35Chapter one: The Idea, the audacity, The brilliance.
It hurt, being this cold. It wasn't the type of frozen iciness that brings snow, working from your skin to your bones, driving you inside for a cup of comfortingly warm hot cocoa or tea during a blistery winter day; this was so very different.
No, she was beyond hot cocoa cold. Nothing could comfort her right now. This was the type of cold that started at your heart, creeping slowly from that center point and moving out to every single fingertip and toe. He'd been with her again.
The wood of the Bone-Eater's Well was welcomingly firm behind her back as she slumped down to succumb to the horrific urge to cry. Her sniffles came unbidden, as she desperately tried to stifle any noise for fear someone would come to find her. She wanted to scream. to yell out her anguish to the universe. She wanted to curse his name a thousand times over, and delight in seeing him burn in hell.
Deep down she knew she would take no delight in seeing him burn. She couldn't help but love him, even through the pain in her very soul. The salty tears fell. She shouldn't have come back. He always goes to her. She felt like a replica, a double, a replacement for a love long lost, even though to him it only felt like yesterday. She never wanted to see him hurt, but hurt he did, and it was because of her and Kikyo.
She couldn't help but feel just a little resentment, a little jealousy towards the perfect beauty, the perfect personality of the dead priestess. She still held Inuyasha's heart. Kagome was jealous. But, If she made Inuyasha happy, she wouldn't stand in their way. True happiness was being with the one who held your heart in the palm of their hand. Kikyo certainly did this to Inuyasha. As long as she didn't crush Inuyasha's heart, Kagome wouldn't object to Inuyasha and her being together.
Gathering her strength back about her, she stood to leave. She wanted to go home now, to cry until she couldn't cry anymore. She stood up, the wood of the Bone-Eater's well gently pulling at her shirt as if to call her back to the ground until everything was okay with the world again. Taking a deep breath, Kagome nimbly jumped into the bleak darkness of the well, the one thing that she wished she had never laid eyes on.
"Where's my Woman?! What did you do to her Dog-breath?" An angered Koga screamed at a equally furious Inuyasha. They were at Inuyasha's camp, and all of Kagome's stuff was gone. No one had even seen her leave. Shippo was close to crying over the loss of his surrogate mother.
"Inuyasha!" The tiny kit squeaked "You'd better go back and get her! It's your fault that she left in the first place!"
"HOW IS IT ALWAYS MY FAULT WHEN THE WENCH LEAVES! SHE GOES, AND I AUTOMATICALLY GET THE BLAME! I DIDN'T MAKE HER LEAVE!"
"Well, Lady Kagome usually leaves when she is in emotional distress due to something you've done. You were with Kikyo again, weren't you?" Miroku's statement silenced the camp.
Sango broke the silence. "Poor Kagome. It's not like she doesn't have it hard enough without someone you have feelings for going off with another woman, and the one your the reincarnation of at that."
"You chose a Dead Woman over Kagome?" Koga stated incredulously "No wonder she wanted to leave. She's much better off with me, anyways. I will mend her heart!" He stated gallently.
Everyone in the camp sweatdropped.
"Uh, Koga?" Shippo spoke up "The only ones that can get through the well to Kagome's home are Inuyasha and Kagome herself. That's why none of us ever go after her."
"Huh?" Was his oh-so intelligent reply
"Kagome doesn't live in this era, Koga. She lives in the future, and the way she travels between worlds is through the use of the old Bone- Eater's well. " Miroku explained patiently to a ignorant Koga
"I knew my woman was different!"
Everyone but Inuyasha sweatdropped. Inuyasha yelled "SHE IS NOT YOUR WOMAN!"
Once again, Everyone sweatdropped. Koga smirked and replied "She's not yours either, dog shit."
Inuyasha opened and closed his mouth a few times, doing a nice imitation of a fish before responding "You stay away from Kagome, Wimpy Wolf!"
"Make me." Koga Smirked as Inuyasha drew the Tetsuiga. He bared his claws in anticipation of a battle.
Sango and Miroku watched the exchange with a mild interest. Sango sighed and shook her head "There they go again"
Miroku responded " I wonder if Koga will try to go after Kagome now that he knows where she disappears to."
"Probably will. Besides, he might be able to make Kagome feel better."
Miroku said calmly "You don't think Koga helping Kagome cheer up is a good idea do you? We don't want her to have feelings for him. If she developed feelings for him, he'd make her live in a cave-"
"That's well funished and warm" Sango interjected
"He'd make her one of the family-"
"She would be part of a large community that's willing to die for her.."
"She's have to stay home all the time..."
"He'll keep her safe from harm and take her with him, remember when He first dragged Kagome off to fight the Birds Of Paradise? He took her right along with him."
"Then she would be in Danger..."
"He'd never leave her unguarded."
"But Sango, is that really what would be good for her? Koga practically spoils her..."
Sango gave him a cold glare. "Are you saying that's a bad thing?"
"But why Koga? What about Inuyasha? They still love each other, right?"
"Inuyasha has hurt her so many times. Koga would be extremely loyal, and make it a point to see that she never gets hurt. Think of all the pain Kagome has to endure due to Inuyasha and his Obsession with Kikyo. Do you think it's easy for her? Every time Inuyasha looks at her, how can we be sure it's her he sees? What if all he sees is Kikyo? Doesn't Kagome Deserve someone who is going to love her for her? Not for who she looks like, or who her soul once belonged to?"
"But I thought You wanted to see Inuyasha and Kagome together! Why change your mind?"
"I hate seeing Kagome cry. She's cried so many times because of Inuyasha, he hurts her so much, and yet she takes it, even though it makes her miserable. She deserves to be happy, I think Koga could do that. If she were to give him a chance, I really think if she gave him a chance, she could really grow to love him. He's so gentle towards her, so kind, protective, and warm. It's that kind of thing that could really make her feel loved. Not like Inuyasha, besides, he still loves Kikyo.
"But is Koga really a good choice for her? I mean, Koga...just Koga...I mean, come on...the guy probably is crawling with fleas."
" I don't really like it either. But I think Koga would treat her well. In light of recent events, I think Inuyasha would just hurt more, because of Kikyo. When she comes back, Kagome would be left in the dust. She deserves better than that."
"But she...But he's ...I mean...Koga...It's just...come on..." Miroku stuttered around for a good excuse for Kagome not to pair up with Koga.
"Admit it, it's a good idea. No matter how unlikely, Koga would never leaver her side. I never really fancied the idea myself. But just now, seeing Koga fight Inuyasha for Kagome, idea makes more and more sense. I mean, come on..."
Now Miroku understood Sango's logic, even if he didn't like the idea of Kagome and Koga, he could make Kagome happy. "Well, I don't like it, but how do we get them together?" He asked, finally willing to concede to such a heinous idea. Maybe it would backfire and bring Kagome and Inuyasha closer together...
"I have no idea. The only thing I can think of is to have him go through the well and find Kagome's house, and go from there on his own."
"Not much of a plan, is it?" Was the dry retort.
"You got a better idea?"
"Actually..." His hand moved towards her bottom...
"PERVERT!" He was unconcious for the next few hours, thanks to a certain Giant Boomerang.
Suddenly Shippo Popped up just as she knocked Miroku out. Inuyasha and Koga were still Duking it out some distance away. "Sango...?"
"Yes, Shippo-chan?"
"Um, do you really think Koga's such a great choice for Kagome? I mean, He did save me from being attacked by wolves because Kagome asked him to, but is he really so much nicer than Inuyasha when it comes right down to it?"
"Shippo, has Koga ever called you a bad name, or ignored just because he was to wrapped up in flirting with Kagome?"
"He called me a Runt!" Shippo huffed indignantly
"But he didn't punch you on the head, like Inuyasha does, and he didn't say anything really horrible, and even Kagome calls you runt, or munchkin once in a while."
"Well, yeah, but, I don't like wolves!"
"But think of the pups his clan is sure to have for you to play with!"
To Shippo's young mind, Koga was starting to sound alot better than Inuyasha.
"Hmmm..."
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