Well, I decided to get a head start.
Last chapter, a few people had asked me about the…insert I used. Truthfully, it was a poem I received in an email several months ago called If I Knew!! If you would like me to email you one, please let me know either in a review or an email, either is fine. And the poem thingy in this chapter is from an email, too. If you want that one, please specify which one you would like to receive.
Well…I guess…I'll get started!!!
Chapter 20 (my longest story! Thanks guys!!)
The following weeks after Sota's death, things were a little sluggish for everyone. Even friends Kagome didn't even know she'd had attended the funeral. And, of course, who was by her side the whole time? Inuyasha. In fact, he'd hardly left the Higurashi household, let alone Kagome's side! During those few weeks, those two got to really know each other.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much
That you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
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When the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times we
Look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
"Inuyasha! Please! You've been here nonstop for the past two weeks! We're fine! You can go home now!" Kagome shouted at the hanyou that sat very comfortably in the couch half asleep watching tv.
"Please…this is almost over…" he said not even knowing what Kagome had really even said.
The girl gave a shrug and landed on the couch with her hands buried in her face. This is hopeless… she thought. He won't leave and I can't even get him to move! Mom's gunna be furious again… "You know. Last time you stayed this late, my mom got really mad."
"…"
"She was about to chew you out for stickin around so much."
"…"
"My grandpa's getting really mad at you too, hangin around like a lost mutt."
"Hey!"
"That's what he said!" Kagome said defensively.
"…What else did he say?"
"You're hopeless…idiotic…stupid…"
Inuyasha smirked. "Well…hey! Do you hear that?" he asked looking around – the room getting deadly silent. Kagome strained her ears to hear anything above normal. "Can't you hear it?" he asked again.
"No. What am I listening-"
"There! Did ya hear it! It's the sound of no one caring!" The hanyou received a playful slug as a result. "I'm just joking, geeze."
"I know." Kagome stood up and yawned. "I'm going to bed. If you're still here in the morning, I will personally shoot you."
"Ooo, I'm scared!" Inuyasha joked. He got up as well, seeing as things would be boring once Kagome was up in bed. … ! Wait…he would get bored without her?! Since when…Oh well… "Um…guess I'll see you in class then?"
"Yep," Kagome said from the stairs. "Night."
"Night. Sleep tight," he said quietly. "Remember, if you need anything, you know where I am." Inuyasha gave one last call up.
"I know!" Kagome yelled back in response.
Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile
To make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
"I'm forgetting something…" he told himself again and again walking home. "Stupid…damn! What is it!!" the hanyou pulled out a house key and walked inside. A sudden small weight was added to his foot. Inuyasha looked down to see what it was. "You! That's it! I knew I was forgetting something!"
"Yea! I've been starving because of you!" Shippo yelled stamping hard on his guardian's foot.
"Ow! Damn kid…it's not my fault you're orphaned!" Inuyasha said as he walked to the kitchen for some food. "What the hell… there IS no food! SHIPPO!"
"I told you I was starving!!"
Picking between the few options he had, Inuyasha decided a late night fast food joint was best. "Come on runt, we're goin for some food…"
"Bout time! Sheesh!"
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go;
Be what you want to be, because you only have one life
And one chance to do all the things you want to do.
"Uh…thanks, Inuyasha. For the food."
The hanyou looked at the kid crumple up his burger wrapper. "Whatever, kid. It's only cause I was hungry too. It's not like I would have done this is we woulda had FOOD at home…"
Shippo mocked him as best as he could. " 'Whatever kid.'" He said quietly.
"What's that?!" Inuyasha shouted, causing Shippo to slink down in the booth. "Yea. That's what I thought." Several minutes passed and very few people remained. Shippo yawned and rubbed his eyes. "You wanna go home?"
The kid nodded. "I'm tired."
"Let's go." Inuyasha said walking out with the small kid trailing. He even tried to conceal a yawn, and eventually arrived home.
Shippo immediately went to the couch in the living room and curled up in the corner of the couch. Inuyasha walked to his room and shut the door. Instead of immediately getting into bed, he opened the window and sat on the ledge. The stars were out shining bright tonight. The moon showed about a quarter gone, meaning a new moon soon. Oh well, he thought. Things haven't been so bad lately. Well… except Kagome losing her brother, but that's another story. Inuyasha looked at just the right time to see a shooting star. Kagome… please…be happy…
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,
Enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
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The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
They just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Kagome took a break from her studies to take a look out the window. It's a beautiful night… the stars are bright and the moon is magnificent, despite being near gone. She leaned thoughtfully against the sill and out of the corner of her eye, saw a shooting star. "For you… Inuyasha…"
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past;
You can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
Both smiled, and walked to bed, each thinking of the other. "Good night…" they said, dozing off with no sign of regret, remorse, sorrow, anything. Just the purest pleasure of knowing that the other will always be there. No matter what…
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end,
You're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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A/N: phew! Time for bed!! Once again, both the "inserts" used in the last 2 chapters were poems from an email, if you want them let me know somehow…whether it be a review or an email.
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Preferably a review!!! -wink–cheese!-
You guys are awesome. I don't know if I'd be this happy without you guys right now, nor would I have the stamina to continue on…
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I HOPE I HAVE ENOUGH STAMINA ON MY OWN TO CONTINUE!!! … ????
Well…im goin sleepy time…SKLEE!
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