InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Death, No Reason To Forget Love ❯ The Truth Is Out ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! I only own the story! But wouldn't it be good if I did own the show? Or the manga? Hmm… Anyway, I hope you enjoy! This kinda took me a long time to write. But besides my meaningless rambling, Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.

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Death, No Reason To Forget Love

Chapter Five: The Truth Is Out

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A couple minutes later, Inuyasha had found himself looking over at Ms. Higurashi from time to time, watching her as she slept, thinking in the back of his mind how she could sleep so peacefully. It wasn't long before her sleep was disturbed, suddenly jumping as the phone rang. Moaning lightly while wiping the sleep away from her eyes, she stood up with a yawn and made her way across the living room to the phone, still too tired to not notice Inuyasha.

"Hello, Higurashi residence," she answered, back turned towards the -still- unnoticed Inuyasha who had been eyeing her strangely. "Yes, I am aware that Kagome isn't in school today."

"She's not at school?" Inuyasha thought, accidentally asking it aloud, causing Nea to jump in surprise as she turned around, startled.

"Excuse me, but can we please speak about this matter later? I'm really sorry, but it seems like I need to turn off the hot water before a fire starts!" she said quickly as she slammed the phone down, her eyes widened as she stared at the phone for a little, eyes wide, wondering if she would get in trouble for the thing she had just done. Sighing, she turned around and then sat down next to Inuyasha on the couch he was on. "Inuyasha… Why are you here?" she asked.

Inuyasha looked around, worried that he could only smell the scent of Kagome's old blood and that she wasn't in school. What had happened to his Kagome? "I came to check up on Kagome, I'm really worried about her… How is… Where is she?"

"Oh," Ms. Higurashi said, looking down as she reached out and took Inuyasha's right hand, lightly smiling at the cute confused look he had on his face. "Inuyasha, dear. Kagome… S-She's not coming back." Nea said softly, glancing up into Inuyasha's amber eyes, which were full of pain and sadness, along with hurt and guilt. He looked down and yanked his hand away, turning his back to mumble to himself it was all his fault. "No, no! It wasn't your fault for Kagome's death!" she started, putting the same reassuring hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "And, just so you know, it is okay to cry once and a while, just get it all out…"

With those words, Inuyasha simply just stood up and almost literally ran out of the house. He knew something had happened to Kagome, but just her mother telling him that she had died… It was just too much for him, he couldn't believe it.

"Inuyasha!" Ms. Higurashi called out, almost chasing him. Thankfully he had stopped and looked back as she started walking towards him, picking up Kagome's red rose which had been in it's own little vase. "Here, take this rose… It's the last thing I get to remember Kagome by, but I think you should have it."

"T-Thank you?" he said, happy and confused at the same time as he took the rose from her, gripping the stem tightly, ignoring the fact that he was getting pricked by the thorns.

"And, if you could, I would like you to speak at Kagome's funeral if you will. It's in two days, but come back here tomorrow night, okay? You can have dinner here then get ready for the next-day funeral."

"Hai," he said slowly before turning his back to leave again, this time not looking back. As he thought he heard the front door of the Higurashi residence close behind him, he ran as fast as he could to the shed that held the well, quickly sliding the door open and shutting it behind him. He moved forward slightly, sitting down on the top of the wooden stairs. Looking down at the rose, he noticed his hand was bleeding, blood trailing along the creases in his palm. 'Darn…' he thought to himself, wiping the almost dry blood onto his pants. 'I didn't even notice I was pricked.' Examining the rose more clearly, he remembered what Ms. Higurashi had told him about it, being the last memory of her daughter. "Ka… Kagome," Inuyasha said lightly to himself, his heart hurting as he could hear her laughter in his head, her sweet voice calling out his name. Not able to hold it back anymore, Inuyasha broke down on the steps, tears seeming like they would never end as he cried, trying to keep quiet from any unwanted attention. It took him about twenty minutes to stop crying, for he kept on having flashbacks of the happy moments they had together, occasionally remembering her 'sit' commands, which served entertaining… sometimes. Taking a deep breath, he put the red rose in a pocket that had been sewn into the inside of his shirt for storage and jumped into the well.

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Back at the doorframe of the house, Ms. Higurashi watched Inuyasha as she left, frowning as she could hear him crying from the distance between them. "Maybe I shouldn't have given him that rose…" she trailed off, beginning to get lost in thought until the phone rang again. She sighed, turning on her heel as she closed the door and walked to the living room. She got the cordless phone off the charger and plopped onto the couch as she turned it on, not bothering to look at the Caller ID. "Hello?" she asked politely. Sure enough, it was the school calling again. Ms. Higurashi sighed; it was time for her to explain some things…