Okay, as I said, this'll be mainly Kagome and Inuyasha POV, with a little Hojo POV. I'm warning you in advance, this is where the sadness begins, if you catch my drift. Here ya go! (Just as a warning: Hojo might be a little out of character, but there shouldn't be that much of a difference) Song fic to the song "Wake me up when September Ends" by Green Day.
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(Kagome's POV)
I jumped out of the well as I burst through the shrine doors. I hurried into my room, hastily greeting Mama, Sota, and Grandpa as I went, and began getting my outfit out and such. Hojo was taking me to Homecoming, so I needed to look really good. I pulled out a beautiful red dress that had cap sleeves, the skirt flowing slightly from my body, on the torso of the dress were tiny swirls of white glitter, but not a lot, and tiny sparkles dotting around my hip level. I slipped the dress on after I took my school uniform off, careful to put my wet hair out of the way of the dress until I had dried it. I went into the bathroom and grabbed a brush and a hair dryer. Once I was free of the matted down wet head, I pulled my hair into a bun, leaving a few wisps of hair down to accent my face. I did my make-up, which was some black eyeliner, pink eye shadow, and some wine red lipstick with a shiny gloss over it. I slipped on my new black heels, just fancy enough to look nice but didn't have too much heel for dancing or walking. Inspecting myself in the mirror, I began to quietly wonder what Inuyasha would think about it…but I already knew what he would say…
"What in seven hells are you WEARING! You look HORRIBLE!" or something along those lines. I sighed, willing myself out of crying by thinking to myself that I wasn't on a date with Inuyasha, I was with Hojo…
if only it were the other way around…
I shook my head clear of those thoughts as I heard the doorbell ring. I made my way down the steps, part of me hoping that it was Inuyasha at my door, coming to sweep me off my feet with a kiss of a lifetime, part of me hoping that Hojo forgot to pick me up.
"Hello Ms. Higurashi, is Kagome ready yet?" I heard Hojo's voice fill the stairway. My heart half leaped, half sank as I put on a warm smile for my "date" to Homecoming.
"Higurashi, you look…you…" He scratched the back of his neck as I saw a slight blush creep across his cheeks.
"Um…here…for you…" He handed me a beautiful bouquet of flowers as my smile dimmed slightly. Flowers…every type of flower that I was ALERGIC to was in that bouquet. Swell…at least my mom knew and kindly took them to be put in a "vase."
And by "vase" I mean the dumpster.
Hojo kindly offered me his arm as he turned to walk out the door. I shyly took it, noting that he was being awful gentlemanly about this date…ah well. I might as well enjoy being complimented and treated nicely by someone other than Koga.
(Inuyasha's POV)
I sat atop the lowest branch of Goshinboku, overlooking the well that connected me and Kagome, waiting for her scent to knock me full force and see her shining head pop out from the dark hole in the ground. Fortunately, the rain stopped, even though it didn't do much to help my mood. She had chosen 'Hobo' over me…but…that kiss…and what she had said…
…didn't that mean something to her?
What had happened…EVERYTHING that has happened between us means the world to me, but does she know that? Does she even care about any of that? I mean, I haven't told her that I wasn't planning on becoming a full demon, or going to hell with Kikyo…but I was getting to it! I really was! Miroku is bugging me now; I can hear him from right beneath my branch, telling me to go to Kagome before she leaves. I simply shake my head and "Keh" without so much as looking at him. I hear him sigh and walk away. I open one eye and watch him go. As soon as he's out of sight, I jump straight from the branch to the well, becoming encased in a soft blue light as I fly five hundred years into the future.
"Kagome…Kagome are ya in here?" I poke my head in her room, looking around the space, but only finding her little brother, Sota. He turns around and kinda jumps at the realization that he wasn't alone.
"What are you doing alone in Kagome's room? Where is she?" He looks kinda sweaty, and I sense tension emitting off his aura strongly.
"She went to Homecoming at her school." Oh…great…that damn "school" thing.
"What's 'Homecoming?'"
"It's a dance, and she went with Hojo…uhh…you feeling okay?" Growls emerge from deep inside my throat.
"Is he her 'date' thing?" Kagome's little sibling nods a reply. My growls only grow louder.
"How do I get to her 'school?'?"
"I dunno, Inuyasha…maybe you should just hang around here until she comes back…"
"And what- leave her with that hobo guy? For-get-it, now tell me how ya get there." Sota gives me directions, and as a safety precaution he goes to her 'dresser' thing and pulls out a bottle with liquid.
"She wore this, it's called perfume."
"She's worn some of that stuff before in my time." He sprays the air and lets me catch the scent so I can find her easier.
"Got the scent, thanks kid." I fly out the window, taking the path that I was told to go in, sniffing around occasionally for my Kagome.
(Kagome's POV)
Hojo takes my hand as we arrive at school, opening the door for me and bowing slightly.
"Ladies first, Higurashi." He lets go of my hand as I thank him and walk through, him behind me. The gym was decorated with streamers of all sorts of colors, but I couldn't really tell which was which due to the lights being so low. The music was somewhat fast, so I danced to my heart's content. Then the DJ began taking requests, and that's when Hojo requested a slow song. The song reminded me a lot about Inuyasha…much to my dismay and joy.
Summer has come and past,
The innocent can never last.
Wake me up when September ends.
Hojo placed his hands on either of my hips, blushing at how close we were. I wrapped my arms around his neck, actually getting more lost in the song than the one I was dancing to it with.
Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends.
That's right…Inuyasha was born a few minutes before his father died…I remember him telling me about how he never remembered a thing about his dad. I had asked Myoga about it after the incident with Sounga, and that's how I found out about his father's death.
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are.
Then he met Kikyo, only to have Naraku get him killed by her when they had been pulled into his evil plan…I can only imagine just how painful it was to be put under an entrapment spell by someone you love…
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends.
…and now he's haunted with the memories of losing Kikyo…TWICE…and he will never forget it…
(Hojo's POV)
Wow…she looks great in that dress. Why has it taken her so long to go out with me? Oh yeah…those strange diseases. What horrible things! Anyway…wait…she's wearing lipstick…uh-oh…that'll be a problem when I go for it. Aww what the hell, here I go…
(Kagome's POV)
Summer has come and past
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Hojo is leaning his head in towards mine, his eyes remaining open, searching me for any signs that he should stop. I give him none, figuring if Inuyasha is going to hell with Kikyo then I'm not going to have to accept that and move on. I can sense his nervousness, but I smile to calm him into kissing me.
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends.
We're close now…and then…we kiss. It's a shy, questioning kiss, but it deepens as I pull him a little closer. He's shaking, I can tell. Suddenly I wonder if I should push away. Inuyasha and I DID kiss first, after all…but I just deepen it more. Inuyasha had made his choice, and I can't…no…WON'T change that. I sense a demonic aura suddenly as Hojo and I pull apart…I turn my head in its direction and let a gasp escape my lips.
"Inuyasha…"
(Inuyasha's POV)
"No…Kagome…" I watch as her soft lips are covered by that Hojo guy's. I wait…I wait for Kagome to push him away…I wait for her to realize that I'm here…
I wait…
…but it never happens.
I see her deepen the kiss as she brings him closer to her. My mind screams at me to run and start slashing that guy to pieces for so much as daring to touch Kagome, but my body will not obey.
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
I feel my tears fall down my face, I try desperately to stop them, but they keep coming. If Kagome felt anywhere NEAR this amount of pain every time she used to see me with Kikyo…I don't know how she found the will to even look me in the eye.
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends.
They break apart as she turns in my direction. Despite the music, I can hear her faintly whisper my name. She took a step in my direction, opening her mouth to say something, but I was too afraid…too afraid to hear what she was going to say. I turn and run out into the pouring rain, which had only just now started. My mind spins with questions that went unanswered.
Why did she kiss him?
Why didn't she push away?
Didn't she realize how I feel?
Did she care how I felt?
Does that kiss…OUR kiss…mean anything to her?
Is this how it felt to her when she saw me and Kikyo?
Is this her idea of payback?
Wake me up when September ends.
I slip on a puddle of water, but don't bother getting up for a while…just kneeling in the rain, sobbing. I hear someone approach, so I scramble to my feet, running to the shrine. Instead of going into the shrine, I go to her window, opening it gingerly. No one's in here, but her scent liners, making me cry all the harder.
Summer has come and past
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends.
I pull out the note that I was going to give to Kagome, which miraculously stayed dry, and put it on her pillow. I turn back to the window, about to jump out of it, but something catches my eye. I look at the top of her desk, at one of those "pictures" of hers. It showed her and I in her house. We must have fallen asleep, because she and I had our eyes shut. We were sitting, her head was on my shoulder, and my head was on hers. I placed two fingers to my mouth, pressed my lips to them, and then gently placed them on the glass surface near Kagome's smiling face.
Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years had gone so fast
"Goodbye, my Kagome…I love you." I jump out into the rain, making my way to the well and going back to my time…waiting for my Kagome.
Wake me up when September ends.
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sniff sad, sad chappie. IT IS NOT THE END! You still don't know what the note says, and what Kagome will do when she finds out what it says, or who she will end up with (even though the pairings kinda give it away)