InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Destined Souls, Part I, The Diary ❯ Secrets Uncovered ( Chapter 6 )

Author's Note and Dis/Claimer: I do not own Inuyasha, but I do own that poem, so please, if you're going to use it, ask my permission first. This is a poem that I wrote off the top of my head. Please forgive me if it's really bad, but……… Most of my poems are off the top of my head. Oh, and by the way, this is going to be a VERY long chapter. Unless I decide not to put the journal entries in. Hmmm……… there's a thought……… heheheh. Anyway, here's another chapter of The Diary. And you must read the Author's Note down at the bottom! Very important!

Chapter Six

Secrets Uncovered

Inuyasha was the first one to wake up the next morning. Kagome had buried her face into his shirt. He blushed the color of his haori, gently laid her down, and stood up. He checked to see if she was still sleeping before he strode out of the tiny hut and hopped up into a tree. Lying in the crook of a branch, he thought over his dream he'd had last night.

~*~*Inuyasha Dream Sequence*~*~

He was walking over to the Goshinboku Tree, and it was obviously near midnight. As he approached the tree, he heard his name called by a woman. `K-Kikyo?' he thought as he turned around.

"Inuyasha! Now it is YOU who shall die!" cried a girl no older than fifteen (A/N: Now, WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS???). She drew back an arrow, aimed but didn't release it. "How could you do that to me? I thought that we were in love! How dare you betray me so!" She shot the arrow, which Inuyasha barely avoided.

"Kagome (A/N: Bet none of you thought it was her, didya? lol)," Inuyasha said weakly. `What is she doing? What is she talking about?'

"Don't `Kagome' me! I'm tired of your lies, Inuyasha! Now, DIE!" She shot yet another arrow, but this one was faster. As he tried to dodge it, the arrow ran through his shoulder, pinning him yet again to the tree.

"K-Kagome! Why……… why are you doing this? What did I do?"

"Inuyasha, you know exactly what you did! Now, suffer the pain that I have gone through!" As she said this, a third and final arrow flew for his chest, but before it pierced his heart, he drifted back into reality.

~*~*End Dream Sequence*~*~

A tear had formed in his eye, but he hastily sucked it back as he heard someone stir within the hut. A few seconds later, Miroku and Kaede were walking out talking about herbal remedies.

"So, what was that mixture you used a few weeks ago?" Miroku asked.

"It was sakura petals, sage, baby's breath, and slightly boiling stream water. When ye mix them together, it produces a wonderful healing potion," Kaede explained. "Tis best used on burns and slight scratches. Ye would need a more powerful medicine to cure some of the injuries ye sustained in the battles ye have fought in."

Miroku laughed. "Yes, that's true. Especially when Inuyasha receives wounds." He chuckled again, but Kaede shushed him.

"Ye must keep your voice down! Ye know about Inuyasha's hearing. I would advise ye not to speak so loud."

Miroku's face changed rapidly. "You're right. Oh, Kami, am I in for it when we get back." He scanned the trees around them, but Inuyasha had hid well enough he couldn't be seen.

`All right, two down, four to go,' Inuyasha thought. A few minutes later, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara strolled out of the hut and headed to the hot springs located near Inuyasha's Forest.

"Why can't we take Kagome with us?" Shippo asked.

"Because she needs all the sleep she can get. She's really stressed from traveling between two times." Sango sighed. "And to think that I felt I had it rough."

They continued to walk, and as soon as they were out of sight, Inuyasha heard yet another sound coming from the hut. `Good, about time she woke up.

"Oh, I slept so well!" There was a pause. "I never knew Inuyasha's chest was so comfortable." There was rustling, and it sounded to Inuyasha as though she was searching through her bag. "Ah, found it!" There was a click, like a lock opening, and then scratching on parchment. This went on for a few minutes, then Kagome closed whatever she was writing on, put it back in her pack, and stepped out of the cabin.

As Kagome left, Inuyasha kept his gaze on her until she was far from the hut. `'Bout time!' he thought as he hopped down. Everyone else was gone, and she'd gone to join them. As he stepped in, he looked over the room and spotted her backpack. He rummaged through it and pulled out a small pink book. `Ah, I've got it. She tried to keep her "diaree" from me, but it was a waste of time,' he thought as he opened the personal journal. Slowly, he tried to read Kagome's modern Japanese handwriting.

"DATE: March 8

Well, Inuyasha's been a pain as usual. I'm so glad I got to come home for a few days. Inuyasha tried to stop me, but……… I think he's gone a little soft-" Inuyasha's anger flared at the "soft" comment, but continued to read. "But personally, I think it's good that he's getting soft. He's a lot nicer that way, and it makes me like him even more. I mean, yeah, he's sugoi when he's fighting and all that, but……… I dunno. I'm not sure which side of him I like best. All that I know for sure is, I love him. I wouldn't say that to him, at least not yet. I'm gonna wait until the time is right. Well, I have to go to bed now. `Night!

You're friend, Kagome"

Inuyasha turned a page and read a few more pages. `She……… loves me?' he thought as he read entry after entry. He came upon a page that had a lot of words on it, and decided to read it more carefully than the others. `Maybe it's about her life back home………' he thought.

"DATE: June 14

For some reason, I just had a huge creativity spurt, so I wanna write this down before I forget it.

When We First Met

When we first met,

It was like a whole new world

Opened up right in front of me,

Shining light into my heart and soul.

Of course, then you woke up

And tried to attack me,

And even though you were bad,

I couldn't help but like you.

Now it's been a few months

Since that fateful day,

The day that I turned fifteen,

The day when we first met.

Now whenever I look

Into your golden eyes,

You're all I see and

All I remember is when we first met

You were pinned, covered in vines

The wind lightly tossing your gorgeous silver hair.

You looked so peaceful and sweet,

Just sleeping there.

When we first met, I swear

Something clicked inside.

Somehow I knew that this relationship

Would last beyond time.

Through thick and thin, I know

That what I felt was true.

That what I felt when I first saw you

Would be how I feel about you today.

I never want to leave your side,

But fickle Fate won't have it.

She doesn't like it, how we are,

How we've become so close.

She's funny, that Fate.

She reminds me a lot of who

I used to be, of who

My soul used to belong to.

Personally, I'm glad that

That corpse of a miko lost you.

The reason I'm so happy is………

Now I've got you.

Whew! I really needed to get that out of my head. Now I'll be able to read this and remember Inuyasha. I just hope that I won't HAVE to read this to remember him.

Your friend, Kagome"

Inuyasha was dumbfounded. `That was so……… beautiful. I never knew she felt that way about me. How could I have ever thought that she thought of me as a lowly hanyou? How could I have ever thought that she only wanted me for comfort?' Suddenly, a pang of guilt ran through his body. `I shouldn't have read that. I invaded her privacy, and now she'll hate me until the day I die.' He gasped, remembering the dream. `Maybe that's how I'll die! But………'

He hastily put the book away and ran back to his tree, settling in the crook he had previously occupied, his thoughts running wild. It wasn't too long before the entire gang had come back, and when he looked at Kagome, he felt the tears begin to sting his eyes, the guilt sting his heart. `I broke her trust. How could I?' He quickly sucked back the tears as Kagome looked up at him.

"Inuyasha! Why don't you come down and have something to eat! Aren't you hungry?" Kagome smiled at him, but her smile was wiped away when she saw Inuyasha wasn't looking at her. "Inuyasha?"

"Yeah?"

She walked up to the trunk and looked up. Whispering, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Feh……… nothing………" he said quietly.

`What's up with him?' she thought. `Usually, he'd be jumping from the tree faster than you can say "Ramen." But now he's……… really bothered by something."

Inuyasha's ears perked up as he heard the sound of skin scratching against bark. `No, not now. Why is she climbing up here?' he thought as he looked away from the sound.

"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked weakly. She climbed over to him and sat on a lower branch. "Inuyasha, please talk to me?"

He remained silent. He didn't want to talk, didn't want to look into her eyes and see that hate that he'd seen in Kikyo's eyes. He couldn't bear it. He'd been accused of betrayal, and now he'd truly committed it. He jumped when Kagome touched his arm.

"Inuyasha, what is the matter?" She tried to look into his face, but his bangs had hidden most of it. Reaching out with the hand she'd used to touch Inuyasha's arm, she placed it under his chin and lifted his head gently. "Inu-chan, please………"

He about died right there. `Inu-chan, how could she call me that? If she knew what I had done, she wouldn't be calling me sweet names. She'd be cursing me to the deepest, hottest jigoku-` His thoughts were cut short when a pair of lips met with his.

Kagome leaned forward to deepen the kiss, hoping that this would bring him from his pit of despair. When he lightly kissed back, she knew she was progressing. Reluctantly, she broke the kiss and climbed higher and onto his branch. Careful so that incase the perverted houshi came running out of the hut, she inched forward to sit on Inuyasha's lap. She smiled and leaned forward again, wrapping her arms around his neck.

`Go on, kiss her! It's not gonna kill you……… Maybe her, but not you………' said a little voice in the back of Inuyasha's head. `I don't want to hurt her,' his own voice fought back. `Oh, come on. She's just a lousy human. You could take her easily!' shouted the demon's voice. `But I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HER!' he thought angrily and broke the kiss, turning his head to the left.

Kagome stared at him, trying to figure out what was going on inside his head. `Probably bad memories. He looked really down when I came back.' "Inuyasha, if you don't tell me what the hell's wrong with you, I'm going to have to say the `S' word!"

Not wanting to be sat, Inuyasha turned his head back to face Kagome. When she gasped at the tears streaking down his cheeks, he turned his head again and spoke, his voice cracking and croaky. "K-Kagome……… Just go on without me. I'll find some fresh game." His head was yanked back by Kagome's hand.

"All right, listen to me!" she said, her face flushed with annoyance. "I'm tired of all this, `Oh, pity me!' bullshit, okay? Just tell me what is wrong!"

`Oh, man. Why does she have to be so pushy?' He sighed and looked at his clawed hand laying on his lap. "Kagome, you're going to hate me……… I………" He sighed again. "I read your book."

"My what?" Kagome replied, confused. Then it dawned on her and she too looked down in embarrassment. "O-oh, you mean……… m-my diary?" Inuyasha nodded. "Oh, well……… I guess y-you know, then……… I mean, how I feel about you………"

Inuyasha looked up. She wasn't mad at him? She was just embarrassed? This wasn't the Kagome he knew.

"So, do you like me too?"

Inuyasha stared at her. He hesitated to speak, looking around to make sure that no spying eyes or ears could see or hear what he was about to say. "K-Kagome……… I don't just like you……… I……… I love you."

Kagome's head snapped back up so fast it would have given someone whiplash. She had a joyous grin on her face and hugged Inuyasha, who about lost his balance. "Oh, Inuyasha! You've made me so happy!" She cried into his shoulder, smiling.

"C-c'mon, now Kagome! Don- Don't cry!"

Kagome brought her head back, the smile still plastered on her lips. "Inuyasha………" She hugged him once more and he picked her up, standing on the limb that they were sitting on.

"Let's go eat."

Fin.

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Author's note: Told ya it'd be a long chappy! Six pages in Century Gothic! Hope you enjoyed! Okay, you wanna know why I finished this fic so quick? (Hey, that rhymes!) Well, I just got a MAJOR inspiration from one of my FAVORITE authors, Striking Falcon (bows to SF-sensei), and have decided to make this fic into a trilogy. What do you all think? Oh, and sorry for doin' this after I originally posted this chapter. Well, ja ne!

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