InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ushiro Kugishime ❯ New Circumstances ( Chapter 2 )

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New Circumstances (Chapter 2)



It was very hard for Kagome to climb up the wall again. She hugged her knees because she was freezing. It was getting cold and she had nothing that could keep her warm. What should she do? To go back to her time she needed a jewel shard. Too stupid that she hadn't thought about that earlier but the urge to be rid of InuYasha was too great. There she was now. She could go back to InuYasha and ask him for the shards. He could come with her, she would give him the shards on her side of the well, and he could travel back - back to Kikyo. The thought about the woman who tried to kill her and still held InuYasha's love in her hands brought back Kagome's feelings. No, she wouldn't go to the hanyou - she didn't need him. She just had to find another shard, nothing else.

Determined, she walked to the nearby forest. Tonight she would stay with Kaede - but only if InuYasha wasn't there. Sun had gone down by this time.

Confused, Kagome looked around herself. Could it be...? Yes, she was sure. She had lost her way. Uncertainly she looked around but found no hint where she was.

She sighed aloud and let herself slip down against a tree. Tears of anger came to her eyes. What else could go wrong today?

Defeated, she let her head fall to her knees and stayed so for a while. Well, should a demon come around and eat her, she had no more reasons to worry then.

Oh yes, and when InuYasha came by he would see she was dead and would have terrible pangs of conscience and she would laugh about him from wherever she would be.

Kagome began to smile but that smile turned to an anxious expression when some leaves began to rustle. Was that the demons? Were they already there to eat her?

With a loud cry Kagome jumped up and ran away as fast as her feet could manage. Branches whipped her arms and left wounds. She could hear her own wheezing breath. After what felt like an eternity she stopped and leaned against a tree. It was hard to breathe and the cold air burned in her lungs. She observed the way she came but couldn't hear someone or something coming.

She calmed down and looked at the stars. The stars! Were those the same she could see 500 years after? In her time? From her room? Kagome didn't know.

It didn't matter. She just wanted to look at the stars from her room, which ones didn't matter. She began to rub her arms against the cold but it was pointless. Maybe she should go to InuYasha?

Resolutely she shook her head. No! She too had her pride and he had hurt her more than any other person on earth.

Then she looked up. 'Great' she thought sarcastically, 'that solves the problem - I'm totally lost! I have no idea where I am! Great! Just wonderful. And now? What should I do now? Ahhh... I hate this day! I hate InuYasha and I hate this Japan! And what I hate most is me! I got myself in this situation. I ran away. I deserve to be eaten by a demon. But before that happens I will be frozen.'

But then she remembered that she had seen InuYasha making fire quite often. She just had to do the same. Satisfied with herself she began to gather some firewood.

To distract herself Kagome began to sing quietly. By the time Kagome realized more and more that she was alone and her voice became lower and lower until she was totally quiet. She had gathered enough firewood and stacked it into a heap. She took two small sticks and rubbed them together like she had seen InuYasha do it.

That was before she had brought matches with her. With a smile, she remembered the first time InuYasha had tried to make fire with matches. He had burned his finger because he had rubbed them together like he had done it always before. He had sulkily jumped in a tree and left it to her to make fire with the "demonic sticks". That was his first and only try to make fire with matches.



Now Kagome wished she could leave the work to someone else, sit down nearby and let the flames warm her up. That she nearly cut out her eye on the first try was not too hard for her, even when one stick flew into the bushes on the second try was bearable, but as both sticks broke on the third try and became useless she was angry. She threw the sticks away, sat down before the heap of firewood and stared at it. 'How long does it take to learn to burn things by the power of thoughts' she thought. She doubted she could do something like that. Maybe she should do a rain dance and hope that lightning will light the heap. But the probability of that was too small, and so she thought that she had to survive the night without a fire, in only her small school uniform. It was cold! It was so damned cold!

To fight against the cold she started do jump around like crazy but it didn't work. To make things worse she tripped and now her foot was aching. She sat down again and thought about what the others were doing. 'What are you doing InuYasha? Are you still with Kikyo?'

InuYasha! Always InuYasha! Couldn't she think about something else? About someone else? What about her family? They surely were worried about her by now. She had left without telling them where she was. Did they think she had forgiven InuYasha? Like all the times before? No, not this time. This time it was forever.

Kagome closed her eyes and tried to find a little sleep despite the cold. It was useless and so she began to plan what to do next. First she would go to Kaede. The old woman would know what to do. And then she would sit down by Kaede's fireplace and never ever get up again.

"Kagome?"

As she heard the muted male voice she jumped up. She was totally lost in the thought of a warming fire and didn't realize someone was with her. Surprised and with a little fear she looked up and saw well known blue eyes. Kouga!

The young wolf demon looked at her questioningly. Then he lifted his head and snuffled a few times.

"Where's InuYasha?"

There it was again. That name. Kagome looked back to the ground and whispered "He's not here!"

"And the others?"

"We have... lost each other."

"Ohh, and now you are waiting for them?"

No answer. Kouga saw the heap of firewood and searched for her yellow bag. He noticed that Kagome was freezing.

He didn't know what had happened between dog-boy and Kagome but he knew that something was wrong; he also knew that InuYasha and the others weren't nearby. Kouga sat down before her and tried to look her in the eyes but Kagome just stared to the ground

"Kagome?" Kouga's voice was so soft, understanding and full of love. Slowly she looked up and he jumped back a little when he saw the pain in her gaze. Anger. Kouga was full of anger about InuYasha because he had to be the reason why Kagome was so hurt. But he calmed down knowing that it wouldn't help Kagome to be angry.

"Do you want to come with me?" He tried to be very gentle to let her think she had a choice. But she didn't have a choice, he wouldn't leave her there alone in the cold even if she wanted to stay. He would take her to his pack even if it had to be by force. There she could wait for InuYasha. Warm and safe.

He had to wait for an answer quite long but then, "You would take me with you?"

Kouga stiffened. He thought she would reject him, not to beg to be taken.

Kagome saw his reaction and sadly lowered her head.

"Sorry! It was stupid from me to think you would really take me with you. I would hinder you. It's ok. You can leave me alone. I can protect myself."

Suddenly she felt herself being lifted up and looked, surprised, into Kouga's face above her.

"Idiot! Of course I mean what I have said. I didn't think you would agree so fast."

One arm under her knees the other around her shoulder he looked her in the eyes.

"Ready?" She nodded

Kagome could feel Kouga start to run. She felt the wind in her face and the arms around her body. Arms which were holding and protecting her. She liked this feeling and the warmth he was giving her. Subconsciously she snuggled herself tighter to the young demon. Satisfied, she closed her eyes. It felt so good to have someone worry about you, someone holding you and comforting you, someone who knows you. Kagome knew very well that Kouga knew that neither InuYasha nor the others would have come. But he didn't ask her about it, he was just there for her. With this thought, of how thankful she was to Kouga, she fell asleep in his arms.

Kouga looked into the sleeping face of the girl. He had felt it when her body relaxed and she slipped in the world of dreams. But even when she was sleeping her face still held her pain. You could think that even in her dreams something was torturing her.

Kouga knew it had something to do with InuYasha and he wanted to ask her when she had calmed down. His thoughts glided away when he was running in silence to his pack. He remembered the feeling when Kagome snuggled herself closer to him. It was so... pleasurable. InuYasha, the fool, he didn't know what he had with her. If he knew he wouldn't treat her so bad. But this time dog boy had to fight to get her back. Maybe then he would see it and be nicer to her. Kouga didn't want to give her away again. He really didn't want to. His love for her was so big that it was more important for him that she was happy even if she had to be with InuYasha for that. But he would be damned if he didn't try to change InuYasha's behavior.

But at the moment it seemed that he had a few days alone with Kagome. InuYasha wouldn't appear right the next day and if he did he would drive him away.

A devilish smile appeared on his face. He would try to show Kagome that he was the better choice and that dog boy didn't deserve her. Yeah, that was what he wanted to do. InuYasha would never forget the day he left Kagome behind, the day he had lost her.

Who would take a tatty dog if you could have a proud wolf?

The young demon pulled her closer to him. The battle had begun and the wolf had the advantage because he held the price for victory in his hands already. Pleased with this he ran back to his home.

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"You let her go? How could you, InuYasha? You are so heartless!"

Shippo jumped up and down in front of InuYasha and screamed at him. The little fox couldn't believe that his beloved Kagome wouldn't return. Two jewel shards lay on the ground in Kaede's hut and Miroku, Sango, Kaede and InuYasha sat around them.

"I'm heartless? What is with her? She subdued me with the stupid necklace instead of listening to me. And before I could say something she was gone."

InuYasha folded his arms and looked at Shippo angrily.

"However, now we have to think about what we should do. Without Kagome it is more difficult to find the shards and we don't have much time because Naraku already has many shards of the jewel."

Now Shippo looked at Miroku disbelieving.

"Doesn't it matter to you too that Kagome won't return? You're so cruel!"

With that the little fox ran out the door. Miroku and Sango looked after him very sad.

"He will get over it someday." Sango whispered while she caressed Kirara's fur. She was full of pain about Kagome's disappearance too but it was the best for Kagome and less painful too. Sango felt Miroku's hand on her shoulder and looked up. Her gaze met his and the very first time she couldn't see something perverted, just sadness, regret and appreciation.

Sango nodded at him and looked to InuYasha. He still acted normal but soon he would regret what he had done. She sighed quietly. Hard times are coming, she knew that for sure.

Kagome's Decision ( Chapter 1 ) [Oct 11, 2004] New Circumstances ( Chapter 2 ) [Oct 11, 2004] Let me stay with you ( Chapter 3 ) [Oct 11, 2004] Kagome's Decision ( Chapter 1 ) Let me stay with you ( Chapter 3 )