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~ Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Phil Collins. ~

~ Phil Collins 'Strangers Like Me' ~

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"Come on Inuyasha. You promised me you would come with me tonight to my time. Since it is the night of the new moon." Kagome grabbed his arm and dragged him towards the well. "Souta, Mama, Jii-chan, and I thought it would be fun to take you to the amusement park tonight to have fun."

"Keh, why? I don't want people to know about you know what." The stubborn hanyou replied crossing his arms and looking stubborn.

"So what. Why because you will look like everyone else there and blend in to the point that nobody will notice you? I thought you would enjoy that for the night."

Whatever you do,
I'll do it too.
Show me everything
And tell me how.
You know me something,
And yet nothing to me.
I can see there is too much to learn;
It's all so close,
And yet so far.
I see myself
As people see me.


"You have showed me your time, I figured that I could try to show you just as much as my world. Since it would only be fair. Besides, even if you're a hanyou at the time, with a baseball cap you look like everyone else out there. In this time, you could get lost in the crowd and no one would know."

But I just know there's something bigger out there...

Grabbing his hand they run off towards the entrance of the park. Wide eyed he looks around at all the lights, people, sights, sounds, and movement going on around him.

I want to know, can you show me?

Seeing a large cart on tracks that go up in the sky, he points, "Oi, Kagome, what on earth is that?" Seeing the cart reach the top and start to head towards back down he hears the people screaming. "It is falling!!"

Putting her hand on his shoulder she calms him, "just watch Inuyasha."

He watches it hit the bottom of the tracks and head off into a loop and a twist as it barrels down more track. Following it thru the loops and turns he watches as it then comes to a stop in front of people lined up. He sees those in it get out and others get inside.

Looking curiously towards the miko she smiles with shining eyes. "It is the human equivalent to your jumping from branch to branch in the forest. I have seen you do some wonderful acrobatic twists, turns, leaps, and other feats. Humans can't jump like you can, so this is the closest thing we have to it. I use to love them when I was growing up."

I want to know about the strangers like me.
Tell me more, please show me.
Something's familiar
About the strangers like me.


Dragging him over to some stands she points out a game to him. "Watch what I do, then you try ok?"

"What is the purpose of this?" He crosses his arms and asks.

Winking at him she replies simply before grabbing a paddle, "why, Inuyasha that is simple. To have fun, that's what."

Every gesture,
Every move that she makes,


Scrunching up her nose she tries to grab a gold fish in the paper paddle. Missing her target she lets out a groan and blows her breath out that she had been holding upwards towards her bangs in aggravation. Smiling she hands him a paddle, "Do you want to try it? I am never good at this one. Maybe you will have better luck."

Makes me feel like never before.
Why do I have this growing need to be beside her?

Walking next to her he looks down at her, watching her look around trying to decide what to do next. Feeling warmth inside growing inside of him seeing the happy expression that is so clear to view on her face. All her emotions are always so easy to read on her face, in her eyes. He can't help but wonder what fate graced him with her companionship, her friendship, and her trust.

There are some emotions that I never knew,

Getting into a basket he sits next to her nervously. Feeling the ride move slowly upwards she grabs his upper arm and pointing towards the sunset.

Some for the world far beyond this place.

"This is my favorite spot. This is my version of what you showed me when you took me to the top of the trees one time to show me the sunset in your time. It is beautiful in its own way."

Beyond the trees, above the clouds,

"Ne, Inuyasha, you know… our times may look different down there." She points down below where people are rushing around, cars moving, buildings towering the trees. But then she points upwards, "But up there, up there, it is the same. The same sun, stares, moon, and sky, and even though we are from different times. We aren't all that much different you and I. We are both blessed with something that no other person has been ever granted. We are able to see that no matter how things change, there will always be something that always stays the same."

I see before me a new horizon.

Taking a big sigh she looks at him, "When I first started coming to your time, late at night, when I feel alone without my family. I just look towards the sky and remember that no matter where I am, no matter what time, they are under the same sky as I am. And then I don't feel like I am so far away from them."

I want to know, can you show me?
I want to know about the strangers like me.
Tell me more, please show me.
Something is familiar
About the strangers like me.


Come with me now
To see my world,

Inuyasha just before sunrise he silently woke up Kagome and grabbed her onto his back before dashing away. Kagome was shocked but kept silent due to his antics. They had gotten into a particularly hard battle the day before and Kagome was feeling bad about the fact that she seemed helpless to do anything for the others. Jumping up to the tallest branches of the god tree he held her and pointed out to the sunrise. Together they watched the coming dawn and the waking moments of the birds take to the sky and the sounds of animals on the ground starting about their day.

Where there's beauty beyond your dreams.

"Inu…ya…sha, it is… it is wonderful." Looking back over her shoulder she sees his golden eyes glancing off towards the distance. With his silver hair blowing gently off to the side he looked so beautiful. "Thank you for showing me this. It is breathtaking."

Turning his gaze slowly towards her he nods. "I thought you might like this. I always loved to watch when the world seems to wake up. It was always peaceful and calming to me. Especially when I was growing up. It seemed to make everything easier for me to deal with. No matter how hard things got for me. The dawn always reminded me that there was always a new day to try again no matter what happened the day before."

Can you feel the things I feel right now with you?

Turning back towards the sunrise he continues. "I know it seems like your not any help, but nothing could be further from the truth. We all need you in one way or another. You are what brought us all together and out of our loneliness and sorrow. If it were not for your kindness and your friendship, none of us would be where we are today. Never tell yourself otherwise."

Take my hand,

Inuyasha grabs her hand, "Don't ever feel alone. No matter what you're never alone. You told me that once. That no matter what, you have me, Shippou, Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and even Myouga-jiji."

Giving him a large heartwarming smile she replies, "I have come to realize I don't feel alone when I am with you. No matter where we are, no matter what time we are in, we will always have each other and our friends and because of that we will never truly be alone. Of this I know."

There's a world I need to know.

I want to know, can you show me?
I want to know about the strangers like me.
Tell me more, please show me.
Something is familiar
About the strangers like me.

I wanna know...

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Lady Banshee 999 ~ Yeah, sort of a one shot-ish thing that I came up with. I kept having this darn idea pop into my head. Don't ask, I don't know how it got in there, but I had to put it to paper before I let it get away. Hope you enjoyed it. TTFN!