Lauren: I don't own the song "Shinjitsu no Uta" (Song of Truth). I'm not sure who's it by though. I'd just like to take the time to seriously thank you all, I don't know what I'd do without you! I got home from a majorly bad time and read your reviews and you had me laughing and smiling in an instant!
Cold Fire Phoenix- When I read your review, I was laughing my head off and thinking "Oh my gosh." Pokemon Inuyasha-chu? That is just frightening to think about!! My insanity has been...erm...insane lately! And yes, it would be disturbing it Naraku said he wanted Inuyasha (shudders). Inuyasha sweats black? Did I make a typo or something? I'm getting the movie on dvd and it should be here soon!!! Bernard is hot! So is Link and Legolas! I think I have a thing for elves. For Halloween I was an elf D!
the hAPpiLyINsanE angeredfairy- Bernard is the head elf from the movie "The Santa Claus" and "The Santa Claus 2". He's hot, well, I think so. Link is hot too! Good luck on your test tomorrow and please don't eat my cat! Skittles isn't purple so hopefully you won't eat him. I think he'd give you a hairball.
Cacat-angel- Yeah, it was intended that he has to listen because of their connection. I know, I felt bad about making Kagome's mom so evil but I had to do it so that is some of the reason behind Kagome's pain. She doesn't mean to be so...cruel but she feels as if she's lost her daughter to this story that she 'made up'. She wants Kagome to stop believing in the story so that she can move on with her life and when Kagome refuses to, she gets frustrated and angry sometimes.
Nekomon- YAY!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! *pulls Bernard out of the bag and huggles him* I was so happy when I saw your review!! *bounces around showing off her Bernard*
Tori- Hey, there's nothing wrong with Bernard! Ok, so he isn't the kind of guy who has abs of steel, a super sexy strong body, a bad boy attitude, and a tight...woah stopping there before I drool on my keyboard. He's the kind that I want to just pick up and hug and cuddle with because he's so cuuutteeee! ^_^ But I do believe he has a hot side too under all that baggy elf clothing.
Cherrymecha- Yeah, that's really Inuyasha. But it's not completely the same guy that Kagome knew in the past. It's sort of like a reincarnation. And since when is scaring your parents a bad thing? D I've done that on many accounts!
Jupiter's Light- Ah! Inuyasha was ran over by reindeer when walking from the well? Ouch, that would be painful. Kagome switch with Relena? No!! I'm sorry and no offense to any Relena lovers but that girl is just freaky! She ain't good enough for Inuyasha! Only Kagome is. And maybe me. And maybe other people out there like you. Hmm, she can't 'sit' Inuyasha anymore because he doesn't have the rosary. =( Although it would be funny if she could.
Gryphnwng- Ohhh....so that's what A/U means....haha...I knew that! Not really but...I can pretend! This fic is SORT OF like an A/U but not. It's like an after the series one but since I don't know how the series ends I put my own twists on it. I don't know how to explain it. Ah, isn't Escaflowne a good series? I'm also working on an Escaflowne fanfic called "Wishing to Forget, Wanting to Remember" which you can read on my ff.net account. Yes...self-promotion. I have no shame. I'm dying waiting for my Inuyasha movie. It should be here soon!! Yeah!!!
Majik- See! Someone else DOES think he's hot!!
Ryu- I know how you feel about being sad as a chapter ends. I get the same thing! I made this chapter longer than the usual, so enjoy! ^_^
Simon- Wow...your review really touched me. Thank you so much!! *hugs* Ah...anime characters and fanfic characters are real!!! Don't tell me other wise!! They're alive I tell you! At least...it seems like they are a lot!
warriorGL- Don't call your writing crap!! I LOVE your stories!! Of course I like them because they're so good!!!
~*~ Where Did You Go? ~*~
~By: Lauren~
-Chapter 9-
"Song of Truth"
What had happened last night? Inuyasha shook his head tiredly. How had he ended up holding that girl? Much less listening to her story? He took a sip of his coffee as he wandered down the empty hallways. So many hallways and stairways one could get lost in the whole building. Always empty. Cold and alone. He had been so wrapped up in their conversation that he had forgotten to ask about what had attacked her grandfather and her. This whole case was so weird. Everything fit into the perfect place except there was one problem. The only person who remembered it all happening was Kagome. So how could it be true? It was impossible, was it not? But how could one girl. One single girl come up with a story that elaborate and well fitted? It couldn't be a lie unless she somehow researched all the information about all of them and made some story up and he doubted that would happen. Why would she even bother to lie? It just made her seem crazy and ended up putting her in an asylum.
Was she the girl he had seen so long ago, staring out the clinic window with such a lonesome expression?
~*~
The sun spreads crimson over everything
Illuminating the present as well as the days of old
In this twilight
Will our active imaginations achieve
What we didn't finish?
~*~
Inuyasha then realized what he had come here to do. He stood in front of Kagome's door, looking in the window to see the girl. She was standing on her tiptoes, her back to the door while she looked out her window at the garden below.
He smiled while he unlocked the door. The guards now trusted him enough to handle her and it seemed as if recently, she had calmed down.
"Would you like to go out there?" He said loud enough to get her attention.
Kagome spun around at the noise, blushing when she saw him. "To the garden?"
He nodded.
"S-sure..." Kagome was so nervous. What would he think of her after what she had told him last night? Apparently he seemed to act as if it wasn't a big deal but it had been for her. She had not recited the story to anyone except her grandfather.
"Here, put these on." Inuyasha produced a pair of rubber soled slippers and threw them at her. She caught them and quickly slipped them onto her feet.
Running towards him, her face was beaming like that of a child's. So innocent and full of joy.
~*~
Now more than ever
Become exposed
And teach me the way to go out and live
It's only a little
Please spoil me
~*~
Inuyasha then realized something. She probably hadn't been outside for at least almost two years. Shaking his head sadly, he let her latch onto his arm as he led her through the open doorway.
Kagome seemed to tremble with anticipation as she nervously stumbled down the hallways. She was going outside!! Into the gardens! With Inuyasha! She hadn't smelled a flowers sweet fragrance in what seemed like forever! Blushing, she leaned in towards him for support as he unlocked a door with his ID card. Slowly, he opened it up.
The light blinded Kagome for a minute before her eyes adjusted, revealing to her a tiny but beautiful garden. There were all kinds of wild flowers ranging from colors such as yellow to pink to blue and purple. They were all shapes and sizes. In the far corner, she spotted a cherry tree with pale pink blossoms that were floating down to the earth. In the center of the garden, there was a circular simple rock water fountain in which water was pouring down. It sparkled in the sunlight as Kagome let go of Inuyasha's arm and went running towards it.
~*~
So I'll do it alone
Even if I'm hurt
Even if I have lost my way
The song of truth is the current that runs through my breast
~*~
Inuyasha watched her as she ran, proud of the large smile that was on her face. He liked that a lot better than the tears of last night. It was truly sad through, how her pale skin looked so white in the sun and the bags under her eyes were even clearer now. He shook his head. Some asylums could be so cruel. He watched her as she cupped her hands in the water then brought it up, splashing the cold liquid on her face. It dripped down her cheeks which had now taken on a rosy color while the wind picked up, causing cherry petals to fly all around her, lifting her raven hair into the breeze.
She was beautiful.
Wait a minute....had he just thought she was beautiful?! Inuyasha opened his eyes a bit wider, frozen in his spot. Since when did he...? He grunted. It was impossible. Inuyasha didn't fall for girls, much less crazy ones that were his patients. Even if her story made so much sense...But it went against everything he had ever believed in! It was crazy to believe her! And yet, deep down, a part of him subconsciously did believe her.
Kagome turned her head, smiling at him as she cupped more water in her hands. Before Inuyasha thought to run, she had flung the water at him and it was now running onto his shirt. A giggle erupted from Kagome as she turned, running away from him.
Inuyasha smirked; growling as he dove to his left, grabbed the garden hose and turned the nozzle on. He grinned evilly as he stared at Kagome.
"No...no!! INUYASHA DON'T!!" Kagome cried but that didn't stop Inuyasha as he sprayed her, soaking her through and through. "Oh yeah!!" She screamed, running towards him. She blocked the water with her hands as she grabbed the hose and tore it from his grip. Kagome laughed as she then proceeded to soak Inuyasha with his own weapon.
Afterwards, the two fell to the ground, laughing as the warm sun began to dry them. They sat there in a peaceful quiet while more cherry petals cascaded towards the ground.
An itching thought nagged at Inuyasha in the back of his head. He needed to ask her what he had come to do in the first place but somehow he had gotten off of track. Getting up, he held down his hand, which she took. He pulled her to her feet.
"What's going on? Do we have to go in already?" Kagome tugged playfully at his hand.
"Can I see something?" He leaned forward and pulled Kagome's shirt up a tiny bit on the side. He ignored her cries of protest. Right there, as the file had said, was a large scar that ran from her navel to almost her mid-back. "How'd you get that?" He let her shirt drop back down.
Kagome gave him a stunned look before she backed a step away, her face hardening from the carefree look she just worn only moments ago. "I don't want to talk here." She spun on her heel and marched towards the door back to her cell.
~*~
The arguments
Still continue
Which road
Is the most important right now?
~*~
The trip back was silent until they entered her room.
Kagome looked at him sternly. "A demon attacked me. The same one that killed grandpa. It wanted the part of Shikon no Tama that I have." She blushed, tucking her shirt into her pants now, just incase he tried to look at her scar again. She fought the tears at the thought of her grandfather. If only she had gotten their sooner. If only she had her bow and arrow with her at the time. If only she had thought about the demons in her time.
"Shikon no Tama?" Inuyasha rose a questionable eyebrow.
"Yes. That's what I was searching for when I went into the past, remember? It was inside of me but it shattered when I hit it with an arrow." Kagome sighed. Had all of this been just a lure to get her to talk?
And that was when Inuyasha noticed it- the ring on her finger.
~*~
I became reckless
And overlooked some things
For example, someone's kind and smiling face
~*~
"Where'd you get that?!" He jumped up in his seat, pointing at her ring. It was identical to his own. Why hadn't he noticed it before? "You stole mine!!" His hands instantly flew up to his chest where his own ring was dangling just as he had left it.
"Someone...gave it to me." Her eyes grew distant as she spoke but then she snapped back to reality. "What do you mean 'yours'?! Do you have a ring like this?" The urgency in her voice alarmed him.
Inuyasha pulled his chain up, revealing the circular ring his mother had given him. It still shined lightly pink. "My mother gave me it when I was little."
Kagome's eyes widened. He still had it. She breathed out a sigh of relief. So it wasn't lost after all. Then she frowned. But if he still had it....then was it fate that they found each other again? It didn't make sense. Was it their love that pulled back them to each other? Or merely the rings wanting to be a whole again?
~*~
If I know my fate
No matter what kind of darkness
Or pain that has disappeared with time
So let's do it right now
Please spoil me
~*~
She fought the flood of tears that were about to erupt as she cursed herself. The stupid thing just wanted to be a whole. That was the only reason that they had found each other. Inuyasha still didn't love her deep down. He didn't even know her. "STUPID RING!!" Kagome growled, biting into her lip so hard it drew blood. She tried to pull it off her finger but it wouldn't budge. He didn't love her. Her pitied her. He was only trying to help her because it was his job. Not because he wanted to. She was what brought the money home for him. She was nothing more than that.
"Kagome? What's wrong? Why does my ring match yours?" He tried to ignore the way his ring seemed to pull towards her. His voice suddenly went from worried to stern. He had never seen the little girl act like this before. She was trembling with tears in her eyes. She was always loud-mouthed and stubborn...but this didn't sound like her. Something wasn't right.
~*~
I saw the past of long ago
In a castle in the sky
The "someday" continues to struggle along
I'll make it to the road sign that is the song of truth
~*~
"I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP OR YOUR PITY, INUYASHA!! I-I HATE YOU! GO AWAY!!" Kagome leapt up to her feet and tried to run towards the doorway but stumbled as she crashed into the closed metal door.
Inuyasha, however, didn't notice. If Kagome hadn't turned right then, she would have seen it. If she had decided to turn just a couple of seconds later, yes, she would have seen it. The moment the smile slipped off of Inuyasha's face completely. And there wasn't emptiness in that expression, as most people would have suspected. And there wasn't calm stillness in those stormy golden eyes. There was pain. Heartbreaking pain. The pain you wish to never have, and what you can barely stand to see on others. It was the expression of a puppy abandoned on the side of the road, or a person who had just lost their greatest treasure.
~*~
If I know my fate
No matter what kind of darkness
Or pain that has disappeared with time
The song of truth is the current running through my breast
~*~
Inuyasha's lips moved inaudibly. "She...hate me..." He whispered, the spark leaving his eyes. Hate. His Kagome...hated him. What? HIS?! Stupid brain was making thoughts on its own!
And that's when he slowly looked over and noticed that Kagome had fallen onto the floor, curled up on her side. And she wasn't getting up.
"Kagome?" He whispered softly. Inuyasha stepped closer, his eyes widening a bit with panic. She still wasn't moving. "Kagome?!" He stumbled to her side, spots dancing in front of his eyes with worry. What had happened? Why wasn't she moving?!
~*~
Now more than ever
Please spoil me
It's only a little
Please spoil me
~*~
Inuyasha shook her softly, placing one hand to her forehead. His heart almost stopped for a moment. Her head was on fire, and she was lying on the floor in a thin layer of sweat. He knew he shouldn't have taken her outside, let alone sprayed her with freezing water. Then they had sat in the cold breeze for hours on end. And with her being inside for so long, it was obvious that her immune system would be very low and weak. Little did Inuyasha know, she had also fainted from the pain.
"Kagome..." He said sadly, his once happy voice lost in the room. "Why didn't you tell me?" The words bounced off the walls, leaving him with no answer until...
"Because she hates you." A voice mocked him in his head, giving him an answer.
"It'll be all right Kagome. It's okay if you hate me." Inuyasha leaned forward, brushing a strand of her hair out of her face. "I'll always love you." He whispered, slightly in shock of his own words but somewhere, deep down in his heart, he knew that they too were true. But did he truly love? Since when had he?
Inuyasha picked up the small girl in his arms, only now seeing how truly fragile she was. He looked at her for just a moment. And then a tear slid down the side of his face, mixing with his still-damp shirt. He looked up; letting the sun hit him through the window. He was crying, just like he had done so long age, when he was a child and his mother had died. He had never cried since that day. He had always put on a false smile and went along with his life, no matter how lonely and empty it was.
But this time, he wasn't smiling.
~*~
I'll make it to the road sign that is the song of truth
~*~
Lauren: Wow...this one is long. Like it? Please review and thanks for all the reviews already!! I would have had this up sooner but I was kind of caught up because I got my movies today!! *Yayayaya* Wow...the Inuyasha movie was just...great! The animation was beautiful and so well done!! I loved the fight scenes, they were so good! It was adorable!! IT ROCKED!! Good music....good animation...good story line...cool bad guys/girls (ha, should I just say demons?)....cute moments....it was just *tears* awesome! I must recommend this movie to everyone! Even the subtitles were good with only a few mistakes ^_^;; ! I don't want to spoil anything by talking too much so I'll shut up about it. If you have a question about it though, feel free to ask and I'll try my best to answer it. Gahh, it was good! Kagome looked a tad bit different but it wasn't anything major or bad. (I can't get over how much I loved it!)