Hope
Summary: After the final battle, Kagome is thrown further back into time. She is trying everything she can to get back to her friends but when all hope seems lost she restores to killing herself. The only problem is that, she can't die. Now she has to find out what quest she has to complete in order to return to her friends. Will she success or will she fail?
Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN
Song Credit: Simple and Clean by: Hikaru Utada
Chapter 43: Realization
"Don't get me wrong, I love you,
But does that mean I have to meet your father?"
When we are older you'll understand
What I meant when I said,
"No, I don't think life is quite that simple"
Kagome pauses to think over the lyrics. She has long washed away the day's activities. Now she sitting in the hot spring singing her heart out. That's when realization hit her. 'I can't love him.' a tear slid down her face, hitting the water. 'He's Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father.' Another rolls down her face.
Toga opens his eyes to the scent of salt. Panic, he opens her bedroom doors and rush into the bathing quarters. He didn't think before he barged in to see Kagome standing up quickly to get a towel. Her long raven hair clings to her as she tries to cover her body from the intruder to find Toga standing there embarassed.
"I thought you were hurt…" he trails off to see her tear stain face. Toga walks over to the hot spring and steps in. Kagome gasp at how he is carelessly ruining his clothes. He moves over to her without hesitation to cup her cheek. "Why the tears?" he asks gently wiping them away with the pad of his thumb.
Word Count: 213