A/N: Hey... so tired. I didn't want to get up for school this morning, but here I am and here's a new chapter.
Chapter 9
The sky was bright and beautiful and Kagome cursed the gods to hell. It was like they were mocking the deaths of her friends and she hated it. She wished it would rain and thunder and lightning. She wanted it to express the feelings roiling inside of her that she couldn't. Why, she asked herself, what had she done? Was she not allowed to get close to anyone? Was that it?
Kagome stood alone in a sea of people who came just because they had to. She resented that. She resented that they didn't actually care, the fact that it was mandatory, and most of all she resented the fact that many of them had come out of respect. It was stifling and she wished it was only her and Zero and Toga, even Kaien would have been fine. To add insult to injury, Zero wasn't even here. She couldn't find him and a rage so deep bubbled just beneath the surface. What type of bastards kept a child from his parents' funeral?
The ceremony ended and she quietly watched Kazuo's and Lena's bodies be lowered into the ground. She felt oddly detached and yet she didn't want to watch either. Seeing it meant believing it, and she wanted desperately for it all to be a bad dream.
Once deep inside their dirt tombs, everyone began to leave. Kagome stood in front of their graves and stared unseeing at their names. She shook suddenly and wondered if it was raining, but when she looked up into the sky, it was still bright and sunny. She finally blinked and realized the moisture was coming from her eyes. A startling sob escaped and Kagome pressed the heel of her hand to her lips to stop the sound, but it got even louder and she dropped and doubled over, crying into her hands. She knew she was a mess and she hated that she felt so weak, but she didn't give two shits about how she looked. She just wanted them back!
A warm jacket fell across her body and Kagome jerked out of her haze and looked up. Toga stood blocking out the sun, and his concerned gaze made her cry harder. She shot up from her position and clutched onto him, digging her nails into his shirt and scratching his flesh. He took it, silently allowing her to grieve, and in a way, letting her grieve for him.
The sun was beginning to set when she finally stopped, and for a few silent moments they stood taking in the others presence, glad they had someone to share the sadness with.
"Toga…" It was soft and weak, "you have to promise me, promise me you'll look after Zero, okay?"
He raised his hand and placed it on her small shoulder, firmly grasping it. "I can't promise you anything."
Kagome pulled away and stared into his eyes with a fierce look, "You have to. You have to protect him, please." her voice turned pleading, "That's all I ask, that's all I'll ever ask."
Toga was conflicted. Promise her and risk being hunted by his own people, or deny her and risk a broken friendship. He knew which course he should take, but family came first… right? He sighed, and though he may regret it one day, he nodded.
"Yeah, I promise."
A/N: I got nothing, just have a nice day everyone.
