Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Fate and Destiny's little trap ❯ The Measure of a Man pt. 3 ( Chapter 18 )

 

 

 

AN/ Last chapter for the polls for those who do not know what the poll is it's Who on the YU YU group should be with Kagome on the first encounter with Sesshomaru, so far Kurama is winning, this is the last chapter to vote in so please vote. Here is my thanks to all those who have reviewed, {Author bows and thanks every one!}, One big thanks to all of you for bring me out of my shell, if you all noticed, the further the story went the more personal the author's notes got, so really thanks you guys, for giving me the strength and encouragement to do this story, so enough with the emotional crap, {not very good at it anyways}, and on the next and final chapter of The Measure of a Man, so please enjoy. PS. Koga will be in this story, and I will not bash him, for I really like this character, he loves with all he has, and his love is with Kagome, to his fans I will not injury him to bad. This chapter going out to my girl KitKat.

 

 

 

The measure of a man, is not how powerful he is, not fast as he maybe, or not as beautiful as he maybe, no the measure of a man is the size of his heart.

 

 

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The Measure of a Man pt. 3

 

“If Kuwabara had not been so weak, we could have defeated this demon before it attacked anyone else.” that was what Hiei had said, Sango gasped, and stated, “How could you say that about, someone from your own group.” and she noticed it was the last thing that had been spoken aloud for the last twenty minutes, as she gazed at Kuwabara's group, she noticed his head was down he was pretending to look at his hands. His beautifully molded chest over ran with bandages, raised and fell, at a faster rate, than anyone else in their extended group. Sango watched as Kuwabara finally lifted his head, he scanned every one in both groups before stopping at her, he spoke softly as he did not wish to be heard at all, “I am sorry, that I am not as powerful as you all want me to be, thanks for pointing out how weak I am Hiei.” With that being said, Sango watched as Kuwabara stood, “Please excuse me.” And then he walked at least twenty feet away to a fallen tree log, where he sat, and they all watched as he put his head into his hands.

 

Inuyasha had witnessed everything that had happened in the heat of battle, he also had heard the hurtful words of this boys own allies, and at moment Inuyasha, realized how him and Kuwabara were not that different, his own group had just now alienated him from their own group, they proved this when none of them stood, and followed him, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and even Kirara had proven a hundred times that they would come to him no matter what mood he had been in, and he finally understood that they would never have said anything like that to him. He had witnessed humanities, greatest cruelty, and survived, yet when he looked at that boy Kuwabara, he could feel everything happening over again, he felt what it was like to have those you love to you shun you, and yet he felt shame, for he himself sat and did nothing. For he was the only one that had overheard what was said after Sango voiced her opinion, he heard how Kurama, stated, “We knew how vulnerable, you were Kuwabara we should have protected you sooner.” Then there was Hiei's “Kuwabara Idiot you should have told us were it was in the first place.” Finally it was Yusuke's “Kuwabara, you know you cannot protect your self with out me.” Inuyasha watched, as this statement was the straw that broke the camel's back, that's when Kuwabara made his statement and then got up, and walked to the fallen tree log and sat down. Inuyasha watched as his Kagome sat next to Sango in front of the fire, she heard what Kagome said, “What is the matter with Kuwabara?”

 

Sango felt Kagome approach her, and state her question, and that's when a righteous anger, was aroused in her, she stood without saying a word to Kagome, and she proceeded to Kuwabara.

 

Everyone in the campsite watched as Sango the demon slayer, walked into Kuwabara's personal space.

 

As soon as Sango stood in front of him, he looked up at her with those beautiful purple eyes, which stabbed her in the very center of her heart, she could see anger, and betrayal, bitterness, and sadness shine in those beautiful eyes.

 

Sango, she stated these words, “Would you like to know what I see when I look at you?”

 

 

Kuwabara responded with sadness, “Sure why not we already know what everyone else thinks so why not you.”

 

 

“When I look at you Kuwabara, I see a teenager, with a man's strength, strength to protect all those around you who cannot protect themselves.”

 

 

“When I look at you Kuwabara, I see a teenager, with a man's sense of honor, honor to help those around you even if some of us do not deserve it.”

 

 

“When I look at you Kuwabara, I see a teenager, with a man's sense of trust to trust all those he holds closest to his heart.”

 

 

“When I look at you Kuwabara, I see a teenager, with a man's sense of loyalty, being loyal to those who invoke these, feelings of honor, loyal those who have earned your trust, loyal to all those who were saved by your strength.”

 

 

“When I look at you Kuwabara, I see a teenager, with a man's heart, a heart that loves all those he is loyal to, even those who do not deserve it.”

 

 

“Finally know now Kuwabara, that when I look at you I see all of ours hero, for it was not Inuyasha, Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, or even Miroku that saved all of use today, no Kuwabara it was you.”

 

 

“ Kuwabara please realize that the measure of a man is not how powerful he is, not as fast as he maybe, or not as beautiful as he maybe, no Kuwabara the measure of a man is the size of his heart.”

 

 

“Know now that my opinion of you, has never changed since the first time I saw you, you are a very powerful being, and that will never change, but know now my opinion also of you will never change.”

 

 

With that last comment Kuwabara felt the damn of tears break, how could she say these things about him when she knew nothing about him, and yet he felt humble by her words, Kuwabara watched as she fell to her knees in front of him, and then he felt her thumbs brush the tears that were falling from his eyes away, he fell to his knees in front of her as his strong arms went around her to hold her close. That's when he spoke, she barely heard him, but upon hearing these words her arms wrapped around him holding him close to her body, and those words he spoke and she quoted, “Thank you, for believing in me.”

 

 

Inuyasha heard and watched the enter play between Sango and Kuwabara, he looked down from his perch in the tree above the campsite, and caught Kagome's eyes, he read sadness, and hope. Hope was directed towards him to do something, and this time he did Inuyasha jumped from his tree and landed beside this boy's group as Sango finished her lecture, and that's when he heard this boy's leader speak to the others.

 

 

Yusuke had watched everything, and that's when he himself felt guilty, for everything Sango had said was true yet Kuwabara needed him to protect him, and that's when Yusuke spoke as he looked at Kurama, Hiei, and now suddenly Inuyasha who appeared out of no where, “What do you guys think?”

 

Yusuke watched as Inuyasha turned to face him, Kurama, and Hiei, his eyes were shinning with determination, he spoke, “I think she was right you ass-holes!”

 

 

AN/ That was the final chapter for the vote; the next chapter will have the meeting with Sesshomaru, so use the last chance to vote. I understand that some of you do not like Kuwabara but bare with these last few chapters, because I do like Kuwabara, and I think he deserves these last three chapters, after this I am going to build a relationship between Kagome and Yusuke, Inuyasha is also a main player so that is why he must relate, and be in important chapters, because on chapter that I am working on, is called LEARNING TO LET GO.