InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Returning Home ❯ Mary Jane: Exit Stage West ( Chapter 6 )

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Chapter 6: Mary Jane: Exit Stage West

The dawn was still casting everything in a light shade of blue when the group started to wake. Dew covered them all and gave them a small chill as they began to venture out of the bedrolls.

The sound of laughter, simple and joyful drifted in from the camp fire. The slight murmurings of conversation could be heard over the lively crackling of a reviving fire as the stragglers realized that the laugh was Kagome's. A laugh that they hadn't heard for many weeks.

Sango, Miroku and Shippo looked at each other curiously, each wondering what Kagome and Mary Jane were talking about to bring out this side of Kagome.

They were creeping closer to the mouth, to eavesdrop, when a short sentence was followed by a sweet voice, singing quietly. And it wasn't Mary Jane.

"I've been around for you,

I've been up and down for you,

But I just can't get any relief.

I've swallowed my pride for you,

I lived and lied for you,

But you still make me feel like a thief."

Kagome giggled a little before she moved on to the next verse.

"You got me stealin' your love away,

`cause you never give it.

Peeling the years away,

And we can't relive it.

Oh, I make you laugh,

And you make me cry,

I believe it's time for me to fly.

You said we'd work it out,

You said tha'cha had no doubt,

That deep down we were really in love.

Oh, but I'm tired of holding on

To a feelin' I know is gone.

I do believe that I've had enough.

I've had enough of the falseness

Of a worn out relation,

Enough of the jealousy

And the intoleration,

Oh, I make you laugh,

And you make me cry,

I believe it's time for me to fly.

Mary Jane joined in with the chorus.

"Time for me to fly"

"I want to set myself free."

"Time for me to Fly"

"That's just the way it's got to be."

"Oo"

"I know it hurts to say good bye,

But it's time for me to fly."

"How do you know this song?" Mary Jane asked lightly as she placed a small pot of water on a rock that was settled almost in the fire. "I thought only my people could hear such music."

"I don't come from here." Kagome cleared her throat nervously, "In my land you can hear those songs. I actually translated that song for my English class last year. It just sort of stayed with me."

Mary Jane simply nodded. It was nice to talk to her. At least it was for Kagome. She didn't have to worry about saying the wrong thing or being thought crazy when she said something strange to her. Because Mary Jane had no idea what normal was.

Kagome sighed, maybe it was unfair of her to use her ignorance like that.

"What the hell kind of song is that?" InuYasha dropped down from his treetop resting place.

"Did I wake you InuYasha?" Kagome asked, concerned. It wasn't often that InuYasha got to sleep.

"No. Why were you singing like that?" he demanded, "Didn't we have enough of that crap last night?"

"It's just a song InuYasha!" Kagome stood to confront him, "One that's about being sad and unhappy and having the strength to do something about it when you can! It's sad and hopeful and I liked it. I don't know why it matters what songs I sing. It's the only one like that that I really know. And I wanted to share it with Mary Jane before she left. It had nothing to do with you so but out!"

"What would it have to do with me?" InuYasha yelled back.

"I don't know! It seemed to offend you somehow." Kagome crossed her arms and sat by the fire again, "You've been such a jerk lately, do you hate me so much now?"

InuYasha looked over at Mary Jane, who had been poking the fire calmly this whole time. "I don't hate you." He said, "I am a jerk, I always have been. I don't know what to do. You don't listen to me anymore and that could get you hurt!"

"Mary Jane isn't evil," Kagome sighed, "She's confused and lost and foreign."

"That doesn't mean that you can just ignore me!" InuYasha continued.

"That's what I used to do!" Kagome yelled up at him, "You're being as much of a jerk as you were when we started traveling together. How am I supposed to react?"

InuYasha stood silently, an angry frown on his face. Yes, he had returned to the way he was back then, but what was he supposed to do? He had no idea how to deal with Kagome ever since they rescued her from Sorrell. He wanted to go back to the way things were, he just went too far back. He could fix that.

"Keh!" and he was gone again, back into the trees.

"The water's ready." Mary Jane announced.

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"Just follow the path to the stream and head south." Mary Jane smiled at them, her pack in place on her back, "That'll bring you back to the main River Road in no time."

The group nodded their thanks and prepared to leave.

"One more thing," She looked around quickly, "which way to the western lands?"

"… West." Miroku said after a moment, "Why are you looking for the western lands?"

"Rumor has it that Gab- Heh," Mary Jane gave a bashful laugh, she almost gave away the name of the writer of histories she was looking for. Not a very good way to start their relationship, "the girl I was looking for, she's supposed to be in a castle in those parts."

"Go west, and a little north." InuYasha stated, a little more blandly than normal.

"Right," Mary Jane looked around and shifted her weight from one foot to the other, "and that would be…"

InuYasha pointed over her shoulder.

"Thanks, Um, Good journeys to you." She said quickly then turned and walked off in the direction InuYasha had indicated singing softly about music coming from teeth.

"Do you think she'll survive?" Miroku asked as they began down the path to the stream.

InuYasha just shrugged and watched as Kagome and Sango lead the way.

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A/N: Mary Jane is gone, but remember that every thing I do, I do for a reason. Any character that I give a name to is important. I guess that's it for now. I'll update again in a few weeks, but only if I get at least one review for this chapter!