Battling Bands… of Love?

Ch.3

Inuyasha woke up and looked down. Good. She's still sleep. Inuyasha pulled up the blanket a bit higher and closed his eyes and fell asleep. Shortly after, Raiyne woke up. She started to scream but was cut short by Inuyasha's fast reflexes. "Shhh. It's ok." Inuyasha let go of her mouth. Raiyne blinked. "What were we doing?" Inuyasha smirked. "What does it look like we were doing?" Raiyne slapped his arm lightly and got up but was stopped by his arms. "Come on, can't we just stay like this for a moment?" Raiyne nodded silently. I don't even know him and I'm sleeping with him on the same bed?

Raiyne snuggled unconsciously into Inuyasha's chest for warmth. Inuyasha smirked while she sighed. "Inuyasha?" Inuyasha looked down. "Hmm?" "Why am I sleeping with you? I don't even know you." Inuyasha grinned. "Well, for one thing, you said you can't have a guest sleep on the ground and I won't let you sleep on the ground either." Raiyne just nodded her head tiredly. Inuyasha whispered, "Also, you cried out to me." Raiyne lifted her eyebrow curiously. "Well... Not exactly me. You cried out for your mother and you grabbed my hand into one of your death grips. So I slept with you.

Raiyne turned from shock to solemn. Inuyasha looked intently. "What's wrong?" Raiyne shook her head. "Nothing. I'm just thinking." "About your mother?" Raiyne looked up at Inuyasha. "Yeah. I was actually." And Raiyne whispered, "I miss her. Even after 12 years, I still have nightmares about her going away and never coming back." Inuyasha breathed in her scent again, but this time he smelt another scent. The salty scent of tears. "Don't cry. It's ok." Raiyne quickly wiped away her tears and said, "I'm not crying." "Then why do I smell tears?"

Raiyne broke down. She poured out her tears and covered her eyes with her hands. Inuyasha wrapped her arms around her. "Shh... Don't cry. Shhh..." Raiyne kept crying. She remembered her dream, it was so vivid, so real and it was. It was what happened to her dear mother.

Dream Sequence (Raiyne is five years old.)

"Honey, come on. Let's go," called Kayrla , Raiyne's mother. "Ok, mommy." Raiyne ran up to her mother from the monkey bars and grabbed her mother's hand. "Where are we going mommy?" "We're going home to eat, ok darling?" "Ok mommy." Her mother smiled, her blue-silvery eyes dancing with joy and laughter. Raiyne looked at the street and tightened her grip on Kayrla's hand. "Sweet? Can you let go of my hand a bit? Your demon strength is too much for a human's fragile hand." Raiyne looked at her mother curiously. "Am I a demon, mommy?" "Of course you are. But you're a unique one. You are a half-demon, half-human. Isn't that great?" "Cool! I'm like you and daddy."

Kayrla smiled at her small half-demon daughter. They walked across the street, oblivious to the on-coming car, a car that was driven by a drunk driver. Kayrla turned her head towards the car, warned not from her human ears but her sixth sense, the sense that told her to protect her child at any cost. "Raiyne! Run!" Raiyne looked at her mother, confused. "Why?" "Run, darling, run!" Raiyne saw the fast approaching car. "Mommy! Watch out!" Kayrla didn't turn. She wrapped her arms around her daughter for the last time. The car struck her in the back, flinging mother and daughter further back.

People from all over the street looked in horror. Someone called the ambulance. Kayrla was fatally wounded, while her daughter was too. Both bleeding like there was no tomorrow. Which was true, for one of them at least.

Raiyne woke up a week after the incident, ignoring her painful wounds she asked, "Mommy?" Her father stood up. "Is my angel alright?" Raiyne looked around. "Where's mommy. daddy?" Her father sighed deeply, all of a sudden tired. He sat down next to her half-demon daughter. "Mommy went to a better place, the place where she was born." Raiyne looked at her father, confused. "Why did she leave? Where?" "She went to heaven, where all angels live." Raiyne understood his meaning. Her friends talked about that place where you go after you die, where you go when you become an angel. Raiyne choked on her sob. "She's... dead?" Her father solemnly nodded. Raiyne broke, cried for all she was worth. Cried for several days, never eating, never sleeping. Feeling the horrible pain in her broken heart, more pain than any wound can ever be infflicted on her, the pain of not seeing her mother ever, ever again.

(A month later, at the funeral.)
Raiyne walked up to her mother's coffin, holding lilacs and roses for her mother in her unwounded arm while the other arm sat in its sling. She wasn't crying, no she was out of tears. After the funeral, her father came up to her. She was sitting on a bench, out in the park, staring at the ground. "Raiyne? Are you ok?" Raiyne shook her head in response. Her father sat down and continued on. "Did mommy tell you about you being demon?" Raiyne nodded. "Well, did she tell you that you're an angel too?" Raiyne looked up at him, surprised. "Yes you are. You weren't born there, but you are. Because, you mother was an angel too." Raiyne looked up at the sky and whispered, "Can Raiyne go see her then?" Her father shook her head. "No, you can't see her but she's watching you. You are only half-angel though. But also half-demon. You have to be strong for your mother, or else she would have died for no reason, all of it would be in vain. Raiyne looked up at her father and smiled the first smile in a long while.

End of Dream Sequence

Raiyne sighed deeply and wiped her face. She murmured, "Thank you." Inuyasha loosened his arms a bit. "For what?" She whispered, "For holding me when I needed it most. Thank you." "Feh. Nothing to it." Raiyne smiled. Inuyasha got up off the bed. "Let's get ready. What are we going to have for dinner?" Raiyne got up too. "Well. Breakfast, we eat out." "Oh." Raiyne ran towards the bathroom, but Inuyasha caught up. Raiyne stuck out her tongue. "I'm gonna use the washroom first ok?" And she grabbed the door handle and quickly got in and locked it. "Damn!" Inuyasha walked back slowly to the bed and sat down. "Feh. Whatever."

After several minutes, Raiyne stepped out, completely refreshed. "Finished." Inuyasha grunted in reply and stepped into the bathroom. "What's wrong with him? He seemed very, very affectionnate this morning." Raiyne went into her walk-in closet and sighed, "I will never understand them boys. Ever." Raiyne came out of the closet first, dressed in a simple faded green shirt and red swimsuit shorts with white cherry blossom-like designs on it.(Sorry, never told u guys... obviously it is summer! Oo;;) She went around the room, cleaning it. She collected her lyrics, music sheets and instruments (mostly guitars). Inuyasha came out when Raiyne finished tidying up her terribly messy room. "Wow. It's clean!" said Inuyasha, dryly. Raiyne shot a glare at him. "Feh." Inuyasha was wearing a white shirt and red shorts.

Raiyne flicked her ears towards the door. "Raiyne! Wake up! Let's go eat!" Raiyne looked at Inuyasha, amused and yelled, "Coming! You sure you can't wait?" The person stomped up the stairs loudly. "Raiyne... I am going to kill you!" She slamed open the door and Raiyne cried, "Boo!" The person, Sango, screamed at the top of her lungs. "Holy shit!" Raiyne and Inuyasha howled with laughter. Sango glared at them menacingly. "Why I outta kill you both!" With that said, Sango chased after Raiyne, who raced down the stairs with her demonic speed. "Can't catch me Sango! You never could and you never will!" Sango growled.

Several minutes after the chase, Sango gave up, unable to catch the sneaky and ever speedy Raiyne. "I quit!" The others came out shortly, wearing simple clothing, including Alexander, Raiyne's father. Raiyne got into her BMW convertible with Sango, Inuyasha and her father, while Kagome rode in her Mercedez with Sesshoumaru, Miroku, Ayame and Kouga. They headed towards downtown Toronto, to a restaurant called Golden Griddle, which was already reserved for them only.

"Wow. This canadian food is amazing!" said Kouga, inhaling his food in a matter of seconds. After breakfast, Kagome, Sesshoumaru and Alexander, Raiyne's father headed back towards the house, preparing for the recording of both bands' music. "Where do you guys want to go?" asked Ayame. "Why don't we go swimming at Raiyne's house?" asked Sango. "It would be fun! We could dunk Miroku in the water." "Fine." said Inuyasha. Everyone crammed into Raiyne's small convertible and they headed off to Raiyne's house.