Here without you…Chapter 2
Cruel Nights (by Heart)
Kagome was awake. It was well past midnight but every time she closed her eyes, her dreams were haunted. It had been five years…
Flashback
Sesshomaru… the feel of his arms wrapped tightly around her, bands of living steel, so warm that I pierced the chill of loss that surrounded her heart. As he held her, his scent filled her, soft like the night but as wild as the wind. It was his lips, moving close to her ear, whispering words of comfort that she could barely make out because of the feel of his breath spilling across her cheek and neck.
She knew she could stay where she was, wrapped in love and perfection. Her body was pulsing with desire, she knew he felt the same, but her friends were too important for her to choose Sesshomaru. Even at the expense of her own happiness.
Kagome's arms were trapped between them and her fingers were gripping his pale silk haori. She could feel his chest beneath her fingers, a solid wall of perfection.
Before her desire to be happy overrode her sense of loyalty, she stepped gently from his arms. Of it's own accord her hand moved up to his face and cupped his cheek in her cool palm. A deep sad sigh escaped her. Stepping back she took the full jewel from where it hung on her neck and made her wish.
"I wish that my friends were alive and happy."
Bright pink light filled the air, but Sesshomaru and Kagome only had eyes for each other. As Kagome's body began to fade she saw a small crystal tear gather at the edge of his golden eyes.
End Flashback
Kagome clutched her pillow to her chest as she recalled that day.
Every night without you is more than I can bear
Moonlight can be torture
When your love isn't there
I see you in the shadows
I can hear you in the wind
Think of you and I can feel my world closing in
I can't sleep I keep wishing I could touch you
I'd be fine if I could make it through
Through these
She had been so heart broken afterward. For three days, she just sat in bed and cried. She finally found true love, but had given it away. Things were ruff, but Kagome struggled through. She grew her hair longer and stopped wearing her school uniform. Though she had a lot of work to make up she graduated high school.
She still bore the emotional scars from the past. She had drifted away from her friends. Every time Hojo came near her she would cry. The only good thing was that she was now closer to her family. Perhaps it was because she wanted them to understand why she had changed. Or maybe she needed help bearing the pain of losing her second family and her true love.
Cruel nights
Cruel nights
Missing you nights
What do I do nights
Cruel nights without your love
As time past she had grown colder. She no longer enjoyed the things she used to and sometimes it seemed that she lived in her own world to escape the pain of losing him and the others.
Counting every minute
Every minute feels like days
Feels like time is standing still since you've been away
Always thought you'd stay forever
Always thought that you'd be here
Now it's been a lifetime since I held you near
Days crawl by, I keep wishing they'd be over
But I know they're only leading me to
To these
Recently Kagome had slipped deeper into her depression…all because of one event.
Flashback
Kagome was sitting in the well again, hoping that it would magically starting working again. Every day she would come out here and check to see if it was working and every day it was still just a dry well. Her head was resting on the cool soil when she heard it. A whisper of longing from the other side.
" Kagome…"
She knew that voice. It was Sesshomaru. Somewhere on the other side of the well he was feeling the same loneliness that she was. Her fingers scrapped against the bottom of the well trying to claw her way back. Tears filled her eyes, finally she stopped digging and leaned her face closer. She could feel the chill of the dirt on her forehead, the bridge of her nose, and just below her lips.
"Oh my sweet Sesshomaru, worry not my love you will see me soon…."
The longing in her heart subsided and the faint whisper came again.
"I will wait for you forever, my love, my dear …Kagome…"
With a faint smile on her face, she had climbed from the well and went inside. For the first time in a very long time, she slept peacefully, no dreams of Naraku and death haunting her. Her joy didn't last though.
The next day while driving to work, she had felt a presence sweep up her spine. A presence she had not felt in a very long time. The feeling that a demon, a powerful one, was near by. Her eyes were drawn to a man in a sharp business suit entering a limo at the corner. For a second there eyes met and she was entrapped in his golden depth. She opened her mouth to scream his name but when she blinked, his eyes were blue and he shut the door behind himself.
End Flashback
That was three days ago, she had been laying on her bed since then. She closed her eyes and let the night air calm her, while her radio pulled a soothing love song.
Cruel nights
Cruel nights
Missing you nights
What do I do nights
Cruel nights without your love
(Cruel nights) since we've been apart
(Cruel nights) it's been tearing up my heart
(What do I do nights) since you've been
away baby
Cruel nights
Kagome woke with a scream lodged in her throat. Her hand was clutched to her frantic heart, the screams of pain still filling her head. The room was silent. In need of some fresh Kagome ran to the window and opened it. Her body was half out the window before she felt calm. As she moved back into the room she froze. The window had been closed when she went to sleep and the radio had been playing. Her family was out of town…so who could have…. A slight noise from behind her drew her attention.
Oh I just can't get through another night
Without you beside me
I need you beside me
I can't sleep
I keep wishing I could touch you
I'd be fine if I could make it through
Through these cruel nights...
In a chair high backed chair on the other side of her bed sat the man from the corner, except he wore different clothes and his face was different.
" Sessho…" Kagome felt the room spin. Before she could hit the floor strong, arms wrapped tightly around her and dragged her to a solid wall of soft flesh.
A soft voice whispered in her ear.
" I'm here, Love. I'll never let you go again." His lips descended on hers and the world faded into black as a sense of wholeness and love overcame them.
Cruel nights
Cruel nights
EnD oF tHiS cHaPtEr
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