Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Friends To Lovers... ❯ Chapter 6: Realizations ( Chapter 6 )

A/n: Yes! I’m back. And I know this chapter is extremely short, but I’m having a writers block with this story. Help? Please. Perhaps some inspiration shall hit me, but in the meantime this is all I have for you. Sorry.

*From Friends To Lovers*

Chapter 6: Realization

Her own Happiness?

Kagome shook her head. What had she been thinking? Was she happy when she was with Yusuke? Yes. But she was also happy with Sesshoumaru, Shippo and Rin. It didn’t mean that she had feelings for him. Did it? Kagome was confused. After all she couldn’t possibly feel anything other than great affection, concern and a high possessiveness over Yusuke. Anything but friendship. And even if she did. It wouldn’t change a thing. He was still in love with mouse girl. Besides, she would never jeopardize the friendship they had.

God.

Her life was just one big soap opera. One big, twisted, soap opera.

She could’ve sworn she just heard someone chuckle. Glaring at the tree that had just laughed at her. She muttered to herself about melting said tree into a pile of goo for laughing at her. Just not at that moment. After all, she was pondering now. Never interrupt Kagome, especially whey she was thinking. Otherwise she got mad. Real mad.

“Now...Who is Mousy Girl?” Kagome asked herself.

Kurama who had just walked into the room paused. Wondering if Kagome was talking to him or, well, herself. Tucking a stray black, silvery-white streaked lock behind her pointed ear, she sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose.

“Kagome-san?” Kagome jumped in surprise before mentally scolding herself for letting him catch her off guard.

“Yes, Kurama-kun?” Kagome asked, cocking her head to the side in curiosity.

‘Awe, that’s so cute!’

‘Be quiet, Youko.’

“Kurama-kun?” Kagome questioned. After all it seemed that he zoned out or something.

“Yes Kagome-san?”

“Who was that brown haired girl that was here with death and the toddler yesterday?” Kagome inquired.

“Keiko Yukimura, Yusuke’s ex-girlfriend.”

“I see.” Kagome said, pale blue eyes narrowed in silent anger.

“Why did she break up with him?”

“What make’s you think it is she who broke up with him?” Curious as to how she knew that it wasn’t Yusuke who broke up with Keiko. And Keiko wasn’t some bitter woman whom Yusuke hurt.

“Because he still loves her.” Kurama glanced up at her startled. And in her eyes he saw the pain of unrequited love. Of betrayal. He saw in her eyes, the same look that was so apparent in Yusuke’s eyes. She was just better at hiding it.

“It’s in his shadowed eyes, the pain, the torment that she put him through. He believed that they would be together forever, right? That they would marry and have many children?” Kurama couldn’t hide his surprised.

“How did you-” She cut him off.

“I used to have that look in my eyes, I used to believe those same lies.” She laughed bitterly. “I was wrong, so very wrong.” Cornflower blue eyes darkened into something so blue it was black.

“It seems Yusuke and I were both fools for love.” She muttered, turning away from him, not being able to stand that intense look in his eyes. Not being able to truly forget the torment that Inuyasha put her through. As far as she was concerned Inuyasha was crueler then Naraku could have ever been towards her. He knew just how to lead her on, make her believe only to shatter her hopes once again.

He knew just how to kill her.

Kurama stayed silent watching as Kagome was drawn into memories of her past. Of her pain. Kagome was drawn out of her memories by Yusuke’s tortured cry. Her head whipped up and she rushed to his side, blue eyes worried. Kurama watched her go silent understanding in his eyes.

‘She loves him.’

Arriving at Yusuke’s side, Kagome gently shook him awake. When he opened his eyes, she almost cried. Those eyes that used to be filled with such arrogant, cockiness, humor, with such life were dead. Tortured, pained chocolate colored eyes. She did the only thing she could possibly she laid a kiss on his forehead and held him. Rocking him back and forth, whispering soothing, comforting words.

What she wouldn’t give to take his pain away.

And it killed her a little bit more knowing that there was nothing she could do.

‘I’m going to kill that stupid wretch if it’s the last thing I do.’

Sesshoumaru who had been silent throughout the entire exchange spoke softly. “Kagome, It’s his choice to make, not yours.”

“I know.”

“The girl is not your problem, it is his choice if he wishes to attempt to mend whatever relationship they had or completely sever any ties to the girl.”

“I know.”

“So why do you keep killing yourself over him?”

“Because, I care.”