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Chapter 16: Stop It

It was passionate, heated, flamed. It was as if he was trying to push all the emotions he felt for her into this moment. He wanted her to understand that he really loved her. It wasn't a fairytale he was trying to write; it was real! She needed to understand this! She just had to…

Kagome, for her part, just lied there. Her eyes wide, her skin pale. She'd never been kissed in such a manner. He was kissing her so hard that it hurt, but she felt fire on her lips. She could feel that he was saying something that couldn't be explained with words. It was pressing heatedly on her, his feelings. He was spelling it out in this one moment. He was making it clear…

…She didn't want to see it, though. It would leave a carved out place in her chest. She didn't want something that would hurt her in the end. She was only human; she wanted to get away form the pain that she could see chasing after her.

Once she grasped a coherent thought, she pushed him away. She pushed him away; she wanted to make it perfectly clear that she wanted nothing to do with his feelings. She wanted to be left alone. She wiped her mouth and spat as she got up. Her brow furrowed, her eyes grabbing moisture out of the air. She ran away from him. She ran into the wooded area that was on the outskirts of town. She needed to get away from him.

He watched her take the first few steps before running up ahead of her and stopping her. It didn't make sense to him; she should be loving him. They should be falling in love together. Why shouldn't she say 'I love you too, InuYasha,'?

"Why are you running away from me…?" he questioned as he grabbed hold of her shoulders. She didn't look up; it was too frightful to see.

Her head was pounding. She could feel him look at her-staring. He was waiting for her to answer him. He was staring with such power that she felt as if her mother was in their presence. The air was thick with her mother's patience, waiting, watching, evaluating her… questions swarmed her being, circling her like vultures. 'Does she need more attention? Has she been a bad kid? Is she doing something wrong? How much trouble will this cause?'

She could hear her heart beat in her ear… it hurt so much to keep it in her… she could feel her head become heavy with pain. It was numbing her senses. Her eyes were burning; she could feel her throat swell up with oncoming tears. Then they burst out; everything was coming, she could feel it.

"Stop it! Just stop it! Why do you care? Nobody should! I don't want anyone to suffer! Leave me! Leave me! Why can't you see! I'm going to leave you! You'll be alone! You'll be unhappy! Stop trying so hard! Stop it!" she yelled; she had to tell him. It was painful; all the words were coming out like razors. Her throat felt like it was bleeding she screamed so loud, but she had more to say.

"I may like you, but I'm not that selfish! I don't want you to be unhappy! What if I leave you broken? I'd feel so horrible! It's hard enough living knowing I can't be human; I have to be cold! I have to be something so empty I could almost get rid of myself! But if I try, I disgrace my mother! How can I do something so horrible to her……….." she held her hands to her face; he couldn't see her so broken. She hid her face from him, bending down so her black hair would cascade in front of her. She tried to pull the tears back, but it was in vain.

InuYasha stood in place for a moment. His pride was forgotten; he reached out and placed it on her shoulder. He pulled her into his arms and just held her there. She didn't make a move to leave the place he had made for her and it made him happy. This was happiness to him.

She was finally giving him a chance.

oOo

They sat on a bench in the park. It was getting dark outside, the sun stepping down from the sky to switch places with the moon. The air was cool and no one was there anymore. It was just the two of them, sitting on the bench, InuYasha holding her hand in his lap.

She had cried a lot, but not loud like most of the girls he had seen cry. She cried silently; she would bite her lip whenever it looked like she was going to shout out. She would whip the tears away when they reached her cheek. She wouldn't look him in the eye; she felt too ashamed.

"You should go home…it's getting late," she sniffled out, a hiccup escaping her bitten lips. He shook his head, even though he knew she wouldn't see it.

"Nah, it's okay. I wanna walk you home first," he said, his tone unusually kind.

"Please don't give me pity," she said, wiping away the tears that wouldn't stop coming. He turned his head so that he could see her. Reaching up a hand from his lap, he smoothed out the top of her head. Her hair was cold and soft.

"I just wanna do this, Higurashi," he reassured her. She looked up at him through her thick lenses, her eyes saying thank you, but her lips arched in anxiety.

"You make me uncomfortable," she proclaimed hesitantly. She could feel her stomach jerking around inside her. She felt like curling up in a ball or rubbing her feet together to release some of the energy that came with the angst.

He stopped petting her hair and put her hand in his. He rubbed it gently, knowing he could break it if he squeezed too hard. He pulled it up to his lips and kissed it tenderly.

"I like you the same way," he reassured her. She looked at him, depression deep in her eyes.

"Stop. You shouldn't. I'm leaving in two weeks. I'm going to leave you behind… it would be-"

"Kagome, why didn't you tell me?!?! Why are you leaving?! You can't leave just as soon as we started-"

"We haven't started anything and it ain't nunya business. Ya just have to know that I'm leaving," she said calmly, placing a finger on his lips. His face was flustered and his eyebrows were brought down in fury. Why didn't he know about this sooner? He could bet anything that Miroku knew about this.

He sighed, "Can't you stay? I can make it happen…" he asked, forcing himself to regain composure. His brow was still arched in anger. She shook her head.

"No, my mother wouldn't accept it. I'm the only thing she has… it just wasn't meant to be… us two," she explained.

"Kagome… please stay. You could stay at my house. I'd pay for all of your living expenses and you could still visit your mom. Please Kagome," he begged.

"I won't come back to school again. Goodbye, Inuyasha. I'll miss you a lot," she said as she gave him a peck on the cheek and left.

"I really want us to be together though…" he whispered.

oOo

"Where have you been?" asked her mother coolly.

"I was at school working on a project late. It was my last assignment," Kagome lied. Her mother raised an eyebrow. She stepped forward and slapped her across the cheek.

"Kagome, your teacher gave me a call and asked why you were absent from almost all of your classes and I couldn't tell her because I didn't know! Do you know how bad that makes me look?!?!" she yelled.

"I'm sorry mom, I shouldn't have done that…" she said in a hushed voice, but the words were empty; she didn't really mean them.

"Kagome, you've been acting strangely lately. What's going on?" concern evident in her voice.

"It's probably stress from school. I'm sorry, it won't happen again…" she recited, never looking into the eyes of her mother. Her mother looked at her with doubt present in every second.

"It has to do with one of those boys that came to visit you at the hospital, doesn't it?" she asked strictly, the question leaving no room for lies…but some how she squeezed a fib into the smallest crack.

She shook her head and answered, "No, I don't know them." Her voice was loosing its sincerity. She could feel emptiness filling her up. She would be a shadow without importance. She would return to her emotionless life.

"If you're going to lie to me then don't speak at all. Go to your room."

And that was the end of their argument.

OMG! What'll happen next!? I don't even know! . R&R, please!