InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kagome and The Silver Hanyou ❯ Chapter 16

-„Kagome?”

Kagome froze at the sound of the voice she only heard in her most beautiful dreams. Her breath had stopped in her throat as she slowly turned to the direction from where the voice came. Slowly, her chocolate gaze met Inuyasha's amber one. A total silence had laid upon them, the sound of the sea, of the seagulls and of the working docks still being heard. Even the crowd had lost her voice.

For year-long moments, Kagome and Inuyasha remained unmoved and speechless like some statues without life. They looked at each other like memorizing every curve of the face, every blush of the skin, everything. Kagome observed with stupor that Inuyasha was looking horrible than the one she knew: he was pale, his eyes were without that shine that she knew and he looked to be without power. It seemed to her that he was a different person that the one she knew. It seemed that he didn't even care for himself in the last period. Also Inuyasha saw something different at Kagome: she also didn't have the same pinkish color of the cheeks, her skin being like a fish's belly; even if her lips were covered by red, he knew that they were the same color as her skin. Her eyes, exactly like Inuyasha's, were without that shine. Looking at her, his eyes observed that even if the kimono was covering her, she had put on weight. Inuyasha knew that Kagome wasn't such a person to eat in excess. She told him that when she was younger, she was a little over weight, and all make fun of her. Then it came to his mind that she did that because of depression. Depression? Kagome didn't forget him! If she forget him, she wouldn't be in this state. He almost felt like an ass. Even if he didn't want to make her suffer, his actions had brought her suffering. He hanged his head in shame, his bangs covering his eyes, and with shaky voice, he said:

-“Kagome…I…”

But he didn't finish because he felt that known embrace against his chest. Kagome was crying on his chest, her tears wetting his shirt. Even she tried not to burst out like that, something made her do that. She wanted to feel his touch, the sound of his voice and his breath on her neck and at her ear. But what she wanted the most was the taste of his lips. She lifted her gaze to her face. Their eyes made a connection they both knew. Then, slowly, their faces closed…but before the lips to meet, Kagome remembered for what she came and that Houjo was here. She suddenly pushed Inuyasha from her. All gasped at what she did. Inuyasha couldn't believe it. Kagome, the one he loved, refused him, after 4 months of separation! He watched with regret at his empty arms, then to Kagome, looking for answers. Kagome hanged her head, not looking at him and said, trying to hold back her tears that want to stream from her eyes.

-“I'm…I'm sorry Inuyasha…but…I….I can't…”

Inuyasha remained in the same state, like waiting an answer for this too. Kagome continued:

-“Inuyasha…we…we can't…be together…”

A shock went trough him. He couldn't feel his legs and he fell on his knees, looking at her with pleading eyes. Pleading her not to leave him. Kagome turned her gaze from him, not wanting to make her mission much harder. Kagome got out a document from the sleeve of her arm and handed it to Inuyasha.

-“I just came to give you this…”

Inuyasha rose and, shaking, he took the document. He opened it and started to read it:

 

ELIBERATION ACT

 

I, Kagome Higurashi, daughter of the duke of Higurashi of Okinawa, future spouse of the count Houjo of Kyoto, today, 24 November 1769, with this act and with the benefactions of the Captain Silver Hanyou, all of the acts against the law were forgiven and the reward lifted.

 

Kagome Higurashi

 

Inuyasha finished reading the document. A long silence came upon them. Kagome waited to see how Inuyasha will react. Suddenly, Inuyasha tarred the act in a burst of fury. Kagome cringed.

-“Inuyasha…why…”

-“Why? Why?!” he shouted in her face. “How can you do this to me, Kagome?!”

Kagome remained speechless at her love's behavior.

-“Wha…what do you mean?”

-“What do youmean with “future spouse of the count Houjo of Kyoto”?!”

His eyes turned red. This scared Kagome, reminding her of his demon side.

-“I…I engaged with him…because…” she couldn't talk because tears were streaming on her face.

-“ Because he could give you all the love you need when you weren't beside me or was it because he was wealthier than me?” Inuyasha looked at her disgusted. “I know that I'm just a pirate, but I thought that it wouldn't mind! I thought that…” Then he caught the smell he didn't catch because of the rage. “Kagome…you're…pregnant?”

His voice has quieted a little before it filled again with hatred.

-“Now I understand! You pushed me aside and ran in the arms of that bastard of a count that your father had chosen for you!” Then he held his head in pain, as he went to left and right. Then he looked at her with tears of pain in his eyes. “I thought you were different! I thought that somehow you will return to me. That we will be together! But it seems that I was wrong! Now I see your true face! You aren't different from the others! You jump in the arms of the one who could relieve your broken heart! I thought that our love had meant something, all the beautiful moments. But it was all just a lie! You used me! You used me to escape your father's intentions! Now I whish that I would have died with Kikyou. At least she loved me truly!”

He was about to burst of anger. Kagome tried:

-“Inuyasha, it isn't that way! I…”

-“Shut up! Just shut!”

Kagome couldn't say anything. She didn't saw Inuyasha this way, in such pain, which was understood wrongly. Finally she yelled pretty furious:

-“Well sorry if you left me!”

The phrase echoed in his head. Inuyasha turned his gaze to the tear-stained face of Kagome. She looked at him then turned to her ship. When she arrived there, Houjo came to her side and hugged her, but Kagome pushed him aside. She didn't want Inuyasha to see her with him. She was destroyed. The man she loved and who she trusted the most, didn't believe her. Shippou jumped in Inuyasha's head and hit him.

-“Captain, you idiot! How could you!?”

Inuyasha didn't say anything. He just watched Kagome who was accompanied by Houjo onto the ship. He felt quite guilty for what he said. What she yelled still echoed in his mind:

*-“Well sorry if you left me!”*

Miroku came by him to console him, but Inuyasha ran in the forest, disgusted by himself.

Kagome cried on her way to her ship. She didn't want to leave the island, but Inuyasha's behavior made her realize that she wasn't welcomed here. She even couldn't tell him that the baby was his. Houjo realized her pain and came by her side to console her.

-“Higurashi…”

Kagome turned to him.

-“Houjo-kun…”

Houjo put his hand on her shoulder.

-“Go. Your friends are waiting for you.”

Kagome numbed.

-“What are you saying, Houjo-kun?”

-“What I want to say is that I want you to be happy, and to be, you must stay with your friends. I observed that when you came on this island and I saw you smiling and laughing in your friend's arms. Absolutely never I saw you like that. That warmed my heart and I knew that this is the place you belong.”

Kagome was speechless. Houjo did have a heart of gold. Her eyes filled with tears and hugged him.

-“Thank you, Houjo-kun,” Kagome said between her tears.

Houjo took her hand, and gently, took off the engage ring.

-“You won't need it,” he said. “But you will need this,” he said as he put something in her hand.

She opened her hand and saw the ring Inuyasha gave her. Then Houjo took a necklace and put it around her neck. She looked at him and recognized that it was the necklace Inuyasha gave her. She looked at Houjo.

-“Where did you get them?!” she said puzzled. “I hid them!”

-“Your mother gave them to me,” Houjo smiled. “She knew that it will arrive at this.”

Kagome smiled, tears streaming on her face. Now, they wee tears of joy. Houjo whipped them.

-“Now, you mustn't cry. Go and be happy. Go to where your heart leads you.”

Houjo freed her hand and started to climb on the ship, the soldiers following him. He turned back to Kagome.

-“And don't forget, Higurashi! We will be always with you!”

Kagome waved at him.

-“Thank you, Houjo-kun! From all my heart, thank you!”

The duke saw what Houjo did and came to his face:

-“Houjo, what the hell do you think you're doing!?”

-“Higurashi-sama, I don't understand why you are against Kagome's happiness?”

-“Because she couldn't be happy with a hanyou! Do you really think that she could be happy with him!? He will put her in danger! Now, she's pregnant with him! If she wasn't, she wouldn't come back here! He had corrupted her mind! She doesn't deserve to stay with him! I will send to bring her back!”

-“No, Higurashi-sama!”

-“Houjo-kun…”

-“Just look.”

The duke looked at Kagome. She smiled for being in the arms of her friends. Something melted the ice on the duke's heart seeing her smiling like that. He hadn't seen her smiling, laughing and giggling like that for years, since she was a child. His eyes opened and he gave up.

-“You're right, Houjo-kun. I was selfish, I was thinking only for the family benefits, at her material situation, but never at what she really felt, at her emotions. Even if I wanted her to be happy, this lead to her unhappiness. Now I understand her. At first, my mind was shadowed by the thought of what would the others think if they saw my daughter with a hanyou. But…when I see her like this…I'm happy.”

-“So, this means…”

-“I will let her follow her hear. I will accept anything, only too see her happy.”

-“That's the spirit, Higurashi-sama!” Houjo congratulated him.

The duke came to the railing. Kagome turned and saw him beside her mother. Then, she couldn't believe what she heard:

-“Kagome, my daughter, please forgive me and all I did! Please, forgive me! I was too selfish to see, but now, my eyes had opened! I respect your choice that makes you happy! Please, recuperate the happiness I couldn't give you among your friends! And another thing…”

Kagome's eyes filled with tears of joy when she heard the phrase she wanted to hear from the beginning:

-“I want that my nephew to be as beautiful as you!”

Kagome never thought that she would hear her father say such a thing. She watched how the ship slowly distanced. She waved at them, and they waved at her, until the ship disappeared behind the kekkai. Kagome remained on the shore, watching over the water. Now, she was the happiest person alive, but something was still missing.

 

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HERE'S THE NEXT CHAPTER. I HOPE YOU LIKE HOW THINGS HAD WORKED OUT. BUT THERE'S STILL A PROBLEM…INUYASHA. ONLY 4 CHAPTERS TO GO (I think)

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