My Lovely Sin
Taken away from her family at the tender age of two, because her father cheated on her mother, Kagome lives with no memory of the Truesdale family; growing up with Jaden for a few years before her untimely trip down the well. She grows up in the past for about four years before she returns, with more than the majority of Japan thinking she's dead. She goes to Duelist Academy with her close friend, and her past only too willingly returns.
Anime – Yu-Gi-Oh GX/InuYasha
Main Couple – Kagome/Zane
Genre – Romance
Rated – M (Just guess!)
Bishonen'sFoxyMiko: Chapter 8… wow, we're really flying through this fic! Which is REALLY good since it means Akuma and I will get to the really good parts sooner! XD The little poem I added after the title are lyrics from "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry. I thought it would really suit the chapter, especially since it's a really beautiful song^^ Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this XD
Akuma Chibi: Bishi started this chapter, deciding it was about time we gave leeway to the future, lol. I love how this story has gone so smoothly so far, and I hope everyone else is enjoying it too, it can only get better with each chapter~ ^_^''
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An Ambiguous Path:
If I Die Young
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A penny for my thoughts, oh no...
I'll sell them for a dollar.
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner.
And maybe then you'll hear the words I've been singing.
Funny when you're dead, how people start listening.
If I die young
Bury me in satin,
lay me down on a bed of roses.
Sink me in the river at dawn.
Send me away with the words of a love song.
The sharp knife of a short life...
Well...I've had just enough time...
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(500 Years in the Future)
The clank of a fork and knife dropping on a fine china plate echoed in a vast dinning room before the grunt of a child was heard. A boy's small hands clenched at his chest as a slightly pained but confused expression formed on his face and entered his eyes, wondering, 'What is this? Why does my chest hurt? And...why do I feel like I had just lost something forever...?'
The sudden noise he made alerted the three he was currently having breakfast; one looking toward him before turning back to eating without a care, and two others who looked toward him with curiosity and concern.
"Is something wrong, Zane?" One of the two, Hisao asked, concerned about his eldest son.
"Brother?" Syrus asked, wondering what was wrong with his older brother.
After a moment of silence, Zane answered, "I don't know. For some reason...my chest started to hurt...and I felt like I lost something for good..."
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Hisao's mistress asked, although she could care less about Zane's wellbeing, along with her son's. She didn't sleep with Hisao to take care of the kids...
Zane sent a glare her way before excusing himself from the table. When Hisao asked him where he was going, Zane answered, "I'm calling Mom and Jaden."
Zane didn't know what gave him the urge to call his mother and his sister's friend but something inside told him he needed to confirm something. What that something was, he didn't know, but he knew it concerned his beloved little sister.
Once in the kitchen where the closest phone was, Zane pulled up a stool to climb up on to reach it and started to dial the familiar number of his sister's friend. After about three rings, someone picked it up, "Hello, Yuki Residence."
"Good Morning, Mrs. Yuki. Is Jaden there or has he already left for school? It's Zane...Amaya's oldest." Zane asked, wondering if the younger boy who was so close to his sister was feeling anything similar to what he was feeling.
"Oh! Zane, it's good to hear from you. But no, Jaden hasn't left for school yet...as a matter of fact, I don't think he'll be able to go today."
"Why? Is he okay?"
"For some odd reason at breakfast he started to feel really bad. I don't think it's anything physical when I took him back to bed but all I got from him before he cried himself to sleep was that something happened to Kagome. A part of me is worried...Why? Was there something you need to tell him?"
"Oh, no...it can wait. But could you tell him that I called? And tell him that I hope he gets better?"
"Yes, I will. Thank you for the concern, Zane. I'm certain Jaden will appreciate it." With a final word of goodbyes, both ends of the line hung up.
What Zane had heard made him feel more agitated and worried about that feeling that pain in his chest that hit him at breakfast, along with that empty feeling that followed.
'Maybe Mom will know...I hope everything's okay...' Zane thought before picking the phone up again and dialing the familiar number to his grandparents.
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Amaya sat on her bed, her swollen with tears that she kept hidden in Fumio's shirt. He held her close in his arms, getting no answers as to what had just transpired that had made her so emotional so early in the morning. He knew Souta would be waking soon, and he'd have to go get him, but...he wasn't sure he could leave her in this state.
It had been like this for only a few moments, but it had been so sudden...
In the distance he could hear the phone ring a few times before his in-laws answered the phone. Soft footfalls told him it was Amaya's grandmother on her way up stairs to their room.
~Knock~Knock~Knock~
"Yes?" Fumio called out.
The door opened and his wife's mother frowned, "Zane is on the phone, he say's he needs to talk to you."
"..." Amaya was up in seconds of those last words, gripping the phone tightly in her hands with tearstained cheeks pressed lightly against the hard plastic. "Zane, Zane dear, are you okay?"
"...I'm fine...I was wondering, if maybe...did you get a painful feeling in your chest a while ago?"
"..." Amaya could feel her tears starting back up as she silently sobbed through the phone. "Everything will be fine baby...I know it...she has to be okay..." She felt her knees weaken and gravity took hold of her and dragged her down to the wood flooring. "She has to be..."
The soft sniffle from the phone told her that her son was trying hard to fight his own tears; she knew very well that he loved his baby sister more than life itself. She felt it an unhealthy love, but she supported it fully, with the knowledge that she too had an unhealthy love for the missing child. She wanted her baby back...
Fumio wrapped his arms around her shoulders as she shed tears of hurt and worry for her baby girl all across the hardwood floor. He wasn't happy; he didn't like seeing her like this...not his beautiful Amaya. No, she was never fully happy with Kagome missing, but she never cried since the day she disappeared. She stayed strong...
Fumio glared at the well through the window in their bedroom that overlooked the backyard. 'Kagome...come back...'
"Mom...Jaden had the same feeling...something happened...something bad...didn't it..."
"No..." She closed her eyes, 'Yes...' Drying her tears with her hands she laid her head on Fumio's shoulder,"I'm sure everything is fine..." She clutched tightly to Fumio's hands with her free hand. 'My baby...'
"Mom..."It was silent for a moment before a small sigh was heard from the other line. "I'll talk to you later...maybe you should also talk with Jaden...Chowa, Jaden's mom, said he isn't going to school today...because of what happened..."
'Jaden...that boy...he's also connected to her...' She gave a sad smile, "I'll call,"
"...right...bye,"
"Bye, bye baby; I love you, have a good day at school."
"..." The phone clicked and she turned off her own. She would let Yuki calm down a little before calling, hopefully he'd be ready to talk a little later. She was sure, the child would be in more pain than bearable, being that he was so much younger than she or Zane...he grew up with her little girl... 'Kagome, love...so many people love you...please...be safe.'
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After Chowa had hung up on Zane, she left the kitchen area and made her way up the stairs to her son's room where she knew her boy was.
Coming to the door that had a sign reading "Jaden's Room", Chowa opened the door just a bit to peek into the room...only to see her only child still bundled under the covers and sniffling. She had no doubt that Jaden was still feeling horrible. Not knowing what else to do to ease the pain her baby was obviously feeling, Chowa closed the door and hoped that Jaden would feel better after some rest while staying home.
Without her noticing, Jaden had heard her sigh before she closed the and left to call the school to tell them he'd be staying home for the day.
Clutching the covers closer around himself, Jaden tried to keep another release of tears from flowing as he also hugged himself tightly.
He didn't understand why he was feeling this way but only that he was certain it had something to do with Kagome. From what he could feel, despite the pain, he also felt emptiness and a loneliness that just left him feeling lost and afraid.
An hour or two later, he heard his mother come to his room again, telling him, "Jaden, sweetie...I just wanted to tell you that Kagome's brother, Zane called. He may call back after he lets out of school. Also, I need to run a quick errand. Will you be okay by yourself for a while?"
"...I'll be okay..." Jaden's reply was so soft and muffled from his place under the covers that Chowa almost didn't hear. But it had her come to the decision of getting her errand done as quickly as possible so that her boy wouldn't be alone for very long.
"Okay, I'll get what I need to do done as quickly as I can and come back home soon. You know the drill while I'm away right?"
"...Keep the doors and windows locked. Don't go outside, even if it's for a couple of minutes. And don't answer the door unless it's someone we know and really trust. And also don't answer the phone unless they do leave a message and it's someone we recognize."
Chowa smiled softly, proud that her son was so smart for his young age. And with a promise of her coming back soon, Chowa left to get her errand done and allow her son to rest.
After his mother had left, Jaden stayed lying in bed and tried to sleep off the awful feeling that still wouldn't fade. Even if he was able to doze off, he would always see his best friend's smiling face before her image was flashed red and her face turned almost frightened. There was also a moment when he could almost hear her scream.
An hour had almost passed when he couldn't take it anymore. Sitting right up from his bed, Jaden almost leaped to toward the door, running down the stairs and out the door.
In his hurry for his destination, Jaden didn't bother to put his shoes on but did at least lock the front door behind him.
The tri-brunette boy didn't stop for anything other than a crossway to keep from getting run over by a crazy driver. Once he made it to the familiar steps of his friend's family shrine, he still didn't stop until he made it to the top. Even then, he didn't rest long and made a beeline to the well house his friend disappeared in months ago.
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She stared out at the well and frowned at the sight of Chowa's son racing off inside the well house. She had seen him run up the steps and for a moment she had to wonder why he was there, but the sudden thoughts of Zane and what her son had said kept her mind spinning in a state of awareness and fear. She didn't like this...any of it. She didn't like how her heart stopped at the thought of something being wrong with her only daughter. The daughter who...after almost a year of searching...had not been found; police thought her dead, her ex-husband thought her dead, the neighbors on the streets around the shrine steps whispered horrid things... It was all just a horrible nightmare...One that didn't seem to have an end.
"KAGOME~!"
Amaya's head snapped up at the sudden yelling coming from her shed. She ran quickly off towards the stairs and almost catapulted down the remaining eight or nine steps before sliding past those downstairs and darting through the back door that was cracked open for the nice cool breeze and keep them cool. She ran through the lawn before stopping at the well house. Taking a step forward, she stopped at the sudden yelling that came from down the steps of the well house.
"COME BACK~"
She felt her eyes sting with tears, "Jaden..." She ran inside and found him sitting on his knees, hands clenching the rim of the well as he cried for his best friend. It was the truest form of love, Amaya could see his heart ached, and hers did too. She wanted her baby girl back..."Jaden..." She wanted to see that smile... "She's okay..." In a whispered, heartbroken voice, she stepped up to the sad child and fell to her knees, taking him into her arms where she held him close to her heart. She wanted to hear her world brighten with her daughter's cheerful laughter. "She'll come back..." She felt his hands clutch her arm as he cried out in pain. The same pain that had haunted her for almost a year, since the disappearance of her daughter...
"Something bad h-happened," He stuttered, tears making pathways down his cheeks. "Something really bad..."
She held him close for a while longer as he cried, listening to his sniffles and sobs when his breathing leveled out and she knew he'd finally fallen asleep. Amaya sighed, 'With all my heart, deep within my mind, and farther...body and soul...I'd give everything I have...oh Kami...please, watch over her, guide her, guard her...keep her safe...'
She would have Chowa come pick him up later; of course, she'd let her know that her son was there, but for now...she'd let him sleep; and with hope...he'd dream sweet, pleasant and blissful dreams...
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Later that day, sometime after Chowa came and picked up her son from the shrine, a city bus stopped a block away from said shrine before a teal-haired boy stepped off and started to make his way toward the familiar location of his mother's home.
Zane hadn't been able to pay attention at school even after resting a little in the nurse's office. Around lunchtime, he had gotten permission from his school nurse to leave since she was worried about his health and hoped some downtime at home would help.
And although she asked him if he would like her to call his father or someone to pick him up, Zane assured her that his mother's home was pretty close if he took the bus and said it would be okay since his physical health wasn't what was bothering him.
So taking the bus was exactly what he did while promising the teacher that he would call his father to let him know where he was once he made it to the shrine.
After he had walked the block from the bus stop and up the stairs, he made his way to where he saw his mother sitting under the Sacred Tree, clutching something to her chest. As Zane stepped closer to her, he noticed that it was something of his sister's that she was holding so tightly.
Within the older woman's grasp was his sister's favorite stuffed toy; a MagiCat from the Dual Monsters card game he had remember giving to her on her fifth birthday and around the same time he became interested in the game. From what he remembered, there wasn't a single day that his sister was seen without the stuffed toy, day or night...even when she was allowed to sleep over at his house one time.
Once Zane was standing next to his very quiet and sad mother, he spoke out to her, hoping to catch her attention. When she raised her eyes up to him, he could tell she had been crying. It was proof enough that she had felt what he and Jaden had felt earlier that morning.
And without any words exchanged, he dropped to his knees before allowing himself to be pulled into his mother's arms and into her lap with the MagiCat toy being squished between them.
As he allowed himself to savor his mother's warmth and tried to keep his own tears from falling, Zane sent a silent plea to any god who was willing to listen, 'If there's such things as gods...or guardian angels...please, keep my sister safe...bring her home safely...'
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Bishi: Phew, Chapter 8 is finished XD I hope everyone enjoyed it^^ And now it's Akuma's turn to start Chapter 9! XD
Akuma: Chapter 8 is done! WOOOH~ This is moving at a pleasant speed, considering...I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and we'll try and get the next one up as soon as possible. ^-^''