A/N: Hey! I'm back with a brand new chapter! I made a special effort to make this one long! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, the song Every Heart (belongs to Boa) and/or the song Brighter (belongs to Paramore). I do own me, my Inuyasha plushie, (kawii!) and this stupid story...
Story: What Could Have Been…
Chapter 2 : Farewell Grandpa; until the sun raises again.
Dedicated to: Mamoru-chan, for telling me to post!
A swirl of blue and pink lights surrounded him as he was thrown into the future. As soon as he landed, he gracefully leapt out of the well.
His nose cringed as the horrid mixture of car agsaust, delicious hot dogs, and smoke attacked his nose as he opened the shrine doors.
He then leapt up to a tree branch, close to Kagome's bedroom window.
"Kagome…?" He whispered, gently tapping against the window. Since there was no answer, that was his invitation to enter.
He opened the window, and his ears gave a slight twitch to the wooshing sound it made.
As he entered, he noticed that on her desk was a book that had the words "Dear Diary" engraved on it.
His head tilted with curiosity as he noticed a page almost completely torn out, as though a memory wanted to be forgotten.
The smell of ink was fairly freash, and he calculated that it was written 5 minutes ago. His clawed hand grabbed the crumbled paper as he read it.
(A/N: Dare I end it here? –notices the angry mob- LET THE STORY CONTINUE!)
Dear Diary,
Grandpa's been in the hospital now for 3 weeks now. The doctors say that because of all the work he does around the shrine, his heart is slowly stopping. When he passes, Momma will be stuck doing all the chores, yet with her heart problems, I fear that she too will pass away.
Why do I feel like its all my fault? Is it because I'm never home? Kami, Please help me. I want to stay with Inuyasha, yet, I don't want to shove the chores on Momma. I-
The rest was cut off.
He quickly jumped out of the window, and headed straight towards the hospital.
All of the night-time walkers made a wish as they saw a red dash across the sky.
"Feh! Stupid humans! Why the hell are they wishing on me!" he mumbled under his breath as all the voices attacked his ears.
They all blended together, until the soft cries of a girl was heard.
Inuyasha rushed to them, knowing they belonged to Kagome.
Inuyasha peaked through a window he watched this tragic scene unfold.
"Oh, Grampa…" Kagome whispered, as she saw him struggle to live. Both her mother and brother, Sota, left the room.
"Kagome…," her gandfather spoke hoarsly, "pleae…do me one last favor…"
"An-anything, Grandpa…" she choked back a sob.
"Please, sing this old one…one last song.." he said, coughing furiously.
"O-…okay." She hesitated, as she took a deep breath.
"Ikutsu, namida o nagashitara
Every Heart, sunano ni nareru darou
Dare ni, omoi tsutaetara
Every Heart, kokoro mita sareru no darou
Nagai nagai ni obieteita
Tooi hoshi ni inotteta
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagasiteiru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mu takaisora miageteiru
Donna egou ni deaetara
Every Heart, yume wo fumidasereruyo
Hitowa, kanashimi no mukou ni
Every Heart siawase ukabete nemuru
Itsuka itsuka subete no tamashii ga
Yasuraka ni nareru youni
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru
Toki ni warai shugoshi naite
Kyou mo mada aruki tsuzukete
Osanai kioku no kata sumi ni
Atatakai basho gaaru soushi
Hoshi tachi ga hanasu miraiga
So Shine
Meguru meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru
Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara
Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru
Meguru Meguru toki no naka de
Bokutachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru
Toki ni warai sugoshi naite
Kyou mo mada aruki tsuzuketeiku."
Tears rolled down her cheeks as he smiled wearily at her.
"Now, Grandpa." She whispered, a soft smile on her face, as her hand ran through his grey hair. "Close your eyes and sleep. I'll see you when the sun raises again, and no matter how long that is, wait for me"
So this is how it goes
Well I, I would have never known
And if it ends today
Well I'll still say that you shine brighter
Than anyone.
She planted a kiss on his forehead, as his eyes closed, never to be opened again.
Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard
Well it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours then I'll take mine
Must we go there
Please not this time, no not this time
A few tears of Inuyasha's fell, as his heart broke at the sight of Kagome crying.
Well this is not your fault
But if I'm without you
Then I feel so small
And if you have to go
Always know that you shine brighter
Than anyone does
Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard
Well it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours then I'll take mine
Must we go there
Please not this time, no not this time
He wanted to jump in, hug her, and console her, but…he couldn't…as much as he wanted to as she cried.
If you run away now
Will you come back around
And if you ran away
I'd still wave goodbye
Watching you shine bright
He decided to head back to his own time, but before that, he went back into Kagome's room and wrote a note in her diary.
Now I think we're taking this too far
Don't you know that it's not this hard
Well it's not this hard
But if you take what's yours then I'll take mine
Must we go there
Please not this time, no not this time
"Kagome," it read, "I'm sorry. When you return, we must talk. Inuyasha"
I'd wave goodbye
Watching you shine bright
I'll wave goodbye tonight.
A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed! Please R&R!
♥CrystilizedHeart♥