Disclaimer: Let's make this one simple. I don't own Inu Yasha, or the characters. I'm borrowing bits of the storyline as well, but that's because I feel like having it this way.
Extra Disclaimer: Ok, there are songs at the beginning of each chapter. Those songs are also a part of Inu Yasha, believe it or not. Those are the Japanese translations as found on and the people translating get the credits. Kudos to those people! Those are there to give foreshadowing, or just because it fits in with the chapie!
Full Summary: After Kagome and Inu Yasha truly know how they feel about each other, Kagome leaves. When she comes back, the world seems to reset itself. Inu Yasha is stuck to the God's Tree again and now, Kagome is on her own to awaken him. The same group band together to help her as before. But, this time, it can't be some weak demon who will wake Inu Yasha, so Kagome turns to the most powerful demon she knows who wont kill her; Kouga.
To Prove Thy Love
Chapter 1: Change the World
I want to change the world
Piercing through the gales, unafraid of anything
Now I hold my courage and pieces of my smile
Change my mind
If we reach out to the soaring future
Without losing our passion, we'll be able to shine
It's wonderland
You've left something in the far reaches of the gray sky,
And you keep on searching as you wander
In the night when your heart shook, and I can't see tomorrow
I can't believe anything and close my ears.
When I met you, I found my true place in life.
An innocent kindness is right here.
And so we awaken...
I want to change the world
I wont hesitate again.
If I can shape a future with you, then I can fly anywhere
Change my mind
I can spread my wings and fly towards an unknown future
Without losing my passion
It's wonderland
We keep swimming the same world
Until the day we reach our dreams.
All of us bear the same worries
When you stop and look,
I'll be right here, gazing at you
I want to change the world
If you accept my gaze as I watch over you
And don't let go of my hand, I can do anything
Change my mind
I won't let you be alone. Everyone is here.
Let's pierce our way through whatever may happen.
It's wonderland
I want to change the world
Piercing through the gales, unafraid of anything
Now I hold my courage and pieces of my smile
Change my mind
If we reach out to the soaring future
Without losing our passion, we'll be able to shine
It's wonderland
"Inu Yasha, I don't know how you feel about Kikyou any more, but I feel like I have to tell you this. I love you," a teenage girl with raven hair and chocolate eyes announced. She stood in a forest clearing by an old well. The girl wore a short green skirt and a white shirt, her school uniform.
The boy she was with, whom she had addressed as Inu Yasha, smiled slightly, golden orbs filling with the loving look that the girl called "after Kikyou". Little dog-ears protruded from his silver hair, an example of his hanyou blood. He was clothed in a red fire-rat kimono and matching pants, making him invulnerable to almost anything.
Inu Yasha took a deep breath before answering, "Kagome, both you and Kikyou can trigger the shadowy half of my blood. But, only you, Kagome, can shine the light and bring me back."
At the mention of Kagome's incarnation, Kikyou, a tear rolled down her cheek. It was joined by a rivulet of tears. "Inu Yasha, that sounded so beautiful," she whispered, smiling happily. The words seemed rehearsed, as if he had come up with it after fifty years of deep thought. But, for fifty years, Inu Yasha's heart had been filled with hate.
Inu Yasha stepped closer to Kagome, whipping the tears away with a clawed hand. Kagome threw herself at the hanyou, hugging him tightly around the waist and burying her face into his chest. Inu Yasha pulled her closer, wrapping his arm around her shoulders. He rested his head against the top of hers, absorbing her scent.
"Why did you choose to tell me now?" Inu Yasha asked.
"If something happened while I was gone...I...I wanted you to know I cared. It...it just feels like something will, and I don't know what."
"So, does that mean you're not going back to take that test thing?"
"O my God! My test! Inu Yasha, wait for me here, I'll be back tomorrow." Kagome pulled away, running to the edge of the well. She clambered over the rim and dropped 500 years into the present time, leaving a very disappointed droopy-eared hanyou behind.
Kagome walked into her house. "Mom! I'm home!" she called.
"How was school?" her mom called from the kitchen.
"Fine. I think I failed my geometry test though."
"Kagome, why don't you just quit school?" her little brother asked, walking into the hall eating a big bag of chips.
"I can't do that! I have to pass high school at least!"
"You could work at a restaurant or a fast food place. Then you can eat all the burgers and fries you want. Course, the only thing you can cook is omelet."
"Souta!"
"Souta, go to your room and leave Kagome alone," her mother cut into the argument as she entered the room.
"Yes, ma'm." Souta saluted before scampering up the stairs.
"So, Kagome, how's Inu Yasha doing?"
Kagome looked down, swaying slightly.
"You didn't get in an argument again, did you?"
"No, mom. He's doing better than usual."
Kagome's mom smiled. "Congratulations."
"For what?" Kagome asked, eyes looking up in surprise.
"You finally told him. Way to go."
"Oh..." Kagome blushed. Her friends had known too, even when she didn't say anything.
"I packed your bag for you already. That way, the rascal wont have to wait for you as long."
"Thanks mom." Kagome went into the kitchen and lugged the gigantic yellow backpack into the hall where her mother still stood. She gave the elder woman a hug. "I'll be back soon."
"I know you will. Take care of Inu Yasha for me. And...be safe."
"I will," Kagome reassured. She pulled the bag out the door and to the well house. She yelled bye to her grandpa, who stood out by the Goshinbuko, before going inside. She almost fell down the stairs after shoving her backpack down. The well house was always dark. Kagome got to the bottom in one piece. She pushed her backpack down into the well before jumping over the rim after it.
When Kagome landed in the Feudal Era, things felt different. Normally, Inu Yasha would rush to greet her if they hadn't fought, and everyone else would be there soon afterwards. But there was no Inu Yasha, and no one else. "He better not be slinking after Kikyou again," Kagome muttered angrily. But the feeling persisted. Even her miko powers couldn't quite pin point what it was, but it was almost like knowing you were in one of Naraku's traps, and willingly going into it.
Panicking, Kagome ignored her bag and ran all the way to Kaede's village. "Kaede-basan! Kaede-basan!" Kagome shouted as she slowed down in the village. She was to caught up in what was going on that she didn't notice the villagers giving her strange looks and whispering behind their hands.
"What is it, child?" the old woman asked, stepping slowly towards Kagome. The lady had gray hair tied into a bun. A patch covered one eye and she wore the attire of a miko: the red hakama pants over the white kimono.
"Kaede-basan, where's Inu Yasha?"
"Inu Yasha?"
"Yeah, Inu Yasha. He isn't hurt is he? Or...he isn't...isn't..." Kagome knelt to the ground, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.
"Come here child. We should talk over tea," Kaede gestured.
Kagome allowed Kaede to lead her to the hut where she sat in front of the fire pit. After a few minutes, Kaede handed her a small cup of steaming tea.
"Now, tell me child. How do you know Inu Yasha?"
"I thought you knew. You were the first to know."
"You couldn't be...Kikyou?"
"No!" Kagome snapped. Not that again.
"I'm sorry. Ye look so much like her, even though she has been dead for fifty years."
"OK, I met Inu Yasha a while ago. I got pulled through the well by a centipede demon and Inu Yasha awoke and killed it."
"Ah..." realization flickered in the older woman's eye. "Kagome, what was the last thing ye said to Inu Yasha?"
By passing the fact Kaede used her name, Kagome let out a sob. "I told him. I told him I loved him!" she wailed.
"There, there, child, all is not lost." Kaede attempted to soothe Kagome.
"What happened?" Kagome whispered, expecting the worst.
"I know not. Perhaps the world has altered itself to appear as when ye first came."
Kagome's breath caught in her throat, her chocolate eyes widening in shock. "The Goshinbuko."
"Come child, let us see if it is true."
Kagome nodded once, setting the cup of hot tea down in front of the fire. The two walked the path Kagome knew so very well. After several minutes, Kagome arrived at the clearing. There, the giant tree stood in the center, Inu Yasha pinned by an arrow. His silver hair covered most of the hanyou's face.
Kagome gasped and ran to the tree. She climbed up the vines that held Inu Yasha calling to him. He didn't give any sign he knew she was there. Kagome attempted to pry the arrow out, but nothing happened like the first time. She buried her face in the hanyou's fire rat haori, crying.
"Kagome, come down from there," Kaede called, catching up to the girl.
"Why wont he wake up?" Kagome mumbled.
"He might not know. Time has changed."
"But he knew Kikyou. He hated her. Inu Yasha, wake up! I don't care if you hate me again, just wake up!" she shouted.
"He lived for the fight Kagome," Kaede reminded her.
"The fight?" Kagome exclaimed.
Kaede walked up to the tree and pulled Kagome down. "Let us go back to the village to discus this. The forest makes it feel as if we are being watched."
Kagome nodded numbly and allowed Kaede to lead her back to the village in silence.
Inu Yasha didn't know what had happened. He took a nap after Kagome left, and he woke up when Kagome called. But, everything was black. She had hugged him and he had wanted to hold her too, but he couldn't move. He tried to call back to her, but nothing happened for that either.
Kagome's scent had begun moving. Inu Yasha strained to move, but she was gone. He was alone again.
The hanyou became acutely aware of his surroundings. The skin on his back seemed to have formed to the designs in the bark of a tree. Vines had begun spiraling over his lower body, and there was something through his chest.
A flash of memory. Kikyou had shot him. But, Inu Yasha reprimanded himself. That was years ago. That sunk in. Then, why am I still here?