Inuyasha decides to tell Kagome how he feels one day, but what happens when she doesn't return to the Fuedal Era the expected day of her arrival? The same day Inuyasha would confess? 5 months later, she returns looking different. Can this really be the girl he fell in love with?
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Even Angels Fall
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"Poor Inuyasha. I've never felt so sorry for him."
"Yes, it's sad, Sango."
Miroku and Sango both looked at the tree in which Inuyasha sat in at the very top branch, hidden from everyone who would as much as try to look for him.
"He hasn't been himself since Kagome left," Miroku said sadly. It had been 5 months since Kagome had left to her time. The day she was to return to the Warring States was the very day Inuyasha was going to try to tell her how he felt. Sadly, she didn't return that day, or the day after, or any of the following days.
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Leaning against the trunk, Inuyasha sat at one of the top branches, looking at the sky through the spots the leaves didn't cover. With a saddened expression, he remembered her once happy expression... the way she was happy before she left. There was no reason for her not to return.
Unless...
She was pretending to be happy so that the good-bye wouldn't be hard.
No!
Inuyasha shook his head viciously, almost loosing his balance in the process and risking (more like forgetting) the difference of height between the branch to the ground. Gaining his balance back, he sighed sadly.
There's no way Kagome would do such a thing. But what was stopping her from coming back?
The real question right now was:
What was stopping him from going to get her? He had every chance to go after her and drag her back here. But something was keeping him from doing just that. Was it the fear that she wouldn't come back and kick him back? Or was it something else? Whatever it was, he was sure it was the only thing keeping him from going to her.
Sighing sadly, he jumped down from branch to branch and onto the ground. He started walking towards the well that seperated Kagome's world from his, only to be knocked to the ground by a weight on his back.
"Stupid Inuyasha! Why don't you stop moping around and go after her already!" a high-pitched child voice piped up right in Inuyasha's ear, resulting in a squashed Shippo in between the ground and Inuyasha's hand.
"Stupid runt."
With that, Inuyasha jumped off towards the forest, leaving a flat Shippo on the ground and a Miroku and Sango staring at the previous events. Both teens sighed and walked off into the village.
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He stared down the well into the darkness, a saddened far away look on his face, as he sat next to it with his arms crossed on the mouth and his chin resting on them.
What the heck was keeping him from going down there? Going into her world and bringing her back?
As the hours passed by, it felt like minutes to Inuyasha. He never noticed anyone pass by or come near him. Shippo, Miroku, and Sango would come every now and then, but he never noticed. They came and left without his knowing.
Standing up, he took one last look down the well and started his way back towards the village. Walking slowly, he suddenly had a feeling and stopped. Something coming from the well. Power... just like it normally felt when someone passed through it... her scent!
He stood frozen in his spot. Was he hallucinating? He heard the sound of pressure on the wood, a sign that someone was on it. Then feet landing on the ground.
He turned only to see her... the girl he had been doubting would ever come back...
Kagome?
He stood in shock and confusion as his gold amber eyes locked with... cloudy blue eyes?
What was going on? It was Kagome's scent... it was her face... but her eyes? Her eyes were always brown, not blue. She always wore her uniform, but she was wearing black baggy clothing? Sweats and sweat pants and a loose cap that covered even part of the back of her head (like a artist's cap I guess) was what she wore, all her hair tucked under the cap. Not even her bangs showed. From what he could see, her hair wasn't the normal raven color it had the first and last time he saw her. It was... red?
Tension rose between the two as they stared at eachother...
What was wrong with her? What happened?
Was this really Kagome?
The girl he had fallen for?