***A/n : Hiya! I'm Mitzuki-chan (aka Mitz), Lily-chan's temporary live-in cousin, and I hope some of you guys like both of us. I wrote a chapter in SSFH, but I was tired, so it wasn't that great. A lot of people think we act alike, so chances are if you like me, you'll like her. Although, my writing style is kinda weird compared to hers (even if I'm really happy, my writing can be serious sometimes. Other times it is incredibly happy!), my writing's heavy and dark especially if I'm in school mode (that is a very scary thing...With class rankings, student council, high school entrance stuff, volunteering, orchestra, choir, and other random clubs that would bore you all to death if I mentioned, I do a lot of work. My writing here is a lot more relaxed, but I hope you all still like.) With that, I might only update once a week (I get homework on weekends and breaks, too), but if I'm doing extremely well, expect more updates. I've also stolen part of Lily's format, lol (and Kag's teachers have same names as SSFH). Oh, and I usually will call my story by it's working title "What If?" or WI? for short. The only reason I didn't call it that because the title is used multiple times in various fanfics. That's just a little bit about me, so I hope you all enjoy my first fanfic!
*Disclaimer : Do most birds fly? Yes. Is the sun bright? Yes. Are my textbooks heavy? Yes, very, thanks for asking. Do I own Inuyasha? Don't tell me you're going to say "yes"...
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One Day in Social Studies Class...
Chapter 1 : That Day in Social Studies
"Now, class, take out your 'Tales of the Feudal Era' book and turn to the second section," the social studies teacher, Ms. Ito, said while she opened her own copy to the corresponding page. Lowering her glasses down to the tip of her nose, she took a seat on the top of her desk and started reading.
Miss Kagome Higurashi, who was supposedly inflicted with many ailments and illnesses, showed up today looking perfectly healthy, and wasn't paying any attention what-so-ever. Why should she? All they were covering was the Feudal Era of Japan. No big deal, to her anyway. After all, Miss Higurashi wasn't ill in the least, but instead she spent her time in the Feudal Era. Traveling with a half demon, a lecherous monk, a demon slayer, a fire-cat, and an eccentric, young kitsune was all a part of her life. However, I'm sure you know all about that.
Kagome stared out the window, completely lost in her thoughts, which mostly consisted of her friends five hundred years back. One word, a name rather, caught her attention, "Inuyasha."
Wait, what?! Inuyasha...She looked down at the page she had absent-mindedly turned to, and sure enough, it was titled, "The Tale of Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's in here? Well it does make sense, considering I've seen the majority of what this class taught first-hand. I wonder, about the ending, how we end. I'll read about this all tonight...
The bell rang it's musical chime, and everyone stood and jammed their stuff in their bags.
"Oh, I'm sorry guys, I guess we spent too long on the last tale. This is one of my all-time favorites, so kids, wait up!" Ms. Ito regained everyone's attention, "Read through the first part over the weekend, I want your opinions Monday morning!"
Leaving the classroom, Kagome felt a sudden chill, everything that she had gone through and everything she will go through is written within this large book. She hadn't put it away in her bag, but instead clutched it to her chest, Inuyasha, I have this horrible feeling...
Realizing she'd be late if she didn't show up to her next class within 30 seconds, Kagome hurried off to her next class, science.
The day dragged by, she couldn't wait to find out what awaited them, but at the same time she was frightened to death about what she would read. What if the ending wasn't happy? What if it truly wasn't this "Feudal Fairytale"?
Despite her desperate need to pay attention, Kagome spaced and stared at the clock all day. Oh, how slowly it moved. Seconds seemed to pass like hours, minutes like days, and hours like entire weeks. It's not every day that you find out your fate in a school textbook.
Finally, the final bell rang, and Kagome rushed home.
After greeting her mother, Kagome ran upstairs, shut her door, threw her things down, and plopped down on her bed with her book in her hand. "Okay, Kagome, you can do this."
She turned to the second section in her book, and began reading.
The Tale of Inuyasha
By the monk, demon slayer, and kitsune.
Inuyasha, the protector, the glue that kept our mismatched group together. Somehow. I'm not sure how we made it. A monk, a demon slayer, a young kitsune, a fire cat, and most importantly, the time-traveling miko and Inuyasha, the half dog demon. An interesting combination, right? Well, this story is written in several points of view as well. We couldn't get the point across otherwise...
It all began 60 years ago with Inuyasha and Kikyou, the Sacred Jewel's protecter...
And so, Kagome read for hours, emotions overwhelming her. Everything they had done was all written here. She could tell what was written by who, Sango wrote some parts, as did Shippo and Miroku. They all pieced together what they knew and wrote it all down, but something troubled her, Inuyasha seemed to have no contribution. Nothing there was his, and the beginning before Shippo was shaky at best.
"Kagome! Dinner!" Mrs. Higurashi yelled.
Dang, it was just getting to the Band of Seven...
Souta was rambling on about school and the awesome sports events, so Kagome didn't have to worry about talking. She just sat and ate quietly. I guess I am not taking my time reading this, but still. I know what happened...
Finishing early, Kagome asked to be excused and walked back up to her room to continue reading.
She had finished the first part long ago, but it didn't matter, she needed to know. Besides it was Friday, she didn't need to do all of her homework tonight.
Within the next two hours, Kagome managed to read up to where they were at now.
"Alright, Kagome, moment of truth..."
And so, the final battle soon came. The battle that determined everything.
Inuyasha was in his casual battle stance with Tetsusaiga drawn with one hand, but you could see he was tense. His teeth were grinding, his eyes burning, and his grip on Tetsusaiga was tightening. He also had something to protect, the miko, the one he so desperately loved. She was standing beside him with her arrow knocked, ready to go. They both had the determination to survive this, alive.
The monk and the demon slayer were, too, side by side, both ready to fight. The slayer with her large boomerang bone, and the monk with his staff and sutras. They too, were determined to live.
Our other companions, the fire cat, the kitsune, and the demon slayer's younger brother, were not present, we requested them to stay with Kaede and the village. After we vanquished Naraku, demons would be rampant, someone had to protect the village.
The battle proceeded so quickly; it was all a blur. Neither of us, the demon slayer nor monk, completely knew what was going on at all times. We were in charge of the small-fry stray tenticles, odd demons, and so on.
Eventually, when we were all weary and tired, the battle was over. Naraku's heart was destroyed by a combination of the miko's arrow and Tetsusaiga's backlash wave. The miko walked over, grabbed the remainder of the sacred jewel, purified it and pocketed it. She would fuse it and choose her wish later.
All of our attention turned to Inuyasha, our beloved hanyou, the moment seemed to go in slow motion. He was bleeding from all sorts of wounds, he was probably protecting his love throughout it all, but this time it was different. Falling to the ground in a pool of his own blood, his love rushed over to him, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Inuyasha?! Wake up!" she knelt into the pool, and lifted his head into her lap. Begging, "Please, Inuyasha, you can't die now! We've been through too much, please, don't die on me..."
We were unable to do anything, we were frozen, all we could do is watch. Then we heard it, our hanyou spoke words that were barely audible, "I'm sorry...'Gome...I love you...Please don't cry..." That was it, he said it. The words no one thought they'd ever hear.
The miko was in hysterics, "How can I not cry?! I love you, too! I'm crying because I love you, Inuyasha....Please don't leave me..."
A rare sight then occurred, he smiled, " 'Gome, thank you...That's all...I ever wanted to hear..."
"Inuyasha, don't you dare die on me! Please, I don't know what I'll do!"
"Promise me...You'll be...happy...okay? Forget...all...about me...if you have to..." his eyes were pleading with her.
This left us silent, tears streaming down our faces. There was nothing we could do, it was their moment.
The miko couldn't respond, but our hanyou chose to say is last words, "I love you...always will...Tell the...others...my goodbyes as well...And...'Gome...I'm glad...last thing...I see...in...this...world...is...you...." Inuyasha, our hanyou, then closed his golden eyes, that were once so full of life, for the very last time.
We both slid to our knees, we hadn't just witnessed that. We won, we got the last of the Sacred Jewel, but we hadn't won without compensation.
The monk uncovered his right hand, and all he saw was a normal hand, his curse was gone. Naraku was dead. His life was was safe for the moment and he almost sighed with relief, but he glanced over towards his best friend lying dead in his own blood and his love crying next to his remains. The monk felt he had gotten his freedom at the cost of his friend's life, and that was not something that comforted him. For the first time in a long time, the monk burst into tears.
The demon slayer just stared, she had seen so much death. Now that her younger brother had finally been retrieved, she lost another instead. This burned deep, he died protecting them all. If only...If only...
After what seemed hours, the remaining trio couldn't cry any longer, but they stayed in complete silence as respect for their fallen comrade.
Picking up the hanyou and carrying his cold body on his back, the monk started to walk towards the village, and the two remaining followed. Smelling blood, the monk wanted to draw back, but he couldn't. The miko drew Tetsusaiga, sheathed it, and drew it into her. It was all she had left of the one she had so long loved. The very movement itself told us that she wasn't sure what to do, she didn't want anything more than his presence. Unfortunately, that was the one thing she could never have again.
When they reached Kaede's village, the busy life of the townspeople all stopped and watched in silence. The four had returned, all covered in blood, and one of them was down.
Kaede, the kitsune, and the demon slayer's little brother came out of the hut to investigate the silence. What they saw shook them.
"Inuyasha's dead?" the kitsune asked while tears were welling up in his eyes.
The monk nodded, and laid the hanyou down. They would prepare a grave soon.
"You big idiot, how could you go and die on us!" he was pounding the ground out of frustration and sadness.
Walking over in silence, the miko placed Tetsusaiga next to the kitsune and lifted him into her arms. All of us needed that right now, something to hold onto when life came crashing down.
"Why'd he have to die?" Even though the kitsune wasn't sure how to admit it, he loved the hanyou in almost a fatherly way. The miko and hanyou were like his second parents.
Kaede and the demon slayer's younger brother stood on the sides and shed a few tears themselves.
The demon slayer and monk begin digging as close as they could to the Sacred Tree without disturbing the roots. This seemed like an appropriate place.
The funeral was held shortly afterwards, and everyone was silent. No one could cry anymore, no matter how much they felt they needed to. Holding onto Tetsusaiga, she remembered the locket she had given him, he'd be buried with that, but she'd be keeping Tetsusaiga, no one would be allowed to use it except him.
Kaede placed a small simple marker rock with his name simply carved into it on top of his grave. "May ye rest in peace, Inuyasha."
We all returned to Kaede's hut, and the corner where Inuyasha always sat was left vacant.
"So, what do ye plan to do now?" She couldn't believe the recent events, that cocky, stubborn hanyou dying so easily.
The miko was still covered in dried blood, it was her constant painful reminder, and replied calmly, "I want to wish the Sacred Jewel away. Gone."
No one objected, in fact it would probably be best if that were to happen.
"Are..you going to stay?" the kitsune asked the miko, she was technically his adopted mother.
"I'm sorry, I really don't think I can...I'm sorry, I just can't..." Newly found tears cascaded down her face.
The kitsune immediately understood, if she were to stay, she'd be constantly reminded, and it would kill her inside.
"I understand, but don't forget about us? Alright? Promise me, please?" he begged while more tears slid down his face.
"I promise, I can't forget about any of you, no matter what, I won't. I love you all, and I'll miss you guys, really. I hope you all have a happy life. Inuyasha says farewell as well..." she sighed, this was getting hard.
So we all said our farewells, it was painful. Two people we cherished so closely gone in a single day. We saw her off to where we could, she left us with a 'pick-ture' of her and Inuyasha, that was all we had left.
The years passed, and we all still visited Inuyasha's grave talking to him, just as we were sure she was.
The monk and the demon slayer eventually married and had many children, the children's uncle carried on the family trade, demon slaying, Kaede died after a long life, and the kitsune learned more tricks and eventually found himself a wife.
Everyone but those two seemed to get their happy ending. What happened to the two of them, we do not know. Unfortunately, I fear we never will.
That was the end.
By now, Kagome was crying hard, she couldn't think straight anymore. What if there really was a grave on shrine grounds? What if the marker had just been moved, or turned over? She didn't know, but she knew she had to go to the Feudal Era, back to Inuyasha.
End of Chapter 1
***A/n : I'm so tired! I'm seeing daylight out my window! Anyways, was I the only one who cried? (After Lily read it, she did too) I hope not...I was the one writing this and I had to drink a gallon of water to keep myself hydrated. This isn't school mode either, I was happy when I started this, then it got sad...However, I don't think I could posssibly leave it like this. So if you want to see the next chapter sometime soon, which I guarantee will be happier, please review! It will make me happy, which leaves to me posting a happier chapter, which in turn, should make you happier. :D
~Mitzuki-chan