InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Lies, Letters, and Calloused Fingertips. ❯ Like a Knife. ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Harmony Sunsinger 
Kagome finds Inuyasha once again at a party on her college campus. Thank God for shitty friends...
I do not own Inuyasha or "Like a Knife" by Secondhand Serenade.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.11.2009 | Updated On: 11.30.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 801 | Status: Work In Progress
Kagome finds Inuyasha once again at a party on her college campus. Thank God for shitty friends...
I do not own Inuyasha or "Like a Knife" by Secondhand Serenade.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.11.2009 | Updated On: 11.30.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.8K | Visits: 801 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: So, right here, right now... A Harmony Sunsinger original! Yeah!
Full summary: Kagome finishes high school and enrolls in college just before the Shikon Jewel is completed and Naraku's defeated. The well closes, and she accidentally leaves Inuyasha and the others behind. But, just as she's beginning her freshman year as a history major at Tokyo University, she runs into (guess who!) Inuyasha Taisho, a music major and the guitarist and vocalist of one of the campus's varying rock bands. The two hit it off after several hundred years have passed for one and only months for the other, and they marry. Then, one day, when Inuyasha's off at practice, Kagome finds love letters written between Inuyasha and a woman during World War II. He begins telling her a love story that will change their trust, love, and relationship... forever.
I know, I know, the summary's a little shaky and complicated, but I want this to be something deep yet lighthearted, and DEFINITELY original. I want this to be something that shakes the ages, people. Something that revolutionizes the way we see "fanfiction."
P.S. The song in this chapter is "Like a Knife" by Secondhand Serenade, and the band was suggested to me by my sister, Erin Night.
Full summary: Kagome finishes high school and enrolls in college just before the Shikon Jewel is completed and Naraku's defeated. The well closes, and she accidentally leaves Inuyasha and the others behind. But, just as she's beginning her freshman year as a history major at Tokyo University, she runs into (guess who!) Inuyasha Taisho, a music major and the guitarist and vocalist of one of the campus's varying rock bands. The two hit it off after several hundred years have passed for one and only months for the other, and they marry. Then, one day, when Inuyasha's off at practice, Kagome finds love letters written between Inuyasha and a woman during World War II. He begins telling her a love story that will change their trust, love, and relationship... forever.
I know, I know, the summary's a little shaky and complicated, but I want this to be something deep yet lighthearted, and DEFINITELY original. I want this to be something that shakes the ages, people. Something that revolutionizes the way we see "fanfiction."
P.S. The song in this chapter is "Like a Knife" by Secondhand Serenade, and the band was suggested to me by my sister, Erin Night.
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Lies , Letters, and Calloused Fingertips.
Chapter One: I'd Lose Myself.
Her brown eyes scanned the dark basement. She'd been invited to this party by Ayumi, who'd said there would be plenty of cool, cute college guys here who could make her forget Inuyasha with barely a glance. She'd scoffed at that, rolling her eyes and not caring if Ayumi noticed. 'Nobody could ever take Inuyasha's place in my heart,' she'd thought.
Yet here she was. She knew that she could never outrun this shame, but she came anyway.
She didn't understand why she was here, really. She would rather find herself sitting underneath the Goshinboku in the Sengoku Jidai, surrounded by Sango and Miroku and their children, Shippo sitting in her lap, Inuyasha perched high in the tree branches above them...
Her breath caught, and she thought briefly that it was lucky she was sitting down at a table with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi. 'Inuyasha,' she thought, and her eyes glazed over as she zoned out once more. She let her thoughts linger on his shining silver hair, waving slightly in the gentle wind, his intense, passionate golden eyes. She remembered his smirk most clearly of all, though; that playful look had made her feel as though she would melt on more than one occasion.
Ayumi bumped her elbow gently. Kagome looked up finally, snapping herself out of her fastly deepening thoughts. A new band was setting up on the stage before them. "These are the guys I told you about, K'gome," Eri said, gesturing to the stage. "These guys are such great musicians, and their songs are so great they'll make you forget all about that two-timing Inuyasha in, like, two seconds."
'I'd like to see them try.'
"Yea," Yuka agreed. "They're all music majors - and they're all total hotties!"
"Shh!" Ayumi hushed them sharply, sending the two girls a harsh glance. "Be quiet, you guys! They're starting!"
One of the guys in the band came to the mic at the front of the stage. He had short, silver hair and eyes the color of molten copper. Kagome could barely make out that he wore a simple, red T-shirt - 'Ironic,' she thought as she sat there, stunned - blue jeans, and a pair of black and silver Luggs. The guitar strung around his neck and shoulder was a bright, neon blue, and it stood out against the bright red of his T-shirt.
Kagome held her breath as she watched him. His sharp nose, his pale skin, his pouty lips... He was the spitting image of Inuyasha.
And then he smirked. It was almost as though he were smirking directly at her. Kagome could almost HEAR her heart shattering.
"This is a song that reminds me of a time, long ago, when I lost that special someone," he said, opening the act.
'Oh, Kami,' she thought, her eyes tearing up. 'He even SOUNDS like him.'
"Well, I've lost a few someones, but, hey. Who's counting, right?" The boy who so closely resembled her Inuyasha shrugged, his smirk growing. There was scattered laughter in the crowd, some of it emanating from Kagome's friends.
"You and him might hit it right off, Kagome," Eri said, smiling. Her smile disappeared when she saw her friend's shocked expression. "K'gome? What's wrong?"
"Shh!" The three stared at her as she sharply hissed at them, "Be quiet!"
She never took her eyes off him as he began to strum, the mic close to his lips. He licked them once as the music hit the audience. The sounds his guitar made were light as they wafted their way across the air to Kagome, and she suddenly felt as though the lyrics she had yet to hear was meant for her.
His voice was sweet and sensual as he sang,
"I dream a lot,
"I know you say
"I've got to get away.
"'The world is not your for the taking'
"Is all you ever say.
"I know I'm not the best for you
"But promise that you'll stay.
"Cause if I watch you go
"You'll see me wasting, you'll see me wasting away.
"Cause today..."
The rhythm picked up right then, and the drums built the suspense. The lookalike lead singer gained volume as he continued,
"You walked out of my life.
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife.
"I'm not living this life."
Time seemed to slow for one solitary moment as Kagome realized that she had gotten to her feet. She was staring intensely at the man standing before her on the stage, and it was as if she had never seen him before. Not like this anyway...
The strums slowed, as did the beat. There was no way the singer didn't see her now, but he went on,
"Goodbyes are meant for lonely people standing in the rain
"And no matter where I go it's always pouring all the same.
"These streets are filled with memories,
"Both perfect and in pain..."
His golden eyes had already zeroed in on her. His expression was just as stunned as hers was; their surprise was perfectly mirrored in the other's eyes. His voice lowered, nearly to a whisper, and it was as if he was speaking directly to her:
"And all I wanna do is love you,
"But I'm the only one to blame.
Once more, the beat picked up and the volume grew louder.
"Cause today, you walked out of my life.
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife...
"I'm not living this life."
Suddenly, the look in the singer's eyes changed. No longer was he shocked to see Kagome standing in his audience; no, he was downright pissed. The music didn't change, but his tone did as he sang,
"But what do I know, if you're leaving,
"All you did was stop the bleeding.
"But these scars will stay forever,
"These scars will stay forever!
"And these words they have no meaning
"If we cannot find the feeling
"That we held on to together.
"Try your hardest to remember!"
His words and eyes pinned Kagome where she stood. 'Could it be?' she thought as the music stopped for a moment. The singer paused, still staring at her, and then he started again, his voice loud and shrill as he practically yelled at her,
"Stay with me...
"Or watch me bleed...
"I need you just to breathe...
"Cause today..."
The music had started again - when did they start playing again? - and Kagome released the breath she'd been holding as she was flooded with an intense feeling of happiness. 'It's him,' she thought, her surprised expression transforming into a large, excited smile. 'Inuyasha made it.'
And then she remembered the last time she had spoken to him... She remembered her words, his words, the meaning behind them... To her, they had occurred only a couple of months ago.
To him, it must have been centuries.
"You walked out of my life.
"Stay with me, or watch me bleed...
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife.
"I need you just to breathe...
"I'm not living this life."
The music started to slow, and the violin whined in the back as the drums disappeared. Inuyasha stopped strumming his guitar, and he licked his lips again, staring Kagome down.
Suddenly, he jumped down off the stage, throwing his guitar on one of the tables. His stride was quick and angry, and he stormed up to the small, brown-eyed Miko standing beside the table in the back.
He grabbed her face and his mouth came crashing down on hers with such force it almost knocked her over. His arms wrapped nearly automatically around her waist, and she had only a moment to thank the Gods for muscle memory before she fell under the wave of passion that always accompanied Inuyasha's kiss.
"You have no idea what you've done to me, wench," he breathed into her mouth as he reclaimed his mate after hundreds and hundreds of years apart.
Lies , Letters, and Calloused Fingertips.
Chapter One: I'd Lose Myself.
Her brown eyes scanned the dark basement. She'd been invited to this party by Ayumi, who'd said there would be plenty of cool, cute college guys here who could make her forget Inuyasha with barely a glance. She'd scoffed at that, rolling her eyes and not caring if Ayumi noticed. 'Nobody could ever take Inuyasha's place in my heart,' she'd thought.
Yet here she was. She knew that she could never outrun this shame, but she came anyway.
She didn't understand why she was here, really. She would rather find herself sitting underneath the Goshinboku in the Sengoku Jidai, surrounded by Sango and Miroku and their children, Shippo sitting in her lap, Inuyasha perched high in the tree branches above them...
Her breath caught, and she thought briefly that it was lucky she was sitting down at a table with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi. 'Inuyasha,' she thought, and her eyes glazed over as she zoned out once more. She let her thoughts linger on his shining silver hair, waving slightly in the gentle wind, his intense, passionate golden eyes. She remembered his smirk most clearly of all, though; that playful look had made her feel as though she would melt on more than one occasion.
Ayumi bumped her elbow gently. Kagome looked up finally, snapping herself out of her fastly deepening thoughts. A new band was setting up on the stage before them. "These are the guys I told you about, K'gome," Eri said, gesturing to the stage. "These guys are such great musicians, and their songs are so great they'll make you forget all about that two-timing Inuyasha in, like, two seconds."
'I'd like to see them try.'
"Yea," Yuka agreed. "They're all music majors - and they're all total hotties!"
"Shh!" Ayumi hushed them sharply, sending the two girls a harsh glance. "Be quiet, you guys! They're starting!"
One of the guys in the band came to the mic at the front of the stage. He had short, silver hair and eyes the color of molten copper. Kagome could barely make out that he wore a simple, red T-shirt - 'Ironic,' she thought as she sat there, stunned - blue jeans, and a pair of black and silver Luggs. The guitar strung around his neck and shoulder was a bright, neon blue, and it stood out against the bright red of his T-shirt.
Kagome held her breath as she watched him. His sharp nose, his pale skin, his pouty lips... He was the spitting image of Inuyasha.
And then he smirked. It was almost as though he were smirking directly at her. Kagome could almost HEAR her heart shattering.
"This is a song that reminds me of a time, long ago, when I lost that special someone," he said, opening the act.
'Oh, Kami,' she thought, her eyes tearing up. 'He even SOUNDS like him.'
"Well, I've lost a few someones, but, hey. Who's counting, right?" The boy who so closely resembled her Inuyasha shrugged, his smirk growing. There was scattered laughter in the crowd, some of it emanating from Kagome's friends.
"You and him might hit it right off, Kagome," Eri said, smiling. Her smile disappeared when she saw her friend's shocked expression. "K'gome? What's wrong?"
"Shh!" The three stared at her as she sharply hissed at them, "Be quiet!"
She never took her eyes off him as he began to strum, the mic close to his lips. He licked them once as the music hit the audience. The sounds his guitar made were light as they wafted their way across the air to Kagome, and she suddenly felt as though the lyrics she had yet to hear was meant for her.
His voice was sweet and sensual as he sang,
"I dream a lot,
"I know you say
"I've got to get away.
"'The world is not your for the taking'
"Is all you ever say.
"I know I'm not the best for you
"But promise that you'll stay.
"Cause if I watch you go
"You'll see me wasting, you'll see me wasting away.
"Cause today..."
The rhythm picked up right then, and the drums built the suspense. The lookalike lead singer gained volume as he continued,
"You walked out of my life.
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife.
"I'm not living this life."
Time seemed to slow for one solitary moment as Kagome realized that she had gotten to her feet. She was staring intensely at the man standing before her on the stage, and it was as if she had never seen him before. Not like this anyway...
The strums slowed, as did the beat. There was no way the singer didn't see her now, but he went on,
"Goodbyes are meant for lonely people standing in the rain
"And no matter where I go it's always pouring all the same.
"These streets are filled with memories,
"Both perfect and in pain..."
His golden eyes had already zeroed in on her. His expression was just as stunned as hers was; their surprise was perfectly mirrored in the other's eyes. His voice lowered, nearly to a whisper, and it was as if he was speaking directly to her:
"And all I wanna do is love you,
"But I'm the only one to blame.
Once more, the beat picked up and the volume grew louder.
"Cause today, you walked out of my life.
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife...
"I'm not living this life."
Suddenly, the look in the singer's eyes changed. No longer was he shocked to see Kagome standing in his audience; no, he was downright pissed. The music didn't change, but his tone did as he sang,
"But what do I know, if you're leaving,
"All you did was stop the bleeding.
"But these scars will stay forever,
"These scars will stay forever!
"And these words they have no meaning
"If we cannot find the feeling
"That we held on to together.
"Try your hardest to remember!"
His words and eyes pinned Kagome where she stood. 'Could it be?' she thought as the music stopped for a moment. The singer paused, still staring at her, and then he started again, his voice loud and shrill as he practically yelled at her,
"Stay with me...
"Or watch me bleed...
"I need you just to breathe...
"Cause today..."
The music had started again - when did they start playing again? - and Kagome released the breath she'd been holding as she was flooded with an intense feeling of happiness. 'It's him,' she thought, her surprised expression transforming into a large, excited smile. 'Inuyasha made it.'
And then she remembered the last time she had spoken to him... She remembered her words, his words, the meaning behind them... To her, they had occurred only a couple of months ago.
To him, it must have been centuries.
"You walked out of my life.
"Stay with me, or watch me bleed...
"Cause today, your words felt like a knife.
"I need you just to breathe...
"I'm not living this life."
The music started to slow, and the violin whined in the back as the drums disappeared. Inuyasha stopped strumming his guitar, and he licked his lips again, staring Kagome down.
Suddenly, he jumped down off the stage, throwing his guitar on one of the tables. His stride was quick and angry, and he stormed up to the small, brown-eyed Miko standing beside the table in the back.
He grabbed her face and his mouth came crashing down on hers with such force it almost knocked her over. His arms wrapped nearly automatically around her waist, and she had only a moment to thank the Gods for muscle memory before she fell under the wave of passion that always accompanied Inuyasha's kiss.
"You have no idea what you've done to me, wench," he breathed into her mouth as he reclaimed his mate after hundreds and hundreds of years apart.
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A/N: So? Whaddaya think? Please review! I know this is a little confusing, and this won't be like my other stories. It won't exactly be about Inuyasha GETTING Kagome at the end; it'll be more about them starting off together and rebuilding their troubled relationship.
Coming soon:
Chapter Two: Kickboxing, the New Stress Release.
A/N: So? Whaddaya think? Please review! I know this is a little confusing, and this won't be like my other stories. It won't exactly be about Inuyasha GETTING Kagome at the end; it'll be more about them starting off together and rebuilding their troubled relationship.
Coming soon:
Chapter Two: Kickboxing, the New Stress Release.