InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Girl Next Door ❯ How Long ( Chapter 9 )

A/N: I'm feeling stupid now for whining to u guys. Sorry. I just had like a REALLY bad day that day and was stressed. I was sick, my one friend got mad at me, like really mad, then these evil girls were making fun of another one of my friends and me. The guy I like, seems to like someone else, and it was actually lookin good between us last week. It was stressful. I have to have a project done and the teacher gave my partner and I a really messed up stuff. (It's a mineral/rock project. U have to identify all of them.) Ours has too many, and yet most are doubles. Were the only ones in class not done. I know that is NO reason to take it out on u guys. U really have been great. I just get angry, confused and stressed easy. I promise I wont act like such a bitch again. Sorry. And I promise this is the last time one of these things is this long. God. I talk too much.

 

Disclaimer: Don't own InuYasha or the song used in this chapter. Its by a really old pop band called Dream. I didn't even remember them until I found this old CD over the summer and popped it in.

 

Chapter 9: How Long

 

After band practice Kagome went home. She sat on her bedroom floor, her virgin guitar on her lap, a notebook next to her and a pen in her hand. She was working on a new song.

 

Kagome would most likely never get the courage to show it to anyone. She wasn't suppose to believe in love. She was the cold hearted, hard core one of the group. Not some sappy scared little girl, but she couldn't help how she felt deep inside.

 

`There's a place in my heart,

I go when I dream,

A place nobody can see,

Every night I see love,

I see someone who's waiting,

Waiting for someone like me,

He must be out there,

Somewhere, someone for me.'

 

Everyone had someone. Rin had Sesshomaru. Ayame had Koga. Kikyo had InuYasha. Sango would have Miroku soon. Who would she have? Hojo? No way. She was definitely not in love with him. If love even existed.

 

`Tell me how long,

Till I'm not just dreaming,

How long till somebody cares,

How long till I meet an angel,

And give him my heart,

When can I start,

How long till I fall in love,'

 

Did love exist? Everyone seemed to think so. Why didn't anyone love her? What was wrong with her? Was it because she stood like a guy like Kikyo said? Or played guitar? Or was she too ugly?

 

`I sit every night,

By my window just wishing,

And searching for one perfect star,

Can anyone hear me,

Dunno if you're listening,

Please send him right here,

To my arms,

He must be out there,

Somewhere, waiting for me,'

 

Did some people go all through life, never having love? Was Kagome one of those people? Would she be alone forever?

 

Tell me ho long will it be...'

 

Her friends would all grow up and leave. They would have happy live, no time for her. They would want to have kids and hang out with other couples that had kids.

 

`Tell me how long,

Till I'm not just dreamin,

How long, till I meet an angel,

And give him my heart,

When can I start,

How long till I fall in love,'

 

Deep in Kagome's heart, she believed in love, and more then ANYTHING she wanted to fall in love. She wanted someone who would love her, forever. She wanted to know what it was like.

 

`I always believed,

That my dreams would come true,

That one of these nights,

He would appear,

He'd be here in my arms,

I see it all so clearly,

How it could be,

I wish he was kissing me now...'

 

If Kagome was supposed to fall in love how much longer would she have to wait? A few days? A week? A month? A year? Forever? Could she wait that long? Did she have a choice?

 

`Tell me how long (how long),

Till I'm not just dreamin,

How long till somebody cares (till somebody cares)

How long till I meet an angel (my angel)

And give him my heart (heart…)'

When can I start,

How long till I fall in love (in love),'

 

Who could she even fall in love with? There didn't seem to be anyone who was right for her. And what happened when they met Kikyo? They would forget all about her in a second.

 

`How long till I fall in love…

How long till I fall in love…

How long till I fall in Love?'

 

Kagome looked down at her lyrics. They were pretty good, but she would never show them to anyone. It would be eo embarrassing. No one needed to know she felt that way. No one.

 

“Hey, what up?” InuYasha asked, crawling through Kagome's window.

 

“N..Nothin',” Kagome shut her notebook and held it behind her.

 

“Is not. Let me see.” InuYasha made a grab for it. What was she trying to hide?

 

“NO! It's mine!”

 

“Just give it!”

 

“No! Cut it out! Cut it out!”

 

“Don't be a baby!”

 

“I am NOT being a baby! It's mine!”

 

“OUCH! Don't bite, bitch!” InuYasha cradled his abused wrist.

 

“Don't be a baby.” Kagome mocked.

 

InuYasha ripped the notebook from her hands and flipped through. In the back of the book was a song entitled `How Long'.

 

He read it as Kagome screamed and pounded on his back. It didn't hurt. It just felt like someone was giving him a message.

 

“Holy shit! That is fuckin awesome,” InuYasha handed the notebook back. Kagome grabbed it and hid it under her mattress.

 

“Don't tell anybody, please.” Kagome begged.

 

“Why not? Aren't you going to play it in public?”

 

“No! I'm not. I can't. I don't believe in love.” Kagome said matter of factly.

 

“Really now? Then why did the writer of that song want to fall in love?” InuYasha asked, his amber eyes flashing with amusement.

 

“It's just a song. It doesn't mean anything.”

 

“If it's just a song, then why can't I tell anyone?” InuYasha questioned. He knew this song was how Kagome truly felt. Kagome wanted to fall in love.

 

“It's….I just….What are you doing here?” She changed the subject.

 

“I wanted to ask you if you saw how well our plan worked out.” InuYasha explained flopping down on her bed.

 

“Yeah. They certainly look happy. When should we start on Miroku and Sango?” Kagome asked, putting her Virgin in it Coffin Case.

 

“Saturday?”

 

“Can't. Since we didn't get dresses last week, we are doing it again this week.” Kagome explained.

 

“Why didn't you get dresses last week?”

 

“Cuz Rin, Kikyo and I made this-” Kagome stopped herself. She almost spilled the beans. How to fix this? How to fix this? “joke. The joke was sort of offensive to the lady who owned the store and we got kicked out.” Kagome lied through her teeth.

 

InuYasha looked at her quizzically. She had paused in the middle of her sentence and began to panic. He was missing something.

 

“What was the joke?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“If the joke was offensive enough to get you thrown out, it must have been bad. What was it?” InuYasha interrogated.

 

“Umm…I don't remember. Seriously.” Kagome lied. InuYasha narrowed his eyes and studied her, trying to decipher if she was lying. The look was so cute and it made Kagome's heart skip a beat.

 

`Why did that just happen? I can't like InuYasha, can I? No, of course not. It was just…just…not that. I can't like a jock.' She thought.

 

“What songs are you going to play at the wedding?” InuYasha asked, changing the subject.

 

“Well, we will probably take requests of already famous songs.”

 

“You're not playing any of your own?”

 

“Umm… I'm not sure. Maybe a few.” Kagome answered. She hadn't talked to Rin about it, yet. She couldn't talk to her friends about what songs either. She hardly saw them.

 

“You should play `How Long'.” InuYasha informed her.

 

“No, I couldn't.” Kagome refused.

 

“Just once.”

 

“No, its embarrassing!”

 

“Come on! Its good. At least play it once. Like now.” He suggested.

 

“No!” Kagome yelled.

 

“Fine. Then I will tell everyone about it.”

 

Fine! Just this one time! And don't laugh.” Kagome got out her warlock, a purple moto fender pick, (that is the kind of pick that has swirls of white and if you hold it up to the light it looks really cool) and her notebook. Then she plugged in her Marshall amp and classic crybaby Wah-wah.

 

She began to play, but her guitar was so loud that InuYasha couldn't hear her voice. He walked over and pulled the cord from her guitar.

 

“I can't hear you,” He told her. Kagome rolled her eyes and sighed. Instead of taking time to set up a mic she grabbed her headset mic and put it on her head.

 

This time InuYasha could hear perfectly. She sounded like a professional. She had a great singing voice and could really play the guitar.

 

“Wow! Step back Zakk Wylde. Move aside Pat Benatar. Make a run for your money Eddie Van Halen. Kagome's gonna blow you away!” InuYasha shouted once she was done playing.

 

Kagome laughed and InuYasha beamed. He loved making her laugh. Her whole face lit up and her eyes sparkled. It made InuYasha want to throw her on the bed and…and….

 

“Are you happy now?” Kagome asked.

 

“Play something else!”

 

“Like what?”

 

“Girl Next Door,” InuYasha suggested, he loved hearing her sing that song.

 

“No.”

 

“Come on. When I'm not here you belt it out.” InuYasha reminded her. Kagome blushed and looked at the floor.

 

“I guess.” Kagome gave in.

 

Later that night, InuYasha and Kagome sat on her bed, laughing at the home videos they were watching. In all of them they were torturing each other.

 

“I better get going.” InuYasha said at nine `o clock. It was already dark. Since it would be winter soon, each day seemed to be shorter and shorter.

 

“Okay, see ya.” Kagome turned off the old tape.

 

“Hey, could you… teach me how to play guitar.” InuYasha asked. After watching Kagome play, he really wanted to learn.

 

“Umm, sure. I guess. Why do you want to learn?” Kagome asked, InuYasha perched himself on the edge of the windowsill.

 

“Just think it looks cool” InuYasha explained. `Plus, I want to spend more time with you.' InuYasha thought to himself. He couldn't say that to Kagome. Kagome was Kagome. She was a band geek. A childhood friend. The girl next door.

 

That was all she would ever be. The girl next door. Right? `No. She's more then that.' A voice in his head whispered.

 

“I'll see you tomorrow.” InuYasha waved.

 

“Later.” Kagome said. InuYasha left and she shut her window.

 

She would definitely see him tomorrow. It was just InuYasha wouldn't realize it, because she would be Kikyo again.

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InuYasha went back to his own room, thinking about Kagome's voice. Maybe if he learned guitar, they could play together. That might impress her.

 

`Whoa there, Dog Boy. Why do you want to impress her. You are dating her cousin.' The stupid voice returned. InuYasha shook the thoughts from his mind and went down to the kitchen for some ramen.

 

Under his breath he hummed a tune. He hummed Kagome's tune. He hummed `How Long'.

 

 

-Hey I got the zig zag line again! Yay! Anyway thanks 4 the reviews. And sorry again for being so frustrated. L8r.