Death Be Not Proud
Chapter 3
By: Lunar Kitty
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A/N: WOW! My first officially finished story! I was hoping for more reviews, but kudos and thanks to all who did review! This chapter is slightly altered from the version that my beta Liz read, and my sister. It's got some stuff added. After this is posted, I've got to get to work on the next chapter of Beast! I've got two pages written so far, and the plot is thickening! I'm not even quite sure of everything I've got going on, I think I'm gonna have to diagram my own story......Oh yes and random comment of the day........lerseee......Did you know that roughly 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year? LOL! Just had to post that, isn't it interesting? Hee hee! Anyways on with the chappy!
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Kagome was frozen.
It couldn't be true. How could it even be fathomable? She was......dead......she almost choked on bile rising in her throat as she read the headline again....There was no mistaking it. It was her, her name in the first line, Kagome Higurashi.
She stared blankly at the picture of the railroad, still cluttered with the debris of Inuyasha's car......and left the room.
How could this be? She walked upstairs, eyes falling on her bed through the open doorway of her room....she walked in and sat down, barely taking notice of the layer of dust littered atop everything. She blindly reached for a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans, tossing them on carelessly.
It just couldn't be true.
She walked downstairs and opened the door, barely registering the pouring rain thundering down in torrents as lightning cracked ominously in the distance. She stepped out, not even bothering with her shoes as the rain soaked her to the bone, tears of shock washed away by the storm's furious precipitants.
She turned almost automatically towards the entrance to the shrine, steps quickening as she ran towards the steps.
It couldn't be true.
Her mind flashed back to less than a week before when she had walked down the same steps to Inuyasha, the sun setting and sending shockwaves of splendid color streaking across the sky. They had driven off in his car....
She was shocked out of her reverie as she slipped, tumbling down the last five steps and landing in a heap on the wet pavement at the bottom, a broken sob stumbling its way from her vocal chords to the air around her as she felt rain trickling down her back. She pushed herself up on scraped hands and knees, mentally willing herself to go on.
It couldn't be true.
She turned down the street, running towards the tall tree that stood prominent in the towns nearest cemetery. Her mother had mentioned the Goshinboku....could her answers be found there? Despite her seven block distance, she could still see the orange-gold leaves of the wind-kissed tree holding proudly to their gray branches. She had to get there. She had to know the truth.
Her mind slipped into a lulled sense of consciousness as she ran past the skyscraper that held the fancy restaurant Inuyasha had taken her dancing in. It had been absolutely wonderful, absolutely. She had had the greatest tasting steak she had ever eaten, and they had brought her Heinz 57 in a gravy boat! She had laughed so hard when the porcelain surrounded steak sauce had been dribbled on her plate by the maitre d, enjoying Inuyasha's jealous looks as she talked to him concerning the menu. The desert had been a delectable piece of chocolate cake covered in sweet and gooey caramel. Her fork had barely sunk into the cake when she heard a slight clink of metal against metal.
Confused, she had cut the cake into two pieces, only to see a beautiful diamond ring glittering back at her. She had gasped, her face flaming a violent red as she had reached with shaky hands to remove the white gold encrusted diamond from its chocolate prison. Inuyasha had dropped on one knee, his husky and sensuous voice sending shivers over her spine as he spoke.
"Look Kagome, I know we're still in high school, and we're not even seniors yet, but I love you from the bottom of my heart, and I can not even fathom living with out you, ever. I love the way you walk, the way you move. I love the way that you always come to my football games. Kagome, you, you are my shining star, the only thing in my day that allows me to differentiate from the dark of night and light of day. Kagome, I.....Kagome will you marry me?" the slight stutter of nervousness from her otherwise stoic boyfriend had overjoyed Kagome, tears running down her face in rivulets as the entire restaurant had stared at them. When her wavering 'yes' had echoed about the crowd had exploded into cheers, and Inuyasha had swept her up in his arms, pulling her close and kissing her passionately, making her pale blue eyes see literal stars.
It had been wonderful.
Her feet splashed through puddle angrily, water sloshing up onto her wet blue jeans and face, splashing her with car residues and other peoples garbage. Her feet protested painfully at the intrusion of many rocks and other sharp objects into her skin, but she didn't even register them as she realized that she was nearing the cemetery that held all her answers.
"I love you Kagome."
The words had echoed playfully in her ears as hand and hand, she and Inuyasha had walked back to the parking lot, her eyes shining with unshed tears as she gazed in to the fierce auburn eyes of her fiancé. It felt so strange to murmur that word with Inuyasha in the same sentence, but it just fit so well. He had opened her door for her, and helped her to get situated, then turning to get into the driver's seat. He stared at her with gleaming, passionate orbs of fire, leaning over her from his seat and kissing her vigorously, his lips moving from her own to her cheeks, gradually making his way across her cheeks and nose with feather light searing hot touches that sent flames of desire pounding throughout her body. "Kagome..." he murmured as he licked her skin, gently nipping her earlobe as her heart pounded against his chest like a drum. "Inuyasha...." she gasped, eyes almost seeing stars as he continued his trail of kisses down her neck, drowning in her scent as he nipped her lightly. He had just slid his hands down to rest on her waist, and had begun to pull her lightly towards his lap when a yell of indignation from another customer of "GET A ROOM!" echoed across the parking lot.
Inuyasha had frozen mid-hickey and blushed a brilliant shade of red as he jumped back into his seat, hastily throwing his seatbelt on in a clumsy fashion. Kagome was breathless, and shocked. Her hand slid across the leather to interlace her fingers with his, and he had brought her hand up to kiss it gently. He was the perfect man, absolutely perfect.
They had taken the back way home, trying to avoid the traffic that normally congregated in the center of the city during the wee party hours of the morning, and had reached a small suburban area where a large train depot was conveniently placed for morning commuting purposes. They had continued down the road towards a large set of railroad tracks, that were extremely busy at this time of year, but at twelve thirty at night, there shouldn't have been any trains on the road anyways. Shouldn't being the operative word.
They had crossed the tracks at approximately twelve forty five, because she had looked at the clock through her new diamond to see how it changed the light into beautiful faceted shining dots that danced around the car. Inuyasha had laughed happily, a huge smile on his face as he stared lovingly into her own. He had slowed at the train tracks, cautiously looking both ways as he pulled through, when a loose tie on the tracks, unseen in the dark, jammed itself in between his axel and his wheels. The car had made a horrendous noise as they ran over the log, and Inuyasha had let loose a string of curse words she never even knew existed as he had stepped out to survey the damage with a soft "Kagome, you should stay in the car." in her general direction. It was getting chilly, and she had gladly agreed.
They hadn't even seen the train coming until the last possible moment. Inuyasha had his head in the hood of his car, patiently pulling plugs and trying to figure out what to do with his car, when he had heard something that chilled his blood ice cold. The tracks, which shouldn't have had any trains running on this particular night were beginning to rattle, and he had screamed in horror as the passenger Amtrak had rounded the bend, headlights off, no whistles blowing to warn of its coming. She would never forget the blood curdling yell he had let out "KAGOME, TRAIN! GET OUT OF THE CAR, NOW!"
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Her footsteps froze as panting in steaming breaths in the cold autumn air, she stared up at the eerie gates of the cemetery where the Goshinboku grew. They creaked ominously in the wind, wet fall leaves sticking to the darkened cobble stone pathways soaked with the now icy precipitation dripping from the sky in torrents. She pushed the gates slightly open and walked in, chill bumps leaping up her arms as she began her climb up the steep hill. The climb that would determine everything....
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She had screamed in terror as the train loomed out of the distance like a prime evil monster, chugging forward at a breakneck pace of sixty miles an hour. She had tried to open the car door, but her heel was jammed in the side part of the seat. She worked furiously trying to get her shoes off, and Inuyasha had practically ripped the door handle off as he tried to forcefully yank her from the car. The train had come closer, the engineer obviously asleep at his post due to the lack of safety measures enacted as he approached. The roar of the tines creaking under the weight of the colossus creaking towards them made her scream even louder and cling to Inuyasha as he had tried to rip the very seat out of the car to get her out.
"INUYASHA!" she had sobbed as he backed away, still trying to free her. "LEAVE! GO NOW!"
"NEVER!" he roared, "I'll never leave you Kagome, NEVER!" he had worked feverishly as the train encroached upon there position, only twenty feet left to go. She had struggled wildly, screaming incoherent "I don't want to dies" into Inuyasha's now bruised shoulder. It was too late. The train roared up to the car, now fifteen feet, now ten. She tried to shove Inuyasha away as it seemed that the train came on in slow motion, all sound draining out of the situation as the black object had less that three feet to go before slamming in to the driver's side door. She came back to reality when Inuyasha had yelled something to her. "KAGOME!" she had glanced up, tears were dripping down his face as he leaned down close to her, crushing her lips in a sweet yet fiery kiss of passionate splendor. "I'll always love you" he whispered, "forever, and for always."
She had slammed her lips into his again as the train impacted, the pain she screamed into his mouth lasting only moments before she felt like she was being torn away from everything, it was all dulling out, her ears could no longer hear. Where was Inuyasha? She felt like she was a little lost child, wandering around in some void of agony. It was dark and gray. She could vaguely hear the sound of sirens echoing in the background, and voices screaming for help as footsteps pounded by. She could feel her heart still trying to feebly pump the blood through her body, to veins that were lacerated in too many places to hold her blood. She could feel the agony that had been so dulled at first becoming excruciating as an obviously collapsed lung tried to do the work for two. She could feel herself dying....She tried to open her eyes, but they wouldn't cooperate. They didn't even feel like they were there anymore.....
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She was at the top of the hill, underneath the Goshinboku tree of legends. She reached up to touch it's soothing bark, glancing around for her one true answer. She almost began to hope again as she rounded the tree, until she saw the flowers. There were animals from her room strewn about the freshly upturned dirt she saw there. Inuyasha's favorite Kendo sword lying in a glass case atop his grave. Her picture carved into a beautiful angel with upturned wings and face, a tall soldier-like sentinel clasping hands with her as they stood side by side. She had to be sure......she had to be.
She dropped to her knees, disregarding the mud that splattered as she shoved the presents and flowers away, her proof becoming visible in the very instant the granite plaque was seen protruding from the ground. "Kagome Higurashi...." she whispered, saying her name in a mechanical voice. "1986 to 2003" tears dripped down her face in torrents as she let out a sob that wrenched the very souls of the mortals who could no longer hear her cry. She screamed her anguish to the heavens, gently fingering the letters that made up her lover's name that had been gently inscribed into the stone beside her own. They were together in death......but separated. She could no longer see Inuyasha, she couldn't touch him, and his sweet and tender nothings would never be whispered in her ears again. She would never walk around the mall laughing with him as they carried on in the department stores, and sat on Santa's lap though they were much too big. She would never walk into school and see him lounging against the wall by the entrance to extend his arm to her and walk her to her class. She would never.....never........he couldn't come back.......her tears streamed down her face as she sobbed a despairing "WHY?! WHY ME DAMMIT?! What DID I DO THAT WAS SO WRONG?" to the heavens, the salty water dripping from her vicious blue orbs pooling in puddles at her feet.
She collapsed into a fetal position, legs tucked all the way underneath her as she murmured incoherently to herself, eyes wide in horror. She was doomed. She would wander the earth forever, a useless and meaningless soul with no home. She closed her eyes, maybe it was all just a dream. Maybe she would wake up in her warm bed, to her mother's gentle call of "Kagome...." it sounded so real, as if someone was truly calling her. "Kagome..." it whispered again. Oh gods, could her wish come true? She lifted her head as the wind kissed voice once again slid sensuously past her with its laughing tone. She looked up quickly and sobbed in shock.
There he was.
Inuyasha, tall and beautiful, hair falling down his back in torrents, his gorgeous golden eyes beaming at her with love and adoration. "Hello koibito..." he whispered. "What took you so long?"
*If you get there before I do....*
He kneeled down beside her, hand reaching out to caress her muddy face.
*Don't give up on me*
"Kagome, did you think I would leave you alone?" he queried.
*I'll meet you when my chores are through*
She smiled, tears still falling from her eyes as she grasped his hands in a vicious grip, reaching her mud covered body up to slam into his white glowing one. "God I missed you Kagome..."
"Oh, Inuyasha..." she laughed, her lips meeting his hungrily.
*Though I don't know how long I'll be*
"I waited so long for you Kagome....so long." he gasped into her hair as she pulled away from the kiss with swollen, cherry red lips.
*But I'm not gonna let you down*
"I'm here now." She whispered, her eyes now tearing with happiness as she sobbed into his shoulder.
"I know love, I know. It's all I'll ever need."
*Darlin' wait and see*
He pulled her close to him, helping her stand on her wobbly and sore legs as they turned towards the Goshinboku, it's scarred surface had opened wide, brilliant white light streaming onto them.
"It's time Kagome."
*Because between now and then*
He took her hand and led her towards the entrance to heaven, eyes shining brilliantly. She could vaguely make out the figure of her long dead father standing on a shining street of gold, his white billowing robes contrasting with the dark black hair he had passed on to her.
*till I see you again*
She paused as Inuyasha stepped inside, his hand still reaching out to her, fingers entwined with her own. She turned and looked around at the beautiful fall colors, a last tear running down her face as the clouds broke and the sun shone through the sky, illuminating the dark cemetery around her with the pink hues of a fall sunset. She sighed.
*I'll be loving you*
"Don't worry Kagome." Inuyasha whispered as he pulled her towards him, their lips meeting in a final brief kiss as their bodies faded into nothingness in the brilliant shine of the light. "Heaven is more beautiful than you could have ever imagined."
*Love, me*
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The End
A/N: *Sniffle* It was my first song fic too, as you can see. I've never written one, though I've often thought about it. That's one of my favorite songs ever. It's beautiful, and it's so sad. It's about a grandpa and how he tells his grandson the story of how he met his grandma, who's dying in the hospital, and she wrote him this note, because they were going to run away to be married and she couldn't make it on time. The last note is written to him before she dies, and as she's going to heaven. Here's the verse all put together nice and neatly. I hope you all enjoyed my story, and I hope it had the emotion behind it that I wanted. Tell me what you think! Toodles - Lunar Kitty
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me. I'll meet you when my chores are through, though I don't know how long I'll be But I'm not gonna let you down Darlin' wait and see Because between now and then, till I see you again, I'll be loving you.
Love, Me
P.S. If you like DbnP, check out my other stories, 'Life after Death' and 'Beast'! Also, keep an eye out for my new story 'Pulling the Plug', which will be coming out soon!!
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A/N: WOW! My first officially finished story! I was hoping for more reviews, but kudos and thanks to all who did review! This chapter is slightly altered from the version that my beta Liz read, and my sister. It's got some stuff added. After this is posted, I've got to get to work on the next chapter of Beast! I've got two pages written so far, and the plot is thickening! I'm not even quite sure of everything I've got going on, I think I'm gonna have to diagram my own story......Oh yes and random comment of the day........lerseee......Did you know that roughly 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year? LOL! Just had to post that, isn't it interesting? Hee hee! Anyways on with the chappy!
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Kagome was frozen.
It couldn't be true. How could it even be fathomable? She was......dead......she almost choked on bile rising in her throat as she read the headline again....There was no mistaking it. It was her, her name in the first line, Kagome Higurashi.
She stared blankly at the picture of the railroad, still cluttered with the debris of Inuyasha's car......and left the room.
How could this be? She walked upstairs, eyes falling on her bed through the open doorway of her room....she walked in and sat down, barely taking notice of the layer of dust littered atop everything. She blindly reached for a sweatshirt and a pair of jeans, tossing them on carelessly.
It just couldn't be true.
She walked downstairs and opened the door, barely registering the pouring rain thundering down in torrents as lightning cracked ominously in the distance. She stepped out, not even bothering with her shoes as the rain soaked her to the bone, tears of shock washed away by the storm's furious precipitants.
She turned almost automatically towards the entrance to the shrine, steps quickening as she ran towards the steps.
It couldn't be true.
Her mind flashed back to less than a week before when she had walked down the same steps to Inuyasha, the sun setting and sending shockwaves of splendid color streaking across the sky. They had driven off in his car....
She was shocked out of her reverie as she slipped, tumbling down the last five steps and landing in a heap on the wet pavement at the bottom, a broken sob stumbling its way from her vocal chords to the air around her as she felt rain trickling down her back. She pushed herself up on scraped hands and knees, mentally willing herself to go on.
It couldn't be true.
She turned down the street, running towards the tall tree that stood prominent in the towns nearest cemetery. Her mother had mentioned the Goshinboku....could her answers be found there? Despite her seven block distance, she could still see the orange-gold leaves of the wind-kissed tree holding proudly to their gray branches. She had to get there. She had to know the truth.
Her mind slipped into a lulled sense of consciousness as she ran past the skyscraper that held the fancy restaurant Inuyasha had taken her dancing in. It had been absolutely wonderful, absolutely. She had had the greatest tasting steak she had ever eaten, and they had brought her Heinz 57 in a gravy boat! She had laughed so hard when the porcelain surrounded steak sauce had been dribbled on her plate by the maitre d, enjoying Inuyasha's jealous looks as she talked to him concerning the menu. The desert had been a delectable piece of chocolate cake covered in sweet and gooey caramel. Her fork had barely sunk into the cake when she heard a slight clink of metal against metal.
Confused, she had cut the cake into two pieces, only to see a beautiful diamond ring glittering back at her. She had gasped, her face flaming a violent red as she had reached with shaky hands to remove the white gold encrusted diamond from its chocolate prison. Inuyasha had dropped on one knee, his husky and sensuous voice sending shivers over her spine as he spoke.
"Look Kagome, I know we're still in high school, and we're not even seniors yet, but I love you from the bottom of my heart, and I can not even fathom living with out you, ever. I love the way you walk, the way you move. I love the way that you always come to my football games. Kagome, you, you are my shining star, the only thing in my day that allows me to differentiate from the dark of night and light of day. Kagome, I.....Kagome will you marry me?" the slight stutter of nervousness from her otherwise stoic boyfriend had overjoyed Kagome, tears running down her face in rivulets as the entire restaurant had stared at them. When her wavering 'yes' had echoed about the crowd had exploded into cheers, and Inuyasha had swept her up in his arms, pulling her close and kissing her passionately, making her pale blue eyes see literal stars.
It had been wonderful.
Her feet splashed through puddle angrily, water sloshing up onto her wet blue jeans and face, splashing her with car residues and other peoples garbage. Her feet protested painfully at the intrusion of many rocks and other sharp objects into her skin, but she didn't even register them as she realized that she was nearing the cemetery that held all her answers.
"I love you Kagome."
The words had echoed playfully in her ears as hand and hand, she and Inuyasha had walked back to the parking lot, her eyes shining with unshed tears as she gazed in to the fierce auburn eyes of her fiancé. It felt so strange to murmur that word with Inuyasha in the same sentence, but it just fit so well. He had opened her door for her, and helped her to get situated, then turning to get into the driver's seat. He stared at her with gleaming, passionate orbs of fire, leaning over her from his seat and kissing her vigorously, his lips moving from her own to her cheeks, gradually making his way across her cheeks and nose with feather light searing hot touches that sent flames of desire pounding throughout her body. "Kagome..." he murmured as he licked her skin, gently nipping her earlobe as her heart pounded against his chest like a drum. "Inuyasha...." she gasped, eyes almost seeing stars as he continued his trail of kisses down her neck, drowning in her scent as he nipped her lightly. He had just slid his hands down to rest on her waist, and had begun to pull her lightly towards his lap when a yell of indignation from another customer of "GET A ROOM!" echoed across the parking lot.
Inuyasha had frozen mid-hickey and blushed a brilliant shade of red as he jumped back into his seat, hastily throwing his seatbelt on in a clumsy fashion. Kagome was breathless, and shocked. Her hand slid across the leather to interlace her fingers with his, and he had brought her hand up to kiss it gently. He was the perfect man, absolutely perfect.
They had taken the back way home, trying to avoid the traffic that normally congregated in the center of the city during the wee party hours of the morning, and had reached a small suburban area where a large train depot was conveniently placed for morning commuting purposes. They had continued down the road towards a large set of railroad tracks, that were extremely busy at this time of year, but at twelve thirty at night, there shouldn't have been any trains on the road anyways. Shouldn't being the operative word.
They had crossed the tracks at approximately twelve forty five, because she had looked at the clock through her new diamond to see how it changed the light into beautiful faceted shining dots that danced around the car. Inuyasha had laughed happily, a huge smile on his face as he stared lovingly into her own. He had slowed at the train tracks, cautiously looking both ways as he pulled through, when a loose tie on the tracks, unseen in the dark, jammed itself in between his axel and his wheels. The car had made a horrendous noise as they ran over the log, and Inuyasha had let loose a string of curse words she never even knew existed as he had stepped out to survey the damage with a soft "Kagome, you should stay in the car." in her general direction. It was getting chilly, and she had gladly agreed.
They hadn't even seen the train coming until the last possible moment. Inuyasha had his head in the hood of his car, patiently pulling plugs and trying to figure out what to do with his car, when he had heard something that chilled his blood ice cold. The tracks, which shouldn't have had any trains running on this particular night were beginning to rattle, and he had screamed in horror as the passenger Amtrak had rounded the bend, headlights off, no whistles blowing to warn of its coming. She would never forget the blood curdling yell he had let out "KAGOME, TRAIN! GET OUT OF THE CAR, NOW!"
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Her footsteps froze as panting in steaming breaths in the cold autumn air, she stared up at the eerie gates of the cemetery where the Goshinboku grew. They creaked ominously in the wind, wet fall leaves sticking to the darkened cobble stone pathways soaked with the now icy precipitation dripping from the sky in torrents. She pushed the gates slightly open and walked in, chill bumps leaping up her arms as she began her climb up the steep hill. The climb that would determine everything....
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She had screamed in terror as the train loomed out of the distance like a prime evil monster, chugging forward at a breakneck pace of sixty miles an hour. She had tried to open the car door, but her heel was jammed in the side part of the seat. She worked furiously trying to get her shoes off, and Inuyasha had practically ripped the door handle off as he tried to forcefully yank her from the car. The train had come closer, the engineer obviously asleep at his post due to the lack of safety measures enacted as he approached. The roar of the tines creaking under the weight of the colossus creaking towards them made her scream even louder and cling to Inuyasha as he had tried to rip the very seat out of the car to get her out.
"INUYASHA!" she had sobbed as he backed away, still trying to free her. "LEAVE! GO NOW!"
"NEVER!" he roared, "I'll never leave you Kagome, NEVER!" he had worked feverishly as the train encroached upon there position, only twenty feet left to go. She had struggled wildly, screaming incoherent "I don't want to dies" into Inuyasha's now bruised shoulder. It was too late. The train roared up to the car, now fifteen feet, now ten. She tried to shove Inuyasha away as it seemed that the train came on in slow motion, all sound draining out of the situation as the black object had less that three feet to go before slamming in to the driver's side door. She came back to reality when Inuyasha had yelled something to her. "KAGOME!" she had glanced up, tears were dripping down his face as he leaned down close to her, crushing her lips in a sweet yet fiery kiss of passionate splendor. "I'll always love you" he whispered, "forever, and for always."
She had slammed her lips into his again as the train impacted, the pain she screamed into his mouth lasting only moments before she felt like she was being torn away from everything, it was all dulling out, her ears could no longer hear. Where was Inuyasha? She felt like she was a little lost child, wandering around in some void of agony. It was dark and gray. She could vaguely hear the sound of sirens echoing in the background, and voices screaming for help as footsteps pounded by. She could feel her heart still trying to feebly pump the blood through her body, to veins that were lacerated in too many places to hold her blood. She could feel the agony that had been so dulled at first becoming excruciating as an obviously collapsed lung tried to do the work for two. She could feel herself dying....She tried to open her eyes, but they wouldn't cooperate. They didn't even feel like they were there anymore.....
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She was at the top of the hill, underneath the Goshinboku tree of legends. She reached up to touch it's soothing bark, glancing around for her one true answer. She almost began to hope again as she rounded the tree, until she saw the flowers. There were animals from her room strewn about the freshly upturned dirt she saw there. Inuyasha's favorite Kendo sword lying in a glass case atop his grave. Her picture carved into a beautiful angel with upturned wings and face, a tall soldier-like sentinel clasping hands with her as they stood side by side. She had to be sure......she had to be.
She dropped to her knees, disregarding the mud that splattered as she shoved the presents and flowers away, her proof becoming visible in the very instant the granite plaque was seen protruding from the ground. "Kagome Higurashi...." she whispered, saying her name in a mechanical voice. "1986 to 2003" tears dripped down her face in torrents as she let out a sob that wrenched the very souls of the mortals who could no longer hear her cry. She screamed her anguish to the heavens, gently fingering the letters that made up her lover's name that had been gently inscribed into the stone beside her own. They were together in death......but separated. She could no longer see Inuyasha, she couldn't touch him, and his sweet and tender nothings would never be whispered in her ears again. She would never walk around the mall laughing with him as they carried on in the department stores, and sat on Santa's lap though they were much too big. She would never walk into school and see him lounging against the wall by the entrance to extend his arm to her and walk her to her class. She would never.....never........he couldn't come back.......her tears streamed down her face as she sobbed a despairing "WHY?! WHY ME DAMMIT?! What DID I DO THAT WAS SO WRONG?" to the heavens, the salty water dripping from her vicious blue orbs pooling in puddles at her feet.
She collapsed into a fetal position, legs tucked all the way underneath her as she murmured incoherently to herself, eyes wide in horror. She was doomed. She would wander the earth forever, a useless and meaningless soul with no home. She closed her eyes, maybe it was all just a dream. Maybe she would wake up in her warm bed, to her mother's gentle call of "Kagome...." it sounded so real, as if someone was truly calling her. "Kagome..." it whispered again. Oh gods, could her wish come true? She lifted her head as the wind kissed voice once again slid sensuously past her with its laughing tone. She looked up quickly and sobbed in shock.
There he was.
Inuyasha, tall and beautiful, hair falling down his back in torrents, his gorgeous golden eyes beaming at her with love and adoration. "Hello koibito..." he whispered. "What took you so long?"
*If you get there before I do....*
He kneeled down beside her, hand reaching out to caress her muddy face.
*Don't give up on me*
"Kagome, did you think I would leave you alone?" he queried.
*I'll meet you when my chores are through*
She smiled, tears still falling from her eyes as she grasped his hands in a vicious grip, reaching her mud covered body up to slam into his white glowing one. "God I missed you Kagome..."
"Oh, Inuyasha..." she laughed, her lips meeting his hungrily.
*Though I don't know how long I'll be*
"I waited so long for you Kagome....so long." he gasped into her hair as she pulled away from the kiss with swollen, cherry red lips.
*But I'm not gonna let you down*
"I'm here now." She whispered, her eyes now tearing with happiness as she sobbed into his shoulder.
"I know love, I know. It's all I'll ever need."
*Darlin' wait and see*
He pulled her close to him, helping her stand on her wobbly and sore legs as they turned towards the Goshinboku, it's scarred surface had opened wide, brilliant white light streaming onto them.
"It's time Kagome."
*Because between now and then*
He took her hand and led her towards the entrance to heaven, eyes shining brilliantly. She could vaguely make out the figure of her long dead father standing on a shining street of gold, his white billowing robes contrasting with the dark black hair he had passed on to her.
*till I see you again*
She paused as Inuyasha stepped inside, his hand still reaching out to her, fingers entwined with her own. She turned and looked around at the beautiful fall colors, a last tear running down her face as the clouds broke and the sun shone through the sky, illuminating the dark cemetery around her with the pink hues of a fall sunset. She sighed.
*I'll be loving you*
"Don't worry Kagome." Inuyasha whispered as he pulled her towards him, their lips meeting in a final brief kiss as their bodies faded into nothingness in the brilliant shine of the light. "Heaven is more beautiful than you could have ever imagined."
*Love, me*
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The End
A/N: *Sniffle* It was my first song fic too, as you can see. I've never written one, though I've often thought about it. That's one of my favorite songs ever. It's beautiful, and it's so sad. It's about a grandpa and how he tells his grandson the story of how he met his grandma, who's dying in the hospital, and she wrote him this note, because they were going to run away to be married and she couldn't make it on time. The last note is written to him before she dies, and as she's going to heaven. Here's the verse all put together nice and neatly. I hope you all enjoyed my story, and I hope it had the emotion behind it that I wanted. Tell me what you think! Toodles - Lunar Kitty
If you get there before I do, don't give up on me. I'll meet you when my chores are through, though I don't know how long I'll be But I'm not gonna let you down Darlin' wait and see Because between now and then, till I see you again, I'll be loving you.
Love, Me
P.S. If you like DbnP, check out my other stories, 'Life after Death' and 'Beast'! Also, keep an eye out for my new story 'Pulling the Plug', which will be coming out soon!!