Hey guys. Here's another chapter of 'To Sing A Song, To- Ahh damn it you know the long ass title. Anyway, here's your chappy. Thank you for the reviews I've been getting. People are really responding negatively to Kikyou. Dont worry, she'll be gone soon enough. When a cow jumps over the moon! Hehe. Uh, lemme clarify something for ya. I AM NOT A KIKYOU HATER. I think she's just sad,lonely, and confused. I just think it'll work better for readers and myself if Kikyou were to be a bitch in this story. So, ya, on with the fic! Disclaimer: I do not own the song 'Dearest' .
Confrontations And Stress Relievers
Everyone gulped as Kagome growled out Kikyou's name. Oh, was Kikyou in for some shit now.
"Kikyou ... I'll fucking slaughter you!" Kagome screeched as she leapt across the table and went to grab Kikyou. But before her hands were an inch close to Kikyou's neck, Inuyasha was in between them, sitting on the table.
"Kagome, just what the hell is wrong with you?!" Inuyasha yelled, the anger evident in his voice.
Kagome looked absolutely furious. Her face was red with anger and her hands were balled up into fists. And she was leaving small prints there from her fingernails.
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with that slut of a girl-friend you have?! Don't pin this on me! Don't you dare!" She yelled, making every one in the restaurant look at her. Sango nudged Kagome's leg.
"Um, Kagome you might wanna calm down a little." She whispered.
Kagome ignored her. She was steaming. Nobody would be able to stop her wrath now. She had to unleash it on something.
"Kagome! Kikyou is not a slut! Just what the hell do you have against her?!" He yelled, with Kikyou clinging to his waist like a 5 year old child after they wet the bed.
Kagome scowled. "What do I have against her?! Are you friggen blind? Look at her! Have you bothered to listen to anything she comes out of that putrid mouth of hers? But, I guess you would just prefer to shove you're tongue in there then listen!"
Kikyou popped out of her seat. Her pale face actually had color to it now.
"Shut up Higurashi! You're just mad that you cant!" She shrieked. Her aura was a bright red and it was an angry one. It couldn't compete with Kagome's though. Hers was ten times the size bigger than Kikyou's and glowing a dark dangerous blue.
Kagome let out an agitated scream that startled everyone. Mr. Taiyo dropped his coffee, and Sokati had stopped flirting with the customer at the front counter.
All eyes were on her.
"Kikyou! Just SHUT UP!!!" Kagome screamed as a seriyoku blast shot out her palm and went straight for Kikyou. Expecting it to hit her, it just bounced off something and went flying into the window.
"God Damn it! That's coming out of you're check Takahashi!" Mr. Taiyo yelled.
Inuyasha was now more angry then he had been at first. He didn't need his dad biting his head off because his paycheck was docked.
"Both of you need to stop it now!! Your acting like fucking 1st graders! And, what the hell are you just staring for?! Get the hell up and help!" Inuyasha yelled,to the others while trying to hold both of the mikos back.
"Your a miko? Sluts cant be mikos." Kagome said, trying to lean over Inuyasha's arm. No such luck.
"Oh yeah? Neither can jealous pigs!" Kikyou shrieked, also trying to reach over Inuyasha's arm.
"EVERYBODY SHUT UP!" Shippo yelled. Everyone at the table turned to Shippo in shock. He usually had been one to stay out of this kind of thing, what would make him suddenly blow up?
"For the past 8 minutes, I've been sitting here trying to enjoy my friggen chocolate bar. Now how the hell am I supposed to do that if you idiots are constantly yelling!" He yelled.
Everybody sweatdropped. He wanted to enjoy the chocolate bar. His reason for stopping everyone...
Kagome coughed and wiped imaginary dust off her skirt. "Fine. Shippo you can enjoy you're candy in the car." She said, picking up her purse and sliding out of the booth. Miroku, Shippo, and Sango followed right after her.
"Hey! Where the hell are you guys going?!" Inuyasha yelled.
Miroku frowned. "Sorry buddy. We dont like Kinky-ho either. Drop her and we'll talk." He said, following Kagome out of the door.
"What about a ride home?! You were my ride Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.
Kagome stopped at the door. That's all I'll ever be to you... She thought as she turned around. "You can get you're on ride. Why dont you have Kinky-ho over hale down a taxi by lifting up her skirt?" She said, as she turned back around and headed out the door.
Inuyasha plopped back down and sighed. He ran his hands threw his silver hair.
"It's okay Inu-poo. We dont need those losers. You've still got me!" Kikyou said cheerily.
Inuyasha looked at her and sighed. Unfortunately.
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It had been exactly two weeks after the whole 'blow up'. Inuyasha and Kagome hadn't spoken at all since that day. From time to time, Inuyasha would try and get a word in, but Kagome would just ignore him and say something like 'Shouldn't you be with your Kinky-ho?' And, every time Kikyou seemed to pop up out of nowhere and take him somewhere.
Inuyasha hadn't had much fun for the past two weeks. Kikyou dragged him everywhere. And when I say, everywhere, I mean everywhere! She took him shopping, to a movie theater her dad owned, and over various members of her cliques' houses. And every time, Kikyou would have something bad to say about Kagome. 'Higurashi's so ugly.' Or 'Higurashi is so jealous of me -flip hair here- '. Inuyasha was about ready to burst. Maybe going out with Kikyou was the wrong choice. Sure, he thought fooling around with her had been fun, but she was just so much of a bitch. He had even heard rumors that she was cheating on him with somebody from the foot ball team!
Inuyasha would think often though. Did he like Kagome? Uh, duh! That's what he sub-consciously thought for weeks, but vehemently denied it. He had thought that her kindness was nothing but a pseudo. But, that wasn't so. She was real. Unlike with Kikyou. He was just her eye-candy. Her main reason for being with him was because he had got popular.
He now walked in his English class and sat across from Kagome. They hadn't worked on the project in weeks either. They had all school year to do it, but he just wanted an excuse for her to talk to him. Kagome hardly looked at him as Kaede walked in and started to talk.
"Okay! You will be working on your projects with your partners today! No groups! Get started." Kaede said, sitting down at her desk.
Dammit all to hell. Kagome thought as she started pulling out her notebook and pens.
Inuyasha decided to start first with her today. "So, know anything about you're Sengoku Jiidai ancestors?" He asked.
Kagome scowled at first but continued to participate. "Yeah. The shrine goes back farther than you know. I have an ancestor named Kagome, coincidentally, who lived on that shrine. When she was 15 she fell into the Bone Eater's Well, and was transported 500 years threw time, to the Sengoku Jiidai. There she met the half-demon Inuyasha. Ironically enough, they fought over and over and eventually became allies. The rest of the story is unknown." She finished.
Inuyasha quirked an eyebrow. "What are the odds that both our names would be included in that story? Really weird, huh?" He said, writing everything down.
Kagome shrugged. "Whatever. There's another crucial character to the story though. Her name is Kikyou."
Inuyasha dropped his pen. "You gotta be frickin' kidding me."
Kagome shook her head. "When you live on a shrine you learn a lot of tails about the past."
Inuyasha just shook his head and continued to write. Soon enough, the bell rang. Kagome almost hopped up and grabbed her stuff. Inuyasha almost didn't see her. He did catch her in the hallway, though.
"Kagome, do you wanna come over my house today to work on the project?" He asked.
Kagome frowned. "Im good. Im sure Kinky-ho would miss you're company." She said, walking away. So will I. She thought as she walked though.
Inuyasha frowned and went to lunch.
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Kagome sat at in her room on her bed. Sango was visiting and was making a c.d., for Kagome to listen to.
"So Kagome, you sure you can handle this tonight?" Sango asked, as she started to download another song.
Kagome nodded. Tonight, she was going to enter the second talent contest of the competition at Shito's. Two more, and she could possibly get a record deal. At the fourth one, Yuki Sakamoto would come and see if there was any talent worth signing to her record label.
Kagome sighed. There were only two problems to her plan. One, her mother could possibly find out that she had been practicing the piano upstairs in the attic, all week. She needed that to write her song. You can take a real good guess at what she was thinking about while writing it. The second problem, was that Sango was the only one of her friends who knew about her singing there tonight. So, Inuyasha could possibly be there and with miss Kinky-ho. It was gonna be one hell of a distraction to see them go ga-ga over one another.
Kagome looked over at Sango. She sometimes wished she could be her. Sango had no worries in the world. Her and Miroku were practically going out, and her family had all of its members. So, no one had died. Yup, Sango was living the good life.
"And done! Hope you can keep this from your mom's clutches for at least a couple of days." Sango said, popping the c.d out of the computer.
Kagome nodded. "Kami knows I do too." She said, grabbing the c. d. from Sango.
Sango shrugged. "I'll see ya later. Good luck tonight. I have to go babysit Kohaku. Damn kid..."
Kagome smiled. "Thanks, and Sango, you dont know how lucky you are that you have to babysit him."
Sango quirked an eyebrow. "Huh?"
Kagome waved a hand at her. "Nothing. You can go now." She said.
Sango nodded. "See ya." She said, walking down the stairs and out the door.
Once Sango was gone, Kagome walked into the hallway and pulled down the stairs leading to the attic. She slowly walked up and went to the large piano. She dusted off the seat in front of it and sat down. She tentatively ran her hand over the keys. This also used to belong to her dad. He played the piano and had taught her how to play. He had seemed more focused on that then the guitar. Her mother had it moved to attic shortly after his death. Just as she started to play a couple of notes, she could hear her mother's car pull up.
Kagome quickly scrambled around to make it seem like the piano had never been touched. No such luck. It'd take a lot of time.
She heard footsteps coming up the stairs. She was never really supposed to be up there. Her mother would be infuriated. She quickly blew more dust on it, then flopped on the white sheet that covered. Kagome's mother was standing in the room with her now.
"Kagome, what were you doing just now?" Mama asked as she stepped closer to Kagome.
Kagome gulped. "I-I was looking out the window. It's such a lovely view?" She tried.
Mama frowned. "Wrong answer. I told you I never wanted you up here! Never! Are you retarded or something?!"
Kagome stepped back. "No Mama. Im not retarded, I just-
"SHUT UP!!! I dont wanna hear it! I told you never to touch anything up here again, or come up here! You retarded little piece of shit!"
Kagome felt the tears rising. "Who ever told you, you could sing anyway?! Nobody wants to hear it! Just shut the hell up like your father should've!" Mama yelled.
"Mama, you used to love my voice. You used to encourage me all the ti-
"SHUT UP!!!" Mama screamed, slapping Kagome in the face. Kagome's faced turned red and tears slid down her cheeks.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?! Why are you-
SLAP!
"GO TO BED! Just, go to bed Kagome." Mama said.
Kagome had a confused expression. "Go to bed? Mom, it's five o' clock in the afternoon, why would I-
"GO TO FUCKING BED!!!" Mama shouted, walking back down the stairs.
Kagome stared after her mother and wiped her remaining tears. She went down the stairs and once she was on the bottom floor, she put the attic steps back up.
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It was 8 at night. The competition started at 8:15. Kagome crept down the stairs and looked at her mother who slept on the couch with a tub of ice cream in front of her. She frowned and walked out the door.
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Kagome got to Shito's at 8:10. 5 minutes before she needed to perform. She saw Inuyasha and Kikyou there and almost walked out. It was gonna be harder to perform with them here.
WITH INUYASHA
Inuyasha listened to Kikyou's non-stop drabble about Kagome's outfit and other crap most people didn't find wrong with her. He sighed heavily trying to drop a hint to Kikyou to shut the hell up. No such luck. Then Sokati came on stage.
"Okay everyone, our next performer is some one we all know and love! She blew us away a couple of weeks ago and won our contest. Let's hope she wins all four! Give it up, for Kagome Higurashi!" He yelled.
The crowd roared and stomped their feet. Then Sokati went back to the microphone.
" Uh, Kagome will be supplying her own music this time. She wont be using our band. So, ya, here she is!"
The crowd screamed one more time including Inuyasha. That got him a look from Kikyou.
Kagome came on stage. "Thank you everybody! Im a bit nervous, but Im sure I wont fail you!" She said, sitting down on the stage and starting to play the piano.
"This is a song I wrote called 'Dearest'. Hope you like it." She said, starting to sing.
"Hontou
ni taisetsu na mono igai subete sutete
Shimaetara
ii no ni ne
Genjitsu
wa tada zankoku de Sonna toki itsu datte
Me
o tojireba
Waratteru kimi ga iru
Ah
Itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
Dou
ka sono egao ga
Taema naku aru you ni..."
Inuyasha was once again mesmerized by the sound of Kagome's voice. The lyrics alone were enough to entrance him.
"Hito
wa minna kanashii kara
Wasurete
yuku ikimono dakedo Aisubeki mono no tame
Ai
o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto Ah Deatta ano koro wa
Subete
ga bukiyou de
Toomawari
shita yo ne
Kizutsuke
atta yo ne Ah Itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made
Dou
ka sono egao ga
Taema naku aru you ni..."
Inuyasha stared at Kagome as she played the piano. Who would've thought she could play the piano as well as sing? More surprises for him. Kikyou fumed.
"She's not that good. I could be way better. And who sings on stage with an outfit that looks like that?" Kikyou criticized.
Inuyasha growled.
"Ah
Deatta ano koro wa
Subete
ga bukiyou de
Toomawari
shita yo ne
Tadoritsuitan da ne."
Kagome stopped playing. She finished singing and Sokati came on stage.
"Give it up for Kagome Higurashi!" He yelled. Everyone but Kikyou cheered and stomped their feet. Kagome blushed and took the microphone.
"Thank you everyone. Im not that good, really. Im glad you enjoyed yourselves and hopefully me and some of the other contestants will still be here in a couple of more weeks! Haha. Thank you and good night!" She yelled, before walking off the stage.
Everyone applauded her again. "That was Kagome Higurashi, folks. Kagome Higurashi. Now for..."
Sokati went on introducing less important contestants with talent.
Kagome ordered a cup of coffee to go, and walked out of the door. It was cold nowadays, because it was entering the late seasons of fall. Otherwise, she would've stayed there and drank it. As, she walked to her car, she heard someone shout her name.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled, running up behind her. He had told Kikyou to 'Shut the hell up bitch' five minutes ago and went to go compliment Kagome. They weren't over yet, though.
Kagome smiled at him. A small, sad smile. "Hey." She said, taking a sip of her coffee.
"You were great. The song you did was especially good." He said, blushing.
His compliment caused a little tent of red to come to Kagome's cheeks as well.
"Um, thanks." She said, then paused. They just stood there.
"Well, see ya at school tomorrow. I have things to do." She said, walking away from him.
"Oh yeah. See ya!" He said, waving a bit.
Kagome stopped walking and said only one sentence that his ears alone could pick up from such a far distance to hear over wind.
"Inuyasha, any song can sound good if it's based off you."
Done! You so cannot say that this was short! It had to be at least 2,000 and something words. Maybe over. At least I try to give you guys no less than 1,000 words when writing a chapter. Im lazy too, so that counts. Okay! Review, and keep a lookout for the next chapter of 'To Sing A Song, To Paint A Masterpiece' Entitled: So You Wanna Hang Out? Can you guess what's about? I can!
With
that said, Sayonara!
