Author's Notes: Well, some of you are pissed off at me for destroying all happiness for Inuyasha and Kagome in one fell swoop. If I didn't, we wouldn't have much of a conflict would we? You need to stop assuming villain's plans won't work. Remember how many people said Koga's scheme would backfire and only make Inuyasha and Kagome closer?
Anyway, that's life. Let's get this bastard going...
Let the Music Be Your Master
Chapter 20- I Would Try to Change the Things That Killed Our Love
Miroku and Shippo waited impatiently in Inuyasha's living room. Sesshoumaru had been up in the loft an hour, saying he was going to try and talk to his younger brother.
The silence and the waiting were beginning to grind on Miroku's nerves. And it wasn't as if he was in a good mood, either. He could still remember it as if the moment had burned into his mind...
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(Flashback)
Miroku sat idly practicing with his new bass, a Steinberger XL-5, and trying to come up with a good beat for that song he wanted to write, Speed Demon.
On his night stand, the phone rang. Wondering who it could be, Miroku reached out and answered it. "Hello?"
"Miroku," said Sango from the other end. "We need to talk."
Miroku tried to stay cool. Whenever women said that, something unpleasant was up. "What's wrong?"
Sango's voice cracked on the other end. "Miroku... I don't think we should be seeing each other anymore. I just... I think we should break up."
Miroku was numb with shock for a moment. "Wait a second, what?! Sango, if it's something I did..."
"Miroku please," Sango pleaded. "It's not you. Just... goodbye." The line went dead.
(End Flashback)
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Something about all this made no sense. Miroku couldn't figure out for the life of him why all this was happening, but he knew something just wasn't right about the whole thing.
Sesshomaru slowly glided down the stairs with a sombre expression on his face, interrupting Miroku from his thoughts. With that expression, it didn't take a genius to figure out things didn't go too well.
"Well," Shippo said jumping up, "how's he doing? Tell us the truth."
Sesshoumaru sighed and looked to the two young men. "He's utterly destroyed. He keeps staring off blankly into space with a questioning look, he hasn't eaten since he got home, and I suspect that in the next few days he'll begin to whither away into a shadow of his former self." Sesshoumaru was obviously trying to stay calm, but his voice started to crack as he finished.
Miroku and Shippo sat mute for a second before Shippo raked a hand back through his hair. "Jesus Christ, tell us a lie!"
"... He'll get over it?" Sesshoumaru only shrugged after that.
"Something about this doesn't add up," Miroku ground out. "First Kagome leaves Inuyasha after one fight. A day later, Sango breaks up with me and the day after Yura breaks up with Naraku. And neither Naraku or I did anything to upset the girls."
"I agree with you," the eldest Morimoto son said as he sank into a recliner. "Kagome doesn't seem the type to so easily destroy a relationship. And Sango and Yura just split without provocation."
"There has to be a reason for all this," Shippo added. "Have any of you guys seen the girls lately?"
Miroku and Sesshoumaru just shook their heads. An uncomfortable silence filled the room for a moment before footsteps came softly from the stairs. Everyone turned to see Inuyasha with dark circles under his eyes and his guitar in hand. "Guys?" he asked in a hoarse whisper. "Can you get ready in the garage? Sessh, I want you to get our video equipment. There's something I need to do."
Miroku certainly wasn't about to say no, and he knew no one else would either.
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Kagome collapsed onto her bed with a sob. Koga had taken her out again this morning, and all she could do was try to bear it. Every time he kissed her she felt like she was going to die. She had no idea how much more she could take.
It was no good, though. She was stuck this way, but it was for the best. This way everyone stayed safe. Kagome was the only one who had to suffer now. That didn't mean, however, that it didn't hurt.
Kagome still felt her chest tighten every time she thought about what she had done to Inuyasha. She wanted to see him right now, tell him it wasn't his fault, but she couldn't. If Koga saw her with him...
She felt even worse for having dragged Sango and Yura down with her. Koga had made similar threats to them. He acted like giving Kagome her friends in this coercive nightmare made him some god, but all he was doing was making her more miserable. And Sango and Yura weren't doing much better either.
Trying to shake herself out of this depressing train of thought, Kagome picked herself up and went to the computer. She desperately needed something to keep her mind off all this. A distratction to dull the pain for a little while.
She went to her e-mail, but what she saw there was little consolation. She saw Inuyasha's address among the new messages with two words for a header: "Forgive me."
In her present mood, Kagome would normally have deleted the message rather than listen to her love's pleas for forgiveness that weren't even necessary, but she caught sight of the size of the message. It was too big for a regular apology.
Curious, Kagome opened the message to see there was an attachment. Against her better judgement, she opened it up and her grief returned tenfold. A media player opened to show Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo standing in the garage of the Morimoto home with their instruments. Inuyasha looked at the camera sadly and began to sing to the angsty music.
~*~
Time, it needs time,
To win back your love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, only love,
Can bring back your love someday.
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
Fight, babe I'll fight,
To win back your love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, only love,
Can bring down the wall someday.
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
Kagome felt empty inside. Because of Koga, she was losing this, the love of a man who could truly care for her and would always be there for her. She loved him, but she coudln't have him. She couldn't be there to take away his sadness.
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Your pride has built a wall, so strong,
That I can't get through!
Is there really no chance,
To start once again?
I'm loving you.
~*~
It tore at Kagome's heart listening to this song and watching Inuyasha sing his heart out on the verge of tears. There was nothing she could do. For the sake of everyone, she had to stay away from him.
~*~
Try, baby try,
To trust in my love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, our love,
Just shouldn't be thrown away!
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Your pride has built a wall, so strong,
That I can't get through!
Is there really no chance,
To start once again?
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Yes I've hurt your pride,
And I know what you've been through!
You should give me a chance.
This can't be the end!
I'm still loving you!
~*~
Kagome broke down in tears as she watched. Inuyasha still blamed himself for all this. If only he knew.
All she could feel now was a knot in her stomach and a dull ache in her heart. They had something wonderful, and a psychopath came and ripped it away from them!
~*~
I'm still loving you!
I'm still loving you!
I need you love,
Still loving you!
Still loving you, baby!
Whoo!
~*~
Still loving you!
Need your love,
Still loving you!
Need your love.
Whoo!
Still loving you!
Need your love.
Whoo!
Need your love!
Need your love!
~*~
The video faded to black and Kagome collapsed sobbing with her head in her arms. It just wasn't fair!
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Author's Notes: Short, I know, but I intended this one to be pretty short anyway. A little more angst will be in the next chapter, plus a new twist to the plot that should keep you people hooked.
Don't worry, the gloom and doom tone right now is only temporary. I'm not very good at sad endings.
Anyway, that's life. Let's get this bastard going...
Let the Music Be Your Master
Chapter 20- I Would Try to Change the Things That Killed Our Love
Miroku and Shippo waited impatiently in Inuyasha's living room. Sesshoumaru had been up in the loft an hour, saying he was going to try and talk to his younger brother.
The silence and the waiting were beginning to grind on Miroku's nerves. And it wasn't as if he was in a good mood, either. He could still remember it as if the moment had burned into his mind...
***********************
(Flashback)
Miroku sat idly practicing with his new bass, a Steinberger XL-5, and trying to come up with a good beat for that song he wanted to write, Speed Demon.
On his night stand, the phone rang. Wondering who it could be, Miroku reached out and answered it. "Hello?"
"Miroku," said Sango from the other end. "We need to talk."
Miroku tried to stay cool. Whenever women said that, something unpleasant was up. "What's wrong?"
Sango's voice cracked on the other end. "Miroku... I don't think we should be seeing each other anymore. I just... I think we should break up."
Miroku was numb with shock for a moment. "Wait a second, what?! Sango, if it's something I did..."
"Miroku please," Sango pleaded. "It's not you. Just... goodbye." The line went dead.
(End Flashback)
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Something about all this made no sense. Miroku couldn't figure out for the life of him why all this was happening, but he knew something just wasn't right about the whole thing.
Sesshomaru slowly glided down the stairs with a sombre expression on his face, interrupting Miroku from his thoughts. With that expression, it didn't take a genius to figure out things didn't go too well.
"Well," Shippo said jumping up, "how's he doing? Tell us the truth."
Sesshoumaru sighed and looked to the two young men. "He's utterly destroyed. He keeps staring off blankly into space with a questioning look, he hasn't eaten since he got home, and I suspect that in the next few days he'll begin to whither away into a shadow of his former self." Sesshoumaru was obviously trying to stay calm, but his voice started to crack as he finished.
Miroku and Shippo sat mute for a second before Shippo raked a hand back through his hair. "Jesus Christ, tell us a lie!"
"... He'll get over it?" Sesshoumaru only shrugged after that.
"Something about this doesn't add up," Miroku ground out. "First Kagome leaves Inuyasha after one fight. A day later, Sango breaks up with me and the day after Yura breaks up with Naraku. And neither Naraku or I did anything to upset the girls."
"I agree with you," the eldest Morimoto son said as he sank into a recliner. "Kagome doesn't seem the type to so easily destroy a relationship. And Sango and Yura just split without provocation."
"There has to be a reason for all this," Shippo added. "Have any of you guys seen the girls lately?"
Miroku and Sesshoumaru just shook their heads. An uncomfortable silence filled the room for a moment before footsteps came softly from the stairs. Everyone turned to see Inuyasha with dark circles under his eyes and his guitar in hand. "Guys?" he asked in a hoarse whisper. "Can you get ready in the garage? Sessh, I want you to get our video equipment. There's something I need to do."
Miroku certainly wasn't about to say no, and he knew no one else would either.
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Kagome collapsed onto her bed with a sob. Koga had taken her out again this morning, and all she could do was try to bear it. Every time he kissed her she felt like she was going to die. She had no idea how much more she could take.
It was no good, though. She was stuck this way, but it was for the best. This way everyone stayed safe. Kagome was the only one who had to suffer now. That didn't mean, however, that it didn't hurt.
Kagome still felt her chest tighten every time she thought about what she had done to Inuyasha. She wanted to see him right now, tell him it wasn't his fault, but she couldn't. If Koga saw her with him...
She felt even worse for having dragged Sango and Yura down with her. Koga had made similar threats to them. He acted like giving Kagome her friends in this coercive nightmare made him some god, but all he was doing was making her more miserable. And Sango and Yura weren't doing much better either.
Trying to shake herself out of this depressing train of thought, Kagome picked herself up and went to the computer. She desperately needed something to keep her mind off all this. A distratction to dull the pain for a little while.
She went to her e-mail, but what she saw there was little consolation. She saw Inuyasha's address among the new messages with two words for a header: "Forgive me."
In her present mood, Kagome would normally have deleted the message rather than listen to her love's pleas for forgiveness that weren't even necessary, but she caught sight of the size of the message. It was too big for a regular apology.
Curious, Kagome opened the message to see there was an attachment. Against her better judgement, she opened it up and her grief returned tenfold. A media player opened to show Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo standing in the garage of the Morimoto home with their instruments. Inuyasha looked at the camera sadly and began to sing to the angsty music.
~*~
Time, it needs time,
To win back your love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, only love,
Can bring back your love someday.
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
Fight, babe I'll fight,
To win back your love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, only love,
Can bring down the wall someday.
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
Kagome felt empty inside. Because of Koga, she was losing this, the love of a man who could truly care for her and would always be there for her. She loved him, but she coudln't have him. She couldn't be there to take away his sadness.
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Your pride has built a wall, so strong,
That I can't get through!
Is there really no chance,
To start once again?
I'm loving you.
~*~
It tore at Kagome's heart listening to this song and watching Inuyasha sing his heart out on the verge of tears. There was nothing she could do. For the sake of everyone, she had to stay away from him.
~*~
Try, baby try,
To trust in my love again.
I will be there, I will be there.
Love, our love,
Just shouldn't be thrown away!
I will be there, I will be there.
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Your pride has built a wall, so strong,
That I can't get through!
Is there really no chance,
To start once again?
~*~
If we'd go again,
All the way from the start,
I would try to change,
The things that killed our love.
Yes I've hurt your pride,
And I know what you've been through!
You should give me a chance.
This can't be the end!
I'm still loving you!
~*~
Kagome broke down in tears as she watched. Inuyasha still blamed himself for all this. If only he knew.
All she could feel now was a knot in her stomach and a dull ache in her heart. They had something wonderful, and a psychopath came and ripped it away from them!
~*~
I'm still loving you!
I'm still loving you!
I need you love,
Still loving you!
Still loving you, baby!
Whoo!
~*~
Still loving you!
Need your love,
Still loving you!
Need your love.
Whoo!
Still loving you!
Need your love.
Whoo!
Need your love!
Need your love!
~*~
The video faded to black and Kagome collapsed sobbing with her head in her arms. It just wasn't fair!
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Author's Notes: Short, I know, but I intended this one to be pretty short anyway. A little more angst will be in the next chapter, plus a new twist to the plot that should keep you people hooked.
Don't worry, the gloom and doom tone right now is only temporary. I'm not very good at sad endings.