All I Want Is Another Chance
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any related characters
All right, I know some of you are begging for explanations about his reincarnation, but stay calm, it will come in time. I'm just suffering a little writer's block—I have the ideas, I'm just having trouble putting it into story format.
Chapter 3: Aren't You Dead?
"Inuyasha! Sota, you're right! It's Inuyasha!" Kagome ran up to the startled teenager and squeezed him in a tight hug. "I thought you were dead! What happened? Never mind that—you're here now, that's—"
"Kagome, he's…not Inuyasha," Mrs. Higurashi said gently. "He's an exchange student."
Kagome looked up at the boy. He was bright red with embarrassment as he pulled away slightly. She felt tears rising in her eyes as she let go of him and bowed, her hope vanishing like morning mist.
"I apologize for my behavior," she muttered. "I thought…you were someone else." Blushing furiously, she raced out of the room, not caring where in Tokyo she went, just as long as she could get away from this—this shadow of Inuyasha. After a while, she could hear speedy footsteps behind her.
"Kagome! Wait, don't go!"
Kagome didn't stop, but sped up, leaving her pursuer, whoever it was, behind. Her flight only ended when she hit the ocean, where she collapsed, exhausted, into the sand. As the moon rose, she noticed that it was almost gone. But not new. That guy definitely wasn't Inuyasha. But her heart was most definitely shattered into the smallest shards possible.
Like the Shikon Jewel. Again she wondered what she was going to do about it, without him there. But if I don't, who knows how much damage it could cause to time? Still pondering, she fainted in the sand.
Inuyasha sat on the dunes, watching her. I hate hurting her like this, but she mustn't know. Not yet. His mind backtracked to his death.
'I know I haven't been a very good person, but I don't care for Heaven. Just please…bring me back so I can be with her again. I just want to be with her…All I want is another chance to show her I truly care about her. Just one more chance…' That had been his last desperate prayer, even as his world changed into darkness. His pain faded away, and he could feel himself becoming weightless. Inuyasha looked down and saw Kagome weep for him.
I can only hope now that the gods grant my prayer. And they had, after a few hundred years, when a baby was born dead. As luck would have it, this was a few years before Kagome was born. He had been given the child's body as his own, and raised by the overjoyed couple as their (slightly delinquent) son.
But the gods had a condition…he must re-win her heart, gain it back to find out whether she truly loved him or had forgotten him for another, or else he would die again for good. And he only had a week before his fate was sealed. He knew she never would love another, but that only made it harder. How could he win her when she still loved the body lying dead in the Feudal Era? Inuyasha's head started hurting. Grumbling to himself, he picked Kagome up and carried her back to her house. He laid her on her bed and tucked her in, hesitated, then kissed her gently.
"Whether I can do this or not, please remember me," he murmured. "And let me into your heart. Please return my love in this life as you have in the past, even if I die again. And if I do not succeed, let the last thing I see be you."
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Outside, Suki Higurashi confronted the boy. "I wish you hadn't told me who you were, Inuyasha. It only makes it harder for me to watch my daughter suffer knowing the man she loves is living with her, and I can't even tell her."
Inuyasha shook his head. "It can't be helped. I can't tell her, and even if I did…" He sighed, putting his hand on the smaller human's shoulder. "She wouldn't believe me. I just can't tell her."
Mrs. Higurashi nodded her understanding, but glared at him, gripping his upper arms until he winced. "But if you break my daughter's heart, I swear I will kill you before your so-called deadline is up, do you understand?"
He nodded. "I understand, Higurashi-san. I'd best be getting to bed. I have school tomorrow."
She watched him go, then opened her daughter's door. Kagome moaned in her sleep, clutching the rosary.
"Inuyasha…" Then she rolled over, and was lost to other dreams.
"Sleep well, Kagome," her mother murmured, closing the door.
There's the third chapter, a little different from what I planned earlier, but better. And it let me explain about his reincarnation, so I'm happy. Isn't this just so sweet? Were I more of a punk, I'd gag, but I'm not, so I'm crying as I'm typing this up. I know Kagome's mom is a bit OOC. She does well as a protective mom though, huh?