Chapter 2: That song

 “Miroku! Sango! We have a very serious problem!”

Inuyasha was out of breath. The sun already set an hour ago, and ever since he was running. His black hair fell in his face as he slowed down next to their camp; he fell on his knees and started wheezing.

“My, Inuyasha, calm down!” Miroku stood up from his nice worm place from under a bush and stood next to Inuyasha. He looked around over the hanyou’s head and asked confused: “Hey, where have you left Kagome?”

“THAT’S the problem!” Inuyasha yelled hitting Miroku.

“Hey, stop you two!” Sango approached “Inuyasha, where’s Kagome?”

“We had a fight, she ran away, and I couldn’t find her anywhere”

Miroku and Sango looked at each other, and then back at Inuyasha. “You once again did something that upset her, right?”

“Keh, it’s not like that at all! And anyway, it’s not the reason that’s important but the fact that it may be dangerous out there!”

At this point Shippo joined the conversation: “Oh my gosh! Someone ate the cookies Kagome made for Kaede!

“Not like that at all, right?”

Inuyasha got backed up. “Oh, get a brain!” He shouted and hit Shippo “We have to find her!”

“I agree” Miroku said and he stood up. “Shippo, you and Kirara go and look near the river. I’ll go back to the village, and Sango, you should go with Inuyasha and check the place where we slept yesterday.”

“WHAT! I go alone” Inuyasha roared at Miroku.

“But Inuyasha…”

“Just because I don’t have my demon powers, I don’t need a babysitter!” Inuyasha shouted and ran away.

“What’s his problem? Oh well, Sango, you stay here in case Kagome returns, okay?”

“Fine with me, Miroku”

“Okay. Meet you all in the village tomorrow. Bye!”

-

“Keh, stupid monk! I need neither that girl nor my powers to find Kagome! Huh, he can piss me off sometimes…” Inuyasha was in the forest searching for Kagome.

“Where did that fool wench go? Now that Kikyo is in the forest… Kikyo…” Inuyasha slowed down a bit. “She probably wants me to go to hell with her. But there’s Kagome as well… What should I do? ARGG!” He growled and hit a tree “This is so unfair! It should be totally different!” He looked at himself surprised “Why am I acting so childishly?”

He shook his head, and to forget the whole thing he looked at his hands. “Hmm… Why did I bring this with me anyway?” He was looking at his Discman “Oh, I remember…” He got the Discman from Kagome a couple of months ago as a present. At first he was kinda afraid of it, but then he learned how to use it. He had a couple of cds that he got from Kagome, and he really liked to listen to them when he was alone; the music relaxed him and helped him when he was confused. Just before their argument Kagome gave him a new disc to listen, and Inuyasha planned to do so during the night.

He was searching for the girl for another hour, but then he reached Goshinboku. “Huh… How did I get here? Oh well… I have to have a break before I continue searching for her. Just as much so I can listen to a song”

He climbed on the tree, and sat down on a branch. He put the headphones on his sensitive dog ears and pushed the PLAY button. He checked the title of the song “My immortal”, then leaned back, and enjoyed the soft music.

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave…

Inuyasha opened his eyes surprised.

…'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone…

“Wow… This is totally about my feelings towards Kikyo…” Inuyasha said quietly.

…These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears…

Inuyasha smiled a little “And… this is totally about how I feel towards Kagome…”

…And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating mind
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams…

“It sure does…”

…Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along…

“I’ve been alone all alone… But… But…”

…When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me…

After the end of the song, Inuyasha pushed the RW button, and listened to the song again, then again. The beautiful voice of Amy Lee and the lyrics poured in his mind. Then he turned the Discman off, and got lost in his thoughts.

-

“Kagome… Kagome’s your name, right?”

“Yes, I’m called Kagome”

“What’s that?”

It was getting dark, and Kagome was about to go and get some firewood. She was looking for something in her giant bag when Kikyo noticed something interesting.

“Oh, that’s a Discman. In my time, people listen to these if they’re bored or if they want to shut the world out.”

“I see… What does it do?”

“Well, you put in a disc called cd, put the headphones on your ears, you push the PLAY button, and you can listen to the previously recorded music”

“Amazing… May I try it during the time you collect the firewood?”

“Why not? She acts rather friendly today…” Kagome thought naively, and gave the machine to Kikyo saying “Sure” She showed the dead priestess what all the buttons did, said “See you later” and was gone in the forest.

“Huh… She’s so naive… She’s so much not good for Inuyasha. He belongs to me and to me alone” Kikyo thought as she turned on the machine just as Kagome showed her to and started to listen to the song called My immortal.

As she finished with the song, she turned it off, and smirked.

“Hmm… this is a smart device. Helps people in collecting their thoughts. There’s just too much that time cannot erase… Just like the love we shared with Inuyasha. He’s going to be mine, no matter what. I am not going to loose him again. I have to make sure… but how?” Kikyo started to think of a plan to delude Kagome, the Naive.

-

Kagome was walking in the forest collecting firewood, and before she could realise it, she was singing one of her favourite songs she heard not so long ago. (Guess which one duh)

“Huh… I really like this song; its lyrics are so touching…”

She sat down on a rock, and started singing. When she finished, she realised she didn’t know what to do.

“There’s so much that time cannot erase… What if their love is like that? Inuyasha loved Kikyo so much… I don’t want to stand in the way of their happiness… But why should I always sacrifice my happiness over others’?” She thought “Well, I guess it’s all in Inuyasha’s hands. Our happiness… The three of us. We’re a love triangle. Hah… I’ve heart so much of them in TV, but I never thought I would be in the middle of one. Oh my!” Kagome blushed “I was just thinking about… That I’m in love with Inuyasha! It’s funny though… The more times I realise it, the more natural it becomes. I feel like… I feel like I have always known Inuyasha… Like I was always in love with him…”

“I’ll totally leave it to Inuyasha. If he thinks he’s going to be happy with Kikyo, I will not stand in their way. I am going to be happy for him! That he found his happiness!” She announced to the woods, stood up… And collapsed on her rock again, crying. “Oh, what am I saying? I will never be able to be happy without Inuyasha! Never! I just love him too much… Oh, love hurts… I don’t want to loose him, but I still want him happy… WHAT do I want?” She thought, crying. When she finished, she stood up, wiped her eyes, collected her firewood and went back to Kikyo.

-

They were already getting ready to go to bed. Kikyo was sitting on a tree, and Kagome was preparing her bed (or I don't know what :-)).

“Kagome…”

“Yes, Kikyo?”

“I would like to ask you… To not be there when I meet Inuyasha”

Kagome was silent.

“You see, he doesn’t expect you here, and seeing you might confuse him… But either way he chooses, he would definitely tell me. So you see…”

“Kikyo, it’s okay. I am not going to be there”

Kikyo was a bit surprised. It went so easy. “Thank you. Tomorrow morning I will put a spell on you so he won’t be able to smell you.”

“Fine with me”

“Right. Goodnight”

“Goodnight”

Kikyo smirked. “Huh, this was easier than I thought. I am going to make Inuyasha choose me, and I don’t even have to use my powers… Okay, just one… My beauty.” smirk enlarged “I show him the smile that makes him go over the edge, and he will have no chance. Oh, Inuyasha… Tomorrow we’ll be together again and forever”

Kagome should have gone to sleep hours ago, but she just couldn’t. “She’s right. I would only confuse him. I want him to choose the one he truly loves”

Not even noticing, Kagome gave up on Inuyasha.