The New Life Past Song
By: MusicIsMySoul
Summary: Seventeen years after Kagome and Inuyasha get married and they're teenaged daughter Inaome is starting to find her own voice after Kagome becomes famous. Between the parties, friends and rehearsals when will Inaome finally figure out that she is out of control.
Disclaimer: do NOT own any Inuyasha characters…sadly yes I have tried…but the dogs and the lasers and the high security vaults but I failed and now I don't own it…-sigh- how I wish he was mine...but then again I do own Neil...
Author's note: okay well here is the second instalment of the "song" line...haha sounds cool!! Hope you all like it and don't hate me because its seventeen years in the future.
Chapter Thirteen: After the party it's the hotel lobby
Neil watched, no not watched he stared at her as if she would disappear if he blinked. He didn't know she could play guitar, maybe she learned when she came back to New York. It never ceased to amaze him how much someone could learn in a short amount of time. After gawking for a good twenty minuets he realized he had to make a plan to see her once she was finished the bands songs. The box in his jacket pocket felt so heavy when he was trying to figure out what to do, would he just run up to her? Find where the band was going after the show? Pull her back stage? So many options and he didn't have that much time. The third song had finished and the surfer guy who was standing on the other side of the stage was bopping his head with the song, Neil smiled knowing that Inaome had found something do keep her happy when she ran away. Wait, if she was happy there on that stage then had she forgotten about that had gone on, had she moved on? He felt yet another bead of sweat roll down his face. Maybe coming back would just jumble up feeling that she wouldn't want. She hadn't come back to the ranch, not even when Souta gained a son. Not even one call. Maybe it was a mistake coming here, but if he didn't even try they he would be stuck wondering what would happen. "Man?" the surfer's voice brought him back "we need you to change the guitars, Ed broke a string...go!"
Neil looked around and grabbed the first guitar he could find, a white and silver flying V guitar sitting up against the wall. He ran out into the stage during the intermission "Hey Ed" he called out
"Took you long enough" the guitarist said grabbing the guitar away and hooking it up
"Yeah..." he went to turn around but bumped into someone "Oh shit sorry"
"Neil..." He looked down to see that pair of golden he wanted to look into so bad
He felt his throat run dry and his chest was going to explode. Inaome hadn't said a word all she did was stare right at him as everything around them went on. He opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out just air, just a breath. Inaome had done the same and see too was at a loss for words. He felt her hand touch his arm and in a blink he had wrapped both arms around her with his lips pressed against hers. They stayed that way for what seemed like sweet long hours but it was cut short when a stage hand came up to tell Inaome they were ready for the next few songs. She went to say something but he just smiled and nodded knowing what she was thinking. He went back to his spot behind one of the side curtains smiling like a kid in a candy store. Inaome smiled back at him even when the curtain went back up it took her a few seconds to start the next song. The set went by so slowly for Neil, he just wanted to be with Inaome and right now she was kinda busy. Once they were done One Way Street had done an Encore then when the crowd was cheering Inaome ran back to Neil this time jumping into his arms. Neil twirled her around and gave a short kiss but with as much passion and longing as the one before. "I missed you" he whispered running his hand though her soft hair after she had dropped her fedora on the stage floor
Inaome pushed her forehead to his, and with another short kiss she spoke "Heh farm boy misses me? I'm flattered"
"ah the good old Ina humor" he chuckled
A few people had been calling Inaome for a while but the pair had been so caught up in each other they had forgotten the people around them. Inaome looked at the crowd, her band was included "Hey listen" she smiled "the band is going out for dinner you want to come?"
He placed a kiss on her lips "I came all the way down to New York to find you and now your not leaving my sight"
"That's going to be some awkward bathroom trips" she took his hand and walked behind the croud
He followed along just happy that he could be close to her and even holding her hand as they walked down the street to a small café that Inaome had suggested. Suddenly he knew where he was and smiled when the crowd stepped into the same café he had stopped off when that girl, May told him were to find Inaome, yet he hadn't seen her at the club. After sitting down and ordering Neil and Inaome sat beside each other with Edward, Dean and Adam crowded on the other side of the all scared of what the this new guy would be like. Neil sipped at his soda while his arm was around Inaome shoulders "so why don't you introduce us" he said
"Oh sorry" she chuckled looking at her band "guys this is Neil, Neil that's Dean, Adam, and Edward"
"You're the guy with the guitar" Edward said "Looks like you weren't supposed to be there"
Neil shrugged "trying to get a job...but roadie isn't really my forté"
"Guys" she tossed a warning glace at Edward "Neil's the guy that worked with me in Canada"
All the guys 'Oh'ed' and started asking questions like mad
"so what did you guys do?"
"What's Canada like?"
"Do you guys live in igloos?"
"How many cows do you own?"
"What's Inaome's mom like?"
"DEAN!" Inaome tossed a bread roll at him
"what, Your mom's Hot!" Dean laughed as he took the tossed roll and bit into it
"Are you two dating?" Edward said with his arms crossed in front of him
Neil looked over at Inaome who was already looking at him "Umm..." he waited for Inaome to answer but nothing came from the girl waiting for the same from him "Yeah...we are"
Inaome broke out in a smile
"Well Neil welcome to the family" Adam laughed clicking his sticks
"Yeah man" Dean shook his hand
Edward kept quiet and eventually stood up and excused himself. Inaome and the rest watched as he pulled on his coat as he walked to the door "What's up with him?" Dean asked taking another bite from the roll once more
"I'll go see" Adam stood but Inaome stopped him
"No I'll go see" she stood and ran after him
Neil watched as she left missing the warmth that she took with her "Is he okay?" he asked
"Yeah He's just grumpy from the long night we had last night...that was an intense practice" Adam leaned back in his chair
Dean looked over at him "It's not that" he leaned into Neil "Ed's had a crush on your girl since we she started the band"
"really..." Neil took a sip of his drink
"Yeah but don't worry I know you two were dating even before she said anything, just the way she looks at you" Dean smiled
Adam laughed "aww Dean that was deep man"
"Shut up it's true" he pushed Adam -who had already had his chair on two legs- and laughed as he fell
Neil laughed just as Inaome came in "He had to go do...something" she sighed and sat back down beside Neil
He could feel the chill on winter still on her clothes and skin when he pulled her closer "you wanna get out outta here?" Neil asked after taking a big gulp of his drink
"Yeah" she nodded
"We gatta go anyways, we got this thing with the family tomorrow" Dean said
"Hello that's our family Christmas since uncle Ted can't come any other time" Adam gathered up his coat and dragged Dean out of the café after leaving the money for food and tip, he always paid anyways.
"You okay" Neil asked
"Yeah Edward's just being his old jackass self" she forced a smiled
Neil smiled back and stood "Come on I'll take you home"
Inaome stood and pulled on her jacket "No, I wanna see where you are staying. Plus my house is empty Mom and Dad went to some concert thing-a-ma-gig they won't be back for a few days"
"Alright but it's just some hotel" he smiled feeling the box still in his jacket pocket
As they walked down the street holding hands they talked about what had happened during their separation. Neil left out the whole my-mom-died-and-I-really-didn't-want-to-talk-about-it-thing. Inaome filled him in about the band and everything that happened between them. Inaome stopped at a corner "What happed to your face" she asked almost in a whisper
"thanks, why don't you say 'you look like a homeless guy who rubbed his face in glass' that would be less subtle" he chuckled
Inaome gave him a look "come on what really happened" she ran her finger along the cut
He hiss in pain when he felt her nail dig in by accident after Inaome had slipped on a small patch of ice under her feet "oh shit...I'm so sorry" she looked at the cut when she picked herself up "now your bleeding, come on your hotel it just up here" she took his hand again and ran down the not so crowded sidewalk
the door man already had the door open when he saw what celebrity had been running with the guy he saw run out only two hours ago. She thanked him quickly and ran to the elevator hanging her fedora low on her face so no one recognize her other than the door man. Neil was grateful that he had told Inaome where is hotel was and what floor he was on now that he was occupied with keeping the blood off his jacket and shirt, he didn't have anywhere to wash them right? He slid the key in the lock and as soon as the door was unlocked Inaome pushed it open and sat him down on the end of the bed "Hold on I know how to fix this" she ran off to the washroom "every hotel has a first aid kit"
He smiled "you would know"
"Shut up" she laughed coming back with the small, white, plastic box and opened it taking out some peroxide and a small gaze pad "alright now hold still"
"Easy for you to say" he said before she pushed the peroxide soaked pad to the cut and he hiss in pain once more
"Oh you big baby" she whispered and kissed his forehead
He 'heh'ed and felt her tape a dry gaze pad over the long gash "He did this" he dropped his head
"Who?" she stood up then sat beside him on the bed then pushed her nose into his in hair taking in the smell of spicy guys shampoo and running her hands up and down his arms.
"My step dad" he sighed
"What, Why I thought you said he left you mom" she asked cupping his cheek with her warm hand
He put his hand over hers "My mom died, two weeks ago the funeral was last week"
"Oh Neil" She wrapped her arms around him "I'm sorry..."
"Please don't" He sighed "I got enough of that already"
"So why was your step dad there?" she asked
He looked into her golden eyes then turned his head away "He said he was invited but when he just pushed through everyone, everyone told him to leave and when he didn't I tried to get he out and he hit me, it didn't hurt until I saw he had one of his freaky rings and wedding band still on, it cut me really bad"
Inaome had no idea what to say all she could do was sit with him as he told her what had happened "Are you okay?" she whispered in his ear
She felt him nod and play with the tips of her hair "How about I call down to the kitchen for some food and we can watch some T.V."
He looked at her like a five year old after he had hurt himself "Yeah" he stood "I gotta wash the blood off my hands and change my shirt"
"Okay" she smiled hand held his hand until he got to far and had to let go.
Neil sighed as he looked into the bathroom mirror, blood had dried on the side of his face and small smear marks where he had tried to wipe it off had even got into his shirt. He pulled his jacket and hoodie off and tried to wash the blood off from around his neck line. After about five minuets of trying he gave up and tugged the shirt off now standing shirtless in his hotel bathroom. He washed the blood off the side of his face and around the bandage then felt two warm arms wrap around him and the same warmth of a body press up against his back "Cleaned up?" he herd a giggle
Neil felt a smile pull on his mouth "yeah, you got the food" he turned around in her arms
"Is that all you think about" she asked looking up at him
"um..." He put his finger on his chin for a second "Yeah...actually I do"
Inaome rolled her eyes and walked back to the other room. Neil chuckled and followed her after he pulled on a clean black shirt. He found her sitting against the head board, plate on her lap filled with fries, and pizza "I though celebrities eat like...a piece of lettuce and a glass of water" he said as he flopped down on his stomach beside her
She smiled at him as she chewed on her pizza slice "o'pe" she said with a full mouth
"Eww" He shielded his face with his hand "chew with your mouth shut"
After swallowing her food smiled and watched as Neil grabbed a fry of her plate and popped it into his mouth "Hey that's my food!"
"Well it's in my mouth so it's now mine" he smiled and chewed
"whatever" she rolled her eyes, grabbed the remote and turned on the T.V.
The channels were short and nothing really seemed to be on but after arguing about buying a movie from the hotel Neil gave up at let Inaome search for a movie "What about that one?"
"Nah to boring" he laid on his back beside her
Inaome changed to another choice "how about that one?"
"Seen it"
"that one?"
"Crappy"
"this one?"
"Bad acting"
"UGH JUST CHOOSE ONE!!!!!" she yelled throwing her hands up in the air
"okay what about that one" he pointed to one of the choices
"finally" she said as she pushed the button and the movie appeared on their screen
The movie lasted about an hour and a half and when Neil looked over he found that she had fallen asleep. The now half eaten cold pizza was still on her plate along with a few fries, which Neil placed the plate on the small cart of food a few feet away from the bed. He carefully lifted Inaome's legs and pulled the sheet back placing her underneath them. Making sure she was asleep he tucked her in he peeled of his shirt and slid into the bed next to her. Just as he settled Neil felt a soft, warm arm snake it's way on his chest and he found that Inaome had rolled over and snuggled against him. A smile played with his lips as he closed his yellow-green eyes and drifted off into sleep...god he loved New York.
Oblivious to the couple they had left their curtains open leaving a big opportunity for someone to share their small bit of privacy to the world...a few flashes and BAM privacy gone...
Lee: UHOOOOOOO you should have been more carefull
Inaome: How can you be carefull when someone is bleeding to death
Neil: well technically I wasn't bleeding to death but...
Inaome: SHHH she doesn't know that
Lee: how could I not! I wrote this damn story!
Inaome: well who died and made you queen!?
Lee: well no one died cause I started this story and the prequel before it so HA
Inaome: well maybe I'll write the next chapter!
Lee: okay go...
Neil: (Whispers to Inuyasha) I think someone's on the rag
Inuyasha: I wouldn't be suprised...
Lee: WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!?!?!?!
Neil and Inuyasha: Nothing!
Lee: I just watched Chalies Angels 2 all day yesterday so DON'T mess with me!!!
Neil: I think if we back up slowly she won't hurt us
Everyone: Next chapter coming soon...if Lee doesn't kill Neil and Inuyasha...pray she doesn't
Lee: (chases Neil and Inuyasha with Katana) AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Neil and Inuyasha: (RUNS AWAY) HELP US!!!!
Inaome: (starts writing next chapter) ...hmmm okay so what rhymes with orange...