Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ From Friends To Lovers... ❯ Chapter 9: Pure Hate ( Chapter 9 )

A/n: Okay, here’s another chapter of ‘From Friends to Lovers’. Enjoy. Thank you, ShihanKitsune for some ideas.

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot.

This chapter is fondly dedicated to Kawaii Craziness who inspired me to write this, I wasn’t honestly planning on posting another chapter until next week, but I just couldn’t help it. You all have her, my muse for this chapter to thank for this.

*From Friends To Lovers*

By: Kage Otome

Chapter 9: Pure Hate

She ran.

What choice did she have? How could she just stand on the side and watch, feel as her heart broke again. That was just it. She couldn’t. So she did what her instinct told her to do, run. Run, return home to her alpha, to Sesshoumaru. But, eventually as all things do emotions would change. Her pain and sadness would turn into anger and rage.

Eventually.

So she ran, even as it started to rain, she ran. Tears mixing with the rain so one couldn’t tell tears from rain. Any passerby wouldn’t even know she was crying, they wouldn’t even know how much her heart ached. All the while, the scene replaying itself through her head, torturing her.

Flashback

“Yusuke!” Both teens stilled turning to face a brown haired girl with light hazel colored eyes. Kagome bit back a snarl but settled for a cold glare.

“Yeah?” Yusuke shifted uncomfortably.

“Can we talk?” Keiko asked easing farther away from the other female who was seriously rubbing her the wrong way.

Kagome’s glare deepened.

Yusuke sent her a placating look. She settled down unhappily as she watched them walk a few meters away with a frown on her face. She didn’t like this. Not one bit. They talked for a few minutes, Kagome focused her senses on other things, shutting down her hearing to that of a normal humans. She trusted him. Besides, it was impolite to listen in on his conversation. She trusted him...Didn’t she?

Growling to herself, she couldn’t stand it, she had to see...Returning her senses to normal she turned only to see her cupping his face and his hands lying limply at his side. She made out the words spoken.

“Please, Forgive me, Yusuke.”

“I do Keiko, how could I not?”

And then they kissed and her heart shattered. Kagome turned away disgusted with them, with herself and then she ran.

End Flashback

Taking a giant leap up the stairs she landed at the top before bursting into the house, soaking wet and miserable. Sesshoumaru rose along with the others gathered in the living room. They could clearly read the pain in those light blue orbs, they flickered briefly before her concealment spell dropped and she collapsed from emotional turmoil but not before whispering.

“I hate him.”

Confused, worried and above all angry at the toushin who he left with his sister, Sesshoumaru emanated a deep growl of rage. He’d trusted that boy with her, it seems he has proved himself unworthy of his sister after all. He’d be punished, Kagome whimpered. But not now. Without a word Sesshoumaru picked up her small form and stalked up the stairs to her room.

‘How many more times will her heart have to break before she finds true love?’ He asked himself, ‘Hasn’t she suffered enough?’ ‘Haven’t we all?’

Laying her on the bed he undressed her quickly before redressing her in his outer haori. That done he lay next to her, holding her close to his body offering her his warmth and his strong silent support. His comfort. Kagome curled into him instinctively taking in all he had to offer subconsciously. His scent, his very presence soothed her tortured soul and troubled mind.

Maybe she could find in her unconsciousness what she wanted. Maybe she would be free of the pain.

Or maybe more pain awaited her.

He didn’t know. All he wanted was for her to recover.

All he wished for her, was happiness.

Was that to much?

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Kagome awoke with a start sitting straight up, disoriented. Kurama was startled from his place next to her. Sesshoumaru had left to get an early start on training so Kurama volunteered to stay with her till she woke.

“Kagome.” His voice a smooth baritone which soothed her rattled nerves.

“Kurama?”

“Yes?”

“Where’s Sesshoumaru?” Kagome asked head faced towards the ground.

“He’s training out back.”

“I’m going to join him. Thanks Kurama.”

Kurama looked up curiosity evident in his eyes.

“For what?”

“For staying with me--that means a lot to me.”

Emerald eyes softened. “Your welcome, Kagome.”

She shot him a small weak attempt at a smile before walking out of the room and one thought ran through his mind.

‘What did Yusuke do to her?’

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“Kagome.”

Kagome managed a soft smile strained as it was.

“Good morning, Sesshoumaru.”

“What happened.”

“They made up.” Kagome smiled bitterly. “Is that all I’m good for Sesshoumaru?”

“What?”

“A replacement.”

His face softened. Is that what she really saw herself as, a replacement? Granted she had good reason to doubt there intentions but she was so much more then that to them...Didn’t she know?

How much they loved her. How much they needed her.

How much they cared.

Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around her. He held her, no words spoken and none needed. He conveyed what needed to be known through his actions. And for that she was thankful. How many more times would her heart break? Maybe it was better if--if she didn’t love. Never put her heart on the line, because then it couldn’t be hurt, it couldn’t be broken.

“Let’s train.”

“We could wait--”

“No. We will train. Naraku is our top priority.” Kagome said a new determination filling her. A new feeling taking over her pain. The raw feeling of anger.

‘I’m not going to let you bring me down, Yusuke Urameshi. I’ll survive without you...I don’t need you, not anymore.’

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Five hours later, bloody and bruised both Kagome and Sesshoumaru limped there way to the house. Talk about intense training. They went at it using their anger at Yusuke to fuel them both. Both sustained minor injuries because they made a mistake, they let their mind wander, they let their anger rule their minds. Using anger to fuel their bodies was different then allowing the anger to dictate them.

They would try again when their minds were cleared and their senses unclouded by anger. Kurama cocked a brow at their appearance. Kuwabara spit out his drink spraying both of them. They twitched. Disgusting, spit. Ugh.

Kagome glanced dryly at Sesshoumaru, he nodded his consent. She whacked Kuwabara once quite obviously agitated. It seemed that their training session didn’t release the tension that had been building. Yusuke took that moment to walk into the room. Kagome froze. Sesshoumaru froze. Even Kurama froze. He’d forgotten to tell them Yusuke returned.

Her jaw twitched with the pressure of her teeth clenching tightly together. Her face remained carefully blank and averted towards the floor. Sesshoumaru moved as if to shield her a deep growl echoing through the room. Yusuke looked ashamed and Sesshoumaru looked ready to kill. Nothing good could come of this.

“Kagome, I--”

“Save it. I don’t want to hear it.” Her voice was soft and cold. His shoulders dropped.

“Yusuke?” A soft feminine voice came flowing into the room. Her head snapped up.

“How dare you bring her into my home. Get Out. Your not welcome here anymore Urameshi.” This time she looked him straight in the eye, her voice harsh and cold. “And take your bitch with you.”

Yusuke carefully stepped around the angry taiyoukai and equally enraged Kagome his eyes coming to rest on Kurama who moved towards Kagome. Seeing Kurama wrap his arms around her, holding her, comforting her it hurt him. But it was his fault wasn’t it?

“I’m sorry Kagome, but I love her.”

And what was left of her heart shattered.

“Go!”

He did.

And she, she lay broken in Kurama’s arms sobbing out the injustice of it all.

“Why? Why?”

And holding her like that...

Kurama felt something he’d never felt towards Yusuke.

Pure hate.

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A/n: Okay, it’s not a Kurama/Kagome. It is a Yusuke/Kagome but that doesn’t mean I’m going to make it easy for them. Yusuke did not declare his love for Kagome in the last chapter, he still harbors deep feelings for Keiko. But fear not this story will remain and develop into a Yusuke/Kagome. Hints of Yusuke/Kagome/Kurama. But it will not be a threesome. Maybe next time.