Irresolute by SunflowerDreams21

Not Inferior

Kagome sat in the middle of the hug and as she felt the warmth that surrounded her she realized where her mistake had been made. She had allowed herself to be belittled. She had allowed the actions and words of one teenage hanyō to make her feel inferior. It didn’t help that she had felt it was possible since her grades had slipped at school. She had allowed Inuyasha to dictate who she was and what she was capable of.

She shook her head as the disgust she felt overwhelmed her, she thought that she loved him and that with time he would see that between her and Kikyō she was the better choice. Sesshōmaru had been right she was wasting her potential. She had never actively sought to train in archery and had never pursued trying to train her miko powers because Inuyasha hated the sight of her in miko robes because it reminded him too much of Kikyō.

She was done being a doormat, she was over allowing him to make her feel inferior. She was done wasting her potential, done being broken. The full blooded yōkai lord was right; she had been born with the Shikon Jewel inside her, she had been dragged into the past because of it and she had accidentally shattered it. She had been wallowing in the utter hopelessness of her circumstances, but not anymore now she was determined to overcome and be just Kagome, not a shadow of a great miko that had passed for 50 years.

AN: Written for the Quote Challenge on Dokuga.com and the quote is “No one can make you feel Inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt