InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Genkai's Daughter ❯ Chapter 3: Her Lovely Voice ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3: Her Lovely Voice

It was lunch by the time the Spirit Detectives saw Kagome again. Kagome was lounging on the school roof her chin resting on her palm, which rested on her leg that was brought up to her chest while the other leg hung off the school roof. Kurama and Hiei seemed to be the only one’s who noticed her sad, somewhat wistful expression as she gazed at the student population of Yamamoto High School.

Kagome was observing the other students as they went about their daily routine below her in the courtyard, as the enjoyed their lunch and talked to their friends about the newest rumor or nothing at all. She wished that someone, anyone would accept her or at least try to get to know her with no ulterior motives. Not that anyone had been able to break through her distant exterior. Of course then again no one really tried.

She sighed to herself, she seemed to be doing a lot of that lately and left towards the auditorium, no one would be in there at the time. She took her guitar from the lockers backstage that were reserved for certain people who were gifted in the arts of music. And then she began to sing, unaware of the people that had followed her.

The spirit detectives and Botan were awed by the beauty and melodiousness of her voice, it flowed smoothly, soothing their minds and bodies with a calm sense of peacefulness. Her aura sang with content as she sang as if she’d done it her entire life, as if she could pour her soul into the song.

~Heaven bent to take my hand
Lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
to the long and painful fight
Truth be told I’ve tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more then I could bear~

She opened her beautiful golden eyes that were glazed over as if in memory or thought. And she then she strummed her guitar again and sang.

~Though I’ve tried
I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come ‘round here
And tell me I told you so~

Kagome’s face contorted as if she was remembering an excruciatingly painful and unhappy memory before she cleared her face of that emotion and quickly continued to sing once more.

~We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believe that we can change ourselves
The past can be undone
Though we carry on our back
The burden time always reveals
In the early light of morning
In the wound that would not heal
It’s the bitter taste of losing everything I’ve held so dear~

~Though I’ve tried
I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come ‘round here
And tell me I told you so~

~Heaven bent to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
Lost to those I thought were friends
Everyone I know
They turned their heads embarrassed
Pretend that they don’t see
That it’s one missed step and slip before you know it
And there doesn’t seem a way to be redeemed~

~Though I’ve tried
I’ve fallen
I have sunk so low
I messed up
Better I should know
So don’t come ‘round here
And tell me I told you so~

Kagome finished playing the last note on her guitar before placing it back into it’s case with the utmost care. She looked up and glanced at her audience with barely concealed shock, wondering what they were doing there after all this place was her sanctuary at school.

“Can I help you with something?” Kagome asked in her normal smooth yet detached voice as she examined the people in front of her.

The man to the left was tall and when she said tall she meant tall. Perhaps 6’3 wearing a blue uniform. He had bright orange hair done in an elvis like style with beady brown eyes that were staring at her a little to strangely for her liking. He reminded Kagome, fleetingly of a squirrel that she had seen staring at her a couple of days ago. She barely suppressed a shiver, that squirrel was scary. Not that she’d ever admit that to anyone mind you. He seemed to be spiritually aware, something she’d look out for in the future.

The next man was a very familiar one. Yusuke. He looked the same as he did two years ago, arrogant, cocky and as stubborn as ever. He still wore his hair slicked back and his chocolate brown eyes still held the same determined look. He was just as built as ever and he still made her heart cry out betrayal.

Strong. That was one word to describe the next man, the youkai. He was really strong. Powerful. He was small but she knew better then to judge a person based on their physical characteristics. Big things come in small packages after all. He was sexy in a ‘cold, calculated, I’m going to kill you’ sort of way. He was about 5’3 give or take an inch and she was certain that his black hair with a white starburst in the middle defied all laws of gravity. His eyes so dark a red they could be called crimson just called her. They reminded her slightly of Sesshoumaru’s eyes, cold, lonely, abandoned. Filled with no emotion except the once in a while rage, anger and pride.

The last one however really caught her eye. ‘Beautiful.’ was the first thought that rang through her mind. And he was beautiful. Sesshoumaru beautiful, not quite Kuronue gorgeous. Kuronue had a masculine beauty, where as this man had an almost feminine beauty about him. Long gorgeous red locks that begged for hands to run through it and beautiful emerald eye’s, the same shade of emerald as the ring she and Kuronue had stolen a few nights ago. He was built, a strong, powerful but subtle build, like the smaller one. Something about him called to her. He was two in one, two aura’s in one body. It was odd and just to say a little unsettling.

“Kagome...” Yusuke whispered, his voice uncharacteristically soft bringing her from her thoughts about a certain kitsune avatar.

Kagome did nothing but glance at the young man who she thought was a friend, but then again friends didn’t just disappear and not come back, which is exactly what he did. Friends didn’t abandon each other. Kagome had trusted Yusuke to come back, to be there for her when she needed him, but the chocolate eyed young man did not return. She wished for him to come back, to talk, to fight, anything, but he didn’t. Or when he did Kagome wasn’t there and he didn’t wait nor did he seem to care. So she wouldn’t care about him now.

“Yes?” Kagome asked her voice unwavering. Yusuke visibly flinched.

“Don’t you remember me?” Yusuke asked the pink haired hanyou, praying that some part of her recognized him, remembered him.

“Should I?” Kagome asked.

Yusuke was in a panic, a state of shock. ‘She couldn’t have possibly forgotten me...could she? I mean it has been a few years but, she has to remember me, she can’t have just forgotten. So why does she act so coldly towards me, as if I betrayed her.’ Yusuke thought to himself. ‘I think I know why she’s mad, maybe she’ll forgive me. I hadn’t gone to see her in years, at all, I’m sorry, I really missed you. You used to be so warm. What happened to the beautiful, kind, loving girl I used to know?’

Unknown to Yusuke was that Hiei had been ‘listening’ in on his thoughts, without his consent, of course. He was quite surprised to find that Yusuke knew the young women. Hiei tried to probe the young hanyou’s mind only to be roughly forced out by her strong mental powers, causing the apparition to drop to his knees in startled pain.

Kagome turned her attention to him, examined him while his friends were helping him to stand. She raised an eyebrow at the hybrid, looking at him straight in the eye, a feat that very few could do. Her gaze was intimidating and blank, his was cold and ruthless.

“It was your own fault apparition, you shouldn’t have tried to probe my mind, you should no better then that.” Kagome said softly.

She asked once more what they wanted and when they said nothing, again she turned away, locking her guitar back up and grabbed her coat and said.

“My patience wears thin, if you have something to say then say it.” Kagome said with a regal air about her.

“Thank you for earlier.” Botan said her words shaky and unsure.

“For?”

“For saving me from those thugs.” Botan replied.

“I don’t know why I did it, your not really alive anyway. Right, Lady Death?” Kagome asked. She smirked slightly at their shocked expressions, they were so easy to read. But it wasn’t like many people could sense that Botan wasn’t in fact alive, well not in a true sense. Especially considering Botan was covering her aura and scent with a spell given to her by Koenma.

“Oh Yusuke, Mother says ‘Hello’.” Kagome said before walking out leaving a bunch of flabbergasted detectives, an amused fox and a shocked, completely ruffled Botan.

A/n: Hope you enjoyed it!!! I know I enjoyed writing it!