Luna: Kombanwa Minna-san! I decided to get off my lazy butt and write finally.
Veron: Yup.
Luna: I bought so many CDs with my birthday cash...
Elephunk- Black Eyed Peas
In the Zone- Britney Spears *shrugs* Hey I liked the song 'Toxic'
OOT soundtrack- Zelda/ Ocarina of Time
WW soundtrack- Zelda/Windwaker
Vol 1 of underground dj rave music
and Veron gave me Darren Hayes disc Spin. Course it doesn't work....
Veron: ^_^;;
Luna: And Kagome-Chan burned t.a.t.y for me! The russian disc of t.a.t.u. ^_^ I have soo many cd's to listen to now -_-
Veron: What are you listening to now anyway?
Luna: OOT disc, currently Kokiri forest ^_^ *hums along*
Veron: *sigh*
Luna: By the way, THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE STORY! THE NEXT ONE SHOULD BE AN EPILOUGUE UNLESS I DECIDE TO MAKE IT RUN LONGER!
Luna: Also DOMO ARIGATOU TO ALL OF THE REVIEWERS THAT WISHED ME HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! BIG HUGS, INFINTE BAG OF POCKY(ANY FLAVOR) AND SOME MINT FRIED MONKEYS FOR ALL OF YOU! *glomps you all*
Veron: *grins* On with the show!
Disclaimer: I own LOTS of CDs, but not Inuyasha or its characters, or Chobits-gumi for that matter. It be cool if I did though! Not, I'd screw everything up ;;
~Chapter 19: Wish upon a star...~
Chii blew a few strands of stray blonde hair back from her vision as she sat on the patio. Her amber eyes glowing in the warm embrace of the early spring moon light. Smiling, she subconsiously ran her delicate fingers over the familiar textures and grooves of the ring on her left hand.
The giant clock tower's digital numbers blared dark red with the current time as deep bells chimed from within its program.
1 bell...
2 bells...
3 bells..
4 bells...
5 bells...
6 bells...
7 bells...
8 bells...
And so the baritone voice of the towers chimes ceased to a soft hum until the young persocom couldn't hear its calming tones any longer.
With practiced grace, Chii leapt off of her perch on the patio railing, before stepping inside the apartment. Sitting down on the other side of the small table, she gently brushed a few locks behind her ears. When a soft shuffle of footsteps and a few mumbled curses caught her attention, with a smile, her eyes locked onto the door.
The door made itself ajar as a tired Hideki blundered his way through, his brown eyes weary and his form slumped. With a sigh, he removed his shoes and dumped his back pack by the doorway, before shutting the door behind him.
Chii stood up and angled herself behind him, her gentle hands removing his jacket silently. She tiptoed around him, giving him a brief kiss on the cheek before setting the coat on its hook.
Instantly, his posture straightened and his face took on a more energetic hue as he watched Chii go about her work, preparing his dinner.
That's right...his dinner.
She'd never be able to eat.
Or drink.
Or even-
Hideki cut his thoughts off with a quick shake of his head. He knew this when he first chose her, and just because of that obstacle didn't make his feelings any less stronger for her.
It only made his lust for her stronger and harder to control. But with gritted teeth and a false smile, he kept it at bay. Because his selfish desires were not worth enough to make Chii forget everything about herself.
" Hideki?" Chii called, her eyes wide and worried as he simply stood there, his eyes gazing off into space at the wall.
" Hai. I'm fine, don't worry." Hideki smiled and playfully ruffled her hair, before sitting across from her.
"Here." She slid his cup of noodles toward him, before handing him a cold can of cola.
"Arigatou."
Chii smiled in return, her eyes turning to watch the flashing lights of the night life below. Hideki ate in companionable silence, but his eyes drifted off to the side, watching the wall behind Chii's still form. He licked the remaining broth off of his lips before continuing to eat.
This was the same meal that he had first seen Chii try to eat.
He winced mentally at the thought at what had happened to him when he saw that. It was stirring the feelings back up inside of him. He bit his lip, pleading in his mind to make it bleed so that he could focus on the dull pain instead.
He didn't notice Chii's gaze turn to him as he fought his inner turmoil in silence, his noodles forgotten in his grasp.
Chii looked over at Hideki, her eyes soft and depressed in understanding. She knew what he was thinking off, if his physical state was any indication.
She resisted the urge to snort. One of the many things that she was picking up from being in constant contact with Kagome and Inuyasha. She really needed better examples sometimes.
Chii envied Kagome and Inuyasha's contact. They had no bars. No obstacles to fight anymore. As much as she was happy that they were finally together, she couldn't help but feel jealous of Kagome. At least when Inuyasha was 'dead' they shared the common fact of not being 'one' with their special someone.
Hideki wasn't truly aware of everything she was capable of. If she was capable of loving someone in return, she was also inclined to physically desire them in return. But that's where she was stopped.
Her body prevented her from doing so.
Chii frowned slightly, not realizing she had been staring at Hideki throughout her forlorn musings.
Hideki looked over at her, his eyes concerned.
"Daijabou ka Chii?"
Chii's eyes grew even sadder and she threw herself at him, knocking him down along with the cup of noodles and the table. Her head burrowed into his shoulder and she held him tightly.
"Chii?" He whispered softly, laying his head on her shoulder.
" I'm so sorry..." Chii whispered, her voice nearly inaudible.
Hideki blinked.
"For wh-"
It was then that she looked him in the eyes, and he caught himself starting to blush at what he found in those deep golden pools.
She wasn't as innocent as she used to be was she?
Hideki held her to his chest.
" It's not your fault."
" I know...but-"
"It's not your fault. Just because of that doesn't mean I'll stop loving you." Hideki whispered with conviction.
Chii smiled sadly as her eyes grew half lidded.
" I know."
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Kagome waved farewell to Rin as the young taijya ran off to go to class, Jinenji running beside her. She sighed happily, as she watched the spring breeze caress the soft yellow flowers that seemed to shimmer in the warm sunlight on the lawn.
Inuyasha and Miroku had shut themselves up in Miroku's apartment, desperately trying to meet the deadline for the next issue of the famous manga. She stifled a giggle at the thought of when Inuyasha rushed so fast out the door that when he tried to kiss her, he missed and kissed her persocom Shippo on the forehead instead.
Sesshomaru had taken Jakken with him on a buisness trip in America, leaving Freya and herself to tend to the large home along with taking care of Rin. Which seemed to work in her favor, as both Rin and Freya missed Sesshomaru greatly and Kagome needed a place to crash that wasn't so empty as her apartment with Inuyasha was now that he was staying with Miroku for the time being.
The miko hummed a soft tune as she continued sweeping the sidewalk up to the door, her blue grey eyes glittering in soft rememberence of the song. It was Souta's favorite song from a videogame he used to play. She just couldn't for the life of her remember which game it was. All she could remember was that it was a rather sad tune but it was the one she most enjoyed. It always played on the starting screen when he turned it on.
She had visited her family's grave site not too long ago. And had left flowers for them, Inuyasha even seemed disheartened, especially when it came to her sibling's grave. Even though he acted emotionless, she could see it in his eyes he was depressed over it. Sure, Ji-chan had annoyed him with his scrolls, but her mother had treated him nothing short of a son, something he probably hadn't felt in ages, and Souta had treated him like the brother he never had, it was probably another tragic memory relived, to see his surrogate family all dead before his eyes.
But he had thought she hadn't heard him whisper a promise to her mother's grave. She had, but never mentioned it.
" I'll always protect Kagome. I swear it."
She smiled sadly, before continuing her chore, when two persocoms came into view.
" What's wrong Chii, Freya?" She asked, looking over the wide eyed girls.
" Youkai!" Chii breathed, her eyes wide with fright. Freya didn't say a word, merely nodded in agreement, before ushering her younger sister into the house, but not before tossing Kagome's well worn bow and quiver toward Kagome.
Kagome's fact turned steely as she dropped the broom off to the side and notched an arrow, her eyes cold and calculating as her senses scanned the area for the aura of the demon.
She blinked.
From the right!
"IKE!"
She turned and shot the arrow, its shaft surrounded in a shimmering pink light as it cut through the snake demons flesh.
Without a second thought, she notched yet another arrow and released the bowstring. With a slight smile of satisfaction, she watched the demons body twist and wither away. Silently, she slid her bow and quiver over her shoulder, going back inside the house, leaving the broom to lay forgotten.
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Freya, Chii, and Kagome all sat crosslegged in a circle, all silent as they mulled over the earlier events.
" Why would a demon attack us? We have nothing of value." Freya spoke, breaking the tensioned silence.
" Yes we do." Kagome replied, never taking her eyes off of the lip of her cup of water.
" We do?" Chii asked, her gold eyes curious and scared.
" The Shikon no Tama."
" But you said yourself that with Inuyasha's wish the jewel had lost most of its power, not even the strongest demon or miko could sense it!" Freya cried, unable to keep her cool about the whole situation since they were the only ones there.
" But Inuyasha's wish was to return. So when he did, and alive as well, the power was restored. Demons are after it once more. But now it'll be much less then when we were in feudal times. There are considerably less demons now." Kagome assured, placing a hand over Freya's and smiled.
" Yes, but what if you are not quick enough to shoot with a stronger demon? Sango and Rin are always training, Kohaku-kun and Jinenji never leave their sides. Inuyasha is human now and Miroku has no use of his kazanna and with Sesshomaru gone, how can we be sure of our safety?" Freya questioned, her voice clearly nervous though she tried to hide it behind an emotionless mask.
" I know I still need to work on my archery skills. But I'm all we have right now, and we'll just have to work with that for now. But don't think I'd purposely let you down." Kagome persisted, feeling rather put out and irritated that Freya would have such lack of faith in her.
" I didn't mean to sound offensive. Its just I don't want-"
" To die." Chii finished for her sibling. Her eyes were not sad, but more calculating and slightly embarrassed if you looked hard enough.
" I have an idea on how to make the shikon jewel powerless again." Chii murmured, her expression demure as she gazed at the plush carpet, awaiting a response from the other two.
" Then tell us." Freya said, her voice gentle, to calm her sister down enough to make her easy about her idea.
Kagome nodded in agreement and smiled reassuringly.
Chii looked up at Kagome.
" Chii is a persocom."
"Yes." Kagome agreed, wondering where she was going with this.
" And so is Freya."
Freya nodded.
" But Hideki is human. And will die earlier then Chii. And Freya will live longer then Sesshomaru-sama."
Freya gave her sister a sad look before slightly nodding in return.
" If Chii used it to wish herself to be human, Chii could be with Hideki and die with Hideki. And if Freya wished it to change herself to Sesshomaru's age, they would be one and die as one too."
Kagome smiled brightly enough to shame the sun on a summer day.
" That's perfect Chii!"
" You like it?" Chii asked tentively, her eyes surprised that the miko would take the notion so well. Freya looked just proud of her sister.
Kagome smiled softly as she rubbed her thumb over the bright surface of the jewel around her neck.
" It seems to me that we're going to have a little surprise on our hands."
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Inuyasha made his way into his aparment, his violet eyes weary as he slumped into a sitting postion next to Kagome on the couch.
" Hey." Kagome greeted as she placed her head on his shoulder, sighing in contentment as his arm wound around her, pulling her closer to him.
" Hey." He returned quietly, his voice showing how tired he felt.
"Rough week?"
"Yeah."
"What were you drawing?"
" When we first met Kouga."
Kagome smiled in amusement before kissing the boy on the cheek.
Inuyasha took the Shikon no Tama between his fingers and gazed at it critically. His questioning eyes looked up at Kagome's calm face.
" Why isn't it glowing?"
Kagome merely smiled and burrowed deeper into her lovers embrace.
" Someone wished upon a star."
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Sesshomaru immeadiately went on guard as he stepped into his home. Rin's scent was no where to be found, at a guess he would find that she wasn't present. But a demon was. But the scent was disturbingly familar, with great speed since he didn't sense Freya, he burst into their bedroom, leaving his baggage by the doorway forgotten in the living room.
"Freya?" He called out, his eyes hard and cold, but his voice revealing the worry he was feeling. His baritone voice echoed in the dark of the bedroom, the only illumination but a slim sliver of moonlight.
A shift in the bed covers to his right alerted him of the demons' presence. With a feral growl, his nails started to glow bright green, his gold eyes narrowed as they focused on the form on his bed.
" Reveal yourself demon."
And it did.
His eyes widened in surprise.
There was Freya, she was smiling sweetly up at him, removing her persocom ears to reveal two elf like ears. And in her smile canines appeared as her normal human like dental attributes dissapated. As these did, identical twin stripes of magenta appeared on her forearms and face, as did a small navy crecent moon upon her forehead.
"Welcome back Sesshomaru-kun." She greeted softly, smiling as the spring breeze caressed the skin of her thighs and made her thin black dress shift.
" Why-"
Freya stood infront of him and placed a delicately clawed fingertip against his lips.
" I asked a friend if I could wish upon her star."
Sesshomaru blinked, showing his utter confusion.
Freya smiled ferally, reminding him of his own expression moments earlier.
" Meaning I am no longer a persocom."
Meaning...
With a slight tinge of a smirk on his lip, Sesshomaru held Freya close to him as he took her lips with his own in an agressive kiss.
And only the moonlight was witness...
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Chii smiled as Hideki made his way back into the house, before dropping his groceries on the floor. With a sigh, he started to sort through the bags of goods, humming a tune. His eyes widened as he felt the presence of two arms wrap about his waist.
"Chii?" He asked, looking over his shoulder when he gasped.
Her persocom ears were gone!
"You aren't Chii!" He cried, prying the girl's arms off of him as he scrambled to the other side of the apartment.
The girl's golden eyes brimmed with tears as her amber eyes filled with hurt. Slowly, the tears fell, creating hot trails down her soft complexion, when she gasped. Lifting her fingers to her face, she pulled them away, her sadness forgotten as she gaze curiously at the droplets of water on her fingertips.
" I'm...crying." She finished, her eyes wide as she quickly wiped the moisture away.
With a slow pace, the girl placed a pair of persocom ears over her own human ears and smiled warmly at Hideki.
"C-C-C-hii?" He whispered softly, half believing this was a dream.
" Hai." She crawled over to him, before with a toss of her head, making the computer ears fly off. Smiling with a mischeavious grin, she sat on his lap.
" I'm dreaming. You can't be human. Can you?" He asked, looking down at her.
Chii merely smiled.
" A friend helped me."
"Kagome-Chan?"
To stop his further inqueries, she gently pressed her lips against his.
" I wished on the jewel. To be human, so I wouldn't be worried about living longer. Or..." She trailed off as Hideki looked abashed.
" You didn't have to. I love you just the way you are."
" I know. But I don't want to have my memories erased because of touch." Chii smiled and blushed as Hideki grew red.
The tension was suffocating, until Chii just couldn't take it anymore and kissed the poor boy for all she was worth.
Needless to say, it progressed much further as time went on.
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Luna: Well I do hope you enjoyed that little citrus flavored interlude. ^_^
Veron: Review onegai!
~*~Review Responses~*~
Dan-Chan: Deviates from the original point? To me the original plotline was Kagome's adventures while coping with Inuyasha's 'death' Now that he's alive that part of the story is over. And now the last part of the plot is finished. Chii and Freya can happily be with their loved one physically and until the both die. Now I just need to get the inspiration to write the epilogue...Thanks for supporting me for all this time with this story ^_^ *big hugs*
Veron: Good to know you parents let you finally read this fic of mine ^_^ Thank you so much for reviewing! Love you Nii-chan! ^_^ *hugs*
PuNkRoCkBuNnY182: *smiles and dances among the confetti* Thank you for the birthday props ^_^! Kouga as a movie star is quite a concept isn't it? I'll have Sesshomaru-sama with Tamahome on the side and Legolas dipped in caramel for dessert table five. Lol ^_^
IMPROVED Uber Rei Model 06: I totally agree with you. Poor Hideki V.V I was rather annoyed that they didn't kiss at the end of the series though. Oh well ^_^
StarRuby: Well angst is one of the major genres in this story! ^_^ Thanks for reviewing and thank you for the birthday thing ^^
evil ketchup dudette: Aw...thank you for loving my story! And look I updated! ^_^
Veron: But of course I'll keep up the good work. I wouldn't be your annoying black mailing older sibling for nothing now would I? I must write my story, wouldn't want an angry mob of reviewers now would I? *hugs*
Moonlight-Miko: Gee, I didn't know you were partially schizo ^_^ See! Now you have no reason to kidnap me! Mwahaha! ^_^
BlackGirl: Oh you poor thing, being obsessed with an anime none of your family likes is rather difficult. Oh well. Thanks for reviewing ^_^
fetchboy84: *evil laugh* Of course its suspensy again! Well not anymore seeing as how its nearly the end *sniffle* Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
ChipperChipmunkWeeeee : Wow, I'm so glad you were that determined to finish my fanfic! I feel so loved that someone would go out of their way to read it ^_^ And no worries, by next chapter this story should be done. Though I am rather sad about that. But I know many people enjoyed it so I feel satisfied. ^_^ If I could draw I would make it into a manga...Though someone did send me a fanart. No one sent me an email to see it *sniffle* Ty for reviewing!
Ayame13: Um..kay *backs away from the Rikku ordeal* Thank you for always being so happy with my story and in your reviews! *blushes* I'm not that good of a writer. *grins sheepishly* Thanks for reviewing! *hugs*
Sesshoumaru: *blinks* I'm actually deciding whether or not to be mean to you on this. But I'll bite my tongue seeing as how you are a reviewer and were just trying to make the story better ^_^
Though...that's difficult for Veron to stomach.
Veron: IF YOU'RE THE REAL SESSHOMARU WOULDN'T YOU BE BETTER AT SPELLING?
Luna: *sweatdrop* Shut up Veron.
Veron: Well...okay..since you claim to be the real Sess...in that case.
Can I marry you? *big eyes*
Luna: O.O Um...*knocks her unconsious and throws her in a closet* Ignore her request. I've seen Sess-sama's name spelt both ways. And seeing as how I've spelled his name that way throughout the whole story and there's only one chapter left, I'll just continue that way. I'll be sure to keep that in mind in my next fanfic. Thank you for reviewing oh great Sesshoumaru-sama ^_^ *bows*
SunsetSeve: ^_^ I hope your guess was correct ^_^
Dragon Tears Wing: Aw..thank you! And I hope you guessed right like Sunset-Chan up there ^_^ *eyes widen and attaches herself to your leg with big puppy eyes* Can I have your Jareth plushie? I'll love you forever if you do...*hugs your leg and refuses to move* Pwease? ^_________^ *begs*
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Luna: *is still attached to Dragon-sama's leg, begging for her Goblin King plushie*
Veron: HEY! DON'T WALK AWAY! SHE'S STILL ATTACHED TO YOUR LEG! AND I NEED TO PAY HER BACK FOR KNOCKING ME UNCONSIOUS! WAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIT!
*stops and turns toward the audience* REVIEW ONEGAI!!
Veron: *runs after Luna and Dragon-sama trying to retrieve the authoress
Luna: Pwease? I'll do your laundry! I'll even do your dishes!
Veron: NO! NOT THE DISHES!!
*voices trail off as the reader stares blankly at the screen*
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Mesmerizing voice: Press the blue button....you know you want to...