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Chapter 27: Admission
A/N: This story was voted the best Romance: Other of 2007 by the Inuyasha Fan Guild! I went rather giddy at that – I was surprised to say the least. Thank you to the IYFG and all that voted/nominated/rooted for this story!
I've also uploaded all chapters to my account, ReplicantAngel, on deviantART. Remember, I have a folder for all the fabulous fanart done for this story under "Favorites". There's even MORE there now – mainly because I'm the luckiest author in the world to have such talented readers! Here's the links to the ones you haven't seen yet (remember to take out the spaces!):
"Taiyoukai" by Jixiani – art/ Taiyoukai-79976050
"Owarinai Yume Collab" by cdabroom (the colored version of "Owarinai Yume by SesshyLovesMySinging) – art/ Owarinai-Yume-Collab-80704975
"TO+FY: Two" by roomservice – art/ TO-FY-Two-81118656
"Two Lovers" by Sesshomaru38401 – art/ Two-lovers-81458392
"Kagome" by Skei-dei – art/ Kagome-81046896
Thank you so much, all of you!
The Once and Future Taiyoukai
Chapter 27: Admission
She held Tenseiga in her lap, her fingers curling over the edge. Her heart thrummed painfully in her chest and she bent forward, trying to catch her breath.
He left. He left! How could he do something so cruel as to turn his back on her? Didn't he understand that she had done it to save their lives? Not just their own lives, but the lives of her friends and his companions. Naraku would have laid waste if he had won that battle – no one else could stand up to him.
It wasn't fair, she ranted silently. He would have done the same!
She took a deep, gulping breath and stared up at the black sky, spotted with stars. They blurred and she felt tears running down her face. It was the first time she had cried since he had walked away from her several hours before. It was almost comforting, feeling something other than pain and anger.
Kagome sobbed for several cleansing minutes until the tears wouldn't come anymore. She cried for so long, so earnestly that her skin smelled of salt and her fresh kimono was spattered with stains. As the crying ebbed, she slowly wiped Tenseiga's blade clean of the droplets and sheathed it, putting it aside.
There came a soft breath from behind her. "Geez. I was afraid you'd never put the sword away."
She turned. "Inuyasha," she said, getting to her feet, "you shouldn't be walking around!"
The hanyou rolled his eyes and patted his bandaged side, where the skin had been ripped clean away earlier in the day. "Come on, Kagome, you know I'm fine," he said. "How are you?"
Kagome rubbed at her eyes and nodded. "I'll be alright," she murmured. "You should rest though. I saw your internal organs today, for crying out loud."
"Keh. Wasn't the first time and it might not be the last." He shuffled over to her and eased himself down to the rock where she had been sitting. "Sit," he ordered, giving her a cheeky smirk.
She slowly sat down beside him. "So are you okay?" she murmured, searching his face and his smile. "You don't seem to be... yourself."
"I'm happy," he replied. "Happy for the first time in a long time, Kagome."
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