InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All I have: Two Months ❯ Explanation ( Chapter 3 )

 

Chapter Two: Explanation

 

`Alone, all alone

Nobody, but nobody

Can make it out here alone'

 

Alone by Maya Angelou

 

 

“Mommy!” a little blue haired, amber eyed sweet heart came running to the woman on the bench. The raven haired woman picked up her daughter and tweaked her cute blue, mini puppy ears. The little girl smiled and ran a clawed finger through her mother's black hair. The little girl jumped off her mother's lap and ran up the mountain side.

 

It was autumn and the leaves had turned and began to litter the pathway before her. Kagome smiled as she saw her daughter run through them. She looked like a lone drop of pure water surrounded in flames. The way she kicked those up made it seem like the flames were dancing around her, but not daring to harm her. Kagome smiled as she felt a gentle hand press against her shoulder. She looked up to see the amber eyed father of her little amber eyed girl.

 

Kagome sighed, for she knew it was only a dream into which she had fallen. Inuyasha's smile faded as he ran to join their daughter frolic up the hill. The bright blue hair and silver kimono the little one was wearing disappeared. Kagome smiled a content smile and let herself fall back into reality.

 

She lifted her head off of a soft bed. Inuyasha had laid down his kimono for her to rest upon. She smiled as she saw him in the distance. She gently laid her head back down and stared off into nowhere. It was morning. It was the time she should tell him. She forced herself up and off the kimono. A light breeze blew tufts of her unruly jet black hair into place. Her old school uniform had been replaced with a light blue top and a pair of jeans. She felt slightly more comfortable in them.

 

“Kagome.”

 

“Hmmm,” she responded. Inuyasha had come up and began to put back on his jacket. `That's odd, she smells fine now,' he thought as he stared into her chocolate eyes.

 

“You have some explaining to do. You sealed the well and…”

 

“I will explain it when we get back to the village. I would rather say this in front of everybody,” she whispered. Tears formed in her eyes. Inuyasha bent down and offered her his back to ride on. She smiled and climbed on.

 

“Lady Kagome!” Miroku smiled as others gathered around to see the young girl from the future return.

 

“Kagome!” Shippo screamed as he jumped into Kagome's open arms. She smiled and played around a little with him before setting him back down.

 

“Kagome, I'm glad you returned. You looked so ill when you left,” Sango offered her some rice cakes that had just been made.

 

Kaede stood in the hut, her eyes first studying Kagome's stature then moving on to the pained look in Inuyasha's eyes. She walked back into the hut and readied it for them to come in. `The news Kagome has with her must not be good. Something has definitely happened,' she thought as she put on some tea.

 

“Kirara why don't you take Shippo to play with the other children for a little while. I have to talk to these guys for a minute,” Kagome smiled, a weak smile but a smile nonetheless. Kirara did as she was told and she took Shippo to play around a little. Everyone else gathered in Kaede's hut and awaited the news Kagome had to bring.

 

“Is everything alright Kagome? Inuyasha hasn't hurt you has he?” Miroku began and gripped his staff. He tossed a warning look at Inuyasha before a fist slammed down on his head.

 

“I didn't do anything! Why do you always think I've done something?” Inuyasha huffed as he took a seat by Kagome. She giggled a little and took the tea Kaede gave her.

 

“Simple, you are almost always the reason why Kagome goes home so unexpectedly,” Sango states as she sips on her tea. Kagome giggled a little more, but was stopped by a wracking cough that assaulted her. Inuyasha had immediately responded by rubbing her back. He was trying to soothe her, trying to make it a little easier to breathe.

 

“Kagome, child are ye truly ok?” Kaede hands her a new glass of tea, considering she broke the other. Kagome shakes her head and stares into Inuyasha's eyes.

 

“No, I'm not. That's what I have to tell you. I have cancer,” she addressed to the others. She sighed and, out of being purely tired, leaned against Inuyasha. He blushed a little, but repositioned himself so that it was most comfortable for them both.

 

“Is this an illness from your time?” Sango asked. Miroku stayed silent.

 

“It's been around for a while. There's no cure, but there was medicine I could take to help me out,” Kagome began to tear up. It was so hard explaining to her best friends that she was dying, and that she couldn't go back to help herself.

 

“What do you mean was? There isn't any anymore or something?” Inuyasha said looking down at her. Kagome reached up to her shoulder and grabbed a lock of his silver hair, more for comfort than anything.

 

“My mother made me seal the well. She said I needed to stay here,” Kagome whispered. The others looked shocked but said nothing. After a silence, Miroku stared deeply at Kagome.

 

“Kagome, what is this cancer going to do to you?” he asked seriously. Kagome gripped Inuyasha's hair tighter causing him to yelp a little. Kagome didn't hear. All she could hear was that accursed doctor's words ringing in her mind. She has cancer, she's going to die.

 

“It'll…I….” somehow, she just couldn't find the words to say it. Inuyasha was growing impatient. He grabbed her and flung her around to face him.

 

“Spit it out! What is this going to do to you?!” he all but screamed. Kagome stared at him and began to cry. Flustered, he enveloped her in a hug. “I'm sorry Kagome, please don't cry.” Kagome turned herself back around and fell into her big, comfy red armchair named Inuyasha.

 

“I'm sorry everyone. It's just…this is going to…I'm gonna die,” she managed to choke out. She tried to speak again but the words wouldn't come out. She couldn't make a sound.

 

Everyone around her was startled for a moment. Kagome explained everything to them. Every little detail, including how her mother wanted her to stay in this time with Inuyasha. How she wanted her to write a letter every day and tell her about how things are going. How she wanted her to finish the jewel, and wish to be healthy. When she was done everyone gave her big hugs. Kaede asked if it was contagious. If someone would catch it from her and die to. Kagome informed her that the kind she had was not contagious. That it would kill her, and no one had to worry about catching it.

 

Still, Kagome knew she wouldn't be welcomed to stay in the village anymore. People are afraid of what they don't know. Even in her own time, people fear and shun those who have cancer. Kagome was an outcast now. She was just like Inuyasha, unwanted because of ignorance and prejudice. Kagome didn't care anymore. The others had promised her that they would stay by her side and never let her down. She appreciated that.

 

“I'm going to take a walk, I'll be back in a little while,” she rose and walked away. Her strength had returned to her. Only a little of it, but it was there. She smiled as she slowly walked into the forest. It was autumn. The leaves were changing, just as they had in her dream. She found a root that had shaped into a natural chair and graced herself with sitting there. `If only that dream were real. If only it could truly come true. But, it can't. I'm dying and Inuyasha is in love with Kikyo. There really is no hope for me here now is there,' she sighed and sunk a little deeper into the roots.

 

Kagome closed her eyes and breathed in the sweet air. She let her self go for a minute, and she could sense shards. Two of them, heading straight for her. They were going ridiculously fast. Kagome's eyes popped open; something wasn't right here. She realized too late that she didn't have her bow with her. Before she could yell for Inuyasha, a clawed hand clamped over her mouth and nose. She struggled, realizing she couldn't breathe.