A/N: Ok so this is a VERY short chapter, but I felt I had to leave it at this, because it just seemed right. But tomorrow I will post another chapter hopefully. Sorry for any errors I missed! Thanks to all of my reviewers which I will name next chapter. If you are interested in seeing who the characters of this story are based off of visit my profile and take a peek!
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Chapter 16: The Unheard Vow
Kagome had stumbled through the day aimlessly. Ever since her call from Bruce she could not shake the feeling of loneliness which overwhelmed her. Even when Inuyasha came to visit her later that day after school, she had been out of it and she now knew she had said some things she regretted.
"Kagome, what's going on. Why are you so down?" Inuyasha asked as he sat down next to her on the couch.
"Inuyasha, I received a call today..." Kagome whispered to him.
"A call?" Inuyasha was confused. Why would Kagome be down over a simple phone call.
"It was him..." She whispered again.
"Him... him who?" Inuyasha's mind began to wander to all of the men who were after Kagome's powers she did not even now she possessed.
"Bruce..."
The words left her lips like daggers and struck Inuyasha straight through the heart. "Kagome, you need to just forget this guy, move on with your life." Inuyasha said gently, but Kagome became easily agitated by his advice.
"It's not that simple Inuyasha! A person doesn't get over something like that over night!" She insisted as she jumped up from the couch like it would further prove her point.
"But Kagome... it is. Don't you see it is that simple. Just stop thinking about him. Move on. Tell yourself he doesn't matter to you. Just forget!"
"Don't you think I have tried that, Inuyasha? But I wake every morning and I find scars on my body left by him. I close my eyes at night and see his face permanently chiseled into my mind. His touch still constantly sears my body. Just forget? Is that what you say? Any human knows one can not just forgive and forget. The world doesn't work like that Inuyasha!" Kagome spat each words out making sure her speech delivered its full meaning.
"So is that it? I can't possibly begin to understand your feelings because I am not fully human? Kagome, I'm sorry to say this but I am totally disappointed in you." Inuyasha lowered his head so she could not see the pain which had found its way to his eyes.
"What are you my father? Well I hate to tell you this, but I never really enjoyed my father's company, so you acting like him, yeah that just doesn't work on me." Kagome turned her back to him.
"No, I'm disappointed in you because I thought you were different. I thought you could look past my appearance and what I was to who I really am... I'm sorry that I was wrong." Inuyasha turned his back to her and began to walk to the door.
'Oh my god... what have I done. I didn't mean he wouldn't understand because he wasn't completely human... it just slipped... but how can I explain that to him... how can I when e is so disappointed in me... I let him down. I can't just say, oops my mistake...' Kagome turned to watch him walk out the door and once it was shut and he was gone, she sighed and ran up to her room.
Kagome knew she needed to call him and take back what she had said. But how could she? Words could never be erased. Would he ever think of her the same way again? She picked up her cell phone and called Inuyasha. The phone rang threw four times before his voice came over the line. Unfortunately, it wasn't really him, just a recording, but she listened to it, even though she had no intentions of leaving a message, just because his voice brought her comfort. "Hey, can't come to the phone right now, so leave me a message." Kagome hung up the phone and sighed. She did what she always did a her situations of loneliness and depression, and grabbed her guitar. He quietly plucked a few strings mindlessly, until it reminded her of a song she used to sing to herself late at night, when she was alone. She carefully reconstructed the parts to the verses and chorus till she was sure she remembered them correctly, then she lay down on her bed, her guitar laying on her stomach, and began to play the soft tune.
I hurt myself today,
to see if I still feel,
I focus on the pain,
The only thing that's real,
The needle tears a hole,
The old familiar sting,
Try to kill it all away,
But I remember everything...
Kagome shook her head softly as her past flooded over her. This song used to be her anthem, maybe it still was.
What have I become?
My sweetest friend,
Everyone I know,
Goes away in the end,
You could have it all,
My empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt...
She was alone in the world, though others said they were there too. Where were they when she needed them most?
I wear this crown of shit,
Upon my liar's chair,
Full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair,
Beneath the stains of time,
The feeling disappears,
You are someone else,
I am still right here...
I will always be here, alone. It is my place, perhaps my destiny.
What have I become?
My sweetest friend,
Everyone I know,
Goes away in the end,
You could have it all,
My empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt,
If I could start again,
A million miles away,
I would keep myself,
I would find a way...
Kagome finished her song and placed her guitar on the floor next to her bed. She closed her eyes and repeated the lyrics to herself over and over again, until she finally drifted into sleep.
Inuyasha sat outside her window in the same tree and listened to her song. "No matter how alone you feel, Kagome. I am right here, always."
A/N: OK that is it. See you soon! PLEASE review! No RPG this chapter, because I had to end it seriously! Talk to ya later byes!