Inuyasha (MY WAY)

Remembering

With that Karau was gone and Inuyasha had let Kagome get away again.

'"It always comes back to her.' Is that what she said?"  The moon rises high, lighting the path as Inuyasha walks slowly back to the village. 

Few lights are on when he returns. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo are waiting for him.

"Where is she? Where's Kagome?"Shippo cries.

"Her name is Karau." Inuyasha says coldly, walking right past them.

"Where is he going?" Miroku asks.

"To the meadow." Sango says watching him. Inuyasha walks mindlessly, remembering Kagome:

Kagome jumping out of the well, with the biggest smile on her face at the site of us....................... When she was mad how she told me to SIT.................. ........  Kagome

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When Inuyasha reaches the meadow, Karau scent hits him like a rock, "It's so different from Kagome's, how could I ever think it was her? Kagome smelled of flowers and new things, but Karau, Karau was a brand new thing, her scent I just can't figure it out."

At that moment Inuyasha has a realization, he realizes that he has a crush? on Karau. He races back to the village and into Sango and Miroku's house.

"I'm going after her." he explains.

"After who?" Miroku asks. Sango smacks him up side the head, "After Karau you idiot. Go Inuyasha."  Inuyasha nods and races out of the village. As he leaves, Kikyo runs into Sango's house.

"Has he returned yet?" she asks franticly.

"You just missed him." Miroku explains.

"Where did he go?" Kikyo ask even more franctic.

"I don't know." Sango says looking away.

"He went after HER didn't he?" Kikyo asks coldy. When no one answers her anger grows. "DIDN'T HE?!"

"Yes." Miroku breaks telling Kikyo the truth. Kikyo gets this evil look in her eyes as she silently leaves the house.

Inuyasha jumps from tree to tree, trying to catch up to Karau, "She couldn't have gotten far." He quickly picks up on her scent and races to find her. He looks all night, racing throught the woods following her scent. When sun starts to rise he hears yelling.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Karau yells slicing her sword through the demon.

"You bastard." the demon says using his last breath. Karau begins to falls, "Karau!!!!!" Inuyasha exclaims catching her before she hits the ground. Quickly Karau changes, her hair becomes a shinning silver and her eyes a dark red.

"Inuyasha?" she asks. "Take me to the pond." Inuyasha puts one arm under her legs and the other under her head, lifting slowly Inuyasha races off toward the pond. When they reach the pond, "Place me in the water." Inuyasha does as she as says, he steps into the pond and lays her in the middle. He slowly steps out of the water, keeping his eyes on Karau at all times. The water begins to glow and it envelopes Karau. Her hair slowly turns back to its natural color, she rises up out of the water and floats toward the shore. She stops dead in front of Inuyasha and slowly ascends to her feet. Opening her eyes, one is a dark green and the other a dark red.

Inuyasha stares intently at her, "Stop staring!" Karau says turning back to the pond. She splashes some water on her face and her eye turns back to green. "What were you doing anyway?"

"I was..... I was looking for you." Inuyasha says looking away.

"Why?" Karau asks rudely.

"Because, because...."

"Because I remind you of her?!" Karau exclaims. "I won't be some replacement for the girl you truely love." At the moment Sesshomaru jumps in between them.

"SESSHOMARU!" Inuyasha exclaims.

"What are you doing here?" Karau asks rudely.

"Karau you know him?" Inuyasha asks.

"Yeah, the bastard tried to kill me." she says with an evil smirk.

"I was only trying to return the favor, but it seems you've healed up nicely." Sesshomaru smirks.

"Whatever, thanks Inuyasha. Maybe we'll meet again some day." she turns and begins to disappear into the forest.

"Please don't go!!!!" Inuyasha exclaim. Karau stops. "I want to give this a try. Not me and Kagome, me and you, Karau."

"Stupid." Karau says coldly.

"What?!" Inuyasha steps toward her. Karau spins around quickly, without looking at him she says, "Sesshomaru you shall have what you desire." with that she disappears again.

Inuyasha unsheathes his sword and attacks Sesshomaru, "What is she to you?!" Sesshomaru dodges his blow but doesn't attack. "Fight god damn it!"

"She asked me to spare you in exchange for this." he says.

"In exchange for what?!" Inuyasha demands, losing his temper.

"It is what I am doing for her not the other way around." with that Sesshomaru was also gone. The words eco inside his head, '"It is what I am doing for her......' What could he have meant by that?"