MUGEN

Time

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"We'll be fine here." I say, as I drop the logs I was able to bring with us.

"It's moist." You mention with a certain tone that makes me look at you.

"Of course, Kagome. It's a cave."

You stretch your arms to the sides somewhat, as if trying to measure the room around us, in the midst of such a darkness. "It is, I understand. But there is more." You insist, and a lightning strike from the storm above us, falls as you finish your words, conferring them a dramatic flair.

I go back to the bonfire I want to light up, so that we can spend the night a bit warmer.

"What do you mean?" I inquire, when I surmise you are not talking about the visible room my hanyou eyes can see, for my keen sight is not as useful in the space you usually move about. `

You remain silent however, long enough for me to start lighting the fire, which gradually begins to give out light. In that instant I observe you, and become surprised by how deeply your eyes stare at the flames.

"Many things have happened among these walls." You start saying. "They contain memories past, of many who have been here, and of those who will."

"Memories that will happen?" I seek to know, for it was a very peculiar way to speak.

"Yes…" You say, then fall silent once more. It seems you are looking for information inside yourself.

I sit there, waiting, and once I see the fire has gained enough strength, I allow myself to observe you once again, marveling at your calm state of concentration. For a moment, I allow myself to feel my love for you fully, a love that comes from how bright you have always been for me. And there, almost as an allegory of my thoughts, the light from the flames becomes a warm color on the shine of your hair.

You lean forward, and take a branch from the pile we keep for the fire, with which you then trace a few circles on the earth.

And finally, you speak again.

"There are memories of moments that are yet to happen. I know it's not easy to understand, because we are used to think about time as something lineal." You start. I'm already thinking about how the seeds of your thoughts become fruitful trees in a matter of instants. Then, you point at a circle. "However, time is actually a spiral, and when I read the energy, I'm only looking up or down that spiral; future, or past." Your voice now is clear and nitid, like when you tell me you love me. "If that makes sense."

I shrug. What do I care about time!

You are the one I cannot help but marvel at.

"I guess. Up, future. Down, past." I point at certain parts of the spiral you have drawn.

"That's right." You accept. "And this cave speaks of us, in other times, in other universes."

"Universes?" I ask.

You smile, and nod.

"But we'll leave that for another moment, InuYasha."

"Or time." I clarify.

"You are getting it."

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A/N

Kisses

Anyara

This text is possible thanks to the translation of: Dezart