InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Heart Says in Silence, What it Fears to Say Aloud ❯ Nobody Wants to be Lonely ( Chapter 3 )

Title: The Heart Says in Silence, What it Fears to Say Aloud

Chapter Three: Nobody Wants to Cry

Inu-yasha had slept in the tree once again, simply to watch the sky that reminded him every morning how things could be. One wouldn't think the hanyou to watch sunrises or sunsets but no one had counted on him falling in love with a girl from five hundred years into the future.

His silver bangs blocked his view of the orange fireball and he flipped his hair to rid himself of the unwanted placement of his hair.

The half-demon sensed the presence of one he thought long gone and sniffed the air hoping that she'd come back and at the same time praying she hadn't.

Yet, there it was. The same scent of rose petals and lavender that was Kagome had eluded his senses.

Inu-yasha made his way to the hut by the time Kagome reached the entrance.

"Ka…..go….me." her name uttered like a plea, she turned to face the golden-eyed man.

"Hello Inu-yasha." Her voice held no emotion and her face gave him no knowledge of what she was feeling.

He stepped up to the miko and it was then that he smelled the faint but noticeable trace of Koga, the wolf-demon leader on her. The thought that that wolf had been near her was enough to make his eyes pop out of his head.

"You were with Koga!" his words harsh and angry yet she stood still and offered him nothing in return to his words.

"Tell me where you were Kagome, I thought you went home!"

"I was…., but then I went to see Koga."

His head titled towards the right side, it worried him the lack of feeling she gave off but didn't remark about it.

"How long have you been there?"

"Since you saw me leave. He told me I could stay with him…, so I did."

Inu-yasha knew better than to yell at her once more for going to………….him, so instead the hanyou's hand was wound into a tight fist and his hand turned red because of it.

"What happened?" he breathed.

"Inu-yasha, don't ask me about Koga and I won't ask you about Kikyo." With those words said she went into the hut leaving the hanyou to stand alone.

~*~*~*~

"Kagome!" the little kitsune leapt into the arms of his `mother' with a great big smile adorning his cherub face.

"Shippo" she laughed as her arms wound around the young youkai and sat down on the wood floor of the hut.

"Kagome's back!" Miroku yelled to the others.

Sango and Kaede immediately came into the room with smiles on their faces.

"Kagome ye are back now I see." The old woman stated her gladness at the young girl's return evident.

Kagome smiled at the older miko and the young fox kitsune crawled up on the young miko's shoulder and sighed happily.

"I'm sorry for worrying you guys so much."

"Where were you Kagome?" the demon slayer asked as she settled on the floor next to the miko.

"I……….was going to go home but I stayed with Koga…..for a while before coming back."

Inu-yasha choose that moment to come in, pressing his back against the wall as Kagome was questioned by the demon slayer, Sango.

"So you were with him the whole time?"

Kagome brushed her fingers through Shippo's hair as she felt him fall into a quiet slumber. She placed him in her lap where he curled up into a small ball. A small smile made its way to her face as she remembered the reasons as to why she decided to stay.

Shippo, so sweet and loveable, how could she leave him?

"Yes, I was with Koga."

"What happened? Are to stay with him?"

Kagome noticed the change in Inu-yasha's position; the uncomfortable stance he took let her know that he as well wanted to know the answer but knew that after what had been said he wouldn't say anything.

She shook her head and stroked the side of the kitsune's face. "I'm not going to be staying with him, at least not permanently."

Sango's face still held a look of confusion as she tried to take in what her young miko friend had told her.

"But you're going to be seeing him again?"

"I don't know but we usually have a habit of seeing him along the way."

Once again Kagome found herself looking at Shippo. It was morning and yet he was so tired.

As if reading her mind Miroku answered, "He's been awake a lot, so that if you came he would be able to see you."

A tear fell from her eye and it fell on Shippo's hair.

"He won't have to worry about it."

She looked to Inu-yasha and a sad yet determined look appeared in her brown orbs.

"I won't leave him again. Shippo won't need to worry about me leaving him anymore."

The hanyou was about to say something to her but she turned her head back towards Kaede and Sango.

"I think I'll just take him and we'll go to sleep." And with that she went to find a place to sleep with the kitsune that was already into a deep slumber.

~*~*~*~

She laid out the sleeping bag in the empty hut and laid down in it with her `child'.

Now that they were away from everyone else she let the tears flow freely.

Tears fall on my heart as rain falls on the city. If I didn't understand that before it makes perfect sense now. I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I don't want to cry anymore. I just don't want to cry.

A/N: The quote: "Tears fall on my heart as rain falls on the city." was from Paul Verlaine a French poet.