InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Simple Plan ❯ What I Want ( Chapter 5 )

Konnichiwa minna-san! It's Tenchu's Angel here with another chapter! Sorry it took so long, but things have been pretty hectic for me lately. Thanks to those of you who reviewed and sorry I left it at such an evil cliffy. I just couldn't resist. Now on with the story! Please read and review!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kagome came to consciousness slowly, feeling groggy and disoriented. That she was in a bed in a room that was not her own only served to further confuse her. She lay there blinking sleepily up at the ceiling for a few moments, recalling piece by piece what had happened. She jerked upright abruptly, worried about what might have happened to Inuyasha after Kouga had flung her against the wall.

 

She opened her mouth to call for him, but was forestalled as Sango entered the room.

 

“Oh! You're awake! Thank goodness,” exclaimed Sango, though her expression was torn between relief and apprehension. Kagome wondered what the cause of the latter might be.

 

“Yeah, I'm fine. It was just a bump,” Kagome assured her with a small smile as Sango came over to the bedside. “But what happened? How'd I get here?”

 

“I wanted to come over and see how you two were doing. When I got there the apartment was trashed and you were unconscious. Inuyasha had already chased off the other guy, so I took you two here.” Sango explained.

 

Kagome nodded. “Where's Inuyasha? Is he alright?”

 

Sango bit her lip and looked away. Kagome felt the beginnings of fear curl in her stomach.

 

“Sango, where is Inuyasha?” Kagome demanded more urgently.

 

Sango slid her eyes back to Kagome's hesitantly and shook her head. “He left, Kagome.”

 

“Left? To where? He can't go out there! Someone from the lab might see him! Was he at least wearing a hat? When is he coming back?” Kagome said in a rush, trying to ignore the voice in the back of her mind that told her Inuyasha's leaving was something much more permanent.

 

Sango gave her a pained look. “He told me to tell you good-bye, Kagome. I don't think he plans to come back.”

 

“No…no…” whispered Kagome in disbelief, and then, loudly, “No! He can't be out there all alone! He needs my help! We can't just leave him out there!”

 

She scrambled up from the bed, ignoring Sango's protests, and stumbled out of the room. In the next room she went to the open window and leaned out.

 

“Inuyasha! Inuyasha! You get back here, you idiot! Inuyasha!” she called out into the darkness. She called for hours. She called until she had nearly lost her voice. But he didn't answer and he didn't come back. Eventually she slumped down against the wall sobbed herself to sleep, Sango looking on in pained helplessness.

 

 

 

 

Inuyasha wasn't sure where he would go or what he would do. All he knew was that he had to get as far away from Kagome as possible. Unfortunately every step he took away from the house where she currently resided was harder than the last. For a while he even thought he heard her calling for him, and it took everything he had not to turn around and run back. But he knew that if he really cared at all about her he would never come near her again.

 

Eventually he found a park and lay down on a bench when he thought he had gotten far enough away. In those cold hours he spent there he tried very hard not to think at all about her, instead concentrating on his next move.

 

The best course of action would be to get out of the country. The scientists and the government would have much more trouble finding him on foreign soil. The question was how to get out of the country unseen. An airplane was out of the question, considering all security at airports. A ship then, maybe.

 

But he would have to be able to board the ship without showing identification, being that he had none. There were always cargo ships importing and exporting. He could sneak on board one of those and no one would be the wiser.

 

He nodded in affirmation of this plan, resolving to find a cargo dock in the morning. He tried very hard as he drifted off to sleep not to think about the implications of leaving the country. About the girl that he would be leaving behind in Japan. About the girl he would probably never see again. But in the end, he dreamt of her anyway.

 

 

 

 

Kagome awoke the next morning feeling miserable and nearly started sobbing again when she remembered why she felt so miserable. Sango offered her breakfast, but she refused. She couldn't imagine ever being hungry again. She kneeled gazing blankly out the window.

 

She couldn't comprehend why he had left. She had thought they had finally been getting somewhere. He had told her about his past and she had told him about hers. She had thought that meant something, and now she just felt foolish and confused.

 

She tried for awhile to convince herself that she was fine without him. If he didn't need her then she certainly didn't him. She had done just fine before him and she would do just fine now that he was gone. It didn't matter, really it didn't. In fact, it would be a lot less bothersome now that he was gone. She could finally get back to her nice normal life.

 

But no matter what she told herself she still felt the same way. She still wanted to be with him, even if it was bothersome and difficult and abnormal. She wanted to be with Inuyasha, and that was all there really was to it.

 

So she forced herself to get up and get dressed and clean herself up. She went downstairs, prepared to put her head together with Sango and think up some way to find Inuyasha.

 

She heard a squeak and a thump before entering the kitchen and peeked her head in to see what the cause of it might be. The door leading from the outside into the kitchen was off its hinges, and there was Kouga with Sango pinned up against the wall by her throat.

 

Kagome rushed in without thinking, grabbing the arm the held Sango and clawing at it in attempt to pull it away from her.

 

“Let her go! He's not here! She has nothing to do with this!” she shouted, frustrated when he merely gave her annoyed look.

 

“Feh, stupid bitch. I know inu-korro ain't here, but no doubt he'll be coming back here for his wenches. The stupid mutt is so sentimental he'll go back without a fight if it means saving you two.” Kouga replied coldly.

 

“He's not coming back. He left and he's not coming back.” said Kagome quietly. Kouga gave her an incredulous look.

 

“You're lying. Inu-korro wouldn't abandon his bitch.”

 

“I'm not lying! He left me and he's never coming back!” Kagome yelled, ashamed as the tears began to flow once more.

 

Kouga's look turned a bit panicky as she began to cry. He dropped Sango, who slid down the wall and landed on her butt with a small `oomph!' He turned to her and waved his hands frantically.

 

“Oi, wench! Don't cry! C'mon, stop it! Inu-korro ain't worth that!” he said, desperate to make her stop.

 

“I'll cry if I want to! And don't you dare talk about Inuyasha!” snapped Kagome, crying harder and finding herself unable to stop. She buried her face in her hands, feeling it was all just too much.

 

A pair of arms wrapped around her shoulders and pulled her forward into what was obviously a masculine chest. Kagome tensed up, but all Kouga did was murmur a few soothing words and pat her back. Kagome was sorely tempted to laugh hysterically at the absurdity of the situation, but forced herself not to.

 

She pushed back after a few minutes and wiped her eyes. “Thanks.” she said awkwardly.

 

“Can't see why inu-korro would be stupid enough to leave such a pretty wench. And you smell good to boot,” said Kouga, looking down at her a bit too intently.

 

“I guess he really just didn't care about me at all,” Kagome said quietly, more to herself than him.

 

“I could take you to him,” Kouga offered, and then he looked surprised, as if he hadn't meant to say it.

 

Kagome looked up at him hopefully. “Really? How?” she asked eagerly.

 

“I can track him by his scent,” said Kouga, her happy expression making it impossible for him to take back the offer.

 

“You'd really do that for me?” asked Kagome.

 

“I don't think the scientists are going to be happy with me, but how can I say no to such a pretty face?” said Kouga flirtatiously.

 

Kagome squealed and launched herself at him, hugging him tightly in her blind joy. “This is great Kouga-kun! You can even come with me and Inuyasha and you won't ever have to work for those awful scientists again!”

 

Looking down at the girl hugging him so tightly, Kouga, too, thought it would be great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He had found the dock, he had found the ship, and he knew it was departing for the U.S. in a matter of minutes. So why was he hesitating? Kagome was the only reason that came to Inuyasha's mind.

 

I can't be a selfish bastard now. She doesn't deserve to get dragged down with me. Inuyasha told himself, willing his feet to move. He crouched down, ready to make his leap through one of the lower port holes into the cargo hold.

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

He turned around, certain that he'd heard Kagome calling him, but he saw no one in the darkness of the night. He turned back, convinced he had imagined it, and prepared to jump again.

 

“Inuyasha!”

 

He growled at himself, determinedly ignoring the imaginary voice this time. He jumped.

 

His feet had only just left the ground, however, when something collided with him, sending him and the thing skidding over the concrete ground of the docks.

 

“What the fuck?” he snarled, pushing the thing off of him. It gave a little squeak of indignation at his rough treatment.

 

“Ouch, Inuyasha! That hurt!” snapped the person, and Inuyasha realized with a start that it was Kagome.

 

“Kagome? What the hell are you doing here?” Inuyasha snapped, torn between joy that she'd bothered to look for him and anger that she had foiled his selfless act.

 

“I think the real question is what are you doing here? Were you really just going to leave the country without so much as a word to me? After all I've done for you! You're such a…such a…butthead!” Kagome burst out.

 

“Butthead?” said Inuyasha, unable to keep the grin off his face.

 

“Yes, a butthead,” Kagome confirmed, smiling also at her juvenile choice of words. “But really Inuyasha, why did you leave?”

 

Inuyasha looked away, smile vanishing. “I had to. I can't stay with you. I don't want to you to get hurt because of me.”

 

“Well, that's horribly selfish of you,” Kagome declared. Inuyasha spluttered indignantly.

 

“Selfish? I did it because I didn't want you to get hurt!”

 

“Exactly! It was all about what you wanted! You didn't stop for even a second to think about what I might want!”

 

“And what might that be?” bit out Inuyasha, annoyed by her dismissal of something that had been so hard for him to do.

 

“I want to be with you, Inuyasha,” Kagome said softly, suddenly meek and shy. Inuyasha's eyes widened as he stared at her, that awkward and wonderful warmth filling his chest. He forced it away though, certain she didn't know what she was asking.

 

“Kagome, you'll be in constant danger if you stay with me. You already know too much, and if one of the scientists' cronies finds you with me they won't hesitate to kill you. It's better if we just part ways now and you forget you ever met me. Go back to having that normal life that you want,” Inuyasha said, trying to sound convincing.

 

“No,” said Kagome calmly, and she leaned forward to wrap her arms about him tightly. “I know you need me just as much as I need you. I want to be with you, and you can keep running all you like, but I'm just going to keep following. I don't care about having a normal life anymore. Just so long as I can stay by your side, that's all I really want.”

 

“Kagome,” he breathed, amazed at her and her confidence. His arms came up to circle around her in return, wondering how he had ever gotten so lucky as to be with someone like her.

 

“All right,” he said, giving in. There was really nothing else he could do.

 

She smiled against his chest and nodded. “Glad we got that all worked out.”

 

“Are you two lovebirds finished yet?” snapped an annoyed voice from behind them, and the two quickly sprang apart.

 

There stood Kouga, arms crossed over his chest and looking thoroughly disgusted.

 

“What the fuck are you doing here, you mangy wolf?” Inuyasha growled, pushing Kagome protectively behind him.

 

Kagome laughed nervously, and he turned to look at her over his shoulder. She was scratching the back of her head with a sheepish expression on her face. “Did I forget to mention that Kouga is traveling with us now? Silly me.”

 

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