Chapter 3: Songs of Love: Kagome's Decision

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha or the love songs mentioned in this chapter.

A/N: It's a pity this fanfic isn't getting very far, but then again, I want FEEDBACK! Anyways, enjoy the fanfic! Once again, I apologize for any spelling errors I make.

"I'm home, mom!" Kagome called unhappily once the fancy limo had driven away and she was safely in the house.

"Hi, honey...you don't look so happy, and that's strange since you always come home happy after dinner with your friends. What was it Ayumi, Eri or Yuka said this time?" Mrs. Higurashi asked gently, sliding an arm around Kagome's shoulders and leading her in through the door.

"No, it wasn't either of them. The…friends…were different this time," Kagome sniffed. "Those 'friends' are nobody you'd know unless you read teen magazines. Anyways, these 'friends' are actually the 'Jewel of Four Souls' performers…"

And with that, Kagome filled her mother on what had happened in the morning and as a result.

When the girl had finished, Mrs. Higurashi frowned before stating, "Isn't it every teenage girl's dream to spend a month in Hawaii with InuYasha? I mean, from what I've heard so far, he's pretty popular and handsome."

"Well, anyways, they can't make me go! I just don't want to! With leaving you and all…" Kagome trailed off, unsure of what to say next.

For a moment, there was pause. Scared that her mother would go into the 'grandchildren' thing, like she had many times before, Kagome glanced at her mother, fearing what she was going to say next.

Then:

"Aw, honey, I understand, they just CAN'T make my little girl go with someone she hardly knows to Hawaii," Mrs. Higurashi said, hugging Kagome, but inside, really, she was celebrating. Her daughter might even start a real relationship at last!

"Are you saying that from your heart, mom?" Kagome asked weakly, even though she knew it was wrong to not trust her mother like that. Maybe she was actually really evil inside.

"Oh, honey…I am," Mrs. Higurashi replied, blushing. She could never lie to her own kids, and sometimes that was a bad thing.

"Oh, so you're telling me to go to Hawaii now?" Kagome felt rather hurt. Her mother cared more about grandchildren than her own children?

Kagome's mother knew exactly what her daughter was thinking, and it was pretty lucky that she knew how to fix things. Pretending that she hadn't heard Kagome's previous words, Mrs. Higurashi commanded, "Kagome, I think that it's your bedtime now. Goodnight, and see you tomorrow. Give me more details on this whole thing tomorrow morning." Giving her daughter a brief smile, Mrs. Higurashi made her escape, half-running half-berating herself for asking her daughter to mention the subject again the next day. At least the argument would have to wait.

Upstairs, tears fell down Kagome. She knew that it wasn't something to cry about, but she couldn't help it. How could anyone care more about somebody than their own child/children? First she had called Kikyo about the issue, but once she had hung up, there was nothing else to do but to sleep.

Kagome had tried to see her mother's point of view. Sure, the family would go on, but what if Kagome and Sota failed to produce any children? And she wasn't sure an adopted child would make the family tree go on, for that child was not born in the Higurashi blood line.

Feeling resigned, Kagome wiped her remaining tears away and turned over on her side. Sighing, she fell asleep, greeted by the nightmares of Dream-world.

With Kikyo

Kikyo had a strange feeling in her, but she didn't know what. The moment Kagome had called, that feeling had appeared. It wasn't one of happiness, Kikyo could tell that, but it was probably more of a bitter/sweet feeling.

That was when the teenager found out what the feeling was. Something that was usually found in angst/romance books: jealousy.

But what was there to be jealous about? She certainly didn't like InuYasha's attitude, although he made up for it with his looks. And anyways, she wouldn't like being separated from the safety of her family and home.

Or would she?

The teenager sat in her room, confused for a moment. What was there to gain from a worthless trip to Hawaii? Fame, surely, for the famous acrobat InuYasha would always be there with her, but there was nothing else. Deciding to play the 'pros and cons' game, Kikyo grabbed a pen and paper before sitting down on her bed to work things out.

At the end of the list, Kikyo had thought up more cons than pros on being jealous, and that satisfied the teenage girl greatly. Despite that, however, the feeling still remained, not willing to give to the list of pros and cons.

I'm so wicked; I should be feeling good for Kagome! I'm her friend and her match-maker, after all, and this is the perfect opportunity, Kikyo thought, biting her bottom lip, but it was no use; Jealousy still ruled. Turning off her bedroom light, Kikyo sank into a pleasant slumber where she and Kagome romped around in sunny meadows and picked delicious fruits off trees every single day.

In InuYasha's household

The acrobat paced back and forth in his room restlessly, grumbling on about how determined (in a bad way) his parents were. How could they ever believe that he would marry and give them grandchildren? They, of all people, should know him inside out. Giving a roar, InuYasha threw an expensive painting of him out the window, where it contacted with some poor passer-by. But the acrobat was too furious to notice anything.

The hanyou came back to reality with a knock on the door. "Lord InuYasha, are you alright?" a timid maid's voice asked. Knowing that it was his servant Shikara, the hanyou hastily regained his composure (which was not very simple) and opened the door. As he had predicted, Shikara stood there with his dinner, and she looked scared. Deciding not to trouble her any further, InuYasha grabbed the silver tray and closed the door, careful not to wake up his brother, who was the 'goody goody' of the two brothers. Sesshomaru had already eaten his dinner at seven o'clock.

Digging in, InuYasha had just about calmed down when something hard nearly chipped one of his teeth. Spitting the offending object out, the hanyou saw that the thing hidden in his meal was a silver chunk of metal with some words inscribed on it. InuYasha curiously read the message:

To the Love of my Life, a song for you:

As long as the stars shine down on the Heavens,

Long as the rivers run to the sea,

I'll never get over you getting over you

Getting over me…

The hanyou felt like throwing the worthless wordy metal in the bin, but his human side held him back. Taking control, Human InuYasha walked over to his bed with the love song, sat down, and began to inscribe another song of love on the other side with his claws. Both sides of InuYasha winced; both for different reasons.

When the hanyou was done, InuYasha threw the chunk of metal out the window, and it floated with the wind as if it were a feather. Feeling puzzled, the hanyou sank back down on his bed. His last thoughts were: I wonder where the chunk of metal will go next.

Next day at Kagome's house

Beep! Beep! SLAM!

Kagome slammed her hand down on her alarm clock, which was beeping profusely. Rubbing her sore and tired eyes, she changed and walked down the stairs. How could she have forgotten to turn the alarm clock off the previous night?

"Morning, dear!" Mrs. Higurashi greeted her daughter, still aware of the conversation that took place the night before. "Would you like cereal, or toast with bacon and eggs?"

"What does it matter? I'll just stick with good old cereal," Kagome put on her best smile and reached for the cornflakes packet her brother was clutching in his hand.

Kagome had just poured out some cornflakes into her milk when she saw it: a golden chunk of metal with words inscribed on it. Silently pointing it out to Sota, the little boy squealed and grabbed it.

"It's a love song for you, Kagome! Look! Isn't that InuYasha's handwriting?" Sota could remember the acrobat's handwriting from in the girly magazines Kagome occasionally allowed him to read.

"Ach, Quatsch!" Kagome exclaimed, remembering the German tutoring she used to get when she was young. The words she had exclaimed were her favourites: Oh nonsense! "You must be bluffing…oh my gosh! It really is!" Grabbing the 'metal scroll' from her sibling, Kagome read the content:

I'm wishing on a star,

To follow where you are,

I'm wishing on a dream,

To find out what it means

And I'm wishing on the rainbows,

That I see…

Kagome was touched by the lyrics of the words. She could even guess what the tune was! The words looked familiar…wondering why InuYasha would actually bother writing something like this to her and how he could have sneaked it into a cereal box, Kagome carried the metal back to her room and put it on her 'trophies' shelf. It looked like a masterpiece amongst all the other trophies she had ever received, and even better. Sighing like an obsessed fan girl, Kagome exited her room and sat back down at the breakfast table.

"Kagome?" her mother gently prodded her daughter. "Are you going to go on that trip to Hawaii, then?"

"I'll think about it," the teenager replied absent-mindedly, popping a cornflake into her mouth. Not feeling hungry anymore, Kagome downed the rest of her milk and rushed up the stairs, calling back that she was going to brush her teeth.

"Mom, guess what? I want to be a brother-in-law!" Sota said excitedly as he grabbed his own cereal and ate all the sugary parts.

Mrs. Higurashi sighed. Maybe she shouldn't have let Sota buy those 'Honey Bunches', he was almost always too hyper after eating them…

In Kagome's room

Kagome tapped her chin, deep in thought. Would she or would she not do InuYasha a favour? That was the question. Well, maybe she shouldn't, seeing that the message was probably a one-time thing…but she should! Kagome winced at the sharp voice in her head. Maybe, if she obeyed it, then she'd stop the voice once and for all…but she didn't feel like writing a love song…she didn't know many…

That was when she thought about the trip to Hawaii. InuYasha's love song had made her nearly want to go, and all she needed was a little more convincing from somebody.

Oh, she didn't want to think about this anymore! Kagome, feeling unsure of what to do, called Kikyo, searching for help.

"Hello?" Kikyo's grumpy voice came on the phone. Kagome grinned; Kikyo wasn't a morning person.

"Hello, darling, I'd like to ask you whether I should go to Hawaii with InuYasha or not and why," the 16 year old said in a sweet, sing-song voice.

If Kikyo had really been grumpy before, now she was all awake and bouncy. She loved being the match-maker in charge.

"Ok, I think you should, because you get to get in a relationship, and you'll get to be the only one in our class who's gone to Hawaii, so you can brag about anything," Kikyo said.

"Anyways, I heard about you getting a love song from InuYasha. Is that true?"

"How'd you know? It just happened this morning!" Kagome exclaimed. How in the world did Kikyo know? Unless…

"You wrote that, didn't you?" Kagome practically screamed. "You…you…"

Sensing what her friend was going to say, Kikyo shook her head. "No, Kagome, I didn't write that piece of junk. Sota told me over the phone when you went upstairs to brush your teeth, so I know all about it. He had just hung up when you called." And that was the truth.

Kagome felt contented. Maybe going on that stupid trip with InuYasha would make up for her not writing back to him. "Well, I've got what I wanted. I'm going to go to Hawaii, then. See you soon!" she said before hanging up.

Knock knock knock! Kagome hastily stood up, smoothing her clothes out as her mother walked in.

"So, darling, are you going to Hawaii with InuYasha?" Mrs. Higurashi asked gently, sitting down on her daughter's bed.

Kagome had already made up her mind.

"No, I won't be going to Hawaii. You can tell InuYasha and his family that," Kagome replied shortly, hoping that her mother wouldn't go on about how she had always wanted grandchildren, etc. Kagome didn't feel like crying her eyes out again.

"O-okay," Mrs. Higurashi beamed a wobbly smile at Kagome. "I'll be seeing you later, then."

With that, the mother immediately turned and practically stumbled out of the room, and her daughter felt her heart sink. Her mother was extremely sensitive, she knew that very well. How could she have forgotten?

Kagome felt her heart sink even further down to her feet as she could hear very quiet, but still audible sobs coming from the kitchen.

A/N: Okay, so it's the end of this chapter. I highly doubt that you'd be surprised when Kagome said 'no', but anyhow, the love songs that were on that 'chunk of metal' are two of my favourites, 'Wishing On a Star' and 'I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me', sung by Beyonce ( main singer for 'Destiny's Child') and Expose. Please review!