Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Wishing Well ❯ Tidying up loose ends ( Chapter 1 )

Wishing Well

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Disclaimer: This is my first fic. Expect it to suck. Don't hurt me.

It was complete. The Shikon no Tama rested gently against Kagome's collarbone, as she quietly contemplated just what the hell she wanted to do with her life.

They had, of course, thrown a party for her. Sango and Miroku hunted her out of her spot under the God Tree and hauled her into the village for the celebration. Shippou turned into various cuddly creatures in an attempt to impress his adopted mother, and the sake and food flowed freely. Everyone had been there. Well, almost everyone.

'That temperamental, juvenile, idiotic, clueless dog just couldn't stand me long enough to show up! I swear the next time I see him, I'll sit him till his back breaks! Then, and only then, will I take those prayer beads off of him.'

Kagome's angry features softened as her thoughts finally turned to Inuyasha. She turned her head towards the pristine sky above, vaguely aware of the twinkling stars. She quietly whispered her thoughts aloud to the uncaring North Star.

"Inuyasha, how can you expect me to let you kill yourself for a shadow of a woman? You mean too much to me. I can't just let you…let you…"

The image of Inuyasha in his human form, dead, escorted by the smiling form of Kikyou came crashing into her thoughts. Her sobs broke from her chest in huge gulps, her breath hitching in her throat.

"But if he were to live for you, where would you make him live?"

The voice drifted out of the darkness, catching Kagome by surprise. She twisted this way and that, straining to see who was intruding into her thoughts.

"I wouldn't make him live anywhere! He could stay here! This is his time!" Kagome responded loudly, stung to the core by the unexpected question.

"What about your tests and your school? And your family? Are you willing to give up all of those things just to live with him?"

Kagome was shocked by the question, rocking back against the God Tree as she struggled to answer.

"I…I…"

"Answer now girl, can you?" The voice had grown hard and insistent, almost barking out the question.

Kagome gave the first answer that came out of her mouth, no longer thinking logically, submitting to her subconscious, "Yes!"

Her shout rebounded throughout the forest, echoing off of every tree, till it surrounded her.

'What? Live without Grandpa, and Souta, and Mama? What about school? Or a career?' her mind screamed, logic rushing back to the fore.

"They don't matter, nothing like that matters," she whispered to herself, her heart confident.

That was the moment Kikyou chose to enter the clearing.

"Then you deserve him," the undead miko calmly stated, her face as expressionless as ever.

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Inuyasha was experiencing an emotion that he had fervently hoped to never feel again. He was feeling alone.

He had set off running the moment Miroku had called him to the party, fleeing into the surrounding wilderness with no care where he went, as long as Kagome wasn't there.

He knew what she would do now; he knew she would be deliriously happy to return to her time, to never see that idiot hanyou again. She would return to her tests and forget about him, about all of them.

Inuyasha didn't need to see her joy, or her relief. Because he knew that without Kagome, his life would be hell. Which was the reason why he would join Kikyou. If the remainder of his life was going to be hell, he might as well be in hell for it.

'Feh. Kikyou would love that.'

Inuyasha had stopped running some time ago, and hopped into a nearby tree.

Kami only knew how badly he wanted her. He had loved her for some time now, and he had finally admitted to himself that it had nothing to do with her resemblance to Kikyou. Her scent was totally different, she was much more…accessible. So much more human. That very humanity was the only thing that kept his youkai blood under control at times.

Of course, there were the times she unwittingly flared his youkai blood. Like when she showed her courage. Or when she made him sit so she could clean his wounds. And those touches…

Inuyasha grunted uncomfortably as he repositioned his erection. Again. His mind turned uncomfortably to the thought of Kagome's absence from his life.

'I would do anything for her. Dammit I have done damn near anything for her. But she doesn't love me. She never will. Who could love a half-breed?'

Inuyasha idly fingered the cursed prayer beads around his neck, fingering each bead tenderly.

"Kagome…why can't you see how much I love you?" he asked the North Star. He already knew the answer though.

'Because you can't take her rejection. Coward.'

Inuyasha snarled loudly, smashing a hand into the tree, which toppled as he jumped to the ground and set off racing, trying vainly to outrace his thoughts and his tears.

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Kikyou approached a wary Kagome. The undead miko had come to realize the futility of Inuyasha coming to hell with her. She was tired of her existence, nothing more than a doll brought to a shambling, corrupted version of life. And she already knew that Inuyasha's death would not revive her.

"Why would you let him live?" Kagome inquired cautiously. None of her experiences with Kikyou had ever been good, and she didn't want to be caught off guard, no matter how curious she was.

Kikyou shrugged gently, "I have Naraku to torture eternally. I will never tire of that."

Kikyou stroked Kagome's cheek once, feeling life for the last time. She abruptly turned and walked back towards the dark forest.

"Search for him. Don't let him go." Those were the last words Kagome heard as the undead woman disappeared into the forest, crumbling as she went.