Careless Whisper
Disclaimer- I don't own Inuyasha or anyone in that show and I do not own the songs used in this fic. On to the fic! lol.
...CHAPTER.9...
I
Can't
See
You being with no one else
But
Me
Baby I
Can't even stand
thinking bout you touching another man
I.CAN'T. - LYFE.
Ch.9 The Contest
RECAP.
"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.
END.RECAP.
TWO.DAYS.LATER.
"Today's the day!" Sango said excitedly.
"Ya..." Kagome said nervously as she stood backstage with Inuyasha and Sango. Sango had came over to wish them good luck.
"Don't worry you can do it. We have to do this in the next few days too." Sango told her.
"I don't think that's what she needs to hear right now." Inuyasha told Sangoas hewalked over to Kagome.
"What an excellent performance! The next performer will be singing a song called 'Falls on me'." They heard the guy say over the microphone. One of the people that were hosting the contest ran back stage and handed Inuyasha a microphone.
"Hey Kagome, don't worry about it. You'll do great." Inuyasha said and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"Here he is, Inuyasha Kappei!" The guy said and walked off the stage.
"Good luck." Sango told him as he walked out there. "Hey I have to go back to the other's but you'll do great. Don't worry about it. Good luck!" Sango said before walking behind the curtains to the audience. Kagome watched as the music began.
"You see me hanging round
starting to swear about this black hole of a dark field
and silently within hands touchin skin sharp
breaks my disease and i can breath" Inuyasha started. He looked over at Kagome as he started the next verse.
"and all of your ways
all you dream falls on me
it falls on me
and your beautiful sky
the light you breath
falls on me
it falls on me ahha" He sang while looking straight at her but turned back before he sang the next verse. Kagome was blushing as she listened and looked back at him. Once again her heart was beating at a rapid speed and those butterflies had flown back into her stomach.
"I feel like a pain
it draws me in again
sqaushes all my worst of me
darkness in my veins
I never could explain
and I wonder if you have ever seen
and still believe
and all of your ways
and all that you dream
falls on me
it falls on me
and your beautiful sky
the light you breath
falls on me
it falls on me" He sang into the microphone and looked through the audience.
"Am I that strong
to carry on
have I changed your life
have I changed my world
could you save me ahhhhha" He sang more loudly as he looked over at the judges then over at Kagome once more.
"and all of your ways
all you dream
falls on me
it falls on me
and you beautiful sky
the light you breath
falls on me
it falls on me
and all of your ways
all you dream falls on me
it falls on me
and your beautiful sky
the light you breath
falls on me
it falls on me...
ahhhhaha yeaaa ahhhah yea" He smiled as he sang the rest. He had forgotten how much he liked singing, it would have been better if he could have played his guitar but this was ok too. He smirked once he was finished as the audience cheered.
"Oh no...he's letting it get to his head." Sango said to Koga and Miroku with a smirk but cheered anyways.
Kagome smiled as she watched Inuyasha walk off stage, leaving the microphone and walked into the audience to sit next to Miroku and the others. She backed away from the curtain and took deep breaths trying to calm her nerves. The same guy who delivered the microphone to Inuyasha came backstage and handed it to Kagome.
"I'm next!" She panicked.
"Your the last person to sing." The guy shrugged. She sighedandclosed her eyes tightly. 'I have to do this, they all believe I can do this. I have to do this.' She thought to herself.
"Our next singer will be singing a song called 'Supergirl', please welcome Kagome Higurashi!" The man announced. Kagome didn't move from her spot, she was so nervous. They waited a few minutes for her to go on stage but nothing happend.
"Do you think she got scared?" Sango asked. They went ahead and started her music anyways in hope she was on her way. The intro of the song played and Inuyasha was about to get up to go check on her but Sango stopped him when they heard her voice over the speaker.
"I'm Supergirl" Kagome sang from backstage and took one more deep breath before walking on stage.
"Sometimes I have dreams
I picture myself flying
Above the clouds
High in the sky
Conquering the world
With my magic piano
Never being scared
But then I realise" She sang forgetting about her nervousness and just decided to enjoy singing.
"I'm supergirl
And I'm here
To save the world
And I wanna know
Who's gonna save me?" She smirked.
"I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Why I feel so alone" She sang as she walked back a little so she wasn't so close to the audience.
"Seems like a dream
But there's one thing missing
Nobody's here with me
(Here with me)
To share in all that
I've been given
I need someone
That's strong enough for me" She sang and looked down and smiled at her friends and then looked over at Inuyasha.
"I'm supergirl
And I'm here
To save the world
And I wanna know
Who's gonna save me?
I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Why I feel so alone" She looked over at the judges and then around at the audience.
"Heeey ooooh" She brought the microphone away from her mouth a bit to get a better effect then brought it back for the next verse.
"I need someone
I won't stop till
I find the one
Who will start
Belonging in my life
I need someone
I won't stop till
I find the one
Who will start
Belonging in my liiife" She brought her hand to her heart and smiled.
"I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Who's gonna save me,
(Who's gonna save me, Who's gonna save me)
I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know
Why I feel so alone"
"I'm supergirl"
"I wanna know
Who's gonna save me,
I'm supergirl
And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know...
Why I feel so alone"
"I'm supergirl"
"I wanna know
Who's gonna save me"
"I'm supergirl"
"And I'm here to
Save the world
And I wanna know...
Why I feel so alone" She finished and then all of a sudden felt nervous when she wasn't singing. She smiled as everyone cheered and slowly walked off stage after leaving the microphone on stage. Sango was the first one to run up to her.
"That was great! I thought you weren't going to do it at first." Sango told her.
"That's cause I freaked out. I thought I was going to have a heart attack when they said my name." Kagome said and put her hand up to her heart.
"But you did it! It was great!" Sango said as she hugged her. They both looked over at Koga as his cell phone rang. He held out his finger and had to walk backstage to be able to hear the person on the other line.
"You really did do great." Miroku told her. "I better go follow Koga before he gets lost." Miroku chuckled as he walked out following Koga.
"Ya you both did great." Sango smiled.
"Sango!" Miroku yelled from backstage.
"Uhh...i'll be right back." Sango said before walking backstage to find Miroku.
"Hey." Kagome blushed when Inuyasha walked up to her.
"Hey, you did so good. I knew you could do it." He smirked as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his own.
"Inuyasha!" Sango yelled as she ran out to them. "Oh...uhh...sorry..." Sango said when she saw them. Inuyasha pulled away and glarred at her.
"What?" He asked.
"...Sorry...but...Koga passed out..." Sango said carefully.
"What do you mean he passed out?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Well...he got an interesting call from Ayame..." She said hesitantly.
"What could have happend that made him pass out?" He asked as they walked backstage.
"Ayame is...she told Koga that she's pregnant." Sango finally said. Kagome knealed down next to Koga and looked at him.
"Ayame just found out, Koga told me before he passed out. It's a sure thing to think he was shocked." Miroku said as he looked down at him. Kagome picked up the cell phone that was dropped on the floor.
"What do we do?" Kagome asked them.
"Let's take him back to the room." Miroku told them.
"How?" Inuyasha asked. Sango and Miroku both looked at him. "I'm not carrying him." Inuyasha told them.
"Hey can someone go get a wet cloth?" Kagome asked.
"Uhh...sure..." Miroku said hesitantly before walking away with Sango following him.
"Never thought Koga would pass out from something like that." Inuyasha chuckled as he knelt down next to Kagome.
"He must love that girl Ayame...he probably never just expected it." Kagome told him.
"Ya but something like this?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well i'm sure if someone told you they were having your child, you'd probably freak out too." She said as she looked down at Koga.
"Maybe...but the last few times I was told that it didn't really bother me much." He smirked.
"What!" Kagome asked and looked at him.
"Relax! I'm just kidding!" He chuckled. She glarred at him and turned back to Koga. He groaned before opening his eyes and sitting up quickly. "Welcome back, we hear your going to be a father." Inuyasha smirked. Koga looked at him wide eyed. Kagome hugged Koga which surprised him a bit.
"Congratulations." She told him and he hesitantly hugged her back.
"...t-thanks..." Koga said hesitantly. '...sh-she's pregnant?...What am I supposed to do? I have to...I have to go back.' Koga thought nervously.
"Are you going to go back?" Kagome asked as she pulled away. He looked at her for a second before answering.
"Uhh...ya...I think so." Koga said as he slowly got up and held his hand out to Kagome.
"Why don't you sound excited? This is a big thing." Kagome told him as he helped her up.
"Cause he's more surprised then anything." Inuyasha told her. "Listen Koga, we all know you love Ayame. We have been your friends for a long time and Ayame has always been there for you, we can tell your in love with her so this is a good thing. Don't be afraid of something like this. This gives you a reason to be able to spend your life with Ayame. Isn't that what you want?" Inuyasha asked him. Koga nodded before giving him an odd look. Kagome looked over at Inuyasha with a sweet smile.
"Ya...but...let's stop with this...your freaking me out man. Never would of thought that Inuyasha Kappei had even one sensitive bone in his body." Koga said. Inuyasha glarred at him.
"I'm only helping and if you don't want to take it I can just beat your ass down and send you back to Tokyo myself." Inuyasha growled.
"There's the Inuyasha I know." Koga said and patted him on the back. "Well it's been fun but I have somewhere I gotta be. Kagome, I've loved being able to meet you and I can't wait till you come back to Tokyo so we can actually hang out." He said and hugged her once more. "Watch out for this guy, he has a bad temper on him." Koga smirked. Kagome laughed and hugged him back. Inuyasha crossed his arms with a growl.
"Ya it's going to be different without you and you know where the club is, when I get back I better see you there." She smiled.
"Oh you know it, it'll be hard to force myself away from you." Koga chuckled.
"Hey don't forget about Ayame...you know, the one who's having your baby." Inuyasha growled. Kagome laughed and looked over at him.
"He's just trying to make you mad." Kagome told him.
"And it's working." Koga told her and kissed her on the cheek then jumped back before Inuyasha could touch him. "You can't catch me, i'm way to fast for you mutt." Koga chuckled.
"You better watch it wolf." Inuyasha warned him. "You wouldn't want me to have to send Ayame a letter saying the father of her baby died from running his mouth." Inuyasha told him as Sango and Miroku returned.
"That would never happen, you can't kill me." Koga told him and crossed his arms.
"Goodness what is wrong with you two? Can't you behave for one minute?" Sango asked with a smile. "At least we know Koga is ok."
"Of course i'm ok. It's Inuyasha over here who's acting wierd." Koga said pointing to Inuyasha. "I think someone is trying to get extra points for playtime tonight." Koga nodded. Kagome could feel the heat that instantly rush to her face.
"WHAT! YOU FUCKING PERVERT!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran after Koga. Sango looked over at Koga with a shocked expression and then over at Miroku who was leaning against the wall trying to control his laughter and hit Miroku on the head to shut him up.
"I'm sorry...but...this time...it was...not...me." Miroku said as he sat on the floor laughing while holding his stomach.
"He always has to try and make Inuyasha mad." Sango sighed. "What did Inuyasha say that was so wierd?"
"He was saying how you all knew Koga loved Ayame and that he shouldn't be afraid cause this gives him a reason to spend his life with Ayame." Kagome shrugged. She knew she was blushing without even having to look in a mirror, she could feel the heat on her cheeks. She glarred at Sango when she started laughing.
"I'm sorry...ya he was just trying to make Inuyasha mad. He always does that, which is the reason Inuyasha never tries to be nice to Koga." Sango laughed.
"Never knew Koga had it in him." Miroku smirked before he started laughing again. Kagome rolled her eyes and decided to go back upstairs.
"Wait! Sorry. Ok i'll go up with you. We can leave Miroku on the floor." Sango said as she followed Kagome to the elevator. "But hey...you know you could go back with Koga. This isn't really something you should have to stay for." Sango told her.
"Oh...i'll think about it." Kagome said.
THE.NEXT.DAY.
"You should be glad, this is costing us." Inuyasha muttered as he stood next to Kagome with his arms crossed.
"I'm going to pay you back." Koga assured him as they waited for his plane to board passengers.
"He needs to be with Ayame right now." Sango told him.
"Ya whatever." Inuyasha mumbled.
"Hey girls we have to move it along, there's still the contest." Miroku told them.
"Fine, we'll see you when we get back Koga. I can't wait to see Ayame too." Sango said excitedly as she hugged Koga.
"Your right, you'll be seeing him soon. Why are you making it seem like your never going to see him again?" Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha shut up. Cause we want to." Sango stuck her tongue out at him.
"And i'll be telling Rin what's been going on and to call you." Koga assured Kagome.
"Thank you." Kagome smiled as she came next to give him a quick hug since Miroku was hurrying them.
"It's to bad your not coming with me." Koga told her.
"Ya well I decided I want to stay." Kagome shrugged. "It should be fun."
"Will all passengers board flight F56 to Tokyo, Japan." The loud speaker reported.
"Well i'll see you guys later." Koga said as he turned around.
"Hey Koga!" Inuyasha yelled as Koga stopped and turned to look at him. "Catch!" Inuyasha tossed a box to him. "Later." He waved. Koga looked down at the box oddly and waved bye.
"Uhh...bye." Koga said and turned around to board the plane.
"What was that?" Sango asked Inuyasha curiously as Inuyasha's cell phone rang a few minutes later.
"Hello?" Inuyasha asked.
"So it's just like that? Not even going to ask if I want to quit?" Koga asked. Inuyasha chuckled as he began to walk away followed by the others.
"No. It's exactly like that. You can't bother with it anymore and you know it. Your out Koga." Inuyasha smirked.
"Ya whatever, guess I better start jog hunting." Koga sighed and hung up.
"...well goodbye to you too." Inuyasha rolled his eyes as he slipped his cell phone back into his pocket.
"You took Koga out?" Miroku asked.
"Of course. He can't stay with a baby on the way. You guys have been planning to bail on me anyways." Inuyasha shrugged as they walked out of the airport.
"Not bail. Give you notice and then leave after trying to get you to quit too." Miroku corrected him.
"Feh. Same difference." Inuyasha said as they waited for a cab. "I'm not quitting."
"You will after a while." Sango smirked.
"Right..." Inuyasha said as a cab pulled up. They all got into the cab and told the driver where to go. got this. Don't worry. You did great last time, you'll do great this time too." Sango told Kagome.
"Ok...your the one who's making me nervous." Kagome laughed.
"Sorry. Well good luck." Sango laughed as she walked over to her seat.
"I get to go before you this time." Kagome told Inuyasha.
"How do you know?" He asked her.
"Shiro told me...well I actually asked him." Kagome told him.
"When did you talk to him?" Inuyasha asked.
"While you were talking to Sango." Kagome shrugged and looked over at Inuyasha who was sitting on a chair across from her.
"Did he come to talk to you or did you go and talk to him?" He asked her.
"I went to go ask him but I had Miroku go with me." Kagome told him.
"How about after we win this thing we all go out and get something to eat." Inuyasha told her.
"You sound so sure of yourself." Kagome told him.
"Well i'm looking at the best and i'm not to bad myself you know." Inuyasha smirked.
"Talk about cocky." Kagome giggled.
"Not cocky. Confident. I'm starving and we'll be here longer since they decided to combine the last two contest days together." Inuyasha sighed.
"You ate breakfast..." Kagome told him.
"Ya this morning, are you telling me that your not hungry?"
"...i'm not." Kagome shrugged and laughed when he rolled his eyes.
"You didn't even eat that much this morning." He told her.
"Well I wasn't hungry." She told him.
"No wonder your so small...you never eat." He said as he walked over and sat next to her. Contestants were starting to head backstage now.
"Shut up. I eat. I just don't pig out like you." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Your asking for it wench." He muttered.
"Don't call me that." She warned him and looked around as more people were entering. They sat there for a while once the contest had finally started. They stayed quiet as they listened to the other contestants take their turns. Finally Kagome had came up and Inuyasha wished her good luck with a quick kiss and she walked out on stage and began to sing as she walked out there.
"Can you forgive me again?
I don't know what I said
But I didn't mean to hurt you.
I heard the words come out
I felt like I would die
It hurt so much to hurt you
Then you look at me
You're not shouting anymore
You're silently broken." She closed her eyes as she brought her hand over her heart.
"I'd give anything now
to hear those words from you
Each time I say something I regret I cry "I don't want to lose you."
But somehow I know that you will never leave me, yeah." She opened her eyes as she shook her head as she got into the mood of the song but looked over to the back when Inuyasha had caught her eye. He had been watching her from backstage. She switched the microphone into her other hand and looked over at him.
"'Cause you were made for me
Somehow I'll make you see
How happy you make me
I can't live this life
Without you by my side
I need you to survive." She smiled and faced the front once again.
"So stay with me
You look in my eyes and I'm screaming inside that I'm sorry...
And you forgive me again
You're my one true friend
And I never meant to hurt you." She finished and after putting the microphone down as the crowd cheered she went backstage instead of going into the audience like she had done the day before.
"Told you, you could do it." Inuyasha smirked as she walked into his arms. He kissed her lightly on the lips as she smiled while looking up at him. "What?" He asked. She shook her head with the same smile.
"Nothing. Your up, go out there." She told him as she pulled away from him. He looked at her oddly as he walked on stage. He took the mic after a guy had introduced him and he began singing after the intro of the song had played.
"Fumbling his confidence
And wondering why the world has passed him by
Hoping that he's meant for more than arguments
And failed attempts to fly, fly
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside." He looked over at Kagome and noticed she had the same smile still on her face. He gave her a questioning look but turned back to the audience when she just shook her head.
"Dreaming about Providence
And whether mice or men have second tries
Maybe we've been livin with our eyes half open
Maybe we're bent and broken, broken
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside
Somewhere we live inside
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
Somewhere we live inside." He smirked and looked up. 'This one's for you Tamashii.' Inuyasha thought and looked back at the audience.
"We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than this world's got to offer
We want more than the wars of our fathers
And everything inside screams for second life, yeaaaaah
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live for so much more
Have we lost ourselves?
We were meant to live
We were meant to live." He finished and just stayed on stage when they had announced his name again and explained they were keeping everyone's performances together and then announced Kagome's name for their next song together.
They didn't even have a chance to think about it as the music started. Kagome smiled at Inuyasha and took the mic from him since they only gave them one mic to use. 'I guess they didn't think about having two mic's.' Kagome thought.
"We were strangers
Starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are
And I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you." She sang and Inuyasha took the mic back since the next verse was his.
"No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I lost hope
You were there to remind me
This is the start and..." Kagome leaned toward him as they sang the next versetogether.
"Life is a road, and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
At the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you." They continued to look at each other as they sang the song.
"We were strangers
On a crazy adventure" Kagome sang, she now understood why Sango insisted she sing the song with Inuyasha and rolled her eyes.
"Never dreaming how our dreams could come true." Inuyasha sang before they sang together into the mic once again for the rest of the song.
"Now here we stand
Unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you.
And life is a road, and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
At the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you.
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's going to tear us apart." Kagome smiled once again and blushed as she looked out to the audience then looked back at him.
"And life is a road and I want to going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you." Those butterflies had returned as he seemed to stare into her eyes the whole time.
"And life is a road, and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep going on,
Starting out on a journey...
Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
In the end I want to be standing at the beginning
With you." She was surprised when Inuyasha kissed her lightly before leading her off stage. Her blush deepend when the cheers had changed to 'aww's'.
"Your finally done." Sango laughed as they came over to the seats saved for them.
"Finally." Inuyasha sighed as he dropped into his seat.
"Feels good to be finished." Kagome smiled as she sat. "No more freaking out." She laughed. Sango nodded with a laugh as they sat and watched the rest patiently. Well, most of them were patient.
"God this is taking forever." Inuyasha sighed as they watched.
"If you don't want to wait then why don't you go somewhere else!" Sango whispered loudly.
"Fine! I'll be back, i'm going to get something to drink." Inuyasha said as he got up.
"Hey get me one too!" Kagome called out to him.
"Yes your highness." He said as he walked away. Kagome rolled her eyes before she continued to watch the rest. Inuyasha had ended up staying gone for the rest of the contest. Kagome was starting to wonder where he had gone as the last performer walked off stage. She looked around when the lights brightened as she clapped. She didn't see Inuyasha anywhere and sighed as she sat back in her chair.
"Where's Inuyasha?" Sango asked. Kagome shrugged and looked over at the judges then back at Sango.
"I'll go find him." Kagome said as she got up.
"But they'll be announcing winners soon." Sango told her.
"It's ok, i'll be back." Kagome assured her.
"If you find him, tell him I want a drink too." Miroku smirked.
"Your not getting one if I didn't get one." Kagome laughed as she walked away. She heard someone start to talk over to speakers then walked out of the room, she could now barely hear what was being said behind the closed doors. She was surprised when she found Inuyasha standing right outside the large room. "Hey what are you doing here? I thought I was going to have to track you down." Kagome giggled but then she realized Inuyasha didn't even realize she was there. He had this spaced out look on his face. "Inuyasha?" She asked but he still didn't notice her. "Fine I guess i'll just go have dinner with Shiro later." She was getting worried when he didn't respond. She stepped in front of him and locked her lips with his. She was relieved when she felt him kiss back. She pulled away and looked up at him. "What's wrong?" She asked. He didn't answer as he starred into her eyes and kissed her once more.
"Nothing." He assured her.
"You seem kind of out of it...not to mention while I was talking to you, you never even noticed I was there." She explained quietly.
"Sorry, I was just thinking." He lied. He didn't know what was wrong with him ever since that morning he had been feeling different but didn't know exactly what it was.
"About what?" She asked curiously.
"Lots of stuff. What happend? Is it over?" He asked and looked over at the door.
"Uh...ya...they're going to be announcing winners soon." Kagome told him. 'He answered that to quickly...what's going on?' She wondered to herself.
"...so happy to congratulate..." They heard as the door swung open and closed when someone went inside.
"Don't you want to go see how the contest went?" Kagome asked him.
"Sure let's go." He said when he was suddenly hit with a headache. Kagome grabbed his hand and led him to the door. She had turned just before Inuyasha's eyes flashed red. He held his head and closed his eyes as Kagome turned to look at him.
"Your so slow today." She laughed. His eyes had changed back before she looked over at him.
"Well excuse me." He smirked as he walked a little faster and walked into the room but was surprised when a light had flashed over to them. He flinched from the brightness and covered his eyes.
"Ah, there's our grand prize winners. It was strange when the judges had liked three of their songs the most. The prize was to go to one young man and a young womanand they decided that these two should get the prize. So it is my privelage to present Kagome Higurashi and Inuyasha Kappei as the two winners. Will the announced runner ups please approach the stage?" Shiro asked.
"We won?" Kagome asked out of surprise.
"Seems that way since the man 'did' announce us." Inuyasha told her as he still tried to block the light but led her toward the stage anyways. Sango watched oddly as Inuyasha walked up on stage.
"Hey what's wrong with Inuyasha?" Sango leaned over and asked Miroku.
"I was wondering the same thing...maybe just a headache or something." Miroku shrugged.
"So you wrote these songs yourself?" Shiro asked. Kagome nodded and looked at Shiro oddly. It was wierd how he sounded so proffesional. "Inuyasha? The judges liked both your songs but loved the songs 'Meant to Live' and the song you two sang together 'At the Beginning', they loved your song 'Supergirl' Kagome but what I want to ask is how you guys made the music with just a few people." Shiro asked. Inuyasha felt as though he couldn't see at all and his head was pounding from the loud noise. At first when Inuyasha didn't answer Kagome spoke into the mic as Sango got up and went over. Miroku watched oddly before following Sango.
"Actually all our friends could play instruments so we were just very lucky." Kagome explained. She panicked when she felt Inuyasha beginning to lean on her. "Here are two of my friends that helped, they will explain while we go thank the judges." Kagome said as Sango and Miroku got on stage and Kagome slowly led Inuyasha backstage. Once back their she helped Inuyasha sit down and knealed in front of him. "Are you ok?" She asked worriedly.
"Ya, just a headache." He assured her. He wished that was all it was, for a moment he thought he was going to pass out while he was standing out there which was why he leaned on Kagome a bit.
"Maybe it's cause your hungry." Kagome said and put the back of her hand to his cheek. 'Well he's not sick...' Kagome thought and pulled her hand away. "You think you can just go with me out there for a bit? Then we'll go get some food." She assured him. He was having a hard time trying to understand what she was saying. Her voice seemed to be lost in loudness of everything else around him. She looked to see her hand held out to him as she stood and he took it not exactly knowing what was going on. She led him to the table where the judges sat and she thanked them as Inuyasha nodded to them when he walked by.
'What the hell is wrong with me? I couldn't even understand what she was saying...Damn headache.' Inuyasha thought as he continued to try to look away from the light.
"The winners and their guests will be given a dinner at the wonderful restaraunt 'Saijitsu' with the head judge and myself where they will be given their prize." Shiro explained over the mic. Kagome looked across the room at Sango questioningly. Sango just shrugged and smiled when Shiro looked at her. Kagome led Inuyasha out of the room and sat on a bench. Now that they were away from all the people his headache had simmered and he could actually hear.
"Well it looks like we'll be having an interesting dinner tonight." Kagome sighed.
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha asked.
"Weren't you listening in there? We have to have dinner with the head judge and Shiro." Kagome said as she gave him a concerned look.
"Oh that..." He said hesitantly. "It'll be ok. We can get our money and then stay one more night since it will be late then we can leave tomorrow." He assured her and pulled her over to him.
"What if Shiro says something?" Kagome asked curiously.
"He wont." He told her.
"How do you know?" She asked.
"Well one, he should have gotten the hint when I kissed you on stage and two..." He started and leaned down to her ear. "I won't let him. Your mine now and I don't share." He whispered with a smirk. His headache was completely gone so he thought of it as nothing now. "Unless you 'want' to go out with him or something..." He shrugged as he pulled away from her. She glarred at him and grabbed the front of his shirt.
"No I think I like what you said at first." She said as she pulled him back to her with a smirk.
"About him getting the hint cause I kissed you?" He asked.
"No after that." She smiled.
"If you wanted to go out with Shiro?" Inuyasha smirked.
"...before that." She said dully as she let him go and pulled away from him. He smirked and pulled her back to him and left a soft kiss on her lips.
"Ohhhh you mean that your mine and only mine?" He asked in a near whisper only an inch away from her lips.
"Ya...I think I like that one." She smiled, she was now used to having butterflies pay her a visit when she was with Inuyasha. 'What is it with guys and onwership?' She wondered even though she really didn't mind it with Inuyasha.
"Really now? Hmm...I think I do too." He smirked and kissed her once more.
"Ugh! That was not cool! You leaving me to talk to that audience while you come out here and just make out." Sango complained when she found them sitting on the bench.
"And to think we were worried that something was wrong with you Inuyasha." Miroku said as he followed Sango.
"Why would you be worried?" Inuyasha asked.
"...'Cause it looked like something was wrong with you." Sango said hesitantly.
"Nothing is wrong with me. You guys need to relax...we won, that's what we came to do now you can stop stressing." Inuyasha said as he stood up.
"Bu-...uhh...ya..." Sango said thinking she probably was just stressed.
"They said a car will be here to take us to the restaraunt in two hours." Miroku told them.
"Great...let's go get ready then." Inuyasha said as he led Kagome to the elevator.
DINNER.
"It was a very close competition and we were surprised when two people who knew each other both won." Shiro said, supposedly to everyone but he only looked at Kagome. Inuyasha would have said something if his headache hadn't returned. He had no idea what was going on but he was glad when no one really noticed.
"Ya, that's what we were aiming for. We didn't know it was two different prizes though." Sango said trying to get his attention. She was surprised Inuyasha hadn't done anything.
"Well it was excellent and we hope your enjoying your dinner." The judge smiled.
"Yes we are, it's great." Miroku smiled back. Everyone looked over at Inuyasha as he stood up and walked away from the table.
"He's beenfeeling sick lately." Sango said nervously. "Miroku, why don't you go see what's wrong?" Sango looked over at him.
"He's probably..." He started but stopped when Sango kicked him in the shin. "Ya, your right, please excuse me." Miroku said as he carefully got up and walked back to the bathrooms. He rubbed his shin when he entered the bathroom. "Hey you could be a little polite you know." Miroku said when he saw Inuyasha leaning on the counter in front of the mirror. "But no instead I get kicked and told to find out why you left like you did...you know we just won money that we really need and your acting rude in front of the judge." Miroku sighed then looked over at Inuyasha. "Are you even listening to me!" Miroku asked then looked around making sure no one else was in the bathroom.
"...Shut...up." Inuyasha said while taking in deep breaths. He had a feeling he was starting to realize what was wrong with him, he just didn't understand why. He was leaning over the counter to support himself up.
"Hey just cause your mad for whatever reason dosn't mean you should act like that." Miroku said crossing his arms but fliched when he heard Inuyasha growl. Inuyasha was starting to drip in sweat and his head was throbing in pain. Miroku looked over at him oddly and took a step closer when he realized something was wrong with him then turned to the door when there was a knock at it.
"Miroku!" He heard Sango yelled as quietly as she could. Miroku went to the door and stepped out of the bathroom and stood in front of the door.
"I think we need to get out of here." Miroku told her.
"Why? What's going on?" Sango asked out of irritation for their behavior.
"I don't know but it dosn't seem good. Something is wrong with Inuyasha." Miroku told her as he opened the door to the bathroom to go back in.
"O-ok...then...i'll tell them that Inuyasha got sick and we really have to go or something. Take Inuyasha outside." Sango said as she rushed back to the table.
"What's going on Sango?" Kagome asked when she saw the look on Sango's face. Sango smiled before turning to Shiro and the judge.
"Inuyasha is feeling a little under the weather and I really think we should be going. I'm sorry I just don't think we should stay." Sango apologized.
"Oh it's quite alright young lady, I hope he feels better. Here's your prize." The judge said as he stood and handed her two envelopes and shook her hand. "It's been a pleasure and you have wonderful talents." He said and reached into his coat and brought out two more envelopes and handed them to her. "Your tapes." He said simply with a smile. "Have a nice night and we'll take care of the bill." The man said. Sango nodded.
"Thank you so much and we're very sorry. Good night. Come on Kagome." Sango said.
"Uhh...ok...good night." Kagome said as she followed Sango to the front door. "What's going on?" Kagome asked again with a little more concern in her voice this time.
"Well...I don't know...Miroku said something is wrong with Inuyasha." She shrugged.
"What is it?" Kagome asked as she followed Sango as she tried to get a cab.
"I don't know..." Sango told her.
"Is it the same thing as earlier?" Kagome asked, she was now mad at herself for thinking it was just cause he was hungry.
"I'm not sure, let's just get him back to the hotel and then find out." Sango told her as a cab pulled up. "Stay here while I go help Miroku." Sango told her as she went back into the restaraunt. Kagome stood by the cab not sure what to do. She looked over at the restaraunt then at the cab. She sighed as she opened the back door to the cab and sat down.
"You know my meter is running." The cab driver said.
"Ok, their coming." Kagome assured the man. She waited a bit watching the door as people entered and exited the restaraunt. She stood up when Miroku and Sango finally came out each on both sides of Inuyasha as they led him to the cab. Miroku got in first then Inuyasha.
"I'll sit up front." Sango said and watched Kagome get in the back of the cab. She was looking at Inuyasha, she didn't know what to say. Sango opened the front door and got in as she told the driver where to go.
"...Are you ok?" Kagome asked hesitantly as she reached out her hand to him.
"Maybe you shouldn't..." Miroku warned her when he saw her reach her hand out to him. Kagome pulled her hand back and looked over at Miroku.
"What's wrong with him?" Kagome asked and looked at Inuyasha. He had his hands over his face so she couldn't see his face but she could see sweat dripping down the side of his face. She was about to reach out to him again but pulled away when Sango got out of the car and opened the back door.
"Come on let's go inside." Sango told them. Kagome got out of the car and watched as Miroku helped Inuyasha out. He dropped his hands and Kagome saw his face dripping in sweat and what looked like a purple streak was formed on both sides of his face. "We need to get Inuyasha inside, Kagome can you pay the driver?" Sango asked and tossed her Miroku's wallet.
"Um...ok." Kagome said and watched them walk Inuyasha inside.
"That'll be twelve dollars even." The driver told her. She nodded and looked through the wallet and counter out twelve dollars before handing it to the man. After she gave the man the money she turned around and headed to the hotel.
She got to the elevator and figured they had already went up since she didn't see them anywhere. She pressed the button for the top floor and waited impatiently. The moment the doors had opened she rushed over to the door and threw it open and saw Miroku walking toward the 'living room' with a cup in his hand.
"What happend?" Kagome asked, Miroku turned around toward her when she spoke. He hadn't seen her come in.
"Nothing now, he's asleep." Miroku told her calmly.
"I don't get it, what was wrong with him?" Kagome asked out of confusion and concern.
"You'd have to ask him. We're not exactly sure either." Miroku explained to her and walked toward the room motioning fer her to follow. She watched him enter the room before she followed. She saw Sango sitting outside on the balcony and Inuyasha was lying on the couch. Miroku looked over at Kagome as she went over to Inuyasha before he joined Sango on the balcony. "Seems like he's fighting it...but the question is why would he have to." Miroku said as he sat in the chair next to Sango's.
"I don't know...that's never happend before. I guess we'll have to wait till he wakes up to ask him." Sango said quietly. For once she was afraid about Inuyasha's well-being, she usually never had to worry about him. He could always take care of himself but this time he's struggling to not lose control and he dosn't know why either.
Kagome knelt down beside the couch Inuyasha was lying on and noticed those marks she saw before were now gone. She stroked the back of her hand to his cheek and he moved toward her hand. She slid her other hand down his arm and noticed his shirt torn at his side, there were five tears in the side of his shirt. She was about to investigate further when she heard him groan a bit and she pulled away. She was afraid if he woke up then he would be in pain like before but it seemed he was still in pain while he slept. She didn't know why she did but she leaned in to him and covered his lips with her own even though she was afraid of what was going on. She heard him moan before he slowly responded to the kiss.
He had worn himself out trying to fight back what was causing him all the pain he was going through. He didn't understand why it was all happening. He opened his eyes after responding to the kiss and saw Kagome pull away.
"Hey.." She said hesitantly not knowing what to say to him at the moment.
"Hey." He responded.
"A-are you ok now?" She stuttered.
"Ya." He assured her.
"What happend?" She asked quietly.
"I wish I knew..." He sighed and looked up at the ceiling. She didn't know what to say to him and looked over at the tear she had noticed a few minutes ago. "Hey..." He started and she looked over at him.
"What?" She asked.
"...if that happens again...stay away from me. Ok?" He told her and turned back to look at her.
"S-stay away?" She asked not understanding.
"I don't know what's going on...but if it's what I think then I need you to get away from me if it happens again." He explained to her. "Can you do that?" He asked in a soft tone. She realized he was only watching out for her and nodded.
"Sure...I guess if you want me to.." She agreed. He nodded with a sigh. It got quiet again before Kagome spoke up. "What...what do you think is happening?" She asked him. He looked at her and didn't answer.
"Not sure..." He lied.
RIVAL.
"It's begun...is that all?" The man asked. "...Kikyo?" He asked when she didn't answer.
"...no." She said simply. "The girl too." She smirked.
"But we'd need her blood for that..." The man said.
"Well Kaijibou...get it." Kikyo rolled her eyes and walked out of the room.
"Yes Kikyo." Kaijinbou smirked. "Right away."
...tbc...
AN: Sorry for the long wait! Is here now though. I gonna go type Hidden Love for a bit cuz i had alot of ideas for it and i cant wait to type them. Here you are though. I will get back to this after i type my other fics a bit. I promise. Hope u liked it!
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