Gasp!!! Ok, so I changed my mind. There will be this chapter and an epilogue…cause I'm nice and people
were asking for it. So this is technically the last chapter aside from the epilogue. And I'm sure everyone's
goin' "This chick better get them back together or I will rip her head off" Well, that would hurt, a lot. So
please don't!! Okay then, on with the chapter!! Oh, and for reference, in this chapter, its a few years later,
Kagome is a Junior in College, so she's like… 22 or 23. And Inu's about 23 or 24
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the songs I used in this Chappy.
Chapter 10: Never Let Go
Kagome sighed as she absentmindedly flipped on the light to her off-campus apartment. She smiled lightly as
she was greeted by her cat Buyo and dropped her schoolbag on the floor next to the coat rack. She shuffled over
to the answering machine and pressed the play button, waiting to hear the messages.
"Hey girl! Its Sango, listen, me and a few of the Astronomy chicks are getting together for a B rated movie and
some cheap Chinese food. You in? Holla Back!" Kagome laughed and deleted the message as the machine went
to the next one.
"Miss Higurashi, Your rent is a day late. Please pay it, I'd hate to evict you! Just pop it in my mailbox at the
office next time your in town. Thanks!" Giving her head a mental kick, she sighed and began writing a check as
the third message began to play. "Kagome? God, I hope this is the right number. Its me. Listen, I heard you
were sick, and was hoping I could catch you sometime, but I haven't seen you in Anatomy lately, did you drop
out? Anyways, maybe you and I could do something sometime, forget about the silly Hanyou!! He's not coming
back, and if he doesn't want to see you, then fine, but I do. Please say yes. If you do, ill be by the fountain at
noon. Bye"
Kagome growled at the Answering machine and made a mental note to kill Hojo later.
" Does he even realize what he just said?? The Ass." She mumbled, hitting the delete button a little too hard,
creating a loud thud on the table. "Forget about him…yea, easier said than done. I sometimes wish I could, but
that wouldn't do me any good. Somehow, id think about him again. I hate my father for tearing us apart.
Again. He doesn't realize what he did." she thought angrily as she turned on her computer and put some
canned tuna in a dish for Buyo as leftover pizza warmed in the microwave. She quickly began fishing through
email and deleting the spam and messages that were more like chain mail. Her eyes fell on an email address that
she didn't recognize, but opened anyways due to the fact that the heading was "Kagome". On top of a black
page, there were white letters that were lyrics she sighed as she began to read:
"I can't understand it.
The search for an answer is met with a darker day.
And we've been handed these moments forever.
But I'm reassured there's another way.
You don't have to close your eyes.
There is room for love again.
Ease the pain to realize
All that love can be.
Forced apart by time and sand.
Take a step and take my hand.
And don't let it go.
Never let go.
Broken, once connected,
We were so strong and so blessed in a simple way.
So don't let me go it alone.
Turn your head up to the sky.
Nothing down below but me.
Face the truth to realize
All that we could be.
Torn apart by rage and fear.
Hold onto what brought you here.
Don't let it go.
Never let go.
Turn your head up to the sky.
Nothing down below.
Don't let go"
Kagome. Meet me at the coffee house on North High street in Columbus on October 14th at seven . I need to
see you.
-IY"
Kagome raised her brow and studied the page again, reading over the lyrics and attempting to understand the
initials. She sighed and wrote it down. "That's next week…"she mumbled to herself "But who is it. The only
person I know with initials somewhere along the line of that is….oh my gosh. No…it cant be. Its
impossible…"She stuttered, staring at the Initials on the page "Inuyasha??" she whispered, fidgeting in her
chair.
Kagome went to bed with an anxious expression on her face and a tight knot in her stomach. Her mind was racing
and whizzing about with a million questions. She tossed and turned for about an hour, sitting up and sighing.
Kagome got up and shuffled over to the radio, flipping stations until randomly landing on one and crawling back
into bed. A few commercials played and the night DJ murmured something about concert tickets and how he was
shifting into commercial free non-stop music. A small click was heard and a song began to play. Kagome opened
her eyes and frowned as she recognized the tune.
"When it rains it pours and opens doors and floods the floors
we thought would always keep us safe and dry
And in the midst of sailing ships we sink our lips into the ones we love
That have to say goodbye"
Kagome felt her eyes swell up and a lump appear in her throat. Its been nearly four years now and because of
one silly email and a song that reminds her of him every time she hears it, she began to cry.
"And as I float along this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that wont seem to let me go
Cause when I look to the sky,
something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost,
something tells me your here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here"
Kagome wiped her eyes and stared at the dark ceiling as the song played in her head, filling her eyes with images
and memories she was trying to get over.
"And every word I didn't say that caught up in some busy day
And every dance on the kitchen floor we didn't have before
And every sunset that we missed, ill wrap them all up in a
kiss And pick you up in all of this when we sail away"
"And as I float along this ocean,
I can feel you like a notion that I hope will never leave"
Kagome let the words sink in. Almost like the song was supposed to play right then, she sighed. Realizing that
she couldn't get over him because she didn't want to, she still wanted that shred of hope, that tiny light that
shimmered in the distance, calling to her that there was hope. She smiled and wriggled into the covers, closing
her eyes and sighing as memories flooded her vision. The first time they met when they were children, the
Christmas eve in the attic, and the day she was taken away. A not so sweet memory, but futile and important
nonetheless.
"Cause when I look to the sky,
something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost,
something tells me you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here.
Whether I am up or down or in or out or just plane
overhead Instead it just feels like its impossible to fly
But with you I can spread my wings
To see me over everything that life may send me
When I am hoping it wont pass me by
And when it feels like there is no one that will ever know me There you are to show me
Cause when I look to the sky,
something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost, something tells me you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here.
Cause when I look to the sky,
something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright And
when I feel like I'm lost,
something tells me you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here."
Kagome let herself drift off to sleep, not paying much attention to the other songs playing on the radio.
Inuyasha lay unmoving in his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. He had sent the email with a huge hope that she
hadn't change her address, smiling when it sent without error. He had spent the last few years wondering if she
had moved on and forgotten about him, and finally decided to step up to the plate. He knew that she was in
Ohio, she had sent him an email about four years ago saying where she was and reminding him that she wouldn't
change her email so he knew where to find her. Inuyasha glanced placidly out the window and frowned at the
busy lights and sounds in New York. His plane for Ohio left Friday at eight in the morning and he was attempting
to calm down before getting to Ohio. A few suitcases and a duffel bag lay half open and crammed with junk on
the floor of his one bedroom apartment, A strange smell wafted in from the window outside, something like scrod
and burnt toast. It wasn't pleasant so he rolled out of bed to close the window and block some of the noise and
that smell. He sighed and turned on the computer. It was about two thirty in the morning, but her couldn't sleep
and needed something to do. His ears twitched randomly as the screen came in brightly and a few pop-ups came
up as he signed on to the internet. He waited for his instant messenger screen to pop up and opened his email,
fishing through random spam and a fee notes from his mom and Sesshomaru. He glanced over at his screen and
his eyes grew wide as a familiar name clicked onto the list. His heart sped up and quickly began to type
something:
FyreRat22: Kagome?
MikoChix156: Yes. Who is this?
FyreRat22: Its me
MikoChix156:Me who?
FyreRat22: Guess MikoChix156: your not some creepy stalker are you? Cause I'll report you!
FyreRat22: No, nothing like that. Just think of me as a Ghost of your Past.
MikoChix156: huh?? Not quite sure I'm understanding. Would you just tell me who this is?
FyreRat22: Its Inuyasha
MikoChix156:…!…Really?
FyreRat22: Yea…yea it is.
Mikochix156: How do I know your not lying
FyreRat22: Ugh… In kindergarten you got in trouble for eating glue and then pouring the rest on your sisters chair.
MikoChix156: Hey, I've told a couple people that. Gotta think of something better.
FyreRat22:Ok, how bout this; When you were in second grade, your mother died of cancer and you came to live
with me. Your father took you and you hated it and your sister, Kikyou, so you ran away and lived with me,
Izayoi, Inutashio and Sesshomaru for about four years before being taken away by some guy in a trench coat
named Naraku and thus separating us, a new couple, for about 4 years. That good enough for ya?
MikoChix156:…oh my gosh. I've never told anyone all of that. You are him.
FyreRat22: Told ya so :P
MikoChiz156: So what now?? Were you the one that sent me that note?
FyreRat22: Uh…Yea. Yep, that was me. So are you coming?
MikoChix156: Definitely. Don't worry, I'll be there. But, uh, I have to go. Its late and I'm tired.
FyreRat22: Do you have to? You have no idea what it feels like to talk yo you again.
MikoChix156: Sorry. But I…you know what. Lets make this easier…call me. Okay? 446-234-7894 Bye
FyreRat22: Kay, Hey Kagome?
MikoChix156: Yea?
FyreRat22: I love You
MikoChix156:…I love you too Inuyasha.
MikoChix156 has signed off.
Kagome sat down on her bed and stared at the screen, the Instant message still on the screen. A small smile
played across her lips as she turned the monitor off and lay down in bed, staring at the ceiling before closing her
eyes, her lids immediately filling her eyes with images of Inuyasha. She had no trouble falling asleep.
October 14th. Kagome sighed and clutched her stomach nervously, willing herself to walk out of her apartment
and into her car. She wanted to do this desperately, but she was worried that something would change his mind
and something would go wrong. Sighing and making up her mind, she pulled her keys off the hook and snatched
her purse off the stool in the doorway and quickly walked out the door, making her way down two elevators and
a flight of stairs. Walking out into the chilly car garage, she hastily made her way to her black four door Saturn.
Pulling out of the garage quickly, she merged her way into the busy traffic of men and women trying to make
their way home for the evening. She switched lanes and watched the clock and traffic nervously. Kagome
quickly began to turn down side streets and find a faster route to the café, in hopes to escape traffic. It was 6:45
and she was about fifteen minutes from said Coffee shop. Kagome knew she would be late, but was hoping that
Inuyasha still remembered that she had a knack for being late for things and wouldn't leave five minutes after
getting there. The radio clock in her car glowed brightly 7:10. She hastily pulled into the parking lot of the café
and quickly turned off the engine and stepped out of the car. She walked to the door of the shop and walked in,
being greeted by a blast of warm air and the scent of about seven different types of coffee. Exhaling heavily she
slouched a bit and began looking around for the familiar silver hair and dog ears she's loved for as long as she
could remember. Looking around, she smiled as a small Kitsune couple laughed over a table and a wolf demon
sat reading the paper. It always fascinated her that Demons and Humans could get along so well in one world, if
they couldn't, she never would have known Inuyasha and she was grateful for that. Beginning to lose hope in
seeing him, her eyes fell on a table in the back, near a rear window. A Hanyou about six feet tall sat lazily , his
silver hair cascading down his back, small dog ears pricking up from tufts of unruly hair. Ears that were so
distinguished, she would recognize them anywhere. Her breath caught in her throat and it felt as if all the blood
had rushed to her ears. He had matured a bit, his hair a bit longer, but the front was still as unruly and unkempt
as usual, His chin was chiseled and more defined, but his amber eyes still held that enthusiasm and child like
behavior he always had.
Willing herself to walk forward, she stared at the man, staring placidly out the window, completely unaware of
his surroundings. The café was more or less empty and nobody really seemed to be paying any attention to
anyone but themselves. The lone wolf demon had just left with a red haired waitress, who looked to be a wolf
demon herself, and the Kit couple were on the other side of the room, wrapped up in conversation. She smiled
and dropped her bag on the ground, staring happily at the Hanyou before her.
"Inuyasha" she whispered loudly, so her could hear it. She smiled at his ears, pricking up at the sound of his
name. He slowly turned his head, his amber eyes widening. "Kagome." He said excitedly, springing to his feet,
and with his usual demon-like speed, quickly swept her up in his arms and held her tight. She looked up into his
eyes and smiled widely as he beamed down at her. "I missed you so much" He muttered, picking her up and
spinning her around, her feet flying in the air. Waiting for her feet to touch the ground again, she looked up and
leaned into his chest. "I missed you too. More than you can imagine." She said, almost with a content purr,
somewhat like a cat. He glanced down at her and made a small whimper like sound before leaning in and kissing
her. She subconsciously wrapped her arms around his neck and held on tight. He pulled away slowly and laced
his fingers between hers. They headed for the door, his arm wrapping around her waist and her leaning into his
body. "You're late" He said mockingly "I'm Sorry traffic was horrible" she laughed.
OKAY!!! That's chapter ten!!!!!!! Ohmigosh. All I have left is the epilogue and I'm DONE!! HUZZAH! Thanks to
all who stuck with me in this!! Hope you liked this chapter! Oh, and FYI, those screen names and the telephone
number I used, yea they're fake, so don't bother looking them up. Oh and look for a couple of new stories from
me!! And perhaps a Christmas one shot or two.. So, Until next time!
Ja!!
Oh yea, in case you were wondering, the songs i used were Never Let Go, by Josh Groban, and When I look to
the Sky, by Train.