InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Actions Speak Louder Than Words ❯ Solution ( Chapter 8 )

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Actions Speak Louder Than Words

 

Chapter 8- Solution

 

I hope this chapter is ok. It is hard to write when people think you are childish and just out for attention. I did not mean to do that and again, I sincerely apologize for my behavior. It will not happen in the future, though I can not promise my chapters will be of best quality. I have been properly subdued and do not have much will or desire to write anymore.

 

I froze.

 

My ears rang with the words my crush had just said. `Future mate?' I wondered, and then remembered what Inuyasha had said once.

 

`A mate is equivalent to humans marrying. Only difference is that once mated, you can't get divorced. You are bound together until one of you dies. If both mates are immortal and don't ever get involved in anything really dangerous, then it is possible they could live together forever.'

 

Briefly Kagome reflected that Inuyasha had said because of his human blood he wouldn't live forever, but would live a lot longer then a normal human. She had no idea why this had suddenly come to mind, but it did.

 

I looked at the back of his head with wide eyes. `Does he regret his choice?' I wondered.

 

`Is that why he won't look at me?'

 

I felt saddened by this. If he regretted his choice, then I would not make him live with me, no matter how painful it would be to leave him. I loved being by his side. I loved how strong he was, how sexy he was, his humor, everything. I loved everything about him.

 

I loved him.

 

The sudden realization made what I was about to do even more painful. The realization that he would never reciprocate the feelings that I had for him.

 

That he would never love me.

 

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I waited with baited breath for her response. She was silent, and the sound filled me with a dread I never thought possible of feeling.

 

I did not know what I would do should she reject it. I would of course, honor her decision, but I would not giver her up without a fight. I would do my best to make her mine, although if she did not reciprocate my feelings towards her, it would intensely painful.

 

There was a shifting noise behind me, but I remained still. I heard her sigh, and knew she was preparing to answer me.

 

“I-if you regret your choice, Sesshoumaru, then I will not make you live with it.” She said quietly.

 

My breath left my body.

 

She thought that I regretted doing that? What on earth could make my angel think that? Of course I didn't regret it! I wanted her, needed her here with me, for Kami-Sama's sake,

 

I loved her.

 

And she didn't know it.

 

I had to tell her, no, show her that I really loved her. Words were never enough, never could be enough. Besides, they always said,

 

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

 

Right?

 

I turned, slowly, so as not to startle her, and studied her face. Her face which so plainly showed her emotions, whether she wanted it too or not. Right now, she looked completely torn by her own words.

 

She looked how I felt.

 

“Kagome…” I started, trailing off. I just couldn't find the words. I could never find the appropriate words for anything.

 

Her colossal pools of tortured emotion looked up. She looked helpless for a moment, and then it was gone. All of it.

 

She slid a mask into place.

 

I narrowed my eyes at her. This was not what I wanted. I did not want her to hide from me; I did not want her to doubt my intentions at all. This was all going horribly wrong!

 

I crossed the distance between us, stopping only a hand's breath from her. Slowly her eyes made their way from the hollow of my throat, up my neck, across my face, and finally to my eyes.

 

She did not look away.

 

I had to tell her how I felt, or at least insinuate it. I could not let her walk out of my life, not now, not after she had just walked into it.

 

I realized that we had only technically been `going out' for just under two days, but I could not let her just walk out of my life. I knew that I loved her, the feeling was just too strong to be a crush, but life had decided to be unfair.

 

Even if she did consent to the mark, there was so much we had left to do. No doubt she wanted to finish her schooling, as did I, and then continue furthering her education, as I was also planning on achieving.

 

A plan formulated in my head.

 

“I do not regret my actions, Kagome.” I told her firmly. Her eyes widened.

 

“However,” I continued. “I realize that this is moving very fast. Too fast for either one of us to comprehend a lot of the things that have been going on around us. For this I have a solution.”

 

“I refuse to reclaim my mark. I did not make a mistake placing it upon your person. However,” his voiced turned into a low murmur at this. “Allow me to court you while we finish our schooling to prove to you that I am, indeed, in love with the beautiful young woman before me.”

 

His fingers threaded through her hair, and he cupped the back of her head and he leaned in and placed a gentle kiss upon her brow while waiting for her response.

 

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“I do not regret my actions, Kagome.”

 

His words were still ringing through my head when he had begun speaking again. I stared at him with eyes no doubt the size of soup plates. [A/N: For those of you who have read Terry Pratchet's `The Wee Free Men', you know exactly what I'm talking about.]

 

My breath caught in my throat when his voice, firm but gentle, suddenly turned hard and possessive when he informed me he would not relent his mark. That possessive voice suddenly became liquid velvet when he murmured the next sentence accompanied by a soft his on my brow that nearly sent me reeling.

 

“Allow me to court you while we finish schooling to prove to you that I am, indeed, in love with the beautiful young woman before me.”

 

I couldn't breathe. He loved me, wanted me as his mate, and wanted to prove it to me. But he also knew that I wished to finish my education, both secondary and post-secondary, and was willing to allow me that, as long as he got to woo me and got his own education in return.

 

I almost rolled my eyes. How is it that he could be sweet and selfish at the same time?

 

That didn't matter. What DID matter was that he was mine, and I was his. I smiled at him.

 

“Oh alright. I guess I'll allow that.” I responded, rolling my eyes to lessen up the tension. “Just remember, I'm only doing it because I love you, and I'm NOT doing it again!” I griped, pretending to be angry.

 

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My Darling.

 

I smiled back, and pulled her in for a kiss. She melted against me, and I felt my smile grow.

 

My Princess.

 

I hugged her against me fiercely, never wanting to let her go. She would always be mine, from now on. No one could take her from me.

 

No one could take My Kagome from me.

 

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Now that we're all warm and fuzzy inside, I have a monstrous cold, a high fever, and vacuuming to do. I know this chapter is short, but I feel like shit and I have things to do.

 

One more chapter, the epilogue, to go!^^