Destines Intertwined
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A/N- Hey all, sorry about the extremely long wait. I've been really sick and as such, I haven't been able to do much lately...
Anyway, I do hope you all enjoy the new additions.
Disclaimer- I don't own InuYasha and never did. I really just love playing with the characters!
'Thoughts'
Enjoy the flick!
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Chapter Five: Where We First Met
He looked the same, just as he did the day they split ways. Kagome slowly dropped her bow and arrow as she felt her heartbeat speed up.
InuYasha slowly approached, afraid that this was only a dream, only an illusion of his.
"InuYasha..."
The moment he heard her voice he felt his knees give beneath him, he sank to his knees his eyes never leaving hers as she rushed towards him, worry crossing her still beautiful features.
"InuYasha!"
Kagome couldn't sit still when she saw him collapse like that, her worry for him pushed everything else aside as she leapt to her feet and ran to his side.
Kagome's scent flooded his senses and InuYasha was unable to prevent himself as he wrapped an arm about her waist, pulling her into an embrace. Tears stung Kagome's eyes as she hugged InuYasha back, "oh Kagome...I...I missed you."
That snapped Kagome out of her daze, she pulled away. Turning from him, she set about gathering her bow and arrows from the ground.
InuYasha was at a loss, one moment; Kagome was in his arms the next she was pulling away.
'What is happening here...and why is she back?'
He watched her as she moved and felt a deep longing, he wanted to just grab her and never let go again. After a few moments’s passed, Kagome finally turned to face him, her face like stone.
"InuYasha...what are you doing here, I thought you went with Kikyo."
The tone of her voice made InuYasha's heart sink, 'she must really hate me,' "she...she's dead. She's gone and so is the jewel.”
Kagome blinked in surprise, 'she's dead? The jewel...' "what happened?"
For the moment Kagome pushed aside everything else and decided to hear InuYasha out, it was the least she could do. She sat next to him and waited patiently for him to explain.
InuYasha looked away, not wishing to look into Kagome's eyes, 'I did this...by going after Kikyo. I just hope she'll forgive me after I explain.'
"I was chasing her down, when I caught her she told me to forget about her and move on. She then disintegrated into the air. I saw the jewel at my feet and attempted to touch it..." sighing, InuYasha turned to look at Kagome, he was so happy that she was back.
"The jewel broke open and I saved Midoriko, she removed the beads of subjugation, then she disappeared. I didn't know what else to do so I decided to ask Kaede for advice, or a purpose."
Reaching a hand out, InuYasha touched Kagome's hand, still unable to believe that she was really there. "Why did you come back Kagome...I thought...I thought that you would never return."
Kagome looked down at InuYasha's fingers, 'So he's all alone too, just like before...when we first met. I know I'm mad at him for ditching me for Kikyo...but...I'll give him another chance. After all, maybe he will stick around this time.'
Looking up, Kagome locked her eyes with InuYasha's. "I never planed on coming back, after we separated I forced myself to stay away from the well, but..."
Kagome felt tears start rolling down her cheeks.
"My mother is dead, she died from a heart condition she had. She sent me here to find my father, apparently he is a lord in this time."
InuYasha rubbed Kagome's tears away as he listened, 'Kagome's mother is dead and her father lives here? How is that possible?' The look in her eyes devastated him, 'She doesn't deserve that pain...why her of all people?'
Kagome pulled away from his touch and turned her eyes away, unwittingly they landed on the god tree and Kagome's eyes softened.
Walking forward, Kagome climbed up the roots of the tree and touched the place where InuYasha once sat, pinned to the tree by an arrow. "This is where we first met, do you remember InuYasha?" Kagome heard his soft footsteps as he came to stand alongside her, their shoulders touching.
"Yes, I could never forget that. I hated you that day...for freeing me. In a way at the time I was happy that I was in a deathlike state, that way maybe I could have joined Kikyo in hell..."
Kagome tensed when she felt InuYasha touch her shoulder. Looking at him, Kagome was saddened to see that he had a solitary tear running down his cheek as he gazed back.
"You are the reason I am still alive now Kagome...I hate to admit it, but you saved my life that day. I know I should have done this before," InuYasha faced Kagome completely and leaned his back against the tree, his expression serious.
"InuYasha?"
Kagome's brows knitted as she looked at him with great confusion, 'what is he doing?'
"Kagome, from this day on...I will never leave your side. I pledge myself to you, thus giving you my life until the day I leave this existence."
Kagome's eyes widened as InuYasha cut his arm with one of his claws, he then gripped Kagome's hand and brought her closer. Running a claw over his wound, InuYasha gathered some of his blood and coated Kagome's lips with it.
Instinctively, Kagome licked her lips, thus cleaning his blood off of them. "InuYasha...why did you cut yourself? I don't understand."
"It has to do with my pledge, now that you have tasted my blood, my inner demon as well as myself consider you as our master now. I will never ever break this bond, wherever you go I shall follow, forever."
Kagome tried to stop the tears that ran down her face, but failed miserably. Leaning forward, Kagome rested her forehead against InuYasha's chest. "Thank you InuYasha, you don't know how much this means to me."
Kagome flinched slightly when InuYasha's arms slowly encircled her shoulders, bringing her flush against his chest. "It's the least I could do Kagome, there's no way I would ever be able to make up for what I have done to you in the past. This is the only way I can come close, by being with you as long as possible."
Kagome was about to speak when she felt a presence nearby and InuYasha stiffened. After releasing Kagome from their embrace, InuYasha stepped before her his teeth bared.
"InuYasha, who is it?" As if in reply to Kagome's question a figure stepped from the trees and walked out into the clearing. Kagome would have groaned normally, but seeing yet another person she considered a friend, a soft smile lit her lips.
Kouga was excited when he caught Kagome's sent on the air, after rushing after InuYasha, he reached the clearing. His eyes widened when he saw InuYasha and Kagome in each other's embrace, suppressing his anger, Kouga stepped out to see them both looking directly at them.
Noticing the smile on Kagome's face, Kouga smirked and approached steadily.
"Kouga...what are you doing here, I told you not to follow me." InuYasha couldn't help but growl at the approaching Ookami, now that he had bonded himself with Kagome, his inner youkai was trying to rip its way out.
Feeling Kagome touch his shoulder, InuYasha immediately backed down, glancing at her he saw that she was happy to see Kouga. He then did the one thing he never thought he would never do in his life.
He stepped aside and let Kagome pass, he then followed behind her making sure that he was close enough if she needed his help.
Kouga was shocked, to say the least. He still couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. InuYasha didn't yell or attack, he simply stepped aside and followed after Kagome like a faithful puppy.
'What is wrong with him?'
"It's good to see you again Kouga, I've missed my friends from this time. By the way, what are you doing here?"
Kagome was still in slight shock herself from InuYasha's strange behavior, but when she recalled what he had just barely told her about his pledge, it made sence. That didn't change the fact that in un-nerved her, she had never seen InuYasha this submissive and emotional, it just wasn't him.
At least the him she had know, 'has my return really changed him this much?'
Kouga smiled openly and stepped forward, he then took Kagome's hand in his. "I was looking for you, now that you have returned you can now join me and finally become my mate."
Kagome sighed dejectedly, as she was about to pull her hand away, she felt a strong hand grip her shoulder and gently pull her backwards. A deep growl sounded from her side, Kagome felt her eyes widen in surprise and slight relief.
'It seems InuYasha is starting to show his old self again.'
"Kagome, can we leave?" Kagome whirled around and stared at InuYasha in utter disbelief, 'did...did he just ask me for permission?'
InuYasha looked back at her, his eyes filled with his anger, he was finding it very hard to keep himself from ripping Kouga to shreds. But, surprisingly, it was his inner youkai that prevented him from acting on those emotions like he normally would have done.
"Uh...sure...I guess..." Kagome started towards the edge of the trees, InuYasha at her side.
"Wait! Kagome...may I...may I travel with you as well?"
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A/N- That's chapt 5, I hope you all enjoied...
Until next time!
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