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1. Opportunity Lust

Summer night was cool as a gentle breeze frolic through the clearing. The full moon arrogantly lights the night sky. A heavy sigh fell from the half demon lips known as Inuyasha. 'The moon is always beautiful, but could only be considered breathtaking in its waning stage" Inuyasha idly observe.

Inuyasha shakes his head in aggravation; when did life become so boring. He could honestly feel himself falling into depression, and had no will to fight it. Searching for the shards was becoming a mundane task. There was no excitement in it anymore. Wake up, wonder around, Kagome sense a fragment, fight, and then back to bed to do it all over again. When did his life become so BORING?

Somewhere along the process of life Inuyasha grew up. He simply wanted a little hut for himself and his significant other. Yea, the jewel still held some importance, but not a lot. It was like outgrowing your favorite baby blanket. When you were young it protected you from the monsters in the dark, but now that you're older it's somewhere in the back of your closet long forgotten.

His priorities alter. He was still the same old short tempter, foul mouth Inuyasha he was just focusing his attention differently. All he wanted now was what all living creature crave for…

…Love

With a plop Inuyasha falls to the ground, "Damn," he curses under his breath. It made no sense to lie. It was just time he sat down and ponder what the hell he really wanted. He could almost burst out laughing. Look at all the opportunities to fall in love.

No, that wasn't right. Love wasn't just some random opportunity that knocked on your door. Love was supposed to come to you out of nowhere, claw you in your face and demand that you pay attention to it. Lust on the other hand was all about opportunities.

Lust is what drove him to Kikyo it wasn't sexual, nor was it psychotic like Onigumo. It was lust in its most basic form…Opportunity lust. Kikyo was the first woman to talk to him like a man. She gave him the chance to care and in doing so she allowed him to lust for her. Back then his mind was clouded and he could hardly tell the difference between lust and love. Now a day the love Kikyo offer was love in death, and who the hell wanted that.

Sadly Kagome was no different from Kikyo to him. Kagome did offer true love to him, but it seems force. Kagome was taught that she was supposed to love everyone. Even if she did give a little extra, it didn't change anything. That little extra only accomplish one thing, giving Inuyasha another opportunity to lust.

The gods must be laughing. Was it destiny that wrote the book of life and cast him as the blind fool, unable to find love? And not just any love, true genuine love. Somehow he had opened his eyes and successfully educated himself, but was it too late?

Gods are cruel…