A/N: I dedicate this chapter to my good friends who were literally strangling me to death via floss. It didn't hurt because the floss broke. ^-^;; Fear the toothbrush)
*I was j/k about the floss. They did try to strangle my hair* Also, I really hope this chapter's song is okay. *glares at flashpikachu*. (Eh heh?) Also, the flashback characters look like Chibi. So think Chibi characters. *squeal heard in background* I will do shout outs to my reviewers in the end.
OH! PINCH ME! I got 16 reviews on my first chappy! *Jumps around like an insane idiot*
I changed Kikyo to Kikyou in accordance to the manga. I like the Japanese manga and I translate it. Then check on the internet to make sure I did it right. Don't flame me because I said Kikyou! Sorry about the choppiness in the last chapter, I'M ONLY 13! *hides behind pillow*
P.S Ignore what I said about the next chapter title in the last chapter. (flashpikachu: Damn! Stop with the taking up spaces! Floss! *ACK*!)
Fluff in next chapter, but don't worry, the two first chapters are foundations to the whole story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or Ranma ½. They belong to the manga goddess, Rumiko Takahashi.
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Silent Melody
By flashpichu
Song by flashpikachu
A Rhapsody of Sorrow
The naked sky turned dark and hazy as thunder was crashing miles away. Precipitation began to falling like waterfalls among a jungle. A frigid wind blew around the heavy rain in harmony. A soft rhapsody, but with a long sorrowful sound was still there, almost, sounding affectionate of the rainwater. The melody and downpour made Inuyasha drowsy and he fell asleep to find himself sinking in thoughts. He dreamt of a lot of things. 50% his mother's fiancé psychosis *enter vampire music here*, 10% Kikyou, *enter slap here* 39% on each of the fiancés. *enter Twilight Zone music here* and 1% on a certain recollection. He decided to concentrate on the 1% one.
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"Help! Help! Anyone!" A kid was drowning in the beach. He slowly sank and gurgled as he tried vainly to come back up. The waves were swallowing him and he knew he'd have to give up soon. He closed his eyes and began to sink further as only his hand was shown, extended to the glossy surface of the churning water. Little air bubbles began to cease as he lost hope. Suddenly, a flash of feathers dragged him up to the coastline from the deep waters. He was out cold by then.
The beach, the solution in the air, the ocher and tawny hues in the air all mixed together was a great scene. He had always felt that it would take his problems away. He was 8 years old for crying out loud and his mother is already preparing his wedding. He let out an exasperate sigh. Sure, he had friends in the castle, but his mom tried to get him a 'permanent friend'. This happened when Sesshomaru, who was Inuyasha's older half brother didn't marry. The mom gave up on the stubborn boy, but when they had Inuyasha, that all changed. She decided to make him marry, no matter what. She would threaten to maim him if he didn't. He seriously thought she was nuts.
'Why did she want grandchildren so much?! Oi!' He thought to himself.
He stirred and opened his eyes. He noticed that he was lying down on the sand all wet like fish. He shook himself like a dog from his nose to his toes and coughed up some sea water. "Agh, what happened?" He closed his eyes and thought. "Oh yeah, the tide came in and I got washed away. But I'm still here." He noticed a faint smell, different from the water and himself was on his hand. Inuyasha kept sniffing until he cast away the smell, reflecting on the idea that it was nothing. He motioned to return to the castle by standing up and dusting away the grains of coarse rocks when he thought about the fiancé thing. He heaved a sigh.
He halted and started speaking sadly. "Boy, I wish I could have someone perfect who would understand me." He looked up into the tawny heavens and hoped so much that something would happen to make his life better. "Please oh please. Stop the fiancé madness kami-sama." He put his little hands together and prayed. After a minute, he plopped down onto the sand and played with his cherry haori, knowing that his wish would not come true. He watched the sunset come down until he remembered that tomorrow would be the new moon. He lied down on the sand and threw it all over the place in a tantrum, causing quite a mess. He almost blinded himself as he began to mutter angrily. Crustaceans scurried away in panic as Inuyasha heard a voice.
"Why are you talking to yourself? You know that's not a good sign, right?" He turned with an irritated manner then opened his eyes wide open at the young girl's radiance.
She had raven hair with a laurel circling her brow. She was wearing a cobalt dress with lace bordering the rim of her knee-high dress. There were little hibiscus on the fringe of the lace. A pink-ish sparkling jewel rested on her cowry necklace. She walked down to him and sat down along with him as she stared at the little line left over on the horizon. It was officially evening and the stars glimmered in the sky.
"Why are you talking to yourself anyway? You're sure you didn't drink too much of salt water? Or maybe that explains why you were trying to drown yourself?" She giggled and closed her eyes. Her head was tilt to the side for a cute view.
Inuyasha blushed for a bit before moving his eyes away from her. "It's not that, it's just that a lot of people expect a lot from me. It's kinda bothering you know. So, here I am near the beach because it always was comforting. But the waves decided to take action." He muttered. Surely this girl wouldn't understand him. He was a rich prince and this girl would try to hit on him too.
"Oh really? Then you and I have something in common. A lot of people expect so many things from me too. It's way too much work on an 8 year old. Well, you probably have it a lot harder. I feel pity for you." She put a hand to her chest and closed her eyes, beaming.
He didn't need any pity parties and began to grouse and snarl. He couldn't yell at her though. She giggled again. "Well, what are you staring at?" He tried to make it sound mean but it really didn't. It came out in a thank you tone. She opened her eyes and he saw for the first time, her sapphire glittering eyes.
"What do you have to do that's so tiring?"
"It's a secret." She winked and put one finger on her lip. "I know what you do. You're the prince of King and Queen Raikotsuju. You have 50 fiancés coming at you everyday huh?" She commented and the background goes dark and menacing as Inuyasha inches away. "I'm surprised there are even that many people in the world. Hee heh." She mouthed the word 'player' as Inuyasha gave a snippy 'Feh'.
"Yeah, how do you know that many facts, though? And I'm not a player! It's my mom's idea. " He narrowed his eyes and glared. "And do you know how I ended up here? I remember the sea, then nothing." He kept thinking, thinking, until his brain couldn't take it anymore. "I think I'm going to break my brain. Or was it you?" He stared at the girl. The hanyou then recognized that the girl had the same smell as the one on his hand; he knew she must have saved him, but he pretended not to discern. "Nah, you're just a girl."
"Gee, you sure make decisions fast, don't you? Well, I bet you got that practice from quarrelling huh. Anyway, you're cute for a hanyou. You don't need to be so down about it." Inuyasha didn't know if he was being belittled or praised. The boy threw her an irate glare. The girl simply looked away and whistled a lullaby. It was a very soothing song and Inuyasha's anger washed away. He always loved how his mother sang it to him. That was, before she became a deranged person. "Oh, do you know that song?"
She smiled at him cutely as he once again flushed a deep scarlet and looked downward. "Yeah, want me to sing it for you? I'm not a good singer though so don't be mad." She added to make sure Inuyasha didn't suspect anything. He nodded and he sat up, waiting for the girl's voice. He half expected a scrawny voice like all the girls he knew, but she was special.
"The sun sets down
Across the horizon
Leaving a glimmer in its wake.
The stars streak against the sky,
A little lullaby.
The forest is quiet,
The Sea still,
The blanket of the night,
Covers the land,
And tranquil covers the world…
In a soft sleep…
He stared for a long time and she kept singing. He decided to join too. But before he could, he saw that she had ceased. Inuyasha searched for what she was doing. He finally found it. It was a shooting star flying across the sky. It left some glitters of sparks in its lustrous tail as it traveled off into earth. Her eyes lit up in adoration and put her hands together and wished. Inuyasha inquired what she had wished. The girl just smiled, and she put her knees to her chest and put her chin onto it. The sky was beginning to be a peachy color. The sun was beginning to rise as an orange line appeared from the vast horizon.
"You know, that song was sung by my mom. It was so nice, but not as good as yours. I thought you said you couldn't sing well and here you go making me look like an idiot." He turned his iris to her without moving his head and she laughed. He felt drowsy from the song and began to yawn.
She stopped and sighed. "How I wish it stay like this. A moment free from responsibilities, but every good thing has to come to an end." She got up dusted off her dress and gazed at Inuyasha who was apparently still roosted on the same spot semi-sleeping. He wasn't aware of her scrutiny and he actually felt better when she rubbed his ears. He kept on grinning like a git until he noticed what she was doing.
"Oi, hands off the ears. I'm not a dog. I might be an inu youkai, but I'm not a mutt." He flailed his hands in front of her. She took on step back and snickered. She turned as her hair blew in the wind. She stared, for a last time at the sun.
"Well, I gotta go. Will you miss me?" She suddenly asked at him.
"Eh? Go where?!" He asked in surprise. The only person nice to him as a normal person was leaving. She winked again and he knew her tongue was about as loose as a turtle. Still, he wanted to ask when she repeated her last question. But he was beginning to get lethargic.
"Will you miss me?" She glared with narrowed eyes and forced him to nod. "Goodie! Well, you know, I have to make sure you won't forget. I'll leave you something." She clapped and turned to see Inuyasha snoring away.
All he saw was a glimmer of pearly light through his eyes with the sound of something beating. He was sure it was a seagull or something because this was the sea and they usually crowded around and this time of morning. But when he opened them, he saw a huge feather on his lap. It was shining like silver on the morning sun. He heard a faint voice in the sky.
'Don't forget me, you promised.'
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He woke up to greet the morning sun. He leapt out of his bed, throwing the blankets over. The orange sphere of the dawn looked exactly like the one from his dream. He checked one certain sheltered drawer. Inside was the feather. He had forgotten about it for, what, 9 years. He unlocked it and was greeted by 9 year old dust bunnies jumping around like hell. He hacked and waited for the dust to settle.
There it was. Within the drawer, was the same feather. It was the same size, silvery, and shining brightly like glass as ever. He ran one finger near the edge of the feather, feeling its softness. That memory seemed ethereal to him. He always treasured it. Until he forgot that is. Then he remembered he never asked the girl's name. He sweat dropped. Oh well. He gently placed the feather back in and headed to the balcony and the window that someone had closed.
He swung open the window and was greeted by the scorching sun. "Agh! The sun! THE SUN!" He blinked several times to get the weird color dots away from his eyes. He adjusted to the rays and stood staunchest on his balcony, thinking about the girl. She may have had raven hair, azure eyes, and blah blah blah. But he saw a lot of girls like her. A 397 to be exact. He always wondered how that girl was now. She might have been the only one he actually had interest in… 'Oh GOD! I'm turning into mom!' He shook his head and also remembered his mom went on a little trip to find more betroths and he suddenly had a very evil thought. He banged his head on his window and it broke. He simply whistled casually while looking away and kicked the glass below with a broom, almost coming in contact with Miroku and Sango, who were walking on the coastline.
Miroku pretended to panic in a falsetto voice while caressing Sango's… "Oh no! I'll protect you San-" *BAM*
Miroku was sprawled on the ground, twitching. "Ah, Sango my dear, love hurts." Miroku said with swirly eyes and fainted.
"Oh yeah houshi-sama?! I'll show you HURT! I've had ENOUGH of your antics!" Sango tried to kill him as one foot was hanging over Miroku from trying to step on him and her arms hung onto a huge boomerang. Sango's face had a dark murderous expression. She was on assassin mode.
Everyone clung onto her to not kill Miroku. Ranma was standing on Happosai to make sure he didn't take advantage of the situation. He shouted to Sango to kill the apprentice of the pervert. Most of the girls gave a half-hearted effort as they each passed by Sango's ear muttering 'Kill him', 'Get him in the groin.', and 'Smash that lecher's skull open.' Miroku muttered "I heard that." As the girls' grip lessened, Sango saw a moment to attack. She swung…….and…….
Missed.
The lecher got away! Sango's eyes got livid with fuming rage and all the girls searched the house to search for the missing pervert. They all began talking in seducing voices until they found a hand come out from under the couch to caress a girl's butt. "I FOUND HIM!" a scream was heard as they dog piled on Miroku. Sad sad Miroku. Tsk tsk tsk. Not.
Inuyasha sweat dropped at watching the scene commence below. Many opaque comments were heard as clatters of pots, pans, and kitchen knives joined in the brawl. A 'Must kill pervert' mantra was floating in the air. Miroku did way too many things to young women. That was a story to be told another day. He noticed that one girl wasn't enjoying the game of 'Beat Miroku up to a Useless Pile of Crap.' It was that mute girl. She was walking around depressed and had her head down, her ebony bangs covering her eyes. She was sneezing silently since she was mute. He jumped down from the balcony to the beach, making a soft landing on the sand below, landing exactly in front of her. She looked at him annoyed and walked around him, leaving a baffled Inuyasha. Usually all the girls fawned over him and he had sometimes, sometimes, enjoyed the attention.
"Hey girl! You! No, not you Maiko. You, yeah you." He pointed directly at Kagome and she turned around with a miffed expression and hands put on her hip. She stared as chickadees settled on her shoulders. She gave him an expression that urged him to leave her alone. Her hair covered her eyes again.
He was pesky and would not leave her alone. He kept popping up in one place after another as she popped veins in her head. She turned around and poked Inuyasha hard on the chest. He grabbed her hand in annoyance and her arm was shown. It had been bandaged with dried blood in the middle. He looked to the bandage, her face, and her eyes. He stood there at a standstill for a moment.
'Those eyes…..they're the same as that girl's. Sapphire eyes, but this one shows fear and hurt, not joy and happiness.'
He kept staring till Kagome slapped him into reality. He yelped and rubbed his face, he gave her a piercing glare of gold. She blushed from her illness and, 'Was she blushing because of me?' "Hey girl, if you're thinking of me liking you, you got another thing coming. I already have too much and don't think you're special in anyway." He sneered as Kagome grew more livid. She was beginning to make motions on her hands to strangle him. "You also have a short temper, you're all bashed up, honestly, who do you think you are to try and seduce me."
She had enough and just as Inuyasha was about to enjoy the harvest of anger, he suddenly had chickadee crap falling on his head. He looked up and a cry of anguish was heard.
*SPLAT*
He was now fuming and livid with anger as the crap which was like glue and had little brown worm looking-like things on his hair and face began to drip. The chickadees headed over to Kagome as she silently thanked them with a tender smile. Inuyasha, on the other hand, gave chase to the chickadees and began running like an idiot with dung on his head, which was true. He ran with arms extended in front of him as the chickadees chirped in terror of the dung monster.
Inuyasha began running faster. He couldn't run well with dung covering his whole face blocking his view. "GRR, I'M GONNA GET YOU BIRDS AND I'LL MAKE SURE THE CATS EAT YOU UP AND SPIT YOU BACK OUT AS A HAIRBALL!" He threatened aimlessly at a crab that was on the sand. The chickadees gathered over to Kagome's finger as she petted them and put her finger in the air signaling the birds to fly away. They tweeted by mistake and Inuyasha gave an 'Aha!' as he ran straight towards Kagome, tripping over shells, bugs, rocks and whatnot.
"I found you! DIE YOU BIRDS!" He pounced on Kagome who had looked only to see Inuyasha charging like a wild bull at the last minute as he pounced, leaving the two to fall on the ground with Inuyasha on top of Kagome in an awkward-like position. He noticed that he sat on someone. He wiped away the dung and saw Kagome wince in pain a bit before turning livid with anger as she pointed to her brow. She was covered with poo that was slowly covering her whole face and had a dark look on her. "Eh heh, oops?" He stepped back as Kagome's face became large with smoke coming out of the nose like a demon. She picked up a pan from the ongoing battle of the girls vs. pervert, and the pan quadrupled its normal size as she ran after Inuyasha. He had the index finger, pinky finger sign and began running for his dear life.
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[A.N: Just to say, I'm not sure, but the index finger and pinky finger sign is a 'promise sign' in Japan or something. I'll call it the 'promise sign' from now on. Sorry if I'm wrong.]
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Kagome was in her bedroom, lying on her stomach on her bed after taking a bath. Kagome was confused and lost. Her mind was clouded as she clutched her head and cried. She didn't used to be this way, and then, that happened. She took in a sharp breath. Why did she constantly keep thinking about that?! Her tears touched the jewel she had on her necklace. She grasped it and turned on the waterworks on full power. All because of this, her life was in constant pain from the ordeal. Her soul was battered and stabbed with malevolent memories. She also felt ailing from her illness, and so she began to slumber and wait till dusk.
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"Gueh~ what the hell happened? God, I fell like my head hit a brick wall or something." Inuyasha woke up from his 'sleep, rubbing his head vigorously as Akane shouted to Sango that Inuyasha was awake. He was lying in the hospital wing on a bouncy bed. He felt his hand go to the center of his head. Inuyasha was now sporting a lump on his head and sat up. "Hey Sango, what happened man? My head has a huge bump!" He listened to what Sango had to say but kept almost collapsing from sleep every now and then. Apparently, Kagome had caught up to Inuyasha and whacked him, leaving Inuyasha twitching like a rat on steroids or something as a infuriated Kagome stormed up the stairs to the bath with the dung leaking off of her.
"And that's what happened. It's surprising that pan actually got through your diamond skull." Sango said with a haughty expression. Inuyasha glared. "We all thought you had a concussion or something. You should really leave her alone you know?" Inuyasha huffed. "She was discovered all wounded and pale. I bet she had it tough in the past. She's a mute and can't do everything you can. Give her a rest." She folded her arms as Inuyasha gave a 'Feh!' She turned away and faced Miroku, who across the room from Inuyasha, with a grunt of disgust. He had lumps all over him with bandages being stuck on him. He had his body all disconnected and looked like a ball of human yarn.
Inuyasha stared and sweat dropped. He spontaneously asked, "Say, that girl looked seriously sick" He mentally slapped himself. 'Damn! Why the hell did I ask that?!'
"Oh? Inuyasha, why do you care all of a sudden?" Sango gave him a wry look as she leaned forward at the hanyou. Inuyasha gulped and backed away a bit before leaning forward also, facing Sango straight in the eye.
"It's because my mom would kill me if anything happened to the fiancés!" He said stupidly. That was a lie but Sango left him alone and turned away. "But seriously, the girl was ill and she's not in the condition to do anything." He mentioned it to Sango as she was fighting to keep the urge of squealing come out of her mouth.
"Anyway Inuyasha, you should stay at your bedroom. It should be better since you lost a little sense when you got hit on the head." Akane pointed to Miroku and Inuyasha hastily agreed. He got up and limped himself into his bedroom which took him down 4 flights of stairs, seventeen turns and bumping a hundred times onto everyone. He didn't know he was being scrutinized by someone.
At last he finally made it to his bed and sunk onto the mattress, thinking about what Sango said. He thought about it over and over. How hard could it be not to talk? 'Feh. She isn't anything I have to worry about right now. She probably was pretending to be injured.' Then he remembered how she winced when he landed on her. It was obviously from pain, but he betted it was from having her makeup messed up or the fact that she was going to have to take twenty baths to get the poo off completely. But, even though he was never reluctant to believe that, he somehow really felt that the girl was really in pain. Inuyasha remembered how the girl had been so sick and why he had asked that. He was frustrated and put his head hard on the pillow, causing the mattress to squeak.
'That bandage on her arm it did have blood. Her eyes were so fearful too.'
He 'Feh'-ed one more time and fell sound asleep as night fell and a faint rhapsody while the chirping of sparrows and chickadees accompanied the song. Once again, unknowingly to him, a pair of eyes was in constant surveillance then disappeared with the shadows.
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In a gloomy forest two figures completely dark are conversing in the glade of the woods while a mysterious dark breeze blows.
The gibbon moon had shone weakly as the light was filtered through the thick canopy. "Well? Do you have the information girl? What is happening?" One figure snarled at the other. "Speak up. I don't have all day. If you want it, say it quickly!" The figure sped up to right in front of the other.
"Well, you sure are a precocious and impatient person aren't you Naraku?" A feminine voice floated through the atmosphere. "Fine, here's the information. You better be speaking the truth." The figure tossed a scroll that landed squarely in front of Naraku. He picked it up and chuckled. He held the scroll tight as it faded to the shadows of the woods. A mist began to appear and surround Naraku as he chucked something else back. The figure caught it and its raven hair was glimpsed from the moonlight's milky beam. The woman had ebony hair, but her face was dim, so only her hair and body was visible.
"Kukuku~ so I am a contemptible person. Is that so wrong nowadays?" He came out of the shadows as well. He was dressed in a baboon pelt showing only his sly smile etched upon his face. He and the figure began to disappear as well. "Getting a little desperate I see. Well, we have much to do if you want your plan to succeed. At least two months. Remember your part of the plan." He turned and smirked as he dissipated in the shadows. The woman simply swerved also with a mysterious vial held in her hand. It was the size of a pill with a dark, onyx liquid. She inspected it by holding it between her index finger and thumb. The substance inside shook as the woman walked to the depths of the forest, showing a dangerous evil aura as the birds flew off, chirping to escape the malevolence. She sneered as she began to grow fainter.
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Inuyasha woke to the sound of the flora and fauna. He thought it was the crack of dawn and kneaded his eyes. He stretched and yawned with little droplets in his eyes. However, he noticed it was dark and the night still young. He once again heard another melody, this time not sad but it had been the same one as the lullaby in last night's dream. He tensed his ears to listen only to find the rhapsody stopped. He cursed for this was the second time the music eluded him. He decided to go to the balcony to see who it was. He jumped and ended up on the railing. He saw a shadow sprint to the castle as chickadees and birds dispersed from their previous perch. He ran to go meet the mysterious vocalist. 'I have to meet this person. I have to. The vocalist must be heading upstairs; I'll stop 'em in their tracks.' He was fueled by the flame to come face to face with the person who sang such a melody.
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A/N: Oi, so~ tired. Remember, this is a foundation chapter. I'm not sure if it's okay. If it isn't, tell me and I'll revise it. I had a major writer's block in the middle, so it's rusty. Gomen! Sorry!
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