Sing a Song with Me
Cherry Mecha
Chapter 7: Genius
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A/N: Okay sorry it took a while. I am getting REALLY busy. Be happy that I can even update . Anyway, thanks to all of you who gave suggestions. Don't worry if you haven't yet, that episode will be a little while off.
Another thing, I got a lot of complaints for what I did to Hiten. (Sorry Hiten! You can have your voice back now.) If you go back and check, I changed it to Jakostu (Thank you tsukii-chan!) Now you can all rest in peace.
Oh and Happy Reading!!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha characters or the songs I mention.
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Kouga gave Inuyasha a smirk.
They weren't exactly the best of friends. Kouga was their manager because he was the only person who offered. It wasn't by choice. Kouga had also tried to steal Kikyou several times, although it never worked. He never fully got over the fact that she was gone now.
Honestly, they didn't mind each other as much as long as there was distance between them. Now that they were in the same room. . .
"I said, what do you WANT?" Inuyasha growled again.
Kouga kept smirking. It was getting on Inuyasha's nerves.
"I heard you had a little accident. It's pitiful how the dog turd can't take care of himself. So how did it happen? Trying to commit suicide after Kikyou left you?"
Sango and Miroku's eyes widened. That wasn't a good thing to say to Inuyasha. Kagome looked around quizzically. She didn't know about Inuyasha's relationship with Kikyou yet.
Anger flared up in Inuyasha's eyes. Much to everyone's surprise, he kept his mouth shut.
Kouga stole a glance behind Inuyasha's back and saw Kagome for the first time. He raised an eyebrow.
"Who's this Inuyasha? Your new wench or something? Keh. I knew that Kikyou was better without you. She should've come with me when she had the chance."
Inuyasha was about to open his mouth when Kagome stepped in front of him and began to speak.
"Listen. I don't know who the hell you are but you have no right to talk to us like that! And I don't know what kind of a relationship you had with Kikyou but she must have been ESTATIC that she didn't go with you, whatever the hell that means."
Kouga raised an amused eyebrow.
"Oh? Now Inuyasha's little wench is sticking up for him. Is he to afraid to fight on his own?"
Inuyasha was about to open that potty mouth of his but Kagome beat him to it again.
"At least he has enough sense not to fight with something as worthless as you. AND I AM NOT HIS LITTLE WENCH! Did the doctor not slap you hard enough when you were born?"
Kouga's eyes flashed with anger before they were replaced by humor again. He began to smirk.
"So you're not? You're a fiesty little one. I like that. How would you like to be my woman?"
"Screw off."
"Is that a yes?"
"That was a HELL NO."
(a/n: That's two in one day! GO KAGOME!)
Everyone stared at Kagome. The smirk was gone from Kouga's face. His humorous voice was replaced with an icy cold one.
"Fine then. If you'll excuse me, I have important business to attend to."
He calmly walked out the door and it closed with a little click. Everyone's attention was now turned to Kagome who kept fuming. She turned to everyone in turn.
"WHO THE HELL WAS THAT GUY?!"
Sango looked a bit uncomfortable seeing that Kagome just chewed out their manager without knowing it.
"Erm. . .He was. . .uh. . ."
"He was our manager." Inuyasha said bluntly.
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes. She turned to Sango and Miroku for help. They both nodded in agreement to Inuyasha.
"I JUST YELLED AT OUR MANAGER LIKE THAT?!"
Inuyasha smirked.
"Yeah. Good job."
Kagome buried her face in her hands.
"God. Now my manager hates my guts. I bet he's gonna fire me. What am I gonna do now?"
Sango stood up and placed a comforting hand on Kagome's shoulder.
"He won't fire you," she said soothingly.
Miroku spoke up from a safe distance in case his hands wandered.
"And he's always like that. It was like that for Kikyou-. . .oop."
Miroku couldn't stop himself in time before 'Kikyou' slipped out. Inuyasha glared at him. Kagome looked up and remembered a question she had meant to ask Inuyasha for a while. She turned to him questioningly.
"Who's Kikyou?"
Inuyasha looked away. Miroku was gonna die later. He knew the question would come at some point but he still hoped to avoid it. Sighing, he knew that he couldn't get out of this one.
"I don't wanna talk about it." he grumbled at his feet.
Kagome frowned but refrained from speaking.
Miroku blinked and a light bulb went off in his head. He walked towards the door urgently and pulled Sango with him.
"Um. . .I just remembered that Sango wanted me to uh. . .go grocery shopping with her."
"What are you talking about?" Sango hissed under her breath.
"Play along. They need their privacy." Miroku hissed back.
Sango blinked and turned back to Inuyasha and Kagome with a freakishly wide smile.
"Oh please forgive us! We must leave now because I just remembered that I was running short on food. Bye!"
She turned and pulled Miroku out. They climbed one set of stairs and sat down. They were far enough away to be unnoticed but close enough to hear what was going on.
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Kagome stared after her two retreating friends and waited until their footsteps faded. She turned back to Inuyasha then.
"Why don't you want to talk about it?" She said softly in hopes of coaxing him to tell her.
Inuyasha turned away.
"Feh. Because I don't."
"It can't be that bad can it?"
"You have no idea, woman."
"Really? Why don't you tell me about it?"
"Why don't you stop sticking your nose in other people's business?"
Kagome sighed, exasperated.
"Well I think I have a right to know."
"No you don't."
Kagome was losing her temper now.
"WHAT CAN POSSIBLY MAKE YOU ACT THIS CHILDISH?! IT'S NOT BRAIN SURGERY!"
Inuyasha turned to her infuriated.
"SHE FUCKING LEFT ME FOR ANOTHER MAN WHO OFFERED HER A FUCKING BETTER JOB, ALRIGHT?! SHE NEVER LOVED ME! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!"
The angry expression left Kagome's face immediately. It was replaced with one of great pain for Inuyasha, who was cursing himself for saying that much.
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your problem." Inuyasha said gruffly.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?"
"I don't need your pity." He turned away.
Kagome's face hardened.
"I was just offering help!"
"I don't need it."
"Inuyasha, you're being childish! What's wrong with you?"
Silence.
Kagome sighed.
"You can be so impossible sometimes."
Inuyasha turned to face her now, eyes raging with fury.
"Well YOU can be so fucking annoying! I don't need your fucking help! Leave me alone!"
Kagome stepped back, tears swelling in her eyes. She ran towards the door and slammed it behind her.
Inuyasha stood staring at the spot Kagome stood. He blinked. She was gone. Half of him wanted to go after her but his stubborn pride kept him rooted to the spot he stood.
"Wonderful. What are you going to do now?"
Inuyasha whipped around to Miroku's voice. After witnessing Kagome running away crying, Sango agreed to go after her while Miroku went to talk to Inuyasha. Miroku wasn't exactly ecstatic about his job.
Miroku sighed and sat down on the couch. He looked at Inuyasha again. They boy was staring at something distant while rethinking Miroku's question. Then without a word, Inuyasha went to his room and closed the door.
Miroku knew better than to follow him. Inuyasha needed time alone. He wondered how Sango was getting along. . .
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"Kagome! Wait!" Sango yelled while running after the sobbing girl.
Kagome was pretty hard to catch on top of the fact that she was crying and had no idea where she was headed. She blindly ran into a park, pushing her way through people.
Kagome began to slow down finally. She stopped at a park bench sat down and drew her knees up. She put her arms up on top of them and cried buried her face in them.
Sango slowed down and stopped in front of Kagome. It was pitiful watching her best friend crying like that. She bent down and put a hand on Kagome's shoulder. Kagome began to calm her sobs into hiccups enough for her to speak.
"Inu. . .yasha's such a. . .jerk. I was. . .only trying to. . .help!"
Sango patted her friend on the back.
"He can be at times. This time, I don't think he directed that comment towards you. Those memories of Kikyou were making him act the way he did. I don't think it was you."
"But h-. . .he still had. . .no right to. . .say that!"
"That's true. But he hasn't really confronted his feelings about Kikyou until now. He was just confused and hurt all over again."
Kagome sat for a while and her hiccups died down. (a/n: Thank god. It's too hard to write! .)
"So what should I do now? Go back and apologize? Was it wrong just to ask?"
Sango thought for a minute.
"Well," She said slowly, still in thought. "I don't want to tell you that you have to apologize but you should probably go back. He may want to say something to you too. Oh, but before we do that, let's get you cleaned up first. We can't have you walking around with smeared mascara can we?" Sango smiled warmly.
Kagome smiled back and giggled a little. She nodded and walked with Sango out of the park and onto the road leading to her house.
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Inuyasha rummaged through his closet. He paused for a moment and frowned.
"Where did it go? I'm sure it was here. . ." he muttered to himself as he kept rummaging.
"Ah-ha!"
Inuyasha pulled out a large black box from the depths of his closet and set it on his bed. He lifted the cover and pulled out an acoustic guitar.
It had been his mother's.
The guitar had a sakura tree engraved on front. It was made out of light colored wood and still held the shine after all these years. The pegs were shaped like flower blossoms and made of obsidian, a sign of everlasting love. It was given to her by Inuyasha's father.
Inuyasha held the guitar gingerly. He hadn't touched the guitar since his parents' deaths. He had always seen his mother play it when he was little. Occasionally, she'd let him pluck a few strings and smiled when he was surprised with the sound emitted from the instrument.
Inuyasha ran his fingers along the strings to find that they were still in tune. He smiled. Mom took good care of her guitar.
He held the guitar and began strumming. In the safe walls of his room, he felt relaxed. He began to do something that he never did since his parents died.
He sang.
Inuyasha watched his fingers glide across the neck of the guitar and his rich baritone matched each tone he played.
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Kagome walked through the door of Inuyasha and Miroku's appartment with Sango. She had cleaned up and was now feeling more confidant and calm.
As soon as they entered, Miroku walked up to them. Without an explanation, he knew what Kagome was here for.
"He's been in his room for hours. I think you can go and see him. I'm pretty sure he didn't lock the door. You know where it is, right?"
Kagome nodded and headed down the hallway. She came across the room she assumed was Inuyasha's and placed her hand on the doorknob when something stopped her.
Someone was singing.
Kagome turned the knob and opened the door slightly. She saw Inuyasha sitting on a stool in the middle of his room with a guitar, although she couldn't exactly see it. It was Inuyasha's voice she was hearing. She paused to listen. Her eyes widened when she heard the lyrics.
~ Clearly I'm a genius
If she only knew it
But somewhere in her radius
I really blew it
I know, I know what I said to her
And I know what I did
What I don't know is how I could ever be
So incredibly stupid
You don't really need to know every last detail.
It's hardly worth telling
Suffice to say I said that I would be there
I never came through
Maybe I'm a genius and
She just don't see it
I fronted,
I should have admitted,
She saw right through it
I never thought that I could be
So underhanded.
Somehow I've cornered the market on
The double standard
For this act of genius
And so many others
I know I should apologize
And see how it goes
What am I waiting for? ~
Kagome stood at the doorframe with tears in her eyes. No words could describe how deeply she was moved. Inuyasha did care. He cared enough to sing about it.
Inuyasha's song faded and he put the guitar back. He paused and got the strange feeling that he wasn't alone. Hesitantly, he looked up at the door and gasped.
"Kagome?"
Inuyasha staggered back a little as Kagome ran in and threw her arms around his neck. Inuyasha stood a moment to let the shock sink in before putting his arms around Kagome's waist.
Without words, the two of them had understood each other.
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A/N: YAY! MORE FLUFF! And a very special thanks to warriorGL for the 'Genius' lyrics. Perfect, ne? I've hit the 100 mark! Wow. A great milestone. Anyway, thanks to these people:
Cloudie: Sparkles? Of course you saw sparkles. There'll be TONS of sparkles.
WarriorGL: I hope I did the right thing with the lyrics . I hope you like it! I thank you profoundly for the new lyrics. I'll use them again sometime. ^_^
Tori: 'Come What May'? Hm. . .I'll look into it. As of now, I'm trying to develop the IY/Kag thing as much as I can. I'll see how much they're into each other by the time the karaoke comes up. ^_^
Tsukii-chan: I took your advice on Hiten! Thanks a bunch. It saved me from Hiten's mob of fangirls . (No offense to you guys. I love Hiten too!) The songs you recommended are awesome. I looked up some of the lyrics. Maybe I'll use a few. ^_^
Sorena27: Looks like someone told you about the concert hall already. . .whoops. Did I just say that? Anyway, I love the ideas. I'll see what I can do. I believe it was you who recommended that Kouga doesn't like Kagome at first. I tried to do that in this chapter. Tell me if I succeeded ^_^
Lyn/Lin: oooOOOooo Thanks for the lyrics! Luv'em. I'll see what I can do with those.
Ludacris: Take your time with the ideas. Can't wait to see what great suggestions you have for me! (no sarcasm.)
Emily: Hm. I was thinking about adding Sesshoumaru but I gotta think of how first. Heh. Shows you how organized I am. Thanks for the idea though! I might have never realized it if you hadn't mentioned it to me.
AnimeFreak: Sorry. Karaoke is not in this chapter :-( I'll put it as soon as possible though! I wanted them to celebrate something and go to the Karaoke. And of course the girls are gonna blow the guys away! It's the only dignified way of doing it! ^_^
Kitty deamon2: I'm sure you will be a great writer. Some of your plot lines are really good. And just for the record, I didn't start writing until a month after I registered. And yes, that was a compliment. ^_^
Silver Magicraft: Which parts were confusing? Maybe I'll be able to help you. Maybe it'll help me revise my story so that its not confusing for other people. Thank you for reviewing!
Puff The Magic Dragon (or Duke of Spades): Sorry about Hojo. I just tend to torment the nicest people from the show. Oh and I haven't mentioned this yet but Kagome is 17, Inuyasha and Sango are 18 and Miroku is 19. I think .
A/N: Thanks to the rest of you too! Karaoke coming up soon but I can't promise the exact chapter. Thanks for all the suggestions. It is now 2 in the morning and I have to go sleep. You all have made my day!
Cherry Mecha
Chapter 7: Genius
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A/N: Okay sorry it took a while. I am getting REALLY busy. Be happy that I can even update . Anyway, thanks to all of you who gave suggestions. Don't worry if you haven't yet, that episode will be a little while off.
Another thing, I got a lot of complaints for what I did to Hiten. (Sorry Hiten! You can have your voice back now.) If you go back and check, I changed it to Jakostu (Thank you tsukii-chan!) Now you can all rest in peace.
Oh and Happy Reading!!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha characters or the songs I mention.
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Kouga gave Inuyasha a smirk.
They weren't exactly the best of friends. Kouga was their manager because he was the only person who offered. It wasn't by choice. Kouga had also tried to steal Kikyou several times, although it never worked. He never fully got over the fact that she was gone now.
Honestly, they didn't mind each other as much as long as there was distance between them. Now that they were in the same room. . .
"I said, what do you WANT?" Inuyasha growled again.
Kouga kept smirking. It was getting on Inuyasha's nerves.
"I heard you had a little accident. It's pitiful how the dog turd can't take care of himself. So how did it happen? Trying to commit suicide after Kikyou left you?"
Sango and Miroku's eyes widened. That wasn't a good thing to say to Inuyasha. Kagome looked around quizzically. She didn't know about Inuyasha's relationship with Kikyou yet.
Anger flared up in Inuyasha's eyes. Much to everyone's surprise, he kept his mouth shut.
Kouga stole a glance behind Inuyasha's back and saw Kagome for the first time. He raised an eyebrow.
"Who's this Inuyasha? Your new wench or something? Keh. I knew that Kikyou was better without you. She should've come with me when she had the chance."
Inuyasha was about to open his mouth when Kagome stepped in front of him and began to speak.
"Listen. I don't know who the hell you are but you have no right to talk to us like that! And I don't know what kind of a relationship you had with Kikyou but she must have been ESTATIC that she didn't go with you, whatever the hell that means."
Kouga raised an amused eyebrow.
"Oh? Now Inuyasha's little wench is sticking up for him. Is he to afraid to fight on his own?"
Inuyasha was about to open that potty mouth of his but Kagome beat him to it again.
"At least he has enough sense not to fight with something as worthless as you. AND I AM NOT HIS LITTLE WENCH! Did the doctor not slap you hard enough when you were born?"
Kouga's eyes flashed with anger before they were replaced by humor again. He began to smirk.
"So you're not? You're a fiesty little one. I like that. How would you like to be my woman?"
"Screw off."
"Is that a yes?"
"That was a HELL NO."
(a/n: That's two in one day! GO KAGOME!)
Everyone stared at Kagome. The smirk was gone from Kouga's face. His humorous voice was replaced with an icy cold one.
"Fine then. If you'll excuse me, I have important business to attend to."
He calmly walked out the door and it closed with a little click. Everyone's attention was now turned to Kagome who kept fuming. She turned to everyone in turn.
"WHO THE HELL WAS THAT GUY?!"
Sango looked a bit uncomfortable seeing that Kagome just chewed out their manager without knowing it.
"Erm. . .He was. . .uh. . ."
"He was our manager." Inuyasha said bluntly.
Kagome stared at him with wide eyes. She turned to Sango and Miroku for help. They both nodded in agreement to Inuyasha.
"I JUST YELLED AT OUR MANAGER LIKE THAT?!"
Inuyasha smirked.
"Yeah. Good job."
Kagome buried her face in her hands.
"God. Now my manager hates my guts. I bet he's gonna fire me. What am I gonna do now?"
Sango stood up and placed a comforting hand on Kagome's shoulder.
"He won't fire you," she said soothingly.
Miroku spoke up from a safe distance in case his hands wandered.
"And he's always like that. It was like that for Kikyou-. . .oop."
Miroku couldn't stop himself in time before 'Kikyou' slipped out. Inuyasha glared at him. Kagome looked up and remembered a question she had meant to ask Inuyasha for a while. She turned to him questioningly.
"Who's Kikyou?"
Inuyasha looked away. Miroku was gonna die later. He knew the question would come at some point but he still hoped to avoid it. Sighing, he knew that he couldn't get out of this one.
"I don't wanna talk about it." he grumbled at his feet.
Kagome frowned but refrained from speaking.
Miroku blinked and a light bulb went off in his head. He walked towards the door urgently and pulled Sango with him.
"Um. . .I just remembered that Sango wanted me to uh. . .go grocery shopping with her."
"What are you talking about?" Sango hissed under her breath.
"Play along. They need their privacy." Miroku hissed back.
Sango blinked and turned back to Inuyasha and Kagome with a freakishly wide smile.
"Oh please forgive us! We must leave now because I just remembered that I was running short on food. Bye!"
She turned and pulled Miroku out. They climbed one set of stairs and sat down. They were far enough away to be unnoticed but close enough to hear what was going on.
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Kagome stared after her two retreating friends and waited until their footsteps faded. She turned back to Inuyasha then.
"Why don't you want to talk about it?" She said softly in hopes of coaxing him to tell her.
Inuyasha turned away.
"Feh. Because I don't."
"It can't be that bad can it?"
"You have no idea, woman."
"Really? Why don't you tell me about it?"
"Why don't you stop sticking your nose in other people's business?"
Kagome sighed, exasperated.
"Well I think I have a right to know."
"No you don't."
Kagome was losing her temper now.
"WHAT CAN POSSIBLY MAKE YOU ACT THIS CHILDISH?! IT'S NOT BRAIN SURGERY!"
Inuyasha turned to her infuriated.
"SHE FUCKING LEFT ME FOR ANOTHER MAN WHO OFFERED HER A FUCKING BETTER JOB, ALRIGHT?! SHE NEVER LOVED ME! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!"
The angry expression left Kagome's face immediately. It was replaced with one of great pain for Inuyasha, who was cursing himself for saying that much.
"I'm sorry."
"It's not your problem." Inuyasha said gruffly.
"Is there anything you want to talk about?"
"I don't need your pity." He turned away.
Kagome's face hardened.
"I was just offering help!"
"I don't need it."
"Inuyasha, you're being childish! What's wrong with you?"
Silence.
Kagome sighed.
"You can be so impossible sometimes."
Inuyasha turned to face her now, eyes raging with fury.
"Well YOU can be so fucking annoying! I don't need your fucking help! Leave me alone!"
Kagome stepped back, tears swelling in her eyes. She ran towards the door and slammed it behind her.
Inuyasha stood staring at the spot Kagome stood. He blinked. She was gone. Half of him wanted to go after her but his stubborn pride kept him rooted to the spot he stood.
"Wonderful. What are you going to do now?"
Inuyasha whipped around to Miroku's voice. After witnessing Kagome running away crying, Sango agreed to go after her while Miroku went to talk to Inuyasha. Miroku wasn't exactly ecstatic about his job.
Miroku sighed and sat down on the couch. He looked at Inuyasha again. They boy was staring at something distant while rethinking Miroku's question. Then without a word, Inuyasha went to his room and closed the door.
Miroku knew better than to follow him. Inuyasha needed time alone. He wondered how Sango was getting along. . .
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"Kagome! Wait!" Sango yelled while running after the sobbing girl.
Kagome was pretty hard to catch on top of the fact that she was crying and had no idea where she was headed. She blindly ran into a park, pushing her way through people.
Kagome began to slow down finally. She stopped at a park bench sat down and drew her knees up. She put her arms up on top of them and cried buried her face in them.
Sango slowed down and stopped in front of Kagome. It was pitiful watching her best friend crying like that. She bent down and put a hand on Kagome's shoulder. Kagome began to calm her sobs into hiccups enough for her to speak.
"Inu. . .yasha's such a. . .jerk. I was. . .only trying to. . .help!"
Sango patted her friend on the back.
"He can be at times. This time, I don't think he directed that comment towards you. Those memories of Kikyou were making him act the way he did. I don't think it was you."
"But h-. . .he still had. . .no right to. . .say that!"
"That's true. But he hasn't really confronted his feelings about Kikyou until now. He was just confused and hurt all over again."
Kagome sat for a while and her hiccups died down. (a/n: Thank god. It's too hard to write! .)
"So what should I do now? Go back and apologize? Was it wrong just to ask?"
Sango thought for a minute.
"Well," She said slowly, still in thought. "I don't want to tell you that you have to apologize but you should probably go back. He may want to say something to you too. Oh, but before we do that, let's get you cleaned up first. We can't have you walking around with smeared mascara can we?" Sango smiled warmly.
Kagome smiled back and giggled a little. She nodded and walked with Sango out of the park and onto the road leading to her house.
~*~*~
Inuyasha rummaged through his closet. He paused for a moment and frowned.
"Where did it go? I'm sure it was here. . ." he muttered to himself as he kept rummaging.
"Ah-ha!"
Inuyasha pulled out a large black box from the depths of his closet and set it on his bed. He lifted the cover and pulled out an acoustic guitar.
It had been his mother's.
The guitar had a sakura tree engraved on front. It was made out of light colored wood and still held the shine after all these years. The pegs were shaped like flower blossoms and made of obsidian, a sign of everlasting love. It was given to her by Inuyasha's father.
Inuyasha held the guitar gingerly. He hadn't touched the guitar since his parents' deaths. He had always seen his mother play it when he was little. Occasionally, she'd let him pluck a few strings and smiled when he was surprised with the sound emitted from the instrument.
Inuyasha ran his fingers along the strings to find that they were still in tune. He smiled. Mom took good care of her guitar.
He held the guitar and began strumming. In the safe walls of his room, he felt relaxed. He began to do something that he never did since his parents died.
He sang.
Inuyasha watched his fingers glide across the neck of the guitar and his rich baritone matched each tone he played.
~*~*~
Kagome walked through the door of Inuyasha and Miroku's appartment with Sango. She had cleaned up and was now feeling more confidant and calm.
As soon as they entered, Miroku walked up to them. Without an explanation, he knew what Kagome was here for.
"He's been in his room for hours. I think you can go and see him. I'm pretty sure he didn't lock the door. You know where it is, right?"
Kagome nodded and headed down the hallway. She came across the room she assumed was Inuyasha's and placed her hand on the doorknob when something stopped her.
Someone was singing.
Kagome turned the knob and opened the door slightly. She saw Inuyasha sitting on a stool in the middle of his room with a guitar, although she couldn't exactly see it. It was Inuyasha's voice she was hearing. She paused to listen. Her eyes widened when she heard the lyrics.
~ Clearly I'm a genius
If she only knew it
But somewhere in her radius
I really blew it
I know, I know what I said to her
And I know what I did
What I don't know is how I could ever be
So incredibly stupid
You don't really need to know every last detail.
It's hardly worth telling
Suffice to say I said that I would be there
I never came through
Maybe I'm a genius and
She just don't see it
I fronted,
I should have admitted,
She saw right through it
I never thought that I could be
So underhanded.
Somehow I've cornered the market on
The double standard
For this act of genius
And so many others
I know I should apologize
And see how it goes
What am I waiting for? ~
Kagome stood at the doorframe with tears in her eyes. No words could describe how deeply she was moved. Inuyasha did care. He cared enough to sing about it.
Inuyasha's song faded and he put the guitar back. He paused and got the strange feeling that he wasn't alone. Hesitantly, he looked up at the door and gasped.
"Kagome?"
Inuyasha staggered back a little as Kagome ran in and threw her arms around his neck. Inuyasha stood a moment to let the shock sink in before putting his arms around Kagome's waist.
Without words, the two of them had understood each other.
~*~*~
A/N: YAY! MORE FLUFF! And a very special thanks to warriorGL for the 'Genius' lyrics. Perfect, ne? I've hit the 100 mark! Wow. A great milestone. Anyway, thanks to these people:
Cloudie: Sparkles? Of course you saw sparkles. There'll be TONS of sparkles.
WarriorGL: I hope I did the right thing with the lyrics . I hope you like it! I thank you profoundly for the new lyrics. I'll use them again sometime. ^_^
Tori: 'Come What May'? Hm. . .I'll look into it. As of now, I'm trying to develop the IY/Kag thing as much as I can. I'll see how much they're into each other by the time the karaoke comes up. ^_^
Tsukii-chan: I took your advice on Hiten! Thanks a bunch. It saved me from Hiten's mob of fangirls . (No offense to you guys. I love Hiten too!) The songs you recommended are awesome. I looked up some of the lyrics. Maybe I'll use a few. ^_^
Sorena27: Looks like someone told you about the concert hall already. . .whoops. Did I just say that? Anyway, I love the ideas. I'll see what I can do. I believe it was you who recommended that Kouga doesn't like Kagome at first. I tried to do that in this chapter. Tell me if I succeeded ^_^
Lyn/Lin: oooOOOooo Thanks for the lyrics! Luv'em. I'll see what I can do with those.
Ludacris: Take your time with the ideas. Can't wait to see what great suggestions you have for me! (no sarcasm.)
Emily: Hm. I was thinking about adding Sesshoumaru but I gotta think of how first. Heh. Shows you how organized I am. Thanks for the idea though! I might have never realized it if you hadn't mentioned it to me.
AnimeFreak: Sorry. Karaoke is not in this chapter :-( I'll put it as soon as possible though! I wanted them to celebrate something and go to the Karaoke. And of course the girls are gonna blow the guys away! It's the only dignified way of doing it! ^_^
Kitty deamon2: I'm sure you will be a great writer. Some of your plot lines are really good. And just for the record, I didn't start writing until a month after I registered. And yes, that was a compliment. ^_^
Silver Magicraft: Which parts were confusing? Maybe I'll be able to help you. Maybe it'll help me revise my story so that its not confusing for other people. Thank you for reviewing!
Puff The Magic Dragon (or Duke of Spades): Sorry about Hojo. I just tend to torment the nicest people from the show. Oh and I haven't mentioned this yet but Kagome is 17, Inuyasha and Sango are 18 and Miroku is 19. I think .
A/N: Thanks to the rest of you too! Karaoke coming up soon but I can't promise the exact chapter. Thanks for all the suggestions. It is now 2 in the morning and I have to go sleep. You all have made my day!