Sway From The Rain; Fall To The Storm

Storyline: Well . . . It involves Inuyasha and the gang . . . But I don't know . . . I am writing this for fun and just because I can so we are just gonna see what I can come up with. =) Lawlz.

Note: This is an INU/KAGS & MIRO/SANG fic. Don't be led astray by the first few paragraphs and go to a different fic. lol (I've done it before too, so I know.)

 

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Prologue ~ Don't Leave

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She had asked me to meet her by the huge tree we usually sat under for lunch, and I went, hoping to get some answers. She had been acting completely abnormal the past two weeks and, instead of talking my ear off like she normally did on a daily basis, Kagome would just stare at me with those damned blue eyes, shake her head and walk away. I thought for a while that maybe she was trying to prove a point, or punish me for some dumb thing I said or did, but after I tuned into one of her and Sango's 'girl talks' a few days earlier, and after hearing her cry about whatever it was, I knew that it was something way more than proving some point.

Did I call her Kikyou by mistake? I knew she really, really disliked my girlfriend, not Kikyou as a person, but because Kikyou and I were together. Neither girl tried to get to know each other and I really am somewhat glad for that, after-all, Kagome and I liked each other. Well, Kags told me she loved me but I couldn't say it back. Don't get me wrong, I care deeply about her and I really, REALLY like her. I just didn't wanna lie and that ended up hurting her still.

That was last year though. She couldn't be crying about that now could she?

"Inuyasha."

I was so caught up in trying to sort all this out that my ears and nose didn't pick up on the small girl who had just stepped up behind me. Not trying to act as surprised as I really was, I turned around and leaned on the tree's fat trunk.

"Yo, Kags. Sup?" I tilted one corner of my mouth up in what Kagome called my 'crooked grin,' hoping it would lighten the tense atmosphere that seemed to be creeping up around us. She looked up at me with sad, conflicted eyes, smiled softly for a split second, then dropped her gaze to her feet again. My grin failed and I furrowed my brows. "Kagome." I said, in a low voice, "Why ya actin' so weird? What'd I do?”

Kagome sniffed, then out of no where stepped forward and wound her arms around my neck, reaching up on her tip toes to press her petite body fully against mine. Her eyes locked with mine and I saw them water with unshed tears and a swirling mass of emotions I didn't even want to try and sort out. Half the reason being I was scared to the core of whatever this wench was keeping from me.

Unsure of what to do, I froze and watched her eyes drift down to my lips. "Kags?" I tried again. "Answer me."

"I don't want to because I don't know if it is what I want to do." Kagome murmured, leaning forward slightly, just barely brushing my lips with hers. I couldn't stop the jolt of electricity that shot through my body.

"Don't push me away."

The sentence barely registered in my mind because a split second later, the same lips that uttered those words met mine in a gentle, yet demanding kiss. I responded without thinking twice about it.

My eyes slipped shut and I allowed my arms to slide slowly up the sides of her body until they were cupping her face. Kagome shivered lightly and nipped at my lower lip, using one of her hands to cup the back of my neck and the other tangled itself in my hair. I growled softly, trying to keep myself from getting turned on by her simple ministrations. She was so innocent. Too innocent. We'd kissed before, yeah. But it was no more. I never let it go past that. I didn't want to taint her.

I felt her grip tighten on my hair and her tongue slid against my lower lip. Against my better judgment, and because I had the slight hope that it would make her tell me what was wrong, I took control. Dropping my hands to her waist, I spun her around, pulling my lips from hers in the process. When Kagome's back hit the trunk, a small sound emitted from her throat that sounded dangerously close to a moan and I instantly regretted not letting it continue. She wanted more. I wanted more. But it was wrong. She was trying to cover up something and I needed to know what it was.

"Kagome . . . " I sighed, trying not to let my mind wander to other thoughts. Like how her breasts were currently squashed up against my chest, or how willing she would be if I wanted to take this further, or how easily turned on she was. Was she that sensitive?

My hands tightened on her hips when a bolt of lust shot straight to my groin. I pushed myself slightly away from her, but kept her pinned in place. "Tell. Me. What. Is. Wrong. Now." I ground out, my blood pressure slowly rising.

"I can't do this anymore!" Kagome finally broke. The tears welled up in her eyes once more and her arms retreated from my neck to the front of my shirt where she buried her face and began to sob uncontrollably. I wound my arms around her in an attempt at comfort, but I continued to question her.

"Do what, Kags." I whispered softly, stroking the silky, raven-black hair that I had always thought was sexy on her, no matter how much she complained about it "having a mind of it's own." Kagome hiccuped and pulled away, wiping some stray tears from her cheeks.

"I can't be the second girl anymore, 'Yash. I can't take it. I love you, but after today, you . . . You don't exist to me!"

I felt a sheer bolt of shock and dread shoot down my spine and settle in the pit of my stomach.

"You are kiddin', right, Kags?" I laughed a shaky laugh, praying she would start laughing too and say that dumb phrase she always said. 'Just Joshing you' or something like that. Maybe it was Joe?

I waited for the 'Joshing-Joe' thing but her eyes just dropped to the ground and my fears were confirmed. Kagome, my best friend and not-so-secret crush, the girl I guess I had gotten so used to being around, was going to just up and disappear!

"What the hell! Kagome! Was it something I said?" I started, but she wiggled out of my grasp and stepped back. "I'm so sorry, Yashie, really. But it's better this was, ne? You can be with Kikyou and I will just move on I guess, so I'll see you around." Kagome smiled brightly before turning her back to me and trotting off the campus towards the gates.

"Kagome!" I called, chasing after her. I followed her back towards her house, but lost her as I reached the top of the never-ending staircase. I stopped and sniffed the air, grateful that I caught the scent of strawberries and cherry blossoms close by. I sniffed again and followed it to the well house. Yanking the door open with a fource I was scared might shatter it, I ran in only to see Kagome teetering on the edge of the old, wooden well. Startled, I lunged forward, grabbing for her arm, but she jumped, disappearing into the black abyss. Terror ran cold down my spine and  I jumped too screaming her name over and over again. My last thought was, while everything around me was swallowed by the darkness, was 'She's gone.'