Chapter 8: At The Beginning
A gust of wind blew by as they released their embrace, their hair quavering. Kagome walked up to the tree and touched it's rough, smoky bark. She began to sing.
"We were strangers, starting out on a journey. Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through." Kagome turned to face him, tears welding up in her eyes. "Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing, at the beginning with you."
"No one told me, I was going to find you. Unexpected, what you did to my heart." He walked up to Kagome. Then they both sang together, the same words, the same notes.
"When I lost hope, you were there to remind me, this is the start." They both stared up at the trees, wind fluttering past them.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." Inuyasha took her hand in his and they peered in each other's eyes.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." Inuyasha pulled her to him, hugging her gently.
"We were strangers, on a crazy adventure." Kagome sung, then Inuyasha sung instead.
"Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true." Inuyasha and Kagome then sung together again.
"Now here we stand, unafraid of the future, at the beginning with you." Inuyasha took her hands in his and they swung around like children as they sung, memories flying past them like the world as they turned.
"You look pretty dumb there Kikyou. The Kikyou I knew wouldn't just sit there. Why don't you just finish her off like you did me?" Inuyasha complained as he peered down at the young fifteen year old from the future for the first time. He was stuck to the tree with that arrow.
"Kikyou, Kikyou, KIKYOU! Who ever she is she's not me, because my name is Kagome! Ka – go – ME!" Kagome shouted at him from the ground.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going." They sung merrily.
"C'mon Kagome." Inuyasha looked at the girl staring at him. "What?"
"Well, it's just that you've never said my name before." Kagome smiled.
"Yeah, what of it?" He questioned.
"Well, I'm beginning to think you like me more now is all." Kagome stated cheerfully.
"Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing." Inuyasha lifted Kagome up like she were to be flying and they sung louder and prouder than before.
"Kagome... you smell kind of nice..." Human Inuyasha complimented from on her lap.
"Huh? I thought you made it clear before that you hated my scent!" Kagome said, surprised.
"I know...I did...I was...lying..." Inuyasha closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." Inuyasha set Kagome down on the ground.
"Well I'm not afraid! Naraku is a terrible demon and we have to stop him!" Kagome ranted to a wounded Inuyasha, both sitting in front of the Bone Eater's Well.
Inuyasha suddenly took Kagome's hand in his and pulled her to him, embracing in a tight hug.
"Inu...yasha?" Kagome questioned, blushing.
"I was afraid. I was afraid that you might've gotten hurt. I was terrified." Inuyasha said and closed his eyes.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning." They sung.
"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked at the top of the hill, looking down at Kagome coming out of the well. "I told you never to return!"
Kagome ran up to him, tears welding up into her eyes. Inuyasha looked shocked. She fell into his arms, hugging him tightly.
"Oh Inuyasha... I thought I was never going to see you again! I thought you might've died from your injuries because you didn't come back for me this time! I need to see you again!" Kagome hugged him more tightly.
'She needed to see me?' He thought, looking down at her, surprised. "Kagome..." He managed to say.
"I'll be there when the storm is through." They smiled at each other.
Koga shouted down on all of the wolf tribe members, Kagome, and Inuyasha and the gang from atop a large cliff.
"And don't even think about touching my woman!" Koga yelled.
"What!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Is this true?" Sango questioned.
"Ahh...no! It's not true! It's just wishful thinking..." Kagome managed to sputter out.
"I knew it! I knew nothing was going on between you two!" Inuyasha shouted up at the wolf demon tribe leader.
"She's the perfect woman for me. She's loyal to her friends, she's strong, and she can see the jewel shards. I'm in love with you Kagome!" Koga yelled down to Kagome.
"HUH!?" Inuyasha screamed. Kagome just stood there, a look of complete and udder pure shock drawn on her face.
"In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." They looked deep into each other's eyes before Inuyasha dipped Kagome gently downward, both singing.
"Inu...yasha?" Kagome wandered up to a demon Inuyasha, tears daring to fall from her eyes.
"Don't come any closer!" Inuyasha growled at her.
Kagome was now just a few feet apart from him. She closed her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.
"Inuyasha... SIT!" Kagome said to him. His prayer beads glowed and he was sent straight to the ground with an oddly loud thud. He looked up from the ground, sitting upwards.
"Hey wench, what was that for?" He shouted at her. Tears flew down Kagome's cheeks and she collapsed on top of him, embracing in a hug.
"Inuyasha! I thought that you were gone!" Kagome sputtered into his kimono.
"I knew there was somebody somewhere." They both sung at the same time.
"Kagome... you must really love this guy." Yuka stated to Kagome.
"What? But how can I..." Kagome began but was interrupted by her other friends.
"Of course you do!" Ayumi cheerfully commented.
"Yeah, it's written all over your face!" Eri smiled at Kagome.
"But..." Kagome said confused. 'I don't love Inuyasha... do I?' She asked herself, thinking.
"Helped me look through the dark." They sung, a large gust of wind nearly blowing them off of their feet.
'Inuyasha.... oh...Inuyasha... INUYASHA!' Kagome cried in her thoughts, tears staining he cheeks. Kagome peered up at the God Tree, wind blowing her hair all around. She stood up, gently touching her teardrops.
"I now see it. I must love Inuyasha. Before I knew it, I have grown to love him so much..." Kagome whispered, eyes glazed with sadness and pure heartbreak.
"Now I know my dream will live on. I've been waiting so long." Tears began streaming down their faces as they sung.
"You see Inuyasha..." Kagome began, sitting on the edge of the Bone Eaters Well. Inuyasha stared at her anticipating what she was about to say.
"All this time everyone has told me that I was the reincarnation of Kikyou. And I never really believed we ever had anything in common. But now I see it..." Kagome turned her face to look at him, wind caressing her hair and face. She turned away again so Inuyasha couldn't see her face.
"I realized that me and Kikyou do have something in common. We both have the desire to be with you. When I realized that we shared that bond, I felt a lot better." Kagome stood up and faced him.
"Do you mind if I ask you a question Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"What?" He stared blessedly into her eyes.
"May I please stay with you Inuyasha?" She pleaded.
"You mean... you actually want to stay with me?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome nodded.
"Let's go Inuyasha." With that, Kagome took a hold of his hand and they walked down the hill away from the well. "No matter what you choose to do, where to go, how you do it, I'll be with you and take care of you. I'll always be by your side..."
Inuyasha squeezed her hand and they both looked into each other's eyes lovingly.
"Nothing's gonna tear us apart!" They sung and their echoes were heard through the forest.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." He spun her around a few times before backing up to the tree with his hands at her waist, bringing her with him.
When he got to the tree he leaned against it and pulled her to him, staring deeply into her eyes, gently skimming her soft, tear stained cheek with his fingers.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly, still gazing down at her, they're eyes locked with each other's.
"Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing on." They both sung. Then Kagome sung by herself for a moment.
"Starting out on a journey." She sang.
"Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." They both bent down so they were just inches away from each other's faces.
"Mmmmm..." Kagome hummed. They breathed in and out. Finally, Inuyasha leaned in all the way and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her passionately.
They released the kiss, and turned to face the God Tree, arms around one another. They pondered all of their memories together, and all of the future ahead of them.
A gust of wind blew by as they released their embrace, their hair quavering. Kagome walked up to the tree and touched it's rough, smoky bark. She began to sing.
"We were strangers, starting out on a journey. Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through." Kagome turned to face him, tears welding up in her eyes. "Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing, at the beginning with you."
"No one told me, I was going to find you. Unexpected, what you did to my heart." He walked up to Kagome. Then they both sang together, the same words, the same notes.
"When I lost hope, you were there to remind me, this is the start." They both stared up at the trees, wind fluttering past them.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." Inuyasha took her hand in his and they peered in each other's eyes.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." Inuyasha pulled her to him, hugging her gently.
"We were strangers, on a crazy adventure." Kagome sung, then Inuyasha sung instead.
"Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true." Inuyasha and Kagome then sung together again.
"Now here we stand, unafraid of the future, at the beginning with you." Inuyasha took her hands in his and they swung around like children as they sung, memories flying past them like the world as they turned.
"You look pretty dumb there Kikyou. The Kikyou I knew wouldn't just sit there. Why don't you just finish her off like you did me?" Inuyasha complained as he peered down at the young fifteen year old from the future for the first time. He was stuck to the tree with that arrow.
"Kikyou, Kikyou, KIKYOU! Who ever she is she's not me, because my name is Kagome! Ka – go – ME!" Kagome shouted at him from the ground.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going." They sung merrily.
"C'mon Kagome." Inuyasha looked at the girl staring at him. "What?"
"Well, it's just that you've never said my name before." Kagome smiled.
"Yeah, what of it?" He questioned.
"Well, I'm beginning to think you like me more now is all." Kagome stated cheerfully.
"Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing." Inuyasha lifted Kagome up like she were to be flying and they sung louder and prouder than before.
"Kagome... you smell kind of nice..." Human Inuyasha complimented from on her lap.
"Huh? I thought you made it clear before that you hated my scent!" Kagome said, surprised.
"I know...I did...I was...lying..." Inuyasha closed his eyes and fell asleep.
"Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." Inuyasha set Kagome down on the ground.
"Well I'm not afraid! Naraku is a terrible demon and we have to stop him!" Kagome ranted to a wounded Inuyasha, both sitting in front of the Bone Eater's Well.
Inuyasha suddenly took Kagome's hand in his and pulled her to him, embracing in a tight hug.
"Inu...yasha?" Kagome questioned, blushing.
"I was afraid. I was afraid that you might've gotten hurt. I was terrified." Inuyasha said and closed his eyes.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning." They sung.
"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked at the top of the hill, looking down at Kagome coming out of the well. "I told you never to return!"
Kagome ran up to him, tears welding up into her eyes. Inuyasha looked shocked. She fell into his arms, hugging him tightly.
"Oh Inuyasha... I thought I was never going to see you again! I thought you might've died from your injuries because you didn't come back for me this time! I need to see you again!" Kagome hugged him more tightly.
'She needed to see me?' He thought, looking down at her, surprised. "Kagome..." He managed to say.
"I'll be there when the storm is through." They smiled at each other.
Koga shouted down on all of the wolf tribe members, Kagome, and Inuyasha and the gang from atop a large cliff.
"And don't even think about touching my woman!" Koga yelled.
"What!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Is this true?" Sango questioned.
"Ahh...no! It's not true! It's just wishful thinking..." Kagome managed to sputter out.
"I knew it! I knew nothing was going on between you two!" Inuyasha shouted up at the wolf demon tribe leader.
"She's the perfect woman for me. She's loyal to her friends, she's strong, and she can see the jewel shards. I'm in love with you Kagome!" Koga yelled down to Kagome.
"HUH!?" Inuyasha screamed. Kagome just stood there, a look of complete and udder pure shock drawn on her face.
"In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." They looked deep into each other's eyes before Inuyasha dipped Kagome gently downward, both singing.
"Inu...yasha?" Kagome wandered up to a demon Inuyasha, tears daring to fall from her eyes.
"Don't come any closer!" Inuyasha growled at her.
Kagome was now just a few feet apart from him. She closed her eyes and placed her hands on her hips.
"Inuyasha... SIT!" Kagome said to him. His prayer beads glowed and he was sent straight to the ground with an oddly loud thud. He looked up from the ground, sitting upwards.
"Hey wench, what was that for?" He shouted at her. Tears flew down Kagome's cheeks and she collapsed on top of him, embracing in a hug.
"Inuyasha! I thought that you were gone!" Kagome sputtered into his kimono.
"I knew there was somebody somewhere." They both sung at the same time.
"Kagome... you must really love this guy." Yuka stated to Kagome.
"What? But how can I..." Kagome began but was interrupted by her other friends.
"Of course you do!" Ayumi cheerfully commented.
"Yeah, it's written all over your face!" Eri smiled at Kagome.
"But..." Kagome said confused. 'I don't love Inuyasha... do I?' She asked herself, thinking.
"Helped me look through the dark." They sung, a large gust of wind nearly blowing them off of their feet.
'Inuyasha.... oh...Inuyasha... INUYASHA!' Kagome cried in her thoughts, tears staining he cheeks. Kagome peered up at the God Tree, wind blowing her hair all around. She stood up, gently touching her teardrops.
"I now see it. I must love Inuyasha. Before I knew it, I have grown to love him so much..." Kagome whispered, eyes glazed with sadness and pure heartbreak.
"Now I know my dream will live on. I've been waiting so long." Tears began streaming down their faces as they sung.
"You see Inuyasha..." Kagome began, sitting on the edge of the Bone Eaters Well. Inuyasha stared at her anticipating what she was about to say.
"All this time everyone has told me that I was the reincarnation of Kikyou. And I never really believed we ever had anything in common. But now I see it..." Kagome turned her face to look at him, wind caressing her hair and face. She turned away again so Inuyasha couldn't see her face.
"I realized that me and Kikyou do have something in common. We both have the desire to be with you. When I realized that we shared that bond, I felt a lot better." Kagome stood up and faced him.
"Do you mind if I ask you a question Inuyasha?" Kagome asked.
"What?" He stared blessedly into her eyes.
"May I please stay with you Inuyasha?" She pleaded.
"You mean... you actually want to stay with me?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome nodded.
"Let's go Inuyasha." With that, Kagome took a hold of his hand and they walked down the hill away from the well. "No matter what you choose to do, where to go, how you do it, I'll be with you and take care of you. I'll always be by your side..."
Inuyasha squeezed her hand and they both looked into each other's eyes lovingly.
"Nothing's gonna tear us apart!" They sung and their echoes were heard through the forest.
"And life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. Life is a road, now and forever wonderful journey." He spun her around a few times before backing up to the tree with his hands at her waist, bringing her with him.
When he got to the tree he leaned against it and pulled her to him, staring deeply into her eyes, gently skimming her soft, tear stained cheek with his fingers.
"I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly, still gazing down at her, they're eyes locked with each other's.
"Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing on." They both sung. Then Kagome sung by herself for a moment.
"Starting out on a journey." She sang.
"Life is a road and I wanna keep going. Love is a river and I wanna keep flowing. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." They both bent down so they were just inches away from each other's faces.
"Mmmmm..." Kagome hummed. They breathed in and out. Finally, Inuyasha leaned in all the way and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her passionately.
They released the kiss, and turned to face the God Tree, arms around one another. They pondered all of their memories together, and all of the future ahead of them.