InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Irony ❯ Love and Anger ( Chapter 7 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

By: Veema

Chapter 7

I don't own Inuyasha

When Kagome went through the well, Inuyasha was standing there, waiting for her impatiently. His ears twitched as soon as he saw her face. "Kagome, what is your big problem?"

"What do you mean?"

"You tried to hide that stupid boy from me! That stupid Iku..show or something like that! If that guy gets in my way, I swear I'll-"

"You'll what?" She yelled. "What are you going to do Inuyasha? You're not going to kill him because he's human, and if you're sick enough to try, then you're going to be dealing with one heck of a you know what!"

Inuyasha grunted. 'Why does she keep defending him? What does she even see him in? He can't be better than me!' "Kagome, stop being such an idiot, and realize that we have a job to do. We've got to stop fooling around and find those jewel shards, and I'm not going to let your new” his face looked disgusted "man get in my way!" Inuyasha had never hated anyone this much in his whole entire life. He hadn't even laid eyes on Ikuto. All he knew was that he was in his way.

“Stop hounding me! You obviously like Kikyo more than me, so why don't you have her look for the jewel!”

“Stop being so stupid!”

“Well it's not fair, Inuyasha! You can expect to be with her, want me to be with you, and I have nothing? That's so selfish!”

“But you said you wanted to be with me!”

”Yeah, but its different now, Inuyasha. You don't even know Ikuto, and you're jealous, just like how you are with Kouga. It's not fair! Stop treating me like your property!”

”You're acting like you love this guy!”

“And maybe I do!” Kagome covered her mouth and began to blush rapidly. Inuyasha's mouth dropped and his heart sank.

“W-what? You love him?” He erased his pain with anger. “You're even more stupid than what I thought then. Why would you love someone so stupid and weak? If you care about him more than me than go! Go back home to your Ik-ig-loo or whatever! Forget about the jewel that you destroyed and leave!”

Kagome instantly became angry with Inuyasha. 'The nerve of him! After all of the things he's put me through, he expects me not to do anything but stay with him? That jerk!' "I haven't forgotten about the jewel shards, Inuyasha, but stop hounding me! This guy saved my life and-"

"Stop playing, Kagome! It's not even about that! It's not even about him saving your life anymore! You just want to see him." Inuyasha turned his head. "It's disgusting seeing you make a fool out of yourself."

"If anyone's a fool, Inuyasha, it's you! What's disgusting is..." she held her tears back "is how you drool over Kikyou and how you worship the very ground that she walks on. All you have to do is hear her name, and you go running, even though she clearly doesn't want you!"

Inuyasha felt so hurt that he could feel his heart stop for a moment. It was as if Kikyou herself had plunged another arrow to his chest.

Kagome couldn't believe what she was saying, but she couldn't stop. She loved Inuyasha, but with her anger and jealousy for Kikyou awakening, mixed with her feelings for Ikuto, and how angry she was when Inuyasha started talking about him, she couldn't stop. "Come on Inuyasha and open your eyes! She gave Naraku the large fragment of the shikon jewel, she tried to pull you into Hell, and she's even promised to kill you, and has tried many times!"

The fact that Inuyasha had feelings for Kagome immediately dissipated, and his anger flared up in his face. "Don't you dare say such things!" He felt his blood rushing through his body. He couldn't stand anyone talking about Kikyou negatively, not even if it was Kikyou's reincarnation talking. "You have no right to talk about Kikyou! No one knows her like I do! No one!"

Kagome was shocked when she realized how much she had hurt Inuyasha. She could see it in his eyes. He loved Kikyou more than anything and desperately wanted to be with her. 'What am I doing?' she thought. 'I'm creating such a horrible picture for Inuyasha.' Kagome's anger went away and guilt remained. "Inu...Inuyasha" she lowered her head in shame of everything that she had said. She told no lies, but that was the worst part of it all. Kikyou had done horrible things ever since she was brought back to life, but Inuyasha was still madly in love with Kikyou. He couldn't stop. And even though she had done those horrible things, Kagome could tell that Kikyou still cared for Inuyasha. "I'm so sorry."

Inuyasha couldn't accept her apology, at least not right at that moment. She had struck a nerve and it affected his soul. Inuyasha said nothing more and walked away from Kagome. He didn't even let her apology faze him. He could only think about when he first laid eyes on Kikyou, and their first kiss, and then when Naraku made them betray each other.

Kagome dropped to her knees and began to cry as he left her sight. "I'm sorry, Inuyasha."

Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kirara were watching everything from a distance. Shippo had never been so upset with Inuyasha in his whole entire life. "That bone head, Inuyasha! He made Kagome upset!" Shippo started hitting his head in frustration. "What's wrong with him? I'm going to go give him a piece of my mind!" Shippo tried to run off to Inuyasha, but Miroku grabbed Shippo by his tail.

"Leave Inuyasha alone. Just give him time to himself. He will turn around in a matter of minutes; an hour or two at the most."

"But why?" Shippo said. "Kagome didn't lie!"

"And that's what's wrong," Sango said. "It hurts" she said very sadly "it's hurts so very bad when you look someone you love in the eye and they reject you, as if they had never known you, and like all that matters is how they are at that moment, instead of all the fun you had, and the laughter you shared, or even the sacrifices you had to make for them, or the sacrifices you were willing to make." She sighed. "Inuyasha still loves Kikyou, and no matter how much he sees Kagome, it's not going to change." 'Just like how I can't ever give up on Kohaku, even if he's slaughtered hundreds of people, or even if he doesn't remember me.'

"Just give Inuyasha some space, Shippo." Miroku nodded. "Yes, that's exactly what he needs."

"But Kagome's better!" Shippo whined.

"Do you think she'll leave?" Sango asked.

"I'm not certain" Miroku answered. "This is a very difficult decision for Kagome and a very difficult situation for Inuyasha. Inuyasha obviously has feelings for Kagome, and Kagome feels the same, but they both care about someone else as well."

"Someone else? What do you mean someone else?" Shippo felt like he was going to explode with all of the drama.

"The reincarnation" Sango said. "If she leaves our world, she can go back to whatever she was doing before. She could go back to school work and wouldn't have to miss as much school, she wouldn't be in danger, and she'd have her own Inuyasha, without him loving someone else."

Miroku stroked his chin. "It is a tempting offer."

"We've got to stop her!" Shippo was about to run to Kagome, but Miroku grabbed his tail once again.

"We must not interfere. In the end, Kagome's happiness is what should matter the most." He sighed. "Life is so short, sweet, and precious. Kagome shouldn't have to waste it with this absurd love triangle that she, Inuyasha, and Kikyou have created." He starred at his hand with the prayer beads over it. "Think about it Shippo. Inuyasha was torn away from his past love, Sango's brother has been torn away from her, and my life has been shortened by this accursed wind tunnel in my hand. Kagome has been supportive in our journey for the jewel shards and our quest to stop Naraku. If she is able to find happiness away in her own time, then I would prefer that she stayed."

"Miroku..." Sango didn't finish saying what she wanted to. 'Her happiness? That's what he said to me when a Lord asked me to wed him. He wants us all to be happy, even if he is unhappy. Does he think this is all a futile mission? Does he really think that he will never beat Naraku?' She frowned. `Is that why he asks so many women to have his children? He wants to make sure the next generation will be able to stop Naraku, just in case he can't. "Cheer up, Shippo." Sango was able to find a smile. "Everything will turn out for the best, no matter the outcome."

"I hope so." Shippo was still afraid that Inuyasha and Kagome wouldn't' make up, but he didn't say another word.

"Lets leave Kagome alone to her thoughts" Miroku stated as he stood to his feet and began walking away with Shippo, Kirara, and Sango.

Present Time

Ikuto walked into his bedroom to see his new niece jumping up and down on his bed. "What are you doing?" He asked annoyed. He didn't mind her that much, but she was beginning to wear on his nerves the first couple of days since Suno was on his honeymoon and Ikuto became the new babysitter.

"I'm jumping up and down on your bed, silly." Rina was so sweet and innocent that she couldn't really understand that Ikuto was annoyed with her.

"Stop."

She pouted like all small children do and landed on her bottom. The pouting quickly stopped and she put on an adult-like expression as she patted a spot on Ikuto's bed, signaling for him to take a seat. "Come sit down." She looked so wise, as if she knew what was going on everywhere.

Ikuto hesitated, but sat down next to her. "What is it?" Ikuto was in a good mood. He didn't think Inuyasha was any kind of a threat from what he saw.

"So tell me about Kagome! I like weddings and I wanna go to another one really, really soon!"

Ikuto didn't blush, but rather kept his cool. "What makes you think Kagome and I are together anyway?"

"Because you keep going to her." She smiled brightly. "It's nothing to be ashamed about. Falling in love with people is just apart of life."

"And what do you know about love, kid?"

"I fell in love with my daddy, so I'm real experienced."

He chuckled. "It's not quite the same."

"It certainly isn't" said Suno as he approached the doorway.

"Daddy!" Rina cried as she ran to her new father and was met with a pat on the head and a gentle smile by him. "Ikuto's in love! Ikuto's in love! Isn't it exciting?"

Suno seemed startled for a moment, and then looked at him questionably. "It seemed a little obvious."

"That's because he's hopeless" Rina announced.

"I got you that new doll you wanted."

"The new Kimberly doll?" When he nodded, she began jumping up and down in excitement. "Thank you papa! Thank you!" She ran out of the room in search for her new toy.

"Ikuto" Suno said coldly "we need to talk about your priorities."

He grunted. "What priorities?"

"Listen Ikuto, I've been checking out some colleges and-"

"What makes you think that I want to be in business like you?"

Suno squinted his eyes in anger. He never really raised his voice, but you could tell he was upset by his facial expressions. "This company is what father left behind. This is his legacy."

"And you can do that all on your own!"

"You're probably right. I've managed to take over this company ever since father passed away. It wasn't easy, but I managed. Now I've brought this company up to a whole new level of playing field. I don't need you at all, but you're not going to waste you life living on father's well earned money; not while you have his blood flowing through your veins!"

"Well, I'm sorry that you're ashamed that you're related to me oh 'Suno the great and mighty' but here I am." He smirked. "You're just pissed that dad left me most of the family fortune and only left you enough to manage the bills and the company." Ikuto looked at his brother disgusted. "You probably just want me to be in the family business to get your hands on my inheritance."

"That's not true, even though you don't deserve what you got!" He still didn't raise his voice, but the fierceness and rage could be heard. "You shouldn't shame our father by living a life of nothing."

"Just shut up, already!"

Suno tossed some brochures of colleges at Ikuto's feet and said "I'd disown you if I could. You're acting like a worthless fool. You're dishonoring our father's memory by your childish antics. If you decide to be a nobody, then you're not going to do it in my face." Suno walked away from Ikuto's room and went to join his new daughter.

Ikuto cursed his brother under his breath. 'Prejudice, no good, loser! I wish I had nothing to do with him.'

Feudal Era

It had been an hour since her fight with Inuyasha, and Kagome couldn't get up. She was so disappointed with herself. She told herself that it was something that Inuyasha needed to hear, but then decided that she shouldn't have said such a thing. Inuyasha deeply loved Kikyou, and she could do nothing to stop that. 'Inuyasha' she curled into a ball 'I want to be with you. I believe I do. I want to be by your side, just like I said before. It's not right for me to hate Kikyou. No matter what I say, she still has feelings for Inuyasha. I can't stop them for loving each other.' A tear rolled down her cheek. 'But I just wish he'd love me.' "Oh Inuyasha, I'm so very sorry."

She finally stood up to her feet and wiped her tears away. She hadn't been crying the whole time, but when she would stop, she would begin to cry again. 'I'm being silly.' "She looked at the well and wondered if she should just go back down and go back home. 'I should tell Inuyasha before I go back to my time.' She began to remember how mad he was at her and how he snapped at her for the things she said about him and Kikyou. 'No, I should leave him alone. I've hurt him and he probably doesn't want me around anymore.' She thought about the jewel and how she broke it. She owed it to everyone to put it back together, but it was so hard to stay with Inuyasha and watch him want Kikyou, especially since she loved him. 'I'm going home. I need to go there. Inuyasha was just so hurt by what I said, I don't know if he'll ever forgive me.'

Kagome jumped back down the well and back to her own time.

Inuyasha was watching her from afar. He was still pissed at her and wanted to just yell at her, but he couldn't stay mad at her. He couldn't help but forgive her. 'You idiot. I didn't want you to go back.' Inuyasha ran to the well and wondered if he should go back to get her. 'She probably hates me now. Why would she say something like that if she didn't hate me?' Inuyasha decided not to go back and just waited by the well, wondering if she would come back to him. For the first time since his encounter with Kikyou, he wasn't actually thinking about Kikyou. All he had was Kagome in his mind. And no matter how angry he was with her, and no matter how much he loved Kikyou, he couldn't get Kagome out of his mind. 'Kagome, come back.'

A/N: So sad. So what's going to happen between those two? I know, but you guys don't. Just review and I'll post the next chapter!