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Chapter 14:Gone But Not Forgotten
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The hanyou stared long and hard at the once pure and gentle Kagome. He couldn't believe that she was smiling after what she had done to Kikyo...
InuYasha glanced over to where her blood stained the ground and Kagome's sword. He watched as the miko neared himself and clean the blood from Banrissu.
"Why... why did you kill her..." Said InuYasha.
"Because Kikyo was in my way..." Kagome replied.
"Thats not a reason!" The hanyou yelled.
"You wouldn't understand!" Shouted a now pissed off miko.
"Try me..." InuYasha merely said.
"I will not explain to a damn half breed!" Kagome yelled now running towards InuYasha ready to attack.
The priestess swung her sword and InuYasha dodged every swing. There were a couple of times when her sword would rip his cloth of the fire rat.
'Damn... why does Kagome insist on killing me?' InuYasha tried to talk to her but it didn't seem to work. He thought of physical contact being the only option.
Kagome attacked the half demon again, but this time he had other plans. InuYasha gripped her wrist making Kagome drop the weapon and pulled her into an embrace.
Kagome tried to push him away and she trashed at him numerous times. InuYasha never let go... Instead he ran his claws through her long ebony hair.
The miko had told herself that she wasn't going to cry anymore... but the hot tears forced themselves out and were now streaming down her creamy white cheeks.
"You... you have always loved Kikyo and will never stop loving her..." Kagome whispered.
"Whenever you sensed Kikyo... you would push me aside and leave..."
"Kagome..." InuYasha said loud enough for her to hear.
"My heart was shattered into a million pieces... yet you never seemed to care..." The miko said.
"When Kikyo died again... you suffered and still do... I knew that you always thought of her..."
"It pained me to see... you like this... lost in your emotions..."
"But I..." He started.
"I aswell was felt saddened and unloved until... I found Bankotsu..." Kagome said.
The miko pushed herself away from InuYasha and picked up her sword. Bankotsu walked towards her and pulled her into a tight embrace.
InuYasha's ears flattened against his head as he watched Bankotsu and Kagome hugging. The half breed opened his mouth to speak...
"This feeling... is this what you felt everytime you saw Kikyo and I together...?"
Kagome let go of the mercenary and looked at InuYasha. The priestess sheathed her Banrissu and then parted her lips to answer his question.
"Hai... Now you know what it feels like... to loose someone you love..."
"Kagome there was something Iv'e wanted to say for a while now..." InuYasha Said.
"I... I... Love you..." He stuttered.
Even though Kagome was shocked to hear him says those words, she smiled at the hanyou before her... Telling her something that she wanted to her for a long time...
Kagome nodded her head and turned around to face Bankotsu.
"We should get going..."
The mercenary took Kagome's hand and they began to walk away from InuYasha. The half breed could hear their foot steps and knew they were leaving.
"Kagome wait!"
The miko stopped and slowly turned around to face InuYasha. His eyes shining in the sun and his hair flowing with the cool breeze.
"Why don't you come back and live with us in the village?"
Kagome smiled at the hanyou yet again and closed her eyes, turning her head slightly to the side. InuYasha stared at the miko and took a step forward...
Kagome slowly shook her head and at last opened her chocolate brown eyes. Before InuYasha took another step, he saw the priestess' response and stopped himself.
The raven haired girl shook her head once again before speaking.
"No InuYasha... I cannot..."
"Why not..." The hanyou said confused.
"Its too late for me to love like I did so long ago..." Kagome replied.
"My heart belongs to to another..."
She looked at Bankotsu and then turned her attention back to the half demon.
"Please Kagome... I need you..."
"Move on InuYasha... like I have done." The miko quietly said.
"I can't move on Kagome... not without you..."
Kagome looked at her old friend and gave him a solomn smile. Kagome looked up into the sky and noticed that the sun was beginning to set soon disappearing behind thick lush trees.
Alot of memories flooded back into InuYasha's head, he stared at Kagome now letting them play themselves...
The times that Kagome would yell sit and his face plumeted into the ground. All the food that she would make and bring back to share with her friends...
Kagome would always remember to bring a pack of ramen just for a certain hanyou. The way she bandaged his wounds and he was especially going to miss the times when he let Kagome ride on his back...
The warmth that surrounded her and her laughter that he loved so much. Even the times that Kagome would nag and nag and nag until she got her way...
InuYasha was going to miss every single moment he had with Kagome. InuYasha would laugh at the times they got into fights about everything... like hitting Shippo or mouthing off to someone...
InuYasha let a smile spread across his face and then Kagome spoke in a low voice.
"I must be going now... its time to say good bye..."
"I can't live with the thought of you not here with me... its too hard to think about..." The hanyou whispered shutting his orbs.
Kagome sighed and let her gaze fall upon the ground. The miko noticed that the jewel shards were emitting a soft pink glow.
She looked at the bottle holding a few shards and un hooked it from around her neck.
InuYasha was wondering what Kagome was doing and soon found out when she tossed the bottle to him. The hanyou caught it and looked at the woman in front of him...
"You want me to have them..."
Kagome nodded her head and once again began to leave with Bankotsu by her side. InuYasha placed the glass bottle in his hakama pocket.
Kagome turned her head back and parted her lips to speak...
"Forget..."
InuYasha was taken aback by the word and cast his head down ward. Kagome was already a figure in the distance before the half demon said in a quiet voice...
"I could never forget you... Kagome."
By the time the miko was out of sight, rain started to drizzle down. And after some time it pelted onto the beautiful land.
InuYasha looked up and welcomed the fresh water...
The half breed closed his eyes and silently cried. The tears mixing together with the rain and traveling down his face.
InuYasha opened his gold eyes and let out a deep breath...
"Forget..."
The hanyou slowly began to walk away and back to the small village. His silver hair was sticking to the back of his neck and back...
Even though Kagome told him to forget her... InuYasha knew that he couldn't bring himself to do so... He would still have those memories of the woman he loves... Kagome.