Chapter 9: The Seventh Hour- Silent Melody
When a person is born… we are given two hands to hold, to legs to walk, two eyes to see, and two ears to listen. But why do we only have one heart? Because the other was given to someone else for us to find. Kagome now knew that she had the other half of Inuyasha's heart, just as he held hers.
It's funny how a kiss can help you see something like that.
Have you ever been in love? People talk about falling in love all the time. They talk about how it's the most wonderful feeling in the world… let me tell you… they don't know the half of it. This feeling was more wonderful than anything else that Kagome ever felt in her entire life. You know when you that feeling that something's are meant to be? She knew without a shadow of a doubt that she was meant to be with Inuyasha…
She wanted to stay here with him forever…
How long they stood there in that kiss, Kagome had no idea... she had forgotten all about the other dancers and the music around her. The only thing that was going through her mind was that she and Inuyasha were together. His arms were wrapped around her, trying to pull her closer to him; and her arms were around him as she tried to pull him closer to her.
The feeling from his gentle, yet adoring, kiss was spreading like wildfire throughout her body. She opened her lips to allow his tongue to enter and explore every part of her mouth as she was exploring his. She finally understood the phase 'some moments should last forever…'
She wanted this kiss to last forever. She never wanted to leave from where she was standing… if she had to spend the rest eternity like this, she wouldn't complain once. Both of their arms pulled the other closer, encircling them tighter in the dance.
Their one kiss, but that was all they needed, one kiss to prove that they belonged together. They had been born to see one another… and nothing would ever pull them apart, ever again.
And yet… suddenly… he was gone.
Kagome was never sure how exactly it ended. All she could remember was the warmth and blazing fire that came from Inuyasha had gone and she felt colder than she ever had before. She felt as if all the warmth from the world had frozen, and all the light had turned to darkness…
It was then that she noticed something was wrong… the music had gone silent…
Her eyes had snapped open just in time to see the mirrors shattering around her; the world was crumbling, and falling away.
And so was she…
(Somewhere else)
"What happened to Kagome?" cried a terrified looking fox demon. Shippo was letting hot tears fall down his face as Miroku and Sango were looking all around them.
"Even in the Spirit World, you have to go somewhere when you disappear!" shouted Sango. "Just what is going on? Miroku? I thought you were watching over her!"
"Sango my dearest. I thought you told me not to touch her… so I went to go find some water and then…"
"I already had gone looking for the water, monk! And don't you call me 'dearest'."
Shippo sniffled in frustration, rubbing his hands over his eyes. Miroku and Sango had been arguing since the Kagome had disappeared, and he didn't understand how that was going to help. He was trying to figure out what had happened.
(Flashback)
He was sitting on Miroku's shoulder who was leading the way through the bamboo forest. Sango and Kagome were right behind them and were talking about the curse on Sango's family for a little while. After that, he noticed that Kagome was starting to lag behind a little bit.
He thought that Kagome was feeling bad for asking Sango so many personal questions and wanted to be quiet for a little while. However, when he turned around to look at her, he saw that she was far behind them and was staring at something in her hand.
"Kagome?" called out Shippo in confusion. "Why did you stop? Didn't you say that you're running out of time?"
Miroku and Sango both stopped to look at her. "Kagome?" called out Sango. Kagome looked up at them for a moment; and then her eyes rolled back into her head as she fell.
"KAGOME!" they all yelled out before running to her.
(End of Flashback)
Immediately after she'd fainted, Sango had been trying to figure out why Kagome had fainted. At first, Sango thought that it was out of exhaustion or something, but then Sango realized that Kagome was under some kind of spell.
Then, the moment she, Miroku and Shippo had turned their backs, Kagome disappeared. The only one who could have seen what happened was Kirara, and no one could understand her.
Shippo realized that it was his fault. After Miroku had gone after Sango who'd gone to a small river not too far from them, Shippo had left to attend to 'business' and he left Kirara to watch over Kagome. When he'd returned, she was gone, and Sango and Miroku were yelling at each other.
"…and you call yourself a monk? Well let me tell you what I think you are…!"
"Sango, has anyone ever told you how beautiful you look when you're angry?"
Shippo decided that these two had to grow up and that he should try to snap them out of it before Sango killed Miroku. Regardless of his young age, Shippo could be very mature at times. (Especially, during times of a crisis.)
"Knock it off, you two!"
Both adults stopped and looked down at him surprised, before turning their guilty expressions onto each other.
"You guys can fight later. Right now, we have to find Kagome."
(At the castle)
Inuyasha was angry. He couldn't remember the last time he had been so angry.
He was going to keep Kagome in the dream bubble until she had regained her memories. At least, until SOMEBODY had interrupted the spell and broken up his moment in heaven.
His plan to help her remember had backfired, causing him to not only admit his feelings to Kagome, but to fall even deeper in love with her.
'But,' he thought with a grin, 'The kiss did make up for it.'
He could still feel the fire that had burned throughout his entire being as soon as his lips met hers. He just wanted to see if the first kiss would be enough to make her want to stay with him and to forget about her brother. But as soon as his mouth had touched hers… he felt as if fireworks were erupting throughout his body.
That was why he pulled away quickly, he was stunned by the feeling… he had always wondered what it would feel like to kiss her… and it was a more wonderful experience than he could ever hope for.
He had started to dance with her again, trying to see if she had enjoyed that kiss as much as he had.
As he watched her fly in his arms, she had a stun look on her face and it seemed as if she couldn't turn away from him. He decided to push his luck.
He let go of her hand to place it behind her neck, and the other behind her back as bent his face lower to hers. At first, he had expected her to turn away, but instead she closed her eyes, letting him know that it was alright. He kissed her again… and this kiss wasn't like the last.
He put all of his feelings, all of his heart and soul into that one kiss. He tried to let her know that he meant what he said when he told her that she had stolen his heart. He wanted her to see that he truly loved her with all his being, and that his heart belonged to her and her alone. And this time, Kagome put her arms around his neck to pull him closer. He obliged only too willing.
He had been afraid that Kagome would push him away, but it turns out that she did the exact opposite. She returned his kiss as passionately as he did and even pulled him closer to deepen it. He felt, that he if he let go of her, he would lose her forever. That he would die if he let her slip through his fingers; he never wanted to end. He wanted their moment, their kiss, to last forever. Both of their arms pulled the other closer, holding them tighter as the music played.
He wanted time to stop so that he could spend the rest eternity with his arms wrapped around her, with their lips touching…
At least until the dream bubble had been interrupted.
His thoughts of his kiss with Kagome made him realize what had caused them to once again to become separated. He knew who was responsible… and his name was like poison inside his mouth.
"Naraku," he hissed.
The door across the room had opened and Sesshomaru came striding in. "He's coming…" was all he said.
Inuyasha stood up. "That bastard Naraku is coming and that's all you can say!" he yelled. "You're sure calm about it!"
Sesshomaru shrugged as if unconcerned. "I'm calm about most things."
Sesshomaru turned and as he left the room he said, "I suggest that you be ready to fight Naraku when he arrives. And also…" he looked at Inuyasha, "I think that Kagome's memories will return to her before the 13th hour strikes."
He left a stunned Inuyasha behind as the doors closed behind him.
'Inuyasha,' Sesshomaru thought to himself. 'I know that everything you've done here tonight was for the girl. But you and she live in different worlds… can you handle losing the woman you love… again?'
(Wherever Kagome was)
"Inuyasha," Kagome said to herself as she fell through what felt like dark water. Where had he gone? Kagome was trying to come out of her drunken state and to figure out where Inuyasha had gone to. He had gone as quickly as he had come, and it left Kagome feeling empty and broken-hearted.
She knew that he couldn't have been some hallucination or dream; she had felt his arms around her… and his lips…
Kagome blushed deeply. She had just kissed a guy that had kidnapped her brother! What was wrong with her? But… that didn't matter now. She never felt this way at any other's touch. And she knew that her feelings would never change… she couldn't help but fall in love…
But why couldn't she help but fall in love? How did he make her feel this way when they only met a few hours ago? Was this truly the first time they had met? Was this truly love at first sight? Or have they met before?
His arms… they felt so familiar. She couldn't help but feel as if she had been held in Inuyasha's embrace from somewhere before. She couldn't explain it…
She finally was able to wake herself up from her dreamlike state to realize that she was no longer falling and instead was lying outside a huge shrine, no longer in the lavish dress that she had been wearing but her old clothes. As Kagome stood up she wondered if someone here could tell her where she was; and without wasting another minute she went inside.
(Inside the shrine)
Several very old creatures covered head to toe with jewels were marching past her. They were all sorting through large piles of crystal and other jewels before adding to the growing pile of jewels that they were already carrying. As Kagome watched them, she just become conscious of something… she couldn't remember what happened. She couldn't remember how she got here, or what she was supposed to be looking for. The more she tried to remember, the more she forgot.
Kagome walked further in, and brushed off her the dirt off her clothes as she did. Although she was unsure why she felt like she hadn't been wearing them the whole time. She looked at her surroundings, but all she could see were large piles of jewels.
'What happened to me?' she thought. 'Where am I?' Kagome was confused. Where was she? How did she get here? And why did she feel like she was looking for something?
Her attention was diverted when she heard a voice, withered with age, yell, "WHO ARE YOU?"
Before she realized what was happening, an old woman came out of a room. The woman's hair was long and snowy white, she had tiny beady eyes, while her face and hands looked like they were withering away with each passing second. Kagome blinked. How… bizarre.
The old woman glared at her. "Who are you?" she snapped again.
"Oh, my name is Kagome. Who are you? Do you live here?" asked Kagome kinda dully.
The old woman raised her nose in a snotty way before answering, "Of course I live here wench. My name's Tsubaki and I'm the one in charge of this shrine. What are you doing here, hmm?"
"I-I don't know," stuttered Kagome.
"Huh?" Tsubaki looked surprised. "Where were you going?"
No matter how hard she tried, Kagome really couldn't remember, and told Tsubaki, "I was searching for something, I think…"
The Tsubaki grinned suddenly, showing off her crooked teeth. "Well look what I've got here!" From behind her back she produced a tiny jewel.
"A jewel…?" Kagome said uncertainly.
"That's what you were looking for, wasn't it girl?"
"I guess so…" Kagome took the jewel and allowed herself to be ushered away from the nearby jewel piles, through a few rooms until Tsubaki told her to sit down. Tsubaki was bumbling around the room, pushing Kagome into the chair by a large circular mirror.
"Now why don't you stay here until you get your memory back? Yes, yes, yes… in fact, you look tired. Why not have a quick nap?" Kagome had a bad feeling about this Tsubaki, and she wanted to leave… but where to? This old woman wasn't the friendliest person but she was offering her a place to stay… that meant she was good—right?
Kagome suddenly noticed how tired she was and closed her eyes for a moment. As she was starting to doze off, she didn't notice that the small jewel that Tsubaki had given her was starting to glow… or the hungry look in Tsubaki's face.
Tsubaski smiled evilly as she thought, 'Yes… it's been so long since I've had a young victim. The jewel will start to steal her youth as soon as the girl falls asleep… and once she does… I'll be young once again.'
"Come on girl… why don't you want to go to sleep?" she asked in a kindly voice.
"I'm trying," said Kagome. She was very tired, but she couldn't seem to go to sleep here. She had the weirdest feeling that there was something she was supposed to be looking for, and that she didn't have much more time to find it.
"There was something I was looking for," she murmured.
"I understand," chided Tsubaki. "But why don't you get some sleep and think it over when you wake up?"
'No!' screamed a voice in Kagome's head. She couldn't sleep now, there's something that she came here to get, and she should be looking for it right now. There was also something out there that she loved with all her heart and she had to try to find that also. Her brows narrowed as she tried to remember.
Words suddenly came to her mind… words from a book…
The Spirit World… the world where the impossible is possible. Home to magical beings such as monsters, spirits, and of course, the Demon King himself. A beautiful, young girl had battled her way through it, and now stood in the castle of the Demon King. She was preparing to confront the cause of all of the hardships she had been through.
The doors opened and the Demon King had appeared.
"Give me my brother," she said her voice strong and determined. She would not bow down to this man, for she was as strong as he was, and maybe, even more so.
He stared at her face for a long moment. He walked towards her, and then placed his hand gently underneath her chin, forcing her to look into his face. "How you changed my world you precious thing," he said. "You've changed me. You have been able to reach me in a way that no one has ever done. I've struggled to understand you… I am near exhaustion. Why can you understand that everything I've done… I've done for you? I don't move the stars for just anyone. You've run for so long… and you've come so far… to me."
The young girl could feel her anger slowly fade away as she gazed into the Demon King's sad eyes. She reached up to take the Demon's Kings own claws and placed it on the side of her face and closed her eyes. She felt the warmth from his hand… the hand that had been the cause of all of her pain… the one that had caused the suffering that she had been through in the last half a day… and she knew that he spoke the truth.
"I do understand," the girl said simply. "I know that all that you've done is for me… and for that… I will always be grateful. But if you truly care… if you truly want to help me… then please… give me back my brother."
The Demon King removed his hand and walked pass the girl, avoiding her eyes. "Everything you have wanted I have done," he said to her. "You asked the boy to be taken away. I took him, so that you would become free from worry. You arrived here to find him, we were able to meet once again. I have reordered time. I have turned the Spirit World upside down, and I have done it all for you! And yet you want to leave me…"
"Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered," said the young girl. "I have fought my way here to your castle through the Spirit World. And now I am face to face with you. And somewhere along my journey I've realized that I have…"
… I've realized that I have fallen in love with the Demon King!
Kagome's eyes snapped open as everything came to her in a rush. Sota… Shippo… Sango… Miroku… Inuyasha.
"To take back the child that you have stolen…"
"What's the matter, girl?" asked Tsubaki, noticing that Kagome had opened her eyes. "Don't you want to sleep?"
"I can't," said Kagome quietly, her face lighting up as she began to remember more and more.
"It's only forever, not long at all."
Tsubaki glared to look at her. "Well why not?" she snapped in frustration.
"Because," Kagome jumped up, throwing Tsubaki's jewel across the room. "I'm running out of time!"
She turned around and ran through the rooms, over the large piles of jewels, pass all the old creatures, and back outside. 'Sota,' she thought. 'Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kirara, INUYASHA!' she had to find her friends.
She ran far and fast from the shrine and through a large green field. She had no idea where she was going, or if she was heading in the right direction; all she knew was that she had to find everyone.
As she ran, she felt a stabbing pain from inside her head. She stopped and fell to her knees, clutching her head on the way down. Abrupt darkness swept over her once again… only this time it was different from before…
She didn't fall into the deep darkness of sleep. No, it was like being awake, but dreaming at the same time. It was pitch black, she couldn't see a thing… until… she saw something…
A small girl dressed in a pink dress, with a bright red ribbon tied in the back of her head was kneeling next to a large tree with a deep scar. Kagome knew right away who the small girl was… it was herself when she was little. Normally, this would've amazed her. But with everything that had happened to her in the last few hours, this didn't surprise her one bit. As she looked on, she understood that this was a memory from her past. She saw that her younger self was kneeling next to a small boy that looked to be about her age and who was leaning up against the tree. He appeared to be injured, and Kagome's younger self seemed to be trying to help him.
The boy looked familiar to the older Kagome as she watched the two. He was dressed all in red, had silver hair, and…
Kagome gasped… were those Inuyasha's dog ears?
"Hi," said the younger Kagome to the young boy as she tied a bandage around his arm. "My name is Kagome. What's yours?"
The small boy looked up at her, and Kagome was able to get a good look at the color of his eyes—golden. "My name is Inuyasha," he said to her younger version. "And I'm the prince of the Spirit World."
I've decided that everyone has suffered long enough. Next chapter is when we finally learn the connection between Kagome and Inuyasha!
Chapter 9: The Eighth Hour-Vanished Memories!
Preview:
(Kagome finally understood everything. Why she love Inuyasha even though they have never met before. The truth was that it wasn't that she had just started to love him… it was because she never stopped loving him.
She had been in love with him for most of her life… ever since the day the met underneath that tree…)
thank you one and all for your reviews! and for sticking with me for this long!
I've put up a few stories about Inuyasha and thank you for your updates! They've been a big help and inspiration to me! I've been thinking about writing another Inuyasha and Kagome story soon.
Kagome is a single mother who has raised her son on her own since her husband left her. Inuyasha is a single father who has cared for his daughter since his wife had died. Kagome is a kindergarten teacher, Inuyasha is a martial arts master... will their children bring them together? Was it always meant to be?
Let me know how you feel about this story and if you think that it will be a good one. and if you have any ideas please feel free to share them!
I'm thinking of calling it 'Save the Last Dance For Me'
below is a brief description of some of the characters and the roles they play
Kagome-Shippo's mother/ 24 year old kindergarten teacher who loves her son, her husband Hojo had left her and now she faces the challenge of raising her son alone. She falls in love with Inuyasha… but why does she feel as if they had met before?
Inuyasha-Shiori's father/ 26 year old martial arts master who owns his own dojo and loves his daughter, his wife Kikyo had died after their daughter was born and now he has to raise her best he can. After he meets with Kagome, he falls in love… but why does he feel as if they were together once before?
Shippo- Kagome's son/ 5 year old child who loves his mommy more than anyone and wants to do whatever he can to make his mother happy; he starts taking classes at Inuyasha's dojo and becomes fast friends with Shiori. He wants Inuyasha to become his daddy so he and Shiori are gonna try to get their parents together. Loves Shiori like a sister.
Shiori- Inuyasha's daughter/ 5 year old who loves her daddy more than anyone and wants him to be happy. Kagome becomes her teacher and she wants Kagome to be her new mommy. Once she meets Shippo they decide to try to get their parents together. Loves Shippo like a brother.
Sota- Shippo's uncle and Kagome's brother/ 19 year old student that babysits Shippo when his sister is busy. He loves his sister and nephew and helps Shiori and Shippo to get their parents together.
Hitomi- Sota's girlfriend and possibly his future wife.
Sesshomaru- Shiori's uncle and Inuyasha's brother, and Rin's husband/ 29 year old business man Sesshomaru often appears aloof and indifferent, and rarely shows any emotions other than slight annoyance or dissatisfaction. Although Sesshomaru maintains a cool, uncaring, at times even heartless, exterior, he loves his wife dearly. Lovingly called "Fluffy or Uncle Sessy" by his niece and wife.
Rin- Shiori's aunt and Inuyasha's sister-in-law, and Sesshomaru's wife/27 year old wife of Shesshomaru and loves her husband dearly. High school sweethearts and is expecting a child to be born soon.
Hojo- Kagome's ex-husband who left her and Shippo when Shippo was a few months old.
Kikyo- Inuyasha's ex-wife who died when Shiori was only a few months old.
Miroku-Inuyasha's best friend and Sango's husband/ 26 year old monk who has been known in his past for being a lecher. He is one of the first people to notice the ever growing relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome, and becomes one of the first people to try to get them together.
Sango-Kagome's best friend and Miroku's wife/ 25 year old teacher who works alongside Kagome at a school. She is very quiet, and seems to be very wise for her age and notices the ever growing relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome, and encourages them to get together.
Kirara-pet cat/ School pet and mascot
Miroku and Sango's children - twin girls and a infant boy (haven't come up with names for them yet. any ideas?)
Kohaku-Sango's brother/ 19 and a half (haven't come up with a job yet)
Izayoi- Inuyasha's mother and Shiori's grandmother/ kind hearted woman who loves her son, and granddaughter as much as she loves her husband. She also notices the change in her son's behavior whenever Kagome is mention and encourages the growing romance.
Inu no Taishou- Inuyasha's father and Shiori's grandfather/ a kind and brave man who is famous for his poker face. (His emotions are almost impossible to read.)
Kagome's father- Kagome's father and Shippo's grandfather (haven't come up with a name for him yet. any ideas?) is very protective of his son and daughter. and of Shippo. He hated every boyfriend that Kagome went out with and every girlfriend that Sota ever brought home. Will he approve Inuyasha and Hitomi?
Kaede- Kagome's grandmother and Shippo's great grandma
Grandpa- Kagome's grandfather and Shippo's great grandpa
Ayumi Yuka and Eri-Kagome's friends
Midoriko-Teaches at the same school that Kagome and Sango do/ best friends with Hitomiko
Hitomiko-Teaches at the same school that Kagome, Sango, and Midoriko do/ best friends with Midoriko
Mayu- Shiori's friend
Satoru- Shippo's friend
Mushin- Miroku's foster father
Buyo Higurashi-pet cat
Koga- Rival of Inuyasha and husband to Ayame/ Teaches his own dojo and dreams that one day he will beat Inuyasha in a fight.
Ayame- wife of Koga and friends with Kagome/ Likes to argue with Koga and can hold her own in a fight.
Totosai- don't know yet
Jinenji- Doctor at school
Myoga the Flea- servant to Inuyasha
Jaken- servant of Sesshomaru and Rin
Naraku- Bad guy who else?