Ahem, yes, I'm back from the dead. Gomen, minna-san, for the long wait. I don't even expect a lot of reviews since people probably forgot about this fic. But hey, I'm doing it for fun. But reviews always make me stop procrastinating and get me working.
Anyways, my other fics are still on hiatus and even my easy one "Inuyasha's Diary" will be on hold. I'm almost going to graduate High School so my teachers are packing us with as much work as they can before then. U.U So having free time to write is getting rare now.
I want to thank the people who reviewed from chapters 1 to 6:
Kusi-chan, Lover, diamond, MysticalWoodElf, lucrezia-senda-nyght, melissa, animeinvasiongirl, cherrie grl, Falconstar, XiaoFa, Miss-Sexy-Ass-Kicker, Mystic Neko-chan, TsaraKitty, fox-demon, eek, sorena, zel no miko, Lady-Ravenclaw, JJ, Ore Goddess of Wonderland, hiro-0911, Kayasha, Laura-chan, DemonBlade, Emcronia, kaaira, chris, Kiyoshi-neko, Snowgirl, Sasali the Snowgirl, Sabrina Black Snapeish, -_- ain't telling, ExT fan (hisoka), demon-heiress, Aiko-chan, Lin-Ysh, vicious-wolf, Merialiss, Kells Hanyou, aurora borealis, Silver Ninja, occasional wanderer, IndygoDusk, TsukinoDeynatsu, xOxQtAzNGurLxOx, Cloudie, Haruna, Pyro, LilFoxgirl, Inu-Baby, Purple Rose, Inuki, Lil Sarang, RyuichiFanGirl, DemonAni.
Bold and not bold so you can find your name better. Anyways, sorry I can't respond to all those reviews. It's really late and I'm trying to wrap this up. I still need to finish my gov't essay, study for the test, do my child development homework, and it's gonna be 12 AM!! Gah! I'm so dead.
Um, I know there was more I wanted to say, but I seemed to have forgotten...
..Oh yeah! Below are the translations to the song from chapter one. Lightning (who changed her name cause her profile got deleted, which sucks really hard) translated it for me. I kept forgetting to post it the with fic:
Dodemo ii to nagesutete kita (It's ok
that I was thrown away)
Yume mo aishiteta koto mo (Because I came with my love for my dream)
Kasuka ni nokoru yume tsukande mo (I will
do my best to catch my dream)
Nani mo kawaru hazu nakatta ga nai (Nothing will change, everything
will be alright)
Hajimaru koto kanjita no ni (I felt the feeling that it was going to start)
Fuann dake ga sakibashiru (Only rejection holds me down)
Negau koto wa tada makennai ashita wo matsu ( I won't give up my wish!
I will not lose, I will wait till tomorrow comes again)
I don't wanna cry
Mo ichi do aishite mo ii? (May I love you one more time?)
Kogoeteru furueteru watashi ga iru (I am here for you, forever and always)
Nando demo futari de ikite yukitai yo (I want us to live together, just the
two of us, over and over again)
Anata no koe wo kikasete hoshii (I want to hear your voice)
Kowashitakunai futatsu no kokoro ( I don't want my second heart to break)
Mune wa mo harisakeso (My heart feels like it will burst)
Tsuyoku natte kimete kitainoni ( I decided to be strong, but...why?)
Namida ga tomaranai....Doshite? (Why don't my tears stop?)
Hajimari wa nando demo aru (There are lots of ways to start)
Sono kimochi wo wasurezu ni (I don't want to forget that feeling)
Negao koto wa tada owaranai yume wo (I won't give up my dream,
not until I'm done-...)
I don't wanna cry
Honto ni aishite mo ii? (May I really love you?)
Kokoro kara dakara, ai ga afureru (It's from my heart, that's why you
can see love-...)
"Nando demo futari de ikite yukitai" ( I want to live with you, just
the two of us, over and over again)
Anata no koe ga amaku sasayaku ( I can hear your voice clearly)
(Guy)
I just wanted you, just wanna try
Don't wanna loose you; don't wanna cry
Hope you will give my love another life
You just believe me, I'd rather die for you
Hajimari wa nando demo aru (There are lots of ways to start)
Sono kimochi wo wasurezu ni ( I don't wanna forget that feeling)
Negao koto wa tada makenai ashita wo matsu (I won't give up my dream!
I won't lose, I will wait till
tomorrow)
I don't wanna cry
Mo ichi do aishite mo ii? (May I love you again?)
Kokoateru furueteru watashi ga iru ( I am here, forever and always)
"Nando demo futari de ikite yukitai" ( I just want to live with you,
just
the two of us, over and over again)
Anata no koe wo (Your voice,...I want to hear it)
I don't wanna cry
Honto ni aishite mo ii? (May I really love you?)
Kokoro kara dakara ai ga afureru (It's from my heart, that's why
you can see love)
"Nando demo futari de ikite yukitai (I want to live with you, just the two
of us, over and over again)
Anata no koe ga amaku sasayaku.... ( I can hear your voice clearly)
I don't...wanna.....cry-.......
Anyways, enjoy minna-san. I'm gonna head off to bed now so please be kind and review. And sorry it's a bit shorter than previous chapters. I wanted to finally get it out, so, yeah, my author's note might just be longer than the fic ~_~ lol. Ahem, so the next part I'll try really hard to get out ASAP. Can't promise though.
P.S. Don't you just hate it when you feel you're forgetting something but you can't think of it, yet when it's too late, you remember? ~_~
Enjoy nonetheless...Please review!!!
The Life of a Star
By Inuyasha-loves-Kagome (A.K.A. Inu-chan)
Disclaimer: No own. For fun.
~*~^_^~*~
They arrived at the hospital in no more than 10 minutes with Inuyasha holding Kagome's cold, clammy hand the whole time. He felt that if he let go, the energy he was trying to transmit to her would disappear and she would leave him. He began to wonder how, in such a short period of time, he had come to care so much for someone he was only using. But the truth of the matter still remained: He cared about her. A lot. Love was still a ways away for him to tell, but caring about her seemed like enough for now. He just wanted her to get better.
Once there, the nurses made a dash for the emergency room, running at top speed and not stopping for anything. Inuyasha wanted to be with her the entire time, but once they entered two large wooden doors with a sign that said "No Admittance. Staff only", he knew he could follow no further.
When has that ever stopped you before? A tiny voice in his head argued. When you want to do something, you pretty much always do it.
He wanted to follow the voice's advice because that meant he could be with Kagome, but the doors opened again and a short, slightly old nurse walked through. She had a black eye-patch over her right eye and Inuyasha could see the sadness in her left one.
"Oi," Inuyasha called out to her, wanting to catch her attention. And catch it he did. She looked up at him and didn't seem to care about his rudeness. "Did they say anything yet?"
She shook her head sadly. "Sorry young man. It's too early to tell yet. But"-sigh-"it doesn't look good."
Inuyasha's insides felt like they were lurching and he felt them tighten. Might not make it? He didn't want to believe it. A girl like her didn't deserve this. She had been hurt already, what with the murder of her family. He looked pleadingly at the nurse. "Please, tell me if there's anything I can do."
The old nurse looked deep into Inuyasha's eyes and saw nothing but pure concern and raw emotion for the girl. She tried to be as understanding as she could be. "Pray. That's all you can do for her. Pray to the gods that she'll be okay." And with that she went on her way down the hallway.
Inuyasha just stood there, alone, with a feeling of complete uselessness filling his entire being. He wanted to growl, he wanted to tear things apart. Of course, his reasoning side knew that wouldn't help Kagome at all. Instead he let out of breath of exasperation and plopped himself down on one of the waiting chairs, running his hand through his hair. His face was twisted in anger and misery.
"Leave me alone, I already told you!"
Inuyasha looked up at the sound of the familiar voice, totally wondering how she could be so loud at a time like this. Damn them! Don't they know this is a serious matter and yet they're arguing!
Many nurses stopped in what they were doing and saw a very angry Sango followed by a red-hand printed Miroku, who still had a grin, despite everything. "Sango dear," Miroku cooed, "don't deny your feelings for me any longer."
Sango blushed, but still exploded. Oh how she wished she had something large to hit him with! "What are you talking about, you pervert?! I HAVE not feelings for you! Especially after you tried to grope me so many times!"
Miroku shrugged. "You deny them but I know you love me." This only sent him grinning like a fool.
Sango turned on him, ready to punch him to a pulp. She raised her arm…
…but was stopped by Inuyasha. He had grabbed her hand at the last minute and she looked at him with confusion. He looked ready to beat them BOTH into a bloody pulp. "Uh, guys, for your information, Kagome is in there sick, and you guys are out here fighting." He was amazingly calm for someone who was worried and yet had to deal with this.
Both of them were sweatdropping and cowering from the threatening look on his face.
Finally, after calming down, Inuyasha sat down in a huff, feeling total exhaustion reeling its ugly head. Sango saw how concerned he was and felt touched. Inuyasha…despite acting the way you do with her, you care a lot for Kagome, don't you? She decided to ask if they knew anything about her condition yet.
Inuyasha shook his head. "So far, only a one nurse had come out. She said it didn't look good." He ran a hand through his hair. "It's still too early to tell."
No sooner were the words out of Inuyasha's mouth than a doctor came through the door where they had taken Kagome. Inuyasha stood up like a bullet and all three of them waited patiently for the doctor's words. By the look on his face, it didn't look good.
"So what's the word doctor?" Sango asked, her sisterly instincts for Kagome taking over.
"We managed to find out what was wrong. Apparently some poison entered her system. It managed to get through her bloodstream so we had to take out a lot of her blood in order to stop it from spreading to her heart and brain. She was lucky to get here when she did. Any longer and she would have died."
This sent the three of them into great doses of relief. Who could have poisoned her was something they decided to figure out later.
"However," the doctor continued, catching their attention again, "she needs a blood transfusion or else she'll die."
"Well, get her one!" Inuyasha yelled out, feeling they weren't out of hot water yet.
"We can't. Blood is in short supply right now, what with the large bombing that happened a while back. We need more donors but haven't managed to find more."
"Well, one of us could give her some blood," Miroku replied.
"Which one of you is an O+?"
Miroku and Sango lowered their heads. "I'm an A," replied Sango. "And I'm an AB," said Miroku.
Inuyasha was glad that he had the power to transform. His blood type was O+, but because he was a human, none of his demon blood would get into Kagome. He decided to volunteer, anything to get Kagome better. "I'm O+."
All three of them turned their heads to look at him. The doctor looked absolutely excited. "Really, young man? Oh this is wonderful! Come then! We'll get you prepped to give blood."
Giving one last look at Sango and Miroku, Inuyasha stepped through the doors, ready to save the life of a girl he was beginning to care about.
~*~^_^~*~
The calm swooshing noise of the large tree as the wind caressed it branches filled the air, serenading the world into a state of peace. Shippou was out in front of the shrine sweeping the steps while Asaka was out buying the weekly groceries. She had offered for him to go as well, but he declined, deciding it was better to stay and do the rest of the chores.
Shippou was getting in deep and he knew it. What had started out as a simple (or not) assignment from his friend Inuyasha turned into something complicated. He was here to do a job and help a friend and nothing else! So what if Asaka was nice, pretty, friendly, understanding…
He shook his head furiously, trying to get her out of his head. Concentrate baka! You're here to figure out what happened the night of Kagome's family's murder and that's all!
The only problem with that was that no matter how much he tried, she was always present in his mind...
Shippou sighed audibly, misery beginning to be form inside his heart. The wind picked up speed then, blowing his deep orange ponytail to one side. He stopped sweeping a moment to look off at the tree, its magnificance swallowing up the entire shrine. As it seemed, no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get the tree to talk to him. It was as if the power to communicate with nature was lost forever, dimished as the generations went by.
No. I can't give up. This is important to Inuyasha. He made a promise and he needs this information in order to keep that promise.
A feeling went through him then, one that was like a jolt to his soul. It had gone as quickly as it had come, but immediately he knew where it had come from. As if in a trance, he dropped the broom and walked over to the tree. Something was pulling him towards it and he was powerless to stop it.
He lifted his hand up and touched the roughness of the bark. A weak, hollow voice was echoing in his head...
"...killed them...marry...refused...she...danger..."
Then, just like that, the connection was broken...
Shippou dropped his hand in shock and shook his head, trying to keep the weird feeling out. It was almost as if he had been asleep and had now just woken up. He had heard and memorized every word though. He was going to make sure Inuyasha knew about it.
"Shippou-san?"
He almost jumped out of his skin as he recognized the voice calling out to him. He looked off towards the shrine entrance where the voice had come from and saw Asaka with the bag of groceries. She was looking at him curiosly. "Are you okay?" she inquired. "You look as if you've seen a ghost."
Shippou blushed a deep tomato red and back away from the tree. "Nandemonai! (Nothing!) I was just...gazing at the tree." He looked up at it and tried to hide his emotions. "It's quite...nice."
Asaka smiled at him but didn't move from where she was standing. "Yes, that family has been here even before the shrine came to be. It's very old. I heard over 500 years old."
Shippou knew she wasn't lying. He could sense it. It's ancientness was practically pouring out in waves along with its strong magical aura. Sighing, he walked back and took the broom. "Well, I think I'll go sweep the back now."
He turned and walked away. Had he stayed or turned around to look at her, he would have noticed the guilty look that was surfacing on her face...
"I'm...sorry..."
~*~^_^~*~
"I wouldn't do that if I were you..."
"Oh yeah? And why not?"
"Cause you might find your brain splattered all over the pavement."
Sesshoumaru grinned, completely amused with the comment. "Hm, it seems to don't know who I am then. No one points a gun at me and lives to tell the tale."
The man didn't have to know Sesshoumaru to know that he was intimidating enough to beat the crap out of him. He hid his fear behind his gun like a boy hiding behind his mother's dress. He kept himself calm. He was here to do a job and there was no way he was going to fail.
Before he could even blink, however, Sesshoumaru had charged forward with incredible speed, lifting his leg and slamming his foot against the side of the guy's head. It has shocked him so much that he went flying backwards, his grip on the gun loosing enough for Sesshoumaru to jerk it from his grasp and make a grab for it. With it in hand, he pointed it at the stunned man on the floor, not even bothering to hide his anger. "Alright a**hole!" he yelled. "You're going to talk and tell me who sent you and why, or else YOU'LL be the one with the brain all over the pavement!"
He wasn't scared to die actually, and there was no way he was going to talk. It was betrayel. "No," he replied simply.
With no hesitation, he pulled the trigger...
**
The police car drove away and Sesshoumaru, his hands in his pockets, watched it go out of sight. In the end he had been merciful and let the man live. The bullet had connected with the sidewalk, mere inches from the man's head. He had decided it was better to let the police interrogate him. THEY would make him talk!
For right now, Sesshoumaru decided to go home. He needed some time to think and rest. He would visit his father tomorrow and then hire a private investigator to look into this. Being as rich and powerful as his family was, he knew this had to be someone trying to ruin them through death rather than business.
He was determined to find out who was behind all this...
~*~^_^~*~
The blood transfusion had gone with no complications, something Inuyasha was grateful for. As he rested in his hospital bed, he silently thanked the gods for saving Kagome's life. He didn't know what he'd do if he'd lost her.
Turning his head towards his right, he saw her as she lay there, still a bit pale, but with more color than when the transfusion had begun. When did it happen? he thought silently and tenderly. When did you become the most important person in my life? Why did you have to be so wonderful and amazing? He wished he could reach out and stroke her hair, but the beds were too far apart. You're just a lonely girl who's lost and scared. But don't worry Kagome. I'm here and I'm gonna try my best to get rid of your grief and pain. I won't let you go through this alone.
His eyes were heavy again and he decided to let sleep take over him...
Thank you for saving her...I...love...
To be continued in part 8...^_^