InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Miroku Muses ❯ Miroku Muses ( One-Shot )

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Inuyasha, how I envy you...
You're so loud about certain things, but when someone you love is hurt...
You become so quiet...
I've seen you cradle Kagome-sama in your arms, your face betraying you...
Betraying how you care.
You try so hard to hide your feelings, hide behind loud words and boasting that you can do anything.
But the harder you try, Inuyasha...
The more obvious your pain is.
You're afraid of...something...
Afraid of what?
Rejection?
Silly hanyou, we've been with you so long...
We know you quite well by this time, I think.
We can't claim to understand you fully; there are still things that baffle us about you...
It's that way with us, I think. We humans don't live as long as youkai...
But I see the confusion in your eyes...
I don't think you understand us fully either, do you?
We're your friends, Inuyasha. Love us, hate us, whatever...
We'll be here at your side...
Backing you up, smacking you around...
Knocking sense into that thick head of yours.
It's brutal, but it works.
You know we care, don't you? We'd never put up with you if we didn't.
It's more than our fight against Naraku that binds us.
It's friendship, which many believe is the strongest tie of them all.
I can't fully understand the way you feel about this, I've never felt betrayal like you have. Many women have sought me, and I have sought many women...
But you, you're torn between two places.
Torn between Kikyo-sama and Kagome-sama...
Betrayal and trust...
That's why you're so harsh, isn't it?
You want to protect yourself from pain, if one of us should die.
That's understandable enough.
I don't know your past before Kikyo-sama, but she's not the first, is she?
She's not the first to hurt you.
That's the way life is, Inuyasha.
Whether you like it or not...
I watched my father die, sucked into the Air Void on his hand.
I grieved for a very long time.
But I was able to trust again.
I'm a human, you're a demon.
We're all different.
We cope in different ways.
I look at the cloth that covers my Air Void.
I'm afraid of the day it will suck me into it.
I'm also afraid of taking anyone with me on that day.
I don't deny that you have reasons to be afraid.
We all have reasons to be afraid, Inuyasha.
Why don't we share our fears, however silently?
Knowing someone is there to watch your back...
That's plenty comfort for me.
I hope it can be enough for you...
I know you would never let us confide in you, you don't want other people's worries.
That's fine.
Lets all just look out for each other and defeat Naraku...
Together...