Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. That right goes to Rumiko Takahashi and those VIZ people.
A/N: This was going to have two chapters but I decided to draw it out a little bit. I know that nobody reviewed last chapter, but no one really reviews the first chapter, I've noticed. But how about you read this chapter now. Huh?
Unknown Forewarnings
Chapter Two: Loved Lost
Kagome was at home sitting at her desk, doing her homework. School had been extra boring. She had done her test well, but everything else was not worth coming back. She shouldn't have left the feudal era for this. When she had gone home she found out her little brother Sota was spending the night at a friend's house because he had been playing soccer at his friend's house pretty late. Kagome's mom had to go to the store pretty late at night and her grandfather had fallen asleep. The house was eerily silent. The phone rang and Kagome ran down the stairs to get it.
"Hello?" she asked.
She ran to her grandfather's room. "Grandpa! Someone's one the phone for you!" she yelled through the door. There was no answer. She opened the door a crack and spotted her grandfather. He was in a deep sleep and it didn't seem like anything would be waking him up anytime soon. Kagome closed the door.
"I'm sorry but he's asleep right now. Can I take a message?"
After writing a quick note, she hung up the receiver and went back up to her room. When she entered, tried turning on the light, but the light bulb short circuited.
"Damn it" she said angrily. She tried to turn on her lamp, but it didn't work. She must have short circuited the entire house. Her mom was not going to be happy.
She searched her drawers for a flashlight when she heard scratching at her window. She looked but saw nothing. She finally found her flashlight just when another scratch came. 'It's not Inuyasha, is it?' she questioned herself. Pointing her light at her window, she could see the vague outline of something. When her eyes adjusted, she saw fur and claws. She gasped and dropped her light.
The creature growled and smashed through her window. Kagome screamed and backed up against her door. The thing crawled inside and Kagome saw a bright gleam coming from its forehead.
'A sacred jewel shard!'
He growled at her again. Then it spoke. "Give me your jewel shards, and I might make your death less painful."
Kagome was scared, but tried to hide it. "Ha! Like I'd give it to you. Either way you're going to try to kill me."
The demon snarled at her and leaped. But Kagome was ready. As fast as she could, she opened the door and slammed it so that the demon slammed face first into the other side. She tried running down the stairs but tripped and fell instead. Getting up off the floor she ran as fast as she could outside. But the demon caught up to her and slashed at her back. After kicking him, she ran into the well house but a clawed foot caught her ankle and she fell forward. Forced on her back she struggled but couldn't get free. The demon raised a clawed arm poised above her ready to strike. He swung his arm and sliced through her stomach. Kagome screamed. The pain was unimaginable. She would be dead quickly, and she knew it. The demon pulled out his arm and licked it clean of her blood.
"I told you that if you gave me the shards that I would make this less painful. Just remember, you chose this pain. He poised his claw over Kagome once more as she gasped as blood filled her lungs. "But I don't want to sit here and wait for you to die."
Before his claw reached her though, it fell silently to the ground and the demon screamed in agony. The demon backed away, but Kagome couldn't see who was there.
"You've just made the biggest mistake of your life" growled a familiar voice.
'Inuyasha!'
Before the demon could speak, Inuyasha sliced with his own claws. Shaking the blood off, Inuyasha turned to look at Kagome lying on the ground. The smell of her blood pierced his nose. It was one of the hardest things to see her like this. "Kagome…" he couldn't think of what to do. She was going to die and he knew it. He held her head and set it in his lap. Her breathing had become shallow and she was losing more blood by the second.
"Inuyasha…I'm sorry…I won't be able…to find the…jewel shards f-for you."
Inuyasha shut his eyes. He couldn't. He couldn't let his tears fall. "Kagome, I don't care about that. Don't you see? I only care about you. Nothing else." He laid a hand on her cheek, which was steadily becoming cold. "I'm sorry that I never told you. You're more than just a shard detector to me." He felt himself choking on his words. But he had to tell her. "Kagome I…I love you. More than anything. I don't think I could have ever loved Kikyo as much as I love you." He couldn't help as his tears flowed freely from his eyes. Kagome leaned a hand up to caress his face, wiping his tears.
"Don't cry Inuyasha. I love you too. I always have. I was just too stupid to tell you how I truly felt." Inuyasha shook his head.
"I was the stupid one not you."
Kagome chuckled quietly and closed her eyes. "Maybe we were both being stupid."
Her hand fell limply from his face, and was no longer breathing. Inuyasha laid his head on her chest and cried silently for his fallen love.
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Inuyasha woke from his perch high in the sacred tree. The tears were still fresh on his face. Inuyasha looked up at the sky and saw that it was becoming darker.
'What the hell was that?' he asked himself. 'That was a dream right? No it couldn't be. I seemed so real.' Inuyasha looked back at the sky. 'It happened at night! Oh no. Kagome!'
Inuyasha jumped down and ran to the well. He jumped in without a second thought, hoping that he would make it in time.
Author's Note: In case anyone's wondering, both Inuyasha and Kagome are having the same premonition. Their both seeing what is going to happen in the future. I don't think it's uncommon. Haven't you ever had a dream and it becomes true. I once dreamt that it would snow, and it snowed the next day. My mom and older sister once had the exact same dream, the exact same night. Freaky huh?
At the beginning of the first chapter, Kagome was dreaming. At the very beginning of this chapter, Inuyasha is dreaming. It's as simple as that. Please read and review and I'll post the next chapter soon. Thank you.
