Kiwi: Hey people, long time no-see. They were not kidding when they said four hours of homework a night, then add in swimming… yeah I've been busy. But, but but! I have decided to re-edit and repost this lovely fic. I really do like it, but I know I could work out a few things better. The result will be that a lot of things will be changed. Also, the first few chapters will probably be really long because I am combining some of the editied originals. Yeah, hope you enjoy!
This is in modern times, and things are a lot more Westernized. I hope to clear things up as I go.
'Kay, slight warning: Kagome might be a bit OOC, but it is really only because in the actual series I think they make Kagome seem so helpless and girly. Not that that's a bad thing, just that in this story she is a bit more assertive, at least for now.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Cinderella, just the hare-brained idea for this fic!
Chapter 1Dream sequence…
"But mom," squeaked a little Kagome, "You know I can't dance!"
"There's nothing to it," her mother replied as she pushed Kagome along to Inuyasha.
"Mom, I ain't dancing with a girl!" cried an equally frustrated young half demon.
"Please Inuyasha, just one dance," his mother cooed.
"No, it'll be embarrassing! I have a reputation you know!"
"What reputation?" asked a thoroughly displeased Kagome.
"Kagome, be nice," her mother scolded, "you have do dance with him after all."
"Do I have to!" asked both participants at simultaneously.
"Yes," answered their mothers as they shoved them out into the group of dancers.
"Ugh," grumbled Inuyasha, "well, better get this over with."
"Uh, Inuyasha? I don't know how to dance," mumbled Kagome. Inuyasha's ears perked in irritation.
"Ugh. Look, just follow me and twirl when I tell you," Kagome nodded. She had seen how people look like when they danced in movies, and as soon as she and Inuyasha were positioned, she let him lead the way. Kagome trusted Inuyasha with all her heart, not caring that he was a half demon. Inuyasha actually began to relax, happy that nothing had really gone wrong. He trusted Kagome as much as she trusted him, glad to have found a friend that treated him like he was an equal. He smiled a little as they danced, then the dance floor mysteriously cleared of all dancers except them.
"Inuyasha," Kagome whispered, all fear of embarrassment gone and replaced with excitement, "it's just like a Cinderella story!" Inuyasha looked around and saw their mothers watching them.
"Kagome," he whispered back, "remember to twirl when I say." Kagome nodded. "Ready? Twirl!" Kagome twirled as Inuyasha held her hand. They danced like that for the rest of the song, Kagome twirling when she was told and both smiling. They could hear whispers of how cute the looked together, but for once they didn't protest, just kept dancing until the song was over.
"Thanks Inuyasha," Kagome whispered as they posed for a picture. Inuyasha smiled and grabbed her hand.
"Hey," a light hair boy reached for a picture, "when was this?" A girl with long black hair and cinnamon eyes looked at the picture for a moment.
"Oh! I remember that! It was at my aunt's wedding, I was the flower girl. There are some more pictures of that under here," she dug under her bed until she pulled out a box with more pictures.
"You willingly wore such a frilly dress? Wow," the girl grinned ruefully.
"Yeah, I was young and stupid," she watched as the boy shuffled through the pictures. He stopped and stared at one.
"Who's this?" he asked and handed the girl the picture. Kagome looked at a picture of a nine-year old self in a white, lacy dress holding hands with a boy in a suit with long white hair and little white triangle ears to match on the top of his head.
"Hmm…" she said in confusion. "You know, I can't remember, but he seems really familiar…" It's like the dream I had last night…
"Kagome! Lunch is almost done!" called a voice from down the stairs, her roommate.
"Okay, thanks Sango!" the girl called back, "Hojo, do you wanna stay for lunch?"
"I can't, I need to be getting home. But I guess I'll see you later,"
"Okay, bye."
"Bye," Kagome heard Hojo go down the stairs and then out the door. She sighed and looked around. Kagome had been trying to clean her room when Hojo came over and offered to help. He was nice, but Kagome always felt that she didn't like him the way everyone thought she did. She looked back at the picture, almost laughing. She was not known to wear such pretty dresses or dance, but she had that night. But, she just could not recall the boy in the picture. Everything else stood out clearly in her memory, she had been the flower girl.
"Come to think of it, I can't remember the ring-boy… maybe that's who he is."
Kagome sighed as she held that very picture. She realized then that it had been awhile since she had seen her aunt. She had been away from home for a long time, her family dying somehow a few years ago. She sighed again in reflection, it seemed that many of her memories were always so hazy. She could not remember anything of her father and did not know how her brother, Souta, and her mother had died. She didn't even clearly remember coming into this are, only that she had a small job and went to school on a meager scholarship and lived with her best friend Sango.
"I wonder who this boy is…?"
"Kagome! Lunch!" Kagome put the picture back and stood up. Well, what's past is past. I need to look to the future now, school is only in two days, she thought to herself as she left her room.
Thought I ran into you down on the street Seems that she disappeared without a trace Remember, whatever (Go, Go, Go, Go..) And in the darkest night
Then it turned out to only be a dream
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been
Did she ever marry old what's his face?
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how whatsername has been
It seems like forever ago
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
The regrets are useless
In my mind
She's in my head
I must confess
The regrets are useless
In my mind
She's in my head
From so long ago
If my memory serves me right
I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time.
Green Day blared on the stereo and Inuyasha growled as he attempted to stuff all of his school supplies into his back pack. "Damn new supplies, and new schools," he growled. He had to move in with his brother after his freshman year for reasons he kept exclusively to himself. "Feh, at least Fluffy ain't here very often." Fluffy was actually Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older half-brother and most annoying reminder that Inuyasha was a worthless, filthy half breed, useless compared to his full demon brother. Damn that Fluffy with his nose so high in the air, if it rained he would drown. Inuyasha looked around at his handy work and sighed. Not clean, but it'll do. At least I got all that junk to fit. Oh yeah, I just can't wait for school to start… he suddenly remembered an image from a wedding he had been at with a girl named Kagome. He remembered dancing with her, and her whispering, "Inuyasha, it's just like a Cinderella story!" Feh," he mumbled. She left six years ago, never even said goodbye. She left me all alone… he recalled how she had been his friend, defending him and giving him a reason to fight. But when she left, he was all alone, no one to trust, the tormenting getting worse and he had no one to lean on. Not even now. He growled softly at those thoughts. Then he decided to go outside and wander around for a bit to clear his head.
Kagome ate lunch outside, still thinking about that dream. Why does it feel like he was my only friend? That couldn't be true, Sango was just inside the shrine they lived and worked in, finishing up her lunch. Still.. it feels like…something's…missing… Kagome stood up and dusted off her boy's jeans, the only things she had really felt comfortable in. She glanced up before turning around, and did a double take. She looked around for a second, and seeing no one there she turned around and went inside. I could've sworn I saw that boy from my dream… man, now I'm going mental!
Inuyasha contemplated as he walked around. He had not been in a suburban area this close to open land since he had been nine years old. Since Kagome left… When Kagome disappeared and the teasing intensified, Inuyasha had moved away with his mother into the city where they found a center for him. Now I'm here…wait! Is-is that…? He gaped when he saw Kagome sitting on a shrine's steps, wearing her classic baggy jeans and loose clothes while gazing off into space. She-she's here. Jeeze Kagome, he smiled, you never change, do you? He sped up to hide behind a parked car when he saw her move from her pose. What am I hiding for? Oh yeah, she left me and probably thinks me a filthy half-demon just like everyone else. He looked through the window of the car and watched her look across the street, like she had seen him. Crap! But then she turned around and headed back inside. He caught sight of her eyes as she left, she looked so sad, not the Kagome he had once known. What is going on here? a confused dog-boy thought as he turned back home. What is she doing here? Hey! What if she goes to my school? I guess we'll just have to wait and see…maybe I'm not alone after all…
"Hey Kagome," Sango said as she walked into Kagome's room as Kagome sat on her bed reading some random book from the floor. "You okay?" She asked, ssitting on the bed. Sango was pretty, very fit from her martial arts training with long, dark brown hair and soft eyes outlined by her favorite light magenta shadow. She was tall and a bit girly in Kagome's opinion, but not a complete ditz and her best friend.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Just getting ready for school, you know? Why?"
"Oh, well it's just that you seemed kinda down lately. You sure everything's all right?" Kagome knew she could tell her friend anything, so why not confide in her now?
"I had that dream again. It's so weird, like a memory."
"Again? With the cute half demon? Maybe it means something, like your destined for each other!" Sango swooned in a mock-sweet voice and Kagome stuck out her tongue. "But really," Sango continued, "You sure everything's all right? Nothing on your mind?"
"That's the problem. It feels almost like I should remember something, but I don't. I don't know."
"Hmm," Sango lifted herself and began walking out. "Maybe it's all the stress of school starting again. Get some sleep okay?" Then she left.
Kagome gazed out at the stars from her window before she fell asleep. It would be nice, she sighed, it would be nice to know what is wrong with me…
Kagome sighed as she walked threw the school doors. Another day, more fake smiling.
She bent over and wrote in her notebook that she carried with her everywhere:
Another day, the same routineFake a smile
Hide a scream…
Kagome sighed again. How morbid is that? she thought. Not watching where she was going, she collided head-long into someone, notebook sent flying.
"Oh God, I'm so sorry for that," she looked up to her obstacle and gasped. Long silver hair and white ears to match, beautiful amber eyes, tall, strong… older? It- It's him! From my dream! He's real…!
"Wench, what are you staring at?" Kagome was snapped put of her thoughts as she heard his rude comment.
"What? I said I'm sorry, good Lord!" She pulled herself from the floor and collected her notebooks and other scattered objects. "Jerk," she muttered as she turned to walk around him.
"Hey, what did you say you little…" he growled as he grabbed her arm. She wrenched free and was about to send a fist when Sango came out of no where.
"Kagome, c'mon. Not in public. Off to class we go." Sango began hauling her away to their first class.
"And who the hell are you?" Growled the boy standing in the middle of the hallway.
"I'm her best friend, and you better shut up or I'll let her go off on you." With that, Kagome was dragged from a slightly stunned person by Sango and into the school day.
Inuyasha grumbled as he walked into the school, a new one for him. As of lately he had been sent to some 'private institution' until his 'councilors' gave up on his aggressive nature. Muttering about stupid shrinks and people, he barely noticed the small girl until she ran straight into him, her stupid notebook sent flying. He was about to shout something rude and, to him, funny, but then he looked down. It was her. Kagome. So you go to this school after all… he realized they were staring at each other and Kagome looked confused. What, she doesn't remember me?
"Wench, what are you staring at?" Her confusion quickly faded into anger.
"What? I said I'm sorry, good Lord!' She scooped up her junk and turn away from him. "Jerk," Oh! Yeah, she was really getting away with that! He whirled around and grabbed her arm.
"Hey, what did you say you little…" She actually pulled free, something that caught Inuyasha just a little off guard, and was about to hit him when a random arm from no where began towing her away.
"Kagome, c'mon. Not in public. Off to class we go."
"And who the hell are you?"
"I'm her best friend, and you better shut up or I'll let her go off on you." He was stunned quiet, she was not serious. No one talked to him like those two had! Didn't they realize he was part demon! Wenches. Wait 'til I see them again. But Kagome, she really didn't even recognize me… maybe I should go to class, might as well make a good first impression, right? He thought about it a moment more. Eh.
"Man," Kagome grumbled, "Social Studies in the morning is stupid,"
"Yeah, "agreed Sango, "It's hard enough to get up in the morning, how are we supposed to stay up through this class? But what was that in the hallway?"
"I don't know. That guy just pissed me off." Kagome seethed.
"Yeah I figured. You almost never almost hit someone at school, always so quiet and good." More students filed in, among them a familiar face.
"Miss Sango! Miss Kagome!How wonderful to see you again!" A boy with mischievous blue-purple eyes and black hair tied in a short pony tail at the base of his neck was waving at them. He wore black pants and a dark purple shirt and had his left ear pierced.
"Sango, it's your stalker." Kagome giggled lightly.
"Now, you ladies know I prefer close follower." Miroku grinned. Kagome had been introduced to him by Sango the first time she came here, and it was obvious, at least to Kagome, that there was something there.
"Will you bear my child?" Asked Miroku on his knees. SLAP! SLAP! Kagome sighed, same routine…
"Ugh, what a pervert! I can't believe he asked me that again! How many times must I tell you!" Sango screeched.
"Miroku, are you getting yourself beat up again 'cause you hit on girls way too much?" Hey, that voice sounds familiar… thought Kagome.
"Inuyasha. Always so blunt,"
"Hey," threatened the half-demon.
"May I introduce," cut in Miroku smoothly, "Kagome and Sango. Ladies, Inuyasha, the best at our kendo club."
"Hey!" All three of the introduced yelled in unison.
"You're those wenches!" Inuyasha yelled, pointing a finger at them accusingly.
"And you're that jerk!" Kagome yelled back. No way! He's in my class too! Aren't guys from dreams supposed to be… I don't know… dreamy?
"Class, sit down," mumbled a voice from the front of the classroom. The speaker was an elderly teacher in a wheelchair. "I am Mr. LaPre. This class is pretty easy to pass, just do your homework. In fact, you can pass this class with at least a C- if you get major projects done and stay quiet." He went on about school policies and rules, which Kagome already knew. So she just set about writing in her notebook some more.
I was finePut together, numb
Then you walk in
A memory of days gone by
And I can feel myself fall inside.
Kagome looked over the poem for a second before turning the page and starting another poem.
"Kagome," Sango whispered a little later, "what are you writing?"
"Yes, what are you writing? Maybe you should share it to the class?" Kagome looked up in horror at Mr. LaPre. "Yes, I think you should." Kagome stood up slowly and defiantly.
"All of them?"
"What?"
"I wrote three things"
"Yes, read all three."
"Right, the first is a poem.
Don't look down on meDon't pity me
Don't try to judge who I am
When you have no idea
Don't help me when I fall
I want to get up on my own
Don't tell me I can't
Because than I will
Don't talk to me
Your words will be mean
Don't remember me
I don't want to be thought of in the way you will
Don't act like you care
When I can tell you lie
Don't try to understand
Because you can't
Don't act like you know me
When you haven't seen much
Don't stay here
If you want to leave
I know you do
Don't ever look down on me
Because I'm better off without you
So please, save your energy
Just don't" Kagome paused for a moment as her poem was met with silence. Then she spoke again., "The next is a riddle. It lives but cannot die, it carries the burdens of yesterday, and the hope of tomorrow, yet it only lives in the moment." Again, Kagome's words were met with silence. "The last thing is another poem," she went on.
"You can stay
as long as you want
live in this surreal fantasy
although it's not true
we can pretend
as the wind rushes on
When the wind shifts
When you want to go
you can leave
live a life in real colors
just don't forget me
the weather blown girl
and our rain-washed dreams
you left to the wind
I will try to smile
For you
Even as I fade away
Just a whisper in the wind." Kagome looked out into the faces of her peers quickly before taking her seat. Most of the students were looking down at their desks. Great, outcast again.
"Well," said Mr. LaPre, "very lovely, just don't do it again in class while I'm talking." Kagome nodded. Sango began to clap. Soon Miroku and Inuyasha joined her, then most of the class. Kagome looked up, even Mr. LaPre was applauding! She smiled then, deciding that Social Studies in the morning wasn't so bad. Inuyasha… who was he though? Why did he inspire her…?
Ah, lunch at last. Kagome thought happily as she walked down to the cafeteria to meet Sango. But as she walked into the large room, she saw another aggravation. Inuyasha was being taunted, students throwing paper balls among other things as a wolf demon with grayish eyes, long black hair tied up into a ponytail, tan skin and lean build like Inuyasha insulted him.
"Filthy half demon,"
"Better than being a wimp ass wolf," Inuyasha replied as someone threw a paper ball at him. "Will you quit that?" he growled.
"See? You can never fit in here!" Kagome worked her way through the crowd as fast as she could.
"Excuse me, sorry, comin' through, oh damnit, MOVE!" Koga and Inuyasha looked up in surprise at the disgruntled girl as she came through the crowd. "Koga," she said, walking right up to him, and taking a deep breath… "What is your problem! What, do you have an issue with people different from you! News flash, not everyone is an arrogant jerk!" There were whispers in the crowd.
"Kagome," he said as he reached out to her.
"Don't touch me!"
"But, you're my woman… "
"Ugh, no I am not! I don't belong to anyone, least of all you!" she yelled as she slapped him square in the face. "Get out of here," she growled.
"Ooh, Koga got dissed!" yelled someone from the crowd. Kagome turned to them.
"And you!" she pointed to the crowd, eyes cold, "who do you people think you are? You aren't any better than Koga! Not only did you not defend one of your own peers, but you made it worse! You are all a disgrace and immature! Turning your backs on what you don't understand doesn't make anything better, we are all the same here! I see no difference between any of us except in brain capacity!" Inuyasha stared in awe at this girl who was angrily facing the cold glares from the crowd, who was willing to slap a demon in the face, and who was defending him. Kagome… "Get out of here, there's nothing more to see," she growled, watching the students disperse. Then she grabbed Inuyasha and dragged him away from the scene. When she felt he was far enough away, she dropped his hand and kept walking outside, her anger causing her to forget her hunger. Inuyasha stood dumbfounded for a second, then followed Kagome outside to the base of a cherry tree.
"Hey," he said as he walked up to her and joined her on the ground where she sat in all of her anger. "You didn't have to do that, I can defend myself, you know." She looked at him through her bangs.
"I've been an outcast almost my whole life, different from everyone, I won't stand by and watch it happen to others," the bell rang, Kagome got up and headed for class. "Oh yeah," she called over her shoulder, "you're welcome!"
Kiwi: New chapter coming too! Sorry, I also don't own Green Day, but I love that song! It actually inspired me to start this up again!