Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but in this their personalities are MINE!
~*~Mel~*~
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Forgotten Lives
By Golden Mooncat
Chapter Five: Sango's Test
The morning after the boat incident found Gome and Inuyasha rather tense, neither of them had
been able to go back to sleep, they were both afraid of what might happen if they did. Soon
however Gome had fallen asleep and slept peacefully, not a single dream entered her mind. Inuyasha
after making sure she was in deep sleep too fell asleep, he made it a light one for if he heard
the slightest sounds of the door opening he would pounce the person leaving or entering.
Miroku and Shippo were the only ones who were really awake that morning so when it came time for
them to get off the ship Miroku went over to Gome as she rolled over in her bed and shook her
to awaken her. When she growled and smacked the young man he decided to wake Inuyasha instead.
Going over to him he shook him to but he too smacked the young man.
"Whats with you two? Wake up! We have to get off the ship and then we can go to breakfast!"
Miroku shouted his voice echoing off the rooms walls.
"Somebody shove a pillow in is mouth!" Gome complained as she covered her head with her pillow
trying to sleep.
"If we don't get off the ship now we won't be able to get to Tokyo!" Miroku tried again and this
time Gome sprang up out of the bed and threw her pillow at Inuyasha.
"Wake up!" she said causing him to jump.
"Huh? What's going on?" he asked as she ripped the blanket off of him and started making a
curtain like thing of it and went behind it and started to get into her fancy kimono she had worn
while dancing the day before.
"We have to get off the ship, if we don't we won't get to Tokyo. So get your butt off that floor
and get ready to leave!" Miroku said, he had dressed while they were asleep.
Inuyasha grumbled and waited for Gome to get done using his blanket for a sheild so he could get
dressed as well. When the blanket fell down exposing the young woman dressed in the kimono and
fighting the obi to tie Inuyasha stared. Hearing the young woman growl in frustration he laughed
causing her to shoot an icy glare his way.
"Either quit laughing at me, or this obi is shoved down your throat! Got it?!" she growled out
causing him to stare, she looked even more beautiful when she was mad.
"Come here and hold still. I'll tie that thing for you." Inuyasha said and she did as she was
told.
As Inuyasha grabbed ahold of the ties Miroku had to fight off a laugh. For who knows how many
times Gome had gotten Inuyasha to become a weakling in an argument. As the Inuyasha tied the obi
Miroku watched as Gome used her comb to comb out her hair and pull it back holding the hair in
place.
"There you go. Now get out of here so I can get dressed." Inuyasha said causing the young woman
to blush as he shoved her sleeping kimono into a bag he had also gotten at the trading post.
"Thanks Inuyasha." Gome said leaving the room as he put on a fresh red haori, white under shirt,
and red pants.
When Inuyasha came out of the room it was to see Gome fingering with her necklace, standing beside
the door. Inuyasha handed her her bag and looked around to see where Miroku went. Shrugging him,
Gome, and Shippo all went onto the deck to see Miroku talking to a man at the bus station. Looking
at eachother Inuyasha and Gome walked off the ship to where Miroku was standing.
"So, how much is it for three tickets to Tokyo?" he was asking.
"Its 300 yen." the man said, looking past both Miroku and Inuyasha to Gome. "But if you want a
free trip you could lend me your friend there for a few hours...?" he asked, winking at Gome.
Growling Inuyasha started to draw his sword which still hung from his side when Miroku handed the
guy the money before he could do anything. Gome had turned bright red and clutched her bag like
a lifeline. Shippo had growled and was about to attack the guy when Miroku paid and took their
tickets.
"I'm sorry, but as you can tell, she is taken." Miroku said causing both Gome and Inuyasha's jaws
to drop, they didn't really like where this was going.
Miroku who had seen the looks they were now giving him decided to take this opportunity to get
them onto the bus. As the sat on the bus Gome tried as hard as she could not to blush as she
thought about what Miroku had said. Inuyasha on the other hand wasn't able to fight the blush
that had managed to makes its way to his cheeks blotching them a light pink color.
"It was the only thing I could say to keep you all from killing him. Now no killing me." Miroku
said, sitting across from the two, facing them.
"I ought to nail you right now. But on account that I'm too terrified of the test I have to take
by your girlfriend to even move." Gome said, trying to remember everything that had been crammed
into her brain.
"Don't worry, you'll do fine. We'll give you a little test now if you want?" Inuyasha asked
looking at Miroku.
"Yes, that will help." Gome said, and so they spent the hour's bus ride to Tokyo reviewing for
Gome's test.
~*~Meanwhile~*~
"I have had enough!" the Lady Kaede said as Sango ushered away another woman who had failed to
prove she was Kagome Higurashi.
"Well, let me just ask harder questions next time, Lady Kaede." Sango said but got a head shake
from the Lady Kaede in question.
"No, not anymore. My granddaughter is probably dead. So I might as well get used to that fact."
Lady Kaede said.
"Alright, Lady Kaede. I will not question anyone anymore." Sango said bowing her head in respect
for the Lady.
"Thank ye Sango." she said and drank her tea.
~*~
Gome, Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku had just gotten off the bus and were headed to Sango's house
where Miroku knocked on the door while Gome fidgeted with her necklace.
"Relax, you'll do fine." Inuyasha muttered into her ear and Shippo yipped his agreement.
Sango's medicine woman answered the door and when Miroku saw her he smiled and bowed in greeting.
The medicine woman smiled and was about to let them in when Sango past by the door carrying her
cat, Kilala. Once Sango saw Miroku she dismissed the medicine woman and smiled at her boyfriend.
"Ah, Houshi, your here. And I see you've brought Inuyasha with you. And who is this?" Sango
asked when she saw Gome.
"That is Princess Kagome Higurashi." Miroku said with an elaborate wave of his hand at Gome causing
her to feel very embarassed by this.
"Well come in come in. But you must leave the dog out there. Kilala has been acting very mean
lately to anything besides herself that walks on four legs." Sango said letting them all in.
"Shippo, wait out here, okay? I'll be right back." Gome said patting him on the head and following
Inuyasha inside the house to a den where they removed their shoes and sat down around a small
table.
"Well, she certainly looks like the Princess Kagome. Now lets begin, shall we?" Sango asked and
with that she began to question Gome, who was fingering her necklace.
As an hour neared the questions were becoming more difficult for Gome to answer. Miroku had
resulted to twiddling his thumbs nervously. Gome had rubbed her necklace so hard that she felt
that it would melt in her hands. And Inuyasha had resulted to a nervous pace behind Gome making
her feel more nervous than she had ever felt.
"Now, this is our last question. It may be hard for you to answer, as it was ten long years ago,
but...How did you escape the palace when your family was murdered?" Sango asked finally causing
Inuyasha to stop dead in his tracks.
"Well..." Gome started, and paused, holding onto her necklace's pendant as though it could answer
for her, she was hit with a flash of a memory. "My only friend...Opened a wall and I escaped with
Grandmother Kaede through it...I'm sorry...Thats impossible. Walls opening!" Gome said causing
Inuyasha to stare at the back of her head as all his memories returned.
Inuyasha had just stood there as Sango began speaking, "Well, it is possible. And you did answer
every question right. But..."
Inuyasha had left the room and went out back where he ran his fingers through his hair nervously.
She *was* the Princess Kagome. *She* had been the one he made his promise to, she was the one
he had been waiting for. He had been the one that opened the wall for them to escape! His mind
was running all these details through his brain.
Gome on the other hand had been so nervous that she had almost bit her tongue off when Sango had
said the word "But." As Sango stood to pace Gome had her eyes locked on the young woman, ready
to jump to her feet the second she said something more.
"But what, my lovely woman?" Miroku asked standing up, his dark eyes boring into the woman's
ebony ones.
"Lady Kaede has said to see no one else...But, do you like the Japanese opera?" Sango asked, an
idea forming in her head.
"I've never heard them, but I have always died to..." Gome said, wondering what the ebony enchantress
had up her sleeve.
"Well, Lady Kaede and I love the Japanese opera. We're going to see them tonight, we never miss
it!" Sango said, winking at Gome causing Gome to jump to her feet.
"Do you mean your going to take us?" she asked, waving her hand around.
"Yes, I'll get you your tickets imediatly." Sango said smiling at the excited young woman now standing
before her, her hair falling ever so slightly out of her comb.
Miroku didn't need to hear anymore. He walked quickly out of the room and out to the back where
he went over to Inuyasha. Miroku looked so happy that he would start dancing at any moment.
"We did it!" Miroku yelled, but not loud enough for anyone in the house to hear them. "Gome was
absolutly brilliant! And Sango! Oh this is excellent!"
"Miroku! Miroku! She *is* the Princess." Inuyasha said grabbing Miroku's shoulders.
"What do you mean?" Miroku asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm one friend that opened the wall. I worked in the kitchens...I had been pushed Kagome and
Kaede out of the room when Kagura came in. I had promised I would get the music box to her no
matter what, and Kagura slammed me into a wall where I lost my memory." he explained as Kagome
came running out of the house smiling.
"Sango's taking us shopping before the opera! Just think, shopping in Tokyo!" she shrieked happily
as she spun in a circle.
"Thats great Kagome." Inuyasha said and when she looked at him startled she saw that his amber
eyes were the same sad ones she had seen every night when she tried to remember something of her
past.
Kagome stood in shock for a second before shaking off the feeling and going back into the house
to talk with Sango. They talked for a long while, becoming close friends even as they did so.
Sango called Kagome by her name, Kagome and the young woman felt a little strange.
"Please, just call me Gome for now. I have had that name for a while, its my nickname." she said
her eyes pleading.
"Alright, Gome. Lets get the boys and do what I do best, shop." Sango said and took Gome by the
wrist dragging her out of the house to where the boys stood talking. "Boys, lets go shopping!"
Sango called out getting a groan from Miroku.
"Sango, don't you have enough beautiful kimonos for the opera tonight?" he asked, his eyes begging
not to be taken.
"Yes, but Gome needs an even more beautiful kimono than what she's wearing. And besides, Houshi,
you can not, and I mean can NOT wear monk's robes to the opera, or I will not be seen near you."
she said smiling evilly. "And Inuyasha, if he's to escort such a beautifully dressed woman to
the opera he cannot wear a samuri's outfit to the opera!"
Both the boys groaned but were dragged by the girls who were ready to shop, to a shop where they
could get all the clothes they would need. Gome and Sango grabbed the best kimono's for themselves
and put them on, looking radiant in them. Miroku had picked out a kimono suit that looked perfect
for himself, and Inuyasha grabbed the first kimono suit he saw that would please Sango enough to
shut up about how he was dressed.
After about two hours of shopping Sango dragged Gome away from where the boys were, whom now had
to find a boarding house for the next few nights. Once the boys got a place to stay, two rooms,
one for the boys themselves and one for Kagome and Shippo. Inuyasha refused to call Kagome
Gome now.
The boys dressed and were waiting for the girls at the opera house when they came up. Sango wore
a beautiful light pink silk kimono with a gold obi. On the right shoulder was a beautifully
embroidered flower, in its many stages of life, but for the death.
Kagome wore a kimono quiet like the one Inuyasha had bought her but it was a darker green and
instead of a cherry blossom there was a light pink rose embroidered in the right shoulder. Her
obi was a light pink one with gold hems. Her hair was done in the same fashion as Sango's, pulled
back and held with a comb. But there hair was knotted in a bun, Sango's hair was perfectly done,
not a single hair was out of place. But the person who had done Kagome's had left a lock of her
raven hair hanging beside her face, framing it.
When Inuyasha saw Kagome he was just about to tell her that he had to talk to her when he saw
Sango. Sango however was too busy staring at how well Miroku had turned out to notice how anyone
else was acting. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, wondering if he was going to even compliment her.
"You look beautiful." Inuyasha said, causing her to smile and link her arm with his as they went
into the opera house.
"Thank you Inuyasha." Kagome said, she was looking at how much he had done to look good, his hair
was pulled off his neck into a silky lose ponytail. He had actually brushed his hair, she wondered
how much of it they had to chop off or how long it took to get it done.
After a few minutes of standing around in the lobby Sango left to sit with Lady Kaede during the
opera. When she left Miroku showed them the way to their seats where they sat to watch. After
a few more minutes the opera started and Kagome was in love with the sounds of the music, the
sounds of the singers voices.
What seemed like forever to Kagome, for she kept looking up to where Sango and Lady Kaede sat,
praying she would recognize Kagome for who she was, the opera ended. Kagome and Inuyasha got up
and went to where they were to meet Sango and Lady Kaede. Just before Inuyasha went into the
room Kagome grabbed his arm.
"Inuyasha...I just wanted to tell you that..." Kagome said, her voice trailing off as she looked
into his eyes.
"Yes...?" Inuyasha asked, losing himself in her eyes.
"To tell you that...I'm thankful for all you've done." Kagome said, losing her nerve she turned
to stand somewhere else when he grabbed her wrist.
"Kagome...I..."
"Yes...?"
"I just wanted to tell you your welcome..." he said, he too lost his nerve and went into the room,
accidently not closing the door all the way, so Kagome heard everything said in the room.
"Tell Lady Kaede that I have found her granddaughter, Princess Kagome Higurashi." Inuyasha said,
to Sango.
"I'm sorry, but Lady Kaede has requested to see no one..." Sango said giving Inuyasha a wink.
"Tell that young man that I have seen enough Kagome's to last me a lifetime." Lady Kaede said
tilting her head to the side, ever so slightly.
"You better go...Come, I'll show you the way out." Sango said and started for the door.
Inuyasha pretended to follow Sango before doing an about-face and going into the area where the
Lady Kaede sat. Going up to her he kneeled beside the old woman getting her to scowl at him.
Lady Kaede tried to ignore him, but it didn't work.
"Lady Kaede, I'm Inuyasha, and I've come all the way from Northern Japan to bring you your
granddaughter..." he started but was cut off by the old woman as she walked to the bell to call
for security.
"And others have come all the way from the other islands of Japan. I am a tired old woman who
would like to live the last years of my life in peace. Inuyasha? I have heard of ye. Ye be
that con-man who was auditioning young women to pose as Kagome to collect the reward money."
Lady Kaede said, and when Kagome heard this she became angry.
"But-" Inuyasha started but was thrown out of the little room by security who had just arrived,
and had landed infront of a very angry Kagome.
"You lied to me? You used me to gain that poor old woman's money?! And I-ugh! I never want to
see you again Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled and started to leave when he grabbed her arm.
"Kagome listen to me, it started out that we were only going to use you for the-!" he started but
she had started to get free. "Listen to me! Its different now! You are Kagome Higurashi, you
are! That only friend, was me-!" he started again but she slapped her hand across his face so
hard that he let go of her giving her enough chance to get away.
Kagome got to her room at the boarding house and had just started to pack up her things when she
came across the comb Inuyasha had bought for her. She looked at it for a moment before dropping
it into her bag hoping against hopes that it would break, for he had hurt her so bad. As she
had just finished folding a kimono Sango had bought for her when there was a knock at the door.
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Thats it for this chapter.
~*~Mel~*~
~*~Mel~*~
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Forgotten Lives
By Golden Mooncat
Chapter Five: Sango's Test
The morning after the boat incident found Gome and Inuyasha rather tense, neither of them had
been able to go back to sleep, they were both afraid of what might happen if they did. Soon
however Gome had fallen asleep and slept peacefully, not a single dream entered her mind. Inuyasha
after making sure she was in deep sleep too fell asleep, he made it a light one for if he heard
the slightest sounds of the door opening he would pounce the person leaving or entering.
Miroku and Shippo were the only ones who were really awake that morning so when it came time for
them to get off the ship Miroku went over to Gome as she rolled over in her bed and shook her
to awaken her. When she growled and smacked the young man he decided to wake Inuyasha instead.
Going over to him he shook him to but he too smacked the young man.
"Whats with you two? Wake up! We have to get off the ship and then we can go to breakfast!"
Miroku shouted his voice echoing off the rooms walls.
"Somebody shove a pillow in is mouth!" Gome complained as she covered her head with her pillow
trying to sleep.
"If we don't get off the ship now we won't be able to get to Tokyo!" Miroku tried again and this
time Gome sprang up out of the bed and threw her pillow at Inuyasha.
"Wake up!" she said causing him to jump.
"Huh? What's going on?" he asked as she ripped the blanket off of him and started making a
curtain like thing of it and went behind it and started to get into her fancy kimono she had worn
while dancing the day before.
"We have to get off the ship, if we don't we won't get to Tokyo. So get your butt off that floor
and get ready to leave!" Miroku said, he had dressed while they were asleep.
Inuyasha grumbled and waited for Gome to get done using his blanket for a sheild so he could get
dressed as well. When the blanket fell down exposing the young woman dressed in the kimono and
fighting the obi to tie Inuyasha stared. Hearing the young woman growl in frustration he laughed
causing her to shoot an icy glare his way.
"Either quit laughing at me, or this obi is shoved down your throat! Got it?!" she growled out
causing him to stare, she looked even more beautiful when she was mad.
"Come here and hold still. I'll tie that thing for you." Inuyasha said and she did as she was
told.
As Inuyasha grabbed ahold of the ties Miroku had to fight off a laugh. For who knows how many
times Gome had gotten Inuyasha to become a weakling in an argument. As the Inuyasha tied the obi
Miroku watched as Gome used her comb to comb out her hair and pull it back holding the hair in
place.
"There you go. Now get out of here so I can get dressed." Inuyasha said causing the young woman
to blush as he shoved her sleeping kimono into a bag he had also gotten at the trading post.
"Thanks Inuyasha." Gome said leaving the room as he put on a fresh red haori, white under shirt,
and red pants.
When Inuyasha came out of the room it was to see Gome fingering with her necklace, standing beside
the door. Inuyasha handed her her bag and looked around to see where Miroku went. Shrugging him,
Gome, and Shippo all went onto the deck to see Miroku talking to a man at the bus station. Looking
at eachother Inuyasha and Gome walked off the ship to where Miroku was standing.
"So, how much is it for three tickets to Tokyo?" he was asking.
"Its 300 yen." the man said, looking past both Miroku and Inuyasha to Gome. "But if you want a
free trip you could lend me your friend there for a few hours...?" he asked, winking at Gome.
Growling Inuyasha started to draw his sword which still hung from his side when Miroku handed the
guy the money before he could do anything. Gome had turned bright red and clutched her bag like
a lifeline. Shippo had growled and was about to attack the guy when Miroku paid and took their
tickets.
"I'm sorry, but as you can tell, she is taken." Miroku said causing both Gome and Inuyasha's jaws
to drop, they didn't really like where this was going.
Miroku who had seen the looks they were now giving him decided to take this opportunity to get
them onto the bus. As the sat on the bus Gome tried as hard as she could not to blush as she
thought about what Miroku had said. Inuyasha on the other hand wasn't able to fight the blush
that had managed to makes its way to his cheeks blotching them a light pink color.
"It was the only thing I could say to keep you all from killing him. Now no killing me." Miroku
said, sitting across from the two, facing them.
"I ought to nail you right now. But on account that I'm too terrified of the test I have to take
by your girlfriend to even move." Gome said, trying to remember everything that had been crammed
into her brain.
"Don't worry, you'll do fine. We'll give you a little test now if you want?" Inuyasha asked
looking at Miroku.
"Yes, that will help." Gome said, and so they spent the hour's bus ride to Tokyo reviewing for
Gome's test.
~*~Meanwhile~*~
"I have had enough!" the Lady Kaede said as Sango ushered away another woman who had failed to
prove she was Kagome Higurashi.
"Well, let me just ask harder questions next time, Lady Kaede." Sango said but got a head shake
from the Lady Kaede in question.
"No, not anymore. My granddaughter is probably dead. So I might as well get used to that fact."
Lady Kaede said.
"Alright, Lady Kaede. I will not question anyone anymore." Sango said bowing her head in respect
for the Lady.
"Thank ye Sango." she said and drank her tea.
~*~
Gome, Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku had just gotten off the bus and were headed to Sango's house
where Miroku knocked on the door while Gome fidgeted with her necklace.
"Relax, you'll do fine." Inuyasha muttered into her ear and Shippo yipped his agreement.
Sango's medicine woman answered the door and when Miroku saw her he smiled and bowed in greeting.
The medicine woman smiled and was about to let them in when Sango past by the door carrying her
cat, Kilala. Once Sango saw Miroku she dismissed the medicine woman and smiled at her boyfriend.
"Ah, Houshi, your here. And I see you've brought Inuyasha with you. And who is this?" Sango
asked when she saw Gome.
"That is Princess Kagome Higurashi." Miroku said with an elaborate wave of his hand at Gome causing
her to feel very embarassed by this.
"Well come in come in. But you must leave the dog out there. Kilala has been acting very mean
lately to anything besides herself that walks on four legs." Sango said letting them all in.
"Shippo, wait out here, okay? I'll be right back." Gome said patting him on the head and following
Inuyasha inside the house to a den where they removed their shoes and sat down around a small
table.
"Well, she certainly looks like the Princess Kagome. Now lets begin, shall we?" Sango asked and
with that she began to question Gome, who was fingering her necklace.
As an hour neared the questions were becoming more difficult for Gome to answer. Miroku had
resulted to twiddling his thumbs nervously. Gome had rubbed her necklace so hard that she felt
that it would melt in her hands. And Inuyasha had resulted to a nervous pace behind Gome making
her feel more nervous than she had ever felt.
"Now, this is our last question. It may be hard for you to answer, as it was ten long years ago,
but...How did you escape the palace when your family was murdered?" Sango asked finally causing
Inuyasha to stop dead in his tracks.
"Well..." Gome started, and paused, holding onto her necklace's pendant as though it could answer
for her, she was hit with a flash of a memory. "My only friend...Opened a wall and I escaped with
Grandmother Kaede through it...I'm sorry...Thats impossible. Walls opening!" Gome said causing
Inuyasha to stare at the back of her head as all his memories returned.
Inuyasha had just stood there as Sango began speaking, "Well, it is possible. And you did answer
every question right. But..."
Inuyasha had left the room and went out back where he ran his fingers through his hair nervously.
She *was* the Princess Kagome. *She* had been the one he made his promise to, she was the one
he had been waiting for. He had been the one that opened the wall for them to escape! His mind
was running all these details through his brain.
Gome on the other hand had been so nervous that she had almost bit her tongue off when Sango had
said the word "But." As Sango stood to pace Gome had her eyes locked on the young woman, ready
to jump to her feet the second she said something more.
"But what, my lovely woman?" Miroku asked standing up, his dark eyes boring into the woman's
ebony ones.
"Lady Kaede has said to see no one else...But, do you like the Japanese opera?" Sango asked, an
idea forming in her head.
"I've never heard them, but I have always died to..." Gome said, wondering what the ebony enchantress
had up her sleeve.
"Well, Lady Kaede and I love the Japanese opera. We're going to see them tonight, we never miss
it!" Sango said, winking at Gome causing Gome to jump to her feet.
"Do you mean your going to take us?" she asked, waving her hand around.
"Yes, I'll get you your tickets imediatly." Sango said smiling at the excited young woman now standing
before her, her hair falling ever so slightly out of her comb.
Miroku didn't need to hear anymore. He walked quickly out of the room and out to the back where
he went over to Inuyasha. Miroku looked so happy that he would start dancing at any moment.
"We did it!" Miroku yelled, but not loud enough for anyone in the house to hear them. "Gome was
absolutly brilliant! And Sango! Oh this is excellent!"
"Miroku! Miroku! She *is* the Princess." Inuyasha said grabbing Miroku's shoulders.
"What do you mean?" Miroku asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm one friend that opened the wall. I worked in the kitchens...I had been pushed Kagome and
Kaede out of the room when Kagura came in. I had promised I would get the music box to her no
matter what, and Kagura slammed me into a wall where I lost my memory." he explained as Kagome
came running out of the house smiling.
"Sango's taking us shopping before the opera! Just think, shopping in Tokyo!" she shrieked happily
as she spun in a circle.
"Thats great Kagome." Inuyasha said and when she looked at him startled she saw that his amber
eyes were the same sad ones she had seen every night when she tried to remember something of her
past.
Kagome stood in shock for a second before shaking off the feeling and going back into the house
to talk with Sango. They talked for a long while, becoming close friends even as they did so.
Sango called Kagome by her name, Kagome and the young woman felt a little strange.
"Please, just call me Gome for now. I have had that name for a while, its my nickname." she said
her eyes pleading.
"Alright, Gome. Lets get the boys and do what I do best, shop." Sango said and took Gome by the
wrist dragging her out of the house to where the boys stood talking. "Boys, lets go shopping!"
Sango called out getting a groan from Miroku.
"Sango, don't you have enough beautiful kimonos for the opera tonight?" he asked, his eyes begging
not to be taken.
"Yes, but Gome needs an even more beautiful kimono than what she's wearing. And besides, Houshi,
you can not, and I mean can NOT wear monk's robes to the opera, or I will not be seen near you."
she said smiling evilly. "And Inuyasha, if he's to escort such a beautifully dressed woman to
the opera he cannot wear a samuri's outfit to the opera!"
Both the boys groaned but were dragged by the girls who were ready to shop, to a shop where they
could get all the clothes they would need. Gome and Sango grabbed the best kimono's for themselves
and put them on, looking radiant in them. Miroku had picked out a kimono suit that looked perfect
for himself, and Inuyasha grabbed the first kimono suit he saw that would please Sango enough to
shut up about how he was dressed.
After about two hours of shopping Sango dragged Gome away from where the boys were, whom now had
to find a boarding house for the next few nights. Once the boys got a place to stay, two rooms,
one for the boys themselves and one for Kagome and Shippo. Inuyasha refused to call Kagome
Gome now.
The boys dressed and were waiting for the girls at the opera house when they came up. Sango wore
a beautiful light pink silk kimono with a gold obi. On the right shoulder was a beautifully
embroidered flower, in its many stages of life, but for the death.
Kagome wore a kimono quiet like the one Inuyasha had bought her but it was a darker green and
instead of a cherry blossom there was a light pink rose embroidered in the right shoulder. Her
obi was a light pink one with gold hems. Her hair was done in the same fashion as Sango's, pulled
back and held with a comb. But there hair was knotted in a bun, Sango's hair was perfectly done,
not a single hair was out of place. But the person who had done Kagome's had left a lock of her
raven hair hanging beside her face, framing it.
When Inuyasha saw Kagome he was just about to tell her that he had to talk to her when he saw
Sango. Sango however was too busy staring at how well Miroku had turned out to notice how anyone
else was acting. Kagome looked at Inuyasha, wondering if he was going to even compliment her.
"You look beautiful." Inuyasha said, causing her to smile and link her arm with his as they went
into the opera house.
"Thank you Inuyasha." Kagome said, she was looking at how much he had done to look good, his hair
was pulled off his neck into a silky lose ponytail. He had actually brushed his hair, she wondered
how much of it they had to chop off or how long it took to get it done.
After a few minutes of standing around in the lobby Sango left to sit with Lady Kaede during the
opera. When she left Miroku showed them the way to their seats where they sat to watch. After
a few more minutes the opera started and Kagome was in love with the sounds of the music, the
sounds of the singers voices.
What seemed like forever to Kagome, for she kept looking up to where Sango and Lady Kaede sat,
praying she would recognize Kagome for who she was, the opera ended. Kagome and Inuyasha got up
and went to where they were to meet Sango and Lady Kaede. Just before Inuyasha went into the
room Kagome grabbed his arm.
"Inuyasha...I just wanted to tell you that..." Kagome said, her voice trailing off as she looked
into his eyes.
"Yes...?" Inuyasha asked, losing himself in her eyes.
"To tell you that...I'm thankful for all you've done." Kagome said, losing her nerve she turned
to stand somewhere else when he grabbed her wrist.
"Kagome...I..."
"Yes...?"
"I just wanted to tell you your welcome..." he said, he too lost his nerve and went into the room,
accidently not closing the door all the way, so Kagome heard everything said in the room.
"Tell Lady Kaede that I have found her granddaughter, Princess Kagome Higurashi." Inuyasha said,
to Sango.
"I'm sorry, but Lady Kaede has requested to see no one..." Sango said giving Inuyasha a wink.
"Tell that young man that I have seen enough Kagome's to last me a lifetime." Lady Kaede said
tilting her head to the side, ever so slightly.
"You better go...Come, I'll show you the way out." Sango said and started for the door.
Inuyasha pretended to follow Sango before doing an about-face and going into the area where the
Lady Kaede sat. Going up to her he kneeled beside the old woman getting her to scowl at him.
Lady Kaede tried to ignore him, but it didn't work.
"Lady Kaede, I'm Inuyasha, and I've come all the way from Northern Japan to bring you your
granddaughter..." he started but was cut off by the old woman as she walked to the bell to call
for security.
"And others have come all the way from the other islands of Japan. I am a tired old woman who
would like to live the last years of my life in peace. Inuyasha? I have heard of ye. Ye be
that con-man who was auditioning young women to pose as Kagome to collect the reward money."
Lady Kaede said, and when Kagome heard this she became angry.
"But-" Inuyasha started but was thrown out of the little room by security who had just arrived,
and had landed infront of a very angry Kagome.
"You lied to me? You used me to gain that poor old woman's money?! And I-ugh! I never want to
see you again Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled and started to leave when he grabbed her arm.
"Kagome listen to me, it started out that we were only going to use you for the-!" he started but
she had started to get free. "Listen to me! Its different now! You are Kagome Higurashi, you
are! That only friend, was me-!" he started again but she slapped her hand across his face so
hard that he let go of her giving her enough chance to get away.
Kagome got to her room at the boarding house and had just started to pack up her things when she
came across the comb Inuyasha had bought for her. She looked at it for a moment before dropping
it into her bag hoping against hopes that it would break, for he had hurt her so bad. As she
had just finished folding a kimono Sango had bought for her when there was a knock at the door.
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Thats it for this chapter.
~*~Mel~*~