Brandtishot: Well check this out people! I have produced 2 chapters in one day! What now?
Ericha: Make out with the hot catholic boy in band.
Brandtishot: :sweatdrops and laughs nervously: I don't know what you're talking about.
Ericha: You know? That dude Kyle? He sits practically right behind you and you always turn around and stare at him all day. He plays the trumpet? He calls you Alaska? He has a last name you can't even pronounce? Remember?
Brandtishot: I don't know what you're talking about :says through clenched teeth: Shut-up, shut-up, shut-up!
Ericha: Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha so stop asking!
Chapter 19: A Hanyou's Loss
Kagome sat with her back against the wall, crying out of shame and a broken heart. Inuyasha sat next to the bed, his eyes transfixed on an invisible spot on the floor in front of him, his ears flattened against his silver hair. He looked everything like the image of an abused puppy as Kagome continued to cry. She had not answered his question, so he took her silence as a "yes," so he rose to his feet and put on his red kimono. As he opened the window to leave, Kagome called out to him.
"Wait!"
"For what?" he sneered.
"What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing bitch? I'm leaving you," he started to leave again.
"Wait!" She ran over to him not caring that the bed sheet fell exposing her. She reached out and yanked hard on his necklace. It snapped and the beads fell on the floor. "Now you're free of me."
He jumped put of the bone eaters well, his heart shattered.
"Inuyasha."
He froze, "What do you want Kikyou?"
She emerged from behind a tree and circled the hanyou until she was facing him.
"Why do you cry, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha reached up and felt his face. He was crying. He held onto something tightly in his hand. Curious he opened it and stared at his hand.
"Inuyasha?"
"It's one of the enchantment beads…" He whispered.
"Inuyasha…"
Inuyasha looked up at her, the tears welling up in his eyes.
"She's gone," his voice broke. "Kagome's really gone. And (sniffs) she took away my only connection to her. I can't go back. I can't protect her anymore…"
With that last statement, Inuyasha broke down and for the first time in his life, he cried openly. Kikyou stared at him, her face void of any emotion. But on the inside, she wasn't the strong, stoic Kikyou. Inside, her heart crumbled in to dust. The hanyou before her no longer loved her, but her heart ached because he had lost the woman he loved who loved him for who he was and didn't try to change him. Kikyou knew in her heart that she was never capable of giving him that.
While the hanyou mourned the loss of his love, Kikyou silently made her way to the edge of the forest. She looked back at him with a no longer stoic expression, but rather one of sympathy.
"Inuyasha, you have suffered long enough," she whispered. "I release you from your promise."
Then she disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again…or so you would think…
Brandtishot: Well folks! I hope you liked the first volume of the True Feelings Trilogy! Hope I get some fanart for my story! I will post them on my user homepage or in the second volume. Review please!