InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Duck ❯ Fate and Forgiveness ( Chapter 9 )

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(Chapter Nine: Fate and Forgiveness)

 

(Inuyasha's POV)

 

I'm dreaming of her again… I know it… Is this a nightmare? Where am I? What am I doing here?

 

"Inuyasha." The voice was soft and delicate. It sounded sad. I turned and Kagome stood before me. Her eyes brown and loving as they had been, her lips soft and pink, and her cheeks were rosy. I walked over to her and she wrapped her arms around my waist, "Oh, Inuyasha…" She said, "Inuyasha, I've been so lonely. Hold me." I put my arms around her and she sighed, burying her face into my chest.

 

"Kagome," I said, relishing in the feel of her hands on my back, "Kagome… I've been so… Miserable without you; I don't know who I am without you. I need you. I-I'm in love with you." Kagome looked up at me. I looked at her with a heavy emotion that was all too familiar to me when I was around her, or heard her name, or am reminded of her. She smiled up at me.

 

"I'm in love with you, too Inuyasha."

 

And then I was kissing her, like I'd never kissed her before. I could feel everything about her in that kiss.

 

The dream; it filled my memory and every fiber in my being as I chased Kagome. Those words she spoke in the dream had to be true, they just had to… I ran through the forest, trying to keep up with Kagome's scent. She moved so fast when she was a demon…

 

She'd escaped in the early morning; the sun wasn't even rising yet. It was only until the late afternoon when I'd caught up with her. When I'd seen her… God… She took my breath away. I know I shouldn't want to change Kagome, or want her to be in any other way, because I'd fallen in love with her as a human… but her as a demon… It was all I could do not to tap into my demon blood and take her somewhere. (You have to know what I mean by that.)

 

She was a cat demon… The most beautiful demon I'd ever seen. Her already pale skin had a sort of glow beneath it and her eyes… the look she gave me… It was like she was teasing me in some way. And the chase went on from there.

 

The winter breeze was cold as I leapt from tree to tree, chasing her. Her scent was so tantalizing. I willed myself not to get lost in it. It surrounded me as I kept chasing her. I was breathing hard and my gaze was set on the path ahead of me, concentrating on my target. I could catch glimpses of her every now and then. She moved so fast; cat demons were famous for that.

 

They were also famous for incredible intelligence and stealth ability. You wouldn't be able to notice one if you were just a human.

 

I rested for a moment on a tree limb. I knew which direction Kagome was going in; she was going to hit a rock wall that was too steep for her to climb, even being a cat demon. I recalled the dream I'd had last night again. It was so real to me, everything. The way her lips felt when they were on mine.

 

I still thought about what the diaries had said. I still thought about what they meant for me. She was still in love with me, that was for sure. I'd read the letter she'd written to herself over and over until I'd memorized it. I kept repeating lines to myself as I chased her tonight.

 

I cursed myself, realizing I'd rested too long. Curse her heavenly scent! I had to breathe it in again in order to find out how far she'd gotten. Not that far… Probably wondering why I'd stopped following her. I got wind of another scent… wolf…

 

Oh, no…

 

Kouga.

 

As soon as I thought it, there he was beneath the tree I was standing in. He looked up at me and smirked.

 

"Well, fancy seeing you here, Mutt-Face."

 

I glared down at him, "I'm not in the mood, Kouga. I'm a little busy."

 

He just laughed, "What? Trying to remember where you buried your bone, dog-boy?"

 

And that was all it took.

 

Something inside me just snapped and I was on top of Kouga in a second. I punched every part I could see and reach. I muttered things under my breath, I didn't understand them. Kouga tried to push me off of him, but he couldn't get anywhere. I was so angry with him, I couldn't control myself. I could feel the demon in me growling in approval of how I was treating Kouga at the moment, and that was all the encouragement I needed. I continued to punch him; I could hear various bones breaking in his face and shoulders. Then I felt a pair hands grab hold of my waist and arms and pull me off him.

 

The hands held me as I struggled to get back to Kouga. I wanted to kill him. I wanted to rip him. He just lay there on the ground, stunned. It didn't look like I'd hurt him all that bad, though. It looks like I'd hit mostly ground and twigs, the only thing that I'd broken was his nose and there were a few bruises here and there; that made me mad and I struggled more violently.

 

"Wanna kill… Rip… Tear… Kill…" I said as I continued to fight against the hands.

 

"Inuyasha!" said a voice I barely recognized, "Inuyasha, stop! Kagome is your priority right now!" At the sound of her name, I stopped. I felt stupid and ashamed. My head hung and they, whoever they were, released me. I turned. It was Sesshomaru and Miroku. Kouga stood up; he brushed himself off and looked at us incredulously.

 

"What the hell has gotten into you?" he said. I glared after him, disbelieving what he was saying.

 

I said, "You honestly think I'd let you go on and on about me being a 'Mutt-Face' and calling me a 'dog-boy'?"

 

He snorted, "I didn't think you'd react so violently."

 

Sesshomaru spoke, "Inuyasha, I really think this quarrel should wait. Kagome, as the monk said-"

 

"It's Miroku." Miroku said, annoyed.

 

Sesshomaru looked at him for a moment and then went on, "Right, as Miroku said, Kagome should be your top priority. You're losing time quickly, Inuyasha. At midnight, if you don't find her, she'll be dead."

 

Kouga gasped, "What have you done to my Kagome?!"

 

I wheeled around on him and pinned him against a tree, giving him a look that was as cold as I could get, "She never was yours, Kouga. Kagome is mine now, and your stupid arguments are going to waste my time and cause me to lose her.

 

"Now I know you're in love with Kagome, there's nothing I can do to help that, but what I really need now is someone to help me do what's right when the time comes and to help me find and subdue Kagome. Are you willing to do this for me? For Kagome's sake?"

 

Kouga looked at me in fear, "I-I'm afraid… I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean…"

 

I heard Sesshomaru take a step forward behind me, "I will explain everything to him, Inuyasha. You go on ahead. We'll meet you at the clearing up ahead."

 

I stared at Kouga for another moment and jerked away. I began to run again.

 

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As I approached the clearing, I thought about what could happen after I saved Kagome. I wondered whether or not she would forgive me. And if she did, I wondered how long it would take for me to propose to her properly. I'd have to ask her family's permission to be mated to her and then there's all of that planning.

 

But what if she didn't forgive me? What if I got to confident tonight, saved her, and she hated me after she woke up from her sleep? How long would it be before I tried to jump off of a cliff? I certainly couldn't live without Kagome. I have so many things I want to share with her. I want to be the father of her children. I want to wake up with her next to me every morning. I want to be able to tell her I love her every single day.

 

She's the one I want.

 

But will she have me?

 

Yes, Inuyasha. She will. She will if you love her. She will if you protect her. Go after her, son. Go after her and live happily. I don't want this to end in pain for you, I don't want you to feel what I felt when I lost your father. Don't lose Kagome.

 

Will you stay with me?

 

I am always with you, my son. Go. Get Kagome and live a full life.

 

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She was beautiful. Her scent was incredible. Her eyes were mystical, ethereal. I wanted her, needed her.

 

Her hair was long and silky-looking. Her skin looked smooth and the moonlight on it only enhanced its hypnotizing power over me. I couldn't look away from her. It didn't matter that she was looking at me with rage in her eyes. It didn't matter that her beautiful, pearly fangs where bared at me. She was looking at me. She only had eyes for me.

 

"Kagome…" I breathed, "Come here." I motioned for her to come over to me. She just glared. She was backed up against a wall, her claws scratching deep into the stone. The demon in me noticed this and went insane. He begged me to go to her and take her somewhere. I suppressed it, enraged at the fact that it would be so selfish as to just simply ravish the woman that we so deeply care for in some private place. No, Kagome deserved better than that.

 

I took a few steps closer to her and she pressed herself against the wall again, digging her claws further into the stone.

 

Stay still. She'll come closer. You're friends are on the way.

 

I did as I was told.

 

Kagome blinked. I simply stared at her, smiling. Her grip on the stone loosened a bit. I relaxed. She took a step forward, looking at me curiously. Her look of rage had diminished. She took a few more steps forward until we were an arms length of each other. She looked at me expectantly. My smile broadened and I took her into my arms, feeling her warm body on mine. I sighed and cupped her face in my hands.

 

I noticed that her eyes were very blue. They weren't too dark or too light, they were darker than the sky in the day, but lighter than the sky at night. I felt my heart beat faster as the confession I'd so longingly wanted to tell Kagome was on the tip of my tongue.

 

Go on, son. Tell her.

 

"Kagome," I looked into those incredible, but different, blue eyes. I hated the fact that they'd changed, I wondered for a moment if they would change back when she woke up, "Kagome, I'm in love with you. I know I've been a jerk to you a lot of times, and I've always suppressed what I feel. But I can't when I'm around you; it's too big of a feeling. I have never felt what I feel about you around Kikyo, and I'm sorry I've gone after her so much. But now you don't have to worry anymore, she's away and I'm here to be with you until we both die. I'll always be here to protect you, care for you, and love you the way you've always wanted me to. The way I've always wanted to.

 

"I never in wildest dreams would have guessed that a woman like you would want a guy like me. I can't describe how happy I am when I'm with you and I can't describe the pain I feel when we're apart.

 

"We're connected now. When someone cuts you, they cut me. When someone hurts you, they hurt me. When you feel pain, I feel pain. I want you, Kagome. I need you, Kagome. I'll always need you. I'll always want you. And I'll always be in love with you. I want to marry you, Kagome. I want to live in that cabin with you. I want to make love to you. I want to raise a family with you. I want to grow old with you." I took her hands in mine and looked into her eyes, "Kagome, I love you. I always have, and I always will."

 

I watched as her eyes welled up with tears, her demonic scent mixing with the smell of her tears. The human Kagome was in there somewhere, and she had heard what I said. Relief began to flow through me as I stared at her.

 

She smiled up at me and said, softly, "Inuyasha…"

 

And then she passed out. I set Kagome down on the ground, gently, and I kneeled next to her.

 

Some buzzing sound was in my head. It hurt like hell. I told myself it was just the shock of the emotional experience I just had. But it got worse and I cried out in pain. I closed my eyes and clutched the sides of my head. I growled and tears of frustration and confusion poured out of my eyes. The pain suddenly receded. I opened my eyes once the pain started to throb lightly.

 

I couldn't see anything.

 

I was blind.

 

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