What Was it That You Never Said?
Chapter 8: Car Karoke?
A/N: In the story Naraku isn't really a bad guy. I guess he would be more like Onigumo. But I hope that you like it anyway.
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Kikyou stared at the man sitting in front of her. It had been such a short time he had left her, but it had felt like forever. The only time she had ever gave away her heart. Only to have to thrown in her face. He was back in her life now, she didn't fully know how to react. She had never been good at letting her emotions show. It was better just to appear aloof and uncaring. People couldn't hurt you that way.
"I left to find myself, but I realized that I was nothing without you." Naraku said, as he took her hand.
In all the years Kikyou had known him, he had never been gentle, he was ruthless and cold. But something had changed inside him. She could see it, this was the person she had seen inside, hiding from the world. Now he was free to be that person.
She looked him in the eye and knew he was sincere. "So you decide to come back and see if I will just drop everything and be with you." She knew she was being cold, but she was still hurt from his dismissal.
He sighed heavily. "Yes, to be honest. I could be so much better then Inuyasha. I know your pregnant, but I am sure I could raise his child as mine. You where happy with me once. Don't you remember?"
"Yours." She whispered, as she looked down, the floor suddenly became very interesting.
"What?"
"The baby I am carrying. Its yours. I never slept with Inuyasha." She said while she avoided his gaze. This was harder than she ever imaged.
Silence filled the apartment. Kikyou could feel weighting down on her. The impregnable silence tugged at her heart. It was being ripped apart. Just as fate would have it, Inuyasha came in the door, to get his forgotten football uniform. As he cleared the living room, he paused and raised an eyebrow.
"Uh...Did I miss something?" He asked as he cocked his head to the side.
"Um... Inu.. Inuyasha. This is Onigumo Naraku, he is the one I cheated on you with. The baby's father." Straight forward as always Kikyou, she could never sugar coat anything.
Inuyasha paused and looked the other man over. He was attractive in his own right, and seemed nice enough. And, by the way he stared at Kikyou, you could tell he cared a great deal about her.
"I am here to take back what is rightfully mine." This guy had some nerve, to come here, and think that Kikyou was his. What the hell? He left her when she pregnant. And now he thought he could just come back and take over.
"Who the HELL--" Kikyou stood up and put a hand on Inuyasha's chest. She looked up at him and he stopped. Something in her eyes stopped him.
"He didn't know." Was all she said. And the rage inside him melted away. "I didn't get a chance to tell him before he left."
Inuyasha glared down on them. "Why did you leave anyway?"
Naraku sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I left to find myself, to create a new life. But after I left I realized that no matter who I was, Kikyou was a part of me. I want to marry her, and take her away with me. To my home in another region. That is if you have no problem with that."
He looked over the man sitting in front of him. Then he looked at Kikyou. "Is that what you want?" He asked as he locked gazes with her.
"Yes." She answered simply. Inuyasha nodded and started out of the room. He paused and turned back to them.
"Then you better take care of her. And you know I will always be here." That was all he could say. He wished he could feel bad about all of this, but all he could feel was relieved. With that he turned again and left the room.
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Kikyou just stood there and stared at the spot where Inuyasha had just stood. He had let her go, just like that. He was a better man then she ever thought. She turned as smiled at Naraku.
"I guess I didn't have to fight for you after all." He said as he stood and took her hands in his.
"Pack your things. I am going to take you home now." She pulled into the her bedroom and they packed up her things. There wasn't much she wanted to take. Mostly memories is what she kept. The whole time she packed she felt like she was in a dream world. Like her fairly tale has just come to life.
"Okay I am ready." She said, then stopped at the door. She looked around the apartment that had been her home. And she knew this was the right thing to do. Maybe this time Inuyasha would get it right and another women would take her place here soon. They left, and headed out of the city, and out of the lives of those they left behind.
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Inuyasha heard Kikyou leave. She wont come back, and he knew that. But he couldn't make himself feel bad about that. Some how he always knew this was coming. Like some foresight he never knew he had. And now she was gone to start her life. He could begrudge he that. Because now he can try to fix his own life. But he couldn't do anything till after the football game. There was no way around it. He was a starting player, and it was his scholarship. He had hisconsiderable trust his family had left him when they died, but he still didn't want to lose his scholarship. Plus, the captain of the team couldn't set a bad exaple.Maybe the game would give him an idea for trying to win Kagome over. A smile bloomed across his face.
"Kagome..."
Inuyasha clenched his fist as he grabbed his uniform. He was going to find someway to make her his women, and this time he would make sure there was no one to mess it up. He left his apartment in a hurry and got into his car. He didn't want to be late for the game.
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"Football game check list." Sango said as they all gathered things for the game.
"Let's see, blankets?" She asked as she looked around.
"Right here! Check!" Miroku said as he held them up for her to see.
Sango nodded, "Next, something sort to sit on." She glared at Miroku, that silently dared him to say something perverted. Kagome giggled as he covered his mouth.
"Check." She said softly as she showed her the pillows.
"Okay, next is the tickets, which I have. Then the money to buy food and drinks. Which I also have. So check, and check. We are ready to go." Sango said as she checked everything off the list. They loaded the items into Kagome's car. Then they all piled into it. Kagome checked her cd changer and put in Alkaline Trio. One of her favorite bands.
After she got in, she notice Sango as she stared at her. "What?"
"What are you going to do if Inuyasha tries to talk to you?" Sango never beat around the bush did she?
"I don't know. I guess we will have to see when that happens now wont we?" She said as she started the car. Music filled the air around them. Sango and Kagome smiled evilly at each other and simultaneously said, "Car karaoke."
Miroku shook his head. They usually made him sing. Sango turned around and batted her eyelashes at him, and he melted. "Fine."
He sulked but sang along anyway.
When was it that you lost your youth or traded
It for something more for them to use so jaded
Why is it that you never said
I love you more than just a friend
I pray this gridlock never ends
And when we get there just depends
I found out recently that you are leaving
For good I hope I softly tell my ceiling
It's better now to be alive
Sleeping is my 9 to 5
I'm having nightmares all the time
Of running out of words that rhyme
Everything that you could never say
Would never matter anyway
I took a hammer and two nails to my eardrums long ago
Before that steak knife took my eyes
I looked up to the sky
For the last thing I would ever see
For the last time I'd cry
When was it that you sold your life or wasted
Every bite of that small slice you never tasted
I guess I should be one to talk
There's nights that I can't even walk
There's days I couldn't give a fuck
And in between is where I'm stuck
From blocks away I heard somebody screaming
That small child inside of you that you left bleeding
You stabbed him up not once but twice
Cubicles will now suffice
Some say it's the roll of the dice
I think they're wrong I know I'm right
Every breath that I could barely breathe
Could barely make it past my teeth
I took a blowtorch to both of my lungs a long long time ago
Every step that i could take
Every one more difficult to make
Mr. Chainsaw came and took my legs a long, long time ago
In case you're wondering
I'm singing about growing up about giving in
In case you're wondering we're singing about growing up
About giving up and giving in
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I don't own this song. It is done by Alkaline Trio.
I know this chapther is kind of short, but I thought I would post it so you would have something. Thank you again to everyone that reviewed. Reviews are greatly appreciated.
Also I know that I put in alot of songs, but this is the song that I really tried to write the story around. Music is a big part of me, and I tried to make it a big part of this story. Tell me if that is good or bad, cause I want to know what you guys think.
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