Deep Wounds: An Inuyasha&Kagome Story
Episode 5
In the evening, Sota and Kagome are in their rooms, and Kagome�s Grandfather is out tending the shrine. Her mother is cooking and Inuyasha is helping. He�s not a very promising chef, but he can chop vegetables and he seems to have been looking for ways to help this woman these last few days. He mutters to himself, �This is boring.� She tells him, �Yes, but the others are going to be hungry. It�s part of living with other people.� �Living with people?� he asks as if on cue. �There�s more to life then just the exciting things.� she says. �Most of life is just getting by, day to day. You have to learn to take joy from being with the people you love. Real love doesn�t happen in an instant. It�s caring for someone in such a way that you feel happy just because you are with them and feeling that way almost all the time. Now keep your eyes on that knife.�
That night, on the roof top, Inuyasha reclines and Kagome sits beside him. Inuyasha seem distracted, and Kagome lets him be. Finally, he says, �Hey Kagome, I�ve been thinking.� �About what?� she asks. After a pause he says, �Kikyo.� �Oh.� she says dejectedly. He asks, �You know how I said I was going to go with Kikyo after I defeat Naraku?� She nods solemnly. There is a tense moment, �I�I�m�I�� then he blurts out, �I�m having second thoughts.� He blushes and looks away from her astonished face. �I don�t want to leave Kikyo alone, and I want to be with her, but�� he says, ��I�m having a good time. It�s not the fighting or the adventure or any of that stuff. It�s���you.� Kagome has turned six shades of red and Inuyasha can�t meet her eyes. �When I was with Kikyo I felt in love.� he says. �But when I�m with you I feel something I�ve never felt before. I feel happy.� He sits up and turns away from her. Then he hears her voice, �Inu�yasha?� She rests her forehead on his shoulder. �Thank you.� she says. �But Inuyasha, lets not worry about that now. Let�s figure it out some other time, for now, let�s just stay here, together. Tomorrow is a long way off, let�s worry about it then. I know that one day you�ll have to choose between me and her, and I can accept that. I can even accept your choice, whatever it is. But please, in case you do leave, let me have tonight, sitting here, being with you. Let me have that memory.� �Memories�� he says. He nods his head. They stay like that for hours. Until Kagome�s breathing changes and Inuyasha carries the sleeping girl to her bed, and sits beside her until dawn.