Wake Me Up When September Ends

Summary- He swore that he would always protect her. She would always stay close to him. Even though he was an Inu Youkai of about 900 years old and she was a miko of only twelve years old. It was that fateful September day when her mother died. Her father becomes a drunk and beats her and there's nothing he can do about it. After a year of the abuse, the police start to get suspicious and she moves away to America. It's been ten years since he last saw her beautiful smile, heard her melodic laugh, looked into her beautiful honey brown eyes. He hears his brother talking about her. Could it really be her? The one he fell in love with? SessKag!

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when September ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when September ends

like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends
wake me up when September ends

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Disclaimer- Ok! This is the only Disclaimer I'm putting in this entire story! I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA! And I never will. So don't assume anything.

Wake Me Up When September Ends

The Death of a Mother

A young girl sat in the waiting room with her father. Her feet just barely brushed the cold tile of the hospital floor. Her mother was giving birth to her new baby brother, Akemi. She was excited, yet a little scared. She had been only a small child when her brother Souta was born, so she didn't know what to expect with a baby in the house. All of a sudden, the doors to the maternity center burst open and the doctor walked out, his hands covered in blood. He wiped his hands on his apron and walked over to the girl and her father.

"Mr. Higurashi, Miss. Kagome," he said.

"Yes?" Mr. Higurashi asked, standing up.

The young girl, Kagome, just stared up at the doctor, her honey brown eyes filled with worry. She could feel her mother's aura fading slowly and she knew that the birth of her little brother was causing her to die. She couldn't blame her little brother. It wasn't his fault that Mrs. Higurashi was dying. She felt tears in her eyes and she slipped her father's cell phone from his pocket and dialed the number of the only person she could really trust besides her mother and father. She waited impatiently as the phone rang until finally someone picked up.

"Hello?"

"Inuyasha?" she asked, "Is Sesshomaru there?"

"Yeah, hold on just a second…Sesshomaru! Phone!"

Kagome waited for a few minutes. She knew that Sesshomaru was probably doing some important youkai business in his study or something. She looked up at her father and saw him biting back tears. She reached for her mother's aura, but couldn't find it anywhere, but she found a new aura that was almost the same as hers. Her mother and father's mixed. A few tears made their way slowly down her cheeks and she heard someone take the phone from Inuyasha.

"Yes?"

"Sesshou-kun!" Kagome cried.

"What's wrong Kagome?"

"I'm at the hospital with my dad," Kagome said tearfully, "Akemi was born…but mummy didn't make it."

"What do you mean?"

"She died," Kagome whispered.

"Did the doctor tell you?"

"No," Kagome said, "But I can't sense her life force anywhere in the hospital."

"I'm so sorry Gome. I'll be there as fast as I can."

"Arigatou Sesshou-kun," Kagome whispered.

Kagome hung up the phone and slipped it back into her father's pocket. The doctor had left a few seconds ago and he was still standing there, completely shocked. The woman he ever loved had died giving birth to his son. Kagome could feel the anger and hate radiating off of her father and she became frightened. She sat there; shaking for what seemed like hours before the doctor came back out again, holding Kagome's new baby brother in his arms. Kagome jumped up and held her baby brother first, afraid that her father would do something to him.

"Look Daddy!" Kagome said, "He's so adorable! We should tell Souta that Akemi is here!"

Kagome looked up at her father and saw him shaking in rage. Kagome held on tighter to her little brother. She knew how much her father loved her mother and the sight of her father now scared her. His long bangs were covering his eyes and his hands were balled into tight fists. He looked up at the doctor, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"I don't want the kid," he hissed.

"Nani?" the doctor asked.

"I don't want the kid!" he said again.

"I can give him to an adoption agency," the doctor stated.

"I don't care! Just get it away!" Mr. Higurashi yelled.

"Daddy!" Kagome protested, "We can't give Akemi away! He needs you!"

"I don't want that bastard child!" Mr. Higurashi barked, "He killed my wife!"

"It wasn't Akemi's fault!" Kagome cried.

"Of course it is!"

Kagome was about to protest further when she heard the doors to the waiting room open and Sesshomaru came strolling into the waiting room. Kagome knew he could sense her distress and he started to walk quicker. His eyes were hard and cold, like always. He had masked his appearance and his sent so he looked just like a normal human. He walked towards Kagome and gave her a hug, being careful of the child in her arms.

"Sesshou-kun!" Kagome cried, "He wants to give Akemi up! He thinks Akemi killed my mum!"

"Higurashi," Sesshomaru stated, "Is what the child said true?"

"Of course!" he snapped.

"And just who are you, sir?" the doctor asked.

"I'm Kagome's mentor," Sesshomaru lied.

"She seems to be very fond of you," the doctor said.

"I am!" Kagome said, "Sesshou-kun is my best friend!"

"He's practically family," Mr. Higurashi muttered.

"Would it be ok if you took the child in?" the doctor addressed Sesshomaru.

"I'm sure it would be fine," Sesshomaru stated.

"You'd take Akemi in for me?" Kagome asked.

"Of course Gome," Sesshomaru said.

"Arigatou Sesshou-kun!" Kagome squealed.

"So then, Akemi Higurashi, born on September 27 at 3:06 in the afternoon is now in the custody of Sesshomaru…" the doctor trailed off.

"Tama," Sesshomaru said quickly.

"Tama," the doctor repeated.

"Kagome, go with Sesshomaru back to his house," Mr. Higurashi said.

"Eh?" Kagome looked over at her father.

"Please sweetie, daddy just needs some time alone…"

"Ok!" Kagome said, smiling.

She gave her brother back to the doctor and hugged her father. He smiled sadly at her and hugged her back. Kagome released her father and looked over at the doctor.

"I'll be back to visit Akemi!" she said.

Sesshomaru took her hand and lead her out of the hospital. She got into his car and fell asleep on the way to Sesshomaru's house, ok, well mansion. When they got to their destination, Sesshomaru gently nudged Kagome. She opened her eyes and smiled at Sesshomaru and sleepily climbed out of the car. By the time they were in the house, she was her old happy self again. She looked over at Sesshomaru and grinned.

"Let's sing the Elephant Love Medley!" she said.

"Alright," Sesshomaru said, smiling.

--S POV--

((A/N- The Italic quotes are Kagome singing Nicole Kidman's part and the bold quotes are Sesshomaru singing Ewan McGregor's part. The bold and italic quotes are Sesshomaru and Kagome singing together. This song is from Moulin Rouge and I don't own it!))

I walked over to my CD player in the living room and looked for the Moulin Rouge soundtrack. Kagome had loved this movie since she was five. She had forced me to watch it one day and I fell in love with it. Now, we sing songs from Moulin Rouge and I can't help but wish she meant what she was singing. I love her. Not as a sister or a daughter, but as a mate. I need to wait until she's older though, and it pains me to see her everyday and not be able to feel her lips against mine. Sighing, I placed the CD into the CD player and hit play, skipping to the song she wanted to sing.

"Love is like oxygen! Love is a many, splendor thing; Love lifts us up where we belong! All you need is love!"

"Please, don't start that again…"

"All you need is love!"

"A girl has got to eat."

"All you need is love!"

"She'll end up on the streets!"

"All you need is Looove!"

"Love is just a game."

"I was made for lovin you baby; you were made for lovin me!"

"The only way of lovin me baby is to pay a lovely fee."

"Just one night, just one night."

"There's no way cause you can't pay."

"In the name of love! One night in the name of love!"

"You crazy fool, I won't give into you."

"Don't…leave me this way…I can't survive, without your sweet love…Oh baby…don't leave me this way…"

"You'd think that people would have had enough, of silly love songs…"

"I look around me and I see it isn't so…haha…oh no."

"Some people want to fill the world, with silly love songs…"

"Well what's wrong with that? I'd like to know…cause here I go again! Love lifts us up where we belong! Where eagles fly, on a mountain high!"

"Love makes us act like we are fools. Throw our lives away for one happy day!"

"We could be heroes! Just for one day."

"You…you will be mean…"

"No, I won't."

"And I…I-I'll drink all the time…"

"We should be lovers!"

"We can't do that…"

"We should be lovers! And that's a fact."

"Though nothing, would keep us together!"

"We could steal time."

"Just for one day...We could be heroes…forever and ever! We could be heroes…forever and ever! We could be heroes!"

"Just because I…will always love you!"

"I…"

"Can't help loving…"

"You…"

"How wonderful life is…"

"Now you're in the world…"

I stared at her closed eyes as she hit the high note. She faded out slowly, as did I and she looked up at me, her eyes shining. She loved to sing, it helped her when she was upset or feeling bad. She had told me once, that the songs she sang reminded her of me and it comforted me in a way. Maybe she did love me, but was too young to understand it.

"Now what should we do Sesshou-kun?" Kagome asked.

"Whatever you'd like to do," I said.

"Ok!" Kagome said, "I think that we should watch a movie now."

"What movie would you like to watch?" I asked.

"Radio!" Kagome said.

"But you always cry when we watch that movie," I said.

"So?" Kagome asked, "I like that movie. It's a good movie!"

I sighed, "Alright, fine, we'll watch it."

"Yes!" Kagome cheered.

I picked the movie out of our stash of movies and put it in the DVD player. I sat down next to her and she snuggled against me, like she always does. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her onto my lap. She squirmed around for a moment until she got comfortable. I placed a gentle kiss on her head and watched the movie. After the first twenty minutes had played, I began to get tired and slowly drifted off to sleep. It didn't seem very long until I heard Kagome's soft voice in my ear, urging me to wake up.

"C'mon Sesshou-kun!" Kagome said, "It's almost six!"

I tightened my hold on Kagome and nuzzled my nose against her neck. She giggled and started to squirm until she was out of my arms and looking up at me from the floor. I smiled at her and stood up, the sleep I had felt just a few seconds ago now gone. I helped her to her feet and she ran out to my car. She got into the car and blasted my Moulin Rouge CD.

"You like this CD too much Kag," I said.

"So?" she asked, "You like it just as much!"

"True," I said.

I started my car and pulled out of the driveway. I drove for about five minutes until I came to her house. She smiled at me and got out of the car and skipped up the steps of the shrine. At the top of the steps, she waved to me and disappeared from my view. I drove back to my house, humming softly to the Lovers Secret Song. I parked my car in the driveway and walked up to my room. I passed my brother's room and heard him in there talking with his girlfriend, Kikyo. I shook my head and walked to my room and collapsed onto the bed. Slowly, I fell back asleep and didn't even hear my cell phone ring. When I woke up, my phone was beeping and flashing, telling me I had a message. Groggily, I picked up my phone and checked my voice mail. What I heard was Kagome's terrified voice on the other end.

"Sesshomaru! Dad came home drunk and he hit me really hard! It still hurts! I…I think he's coming. ("Bastard of a child!") Daddy! Please! No! Sesshomaru! Help me!"

The line went dead and the robotic voice told me when I received the message. I stared at in horror. Kagome had called me three hours ago. There was no telling what her father in his drunken state had done to her. I had to find out if she was ok.

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A/N- So, what do you think? I know Sesshomaru is OOC in this first chapter, but you've only seen him with Kagome. He's much more open with her. She sounds younger then she really is, but that's just part of her nature and one of the reasons Sesshomaru fell in love with her. So yeah…tell me what you think! Review please!