Hiya readers! This is my personal favorite out of all the fanfics I've written (I have a few I haven't gotton around to posting yet), and I wrote it at a time when I was just sick and tired of happy endings. So I wrote an InuYasha fanfic with an unhappy ending. But by the time I was finished, I was over the phase, and patched it up some. Still, it remains sad. And a romance, too! It's a tragic romance! Yay! I hope I captured the characters' personalities properly, but I'm a relatively new InuYasha fan. I can always make it better though. So, read, enjoy, and review. And if you want to yell at me, go ahead, I'll understand. After all I've already received a death glare and been dubbed a vile, evil creature with no moral, heart or soul. Okay, shutting up now. On with Chapter One!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inu, and I'm glad, cuz then I couldn't have so much fun writing Inu fanfics!
Tears Shall Fall
"Damn that Naraku," InuYasha growled, plopping himself on the ground. "I can't believe he got the jewel shard before us. We should have been there first!"
"Don't be so hard on yourself," Kagome said, sitting down beside him. "Hakudoshi had a head start on finding the way to the border between this world and the next."
"Yeah, and it was right here under our noses the whole time!" He crossed his arms sulkily, glaring at the ground.
"Who'd have guessed it had something to do with the Bone-eater's Well?" Kagome said softly, gazing absently at the ancient well.
"Kagome! InuYasha! You're back! Did you get the sacred jewel shard?" Shippo came running at them from the trees, happily leaping into Kagome's lap. InuYasha'a scowl was all the answer the little fox-demon needed.
"Have Sango and Miroku returned yet?" Kagome asked, wisely changing the subject before InuYasha lost his temper.
Shippo became somber immediately. "Yeah. And they've both got bad news."
"Well, we might as well add ours to the lot," InuYasha grumbled, standing and stalking off towards the village; Kagome, carrying Shippo, was right behind him.
They entered Kaede's hut quietly, afraid of what news Sango and Miroku had brought.
Kaede, fidgety in the tension, was busying herself with the making of tea. Sango was sitting quietly staring at her hands in her lap, her expression unreadable. Kirara lay curled in a corner, watching her unhappily. Miroku, for once not being perverted, sat beside the demon slayer, a consoling arm about her shoulders.
When they were seated, Kagome quietly relayed what had happened. "Hakudoshi got there before us. We lost the jewel shard."
"And that damned Naraku had to show up and rub it in our faces," InuYasha growled. "Before he ran off like a coward."
"I have heard disturbing reports of a large gathering of demons not far from here, in Koga's territory. Naraku is probably involved," Miroku said. He paused, glancing at Sange, then continued. "Sango managed to find Kohaku, but Naraku had decided he didn't need him anymore, and so arrived to reclaim the jewel shard."
Everyone was silent until Sango spoke, answering the question no one dared to ask. "Kohaku is dead," she choked out. "Naraku made sure I saw it, just like last time." She buried her face in her hands, sobbing, and leaned on Miroku for support. He gently cradled her head with his free hand, fighting his own tears.
InuYasha abruptly stood, stalking silently out of the hut. Kagome followed momentarily, jogging to catch up. He stopped at the base of his favorite sulking tree to see what she wanted. When she came up beside him, sha asked softly, "Mind if I sulk with you?"
In answer, he hooked an arm around her waist and leapt into the tree. They situated themselves so that they were sitting back to back, with Kagome facing the trunk. They were silent for a while, both deep in their own thoughts.
"Naraku is up to something," InuYasha said quietly.
"We should check out that gathering of demons," Kagome suggested.
"You can bet that Koga will be there before us."
Kagome gasped. "If it is Naraku's doing, then Koga's in danger! Naraku would be going aftert the jewel shards, just like with Kohaku!"
"Then we better get going now!"
Okay that's chapter one! I know, pretty uneventful. But the other chapters are better! I promise! Review if you have anything to say!
