InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Real Eyes Realize Real Lies ❯ Things Aren't Always What They Seem ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Real Eyes Realize Real Lies

Chapter 1 - Things Aren't Always What They Seem

Everyone was gathered inside Kaede's hut, waiting for Kagome's return back to their era. She had gone home to study for a test she'd have to take the next day but now 3 days had passed since she left. The whole gang was exhausted and decided that they should get a good night's rest before going out in the morning to hunt for jewel shards when Kagome got back. Inuyasha had been acting a bit strange after arriving in Kaede's hut.

“Inuyasha, is something the matter?” Miroku asked.

“Yeah, you've been acting very strangely ever since we passed through the forest by Kaede's village”, Sango agreed, knowing something was up.

Inuyasha immediately became defensive. “Nothing's wrong! Would ya both get off my back?!”

The room became silent as Inuyasha stood up.

“I'm goin' for a walk”, Inuyasha said grumpily as he vanished out the door.

“I wonder what's bothering him”, Sango asked curiously.

“Maybe he is just anticipating Kagome's arrival”, Miroku assumed. “You know how he gets when Kagome is gone.”

“Yeah, you're probably right”, Sango replied.

Then from out of the Bone Eaters Well, Kagome climbed out and inhaled deeply.

“Ah, it feels good to be back in the Feudal Era. Inuyasha's probably angry with me that I'm late, though”, Kagome said to herself. She lugged her backpack over her shoulders and started to walk towards the village.

As Kagome made her way back, she noticed something in the sky. Something all too familiar. Kikyo's soul collectors. She also could see Inuyasha walking into the forest. Kagome groaned at the thought of having to deal with another painful experience. Even so, she wanted to see what Inuyasha was up to.

`Oh boy, what am I getting myself into now?` Kagome thought to herself as she followed the soul collectors deep into the forest.

Kagome came to an abrupt halt when she heard rattling in a few bushes nearby. She scrambled behind a tree, only poking her head out to get a glimpse of who was making a disturbance in the bushes. Just as she suspected, a well-known silver-haired hanyou with a red kimono was hiding behind a tree as well. Kagome slammed her body against the tree so that Inuyasha wouldn't see her.

`OUCH` Kagome thought to herself, sealing her lips shut so as not to let out a yelp of pain. `Great, a splinter,` Kagome noticed as she looked down at her chest. `Whatever, I'll deal with it later`.

Kagome heard more rattling in the bushes.

Kagome gasped. `Uh oh. I can't let Inuyasha know I'm here. I know how paranoid he gets so he'll obviously know that I was spying on him. `

Kagome continued to watch Inuyasha. She hadn't forgotten about the soul collectors she saw so she knew Kikyo had to be close by. Her thoughts were disrupted by Kikyo's own voice.

“I know you've been spying on me Inuyasha so you can quit hiding”, Kikyo insisted emotionlessly.

Kagome watched as Inuyasha approached Kikyo.

“I wasn't spyin', I was just seeing what you could possibly be doing out here by yourself in the forest! It's bad enough that you're late getting back here, but now you put yourself into danger by not coming straight to Kaede's village?!” Inuyasha fumed.

`What?! What the heck is Inuyasha talking about? Did I miss something while I was back in my era or something? Why would Inuyasha expect Kikyo to be at Kaede's hut? And where had Kikyo been if she was supposedly late getting back? What's going on?!” Multiple questions clouded Kagome's mind. She continued to listen to Inuyasha and Kikyo's conversation to see if she could try and make sense of it all.

“Always angry, Inuyasha. It's so difficult talking to you when you're always enraged by something or another. I'm not completely helpless, you know. I'm a skilled archer, have you forgotten?” Kikyo spoke sarcastically.

Of course Inuyasha couldn't forget something like that. Kikyo was the one who pinned Inuyasha to the sacred tree 50 years ago.

“Yeah, yeah,” Inuyasha paused. “And I'm not always angry. I was worried about you. After all, I need to protect you from any harm”, Inuyasha replied devotedly.

`After all this, he STILL choses Kikyo over me. Ugh, why did I even bother coming back here…` Kagome thought to herself gloomily as she walked back towards the well. She couldn't bear to listen to their conversation any longer.

“I should say goodbye to everyone else before I go”, Kagome solemnly said to herself.

She continued towards the village and eventually arrived at Kaede's hut. She went inside to be greeted by Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kaede.

“KAGOME!” Shippo squealed as he leaped into her arms. “I missed you, Kagome!”

“I missed you, too”, Kagome answered. Miroku and Sango noticed the dismal look on Kagome's face. They then exchanged glances both knowing Inuyasha must've had something to do with it.

“Kagome, I'm glad to see you're back”, Miroku remarked.

“We've missed you a lot here”, Sango rejoiced. Kilala purred in agreement.

“I missed you all, too. But I can't stay”, Kagome said as she looked down at the ground making it obvious she had something on her mind.

“Why must ye be leaving in such a hurry?” Kaede asked.

“Well, I have to get back to studying. Hard test coming up, you know!” Kagome gave her fakest smile that everyone could see right through.

“I thought you just took a test”, Sango acknowledged.

“Well, uh, it's just teachers these days! They just make us cram, cram, cram so much for these tests that I've hardly even had time to breathe!” Kagome joked, not being able to keep up her fake smile on for much longer.

Everyone looked at each other aware of something going on with Kagome but kept quiet, anyway.

“I'm not sure when I'll be back but I brought you all some things!”

Kagome put her backpack on the wooden table and began to unload it.

“Here is some candy for you, Shippo!”

“Thanks, Kagome!” Shippo beamed, becoming forgetful of Kagome's sadness as he sucked on a lollipop.

“And here are some bandages and healing herbs from my time. Also, here's some ramen for Inuyasha”, Kagome said as she put the much lighter backpack over her shoulders.

“Oh, and one more thing,” Kagome took off the half completed sacred jewel that dangled from her neck from a chain and handed it to Miroku.

Miroku's eyes darted to the sacred jewel in his hand and then back to Kagome.

“Kagome…” Miroku said with a confused look on his face.

“Maybe, you should think about this first! I mean, you can't just-“ Sango was cut off.

“Don't worry about me. I know what I'm doing”, Kagome smiled at all of her friends and then exited the hut.

“Miroku…” Sango cried as she grabbed onto Miroku.

“I know, my dear Sango, I know”, he replied as he rubbed her back comfortingly.

Kagome jolted towards the well as fast as she could. The faster she got back home, the faster she could forget about any of this ever happening at all.

“Track is really paying off… I'm a lot faster than I used to be”, Kagome acknowledged.

She stopped at the well and turned around to get a last look at the Feudal Era.

“Bye, Inuyasha…”

And with that, she jumped into the well, vowing to never return again.

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*Flashback - Inuyasha's Perspective*

Inuyasha had smelled a familiar scent as he and the gang traveled through the forest on their way to Kaede's village.

As soon as they all arrived at Kaede's hut, Inuyasha sat down by himself by the doorway.

“Inuyasha, is something the matter?” Miroku asked.

“Yeah, you've been acting very strangely ever since we passed through the forest by Kaede's village”, Sango agreed, knowing something was up.

Inuyasha immediately became defensive. “Nothing's wrong! Would ya both get off my back?!”

The room became silent as Inuyasha stood up.

“I'm goin' for a walk”, Inuyasha said grumpily as he vanished out the door.

Good. Now this was his chance to find out what was going on within the forest.

Then he noticed someone and rushed behind a tree. He could've sworn he heard something nearby but ignored it and continued to watch the person lurking through the forest.

“I know you've been spying on me Inuyasha so you can quit hiding”, Kikyo insisted emotionlessly.

`Why has her scent changed… something's different with her…` Inuyasha thought to himself.

“Yeah, yeah.” `Always so sarcastic…` Inuyasha thought before speaking again. “And I'm not always angry. I was worried about you. After all, I need to protect you from any harm”, Inuyasha replied devotedly.

Inuyasha heard more rattling coming from the bushes but eventually it faded off so he continued his conversation.

“Don't play dumb, you know I care about you, Kagome”, Inuyasha spoke softly.

`Haha, this fool has no idea what he's getting himself into`, Kikyo grinned as she continued to play with Inuyasha's mind, making herself appear as Kagome through Inuyasha's eyes.