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'Thinking'

"Talking"

Flashbacks and Dreams

Chapter Nine

Days later, Kagome sat with Sango under a tree in the village, both sipping tea as they sat with the cool shade cascading over them. Although it was a beautiful day, almost stereotypically so with no clouds in the pure blue sky, and the sun beating down on them, the serious condition of their friend kept their spirits low. After Kagome had brought Inuyasha back to the hut after the event in the woods, no words had been exchanged between the two. Kagome didn't even feel right telling Sango what had happened, as if it would betray the extreme feeling of grief that Inuyasha had shown her at that time. So they sat in silence, Sango's concern for Kagome made obvious by her frequent worried glances over to her friend's troubled face.

Finally, Kagome stood up, so suddenly that Sango fumbled with her cup of tea in surprise. "I think I'll go back inside," Kagome commented, and then gave the demon slayer a weak smile. "It's too hot outside."

Sango nodded, and watched Kagome leave. As he friend disappeared, Sango let out a frustrated sigh. She couldn't seem to get anything out of Kagome, and Inuyasha was being even more silent then usual. She absolutely knew that something bad had happened between the two of them, but what she couldn't figure out. Obviously, Kikyou's death was plaguing Inuyasha's conscience, but was that the whole story?

She couldn't help but wonder if Inuyasha and Kagome would ever be the same again. If their friendship would ever recover from whatever it was that had happened. With Kagome looking so much like Kikyou, would Inuyasha be able to look at her the same again?

After a few weeks had passed, the silence between the two became unbearable. Sango had counted the days of misery between the two that had passed, and the silence – the seemingly never-ending silence – drove her to thinking.

It was over, the friendship between Inuyasha and Kagome was beyond repair.

Coming to this realization, she took a final walk around the woods surrounding the village. Presumably their entire group would fall apart, considering it was held together by the wills of Kagome and Inuyasha, and their bond. Their now incorrigible bond.

She headed towards the tree, from which she remembered hearing the stories Inuyasha had been pnned to for so many years, and stopped just as it came fully into sight. There, standing before her and the tree, was Inuyasha and Kagome, locked in each other's arms in an affectionate hug.

Author's Note: -Insert shame face here-

You know, I never finished this story, I didn't think anyone would care, because after such a long time of not updating, no one would be reading. But then I got a review the other day...

T.T

Oops. Anyways, I wrote this for anyone still hanging on. It is now complete, and I won't string mah readers along anymore with sporadic updates!