Bunnyasha: Hello all of you, and sorry for not updating sooner! I really am sorry tho…

Inuyasha: No you aren't.

Bunnyasha: Shut up now… (Pulls out large hammer)

Inuyasha: (gulp) let's get on with the story. Shall we?

Chapter 6

Long Lost Words

Kagome had been locked up in this crowded room, since the day's earlier events with the priests. She sighed, finally rising from the chair she had been sitting in for hours it seemed. She walked over to the window next to the balcony. She peered through the glass, letting the suns rays fall upon her face; she stared at the beautiful scenery about the castle that she had grown to hate. The trees were at their greenest, and were like a small wall to go around the palace. A large lake was off to the right of her view, with a beautiful cherry tree, shedding its last blossoms. There as a stable with people walking out every so often, but they weren't human. Their white hair, pointed ears, and colorful birthmarks on their faces were hint enough. That was one of the reasons this place was a living hell to her.

All the demons…there was no place for her to turn, for wherever she did there was bound to be a presence that irritated hers. But the one presence that irritated her the most was his, Inuyasha's. Her eyes narrowed and the bands around her wrists began to cut into her flesh. She tried to ease herself reaching up for the latch on the window, trying to get fresh air. She removed her hand as the electric aura surrounded her hand making a wound in the flesh.

Sitting back on the chair, she stared at the blood that now dripped freely from her hand onto the expensive carpets below her. There was a time when she felt like this once before. She had felt irritated with herself for being so weak and succumbing to his wretched ideas. She had felt like a prisoner and hated him to no end.

"You really are a bother." He said turning away from her and watching the cherry blossoms fall off the branches. She too turned her head but instead to watch him. His hair fell upon his shoulders, despite the fact he had it pulled up into a ponytail. She was sitting down on the futon that she had been laying in until he had entered the room. The blankets were bunched around her legs and her white kimono hung somewhat off her shoulders. His eyes were as cold as winter itself and his lips were curled into a cruel smile as he stared out the window.

That smile made her flinch with fear, and made something stir in her that she had not known was there. She stared down at her lap clutching the object in her hand, letting her brow crease deeper and deeper, clenching her fists tighter, and tighter as she began to feel her warm blood flow from the wound she was creating.

"Tell me something," She snapped out of her trance to glance up at him. His head was still turned to her. "How can the deaths of living creations, be so beautiful…?" At first she was confused, but then realized as she stared out the window at the blossoms. She gasped as they appeared to be blood red. He then turned his head to stare at her smiling happily yet so cruelly.

She was too frightened to move as he got up from where he was sitting. As he passed her, he bent over her head letting his hair fall gently against her face, he slowly whispered into her ear. "Are you planning to leave me?" Her eyes widened at his voice. He brought a hand to her cheek caressing it, and then he moved his fingers through her hair, inhaling her scent. "I care for you so much, yet you always look away. Those feelings are ridiculous and foolish, not beautiful." He touched her cheek and softly began to rub it with his thumb.

Kagome slowly worked her mouth into words. "You don't care for me at all…" She whispered. "You only need me to do your dirty work…" She trailed off looking at his face, as he removed his hand from her face bringing it to his side. She gasped seeing the simple smile on his face as he stood up. He walked out of the room leaving that cruel smile to haunt her memory. She was crying. Tears rolled down her face as she continued to stare where he had been. She then opened her blood stained palm to stare at the small object doused with her blood.

She dropped the object off her lap, curling into a small ball against the wall. She stared at it through her hands, sobbing silently. The blood-stained tissue paper blossom rustled slightly as a breeze shifted through the room. Kagome continued to stare at it in horror. How could something so beautiful, be made by something so evil?

Kagome's eyes narrowed as she remembered some of her most unpleasant memories. She clenched her bloodied fist, turning away from the window and closing her eyes. Naraku was here. He was somewhere. And she could not escape.


An: It felt like Kagome kept clenching her fists…Oh well! I hope you guys are enjoying the update!
Inuyasha stared out of the nearby window. The weather was so nice, so calm…It was just a pity that he couldn't go out and ruin the peace outside. He sighed after hearing one of the advisors protest him not listening to the "important facts" of being a prince. He stared at some of the fabrics before him. 'Damn you Sesshomaru. Why couldn't you pick out the pattern? You're more feminine then my mom!' As though Sesshomaru could hear his thoughts, he whipped his head around searching for the evil presence of his brother. He sighed in relief when Sesshomaru did not begin to painfully take his body apart.

He now stared the advisor in the eye. They glared at each other for a while before he closed his eyes and touched the fabrics. He felt the textures with his clawed hand. "This one." He said finally opening his eyes. The advisor glanced down at the fabric. A black silk with silver designs.

"Excellent choice, your majesty!" Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Like you'd say my taste ever sucked…"

"Eh?" The advisor was surprised by Inuyasha's choice of words. "Your majesty, please do not use such language. It would be proper to say, 'Like you would ever disagree', not-"

"Stop it!" He yelled. "I order you to keep your mouth shut until I leave this room." The advisor clamped his mouth shut, trying hard not to correct the use of "Shut up." Inuyasha turned walking for the door, but was stopped by the advisor breaking his 'oath of silence.' Inuyasha brought a hand to his temple to let out a sigh. His clothes were in layers of two Kimonos, black and white. He hated to complain but the damn things were weighing his body down. He then glared back at the advisor folding his arms.

"Your majesty! There is still much to decide!" The advisor backed away as Inuyasha turned on him.

"It's getting late. I want to go to sleep. And you're really fucking me off. I thought I told you to keep your mouth shut until I left the room." The advisor was obviously scared shitless. Inuyasha continued to death glare him hearing no answer. "Well? What do you have to say for yourself?" The advisor kept his head respectfully bowed.

"You told me not to speak until you left the room, your majesty. May I speak now?" Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. 'You smart ass…'

"No! You will now keep quiet for the entire night. I will be asking around to see if you broke this vow." The advisor was obviously not going to step any farther down Inuyasha's throat. "Is that understood? Wait…don't answer that." He glanced out the window noticing the sun was now really setting in the distance and that it was time to go to bed. Turning he slammed the door behind himself. In a furry he walked down the hallways and made straight for the room. He slowed to a stop as he approached closer.

He glanced around the hallway finding no one sulking around the hallway besides him. He slowly reached for the doorknob and slid the door quietly open. He peered inside looking about the room as quietly as possible. He then saw her figure sitting in a chair with her back turned to him. She was staring out the window…closer observation showed that she actually had her head resting on her arms which were wrapped around her knees tucked under her chin.

He watched Kagome for a while with narrowed eyes. 'Who was she? How had she really gotten here? Why was she here?' Hi questions only left more to appear in his mind. He watched her figure against the blood red sunset. She was rather thin and her clothes seemed to make her shiver slightly from the cold.

"If you're just going to stand in the doorway, then leave." Kagome said softly with a hint of coldness in her tone, with out turning away from the window. Inuyasha became angered by this but noticed her make a large shiver. Once her body began to stop shaking he stepped into the room and then slowly toward her. "If you come one step closer, I'll kill you on the spot." Inuyasha raised his eyebrows in amusement.

"You can't harm me, remember?" He heard her chuckle slightly.

"Who said that I would physically kill you?" She now looked over her shoulder to smirk at him. "Besides…nothing can stop me from throwing a knife at you." Inuyasha stopped where he was. Did she have a knife? "Why so shocked, princey? Don't think I can really do it?"

"What do you have against me?" He asked in a deep voice.

"Why don't you tell me?" She said with a bark behind her tone. "You take me away from my home!" He looked at her face with a sort of guilt when she began to list off reasons to him raising her voice a great deal. "You took me away from my family! You took my freedom! God damn you! How dare you act like you don't know?" She had stood up and had begun to throw objects at him. He stood still. None of the objects hit him. Her wrists began to glow giving her a warning to stop harming her 'master'. She continued to scream at him throwing a vase in his direction. "You bastard! You took me away from my life! You killed me with out touching me! You took me away from him! You took me away from Souta!" Tears were falling from her eyes, and blood trickled down her arms. Her necklace now began to glow. She fell to her knees and began to sob uncontrollably. He walked forward stepping on broken pieces of glass and finally made his way to her.

Slowly he removed his outer kimono. He draped the black fabric across her almost bare shoulders. He heard her for a second stop crying to make a choked gasp. She then jolted her head up at him to stare at his eyes. She then screwed her face up with pain and anger. She tossed the fabric back at him.

"I don't want your damn pity!" She yelled, bringing her head back down and trying to get up. But he forced her back down upon her knees. "Let me go!" She yelled trying to stand once more. He grabbed her wrists and eased her back down onto the floor. "No! Let me go!" She repeatedly began to hit him against the chest but with each hit she became weaker and more tears came from her eyes. "No!" She began to whisper her voice now getting coarse.

"Shh…" He soothed, she looked up at his face that held a place of refuge to hide in. His eyes were so deep… "It's okay to cry…" He said quietly. Her head was too filled with emotions; she softened her eyes and fell into his embrace. She shortly afterward she put her arms around his chest and continued to sob half lying on his lap. He too put his arms around her, but he was very hesitant. He began to pat down her hair and rub her back. He remembered his mom doing this once for him.

"Shh…It's okay to cry…." The shocked sniffling boy stared up at his standing mother with tears forming at the corners of his eyes. She gave him the most beautiful smile he had ever seen in his life. Never had anything looked so beautiful, so sacred. "I am here." She said softly. He flung himself into her lap clenching her soft fabric in his tiny fists, his small body shook with sobs as his mother patted his head softly, with a small smile on her lips.

"Mother!" He cried into her dress. "Why? What's a dumb half-breed! Why won't the others play with me! Why won't he love me! I'm his brother! His god damn brother!" He yelled into the fabric. His mother softly rubbed his back hushing the small child. "It's not my fault! It's not!" His mother now bent down onto her knees so he could wrap his tiny arms around her neck.

"It's alright…let it all out…" She hushed. Inuyasha cried for a long time. He looked up at his mother as his tears began to fade away, only to see her smiling at him, but tears were running down her cheeks. He brought his tiny clawed finger to her cheek and gently brushed the tears away. He had never cried a single tear ever since.

Kagome's sobs became softer until she stopped completely. She just laid there on his lap, feeling his strong warm arms wrapped around her. This feeling was familiar…but she couldn't remember where she had felt this warmth before…she inhaled his scent to have the husky smell of the forest in the morning fill her lungs. She could feel his muscles underneath her and could tell he was well built and quite strong. She tilted her head into his neck and stared at the silver hair in her face. It felt soft but desperately needed to be brushed. She almost let out a chuckle, but then realized exactly who she had her arms wrapped around.

"L-let me go." She said softly. He twitched at her voice and then slowly released her. He stared away room hr avoiding her eye contact. He reached for something on the floor and then handed her his kimono she had thrown earlier.

"Here." He said still avoiding looking at her. "It will keep you warmer than those clothes. He stood after she grabbed the soft material. He headed for the door as she wrapped the kimono around her shoulders, putting her arms through the proper holes. "I'll send some one to get you some food, and new clothes." She nodded shortly afterward and also turned away from him. He then glanced about the room at the broken objects scattered along the floor. "I'll also get someone to clean this mess up…" She nodded again and waited for him to exit. After a moments wait she heard the door quietly shut.

She then wrapped herself up into the Kimono top trying to soak up some of the warmth. She glanced at the large bed knowing she could have crawled under the heavy blankets. She turned away from the bed thinking how empty that bed would feel if she lay upon it. Why had that scene happened? Why had she cried in her enemy's breast? Why had she held him like it was supposed to happen? More importantly, why had he let her?

She collapsed onto the floor and closed her eyes. Her head felt so heavy. She struggled to open her eyes but was surrounded by his scent. Soon she was asleep. And for the first time, she did not have a nightmare.


Inuyasha quietly shut his door behind him. He then leaned against it, letting his head cool down against the cold. He then looked at his bed and felt sleep would never come. He sneaked out onto his balcony and hopped across to Kikyo's. He opened the door as quietly as he could. He made his way over to her. He stood above her figure and stared at her peaceful face.

Kikyo…he suddenly felt the need to be held and he rested his upper body on the edge of her bed. She awoke from the movement and stared at him. "Inuyasha..?" She thought at first that she was dreaming. "Is something wrong?" He shook his head as she sat up. "What are you-" She stopped when she caught sight of his face. She softened her eyes and placed a hesitant hand on his head.

A tear threatened to fall down her cheek. This was the closest he had ever been to her since their engagement ten years ago…


Kagome slowly opened her eyes to the darkness of the night. She sat up in the large bed that she had mysteriously been placed in. She looked down to see that a white nightgown was now hanging off her body. She glanced around to see no one in the room. But she was sure she felt it…

She rose from the bed and made the long trip around it. Finally she reached the step to the platform of her bed and descended it toward a tiny table. She saw that a tea pot and some food that was previously warm were set out for her. Her lips curved into a smile as she thought that maybe it had been Sango who had done all this for her.

Then she felt it again. She sharply turned around and scanned the room with her eyes. It was definitely here…She turned around and calmly glanced around the room.

"I know you're here…" She whispered. Nothing answered her as she made her way over to a chair. She noticed the form of something sitting in it. She slowly made her way around and stared at it for a while. She then flung her fists at it, trying to rip it apart with her hands. "I know you're here!" She yelled. She then gasped and released the object in her hand. A ripped pillow fell to the floor as she wobbled down onto her knees. She rested her head on the edge of the seat as tears streamed down her white cheeks. "Where are you?" She asked into the cold night. In the shadows, he was listening, smiling…

Bunnyasha: Hello gang! So what do you think? Good? Bad? I want to hear it all! Sorry I haven't updated, I've been busy.

Inuyasha: Right…downloading music videos and going to school is "Busy"…

Bunnyasha: (After kicking Inuyasha into closet) Well, please review ASAP! The more reviews, the faster I'll go! So tell your friends! Or I will take my dear sweet time…heh, heh, heh…

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