Following Me
I do not own Inuyasha. D:

She's Not Coming Back.
In case it wasn't obvious enough, I like writing the word cliché.
I don't even know why, but I could repeat it for days.
Cliché, cliché, ramen, cliché, cliché . . .

Oh Kami . . . Kagome. . . . You can never forgive me for this, it's all my fault . . . I didn't mean for it to happen . . . I couldn't save her. . . .

'All cause you're so involved with Kikyou!' He imagined Kagome talking to him. 'All you care about is Kikyou, Kikyou, Kikyou!' but that was not her. Even if she truly did not like the one she was reincarnated from, Kagome never spoke out of line to anyone. Inuyasha even wondered how she managed to say things like that to Naraku, but when she had to, when it came right down to it—Kagome had spunk. And lots of it.

You can't leave me here. . . .

'You left me for Kikyou, think I'm going to have any trouble . . . ?'

His mind was playing games with him. Kagome would never have said anything . . . she barely found it in her to object. Of course, her thoughts were the same, but she was never outright rude about it. . . . And then he realized it. Her thoughts. He was the biggest baka (A/N: -idiot-) on earth. Kagome was dead, because he couldn't save her. And why couldn't he save her?

Because he was with Kikyou.

All this time he'd been thinking, I never left you, but in fact . . . I'd left her mentally.

Inuyasha came to his senses.

"Oh Kami, we're so sorry . . . we . . . I didn't make it in time, so—" He cut Sango off.

"It sure isn't your fault, so stop blaming yourself." In a lower voice he said to himself, "I was too . . . stupid to realize. . . ."

Kagome.

I'm sorry.

Forgive me.

I've never done this before, but I'm going to beg you for forgiveness. Let me be sorry. Accept my apology. For once I'm listening to you, and you're not even around to hear it

"Are you okay . . . ?" asked Miroku.

"Do you think I'm okay?"

"Stupid question," he muttered. "Learn to keep quiet."

"SHUT UP. Take your own stupid advice then." He gently picked up Kagome, feeling the water rush to his eyes. No, you idiot. Don't cry, not in front of them. You're half-youkai for Kami's sake, pull yourself together . . . but, Kagome. . . . "I'm going to be gone for awhile. When I get back, you better have a story prepared for me."

Inuyasha ran off.

He didn't know where he was going, nor did he care. But he was bringing Kagome with him, and nobody else would be there.

Just them.

2.o2.o2.o

He rested Kagome on a patch of grass, the only sign of comfort near. She was gone, but, he couldn't stop himself from caring. He felt no physical pain, but his mind tortured him with memories of Kagome left over. She was gone, and there was nothing he could do about it. Punching rocks this time wouldn't help anything, but he didn't manage to stop the tears from falling.

It's all my fault.

It's all my fault.

But.

Kikyou?

What do I do about her? Just go up to her and say Kagome died? Too rude for me, even. Will Kikyou care that she's dead . . . ? Of course she would! She is a bit down, but she wouldn't be excited about Kagome being gone . . . of course not. Kikyou's heart was made of her old soil but it was pure.

I've got to tell Kagome's parents.

Only I can do that.

I'm the only person left who can go through the well.

2.o2.o2.o

"Do you think he's holding up okay . . . ?" asked Sango, a bit worried.

"Rest assured, I'm sure he hasn't gone to extremes, but I doubt he's feeling okay at this time," replied Miroku. "If a lady who were to bear my child died I would—"

"Like we care."

" . . . Right . . ." Miroku did another one of his daydream-ish looks again. "I wonder if Inuyasha and Kagome were ever planning on—"

"WOULD YOU SHUT UP, PERVERT!" Sango yelled harshly. She was majorly red in the face but used her Hiraikotsu to knock him on the head again. "Oh dang. . . ."

"What is it?" asked Shippou in worry.

"He's going to have to tell Kagome's parents. He's the only one who can pass through the well."

2.o2.o2.o

"Kami—this is all my fault." I can't get that out of my head. It's all my fault. If only I had been there for her. All my fault, all my fault. I can't stop thinking it. "And I . . . I'm so stupid . . . I never even . . . but I never wanted to . . . oh, Kami."

Kagome. You are not leaving me.

Come back.

2.o2.o2.o

And he just runs off without a goodbye? Doesn't even come back when he's finished killing?

Kikyou waited at the same spot for Inuyasha return. Stayed there, and waited. Was he even coming back? What did this mean? It might mean she had to figure it out by herself. Kikyou wasn't into waiting, so she went off on her own to find Inuyasha—wherever he was.

2.o2.o2.o

"My Kami." (A/N: Another great word. Kami is like the Japanese God. ;O)

Inuyasha didn't know what to do.

Part of him denied the entire thing. It wasn't real. He was just joking with himself. But the other side knew the had really happened, and didn't know what to do at all. You're not gone, you can't be.

You've managed to get out of other things before.

Why can't you get out of this?

2.o2.o2.o

Hmph . . . where is that Inuyasha?

"Go find him, for me. Inuyasha," she commanded towards her Shinidamachuu. They obeyed with blinding lights. "Be good for Kikyou. . . ."

I'll find you.

Maybe you think you can get away—or is something really going on?

Either way, I will know soon enough.

Kikyou sat on a large boulder next to a tree nearby and awaited the Shinidamachuu's return.

2.o2.o2.o

"Get out of here, you little collectors," said Inuyasha angrily, seeing the Shinidamachuu flock everywhere. "You can't take her soul. Kagome's soul is to be left untouched!"

The beasts left, but returned later . . . with Kikyou.

"How recent did this event occur?"

" . . . Just now . . . I don't—I don't know the details . . . I know, it's . . . you're going to have to understand, Kikyou. You know how it is, you help me through some of it . . . I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I need your help."

Mr. High and Mighty was asking for Kikyou's help.

Kikyou, of all people was the one he wanted to help him.

"If you're expecting me to save her . . . again . . . I can't."

"Why not?"

" . . . She's gone. She's just gone, Inuyasha. And she's not coming back."

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CLICHÉ!

Right?
Oh well.
Like I WANT it to be cliché, right?
Hahah.
Cliché.

:D