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A Love That Might Have Been- By The Dixie Chicks

Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha (mores the pity), neither do I own A Love That Might Have Been. That is sole property of The Dixie Chicks.

I mistook the warnings for wisdom

From so-called friends, quick to advise

Though your touch was telling me

otherwise.

Why had he listened to them? They didn't really care about him. He had listened to them, telling him to leave her. Even when he knew they were supposed to be together.

Somehow I saw you as a weakness

I thought I had to be strong

Oh, but I was young

I was scared, I was wrong.

He thought if he loved someone, his enemies would harm that person to get to him. And he knew he wouldn't be able to bear it. He had sent her away, telling her that they couldn't be together, that she was better off without him. Now he had to face the truth. He hadn't sent her away for her good. Oh no, he was just plain terrified of what love could mean.

Not a night goes by

I don't dream of holding you

With a love that might have been

I listened to my pride, when my heat cried out for you

Now everyday I wake again

With a love that might have been

True love.

Sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night, calling out her name, reaching for her embrace. Wanting her more than he had ever wanted any one, human and youkai alike. And then he would remember and berate himself. He'd practically pushed her down that well. And more often than not, in the darkness, a tear or two would roll down his loveless cheek.

Guess I did what I did, believing

That love is a dangerous thing

Oh, but that couldn't hurt anymore than never knowing.

H ehadn't wanted either him or her to be hurt. He knew from past experiences that love can betray you, make you do terrible things. Love that once burned red hot, could cool down and die away. He didn't want that for her.

Not a night goes by

I don't dream of holding you

With a love that might have been

I listened to my pride, when my heat cried out for you

Now everyday I wake again

With a love that might have been

True love.

He heard something rustle in the foliage nearby. He quickly adopted a fighting crouch, ready to defend himself. At least this was an enemy he could fight, an enemy he could see and attack, unlike his broken heart.

A lovely face

Understanding eyes

A warm embrace

Just someone to run to when my hard days are through

They say home is where the heart is

If the exception proves the rule

I guess it's true.

Suddenly, a figure stepped out of the bushes. He could hear soft sniffling noises coming from it. Then, as the figure moved into the moonlight, he realized it was her. "K . . . Kagome?" She sobbed and threw herself at him

"Oh Inu Yasha! I had to come back! Please don't say you really meant those awful things you said before! About not needing me and wishing I had never come!"

"Shh, shh, it's all right. No Kagome, I didn't mean those things, I was just trying to get you to go home."

"But, why?" she cried.

"Because I couldn't stand to see you hurt, either by me or those who wish to harm me through you."

"But Inu Yasha! I can't be without you! I need you with me! I've felt so… so empty!"

"Me too love, me too."

"Please let me stay with you." She pleaded. "I …I love you, Inu Yasha"

Not a night goes by

I don't dream of holding you

With a love that might have been

I listened to my pride, when my heat cried out for you

Now everyday I wake again

With a love that might have been

True love.

"Oh Gods! I love you too Kagome! More than life!" Holding her, Inu Yasha leaned back against the tree that symbolized their beginning together, the tree he had been trapped against for 50 years by love. His heart filled with joy. He had his love, his Kagome. Then, Inu Yasha, that cold-hearted, unfeeling, devil-may-care Inu Yasha, cried. He cried tears of joy for his love, for the loves of the past, and every love to unfold.