Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or its characters. Say hello to the very talented Rumiko Takahashi who owns him and the entire cast. Hello Rumiko Takahashi. Hehehe!
By: year of the snake (at fanfiction) (aka.) crescentmoon (at mediaminer) And now Opal-Dreams on DeviantArt and Dokuga.
Spring: Big Girls Don't Cry
Kagome watched as Inuyasha leaped away, the town they were stopped in whispered tales of a benevolent priestess who had left that afternoon. A priestess to whom Kagome bared a strong resemblance.
She had decided the last time Inuyasha went after Kikyo that if he did so again there would be no looking back for her. Inuyasha would be the buds on a tree that were killed by a late frost. So she kept working, a bit more stiffly but still at the same pace laying out the sleeping mats for herself and her friends.
Meanwhile Sango guarded the door to keep Miroku in check. Miroku smiled sheepishly into the scowl on Sango's face. No pretty inn-keeper's daughters for him.
Kagome could feel the glances her way on her back. It wasn't hard to tell that everyone was waiting on the tears. Tears Kagome refused to let pool. She was finishing off the last mat when she snapped. That was it, they were not making it easier for her to move pass Inuyasha by expecting her to cry.
She whipped around and yelled the first thing that came to mind as loud as she could, "BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY!"
Then she pushed angrily past Sango and slammed the screen shut behind her.
She marched out of the inn, every movement was like a newly hatched snake's strike. She continued on until she was well into the nearby forest.
The forest was calm and chill. But there was an excitement in the air, a magic that promised a dazzling renewed earth to come. The kind of magic that said every moment was a birth, or a rebirth.
In this gentle, open, truth-bearing magic, that would tell no lies and believe none Kagome looked at the budding branches and cried for a love she wasn't ready to give up. As her energy receded and the tears welled less deep she heard a voice she knew too well.
"What happened to 'big girls don't cry'?"
"I guess I'm not as that big yet, Sesshoumaru-san."
He nodded. Somehow that nod conveyed his belief that she never would be.
AN: And so the second chapter goes. Just a reminder, this story is one that will skip months, so you will have one entry for each season in a seasonal year. Remember, much can happen between the little parts of the year that you are seeing. Also, you may be interested to know that along with the seasonal prompt I used songs from the popular singing group of the 60's, The Four Seasons (Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons). This one uses Big Girls Don't Cry. Look it up, if you're interested.