Miko and the Youkai Chapter 12: Life is a road, an inuyasha fanfic

I do not own any of the songs mentioned. They belong to Montgomery Gentry and Donna Lewis I am simply using them.

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Now on with the story…

"On your mark…get set…go!" Kagome shouted. Racing down the banisters where Shippo and Kagome. So far Kagome was winning but Shippo was catching up fast. They where both gaining speed. Kagome won. As soon as her feet hit the ground she spun around and caught Shippo. Both collapsed laughing.

"You know I don't think the banister is clean enough. What do you think Shippo?" Kagome asked while smiling.

"Neither do I. I think we should clean it again." Shippo stated with a smile of his own.

A few minutes later at the top of the stairs

"One…two…three!" Kagome yelled. They were off again only this time they had an audience. Inuyasha watched from a high window. Once again Kagome won and she caught Shippo. In no time they where on the ground laughing.

'She looks like a mother and her pup.' Inuyasha observed.

'Can't wait for them to be ours.'

Inuyasha decided to ignore his demon half. Instead occupied himself with talking with Kagome. "Oi! What do your think your doing?"

"We're cleaning." Kagome answered.

"Doesn't look like it." Inuyasha said.

"We're doing it Kagome's way! It's a lot of fun!" Shippo commented.

"Whatever I'm going out. I'll be back around noon and I expect lunch on the table. Understood?" Inuyasha instructed.

Kagome straightened up and saluted, Shippo copied her actions. "Sir yes sir!" she responded. With one last questioning look he left.

"Now to scrub the floors, we'll start here at the bottom. Then while. It's drying we'll do the top floors." Kagome announced.

"Are we doing it your way?" Shippo questioned.

"Is there any other way?" Kagome retorted. "Now this is what we're going to do…"

A couple of hours later

"Now that we're done with the bottom we can start on the top." And so they made their way to the second floor. Once they got there they opened all the doors and windows picking up everything until there was only the floor and furniture. Then they dumped water all over the floor. Finally they strapped the cleaning brushes to the bottom of their feet and squirted soap through out the floor. Then they where off skating in and out of rooms, gliding down the hallways, and laughing like there was no tomorrow.

"Sing Kagome!" Shippo shouted.

"Why?" Kagome shouted back.

"Why not?" he answered.

"Good point. What to sing? I know!" Kagome then started singing.

Ninety-four degrees as far as the eye can see
Corn is blowing in the wind
Seven days a week out here in this heat
A gentle rain my only friend
Sometimes when the sun goes down
The moon is full, the stars come out
I look out across this land
I'm proud of what I do
But I bet I'm a lot like you
I wanna be more than who I am

One of these days
I'm gonna run
I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon
One of these days
I'm gonna go
When you look at me you aren't gonna see a scarecrow

It's a simple life I lead
Not much out here to bother me
Just an occasional stubborn crow
I should be satisfied or so it seems
But I got lots of time to dream
About all I'm gonna do when I climb down off this pole

One of these days
I'm gonna run
I'm gonna leave these fields behind to find what's over the horizon
One of these days
I'm gonna go
When you look at me you aren't gonna see a scarecrow

Just a scarecrow

When Kagome finished Shippo just stood there. Then he clapped. "You have a great voice! Why'd you pick that song? Will you sing another one? Please?" By this time Shippo had put on the puppy eyes.

"Thank you Shippo. I picked that song because that's how I felt back at my village. I wanted to leave and explore. And it has a catchy tune. Hmmm will I sing another song? Of course I will. This one will have a slower tune though." Kagome started singing again.

We were strangers, starting out on a journey
Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

Shippo had once again stopped. He just stood there in a kind of trance. Kagome on the other hand had begun swaying and gliding to the song.

No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start

And life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

By this time Miroku and Sango had arrived. They came through the front door when they heard singing. They sat down on the bottom steps just listening. Kagome was completely oblivious to them as she was completely wrapped up in her song.

We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

Miroku then stood up, bowed and offered Sango a hand. She accepted and they began a slow waltz. Swaying and turning with each note. Shippo was now just sitting on the top steps with his eyes closed.

Unnoticed by anyone Inuyasha had been sitting in a high up window since she had started. He kept his focus on Kagome and was only vaguely aware that Sango and Miroku had come in and started dancing. He, like Shippo, had gone into a type of trance when Kagome started singing. His eyes were closed and a contented growl had started. No one noticed though.

Knew there was somebody, somewhere
A new love in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

Yeah

Life is a road that I wanna keep going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you

As Kagome's voice trailed off Sango and Miroku stopped dancing. Miroku gave a deep bow and Sango curtsied. Inuyasha snuck back outside before anyone had a chance to notice him. Shippo started clapping and was soon joined by Sango and Miroku.

"That was great!'

"You have a beautiful voice my lady."

"Will you sing some more?"

"Thank you all! I'll sing later if we have enough time, but for now Shippo and I have to finish the floor. Come on Shippo we have to rinse off all to soap then we can go make lunch while it dries." Kagome scooped Shippo up and went to finish the floor.

""She has certainly made things fun around here. How did we ever manage without her?" Sango said.

"She most certainly has. I can't even remember what it was like without her. I have complete confidence that she's the one to break the curse." Miroku answered.

"As do I." Sango agreed.