Special Moments in Time
Irreplaceable
"I hate trigonometry!" Kagome cried in exasperation as she stared at all the numbers and identities. She had come back to the present for a few days to catch up with her school work, only to find out that she was so far behind, she might have to repeat the grade, and that was a thought that didn't sit well with her.
"Come on Kagome, you have to do this, you have a responsibility here too" she pep talked herself into attempting to solve another problem. Once she figured out she was lagging behind all of her classmates, she had asked Hojo to help her out, and though he had explained the theory behind the problems, he asked her to solve them herself, 'Typical Hojo' she thought.
That was when she heard her window slide open, a mild wind swept in and played with her ebony locks. A small tick had formed in her right eyebrow. She set her pen down and whirled her chair around to come face to face with none other than her overprotective, over possessive, over annoying hanyou friend.
"No!" she snapped before he could open his mouth.
"No what?' he asked her, crossing his arms over his chest in his trademark pose.
"I'm not coming back with you now, I have homework" she said, spinning her chair back around to face her desk.
"But it's been three days!" he said glaring at the back of her head.
"So?" she asked, picking up her pen once again, "two more won't kill anyone"
"If you've forgotten Kagome, two days are probably enough for Naraku to find the remaining shards, kill everyone and take over the world!"
"I have not forgotten Inuyasha, but being your shard detector is not my only responsibility, I have to study, I want to graduate with the rest of my class, and I want to get a job and settle down in life" she explained as she scored something off in her notebook sighing.
"Why?" he asked her, settling down on her pink sheeted bed sensing that this could take a while, 'Why does she have to be so darn stubborn?'
"Why do I have to do all those things?" she asked verifying his question before answering, "Because that is what is expected of me, that is what is expected of everyone in this world"
"Well, you need to help us find the shards, that is what is expected of you back home" he reasoned.
Kagome smiled slightly at Inuyasha calling feudal Japan her home, well in a way she guessed it was, "I know that Inuyasha, just give me two days ok?"
"Fine!" he snapped, knowing that there was nothing more he could do to change her mind, and also if he pursued the matter he just might get sat, and he didn't feel like kissing the floor right then.
Both of them were silent, Kagome chewed on the back of her pen, while Inuyasha glared at her back, "You know, just because you glare at me doesn't mean I'll come back with you" she said casually.
"Keh!" he said before turning to look out her bedroom window, he saw that it wasn't long before nightfall.
Soon, a comfortable silence surrounded them as Inuyasha leaned back against the wall of her room that the bed was pushed up against. Being enveloped by Kagome's sweet calming scent that filled every corner of her room was soothing his senses. Her scent was one of the very few things that could affect him like this.
He started thinking of how it would be like if her scent suddenly vanished, if he couldn't smell her anymore. He immediately shook his head at those unpleasant thoughts. He knew there was nothing else on this whole world that could smell even half as good, her scent was unique, one of a kind. To put it simply it was irreplaceable.
Then he looked down at the sleeves of his fire rat robes, the robes that his father had given his mother before he died, and which she had passed on to him before she too left this world. It was the only thing he could call his own, apart from his sword, Tetsusaiga, the great sword that could kill a hundred demons in one stroke. The sword forged from his father's fang. Yes, both of those things were gifts from his parents, both of them were irreplaceable.
His ears perked up at the slight squeaking noise Kagome's revolving chair made as she turned around, "Inuyasha, why don't you go down and play with Souta or something, you must be bored just sitting here and watching me study"
"I'm fine, you get back to your homework, the faster you finish, the faster we can go back" he stated in a gruff voice.
"Ok, if you're sure" she said doubtfully, she gave him a smile before turning back around. His ears twitched back and forth as he heard her pen make scratching noises as she wrote on the paper.
He loved it when she smiled, especially when she smiled at him, it meant that he did something right. It meant that she was happy, and that made him happy, though he would never admit that. It was amazing how her smiles had the power of brightening up his day, they chased away his anger, and they made him want to smile as well. It was a weird feeling, but it was nice too. Her smiles were bright and radiant, they were irreplaceable.
When she smiled, her eyes looked like they were smiling as well. Those honey brown pools showed the world just what she was feeling; they were like the windows to her heart. He hated it when they misted over with tears, whenever he saw her cry, he wanted to make them go away, wanted to make sure she never had a reason to cry ever again in her life. But more often than not, those tears were shed for him or because of him. That made him feel helpless, like the lowest scum on the face of this planet. To him, her eyes were more beautiful then the most precious jewel in existence, to him, they were irreplaceable.
Whenever people asked him what Kagome meant to him, he couldn't answer, even when he knew what to say, since he's asked himself that same question many times. She was his greatest weakness, when she's in danger, he can't think straight, so he can't fight properly and he'll end up getting hurt or letting her get hurt. Then why does he let her stay with him. Because she is also his greatest strength, with her nearby, he grows stronger. The will to protect her makes him more powerful. She's someone who is very important to him, probably the most important person in his life. He can't imagine his life without her, that is why he doesn't let anyone take her away from him. He hates anyone who tries to come between them. People like that wimpy wolf and that spineless human who keep trying to court her.
Many people have told him that a half demon and a human can never be together, heck even Kikyo believed it, that is why she wanted him to turn human. But Kagome has proven to him on countless occasions, that she likes him the way he is, that she doesn't want him to change.
"I like you as a half demon Inuyasha" she said. So he promised that he would stay a half demon for a while longer just for her.
That is what makes her different, that is what makes her beautiful to him.
That is what makes her irreplaceable, in his mind, in his soul and in the very centre of his heart…
"Ok" she said as she stretched her arms, ridding them of any cramps that may have formed while sitting in the same position for such a long time, "I'm done for today"
"What do you mean 'for today'?" he asked her coming out of his musings.
"I said, two days didn't I?" she said as she pushed her chair away from her desk and stood up, "I'll come back tomorrow evening"
"Keh" he grunted making Kagome giggle, "What!" he snapped at her.
"Nothing" she said raising her hands in surrender, "Hey how about I go make us some ramen? Dinner won't be for another couple of hours"
His ears perked up at that. He jumped off the bed and dragged her downstairs, "Come on, I'm starving" he stated.
"Ok ok" Kagome said going to the food cupboard and taking out two cups of the instant noodles.
Inuyasha sat down at the table and waited impatiently for his precious ramen urging her to hurry up every few seconds.
This was another reason why she was irreplaceable; she was the only one who could bring him back some ramen.
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