All I Want Is Another Chance
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! So don't sue me.
Chapter 4: Kagome Finds Out
Inuyasha's new name, Himitsu InuYume, means 'secret dog dream' in Japanese. I had a heck of a time getting a good name for him, I can tell you right now. None seemed to fit. So I picked words I thought connected to him. Maybe his name's too long now…? Speaking of names, Maryaghu's full name is Maryaghu Lee Annagoste. Get it? (marry a ghoulie and a ghost) Perfect for Halloween, and a terrible pun to boot. Too good to pass up, but it doesn't mean anything beyond the pun.
And yes, Kagome does find out about Inu in this chapter (yay!).
When Kagome woke up, she was surprised to find herself in her own bed. The last thing she remembered was fainting on the beach. 'How did I get back home, then?' she wondered.
"Kagome? Ah, you're awake! That's good!" Mrs. Higurashi smiled at her daughter. "I was so worried after you left. You know, that boy raced after you just to make sure you were all right. He brought you home. Why don't you get dressed now and come down to breakfast?" Kagome nodded mutely and Suki left her alone.
Breakfast was very quiet that morning. Kagome kept fingering her beads nervously every time she looked at Himitsu.
They went to school together, Inuyasha (Himitsu now) trying to start a conversation, and Kagome desperately trying to ignore him. It wasn't working too well. He was both the same as, and yet so different from, Inuyasha, she thought. She didn't notice her pace slowing, differing of its own accord from Himitsu's.
"Kagome…are you upset with me?"
"Wh-why should I be?" Kagome stuttered.
"It's just…you aren't talking to me, and, well, you're just acting angry…" He trailed off.
Kagome stopped suddenly, causing Himitsu to almost crash into her. "Jewel shards," she muttered. "Very close, at least two of them." She spotted them, imbedded in a tree root. She bent over to retrieve them, and caught sight of her watch.
"Ahhhh! We're gonna be late for school!" She tore off, completely forgetting about the shards. Himitsu snatched them up before running after her, trying to catch up.
The day passed rather quickly, and before Inuyasha knew it, they were heading home. Kagome said she had to go to a friend's place and went to her room. But Himitsu knew where she was really going. He hid himself in the shrine to wait for her. Soon enough, she came, her backpack loaded. She stepped on the edge of the well…
"Hey, where ya goin'?" Himitsu said suddenly.
Kagome almost had a heart attack. She had almost given away the secret! How had he known to be in there? He leaned on the rail, looking at her innocently. Kagome spotted the rosary around his neck. That bastard! Stealing my last link to Inuyasha…how dare he, how dare he! Furiously, she opened her mouth to speak…
Himitsu started to panic. If she left now, she might not come back soon, he knew her well enough for that. He had less than a week left, and he probably couldn't go through the well on his own.
"What now? You gonna tell me to sit and run away again!" he snapped, trying to hide his fear. "Tell me!" Kagome's mouth opened and shut, she couldn't think of anything to say. "Well, you're not leaving me. Not this time. I'm coming with you!" And so saying, he dove over the railing, shoving her into the well, dropping the jewel shards. Before the well dissolved around them, he whacked his head on the wall, and the world went black. I'm not going to let you go, not even if it costs me my life again. I won't let you leave me here!
They landed heavily, Inuyasha on top, unconscious but holding onto her as if his life depended on it. In fact, it did, but Kagome didn't know that. As it was, she pulled the rosary off of him violently, and then kicked him, hard, before climbing out of the well and into the Feudal Era.
She hadn't gotten very far before she stopped suddenly, realizing what Himitsu had said.
"You gonna tell me to sit and run off again! Well, you're not leaving me. Not this time!"
He had known she was going to the well, had known about the well, though she hadn't mentioned anything, she was sure. She remembered him dropping the shards as he jumped at her, the very same shards she had sensed earlier that day and then forgotten. He had picked them up and known what they were, had saved them…
"Inuyasha!" she breathed. "You came back!" She turned to go back to the well, and discovered…she was lost. Not knowing where Sango and the others were, she had wandered aimlessly. And now she didn't know where she was. Uh oh. Not only that, it was getting dark, and she was in the Feudal Era alone and unarmed (and lost). Double uh oh.
Just as Kagome thought it couldn't get any worse, Maryaghu leapt out of a tree and landed in front of her. He grabbed her and started carrying her away.
"Hey!—" she protested, struggling.
"Greetings, lady. Are you still moping over that miserable half-breed?" He searched her face, looking for traces of her grief. However, due to recent events, there were none left. "Ah," he said in disappointment. "You are not. Are all humans as fickle as you are?"
Kagome didn't reply. She wasn't about to tell Maryaghu what she knew…that Inuyasha was still alive.
There you have it…the fourth chapter of my story. I hope you have enjoyed it, because I don't know exactly what to do next. It might take about a week this time. Poor Inuyasha…Kagome's disappeared, and he can't track her because a) she was lost, b) Maryaghu flew off with her, and c) he doesn't smell or hear as well as he used to, and he's not that strong anymore, either. What to do, what to do…