Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha nor do I own the songs, just my imagination.
Personalities of author talking, point of views, poems, and songs are in Italics. Bold lettering for the beast of the youkais.
Styxx- "Alright, this is one that I have been planning for a long time. Here goes…"
Chapter One:
Kagome's Wish
Kagome watched as the camp counselors choose who each person would go with. She hadn't wanted to come to this camp but she knew that she would have won the fight with her parents. Kagome watched as the counselors paired groups of four.
"Noa Wolfsbane?" A dark-haired girl steps forward and stands at the top. "Kimari Kensun?" A bright red-hair girl steps forward. "Kagome Higurashi?" Kagome sighs but steps forward. "And Anya Devon?" a slightly plump brown-haired girl walks up to them. Kimari gives them each a bright smile. Kagome returns it, Anya looks away shyly, and Noa doesn't even pay any attention to the other girls. They all are dismissed and Kimari bounces over to other girls.
"Hai! My name's Kimari!" Kagome couldn't help but smile back.
"Hai, my name's Kagome." Kimari beams at her and the brown-haired girl gingerly walks forward.
"I'm Anya." She whispers shyly and Kimari beams another smile.
"Can we move on now?" The dark-haired girl snapped out at the other three who jumped. Kagome looked at her and gave her a smile. The dark-haired girl just glares at them.
"Why don't we get some of the boys to help us?" Kimari asked cheerfully and Anya and Kagome both blush.
"If you can't carry it, you shouldn't have brought it." The dark-haired girl snapped again and walked over to her things. She slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked towards their cabin.
"Somebody's a grouch!"Kimari replies as the other three get there things. "Wonder if Grouch likes dark chocolate?" Kagome saw the dark-haired girl pause.
"Why, you got some, Kimari?" The other girl nodded and pulled a bar out of her backpack. Kagome accepted it and ran ahead. She caught up to the other and unwrapped the chocolate. She broke off a block and hand it to the other girl, who accepted it. The munched on the chocolate quietly as they walked to their cabin, which was farther out than most. They finished the bar and licking their fingers and Kagome slowly fell behind to the other two.
Noa watched her go and thought to herself, 'That girl would be good with animals.' It was true and it was the only thing that had spared her from the anger Noa kept bottled up. She usually didn't speak, acted more like an untamed wolf than anything else. Yet, she didn't want to hurt the girl. Kagome, that was her name. Instead, Noa felt a surge of protectiveness for the young girl.
Kagome watched as the dark-haired girl walked ahead of them, alone. She thought to herself, that isn't right. No one should be alone. Kagome waited until the girl opened the door to the cabin and Kimari and Anya brushed past her. Anya at least apologized but Kimari was too busy talking. The dark-haired girl watched Kagome with her eerie eyes. They were a light blue with a hint of silver and red running through them.
"Coming in?" The girl snapped out and Kagome looked up at her with a smile.
"What's your name?" The girl looked taken aback by her eyes but her facial expression and body language said otherwise.
"Noa." She replied, with less of a snap to her voice. Kagome gave her another smile and walked up to her, slowly. Noa watched her and Kagome could have sworn there was a slight smile on the other girl's face. "You work with animals?"
"Nope, why?"
"You'd be good at it." Noa replied and Kagome gave her a smile as she brushed past her. Their arms brushed but Noa didn't growl at her like she had the others.
"I wanna play a game!" Kimari grumbled as Noa shut the door. Kimari and Anya had already taken a set of bunk beds, leaving Kagome and Noa one to themselves.
"Alright, we'll play the game in a minute." Kagome replied as she turned to Noa. "Do you mind if I take bottom? I have a slight fear of heights and I don't like the top beds." Noa watched her and saw the slight fear at the idea and nodded.
"Go ahead." Her voice was still icy but there was no snap at all in there. There was a little warmth in them, even and Kagome smiled. She set her things on the top while Noa climbed up to the top. Kagome sat on her bed.
"Alright, Kimari, what game do you want to play?"
"Sight of Twenty! It's a game that me and my brother developed by ourselves. It's kinda like twenty questions only you can't speak. If someone asks your favorite color, you have to point out that color. If it isn't in here then you have to make a sound or draw a picture of it but you can speak the question and confirm their choice, though. The ones that do are out. The one that is left at the end of the game, they get a prize and they win. Pretty easy, ya?"
The other girls nodded and Kimari nodded for Anya to go first.
"Favorite color?" Kagome smiled when Kimari pointed to her. Kagome pointed to her backpack, which was pink. "Pink?" Kagome nodded. Kimari went next and pointed to her eyes, which were gold. "Gold?" Kimari jumped up and down while nodding. Anya decided to go next and pointed to her shirt.
"Purple?" Kimari asked and Anya nodded. Kimari bounced up and down again and pointed to Noa, who pointed to her black pants.
"Black?" Anya asked and Noa gave a single nod. Kagome thought for a moment.
"Favorite animal?" Kimari pointed to Kagome, gesturing her to start. Kagome smiled again and pointed to her shirt which had a horse on it.
"Horse?" Kimari asked and Kagome nodded while climbing up to the top bunk. Everyone else was on top and she wouldn't be alone. She climbed up and felt a hand steady her. She looked up and saw Noa gently guiding her up. Kagome scrambled up and clung to the darker girl's arm. Noa said nothing and did nothing. Anya and Kimari had waited for Kagome and then Kimari pulled out a picture of a fox.
"Fox?" Kagome asked and Kimari nodded. Anya gave herself away by saying the dolphin. Kimari screamed and said,
"You're out!"
"I was never good at these games." Anya replied wearily. Kagome then looked at Noa who threw her head back and gave out a lonesome howl that sent shivers down the other spines.
"Wolf?" Noa gave a single nod again and Kagome smiled. Anya popped up, no longer in the game,
"You're pretty good at imitating them." Noa gave a nod of thanks and the game continued.
"Favorite song?" Kimari asked and Kagome sang a single line out of her favorite song. "Avril Lavigne's Kiss Me?" Kagome gave a nod and Kimari smiled. She sang a line out of her favorite but neither Anya nor Kagome could figure it out.
"On My Father's Wings." Noa replied and Kimari nodded. Kagome gave the other girl a smile and Anya spoke up.
"I may be out of the game, but I'm still going to answer. Mine's Cher's If I Could Turn Back Time." Kimari gave the other girl a smile and then Noa sang, shocking the other three,
"Beneath the shelter of the trees, only love can enter here." Noa's voice was peaceful, nothing at all like her normal voice, beauty in itself. The other girls were stumped by it.
"Okay, since none of us have any idea, you get a small prize but you also have to tell us the title of the song." Kimari popped up while digging into her back. She pulled out one of the Blow Pops, Sour Apple and tossed it to Noa, who caught it.
"The prize is more sugar." Noa stated and then looked up. "Two Worlds from Disney's Tarzan." There other three girls screamed out in outrage and Noa gave one of her slight smiles to Kagome.
"Nice one, Noa." Noa nodded her head and the game continued. Noa thought for a moment.
"Favorite movie?" Kimari died of laughter.
"The reason that happened is because that is the hardest question in the game. You'll see why soon enough." Kimari told them a little breathlessly while Kagome watched her. Kagome thought for a moment and then sang a song from her favorite movie.
"Beauty and the Beast?" Noa asked with a raised eyebrow. Kagome nodded. Kimari thought for a moment and then accidently blurted out,
"Lady and the Tramp. Oh, snicker doodles." Kimari said with a sigh and Anya died of laughter.
"Mine's Beauty and the Beast as well." Noa shook her head and then sang
"I pray that you will be my eyes,
And watch her as she goes…
Help to me let go,
Lead her to a place,
A place that shall be…safe."
The other three were stumped once more and this time, Noa got a sticker that said, 'Good Job'.
"Quest for Camelot." Kimari groaned and fell out of the bunk and Kagome and Anya laughed. Noa watched the whole display and shook her head. Kagome finally stopped laughing.
"Favorite shape?" Kagome sketched out a diamond in the air and Noa guessed it easily.
"Mine's a heart." Kimari popped up and Anya added softly,
"A circle." Noa nodded and then sketched out a shape in the air. "The crescent moon." Anya's guess proved correctly.
"Favorite character from favorite movie?" Kimari said ooch. Kagome laughed and then sang one of the Beast's songs. Noa guessed it. Kimari gave a Tramp like woof and then said Tramp. Anya replied that hers was Belle. Noa say a song done in a deep voice and stumped the other girls again. Kimari gave her a temporary butterfly tattoo.
"Garret from the Quest of Camelot. The blind guy." Noa told Kimari when she got a puzzled look. Kimari groaned and fell out of the bed again, killing two of them with laughter while Noa only shook her head again.
"Favorite guy?" Kagome asked shyly and then pulled out a picture of Jonny Depth. Kimari and Anya guessed it and then said that he was their favorite guy too. Noa sang another song and Kimari threw her head back.
"Oh, I know that one." Noa shook her head when the three of them finally gave in. Kimari tossed her another temporary tattoo, this one a heart with an arrow going through it.
"Garret from the Quest of Camelot." Kimari once again did her act of falling off the bed and the other girls gave their usual reaction.
"Favorite object?" Kagome lost,
"Rose. Ouch, Noa, you win." Kimari chuckled while Noa simply raise her eyebrow.
"Mine's the heart with an arrow going through it." Kimari told them and Anya said softly,
"The candle."
"A sword or a feather, take your pick." Noa answered and Kimari tossed her a pound of dark chocolate. Noa raise her eyebrow. "I'm supposed to eat this by myself?" The other girls laughed and volunteered to help her eat it in the morning. Noa quickly agreed and they all went to bed.
Later that night
Kagome awoke for no reason and then saw the silhouette of Noa sitting in the window seat. She glanced at the clock and saw that they had only been asleep for four hours. She got up and walked over to Noa with a yawn.
"Hey, Noa, you okay?"
"I'm always okay." Noa replied. "I don't have a choice in that." She hadn't jumped when Kagome spoke to her but Kagome didn't care.
"Why not?"
"Too much darkness waits for me to be weak." Kagome sat down next to the girl and looked at her closely. Noa was darker than the rest of them but was a good person.
"Nightmares?" Kagome asked softly and Noa nodded. Kagome took the Noa's hand and the girl jumped but didn't pull away. They sat together, waiting for the dawn to come, just content to be near each other and never letting go of the other. Noa held onto Kagome's hand and Kagome slowly started to drift off. Her head rested on Noa's shoulder and Noa looked at her. Without thinking, she reached out with her powers and covered Kagome with the blanket that had come to her call.
She watched as the night slowly faded, never moving except to breath. The silent sentinel, Noa watched as a shooting star shot across the sky. She prayed silently, always hoping that one day, the gods would answer her wish.
That was when the Gemini sisters became one with each other and the bond that came together with them was never erased by time or stress. It only grew stronger between the two girls.
Styxx- "First chapter of Once Upon a Memory. Only three more to go."