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Even the Mighty Fall	By : izzyco2001 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female > Sessh?maru/Kagome > Sessh?maru/Kagome Views: 11121 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Very Important: I am sorry to say that I can no longer update weekly, but must change it to every other week. College, work, and a toddler don�t work well when you�re trying to write. I will try to get a chapter up every week, but every other will be my deadline. Sorry again.

Even the Mighty Fall

By: izzyco2001

Chapter 20: Decisions and Unknown Meanings

They headed out shortly after an afternoon lunch. The sun was shining and the birds sang one of their one-of-a-kind masterpieces. A few billowing clouds made shapes in the sky and chipmunks scurried around the forest floor searching for food. Kagome didn�t notice any of this. She was lost in her thoughts.
As far as she knew, she was moving, in no particular direction, following her friends on another shard chase. She would temporarily come out of her trance to answer a question or figure out how to maneuver her feet so she didn�t trip over a dense population of roots, but she otherwise thought of her situation.
She came to realize that she was in a couple of love triangles and even had some unrequited love problems. Hojo liked her but she never reciprocated his affection. Koga proclaimed his love to her, but she thought of him more of a good friend than anything else. On top of that, Ayame loved him and Kagome didn�t want to be in the middle of them.
Unfortunately, Koga had pushed her in the middle on more than one occasion. She was in a triangle with Inuyasha and Kikyo. Both of the women wanted the hanyou and he couldn�t choose. There was nothing she could do.
Then there was Sesshomaru.
Wait a minute. There was no problem with Sesshomaru. At least she hoped there wasn�t. Why would there be anyway? He was a powerful taiyoukai who despised the human race along with his half brother, who purposely kissed her. That was it. Right?
She didn�t care to think about that problem right now. No, it wasn�t a problem. It was just a situation. One at a time, and the first one was Inuyasha. She constantly argued within herself what was the best course of action. Should she try to be just friends without telling him of her affections, should she tell him, should she leave the persistent situation alone and hope it resolved itself, should she grow wings and live on Pluto?
Who was she kidding? The situation would not resolve itself no matter how much she wanted it to and it had to be dealt with�. just not now. Kagome knew she was not ready to move on from Inuyasha just yet and decided that the best thing she could do was to be his friend until she was ready. Although, she didn�t know how long that would be. She still loved him and wanted to be with him but she couldn�t stand around picking her nose until then. It just didn�t work that way.
There was one problem that had a temporary solution. Which one next? Hojo. It seemed so complicated to her when she thought of a plan to tell him of her true feelings. She hated to see someone she cared for go through a heartbreak because of her and she desperately wanted that situation to clear itself, but she knew that the wish was lost in the clouds on its way to the first star she saw that night. What was the point of wishing if none of them came true? She finally concluded that she had to tell him as soon as she returned so he could move on with his life and find someone who was worthy of his generosity, since it was certainly not her.
Now she just needed to find the nerve to do it. What next? Koga. She first thought that it would be best to just cut him off and tell him that she didn�t have any feelings for him but decided that she shouldn�t lie. She did think that he was rather cute and loved his attention. She just didn�t want to mate him. She would be lying if she didn�t admit that at one point she didn�t think of him in �that� way but that was only once and she felt really guilty afterwards. Besides, she was fighting with Inuyasha at that time anyway, so it didn�t count. He would have to live with just being her friend. So she would continue with how things were with them right now. That was the only thing she could do, right?
Now with Sesshomaru�. No. There is no problem with Sesshomaru. One kiss and heavy dreams about him does not qualify as a problem. Therefore, there was no problem with Sesshomaru.
Kagome finally had a plan to work out her man troubles. She thought that was rather funny. To think that she would ever have man troubles. She never pictured herself in any situation even resembling the one she was in now.
By the time dusk settled in, Kagome�s head was stuffed with rhetorical questions, dismay, and hope. She had never known you could have dismay and hope at the same time, yet here she was. A fire was built to help ward off the fading summer warmth and Kagome�s sleeping bag patiently waited to cradle her body. Inuyasha looked down at the forest-green bag from his perch atop a large tree and scowled.
�Stupid bag.� He muttered. �Why does it get to hold Kagome every night?� Kagome looked up from her spot in front of the fire.
�Did you say something, Inuyasha?� Inuyasha jumped down from his perch and landed across from her. He crossed his arms and turned his head to the side.
�Feh. No.� Kagome could obviously tell something was going on with him.
She could just hear the war going on in his head. �Kikyo, Kagome, Kikyo, Kagome, Kikyo, Kagome, Kikyo, Kagome, Kikyo, Kagome. Which one do I choose? I wonder what�s for dinner. Mmmmm, I hope it�s ramen.� At least that�s what she figured he would think, especially with his short attention span.
Kagome let out a small giggle before she noticed Miroku and Sango walking back into the clearing of the camp with Shippo. The sun had said its official goodnight about an hour ago and Shippo started a chain reaction.
It was one of the most contagious events that didn�t have a cure. He yawned. Kagome soon followed his example by letting out a long sighing yawn. She lay down in the warm bag and noticed Sango covering her mouth with her hand to try and stifle her gaping yawn. Before Miroku had the chance to look away, he too, opened his mouth wide and yawned.
�Knock it off! Just go to sleep since you�re all so weak!� Inuyasha said in a rather snotty tone. Kagome knew of the perfect way to ignore the hanyou�s demeaning acts. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.
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Kagome walked along the dirt path through the thick forest. The sun was still shinning but was well on its way into hiding. A song from a sparrow kept Kagome�s attention until she cleared the last of the woods and entered a field filled with colorful wild flowers. Her gaze fell upon a family of deer grazing near a small pond.
They were so graceful. The male drank from the pond, the female nibbled on the little yellow flowers, and the fawn was lying near its mother. Kagome didn�t move. She loved watching how free they were from the rest of the world and wished she could be as free as them one day. When she looked back at the buck, its head shot up and looked straight at her.
Soon, all three deer vanished into the woods, leaving Kagome to look at the ever-exciting bare field. Kagome turned around to head back to camp when she noticed Sango standing behind her with her hands gently clasped with one another in front of her. Sango�s expression was very solemn as she stared at Kagome.
�Sango, what�s wrong?� Kagome waited and never took her gaze off of her friend. After a moment, Sango spoke.
�I don�t want to lose you, Kagome, but I want you to be happy. We all want you to be happy. What ever you decide we will support you. Just be careful.� Kagome watched Sango turn around. Then she noticed that Sango began to fade into nothing but a foggy mist.
�Sango, wait! Where did you go and what did you mean?� Kagome went to run after her but was stopped by a hand on her shoulder.
�Kagome.� She spun around to face Miroku. He, too, looked solemn.
�Miroku, what happened to Sango? Do you know what she was talking about?� Miroku removed his hand from her shoulder and she looked into his violet eyes.
�The gods know what they are doing. Your fate is sealed but the path you take to get there is up to you. You surely are a magnanimous creature if you can melt the coldest ice with a simple smile. I will always be here for you. You truly are special.� Kagome gave Miroku a confused look as he, too, walked into the forest and faded away.
Kagome didn�t know what to do. Two of her friends just had a very mystifying one-way conversation with her and she didn�t know what it was about. �Ok,� was her elegant reply.
She was about to follow in their footsteps when she heard laughing coming from the field. She turned around to see Inuyasha bolting around with Shippo in a very playful manner. They were running, jumping, laughing, and smiling just like best friends would. From the right side of the forest she saw Miroku and Sango enter on Kirara�s back. They too were smiling and laughing. Miroku held onto Sango�s waist who was surprisingly not slapping him.
Kirara soared high above and did a couple of flips before coming to land on the ground next to Inuyasha and Shippo. Kirara looked at Kagome and gave a soft roar. The others turned to her and Inuyasha waved at her.
�Kagome, come on.� He was smiling at her and running toward the pond. Miroku and Sango started to run toward the pond as well, followed by a smaller Kirara and Shippo. �Why are they so happy? What is going on?� Kagome began to run toward them wanting to join whatever festivities they were celebrating. She was halfway across the field when she noticed Inuyasha jump into the pond. She stopped and waited for him to emerge but he never did. Her fears were getting the better of her as she started to race to him.
�Inuyasha!� She began to cry but never lost her pace.
�Kagome.� She stopped when Miroku called to her in such a cheerful tone. �Don�t worry about us. We are and always will be fine.� When he finished the other members of the group ran into the pond and failed to resurface as well.
Kagome held her breath, praying that they really were alright. She ran over to the edge of the pond and stared at the crystalline smooth surface. Something was just under the water right by her feet but she couldn�t make out. She quickly raised the dripping wet object to her eyes.
A white rose sparkled in the dying suns ray�s as a drop of her blood fell from the thorn that impaled her right forefinger. She watched the blood slide down the stem of the rose and fall into the lake. The drop caused ripples to form an image but before Kagome had a chance to clearly make out the figure, a voice rang out from the clouds above. Kagome didn�t recognize the voice or its origin but clearly heard the message.
�The smile you hold will determine your destiny. Wisely chose the one you wish to guide you.�
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Kagome woke from that same dream night after night. She never told anyone of it since she felt it was hers alone to know and understand. She never knew from whom the voice came, what the image was in the pond, or what significance the rose held. Each dream, she felt the same feelings. Hope with the deer that ran free, uncertainty with Miroku�s and Sango�s messages, happiness with her friends� closeness in the fields, fear when they didn�t resurface from the pond, and confusion when she couldn�t figure out the meaning of her recurring vision.
The past two weeks went by rather slowly. She did not see Sesshomaru since that night at the cliff�s edge and there was not a single sign of the remaining jewel shards. Morale was running low through the group, except for Inuyasha who was still pushing for them to continue. Kagome could tell that he was also becoming very agitated by their lack of improvement.
He hadn�t been in a good fight for two weeks and she started to find him hacking away at innocent trees in the middle of the night. She was actually surprised that he didn�t notice her when she followed him. She figured it was because he was in a foul mood and was constantly cussing and yelling while throwing his wind scar at unsuspecting foliage.
She did hear most of the words and knew he was trying his hardest to remain calm while traveling. He even made an effort to retreat extra far into the woods before his rampage came on. Most of the vocabulary he used while attacking the dangerous shrubbery consisted of, �God damn shards, Why can�t we find them, Damn Naraku, and When this is all over I swear�.�
She would patiently wait and watch the hanyou until he calmed himself. She was nearly caught a few times when she slipped into her bag mere seconds before Inuyasha showed up. She didn�t want him to find out she was watching him. She enjoyed it and thought he would stop once he found out that she knew of his �stress reliever�.
Too bad he didn�t stop with Kikyo though. On some nights, Kagome would catch him with her in the field. Kagome would watch and try to listen. She was surprised when they did nothing more than embrace each other and talk of old times at each meeting. It still hurt to see that. It was only opening old wounds, but time heals all pain. Right?
To be continued�.
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