Chp 28: Reunion!
Hey! I know last chapter was a bit cheesy, and the thing with Kouga an Ayame just sorta went splat. But that will come back. This is a really short chapter, only about 8 pages long in Microsoft word, but it was something I wrote a while ago and just couldn't fit it in the other chapter. I think the reuniting part of this chapter is a bit, well, ugh...but I wasn't feeling creative. And don't expect the next chapter out very soon. I feel a really big writers block comin' on. Oh, and don't worry. Kimi is in there for a reason! She's not just some random character in there for laughs! Well, maybe that too, but she has a reason. And Kudos to you if you've figured out the other romance I have planned out for two special peeps! I'll give you a clue. One's a Hanyou, and the other isn't exactly a demon! Oh! And you people should read Bloody Paper Doll's stories! They're really awesome!
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Kagome watched Naraku and Kimi fly off, and slumped down even further. "Why did I scream that in his face? He probably hates me now. And He probably wants to kill me too. Maybe there is some way I can redeem myself..."
Sare came storming out and glared at Kagome hotly. "What the hell was that? Are you trying to not get chosen? What in kami-sama's name compelled you to do that?!" Steam was practically flowing from his ears.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him and said, "Um. For some reason I was really mad and decided to take it out on Fluffy on there. Is that good enough?"
Sare stared blankly at her and said, "Whatever. Saro and his mate are not very happy about what you did in there Kagome. Tsara really did not want to be fighting. Shohikira wants to take over the Western lands, and she decided that having her daughter mate with Sesshoumaru would be the easiest way to do that. Tsara is completely innocent. She is the most kind hearted person you could meet. Don't blame it on her. Oh, here she comes now."
Tsara, the neko-youkai that Kagome had...uhh...killed...came running out to Kagome and had tears in her eyes. "Oh! Forgive me Kagome-sama! I did not want to fight any of them! Least of all you! If I had any way to forfeit I would, but I couldn't. If I hadn't Okaa-sama and Outou-sama would have done something terrible. Please understand."
Kagome blinked owlishly and then smiled at her. "Um. Sure? Don't worry. I understand, it's just I got a little pissed off in there. No hard feelings ne?"
Tsara blinked away her tears and smiled up at Kagome. "Oh! Thank you so much! Now, I think you should go back in there and do something before someone else gets Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Sare nudged Kagome and said, "Why don't you go in there and sing? You have a beautiful voice. And I'm sure there's some futuristic song that you could use to melt the old icicle's heart."
Kagome sighed and said, "How do I get myself into these things?"
Inuyasha watched her back as she walked back into the dojo. He stood next to Tsara and said, "So. Don't like the folks much huh?"
Tsara made a face and said, "Don't like is an understatement. God being royalty sucks. They treat me like I'm supposed to be the perfect child. And all I want to do is find someone I love and go away with them. ARGH! I need to blow something up..." She said depressively.
Inuyasha smirked and thought, 'Wow. I like this girl. Doesn't look all that bad either...' *mental slap* 'No! Bad Inuyasha! You're no supposed to think those thoughts! Bad! Bad! Bad!' He mentally berated himself while walking with Tsara back into the dojo to watch Kagome.
Kagome stood and walked to the raised platform in the dojo. She smiled a sad smile when she passed Sesshoumaru, who didn't really even notice her, due to the fact that Shohikira and Saro were complaining to him. She briefly wondered why she was even doing this, it was only something that Sare said she should do, it's not like she HAD to. As she got to the platform, she noticed that she wouldn't have any music, wait, never mind; her cd player was still there. She quickly put in a different cd and stepped onto the platform. When she stepped up, all of the talking dissipated and all eyes were on her. She'd never suffered from stage fright and now was no exception. She sat down on a stool that had been placed there for the singer and telekinetically pressed play.
The music started and there were murmurs on where it was coming from,
"And no one knows what its like,
To be the bad man,
To be the sad man,
Behind blue eyes."
She glanced around the crowd to for that familiar pair of golden eyes. When she found them, her voice took a sad turn.
"And no one knows what its like,
To be hated,
To be faded,
To telling only lies."
She shifted her form as she sang so her hair went from its red-brown to raven black with green streaks and ends. The cat ears disappearing.
"But my dreams,
They aren't as empty,
As my conscious seems to be,
I have hours,
Only lonely,
My love is vengeance,
That's never free."
Slowly her tiger striped tail changed color and grew larger until it was her normal puffy green and black tail. Her eyes changed from the chocolate brown to the electric blue they usually emitted when she experienced sorrow.
"And no one knows what its like,
To feel these feelings,
Like I do,"
She locked eyes with Sesshoumaru again and her voice grew hard.
"And I blame you!"
Her eyes softened and she looked away and closed her eyes again.
"And no one bites back as hard,
On their anger,
None of my pain and woe,
Can show through!"
Her stripes turned from the black to the familiar emerald green, and the crescent moon materialized on her bare forehead. She closed her yes and slowly rocked back and forth to the music's rhythm.
"But my dreams!
They aren't as empty,
As my conscious seems to be,
I have hours only lonely,"
She opened her eyes to meet his again, "My love is vengeance,
That's never free."
She decided o skip the words to this part of the song and held her palm up, two streams, one of fire and one of water came up and intertwined together and wrapped around each other, then they took the shape of a woman walking, but not moving from its place.
"And no one knows what its like,
To be mistreated,
To be defeated,
Behind blue eyes."
She slowly let her wings appear as she sang the next verse, they grew out until the stretched their full 10 foot span, and she retracted them and sang on.
"And no one knows how to say,
That they're sorry,
And don't worry,
I'm not telling lies."
She opened her eyes to stare at the open roof of the dojo at the night sky, it cracked with thunder as lightning started to flash, and a few small drops of rain hit the floor. As her horns appeared she locked her eyes with Sesshoumaru's. As more rain started to fall, a single tear slipped down her cheek to mingle with it.
"But my dreams!
They aren't as empty,
As my conscious seems to be.
I have hours,
Only lonely,
My love is vengeance,
That's never free."
She let the woman dissipate and she stood up, "And no one knows what its like,
To be the bad man,
To be the sad man,
Behind blue eyes."
She turned her head and walked out of the dojo, not giving Sesshoumaru a second look.
Every person in the room had a sad or astonished look on their face. Rin and Shippou were the latter.
Some random youkai put up a weather shield on the roof of the dojo to keep the rain out, and people resumed gawking.
Sesshoumaru's face was impassive, but one look in his eyes and the sorrow pierced your soul. He stood up and followed in the direction that Kagome went. Gradually the mull of conversation started again, and the sad song was all but forgotten.
Kagome had gone to the now deserted garden; she walked to the koi pond and stared at her distorted reflection. She sighed and leaned against the willow tree, just like she used to. The rain fell hard all around her, soaking through everything.
Sesshoumaru stopped in the entrance to the garden. He just stared at her, the rain dripping off his bangs to run down his face.
Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru's unclear reflection beside hers. She sighed and said, "Hi Sesshoumaru. Long time no see."
Sesshoumaru looked at her turned head and asked, "Do you really blame me?"
Kagome turned her head to look at her, "No. I blame myself."
"For what."
Kagome sighed, "For what happened. For me leaving. I still don't know what I did by the way."
Sesshoumaru turned back to his reflection in the water. "Nor do I. I thought I did. But now I'm not so sure."
Kagome wrapped her arms around her knees. "To tell you the truth, I thought you just saw me as a means to an end."
Sesshoumaru looked at her. "I did not. I thought you saw me as a replacement."
Kagome furrowed her eyebrows. "What gave you that idea?"
Sesshoumaru thought for a minute, he came up with a blank. "I don't know."
Kagome dropped her arms, "I don't either."
A long pause.
"Then why the hell did I leave?!" Kagome fumed.
Sesshoumaru gave a small ghost of a smile. "Because I basically screamed it in your face."
Kagome smirked and said, "Yeah. I think maybe that was apart of it." She seemed to deflate and she propped her arms up on her knees. "I missed you you know."
Sesshoumaru waited for a moment before saying softly, "I missed you too."
Kagome grinned and said a little bit mischievously, "Remind me again why I missed you?"
Sesshoumaru smirked and pulled Kagome into his lap, "With pleasure."
Sesshoumaru's lips met Kagome's in a chaste kiss, but soon after, Kagome pressed hers up against Sesshoumaru's and ran her tongue along the line of his lips. His lips parted and welcomed Kagome's tongue into his mouth. He sucked on it and Kagome whimpered at the sensation. Sesshoumaru pushed his tongue into Kagome's mouth and plundered it, leaving nowhere untouched. Kagome pulled back for air and rested her head on his chest.
"Yeah. I missed you a LOT." She breathed as she wrapped her arms around his torso.
After a few minutes of just sitting there, an elated shout rang from the east entrance of the garden. "Mama!" and then a ball of fluff knocked both Kagome and Sesshoumaru over.
Sesshoumaru gave Shippou, who was clinging to Kagome's head for dear life, a murderous look. "Kit."
Shippou poked his head up and dropped to Kagome's shoulder, "Ah! Kagome! Help me! I think he's gonna kill me!"
At seeing the homicidal glare Shippou was receiving she said, "Yeah, I do too."
She countered Sesshoumaru's glare and said, "You can't kill Shippou. Now where's- Ooof!"
"Kagome-nee-chan!" Rin squealed as she tackled Kagome to the ground, again.
"Mmmffgmrrfff!" she said through Rin's tail.
Rin pulled her tail back, "What did nee-chan say?"
Kagome spit a few hair balls out of her mouth and said, "It's good to see you Rin-chan."
Rin smiled up at her, showing off her fangs. Rin scrambled off of Kagome, only to sit in her lap when she sat up. "Is nee-chan going to stay?" She asked a bit worriedly.
Kagome smiled, "Of course I will." She looked over Rin's shoulder to see Sare and Souta standing there with perverted smirks on their faces.
Rin turned around and shot off of Kagome's lap. "Souta-chan!" She said as she tackled him in one of her famous death hugs.
Souta blushed about ten shades of red when Rin started kissing his cheek repeatedly.
Kagome snorted while trying to hold in her laughter. Sesshoumaru's growl could be heard by Sare near the entrance and he gave Kagome a sly smile and winked at Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru only glared at Sare from his place sitting next to Kagome.
Rin stopped kissing Souta and got up and hugged Sare's leg in an equally as strong grip. "Sare and Souta-chan finally came to visit Rin! Rin is so happy!"
She let go of Sare and started bouncing and twirling around happily; her tail following her every move.
Tsara poked her head from around the same entrance Sare was standing at and called, "Did I come at a bad time?"
Kagome glanced at her and smiled, "No, not at all. What do you need?"
Tsara lowered her head and looked away, her fiery red hair swished across her kimono as she tossed it over her shoulder. "Okaa-sama and Outou-sama said that we have to leave now. I wish I could stay longer, but they won't let me." You could practically see the shame and disappointment radiating off her in waves.
Kagome frowned and said, "Oh. I would ask them to stay, but I'm afraid your Kaa-san doesn't like me too much."
Tsara giggled. "I know. I was the one who had to heal her hand, *sigh* Too bad you didn't hit something more valuable." She mumbled under her breath.
Sesshoumaru smirked and Kagome smiled, "Oh well, by Tsara-chan. I hope to see you at my Birthday party that, *elbow in ribs* Sesshoumaru will be having for me next month. It'll be pretty cold so dress warm!"
Tsara's eyes lit up at the friendly suffix and she nodded quickly, "Hai! I will. Ja ne Kagome-chan!" She left the garden entrance in a flurry of fabric, hair, and fur.
Kagome sighed, "How does she do it?! Her tail is ten times as shiny as mine." She grumbled enviously.
Sesshoumaru and Sare gave her weird looks and Souta whispered to them, "She has a thing for shiny hair."
Kagome glared at him and stood up menacingly. "Souta, you might be a youkai but that still doesn't mean, *lunge* I can't kick your ass!"
Souta dodged and fled in the direction of the dojo with Kagome in pursuit.
Sare and Rin leaned up against the willow tree in the same position. "How long do you think it'll take before the guests clear out of the dojo?"
Sesshoumaru glanced after Kagome and said with a hint of amusement in his voice, "About five minutes."
"Feel the wrath of the pink bubble of doom! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" Was heard in the general direction of the dojo followed by a pop and a loud 'splat'.
Sesshoumaru frowned and said, "Make that two."
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Don't fear! There will be plenty of fluff next chapter! ^-^ I won't be writing a lemon though...*shifty eyes* I'm on the lookout for Sesshoumaru. As soon as he heard that I was going to make him wear his hair up he bolted. *sigh* What's wrong with a little bit of gel and a few hair pins? And NO! I will never cut my beautiful Sesshy-kun's hair. I have a thing for long hair, for some reason or another. Or it could be all of the hot anime characters with long hair, Naraku, Hiten, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha, Kenshin, Kurama... ^-^ *drool drool* Oh well, I must go and watch a cool TV show on MTV that is ALL LINKIN PARK!!!! WHOOHOO!!!! Oh by the way, the reason for the remix earlier in the chapter was I just got..........
[LINKIN PARK] 'REANIMATION' ^O^ Oh yeah! The remix of Crawling rocks! It will be a definite in here!
Oh and, another thing, any of you peoples who haven't heard the song, or seen the music video for the song, 'Behind blue eyes' (the really sad one I used) You can find it in Limp Bizkit's 'Results may vary' or, you can leave me your e-mail in a review and I will send you the music video. You may not actually get to watch the whole thing mind you, because the place where I get my music videos, if you have it on any better than low quality, the song will buffer to no end. ^-^ Gotta go! Oh shit! It started! O.O
*runs to living room and switches channel*
My annoying sister: Hey! I was watching 7th Heaven!
Amreld: Oh well, I'm watching Linkin Park. Go watch 7th Hell in the other room.
M.A.S: No! I was watching it out here! Mom!
Amreld: *sigh* Why must my older sister be so immature? *grumble* Shut the fuck up!
M.A.S: No! Give me the remote and switch it back!
Amreld: *growls menacingly at oblivious sister* *eye twitch* I would rather rot in hell than listen to your whining and watch your pathetic, weepy, stupid, out of season, god forsaken, TV show! *stomps into other room and slams the door*
Sesshoumaru: *follows Amreld after gagging when seeing what is on the TV M.A.S is watching* *Turns volume up on Amreld's TV because Linkin Park is the best* (so true! ^.^)
Ja ne! ^~
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