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Chapter 2: A Lover's Embrace
Kaede awoke to a clear mind. Those thoughts from last night were that of a very fatigued miko. Age must have pulled her into having anger management issues. The next thing she knew, she would be brushing little children away with a broom.
Kikyo had died long ago but what remained was something that could not be killed by Kaede. The older miko felt her years weigh on her as she struggled to stand up in the morning. Every morning was the same. Same aches and pains.
Inuyasha spring up out of bed as he covered up then ran outside into the cold. He saw that in the light of day the storm had gone but there could very well be one more storm again that night. "Where are you, Kagome?"
Kikyo walked out of the treeline. She saw the inu starring at her as if she was the love of his life. "You should stay inside."
Inuyasha wanted to say something to her but like always he was pulled to her. His mind could not push words out of his mouth. He could tell that she didn't resist his embrace. Kikyo just stood there holding on to him.
For Kikyo, she saw Inuyasha as a portal into her past. He would most likely not change. His face was the same as before he met her over 50 years ago. That always gave her pause. She wanted to see something change in his eyes but they were the same. Even when she learned the truth about the inu, she could not help but care about him.
Their type of love didn't seem to change, either. He was her's to command. Inuyasha would fallow her to hell if she wanted it. Kikyo wanted to leave the mortal plain, desperately. Even hell, seemed better than being human, again. She could never love Inuyasha in this form. Maybe, in hell they could have the love that each of them dreamed about but not now.
Timing. She had to wait for the right time. What if her sister needed him to help but she called Inuyasha to hell? What sort of a sister does that in a freak ice storm? A horrible sister ... that was who does that, but Kikyo loved her sister. Kaede became everything that she was not and she could never be again.
"Kikyo, where are you staying?" Inuyasha whispered into Kikyo's ear. He wanted to comfort her from the storm.
"I don't feel the cool air any longer. I don't need a home." Kikyo wanted to be at home in Inuyasha arms but that was a selfish longing. "Go. It is cold." She struggled out of his hold then walked off as he called after her.