Hey everyone! (ducks for cover at flying trash) sorry! I surrender. Phew! Okay, I know I should be working on 'Sin In Disguise' and my other fanfics but I had this idea in my head and I just had to get it out. I would really appreciate it if everyone reviewed though I know I should ask for much. (smile) Oh, and if I receive enough review for this oneshot for me to continue and make this into an actual chapter story, I will! (sigh) I checked my stats and I have over six people having one of my stories on alert and like three that reviewed...how'd you guys do that?anyway, I'm rabbling now so enjoy this cute oneshot!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own InuYasha or any related materials. I, however, a totally devoted fan and a owner of an actual 3'X2' poster of InuYasha and Kagome. (sorry I just had to say it)
The trees' leaves began to become scarce as they continued forward. The tree's sturdy trunks seemed to shrivel down and become old, though still towering over the Inu-ikkou. Leaves, both dead and decaying, crunched under the steady footsteps of the group. Shippo nervously looked to his left as what appeared to be a crow screamed and flew into the air. Miroku felt the kitsune perched on his shoulder, fidget and let out a soft whimper. Kagome looked forward, trying to ease herself from showing much fear. 'This place is creepy,' she thought. Looking up, she saw the normally azure clear skies growled as they turned gray. Sango looked into her arms at Kilala, who's hair on the back of her neck stood tall. Inuyasha walked steadily forward, showing no sign of emotion. Kagome saw silver in the corner of her eye and threw her attention to Inuyasha. 'He's been quiet for a long time,' she bit her lip, 'But who wouldn't be after what he saw.'
Flashback
Inuyasha snapped a hand onto Tetsusaiga's hilt. Naraku, garbed once again in his baboon pelt, laughed.
"Filthy mongrel, have you not yet learned that you stand no chance against me?" Inuyasha growled again and threw Tetsusaiga.
"Shaddup, Naraku! You're the one who's hidin' all the time behind those damn puppets of yours!" The wind around Tetsusaiga swirled, preparing for an attack. Naraku's smirk grew under the baboon's snout. The miasma surrounding them cleared to Naraku's right, showing darkness. 'Damn, what's he up to?' Inuyasha growled. Shinidamachu began to float from the darkness. Kagome gasped behind him. Inuyasha's back went rigid and his ears flattened against his head. 'Are those…?' Kagome's mouth opened wider as Kikyo walked into the clearing. "K-Kikyo?" Inuyasha left down his guard for a second, what Naraku was looking for. A tentacle shot out.
"Inuyasha, watch out!" Kagome yelled. Too late. The appendage of Naraku dug into Inuyasha's left shoulder.
"Argh!" Inuyasha was pushed into the air and landed on his back. Kagome yelled and ran to his side. Blood flowed from his wound heavily.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted, "Inuyasha are you okay?" Naraku laughed as he retreated back his appendage. Kikyo stood silent, watching the wounded Inuyasha grunting to sit up. Kagome held his uninjured shoulder and arm, helping him. 'That girl,' Kikyo frowned. Her gripped tightened around the grip of her bow. Inuyasha glanced at Kikyo. 'What the hell is Kikyo doing here?' he wondered. "Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"Stand back, Kagome," Inuyasha grunted as he slowly stood up. The blood from his shoulder bled through the sleeve of his hitoe. Naraku smirked again. "What are you smilin' at!" Inuyasha barked.
"Pity to see the same actions being repeated, the same mistake committed," he replied. Inuyasha growled.
"What the hell are ya talking about, Naraku?" The miasma was not lifting. 'Damn, the fumes from the miasma are making it hard to pick up the scent of the clashing winds for my Wind Scar!'
"Inuyasha. It is a real pity, I must say, that you still protect a young human wench when the one from before," his bare hand gestured towards a scowling Kikyo, "betrayed you behind your back." Inuyasha bared his fangs. Kagome looked from Naraku to Kikyo. 'Wait, something is going on here. I have a bad feeling about this.'
"What do ya mean!" Inuyasha demanded. The Shinidamachu dispersed from Kikyo's side and disappeared into the miasma. Naraku smirked and his hand again gestured to Kikyo. Still scowling, Kikyo stepped forward. "Kikyo?" Inuyasha asked. Kikyo let go off her grip on her bow and reached into her white hitoe. Kagome felt a shiver run up her spine. 'Wait a minute…I feel six sacred jewel shards nearby,' Kagome looked around. Looking back at Kikyo, she froze. Between her index finger and thumb, the old priestess held a jar similar to the one Kagome had and inside, were the six jewel shards. 'What? What's Kikyo doing with those jewel shards?' Inuyasha wondered. Kikyo glared at Kagome, then turned to face Naraku.
"Here they are Naraku," Kikyo spoke.
"WHAT!" both Inuyasha and Kagome both shouted. Kikyo placed the small jar into Naraku's pale hand, his fingertips slightly grazing Kayo's hand. Inuyasha growl got louder.
"Kikyo, what the hell's going on?" he demanded. Naraku chuckled darkly.
"Dense, aren't we?" he mocked, closing his fingers around the jar. A sickly feeling rose up Kagome's spine as she felt the jewel shards instantly become tainted at Naraku's touch. Naraku took a step back as Kikyo turned to face Inuyasha and Kagome. Her normally blank eyes were filled with fury and hurt.
"Kikyo?" Inuyasha took a step forward, the harshness from his voice gone.
"Inuyasha," the priestess started, "Have you really no intellect?" Her words stung like daggers as he watched Kikyo look down. "I plan on paying back to you what you and that," Kikyo glared at Kagome, "Cheap imitation have done to me!" Her words echoed throughout the miasma. Kagome heard Inuyasha's breath harden and his ears slightly droop. He grunted and looked away, looking at Kagome at the corner of his eyes.
"Kagome ain't done nothin' to ya," Inuyasha's voice was soft. 'Inuyasha,' Kagome thought sadly.
"I beg to differ," Kikyo's brows knitted together, "She is constantly at your side! Even though I have told her she does not belong in this time," she paused and Inuyasha looked up, "She still manages to come back to you. And you always accept her." Her angry gaze wavered but she remained. Inuyasha stood still. Kagome was in shock, to say the least. 'Why is Kikyo saying this! Doesn't she know that Inuyasha,' she glanced at his crestfallen stature, 'would choose her any day over me?' The air began to feel heavy at the lack of movement the miasma keeping it in place.
"Kikyo," Naraku spoke. Three pairs of gazes fell upon him. Kikyo stared into the dark eye sockets of the baboon mask. 'Time to pay back,' she told herself. Kikyo looked back to a shocked girl and emotionless half demon.
"Goodbye, Inuyasha," Kikyo shouted coldly and the Shinidamachu returned, zooming around her. A purple/black cloud formed at Naraku's feet, seeming to begin to absorb the miasma. The Shinidamachu began to glow an eerie white and lifted Kikyo up into the air. Naraku chuckled at the silent pair before him.
"Until next time, Inuyasha," he slightly bowed and disappeared. The miasma began to dissolve into nothing till finally, the air was allowed to move again. Tetsusaiga glowed as Inuyasha thrusted it back into its sheath. The breeze shifted Inuyasha's mane as he still remained still. His gaze was still where Kikyo had stood. 'Oh Inuyasha,' Kagome began to edge a hand to his shoulder.
"Let's get outta here," he ordered, his voice emotionless.
End Flashback
Kagome stared at his face. His eyes were distant, as if in thought. His usual smirk or scowl weren't there. His lips were set in a thin line, and his ears slightly set back. The breeze blew through the leafless forest, making the group shiver. Winter was coming. Inuyasha paused, making everyone else pause too.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked, her voice a bit hoarse from the lack of use. The hanyou's left ear twitched and he inhaled. He grunted.
"We'll stop here for tonight," he mumbled and moved to the sturdiest looking tree. He looked up at it. The limbs were there, but looked like they could fall at any moment. Grunting again, he turned, still not looking at the standing group and sat cross legged in front of it. Miroku looked over at Kagome, who's face seemed about to burst into tears. 'Hmm, I wonder what Inuyasha had done this time to upset Kagome like this.' Shippo jumped off the monk and landed at Kagome's feet. He tugged at Kagome's knee high socks.
"Kagome? Are we starting dinner soon?" Kagome looked down at the kitsune.
"Oh yeah, Shippo. Just as soon as we get the fire started," Kagome smiled down at the fox demon. Kilala jumped out of Sango's hands and began to walk along side Shippo. Sango walked up to Kagome, who was opening her backpack.
"Kagome," Sango placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, "Is something the matter?" Kagome paused but continued looking for the groups' dinner.
"No, Sango. Everything's fine," Kagome replied. Inuyasha's ear twitched. The taijiya paused but decided to let it go.
"Miroku, will you help me fetch some firewood?" Sango asked. Miroku took the hint and nodded.
"Sure, and I suppose we too have to find our friends Shippo and Kilala. They seemed have wandered off," Kagome, who had taken out seven cups of Ramen Noodles, looked up at Miroku's words. Sango nodded and grabbed her Hiraikotsu. Soon, only Inuyasha and Kagome remained.
"Stop it, will ya?" Inuyasha snapped suddenly. Kagome looked up.
"Stop what?" she asked.
"Stop being all quiet and stuff. It isn't like you. So just quit it, alright?" he returned to his quiet surveillance. Kagome frowned and walked over to the sitting hanyou.
"Well, how am I suppose to act after…after Kikyo told you all that stuff, huh? Am I just suppose to forget about it and keep going, is that it?" she crossed her arms. Inuyasha grunted. The still blood stained hitoe caught Kagome's eye. 'He can't stand the smell of blood, even if it's his own…so why is it still there?' Inuyasha quickly stood up.
"Quit feelin' sorry for me!" he shouted at her face. Kagome was taken aback. His eyes were cold and it scared her for a second. Her chest tightened and she felt stinging at the back of her eyes. Inuyasha paused as he saw and smelled tears beginning to swell up in Kagome's large eyes. 'Damn,' he growled. Her slightly shocked face suddenly turned angry.
"Well, maybe you didn't notice but Kikyo clearly said that the reason she was doing what she was, was that it was because of me! So, basically it's my entire fault that," she paused, "that she…I'm the reason she left you." Kagome's voice began to slightly crack at the end of her rant. Inuyasha winced. Kagome angrily turned and wiped at her eyes. "It's my entire fault," she mumbled and walked off. Inuyasha felt the air come back cold again, not taking notice of it's chilling breeze till Kagome left.
'She's right ya know,' his demon side argued. Inuyasha's ears flattened against his silver head.
'Shut the hell up! She's not,' he snapped quietly back. He sniffed the blowing breeze and growled. 'Damn, Kagome's scent is growin' faint,' swallowing his now dry throat, he marched after Kagome.
"So, you think it was Inuyasha's fault that Kagome walked off, upset?" Sango asked, daring her head to peak up behind a nearby bush.
"Not sure. But by the tone of their argument, it seems that it is really undetermined who's true fault it is," Miroku voiced in, motioning besides Sango.
"No, I'm pretty sure it's Inuyasha's fault," Shippo pitched in. Kagome wiped at the stubborn tears still falling. The breeze blew again, sending icy wind up her skirt. She shivered and hugged her arms to herself.
Flashback
"She is constantly at your side! Even though I have told her she does not belong in this time," she paused and Inuyasha looked up, "She still manages to come back to you. And you always accept her."
End Flashback
Kikyo's words haunted Kagome's mind. 'She's right,' Kagome paused at a boulder, 'I-I don't belong here. This isn't my time, my world.' The images of Kikyo taunting Inuyasha by using Naraku played in her mind. 'I still can't believe she did that…poor Inuyasha.'
"There ya are. Finally, took some trouble to find ya," Inuyasha growled in annoyance. Kagome looked back.
"Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Well, stupid, it's starting to get dark. There's a lot of wild demon roaming around these part and they aren't too friendly to humans," he crossed his arms. Kagome frowned. He stood up tight, as if in a hurry to leave this awkward conversation. 'He's hiding. He's hiding the fact that Kikyo's actions did affect him…a lot…like me,' she faced him completely and gently walked towards him. His usual scowl returned, making her pause in her steps.
"Inuyasha?" she asked. He winced at the softness of her voice.
"Huh? Whadya want now?" Kagome bit her lip.
"I-I was wondering what would happen…if I leave for my time…a-and didn't come back?" Inuyasha froze. 'She's thinking about that?' He growled.
"What the hell are you talkin' about? You aren't leavin'-!"
"But Inuyasha," Kagome cut in, "If I leave, Kikyo will come back!" Silence seemed to echoed around them.
"Feh," he mumbled silently. His head bowed slightly. "She ain't coming back." Kagome's head shot up, not knowing when it had gone down.
"W-What? Why not?" she asked fearfully. They were only now an arm's span away from one another. Inuyasha took silent but steady steps towards Kagome, but did not look up. "She can find the rest of the jewel shards too," she continued quietly, "And with her priestess experience, you six will defeat Naraku in no time-"
"Stop," Inuyasha interrupted suddenly. Kagome looked up, into penetrating golden amber eyes. "Stop tryin' to walk around it, alright? Kikyo," he paused, "Kikyo's done by what she thinks things are or should be but don't go doubting that we're better off without you, Kagome." Kagome's eyes again filled with tears. Inuyasha grunted and suddenly hugged her to him. "I need you here…by my side, our side till the end of it all," he whispered in here ear. Kagome's eyes widened. Her arms gradually wrapped around his body.
"Inuyasha…" she mumbled into his chest.
Awww. Inuyasha and Kagome oneshots make me fuzzy all over. I love the fluff! So what did you guys think? Like it? Hate it? Want this oneshot to turn into an actual story? Tell me! (ehem)...in your review! Don't worry to all the people expecting me to update my other stories. I'll update soon. Promise! Love you all!
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PS- any of you reviewers out there know how to speak spanish? I do! I was just sayin' 'cause I'm thinking of translating one of my stories into spanish for spanish speaking readers! Inuyasha fans from all over the world Unite! (sp?)