Torn Between Three Worlds

Chapter 2

The Chance Meeting

"Do you have to know every damn thing that goes on in my life! I have my reasons for not going after her and that's all I'm saying, so leave me alone and stop asking me about it!" With that, Inuyasha stormed out of the hut and into the woods.

Damn it, damn it all to hell. This all started when I met her. Because of her, my whole pathetic existence turned upside down.

Flashback

It was a simple misunderstanding that ended up in a real painful argument. Every time he tried to get in a word edgewise to explain his actions, he would get the dreaded 's' word. It was times like this that hurt him the most. Not all of the sit commands, but all of the yelling and fighting that came along with it. Why wouldn't she understand that he was chasing after Kikyo to send her peacefully to the afterlife like she had wanted him to do for a long time. But Kagome, no, she had to blow things way out of proportion and assume that Inuyasha went after Kikyo because he still loved her. Kagome wasn't completely wrong however. He knew that he still cared for her, just not like he used to. Inuyasha simply didn't know how he felt about anything anymore. His friends were becoming distant, his brother Sesshomaru wasn't attacking him as often as he used to, hell even Naraku had been keeping away. What is a hanyou supposed to think? He was confused, lost, and hurt. Why did everyone have to abandon him now, when he needed them the most? His heart just couldn't take anymore. He would have rather taken a sword through the chest then stand here and be beaten down like a dog. (tee hee, just had to add that. sorry inu) No one left him any choice, so he did the only thing that he could have done. He ran. He ran as fast as he could away from his friends and away from reality. He wanted to disappear. He wanted all of this pain to go away. Everyone believed that nothing bothered him. That nothing could ever phase the stubborn hanyou. But he was half-human. He still had feelings; feelings that a human heart can only take so much of. He ran until he couldn't run anymore.

He had no idea where he was. The sun had gone down and came back up some time ago, so he knew he had been running for hours. He knew he was a long way from Kiade's village and Inuyasha forest. He's never been this far from 'home'. Inuyasha slowed his pace to a slight jog. Eventually he began to hear the sound of rushing water. Water, that sounds really good right about now. Inuyasha headed towards the promise of relief. Just as he thought, a beautiful, refreshingly cool waterfall. He could see a stream that wound around a bend and out of sight. He didn't even bother shedding his clothes as he stepped into the small stream. It wasn't deep; it was barely up to his waist. He walked over to the waterfall. As he neared his destination, his acute hearing could pick up the sound of something or someone 'humming'. It was beautiful. Unlike anything he's heard before. Inuyasha walked though the waterfall as if it were not even there. There she was; an angel. Slowly bathing her self in what looked like a hot spring. She was wearing her undergarments. But that didn't stop him from seeing her ever curve and every movement she made under the thin material. She moved as if she was dancing in the wind. Her long flowing ebony hair swayed gently with her body as she danced to a song that only she could hear. He was in a trance, staring at the heavenly sight before him. His feet began to walk towards her, unbeknownst to him. The angel turned around and he froze, her brilliant azul eyes widened in shock at no longer being alone. Inuyasha began to attempt to explain his reason for him being there, but the angel would hear none of it. She turned around swiftly, grabbed her clothes, and took off around the bend. Inuyasha sighed and plopped down into the warm water. Figures. Nothing that good could ever happen to me. Again he began to drift off into the darkness as he let the dream world claim him. As his weary body healed itself from the long run here, his mind was in turmoil. Who was that women? She is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Her slim yet toned body, I could tell she wasn't a normal village girl, a demon slayer maybe? But her hair was too long to be a slayer, it looked as if it could touch the ground. And her eyes, a very unusual color for a woman. Though beautiful all the same. She looked my age, well in human years anyway. She can't be a demon. I sensed no demonic aura from her at all. Oh well. It's not like I'll ever see her again. She was beautiful though.

End Flashback

Inuyasha never knew how wrong he was.

(A/N: I know this chapie is kinda short, but hey, I just had to end it in a cliffy. Tee hee.)