---Come Back To Me---
She looks into my eyes
And I'm alive again
And when she says goodbye
I just die again
It was so quiet. Her hair blew gently around her as the sun began to set. She glanced to her left, his red haori and silver hair was all she could see. A faint smile played against her lips, but it soon faded away. She looked back down and closed her eyes.
"You're leaving?"
She looked up at the sound, he had spoken to her. She nodded, not wanting to have to say anything. She noticed he wasn't looking at her, but looking at the well. Another long silence passed over the two as they stood in front of the Bone Eater's well. She lifted the Shikon No Tama, looking at it carefully. It was complete now, along with no more Naraku and of course Kikyo had long ago been put to rest. Kagome stared at the jewel, almost mad that it was complete. Now she had no reason to stay, and was leaving for good.
"Here." She placed the jewel into his palm and closed his fingers around it. Inuyasha looked up, not wanting to understand. She put her backpack on and placed her hands on the edge of the well, "You can use it now."
"I don't want to." She was surprised he had answered so quickly, much less answered at all.
"What do you mean?"
That's when my restlessness begins
Please don't let it win
I'm so tired of again
And underneath the haze
One thing still remains the same
"I don't want to use it. I don't want it at all." He looked up from the glowing orb in his right hand and looked up at her. He could tell her coffee brown eyes were watery, they had been since she woke up this morning. She's spent this whole morning, trying not to cry. Was it because she didn't want him to use the jewel? Because he didn't want to.
"Well..." Kagome started, and looking down into the well's depths, "Then let Kaede have it and protect it."
"Why don't you just keep it?"
"Because I'm not coming back."
She's the only love I've known
And now she's gone away
She's the life
That brought me to the edge
Will I, ever love again?
"What?" Inuyasha felt a sudden sting in his chest, knowing what was coming next. He knew what she had said, and what she meant. But why?
"I'm not coming back. I don't belong here." Her voice was straining to keep from breaking into shaky breaths. That was why she was so upset. That was why she refused to meet his eyes. That was why...
"You can't. I won't let you." Inuyasha shook his head and took a step forward, and she bit her bottom lip to keep it from quivering, "I have to. Good-bye, Inuyasha."
She walked into my life
And my world was still
She reached into my soul
And all my doubts were killed
What about all they had been through? What about all they've done together? He watched as she disappeared into the well, waiting for his mind to realize what all had just happened. He stared at the empty spot she had been standing, refusing to believe what had just happened.
She was the reason they had beaten Naraku. She was the one who found all the jewel shards. She was the one who gave him the courage and strength to fight and continue on. She kept the group in high spirits, and made sure no one stayed sad long. Even when he left for Kikyo, she wouldn't let herself stay sad long. No matter how much she hurt. She was the reason Inuyasha was alive, the reason he could wake up in the mornings not knowing what was going to happen next. How could she just leave? Why did she have to be from another time? Another world?
That's when my loneliness subsided
She gave me the will I could fight it
But nothing can erase
The one thing that remains the same
There was no way she could just leave. She was the reason he breathed. He took a leap into the well and almost cracked when he realized nothing happened. Why couldn't he get through? What was going on?
"I'm sorry Inuyasha..." She placed another scroll onto the well's cover, being sure to cover it with her spiritual powers that she had finally learned to put to better use. She had sealed the well for good now. These spells were much stronger than her grandfather's, Inuyasha and everyone else was forever trapped in their own world. She took in a quivering breath as she stepped outside of the wellhouse, containing every tear that stung and begged to fall onto her face.
He sat at the bottom of the well, not moving. He wasn't going anywhere until she came back.
She's the only love I've known
And now she's gone away
She's the life
That brought me to the edge
Will I, ever love again?
"Miroku, I'm worried about Inuyasha." Sango spoke, walking back inside the hut, "He's been in that well for over three days now. He won't even eat."
Miroku nodded solemnly, "Yes, I'm afraid he's lost all will to live."
"Why? Why would he do that?" Shippo spoke this time, obviously not understanding.
Miroku and Sango sighed. He was so young and probably hadn't realized Kagome wasn't returning. Miroku put his hand gently on top of Shippo's head, "He misses Kagome. And I'm afraid...Kagome is not coming back."
So just tell me what I should do
I left everything for you
And I can hardly breathe
Cause I know I lost you from my world
From my life
Kagome exhaled a sharp breath as she laid on her bed, staring up at the ceiling. It wasn't fair that she didn't belong there. She wanted to belong there, but she knew she didn't. She knew she could never go back, it would be too hard. Knowing she wasn't meant to be there, and knowing she could never truly be with Inuyasha. He was half demon, and would certainly outlive her. But it wasn't just that. It was also the fact she knew he still had feelings for Kikyo anyway. Even though Kikyo was gone...
"Five days...she's been gone five days..." Inuyasha was speaking to himself, ignoring the pain in his stomache telling him to eat, and ignoring the scratch in his throat, telling him to drink. He ignored everything.
She's the only love I've known
And now she's gone away
She's the life
That brought me to the edge
Will I, ever love again?
Inuyasha finally left the well, coming to terms that she wasn't coming back. He walked into the hut, and started living his life again. He ate, he drank, he slept. But he wasn't really living, just doing what had to be done to get by. He spent his spare time sitting by the well, waiting, just waiting for anything to happen. But, of course, nothing ever did.
"I'm back." Kagome said this as she returned home from school that day. She dropped her bag in her room and started her homework, which is what she'd been doing since she got back. Her grades were doing better now, and life just made more sense this way. Right?
You're all I knew
My only love
And now you're gone away for good
All I knew
My only love
You're everything
And now you're gone
You're all I knew
My only love I know
Inuyasha jumped into the well, looking at the jewel he took from Kaede. She didn't object to it, she knew he wouldn't do anything to it. He closed it in his hands and shut his eyes, "Kagome...please come back...I love you."
She was the life
That brought me to the edge
Will I, ever love again?
Well. There it is. My one-shot Inu/Kag fic. Kind of leaves you hanging at the end, but that's simply a sign that there MAY be another song chapter after this. The song is "She's" by Ryan Cabrera. I know she isn't the 'only love' Inuyasha's ever had...but who's honestly counting?
---Sasami---