InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Heated Conversations ❯ Chapter 1

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I hold no rights to Inuyasha, or any variation thereof. It
is the sole property of Rumiko Takahashi, and any other respectful
owner..s.. x3;





Thud.

... Thud..

Thud, thud, slide...

...scuff... thud...

'Left, left...' She thought amusingly, sure that she had at least
twelve blisters on one foot alone. The awkward silence wasn't helping
her mood.

"Inuyasha?" she whined, but quickly changed tone when she realized she
was whining, "Can we stop, and rest a bit?"

Said half-demon looked over his shoulder, "Jeez, what now?"

Kagome huffed, "Well, you know what, maybe I'd just like to relax for
a minute or two!"

"We can't waste anymore time! There's only a few shards left!"

"Just a little while?"

"No! Besides, didn't we just stop earlier?!"

"That was hours ago, Inuyasha!"

Miroku, and Sango- who always had a stronger survival instinct than
most people- quickly sidestepped so they weren't in the way.

Before Inuyasha could retort, the 'monk' intervened as smoothly as
possible, "Inuyasha, perhaps a short rest could prove helpful-"

"You stay outta this, houshi."

"Don't yell at Miroku because you're all miffed about Naraku,
dog-boy!" Kagome hollered, letting her temper get the best of her.

"I'll yell at whoever I want to, KA-GO-ME!"

"Ooooo, SIT!"

Without a chance to do anything except eat dirt, Inuyasha slunk quite
fast to the ground.

Shippo chose that moment to chime in, "Baka Inuyasha. Serves you
right!"

Little rocks, and dust mounds rolled off his back as he forced himself
up, rebelling against the weight of the beads.

Air.

He needed some fucking air.

No sooner than that was the spell deactivated, and he allowed to
breathe again. Once inhaled, he reeled straight back at 'er, "You know
what!? I'm fucking sick n' tired of those damn sit's you're always
givin' me." He griped, leaping to his feet.

"Maybe you deserve them, Inuyasha." Kagome said, switching her weight
from one foot to another because of the pain.

"Fuck! You know what, you go on and on about how I'm so equal to you.
How come every time I do something that you don't like you sit me a
thousand times for it!?"

"Baka, Inuyasha, you deserve it!" Shippo echoed, but Sango's hand went
over his mouth.

"Maybe we should just rest-" Miroku didn't even get to finish...

"You are! But maybe you should just behave!"

"Like a fucking dog? That's what you'd like, isn't it?" Inuyasha
sneered, striding straight towards her. Practically nose to nose with
Kagome, he glared.

"I never said that."

"But it's what you want, isn't it?"

"Never! You know you mean more than that!"

The moment could've grown awkward, but under the heat of the beating
sun, and still fueled with today's anguish at a lack of good rumors
they still had steam to blow off. Everyone wanted to yell, but no one
knew who to do it at, and this was as good as anything..

"Oh, sure! Is that why you're always all over Kouga whenever that
weakling comes around?" Inuyasha raised a brow, staring accusingly.

Kagome bristled, "Don't you dare bring Kouga into this!"

"Why? Don't wanna talk 'bout your lover boy, huh?"

"It's nothing like that!"

"Then answer the fucking question!"

"Maybe it's nice to get some attention!" Kagome knew this wasn't true,
but she clung to the thought like a drowning man, "Oh! And this is
coming from someone who likes to parade around with dead people?!"

The three gasps around them went unnoticed.

Looking as if he'd been slapped, Inuyasha regained his momentum as
best as he could, "Don't talk about her like that! At least she tries
harder than some lazy people around here."

He scoffed, about to turn around, and say that was the end of that,
but Kagome wouldn't let him.

"Oh, right, right!" Kagome laughed, high and shrill as if she were on
the verge of a breakdown, "How could I forget? I can never compare to
Kikyo, Miss Perfect At Everything. I'd be fooling myself if I tried
to." Saddened, she turned away, only briefly taking notice of the
insults Shippo was flinging around.

"S'not like I let people talk about you like that, do I? She's no damn
different!"

"Right, right. Wouldn't want to hurt your pretty little shard
detector, huh? I mean, it's not like I'm good at anything else."

"Fuck, Kagome! You know you're more than that."

"Can't do anything. Good at nothing. Just a shard detector, just a
shard detector.." She said over, and over, wiping the tears away as
quickly as they came.

"No, you're not!"

She continued, the words a mere whisper as if she were calming herself
with the realization.

"Kagome, you know you mean more than that!"

Furious, she turned on him, "Liar!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!"

"Prove it!"

"How!?"

"That's your problem, isn't it, Inuyasha?!"

"That's not my only one!"

"Well, sorry for being an issue!"

"Kagome, just shut up!"

"No! You know I'm right!"

"No, you're not! Why can't you see that?"

"Because everyone keeps telling me the same thing! I'm the
reincarnation of Kikyo. A reincarnation's not all that good when
there's an original copy floating around, huh, Inuyasha?"

"You're not Kikyo! You're Ka-go-me! God damn!" He wailed, uncertain as
to how to calm her. This wasn't right. She never talked like this.

"Is that who I am? Really? Is that who you want me to be? I'm sure
you'd rather have Kikyo at your side than poor little Kagome!"

"No, I don't! I like Kagome! She's just fine!"

"Yeah, yeah. Fine. Not what you want, just something you'll settle

for."

"I don't want to settle for less!"

"Well then, you better stop hanging around with me!"

"Don't you get it? I want you! You're the one I want by my side!"

"Don't play tricks with me, Inuyasha! I know you love Kikyo!"

"No, I don't!"

"Then who do you love?!"

"YOU!"

Kagome felt her knees go weak, but she never felt the ground... She
felt.. she felt like she was floating in mid air, hovering just inches
from the earth below. Weakly, she reached out to grasp something.

String. Strings, and cloth, and.. she felt skin..

"Inuyasha?"

"W..what..?" he stammered, nervously looking over her limp form for
scratches.

"Don't lie. I can't.. I just can't take it..." Kagome smiled softly,
looking up at Inuyasha, and thinking how nice it looked from down
here, his face shielding the light.

"I, uh.. I wasn't lying.."

Kagome wailed, blubbering like a little child who'd just gotten their
first puppy.

"Jeez, shit... Uh.. Kagome! I.. I didn't mean it, okay? Just stop
crying. Pretend I never said it!?"

She laughed. She laughed because when something hits you this hard,
your brain starts ricocheting off every wall. You don't know what's
wrong or right, only that it is. Suddenly, laughter and tears feel
like the same thing.

Hurriedly, he set her down on the dirt road, his billowing sleeves
shielding her from view as he leaned over her, "Kagome, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing.." She giggled, half sobbing as she flung her arms around
him, her chest heaving with each breath, "Just so you know, I love you

too."

And that was all he heard before she steadily grew lax against him,
her sobs quieted by soft snores. He took her back to their little
rag-tag group, who'd had the foresight to march a ways down the road,
and start setting up camp.

... Well, he thought musingly, I suppose we could use a little rest.

-Author's Note-

I'm having severe writer's block for Why I Killed My Boyfriend, plus a
new story I want to get out soon, and school's been a pain. This has
just been floating around in my mind for a while, and I thought I'd
get it down before I'm too busy to remember what I'm doing.

Hope you liked it. :\