man. He's taken care of Kagome God knows how many times, and he'll continue for God only knows however much longer. Now Souta will be wanting food before his soccer game, I'll get it started. You can go watch TV or something dad." She said shyly, starting towards the door slowly. The old man just sighed deeply, going back to reading the newspaper.
Kagome's mom's mind was racing. Inuyasha wouldn't hurt her daughter… would he? She could push the subject onto Kagome, but she knew that wouldn't work. 'No one talks under that pressure.' She thought, having fond memories of how her father had forced her to tell him what happened many times when she was younger.
I know. OOC. My story though, and if you don't like it, tough. PLEASE REVIEW! Even if it's putting down the OOC ness, I want reviews! Whines