The betrayal

Chapter 9

Kagome's POV

How dare he? How could he? I never… Why did he do that? That jerk. I thought nothing could separate us. After what happened. I thought I meant more to him. It seems I was wrong. Terribly. I was just trash to him. The whole time he had it on, he waited for that one moment. That one moment I had gained all of his trust so he could destroy it. Shatter it with all his might. And he even looked like he was enjoying it. He had that grin on. That evil grin. And even without his demon. He was completely himself.

I ran. All the way. My lungs hurt. My legs hurt. Everything hurt. The thing that hurt the most was my heart. It got shattered simultaneously with my trust. The trust we built up for over a year. Well, the trust only I built up. I felt like a complete fool. An utter dumb fool. For trusting him. For believing in him. For always relying on him. Never would I have thought, that I would say this. But I hate him. More than anything.

I arrived home. I got in and slammed the door. Mom already came to welcome me, but I ran past her. I ran up the stairs and into my room and slammed the door a second time. I jumped into my bed. And started crying. I cried and cried and wouldn't stop. I hoped that my tears would wash away the pain. The pain from his words and actions. But they didn't. His voice kept on repeating in my head. I heard those terrible words over and over and over again. They didn't go away. They repeated themselves like an echo.

In my suffering I didn't realize, that mom came to my room. She silently sat next to me on my bed and gently stroked my back. It gave me a reassuring feeling. I stayed like I was for some time, trying to enjoy my mother's help. Until she spoke to me.

"Do you want to tell me?" She asked.

And I did want to tell her. But I also didn't. I didn't want to bother her with my problems again. But I told her anyways. I had to. If I wouldn't, then all those negative feelings would dig themselves into me. So I tried to talk.

"He… He betrayed me. I trusted him and I thought he trusted me. I was even so foolish to think he loves me too," I said between sobs and tears. My voice was shaking. Mom probably didn't even understand me.

"What did he do?" My mother's voice was calm. Comforting.

"He insulted me." I couldn't find any better words. Not in this state, when I couldn't even think straight.

"That wouldn't be the first time, right?" Mom laughed a bit. She probably thought, that this was a normal fight, like we always had them. But this was different. A lot.

"You don't understand. Those words were not playful or anything at all. He meant them. And to top it off, he attacked me. I was lucky to get away."

"He attacked you?"

"Yes."

Flashback

"Are you sure you want to do this, Kagome?" He asked me. I was surprised from that question. I thought he would be happy about finally having it away.

"I am. I've tortured you with it too much. And most of the time, you didn't even deserve it. You only deserve it to be free." I answered him.

"But what if my inner demon would break out again? You wouldn't be able to keep me under control."

"No. That's not true. As long as I am here, I will be able to get you back. The real you."

"Kagome, it's too dangerous. What if my whole demon already took over? Even you wouldn't be able to do anything. Or what if I would suddenly attack you? It's better if I kept it on." I had to smile to his words. It was extremely cute of him to be so concerned about me. Or so I thought.

"Inuyasha, with last night you've proven to me, that you will never try to hurt me or attack me or anything like that. I trust you, okay? So I'll take it off now. I love you." I didn't wait for him to answer and gave him a quick kiss on his lips. And then I took off the necklace. What turned out to be a terrible mistake.

"I'm free." He looked at me and smiled.

"Yes, you are free now. I tortured you long enough with that." I smiled back at him.

"I'm finally free." His voice began to turn. From happy and delightful to dark. Dark and maniacally. He looked at me. His eyes turning evil. He looked angry like I've never seen it before. I got scared.

"Inuyasha? What's wrong?"

"You little bitch. How dare you doing this to me? You are going to pay!" My eyes widened. Never before did he use such a strong word towards me.

"Inuyasha, what's wrong with you?" My voice was wavering. "What's gotten into you?"

"Me? What's gotten into ME? You are the one who nearly killed me with that damn cursed necklace."

"But. Inuyasha. What about last night? Was everything you said a lie? I thought you loved me."

"Tsk. Why would I love someone like you? I hate you, you bitch." After that, he slowly started approaching me. Step for step he came closer to me. The little space I made when I took a few steps back got decreased more and more. Then he suddenly launched himself towards me. I started to panic and tried running backwards, but I failed brutally and stumbled backwards.

"Iron reaver soul stealer!" Inuyasha's claws flew past me, only missing me by a few centimetres thanks to me falling backwards. But the necklace I still held in my hands got destroyed immediately. I let out a high pitched scream. As soon as I arrived at the ground, I turned myself on my knees, so I could stand up easier and not in Inuyasha's direction. I struggled with standing up. Running, falling, standing up and running again. I looked behind me and saw Inuyasha starting another iron reaver soul stealer. There was no escape for me. I readied myself to feel those claws digging into my back. But those claws never came. Instead, I felt myself pushed to the side. When I got up and analysed my surroundings, I realized that Sango and Miroku came for help. Miroku was holding back Inuyasha's claws, while Sango was the one who pushed me away.

"Kagome, run!" Sango screamed. I immediately got up and ran for the well. That's how I got home. I didn't look back once. I don't know what happened to the others.

Present

"Is it okay if I leave you alone?" Mom asked. She listened to my whole story and her voice was still calm.

"Yes," I answered. After that, she left the room quietly.

I stayed in my room the whole afternoon. I didn't do anything. I just lay on my bed and cried. At some point I couldn't even cry anymore, because I just did it too long. I didn't even feel like doing anything. I didn't even want to stand up for food or something to drink, things I actually desperately needed.

In the early evening I heard a knock against my door and my name being spoken. My heart skipped a beat when I recognized the voice and my face lit up a bit. But this didn't even last a second after I remembered the things that happened.

"Go away," I said quietly. I knew he heard it with his sensitive ears.

"Kagome, I'm sorry."

"Go away."

"Kagome, listen."

"Go away." Every time I said that, my voice rose.

"Listen to me, please."

"Go away!"

"Kagome." I heard the door opening as he said that.

"Close that door and go! I don't want to see you!" By mow I was screaming at the top of my lungs and I was panting extremely heavy. The stress was just too much for me.

"Could you stop being so stubborn and listen to me?"

"After all that you've done, you even dare to insult me when you want me to listen? You can't be serious. Just go. I can't stand more of this." The last two sentences came out in a whimpering whisper. I still lay sideways, facing the wall and had my eyes shut. I didn't want to see him. The problem was, that he didn't go away. Quite on the contrary, I heard him close the door and walking to the side of my bed. There, he kneeled down to his typical sitting dog position. Then I felt a hand on my right arm. I immediately yanked it away.

"Don't you even think about touching me. Are you deaf? I told you to go." After that I lowered my voice again. "I wish I could just say 'sit boy' again." I was surprised to hear a dull bang. For the first time since Inuyasha came here I opened my eyes. Just to see him lying face down on the floor.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"Don't know. I probably did that out of habit," He said, as he got up.

I looked at him and started giggling. Immediately noticing my mistake, I threw both hands in front of my mouth and lay down again, to place myself in the exact same position as before.

"Are you now going to listen to me?"

"No."

He sighed heavily.

"Why not?"

"Because you are still a jerk."

"What? Kagome, stop resisting already. I am trying to apologize and explain the situation to you."

"Do you really think you could just walk in here and say something like 'Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't really want to do that'? You broke me." I started crying again. "I've never felt so much pain in my entire life. Not even when you went to see Kikyou. Now go."

"I won't. Not until you listened to me."

"I won't."

"Then I'm not going to leave."

"Who's the one being stubborn now? Go already."

It was quiet for a moment, until I heard him move again. I wondered what he was doing, but I didn't want to look at him. Mostly because I didn't want to succumb to his will. Or his looks. Then I suddenly felt my body being lifted and turned. When I opened my eyes to see what was happening, I was looking directly into his amber eyes. He had me sitting in his lap sideways. It took me a second to analyse the situation and a blush crept up my cheeks. When I grasped the situation, I started struggling with all my might. Kicking around and beating him on his chest and arms. He only tightened his grip on me, so I couldn't escape.

"Let me go! What do you think you're doing?"

"I won't let you go until you listened to me."

"No way."

"Kagome, just shut up and listen!" His voice sounded extremely serious. It made me stop my struggling for a moment.

"Inuyasha, why won't you just leave me be?" I started beating against his chest again, although my hits were much weaker than before.

"Because I know that you will not get over it and not smile for a long time. I couldn't stand seeing you like this."

"You wouldn't see me anyways if I would just stay here."

"I want that even less. So listen to me."

My eyes widened when I heard his gentle words. So I stopped struggling and reluctantly laid my head on his shoulder. And I started crying again.

"And why should I believe anything of what you will tell me?"

"If I did all those things on purpose, I wouldn't be here now."

I was stunned again. After a short quiet time, I was able to speak again.

"Give me a good reason. Otherwise I won't believe you."

"If my reason is good is up to you to decide. But I will tell you the truth."

I didn't answer and waited for him to continue.

"It may sound like something I made up, but I was being mind-controlled. Whoever it was that controlled me, had complete control over me and made me do the things I did. After I was released from the mind control I was still fighting against Miroku and Sango. I stopped immediately. After that, they scolded me and I told them that I didn't know anything about what I did. I had no memory of anything that happened. And I still don't have. So they told me everything that happened. Of course I didn't want to believe them at first. You know, sometime before the party, I promised to your mother, that I would make you happy and never hurt you. And as long as I can help it, I will not break a promise. Especially not when it involves you. Anyways, after they told me what happened, I immediately came here. Unfortunately I don't know who the person was that controlled me. But I swear to you, that I am going to find him and take revenge for wanting to tear us apart."

My eyes were flowing like waterfalls again. It was so new for me, to hear Inuyasha being so gentle and at the same time angry at someone because he wanted to be with me. And his strong arms around me strengthened his words.

"Inuyasha," I said crying.

"Inuyasha."

"Inuyasha."

"Shh. I'm here." He gently caressed my back, waiting for me to calm down. After a while, I lifted my head from his shoulder to see him eye to eye.

"Inuyasha, I… I…"

"I know. I love you too."

"Inuyasha…"

We both leaned in slowly, closing the gap between us. I closed my eyes and tilted my head to the left a bit and waited for him to fully close what little space was left between us. I didn't have to wait long until his lips landed on mine, gracefully touching each other. It was a gentle and slow kiss, full of our love for each other.

We stayed like that for a while until we broke apart again. I looked at him and smiled.

"There, you look much better with a smile than when you are crying," He said and returned the smile.

After that we stayed in my room until mom called from downstairs.

"Come on, you two lovebirds, dinner is ready."

I blushed heavily and looked to the ground bashfully. I heard a chuckle from him.

"Come on. Let's go," He said.

We walked down the stairs together and hand in hand, not a having a single care in the world. This was about to change, but at that time, we didn't know what lay before us.

Author's note:

Yep, it's getting dark. Look forward to it ;)

And, yeah, I lied. I didn't do it on purpose, I swear. But the other chapter wasn't going well at all, so I had to write this. Don't worry, you will get the party. I don't know if it will be the next chapter or the chapter after that, or a complete other time. I don't know yet. Please be patient with me.

Also, tell me if you see any mistakes like typos or grammar faults and stuff. I want to make the story as perfect as possible. I can only do that with you guys. :)

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and all its characters belong to Rumiko Takahashi. Only the plot of this story belongs to me. *Leaves house to meet Mrs. Takahashi and talk about ownerships.*