A/N: Yay! I is back, after a long and exhausting weekend. My comp was brokened all weekend, *sniff*, and I couldn't do any writing. So now I'm starting what should have been finished a long while ago.
But, dear friends, this may be a half-blessing in disguise. Having been completely thrown off of my train of thought, I had sufficient time to re-analyze my plans and make a few large edits. As such, the chapter list from the last chapter no longer applies... sorry.
Anyway, if I can pull it off, this chapter will be nice and dramatic, with a twist ending. o.o
And don't worry, stuffs in the future will be happy...
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
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Kinetics:
Track 18: Understanding in a Car Crash
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Splintered piece of glass falls in the seat, gets caught
Broken windows, open locks, reminders of the youth we lost
In trying so hard to look away from you
we followed white lines to the sunset
I crash my car everyday the same way
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"What are you talking about?" Kagome asked, an incredulous look on her face.
"Stop it with the façade already! We know you were playing us the whole time!" Miroku screamed.
"What are you saying?"
"What I'm sating is: DON'T FUCK WITH MY FRIEND'S HEAD!"
"I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!"
"Why are you still trying to hide it?"
"Hide WHAT?"
"The fact that you don't really like Inuyasha! The fact that you were playing him the whole time!"
"That's nonsense. Where is he?"
"He ran away somewhere after reading that note you wrote Kouga!"
"What note?"
"The one you left on his desk!"
"The only note I left anywhere near his desk was..."
"Spill it!"
"Sango's."
With that, Kagome darted down the hallway. She wanted answers, and she wanted them now. No, scratch that. She wanted them ten minutes ago.
Seeing the familiar girl standing a few feet away, Kagome didn't bother to stop. Instead using her momentum to spring n the girl, she pinned her to the wall and spoke furiously.
"What was in that note?" she spat.
"I already told you," Sango lied, fear evident in her voice, "it was a note to Miroku!"
"Bullshit! Why can't I find Inuyasha, then? Huh? Why is Miroku screaming at me?"
"Okay! So I... kind of forged a note from you to Kouga!"
"Why? Why would you do that to me?" she asked, almost breaking down to tears.
"Because I wanted to be your friend again!"
Kagome's slap resounded off the walls. "You wanted to be my friend? Are you on drugs or something! YESTERDAY you were my friend! Now... now I don't know what you are..." Kagome's head started to hang slightly. Inuyasha had been right about her, all along...
Sango looked down in shame. "I... I'm really sorry..."
"Bullshit," Kagome said calmly as she walked away. After turning the corner, she sped up to a sprint. She still had a copy of all of Inuyasha's keys, and he was supposed to have the car today.
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Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time runs through our veins
(it starts and stops and starts and stops again)
We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Staring at the setting sun
No reason to come back again
The twilight world in blue and white
The needle and the damage done
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Inuyasha sat silently, to tired to do anything. The stress, the shock, the surprise... he didn't want any more. He was fed up with it all, all the hidden cruelty's of life.
He shivered, and silently cursed himself for not taking the car. It was far too cold to be wandering about, especially at this time of day. He sighed as he watched the begin it's slow sinking along the horizon. Maybe this would be a release...
No. He and Miroku had gone through this before. They wouldn't think like that anymore. There was always a reason, they had decided, if you just look hard enough. Always a reason to go on...
Inuyasha sat for a while, thinking of what his reasons were. He decided that, even though he didn't have what he needed, a lot of other people needed him. To his father and Brother, they were the only reminders of his mother. To Miroku, he was a mutual partner in life. And where would Shippou be now without him?
"God damn you guys," he said derisively as he stood up, the thin layer of snow that had gathered on his body shaking off. "You've turned me into freakin', George Bailey." Leaving that thought on the air behind him, he set off on the long walk home.
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The broken watch you gave me turns into a compass
It's hands still point to the same time 12:03, our last goodbye
So push the seats back a little further
I can see the headlights coming
So push the seats back a little further
Roll the windows down and take a breath
I can see the headlights coming
They paint the world in red and broken glass
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Kagome gripped the wheel furiously, frantically searching the side of the road for any hint of the young boy. She was afraid... She knew Inuyasha was a strong person, but she also knew that he was a little irrational at times. She was afraid of what he might have done to himself.
And also... she was afraid of what he might do to her.
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Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time runs through our veins.
(it starts and stops and starts and stops again)
We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time to let this pass
(the time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Staring at the setting sun
No reason to come back again
The twilight world in blue and white
The needle and the damage done
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Inuyasha looked forlornly at the road as he walked along the side of the road. He was only vaguely aware of his surroundings. Thinking about everything that'd been happening recently, he solemnly shook his head. Why did life feel the need to use all of it's wild cards on him?
He looked up suddenly as he heard the screeching of car brakes. With an expression of awe plastered on his young face, he watched his father's black Honda Accord pull a mad sweeping U-turn, right off of the road, stopping inches away from a large tree. He expected the driver was his brother.
But he was proven wrong after watching an all-too-familiar girl step out, take a few hasty steps toward him and fall to the ground.
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I don't want to feel this way forever
A dead letter marked return to sender
The spinning hubcaps set the tempo for the music of a broken window
the cameras on and the cameras click
we open up the lens and cant stop
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Inuyasha rushed to the girl's side without thinking. Even with all of the day's events, part of him still felt like he needed to protect the girl. he wondered just exactly what all of that meant...
Before he knew it, he was helping her up, hearing mumbled "thank you"s. Then Inuyasha seemed to fully remember the girl's betrayal, and "hmph"ed as he stuck his nose in the air. Part of him felt guilty...
"Inu-kun... I need to talk to you," Kagome pleaded.
"Why should I trust you not to break my ears like you did my heart?"
"That's just it! I never wrote that note!"
"Why does it have your perfume all over it then!"
"To cover up the scent of the person who did write it, baka!"
Inuyasha was stunned. He hadn't thought of that possibility... Then again, in such a position, who would've?
"I don't believe you," he said simply.
"Come on! Look, do you still have that note I wrote you yesterday?" Inuyasha nodded. "Why don't you try checking the handwriting?"
Inuyasha looked dubious... however, that did not stop him from reaching into his pocket and grabbing the aforementioned note. After a brief comparison, he determined that the note was, in fact, written in a different hand. "How do I know you didn't write it differently just to trick me?" he asked.
"Come on! Look, do you really think I'd do something like that to you? After all the things we've said to each other? After all the things we've done with each other?"
Inuyasha's expression remained stoic.
"Look... I can't tell you what to believe. We both know that. You have to decide for yourself whether you believe me or not. However, I will tell you the truth. I did not write that note."
Inuyasha turned to himself. He decided the best way to do this was to test her a little bit... 'Please, please don't try to be the strong one here! Please...' he silently pleaded.
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Staring at the setting sun
No reason to come back again
The twilight world in blue and white
The needle and the damage done
I don't want to feel this way forever
the lights are on and the cameras click
we open up the lens to broken glass
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Kagome became disheartened by his silence. she felt the urge to break down into his arms, like she was used to doing. But part of her felt she needed to be strong for his sake.
Minutes passed, and Inuyasha's stare became harder and harder. Kagome felt more and more depressed as she patiently awaited his answer.
Still more time passed, and Kagome felt her resolve slowly weakening. Meanwhile, Inuyasha was beginning to lose hope. 'Maybe it's true... maybe I was right...' shaking his head mentally, he solemnly prayed that he was wrong.
Maybe it was a sort of divine intervention, but Inuyasha's prayers were answered. Kagome could no longer bear the silence, and she broke down to tears as she flung herself into Inuyasha's all-too-ready arms. "Shhh..." he gently soothed, "It's okay... that's all I needed..." he said in a hushed voice. Kagome continued to sob as he picked her up and walked back over to the car. He smiled as he fastened her seatbelt and walked over to the drivers seat. Never before had being wrong felt so right.
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Staring at the setting sun
No reason to come back again
The twilight world in blue and white
The needle and the damage done
I don't want to feel this way for every
A dead letter marked return to sender
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Kagome smiled softly in her sleep. She was having the most wonderful dream...
She mumbled softly as a cold hand shook her awake. Her drooped eyes met with the only thing better than her dream -Inuyasha.
"Wake up sleepy head," he said gently. At last, everything was back to normal.
"Are you okay?" she asked, concern written on her voice.
Inuyasha chuckled. "I think I should be asking you that," he said jokingly.
Walking up the driveway, Inuyasha smiled as he saw his father's familiar white hair, only barely distinguishable from he and Sesshoumaru's, as the old man walked across the street from the bus stop.
His face turned to shock at the unmarked white van that barreled into him.
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I'll never understand
Understanding in a car crash
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A/N: O.O Shocker-ending! OMG, I can't believe how easy that was to write... and how twisted I can be... o.o.
Anyway, yeah, now that you're all thoroughly pissed at me, let me tell you some important stuffs. The CD contest thing is still going through the works, although now I'm just working out the kinks in it. The contest will only be open to people who don't mind giving away their street address, or who have software that will let them burn from .iso's and don't mind giving out an E-mail address. I'm sorry, but I can't send the CD/CDs out of the U.S. I'm too poor.
As for the remaining chapter list... I'll still be following it somewhat, but expect to see a few changes.
Ja!