Calculating Life: A Fairytale of Fire and Fantasy
Calculating Life
DISCLAIMER= I do not own InuYasha.
SUMMARY= InuYasha's parents have always wanted a daughter. When they adopt Kagome, everything will be as normal as regular adoptions, right? Not at all. Kagome has a past that she can't remember. When a fire strikes Kagome's old home, who will be burned? Is it possible that Kagome is a princess? Read to find out!
Inu/Kag
Just to clear things up- Kagome is Princess Serena. InuYasha was InuYasha, they are all the same people. None of them were reborn. They only remember their family members. InuYasha knows Sesshomaru but not Kagome. None of the friends know one another from the kingdom, but from meeting on Earth. Its like they lived their whole lives on Earth. They are all the same age as they were on the moon.
Ages
Bankotsu 17-18
Naraku 19-22-ish
Kag 15
Inu 16
San 15
Miro 16
Kog 16
Ayame 15
Sess 17
Kohaku 14
Souta 14
Ship 6
Rin 6
Hakudoshi 14
Others will come later.
RECAP:
"I will not explain myself. I am so sorry." she whispered, as she continued staring onward. She felt a jolt in her body as her blood began to burn in her veins. She felt her heart slow and she closed her eyes, feeling the breeze blow, whipping her long hair around. She was in so much pain, but she wouldn't let it show.
"Kagome? Kagome! KAGOME!" he yelled as she didn't answer. "No, you can't leave. You can't! You have to stay. You've survived so much. You can't leave me. I love you." he growled out looking at her, immediately knowing what was happening.
"I cannot fight it. The miasma…is killing me. Naraku did it. I am not leaving you. I will always be here. I love you, InuYasha. Goodbye…Just for a little while." she said, wincing a little.
"No! Kagome, NO!" he yelled, seeing her fall backwards into the sand. "NO!"
CURRENT:
-Kagome POV-
I looked down at InuYasha holding my lifeless body. I felt exhausted. To know that I am dead…it is quite depressing.
"Mom! Dad!" I heard him yell. Izayoi and Inu Taisho came running outside and Izayoi began crying hysterically after Inu Taisho felt for a pulse. He looked down, shaking his head. Sesshomaru, Yuki, and Damien came out next. Sesshomaru's expression turned to solid rock. Yuki and Damien both sat on the ground next to my body. Oh no, Souta's coming.
"Kagome!" Souta shouted and began crying. Soon, it became a family gathering. Everyone was out there, crying, sobbing, sulking. This isn't what I wanted.
I was sucked into blackness as I lost my energy. It was cold and empty. Scary. I was alone. I curled up and slept, trying to regain my energy.
The next day, I woke up in a tree outside of the Takahashi mansion. I saw the family walk out, everyone dressed in black. I followed them. We arrived at a chapel and I realized that I was attending my own funeral. There was a book for people to sign that came, so I pulled energy out of things and picked up the pen, signing my name, hoping someone would understand what it meant if I signed my name. I walked up the isle and looked into the casket. My body was laying there, but I could hear my heart beating. I was still alive, just in a state of silence and lifelessness because I had no soul. I reached in, my hand going into my body.
I grabbed the jewel and held onto it, pulling it out of my body. I would not allow Naraku to have it. I walked over to where my adoptive family was sitting and sat in the space in between Sesshomaru and InuYasha. Both seemed to sense something as they looked between them.
"This girl taught me the absolute meaning of life and how to be happy. I now have a child on the way with my beautiful fiance." said the man that had tried to rape me outside of the mall.
"Kagome was certainly special. She was smart, talented, artistic, athletic. She was as close to perfect as the world gets." said Myoga, the gym teacher.
"Kagome was my best friend. We got off to a bad start, but then I couldn't imagine my life without her. Now that she's gone…I don't know what to do," Sango said, sobbing as Miroku comforted her.
"Kagome was the most wonderful friend I could ask for. We laughed and cried. We loved a lot of the same things. She was the closest person in my life." Kikyo announced as tears rolled down her face.
"Kagome was one of our most talented students and cheerleaders. I don't know what the team will do without her." said the cheerleading coach, blotting her eyes with a tissue.
"Kagome. Beautiful, smart, talented. She did wonders in the short time she was in this world. She will be greatly missed, but never forgotten. In fact, she is on the wall of remembrance in the school. We will always think of you, Kagome." said our principal, showing my picture with on a plaque. Many other people spoke, but the one that broke my heart was InuYasha. He stood and walked up to the podium.
"Kagome. I don't know where to begin. I'm not used to this kind of stuff, but I am doing this for Kagome. I know she was my adopted sister, but she was also found to be my chosen mate. I love her, I always will love her. Yesterday, I refused to accept this. I was thinking irrationally, thinking she was still alive and well, that this was some kind of sick joke. I thought she would pop out at any moment, a camera crew following her saying, "Gotcha!" I was awake all night last night, thinking. Thinking about the meaning of life and why this would happen to such a good, pure and innocent person. I wondered why over and over. I finally came to the conclusion that I couldn't ever come to a conclusion because there was simply no reason except the fact that everyone's life must come to an end, some sooner than others. Kagome was a cheerful person, full of energy, drive, fire, insults at times. I know she would want us to all be happy and carry on life and love, but that is honestly impossible when the world has suffered such a great loss. She was important in the lives of many. She was kind, caring, magical. Kagome was anything and everything. She had her whole life ahead of her. She wanted children. She wanted to have a huge family and be happy. She wanted to have fun in life and carry on. She loved life, and life loved her. Everyone loved her. Her death was a mistake. The wrong person went. I don't understand why it had to be her, because I believe that if it were fate, that fate can be changed. Kagome was a masterpiece, a piece of art. She was amazing. Even though I am utterly and unbearably sad right now, I will smile because I know Kagome is watching. We should all smile to mask our tears." InuYasha said, smiling as tears flooded his eyes. Everyone in the crowd was crying as well, but still smiling brightly. InuYasha looked around, sure he could hear my heart.
After the service, they took my casket and my immediate family drove to the mansion. They went into the cherry blossom tree forest behind it, about 2-3 miles in where the crystal clear lake was. My body was buried by the lake under a huge cherry blossom tree. They inserted a headstone into the ground, said prayers and thanked me for being in their lives, cried, and left. InuYasha stayed, sitting there. I sat beside InuYasha.
I mustered up enough energy from taking a little energy from InuYasha to make myself visible to him. "InuYasha." I said, hoping he would hear me. It came out as a soft whisper, even though I tried to say it loudly. He looked up at me.
"Kagome?" he asked.
"This is my soul. I am gone."
"No," he said, "NO! Stay here! Lay back in your body, do something! You have to stay with me! You have to!" he yelled, tears blurring in his eyes as they flashed from golden to scarlet.
"I am not leaving forever. Give me time."
"Time for what?" he yelled at me.
"I cannot return to my body just yet. Naraku is planning to take my body, but I cannot let him have my soul or the jewel, so once he takes my body, I will go against him." I explained.
"What if it doesn't work?"
"Then I will not be able to return…" I said, looking down. "But it WILL work. I will return. I promise." I assured him.
"Kagome…You knew you were going to die, didn't you?" he asked me.
"..Yes." I responded hesitantly.
"Why? Why didn't you tell me? I could have done something! You could be alive now!" he exclaimed, enraged.
"You could not have done anything, InuYasha."
"I…That is only what you say." he answered.
"Listen, my body is not dead. It is in a deep sleep because it is being controlled and does not have a soul. I left my body so that Naraku could not use my soul." I explained.
"So you are basically dead, but not really?" he asked.
"Legally, yes, I am dead. But I am sure I can reawaken. Maybe not, but if not, I have not thought that far." I told him.
"Stay with me until you go back to your body."
"I cannot do that. In a little while, I have to leave until I return to my body. If I stay, my light will burn out and I will die." I replied sadly, looking away.
"Kagome…"
"People say that life does not have happy endings. That is not true. Sure, this is a horribly sad ending, but we have found one another, InuYasha. With every life, there is a book that goes along with it. In this book of life, there is a beginning, a middle, and an end. Birth is the beginning. The happiness, sorrows, hardships, struggling, exciting things in life are all of the chapters in the book, the middle of your life book. And the end…is death. Every book must end. But sometimes, there is a sequel. With every life, there is another exciting chapter, another amazing journey around every corner, until the last page. After the book ends, we must assume that the character's life continues. Life is truly a beautiful thing. Never take it for granted. For a wrong action, there is a consequence, sometimes that punishment is death." I told him, picking up a stick and drawing in the dirt on the ground. My writing read, 'I love you.' I began to fade as the last few sentences escaped my mouth.
"Love a lot, laugh often, and live like you are going to die tomorrow, because you just might. You never know when you're going to die. This is why we must always, always calculate life."
The End.
I worked sooooooooo hard on this story and I think it turned out great. Sequel? No sequel? Review, please, please, please. Thank you for reading.