chp 16

Kagome Higurashi age 16 years old, her birthday the next day. She sighed, not joyous of the coming of age she would be at. She didn't know what she wanted for her birthday, though her mother kept pressing the issue. It had been a month now, since that day when she woke up with a strange feeling of loss. Her memories were almost absent of the past 4 months, she hardly remembered a thing. But that was not the oddest part of it all...

Underneath all these fleeting memories, dreams occured. Dreams of a beautiful silver place, where she hadn't a care in the world. She dreamt of a handsome savoir, who carried her to far away places, bounding high into the sky. She rememered smiling, almost being able to feel that cold air whiping against her face. She remembered a river of silver hair, flowing from her savior's head...

Silky soft, run your fingers through it silver hair...

She could almost feel it...

She felt so...real in those dreams. Like she wasn't in her own reality right now. Everything seemed fuzzy and unclear, like this was the dream, and the silver place wasn't. She smirked, and shook her head. She knew better than to think that this was a dream, besides she could feel her shoulder in pain right now, and dreams weren't supposed to have pain...

She was going to the doctor today, because her left shoulder had been hurting continuously for the past month now. She gritted her teeth, waiting for the bell to sound so she could escape her prison. She chewed at her bottom lip, tapping her pencil impatiently on the wooden desk in front of her. Her eyes darted back and forth from the clock, as the pain worsened.

Suddenly she felt someone tap her pained shoulder, she yipped in pain. She looked behind her, seeing Eri passing her a note. She groaned in pain, praying the teacher hadn't noticed. Thankfully, she hadn't, she was too busy on her laptop to notice such unimportant distractions. Kagome carefully unfolded the note, reading the neatly scribbled words on the page..

Hey! Guess who's watching you right now?

She took her pencil and scribbled, who?

She folded it in half, and passed it back to Eri. Within a few stomach churning moments, the note was at her back. She yawned casually, picking up the note with her outstretched arms. She unfolded it again, reading with dread...

Hojo!

She groaned, scribbling, Who cares, he's an overfriendly creep who won't leave me alone...

She folded it an passed it back. She watched the clock again... 10 mintes til freedom...

She watched the note fall over her shoulder, and opened it up...

! How can you say that, he's gorgeous. C'mon Kag! Capt. of the Swim team! Have you not seen those year book pictures...of his "speedo"...

Kagome blushed furiously scribbling angrily, No! I don't care what the size of his...well you know what..is! Besides, he's so stupid, and ignorant, and over confident, and annoying, and most importantly he doesn't have silver hair!

She was in a little bit of shock that she wrote that last bit. She quickly erased it, and put doesn't have a silver car...

She sighed and passed it back to Eri...

Why do I care about silver hair, those are just childish dreams. Besides, where am I gonna find silver hair...

As if on cue, the note landed back in her lap...

You have someone in mind don't you, no one without someone better would resist the beautiful Hojo...

Kagome smiled, I should give this note to him after class, just to spice things up...

She gave toss over her shoulder, hearing the paper land on Eri's desk again. She put her head on her fist, watching the seconds tick by. Within moments, the note was yet again, over her shoulder and in her lap. She opened it, supressing laughter...

OMG! NO! I will kill you!

Thankfully the bell rang, and Kagome packed her books into her arms. She turned to Eri,"I'd like to see you try and stop me..."

"No Kagome! I'll be so embarrassed!"

She watched her friend's eyes plead with her. She rolled her eyes and returned the note to her,"Here ya go, its a gift..."

Kagome waved good-bye, and rushed out of the room to her locker. She put on her combination, and popped off the lock. She crammed her books back into the tiny space, taking out her biology book and geometry book. She slammed the locker, and replaced the lock. She ran down the hallway, taking the long way to avoid Hojo. She finally reached the doors, and raced out. She saw her mother's car, and breathed a sigh of relief. She crossed the parking lot, and opened the trunk to put her books in the back. She shut it, then hopped in the front seat.

"Hey honey, how was school?" he mother said cheerfully.

"Nothing special, just normal old school..."

He mother back out of the parking space, and zoomed off towards the doctor's. Kagome turned on the radio, hearing a old song she hadn't heard in a very long time...

10,000 miles, by Mary Chaplin Carpenter...(download it, seriously...go now... the story isnt going anywhere..)

The song itself started out in a violin, lonely and sad. It made her feel almost comforted that violin felt lonely too...

Then the piano came in, almost joyously, as if breaking away the sadness, and melting away the lonely pain.

Fare the well, my own true love.
Farewell for a while.
I'm going away.
But I'll be back.

It spoke to her, when she sang. As if she was comforted by someone far away...

Though I'll go 10,000 miles.
10,000 miles my own true love.
10,00 miles or more.

True love...She thought. Where had she felt that feeling before, that her true love would conquer all for her. Her bottom lip trembled, as the song continued to speak to her in a raw passion...

The rocks may melt.
And the seas may burn.
If I shell not return.
Oh dont you see.

It was completely instinct, when the words reached her, that she touched the pink jewel she wore at all times. It was her pain, her suffering, her weakness...

At lone sometimes.
Sitting on an ivy tree.
She's weeping for.
Her own true love.

There it was again, that feeling...when the words true love were spoken in the song, it touched something so deep inside her, something so far away and hidden, she didn't even know the feelings where there...

As I shale weep for miles.
Oh come he back
My own true love.
And stay awhile with me.
If I had a friend.
On this earth.
You've been a friend to me.

What else could she do, she cried...

Silently, she wept, the tears falling down in pairs across her cheeks. Where had he gone, her dream savior. He must be real, he must be somewhere...

Because now she realized, she loved him. She didn't care that it was just a dream, didn't care he wasn't real. He coursed through her, giving her something she'd never thought she needed...hope...

She had hope to see him, hope to feel him in her so called reality...

She quickly wiped her face, as her mother pulled up to the doctor's office...

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The doctor came back into the little room Kagome was in, taking out her X-rays from a manilla folder. He placed them on a lightscreen, showing her what was wrong...

"Somehow, Ms. Higurashi, you've ripped your shoulder muscles, like you pierced you arm..."

"But I haven't done anything like that..."

"May I see your shoulder?"

He pulled down her shirt, to examine her shoulder. His cold fingers softly grazed her back, looking for a scar. After the fruitless try, he sighed,"I cannot explain this injury though, it baffles me how you've injured yourself without managing to impale your shoulder..."

"Well, um, can you fix it..."

He nodded, reaching into his pocket, taking out a pad of paper and a pen,"Yes, I'll write you a prescription for a muscle regenterator, it should mend you right up."

He scribbled some illegibal nonsense on the piece of paper, and gave it to Kagome's mother.

"Take this to my receptionist, and she'll take care of the medicine."

Her mother smiled,"Thank you so much Doctor Miroku..."

"Of course..."

Kagome followed her mother out of the room, and down the hallway. The receptionist, Mrs. Sango, smiled and looked at the writing,"I have know Dr.Miroku longer than I have been married to him, and still can't read his writing..."

Her mother giggled,"Yes how long has it been?"

"2 years this August..."

"Thats wonderful!"

Mrs. Sango flipped through some files, and then looked in a back room. She came back with a bottle of pills,"Here you go..."

"Thank you so much..."

Kagome looked back at the pregnant woman, smiling. Somehow, her and Miroku made her feel a little better about her being in love with a dream...

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Kagome got out of the car, getting home at dusk. Her mother carried the paper bags filled with groceries to the kitchen, while Kagome got her backpack out of the trunk and carried it to her room. She set it down next to her bed, and sat staring out the window. She watched the goldenlight fill her room, and watched the russet colors dance in the sky. She watched the dark greens down in the forest, being entranced by it...

She restlessly crawled onto her bed, trying to find something to do. She tried reading, but her mind was too entranced by the forest to even go near a book. She tried drawing a picture, but everything was crap. She even tried organizing her notebooks, but she ended up in deep thought instead...

She sighed, not being able to avoid it anymore. She got up, and walked downstairs. She looked around to make sure no one was around, and walked out the door. Being outside was refreshing after a long day of cramped school rooms. She stretched her arms, hearing her back pop. It felt so good...

She turned her attention to the forest, realizing it had a silvery glow to it. How familiar it seemed, how totally real it came off to be. But she felt that it couldn't be real, nothing real was so mystical, so mysterious. She stood at the edge, remembering her fear of the forest ever since she was a little girl. She walked down a dirt path, the images she saw almost refreshed her mind.

She remembered seeing this not too long ago, in her dreams, in a memory, she didn't really quite know. She ran her fingers along the bark of a tree, feeling something deep inside her lead her to a place. She didn't quite know where she was going, yet something was drawing her to it...

Or someone..

What ever the case, she followed the path, somehow instinctively knowing where to go. She found a beautiful waterfall, cascading down a rocky cliff. It wasn't very big, but it gave her the strangest feeling that she had been here before. She bent down, removing her shoes and kne-high socks. She walked over to the waters, and stepped in the cool oasis. She bent down to the cool water, and took a drink. It was crisp and refreshing, sweet and delicious, everything water should taste like.

Why does my heart yearn when I am here, why do I want to cry from these memories hidden deep inside me? Where have I drank this water before, where have I smelt this scent...

It smells like...forest and sweat.

She got back out of the water, drying her legs off, and replacing her shoes and socks back on. She looked up in the trees, seeing a flash of red...

Her heart raced, for reasons unknown to her...

She followed the direction the flash had gone, running akwardly towards something she didn't have a clue to why it anticipated her. But she felt excited, she felt like she was running towards something she had craved for years, and this would end her hunger. She picked up her pace, feeling more joyous every second...

She came upon a clearing, where a small cherry tree had blossomed, where the pale pink petals drifted down to the ground. A ray of sunlight fell on the ree, capturing it in a golden essence. She stood in awe, totally enchanted by the sight, by the rich feeling it gave her. She stumbled towards it, almost afraid it would turn to ash at her touch. She sat under it, closing her eyes, feeling something all around her...

Her world spun, when she opened her eyes. At first she thought it was a mirage, but she saw flashes of images before her when she saw it. A thousand forgotten memories burried deep inside her heart, a thousand feelings she forgot exsisted. Those familiar feelings, those painful feelings, those amazing feelings...

"I thought...you'd never come..." He spoke, his piercing golden eyes stared back into her plain brown ones. She sighed a shattered sigh, as the figure drew near,"I waited, for a long time..."

He knelt infront of her, taking a clawed hand to her soft cheek, gently grazing the long claws against it,"I thought you'd never come back to me..."

Her eyes filled with tears, as she threw her arms around him,"I remember...I remember everything..."

Her throat swellled up, as he held her protectively,"I missed you so much, Kagome..."

She felt him cradle her, felt his lips return to her's. How she had thirsted for him for so long, how it only became clear to her now that she had never forgotten him, merely had another idea of him. He was her dream, her hope, her life, and to have it returned to her...

No one can describe that feeling...

His powerful lips were more than just lips, they were a haven to her. She felt them so tenderly kiss her, but the intensity was immesurable. The emotion was unbearable, and she could no longer feel the pain deep in her heart. The tears continued to roll, as her lover continued to refresh her, continued to love her.

A realization came to her,through the midst of it all, and she broke her lips away and stared in awe at him..."You're the forest's protector, who saved me all those years ago..."

"Yes I was, I've been watching you for a long time, even when you went down the well, I waited for you right here. Even before you were born, I waited for you to become alive. I've watched your great great great great great great grandparents live, and watched their children, and their children's children, knowing that each generation would bring me one step closer to you..."

"You waited..."

"550 years..."

She felt his lips against hers, sucking gently, then heard his strong deep voice say,"It was worth it..."

"Oh Inuyasha," She cooed. Her heart was so alive, after being dead so long. Her soul was so warm, after so many years of it being so cold. She knew that they were connected, she knew that when they were together, that it was true love. Her own true love, who had waited for her for 550 years, was right here, as if by some sort of God gived miracle. She knew, that there was no way things weren't meant to be this way. She knew they were destined to be together, destined to become each others...

They were destined...to love...

"Kagome, you have no idea...how badly I've missed you..."

"Inuyasha, I've missed you too, so much..."

"I love you, I love you more than anything can measure."

"I love you too..."

His love gave her strength, and as he pressed his lips against her, she felt more powerful than anything alive. She captured his lips, hungrily kissing him. How she needed him, how she wanted him. He wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to his warm chest. She wrapped her arms around his neck, loving him like she hadn't been able to in so long...

Loving him like time had stopped just for this moment...

And know what, it probably did...

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Don't forget about the epilogue, where I will explain EVERYTHING that happened to Inuyasha after he made the wish.

I thank you all, for reading this, and I know last time you said to make it longer, and I tried my best to make it as long as possible, did I do a good job? Lets hope...

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Awesome, totally awesome. Well i hope you liek the chapter, and I hope you'll enjoy the epilogue (where I will explain alot of stuff I felt unecessary to explain in the midst of something that was so..i dunno loving...)

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