Inuyasha practically jumped out of his seat. He went up to Kikyo, not noticing that Kagome, Sango, Miroku and Rin left the class for lunch. He circled her and said:
"It is you. Kikyo you're back."
"Yeah I've returned," Kikyo said
'Finally.' Inuyasha thought, 'But what about Kagome?'
"Kagome." He whispered. Then he froze, Kikyo embraced him; he didn't know what to do so he stood there immobile. She let go.
"Oh Inuyasha now we can be together," Kikyo said
"…"
"Or did you find someone else?" She said. Then Kagome came in.
"Inuyasha, I hope you know that…" Kagome said. She was staring at Kikyo.
"Kagome," Inuyasha said. He was in the middle of them; he was stuck.
"Who's she?" coldly, Kikyo said
Inuyasha could see Kikyo changed; she was cold instead of warm, like Kagome.
"Ugh…" Inuyasha hesitated
"I'm Kagome," She said.
"I am Kikyo," She said crossing her arms. "The one and only keeper of Inuyasha's heart."
"Wait… wait, wait, what?" Inuyasha began, "I never said my heart belonged to you."
"What, you forgot Inuyasha? Days before I bounded you to the tree, you swore that no else was holding your heart but me," Kikyo said
"Even if I said so back then, doesn't mean that it goes for today," Inuyasha said staring at the ground.
' I can't stand here between them. It's too confusing. Ugh, that's it, it's enough.' He thought.
He walked briskly to the door but bumped with Kagome. She fell down to the ground scraping her knees. Inuyasha stopped and bent down to her.
"Are you all right?" He questioned.
"Yes. I'll be fine. I just scrapped my knees," Kagome said. She was getting up, with the help of Inuyasha.
"Does this pathetic girl mean more to you than I do?" Kikyo demanded
"…" He didn't respond
"So I can see she does. If I have to I will kill you Kagome," Kikyo said in a maniac voice. And left the room.
"I don't think Kikyo should see us together," Kagome said as they exited the school.
"You may be right. And for the record I'll be there for you," He said
"Are you sure?" She asked
"I will be there for you, I promise." He said, "Remember that."
End of the Day
With tomorrow off, the hallways were noisier, there was more gossip, and Kikyo was back. Inuyasha was feeling happy and afraid of that. One of the problems was that if he chooses Kagome, she would die young because of Kikyo, because of him. But, if he chooses Kikyo, he wouldn't be with her, around her without her getting injured. And he would miss her. He was really trying to listen to his heart but his head wouldn't allow him to. He needed to think. But he wasn't paying attention, he hadn't noticed he was already thinking. He needed to "relax", but who could at the moment. What he really needed was to talk to Kagome. He looked up and for the first realized he was sitting in the back seat of the car, beside Kagome. She was looking at him. He never noticed but before he was looking as if he was sleeping.
"Hey." She whispered, "We need to talk. So how about we meet at my room. In the other house," Although her voice was serious, she had a little smile that melts his heart. He nodded.
'If you only knew,' Kagome thought. Tears immediately threatened to stroll down her cheek.
"Can you stop the car? I forgot something," Kagome said quickly. Sesshomaru stopped the car. And Kagome got out.
"Sure. Want me to come?" Rin suggested.
"NO!" Kagome sped up. You couldn't see her eyes or her tears. She walked away, as the car left. She felt herself ripping up into pieces. All of this came from nowhere, but she still couldn't control her tears.
She took longer than she expected. It was around 4 o'clock, half an hour since school was out for the day. She entered the deserted house. She went up to her room. Her beautiful, purple room she hadn't been in since the Sunday her mother and grandfather left. She went to her bed and sat in the middle of her bed.
Her face was hidden in her arms that were resting on her knees. Mentally she let out a high-pitched scream and screech from the bottom of her soul. And cried even more. When she was in control again, she picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello?" the voice said
"…"She tried to speak but nothing came out.
"Hello?" he said again
She took a breath and finally said, "Inuyasha… you can… come… now," And hung up the phone. Within seconds he was at her balcony. She sat up and got up.
"Kagome we need to talk about…"Inuyasha started
"I know," She said catching her breath and regaining it.
"But before that I need to ask you something," Kagome said
"Sure," He hesitated
"Can you listen to this?" She popped a CD into her stereo and strolled out of the room. A song came on. It was a melody. I sad one too. It would make you cry if you listen to it for a little while. Then a different some came on.
Ai no uta
Kono chi ni chikara o,No ni hana o, Kokoro ni ai o...Nee kono mimi o oshiatete kikoeta inochi no zawameki
Sou oboeteru atatakana kodou ni tsutsumareteta koto
Dare ka no koe mo, dare ka no kizu mo, kikoenai furi o suru
Sonna minikui kao ni damasarenaide, Ima sugu ni ai ni ikite
Kono yo ni umarete, Anata no me ni, Nani o utsushite,
Ima kono chi ni chikara o, No ni hana o, Kokoro ni ai o...
Nee kizutsuita sono hane o iyaseru sube sae shirazu ni
Sou doko made mo bokutachi wa aruite mata sore o seoi
Donna jidai mo, donna basho demo tashikana ai wa aru
Dakara furueru koto mo nageki kanashimu koto mo nai, Ai no naka e
Namanurui kaze ni, Utare boku wa, Nani o nokoshite
Ima kono chi ni chikara o, No ni hana o, Kokoro ni ai o...
Soshite
Dare ka no koe mo, dare ka no kizu mo, kikoenai FURI o suru
Sonna minikui KAO ni damasarenaide, Ima SUGU ni ai ni ikite
Kono yo ni umarete, Anata no me ni, Nani o utsushite
Ima nama nerui kaze ni, Utare boku wa, Nani o nokoshite
Kono chi ni chikara o, No ni hana o, Kokoro ni ai o...
And one more came.
I looked away, then I looked back at you, you tried to say, things that you can't undo
If I had my way, I'd never get over you; today's the day I pray that we make it through
Make it through the fall, make it through it all
Chorus
I don't want to fall to pieces
I just want to sit and stare at you
I don't want to talk about it
I don't want a conversation
I just want to cry in front of you
I don't want to talk about it
'Cause I'm in love with
You're the only one; I'd be with 'til the end, when I come undone
You bring me back again, back under the stars, back into your arms
Chorus
Want to know who you are
Want to know where to start
I want to know how to feel
Want to know what is real
I want to know everything, everything
Chorus 2x
I'm in love with you'Cause I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
The music stopped. Inuyasha was stunned, uncertain with what to do with the information.
"Inuyasha do you remember the day Kikyo took the jewel shards away from us, the day she said she wanted to kill me before today?" Kagome asked when she walked in again
Inuyasha nodded.
"Do you remember those trees that showed us our greatest fears? What was your fear?" She continued
He hesitated at first but then spoke, "It was 50 years ago in that life, in the village where the Shikon jewel was held. I had destroyed the villagers, and I was holding the jewel. Then Kikyo… she was about to kill me but I said to her, "Kikyo stop. I don't want this to end this way." So I gave her the Shikon jewel and I embraced her. I didn't want to let go of her."
Kagome stood in front of him, crying inside of herself.
"But then the settings changed. We were in a black room where two lights were shining down. One on me and Kikyo, and the other was… on… you," He said, as with those words Kagome's heart skipped a beat. As she glared at the sky he began once more.
"Then I thought to myself, 'maybe Kikyo was not the one I'm suppose to protect. Maybe it's Kagome.' Then Kikyo went cold, you disappeared and the settings went back to the village.
"Does she mean more to you I?" Kikyo questioned me. And then I woke up." Inuyasha said finished
"My worst fear was if you forgot me. That you and Kikyo were together happily." Kagome said
"Why? Kagome why are you telling me all this?" Inuyasha questioned her. She turned around and stared at his beautiful eyes. And out of nowhere she yelled:
"Because I love you and I don't' know what to do. That's why." Kagome blurted out. Her tears that just appeared were increasing and coming down fast. She covered her face with her hands.
"I…I never knew," He said although he didn't know what to do.
"Kagome, I want to tell you how I feel… but if I tell you and not choose you, you will be hurt more."
"Please I need to know. It's too hard." Kagome said, as she was catching her breath, "Please."
"Kagome…" He said interrupted
"Can you say it?" She said completely stopped crying
"What do you want me to say?" Inuyasha said raising his voice a little.
"The truth," She responded calmly
"Okay fine." He said jumpy, but started to calm down, "Kagome you want to know how I feel about you. Well I love you with all my heart," Inuyasha said the last few words so gently, so peacefully, so … so… unbelievably charmingly. Kagome threw a few tears and embraced him, as he responded doing the same. They were standing there, in an embrace without noticing how much time passed.
"Can we finish any homework so that we can spend all of tomorrow together," Inuyasha suggested
"Wow. I'd never thought you would ask me such a thing. Of course I'd finish all my homework today. I always do finish it early." Kagome said, "But Kikyo?"
"Just forget her. All that matters is you and me," He said
It was after 5 o'clock in the afternoon when the two of them came back to the other house. In two hours they were both done their assignment.
"So Kagome do you have plans for tomorrow?" Rin asked as the girls were looking through the CD collection.
"Yeah, I've got plans," Kagome blushed slightly.
"Um… Kagome I sort of, by accident, recorded you and Inuyasha together, earlier, on the balcony," Rin said playing with her fingers.
"What?" Kagome jumped
"I'm really, really sorry," Rin said
"It's okay, I guess. But speaking of seeing people together by accident, I sort of saw you, a month ago, and Sesshomaru, in bed together. Can you explain that to me?" Kagome confessed. Rin turned the darkest shade of red possible, as a blazing sun and fainted.
"Rin… Rin… wake up!" Kagome tried to snap Rin out. Kagome ran downstairs to the two brothers.
"Help… Rin fainted and won't get up." Kagome said from half way of the stairs. Next moment Inuyasha was beside her and to her guess Sesshomaru was in the room. When they all were upstairs Sesshomaru asked:
"What did you say?"
"Well…" Kagome rocked back and forth, "I told her that a month I sort of saw…" Kagome lowered her voice, " you two in bed together."
"You were what?" Inuyasha practically fell. Sesshomaru carried Rin on his back, listening to his brother babble.
"You were telling me to cool down, when you have her in your bed?" Inuyasha demanded
"And you should be talking?" Sesshomaru laughed
"What's that suppose to mean?" Inuyasha asked
"You're doing almost the exact same I am except I'm probably getting more," Sesshomaru said
"For crying out loud!" Inuyasha shouted
They had arrived at the feudal era. They came among the spring that Rin adores to go to. Sesshomaru took off Rin's T-shirt and skirt, leaving her with her tank top and mini shorts.
"What the hell are you doing?" Inuyasha said
"Inuyasha calm down," Kagome said. Sesshomaru placed Rin into the water and let her float. She began to sink almost immediately.