InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Decisions of the Heart ❯ It Took You Long Enough ( Chapter 17 )

Decisions of the Heart

Chapter Seventeen:

It Took You Long Enough

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. . .SIKE!!!!!!!!!

WARNINGS: OOCness AND KIKYO BASHING!!!!!!!

"So you're coming with me?" she inquired.

"No," he mumbled, ears pressing harshly against his skull. "I have to see Kagome first, to. . ."

"So you haven't disposed of her?"

"I could never do that to Kagome! It's just. . ." He dropped her hand a little more severely than he intended, earning himself a deep glare. "Give me one day."

"You promise?" Inuyasha shook his head.

"I can't promise anything that I don't intend to keep."

~*~

Kagome was walking home from school with her friends as they chattered on loudly about boys, boys, and guess what!, more boys.

"What about that boyfriend of yours?" Naoko asked.

"Huh? Oh him. I bet he's chasing after that ex of his right now." She felt a twinge of jealousy.

"Did you ever tell him how you feel about him?"

"NO! I mean, I like him a lot and all, but he doesn't know how I really feel about him, and besides even if I do tell him, he won't care, he'll just get mad."

"How would you know?" Aya butted in, smiling. "He might like you more than you think!" She noticed the depressed look on Kagome's face. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"I never had a chance with him!" she snapped. "Look, I'm sorry, but it's just, I know he'll never like me."

"Hm. . .you just need a way to express yourself." Everyone looked at her quizzically, she sweat dropped. "I mean, write a poem or something."

"Yeah, you are a good writer!" Naoko cried. "Then you should enter it in the Literary Contest!" Kagome blushed.

"Well, I don't know about that, but thanks. Oh, the shrine! See ya!" Before anyone could protest, Kagome fled up the steps and went into her room. Slamming the door shut, she shuffled to her desk, pulled out a pencil and a sheet of clean paper, and started to write.

What Would It Be Like?

For you to smile at me

Wipe away my tears

Hug me close

Make me feel special

Make me feel loved

To look at me and want me for me and not for her

To feel your lips against mines

For you to tell me you love me

For that is what I truly desire

Proud of her work, Kagome propped her elbow up on the desk and sighed.

"Inuyasha, will I ever have your heart? You already have mines."

~*~

He couldn't find a way to sneak to the well without being detected. Miroku and Sango had been hiding behind some bushes and sprung out when he prepared to leap into the well.

"I knew you'd go!" Miroku cheered then looked at Sango gleefully. "I win. Now I get back my groping privileges!" Then, she felt the familiar caress on her backside. Sango's eyes shrunk to dots as a blush spread quickly across her face.

"Privileges!" she roared, unstrapping her Hiraikotsu.

"What do you intend to do with that?" * WHACK * He fell to the ground, swirly-eyed, mouth crinkled into a dumb grin. She smoothed out her skirt and stepped over Miroku's unconscious body and advanced Inuyasha.

"You've been spying on me?" he growled. Sango gulped, then remembered that he wouldn't strike her.

"We were only looking out for your best interests."

"It's none of your business!"

"Actually, it is. You have hurt Kagome-chan many times. Are you going back there to break up with her or tell her how you really feel?"

"I don't love her!" Sango rolled her eyes, she felt the blushing hanyou to be very amusing at times like these.

"It's obvious that you two care for each other. What is stopping you?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about!" he rumbled.

"I'm sure she'll accept any proposal or apology that you give her. Just make sure it's romantic!" He fell anime style.

"Shut up!" She chose to ignore him, grabbed a handful a Miroku's robes and began to tug him back to the village, not caring whether or not his head bumped on rocks.

"Honestly, Miroku, you'll never learn."

~*~

Kagome awoke when she heard the tapping of glass. Irritably, she opened on one and gasped in shock when she realized it was Inuyasha.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she unlocked her window. He gracefully hopped in through the door.

"It's not illegal, is it?" Kagome had thought for a brief second, he had come to tell her that he loved her. She shook her head. ~Come on Kagome! Get a grip!~

"Well, no." Inuyasha growled. This was turning out to be harder than he anticipated.

"Oi, Kagome, I've been thinking, and. . ." Did he come to tell her than he was still going with Kikyo? That he hated her? Or that he wanted her to go shard hunting?

"If it's about Kikyo I don't wanna hear it!" She turned to leave, but he caught her wrist and pulled her to him.

"Kagome, I've. . .I've decided to stay." Her eyes grew huge.

"W-what did you say?" her voice was a hoarse whisper.

"I'm not gonna leave!" She almost knocked him over when she hugged him. He hugged her back tightly as her tears soaked in his haori(that's what you call it, right?)

"Inuyasha, I'm so glad!" she cried. If he wasn't a hanyou, his ribs would have been crushed. ~He was no idea how happy this makes me!~ When she finally released him, cheeks flushed and happy, a thought came to her.

"But, what about. . .Kikyo?"

"I thought about it for a long time and I realized that Kikyo hates me. She used me when I she was alive, and now she wants to drag me to hell with her for what reason? She didn't die by my hands. And, it would be irresponsible for me to leave you all with the Shikon no Tama. It just clicked today when she wanted me to kill you. I couldn't do that. But I still want to find her the proper resting place." Kagome was about to have an emotion breakdown. Inuyasha finally realized that Kikyo doesn't love him! He wasn't going to leave her! And now she just might have a chance with him!

"I have something to tell you, too, Inuyasha." She was blushing now. "I l--"

"KAGOME! COME HERE FOR A SECOND PLEASE!"

"YES MOM!"

"Let's go Inuyasha." He shook her head.

"I can't. I have to go tell Kikyo." She froze, but nodded stiffly. It wasn't like he was going to hell with her! She trusted him.

"Alright. I'll be there in half an hour. I promise!" He nodded and jumped out of the window. ~You finally realized, Inuyasha. Took you long enough though~

~*~

When he came back up out of the well, he was tackled by a fuzzy, snarling little ball of tan fur.

"Shippo, what the hell is your problem?"

"Inuyasha! How could you?"

"Now what did I do?"

"You broke up with Kagome, didn't you?" * THUMP * Inuyasha smacked the little kitsune upside the head.

"Of course not! I decided to stay." He heard clapping. Miroku, handprint on his cheek appeared from around the well, gripping his staff, Sango at his side.

"Finally! So you proclaimed your love to Kagome?" * WHACK *

"Why does everyone love beating on me?" Miroku whined.

"Cause it's fun." He sweat dropped.

"What is wrong with you guys. I just told her I was stayin`."

"And she was quite glad, I presume."

"Yeah. Practically crushed me, though. . ."

"Now you need to take it to the next step!" * WHACK * "Okay, okay! I'll shut up!" Inuyasha started to walk off.

"Where are you going?"

"I gotta tell Kikyo." Everyone shut their mouths at this comment.

~*~

When Inuyasha found her, she standing almost exactly where he left her. Inuyasha twitched. He never realized how creepy she was until just now.

"So, you have decided?"

"Kikyo. . .I can't see you anymore. I've decided to stay on Earth with Kagome." Her eyes hardened for a moment, blocking out any chances Inuyasha had of making a quiet departure.

"Then you will force me to go to hell alone?" she screeched. He could see anger pulsing through her body.

"You don't have to go to hell, Kikyo. You-What's wrong?"

"You let Naraku kill me! You stole the jewel! You weren't there to protect me. We loved each other, and my reincarnation comes and takes you away after the long fifty years I have waited to see you again!"

"Kikyo, it's not like that. . ." he mumbled. How could he explain this to her? "I agree, what we had was special. But you died and I was pinned to a tree for fifty years. The living and the dead aren't meant to be with each other." He moved forward hesitantly, wrapping her in a gentle hug. "I know I'm going to miss you, but you aren't like you were a long time ago." Kikyo shoved him away.

"Don't touch me! You filthy hanyou!" she growled.

"Kikyo, please. . ." Silence issued. ~I'm sorry, but I want to be with Kagome now~