Summer Rekindled
Summary: They met in the summer, but after a misunderstanding of sorts they never saw each other again. Ten years later, Inuyasha finds Kagome again and hopes they could finish where they left off years ago. But there's just one problem…she's engaged. Can he get her back, or will she slip out of his grasp: this time for good?
A/N: Hey, so this was our first fan fiction we have collaborated on. Separately we are known as Crystal Crest and BlueMoon Goddess. Together, as noted above, we are Crystal Moon Crest. We hope you enjoy it, and leave a review of your thoughts. We would greatly appreciate it.
Disclaimer: We do not own Inuyasha or any accompanying characters from the manga/anime. All of which were created by Rumiko Takahashi.
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Prologue: Part 1
"Are we there yet?"
"No not yet Souta." Ms. Higurashi answered, calmly.
Kagome sighed, already losing count of the number of times her brother had asked that question. She turned her head towards the window, contemplating how content and excited she was at the beginning of the trip. It was the start of June, and time for their annual summer vacation, when each of them would take turns every summer picking a place to vacation. But due to the economy, for the last two years they could not afford to go on vacation. For both missed trips, it was Kagome and Souta's turn to choose where they went. This year however, appointing who would pick where they went was rather difficult…
"It's my turn!" Souta yelled, running past his sister towards the kitchen.
"No it's not, you squirt!" Kagome retorted, pushing him to the side, as they turned a corner.
"Damn it Kagome!" Souta shouted, as he caught his footing and righted himself up, rushing to catch up with his sister.
Kagome laughed as she neared the kitchen door, "Language Souta, please," she then yelled as she soon found herself squished in between the side kitchen door and Souta, "What the hell Souta, move!"
"Nuh uh, there's no way I'm letting you convince mom you should pick where we go this summer!" Souta answered, pushing his elbow into her sides.
"Damn it Souta! That hurt," she shrieked, pushing herself out the doorway.
Souta gave a triumphant smirk as he made his way through the doorway, "Language Kagome, language," he instructed.
Kagome scoffed, "I'm fifteen Souta I can curse all I want. You on the other hand are only what, nine? I hardly think that's old enough to curse. For crying out loud, you've just recently stopped wetting the bed."
Souta blushed as he glared over at her, "I didn't wet the bed!" he yelled before frowning, "Mom says it's natural that boys my age go through that!"
Kagome laughed, "Mom just said you had a wet dream so you wouldn't feel bad."
Souta's face turned redder at the comment, "I did too have one!"
"Alright, alright," Kagome accepted, "you had a wet dream."
Souta crossed his arms, "See, I told you."
Kagome smirked, purely enjoying the apprehensive look on Souta's face that soon followed "So…" Kagome drawled out, "Who did you dream about?"
Souta's face became the epitome of red. "W-What?"
"I mean, you had a wet dream, I get that. But most wet dreams are accompanied with a…" Kagome paused, caressing her chin in thought, "how do I put this in terms that won't permanently scar your little mind?" she questioned, "Got it...well accompanied with a special person in mind."
Souta nervously turned his head to the side, suddenly finding the crack on the wall interesting, "I-I don't know w-what you're talking about."
"Oh really?" she smirked as she walked over to Souta, bending over so their faces were mere inches apart, "Cause I think you do."
"Mom!"
Kagome grinned, as she mentally patted herself on the back for a job well done, "Souta 3, Kagome 1,001."
"Liar!" Souta retorted, glaring at her as she smirked, "Those numbers are wrong!"
Kagome sighed, "You're right, whatever was I thinking. The last time I checked you only beat me to the punch one other time. Thanks for catching that bro."
Souta frowned but soon grinned at a thought, "Whatever, I'm still gonna pick were we go this year," he said, before taking off, running towards another doorway that led towards the stairs.
"Oh no you don't!" Kagome challenged, as she chased after her brother, up the stairs.
"Mom!"
Ms. Higurashi sighed as she heard her children yell out for her. There was not a doubt in her mind that the two were arguing, from what she could hear coming from downstairs. She could only guess as to what the two siblings were fussing about this time, "Yes, I'm in my room."
She turned to find her children before her, heaving, as they tried to catch their breaths, yet still finding enough energy to cast accusing fingers at each other.
"He-He says he's gonna pick but I-"
"But I was supposed to pick-pick last time, but she thinks-
"That he's gonna pick, when it's obvious that it's my turn-"
Souta turned to his sister, "Why are you even talking, you know it should be my turn to pick, so just shut up and let me decide where we go!"
"There's not a chance in H-E- Double pockey sticks that I'll let you decide where we go!" Kagome retorted.
Souta gave her an inquisitive look. "Oh, so NOW you want to stop cursing, now that mom's here."
"Shut up you little prick! I'm deciding where we go!"
"No you're not, I'm picking were we go!"
"No it's my turn!"
"I'm picking this time!"
"Alright that's enough out of both of you," Ms. Higurashi said, sternly. As she watched both her kids quiet down, still glaring at each other, "is there a way you can both negotiate where we go?"
"NO!" they both yelled in unison.
"Well then there's only one way to solve this."
Both Kagome and Souta jumped back in surprise, and turned around to find their grandfather walking into the room.
"Where did you come from?" Souta questioned.
"That is of no concern my grandchild." Grandpa said, putting his hand up to quiet down any further questioning of his sudden appearance, "We shall resolve this manner with one game of janken."
Kagome gives her grandfather an incredulous look, "You mean rock, paper, scissors?"
"Ummm…yes I suppose you can call it that," Grandpa coughed.
"Well that seems fair." Kagome nodded.
"So you ready get your butt kicked?" Souta grinned.
"Yeah right, in your wet dreams." Kagome smirked, putting her first forward.
"Now on the count of three you start," Grandpa instructs, "1, 2, 3!"
Ms. Higurashi leaned forward to see that her daughter sported the symbol of paper with her hands, while her son's hand was enclosed in a fist.
"Would you look at that, seems like I won." Kagome laughed.
Souta frowned, "No fair! You made yours a second after I did on the count of four!"
Kagome rolled her brown eyes, "I'm sure you caught that," she sarcastically commented as she turned towards her grandfather, "You saw it grandpa, I won fair and square."
Souta then followed suit, and rolled his eyes as well, "You can't take grampa's word for it…his eyes barely work!"
Grandpa frowned as he glared at his grandson, "Are you calling me old?" he questioned, his eyebrows creased further as he was met with silence from both his grandchildren, "Well?"
Kagome gave her grandpa an unbelieving stare, "Not to justify Souta's case, but you kinda are." she replied.
Grandpa's expression gave that of pure shock, "Can you believe this?" Grandpa questioned, as he looked over to his daughter-in-law who seemed to be avoiding his gaze, "Well I never!" he yelled, shocked. He abruptly left the room, whilst muttering an excuse of his need of attending to Spring cleaning.
"Well then," Ms. Higurashi offered, after a moment of silence, "I suggest we flip a coin. This matter is running longer than it should," she opened her coin purse to pull one out, as she turned towards her children. "I would ask who wants heads or tails, but that would only create another round of chaos, so Kagome you are heads, while Souta you are tails."
"But mom, why does he get tails!"
"Yeah, I wanted heads."
Ms. Higurashi smiled, finding it amusing at how predictable her children were. "I thought as much. So if it lands on heads Souta, it means that your sister is wrong and you will pick where we go, and vice versa for you Kagome."
Kagome arched a brow, "So basically it's a game that decides whose wrong, rather than whose right?
"Precisely." Ms. Higurashi answered, a sigh passed her lips as she watched the grins appear like magic on her their faces.
"You ready to lose squirt?" Kagome questioned, taking her place before her mother.
"More like win." Souta scoffed, following suit.
They both watched their mother as she flipped the coin into the air and due to gravity, made its way back down. They were both surprised to see their mother did not even attempt to catch the coin, but instead allowed it to land on the hardwood floor, rather than the palm of her hand…
Kagome smiled as she recalled the outcome. She had won, much to the dismay of her brother, and decided at that very moment they would go to California, a place she had always wanted to visit. Considering they lived in Arizona, she knew her mother would agree since the cost would be somewhat low, with travel expenses considered.
"Are we there yet?"
Kagome inwardly growled, thinking of how her once held feeling of excitement had gone to of irritation in a matter of sixty minutes, when her brother first started asking repeatedly whether they had reached their destination.
"No, Souta," their grandfather answered from the passenger's seat, "Not yet."
Souta whined, "But it's taking forever, you said it wouldn't take so long. Whose idea was this anyway!"
The car grew silent, as all that could be heard was the car's engine, as they continued down the congested highway. Kagome frowned as she looked up towards the rearview mirror to find her mother's worried glance.
Kagome sighed, as she tried to calm her shaking nerves, 'Mom probably thinks I'll break a fuse... just one more hour,' she mentally told herself, as she chanted silently a countdown till arrival. She knew they would arrive to California before then, but the need to track how long until their arrival to the hotel they were staying at became all the more appealing, 'Then I'll be out of this car and away for Souta'
"How about now?" Souta asked, breaking the tense silence.
"NO!" Kagome yelled, deciding to no longer ignore her brother's constant questioning, "Does it look like we're there yet genius? When we get there, you'll now, heck I'll tell you! So just face forward and shut up!" she yelled, to only pull a finger towards him, closing the small gap between them occupying the back seats, "And if you ask one more time whether we're there yet, so help me, I'll focus solely on making the next two months miserable for you…and you know I would."
Souta meekly nodded his head, confused as to where the sudden outburst came from, "Okay, I won't ask, jeez."
Kagome gave an exasperated reply of thank you before turning towards her window, ignoring Souta's incoherent mumbling, some of which included 'evil' and 'PMS'.
She watched as the many cars made their way South towards California, while very few were going north, away from the handsome state. She could only understand it, as her eyes followed said cars drive the opposing way, who would want to leave the infamous state? She couldn't even fathom a reply. Her eyes widened as she saw a sign approaching them, as they drove past the toll booth.
She smiled, as she read the sign aloud, "Welcome to California," she breathed, the once fleeting excitement now returning to her, making their way into her veins and coursing throughout her body. She gave a laugh of mirth, happy to know she would finally see the place her father always wanted to visit, despite living so close to it, and spoke quite fondly of. It was their hidden plan, that he would one day take her to the place he said in which they could escape their plain and ordinary lives in Arizona. She closed her eyes, truly looking forward to the days ahead.
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Kagome sighed as she made her way down the steps from the car that her mother parked in the parking lot. She could not express how much she loved California. The food, the people, the fashion…although her grandfather scoffed at her logic, stating that everything is the same as it is in Arizona, she couldn't help but disagree. The overall lifestyle was different; almost better, she couldn't come up with a reasonable reason as to why she felt that way. She knew she just did.
"Well, that and Dad said so," she smiled, as she placed her bag upon the tan sand beneath her feet.
Upon entry into the hotel they were staying at a little over a week ago, a whirlwind of places, people, and experiences bombarded her, all of which she was more than happy to confront. Just two days ago, they visited California's Disneyland, while the day before that, they had a tour of Universal Studios Hollywood. She could gladly say that she was enjoying herself. She shrieked as she felt something hit her rear end. She straightened up from her bent down position and looked down to see a Frisbee besides her feet; she looked up to see her brother smirking at her.
"Hey Kagome, hurry it up would ya?"
Kagome sighed, as she trenched on the sands of the beach, and made her way towards Souta. As much as she was enjoying herself, she didn't take into account that she would have to serve as her brother's babysitter. It made no sense that her mother was the one to suggest they visit the beach, but had no intention of stepping foot onto the sand. Instead, mush to her irritation, her mother merely acted as the chauffeur and brought them to the beach while she made her way to the boardwalk to do browse and shop. She threw the Frisbee over to her brother who promptly caught it with ease, she found it funny that he could catch it with such finesse but when it came to throwing it…
Kagome watched as the Frisbee her brother threw veered right, away from her and towards a kissing couple.
…he threw like an infant. One with the intention of throwing an object in front of him, but can not understand how it ended up going behind him.
Souta frowned as he ran towards the couple, seeing the male angrily hold up the Frisbee, away from his girlfriend. She soon arched a brow as Souta shrieked, realizing the man's girlfriend was actually his boyfriend.
"Sorry!" Kagome offered to the couple, as her brother made his way back over to his spot, she turned towards him, "Real smooth Souta."
Souta blushed as he readied the Frisbee in his grasp to throw, "Hey! They caught me by surprise! How was I supposed to know he was a dude?"
Kagome's smirk twitched, as many possible ways came to mind on how her brother could have concluded such, some of which weren't age appropriate, "Never mind that Souta, just throw the damn thing. This time, try aiming at my hands."
Souta frowned, muttering under his breath before throwing it towards his sister.
Kagome frowned, not even trying to reach for the Frisbee as it made its way three feet above her head and past the mast amounts of trees, upon a hill behind her. She then turned towards her brother who had his arms crossed, "Oh that's just great, way to go Souta. Didn't I say aim for my hands?"
Souta snorted, "Hey I didn't say I would."
They both stared at each other for a few seconds, as a barking dog running by, broke the silence.
"...Well?" Kagome began.
"Well what?"
"Aren't you going to go get it?" Kagome frowned, pointing in the direction that the Frisbee went.
"Why should I, you're the one closer to it." Souta smirked.
Kagome growled, turned around and made her way to retrieve the Frisbee, mumbling words of profanity under her breath, "That stupid brat," she muttered as she made her way up the hill, stepping past the bushes and over a log.
She steadily made her way up the hill and spotted the Frisbee a ways ahead. She then smiled as she reached down and grabbed the Frisbee. "There you are…." she stopped as she looked up, realizing that there was more of the beach stretching before her beyond the hill. She walked down the hill and onto the sand of the beach which she couldn't help but notice had a lighter tone than the stretch of sand behind her on the other side of the hill. She could almost attest that this portion of the beach looked remarkably better than the part she left her brother and a vast population of tourist on.
She looked out towards the water and her eyes widened, 'What the hell even the water looks better.' she thought as she saw that the water was clearer and bluer on this side.
She walked further down the beach noticing what looked like a beach house overlooking a cliff, 'Does someone live here?' she pondered, her eyes drifted off from the large house, as they followed a seagull over the large expanse of the ocean.
"Who the fuck are you?"
Kagome jumped at the sound of the voice and turned towards the source to find what appeared to be a young shirtless man in cargo shorts, standing behind her with a bag over his shoulder. She squinted, as she brought her hand in front of her face to shield her eyes from the sun's rays.
"Wait, what?" she questioned dumbly.
The young man rolled his shoulders, nonchalantly dropping the bag on the ground as he allowed it to slip off his shoulders, "Are your looks as bad as your hearing? I said who the fuck are you? On second thought, I don't give a flying fuck who you are, the better questions is…"
He paused as he made his way over to her to stand over her form, glowering at her. Kagome eyes widened as she stared at his eyes, realizing that what she once thought was a trick played by the light of the sun, was certainly not the case. She watched nervously as presumably golden orbs made their way closer to her face, as he leaned down towards her. She stood still, as she felt his warm breath fan against her ear.
"…What the fuck are you doing here?"
A/N: Hope you enjoyed. We will hopefully update within the next few weeks. We are quite pleased with this story and hope you leave a review and tell us what you think.
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