A/N: Okay well I've got some things to say (not like that's new). I'm leaving for vacation soon (okay, make that a business trip) and I won't be back until the 18th or 19th. I'll probably type all of the chappies while I'm on the plane so they should all be posted soon after that.
Until then, enjoy the chappy!!!
Disclaimer: I (WAHHHH!) do not own InuYasha or Slipped Away. Rumiko T. and Avril L. do.
Chapter 4
Slipped Away
InuYasha had made up his mind. He dashed through the trees, following the scent of his brother. The weight on his back not only brought back many memories, but it reminded him of his mission.
InuYasha knew there was no way that Sesshomaru, even if he convinced him to save Kagome, was going to come back to the village with him. So, Sango had wrapped Kagome's body in a long white piece of cloth and InuYasha held onto it as he sped through the forest.
Finally, InuYasha caught sight of his brother. Sesshomaru turned to his younger brother and halted the young girl Rin who was pestering Jaken.
InuYasha has the scent of death on him... Sesshomaru thought as he watched his brother descend from the trees only to stop in front of him.
"InuYasha... why are you carrying the dead body of that human woman?" Sesshomaru asked as he spied the white package InuYasha had on his back.
"Because I need you to help me," InuYasha said, setting Kagome's body softly on the ground.
"Help you?" Now tell me brother, why should I help you?"
"Because I'll do anything to get Kagome back. Say the word and I'll do it. Kaede said that your sword can bring back the dead. What do you want me to do?"
Sesshomaru was silent. He had never seen his brother so desperate. Sesshomaru knew InuYasha loved the girl. But he wasn't just going to help his brother who he hated. An idea suddenly came to Sesshomaru and he decided to stick with it.
"You must prove to me that she is important. Find something of hers and bring it to me. You have three days," Sesshomaru said simply before turning away.
"Wait!" InuYasha cried. "What do you mean?"
Sesshomaru paused and looked over his shoulder at his younger brother, "Bring me something of hers that shows how much you care about her."
InuYasha glanced down at Kagome's wrapped body.
"But what-" InuYasha stopped short. His eyes had left Kagome's body and flown to the spot where his brother had been standing. Now, Sesshomaru, Rin, and Jaken were gone.
On InuYasha's third and final day he was still searching through Kagome's things. He had spent most of the first and second days going through her things in her bedroom back in the future and crying. It was hard to go through her things without thousands of memories come flooding back.
Today, he was sorting through her things in her large yellow pack. He smiled at himself as he thought of all of the times she had argued with him about going back to her time.
Two fights brought themselves to the front of his mind and he allowed himself to view them.
The first fight had happened over Kagome herself. Koga, the leader of the wolf demon tribe, had arrived and kidnapped her. And after InuYasha had finally saved her, she went and protected the mangy wolf. The fight that had followed was one of their worst.
"What REALLY happened between you and Koga?" InuYasha had said.
Kagome had given him one of her scary fake smiled, "InuYasha... WHY DO YOU CARE! Just who do you think I AM anyway?"
So of course, InuYasha had gone on the defense, "H-huh?! Why can't I ask a simple question?!"
"Because you're being an IDIOT that's why!!" Kagome had replied.
"Oh yeah?! Then do us both a favor and LEAVE!!"
"...Oh. Indeed. Sango?"
"Yes?" Sango had replied.
"May I borrow Kirara?"
"Are you going somewhere?"
InuYasha had snorted, "Back to your friend KOGA?"
Kagome had simply glared at him before becoming even scarier than ever before, "I'm going HOME FOOL!"
In the end, Kagome had come back and apologized and everything was better again. They forgot all about Koga. Until he came frolicking back again.
They had just beaten Kageromaru and Juromaru and Koga had just gone sashaying off again. And only because Kagome had sat InuYasha twice.
InuYasha had said a few things like how she kept flattering and prancing around Koga. InuYasha had made Kagome so mad, he could feel her anger without even looking at her.
He glanced at her only to receive another one of her angry glares, "Wh-why are you LOOKING at me like that?" he had stuttered, his heart racing in fear.
"I'm going home," she had said simply. "I'm going back to the era I belong in!"
And once again, InuYasha had (stupidly) retorted, "Fine - go home! I'm not gonna stop you!"
In the end, she did go back for just a night before returning.
And then she saw InuYasha and Kikyo together. InuYasha had forever since then regretted her seeing that... or even doing that.
For he knew now. He may have loved Kikyo at some point. But after she died, now, he had lost his heart for her. Kagome had stolen it.
InuYasha had been running low on time when he finally found it. The thing that showed how much he cared for Kagome. He had been going through her pack when he found it. It was small, about the size of InuYasha's hand. Part of it was gray while the rest was black. It had white writing on it's cover and below some small buttons. A yellow string ran from one side of the strange contraption and ended in a strange, yellow loop.
(can anyone guess what it is??? i give you cookie if you right! ;) )
InuYasha had seen Kagome stick the yellow loop and push a button on what Kagome called her 'cd player.' Out had come music which she had sang to sometimes.
Awkwardly, InuYasha stuck the yellow loop onto his ears and he randomly pushed some of the buttons. Suddenly, the contraption whirled into life and he could see through a little window something began to spin rapidly.
Suddenly, loud banging music played into his ears. He yelped and quickly pushed one button may times, hoping it would change the music.
Once InuYasha stopped pushing the buttons, he glanced down as another song came on. A small number twelve had appeared and another set of numbers continued to change, counting upwards. But InuYasha's mind erased the fact of numbers once someone began to sing.
Na na... na na na na na
I miss you
Miss you so bad
I don't forget you
Oh it's so sad
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly
The day you slipped away
Was the day
I found it won't be the same
Oh...
Na na... na na na na na
I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on the hand
I wish that I could
See you again
I know that I can't
Oh oh oh
I hope you can hear me
Cuz I remember it clearly
The day you slipped away
Was the day
I found it won't be the same
Oh
I've had my wake up
Won't you wake up
I keep asking why
Cuz I can't take it
It wasn't fake it
It happened you passed by
Now you're gone
Now you're gone
There you go
There you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back
Now you're gone
Now you're gone
There you go
There you go
Somewhere you're not coming back
The day you slipped away
Was the day
I found it won't be the same
No...
The day you slipped away
Was the day
That I found it won't be the same
Oh...
Na na... na na na na na
I miss you...
InuYasha knew instantly this was what he needed. He reached up to touch his cheek only to find tears were streaming down them.
InuYasha quickly memorized how to get to that song and leapt out of Kaede's hut where Kagome's pack had been stored.
Kagome was coming. There was no way Sesshomaru would refuse him.
The End of Chapter 4 of Together Forever by Sakura G.
A/N: Awwwwwwwww how sweet! :) Alright well more chappies soon. Some important info below if you wanna read it. I really don't give a crap. Hope you guys liked the chappy. I just LOVE Avril and when I got her new cd (Under My Skin) this is the last song. It's dedicated in loving memory to her grandpa. Awwwwwwwwww! ;)
One note: Everything (like the flashbacks) are from the manga. The episodes are different in some points but if you want to know exactly what I've read/seen.... I own volumes 1, 8, and 14-18 (I've read volumes 1-19). The only movie I own is the first one (in English). I've seen all of the episodes up to the most recent which is somewhere around 60-70. (To learn about any cool Inu products, check out my profile. Just look for 'Important InuYasha Information'.)
Oh and another thing, I love Rin. Someone should pester Jaken and she's the perfect little girl to do it. SO STICK HIM IN THE MICROWAVE AND FRY HIM UP!!! ;)
My friend Harpy Lee Williams has just put out her new story (edited by none other than me!) called Tainted Red (yay Harp Harp! Congrats!). It's a tragic love triangle story that has nothing to do with InuYasha, Kagome, or Kikyo! It's a pure Miroku and Sango fic except the fact that Miroku's gonna marry someone other than Sango!!! Find out in Tainted Red!!! (Even I don't know the ending and I edit the story!!!)
A super long chappy today!!! Yay!!
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Length: 6 written pages, 7 typed pages, 1707 and words