Disclaimer - I do not own Inuyasha.
A/N: Sooo, I've finally written chapter 26 for everyone who cares about this story! I hope you like it, I've been meaning to update A Healed Heart it's just I've been sick. Gah, do I hate being sick. Also school's getting kinda tough, so yeah lol. Thanks for understanding, it's all much appreciated.
Song for this chappy is "Smile Like You Mean It" which is a very awesome song that you HAVE to listen to as you read b/c it's just so good... lol... Me no own…
Miroku got in the drivers seat and began to drive away from the fair.
"Hm, this is sad." Sango said with a smiley pout. "Can't believe it's already over, it went by like that." She said as she snapped her fingers.
"Yeah, I know." Kagome agreed. "And we established that last night." She snapped. They all looked at her in surprise.
"Kagome, what's wrong?" Inuyasha asked putting a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Nothing," She bit out. "Can we just get home?"
"Yeah," Miroku said as they finally got onto a no longer crowded patch of concrete. He sped down the strip and no one got to take in the remnants of the fair.
'Well that was selfish of me...' Kagome thought, angry with herself.
"Miroku, you're going too fast." Sango said in a hushed voice. He slowed down but only so much, Kagome wanted to get home. "Miroku for God's sake slow down." Sango was in the front beside Miroku and Alexis was on her other side. Surprisingly, they weren't squished. In the back was Kouga on the left, Kagome in the middle, then Inuyasha on the right. He had his window all the way down. He was trying to calm down. He kept getting angrier and angrier at Kagome's father. He literally wanted to kill the man.
"I have an idea, how about we listen to the radio?" Alexis suggested.
"Sure," Miroku said as he turned the radio on and flipped to multiple stations. "Nothing's on. Open the glove compartment and get out a CD from one of my cases.
"My God Miroku, none of these are labeled." Sango said. "And you gave up so easily, you barely even stopped at any of the good stations." He grinned stupidly and shrugged.
"Sorry." She finally chose an entirely blank one that had nothing, literally no writing or anything, on it.
"Now, let's see what's on this one. Watch, bet ya it'll suck." Sango said and snickered as the CD began to spin and the player found the tracks. (A/N: Music starts NOW lol) "Oooh, you like The Killers." She stated. Everyone soon recognized the song.
"Old song though," Kouga said distantly as he too tried to calm his own anger with Kagome's father down.
"So what?" Lexi asked with a toothy grin looking back at him. "It's a freaking good song."
"True," Kouga smiled at her as the music came spiraling out the speakers. "Very true."
Save some face, you know you've only got one
Change your ways while you're young
Kagome sighed heavily and wished that they would get the highway that very second.
Boy, one day you'll be a man
Oh girl, he'll help you understand
She glanced at Inuyasha. She hadn't realized how serious he had become. As she looked at him she felt like crying. Had she changed him? She liked the old, fun, and loving Inuyasha.
Smile like you mean it
Inuyasha caught her staring and gazed into her eyes. He smiled at her and that just made her day. Then went to tickle her only to stop himself, remembering her bruises. His smile fell.
Smile like you mean it
"I love you. You know that right?" Kagome asked him quietly. Kouga and Alexis pretended not to hear what she was saying and put their ears down.
Looking back at sunsets on the Eastside
We lost track of the time
"Yeah," He bent down and kissed her nose gently. "Of course." She smiled at him then laid her head on his shoulder sleepily.
Dreams aren't what they used to be
Some things slide by so carelessly
Inuyasha sighed and looked out the window once more. This was so tough for him. He loved a girl who was being hurt by her own father. He almost couldn't deal with it. Almost.
Smile like you mean it
The wind ripped through his hair and he picked up familiar and unfamiliar scents. Then he picked up a specific scent. The scent of someone he could easily murder at that moment.
Smile like you mean it
It was Kagome's disgusting father. How he hated that evil man. Miroku glanced at him in the mirror.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, fine." He said while clenching his fists. He noticed Kagome was sleeping and smiled to himself. She looked like an angel when she slept.
And someone is calling my name
From the back of the restaurant
He leaned over and kissed the top of her head protectively.
"Dream good dreams Kags," Sango whispered over to Kagome.
And someone is playing a game
In the house that I grew up in
"Mm," She muttered quietly with a small smile. "Thanks Sango." Sango smiled as Kagome's eyes fluttered open.
"No problem Kaggy,"
And someone will drive her around
Down the same streets that I did
On the same streets that I did
Something told Sango that Kagome was thanking her for more than wishing her pleasant dreams.
Smile like you mean it
Then Kagome shut her eyes once more. She never dreamed. Kagome only had nightmares and the weekend she'd slept so deeply she couldn't remember her dreams.
Smile like you mean it
But maybe, just maybe, on the ride home she'd dream of fun. Running in fields with her hair down, Sango beside her. Playing jump rope with Lexi.
Smile like you mean it
Swinging on swings with Miroku. Him pushing her, her pushing him. Them laughing wildly as they swung back and forth. Having races with Kouga, enjoying a friend's company...
Smile like you mean it
Lying in the grass with Inuyasha. Looking at clouds and making shapes out of them. Making them what they weren't. In truth, they were just clouds right? They weren't bunnies or fluffy white unicorns. They couldn't be faces either, that's not real. Horses riding magical white clouds... never in a million years.
"Shit!" She opened her eyes immediately. Miroku was swerving this way and that. She looked back to find her drunk father chasing after them. Inuyasha wrapped comforting arms around her while Sango and Alexis screamed with fright. Miroku pulled over to try and get away from him but that didn't work. He simply rammed into them at full speed. Another nightmare...
A/N: I'm sooo sorry it's so short... I'll try to make it longer next time, I promise. Please review! Thanks for reading.