A/N: Ack. Another fic raised from the afterlife. Yes, yes. Black Bridge is still here. Though, I still have no idea how long this thing will last. We might be in for the long haul, or maybe just a nice little ride down the mountain carrying a mountain goat. EITHER WAY, I have decided to not make an angst ending. Or well, not as angst as I had thought at first. And, thankies Eev. I'm updating it, I'm updating it! Ya, anyway, thankies for all the advice.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I own nothing. Except my pocket lent. Crap, I don't have any pockets! "Don't Let Me" is Annie Lennox's. I don't own either.
The Black Bridge
Not So Lonely
"Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Nobody ever loved me like he does
Ooh he does
Yea he does
And if somebody loved me
Like he do me
Ooh he do me
Yea he does
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
No no no
Don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that has no past.
Don't let me down...
I say nobody ever really done me good
Nobody ever really done me good
Nobody ever really done me good...
Ever really ever really ever ever ever...
Don't let me down, baby
No no
Don't let me down
Yea"
"Kuro?" She asked in a small voice. He turned his head and acknowledged her. "Where are we?" They had been walking for 2 days.
"Here." He pushed some brush aside and she saw her home.
"It's- my home." She said, her voice faltering.
"Hai." He said simply.
She walked up and pushed the shoji. Her room, just as it had been before. Nothing had changed. Kagome turned around again, to say her thanks to Kuro, but he was already gone.
"Arigatou" She said to the emptiness.
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Kayura had fawned over her when she got back. She scolded but that fell to the mercy of her tears as she sobbed over her daughter. Her father said nothing, but she could tell he would hug just as tightly if he could. Right now, her mother was doing a good enough job.
"I need to breathe." Kagome said breathlessly. "Please?"
"Gomen." Her mother's eyes glistened with tears. Kagome wiped them off and they started to laugh and cry hysterically.
Ippei took this as his leave and walked down the hall. It was still a beautiful day outside. Might as well not waste it.
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"Kaede!" The young girl bounded up the steps. It was a nice day. A zephyr blew through the shrine every few minutes, cooling it down from the heat of summer, which was approaching fast.
"Hai..." Kaede peered at her. Kagome was different.
"You haven't seen anyone around today? Have you?" Kagome asked. Kuro hadn't said when he would be back. She missed him. He made good company.
"Iie. I've seen no one, except you today." Kaede answered. Kagome grabbed a broom and helped Kaede sweep.
"When, someone very close says good-bye, why does it always hurt so much?" Kagome asked, still bent over from her duty and not wanting to look up.
"You don't know when they will be back. True, they may say when they will be back, but what if something happens to them? You have no control over that. You are worried over them. You may never see that person again." Kaede answered, bent over just as Kagome.
"Hai, but why must people part! Why are people forced to part with everyone they meet?" Kagome asked, looking up at the old miko.
"When you say hello, you know a good-bye will follow eventually. You must part. You will part from your parents, your neighbors, your friends, your loves. Every person you will part with. But, you have the power to decide how long it will be for. It may be only a few days or forever. You have the power. Use it." Kaede took Kagome's broom and shooed her back home.
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"But, you have the power to decide how long it will be for. It may be only a few days or forever. You have the power. Use it." I wish it were that easy Kaede. I can't control others. I make them come to me! Or...I guess I could go to them. But, how? I nearly killed my parents last time. I can't do it again.
Her thoughts were invaded by the presence of another. Kagome felt an evil presence near her. Creeping up to her. Kagome looked behind her. No one. It was getting dark. She was just getting jumpy.
A slight rustling in the bushes made her jump. "Who's there?" She called out. "Answer me!"
"I'll hurt you if you don't come out right now!" She waited a few seconds. Trying to gather up courage she raced towards the bushes.
Please don't let it be Naraku. Please, don't be Naraku. Please, please.
"Give it up!" A small voice yelled.
"Never!" A older voice said.
"Ugh! Come on Miroku! You had it last night! I want it tonight!" The little voice said, desperately.
"No way am I giving this to you! I cooked it anyway." The one who was called Miroku answered.
"I caught it! So, give it to me!" The small voice was pleading desperately.
"Shippou, you would have not eaten the fish if you hadn't had me cause you can't cook!" Miroku yelled again.
"You would have had no fish if I had not gone and gotten it! You can't fish for anything but old waraji!" Shippou yelled back.
"Have either of you seen anyone around here?" Kagome stepped into the light of the fire.
Both of the people looked dumbstruck. The older, Miroku, had been fighting with the younger, Shippou, over who got the bigger fish.
"uh, uh, oh, iie!" Shippou stuttered.
"Even if we had, how could we remember with someone as beautiful as you in our thoughts. How could we ever remember anything with your beauty radiating near us? It would impossible I tell you." Miroku, she noticed was a monk.
"Ugh." Shippou rolled his eyes at Miroku's speech.
"umm" Kagome wasn't sure how to respond to a speech like that.
"What is your name, beautiful woman?" Miroku got up and stood next to her.
"Kagome." She answered.
"Such a beautiful name. Kagome. Kagome, will you bear my child?" Miroku asked.
At that, Kagome was about to hit him, but someone else beat him to it. Kuro.
"Stop asking every pretty woman you meet to bear your child. Hentai." Kuro rubbed Miroku's head in the ground.
"Kuro..." Kagome breathed. Kuro looked up.
"Inuyasha, do you know this lady?" Shippou asked.
"Hai. I know Kagome." Kuro, or Inuyasha answered.
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"So, that's how you two know each other." Miroku was back into consciousness.
"Hai." Inuyasha answered.
"So, you told me Kuro cause you were afraid to tell me your real name?" Kagome asked.
"Hai. Gomen." Inuyasha apologized.
"It's alright. I completely understand." Kagome said.
"So, what's for dinner my comrades?" Inuyasha asked.
"uhh, I think Shippou caught a catfish." Miroku looked over at the rock that had had the fish on it.
"Shippou, where is the fish?" Miroku said slowly, as if trying to forget his anger.
"Ugh. Miroku, I don't feel so good. I think I have a stomach ache." Shippou had fish on all the sides of his mouth. His face was green.
"SHIPPOU!" Miroku screamed and ran after Shippou, who was trying desperately to get away. "UHH! Shippou! Throw up on Inuyasha, not me! Shippou! No! I just washed my robe today!" Miroku's pleas were heard all through out the mountain.
"No, Shippou! Throw up on Kagome! Not me! No!" Inuyasha screamed as Miroku placed Shippou in Inuyasha's lap.
Too bad Kagome had already left.
A/N: Ahh, Miroku and Shippou finally make an appearance. And, I finally update the fic! Yes, it has been forever and nine days. Hopefully the next update won't be so long.
Sorry bout that folks.
~~~~Y.L.S.
yep, yep, M.S. and A.R.A. didn't write!
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