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Wake Me Up
Chapter Eleven: Fast Forward
1914. War in Europe was officially declared. European nations were ripping each other apart in bloodshed that was supposed to be the war to end all wars and bring peace to the planet at last. Inuyasha and the others could only sit in their home in New York and hope for the best.
"What if it comes here, Sesshomaru? What will we do?" Rin asked frightened. She clung close to Shippo, which the kitsune didn't mind in the least. Inuyasha sat pondering. Asking himself the same questions over and over. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"America will declare war in retaliation to end this pointless bloodshed. Germany has just lost its wits....Unforunately I fear that the worst is yet to come.." Miroku stated blandly with little emotion. He had often wished in his mind that he could just go and defeat some demon and that would be the end of it...but mankind's problem was no longer demons. It was inner demons striving for power, money, control. Things only war could usher in. "Damn I hate this..." Miroku whispered. The others nodded.
"Are we going to be drafted?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha shook his head. Shippo cocked an eyebrow, "You sure?"
"If we do then we won't be sent immediately into combat after boot camp."
"Why not?"
"We were not born here, Shippo. We're from Japan. They can't be sure of our loyality. They'll only call American men, for the moment. If you the war effort becomes too great they will call us in as a last ditch. If that happens, we'll just be sent in and not even regarded as true human lives. We will be seen as pawns in this sick game...." Inuyasha sighed. He had never believed that they would be treated fairly in America.
"Don't say things like that please, Inu." Rin quietly begged. He merely nodded his consent. The war was effecting everyone. There wasn't a way that it couldn't..or in due time, wouldn't.
Kagome stepped off the plane in New York. The city was just how her textbooks had described it. A very large city where cultures mess together to create the American culture. A city where art schools and dance hall lined up, accepting only the best of the best. Her mother tugged on Kagome's shirt seleve.
"Come on, dear. We don't have much time to get our stuff and get to our new apartment." Kagome just nodded. She knew this was breaking her mother's heart as well. Sota would crumble eventually at the loss of his hero. Kagome crossed over to baggage claim. She picked up her yellow book bag and a monsterous size rolling luggage. Try to pull and carry two very large sized pieces of luggage was rather challenging. All of a sudden she felt her large bookbag being lifted off of her back. Her green shirt was wrinkled in the back because of the heavy bag. Kagome looked to see what had happened when she felt someone brushing the wrinkles out of her shirt. She turned and saw a very beautiful young Japanese girl smiling. Her long black hair flowed down her back, and on her right side part of it was in a loose braid.
"Don't try to carry so much. You can get a rolling cart, you know?" The girl smiled at Kagome. Kagome blinked dumbly. She wore a flight attendant uniform, but Kagome could have sworn she had met the girl before, under much different circumstances. A very agitated pilot stood at terminal 15. He glanced up to see his assistant with a customer.
"Rin!! We don't have time for you to sit and chat!!" He yelled impatiently. The girl swallowed, bowed to Kagome and ran to the pilot.
"Wait!" Kagome knew that the Rin she knew was long dead, but who can tell? May be she was a reincarnation too. It was too late, Rin had already past through the terminal. Kagome sighed. Oh well...it was a stupid thought anyways. There was no way for her to redeem her mistake. Kagome blinked. That girl had spoken to her in Japanese. May be there was a way....No...Kagome chided herself for even thinking like that. She had to get to her new place of residence and take the next 365 days to learn english, American culture, catch up in school work and join the local high school. Kagome got one of those rolling carts, like Rin suggested, pushed herself to her family and threw their stuff on too. They got into a taxi and headed off.
The First World War past without causing much distress to anyone in the gang. Except Rin who was frightened, most of the time. But when the roaring 20's came to be she loosened up and enjoyed herself quite a bit. By 1927 Inuyasha had let the masks and facades of happiness complete control his life. He was completely numb inside. He had lost all hope of ever seeing Kagome again. Even if Kagome were to walk right up to him, he would simply think about what she would say. She completed her mission and now she's going to marry Hobo...or whatever his name was...She never had any intentions on marrying some fiflthy hanyou....he closed his eyes and let the pain melt away into his numb center.
There wasn't any hope for Inuyasha...his mind was completely devoid of emotions...and it would stay that way. His entire emotional and mental being had been frozen over by a thick ice that would take just as long to melt as it did to freeze...Not that Kagome would ever care..she could choose between Hobo and...Kouga...Inuyasha's eyes went wide...maybe Kagome did go back...to the wolf. Inuyasha abruptly stood up and stalked off to his room, slamming the door as he went inside. Miroku blinked as he looked at Sesshomaru.
"What was that about?" The dog demon shrugged.
"No idea."
Kagome's mother sat next to her as a Japanese tutor taught them english. Kagome sighed. She could deal with learning the language, but did she have to learn all the exceptions and loopholes? Was all that really neccessary?
Soto sighed...audioably. The tutor gave him a piercing glaze. He chuckled nervously and apologized once in english and once again in Japanese. This apparently pleased the tutor merely turned around and continued the lesson.
1939. War breaks out again in Europe. The American citizens turn their head. They would not become involved in this war. the senseless bloodshed had accomplished nothing. Then 1940 rolled around. Sango listened intently to the news on the radio. Japan had joined the Axis powers. Sango clasp her hand over her mouth and shook her head. No, her homeland would never support a mass murderer. Sango just stood there petrified as the tears started to rack her body. Inuyasha picked her up and ran her out the back door, having heard the news as well..and Inuyasha knew what the government would do next. So he searched for shelter where the gang would be hidden and safe. Sesshomaru carried Rin. When Miroku saw Inuyasha he pulled Shippo and ran along. They retreated to the Southern states where there was a lot of forest. Shippo, since he could assimulate his looks, transformed himself into an American looking young and strolled into town every now and again for food, supplies, and news.
In the wee hours of the morning Shippo returned from town, kicking Miroku and Inuyasha awake. They both looked at him. He was visibly shaken.
"What's wrong, kid?" Inuyasha asked, placing his hand on Tetsusaiga just incase he needed it. Shippo sniffiled.
"Zero bombers...Hawaii...we bombed..." Shippo was so shaken he could barely speak. Inuyasha's expression mellowed.
"Hey, now." Inuyasha stood up and gently placed his hands on Shippo's shoulders, "Slow down and tell me what happened."
"T-they call-called them kami-kamikaze pilots. T-they flew in sui- suicide attacks a-against the a-airbase in-in Hawaii.." Miroku's jaw dropped.
"That's Pearl Harbor.." He whispered. Kiara walked up beside Miroku and mewed supportively.
"Kamikaze?" Inuyasha mummbled. Shippo nodded. "Why would they be called 'Divine Wind' pilots?" Shippo shrugged. It probably had little signifigance. Shippo sniffled again.
"What's worse is that there were a lot of casualities and they are being reguarded as Japanese nation heros." Inuyasha and Miroku both were shocked by this. Their country had just become purposeless murderers. "The Geisha support the k-kamikaze pilots fully. Meaning...well...you know...." Shippo hung his head, the tears flowing freely. This is the third time that any of them had ever seen Shippo cry. Sango sat up and looked at them.
"What's wrong?"
February 19, 1942. Executive Order 9066 orders all Japanese-American citizens to be placed in camps on the West coast, in order to ensure the safety of all its citizens. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru helped to keep the others safe away from all the police patrols for Japanese. Inuyasha had been spotted one day while he was up in a tree, so an MP officer pulled out his H1 Garand and shot at his leg.
Inuyasha was trying to talk to Miroku, having no idea the MP was there. Than he heard a shot and felt a searing pain through his leg. He fell off the branch on which he was perched. Landing hard on his other leg he looked at the MP. He pulled out Tetsusaiga and looked at him.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't slit you from head to toe." Inuyasha growled at the poor man. He held his gun fast.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't pump you full of lead, Jap."
"I'll kill you."
"And I can kill you just as easily."
"I doubt it...you'd run out of your pathetic bullets before you even touched me. " Inuyasha stepped forward. The MP smirked.
"I made you fall out of your tree didn't I? I think I could kill you easily. " Inuyasha hefted up Tetsusaiga.
"I'm sorry, Kagome, but I have to kill this basterd." Inuyasha prayed silently. Then he let loose on the MP.
Kagome stood outside her new home, getting rather agitated. They had moved four times since they had gotten there and Kagme hadn't a clue on how to get anywhere in this new county. She was supposed to meet her tour guide for this place in New York state and Sota was making her seriously late.
"Sota! Would you hurry it up? I think if we hurry I can still meet up with my tour guide!" Kagome shouted from outside their new home, stomping her foot angrily.
"Coming, sis!" Sota ran out after nearly tripping over Buyo again. Looking at Kagome he rubbed his arm. "You'd figure grandpa would've learned english by now considering we took a year off everything to learn it. "
Kagome smirked playfully, "Whats the matter getting confused?"
"Of course not! Its just that..yes I was getting confused." Sota said holding his head as they walked down the sidewalk, his blue shirt flapping in the breezes as he intently studied the newly acquired hole in his blue jeans.
Smiling gently, Kagome placed a hand on Sota's shoulder. "I get confused sometimes, too."
The Atomic Bomb had made Inuyasha sincerely hate this country, but he hated his own right now. So he had no choice but to stay in America. They had managed to stay out of the camps and were relatively safe in the forests of the Southern states. About three years after the war they would move back into New York state. They would then change their idenities, leaving thier others up for speculation.
Inuyasha just prayed for forgiveness after killing that MP in order to keep everyone safe. He knew things would get better. Things have already gotten as bad as they were going to.
1948 the gang returned to New York just in time for the unveiling of the newest technological advance. The television. Inuyasha shook his head. It was the box the Kagome had used to see the little people inside perform strange things. Inuyasha just held onto his ties to the gang thinking perhaps one day they will watch this 'television' at the Higurashi home.
The entire gang had lost their sense of time. They were supposed to go back to Tokyo and wait for Kagome, but they simply thought that since the US was advancing so quickly that they still had plenty of time.
1951. Inuyasha agrees to ride in a car with Sesshomaru. Inuyasha actually didn't destroy this one screaming demon. They were all pretty impressed.
1960. Six years after the beginning of the Elvis legacy. It was the beginning of the Rock and Roll era. Miroku loved this new music and was abidly trying to get Inuyasha into the swing of it all. Inuyasha wouldn't admit it, but he liked a few of the songs.
1975. The death of Elvis rocks the country. Miroku is sadden by this loss.
"No more good music...All the new bands will be horrible."
1980's. Aerosmith, AC/DC, White Snake, KISS, Flock of Seagulls, ect. hit the scene. Miroku developes a strange fascination for the group Aerosmith. Inuyasha prefers AC/DC. Sesshomaru thinks they are both insane, prefering the classical musics. Rin and Shippo have no prefference both saying that all music is good.
"Aerosmith is best..." Miroku mumbled. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes.
"That's because your a lecher." Miroku's jaw dropped.
"Is not!"
"Is too..."
"Well what about AC/DC? Hmm?" Miroku asked accusingly.
"What about AC/DC? They're a good band!" Inuyasha stated defensively.
"Rrrrrriiiiiigggggghhhhhttttttt. I'm sure you think that Inuyasha." Inuyasha's eyebrow began to twitch.
"You can't be sure of anything, monk...you ain't got enough brain cells for that sorta thinking..." Sesshomaru busted out laughing. This was gonna get good.
1990's. The basement of the Kinshito mansion is won by Inuyasha and coverted into his personal louging area. Miroku and Inuyasha learn how to play guitar, Shippo learns percussion, Rin and Sango keyboard and Sesshomaru learns all the sound effects stuff on his spare time.
1995. Sesshomaru completes his colleges courses and graduate with the major of education. He begins to teach history at Wolf's Peak High School.
1999. Miroku and Inuyasha enter middle. Having else to do, they begin using their practical jokes to torture their new "friend" Mr. Tyler. Mr. Tyler regretted ever being born after meeting those two.
Earlier that day Inuyasha sat and fiddled with the rosary beads, leaning against his locker, as he waited for Miroku and Sango after school. He soon spotted the two walking down the sidewalk. Stuffing the beads back into his shirt he called out to them "Chotto matte yo, houshi!"
Miroku and Sango turned to face him. No one in this country, that they had met, could speak Japanese so they freely used it when they wanted. If Inuyasha was using it, something important was happening. "Nani, Inuyasha?"
Kagome waited outside of the iron gates with the letter 'K' written accross them. "Must be nice to have that much money. If I had the money I'd find a way to mind wipe my friends back in Japan so I can go to school there again. Then I could see Inuyasha again..." Kagome's head snapped up when she heard a farmilar voice shouting her name.
"Lady Kagome! You're here! Inuyasha will be estactic!" Miroku said nearly ripping the gates off their hinges to open them.
"Miroku?! " Kagome gave him a large hug. "How are you guys still alive? Not that I'm not happy because I am!" She smiled a full, true smile. Sango ran down the walk and flung her arms around Kagome into a large sisterly hug.
"Kagome! I've missed you so very very much!" Sango said, as tears of happiness filled her eyes.
She looked from Miroku to Sango and back again. "Well, tell me. Who lives here? You guys?"
They both laughed. "Inuyasha and Sesshomaru." Miroku answered smiling and turned his head back toward the large mansion. "Inuyasha lives in the basement. He and Sesshomaru fought over who would get it for some time. "
Sango looked at her and put and arm around her shoulders. "Inuyasha was tuning his guitar so he doesn't know your here yet." Kagome nodded. "But to answer your question, about a year after you didn't come back through the well Sesshomaru put a demon barrier around us so we could keep Inuyasha company."
"Demon barrier? How does that work?" Kagome asked rather confused as they walked into the house to hear the dying notes of one rock song.
"Quite simply. Just as a demon doesn't age because of its genetics, the demon barrier overlaps our normal aging cells so we will age just as slowly as Inuyasha. " Kagome nodded, as the information went in one ear, and out the other. "Now, lets show Inuyasha your here. Shall we?" Sango asked as she opened the door.
Miroku smiled widely as the girls descended the staircase to the basement. Inuyasha was busy playing his guitar. Sango kept Kagome infront of her, hoping the hanyou would turn around and see his love standing there after all his pains from waiting for her.
As Sango escourted Kagome down the stairs, Kagome's heart leaped to her throat. Inuyasha's silver hair was in a pony tail now with hat on top, his back to the girls. Staring intently at the chords to a new rock song he was learning. Kagome felt happiness overtake her completely. She left Japan thinking she would never again see Inuyasha. Yet, here in America, he sat playing his guitar as if it was a usual activity. Kagome opened her mouth to speak, and unintentionally whispered. "Inu..yasha?"
Undernether his hat, his ears shifted. Someone had spoken.. someone who he hadn't heard in over five hundred years. Her scent intoxicated him once more as he turned to face her. Inuyasha's eyes wided, his guitar fell to the floor as an afterthought. Opening and closing his mouth several times, Inuyasha finally found his voice. "K-Kagome?" His voice sounded weak, as he fought back tears of pure joy.
Kagome lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Inuyasha as she started to cry. "Inuyasha...I have missed you so much..." Inuyasha gently placed his arms around her hugging her tightly. His heart raced... it had been five-hundred years since her scent blessed his nose. Her beauty astounded him, as it always had.. So why did he feel so numb inside? He didn't understand. Inuyasha knew that he sound feel happy, overcome with the joy of the return of the woman he loved...but he felt nothing. He barely even felt her arms around him.
Miroku stared at him curiously as Sango dragged the lecher out of the basement to give those two some private time. Inuyasha looked down at Kagome. She smiled up at him, but noticed his expression was just a neutral face. Kagome's hopes were shattered.
"I waited for you...for over 500 years I have waited for you. " He said. Kagome nodded.
"It's barely been a year for me. Something has happened to you over the last few centuries, hasn't it Inuyasha?" Her voice rang in his ears as she reached up and pulled off his hat, reveiling the ears she loved so much.
Inuyasha swallowed hard. "I don't know, actually. I was so confused when you first left that for 300 years I refused to do anything except stalk your shrine. Than I agreed to live with Sesshomaru and we've been here in America for about a 100 years. I feel like I've been dreaming. Like I just need to wake up, but I don't know how."
Kagome stared up at him, feeling horrible. This was all her fault. She never should have told her family about the completed jewel. Then none of this would've ever have happened. Inuyasha said something but Kagome didn't hear him.
Inuyasha looked down at the fragile girl. "Stop blaming yourself. You couldn't have controlled this situation."
Kagome looked at him. "Whose blaming themselves?" A mist developed over Kagome's eyes, "I was just thinking about all the things we did together in the Feudal Era and how its all gone now..."
"But not because of you." Inuyasha grabbed her shoulders and pressed his forehead against hers. He looked into her eyes pleadingly. "Please stop. This isn't your fault. I'm just an arrogant asshole. Always have been."
Kagome looked into those golden orbs. Once before she could've looked into those orbs and found love, warmth, and security there. Now all she found was the ice that had consumed his entire being. Kagome's eyes widened with this discovery. Ice...He had frozen himself with his sadness, grief, and anger.
"Kagome...Please...Help me...Help...Wake me up...please..." Inuyasha begged her. He wanted to feel the emotions he knew he should be experiencing. Kagome whispered an agreement.
She chuckled. "I was supposed to meet my tour guide here."
Inuyasha looked at her. "Your kidding, right?"
She shook her head. He sighed.
"That's me...Tyler has me escourt girls around town all the time. I'm also supposed to tutor you in any of the classes your lagging in. Which," Inuyasha smirked, "I don't mind a bit, since its you. " Kagome blushed. Her blush deepened when she realized how close Inuyasha and her lips were. Inuyasha stuck out his tongue a little bit, causing Kagome's blush to deepen more. Inuyasha chuckled.
Bass filled the upper story. Inuyasha and Kagome ran up there. Shippo was back and was playing with his MP3 player. Inuyasha looked at them all.
"Miroku, I'll take a Jack. Make it a small one though. " Miroku winked at him.
"I thought you might say that. I'll bring to you while your setting up the band area. Providing you didn't kill your guitar when you dropped it." Inuyasha winced.
"I forgot I did that." Inuyasha then slid down the banister and picked his guitar. No harm done, thankfully. Kagome walked downstairs with Sango.
"What's a Jack, Sango?" Kagome whispered. Sango swallowed hard. She didn't want to tell Kagome, but she really didn't have a choice.
"It's a shot or two of Jack Daniels." Sango replied, whispering. Kagome's jaw dropped and she stopped where she stood.
"Your kidding?"
Sango shook her head. "Its not enough to get either of them drunk, or even tipsy. If Sesshomaru even knew these two drank a drop he'd kill them. I got used to it. As did Shippo."
Shippo walked up behind Kagome and gave her a big hug and a kiss on the check. "I've missed you sssooo much, Kagome!!" Kagome turned around and saw him. He was a very handsome young man.
"Shippo, you look great!" Shippo smiled.
"Rin says that a lot. " He smiled and twirled his drum sticks then slid down the banister to Inuyasha.
Miroku entered the basement with a bottle of Jack Daniels and two shot glasses. Kagome glared at him. He smiled innocently.
"Yes, Lady Kagome?"
"You had better be glad I'm a nice person, Miroku. Otherwise I'd tell Sesshomaru about you twos extracurricular activities." Miroku gulped and nodded. Inuyasha chuckled.
"Don't use such big words, Kagome! Miroku can't keep up with you then!" Shippo busted out laughing. Miroku's expression soured and he mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like a trail of insults about a certain dog demon.
Inuyasha and Shippo started playing a warm-up Aerosmith song. Inuyasha cleared his throat took a shot of Jack Daniels and sang the chorus of Rag Doll. Kagome knew he sounded nothing like Steven Tyler, but was totally mesmerized by Inuyasha's singing. He was good. Really good.
Inuyasha played a quick solo to the tune to ensure he had everything in place. Sango walked up and got her keyboard ready. Miroku got his guitar tuned quickly. He then smirked mischieviously at Inuyasha.
"Can we do the song I think describes Sesshomaru, now?" Inuyasha started laughing.
"Sure, why not?" Miroku just smiled.
"Second to chorus to finish!!" Smiling sly at Kagome he starting play on his guitar and singing his favorite Aerosmith song.
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
So never judge a book by its cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord, imagine my surprise
Let me take a peak dear
Do me, do me, do me all night
Turn the other cheek dear
Do me, do me, do me, do me
What a funky lady
Oh, she like it, like it, like it, like it like that
Oh, he was a lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Dude Looks Like A Lady
The notes of the died as Miroku stood there, smiling big and goofy. Shippo was containing his laughter. Inuyasha looking around innocently as he took his second and final shot of Jack. Sango just laughed. Kagome shook her head.
"Can we suggest from this, Miroku, that you tried to sleep with Sesshomaru?" Kagome asked, turning the joke over on Miroku.
Everyone looked at Miroku and busted out laughing. Miroku stood there mouth wide open with total shock written all over his face. "That was wrong, Lady Kagome. That was wrong."
"Maybe I should be asking Sesshomaru what exactly you have been doing whenever I'm not around?" Sango asked, a smirk playing at her lips.
"You all are so intolerably mean to me. What did I do to warrant this?" Miroku pretended to be hurt, but on the inside he knew that if it wasn't him they were making fun of, it would have been hilarious.
"Your just an easy target." Shippo stated between giggles.
"Inuyasha what do you think of this?!" Miroku demanded looked at the hanyou who had suddenly become very interested in the ceiling title.
"Oh? huh ? What now, Miroku?" Inuyasha asked innocently as he could. Miroku stalked off with his fake sobs racking his body.
"Make dinner while your up, would you, dear?" Sango knew that would snap him out of it. Miroku sighed.
"Sure thing, sweetheart." Miroku skipped upstairs into Sesshomaru's kitchen, seeing as how Inuyasha's kitchen was currently foodless. He poped open a box of speghetti noodles and began to cook the evening meal.
Geisha- Geisha not Geesha. Geisha are entertainers while Geesha are prositutes. Geisha are reguarded as being the people whom uphold the old beliefs, honors, and traditions. When Geisha support something be assured mostly the rest of Japan will follow. Unforunately there are only 100 Geisha left in all of Japan, however, Geesha's populations are flourishing.
MP- Military Police
A/N: No Review Responses from Chapter 10 so I don't have any to answer. Chapter 12 will be up within the next couple of days. (current time is 1:35 pm [I started writting at 10:45am] June 9, 2004) Final Editing completed at 1:53 P.M. on FF.net's new system
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