Gomen ne for taking so long!!! Last week was bad. I had my computer business project STILL because my teacher extended the due date and I didn't have it done so I really working on it. Then I wanted to write it during the weekend so I could post it Monday, but my dumb brother took over MY computer for 2 days playing Pokemon Crystal! No matter what I would tell him I couldn't get him off!
Well, the good thing is that I FINALLY got this chapter done. I hope to have one more out before Spring Break (which starts next week). Then during Spring Break I'm going to work on it really hard and try to get more than one part done. Maybe I can go as far as getting it done done, as in up to the ending ^^ I hope. It all depends on what happens during my break.
Anyways, the responses to reviews:
bookwrm580: Hehe, I'm glad you like the Shippou/OC romance. I tried to make it interesting since Original Inuyasha character/OC doesn't seem to attract too many people. Ahem, not that they aren't intersting. It's just sort of hard though, you know? Cause the OC is one you never saw in the anime so you need to get to know this character. But if the author doesn't write that character well, then the fic sort of fails. Eep! I hope that doesn't make anyone mad! Thanks for reviewing though =)
Jay: Just grumpy? Okay then. Thanks for reviewing =)
WhitneyLin: Awesome? Really? Thanks! ^_^ Hope you like this part! Thanks for the review :D
CorruptedAngel: Well, that review was...intersting...^_^ Thanks for reviewing! =)
superbakagirl: Lol, that chant was seriously in my head for a LONG time = But I liked it ^^ Thanks for reviewing! :D
KawaiiAngel: Update here! ^_^ Hope you like! Thanks for the review ^_^
hyperchica11: I hope you do remember cause I'm curious :P Thanks for the pixy sticks and cookies though! They were yummy lol! Thanks for reviewing! :D
whoobonhooaglo: I knew I was gonna leave mix feelings. I don't know WHY I did that. It was like, sad part, happy part, sad part, happy part. I should not have done that. Oh well. In response to your guess, ugh, I wish I could say something on it, I really do. Even if I e-mailed though I wouldn't have been able to do it. Any sort of information would kill it all. You guys would pretty much be able to guess the answer if I gave any info. I'm sorry. You'll just have to wait and see if you're right. But guess what I will do since I feel like I'm being mean?
This chapter dedicated to whoobonhooaglo, hyperchica11, Jay, bookwrm580, and KawaiiAngel! You guys have been there for me the most throughout this fanfic (well, ever since I got back with it after being gone for many months). And I even had one reviewer say that they knew if they had been patient I would eventually update and I did. I had that review saved somewhere but I think I lost it. Gomen. I'll dedicate the next chapter to you too k? Thank you for all the support you've given me! ^_^
Fic update: Still *might* last more than 5 chapters till I end this. I'm gonna change some things (the genre or theme or whatever won't be angst, drama, for a while). I'm gonna give them all a break and let them have some fun. This fic is now writing itself since I had different summaries on the episodes made, but it's okay. I like this new storyline I'm writing. It's definitely better and it will be funner to write. I had writer's block with the way I was writing it before so I'm glad this plot started to get a mind of its own and changed itself around. Major things will be discovered in the next couple of chapters. I hope I can finish one more chapter before Spring Break and then finish the entire fic during break. If I do then I'll send a chapter a week and that will give me time to write the chapters to my other unfinished fics (some of them not Inuyasha fics either). But we'll see. Pray for me and wish me well please ^_^ God bless (or whatever god(s) you believe in)
So go ahead and read! I hope you all enjoy it! This is another chapter I REALLY feel proud of and responses to it (A.K.A. reviews *hint hint*) would be GREATLY appreciated!!! If you review, I'll give you ice cream~!
The Life of a Star
By Inuyasha-loves-Kagome (A.K.A. Inu-chan)
Disclaimer: Me no own.
~*~^_^~*~
"Whoo hoo!" Kagome exclaimed, pumping both of her hands in front of her and smiling so broadly one would think it would fall off her face. She had reason to smile. She didn't know the last time she felt this good. For some strange reason, everything seemed like it was actually going right in her life. Her friends were with her, Suboshi hadn't visited ever since he dropped off the flowers (although she was grateful she had been asleep through that), and lastly, she felt a bit more confidence in Inuyasha. Although she hadn't trusted him at first, because he had saved her life she knew wasn't so bad. There was no way to doubt in him anymore. There was no way he was with her because he wanted something...
Sango giggled at the obvious happiness of her friend. I haven't seen her this happy since she became a singer and made all her dreams come true. Sadness crossed her features and she felt a chill at the memory. Too bad she knew nothing but sadness after that...
"Sango-chan?"
She turned to look at Kagome and blinked. "Huh?" came her unintelligent answer.
Kagome felt a bit of concern for her friend. Above all, however, she felt major guilt. She had heard from Miroku how worried Sango had been about her. Tears prickled her eyes but denied them permission to fall. "I...I'm sorry I worried you..."
A wave of joy swept through Sango, not joy from Kagome's guilt but the same joy she had felt when the doctor told them that Kagome would be fine. She stepped forward and engulfed Kagome in a hug. "It's okay Kagome-chan. As long as you're okay, that's all that matters."
Kagome returned the hug with ferver, the tears now spilling. "Arigatou Sango-chan."
"Sango? Kagome?"
Both of them stopped hugging and looked over at the door. Miroku was standing there with confusion. He had stepped out to see what Inuyasha was doing. "Are the two of you okay?" He didn't like the fact that both had tears spilling.
Kagome and Sango looked at each other and laughed. This was what Kagome was missing..."Hai Miroku," Sango answered, wiping her tears. "Just talking."
Miroku smiled comfortingly and walked over to them, both of his hands tucked into the pockets of his pants. "Girl stuff?"
"You could say that," Kagome answered.
Sango's eyes went wide then.
...-_-;;
"HENTAI!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*SLAP* *SMACK* *WHACK*
Sango huffed and walked towards the door. "I'm going to get something to eat. I'll be back later Kagome-chan."
"S-Sure Sango-chan," Kagome answered, looking at the swirly eyes @_@ Miroku on the floor. It was better if Sango left to clear some steam.
"Feh. That guy never learns, does he?"
Kagome's head immediately whipped up as she looked at Inuyasha. Her broad smile was back in a mila-second. She got out of her bed and ran over to Inuyasha, engulfing him in a hug. Inuyasha was startled by this sudden show of affection. "Wha-wha-what?!" he questioned, backing away, a large blush on his face.
She decided to relish in the warmth that was Inuyasha. She looked up at his blushing face. "Can I talk to you for a while?"
"About?" He didn't get this girl sometimes, but regardless, he still loved her and meant to help her, protect her, and do whatever she asked of him.
She pulled away, causing Inuyasha to feel emptier than he had before. She grabbed his hand and began leading him outside. "Just come. It's really important."
He had no choice but to allow her to pull him forward.
Miroku, meanwhile, got over the sever beating he had recieved from Sango. He got up, a bored look on his face. It was in fact of look of just waking up from a misty dream. He looked around for everyone, but, realizing there was no one else in the room, decided he would go search for Sango. He wanted to show her how much he "appreciated" her.
~*~^_^~*~
Sesshoumaru entered his office the next day. He was in a good mood because as it turned out, his father was going to be allowed to leave the hospital. He had fully healed, all thanks to his demon blood.
He had yet to hear from Detective Jaken (*ahem*) however. He knew it was too early, but he was still counting on him to get him the information he needed in order to get the baka who had sent that man to kill him and who had tried to poison his father.
As he was sitting at his desk, looking through some paperwork his secretary had given him when he had arrived, the phone went off. One of his eyebrows arched upward. The only way phone calls were supposed to get to him was through his secretary, who then told him who wanted to talk to him.
He picked the phone up. "Suukou Youkai Jitsugyou (Supreme Youkai Industry), Daimyou Sesshoumaru speaking."
"................You're little business is about to meets its end...." *Click*
Sesshoumaru hadn't even gotten a chance to answer. Growling, he slammed the phone down on the receiver and then ran a hand through his hair. Dammit! Who the hell is behind all this?!
He picked up his phone again. "Kaoru, I want you to call the police and ask them if they can install a phone tracer into our phone system. Tell them some nut is threatening us."
This time he set the phone down and procceeded to get back to work, although he knew it was going to be more difficult.
~*~^_^~*~
By the time Kagome had stopped leading him, they had reached the roof, a wonderful place where many patients like to escape to when they wanted to get away from the nurses and just be alone. Kagome had never been up there yet, but one time an old man had passed by her room muttering about annoying nurses and their medicine and how he was going to the roof to get away from them for a while.
Inuyasha, on his part, was having little fantasies about what Kagome wanted to be alone for. So far, out of all the ones he had, this one was his favorite:
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"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, running into his arms and hugged the lights out of him. He didn't care though. He was content to just have her there, always in his arms for all eternity.
And, just like with almost all guy fantasies, he made himself look more dashing, older, and more hansome. His deep amethyst eyes shining with love for her as he smiled charmingly. "Kagome, my love. Ever since I found out I was in love with you, I wanted to tell you the truth, to share my love with you. I'm sorry for lying to you all this time."
Then she would look up at him with her beautiful pale blue eyes. She didn't look mad. On the contrary, she looked overjoyed. "It's okay. I understand. I understand everything koi. You just needed to keep your promise to your mother." She grinned. "But she was right, you know. You have found the one you were meant for."
"Kagome..." he whispered, cupping her face with one hand and bending down till their lips were a mere inch apart. "Will you marry me?"
"Hai..."
Then their lips would meet in the softest kiss, the one he had dreamed about.
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Oh how cruel was reality.
Kagome let go of his hand and went to the edge, holding onto the rail and watching the healthy leave and sick enter. A tireless cycle that never ended. There was a slight breeze blowing, causing her hair to fly around her, making it look like a black flame. She sighed and faced outwards. "Inuyasha...I-I wanted to thank you for what you did. You...saved my life, even when I've been such a jerk to you."
Inuyasha just stood off to the side slightly, gazing at her from her side profile. His own soft hair was dancing with the wind in sync with hers. "You don't have to thank me for anything. I just did what was right."
She turned to look at him, the wind now whipping her behind her. "Did you mean it?"
He blinked, not understanding. "Mean what?"
"What you said back then. About how you want to heal my sadness and pain."
He remembered. He would always remember telling her that. It was something he had felt even before he realized his feelings. She always seemed so hurt, so in pain, far worse than any demon could do physically. He hated that look. It was the same one his father had when his wife died. He never wanted to see that look again.
"I meant it."
It was as if that was the key thing to say. Everything Kagome had kept bottled up inside came flooding out as tears spilling, wetting her face. She didn't just sob, this time she was crying out loud, her cries pain filled and wanting to be killed by the warmth only love could give. She rushed forward and hugged Inuyasha, crying into his shirt. She gripped it with her hands as hard as she could, as if she never wanted to let go.
Inuyasha had been shocked at first, but then realized he had done it. He had succeeded in getting her to trust him. Before he wouldn't have cared about anything else. This had been his goal. But now...now things were different. This was not only succeeding in gaining her trust, but it was also his chance, nay, his opportunity to show her how he felt. He would never do anything to break the tie the two of them had finally formed.
"They..." Kagome cried out, "They left me all alone! It was...it was my first concert! I had just become what I had always wanted to be! My dream of being famous was so close! My family...they had supported me throughout it all! They always believed I could do it! They encouraged me to follow my dream and never give up! That first concert...it was dedicated to them! I wanted...I wanted them to be there, to watch me as my dream became a reality! They promised they would be there!" Her hand tightened on his shirt, her knuckles turning white from the pressure. "But someone took it all away from me!!!"
Inuyasha's heart was breaking at her confession. His arms tightened around her. So that's what happened...Shippou was right. He then felt incredible anger and hate towards the one who had done this to Kagome. He knew that if he ever found out who it was, he would personally rip out his guts and serve it in bowl!
They stayed like that for what seemed hours. It had taken a while for Kagome's crying to minimize itself down to quiet sobs, mostly because she was replaying the scene of when she had found them over and over in her head. It was causing the pain to come back, to even hurt 10 times stronger, but thanks to finally letting it all go and sharing it with someone, at least this in depth, it made the pain dull a little till it was almost not there. She had always heard that sharing her problems with someone who understood was the best way for it to hurt less, but she had never really believed it until now.
When he heard her sobs quiet and her breath even out, he knew she had exhausted herself. He arched his head to look at her sleeping face. I knew crying that much would eventually wear her out.
He softly picked her up bridal style so he wouldn't disturb her sleep, and carried her off back to her room. Sleep would definitely be good since she was scheduled to be allowed to leave tomorrow.
~*~^_^~*~
(A/N: Contrary to what this part is saying in ways of description, they are NOT doing anything other than kissing k?)
The moon shined through a darkened room, filling it with it's angelic colored light. A piece of that light shined down on the face of a young boy, one with deep orange hair, although the dark made it seem a dark brown color. The rest of the light was shining down on the girl sleeping peacefully in his lap, a content look completely apparent on her face.
Sleep would not hold forever though, as the fox demon young man disguised as a human lazily let one eyelid slide open, revealing the dark emerald orbs underneath. It moved around, trying to identify where it was, before the other eye opened and decided to let the vision become broader.
They slid downward and spotted the reason he felt weight on his legs. Shocked coursed through him and the eyes responded, completely opening as wide as the plates he had eaten off of. He stayed stiff, not wanting to disturb the blue haired angel resting. Did I...did we just sleep close to each other?
His face flamed and he tried to think of a way to get her into her bed before she woke up and thought many terrible things about him. He definitely didn't need this right now.
While he was thinking about it, she decided to be kind and wake up so she could get into bed herself. Both eyes batted open and she tried to figure out the reason for the comfortable warmth and smell that was surrounding her better than any blanket ever could. She lifted her head, her hands supporting her. She felt legs and quickly whipped her head around to come face to face with a tomato faced Shippou looking at her with dread as if she had grown ten extra heads.
"Shippou?" she asked uncertaintly. He had definitely been waiting for her to scream "pervert!" and then smack him. But it didn't seem like she was bothered at all. In fact, was it his imagination or was there happiness there in her eyes behind the confusion?
He shook his head. "I-I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean anything! I swear! It was just...I was...you were..."
She smiled kindly and brought a hand up to cup his cheek. "It's okay Shippou. I don't mind. In fact..." she took her hand back and red tainted her cheeks, "I'm glad I woke up near you."
Shippou should have known she wouldn't be bothered by the way she had responded to his kiss last night. His blush cooled down a bit and he smiled, showing her he too was happy. "Asaka..."
"Hmm?"
He turned her face back towards him, cupping her cheek. In actuallity, he hadn't gotten enough of her last night. He was still hungry for more. He wanted to prove to her that he cared about her. How he had grown to care about her this much was a mystery to him, but he didn't care. All he cared about was her and her well being.
The moon observed the two youngsters in love drown themselves in love.
~*~^_^~*~
Before anyone knew it, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. Many people were in good moods, and for the first time since before that terrible incident a few years back, no one was in a better mood than Kagome. As soon as she had woken up, she felt lighter than she ever remembered feeling. It was the best feeling in the world and she hoped from then on that she would continue to feel it.
Sitting up in bed, the smile never leaving her face, she looked all around the room. No one was around, which she thought was odd since her friends were always around. Maybe they went somewhere really quick.
She knew it was the day they were going to let her, and she also knew that she wasn't allowed to have a concert or do anything to difficult for a few days. She rolled her eyes at that. I bet the minute I'm allowed to go on with life, Suboshi will want me to start working again.
There came a knock on her door, and since she knew none of her friends would knock, she went over to open the door. What she saw on the other side made her eyes bug out. Jake was standing there, looking a bit embarrassed, yet happy. All around him and stretching at least half way through the hallway were flowers, cards, roses, balloons, stuffed animals, candy, anything someone who was sick could dream of getting as get well gifts. And, yeah, there was even a large red banner drapped over everything. In Japanese writing it read "Nao(tte)(te)(re)!!" (Get Well). (A/N: Gomen, I'm still trying to learn which form the verb takes when you want to put it in a form that isn't infinitive. So if you can tell me the REAL form, then please tell me in a review. Thanks! ^_^).
"Jake-san," Kagome said, breathless. "Are all these from...?"
He nodded, knowing what she was going to say and deciding to finish it. "From your fans. They've been trying for a long time to get through security but they've been denied. Ever since you got in here they've placed themselves outside the hospital, waiting to hear if you were going to be okay. Finally security relented and allowed them to at least let them give you their gifts."
Kagome was touched. They were all worried about me. Even though they don't know me. Minna-san...arigatou...
"Hey Kagome!"
She turned around at the mention of her name and saw Miroku, Sango, and Inuyasha all looking at the gifts with puzzlement. Sango was the only one who looked happy as well. Miroku was just downright confused, and Inuyasha seemed to be a little upset by it all. He was frowning at the gifts.
Kagome would never guess right then the reason for his displeasure at all the gifts given to her. He was deep in thought as he looked through it all, trying to see at least one thing out of the ordinary. I wonder if that bastard also wanted to send her something. Maybe one of those gifts is actually something dangerous for her, something filled with poison or something. I'll need to check later.
Sango pointed to it all. "I'm guessing it's all from fans."
Kagome nodded, a happy smile on her face. "They were all worried about me. I wish I could figure out a way to repay them."
Sango clapped happily, an idea already forming on her head. "How about one more concert here in Tokyo before you leave? One as a way to say thank you? You could introduce new songs, have all the gifts on stage for everyone to see that way they know you reall appreciate them, and even tell them how happy you were."
Kagome brightened at the idea. "You know what Sango? I like it! I can tell Suboshi. I know he'll say yes. He says yes to everything I say."
Inuyasha's head immediately sprang up then as he looked at her. Dammit. Why is it that everytime that bastard is mentioned, I get the chills? Could it be I don't like him even though he never really rubbed me the wrong way before?
He decided instead to tell them about his super cool plan. "Listen up all of you." All three, including Jake, looked Inuyasha's way, all of them curious. "As a way for Kagome to relax rather than work, I say we all hit the mall for a day, then do something else the next day, and then something else the last day."
Everyone blinked. Inuyasha decided to explain himself more. "Baka's! The doctor said Kagome couldn't do anything too hard. Which means it's better that she relaxes. Three days should be a good deal. We'll hit the mall the first day, a theme park the next, and on the final day decide on somewhere else and see where we all agree on." He looked at Jake. "And of course you can come since you're Kagome's friend and bodyguard. She'll need someone to protect her from fans who recognize her."
Kagome was extatic! It had been sooo long since the last time she had had fun. She definitely needed a vacation. She rushed forward and engulfed Inuyasha in the biggest hug ever! "Arigatou gozaimasu Inuyasha!! (Thank you Inuyasha!!)"
He blushed. Sango and Miroku smiled, both thinking the same thing.
Matchmaker time!!! ^_^
And so it was decided. Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Jake would all go on a three day vacation and have some fun for a change.
This would DEFINITELY prove interesting...^_^
To be continued in part 11: A Day of Fun! (finally decided to give away the name like some authors do)