Music From My Heart

Summary: Kagome finished the jewel and is trying to start her life over. She transferred schools in her freshman year, now in sophomore, and is living with Sesshomaru who adopted her after her family moved to London with the man Kagome's mom remarried. Kagome not wanting to leave stayed, the other reason being because she hated her new 'father.' Kagome heard Lili's voice and ended up in the contest, the problem is Kagome gave up music when her father died; her mother hated hearing music because her late husband was a famous musician and taught Kagome how to play various types of music styles and how to play different instruments. After a while Kagome's mother forbid Kagome to play music and had their last name changed so she wouldn't have to be bothered by people looking for any relatives of the famous musician that died. But will Kagome participate in the contests and fallow her passion in music, or will she reject it and fallow her mother's wishes and never play music again

Crossover: Inuyasha/La Corda d'oro

Pairing: Kagome/?

Rating: M

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Chapter One

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A young man dreamed of the western world and crossed the ocean. He was fond of western culture, and especially western music. Our tale begins in the slightly distant past for the young man, everything was new, and it was a wondrous world.

...One such wondrous day...He had an extraordinary Encounter.

The thing he encountered in the yard was a very small and mysterious creature. The young man was startled but...

"Are you hurt?"

"I come from a country called Japan."

"My dream is to one day start a music school in my country. That'swhyI'm studying here..."

He felt pity for the creature, and saved it.

"I...owe you my life."

"I like you!"

"That's why...

"...I choose to bless the school that you build!"

It was truly an extraordinary, extraordinary encounter. The young man returned to his country and fulfilled his dream of building a music school. And so...

Some time has passed... and once again another encounter waits around the corner.

A young girl groaned and turned over and put a pillow over head, trying to block the sound of her alarm clock. The girl gave a displeasured moan when a knock came from the other side of the door.

"Kagome-sama. It's time to get up. Sesshomaru-sama said he wanted to eat breakfast with you before he leaves for his business trip." The maid sighed in frustration when there was no answer. "KAGOME-SAMA!"

"I'm up, I'm up." the young woman known as Kagome groaned throwing the covers off her and getting out of bed.

"Why does the sun have to come up so early..." Kagome mumbled rubbing the sleep out of her silver-blue eyes, as she got changed into her uniform. It consisted of a black long sleeved shirt that had a color that was white with one black strip going through it, and at the end of the sleeves were also white and had only one black strip, and folded over and buttered. There was also a red scarf, which signified which year she was in. Her skirt reached her lower thigh, and was a lighter shade of black than her shirt.

Picking up a hair bush Kagome brushed her thigh length hair. As she brushed the last part of her hair she grabbed the hair tie that was one her wrist and pulled her hair into a high ponytail, she left some hair framing her face on both sides and her bangs slightly went over her left eye. She hardly ever left her hair down. Looking in the mirror she grabbed her choker off the dresser and carefully put it on. It was a thick piece of black leather, about an inch to an inch in a half thick, and in the center was a round pink magenta gem. Decorating off to the side of the gem, on both sides, were blue/teal stars which sort of resembled X's, which were spaced about four of five centimeters away from each other until it reached the clasp at the back of the choker. Giving a nod in approval Kagome grabbed her school bag and made her way to the dining room.

Kagome was used to being woken up and told that 'Sesshomaru-sama would like to have breakfast with you before he leaves on a business trip'. Sesshomaru was the head of Tashio industries, and because of that he did leave to go on business trips a lot. Sesshomaru wasn't home a lot and she was used to it, and knew it couldn't be helped, and he was kind enough to adopt her.

She was thankful for that.

You see Kagome's mother, grandfather, and little brother all moved to London, where her mother's new husband lives, and Kagome's new 'father'. Kagome didn't want to leave Japan, and didn't want to live with the creep that was now her step-dad. She asked Sesshomaru if she could stay with him, and he agreed. Sesshomaru also went to her mother and asked if he could adopt her into the Tashio family and make her his official heir. Her mother agreed, first making sure there wasn't going to be any arraigned marriages or anything else like that. After she was reassured, she agreed and let her stay in Japan.

It has been a year since she started Seisou Academy, and she had made two friends. Their names are Yuki Tsukiyama and Kisa Yamanako, they were the ones who helped her around the school on her first day, and they had become fast friends. The thing she hasn't told them is she was the heir to Tashio Corporation, and she was adopted into the family. She also hasn't told them about her past, at least the past about her family, like about her father, and how she gave up on music.

Even though Kagome was adopted she still goes by Higurashi. She could have gone by Tashio but since Sesshomaru was one of the richest men in Japan, she decided not to. She really didn't want to be treated specially at school because of her being of that family, and she didn't want to go by Akairi either because that was her new 'fathers' last name, and there was no way in hell she was going by that man's last name. The other name she could have gone by was Sunzaki, which was her real father's last name, and she didn't want to go by that for two reasons. First reason is because her mother didn't even want to hear that name again; her mother doesn't want to hear anything about her father or anything that would remind her of him. Second reason, someone would recognize that last name. Wataru Sunzaki was a famous musician; he died in an accident when Kagome was nine years old. He was known for his beautiful music. He played Cello, Viola, violin, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, trumpet, Saxophone, piano, and guitar.

He also taught Kagome how to play some of these instruments before he died. Kagome was known as a Music genius when she was younger. She knew how to play Violin, Flute, Oboe, Piano, and Trumpet. Kagome stopped playing because her mother hated music. Her mother also told her to promise she wouldn't do or go to anything that associates with music. Kagome promised, even though she loved music, she knew if she didn't promise her mother would have a broken heart. So from the day when Kagome's father died, she hasn't played any instrument, let alone touches one. Though deep down Kagome wanted to, she just didn't know it yet.

Kagome snapped out of her thoughts as she walked into the dining room. She was greeted by two maids and a butler. They gave a bow and bid her good morning. Kagome gave them a nod in greeting and sat down at the table, across from Sesshomaru.

"Good Morning, Sess." Kagome greeted with a smile gracing her lips. Sesshomaru looked up from his file of papers and gave a nod in greeting, before going back to his papers, after a few minutes a couple of maids brought breakfast in, and so started another breakfast at the Tashio household.

"So Sess, where are you going this time for a business trip?" Kagome asked when she saw that he had put his files of papers away.

"My first stop is going to be in Berlin, Germany. We're about to settle a deal. That will probably take three to four weeks. My second stop is going to be in New York City in the United States. They have some deals they wanted to discuss with me and other businesses. That will take about two to four weeks. So I'll be gone about two months." Sesshomaru said as he gathered his things up.

"Ah" Kagome mumbled, her eyes darkening. Sesshomaru looked at her, and his eyes soften. As he finished putting his things away he went to the other side of the table and stood next to her sitting forum. He gently brushed her bangs aside and kissed her on the forehead.

"While I'm away you have full permission on having your friends over, and can do anything you want. Go shopping, hag out, whatever you humans do. You can go to the summer house or the beach... When I get back we can spend some time together... I know you're lonely." he whispered.

Grabbing his suitcase he gave her a small smile. "Can you do that for me?"

"Hai..." Kagome said, plastering a smile on her face her eyes shining in understanding. She kept her smile on until she saw him leave the room, then it returned to a frown and her eyes darkened once again.

She gave a bitter smile, "I guess that's what I get for leaving my family and not telling the whole truth to my friends...and others"


Seisou Academy

Principal's office

"I'm sorry to call you here this early ." Apologized the principal, a look of shame on his face.

"Don't worry about it. So what seems to be the problem?' Kanazawa asked, standing in front of the principal's desk.

"Well actually...I'd like to hold off on announcing the contestants. Just for a little while..."

"Huh? I thought we were going with those five?" Kanazawa questioned, thoroughly surprised.

"It seems that.. We're waiting for one more...One more that can see it..." the principal told Kanazawa.

"Huh? Well this is...inconvenient..."

"! Please!" the principal cried, it wasn't his fault there was still one contestant missing. He was doing only as told


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School Yard

...That's right...just one more.

"Hey. The contestants are going to be announced soon. Right?" a girl from the music school asked her friend, as they walked towards the school side by side.

Oh...!

"Yeah, I wonder who it's going to be." the girl's friend told her, putting a finger on her chin in a thinking manner.

"It's got to be the head of the class...I wish it could be Me." the girl told her friend, dreamily.

Ohhhhhhhhh!

Are you interested?

Can you hear me?

Hey!

"Tsukimori's probably going to be picked." one of the girls said, small blush coming to her cheeks as she talked about the blue haired boy.

"Good call." the other girl said to her friend, nodding her head in agreement.

"Hey, what contest are they talking about? I heard some of the music school girls talking about it..." One of the Gen Ed guys asked.

"Hmmm...Oh that...it's the music contest that they hold randomly every two or three years." his friend told him, brushing it off like it was nothing.

That's right.

"I get it. Sounds like it has nothing to do with us Gen Ed kids."he said, shrugging his shoulders in dismissal. Not really that interested in something that Gen kids wouldn't participate in.

That's not true, you're guaranteed a spot if you notice me!

N-nothing! How rude!

Why? Why is it?

Why can't anybody... hear my voice!


"Why is this school so spread out?" Kagome asked herself as she made her way across the campus grounds and up to her class door that said 2-2.

"Morning Kagome-Chan!" Yuki called out to her as she entered the room, she was next to Kisa another one of her friends.

Yuki had shoulder length black hair, with a pink pin in her hair, making sure her bangs don't get in her face. She had hazel eyes that were very sharp and took everything in. She also wore the same uniform as Kagome.

Kisa had brown hair, it was short in the back that was layered, and was longer in the front. She had green eyes, which always sparkled with happiness. Kisa also wore the same uniform as Kagome and Yuki.

"Good morning!" Kagome replied back, plastering another smile on her face. She didn't like smiling this much, but she knew that she had to. One for appearance reason, other reason she likes to be friendly and smiles show that to people.

"Hey Kagome-Chan! Check this out. This girl here..." Yuki started, pointing to Kisa who was off to her right.

"You don't have to say it like that!" Kisa put it, while pouting.

"She's going on and on about fairies and violins and romance...and the competition..."

"Huh?...Competition?" Kagome asked thoroughly confused. She hadn't heard of any competition going on.

"You've never heard the story about the competition?" Kisa gasped, surprised. "The one that the school holds! There's a lot more to this competition though!" Kisa started, eyes shining just thinking about it.

"So...There's this fairy that lives secretly at school and...and this fairy used to be a bridge to romance between contestants! A love among rivals! Isn't it exciting?" Kisa asked as she went on and on, but the other two tuned her out, not really wanting to listen.

"Don't worry about her" Yuki told Kagome, ignoring Kisa. She could be a rather annoying when she was on her ranting spree.

"...I don't know about fairies but...doesn't the competition only involve students from the music school? They have a separate building, and it's not like we even have classes together. I just don't think it has anything to do with us Gen Ed students." Kagome said as she took as seat behind Yuki and besides Kisa.

Yuki turned around in her seat so she was facing Kagome. "Apparently contestants don't necessarily Have to be Music school students though." Yuki informed her as she rested her arms on Kagome's desk.

"Huh...really...?" she asked surprised, though on the inside she really didn't want to talk about this subject anymore.

"That's what I heard. I mean, it ends up being that way. It's really competitive, and I guess past winners have ended up becoming internationally famous." Yuki explained, leaning back in her chair.

"Wow, I guess it's a big deal then." Kagome mused, blinking looking at her two friends who nodded.

"By the way...You never come in this late. What happened? Did you sleep in?" Yuki questioned her friend. She wasn't one know to be late.

"No. I walked to school today instead of getting a ride like I usually do and I didn't leave early enough." Kagome said, waving it off.

"Hey Yuki, did you do last night's homework?" Kagome asked, wanting to know if her friend forgot to do it, again, and wanting to change the subject to something different.

Yuki froze on the spot and looked towards Kagome. " ...homework...we had...homework...?"

"Yes for English. Don't tell me you forgot. The teacher told you last time if you forgot your English homework again, you would get detention, and they would call your parents." Kagome told her, making Yuki want to go cry all the more.

Sighing Kagome opened up her bag and pulled out a few sheets of paper that were stapled neatly together, and handed them to Yuki. "I guess it can't be helped, here. This is mine, take it. I haven't forgotten my homework before, so it's alright. Just start doing your homework."

Yuki reluctantly took the papers. "You don't have to."

Kagome gave her a big smile, "I want to and I know how strict your parents are. It's fine take it." She waved it off as if it was nothing.

Yuki looked at the papers with a small smile. "Thanks" Yuki really didn't want to have detention or have them call her parents...she REALLY didn't want them calling her parents. They were really strict when it came to school, and she told them she was doing fine in school and getting her homework done.

"No problem. This is my first time so it won't matter much. They'll only give me a little punishment." Kagome said as she hung her bag on the side of her desk, on the hook.

"We're starting now. Get to your seats!" The teacher called out as he entered the room, getting the attention of all students in the room.


"This, and this too, please." the English teacher

said as he handed her more papers.

"What's up, Higurashi." the social studies teacher asked, boyish smirk on his face.

"I forgot my homework...so I'm supposed to take this stuff to the teacher's next class..." Kagome informed.

"Oh yes. His next class is 2-A" the English teacher instructed, thinking look on his face as he gave her a small smile.

"Class A...You mean in the music school?" the social studies teacher asked.

"That's right"

"Hey, Higurashi, if you're headed toward the music school building...Take this too, okay? To 3-A." the social studies teacher said giving her some more things to carry.

"Ummm...sure...I guess..." Kagome mumbled, not wanting to be rude.

'It's going to take so long to get back from the music school...'Kagome thought as she was bumped from behind just as she was going to go down the stairs.

'ahhhhhhhhhh' Kagome closed her eyes as she fell, waiting for the impact, the things she was carrying fell out of her hands in the process though, but from behind her someone's arms came around her waist and caught her before she fell down the stairs.

"Wow...that was close ..." the guy that caught her said his arm still around her waist.

"Sorry about that. You okay?" the guy asked, looking worried and a bit guilty.

"I...i-I think...so..." Kagome stuttered, still a little dazed, and a little disgusted. Kagome didn't really like being touched; sometimes it plain grossed her out. I guess she was hanging around Sesshomaru too much. Kagome looked down the stairs and saw all the papers, 'oops'

"Sorry about this. I didn't mean to make you help." Kagome said, feeling bad that he was helping her carry the papers.

"Don't worry about it. It was my bad. All this stuff's heavy."

'He must be a second-year too. Since he wears the same color tie.' Kagome thought, looking at his tied then up at him.

"I'm Kagome Higurashi, form class two...what's your name..." Kagome asks, smile on her face as she gave him a small bow in greeting.

"Me? Ryotaro. Ryotaro Tsuchiura. I'm in class five. It's nice to me you Gen Ed Princess" he grinned introducing himself, a smirk crossing his face when he called her the Gen Ed Princess.

Kagome blushed. "You don't have to call me that..." She mumbled, embarrassed.

Ryotaro smirked. " No I think I will, it's catchy." This only made Kagome blush harder, and groan not wanting to be called Princess.


Yuki Note: People have been asking for this back...so here it is!

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