Chapter 2
In Inuyasha's forest it was quite, the villagers where getting ready for the night. Suddenly you herd a loud yell. "Sit Boy!!" Then there was a bang. In a hut in the middle of the village sat six people around the fire. "I told you not to eat Shippou's noodles (sorry don't know the name of them!) but nooo you can't listen." Kagome said with anger in her voice. "It's not my fault the little brat will not eat fast enough and plus I was hungry." He said try to sound smart. However Kagome was not listening. She had already gotten some crackers out of her bag and was giving them to Shippou. She had gotten too used to the fighting between them two. Over the years Kagome had grown a lot. Her hair was longer and she had cut it into layers so it was shorter in the front framing her face. She was as tall as Inuyasha now and her eyes where more mature. They where a chocolate drown with light drown around the pupil. Also she has stopped wearing her school uniform a long time ago. She was now 23 and still came to visit her friends in the feudal era sometimes.
Naraku was dead from 4 years ago. Kagome started going to collage after that and had finished that year. She decided to spend her summer in the feudal era with her friends. Sango and Miroku were now together and planning to get married soon. Miroku was still a lecher but he only groped Sango and stopped asking girls to bare his children because now he know Sango was going to. Shippou was getting older as well but he still liked to pick on Inuyasha and get him in to trouble. Though he could tell that Kagome was not taking his side as much as she did all those years ago. He too would get into trouble but today she seemed distant. She hadn't talked much and seemed sad. He know it was because last night Inuyasha had finally told Kagome the truth of what he felt. Now that Naraku was dead and with it Kikyo. She had come back to camp quiet and just got ready for bed and slept. But her friends know better, Kagome was upset. She had loved Inuyasha for years and now he just tells her he likes her as a friend.
So that's how that morning started, Kagome yelling at Inuyasha about eating Shippou's rayman. As Shippou eat his crackers smiling. Inuyasha just sat there with his arms crossed over his chest. Kagome just sighed and looked at Sango who was sitting with Miroku. He had a red hand print on her face. Even if they where getting married Sango would still slap him around once in a while.
"Hey Sango do you want to go to the hot spring with me?" she asked just wanting to get way from Inuyasha. "Sure Kags." She said happily. As they walked out Inuyasha watched them with narrow eyes.
"What is Kagome's problem Miroku?" he asked the monk. "Like you don't know Inuyasha" he said seriously. "You know Kagome has liked you for years now and you just tell her that you love Kikyo but thanks for being there for me all those years." He said like that's what he really said. "That's not at all what I said to Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled remembering what he really said.
"So why did you ask me to come out here with you Inuyasha?" Kagome asked a little nervous.
"Do you hate me Kagome?" he asked seriously. "Why should I?" She said. "Why are you asking me Inuyasha?" "I just wanted to know I guess." He said nervously. He took a deep breath. "Kagome you know I care about like a sister right." Kagome was shocked at what he said. 'So I finally know how he feels about me…..like a sister.' "Sure I do." She said slowly so he would not be able to here the sadness in her voice. "Well I want to just tell you that and tell you that I couldn't have done all this without you. We couldn't have beaten Naraku and gotten most of the jewel shards without you." Kagome nodded while looking at the ground. "Well now that Naraku is gone and has been for a while. So it will be a lot easier to find the jewel shards." He said not looking at Kagome. "I know that Inuyasha. Would you just tell me what you want!" She was not mad at him but she was trying so hard not to cry that her patients was wearing thin. Inuyasha put his hand in his pocket and pulled out half of the Shikon Jewel. Kagome was shocked when he turned towards her and put it in her hands. "It's yours. You are the protector of it and it should stay that way." He said smiling at her. "But Inuyasha you have worked so hard to get it and what use do I have for it?" she asked. "I don't know, you don't have to use it. I will always project you from any harm. You know that Kagome." He told her looking down at her and putting his finger under her chin so she had to look at him. "I still care so much for you Kagome. I can't life without your friendship." He whispered. "You are a dear friend to me too Inuyasha." He pulled her into a tight hug. "I just want you to be happy." 'Even if its not with me.' She thought sadly as a signal tear slipped down her cheek. Inuyasha wiped the tear away with his thumb. "I am happy Kagome and I want you to be too. Just remember that." Kagome put her head on Inuyasha's shoulder and know that Inuyasha never meant to hurt her. She just needed to move on with time.
Deep down Inuyasha know he had just broken Kagome's hart and it pained him to know this but he also know that he would only hurt Kagome if he lied to himself. He would just end up hurting her. She deserves someone better then him, someone who would not look at her as a copy but as the great girl she was.
"You don't know what you are talking about monk." Inuyasha said still thinking about what he and Kagome had said to each other. He sighed and got up. "I'll be back before we have to leave tomorrow." he said. Miroku sighed. He might have not known what they said to each other but he knows it would be hard on both of them. However he know it would be the hardest on Kagome.
As Kagome and Sango socked in the hot spring they where talking about what her and Inuyasha had talked about.
"I'm so sorry Kagome." Sango said to Kagome. She didn't know how she felt but she known how it felt to lose someone you really cared about. She had lost her father and her brother to Naraku. Before Naraku died he had killed Kohaku. But Sango got to say goodbye to him and he told her that he was ready to die and was so happy that she had found Miroku. That day Sango know she loved Miroku because he was there for her without be the pervert he was normally.
"Thank you Sango, but in some way I was expecting it. Inuyasha and I are really good friend and I would not want to lose that." She said with tears in her eyes. "We will continue looking for the rest of the jewel shards and then we will see what I will do. But one thing I know is that I will have start coming a lot less. "We all know that Kagome. After all you need to start your life too. You have put your life on hold all these years." Sango said. Kagome wiped her tears away and smiled at Sango. She always know what to say to get her mood up. "Your right, I do need to see it that way." They decided to get out of the hot spring and dried off.