InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ushiro Kugishime ❯ Let me stay with you ( Chapter 3 )

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Let me stay with you (Chapter 3)



Slowly Kagome opened her eyes before she stretched her arms in the air. She blinked twice and looked around. Where was she? She felt soft fur under her hand and she saw
rough cave walls. S he knew that from somewhere .

"Woke up already? I thought you would sleep all day!"

Kagome turned her head and saw Kouga standing before her. In that moment the memory came back painfully. Just at the moment Kouga flicked aside a stray hair from her face he saw her unshed tears. He jumped back a little and looked her in the eyes.

"Kagome?" H e didn't get an answer. Instead the girl sobbed loudly. She covered her face with her hands and began to shiver.

Kouga didn't know what to do. He was helpless. His hand came near her shoulder but in the very last second he stopped. Unsure of what to do he fidgeted back and forth .

"Kagome!" he said in a calm voice , "You don't need to be frightened. You are safe. Nobody will do you harm. And you can return to InuYasha whenever you wish."

Kouga expected that she would stand up and hug him or at least give him a smile. But all she did was sob louder then before. This reaction really confused him. 'What's wrong with her? Is she ill? Doesn't she believe me?'

Hesitantly he laid his arm around her shoulder. All he wanted was for her to look at him but she thre w herself on him and continued crying on his chest. Kouga followed his instincts and pulled her closer. He rubbed her back , trying to calm her down.

Kouga's pack had formed a semicircle around the couple. They were curious about what had made her cry. They were surprised that he had stood by her side all night long and now had made her cry , but when they were closer they could see that Kouga couldn't be the reason for her behavior because she was hugging him tight.

He noticed the crowd around them and looked at them for help. When he realized that they couldn't help him he sent his pack away. He waited until he was sure he and Kagome were alone and pushed her away from him a little so he could see her face.

"Kagome, what's the problem? Do you fear me?" She looked him in the eyes and shook her head without saying anything .

" Did you think I would hold you here forever and never let you go?" She just gave him the same answer.

"Are you ill?"

"Are you homesick?"

Question after question but no answers. Kouga didn't know what to do. Then it hit him. "Do you really miss InuYasha so much?"

Kagome hesitated to answer because she didn't know what to answer , and because she was surprised at how much pain lay in Kouga's voice.

Then Kouga stood up and turned around. "Forget it! It was a stupid question. Of course you miss him. Well! Go! I won't hold you back."

He left the cave without looking back at her. Outside his pack was waiting for him. They looked at him with questioning gazes.

"What's the matter with her , ch i ef? Who's that girl?"

"It's Kagome, stupid. How should I know what's the matter with her? Am I a clairvoyant?" Kouga screamed at the wolf that spoke to him and ran of f .

Kagome still sat inside the cave and eavesdropped the screaming from the outside. What happened to Kouga that he was so aggressive against his pack members?

Ginta came to her and asked , "How are you, boss?"

Since she had helped them against the demonic birds many of the wolves called her boss. But this time Kagome didn't pay attention to it.

"What happened to Kouga? I didn't know him to be so aggressive!" 'At least when InuYasha isn't around . '

Ginta looked at her questioning ly before he smiled at her and answered , "You should ask yourself, boss. You made him angry. He was all happy this morning."

Uncertainly Kagome looked up. "But I haven't said anything ! Not one word!"

While he was going Ginta told her, "Who knows, maybe that was what angered him."

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Kouga sat on a rock beside a river and stared at the little waves. He didn't want to be there when Kagome was leaving. He was sure she wanted to go away again. Her heart belong ed to InuYasha and it would be so for ever. He sighed quietly. It wasn't easy to admit that he was losing, especially when so much depend ed on this. Kouga had thought that he could convince Kagome to stay with him this time. But the tears in her eyes nearly ripped his heart apart. In that moment he had known that she would never belong to him.

"Why fight when you know you would lose?"

This strategy had saved his life quite often. He never fought a hopeless battle just for honor or fame. What can give you those things when you are dead? Kouga didn't thin k it was dishonorable or cowardly to run away from a more powerful opponent.

Was that what InuYasha was? Was he more p owerful? If it was about a real fight he would say no , but this was not a real fight. In this case they f ou ght for the love of a girl. And that person who owned her heart got stronger and more powerful. If that was true InuYasha would be the winner .



"If you don't fight you will never know if you couldn't have won!"

As he heard the soft feminine voice he turned around and saw Kagome with surprise in his eyes.
As his surprise left his face , his expression became gloomier.

"You are still here, Kagome? You want to say goodbye , right? Don't bother yourself! Just go!"

Not waiting for a reaction he sat back down. He heard her footsteps coming nearer. Nevertheless he started when she laid her hand on his shoulder.

"To be honest I came to ask you if I could stay here."

His heart skipped a beat but he forced his enthusiasm down. He shouldn't interpret her question wrong. 'Maybe she just wants to wait for InuYasha to get her because she is afraid to walk back alone.'

He stared at her to see what her face could tell him about her plans. Like him a few minutes before she just looked at the water. Her gaze was dreamy.

"Why?" Kouga ' s voice sounded hoarse.

"I want you to fight , Kouga!

He wrinkled his forehead. 'Does she know what fight I mean?'
"Why should I fight a long lost battle? Only a fool would do so."

Kagome took her hand off his shoulder and sat down beside him. Kouga felt lonely again.

"Hmm, a fool? Yes , maybe. Or someone who doesn't underestimate his own power and worth."

"Better underestimate than overestimate. Better alive than dead. You don't know what you are talking about , Kagome."

She still looked to wards the water. 'Doesn't she understand that I would risk much more then a small loss ? This defeat would be shameful and there would be no rematch.' Her quiet voice distract ed him from his thoughts .

"I know what I am talking about. Better than many other s . Maybe better than you. I have fought so many battles..."

Kouga saw tears coming back to her eyes and hoped he could help her to forget her sadness and her pain. She became quieter and quieter and he had to lean to her to understand the rest, "...and I have lost."

Confused , Kouga scratched his head. 'What is she talking about? Which fight had she lost?' He hated such conversations. Everyone talked with coded sentence s because they didn't want to expose their weaknesses to someone who could exploit them . But he wanted to be direct.

"Can I stay with you?" This question took away his thoughts.

"W...What? Of course. If you want." Kouga stuttered

Kagome smiled at him and stood up

"Okay. I'll see you later, right?"

"Y...Yes alright."

Kagome waved back to him and disappeared between the trees nearby. Kouga lifted his hand but let it sink as soon as she was gone. He sighed loudly. He didn't understand what had happened a few seconds before. He had thought that Kagome wanted to leave him as fast as possible but she wanted to stay with him. Then she encouraged him to fight for her and talked about some fight she had lost. He couldn't understand that.

Kouga stood up and was happy that she would stay with him. Her reasons didn't interest him.

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"No, I don't want to stay with InuYasha. He hurt Kagome and because of him she won't come back."

Shippo stood before Kaede's hut and refused to follow the others. Sango had tried to convince the little kit s une to come with them for some time .

InuYasha stood beside them and looked like he wanted nothing to do with them. Every time Kagome was mentioned he acted uninterested. But Sango and Miroku could see the longing in his eyes and could tell he was thinking about the young girl.

"But Shippo , we have a job to do." Because the fox didn't react , Sango walked over and bent down towards him. "Besides, while we're traveling we can talk InuYasha into bring ing Kagome back and apologiz ing to her."

But Shippo shook his head. This time he wouldn't forgive InuYasha for how he had treated Kagome. T he stupid hanyou could gat her his stupid shards alone or c ould ask the most stupid Kikyo for help.

"No. I ' ll go to the well. Maybe Kagome will return when InuYasha is gone."

"Shippo , that is impossible. Without the shards she can't com e back." Sango gave up. The kits une couldn't be convinced to come with them. When she tried to say something more, the little fox ran away , shouting , "Just go without me!"

Sango twitch ed her shoulders and asked the other two, "Should we go?"

Miroku nodded and turned around but InuYasha was silent . Astonished , Miroku looked at him and saw that he was gazing into the distance and he looked absent-minded. Sango followed his gaze and realized he was looking toward the bone-eating well. The exterminator nudged him and said with impatien ce , "InuYasha , we are waiting."

"W...What? Yes , I'm coming."

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Joyful ly Shippo ran to Kaede who was working at the gardens outside the village.

"Kaede?"

"Yes Shippo?"

"Kagome couldn't come back to us without a jewel shard, right?"

"Yes that's right. But why are you happy about it? Shouldn't you be sad? Don't you miss her?"

"I miss her really bad, but without a shard she couldn't travel through time, right?"

"Yes Shippo. What's the point?" Kaede answered , a little testy.

"Don't you see? Kagome gave the shards to InuYasha. Because of this she has n one for herself, and she can't travel through time."

Kaedes eyebrows sh ot up. What the little kits une was saying wasn't wrong. Without the shards Kagome couldn't go back to her time.




A/N: You have to wait a little longer for the future chapters. I finished the first 5 chapters befor I found a beta reader. But now Blackberry does a great job and I think you don't have to wait very long she's damn fast. I'm nearl through chapter 6 and Eskaria is writing chapter 26(in german). Thanks for reading.

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] New Circumstances ( Chapter 2 )