InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ True Love ❯ Goodbye ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter 8: Good-Bye

When they got back to the camp, they saw Miroku staring at Inuyasha in bewilderment and a little fear. When Inuyasha saw that Kagome and Sango were back he shook his head to clear his thoughts.

"Where the hell have you been?"

"Bathing."

"Keh! What took you so long?"

"We were talking about something important." Kagome started to brush her hair. `Yeah, important stuff, you, Miroku, and love.'

"Well you could have been killed! Who knows what kinds of demons are out there who would love to find two girls alone. Especially one who's so weak."

"We were together and we can take care of ourselves!"

"Keh! Then why do I always have to save you? Although, you're just the shard detector. At least Sango can fight!"

Kagome saw red. "First off I am not weak, second you don't always have to save me, and… and… I'm not just a shard detector!"

"Keh! There's nothing else you do."

Kagome stared at Inuyasha in shock. "That's really all I am aren't I? You know what- forget it! I'm done with traveling around, with missing so much school, and I'm done with you and your snide remarks! Do you hear me Inuyasha? Find someone else to be your lackey! I'm going home as soon as I can!" Kagome spun around and stormed back into the woods. Sango glared at Inuyasha. Suddenly, she slapped him.

"How could you? All she has ever done has been for you and you always throw it in her face. You just cost us my best friend! I hope you're proud of yourself!" She whirled around, shot a glare at Miroku, and followed Kagome. Shippo stared after the two of them.

"You idiot! Mama had just decided something really important about you and now because of some stupid remarks she is leaving. Probably forever."

"Me? What did she decide about me? Besides, I didn't really mean it."

"It doesn't matter now. I doubt even Auntie would want anything to do with either of you anymore." Shippo said with a wave of his hand.

"What does Sango have to do with this?" asked Miroku.

"Only that she had made a decision similar to Mama's about you." `Poor Mama! What Inuyasha just said must have really broken her heart!'

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Kagome swiped at the tears running down her face. Sango sat beside her with an arm around her shoulder.

"Why? Why do I even bother? I thought I had this totally awesome plan to make him open his eyes and maybe love me. So what happens then? He opens my eyes to the total truth of my situation."

"Shhh! Oh, Kagome, I'm so sorry! How could I have ever been friends with that jerk!"

"Maybe I should just go home like I said. He wouldn't even care I bet."

Kagome laid her head down on Sango's shoulder. They sat there in silence for a few moments.

"He didn't mean it, Mama." Kagome turned her head in Shippo's direction.

"It doesn't matter now. I'm going home. Umm… Sango, Shippo… Would you like to come with me? I would really like it if you guys came to live with me."

Shippo leapt into Kagome's lap. "Really? I can go with you? I thought because of Inuyasha's stupid mouth you would leave me."

"Never! I love you and Sango. My mother would love to have you guys there."

"I would love to go live with you Kagome. We can help each other forget about them."

"Great!" Kagome stood up and brush off her butt. "Let's get some sleep. We'll leave tomorrow." Sango stood and nodded her agreement.

They returned to the camp where Inuyasha and Miroku were staring into the fire. They looked up at the girls who just ignored them. Kagome and Sango pulled their blankets close together and laid down, backs turned away from the boys.

The next morning, Kagome, Sango, and Shippo woke early and gathered their things as quietly as they can. They started to walk out of the camp.

"Where do you think you're going?"

They shrieked and spun around. Inuyasha stood with his arms crossed over his chest and Miroku stood right beside him in the same exact position. Kagome lowered her head.

"Did you forget what I said last night already? I'm going home and Sango, Kirara and Shippo are coming with me. Good-bye Inuyasha, Miroku." She turned around and started walking away, followed closely by Sango with Shippo on her shoulder.

"Wait a second!" Inuyasha shouted angrily. Kagome had walked up a hill, at the crest she stopped and turned back to him.

"It's too late, Inuyasha. If you really wanted me here then you wouldn't have treated me the way you have. Hell, I would stay if I had any indication that I was more than a shard detector. We've been together now for a year and I thought we were friends. I was wrong."

"We are friends! You can't leave."

"Too little, too late. Good-bye." With that they walked away, never turning back.

Inuyasha turned and pulled the scarf that Kagome had used to clean his hands that long ago day out of his waistband. He clenched it in his fist. The words `Good-bye' echoing in his head.

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Inuyasha stared into the well. The scarf cradled in his hands. `Kagome. Kagome, I miss you. Please come back.' Each day he had walked to the well, praying that Kagome's scent would be there. It never was though and he knew he was being stubborn by not going to see her. `Well if she doesn't want to see me, I can't force her. I never really could force her to do anything.' He smiled slightly and brought the scarf to his nose, inhaling the fading mixture of their scents there. `She always could be just as stubborn as me. Maybe that's why I always found her intriguing.'

"Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha spun around and stuck his hand holding Kagome's scarf behind his back. His heart pounding he tucked the scarf into the waistband of his pants. "What's wrong Miroku?"

"Nothing, but you've been coming here every day since she left. Couldn't you go and talk to her? Maybe it'll bring them back."

"You just want Sango back!"

"Yes, I do want her back. I really miss them. Just make it right again. What would you do before if a fight like this broke out?"

"This has never happened before." Inuyasha said quietly. "And I don't know what to do. It's only now that I realize how much I truly cared for her and she hates me now. Like she said, it's too late." Inuyasha's ears lowered in defeat.

Miroku stared at Inuyasha. "Too late? Too late! Inuyasha if you can't get them back you're not only messing up you and Kagome's lives, but you're messing up Sango's and mine. There must be something we can do."

"There is nothing we can do! Don't you think I would have tried to bring them back already if I knew what to do, or what to say?"

Miroku blinked at Inuyasha's outburst.

"Furthermore, Kagome probably wants us to leave her alone. She's right you know. This quest has messed up her life, from school to home. She even has a normal guy who likes her. If she has a choice between me and a normal guy from her time who do you think she would choose."

"You."

Inuyasha blinked. "What?"

"She said she loved you. She was talking to herself, but she did say that she loved you."

Inuyasha turned back to the well. "Maybe we should go check up on them. You know, make sure they're not in any trouble."

"Finally! Let's go. I want to see them, even if it is from a distance." They jumped into the well, determined.