Inuyasha crossover Phantom of the Opera

Chapter 7: Difficult

Sometimes in between of the story that he was telling to her, they would divert the topic to something more of an exchange and interaction of the minds. It helped to lift the various emotions that his story had brought to him, and her. He could see it in her eyes and action of what she tried so hard to suppress, to not show sympathy or pity. Those were the eyes of a person who knows, but of what she knows of or understand, was something that even he does not know. Never once had Kagome ever talked or made mention of her past, always talking and discussing of the current, from philosophy to that of art or even the question of the government.

Her answers sometimes baffle him, leaving him with more questions than answers, and never was she one to explain herself despite of his asking. Another surprising thing was that whenever they would talk or when he was telling her of his life story, Christine never once upon his mind, unless he was talking about her. It was true that what she had done to him was something that he would not forgive, but even when he did so in the end, there was these pent up rage that he was never allowed or given the chance to say or act on. There was so many things in which he had regretted not acting on, and it had lead to his own terrible end.

There was much difference between Christine and Kagome, and it was simply least to say, refreshing. Kagome was not one to conform to what society demands of her, nor was she one to follow the trends much, more often breaking various rules that would have lead to many gossiping mouths and tongues wagging behind her like the morning fog. And like him, she was constantly looking for something that would challenge her, learning many things of the various trades despite of her being a female, a woman. Unlike her, he learnt many of the trades from behind the mask and under the darkness of the night that helps to cover up the various eyes of those who seek out his expertise in. It was however more different from her, as her sex prevented her from doing many things and most male would rather treat her as a simple bed thing.

Kagome held her grounds with him, his intimidations and threats never worked on her, in fact there was always the look of amusement in her eyes whenever he would pull something like that. In the end, he had given it up entirely and gave in to what she had requested, to hear his story. She stood out even, not just because of her race or where she came from, but just because there was something about her that made her stood out from the crowd. It was easy being with her, there was countless of times when she would tell him that she had seen things more gruesome and grotesque than what he would have imagined, but there was always this disbelief that he had in him, and Kagome knows that.

Only in recent that it became more often that they would speak of other things and that he would visit her willingly. Sometimes even unexpectedly, especially when she decided to stay within her current residence. It was no surprise to her that he would suddenly make an appearance whenever she was in on the afternoon, not from a person like Erik, he was almost demon in some ways, but very much so human with many flaws. It was obvious that his mind was no longer on Christine all the time, in fact, Kagome was filling his thoughts more than the former.

The name Christine Daaé was no longer on the tip of his tongue, another clung to his tongue, thoughts, mind and his heart. Unlike most women of this time from both the upper and lower class, she was in every way as exotic as how many have said about her. He found on numerous occasion where he had wanted to defend her out in public, but always refrained himself because of the many complications in which she would be dragged into because of his appearance. It was shocking that he was able to find another have found a space in his heart, the same space where he had once filled it with Christine, now it was slowly filled by Kagome. She really is a stubborn, selfish, and unrelenting woman, rather childish at times, but very much wise, and knowledgeable, something that he found uncommon amongst most women and men.

She was definitely different in the most unusual of manners, yet he could not help be attracted to her, and even opened up to her. It was most odd how such an annoyingly irritating woman like her was able to wear him down and show such nonchalance towards his anger or any thing that he had thrown at her. In fact she was most patient with him, mothering even as she usually waited for him to finish flaring up. Never once had he seen her lose her cool or shrink away from him like how Christine and Madame Giry had when he was in one of his moods. Another peeve he had about her was that she would more than often test her chance with taking his mask down, and every time it lead to him slapping her hand away, repelling him away from here a good distance enough for her to not touch him or be able to reach him.

Kagome was relentless in wanting to see his real face, his real self. It was more than enough that she was stripping him of his defense, but he is French still and is more than expressive and passionate about whatever and whoever that has captured his heart. Many a times Erik would tell her many things that he had not expected to share, afraid of rejection, scared of the past reoccurring all over again, but she did not behaved as such, and what was ever more so, there was this great understanding in her eyes that he could not express and made him opened up more. It was not pity or sympathy, it was more like she understand what it was like and without words he knew that instantly just by looking into her eyes.

Yet she remained as a mystery, sharing only mere snippets of her life that did not let him in on why she could understand the way she does unlike everyone else. In fact, whenever he would ask relating questions that might link to her personal life or question of her life at all, Kagome would always discreetly avoid it and have the topic changed into something else or onto him. And there was more about her that annoyed him but yet attracted him to her, it was mix feelings for him when it comes to Kagome, she was just so…

A/N:

To the Reader
Hello, so sorry for the lack of updates, I've been rather busy with both work and personal life, and hope that you understand that. Also I do know at the moment in this chapter the development is somewhat more slow paced, I do promise to make it better in the next update for you. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and the rest of the week or year! Take Care!

To Applejax XD
Yes he did! Doubt men would be able to keep away from her for long either hahaha. Hope that you are enjoying this new chapter, and have a great week!

To TheElegantFaerie
Thank you so much! Oh I'm sure he would want to, it being fair trade and all. I hope that you enjoy this new chapter and have a great week!

To Aryenne
I'm glad that you are enjoying the fan fiction thus far. I am sure I would enjoy this weekend the most before I'm back to my hectic work and life schedule again. Hope that you are enjoying this new chapter and having yourself a great week too!

To The Band of Thieves
Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you are enjoying the fan fiction thus far and I hope that you also enjoyed this new update. Have yourself a great week!