A/N: Hiya, Shain here! Took long enough for a new story of Inu-yasha, huh? Well, here it is! All of my friends call this story emo, meaning dark. Well, what's new? My mother calls me MORBID! Nice, huh? All I do is watch Dr.G (autopsy) during dinner, I wonder why she calls me morbid...
Anyway, Inu-Yasha Sengoku o-Togi Zoshi doesn't belong to me, but this story does. So, if I catch you snatching my precious plot ideas away… You better sleep with one eye open, because I'll find out where you live! Ehhh, nah, but I'll be your worst enemy! Now, enjoy Where's the Light? !
She sat there, on the bed, alone. Nothing new to her. An other fight, an other loss to her. There was nothing to be gained by those worthless fights, she never won in his eyes. She always lost! She was useless to him, so why did she always return by his side? Worry? Or… Love?
She went to her desk, and sat on the rotating chair, and glanced over the desk materials. Old, dull pencil she never used, a few emptied-out ink pens, and a book, a blue little book. She opened it to the cover, which read: This book belongs to: Kagome Higurashi, ninth grade. It was hers. On the cover were doodles of adventures she's had over the last school year, in present time and past.
She turned to the last empty page, and dated it, June 25th.
Dear journal,
This is the last entry for you. I just had an other fight with Inuyasha… It makes me sad to see him run off to Kikyou over and over again. Nowadays I'm used to it, and don't do anything about it. In fact, Kikyou doesn't wish to see him again, at least from my view. I've saved her a few times, because of Inuyasha wanting to see her over and over, and as I'm with her, I get the impression she just wants to finish Naraku so she can return to the afterlife peacefully. Kaede, her younger sister, says until then, her soul cannot return to my body and the afterlife… That really makes me sad.
And tomorrow, Mama and I are going to have a good time out at Shibuya, window shop, karaoke, and the carnival is in town down at Bunkamura. I just get this bad feeling when I think of Bunkamura, I wonder why…
Before I go, I wanna make a promise to myself, and to you, that one day -- hopefully in the near future -- I'll have the courage to let Inuyasha read this. Until then, I will write in the tenth installment to you.. Talk to you later!
Kagome shut the booklet and sighed. "I wonder… What he's doing." And with that, she opened her window, and felt the summer's breeze comfort her, telling her just to have hope, and not to worry. Kagome knew Inuyasha could fight, and well, too. It's just… He did a really bad job at it apparently when she was gone. That did make her worry, though. He was so… Reckless.
The next morning, Kagome woke early, and dressed for the time: her blue summer dress. She strapped her sandals on as she sat on her bed, wondering when --
"Kagome! You have a guest!" Mama shouted.
"Who?" Kagome stood up and walked to her door. In front of her was a scowling albino half demon. She sighed. "No need to answer that question, Mama!" Kagome replied, "Why are you here?"
"Why aren't you there!" He demanded.
"Today is a mother/daughter day, Inuyasha! I don't want you ruining it. I haven't talked to Mama in really long time!" She shouted. Kagome turned her head towards the door, to a smiling mother, her mother. Her hair was down for a change, and the brown hair reached her shoulders. There was one hair clip in her hair, holding the bangs from her face. She wore a summer dress as well, but hers was lavender, along with her sandals. "Wow, Mama, I haven't seen you dressed up since… Well, before Souta was born!"
Mama laughed, "I know, it's been so long. It's alright if Inuyasha comes, it'll be fun. Just no fighting, okay, you two?" Mama smiled. Kagome blinked towards Inuyasha, and grinned innocently. At least Mama didn't mind. Honestly, she wanted him to go, it was Mama who needed to say if he could go or not. As Kagome went to find Inuyasha's hat, Mama added, "We'll buy him clothes for this era, too. He needs to fit in." Kagome smiled at Mama's comment. Kagome handed Inuyasha his hat and went downstairs. She could smell the burning scent of toast. Meaning Gramps was trying to make breakfast. Souta couldn't cook, and it was Mama's day off.
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Gramps, step out of the way, before you burn down the entire shrine!" Kagome popped the toast out of the toaster and tossed the burnt toast away. She looked in the pan, and saw blobs of a light yellow, "Were you trying to make omelets?" kagome said, rinsing out the pan.
"Eh… Eggs." Gramps sighed.
"Kami…" Kagome muttered as she began cooking.
Inuyasha stood at the kitchen entrance, next to Mama. He was stunned, she was cooking so much faster than the first time he ever saw her cook her modern food. She was beating the eggs so fast, it stunned Inuyasha. Gramps stood there, blinking, amazed, by Inuyasha's point of view. "She's going to be a great mother some day. Honestly, I hope soon." Inuyasha heard Mama whisper. It was so soft, the whisper. Meaning she wanted only him to hear.
"Huh?" He blinked towards her, wondering what she had meant. Mama turned to Inuyasha and winked a sly wink.
Not her, too… Inuyasha thought, turning red. He folded his arms and feh'd. Truthfully, he'd love to be Kagome's mate, but he couldn't say that. It was kind of… It showed weakness, or something like that.
Three minutes later, Kagome wiped her forehead with a kitchen rag and smiled, "A few more minutes, and we can go. We've got to teach Souta how to cook, before he ends up like Gramps, Mama." Kagome joked.
"Hey…" Gramps folded his arms as Mama laughed with Kagome. Her laugh is so sweet, Inuyasha thought, watching Kagome's every move. She gracefully slid across the floor, to the refrigerator to get milk, and then she quickly put it away after pouring two cups of milk. Then she hurried over to the pan and put the omelets and two plates, and on cue, the toast popped out of toaster, which Kagome zoomed over and easily buttered the two toasted bread slices. She put the toast on the plates and set them table.
"Souta should be awake any minute, so don't eat his plate, Gramps." Kagome said as she walked towards Mama and Inuyasha.
"Yes, let's go." Mama smiled and led the three to her Honda outside of the shrine. As the climbed down the shrine stairway, Mama watched Kagome and Inuyasha from the corner of her eye. They smiled and were laughing. I'm amazed, Mama thought, I've never seen him laugh. Kagome must be the only one who makes him laugh…
"So, Houshi-sama was bothering you again?" Kagome smiled.
"Nothin' new! Every single fight, 'When will you go to the well THIS time?' …! It's annoying." Inuyasha growled.
"He only means well…" Kagome sighed.
"Says you." Inuyasha feh'd once more as the car was in sight. Small and silver, but it was transportation. They rarely used it, too. It was because eleven years ago, that very same car was Kagome's father's murderer. It stalled in the middle of the high way, and cars crashed right into it. They saved the car, but not the driver: Kagome's father.
Kagome froze at the sight of the car, and could remember the sight of the crash like it was yesterday. It was exactly two months after Souta's birth, and seeing as Gramps wasn't living with them at the time, Mama had to take Souta and Kagome to the crash scene. Souta couldn't remember the gruesome sight, but it was etched into Kagome's memory.
Kagome gasped, "Mama, it's--"
"I know. I thought it's be nice to have some fun on this day." Mama said with a small smile as they entered the small car. Kagome had to buckle Inuyasha into the back seat, but… She wasn't smiling. Sadness overwhelmed her all of a sudden.
Silence fell over the car…
"What happened on this day?" Inuyasha said, breaking the silence. Kagome choked back a tear, and that's when it hit him. "You don't have to answer--"
"No, it's alright, Inuyasha." Kagome said, fighting back tears. "Eleven years ago, on this day, my father died. It was in this very car, too. Five cars crashed into it, instantly killing him. I was only four. But I remember the day like it was…" Kagome bit back her lip and rested her head against the window.
"Like it was yesterday." Mama answered. As Mama turned the steering wheel, Kagome screamed.
"Look out, Mama!" Kagome cried, holding her head. Inuyasha's ears perked up, and heard the loudest screech ever. And his nose caught scent of the worst scent ever: burning rubber.
Before anything else happened, an other scream left Kagome's lips, and then a car hit Mama's side of the car. The force was so strong, it threw the car back. Inuyasha was conscious, and instantly caught whiff of blood. Kagome and her mother's blood, and lots of it. Then he heard people muttering. He shredded his seat belt, and climbed out, before anyone could say anything about him, and jumped onto a building. He watched from above. "I'm sorry Kagome. You've told me never to risk getting caught in your era, and I promised you that." He said, as a small cut allowed his blood to trickle down his forehead.
Then it dawned on him, he wasn't too far from the shrine. He had to tell Gramps and Souta! He stood up, "Wait a little longer, Kagome…" Inuyasha said, turning his back to policemen and running towards the shrine.
A buzzing sound whizzed into Kagome's head, making her head throb. She could hear a small boy sobbing, and two older males talking to each other.
"How are we going to tell her?" One asked.
"I will…" The other said sadly. Both totally familiar to Kagome, Inuyasha and Gramps!
Kagome moaned as she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Inuyasha's worried amber eyes. "Inu… Inu…. Yasha…." Was what she said.
"Kagome, you're alive!" Inuyasha said. Kagome swore she could have heard his heart pound in excitement.
"Wh-What happened?" She asked. Silence was her response. She remembered instantly. "How's Mama?" She demanded. Even more silence. Only thing she heard was Souta's weeps from behind Gramps.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha went by her side. Kagome forced herself to sit him, and she quickly heard her heart beat on the machine beside her. It was beating faster, because it took all of her strength to pull herself up. "She's gone." Inuyasha sat on Kagome's bed, knowing what was going to happen.
"What? No! No! She can't be! We were supposed to have fun!" Kagome clenched her fists and fell into Inuyasha's chest. She cried like a baby who couldn't find their mother. Tears seeped into Inuyasha's kimono, disappeared at touch. "We were… Supposed to… Have fun…" Kagome's words were drowned out by her sobs.
"She passed away at 11:59 PM." Gramps said, hugging Souta, trying to hush him.
Inuyasha wrapped his arms around Kagome, and hugged her. "Shh, Kagome… It'll be alright." He reassured.
"No, it won't! God has something on this day! I've lost both my parents!" Kagome cried, hugging Inuyasha now.
"So have I. I know what it's like, Kagome. It's hard. But you've got to move on." Inuyasha said. He looked towards Gramps, moving his eyes toward the door, telling him to leave them alone. Gramps nodded and took Souta outside, to the waiting room. "Kagome, shh…" He kissed Kagome's forehead.
Kagome looked up at him, her eyes red and puffy from sobbing. He could see the full effect of the accident. Her forehead had stitches, she had a bandage on her cheek, and a few scrapes under her neck. He knew that she had a broken hand, and a dislocated shoulder, both were on her right arm. She had a bandage that wrapped around her thigh from glass that cut open her left thigh. It was hell to see her like this, Inuyasha thought.
"…" Kagome bit her lip, and nodded. It will be hard, Kagome thought sadly. But he's right, I've got two lives to uphold. She started high school in less than a month, and she had to help finish off Naraku. It will be hard… Her mind repeated. But, in her heart, she was grieving.