Due to a few angry emails cough DON'T KILL ME PLEASE cough, I have immediately posted the next chappeh. It shall explain all. As I have said, this is a KAG & INU fic. Trust lil ol' me.
Chapter 19
"WHAT!" Inuyasha roared. What? How could it be Kikyo? She's dead! Why... I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS!
"It says Kikyo." Myoga repeated. Kagome's heart sank. So he lied. He didn't kill her. This... coming here was a mistake.
"Inuyasha..." she whispered.
"This can't be. Kikyo is dead. I killed her, Myoga." Inuyasha snarled.
"Hey, i'm just reading what it says." Myoga defended. Inuyasha flicked the flea off the paper and buried his head in his hands.
"This isn't happening. She's dead. She's not here anymore. I... I don't even love her!" he cried. Kagome frowned and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Inuyasha... are you thinking what i'm thinking?" she asked. Inuyasha looked at her quizically.
"What are you thinking?" he asked.
"We should travel to your mother's birth village. They should have the scroll, and we can ask them a few things. They won't know who the name is yet, but we can find out if here is another woman named Kikyo." she frowned. So he's not with me...
So i'm not with Kagome...
"Alright." he conceded
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"Excuse me, but may we speak with the head of the village?" Kagome asked sweetly once they had arrived. The old man pointed to the large hut on the top of the hill, surrounded by cherry blossom trees. Kagome thanked the man, and began the ascent up the hill with Inuyasha trailing behind her. He had been rather distant since he found out that the name on the scroll was Kikyo. I don't love her though...
"Tell me, travellers, why are you here?" the man asked.
"We understand that Izayoi had entrusted your village the task of creating her family heritage scroll." Kagome replied. "Inuyasha here is her son. We have a few questions."
"I don't answer the questions of dead miko's." the man spat. Kagome and Inuyasha stared at the man in shock. "Get out!" he hollered. "You were valuable while alive, miko, but we in this village do not believe in bringing the dead back to life."
"What do you mean? I'm not dead!" Kagome shouted. Inuyasha grabbed the man by his collar.
"And if you don't answer some questions, you will be dead." he growled. Kagome put a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Inuyasha, please, put the man down. We can be civilized." she turned to the man." Now WHO ARE YOU CALLING DEAD?" she yelled.
"Are you not a miko?" he asked.
"I am." she answered.
"So you are her." the man said in disgust.
"Who is her?" Kagome demanded. The man looked at her as if she had two heads.
"Well, if you are not the miko Kikyo, then who are you?" he asked. Kagome took a step back. I understand...
"Inuyasha, let's go, alright? I understand now."
"Keh! As if! He still needs to explain!" he cried.
"Inuyasha! Please! Let's just leave, alright?" she asked sweetly. Inuyasha looked over his shoulder and into Kagome's dark eyes. Heh. I can't ignore that face.
"Grr. Alright." he growled as he let the man go. Kagome thanked the man, and exited the hut.
"What could Kikyo want with us now?" the man thought allowed. "She looks different somehow... but I know that she is Kikyo." (A/N: Technically she is, as in she has the same soul. But this loser can't tell the difference.)
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"You want to tell me why we just left so suddenly?" Inuyasha snorted. He was still upset over the fact that he and Kagome would not be together. I love her so much... she loves me too... so why? Why are we not together? Kagome smiled at Inuyasha.
"What did that man call me, Inuyasha?" she cracked a smile.
"Keh! Why are you so happy about this? I... I thought that maybe we... we were together..." he whispered. Kagome laughed. "What's so funny, woman? I thought we would be together! You know... because we love each other... I thought..." Inuyasha was cut off by Kagome's arms around his waist.
"Inuyasha, I do love you! Now tell me. What did that man call me?" she pushed.
"What does that matter?" asked the confused hanyou.
"WHAT DID HE CALL ME!" Kagome cried. "Please answer, you'll see why it's important."
"Keh! Whatever. He called you Kikyo." he snarled. How can anyone confuse this woman with Kikyo? Kikyo was distant and stoic, Kagome's upfront and caring. They're not even close to being the same person... and I... I love Kagome. Keh! Scroll or no scroll, I ain't having a family with anyone except Kagome! I love her!
"Inuyasha." Kagome chanted, snapping Inuyasha out of his trance.
"Yeah." he said solemnly.
"What was the name on your family's heritage scroll?" she asked.
"It said Kikyo. What's your point?" Inuyasha asked. He was becoming more and more bitter by the moment. I don't want to be with Kikyo!
"Inuyasha, this village updates the scroll, right?"
"Keh! Yeah."
"Well, they watch you from afar to do so. That's how your mother wanted it- she knew you wouldn't continue the tradition." she laughed.
"I know... but where are you taking this?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, then they will only see the woman you are with from afar. They won't ever talk to her personally, right?"
"Right."
"And they think that my name is Kikyo." she pushed, hoping that the hanyou would understand.
"Yeah?" Inuyasha said. Wait... if they think Kagome is Kikyo... then... "I understand..."
"Finally!" Kagome laughed as she hugged Inuyasha closer to her. "See, Inuyasha? We are together." she smiled. Inuyasha wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him.
"Kagome... I love you." he whispered. Kagome looked up at him with big, bright eyes.
"I love you too." she replied as she placed a small kiss on his lips. Inuyasha's eyes widened, but eventually he returned the kiss. I'm going to be with her forever...
...and there is nothing I want more.
(A/N: THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE STORY! I just thought that i'd be nice and not leave a cliffy. FINALLY! A moment for those two, considering what they've been through to get there )