InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Perfect Moment ❯ Perfect Moment ( Chapter 1 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

By: I C All

Perfect Moment by: I. C. All

A/N: Greetings, faithful human reviewers! I am IC and I'm here to bring another WAFF-filled story! Bow down to me, so that I may bestow my wonderful stories upon your pitiful souls! <insert creepy Naraku-like laughter here> *shakes her head and bops IC over the head* Pathetic ...
*comes to and looks around dazedly* Whoops ... Must've overdone it with the chocolates again ... *laughs nervously* Erm, anyway ... As I said before, I've written another Inu/Kag songfic! So please read it and review! Arigato, minna-san! Ja ne!

~ I. C. All and Keeper of the Crystal

Disclaimer: I've gone through this so many times, it made me dizzy. I don't own Inuyasha, or any of the other characters that solely belong to Rumiko Takahashi, nor the song 'Perfect Moment' which was sung by Martine McCutcheon. Well, to the best of my knowledge, it is. ^_^'

Dedicated to: My mom, who is going to buy me the sixth HP book! ^_______^

Special Thanks to: Aile Anna - Yep, you got that right! ^.^ And your new updates are absolutely fantastic ... Keep it up, okay? ^_~
Rin the Kitsune - I'm glad to hear that ... My cousin reckons that my writing is sickeningly sweet. I didn't know whether to take it as a compliment or an insult! ^_^'
SakuraSpring - Two words can really brighten up someone's day! Arigato gozai masu! ^_^

"Kagome!"

The group turned to see their raven-haired companion tugging herself out of the Bone Eater's Well, smiling and cuddling the fuzzy bundle of fur that had hurled itself against her stomach. "It's nice to see you too, Shippou-chan," she grinned, patting the kitsune cub and handing him a lollipop.

"Okaeri nasai, Kagome-sama," Miroku immediately said, appearing at Kagome's side so quickly she could have sworn he had teleported there, his hand creeping towards her lower back. In a matter of seconds, the houshi was knocked over the head by a gigantic boomerang belonging to a certain fuming taijiya.

"Konnichiwa, Sango-chan," Kagome grinned at her friend. Sango sighed and nodded in welcoming, flashing the girl a grin before prodding the unconscious monk with her Hiraikotsu. Kagome shook her head and waved to the last remaining member of their group that she hadn't greeted yet.

"Hello, Inuyasha," she smiled, silently praying to whatever God was up there that he would listen and not blow up again. Inuyasha turned his gaze to her, still in his trademark position - arms folded over his chest and a frown on his face. By now, Kagome was practically begging the gods to spare her from his wrath.

Inuyasha opened his mouth and Kagome held her breath.

"Oi, wench. You're late."

Kagome relaxed visibly and dug around in her backpack. After a few seconds of searching around, the raven-haired girl triumphantly pulled out another CD. Golden eyes narrowed in confusion as the hanyou turned to look expectantly at Kagome, obviously wanting her to explain herself.

Kagome sighed and stood up. "This is another CD. I need it to practice for our school dance," she said slowly, as if explaining herself to a 5-year-old child. Inuyasha snorted. "So? What the hell does it have to do with you being late?" he demanded.

The raven-haired girl frowned at the hanyou, arms akimbo. "Well, because a certain overbearing, impatient and horrendously hot-tempered hanyou wanted me to return as soon as possible," - she shot a meaningful look at Inuyasha, who just snorted, - "I had to bring this here to practice."

"What the hell are you practicing for then?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome openly scowled at him. "It's a school dance, Inuyasha. If I don't practice, I'll end up looking like a fool in front of everyone!" she retorted, her arms now folding over her own chest to mimic Inuyasha's pose. "So?" was Inuyasha's ever-witty reply.

"So?!" Kagome shrieked in outrage, her aura flaring dangerously as she glared daggers at Inuyasha. The others quickly backed away, not wanting to be the recipient of the young miko's deadly powers. The stubborn hanyou, however, never noticed, and was quick to respond with his aura thickening.

"Excuse me, Inuyasha, but unlike you, I actually have a social life!"

"What'd you need one of those for?!"

"Ugh! You are so annoying! I'm off to practice!"

"Just who the hell are you dancing with, anyway?"

"A boy, who else?!"

These four simple words echoed throughout the clearing. Sango, Miroku, Shippou and even Kirara waited with bated breath. Kagome immediately looked regretful. She froze in mid-turn, her eyes fixed on the hanyou, awaiting his reaction.

Inuyasha blinked once. He blinked again. And again.

Were his ears deceiving him? On cue, his dog-like ears twitched as if he was making sure that he heard the girl correctly. His sensitive ears picked up nothing except for the breeze that had just blew through the clearing and the barely audible breathing of the others.

No, he had definitely heard what he had thought he had heard.

The shock quickly receded and anger took its place. A boy?! As in, a human boy? Kagome was going to dance with some sissy, pathetic mortal boy and not him?!

The hanyou was so caught up in his rage that he didn't have time to fully register the last thought. All that mattered was that Kagome was going to dance with some wimpy human and that he needed to stop her. A hint of red blended with the molten gold in the inu hanyou's eyes as he stomped over in front of the raven-haired girl.

"You are NOT going to dance with some cowardly human!"

Kagome winced and covered her ears. "Inuyasha, I have to -" she tried to reason, but the enraged inu hanyou wouldn't listen. "I refuse to - no, I forbid you to go back to your time!" he yelled, sounding strangely like an overprotective family member, or even a boyfriend ...

Kagome threw her hands up in frustration. "Inuyasha no baka!" she yelled, slinging her large yellow backpack over her shoulder. "Oi, get back here, wench! I'm not finished yet!" Inuyasha shouted when she made to leave.

"OSUWARI!!!" she shouted before stomping off towards the village. The hanyou called her something that earned him yet another body slam to the ground. The others quickly left the hanyou pancake before he turned on them.

"Stupid wench ..."

A few hours later, Inuyasha returned to the village. Kaede, Sango and Miroku watched him interestedly as he flopped down in one corner of the hut. When he seemed to notice their stares, they quickly shifted their gaze to Shippou and Kirara, who were playing tag outside.

The next few moments were filled with a tense silence. Finally, Miroku broke the calmness of the hut by asking, "So, Inuyasha, shouldn't you be looking for Kagome-sama by now?"

Miroku was knocked over the head so quickly, he didn't even know what hit him. "Inuyasha, calm down," Kaede said placidly, arranging her newly picked herbs while Sango checked up on Miroku. Unfortunately (for the houshi), it turned out that Miroku wasn't really unconscious and had taken advantage of his and Sango's proximity to one another. The taijiya sent him back to la-la land without a moment's hesitation.

"Keh! Why should I calm down, babaa?" the hanyou demanded, obviously still in a foul mood. "Why don't you just talk it over with Kagome?" the old miko suggested, used to Inuyasha's rudeness. "Yeah, Inuyasha, otherwise she'll go back to her own time again and never come back!" piped Shippou from the doorway. The inu hanyou's only response was to throw a piece of firewood at the kitsune cub.

But Inuyasha didn't seem to put much heart in almost knocking out the kit. In fact, Inuyasha's eyes narrowed in deep thought. One could almost see the gears turning in his head. If Kagome did go back to her time, then that meant that she would go to the dance! And if she went to the dance ...

Inuyasha stood up abruptly and exited the doorway. "Inuyasha? Where are you going?" Sango asked him bemusedly. "Keh! I'm just going for a walk! None of you better follow me!" was the hanyou's faint response as he took off.

The (conscious) members of the hut shared a knowing look and grinned.

"Kagome! Get yer ass here, wench! You'd better not have gone to that stupid dance of yours!"

Inuyasha leapt from branch to branch, searching for the raven-haired girl from the future. "Keh! Stupid girl must have gotten lost again," he muttered to himself, smelling her faint, flowery scent lingering nearby. She had definitely passed this way, but where was she now?

Inuyasha paused for a moment to listen around. Some idiotic birds singing their tiny little lungs out ... A stray breeze blowing nearby ... A couple of young villagers fooling around in the forest, Inuyasha noted with a slightly disgusted look on his face.

Wait ...

The inu hanyou strained towards the faint source of music, his ears twitching madly to catch the soft notes. Amidst the music, there was a soft, melodious voice singing along. There was no doubt about it. Kagome was still in the Sengoku Jidai, singing to some weird music!

Spurred by the knowledge that Kagome had indeed not gone to her dance with some weak human boy, the inu hanyou leapt with renewed vigor, following the sound of Kagome's voice. Inuyasha was so obsessed with finding the girl that he didn't even realize that he was traveling down a very familiar path.

It wasn't long before Inuyasha reached his destination. The hanyou stopped on a branch that hid him well from Kagome's sight. Only then had it registered that Kagome was at the Goshinboku tree, singing to the words coming from her CD player and dancing with an imaginary partner. Inuyasha felt a stab of jealousy as he observed the young miko's content expression. Who was it that she was imagining, dancing with her?

The hanyou continued watching the girl until the song ended. Kagome sighed and sat on one of the roots of the large tree, pausing the CD and stopping to catch her breath. Inuyasha was just wondering if it was a good opportunity to show himself when all of a sudden, Kagome said, "Inuyasha, I know you're there. Just come down - it's no use hiding up there."

Kagome could have very well said 'Sit!' and the results would still have been the same. Inuyasha fell face flat on the ground, but quickly picked himself up. The hanyou strode over to the Goshinboku tree and sat down next to her. The two just sat down like that for a while - Kagome slowly catching her breath and Inuyasha just sitting there, unable to think of anything to say. After all, they still hadn't officially made up, so striking a conversation would be somewhat awkward.

Kagome finally broke the silence. "What are you doing here?" she asked, looking down at her lap and fiddling with the hem of her skirt. "N-Nothing ..." Inuyasha stammered, turning his head quickly in the other direction. "What about you?" he asked her.

"I'm practicing. Didn't I already tell you that?" she said. "Oh, yeah ..." the hanyou said. 'Great going, Inuyasha! Next, why don't you tell her to teach you one of those idiotic dances of hers?' a tiny voice at the back of his mind whispered. 'Shut up, you!' Inuyasha snapped back. The voice mumbled something about ungrateful hanyous and making them into food for Naraku's minions before shutting up.

"Did you say something, Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha stared at Kagome with a startled expression. "Uh ... Um ... How do you dance your stupid dance anyway?" the hanyou blurted out, unable to think of anything else. The tiny voice in his head had returned and was now banging away at his head with a jackhammer.

'You big baka!' it yelled at him. 'Hey, you were the one who suggested it!' Inuyasha bit back. 'I was being sarcastic!' finished the voice before disappearing once again, (thankfully) taking the jackhammer with it. Inuyasha inwardly smirked, knowing that he had won.

Meanwhile, Kagome gazed at Inuyasha confusedly. "You - You really want to know?" she asked carefully, trying to read his expression. "Keh! Of course I am, you stupid wench!" Inuyasha replied, crossing his arms over his chest. "So, are you going to teach me or not?" he asked.

Kagome stared for a while, shrugged and pulled herself up, dusting her skirt off. She then extended a hand to Inuyasha, who warily took it, and helped the hanyou to stand. Kagome inhaled and exhaled deeply. "Okay, the first step to dancing is the proper position," she said, her cheeks turning slightly pink. She knew very well what was coming next.

Kagome bit her lip as she took Inuyasha's hand and placed it on her hip. Inuyasha's face flushed a bright red and he started to stammer. "Uh - Ka - Kagome? W-What are you -" he stuttered as Kagome carefully held his other hand up with her own, and placed her other hand on his shoulder.

"Now you do the waltz," she told him, avoiding any eye contact with the hanyou. The inu hanyou momentarily forgot his embarrassment as he tried to interpret what that meant - before remembering that weird dance that he saw on that weird picture box that Kagome's mother liked to stare at.

Inuyasha's brow furrowed as he tried to copy the movements he had seen on the strange black box in Kagome's time. Kagome would have laughed at his intense concentration if she hadn't been wincing everytime the hanyou accidentally stepped on her feet. However, after a few minutes of severe persistence and patience, Inuyasha finally got it right and had almost completely stopped treading on Kagome's abused feet.

"Okay, I think we're ready for some music ..." Kagome said gingerly, limping slightly over to the CD player and pressing play. She hobbled back and took Inuyasha's hands again, placing them on her waist and holding his other one in her own. Inuyasha's ears drooped slightly.

"What? Are you all right, Inuyasha?" she asked concernedly. "Sorry for stepping on your feet," the inu hanyou mumbled. Kagome looked stunned for a moment, before shaking her head and squeezing his hand gently. "It's okay," she said, smiling reassuringly at him as the first notes of the song played.

This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you

Slowly, the couple began to sway to the music. Kagome decided to take a chance and lean in closer towards him, so that their bodies were mere centimeters apart. Inuyasha looked shocked, but he didn't seem to want to pull away, either, and tentatively encircled his arm around her waist more tightly.

This is what God meant
This is my perfect moment with you

To Inuyasha's surprise, Kagome sighed contentedly and closed the remaining gap between them, so that she was now leaning slightly against him. Inuyasha smiled a rare smile, one that he reserved only for Kagome (when no one else was looking) and pulled her closer to him.

I wish I could freeze this space in time
The way I feel for you inside

Inuyasha felt the music wash over him and lost all the previous tension he had, moving naturally with Kagome to the soft music that now filled the clearing. A part of him longed for the song to never stop, so that he and Kagome could just stay there forever without a worry in the world. His mind told him that that was impossible, but his heart just told it to screw itself.

This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you

Kagome felt the exact same way (except she didn't feel any unusual urge to mouth off her mind). Inuyasha was so warm, she couldn't help but snuggle closer to him and let his earthy scent envelope her. Her mind was becoming fuzzy and she wanted nothing more than to be able to do this with him more often.

Tell me you love me when you leave
You're more than a shadow, that's what I believe
You take me to places I never thought I'd see
Minute by minute, you are the world to me

Kagome breathed in deeply, smiling blissfully as she danced with the hanyou. She wished with all her heart that the gods would allow her to stay with Inuyasha for a long time, if not forever. He was her world – the center of her universe, but she knew that someday, Inuyasha would have to make a choice - to stay with her or descend into hell with Kikyo.

No matter how much she told herself off for being too wishful for things that would never happen, she couldn't help but hope that Inuyasha would open his eyes and choose life over death. But if he did choose to go to hell with his old lover, then she wished that he would say that he loved her before he left her forever.

Kagome shook these melancholy thoughts out of her head. She was supposed to be dancing with Inuyasha, not mulling over the future! Besides, it wasn't like Inuyasha had any feelings for her ... The raven-haired girl forced herself to go back to reality and looked up at her dance partner, mentally scolding herself for her stupidity.

I wish I could frame the look in your eyes
The way that I feel for you inside

She gazed in wonder at Inuyasha's face. She found herself looking not at the determined, stubborn face that she had expected to see, but at one that he rarely showed.

Inuyasha had his eyes closed, but everything about his expression was enough to let her know what he was actually feeling. He seemed contented. His ears were flattened slightly in a relaxed manner and his mouth was set in a small smile. Kagome resisted the urge to trace her fingers over his serene face, just to make sure he was real.

This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you

Without warning, Inuyasha opened his eyes, startling Kagome. The hanyou smirked down at her. 'Ah, heck with it!' he thought and tugged Kagome towards him, so that her hands were pressed up against his chest. Kagome blinked in bewilderment, but timidly encircled her arms around his neck. Inuyasha merely responded by tightening his arms around her slim waist, holding her tightly against him.

And if tomorrow brings a lonely day
Here and now I know I haven't lived in vain

Kagome smiled contentedly and hid her face against the warm folds of Inuyasha's haori, breathing in his scent deeply. She allowed her mind to drift off once again ...

When - no, if - Kikyo dragged Inuyasha into hell, she didn't know what she would do. But the few special moments they shared, moments like these, she knew she would cherish for the rest of her life. No one knew when Kikyo would come back to try and persuade Inuyasha to go to hell with her, but at least she would be able to live with the blissful memories of the moments that had occurred between them.

I'll cry my tears in the rain
And if love never comes again
I can always say I've been to paradise skies

Who knew? Maybe she would find someone just like Inuyasha and fall in love with him instead.

But ... Kagome smiled sadly, happiness as well as sorrow evident in her eyes. She knew very well that there wouldn't be anyone who could be as stubborn, pig-headed, violent, short-tempered, confusing and hopelessly arrogant as Inuyasha.

Neither would there be anyone as protective, sweet, strong, brave, caring, loyal, handsome and utterly reckless as him, she sniffled, tears welling up in her eyes. No wonder Kikyo wouldn't let him go. If she were Kikyo, she wouldn't give him up without a fight, either.

In your eyes ...
In your eyes ...
Eyes, eyes ...

All of a sudden, a clawed hand caught her chin and she found herself eye to eye with undeniably concerned amber eyes. "Oi, daijoubu desuka? Did I step on your foot again?" he asked gruffly. To his utter surprise, Kagome laughed and shook her head.

"No, I've just got something in my eye," she said, wiping her eyes and giving him a watery smile. Inuyasha frowned and wrapped her in his embrace once more, muttering, "Baka wench ..."

So tell me you love me the moment you leave
You're more than a shadow, I've got to believe

Kagome smiled widely, snuggling herself deeper into Inuyasha's warm embrace. No matter how much he hurt her, deserted her or warded her off, she would always stay by his side, until that fateful day where he would go down to hell with his old lover.

I wish I could keep you all of my life
The way that I feel for you inside

Kagome's heart ached as she mulled this piece of information over. She desperately wished to tell him her true feelings, that she loved him with all her heart and soul and wished him to stay with her forever and ever until death did them part. And then they would be together in the afterlife for the rest of eternity.

Okay, so maybe that was a bit long, but it still summed up her feelings for the hanyou. And no matter how corny it sounded, Kagome wholeheartedly agreed, though she knew it might never be.

This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you

At least they still had this moment, and Kagome was going to make sure that this would be imprinted forever in their memories so that even if Inuyasha left this world with Kikyo, he would have at least one little, happy memory of them together.

This is my moment
This is my perfect moment with you

With you
With you ...

Even when the song had ended, the two continued swaying lazily on the spot, until Inuyasha's ears twitched and noticed the absence of the music they were supposed to be dancing to.

"Uh, Kagome?"

"Hai?"

"I think your music stopped."

Kagome straightened immediately and looked around with wide eyes. After a few moments of coming back to reality, the girl finally noticed that the CD had indeed stopped. Blushing in embarrassment, Kagome quickly strode over and turned off the CD player, placing the CD back in its case.

"So, um ... That was how we're supposed to dance at the ... dance," Kagome said lamely, her face still pink from her earlier mistake. Inuyasha thought for a moment, before finally saying, "I still don't want you to go," before setting off for Edo once more.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called in annoyance, but this time, she was grinning. "I'm not listening to you!" he responded, still stomping down the path back to the village. "Yes, you are! Your ears are twitching!" she pointed out, running to catch up with him and carry the CD player at the same time.

"No, they're not!"

"Aha! You are listening to me!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!"

"No, I'm not!"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome laughed, playfully flicking his left ear. She laughed even more when he yelped in surprise.

Dang, she was going to miss those ears ...

A/N: There you are! A bit of Inu/Kag fluff/angst for all you Inu/Kag fans out there! *looks at the story and whistles* This has to be my longest work so far! Anyway, review and tell me your thoughts! Ja ne!

~ I. C. All

Quote of the Day:
Shippou: Naraku is a guy. How can he give birth to a woman?