Berceuse and Finale-Firebird Suite, Stravinsky

Kagome wished more than anything that she could explain the ballet to her companions. How the movements and the music depicted more depth to the story than words could hope to achieve. For the implication of emotions was always felt more strongly than the explicit stating of them. However, she settled on telling those stories to her adopted kit instead, because her love of storytelling was a close second to her love of music.

Switching her speakers on, Kagome began the final movement of their tale, the Berceuse and Finale of the ballet Firebird. The prince had just broken the enchantment on his princess, the castle, as well as the mythical beast; the Firebird. And all of those imaginings melted away until only he and his love were left, forfeiting the gossamer veiled land of their dreams in favor of their reality where they could be in love.

And as the final triumphant sounds of the trumpet prevailed over the meadow, Kagome couldn't help but smile at the hint of a patchwork orange and yellow kimono she spotted across the clearing, and the scurrying of small feet when she waved.

And if she'd turned the volume of her music up at all, or had gestured more grandly or spoken more loudly throughout her storytelling so that she could be heard, that was purely coincidental.