Okay first of all let me clarify what I meant on the author's note at the end. When I said keep reading I mean either one of two.
If there's another chapter read it.
If there isn't another chapter to read, wait till it's posted, then read it.
I'm sorry I didn't say that in the beginning, since it was my first chapter, I get so excited I forget to clarify what I mean. Thank you for pointing that out!
Shout Outs!
TO: MacDaddy101, Dude, you're the best nephew ever! I appreciate your support and reading my chapter!
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Quote of the Chapter: When life throws you lemons… SQUIRT THEM IN THE EYES OF YOUR ENEMIES or make lemonade. It's your choice. grins evilly
Last Chapter: Then, he noticed something; something just lying there on the ground. Inuyasha picked it up and was feeling so many emotions at once that he didn't know what to feel exactly.
"No…" Inuyasha just stood there, "This can't be…"
Chapter 2: What They Lost
Inuyasha looked at the tiny bottle that lay in his hands. He gazed at the rare beauty of the tiny pieces of the Shikon Jewel.
"Why would she do something like this, I've done plenty of worse things to her in the past and she didn't leave then…So what's the difference now?"
---------------Kagome's Time-----------------
Thump! Kagome had fallen flat on her bottom.
"Well that's that… No more feudal era for me…"
Then she looked over to her back pack that was lying on the ground, "OH great, everything fell out again!"
As she was picking everything up, she saw something that almost instantaneously caught her eye. She slightly giggled when she picked it up. "This was when Inuyasha and I had got our pictures taken in the booth." Then her attention turned to the second picture, it had both of their faces cut out in the shape of hearts, "I remember now, this was the picture I used to make Inuyasha's locket!" She suddenly got angry, "At first he didn't want it… but then it ended up saving his life! Ungrateful jerk! I remember when I gave this to him!"
---------------Flashback--------------------
"Inuyasha here."
"What is it?"
"It's a locket, promise you'll never take it off."
-------------End of Flashback------------
"But now…it should better since I don't have to deal with him… wont it…? …Why am I trying to fool myself! That place is my life… or used to be that is… it's going to be different without them."
Kagome stood up determined not to let her tears win the battle and come out. "…I just hope that they realize what I did was for the best"
"Kagome sweet-heart is that you?" Ms. Hagurashi yelled from her garden since she had overheard someone talking at the shrine.
Kagome rolled her eyes knowing her mother would get hysterical and embrace her in a big, hard, suffocating hug as she did every time Kagome returned home from the feudal era, "Yes mama," Kagome cringed, "I'm home"
Kagome climbed out of the well and her mother came running and threw her arms around her, "OH Kagome, you haven't been home in two weeks, I was sooooo worried!"
"I'm sorry mama." Kagome coughed indicating that she couldn't breathe.
Ms. Hagurashi let Kagome and laughed, "Okay Okay, you win, I'll let go." Then she suddenly started circling Kagome like a hawk. Kagome startled and was starting to get a little freaked out, "Mama…" but her mom stopped her by putting her index finger to Kagome's mouth.
"My my, what has that Inuyasha been putting you through? You're filthy, your clothes are ripped, and your hair…tsk tsk, it's full of mud!" She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows.
After that statement Kagome didn't pay attention to the rest of what her mother had to say, "Inuyasha… for a slight second I had forgot about leaving you, it's sure going to take a while to get used to my new life" Again Kagome had a struggle holding in her tears. "My new life…"
"Kagome sweetheart… is everything okay? You seem distant… Did you and that Inuyasha get into another one of your little fights?" She said smiling as if it were a joke as always.
Kagome snapped out of her thoughts once Inuyasha had been mentioned and smiled, "Don't worry bout it mama, I just….uhhhhhhhhh…. am tired, yah I'm tired and I need to rest!" "Please let that excuse work!" Kagome silently pleaded.
"Um, okay sweetheart," she looked at Kagome with a questioning expression, "You know Kagome…," but Kagome cut her off, "mama I'm fine! I'm going to go take a shower and rest, cya at dinner!" She ran off in a hurry towards her house.
"I'm not so convinced everything is alright…" Ms. Hagurashi thought.
---------------Feudal Era----------------
After 30 minutes of standing at the well, Inuyasha turned his eyes away from the well, "I could go get her… but… if she left the jewel shards… maybe she doesn't want to be dragged back here…"
Inuyasha's emotions suddenly changed from gloomy to furious. "STUPID WENCH!" Inuyasha yelling could be heard from a mile away and of course, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kirara heard this since they were approaching his current position.
"Sango, Inuyasha has never yelled at lady Kagome that loud has he?" Miroku said.
"No I don't believe so, they must've have got into a huge fight, something far more superior to any fight they've ever had."
Shippo suddenly got angry, "Stupid Inuyasha! I'm going to go see what's going on!"
"Inuyasha… if you do anything to Kagome…I'll, I'll, I'm not sure what I'll do but I'll sure do something!"
Shippo ran for a few more second until he was in view of the well. As he neared… he only saw Inuyasha staring into space blankly.
He was rather worried since he had expected to see Kagome there yelling right back at him. He ran up to Inuyasha. "Hey," he said scanning the area trying to find any sign of Kagome, "Where's Kagome?"
Inuyasha looked down so Shippo couldn't see the Sadness in his eyes, "she's gone…"
Shippo laughed, "Is that all? She'll come back soon like she al…"
Inuyasha put out his hand; it was in a fist. "No Shippo, you don't understand…" Inuyasha just kept his hand like that for a few moments.
"WELL…. Where is she at!"
Inuyasha opened his hand slowly and showed him what Kagome had left behind.
Shippo gasped and was unable to speak. Tears started to pour out of his eyes.
Inuyasha regained his composure, "Oh well, now she can live the normal life she always wanted." It took all of Inuyasha's might to say that. Even though he didn't really mean it and all he wanted to do was go and get her, Shippo perceived Inuyasha's words in the wrong way and thought that he meant it.
"Inuyasha…" Shippo sniffled, "YOU…YOU JERK!" With all his strength he started hitting Inuyasha's leg with his fist; to Inuyasha's surprise, it hurt a little, " He must really hate me… who could blame him though? What I did was worse than anything I've ever done to him, I pushed her away," He looked down at Shippo, "He really did love her and she really loved him…"
Inuyasha put his hand on Shippo's head gently, "You know… I really am sorry." He bent down and looked at Shippo. His eyes were glazed over from the tears and his face was blush. He took the bottle of jewel shards and placed it around Shippo's neck.
This had made Shippo even sadder and more infuriated, "Inuyasha… I hate you, not like before when you'd hit me and I said that I hated you, but, I truly HATE you."
Inuyasha only nodded and ran away. He couldn't stand to see Shippo hurt like this, and soon, the others would be feeling the same pain.
"Kagome why in the hell did I let you go? They need you… I need you…I need you because…not only so you can find the jewel shards and I can finally become a full demon, but because I need you, I need you by my side" His thoughts were suddenly interrupted.
"Kikyo?" He sniffed the air and found her scent, and as always, Inuyasha followed the scent.
Running through the rough brush of the forest Inuyasha ran. He wasn't quite sure why he wanted to find Kikyo, but the only thing that he knew was that he had to go see her. "Kikyo… what do I truly want out of life?" Suddenly he stopped. There was Kikyo, right in front of him. She was so beautiful. Despite the fact she had no sign of emotion on her face and the gloomy azure light was coming off of her soul collectors illuminated the dark, deep forest giving off a depressing feeling, she looked beautiful. "Inuyasha, come here." He hesitated for a moment but then he did as he was told.
His mind was clouded so he couldn't think of anything else, not even Kagome. "Kikyo? Why are you here?" Kikyo only smiled, "You Inuyasha." Inuyasha Stopped when he was only inches from her.
There was a few moments of silence and all they did was look into each other's eyes but then finally Kikyo spoke,"Inuyasha, what is it that you want most?"
"What kind of question is that? I want you kik…Kagome?"
Inuyasha only stared at Kikyo after this thought.
"Inuyasha, I can see into your heart,"she placed her hand on his cheek. Her hand was so cold but was somewhat soothing. "You are confused are you not?"
"Kikyo…"
"Silence my Inuyasha, for I have something to say to you." She smiled a sweet smile.
"That's how Kagome smiled…"
"Inuyasha, no matter what you do when you finally conquer the confusion in your heart, you will always…" Her lips met his. The kiss was sweet and innocent. Inuyasha had closed his eyes and savored this moment. He wanted this to last forever but then, she finally let go.
"Be mine…"
Inuyasha opened his eyes and to his surprise she wasn't there. No longer was the forest illuminated with the soft azure light, but now it was the same forest he had always known. He touched his cheek and still felt the cold of her hand. "Kikyo…"
After that last thought…everything had gone black.
---------------Kagome's Time----------------
"Stupid ALARM CLOCK!" Kagome hit it so it would go off. "Why is my alarm clock set on Saturday anyways?"
"KAAAAAAAAAAAAGOME!" Her little brother ran into her room and jumped on her bed. "I'm glad to have to back sis!" he was beaming.
Kagome was puzzled at first but then remembered the previous night that she had decided to skip dinner and go straight to bed and not wait up for sota who was at his friend's house.
"It's…..nice to be back?" Kagome didn't know what emotion to feel. She had always loved to come home and see her brother sota, her mom and her grandpa but now, being back didn't quite feel the same." She smiled.
"Oh… now I remember, I left the feudal era…forever." Her sleepy smile had gone to a sad blank expression.
"Is everything okay sis? Why isn't Inuyasha here with you? I wanted to show him a new video game that I had got yesterday! Wait… did you two get into another fight? Why do you two always fight? Or did you confess how much you loooooooove each other?" Sota started making a kissy face and started make the kissing sound."
Overwhelmed by all the questioning Kagome got up, hugged her brother and went downstairs to eat breakfast without another word. Sota just sat there upset because he hadn't got any answers.
"Yes, Kagome does feel a lot better today! I would even say that she has the energy to go out! Oh, no she doesn't have any plans today…. Yes that would be lovely! Okay I'll let her know! Bye!" Kagome's mother put the phone down and saw Kagome coming downstairs.
"OH Kagome I have great news!"
"Yes mom?" She said still groggy from her sleep.
"You and Hojo are going to the movies today!"
"Mama…" Kagome started but was stopped when she saw her mother's angry face.
"KAGOME! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TODAY! HOJO IS A NICE BOY AND YOU ARE GOING TO THE MOVIES!"
Kagome wasn't usually defiant against her mother and wasn't planning on starting so she accepted the fact that she had a date. "Yes mama."
"You haven't done anything fun lately honey. And I am only thinking in your best interest."
"I know mama" She hugged her mom and went to go eat a bowl of cereal.
"What would Inuyasha think if he knew I was going on a date?" She smiled at the thought, "His jealousy was obnoxious, but at the same time it was quite humorous."
"So Kagome, I heard you had a date?" she turned around to see her grandpa smiling.
"Why yes I do grandpa, and don't worry, he's a very nice boy, even mom says so."
"I am not worried about the boy's behavior, I'm worried about…" He laughed, "Time will tell."
Kagome was puzzled by this statement but decided to let it go since half the stuff grandpa said didn't make sense in the first place. "Okay grandpa."
"So…a date huh? This could be fun… this might be fun…okay it probably wont be fun but I'll do it for my mom!" Kagome got up to go take a shower and think about what exactly what girls did on dates.
------------------Later that night around 6ish-----------------
"Well this is as good as it gets" Kagome thought and sighed. She stared at her self in her mirror. It had taken two hours just to pick out an outfit and then an extra hour to decide what to do with her hair, after that, she had finally decided. She wore her hair in a pony-tail, had a blue tang-top, a black skirt that went to the middle of her thighs, dangly silver hoops and some black sandals. Kagome wasn't much for make up so she only applied a little lip gloss and some light pink eye shadow. "I actually look pretty good…I wonder what Inuyasha would say if he were here…Inuyasha…" All day she couldn't stop thinking about her friends back in the feudal era, "KAGOME! You need accept the fact that they're gone and that's that! Stop getting so depressed! Plus, you have a date tonight, so try to cheer up!"
The motivational speech wasn't working, "Well maybe one little visit to the Well wouldn't hurt, would it?"
--------------------Feudal Era----------------------
Inuyasha awoke from his sleep and sat up in the bed that he was laying in.
"Where the hell am I?" Inuyasha said aloud. Then he remembered what had happened. He started blushing and put his hand to his cheek. "Was it real or was it a dream? It seemed so real though…" His thoughts were interrupted by Kaede walking in. "I see thee was woken up from thy sleep. How does thee feel?"
"I feel fine just tell what happened and why I'm here!"
"Well, Shippo was walking in thy forest and suddenly came across thee sleeping under a tree. He tried to wake thee but had no luck so he came to get me. We brought you here and we assumed that thee had either bumped thy head or tripped since thee wouldn't awake from thy slumber."
"Shippo…" Inuysasha had remembered what had happened this morning.
"Kaede, please tell me where Shippo is."
"Shippo is at thy well but thee isn't recovered from…" she was cut off when Inuyasha jumped out of bed and ran out of her hut.
-----------------At the Well-----------------
"Please Kagome come back to us…" Shippo was sitting at the well and praying "Kagome, you're one of the only people I have! I can't…. I can't be with out you!" Shippo started to weep but held in his tears.
Inuyasha had overheard Shippo's prayer and walked up towards him.
"Shippo…"
Shippo looked over in Inuyasha's direction and then turned around and looked down.
"Inuyasha, why are you so cruel?"
"You have to understand… It was Kagome's decision"
"NO! Inuyasha you have to understand! Kagome doesn't make these decisions of her own free will! She relies on us to help her, me, Sango, Miroku, and…..especially you!"
"What do you mean?" Inuyasha was greatly confused.
"YOU are so blind to what's in front of you Inuyasha!"
"Shippo….."
Shippo started to break out in tears and Inuyasha walked in front of him and laid his hand on his head but that didn't last long. Shippo looked down at the bottle around his neck and smiled evilly since he had got an idea.
"Inuyasha…" Shippo stood up.
"What?" Inuyasha said in an irritated voice.
Shippo suddenly stood up and pushed Inuyasha down the well.
Inuyasha yelled, "You littttttttttllllllllllllllle……." And his voice got faint and then disappeared.
Satisfied with his work Shippo rubbed his hands together and smiled, "My work is done!" He whistled and walked away.
-------------------Kagome's Time------------------
Kagome climbed out of her window. "One little look couldn't hurt…"
She was as quite as possible as she snuck out. She climbed down the vines and walked towards the shrine. She looked up at the moon and the stars, "I wonder…does the moon abide by the rules of time? Can they see the same moon as I am right now?"
THUMP!
"OW! I'm going to kill that stupid…" Inuyasha's thoughts were interrupted by someone's voice.
Kagome froze. "I wonder who's at the well…"
"Grandpa…"
Inuyasha climbed out of the well and stood right in front of it staring into the familiar face.
Kagome just stood there a few feet from the well staring into the familiar face.
"Kagome…"
"Inuyasha…"
To be Continued…
(A/N: Okay I know that the separation didn't last too terribly long but remember that this story is called "The Last Jewel Shard" and that's what I intend for it to be about. Who knows if Kagome will even go back to Inuyasha's time or even if Inuyasha will want her to? The reason why I started the story this way was to show you how they feel about each other and then, they'll be some unexpected twists soon! And as for Kikyo, it'll all be explained later, way later in the story!
List of things I need from you guys!
Tell me if I'm rushing or if I'm going to slow (ex. more or less detailing)
Suggestions on anything I can improve on (ex. Grammar, paragraphing, etc.)
Suggestions on events you want to happen (ex. Inuyasha beating up Hojo, more Fluff, etc.)
Suggestions on anything you'd like! Feel free to say anything you want! Just not flames, I only take constructive criticism.
I'd gladly appreciate if you did these things! Keep reading! smiles innocently )