Sorry, this chapter doesn't really go too much farthar into the story. I'm super busy with homework and college stuff right now, but I will try to get you guys a decent chapter by the middle of next week! Thanks for reading! Keep the reviews coming!
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"Inuyasha!" Shippo shouted angrily at the hanyou that was seated at the foot of a giant oak tree. He was mad. Inuyasha had chased Kagome away. He missed her already and it was all stupid Inuyasha's fault.
"I know," he said without meeting Shippo's eyes. He felt guilty enough. Why did they all have to rub it in? He had chosen Kikyo and that was that. He owed it to her to choose her and go to hell with her. He had to give her that much at least.
"But I haven't said anything yet," Shippo whined back.
"You're going to tell me to go and see Kagome."
He had intended to go and see her. He knew he had to break it off to save her some pain and, even though he desperately wanted her to stay, how could he ask her such a thing? She knew better than anyone that he needed to protect Kikyo and that it would be cruel to ask her to stay with him.
He did go to see her in the end. It was the right thing to do. Miroku was right in saying he needed to make a clean break. None of them understood. He wasn't breaking up with Kagome. He didn't want to. It was out of his hands and into the cruel hands of fate. What Sango said was resonating in his mind, repeating over and over again.
"You've chosen Kikyo and whatever but I imagine Kagome's sitting in her time, very confused about the whole thing." He remembered those words and imagined Kagome in pain. He hated seeing her in pain. It hurt him more than any demon ever could. What could he do to protect her when the pain was coming from him?
So he had gone and was intending to jump through the well, tell Kagome goodbye, and gather the jewel shards from her. As he stepped into the clearing that surrounded the bone-eater's well, a bright ray of sunshine filtered through the trees. It hit his eyes, causing him to squint. Once the wind blew the tree back to its proper place and he could see again, the sight made him lose his breath.
"Kagome…" It came out as a whisper, inaudible to anyone but himself, yet she seemed to hear him as she turned towards him. He had never seen such a sad look on her face before. It hurt to just look at her. In an instant, his well-rehearsed goodbye was lost. He had no words to say. She began to talk and he listened. Hear and absorbed every word. When she moved to stand close to him, he could smell the salt that was once on her face. Guilty. He felt completely guilty because he knew those tears had come from him. She only asked him one question; one question that would change the rest of his life.
"Inuyasha? Can I stay with you?" She still looked so sad, but a faint gleam of hope shined in her eyes. She looked straight into his golden eyes. 'The eyes that I fell in love with.' She remembered her realization under the sacred tree. She loved him. She knew that she could never love another as long as she lived. She couldn't forget him either. He looked so torn when she had been talking to him. She had never seen him look so sad before.
"You…you'll stay with me?" He couldn't believe she would stay! It felt like a lie, like someone was setting him up for a cruel joke. He didn't need to say goodbye. Kagome would always stay by his side. He remembered the small smile and nod she gave him in return. His heart instantly felt lighter….
Inuyasha work with a start. He gripped the branch that he was sitting on. His claws dug into the wood. His heart beat faster as he tried to calm himself down. Kagome…That's right. He remembered slowly as his mind returned to the present and left the past. She said she'd always be by my side…
"Kagome…" He whispered her name as a light breeze careened through his silver hair. The memory of her leaving while he turned his back to her to confront Miroku returned. That was two days ago. She still hadn't come back. 'You're really mad this time, aren't you Kagome?' Kissing Kikyo and the feel of Kagome's presence floated into his mind. An embarrassed blush grew on his face when he thought about how Kagome had seen them with her powers. Kikyo had to have known Kagome was there watching. His ears drooped as he returned to leaning against the tree's trunk. Sticking his hands into the sleeves of his haori, he tried to forget Kagome and let the anger of her sitting him fill his heart and mind. It didn't work. He knew it wouldn't work this time. He might have lost Kagome forever just because he was stupid in trying to return to the past.
'The moment I kissed Kikyo, I realized it wasn't right. I had to say goodbye but she wouldn't let me. Just like Kagome, Kikyo wouldn't let me say goodbye.' The sun began to rise and Inuyasha decided he had to get her back. 'I'm coming Kagome. Please wait for me.'
Kagome woke up when the polluted sunlight of the modern day cascaded through her bedroom window. She felt frantic when she realized she wasn't around a campfire in the forest or in Kaede's hut. Bolting upright, Kagome took a few gulps of the morning air. Her window was open. 'I thought I closed this last night?' She stood in the window and looked outside. Somehow, it wasn't as clear and bright in the modern era. She told herself it was all the pollution, but deep down inside she knew it was because no one can see clearly when their other half is missing.
Kagome's mom called upstairs that it was breakfast time. Kagome quickly put on her school uniform and headed downstairs. She tried to push the sight of Inuyasha kissing Kikyo out of her mind, but it got increasingly hard when she say her favorite hanyou sitting at her spot at the table. Kagome stopped mid-step as her mind raced frantically. 'He already came back for me? Is he mad? Should I be mad?' While she was decided what facial expression to have, Inuyasha had risen and was standing in front of her. Kagome's mom quickly ushered Souta off to school and asked Gramps to help her with something outside. Thinking a silent thanks to her mother for being so understand and wise, Kagome decided it was best to be angry. If she surrounded herself with a wall of anger, it would be harder for him to hurt her. She knew what he was going to tell her.
He was going to finally tell her goodbye. She could feel it deep down. He had chosen Kikyo, of course he did. It was only natural that he did.
"Kagome…I…" he began.
"I don't want to hear it," she declared without looking at him. Suddenly, she found the floor pretty fascinating to look at. Without saying another word to him, Kagome walked right past and out the door, grabbing her backpack on the way out. She would be early for school and hungry without breakfast, but she didn't want to hear him say goodbye. Not after all they had been through.
The sun's brightness only seemed to be mocking her as she walked to school. It was a beautiful day, but it only caused her mood to darken farther. She was completely depressed by the time she reached the school. She was so engrossed in her thoughts, her head lowered, that she didn't hear her friends calling her.
Yuri ran up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. Kagome jumped in shock. The touch immediately brought her back to the present.
"Why the long face, Kagome?" Suddenly they were all throwing questions at her about her delinquent boyfriend, what he did this time, and what was with the long face. Kagome walked past them a little ways before stopping in her tracks. Putting on her best smile, she turned around and faced them.
"Oh, he ditched me for his ex-girlfriend. Let's not talk about it, kay?" She beamed a large smile at them. All three of her friends shrank back as they all thought the same thing. 'You mean he dumped her? Again? Poor Kagome."
Unable to deal with their looks of pity, Kagome looked away from them and walked into the school. Class began and the teacher started to write complicated calculus formulas on the board. He said it would all be on the test tomorrow.
'Tomorrow! There's a test tomorrow? I don't know any of this!' Kagome lowered her chin to her desk as she realized she would have a lot of studying to do, and she still probably wouldn't pass.