The Way Out
Chapter 1"I'm going home!"
"You can't go home every time you feel like it! We need to find the jewel shards!"
"Sit!"
"Why do you always do that?" a mumbled voice came from the newly formed crater.
"And they're at it again," a young monk said, sitting under a tree.
"Yeah, it seems they are always fighting," the demon exterminator responded, placing herself beside the monk, just out of his reach.
"Sango, may I borrow Kirara?" a voice came from the young girl, standing over the new hanyou shaped crater.
"Sure…Kirara," she answered as Kirara transformed from her smaller from.
"Thanks," Kagome said as she grabbed her huge yellow bag and climbed onto the demon cat.
Kirara was just about to begin the trip to the well, as Inuyasha began to climb out of his crater.
"Damn," Inuyasha mumbled, watching Kagome and Kirara disappear into the trees.
"Thank you Kirara," Kagome said climbing off her.
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"I'll be back in a couple of days," she said stepping over the edge of the well and jumping in. A blue light surrounded her, 'I love this feeling. It feels like I'm flying,' she thought. When she landed she glanced up and found a roof over her head, then she looked at the rope ladder hanging down the well, nearly touching the bottom. She began to climb the ladder; she had draped it over into the well to allow an easier climb. The young girl pulled herself over the lip of the old well and opened the well house door, to reveal her family's home and the sacred tree in full blossom.
"I'm home!" she yelled, entering her house.
"Kagome!" a young boy's body slammed into her, before giving her a hug.
"Souta! How are you?"
"Good, did you bring Inuyasha this time?" the boy asked, hoping to see his hero again.
"No. Is mom home?" Kagome asked, wanting to change the subject.
"She went to the grocery store to get more Ramen, you took the last of it last time you went to the Feudal Era. Did you and Inuyasha have a fight again? He doesn't mean it. He cares about you a lot," Souta said, making himself sound very wise.
"Stay out of it! It's none of your business!" she almost yelled, getting angry at the very thought.
'He loves Kikyo, I am only a shard detector, nothing else,' she thought, as she started up the stairs to her room. She slammed her door shut as tears began welling up in her eyes. She decided she needed sleep, so she lay down on her bed, tears streaming down her face, and cried herself to sleep.
That night, as usual, Inuyasha came to the future to see Kagome.
"I love you Kagome, I only wish you felt the same way. But how could someone so beautiful love a filthy half demon? I am not worthy of you Kagome," he whispered as he climbed out of the Bone Eaters Well and jumped to her windowsill. Inside, he could see the woman he loved lying on her bed, asleep, tears, still evident on her cheeks.
"Kagome," he whispered, silently opening her window and climbing in. He sat down on the bed beside the sleeping girl. He froze, when he felt her shift and mumble something, even his sensitive ears couldn't pick up, praying she wouldn't wake up. He tried to think of a reason to tell her if she did happen to wake up, but he couldn't come up with anything. Inuyasha let out his breath in relief, realizing he'd been holding it. He continued watching his loved one sleep, everything in the house was quiet and her intoxicating scent was putting him to sleep.
Suddenly, without warning, the bedroom door flung open and in came Souta. He was about to wake Kagome by saying something, when Inuyasha jumped off the bed and clamping a hand over the kid's mouth. Silently thanking his demon speed and reaction time. He looked back at the sleeping Kagome, to make sure she was not awakened, before pushing Souta out of her room and quietly closing the door.
When Inuyasha finally let go of Souta's mouth, he yelled "Inu-," before a clawed hand silenced him.
"No yelling. Don't wake Kagome. And don't tell her I was here. Got it kid?" the hanyou said letting go of him.
"Sure, I wont tell her. So, why are you here anyway? I mean, she just got back and it's kinda late to look for those Shikon Jewel shard thingies, isn't it?"
"I'm here to…make sure she's okay. I mean, so she doesn't lose the jewel shards," Inuyasha stuttered, trying to come up with a good reason, not wanting to tell him the real reason he had come.
Souta just smiled knowingly, 'He's here because he cares about her,' his young mind told him.
"What are you smiling at!" Inuyasha hissed.
"Nothing. I'm going to bed, night Inuyasha."
"Night kid."
Inuyasha went back into Kagome's room, silently opening the door, then shutting it, just as quietly. He returned to sitting on her bed and watched her sleep.
'She's so beautiful. If only she felt the same as me, but I've been so harsh and mean to her. Why would she love me?' he asked himself.
He looked up and saw that her clocky thing pointed to the one, so he knew he still had a few hours before sunrise.
She rolled over again and mumbled something only Inuyasha's sensitive ears could pick up.
"I love you, Inuyasha."
He stared at her in awe.