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Forever Is Never

Chapter 1: Whatever happened to us?

Will it ever be the same...was it ever real...

 

~Alright...another story. An inbetween-ish story, heh. This is the sequel to Amidst The Change. My sequel.

The time period is, of course, you know modern...but I mean...Reika and Aerylis are now about 2 years old. Meg just had her daughter, Rowan. And Sarah is expecting her daughter, Tory, really soon.

But I can't say the same for me and InuYasha.

As you remember...I gave birth too early. A stillborn son. Me and InuYasha have some...troubles over this...some...you'll see.

Enjoy.~

 

~Maxine's P.o.V.~

I sighed as the judge pounded his gavel. He looked at me intently then to the defendant...InuYasha. InuYasha was the defendant. We were in court. Battling over who would keep the house. "You are granted the rights to the house, however, your husband will continue paying it off. You will split the bill every month as you two see fit. You are granted a 12 month seperation period to which you and your husband must follow," The judge said. I lowered my gaze as he added to InuYasha,"That means, sir, you will follow your parole and steer clear of your wife's house until the seperation period is over, or until your wife removes her accusations." I stifled the cry I felt inside, rubbing my thumb across my face lightly. A long, still healing scar ran from my eyebrow and curved to my chin. Just feeling it against my fingers brought me back all over again...

We'd argued before...but nothing like after the...the baby was born. I'd wanted to keep the baby room together...and he told me to let go. Constantly. It became too much...too much of a hassle to live with me. We'd gotten into a fight one night and I was scared because of what he was saying...because it was true. I told him to get out...and finally I snapped and started throwing his clothes at him, telling him to just get out. He smacked me at first...and I actually...broke my husband's nose. I broke InuYasha's nose. I threw a potted plant at him, screaming and crying...and finally he snapped even more. He grabbed me around the arms, his claws digging in and he swiped across my face. Leaving that mark on my face, those bruises on my arms and a broken heart.

I snapped back...from what I did remember. It was only flashes. My...psychiratrist told me I was refusing to remember. I was pushing the memories away.

So now, InuYasha was on parole. I'd pleaded that the reason I'd broken his nose was out of self defense. I never looked at him. I was the prosecutor, he was the defendant. I brought it to court. I made it legal. We were over, pretty much. Not divorce yet...12 months of seperation...12 months. 1 year. 365 days. Of being alone. Of him living with the fact that his own wife forced him to stay away. Of me living with the fact that I forced him to stay away.

The judge pounded his gavel again, ending the court session, making everything legal. I stood up and smoothed out my long black skirt, slipping a black trench coat over my white blouse. I made a rush for the doors, feeling the tears stinging in my eyes. Fresh New Mexican October air hit me. It was unusally cold and I smelled rain in the air, mixed with the scent of fresh roasted chili. It was my favorite time of year, no matter where I was. I walked to my old vintage VW Beetle...me and InuYasha had bought it for $100 and fixed it up. I sat in the seat, my forehead resting against the steering wheel. A knock on the window brought me back to the harsh reality. It was InuYasha...he was dressed his best for court, in a suit and tie. His hair was still cut short but died black now. If there hadn't been an official looking guy next to him, probably his parole officer, then I wouldn't have thought about what I'd done. And there was the look on his face. I opened the door and got out, standing almost 10 inches under him. He swallowed and coughed, looking at his parole officer,"Um...you have a long drive ahead of you?" he asked, even though he knew. I nodded lightly,"All the way back to Virginia..." I replied softly. "Do you...want everything from the apartment?" he asked uncomfortably. I shrugged,"You can...send them on to my house..." I replied. The tears were threatening to come. "I better go and pack my clothes in the hotel," I said quickly, leaving him there and driving off.

Within the next hour, I'd changed into a pair of black jeans, my combat boots with hot pink laces and a black shirt with fishnet sleeves. My hair, which flowed down the small of my back, was died black now, making me look like a completely different person. My eyes were darkened with black eyeliner. All in all, I'd gotten a lecture from my mom, who I had been staying with for awhile. The lecture and bitching I'd gotten was the reason I was now packing my clothes up in my hotel room. I stuffed my suitcase full of half dirty and half clean clothes, throwing my skate shoes in the Bug's trunk. I slipped on my trench coat again and finished up everything with the people in the lobby. And off I was, back to Virginia. The drive would take me a week at the most, a lot of time to think.

To think about...

Whatever happened to us...

To me...

~one week later...~

~Kim's P.o.V.~

"So...you're in New Mexico now?" I asked confused. Seto gave me an odd look and I shook my head, mouthing,"It's InuYasha..." His look grew odder. I didn't care though...at times, I couldn't stand InuYasha...but what I had heard in the last half hour of phone conversation was just...upsetting.

"Yea...Kim what the hell happened?" he asked.

I sighed,"I...I don't know," I replied.

"Yea...I destroyed is what happened..." he said.

I attempted to be empathetic with him,"No, hun..." I said softly.

He scoffed,"Don't give me that shit, Kim," he said.

"Fine," I replied.

"Fine," he said.

"So you hit her?" I asked.

"She threw things."

"But you left marks."

"She left my heart broken and bleeding."

"But you can't show that to a court and say,'This is what I want to sue my wife for'," I pointed out logically. That made him mad.

"Shut up."

"You called me, InuYasha."

"And I expected you to be nice, Kim."

His teeth were gritted, I knew it.

"So why'd you call? You know I'm not nice. I'm the one who taught Maxine to be a bitch."

I was joking, he took me serious.

"Shut up."

"I have to go, Reika is crying and Aerylis is giving me the look from Seto's arms."

"Kim, wait...you're like her sister...you can tell her...anything...but don't tell her I called..." he said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I love her too much."

I hung up and the doorbell rang. I grabbed Reika from where she was trying to climb the baby gate and walked to answer the door. And who else to be standing there was Max. I screamed and hugged her, having Reika stuck between us. She smiled toothily at Max as Max took her from me. "Oh Gods, Max, I just got off the phone wi--" I stopped short. She didn't hear it as Seto walked to the door and let Aerylis toddle over to hug Maxine around the knees. She looked tired and sad...and her eyes only got sadder as she hugged Reika and Aerylis. Aerylis clinged to her god mother's hand even after Reika ran back off to play.

Later, Seto took Reika and Aerylis to their play room while me and Max went to the "Conservatory" which was a fancy word for the room of windows with plants in it. She gazed out to our spreading lawn and poured out her heart. I was more empathetic with her than I'd been with InuYasha. I even trash talked InuYasha some. She only cried harder into my shoulder. I ran my fingers through her long hair until she finally stopped crying and stood up, wiping her eyes. Her eyeliner got more smudged. I smirked as I looked her up and down,"Black jeans, black boots, black and fishnet sleeved shirt and...black hair AND eyeliner?" I asked, jokingly,"You rebel..." She cracked a small smile. A small one but it was worth it.

Later that night, both of us were lying in the grass, telling stories and remembering things and she said softly,"I'm leaving tomorrow...early...you'll never know I was here..." I sat up and looked at her. She looked so different. So mature and grown up and changed but that little girl that I knew was my little sister was crying inside. Like a little girl... "I'll never forget Max...we'll always have each other to fall on, as lame as it sounds..." I replied, hugging her lightly. "I was thinking about going to live with my dad..." she whispered. I nodded lightly,"And what about...Meg and Sarah?" I asked. 'And me...' I thought. She looked at me, meeting my gaze and whispered,"No regrets, Kim...no regrets...even if I'm the ghost that remains alone..." tears were stinging her eyes again,"I mean...nothing will be the same again...will it?" I didn't say anything. "...it wasn't real...I just have to convince myself that first...I won't come back Kim...It will be normal...because it wasn't real," she whispered, staring at the stars. The moon cascaded a haunting light on her, shining in her black hair, her pale face sickly looking. "...nothing's real anymore...I woke up from the dream, Kim..." she whispered.

She left before I woke up the next morning. She cleaned and put away all the dishes she'd used and put them away like they'd been before she came. The guest bedroom was unchanged. Nothing was left of her. Like she was never real.

Later that afternoon, while watching Seto play in the grass with Reika and Aerylis; Aerylis brought a small glistening object over to me,"Look Mommy...Auntie Max left a present for me..." she whispered, climbing on my lap. Reika held something as well, grinning. I looked at it, as Seto read the note that had been with it. "For my god daughter, Aerylis...Lissy, I love you, you little punk. And for my other little dweeb, my little god daughter, you outspoken little one...Reika. Never forget...give your mom a hug from me every day. And always say,"I love you"...Auntie Max," Seto read softly. They both held up necklaces of a milky silver chain. A single black pearl hung on Reika's and a white pearl on Aerylis'.

It was the last thing real left of her for now...

~And I quote,"Tah dar." Nyah, Meg. So...next chapter, Meg and Sarah, haha.

Blah, this chapter wasn't so good.

"Nothing's real anymore"

Nothing...or anything...

I'll let you decide with comments.~