InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Beautiful Rain ❯ Happy Birthday, Kagome!! ( Chapter 1 )

Beautiful Rain

Summary- [AU] Kagome Higurashi is celebrating her sixteenth birthday. It's as memorable to her as her parents. But horrific problems arise after the birthday. Based on V.C. Andrews' book, "Midnight Whispers".

Disclaimer- Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi and Viz Comics. This fan fiction is just for entertainment value, and is not for monetary gain. I also do not own the story line. It was originally written by V.C. Andrews.

Chapter One

Happy Birthday, Kagome!

I, Kagome Higurashi, am officially 16 years old when I wake up this morning. Of course, that also includes when my utterly annoying little brother, Souta, wakes me up. Which, is exactly what happened today, my birthday, August 17th. (a/n- I know her birthday was sometime in the summer, and I chose that date cuz it's one of my friends')

"Wake up, Kagome!!" Souta yelled at me, while I tried to keep the few winks of sleep I desperately needed under my bright pink comforter. "Wake up! You should see all the gifts you got!" I lifted my bed raggled head out from under the blanket, and looked at Souta. He was already dressed and ready.

"I'm sleeping more," I mumbled, and covered my head again. "Leave me alone." Yeah, even though it's my birthday, I'll do anything for sleep.

"I don't think you will be for long if I told you that INUYASHA is coming soon!" Souta whispered in my ear. I sat up quickly. Inuyasha's my kinda-but-not-quite uncle. Confused? Let me explain as quickly as possible.

You see, my mother had an affair with a man when she was in a performing school in New York City. She got pregnant with me, and flew back to Virginia, where we live now. My step-father, who I dearly love, married her. Inuyasha is my step-father's half-brother. So, technically, he's my step-half-uncle. Inuyasha had even tried to make me call him "Uncle Inuyasha" a few times before. Heh.

"I knew you'd wake up," Souta said, smirking. I scowled at him, and realized my secret weapon.

"MOM!!!" I screamed. Souta's eyes widened, and he dashed from my room. After a few minutes, my mother walked into the room. She had her hair up, as usual, wearing a pale beige dress.

Owner of the Higurashi Shrine Hotel, my mother is highly respected and renowned as, "The Lady Higurashi".

"What's wrong, Kagome?" She asked me. I grinned.

"Souta woke me up again," I explained.

"Don't worry, he won't bother you again today," Mom promised. She walked over to my bed and smoothed my long hair. "Happy birthday, Kagome." I smiled.

"Thank you, Mom," I said. "Where's Dad, anyway?"

"Going crazy with your party. You should get to the ballroom. The cook and everyone's been asking for you to help," Mom told me. I nodded, then what Souta said popped back into my mind.

"Is Inuyasha really coming?" I asked, trying not to sound too enthusiastic.

Mom saw through that in a second. She smiled brightly. "Yes, he and your grandparents are coming. They should be here around ten." I looked at my alarm clock. Eight thirty. Good. Enough time to talk with the staff and see if Aunt Sakura has arrived.

I took a shower and got dressed as soon as possible, and ran downstairs for breakfast. Our maid, Mrs. Hana, smiled at me.

"Happy birthday, Kagome," She said.

"Thank you, Mrs. Hana!" I replied, and sat down at our dining room table, where Dad and Souta were at. I smiled at the two. Dad wa reading his newspaper, and Souta was chomping down at his eggs and bacon. Those two looked identical. Dad is Souta's real dad, which makes Souta my half brother, if you're confused.

"Happy birthday, Kagome!" Souta said, his mouth full.

"Thanks," I said, and started to eat (daintily) my breakfast. Dad grinned at me from behind his newspaper, and we waited for my mom to arrive.

"Sorry about that," She apologized. "Ruri's wanting us to have the twins perform at the party."

"NO!!" Me and Souta screamed. Ruri's our aunt on our mom's side. Her husband is my Mom's half-brother, Naraku. Her kids, (who Uncle Naraku nicknamed "the twins") Kagura and Kanna, are mine and Souta's enemies. The two have it in for us, I swear.

"That's what I said to her," Mom informed us.

"When's Aunt Sakura coming?" I asked.

"Oh, no, Sakura's coming?!" Dad asked, jokingly.

"Shut up," Mom said, laughing. Aunt Sakura isn't really my aunt. She's Mom's best friend. "So, your dad's coming at ten with Inuyasha and their new baby, Sesshoumaru."

"Dad's having another one?! At his age?!" Dad asked. Grandpa Higurashi is really old, and he married a younger woman.

"Yes, and he told me he knew you'd say that, and he says that he likes his women that way- barefoot and pregnant," Mom told him.

"You are joking, right?"

"Of course!" Mom said. Mom has a twisted sense of humor.

"Oh, I have to go," I said. "The cook asked me to check out the dishes for the party."

"Wait, before you go, we want you to open this," Dad said, holding out a thin, blue box. I opened it, and inside was a beautiful gold and diamond watch.

"It's too small!" Souta complained, as Mom put it on my wrist.

"It's for a woman," Mom told him. "Which is what my little girl has become." I smiled, and gave my mom and dad a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you so much!" I said.

"Your welcome. Now go! We have to get the grounds ready for your friends!" Dad said, and I walked out of the house.

*~*~*

Our house lies on the Higurashi Shrine Hotel's grounds. The hotel is where we're having the party, and everyone at school's invited. I can't stand to leave anyone out.

I was in the hallway of the hotel when...

"Hello, my favorite niece," My uncle Naraku said, snaking his arms around me, and placed his hands on my chest. I felt uncomfortable, and tried to move his hands away. They were like steel.

"Uh... I'm your only niece!" My voice sounded squeaky.

"Which makes me favoritize you even more," He said, his mouth next to my ear. Now, I'm freaked out. My uncle's always been close with me, but never this close. He moved his hands down my stomach. "Sixteen, huh? I remember when your mother was sixteen. Beautiful..."

I shivered, which I really shouldn't have done. He held me tighter.

"And you, you're even more beautiful..."

"That's impossible. No one is more beautiful than Mom!" I denied.

"Oh, but you are," Uncle Naraku told me. Suddenly, he lifted his hands off of me. He turned me around, so that I faced him. I saw an unknown emotion in his eyes. One I had never seen before. "Happy birthday, Kagome."

With that, he left. I shivered, even more. Suddenly, I heard movement in the main lobby of the hotel, and I ran up to where my Aunt Sakura was.

"Hi, Aunt Sakura!" I said, hugging her tight. Aunt Sakura is a dancer. She has long auburn hair and green eyes. She's really pretty.

"Hello, Kagome, Happy birthday!" She said. "How's you and your mom?"

"Mom's fine, and I'm fine, too," I said, a huge smile on my face. Suddenly, I remembered something. "Uh, what time is it?"

"Nine fifty-five," Aunt Sakura answered. "I better get these bags upstairs."

"Okay! I have to go, I'll be back," I ran off to the entrance where I could see a taxi drive up. I grinned when I saw a hand wave. It was Grandpa, all right.

The first to come out of the car was Grandpa Higurashi, followed by Midori, his wife with baby Sesshoumaru, and then finally, Inuyasha.

Gods, did he grow up since the last time I saw him! He smirked when he saw me. I was probably a mess. I nervously ran a hand through my hair and smoothed out my outfit, before walking up to him and his parents.

"Hi, Grandpa!" I said, hugging him. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, Kagome," He said. "Inuyasha's been asking after you." I blushed at that. Inuyasha asked about ME?! I looked at him, and he was blushing slightly at his father's revelation.

"Uh... Kagome, where's Souta?" Inuyasha asked, raising his violet eyes in my direction (a/n- yep, Human Inuyasha! ^_^). I grinned.

"He's probably out with Dad working on the grounds. I'll take you," I said. "See ya, Grandpa. You too, Midori." The two waved at me, as I took Inuyasha towards the gardens, to show him the ball room.

"So..." He started. "You're sixteen now, huh? You probably have tons of guys asking you out."

"A few," I admitted. "But none I've wanted to go with." That pricked his attention.

"Really?" He asked. I grinned.

"What about you, Inuyasha? You got those girls in Texas asking you?" I asked.

"A few..." He said. "I've gone out with all of 'em!" I punched him in the arm. "Okay, okay, I haven't found anyone yet, either."

We talked about different stuff, not saying anything that had to do with us, together.

"I bet you won't leave a dance for me," He said, suddenly, as we walked through the ballroom. I looked at him.

"I will, promise! You'll be my first dance!" I promised. He looked at me, and smiled.

"Good," He said, and we went outside to find Souta.

*~*~*

Now, I'm sitting at my vanity, getting ready for the party. I dressed up in a white silk spaghetti strap dress and had my hair up in a loose bun. Mom had let me borrow her tear drop diamond earrings, and let her do my makeup.

"Mom," I said, in between swipes with the blush. "What was my father like? I mean, my real one." That stopped her.

"Honey, are you sure about that?" She asked. I nodded, and she put the makeup brush down. "All right. Just don't try to find him, okay?"

"All right."

"Your father was one of the most handsomest men I met. He had short, black hair, and stunning blue eyes that were like chips of ice if he was angry," Mom began. "He was my vocal instructor in the Sarah Bernhardt School, and... he and I... got closer. When I told him I was pregnant, he left. Fled away. It wasn't until you were six when he returned and asked for money. He would blackmail us if I didn't."

"I remember him. He was the one who gave me the locket," I said. The locket I still kept in my jewelry box. It was of a music note.

"You still have it?"

"Yes," I said.

"Well... let's get out of this bad mood. It's your birthday, after all!" Mom said. I'm guessing my real dad really hurt her inside. I would be.

*~*~*

At my party, I found a group of my friends, and my best friend of all, Sango Taijiya.

"SANGO!" I yelled.

"KAGOME!" She yelled back. "Happy birthday!" Yeah, people were looking at us freakishly, but who cares?

"Thank you, Sango!" We walked over to the group of my friends and we chatted about everything. Eventually, the topic came upon Inuyasha. It always did.

"Oh my gosh, Kagome, you're so lucky! Inuyasha's so hot!" One of my friends, Yumi, said. Kaoru, another one of my friends, denied this.

"No! Kenshin's hot!" She said.

I smiled at the topic, and looked around. There was Inuyasha with the loners. Miroku Houshi, who Sango liked, was talking with him. I grinned, and waved when he saw me.

"Oh.my.god. Did he get hotter in Texas, or is it just me?!" "Forget it, Kenshin can go, I want Inuyasha!" My friends all said. Inuyasha obviously heard what they were saying, and he motioned for me to come up to him. He was cute, though. He wore a tuxedo.

"Hey, stranger!" I said. He was speechless. I looked in the direction of his eyes, and realized he was staring at me.

"Hey yourself," He said. "Your friends are scary."

"I know. But, you're fresh meat," I informed him.

"Oh, you're really making me feel better," He told me. I grinned.

"I know," I said. Suddenly, the music started and I was grabbed away from Inuyasha. I looked and saw it was the boy that had a crush on me in school ... Hojo.

After a dance with him, I was about to go up to Inuyasha when Dad took me for a dance, and then Uncle Naraku danced with me. That was one dance I never wanted to do again.

For one, he danced with me too closely, and for another, I felt something that was obviously NOT his belt buckle.

"Uh, thanks for the dance, Uncle Naraku!" I said, and ran away from the dance floor. I looked for Inuyasha, and not seeing him, I walked over to Sango.

"Where's Inuyasha?" I asked.

"He went out onto the balcony," She answered. I ran out of the ballroom, and saw Inuyasha.

"Hey there," I said, walking up to him.

"You're really popular with the guys, aren't ya?" Inuyasha asked. I sighed.

"I was trying to get to dance with you, but everyone seemed to gang up on me," I said. Inuyasha turned to look at me with a eyebrow raised.

"Well, next time you tell them that I saved the rest of your dances for myself, alright? Unless it's your dad or something," He told me. I smiled, blushed.

Suddenly, yelling entered our ears and we realized it was coming our way. We ran behind some bushes, and saw my dad with my Aunt Kikyo. Kikyo's my dad's sister. Not half sister, but full sister.

She's a real bitch sometimes.

I saw her ten times this year with some of the busboys by the pool.

"You spiked the punch, didn't you, Kikyo?!" Dad yelled.

"No I didn't!"

"You smell like it! Don't you know that some of Kagome's friends are drinking that?"

"It'll lighten the party," Kikyo said. "Besides, little Miss Sugar and Spice needs to loosen up."

"Shut up!" Dad said, and slapped her. Yes, he slapped her. "Get out, now."

"Fine."

Dad left, and so did Kikyo. I was catching my breath when I heard Inuyasha.

"Hmm..."

"She's worse," I told him. "I saw her with a busboy by the pool the other day."

"You never told me that in your letters," he told me, helping me up.

"Kind of embarrassed to say it," I admitted. "And ashamed of her."

"I know," He said. "Here, come with me." Inuyasha took me to the gazebo near the hotel, where we could still hear the music play. "You still have room on your dance card?"

"I think I have room for one more," I said, jokingly.

"Then, may I have this dance?" He asked, bowing. I laughed.

"Okay," I said, and he put his arms around my waist. I put mine around his neck. We moved to the music, and I felt him place his cheek against my hair. After a minute or so, he lowered his head down. I lifted mine, and our lips met in the middle.

Once we parted, our eyes locked.

"Here, it's getting late," He said. He started to walk me towards my house, before I shivered. "Your cold." He put his jacket on top of me, and we walked further.

We reached my house when he put on his trickster grin. It widened when I handed him back his jacket. "You didn't find it in the pockets, did you?"

"Inuyasha Higurashi!" I said. I was about to say more when he pulled out a dark green box from one of the pockets in his jacket.

"Mom and Dad got you a present from all of us, and I got you this from just me," He told me. Inuyasha gave me the gift, and I opened it. It was golden bracelet and on one side it said, "Inuyasha and Kagome forever and always". I looked up at him, and hugged him tightly.

"It cost me a fortune, you better like it," He said. I nodded.

"I like you better," I said, and we kissed.

*~*~*

Author's note- I started this before school and finished the chapter an hour or so after school. I hope you liked this!