InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ InuYasha V 2.0- What happened after the end? ❯ Episode 1 Season 1: A Step Forward in the Trials of Love ( Chapter 1 )

This is my first Fan Fic- please go easy on me pretty please? This is the rewrite of another story I have already posted on here but for the few who already read it please leave a comment on this version and I'm deleting the later chapters on the other version so don't spill the beans in reviews- Thanx! WARNING: Inu hated fluff!

 

NARRATOR

Four years have passed since we last saw Inuyasha and his friends. During these years the gang has decided to join up with Totosai, Myoga, and Kaede. Despite their age, the wisdom and strength of the three combine is helping towards the defeat of future demons like Naraku. Now that Naraku is defeated, and the Shikon Jewel restored, Kagome holds the stone for Inuyasha to make his wish. Sango has found her brother Kohaku; but he was killed in Naraku's final. Sango cried for days after but Miroku was there to console her. Even though the hole in Miroku's hand has healed, his intentions to marry Sango has not gone away, and with that Sango keeps guard of his continuous lecherous ways. Shippou has become a sort of ladies' man and is constantly yet unintentionally flirting with young girls. Kagome grows more as a friend to Inuyasha despite her urges to be more than that. Kouga has entrusted Inuyasha to Kagome until he has return from his travels. Inuyasha in the mist of all this has no clue about the emotions hidden between his friends and has a choice to make about what to do about Kikyo. But despite his cluelessness Inuyasha has grown to understand a greater deal of the world around him and of his power. At the same time the relationship between the companions now resemble more of a family… with Miroku being a brother to Inuyasha, Sango a sister to Kagome, Kaede a mother to the five traveling friends, while Shippou was like a family friend who treated Kagome as a superior mother-like figure as well as any of the older lady figures. Now that time and events have caught up we resume with Inuyasha and the gang in Kaede's hut resting for the evening.

 

It was the end of the summer and heading right off into the fall. Inuyasha and his friends have just finished defeating Naraku and are enjoying the chance to take a break from fighting after cleaning up small wounds. Days before Kagome has gone through the Bone Eaters Well and told her family that once the jewel has been completely purified that the well may close up and she won't be able to return home. Her family nodded their head to this and gave her a tearful goodbye. Kagome reassured them that it would be some time before the wish would be made as her mother assured that if the well wasn't closed by then she would love to see her grandkids. Kagome blushed at the thought as she was pretty sure her mother was referring to the same crush she held on Inuyasha the last four years. Now being 19, Kagome sits in Kaede's hut with the rest of the gang.

 

 

~*~

 

 

Kagome sits by the make shift fire at the center of the hut. She was wearing her old school uniform. She couldn't give it up after graduating; it held too many fond memories of the times Inuyasha had vowed to protect her. On her lap was little Shippou, curled up into a little ball as Kagome ran her fingers through his hair. Next to her sat Sango, in her outer kimono, gazing off in a distance. Next to her was Kaede, putting away pots and pans the group had finished eating out of. Across from her was Miroku, idly playing with the spot where the Kazana once was. Next to him was Totosai with Myoga on his shoulder, talking about the days where Inutaisho ruled the land. Next to them sat Inuyasha, directly across from Kagome, staring at the way she stroked the young kitsune's head. It was basically a quiet, peaceful night, a night that they hadn't had for a long time. Kagome didn't like the silence for so long, so she spoke up.

 

“It feels good to actually rest with not much interruptions”, Kagome said after clearing her throat. Inuyasha pulled his gaze away from her before she looked up and mumbled a “feh”. “I can't remember the last time I actually took a break like this”, Sango replied moving closer to Kagome when she felt Miroku's eyes on her. “It's the perfect chance to actually settle down”, Miroku said so quietly that only Sango, Inuyasha, and Shippou picked it up. Sango blushed at the thought before she saw his smirk and hit him in the head. “Hentai”, she muttered before retaking her seat and silently squeezing Kagome's hand as she felt her loneliness. “Let's not rest yet because now that the jewel is complete and Naraku gone, it's up to Kagome to guard the jewel from other evil demons”, Kaede reminded the gang.

Totosai clapped his hands and gave a warm smile to the grim faces the group took. “Enough with the sad truths, let's have some entertainment.” Miroku instantly sat up and before he could let an idea slip his mouth, he was bopped on the head by Sango again. “What do you have in mind?”, Sango asked no one in particular. “Why don't Kagome sing for us?”, Shippou asked jumping up and down on Kagome's lap. “Kagome, you sing?”, Myoga asked jumping onto her shoulder. “Yeah she does but she's not all that great”, Inuyasha answered for her. He smirked when he saw how angry the little miko had gotten but the smirk faded when she stood up in front of him. Kagome, placing Shippou on the ground, shot a nasty glare at the hanyou. “I have you know Inuyasha, that I've improved my voice over these years from screaming that word at you.” Inuyasha let his ears fall as he sunk back waiting for the word.

Kagome took a deep breath but was interrupted by Sango. “Why don't you sing for us, Kagome?”, Sango asked. “I don't know”, Kagome said turning shy all of a sudden. Miroku sat up again and replied, “If you're so great then there's nothing to be afraid of.” “All this pressure is not good on the blood”, Kaede muttered. Shippou jumped into Kagome's hands causing her to giggle a bit. “We're not pressuring you, are we Kagome?” Kagome shook her head saying no. “Then what is it, young one?”, Myoga said jumping off her shoulder. Kagome took a deep breath and place Shippou down on the ground. “What should I sing?”, she asked the group. “Sing one of those songs on that music playing item you sometimes bring”, Totosai said enthusiastically. Kagome thought of her favorite song and took a deep breath before beginning again. “I hope you like it, Inuyasha”, she thought sadly before singing.

 

(Places her hands over her heart and looks at the floor)

There's a song that inside …

Of my soul.

It's the one that I've tried …

To write over and over again.

I'm awake in the infinite …

Cold,

But you sing to me over…

And over and over again.

 

So I lay …

My

Head

Back

Down,

And I Lift …

My

Hands

And

Pray…

To be only yours

I pray …

To be only yours.

I know now

You're my only …

Hope.

 

(Glances at Inuyasha and then to everyone else)

Sing to me the song…

Of the stars,

Of your galaxy dancing …

And laughing and laughing again.

When it feels like my dreams …

Are so far,

Sing to me of the plans…

That you have for me

Over again.

 

So I lay …

My

Head

Back

Down,

And I lift …

My

Hands

And pray…

To be only yours

I pray …

To be only yours.

I know now

You're my

Only …

Hope.

 

(Stares at Inuyasha and raises her voice)

I give you my destiny.

I'm giving you all of me.

I want your symphony.

Singing in all that I am.

At the top of my lungs,

I'm giving it back.

(Looks away from Inuyasha after blushing)

 

So I lay

My head

Back down…,

And I lift

My hands

And

Pray …

To be only yours

I pray …

To be only yours.

I pray…

To be only yours.

I know now…

You're my

Only

Hope.

 

Once she finished, everyone was staring at her with their mouths agape, except for Inuyasha who sat there wide eyed. “My heavens, Kagome that was beautiful”, Kaede said causing Kagome to smile and look at Inuyasha waiting for an answer. “No need to show off Kagome”, he said relaxing his face into the usual scowl. “Here it comes… I love the sound of her voice even when she's screaming at me”, he thought. Kagome walks to where Inuyasha was sitting and glares at him. “I was not showing off!”, she muttered back for only him to hear. “He didn't like it, I knew he would hear that screech I made midway through the song”, Kagome thought. “Keh, the words in that song would capture anyone's attention it was so typical.” “Yeah, like I'm going to take the comment from a man who cries boo-hoo for a woman that wants to join her in hell!”, Kagome shot back. “Oh no I didn't say that did I?”, she thought regretting the words leaving her mouth. “What does Kikyo have to do with any of this?”, he shot back. “Doesn't she understand how much I care for her?”

“She's the only one you care about now Inuyasha. Who else would you cry for?”, Kagome shouted at him. Inuyasha involuntarily gets closer to Kagome's face and shouts back, “LIKE HELL I EVER TELL YOU THAT NOW- BESIDES I'M NOT A CRY BABY!” Kagome responded by moving closer to his face and shouting, “YOU KNOW WHAT INUYASHA- BECAUSE YOUR SO MACHO AND YOUR MIND IS SO CLUTTERED I DOUBT YOU CAN EVEN DECIPHER HUMAN EMOTIONS!” “Oh my god why am I saying such cruel things to him?”, Kagome thought. “WOULD YOU STOP CALLING ME AN IDIOT? I PRETTY MUCH KNOWS HOW THE WORLD WORKS BY NOW!”, Inuyasha shot back. “OH SO YOU THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE WORLD, THAT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING? KNOWING THE WORLD MEANS NOTHING IF YOU CAN'T TRANSLATE THE HUMAN HEART! Inuyasha backs away from the last comment that Kagome made and saw that she was on the verge of tears. “What? Kagome… I never meant…”, he began. “This is… I have to do it… and I don't care what she says or does…”, he thought. “SHUT UP!” Kagome lets her tears fall and she starts to walk to the door of the hut. Sango was about to get up to comfort Kagome but was held back with Miroku hands over hers. He silently knew Inuyasha planned this and wouldn't allow the close friendship between the girls ruin it.

“You know nothing. Nothing at all! You'll never under…”, before she could finish that sentence, Inuyasha was by her side holding her body against his and rotating her face to face his. He then leans in and steals a kiss from her before she smacks him. “Sorry but you wouldn't let me talk”, he muttered touching his cheek after the little sting. “Damn that… that was breath taking…”, he thought staring into her dark blue orbs. “No… I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me”, she quietly said. “Why did I hit him? I wanted that kiss…didn't I?”, she thought before turning around and leaving Kaede's hut. “Kagome wait”, Inuyasha whispered moments after she left but before he can run after her, Kaede stops him. “We should leave her be”, she muttered to him. “I can't…she'll…she'll…”, he began. “Just let him go Kaede. Only he can fix this”, Sango said getting up and releasing the grip the old woman held on him. Inuyasha turns to Sango before leaving and nodded his thanks. “Don't make a fool of yourself”, Sango thought as he left.

 

~*~

 

Outside the hut, Inuyasha immediately catches up with Kagome at the well. She stands next to the sacred tree that she found Inuyasha in, Goshinbouku. Inuyasha makes sure to give Kagome her distance and sits in a tree next to her, high above the ground. He turns his ear and senses toward Kagome. He sees that she was talking to herself and creeps down a little closer to hear her words with clarity. “Inuyasha…”, she sighs. “Why do you have to be so dimwitted”, she finished before humming another song.

 

(Kagome looks at the floor as she leans against the tree)

This Is Where I've got To Draw the Line…

Cause I Refuse to Let You Think …

You Can Play with My Mind

Always Seems That You Think That I'm blind…

Causes There Always Certain Times …

When You'reHard toFind

 

You'reOn the Go,

I'm On the Go,

We're On the Go…

I Can't Catch You No More…,

Can't See You No More

And It No Longer Can Be Ignored…

Cause At Once Upon A Time …

It Was You I Adored

 

(Kagome wraps her arms around herself)

You Disappeared

And Left Me Here,

Out In the Cold …

And The Absence of You

Is Hurting My Soul

Didn't Know There Was An End Of The Road…

It Was So Easy For You

Just To Let It All Go …

(Kagome begins to cry as Inuyasha heart froze in the tree next to her)

 

And I Refuse…,

I Refuse …To Have One More Sleepless Night

I Refuse…,

I Refuse… To Let a Tear Fall from My Eye

I Refuse…,

I Refuse …To Continue To Try

I Felt Like I Would Die,

If I Could Breakdown and Cry

 

And I Refuse…,

I Refuse… To Let You Walk Back Through That Door

I Refuse…,

I Refuse… To Let You Hurt Me Anymore

And I Refuse…,

I Refuse… To Continue To Ignore

The Fact I Fell To the Floor,

The Day You Walked Out My Door

 

(Kagome wipes at her tears but they keep falling)

And I Refuse

No way… I cant it baby

And I Refuse

No way… I cant it baby

And I Refuse

No Way,

But I Refuse

To Take It Anymore

(Kagome looks away from the ground and to the sky)

 

Remember When I Told You I Could Feel The Change…

Change

You Don't Touch Me The Same…,

The same

Don't Hold Me The Same…

The same

No, I Don't Want You To Take All The Blame…

Cause I Know I Had Those Moments…

When I Caused the Pain

 

This Back And Forth

Just Like a War

With You and Me…

With you and me

See We Both Disagree,

Have We Ever Agreed…?

This Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be

Was It All Just A Dream?

Was It Ever In My Reach?

 

(Kagome starts screaming at the heavens)

And I Refuse,

I Refuse… To Have One More Sleepless Night

I Refuse,

I Refuse… To Let a Tear Fall from My Eye

I Refuse,

I Refuse… To Continue To Try

I Felt Like I Would Die,

If I Could Breakdown and Cry

 

And I Refuse,

I Refuse… To Let You Walk Back Through That Door

I Refuse,

I Refuse… To Let You Hurt Me Anymore

And I Refuse,

I Refuse To Continue To Ignore

The Fact I Fell To the Floor,

The Day You Walked Out My Door

 

(Looks away from the sky and turns to the tree)

It Was Your Way

Or It Was No Way

And I Couldn't Live That Way

No no no nono

 

It Was Our Call

Then It Was Your Call

Cause I Gave You My All

And All

My all and all

 

(Kagome bangs her fist against the tree until her wrist bleed)

And I Refuse,

I Refuse…To Have One More Sleepless Night

I Refuse,

I Refuse…To Let aTear Fall fromMy Eye

I Refuse,

I Refuse…To Continue To Try

I Felt Like I Would Die,

If I Could Breakdown andCry

 

(Kagome turns away from the tree and ignores her bleeding/badly bruisedwrist to look up to the sky)

And I Refuse,

I Refuse …To Let You Walk Back Through That Door

I Refuse,

I Refuse…To Let You Hurt Me Anymore

And I Refuse,

I Refuse…To Continue To Ignore

The Fact I Fell To theFloor,

The Day You Walked Out My Door

 

(Kagome slides her back against the tree bark and sits on the floor)

No way…I cant it baby

No way…I cant it baby

No Way,

But I Refuse

To Take It Anymore

 

(Kagome starts to hitthe groundin a silent attempt to break into the hells of earth)

No way…I cant it baby

No way…I cant it baby

No Way,

But I Refuse

To Take It Anymore

 

(Kagome stops hitting the ground and just sit there crying and shouting)

I Refuse (I Refuse)

I Refuse (I Refuse)

And I Refuse (Ooooh)

 

And I Refuse (I Refuse)

I Refuse (Said I Refuse)

And I Refuse

Said I Refuse

To Take It Anymore

(Kagome wipes her tears away)

 

At the end of the song, Kagome turns around to head back to the hut but bumps into Kikyo. “He does that to everyone, Kagome”, Kikyo said taking out a katana and pointing it to Kagome's neck. Kagome showing no change in emotion says, “He does what to everyone?” “Inuyasha- he pushes people away but as he does that it's only the strong or the stupid that come closer to him”, Kikyo replied pushing the sword forward to barely pierce Kagome's neck. “Before you try to take my life, answer me this”, Kagome said trying to stop herself from gulping. “What is it?”, Kikyo said lowering the sword for a moment. “Why play this game with his heart? What do you want from him?” “I have my reasons and you have yours. It's none of your concern. Besides if I do tell you I have to kill you”, Kikyo shot back.

Kagome touches the sides of her uniform skirt and pulls out two short katanas in each hand pointing them towards Kikyo. “What makes you think I'll die so easily”, Kagome shot back with a slight smirk to hide her depression. “The fact that you're a weakling human being”, she shot back. Kikyo moves the katana and aims it at Kagome's arm. Kagome moves out of the way quickly but is grazed by the sword. Kagome shakes off the blood dripping on her arm. “You're forgetting something Kikyo”, Kagome said charging towards Kikyo with both daggers in hand. Kikyo blocks Kagome using the sheath of the katana saying, “Oh, what could I have forgotten?” Kagome moves one katana from her position and aims it at Kikyo's shoulder, stabbing her. “Being human makes me a stubborn fighter that never gives up”, Kagome shot back before moving her katana out of Kikyo's body and away from Kikyo, who was currently swinging her sword.

 

~*~

 

Inuyasha watches from above in the tree. “How come I didn't sense Kikyo? I must do something… but first I have to make a choice between these two…here and now. Back to the fight, Kikyo knocks both short katanas out of Kagome's hands and leaves her defenseless and on the ground with her sword pointing to Kagome's neck again. “I finally got you where I want you”, she said pushing the sword closer to pierce Kagome's neck. “GO AHEAD AND KILL ME! But know that if you do, Inuyasha would never join you in hell upon my wishes”, Kagome taunted. Kikyo hesitates with forcing the sword and shouts, “SHUT UP!” Kagome uses this chance to knock Kikyo down by tripping her with her feet and made a run for it. “Damn you, you bitch!”, Kikyo said grabbing an arrow from her pocket and using the bow from her other pocket aimed at Kagome's back.

Inuyasha sees this from above and jumps down and out of the tree right as the arrow was shot, directly behind Kagome to hold onto her body. The arrow hits is heart and his body begins to bleed profusely. Kagome turns around in his clutches and shrieks as she watches Inuyasha release her before falling to the ground. “Kagome, I'm…”, he begins before fainting. Kagome pulls Inuyasha head into her lap after removing the arrow. She quickly removes her shirt to show her wearing a white tank top over her bra and rips the shirt in half, placing one part on the front of Inuyasha's chest and the other on his back. “Inuyasha…no! You baka, why did you have to go and do that for?” Kikyo throw downs her bow and lets a tear fall from her eye. “Damn you Inuyasha! It looks like you ran to her aid and see what trouble it causes you?”, she said before leaving with her spirit collectors.

 

Kaede and the others reached the couple just as Kikyo left, Miroku and the guys taking Inuyasha away from Kagome's grasp and back to the hut. Sango then grabs Kagome's bleeding arm saying, “Kagome what happened?” Myoga hops onto Kagome's shoulder and shakes his head. “Looks like Kikyo's doing”, he said implying Kikyo's new katana. Shippou rips off part of his shirt and wraps it around Kagome's arm. “That should hold until we make it back to the hut”, he said rubbing her arm lightly. Kagome kisses Shippou's forehead trying to hold back tears. “Thanks Shippou.” Sango then hugs her tightly causing her tears to flow freely as they walked back to the hut.

 

~*~

 

Later on at that night, after everyone else fell asleep, Kagome crawls over to Inuyasha's side. “Inuyasha, you awake?”, she whispered seeing his ears swivel around. Inuyasha opens his eyes slowly and sits up before grabbing her arm slightly. “How is it?” Kagome couldn't help but blush as she thought, “My god, his hands feel so good.” “It'll be fine… Inuyasha, earlier today and what I said… I'm really sorry for going crazy on you like that. I guess I said some pretty mean things back there and I really wasn't thinking…and…and…I”, she began. Inuyasha uses this moment to steal a kiss away from Kagome. This kiss was more passionate then the previous one and when they pulled away, Kagome blushed as she stares into his golden orbs. “When did her eyes ever hold that much fire?”, he thought. “Kagome I've been in love with you from the moment I met you”, he said before turning his gaze to the ground.

Next thing he knew, he heard Kagome sniffling and looked up to see tears falling from her eyes. “Inuyasha”, Kagome began. “He's in love with me? He loves me? I won his heart!”, Kagome thought as more tears fell. Inuyasha lifts Kagome's head with his chin and lets his ears turn down a little. “Did I say something wrong?”, he said close to tears himself. He was afraid this will be her rejection to him as he never really experience love as a hanyou. It would only be fate that held him in a place where he would be forever lonely. But he couldn't let the miko go on without knowing his feelings for her. He loved her since the day at the castle behind the glass mirror and was shocked to see she felt something for him then. But as the events went on, Kikyo, his past attempt to leave loneliness kept confusing him. He wasn't sure that she still remotely liked him with all the times he hurt her. He expected her to slap him earlier and he intended to prove himself to her just in case she did. He tried his chances a second time when he smelled the hitch in her arousal whenever she was alone with him. He finally awaited her denial so that he could bombard her with more promises of love, he wasn't going to let this love escape him. He was shocked to see Kagome actually smile and launch herself onto him. He ignores the slight pain he felt and accepts her kissing him back with every possible breath she held. Meanwhile, Kaede and Totosai smirk as the couple made out for the rest of the night. “It's about time”, the elders thought before going back to their slumber.

 

 

Closing credits: Evanescence's My Immortal

 

~*~

 

InuYasha: What the hell?

Kagome: Oh Inu behave…

Shippou: Yeah, at least you two get to play around while the rest of us tease…

InuYasha: That's exactly my point- you guys are unfair- I don't know why I let you travel with us…

Sango: Because we helped you in one way or another

Miroku: And besides, now that we're all like a family- there's no going back…

(InuYasha grumbles before Kagome surprises him with a deep passionate kiss, everyone else smirks)

Kagome: Who said we only get to be in love inside the story?

 

~*~

 

A/N: Well that's the 1st chapter rewritten. What do you think? It took some time so comment for me please? The songs in this chapter are “Only Hope” by Mandy Moore (The one in A WALK TO REMEMBER) and “I Refuse” by Aaliyah. Okay next chapter would take a while before I post it… school work and all!