Careless Whisper
Disclaimer- I do not own Inuyasha sadly, nor do I own the songs used in this fic...
NOTE.- You guys I got a long flame for my first chapter. It actually made me believe that my story sucked and I actually thought about taking it off of FanFiction (dot) Net but then I remembered that I have reviewers that do like my fic and I wanted to say thank you so much for your support it really means alot to me! THANK YOU! You guys made me decide i'll keep my fic up cause I have gotten good reviews and one just one flame shouldn't make me want to take it off.
Another thing...I dont know Kagome's dads name so i'm going to have to make up a name cause I don't think they ever talk about her dad in the show. So the name used in this fic isn't his real name.
.../...CHAPTER.8...\...
There's always that one person
That will always have your heart
You'll never see it coming
Cause you're blinded from the start
Know that you're that one for me
It's clear for everyone to see
Ooh baby ooh you'll always be my boo
MY.BOO. - USHER. FEATURING. ALICIA.KEYS.
Ch.8 Recording
RECAP.
"What?" She asked as she looked at him in surprise. "What do you mean me?" She asked him. "I'm not a miko."
"Yes you are...you've just never had to use your powers. The shikon jewel is a legend, it was always said that it would reappear when the most powerful miko was born and your dad kept it safe for you until he thought you could handle it. He died before he could tell you about it." He told her. She shook her head as tears began to fall.
"No he didn't. There's this story my mom used to tell me when I was little. About a priestess. She said my dad left the story just for me. I never thought it was real." She said trying to wipe away her tears. Inuyasha pulled her into a hug and patted her back. "It's not fair." She whispered.
"I know. It's ok." He told her then looked up to see their food had arrived. "Come on." He told her as he got up and got out his wallet.
"Oh ya, I wouldv'e fogotten to bring money." She said as she wiped away her tears. He held his hand out to her and she took it as they walked over. He was surprised when she didn't let go of his hand. He paid for the food and looked as they guy left the hotel and noticed how dark it was getting since they been down. His eyes widened and he froze when he felt himself pulsate.
"Tonight's the new moon?" He asked quickly.
"Uhh...I think so...why?" Kagome asked when he seemed panicked.
"Shit!" He yelled and pulled her to the elevator and started cursing when the elevator was taking long.
"Inuyasha what's wrong?" She asked him. She looked at him worriedly but once the elevator door opened she was pulled in and he quickly pressed the button to close the doors. "Inuyasha?" She asked when he stood in the corner and was looking at the floor. She went wide eyed when his ear dissapeared and his hair turned black. She backed up to the other side of the elevator as she looked at him with a shocked expression.
"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome stuttered.
END.RECAP.
"What...what happend?" Kagome asked as she looked at him wide eyed. "Inuyasha?"
He looked up at her and she gasped when she saw his once amber eyes were now a violet shade.
"I-Inuyasha? What happend to you?" Kagome asked as she brought her hand over her mouth from the shock of his change. He let himself slide down to the floor. He couldn't believe he had forgotten about the night he hated most. "Inuyasha! Are you ok!" She asked as she ran over to him.
"Ya...I forgot there was no moon tonight." He said quietly.
"I still don't get...what happend to you..." Kagome said hesitantly as she still looked at him with the same shocked expression.
"I'm human! What do you think happend to me?" He asked her. She jumped back when he raised his voice and got up to stand on the other side of the elevator.
"Sorry." She muttered as she looked down at the floor.
"No wait...I didn't mean to yell at you." He said as he got up and walked over to her. She looked up at him and still couldn't believe it was Inuyasha she was looking at. "I forgot there was no moon tonight." He repeated. "I'm just mad that I forgot." He told her.
"I-It's...ok...but...how did you turn human?" She asked.
"Every month when there's no moon I turn human cause i'm half demon." He sighed.
"So...the others know?" Kagome asked him as she kept looking at him still shocked.
"Ya they know...but I think i'm just going to bed when we get up there." He told her.
"Why? Arn't you hungry?" She asked him.
"No...don't worry, I just hate being human." He smirked at the fact that she was always worrying about others. "You go eat though." He told her and handed her the food as the elevator door opened and he walked out and went to the 'living room'. Kagome watched him walk away and then walked over to the 'dining room'.
"Yay it's here!" Sango said as she ran over to Kagome and took the box. "Where's Inuyasha?"
"Uhh...he went to bed." Kagome told her and walked past her to the table.
"Why?" Sango asked curiously. Miroku pointed outside.
"I think I know why." Miroku said.
"Oh..." Sango said and walked to the table and sat down. "He'll be fine." Sango assured. Koga was first to reach into the bag and brought out the chicken. Kagome reached in and got out a piece of chicken and sat down to eat it. She couldn't get her mind off of everything that happend while she was with Inuyasha downstairs. First she found out about her dad, then the shikon jewel and then Inuyasha turns human. She felt like she wanted to go and talk to Inuyasha but she had no reason to and she wouldn't know what to say.
"So what's up for tomorrow?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know. They said that the competition dosn't even start for a couple of days. We registered early. Apparently registration was from today till whatever the end date is." Sango shrugged.
"So we're stuck here for a while?" Koga asked. Sango nodded as she got her food. "Sounds good." He smirked.
"We should probably go get food so we can cook tomorrow instead of ordering out all the time." Sango said. "Just enough to last us a couple of days." Sango told them.
"Ya, we can go tomorrow morning." Miroku told her.
"Why don't we get money wired to us instead of doing all this?" Koga asked curiously.
"Who would we ask?" Sango asked him.
"Oh ya." He sighed. "Well i'm going to go with you to the store cause you guys keep buying nothing but junk food." Koga told them.
"Well excuse us for being on a budget." Sango muttered.
"If we're on a budget you shouldn't be buying all that. We'll see when we get to the store." Koga assured her.
"Whatever." Sango shrugged and looked over at Kagome. "Hey you sure are quiet." She told her.
"Oh sorry." Kagome said as she looked over at her. "Just tired."
"You can go to sleep if you want you know." Sango told her.
"Ya I think I will. I'll see you guys in the morning." Kagome said as she got up. "Good night." She told them and walked out and walked to the room. She lied on one of the two beds and fell asleep almost instantly.
The next morning she woke up and found a note next to her bed. She looked over at it but then closed her eyes not wanting to get up. She looked over the bed next to her's and saw it was un-made but no one was in it. She yawned as she sat up and grabbed the note. She looked at it a few minutes to tired to want to read it. She got off the bed and read the note.
Morning,
Bout time you woke up. lol just kidding. Me, Miroku and Koga went to the store so we'll be back later. I've left you under the care of Inuyasha so hopefully your still alive when I come back. lol.
Love ya, Sango
"I need a babysitter now?" Kagome asked tiredly. She slowly made her way to the bathroom and brushed her teeth then when she was done she grabbed a brush and started brushing her hair. Inuyasha walked into the bathroom and stood beside her as he was about to brush his teeth. "Your half demon again." She said out of surprise. He nodded as he put the tooth paste on his tooth brush. She laughed at how tired he looked. "Sango and the others left to the store. I guess we were still asleep so she left without us." She explained to him. He just nodded again. Once he was finished he slowly walked back out of the bathroom and went back into the 'living room' where he slept and sat on the couch. She got finished and followed him to the room and found him lying on the couch with his eyes closed. She saw his ear move when she walked over. "Are you just going to sleep all day?" She giggled. He nodded once again and didn't bother to open his eyes. She sighed and walked out of the room to find something to do.
She walked to the pool room and went out to the balcony and sat on one of the beach chairs. She sighed from how bored she was. She looked over at the door from the 'living room' as it opened and Inuyasha slowly made his way to the beach chair next to her and lied back on it and closed his eyes.
"Well thanks for the company I guess." She mumbled. He opened his eyes and glarred at her before closing his eyes again. "Why are you so tired?" She asked him.
"Didn't sleep last night." He said.
"So he speaks." She smirked when he finally spoke. He just shrugged. "I thought you went to sleep early?"
"Couldn't sleep." He told her with his eyes still closed.
"Oh...then i'll let you sleep." She laughed. He nodded and grabbed her hand that was on the arm of the chair and pulled her over to him. She was surprised when she ended up on top of him. He opened his eyes and saw her shocked expression and he brought his head up and kissed her. He was so glad to finally be able to taste her lips after trying for so long. Her heart was beating so fast it could have probably lept out of her chest and not to mention all those butterflies that always appeared seemed to multiply. She pulled away from him and looked at him with a shocked expression. "I-Inuyasha?" She asked. He slowly sat up with her in his lap before he leaned toward her and captured her lips with his own once again. He kissed her a few more times before parting from her just about an inch and he opened his eyes to look at her.
"You have no idea how long i've wanted to do that." He told her quietly. She still had a shocked expression on her face and she could feel her face burning from the intense blush on her face. "It wasn't a mistake this time." He told her before kissing her lightly.
"...but..." She started but didn't know what to say. She couldn't even calm her heart down and she didn't think the blush on her face would ever go away. She also figured the butterflies were going to be staying for a while. She didn't know what to do. She never thought Inuyasha liked her that way, ya she thought he tried kissing her before but she just figured...well...she actually didn't know what to think of that night. "...Inuyasha..." She started but still couldn't come up with anything to say. She knew she liked him but never thought about acting on it since she didn't think he liked her.
"Your not really a bitch." He told her referring to that day at the club when he had called her one. He leaned up and started nuzzling her neck. She never would have thought he could be that affectionate from how he normally acted.
"I...your not a jerk...either..." She said nervously. She had no idea why she was so nervous, maybe she was just afraid to admit to herself that she liked him too. He rubbed her back and she realized that calmed her down a bit. She took a deep breath hoping her heart would stop beating so fast or at least for the blush go away. She knew the butterflies weren't probably going away, they always came when she was around him it was just the type of effect he had on her. He lied back down on the chair with her still on top of him and she finally leaned down and kissed him on the lips. He was surprised at first thinking he wasn't going to be able to get her to calm down, he could tell she was so nervous. "Well your not a jerk all the time." She told him when she parted from him just long enough to say that. He wrapped his arms around her and returned the kiss. They both looked toward the 'living room' glass slide door when they heard a loud noise. "Who is that?" Kagome panicked and pulled away from him. She got up and stood against the outside brick wall and peaked in.
"Who is it?" Inuyasha asked as he sat up.
"Maid." Kagome whispered. Inuyasha went over to her and peaked in and saw the maid vacuuming.
"Come on." He said as he grabbed her hand and walked into the pool room with her following behind.
"W-Where are we going?" Kagome asked. She was still a little nervous but decided to go along with it cause she knew she liked him. She wondered what Sango would say...and the others.
"Let's get out of here while the maid is here. It feels wierd being in here when some lady we don't know is going through our stuff." Inuyasha told her. She laughed but followed him anyways. "Are you laughing at me?" He asked. She nodded and he smirked. "Your asking for it." He told her simply as they slowly crept out of the pool room. "Shh." He told her as they made their way to the elevator. He pressed the down button they watched the elevator door open then they heard the vacuum get louder as the door was opened and they hurried into the elevator and pressed the button to close the doors. "Now what was that? You were laughing at me?" He asked as he slowly walked to her and she backed up into the corner of the elevator.
"Maybe." She smirked and he brought his hand under her chin and lifted it as he leaned down and kissed her once again. He gave her one more light kiss before leaning back against the elevator wall with his arms around her. He let his eyes close as they waited. "Still tired?" She asked him and he nodded. She turned so her back was to him. "So...you really did try to kiss me on the ferry?" She asked and another blush formed over her cheeks. She figured she might as well ask cause it would bother her until she did.
"Maybe." He mumbled with a yawn.
"So what do you expect us to do while we wait for the maid to leave the room?" She asked him.
"Well sleep was my first choice but one I don't have anywhere to sleep and two you won't be quiet." He smirked.
"Ya well your the one who dragged me out of the room...or floor or whatever." She muttered.
"The maid will be gone soon. We'll just hang out down here for now then we can go back up and I can go to sleep." He told her.
"Your really tired huh?" She laughed.
"You have no idea how much I want to be asleep right now." He sighed and looked at the elevator doors as they opened.
"Come on." Kagome said as she pulled him by the hand out of the elevator. "Let's go get some breakfast or something." She told him as they walked over to the lounge.
"Can't you wait till the other come back with food?" He asked tiredly.
"Fine. Then what do we do?" She asked him as she stopped walking. He pushed her against the wall and rested his hands on her waist.
"This." He said as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his own. She was still surprised how he was acting, she never would have guessed he would be like this.
"...Inuyasha...maybe we should talk cause this is all kinda...sudden." Kagome blushed.
"...Sure." Inuyasha agreed.
"Let's go back up stairs." She told him as she led him to the elevator. Once they were in the elevator she sighed and looked down. "W-why did you...kiss me?" She asked. He smirked and brought his hand under her chin so she'd look at him.
"Cause your gorgeous...kind...sweet...and I finally had to have you." He said quietly between kisses. She could now feel her face heated from the blush on her face. He captured her lips once again and licked her lips for enterance and smirked when her lips parted for him. His kiss seemed to calm her down and she pulled away with a smirk.
"I guess I could live with that answer." She said and kissed him lightly.
"Well i'm glad then." He chuckled. "Are we going to just hang out in the elevator?" He asked.
"No why?" She asked.
"Cause if not we should probably get out." He told her. She looked toward the doors and saw them opened.
"Ya that would be good." She smiled and led him out of the elevator. "Maybe she's done in the room she was vacuuming." Kagome said as she walked over to the room and looked inside. "I wonder where she is."
"I don't know...maybe she won't come back in here." Inuyasha said as he led Kagome inside and sat on the couch. She sat beside him and grabbed the remote to the tv and turned the tv on.
She was surprised when she was pulled down. She looked at Inuyasha and he was lying down with his eyes already closed. 'He really must have been tired.' She thought and lied down with him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him. Her back was to him since she was facing the tv, she decided to turn to the news and see what the weather was like where they were. After a while of not really paying attention to the tv she ended up falling asleep.
"Like I told you, you just want to buy junk food." Koga told Sango as they walked out of the elevator.
"Will you drop it already? We bought what you wanted too so give it a rest." Sango told him.
"Let's just make some breakfast, i'm starving." Miroku said as they walked into the 'dining room'.
"Fine, i'm going to go get Kagome. I wonder if she's still asleep." She said as she walked out of the room after putting some of the groceries down and walked to the room they slept in but found her bed empty. "Kagome?" She asked as she walked into the room. "Where is she..." She said to herself as she walked out of the room and went to go find Inuyasha. She walked into the room he had slept in that night in the 'living room' and was shocked to see him asleep with Kagome on the couch. She was so excited and had to keep in a scream. She didn't think Inuyasha was ever going to make his move. She rushed out of the room and went into the 'dining room'.
"Guys guys guys! Come here! Hurry! Be quiet though." Sango told them and walked out. Both guys looked at her oddly but followed her anyways. They walked into the 'living room' and saw Inuyasha lying with Kagome.
"What the-..." Miroku started but was stopped when Sango put her hand over his mouth. Both guys were surprised at what they saw. Sango walked over and flicked Inuyasha's ear. He opened his eyes to see Sango looking at him and just closed his eyes again. She glarred at him and pinched his arm. He opened his eyes and was about to yell at her but Sango pointed down at Kagome and pointed out she was still asleep. He glarred at her then saw the other two with her.
"What do you want?" He asked quietly.
"Is there something we should know?" Sango asked with a smirk as she stood there and the other two guys were standing beside her with grins on their faces.
"Yes." He told her. "I'm sleeping." He said and closed his eyes again. She glarred at him and pinched him harder. "Ow bitch, what the hell do you want!" Inuyasha whispered.
"Our little Inuyasha has finally grown up." Miroku smirked. Kagome yawned as she opened her eyes and saw everyone around them.
"Uhh...good morning." She blushed.
"Sorry we didn't mean to wake you." Sango apologized. "Well since your up anyways are you hungry? We're going to make some breakfast."
"...ok..." Kagome said and was surprised nobody had said anything about her lying down with Inuyasha. Sango walked out as she led the other two out of the room. "What was that about?" She asked.
"I don't know. They're insane." He said tiredly.
"I'm going to go help Sango. Why don't you just go back to sleep?" She asked him. He nodded and let go of his grip on her and she got up and walked out of the room. She walked into the 'dining room' where she found Sango. "Where are the other two?" She asked.
"Oh, I kicked them out. I don't really like all my food past well done." Sango said as they both laughed.
"Need some help?" Kagome asked as she walked over and helped take the food out of the bags.
"Sure." She smiled. "So what's up with you and Inuyasha?" Sango asked curiously. Kagome blushed and looked over at Sango.
"Some how I knew this was coming." She smiled shyly.
"What happend while we were gone?" Sango asked.
"I woke up to your letter, oh which by the way thanks, I actually didn't know I needed a babysitter." Kagome rolled her eyes.
"Your welcome. Go on." Sango smirked. "I don't need to know your whole agenda just from when you and Inuyasha started getting...'along'." Sango laughed. Kagome glarred at her and sighed.
"I don't know...I was sitting outside on the balcony and Inuyasha had come out cause I had bothered him after he had went back to sleep and...It was wierd...cause he just grabbed my hand from the chair and pulled me over to him on the chair he was on and then all of a sudden he kisses me." Kagome explained with a blush. Somehow she felt like she could tell Sango anything, it seemed they were becoming really close friends.
"Aww...ok well?" Sango asked wanting to hear more. "How did you feel about that?" She asked as she turned the oven on and got a pan from one of the cabinets.
"How did I feel? Sheesh, I was freaking out. Then he told me he'd been wanting to kiss me and that it wasn't a mistake that time. Then he goes and tells me that i'm not really a bitch cause he called me one when we were having a meeting at the club." Kagome told her.
"Are you serious? Damn...expect Inuyasha to ruin a moment." Sango sighed.
"There wasn't really a moment yet." Kagome laughed. "I was still freaking out but I had calmed down after a bit then the maid came and started cleaning so we went downstairs but we didn't stay long cause I was still wierded out by how he was acting so I wanted to talk so we came back upstairs." Kagome explained.
"So ya'll are what? Like an item or something now? A couple? Are you going to tell me?" Sango asked when Kagome was laughing at how anxious Sango was to know. "Ok if you don't tell me i'm going to kill you and you know I will." Sango smirked.
"No you won't." Kagome smirked.
"Ya your right but tell me!" Sango told her.
"I guess so." Kagome shrugged and looked up at Sango.
"Bout time!" Sango smiled as she hugged Kagome. "Told you he liked you." Sango said as she walked back to the oven.
"Shut up." Kagome told her. Sango just stuck her tongue out at her. "What are you making?"
"I don't know. Just running the stove." Sango laughed.
"We're all going to starve." Kagome laughed when Sango glarred at her. "What did ya'll buy?"
"Chips, cokes, ham, cheese, bread, mayonaise." Sango listed off as she looked through one bag.
"What kind of breakfast are you expecting us to have?" Kagome asked.
"Well we have ramen too." Sango shrugged.
"What's in this bag?" Kagome asked as she walked to other bag.
"Koga's stuff." Sango sighed.
"Forget cooking, let's just order room service." Kagome laughed as she walked over to the phone. "I think it's just their dinner's that our nasty." She said as she picked up the menu and the phone. She looked at the menu for a minute before dialing room service. "Hi can I have five orders of pancakes, eggs and bacon with sausage on the side?" Kagome asked. "Sango what about to drink?"
"Orange juice?" Sango shrugged.
"And five glasses of orange juice." Kagome said into the phone. "Thank you." She said as she hung up the phone.
"Yay! We don't have to cook!" Sango laughed.
"Thank goodness." Kagome smirked. "Now what?"
"I don't know...we wait I guess." Sango sighed as she sat down at the table after turning the stove off. Kagome sat walked over and sat next to her.
"Well at least we don't have to make it ourselves." Kagome shrugged.
"Ya that's true...but i'm bored now." Sango sighed. "Oh ya! I want to show you something!" Sango told her and grabbed her hand as she pulled her out of the room into their bedroom. She got out the journal she was using and gave it to Kagome.
"What's this?" Kagome asked.
"The song i've been working on. I'm going to show Inuyasha later." Sango explained.
"Wow I like it." Kagome smiled as she read it. "You should enter this into the contest."
"That's what I want to do but I want you to sing it with Inuyasha." Sango told her.
"Why don't you sing it? You wrote it." Kagome told her.
"I know but I wrote it so you could sing it with Inuyasha." Sango smirked.
"Well I guess I could..." Kagome shrugged.
"Yay! Hey I found out that everyone has to go down and record their music today if they want. They don't let you play on stage." Sango told her.
"They don't!" Kagome asked. "So...I have to stand on stage by myself!"
"Uhh...we'll be right there backstage when you go so we'll be close." Sango assured her.
"Ya...I guess that's ok. You better be there." Kagome told her. Sango laughed and nodded.
"I will don't worry." She assured her. They both got up when there was a knock at the front door. They got up and walked out of the room as Miroku opened the front door.
"Ya'll ordered room service?" Koga asked.
"Yup...didn't know what to make." Sango shrugged. Both girls walked into the 'dining room' after taking the cart from the guy and left the boys to tip him. They started setting it out on the table as they waited for the boys.
"NO YOU FUCKING BASTARD THAT WAS A FOUL!" They heard one of the guys yell.
"What's going on?" Kagome asked Sango.
"Uhh...maybe the game is on." She shrugged. Inuyasha walked into the 'dining room' after glarring down the hall. "Morning, bout time you woke up." Sango told him.
"Ya like anyone can sleep with them yelling like maniacs." Inuyasha mumbled as he sat down at the table.
"Well we have food if your hungry. You didn't eat last night so i'm sure you are." Sango told him.
"We have to record the music today for the songs." Kagome told him as she placed some food on the table. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into his lap.
"Awww such a cute couple." Sango said and laughed when Inuyasha glarred at her before kissing Kagome. She was starting to like when he'd kiss her. "Ok none of that at the table are you trying to make me sick?" Sango teased.
"If it'll get you to shut up." Inuyasha told her.
"Well it won't." Sango said. Kagome got up and sat in the chair next to his.
"Are they even coming?" Kagome asked when Miroku and Koga hadn't showed up yet.
"Ya...on commercials probably. Let's just eat without them. I'm surprised your not watching the game Inuyasha." Sango told him.
"It's on!" He asked.
"Uhh...ya...that's what their doing." Sango told him.
"Hey i'd love to join ya'll but...i'll be back in a bit." He said rushing out to the other room.
"Well...looks like it's just you and me." Kagome shrugged.
"Guess so." Sango agreed as they started eating.
"When do we have to record?" Kagome asked.
"We'll have to go down to the lobby and find out." Sango told her.
"Well let's hurry and so we can go find out." Kagome smirked.
"Good idea." Sango told her. "It seems Inuyasha really does like you. Just hope he dosn't turn out like Miroku." Sango rolled her eyes. Kagome laughed and nodded. They finished their breakfast and Sango waited for Kagome to change and they went downstairs to the front desk.
"Hi, do you know when they are recording for the contest?" Kagome asked the lady behind the counter.
"You can make an appointment for a session to record today if you want." She told them.
"Great what times are free?" Sango asked.
"You can take the session in an hour and theres also one free for seven o'clock tonight." She told them as she looked it up on her computer.
"...We'll take the one in an hour." Sango told her.
"Ok, what's your name?" She asked.
"Sango Houko." She told her.
"Alright, just go to the studio room in an hour which is toward the back." She told them.
"Thank you." Kagome smiled as her and Sango walked back to the elevator. "Don't we need to practice?" She asked.
"No as long as they can read the music." Sango shrugged. They waited in the elevator till they were back upstairs and exited the elevator and wondered what was going on inside when they heard yelling from inside. Sango grabbed the door knob and opened it and all three guys were on the floor in the hallway. "What the hell are you guys doing?" Sango asked.
"Koga has the remote!" Miroku yelled.
"That game is fucked up!" Koga yelled as he tried to keep the remote from them but couldn't get Inuyasha off of him or Miroku to let go of his arm.
"That's just cause your team sucks!" Inuyasha yelled.
"There are other tv's guys!" Sango yelled at them.
"No you havn't seen what happens to that tv in there." Miroku told her. Sango walked over and took the remote from Koga and crossed her arms.
"You guys act like children." Sango told them.
"Get her!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Here Kagome run." Sango said and handed her the remote.
"What!" She asked.
"Run!" Sango told her and she ran around them as they got up and ran into the bedroom they used then ran out as she ran to the balcony. Everyone followed her out and she held the remote over the edge of the balcony.
"Touch me and it falls." Kagome smirked.
"No!" The guys all yelled. Sango walked over next to Kagome and crossed her arms.
"I think you guys need to watch something else. Your to caught up in that game." Sango told them.
"Inuyasha get the remote from her." Koga told him.
"Are you crazy? She'll drop it." He told him.
"Well if Koga goes and locks all the doors, i'll take care of Sango and Inuyasha can get the remote from Kagome and if Kagome drops it we can just kill Inuyasha." Miroku whispered to them.
"Asshole." Inuyasha muttered.
"Just don't let her drop it." Koga told him.
"Whatever, you go block the doors that don't lock and hold them closed if they try to escape." Inuyasha told Koga.
"On it." Koga said as he walked back inside and started closing the doors but stayed in the hallway as he guarded the pool room door.
"Sweetheart, we would watch somthing else it's just this is a very important game." Miroku told Sango.
"Ya...right..." Sango said shaking her head. He slowly started walking over to her. Kagome placed a remote on the edge of the balcony and walked inside and locked the door as she walked in. Inuyasha grabbed the remote then looked how small it was.
"This isn't the remote." He said.
"Inuyasha you dumbass go get it!" Miroku yelled at him. Inuyasha ran into the pool room and banged on the door.
"Koga it's me!" He yelled.
Kagome double checked to make sure the sliding glass door was locked and then locked the other door from the inside.
"Kagome! They're coming!" Sango yelled from outside and ran after Inuyasha with Miroku following her. Kagome just decided to take a seat on the couch and try to see what they meant what the tv does.
"Hmm...maybe this is it." She said and pushed the button 'full screen' and a cabinet opened showing the huge screen. "...wow..." She said and turned the tv on and saw the game was ending. She shrugged and walked over to the door and unlocked it but was surprised when Inuyasha opened it and pushed her back to the couch. "Here." She said handing him the phone. "It's over." She told him.
He looked up at the tv and watched the last of the game. "That's twenty dollars!" Inuyasha yelled. "Your sly one though huh?" He asked and turned to Kagome. "This isn't even the remote." He said holding it up so she could see it.
"Well imagine that." She shrugged. "I thought it was." She said as the other two guys ran in.
"Dammit." Koga muttered.
"Hey we have to go downstairs and record the music for the songs. You guys better eat if your hungry and then change so we can head down there. We have an appointment." Sango explained as she walked into the room.
The guys turned channels to see if anything else was on.
"In other words get your ass in there and eat breakfast so we can get ready and go!" Sango ordered. Miroku dropped the remote and him and Koga walked out of the room. "Go Inuyasha."
"Alright, i'm going." He said as he got up and walked out of the room.
"Come let's get ready." Sango said as they went into their room.
The girls got ready and waited for the guys to finish eating and change.
"Damn I feel like i'm in boot camp or something." Inuyasha said as he glarred at Sango.
"If you want I can make it really feel like boot camp." She told him.
"Let's just go." Kagome told her.
"Sure, I have the music." Sango said as they walked into the elevator.
"Damn I can't wait till we go home." Koga sighed.
"Same here." Kagome agreed.
"Ya, is there anyway we can get to hong kong faster?" Sango asked.
"Well we could always take a plane or a train but I doubt we have enough for either. Even if we win." Inuyasha told them.
"We need money bad you guys." Sango sighed.
"Well we just have to win this thing." Kagome shrugged with a smile.
"We can do this." Inuyasha said wrapping his arms around her from behind.
"You better." Miroku told him. They exited the elevator once the doors opened and followed the main hallway all the way to the end.
"So...which door is it?" Koga asked as they looked at the four doors at the end of the hallway.
"Pick one?" Miroku asked but looked at the door that opened as a guy came out.
"Sango Houko?" The guys asked.
"Yes?" She asked.
"Recording is right here." He told them. "You can have ten minutes to practice."
"Alright, thank you." Sango said as they walked in.
"Wow look at all this." Koga said as he saw all the instruments in the room.
"You know what...I think we should make this fun." Kagome smirked as she looked at all the instruments.
"How do you mean?" Sango asked.
"What song are we doing first?" She asked.
"Let's do yours first." Inuyasha told her.
"Right." She said and glarred at him. "Fine. Miroku do you think you can play the piano?" She asked him.
"Sure." Miroku said as he went over to the piano.
"Here's the music." Sango said as she walked over to him and placed it on the shelf for sheet music over the keyboard.
"Who can play drums?" Kagome asked.
"Koga can." Sango told her.
"Koga do you think you could play for me?" Kagome asked him.
"Alright. What am I playing?" He asked.
"Umm...Just keep a beat and then change whatever you want when you want to go along with the music. Like do this beat." She said and tapped on the drum.
"Got it." He nodded.
"I'm recording back up right?" Sango asked.
"What? You record back up?" Kagome asked.
"Ya..." Sango said carefully.
"So i'm going to be on stage by myself?" She asked.
"Don't worry you can do it. We'll be back stage watching. Come on let's get this done." Sango told her.
"Ok fine." Kagome sighed. "Inuyasha can you play guitar?" She asked him.
"Sure I can do that." He said as he picked up a guitar and put the strap over his head. "But what am I playing?" He asked.
"...play...whatever you want. Just keep a beat most of the time. Do the same as I told Koga to do." Kagome told him. "Maybe play sumthn like this and keep it at a beat." She told him as she showed him on another guitar. "I'll be keeping a different beat." She told him.
"Are you sure you should be doing this?" Sango asked her.
"Well I figured they've all been playing instruments so they know what sounds good and this is just for fun. Let's try it out." Kagome told them. "Koga can you like start it out like by hitting the drum a few times or something?" She asked and he nodded.
"Are you going to sing?" Sango asked.
"No, i'm going to mouth it so you can sing back up." Kagome explained. Sango nodded and watched as Kagome played a small part on the guitar before nodding to Koga then Inuyasha after that. She looked at Miroku before looking at Sango to sing that one back up part before she began.
They finished practicing as the guy walked back into the room to check on them.
"That was great guys!" Kagome said excitedly. "Ok now we gotta do it again." She said. "Sorry."
"It's ok." Sango shrugged and looked over at the guy who entered. "We're ready to record our first song." she told him. He nodded and walked out and then they saw him in the next room behind the glass. He put up his fingers and brought each down one by one and they started when he brought his hand down.
They finally finished recording all their songs an hour and a half later.
"We only have three songs?" Sango asked.
"Four. Don't forget your song." Kagome told her.
"How many songs do we need?" Sango asked the guy who recorded.
"The contest lasts three days. One song per day. You need one more song for the young man if you want it to work. The girl has two songs plus the song she can sing with him but he needs one more song." The guy explained.
'We have names...' Kagome thought as he pointed to both her and Inuyasha when he was talking about them.
"What are we going to do?" Inuyasha asked Sango.
"Well...you have to song choices. I have one of your songs that you threw away a long time ago and another one I found cause I was looking through your old journal cause I found it in the van under the front seat." Sango explained.
"What song's are they?" Inuyasha asked curiously.
"The one you made about high school and the one you wrote that you threw away." Sango said quietly. She got out the journal she brought and pulled out both papers.
"You kept this?" He asked as he looked it over. "These are bad...that's why I threw it out." Inuyasha told her.
"They're not bad!" Sango told her.
"I saw...the one you threw out. Sango showed it to me. It's good, you shouldn't have thrown it out. I like it." Kagome shrugged.
"I like them too, which is why I kept them hoping to get you to sing it again." Sango explained to him.
"They're good. Just sing one so we can go back up." Koga told him getting irritated from just standing there.
"Fine! Koga your drums, you remember this song." Inuyasha explained then he looked over at Kagome.
"I can read music." She told him.
"What? I thought you couldn't?" Sango asked her.
"I couldn't...I had forgotten but watching you do it I kinda picked it up. I guess I remembered. I just hadn't delt with music in so long." Kagome explained with a shrug. Sango smirked and nodded.
"Alright then." Sango smiled.
"Good ok, you read from here then. Your second guitar, you think you can play it?" Inuyasha asked her. She looked it over and nodded.
"I think so." She smiled.
"Koga you remember this song right?" Inuyasha asked him.
"How can I forget it? We played it so many times all those years ago." Koga chuckled and got ready. "On your cue."
Inuyasha nodded and Kagome waited for Inuyasha to start before she started it. Sango stood on the side as she watched. Inuyasha was surprised he remembered the song as if he had played it just yesterday. He used to love this song, this was the song he wrote that gave him hope. Then all hope was lost after one horrible day. It seemed the song wasn't the only thing that returned to his memory...the memories had returned also. Those memories that had made him throw the song out.
FLASHBACK.
"Naraku is strong but we can beat him right?" A fourteen year old Inuyasha asked.
"Of course we can and if we don't beat him today there will always be another day. One of us will beat him. He's terrorized way to many people and it's time to bring an end to it." Tamashii Higurashi said as he stood next to Inuyasha while they headed toward the place where they were sent on a mission.
"And if we die?" Inuyasha asked.
"We're not going to die. We both have families to go home to that care about us. Same as the others." Tamashii explained.
"This is going to be one hell of a fight." Inuyasha sighed.
"Watch your language. You may be in a gang but that dosn't give you the right to talk like that. Yes this will be an intense fight but we'll pull through, don't you worry. Every day is a new day and each day that comes gives you another chance at life and after what i've put myself through I should be lucky to have as many chances as i've gotten." Tamashii said. "Oh whoops." He said when he dropped a necklace and watched Inuyasha bend over and pick it up. "Hey wow it didn't burn you. You must have one hell of a future with it or something." Tamashii smirked.
"The Shikon Jewel?" Inuyasha asked. "You still have it? I thought you were supposed to keep it for the priestess and give it to her?"
"Ya...I know she's ready. I'm just not ready to let her have it yet...cause it will mean that she has to hear about everything. It's just a father thing. It's hard for father's to tell their children about all the bad things out there. You wouldn't know yet Inuyasha. I just want to hold onto my memories of when I could be with her without bad things happening. Even if she was so young. I know I should have given it to her by now, i'm just not ready. She's my only baby girl. I still have my son, luckily he's still young." Tamashii explained. "I'll tell you what, why don't you hold onto the necklace. For good luck. It should keep you safe since it seems to sense something in you." He told him.
"Why would it burn me?" Inuyasha asked.
"It's pure good. The only people who can hold it are one's who are pure hearted. Being half demon should have automatically made it burn you but like I said it probably can sense something in you." He explained to him.
"If it keeps people safe then shouldn't you hold it? Your supposed to be the one protecting it." Inuyasha told him.
"Your the one that it needs to protect now. Koga and Miroku are both safe doing something else, why they sent you to come i'll never know. I just want to make sure you make it out of this." Tamashii said.
"I'm the best, that's why they sent me. You would never be able to do this without me." Inuyasha smirked.
"Maybe so, but your to young." Tamashii chuckled. Inuyasha looked at the jewel in his hand.
"I'm not to young...Is the priestess really that good?" Inuyasha asked.
"Of course she is. She just dosn't know it yet. The only reason the jewel came back to existence is because she's the-..."
"The most powerful miko, yes you told me already." Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
"You'll see for yourself one day. You'll probably be the one to give her the necklace, just ask her mother if you can visit her." Tamashii shrugged. "She'll be happy to have company. She loves to meet people. She's so beautiful too but that could also be the part of me that's her father saying that. You'd have to judge for yourself. After this battle I want you to return it to her. She deserves to finally have it. She's a little angel and you'll be able to see what has made it worth while for me to go home to. My family is what keeps me going, there is something inside us all that keeps us going...I know there's someone that is out there that keeps you going too. You may not even know the person yet but it's your destiny to meet that person that will be worth it to keep going."
"Ya enough with the mushy stuff, I hear you, you think she's pretty and you say she's kind and all that but no one is actually like that." Inuyasha told him.
"Yes there is. You just don't know yet Inuyasha...you just don't know." He chuckled. "Your a stubborn one. You may be to stubborn to find the one who you say isn't that way but your destiny will find you if you don't find it. It could be anyone, it could even be a guy." He laughed.
"Your messed up in the head. I'm not going to be gay! That's fucked up." Inuyasha said out of disgust. Tamashii glarred at him. "...that's disgusting." He corrected himself. Tamashii just laughed again and ruffled Inuyasha's hair. "I'm not as young as you think I am you know. I'm fourteen!"
"I know, your about the same age as my daughter but when you have kids, children are children no matter how old they are. It dosn't matter how old you are, your still just a kid." He chuckled at Inuyasha's stubborness.
END.FLASHBACK.
Inuyasha sighed as he continued playing the song. He had figured out after the battle that Tamashii knew he probably wouldn't make it out of that battle alive. 'He'd rather save my life then to live out his.' Inuyasha thought. That was why he entrusted him with the jewel but when he delivered the jewel to the shrine he never asked to see the young priestess. He just left the jewel in their mailbox with a letter saying what had happend. He knew he should have spoken to the family about it instead of just leaving a letter but he didn't want to talk about it at all. He became closed off to everyone except for the people he already trusted. The same people that still stuck by his side no matter what. He'd came along way ever since that day, although he was still the same way. When he had finally started opening up to people he ended up getting hurt again. He was finally giving it another chance but it was different this time. Before he had second thoughts about trusting...he should have trusted his instincts. He didn't have any second thoughts this time. He believed this time it was worth it to give it another try.
He looked over at Kagome and she noticed him looking at her and she smiled at him. There is someone like that and she had been around this whole time, yet he never bothered to go find her like he should have. He smirked when he realized it didn't matter cause she was there now. So maybe Tamashii didn't know it'd be his daughter who would be the one that Inuyasha would think could be described that way but he knew it would be someone special.
They finished the song and played it once more to record it. They had finally finished and the recorder came back to the room with Sango and Miroku who had left since they didn't have a part.
"That was great. We have your tapes now. We will be using them for the contest and then at the end they will give you an envelope with your tapes in it so you can take." The recording guy explained.
"Thank you sir." Sango said and shook his hand.
"Your welcome. That is all, I will be looking forward to seeing you guys perform. The music sounded great and I can't wait but that's all now so you can be on your way." He told them.
"Thank you, bye." Kagome said as she put the guitar down as the guy walked out of the room. "Let's go back upstairs."
"Yay! We're done!" Sango said as she walked out of the room followed by Miroku.
"Bout time too." Koga said as he walked out of the room.
"Come on Inuyasha." Kagome said as she grabbed his hand and led him to the door. "I like that song." She smiled.
"Ya? But that song is old and has no meaning to it." He told her.
"Your lying. You wouldn't have written it if it didn't have meaning. Besides, Sango told me you wrote it when you had hope about leaving this gang of yours. You just got to caught up." She told him.
"Sango is lying, she dosn't know. It's a stupid song." He told her. He knew he was the one lying but he didn't want to talk about it, especially not with her. It could hurt her more then it hurts him.
"Fine, but I still like it." Kagome said with a shrug. She knew he was lying but it probably be a good time to try and figure out what was bothering him. She felt like the more time she spent with him the more he began to grow on her. She was starting to like being around him alot. 'Inuyasha what's bothering you?' She wondered with a sigh. They headed back upstairs and they all sat in the 'living room'. Inuyasha and Kagome were sitting next to each other on the couch and Sango was sitting in Miroku's lap on a small comforted chair and Koga sat on the rocking chair.
They had eaten then went to the 'living room' to sit and talk. They had ended up watching tv for a while before anyone had actually began talking.
"I think we should keep it a surprise...like don't let anyone hear the songs until the nights of the contests." Sango said.
"Ya that should be fun." Kagome agreed. She sighed and crossed her arms as she sat beside Inuyasha. He had been zoning out alot it seemed. She didn't know what to do so she figured she should just give him space for a while.
"That took longer then I thought it would." Koga said.
"Well I had fun. I havn't been able to play guitar in a while." Kagome smiled.
"Ya your right Kagome, it was fun." Miroku nodded with a smile.
"Yup. I couldn't believe that when you had everyone change the music to your song that it actually sounded good." Sango laughed.
"It did sound good." Koga smirked. Inuyasha just sat there with his arms crossed as he watched them talking.
"We did stay late though, can you believe it's already this late? I didn't know it would take so long just to record a few songs." Kagome sighed.
"I'm actually kinda tired. Played BS for to long." Sango yawned.
"You were playing again?" Kagome laughed.
"Yes, I wanted to win!" Sango smirked.
"She kept us up for so long, I don't know how many times we played." Koga rolled his eyes.
"Sleep actually sounds pretty good right now." Miroku said.
"Ya i'm going to bed. Good night." Sango said as she got up.
"I'm going too. See you guys in the morning." Kagome said as she got up and followed Sango out of the room. Inuyasha looked up and saw Kagome walk out and realized he hadn't said much to her ever since they finished recording.
"You know Inuyasha, you can pull out a bed in this couch." Miroku said as he got up.
"Ok." Inuyasha said simply.
"Night." He said as he walked out.
"Ya, later." Koga said and walked out of the room.
GIRL'S.ROOM.
"What's up with you and Inuyasha? You havn't said anything to him in a while." Sango said as she jumped on her bed and lied on her stomach so she was facing the tv. Kagome tossed her the remote and shrugged.
"I don't know. He's just kind of...out of it. I don't know what's wrong with him." She sighed.
"Damn girl, first he's all over you and then you are sitting a couple of inches away from him all in one day." Sango said.
"I keep thinking it had to do with us bringing up the song. Maybe it made him mad or something." Kagome shrugged.
"I have no clue, he'll come around." Sango said and finally decided to just turn off the tv and got up to lie back on her bed. "I'm going to sleep." Sango told her.
"Night."
"Good night." Sango said tiredly. Kagome lied down in her bed and decided to just go to sleep. She would just find out everything the next day.
Inuyasha was now lying down on the pull out bed. Ever since they played that song he couldn't get his mind off those certain memories. He remembered the look on Naraku's face after he had killed Tamashii. Naraku was actually trying to kill both Inuyasha and Tamashii but some how the jewel had formed a barrier around his body. Tamashii was so worried about Inuyasha's life that he didn't care what happend to himself.
Inuyasha sighed and let himself finally decided to go to sleep, after many attempts he finally fell asleep. Hours after he had fallen asleep he groaned when he was awoken by a siren outside. He got up and looked outside to see the sun would be coming up soon. He smirked and walked out of the room and carefully crept into the room the girl's were sleeping in making sure he wouldn't wake up Sango.
"Kagome." He whispered as he gently pushed her.
"Hm?" She asked still half asleep, she didn't even know who was talking to her.
"Come with me for a bit." He told her. She nodded but didn't move. He rolled his eyes and shrugged. He figured her nodding was an answer too. He carefully picked her up with her blanket still around her and carried her out of the room. He walked out onto the balcony and sat on one of the chairs. "Kagome." He said and gently pushed her again. She finally got tired of being bothered and opened her eyes.
"...Inuyasha?" She asked when she finally awoke. "What do you want?" She asked as she closed her eyes. She opened her eyes again when she realized what she had seen. "What are we doing outside?" She asked and pulled the covers over her more when the wind blew a bit. "It's still dark." She told him then realized she was sitting in his lap and blushed.
"I know, but not for long." He told her. "And i'm sorry if I seemed to ignore you."
"It's ok, it dosn't matter." Kagome shrugged.
"Yes it does. I don't want to be like that with you. I want to be with you...and not make you think other wise." He whispered as he began nuzzling her neck.
'Why is he all of a sudden being affectionate again?' She thought as the butterflies returned and her heart began beating at a rapid pace. She felt him grab her necklace and she looked down.
"Do you remember how you got this?" He asked. He was curious about what had happend after he had left them the necklace.
"Uhh...ya...my mom gave it to me." She told him carefully.
"What did she tell you?" He asked.
"She told me that my dad wanted me to have it and that I was supposed to take care of it. I didn't want my brother to be sad that I had gotten something left from my dad so I told him I had bought it at the mall." She explained as she looked down at the jewel in Inuyasha's hand. "Why are we talking about this?" She asked curiously.
"I was just wondering." He told her. "The sun's rising." He told her as he looked off into the horizon. She turned to look and rested her head on his chest as she watched the sun come up. "Your going to do great at the contest." He said quietly. She looked up at him and sighed.
"I don't know...it's getting so close and i'm getting so nervous. I havn't sang in public in so long." She told him.
"Don't worry you'll do fine." He said before giving her a light kiss on the lips. "Oh hey I forgot to tell you, Rin called a day or two ago." Inuyasha told her.
"Thanks for telling me." She said sarcastically.
"No problem." He chuckled. She sighed and lied her head on his chest once again. She really liked being near him now but it was so wierd how he had that type of effect on her so fast.
...tbc...
AUTHOR.NOTE.
AN: I hope you liked it! I hope it was ok. I kinda had some problems with this chapter...kept getting stuck. But i'm on to the next chapter! lol. I love typing this fic. I havn't given up on my other fics though! Thanks for reading!
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