InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Shorties ❯ Lost and Found ( Chapter 5 )

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A/N: Another piece of late night insomnia come to life though I thought I'd make it a little fluffier than usual...

 

 

Lost

 

The days before she came through the well he had floated in an endless abyss of time, not knowing where or what he truly was: dead, or merely asleep? All he knew was what had transpired before he was suddenly immobile against the bark of a tree and those memories were not something he particularly wanted to revisit...

 

Pain

 

He'd felt so relieved when he opened his eyes for the first time in 50 years though more than anything he had wanted to rip her apart, this woman who looked so like his Kikyo. Though the relief that flooded through him was palpable; maybe Kikyo had come to free him and apologize, admit that she was wrong. How taken aback he was when this new girl smelled nothing like Kikyo and yelled at him, “My name is Kagome! Got that? Ka-Go-Me!” Then came the anger as he tried to mask the sudden pain that flooded through him...

 

Healing

 

Yet as the days wore on Kagome somehow broke through all of his barrier's, made him feel safer, helped him learnt to trust, began healing his previously wounded heart. How could she care so much about him, enough to trust him with her life? He couldn't take the faith she had in him for granted, not when she'd done so much for him.

 

Family

 

When Shippo joined the group he had been understanding and almost caring for the little kitsune. After all, who was he to turn away a pup when he had just lost his father. The irony had hit him hard but he did his best to protect the new one too. When Miroku came along he was wary but Kagome had insisted and whatever Kagome wanted she definitely got. Then came Sango and she, out of everyone, he felt the most for. She had lost everyone but she refused to back down, instead electing to stand strong and allow herself to forge on. As the days and months passed he found himself calling them his pack, this group he enjoyed being with, who chased away the loneliness and made him feel even partially wanted. But while he'd never call them his pack out loud, in the back of his mind a different word came to mind...Family.

 

Missing

 

Naraku was defeated only 2 days after the one year anniversary of he and Kagome's meeting at the Goshinboku and he'd felt a strange kind of completion once the half demon was defeated. Yet there was a gaping hole that he couldn't seem to fill that he didn't understand. At first he associated it with Kikyo's death, but even when he thought she had died the first time there had been no vacant spot in his chest that felt as though were something missing. It made no sense: they had managed to purify the whole jewel, Miroku and Sango were finally wed, Shippo was settled in the village with another family and Kagome could still travel between worlds. What could he possibly need now?

 

Complete

 

It was another month after Naraku's defeat before he realized what the gap he felt needed to be filled and even then he could hardly believe it. His realization had hit him hard and it was an unexpected day to be sure. Kagome had left for her time for a few days to take her exit exams, whatever the hell those were, and though she had promised to return by dusk on the fourth day she still hadn't returned causing Inuyasha unnecessary worry. He waited by the well until it was dark before deciding to go after her though he needn't have bothered. She appeared just as the sun disappeared on the horizon carrying a huge bag of what smelled like plenty of treats for Shippo and the others. He opened his mouth to yell and complain but as soon as she was over the rim he forgot what he was supposed to say and merely gaped openly. She wore a deep green silk dress that hugged the top of her while the bottom flowed magnificently stopping just above her knees. Her feet were bare (he'd ask about that later) while her hair was braided around the crown of her head but then flowed freely down her back and for the life of him he couldn't decide whether she was his Kagome or one of those mythical fairies his mother used to tell him stories about. But what was best about the whole ensemble was the gigantic smile she wore when she saw him and in that moment he felt whole.

 

Found

 

It hadn't taken much longer after she came through the well in her green dress before he admitted to himself that the smile she had bestowed on him was the greatest gift he had ever received and if it took him the rest of his life he'd keep that smile on her face. How he was going to tell her this he wasn't sure but for now he was content just having her with him.

 

He was sitting in the meadow now and he smelled her coming, a sweet honey and jasmine mixture that had him going weak. She placed herself next to him with a sigh and a thump, that smile of pure joy on her face he loved so much. They sat in silence, merely enjoying each other's company. He liked this most about Kagome, the way she didn't feel the need to fill every silence with babble, merely seemed to want only to with him.

 

Finally, blushing brightly he murmured, “Kagome?”

 

She looked up at him, curiosity clouding her smile as she replied, “What is it Inuyasha?”

 

For a moment he felt the irrepressible urge to pull her into his arms, to make her understand what he couldn't say out loud and accept him. Though he'd rather just get it over with. His breath hitched as the sun peaked from behind the smoky cloud it had briefly been hiding in and caught the light in her face, glittered off her hair and basked her in a radiant glow.

 

Maybe it was this that made him kiss her.

 

It wasn't really a kiss, he was much too shy for that, but a gentle meeting of the lips that send shivers through both of them. It was like an electric current that ran between them and he didn't think it could have gotten any better. It was brief but when he pulled back to look at her he was suddenly fearful; would she reject him like the rest of the world?

 

She looked back at him, an unrecognizable emotion in her suddenly hooded gaze and he nearly moved away. But he shouldn't have bothered. She slowly placed her hand on top of his where it lay on the grass next to her and whispered, “Thank you.”

 

For what he didn't know as she kissed him again, only this time it was a true kiss, a passion that filtered through his mouth into hers and vice-versa. By the time they pulled away neither could breathe and he gave into his earlier desire and pulled her into the warm and protective circle of his arms, thoroughly enjoying the sensation of Kagome cuddling into his chest. In that moment the gap in him had been filled and he just knew he'd never be lost or lonely again.

 

He'd found himself in her.

 

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