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From Hatred To Love

Chapter 43- Rebuild


Rin's eyes widened when she looked at the petite form standing on the front porch. She gripped the doorframe tightly as annoyance suddenly washed over her. The girl before her was breathing loudly and her hand was over her stomach while her raven hair clung to her face because of the sweat all over her body.

"Hai?" Rin asked and looked the girl up and down, "Kagome."

Kagome pushed her hair out of her face and took in more deep breaths. She straitened her body and looked at the older girl with determination.

"I'm here... to see Inuyasha," Kagome said seriously.

Rin glared slightly at the teenager. She was outraged to see Inuyasha's state after he had that talk with Kagome. Rin wasn't far off from the couple that day at the amusement park. She was quite close, watching from binoculars.

"Is that so," Rin paused, "Well I don't think that he's in the best mood right now and when he's not in a good mood, he doesn't like to see anyone... especially the person who had gotten him upset."

Kagome winched at Rin's comment. She suddenly felt a huge amount of guilt for not believing the hanyou when he told her about Liko doing something to his body. Kagome looked down at her feet and allowed her wet hair to cover her face.

"Look, I know I should have believed Inuyasha when he told me about what Liko did to him," Kagome began slowly, making sure to carefully choose out her words.

"Oh so now to admit it!" Rin snapped. Kagome rose her head so she could look into the eyes of Rin. The miko was rather surprised when she saw anger burning in the young woman's usually cheerful eyes. Kagome rose her head bravely and stepped closer.

"I need to talk to him," Kagome said bravely. "Please, let me apologize... and if he doesn't want to talk to me... I'll leave."

Rin raised one eyebrow and stared at Kagome. Stepping aside she gave enough space for Kagome to pass.

"Fine, go ahead."

Kagome bowed respectfully and walked through the door. She immediately took off in a sprint down the hall, up the stairs and to the familiar wooden door. She abruptly stopped moving when she thought about what she was going to do.

Firstly she had no idea what to say to the hanyou. She didn't even know if he would forgive her. He obviously didn't want to see her also because he avoided school everyday for the last week. She closed her eyes and breathed in deeply and raised a fist to knock on the door.

She was too slow because the door swung open and the miko found herself staring into green eyes. It took her a while to realize that it was Inuyasha's personal maid.

The maid's eyes were shooting flaming bullets at her and her hands were on her hips. She rose her head high and looked pass Kagome.

"What do you want?" she asked rudely. Kagome rolled her eyes slightly. She really wasn't in the mood to deal with the maid's rude attitude.

"Inuyasha, it's me, Kagome!" the miko shouted, ignoring the girl before her. "Could you please let me pass?"

The maid huffed and stood her ground. "No."

Kagome was quickly loosing patience. She balled her hands into fists and pushed her face close to the redhead's.

"Listen here," Kagome began in a low, dangerous tone, "... you had better move now or..."

Kagome let the threat hang and allowed her body to glow a pink color. For the first time the maid looked intimidated.

"I...I," she began but stopped when someone came behind her. Kagome looked up and caught sight of shocked golden eyes.

"Ka- Kagome?"

Kagome completely forgot about the maid standing before her. All her attention was focused on Inuyasha. He looked good in Kagome's eyes. His hair was scattered all over his face, while his golden eyes seemed to sparkle more than usual. Kagome looked down and with a slight blush, noticed that he was wearing only boxers, leaving his tanned chest visible.

"What are you doing here?"

Kagome jumped and her face turned red when she noticed that she had been caught staring. He stared at the hanyou who now looked slightly peeved but he couldn't hide his shocked expression from her. She knew him too well.

"I asked you a question, wench!" the hanyou snapped. Kagome winced at his angry tone. He didn't seem very happy to see her.

'Who could blame him. I was such a baka not to trust him,' Kagome thought and lowered her head. She slowly looked up and faced him bravely.

"Inuyasha," Kagome began softly. The hanyou couldn't help but cringe. She said his name with such care that it hurt him to know that he could never be with her. Kagome saw his reaction and took a step forward but bounced into the maid who was still between them. The maid glared and moved away, realizing that her presence wasn't needed.

Inuyasha was too busy looking in the direction where the maid had gone that he didn't sense Kagome moving closer towards him. Before he knew what was happening, he was almost knocked over when Kagome threw herself on him and pressed her lips against his.

Inuyasha felt his heart soar and the joy building up in his stomach. He would have remained that way if his brain didn't start functions and the logical side of himself reminded him that they were broken up.

He immediately gripped Kagome's shoulders and pulled her off him. The miko stared with complete amazement and confusion, wondering why he had stopped her.

"What are you doing," he asked calmly. Kagome blinked and remembered that she wanted to speak to him about what she had overheard.

"I'm sorry," Kagome began. Inuyasha folded his arms in front of his chest and looked at her, waiting for her to go on. Kagome took the hint and continued, "In school today, I overheard Liko and Kikyo talking and I know what happened to you. I mean what Liko did."

"You do?" Inuyasha raised both eyebrows. Kagome nodded.

"She's a witch, and I'm-"

"So now you believe me.." Inuyasha trailed off and leaned against the wall. "After all that... you come running back when you hear the truth from someone else..."

Kagome didn't know what to say. He was right.

The hanyou looked down at her with an unreadable expression. "So now that you know the truth. You expect me to be all happy and take you back, just like that?"

"Inuyasha, I'm sorry but I didn't... I was confused and..." Kagome stumbled over her words. Inuyasha laughed bitterly, causing Kagome to finally look up into his eyes.

"You put me through all that shit, and now you have no explanation for not trusting me," Inuyasha said and smirked slightly. "You know it's sort of funny."

Kagome could feel the tears prickling her eyes as her anger rose to a high level.

"You're acting like I wasn't hurt too!" Kagome screamed and allowed the tears to flow freely down her now pink cheeks.

"I never said that!" Inuyasha shouted back. He couldn't help but feel the urge to comfort Kagome for he hated to see her cry. "Damn it!" he said and pulled her close to him, resting his chin on her hair. Kagome made no move to return the gesture. Inuyasha closed his eyes when he felt the moisture on his shoulder.

"I just thought that we could try to mend out broken relationship. I really came here to tell you that I am sorry. I should have trusted you when you told me that she did something to you and that I was such a baka to only trust what I saw" Kagome whispered and sniffed.

Inuyasha tightened his hold on Kagome and rested his head completely on hers. "You're right, you are an idiot."

Kagome frowned and slowly slid her arms around the hanyou's waist. "I love you, Inuyasha." The miko closed her brown orbs when she felt the warmth of Inuyasha's lips on her forehead. "So does that mean that we're together again?"

Inuyasha sighed. He knew that question was coming. He let her go and turned his back to her.

"Honestly," Inuyasha began slowly, "I don't know yet. I want to but," he paused causing Kagome's hopes to slowly die. "Can you give me some time, please?"

He turned around to face the girl, hoping to see a positive response on her face. She was only staring emotionlessly at him. He didn't want to hurt her, but he needed time to figure things out. He was surprised when she offered him a sweet smile.

"I understand," she said quietly although inside Kagome felt as if she were being torn apart at that very moment. She was never good with rejection. It hurt even more since it was coming from him. Inuyasha looked down at his bare feet wondering what to say to her.

"Would you like… to stay?" he asked reluctantly. Kagome shook her head and focused on keeping her tears at bay.

"I need to get back to school," Kagome reminded him. She smiled up at him. "Promise me, that you'll come to school tomorrow."

"I promise," he replied without hesitation.

"Good, I'll see you then."

Inuyasha nodded and with those final words she left.


Kikyo positioned herself behind a large tree making sure that her thin body wasn't seen. She tucked the loose strands behind her ear and peeked out from her hiding spot. She felt a sudden tingle in her stomach when the person she had wanted to see for so long had passed by.

'He's back!' she cheered in her mind and stared as his sliver strands blew in the wind. Kikyo couldn't wait to talk to him and get a good look into his clear, golden eyes. Two weeks away from him felt like an eternity to her.

She took one slow step towards the retreating figure, and soon found herself running towards him, black hair whipping all over her face. He seemed to sense her coming and turned around. She slowed her pace and began walking once more.

He was smiling. That seemed to give his face a new light. Kikyo smiled back pulled her hair out of the usual white ribbon, letting his flow freely down her back. She couldn't remember that last time that he had given her one of his rare smiles.

She was almost near him now; she could almost feel the tickle of his hair on her skin. She stopped unable to move any closer that was until she caught sight of another girl walking near her. Kikyo glanced once more at Inuyasha and could now see that he wasn't smiling at her, but a Kagome, the girl who had taken him away from her.

'Wait, aren't they broken up?'

She could tear her eyes away. Kagome approached Inuyasha and simply seemed to be speaking to him. Kikyo noticed that there were no actions of affection but he was still smiling and that got to her.

She stepped back from the pair until she was a good distance away so they wouldn't notice her, but close enough to hear their conversation.

"You came," Kagome said gently.

"Well, I promised you, wench!" he said gruffly. Kagome glared playfully at him and rested both hands on her waist.

"Stop calling me that," she ordered, "baka."

Inuyasha stared at her. Things were still a bit awkward between them. He still needed time to think about his relationship with Kagome at the time. Sure he loved her but it hurt him to know that Kagome didn't trust him.

"Well, I need to unload all these books that I have," Kagome, said snapping him out of his thoughts. She forced a smile at him. "I swear this bag is filled with rocks."

Inuyasha simply nodded. He could sense that she was hurting but there was nothing that he could do about it. All he could do was hope that he could rebuild their strong friendship. No relationship, not yet.


A/N: Yup I know that it's short but I really didn't want this chapter to suck and I don't want to end this story badly. So I decided to stop rushing and take my time with the writing. I hope you'll understand. Anyways the story is coming to an end maybe about 3 or 5 more chapters. I'll see. Oh and I might need a proofreader so if anyone wants to do it, e-mail me. -

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