Lost
He is furious, and so is she. They both scream, they both yell, they both say things that they will regret. They just don't know how much.
Fine! Fine! Go! See if I give a damn! We don't need you anymore, anyway! Go back to your precious school, and your perfect family! Fine! Stay gone this time, why don't you?
Fine! I will! You stubborn ass, just see if I come back!
Fine!
Fine!
She jumps down the well, and he bounds into the forest.
Three days later, she still has not returned. Fine, he thinks. I pissed her off. She just needs time to cool down, that's all.
Three days after that, she still has not returned. Shippo is not speaking to him, and although he welcomes the peace, he's not real happy about the looks he's getting from Sango and Miroku and Kaede.
He goes back to the well, stares down it. Geez, do I have to do everything myself? and jumps in.
And goes no where.
He just sits there for a moment, wide-eyed and shocked, before it finally starts to sink in. No. Oh, please no. He presses his hands to the ground, digs his claws in. No.
If he can't get through...maybe Kagome can't get back.
No. NO! Give her back! He spins, slams his fist into the stone. Give her back! Give her back! You can't keep her! I need her, goddamnit!
He sinks back to the ground, overcome with loss. Give her back, he whispers, praying to whatever spirit or deity seems to not be listening today. Please. I need her. You have to give her back. I love her. Please.
There is no answer. He throws his head back and howls, a sound of pain and grief and loss.
He tries to tell himself it's a fluke, tries to tell himself that she's warded it somehow so that he can't get through, that she's still pissed at him but she'll get over it.
But he knows it's not the truth. She's lost to him, and he has not felt this kind of pain since his mother's death, since Kikyo's betrayal. It takes a long time for it to sink in.
Kagome is lost to him.
End
A/N -- Sorry, I know it's kind of sad. But you know, I've always wondered how he would react if the well closed up. I think this is pretty close. ...Right before he tries to self-destruct, probably.