Okay quick responses since it is 1:30 and I have work tomorrow. Everyone seemed to like Karaoke so I'm doing it again. I chose the songs and I don't think anyone had suggested the ones I used. I already had them in mind before asking.
fire feline - Your the only one to mention the PA thing in your review. Yes I'm PA proud. I even go to Penn State. :)
Newfire/B.C. Girl - I thank you for all your praise. "Best Guy Author" I can't totally fight with you on that cause I don't know what other guys are out there writing these stories. If you know of any let me know. Thanks again.
Takerus Lost Angel - That had to be cool to meet the voice actors for IY. I haven't even gone to one anime convention yet. I live a sheltered life, do I not?
brlousee - At this point, Kagome's sword will not have a name. I might just leave it as Midoriko's sword or something, we'll see. As for Hiko, that won't get mentioned until the end. Sorry.
OTHER NOTES: We're done seeing the mystery people for now. You'll have to wait until way later to find out about them if you haven't already figured them out. There was one thing everyone missed, at least I think you did. Look back at the last chapter and keep an eye on Tai. That's all the clues you get. That's another thing that will be left hanging until the end but I just wanted to clue you in. On with the story.
I don't own IY.
Chapter 45: Touring Tokyo
Inuyasha slowly snuck into Kagome's room. He had left Miroku asleep and Sango was asleep in a sleeping bag on Kagome's floor. He could see Kagome was also sleeping as well on her bed but that didn't stop him. He first made his way to the window and made sure it was open. He then moved quickly to her bedside and picked her up slowly as to not wake her. He walked over to the window and lightly jumped out to the roof and then to the God Tree.
Sango slowly opened her eyes and just smiled as she knew that Inuyasha had taken Kagome. She awoke right when Inuyasha had entered the room but had kept quiet as to see what he would do. "It seems they have gotten over themselves and got closer since we last saw them," Miroku said from Kagome's still open doorway.
Sango was a bit surprise since she hadn't heard the monk's approach but didn't let it show. "That seems correct. I think a lot has happened to them lately to bring them closer. I only hope for the best for them."
"I want that for both them and us," Miroku said. He then looked at Sango seriously. "When should we tell them?"
"I think we'll tell them when they tell us," Sango said with a smile.
"That could be a while with them being so stubborn," Miroku said. He then looked outside. "We should go back to sleep. The sun isn't even up yet and we don't want them to know we're watching them. Goodnight." Miroku quickly leaned in and gave Sango a quick kiss on the lips.
"Goodnight," Sango said with a small blush.
Kagome slowly opened her eyes as she could almost feel the light trying to force its way in. Kagome also felt a little bit cold yet warm at the same time. As her eyes adjusted, she noticed that she was no longer sleeping in her nice comfy bed. She had been sleeping in Inuyasha's lap, which she had to admit felt right. She also saw that she was atop the God Tree.
Before she could complain, Inuyasha spoke, "It's been a while since we had a chance to just sit together like this. As a matter of fact, the last time we were together like this, we watched the sun set and I told you that I love you."
"So this time it's different. We're watching the sun rise in my time," Kagome said. "Though we did get a chance to sit down and watch that movie.
"I remember but your mom came in and ruined it. No one's going to ruin this moment," Inuyasha said as he gave her a passionate kiss. "I'll always love you."
"And I'll love you forever as well," Kagome said when she caught her breath. "It must be really nice to come up here often." Inuyasha just looked at her to continue. "In your time, you can see all the surrounding area and the forests. In this time, you can see a lot of the city. It's nice to see how things are going to change. I always love being able to look over all of this."
"If you ever want to see it, all you have to do is ask," he told her. Kagome just laid her head back in the crook of Inuyasha's neck while he just held her. They didn't say anything else but words were not needed. No words could express how they felt at that moment but they had formed a bond that they knew how each other felt. Each hoped that the moment could just last forever. In all their travels, there had been many obstacles that had kept them apart but with the final blow of yesterday's battle they were sure nothing would stand in their way anymore.
An hour and a half had past and neither had moved. As Inuyasha looked down at Kagome's face he wasn't sure if she was even still awake. Her eyes were closed but he could tell from her breathing that she was still enjoying the moment. He didn't want to ruin it but he knew they couldn't stay up there all day. "Kagome?" Inuyasha called to her.
"Yeah?" she responded.
"I think we should get going. We've been up here for a long time and your family will be waking up if they aren't already."
Kagome sighed. "I guess you're right but you're going to have to drop me back in my bedroom so I can get properly dressed." Inuyasha had totally forgotten that she was still in her pajamas. He nodded at her and made his way to her window.
A half an hour later found everyone sitting down at the table eating breakfast. Kagome had to admit Sango and Miroku didn't look to bad in future clothes. Kagome had given Sango some of her clothes while Miroku was wearing some of Inuyasha's. Miroku had been able to get one of Inuyasha's shirts that weren't red.
"So where exactly where are we going?" Sango said.
"I figure I'd give you a good tour of the city. Show you some of the nice historical points and then in the evening I'll show you some more of the future places," Kagome told her.
Inuyasha decided to fill in with just a bit more info. "There's usually more things to do at night."
"All I can say is I'm surprised so far by what I've seen," Miroku said, "so I can't wait to see what's next."
"Just be sure to stay with me and Inuyasha. If you don't, you might get hurt," Kagome said.
"And Miroku, you'll have to keep your hands to yourself or else you'll find yourself in a lot more trouble then just a slap to the face," Inuyasha added.
"Why is that?" Miroku asked.
"People in my time take much more offense to it. There is a harsher penalty the just a slap," Kagome informed.
"Really?" Sango asked intrigued. "This world sounds even better."
It was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon when the group decided to take a break for something to eat. Kagome showed them the wonder that was WacDonalds [I still feel weird calling it that]. They had shown Sango and Miroku a few of the temples around Tokyo. Miroku was quite interested to see how his religion was practiced in the modern days. Luckily he had been able to keep his hands to himself but a couple of times he almost got hit by a car since he was to busy staring at some of the girls. Sango had been sure to yell at him for it.
Sango watched as the cars drive by. "It's surprising to find that in the future people will be able to get from one place to another in an hour where it would usually take half a day," Sango said.
"I take it you like the future?" Kagome asked.
"Well there are good and bad points. I really like all the modern conveniences but I like how the past is all open and more of nature," Sango said.
"Yeah I like it too. I feel crowded a lot here at times," Kagome said. "That's why I like the feudal times."
"So what are we going to do now?" Miroku asked.
"Well I have an idea," Inuyasha said. He looked to Kagome, "How about a movie?" He said with a grin.
Kagome noticed and understood his idea. "I think a movie would be great," Kagome agreed.
Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. Neither of them knew what a movie was and though they usually trusted their friends they weren't so sure what they were planning. Their friends then led them to a huge building. Kagome called it a theater. In a little time they walked into a dark room which had many people in it. They looked around the room and Kagome noticed four free seats. The only thing was that they were separated by the walkway. Kagome and Inuyasha sat on one side while Miroku and Sango on the other. They had explained to them that it was like a big TV but they were still surprised when the movie began. It was horror movie but not an overly gross one, Kagome had forbid it. Sango and Miroku were holding hands but not too scared.
Kagome was holding onto Inuyasha though a bit tighter. He saw that she noticed Sango and Miroku as well. "I guess it doesn't work on a demon exterminator as well as we thought," Inuyasha whispered to her.
"Yeah, I know but at least their holding hands," Kagome said. Inuyasha just held Kagome tighter to himself while he turned back to the movie.
It was a little after six when they finally got out of the theater. "That was so cool," Sango said. "I would have never thought that that was possible."
"To be honest, I would have never thought anything I've seen today was possible," Miroku added.
"Yes, well we're not done yet," Kagome said. "Now onto the greatest wonder this world has to offer." Everyone looked at her with curiosity even Inuyasha. "We're going to the mall." Inuyasha sighed.
"You would think the mall is the greatest," Inuyasha said. Kagome just gave him a big smile and led them to the mall which luckily wasn't that far away.
They walked into the mall and were surprised at how many people were there. It was almost as much people as they had saw that entire day. Sango looked around and saw many of the places in there had a lot of the clothes and products that Kagome had brought back to her time. There was a few stores she didn't understand what were for. There was one really close. "What's that place for?" she asked Kagome.
Kagome looked at the place and grinned. "Oh that place is fun. Right Inuyasha?" she asked. Inuyasha turned and saw where she was looking. He knew what she had in mind.
"Oh no," Inuyasha said. "Once is enough for me."
"You know it will be fun besides they need to find out," Kagome said as she pulled the group to the familiar karaoke place. Once they were inside, Kagome broke away from them and went to the front.
"I can't believe she is going to do this," Inuyasha said shaking his head.
"What is she doing?" Sango asked almost worried for her friend.
"In this time, songs are usually more popular and well known than the feudal times. People can come here and sing their favorite songs if they like."
Kagome was soon up in front of everyone ready to sing. "Well this is one of my favorite songs cause it reminds of someone special in my life and I hope that he'll always be there for me when I need him."
Woke up early this morning, made my coffee like I always do.
Then it hit me from nowhere, everything I feel about me and you.
The way you kiss me crazy, baby you're so amazing.
Seven days and seven nights of thunder,
The waters rising and I'm slipping under.
I think I fell in love with the 8th world wonder.
I guess that I'm just falling deeper into something I've never known.
But the way that I'm feeling, makes me realize that it can't be wrong.
You're love's like a summer rain, washing my doubts away.
Seven days and seven nights of thunder,
The waters rising and I'm slipping under.
I think I fell in love with the 8th world wonder.
It's only been a week, but it's coming over me.
It's making me believe that you're the one for me.
Seven days and seven nights of thunder,
The waters rising and I'm slipping under.
I think I fell in love with the 8th world wonder.
She repeated the refrain three more time before wrapping up the song. She then walked back to her friends who congratulate her. "That was great Kagome. I never thought you could do something like that," Sango said.
"I'm surprised. With what you were saying up there, I'd say your relationship with Inuyasha has gone a lot farther since we last saw you," Miroku said with a huge grin.
Inuyasha hit him over the head. "You can't necessarily follow the lyrics. Sometimes it's just the mean of the songs as a whole," Inuyasha said to his friend.
Sango was the next to hit him as he recovered. "You just had to ruin a good moment didn't you," she yelled at him.
Miroku took notice to what Sango said but went on with a plan he had concocted. He had noticed what Inuyasha and Kagome had tried in the movie theater, not that he really minded, but now it was time for payback. "That had to take a lot of guts to get up there and do that Kagome," he told her. "Too bad our friend here," he motioned to Inuyasha, "doesn't have the guts to do the same."
Inuyasha as caught off guard. "I've done it before," he said trying to save his pride.
"Well all we have is your word for it. I haven't see anything yet," Miroku said. "Well have to let Kaede and the others know your little weakness." Sango just grinned at him.
Inuyasha's ego couldn't take any more pounding so he gave in. "Fine. I'll do one but if you say one word of any of this to anyone I'll hurt you so much that your pain from that wind tunnel of yours seems like a bee sting."
As Inuyasha walked up to the front, Kagome took a chance to ask Miroku something that she hadn't noticed. "What happened to your Wind Tunnel?"
"Ohh, Midoriko allowed me to use it for about a day. So now that the day is up, I don't have it anymore," he said showing her his palm.
They then turned to hear Inuyasha call out with the microphone. "Okay, I'm doing this to show a friend of mine that I can do this. I was thinking about doing some cocky song but I thought it wouldn't be right since I had a song sung for me. I thought I'd return the favor. This song doesn't totally fit my relationship with her, it's actually our roles reversed but I still think that if you look at the song overall it fits." Inuyasha had added the last part for Miroku.
Kagome was surprised when the song started. It wasn't the usually upbeat song or something like that. It was country, which she hadn't listen to too much, so she paid close attention to the words [and I hope you do too. Also if you want download Little Moments by Brad Paisley. Very good song]
Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard,
That pretty mouth say that dirty word,
And I can't even remember now what she backed my truck into,
But she covered her mouth and her face got red,
And she just looked so darn cute,
That I couldn't even act like I was mad.
Yeah I live for little moments like that
Well that's just like last year on my birthday.
She lost all track of time and burnt the cake,
And every smoke detector in the house was goin' off,
And she was just about the cry until I took her in my arms,
And I tried not to let her see me laugh.
Yeah I live for little moments like that.
I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me,
And I thank God that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be.
It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans,
When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands.
Yeah I live for little moments like that.
When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark,
And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm,
And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb,
But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up.
Yeah I live for little moments,
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it.
Yeah I live for little moments like that.
Kagome was totally shocked at the words. Sure it was usually the other way around but the song was so full of emotion. She loved it and it reminded her that she loved him. When he finally came over to them she couldn't help herself, she leaned in and gave him a good, long kiss. "That was great. Thank you," she said almost crying.
"Yes, Inuyasha that was wonderful," Miroku said while he faked a tear.
"Just remember to keep your mouth shut," he warned him.
"I see that you two have gotten closer," Sango said as she wasn't afraid to speak up.
"Yeah it has," Kagome said blushing.
"You and Miroku as well," Inuyasha commented and was rewarded with a blush from both of them.
"Oh, I want all the details then but first we have one final thing to do," Kagome said to her friend. "We use the mall for what it was made for,"
"What is that?" Sango asked though she heard Inuyasha groan.
"Shopping," Kagome said happily.
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Well that sums this chapter up. I'll admit it was a bit rushed. I don't know if I'll do a Miroku/Sango karaoke but at this point I don't think so. I might be sending the whole gang back to the fuedal era as soon as the next chapter. So no next chapter title this time. Later.