Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and co. I don't own anything. ::bursts out crying::
A/N: You know what?! I got my first flame! Whee! And I will start off this chapter by responding to it.
"Sorry to say i did not really like this story, from some of the review i readed before i read the story, made it seen that this was a great story, how everyone was saying "I can't wait for the next Ch. to come out" "Please write more soon" Sorry to say this was not one of these good fanfic. Also a king want a robot for a daughter, come on that is a bad theme to start out with. Kagome want to kill herself? I could understand that, but in the real story when Kagome saw that Inu kiss Kik, she (Kagome) went and was not happy for a while left him alone. Later when the old monk come and told Inu that Kik wash up on the shore of his home town Kagome let him go and search for her. I know this is a fanfic, but you should try to stay more a line with the real story of Inu. Because it will make more sence. I like the way you used the flasback to make the story better,sorry if i sound so mean but this what i think of this story, i will read more of the story when i have the time and maybe what i think about this story will change. Remeber what i say in this review is what i thought about the first chap." – An anonymous reviewer.
I was actually laughing when I read this! I can't believe I finally got a flame! That's so cool! ::Ahem:: Anyway, first off, I clearly stated in the summary of this story that this was an AU fanfic, in other words, Alternate Universe. This means that I can do whatever I wish for the plot of the story providing that I stay in character and I use characters of the series I am writing for. So whether or not I stray off the line of the real story is my choice. Agreed? Alrighty then.
Secondly, the king does not want a robot for a daughter, but a robot to make the sacrifice for his daughter so that she (Kikyou) wouldn't die. He didn't want to lose his daughter so he found a replacement for the curse by using Kagome.
I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but I felt like I wanted to make something clear.
Sorry for the horribly long A/N! On with the chapter!
Ch. 5
Heartbeat
Inuyasha's eyes widened impossibly large. It was her! It was the girl from the ball! And suddenly, without a word of warning, the girl turned tail and ran down the hall, disappearing from view.
"W… wait!" He called out, but she was already gone. He tried to call out her name, but he realized that he didn't even know what it was. How pathetic was that? Pushing all irrelevant thoughts from his mind he dashed after her, letting his demon blood speed him on. His sensitive ears picked up at the sound of pattering feet and ragged breathing. Why was she running from him?
In no time at all, he had caught up with her. He leapt over the girl's head and landed in front of her, causing her to run straight into his chest. She gave a small 'oomph!' and braced her hands against his chest to steady herself. Tentatively, she raised her head to look into his eyes.
"W-why did you run off?" He asked her, clutching her shoulders firmly but gently to prevent her from bolting again.
She averted her gaze.
"Oi! I asked you a question!" He shook her shoulders a bit.
She knocked his hands away, "Leave me alone!" She shouted.
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because…" He struggled to find an answer. Why did he care so much about this girl anyway? What made her so special?
"Don't you see?" She shook slightly, "I was stupid enough to… to… fall for you, and then you go and… and mistake me for some girl you're already engaged to!" Tears brimmed at her eyes but she valiantly held them back. She would not burst out crying right now like some sissy.
Inuyasha shut his mouth. What could he say to that?
The silence that followed was almost unbearable. The tension was so thick, it was practically tangible.
"Yes, well," Inuyasha said softly, "it was your personality that attracted me to you in the first place. I don't even like Kikyou." He hesitated, "I would have much preferred to have been engaged to you."
Kagome looked back at him. He seemed to be telling the truth.
After another lull in the conversation, Inuyasha asked, "What's your name? I never got a chance to ask you."
"It's Kagome." She replied.
"Kagome…" He murmured and then smiled, "I like it."
"Thanks…" She whispered.
Another awkward silence…
"Why are you here anyway?" Inuyasha asked, finally curious after the initial shock subsided.
"I'm…" Kagome didn't know what to say. But he would learn sooner or later. Better sooner than later. "I'm supposed to replace Kikyou when the time of the Curse comes." She said, carefully watching his face.
She didn't have to wait long for a reaction.
Inuyasha's face slowly turned red from anger, "What?! How can they do that?! That's– that's just wrong! And I know wrong! I'm going to march right over to my parents and demand tha– "
Kagome reached out her hand in panic and rested it on his arm. "NO! No. You can't do that!"
Inuyasha whipped his head around, "Why the hell not?"
"Because… because Lady Kikyou's family bought me!" She was still hesitant to tell him.
"So? I'll buy you then! I'm not going to let you die just so Miss Kikyou can live! The world would do better without her!"
"But… but…"
"But what?!"
"What would it gain to let me live? You– you're still going to marry Lady Kikyou!" Kagome protested.
"I'll call the wedding off! I've found a better person to marry! I'll refuse to marry Kikyou!"
Kagome cocked her head slightly in confusion. "Then who will you marry?"
Inuyasha snorted. The girl could be so naïve.
"You!"
Kagome gasped, in genuine shock. "Wha– what? Y… you can't do that!"
"Why the hell not?" He asked again. "I'm the prince! I can do anything! Give me a good reason I shouldn't marry you!"
"…"
"Well?" Inuyasha asked impatiently.
"I'm not real." Kagome whispered so quietly, Inuyasha could barely pick it up.
"W… what?"
"I'm not REAL!" Kagome shouted and took off… again.
But this time, she was equally, if not more so, unlucky. She had run straight into a dead end. She looked behind her to see Inuyasha walking toward her, cutting off her one exit. He backed her into a corner and rested the palms of his hands against the wall on either side of her face, his nose an inch from her own.
"What the hell are you talking about?" He growled in a low voice.
Before she could answer he cut her off.
"If some bastard fooled you into thinking you were some– some slave incapable of thinking then, so help me I'll– "
Kagome interrupted. "No! It's nothing like that. I truly am… un-real."
"What are you talking about?! You're the most lively person I ever met!"
"I'm… an Android…" Kagome replied, turning her head to the side.
Inuyasha looked confused. "What's that?"
"It's… it's… something that's not real… synthetic." She struggled to find the words. "Here, I'll just show you." She reached up with her hands and brought his head down to press against her chest.
"Wha… what are you doing?" Inuyasha mumbled, his words muffled by her bosom. A blush stained his cheeks.
"Just listen." She whispered softly.
Inuyasha closed his eyes. It felt so comfortable to be resting his head against her chest. It was so warm and soft. And the sound of her hea–
His eyes snapped open. He looked up into her stormy eyes, clouded more than usual with grief.
"You have no heartbeat." He whispered.
Kagome nodded her head slowly.
"You're not…?" He asked, finally understanding.
"… Real…" She finished for him.
"But… but why? How?"
"Mushin… is a powerful man. I have no clue how he made me the way I am."
"So you were never… real?" He asked. He still had his head nestled against her and had no intention of pulling away. How could someone like Kagome, so warm (in the literal and non-literal sense), friendly and real be unreal? He didn't want to believe it.
Kagome shook her head. "I was real… once… But then, Miroku said I asked to be changed into an Android."
"Why?"
"I don't know… And something tells me that I don't want to know." Slowly, she slid herself to the ground, bringing Inuyasha down with her until half of his body covered hers. Tentatively, she stroked his ear. "All I remember is… darkness. And then… a bright light… and… and… when I woke up, I was an Android. I don't know any other life."
"Is… there anything I can do for you?" Inuyasha asked.
Kagome shook her head. "No… I will take the arrow meant for Lady Kikyou. I will die. And then I will be forgotten."
Inuyasha sat up. "Stop that. I don't want to hear you talking like that. And even if there is nothing I can do to alter your future, I can do at least one thing." He said seriously, his eyes burning fiercely into hers.
"What's that?"
He pulled her head to his chest, much like how she had done minutes ago.
"Give you what you are missing."
^_~
"Kagome. Kagome!" Miroku called out. Now where had that girl gone to?
He walked into an empty hall. An empty LARGE hall. "Kagome!" He called again, hearing the echo.
"'gome… 'gome… 'gome…"
He turned around to shout in the opposite direction. "Kagome!" "'gome… 'gome… 'gome…"
He turned in yet another direction. "Kagome!" "'gome… 'gome… Inuyasha…"
Wait a minute. That wasn't right.
He cupped his ear and listened hard.
"Inuyasha!"
His lips turned upward in delight.
It was a woman.
The voice sounded louder and louder. Miroku decided to stay put and it would eventually come to him.
As the form of a young woman slowly materialized in the distance, Miroku could stay put no longer. He rushed up to her and grabbed her hands, kneeling before her. The woman looked down at him, bewildered.
"My Lady!" Miroku said dramatically. "It is not every day that one stumbles across a woman with such overwhelming beauty! The moment I set my unworthy eyes upon you, I thought a goddess had appeared! But you, my dear, are far more beautiful than any goddess!" He proclaimed. To his satisfaction, he saw a blush grace her cheeks.
"I… I…" She stuttered.
"Will you grant this pathetic fool a boon?" He asked, his eyes twinkling.
"Um… I guess…" She blushed a bit more.
Miroku beamed. "Will you bear my child?"
Soon after, the young woman felt an offending hand on her backside, rubbing up and down.
A vein pulsed on her forehead. "You… you… PERVERT!" She cried and punched Miroku square in the nose.
"It hurts… but it's worth it…" Miroku sighed happily, a lecherous smile on his face, as he laid on the ground holding a hand to his bleeding nose. The woman huffed and stomped off.
Why… that… Sango fumed. Who did he think he was? Touching her like that? She wandered about aimlessly, in particular direction, muttering curses to herself, before she stopped.
Wasn't there something she had to do? She snapped her fingers. Yes! She had to find Inuyasha. He wasn't in his room and his parents wanted to talk to him about something.
But where could he be?
She sighed, it wouldn't hurt to check his room one last time.
^_~
"Inuyasha…" Kagome sighed. She closed her eyes and listened intently to the sound of his heartbeat. It was strong and comforting, and it melted away all of her problems. She felt good and she felt happy. And she felt as if she was finally…
Home.
Inuyasha gave a small rumbling purr and she smiled as she felt his chest vibrate. Slowly, he picked her up and brought her back to his room.
Kagome pulled away as he set her down. She kept her eyes downcast, "Thank you… Inuyasha."
She felt fingers below her chin as he tilted her head up. "No problem," he replied with a smile.
Kagome felt a tingling sensation go down her spine as her eyes locked with his. Inuyasha lowered his head until their noses were touching. She could feel his warm breath on her lips.
"Inuyasha…" She murmured as his lips descended on her own. An electric charge went through her body as they kissed, making her think that a wire had short-circuited or something. But she couldn't deny the feeling of pleasure as his lips caressed hers passionately. All thoughts escaped from her mind. She forgot about her problems. She forgot about Kikyou. And most of all, she forgot she wasn't real. Because as Inuyasha kissed her, he made her feel more real than anything in the world. She finally felt… alive.
But she learned the hard way that all good things came to an end.
A gasp was heard from the doorway.
Both broke away abruptly and Inuyasha found himself staring at a gaping Sango.
"Inuyasha…" Sango said slowly. "I need to have a word with you… alone." She eyed Kagome.
"Sango… it's not what it looks like…" Inuyasha said nervously.
"Now!" She nearly screeched.
Inuyasha gave one last look at Kagome before following Sango out the door.
"Er… Sango?" Inuyasha spoke tentatively.
Sango glared at him. "What in the world were you thinking?"
"Sango…"
"I mean you're engaged! For god's sake!" She continued to rant, throwing her hands up into the air.
"Sango."
"How could you disgrace your future wife by kissing another? You're such a moron!"
"SANGO!"
"What?!" She snapped angrily.
"Do you even know who she is?" He demanded.
"Some girl you're having an affair with?"
"No, she's the girl that I thought was Kikyou, remember?" He glared at her intently.
"Um… oh…"
"Kagome!"
Kagome looked up at her name to see Miroku.
"Hey Miroku. What are you doing here?"
"I was looking for you." He stepped into the room and gave an appreciative whistle. "What a room! My room's nothing compared to this. Why do you get the nice one?"
"It's not mine." Kagome replied.
"Oh? Then who's is it?" Miroku asked.
"His." Kagome pointed at the man standing behind him.
He turned his head to find himself looking at a man with long silver hair and dog ears. He cupped his chin with his hand and gave a thoughtful look. "Hm… You look familiar."
Inuyasha towered over Miroku. "Probably because I'm the Prince." He said arrogantly.
Miroku shook his head. "Hm… no, that's not it." He squinted an eye closed this time before snapping his fingers. "Ah! I got it! You're the guy that interrupted me in my dance with Kagome!"
"And…?" Inuyasha lifted an eyebrow.
"And… oh, never mind." Miroku brushed it off. His eyes went past his shoulder and widened. He pushed past Inuyasha and clasped Sango's hands. "My goddess!" He exclaimed.
*Slap*
Kagome covered her eyes with a hand in exasperation.
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Well, what'd you guys think of this chapter? A little longer than usual. Note 'a little'. LOL. Hope you enjoyed it! I was going to wait a little while to post this, but aw heck. I'll post it anyway.
I'm surprised I got this chapter out so fast. I've also been doing some fan art. I think I'm pretty good. I'd post it if I knew how. So those of you who know how to post art in the profile section PLEASE tell me! I'd be really grateful!
I'm so sorry, but I'm in a hurry so I won't be able to reply to the reviews today. I'll answer any questions next time! Promise!
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